Fort Towson Enterprise. (Fort Towson, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
SYNOPSIS
"Mail'' Dan Maitland on reaching Ws
New York bachelor club niet an n trac-
tive younr woman at the door Janitor
O'Haean assured him no one h a1
within that day Dan a loo vterea -an’
flntrer prints in dust on his desk
alona with a letter from his attorney
Maitland dined with Binnertnnn his at
torney Dan set out for Green Peld to
ret his family Jewels During his walk
fo th country seat he met theyovini
woman In rrav whom he had seen let
Jnr his bachelors’ club Her auto had
broken down He fixed it BytJ ifnme
-lost” him Maitland on reaching home
surprised lady in gray cracking the safe
tontaining his gems bhe RPPat”"!'
took him for a well-known crook Daniel
A maty Half-hypnotized MnitHnd opened
his safe took therefrom the Jewels and
gave them to her first forming a part-
nership in crime The real Dan Anjdy
sought by police of the world appeared
on the same mission Maitland overcame
him
CHAPTER IV — Continued
"You doubted me after all!” she
commented a trifle bitterly
-j no! You misunderstand me
Believe me 1 — ”
“Ah don’t protest What does it
make or mar whether or not you
trusted me? You have she
added quietly “the Jewels safe
enough I suppose?”
He stopped short aghast "I! The
Jewels!”
"I slipped them In your coat pocket
before—”
Instantly her band was free Mait-
land ramming both his own Into the
side pockets of bis top coat "They’re
safe!”
She smiled uncertainly
"We have no time" said she "Oan
you drive — ?”
They were standing by the side of
her car which had been cunningly hid-
den in the gloom beneath a spreading
tree on the further side of the road
Maitland crestfallen offered his hand
the tips of her Angers touched his
palm lightly as she jumped in He hes-
itated at the step
“You wish me to?”
She laughed lightly “Most assured-
ly You may assure yourself that I
shan’t try to elude you again — ”
”1 would I might be sure of that”
he said steadying his voice and seek-
ing her eyes
‘‘Procrastination won’t make it any
mere assured”
He stepped up and settled himself
la the driver’s seat grasping throttle
and steering wheel the great machine
thrilled to his touch like a live thing
then began slowly to hack out into
the road For an Instant it seemed to
bang palpitant on dead center then
shot out like a hound unleashed ven
tre-a-terre — Brooklyn miles away over
the hood
It seemed but a minute ere they
were thundering over the Myannls
bridge A little further on Maitland
slowed down and jumping out llgbled
the lamps In the seat again — no
words had passed — he threw in the
high-speed clutch and the world flung
behind them roaring Thereafter
breathless stunned by the frenzy of
speed perforce silent they bored on
through the night crashing along de
serted highways
In the east a band of pallid light
lifted up out of the night and the
horizon took shape against It stark
and black Slowly Btealthlly the
formless dawn dusk spread over the
sleeping world to the zenith the light
smitten stars reeled and died and
houses fields and thoroughfares lay
a-gllmmer with ghostly twilight as the
car tore headlong through the grim
unlovely illent hinterland of Long
Island City
The gates of the ferry-house were In-
exorably ahut agatnat them when at
last Maitland brought the big machine
to a tremulous and panting halt like
that of an overdriven thoroughbred
And though they perforce endured a
wait of fully IS minutes neither found
aught worth saying or else the words
wherewith fitly to clothe their thoughts
were denied them The girl seemed very
weary and sat with head drooping and
b-tnda clasped idly in her lap To
Idaltland’s hesitant query as to her
comfort she return a monosyllabic re-
assurance He did not again venture
It disturb her on his own part be WM
conscious ef a clogging sense of ex-
haustlSn of a drawn and haggard feel-
ing about the eyes and temples and
knew that he was keeping awake
automatically his being already a-
doze The fresh wind off the sullen river
served in some measure to revive
them once the gates were opened and
the car had taken a place on the for-ry-hoat’s
forward extreme Day was
now full upon the world above a hori-
zon belted with bright magenta the
cloudless sky was soft turquoise and
sapphire and abruptly while the big
unwieldy boat surged across the nar-
row ribbon of green water the sun
shot up with a shout and turned to
an evanescent dream of fairy-land the
gaunt rock-ribbed profile of Manhat-
tan Island bulking above them in tier
upon tier of monstrous buildings
On the Manhattan side In deference
to the girl’s low-spoken wish Maitland
ran the machine up to Second avenue
turned north and brought it to a stop
bv the curb a little north of Thirty
fifth street '
“And now whither?” he Inquired
hands somewhat Impatiently ready
upon the driving and steering gear
The girl smiled faintly through her
veil “You have been most kind” she
told him In a tired voice' “Thank you
— from my heart Mr Anlsty” and
made a move as If to relieve him of
his charge
“Is that all?" he demanded blankly
“Can I say more?”
-j 1 am to go no further
with you?” Sick with disappointment
he rose and dropped to the sidewalk-
anticipating her affirmative answer
“If you would please me” said the
girl “you won’t Insist”
“I don’t” he returned ruefully
“But are you quite sure that you’re all
right now?”
“Quite thank you dear Mr Anlsty!
With a pretty gesture of conquering
Impulse she swept her veil aside and
the warm rose-glow of the new-born
day tinted her wan young cheeks with
color And her eyes were as stars
VVe Have No Time” Said She “Can
You Drive—?”
bright with a mist of emotion brim
tring with gratutude— and something
else He could not say what but one
thing he knew and that was that she
was worn with excitement and fatigue
near to the point of breaking down
“You’re tired” he Insisted solid
tous “Can’t you let me — ?”
“I am tired" she admitted wistfully
voice subdued yet rich and vibrant
No please Please let me go Don’t
ask me any questions — now"
“Only one” he made supplication
I’ve done nothing — ”
“Nothing but be more kind than I
cm say!”
“And you're not going to back out
of our i artnershlp?"
“Oh!” And now the color in her
cheeks was warmer than that which
the dawn bad lent them “No
I shan't back out" And she smiled
“And If I call a meeting of the board
of management of AnlBty and Went-
worth Limited you will promise to
attend?”
“Ye-es — ”
“Will it be too early it I call one
for to-day?”
“Why—”
“Say at two o'clock this afternoon
at Eugene’s You know the place?”
“I have lunched there—”
“Then you shall again to-day You
won’t disappoint me?”
“I will be there I 1 shall
be glad to come Now — please!”
“You’ve promised Don’t forget”
He stepped back and stood in a sort
of dreamy daze while with one final
wonderful smile at parting the girl as
Burned control of the machine and
swung It out from the curb Maitland
watched It forge slowly up the avenue
and vanish round the Thirty-sixth
street corner then turned his face
southward sighing with weariness and
discontent
At Thirty-fourth street a policeman
lounging beneath the corrugated Iron
awning of a corner saloon faced about
with a low whistle to atare after him
Maitland experienced a chill sense of
criminal guilt be waa painfully con-
scious el tboM two shrewd yos bor
lug gimlet-like ’ into his back over-
looking no detail of the wreck of his
evening clothes Involuntarily he
glanced down at his legs and they
moved mechanically beneath the edge
ef his overcoat like twin animated
columns of mud and dust openly ad-
vertising his misadventures He felt
In his soul that they shrieked aloud
that they would presently succeed in
dinning all the town awake so that
the startled populace would come to
the windows to stare In wonder ’ks he
passed by And inwardly he groaned
and quaked
As for the'policeman after some re-
luctant hesitation he overcame the in-
herent indisposition to exertion that
affects his kind and swinging his
stick stalked after Maitland
Haprlly (and with heartfelt thanks
giving) the young man chauced upon
a somnolent and bedraggled hack at
rest In the stenciled shadows of the
Third avenue elevated structure Its
pilot was snoring lustily the sleep of
the belated on the box With some
difficulty he was awakened and Malt
land dodged into the musty dusty body
of the vehicle grateful to escape the
unprejudiced stare of the guardian of
the peace who in another moment
would have overtaken him and doubt-
less subjected him to embarrassing
inquisition
As the ancient four-wheeler rattled
noisily over the cobbles some of the
shops were taking down their shutters
the surface cars were beginning to run
with Increasing frequency and the
sidewalks were becoming sparsely
populated Familiar as the sights
were they were yet somehow strange-
ly unreal to the young man In a
night the face of - the world bad
changed for him i- Its features loomed
weirdly blurred and contorted through
the mystical gray-gold atmosphere of
the land ef Romance wherein he real-
ly lived and moved and had hla being
The blatant day was altogether pre-
posterous: to-day was a dream some-
thing nightmarish last night he had
been awake last night for the first
time la twenty-odd years of existence
ha had lived
He slipped unthinkingly one hand
Into his coat pocket seeking Instinc-
tively his cigarette case and his fin-
gers brushed' the coarse grained sur-
face of a canvas bag He Jumped as If
electrified He had managed altogeth
e? to forgot them yet In his keeping
were the Jewels Maitland heirlooms —
the swag and booty the loot and plun-
der of the night’s adventure And he
milled happily to think that his inter-
est In them was !i0 per cent depreci-
ated in 21 hours now be owned only
half
Suddenly be sat up with happy eyes
and a glowing lacfc She had trusted
him! v-
CHAPTER V
Incognito
At noon precisely Maitland stirred
between the sheets for the first time
since he had thrown himself into his
bed — stirred and confused by what-
ever alarm had awakened him yawned
stupendously and sat up rubbing
cienched fists in his eyes to clear them
of sleep’s cobwebs Then he bent for-
ward clasping his knees smiled large-
ly replaced the smile with a thought
ful frown and In such wise contem
plated the foot of the bed for several
nlnute3— his first conscious Impres-
sion that he had something delightful
to look forward to yielding to a vague
recollection of a prolonged shrill tin-
tinnabulation— as If the telephone Dell
in the front room had been ringing for
gome time
But he waited In vain for a repetition
of the sound and eventually concluded
that he bad been mistaken It had
been an echo from his dreams most
likely Besides who should calj him
up? Not two people knew tlrat he
was In town not even O’Hagan waa
aware that he had returned to his
rooms that morning
He gaped again stretching wide his
arms sat up on the edge of the bed
and heard the Clock strike 12
Noon and He had an en-
gagement at two! He brightened at
the memory and Jumping up pressed
an electric call button on the w’all By
the time he had padded barefoot to the
bathroom and turned on the cold-water
tap O’Hagaa’a knock summoned
him to the hall door
“Back again O’Hagan and in a
desperate rush I'll want you to shave
nte and send some telegrams please
Must be off by 1:30 You may get out
my gray-striped flannels”— here he
paused calculating his costume with
careful discrimination — “and a black-
striped negligee shirt gray aorks
russet low shoes black and white
cneck tie— broad wings You know
where to find them all?”
“Shure ylss sor"
O'lfagAn showed no evidence of snr-
prise the eccentricities of Mr Mait-
land could not move him who was in-
ured to them through long association
and observation lie moved away to
execute his instructions quietly ef
fie lent Dy the time Maitland had
fltilahed splashing and gasping la th
bathtub everything was ready for the
ceremony of dressing
In other words 20 minutes later
Maitland bathed shaved hut still la
dressing gown gad slippers u letted
at his desk a cup of black coffee
steaming at hie elbow a number of
yollow telegraph blanks before him a
pen polaed between his fingers
It was In hla mind to send a wire
to Cresey apologizing for hts deser-
tion of the night Just gone and an-
nouncing his Intention to rejoin the
party from which the motor - trip to
New York had been as planned hut a
temporary defection In time for din-
ner that tame evening- He nibbled
the end of the penholder selecting
phrases then looked up at the at-
tentive O’Hagan
“luring me a New Haven time table
please” he began “and — ”
The door bell abrupted bla words
clamoring shrilly
‘What the deuce?” he demanded
"Who can that be? Answer It will
you O’Hagan?”
He put down the pen swallowed hie
coffee and lit a cigarette listening to
the murmurs at the hall door An in-
stant later O’Hagan returned bearing
a slip of white pasteboard which be de-
posited on the desk before Maitland
“ 'James Burleson Snaith’ ” Mait-
land read aloud from the faultlessly
engraved card '“1 don’t know him
What does he want?”
Wouldn’t say sor seemed sur-
prised whin 1 towld him ye were In
an’ said he was glad to hear it — busi-
ness pressln’ says he”
“8nalth? But I never heard the
name before What does he look like?”
A glntleman aor be th' clothes av
him an’ th’ way he talks”'
Well Devil take the man!
Show him in”
“Very good aor”
Maitland swung around In his desk
chair his back to the window expres-
sion politely curious as hla caller en-
tered the room pausing hat in hand
just across the threshold
He proved to be a man apparently
o? middle age of height approximating
Maitland’s his shoulders were slightly
rounded as if from habitual bending
over a desk his pose mild and defer-
ential By his eyeglasses and peering
look he waa near-sighted by hla
dress a gentleman of taste and Judg-
ment as well as of means to gratify
both A certain Jaunty and summery
touch in his attire suggested a person
of leisure who had Just run down from
his country place for a day in town
His voice when he spoke did noth-
ing to dispel the illusion
“Mr MaitlaftB?” be opened the con-
versation briskly “I trust I do not
Intrude? I shall be brief as possible
If you will favor me with a private in-
terview” Maitland remarked a voice well mod-
ulated and a good choice of words He
rose courteously
“I should be pleased to do so” be
suggested "if you could advance any
reason for such a request”
Mr Snaith smiled discreetly fum-
bling in his side pocket A second slip
of cardboard appeared between bis fin-
gers as be stepped over toward Mait-
land If I had not feared It might deprive
me of this interview I ahould have
ent in my business card at once” be
said “Penult me”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
TAKES ROMANCE FROM TEARS
Weapon of the Heroine Coolly Ana-
lyzed by French Chemist
One does not care to have one’s
tears analyzed like a patent food or
medicine and to associate them with
chemical aubatancea but we are noth-
ing if not practical nowadays and
every ahred of romance poetry snd
sentiment Is remorselessly wrenched
from us for scientific purposes
A French Journal devoted to mat-
ters of this kind has been telling us
not only of what tears are composed
but exactly the effect that la produced
on brain and body when we shed
them
So henceforth when we rend that
the heroine’s "beautiful eyea were auf-
fused with tears” that “In a moment
she was weeping passionately on his
shoulder" we shall know that by a
kind of ahower-bath arrangement a
mixture of albuminoid water and
chemical aubatancea waa let loose at
the hack of her skull' thus dulling the
nerve centers and really giving her re-
lief However it does not sound roman-
tic and mere man Is likely to Imagine
tlSHhe fair one is really Buffering
doubly when all thia happens — Gentle-
woman — '
Do Nqt Complain
Everything which happens either
happens In such wise that thou art
formed by nature to bwr It or that
thou are not formed by nature to bear
It If then It happen to thee In auch
n way that thou art formed by nature
to bear It do not complain but bear
It as thou art formed by nature to
bear 1J But If It happens In such
wise that tbou art not able to bear It
do not complain for It will perish -after
It has consumed thee Ilemember
however that thou art rmed by
nature to bear everything with re-
spect to which It depends on thine
own opinion to make it endurable and
tolerable by thinking that it is either
thy Interest or tby duty to do thU—
Marcue As tool ua
DUSTPAN WITH LONG HANDLE
Elimination of a Back-Breaking Fea-
ture of the Daily Household
Routine
Women are generally agreed that
one of the most serious features of
household work Is the tncessuut stoop-
ing which seems to be necessary ig
the performance of the dally routine
of the household work Doctors claim
that it is this alone which is in a large
measure responsible for the muny ills
and ailments which women are af-
flicted with an which the men are
free from So many of her dally
t
The Stoopless Dust Pan
tasks require that she should lean or
stoop over that It Is not long before
this unnatural attitude Is responsible
for some serlotia Bnd chronic Illness
which often makes her an Invalid tor
the rest of her lile
The stoopless dustpan which One
been recently invented enable' her
’to do the work of gathering up the
accumulations on the Hoor without the
least inclination of her body The
tiew Implement has a long handle by
which It is carried conveniently and
I at the same time the handle controls
the operation of a lid which opens lor
the reception of the dust when the
pan Is placed on the floor and as It
is raised after gathering up the accu-
mulations the lid closes biding the
contents from view and preventing
their being scattered by the winds or
by accident
MAKES SHEETS LAST LONGER
Housekeeper Telle How 8he Accomp-
liehee Thle Much-to-Be Desired
Result Simply
Some housekeepers still disdain the
commercial brand of bed linen and
make up their own sheets A writer
in the Bazaar saya:
Since blankets and dainty comfort-
ables are much more expensive both
to buy and keep clean than sheeting
1 make my sheets long enough to turn
back over them at least a quarter of a
yard
I am old fashioned enough to like
wide and narrow hems on my sheets
apprehensive all the time that
through carelessness the foot of the
heet will get to the head of the bed
1 buy 12V4 yards of muslin for four
sheets I make a very wide hem at
the top (which dignifies any sheet)
and a moderately wide one at the bot-
tom When a sheet Is about two-
thirds worn out and ready to be
"turned" 1 take out the upper wide
hem and put in Its place the narrow-
est one I can make The moderately
narrow hem then becomes the top or
wide one the sheet is thus reversed
bringing the wear In a different place
‘Sheets treated In this way will last
half again as long
Cutting Brick Butter
When cutting brick butter Into
small squares for use on the table bits
of the blitter often will cling to the
knife and spoil the looks of the square
If a piece of paraffin paper is wrapped
around the allver knife the butter will
cut in sharp clear squares and wUl
not cling to the knife at alL
Frozen Ginger Pudding
Make a rich smooth custard from
one quart milk five eggs three heap-
ing tablespoonfuls of sugar Add when
quite cold on quart of sweeleoed
whipped cream a few drops of vanilla
and one scant pint or preserved gin-
ger syrup Turn Into a chilled freez-
er and when half frozen pour In half
liound of crushed macaroon crumbs
that have been soaked In sherry one
and a half cups of chopped preserved
ginger a Utile candled orange peel
aud freeze till firm and creamy
Ham Muffins
Two tcaspoonfula of baking powder
sifted with one pint of flour add one
egg well beaten ono cupful of sweet
milk one tablespoonful ofugar pinch
of salt Stir in one cupful of finely
chopped raw ham (with a little of the
fat) bake 20 minutes lu a moderate'
oven In gem puna
Rhubarb Pie
BMI two pounds of rhubarb stalks
Wall sliced for an hour In a quart of
water strain add Juice of one lemon
and suaar to Usl after It Is colA
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