Sword of Truth (Sentinel, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 11, 1914 Page: 4 of 4
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CHAIN-DRAGS IGHOST
By E. H. EMMONS.
It was in the v.1 in tor of l'JIO that
Kink and myself first took up "rUob-
tology," or, more properly speaking, it
was Rink who took it up and I who
was "taken in," whether will ,-ly or
not
The lady with whom we w.-r. room-
ing at that time was :< tod to Ra
extent in various forms of charity an J
on her visits to the Bwemp3—that part
of the city where for the past twenty
years the down-and-onters, the yno i
tor-nothings, the bums and u few poor
but honest folk had congregated--si;,
had become acquainted •with nn eld
lady who resided in a ;,rcut < H !<■'
cabin near the river and on the ■
outskirts of town. In time she lean-
ed the woman's story, which was sim-
ply that the house pos.se--' d a g!
The cabin, which had n built I
when the city proper was \.;:J pralrl •.
had stood on Itr site for fifty-five yeurs
so was well quallt'od for n m :t r- -
sort, having run down and ; , d
considerably. The old lady's i.,: '
had died three ycrrs bf ut i
not until a year l«t that he as- >:
the prodigal role and bcr^u vi, ; > .
his former home.
This was the story our landlady told
us and through lie r Km'.; . . . d to I
securo an invt'ation to visit r. t.
merely to satisfy i .
course, I was dra^r . i; -it-
and we went in the r.'.Krwm i;. •• ~
to examine the surrotiiiuia^a in i -
light and we Sherlock^' all .; ti
house and yard until dark. At C
back dense timber grew up a!
the doorstep and
that Rink was rooting into thin < • tli
more care than he had before . N'--1;.
He examined the ground and the walla
thoroughly and a smile overspread his
face. "I'll bet we land something to-
night," he remarked.
That evening we were again given
the account by the old lady herself.
When her husband had succeeded In
passing away, a grandson, Jimmy
somebody, had come to live with the
old woman.
Shortly after Jimmy arrived his
Spiritual grandpa, Buppose?nr> had de-
veloped the uncomfortable habit of
dragging a chain around the house at
various hours of the night and it
Jarred the survivors' nerves.
About nine o'clock wcto shown
to our room in the north end of the
.house, which point seemed the chief
place of attack.
We fixed ourselves comfortably,
'Rink extinguished the light and we sat
down on the edge of the bed.
We bad been waiting about two
hours, I think, when Rink arose and
stepped to the window. The moon
.was just rising and mado everything
{look more or less ghostly. The sky
was cloudless.
"Not much of a night for ghosting,"
remarked joy friend, as ho came back
-and reseated himself.
"Well *' 1 replied, "if you're getting
tired, don't let me keep you up. J
don't care much for ghosts anyway. 1
would rather^-
I stopped abruptly and experienced
'the pleasant sensation of n ;
and hair rising at the same tnne, as a
! faint scratching sound came from.
■ somewhere, accompanied by the clank,
clank of a chain.
The sound came nearer and nearer,
lit seemed in the very room with us.
I Then for a moment it stopped ant} tho
voice of the old lady in the ad joining
room asked if we heard It. -Yes, we
'heard it all right and I was frantically
going through my clothcs tp find a
: match when the clanking began once
more. There was a desperate scratch*;
lng and it seemed to have pa-^ed up
the wall and we heard it on the roof,
▲t that instant Rink leaped to the win-
dow, drew u£ the sash and leaned far
•out.
"I got It," be yelled and turned to
me, who was trying vainly to swallow
my heart back into place. "Here, take i
,my electric flash light and run oui and
see what it Is."
i I have had other Jobs I liked a good j
deal better than bunting ghosts and
.when outside our door 1 bumped into
■Jimmy, who had heard the commotion
and was getting Into his clothes. I
i was so relieved I wanted to shake
■hands with the youngster.
' Hastily we made our way to the
;jrarA where I trained tho light on the
'roof above where Rink way hi
the chain. Truly, something hud-
dled there by the big chiiiin. but 1
;could not see v.h«t ii h ,i-
ful whether at that rime I should ti:-..-a
recognised ray own brother, but v'nlo
!trying to obtain a clearer look th- i cy
suddenly let out such a yell I nearly
fainted.
"Why, It's Rastus." he cried dell&M
ledly, and I was reliev<
Ibeen a cold hand clutching at his
[throat which caused the cry, as I had
jsuspected
' "Who the deuce Is Rastus?" I ask
|«d. but before bo could reply Rink,
jwbo had been pulling steadily at tho
:chain, gave an extra yank and—down
Jwune a large, fat raccoon.
Jimmy seized the chain Joyfully and
1*4 the animal into the house while I
followed sheepishly. "Gran'ma had
Rastus four er five years," he explain-
ied, "but be broke his chain one time
jand run away Into the woods ."
And when the cold weather came
[Rastus had returned to the cabin and
finding his old box removed he nightly
jatlnbad the rough sides of the house
and found a warm bed In a corner by ,
U« chimney.
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LEARN FROM ENGLAND
In t Country the Movement for
Proper Housing <1006111008 Has
Mad- Much Headway.
Vr.der the guidance of Co-partner-
i-l il> Tenants, Ltd, the co-partnership
in housing movement continues to
m -toady progress in various partB
o! i-'usland It Is exciting thai Inte,-
1; i ci the i>i i 11 y depntatiuns frym the
continent th t have lately visited thai
country, and the extension of the
m< tliods both In the coionles and on
the ■ ontinent Is assured.
though the Liverpool Garden Su
• will, when completed, be the
i'-i of the c.-nites federated with
-i-iretMiip Tenants. Ltd., that at
• T«d h«s up to tho present at-
ari moat attention. The whole
.ib will ccimkt of 0"> acres, about
"f which Ill be given up to ope-i
«a, including woods that have
, reserved ,n the Renera! lavout.
,> rff-.i / Mr. Raymond Unwin,
ti. ids thar-n...>•
3 playi
I as au
:ion of these
w ho are fon
great tribul
icntlal feature of
This was vi ■
American Tivic
H. U Watrous,
t the HampKte.nl
t and really won
system." The
woods is regard
1 of natural beay-
? to the co-part-
mys the Town
Rc
i Liverpool, 25 out of the 180 acres
of which the suburb will ultimately
consist have been developed by the
erection of 250 houses, this being the
1 init established by the central body.
There is the nucleus of a community
that will have a well-organized social
life and the local education authori-
ties, who will shortly have to con-
sider the question of school accom-
modation, have Just furnished the in-
stitute as a temporary elementary
school to suffice for the time being
The provision of gardens was regard-
ed by u deputation of German town
planners who recently visited the
EJburb an one of the b t features of
the housing work they had seen in
Liverpool
CIT
Phil
bv t
veto
In i
tion
h:ev
prn-t
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tbo
Y AMD SUBURBS ARE ONE
'rfdelphia' Ha* Recognised Truth of
This rrd Is Ks Plans
Accordingly.
overnor Tener of Pennsylvania has
cled a very strong commission to
•y out the idea of the law p.-isaed
he last legislature to plan the de-
pment cf the Philadelphia suburbs,
he con:se of thue tiie lncorpota-
Of the..i' 1 'lb.; with the ciiv Is
iteble l.vcn : a it lr "b y are
rent;-: and associations are r/ito
city ai d It is only sensible that
city plan and suburban plans
is lrot a fnd It Is a science
has t,ti firm root In America
s- vd J tilts have been manifcrted
1 it in older countries lingland
HllditiB many model villages in
naiiy cities which <* few years ago
b.vo be*'i transformed without
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- t>- and to the benefit of ih. pub-
(Concluded from'page 1)
amnnpr men, deriving their just
powers from the "consent of ;the
governed; that h whenever any
form of government' becomes
destructive of these ends (the
inalienable rights life,
liberty and the pursuit of hap*
piness) it is the right of the
people to alter or abolish .it, ancj
to institute a new government,
laying its foundation on such
principles, and organizing its
powers in such form as to^hem
shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness., . ,
When a long train of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably
the same object evinces'^a design
to reduce them under an abso-
lute despotism, it is their RIGHT,
it is their DUTY, to THROW OFF
sufh government and to provide
new guards for their future
security."
•What Socialists want and are
.: >ing to get is an up-to-the-min-
uie, twentieth-century constitu-
tor! that insures liberty and
justice and equality in every
i.^hteous sehse of the terms
And the time,draws near.
A Warning.
W. II. Madison in Dexter Dispatch.
Socialists read this and pass it
on to your neighbors. John R.
Mandell, of Chicago, a press
agent who heard the proceedings-
in the meeting of the Anti-So-
cialist League Committee in Chi-
cago, 111., Dec. 9th, 1913, records
this sentence from Bishop John
Ireland:
' 'Do not attack Socialists on
economic ground; they will de-
feat you. Get Bax, Bebel and
Engels, whose writings are capa-
ble of being construed as favor-
inv atheism and free love! Once
prejudice the people against So-
cialism on religion, and we can
control them politically! WE
MUST GET PROTESTANT
PREACHERS AT ANY
COST to do this work in non
catholic communities!"
This well , laid plan by the
O ' tholic hierarchy is being faith-
carried out all over this
land of ours. But it will
1-rove a boomerang in the end,
for thj Prot* stant clergy and
Christian peopie'everywhere are
coming to understand the game.
USURIOUS INTEREST.
In
mn
sntly
spirit
ap-
con-
•loui
.Iiidclphla In behind none
s civic vigilance, and the
■o make the greater me-
nd to none In lis green
aspect is before us.
uty of Citiss Has Cash Value.
ec'rflon which should be of spe-
nt e rest to San Franciscans, per-
1 us to the billboard problem,
mt been banded down by the ap-
'• COart division of the New
courts, says the San Francisco
ilcJo. A construction company
!ir:cces?arily destroyed several
ntal Cloud Lasted Long,
em Rip Van Winkle nwaklng
ie years of oblivion, flndp his
nds dead and his children
. manhood. He resides In that
cepy Hollow country, where
the scene of the magic ptory.
ie is Hyman Levy, and for
?ars he wan a leading mer-
l arrytown. N Y , before tb*
ii years hag -n It was a men-
•hat shrouded him nud made
'. 1 us one dead to bis friuuds.
Voters Band Together and
Refuse to Pay and Em-
ploy Lawyer.
A comrade hands us the fol-
lowing newspaper clipping for
publication;
"The Voters league of south
Pottawatomie county has em
ployed the firm of Baldwin &
Carleton, of Tecumseh, to prose-
cute for its members usury suits
against the various banks of this
section for usury. At a large
meeting held at the Ray school-
j house in the South part of the
I county arrangements were
made for more than a hundred
suits,
A resolution was adopted that
in the ca^.e of national banks the
• tual money borrowed would be
returned and in the case ot state
i'anks twice the amount of inter-
est paid would be deducted and
the remainder due on the note
would be p^id. In r 11 cases the
members of the league will pay
back the amount due banks un-
ier the Oklahoma law, but it is
the intent to stand on.their legal
rights to refuse to pay interest
when the'bank has been guilty
of charging usury.
The Voters league of Pottawa-
tomie county numbers a thousand
members in the south part of the
county. The meeting was held
by call of the county president,
Leander Pounds, and the state
organizer, W. M. Sharp."
A company of tyrants is inac-
cesible to all reduction, - Voltaire.
TWO DEAR OLD LADIES
By T. M'MAHON.
Miss Mary Henley and Misa Maggie
Hrown were two dear old ladies who
lived together in a tiny bouse at the
edge of the city. Miss Mary had
made wedding gowns Jor young wom-
en of her own age in her youth, and
^he went on making Tlainty baby
things for the children of the brides,
and later, debutante gowns and wed-
ding dresses for these same children.
Always cheery, always interested,
never seeming to miss the Joy of life
that caine not to her, quiet content to
know all things vicariously, she was
au institution in many homes, where
"Miss Mary's days" were as much a
part of the household regime as the
weekly sweeping days.
Miss Maggie was "pot strong." That
was the way she and Miss Mary talk-
ed of the half Invalidism that made
Miss Maggie unable to parta*ke in Miss
Mary's labors. But that lack of
strength did not prevent Miss Maggie
from doing many things which red-
cheeked girls with bounding blood in
their veins could not have done. A
certain wealthy woman, on« of Miss
Mary's patrons, contributed a small
amount to the support of the home
each month, in addition to her pay-
ments for Miss Mary's labofr, and the
two lived comfortably, and attained a
reputation for charitable works.
Was there a bazar in the little
chruch? Miss Mary's needlework was
sure to fill the table and MIbb Mag-
gie's \cakes were sure to be the mos>t
delicious and the first sold. Did a
beggar come to the door? There was
always food, clothing and a wofd of
cheer for him. The clothing? Oh,
yes! Miss Maggie had no pride or sem-
blance thereof. She went, quite as a
matter of course, to richer house-
holds and begged frankly for cast off
clothing for her "poor people," and she
got it and gave It, with a kindly In-
junction, a bit of encouragement or a
quoted text, as need seemed to de-
mand. If it be true that vagrants
have their code carved and chalked
on doors and gates^, certainly the gate
of their tiny yard must have been cut
to pieces or marked beyond need of
paint.
But peaceful years brought a grief
to theso two. Tho pastor of their
church, beloved of them for 20 years,
died, and his widow moved elsewhere.
Replacing him, finally, after trials,
came the Rev. James Martin, elderly,
and, strange to say, a bachelor, for
a wife Is more than a wife to a min-
ister. ' She is a necessity of life, a
thing taken for granted. No one could
surmise why the Rev. Martin had nev-
er married, though many tried. His
kindly manner, his gentle helplessness
in things material and his deeply spir-
itual sermons quite won the hearts of
the flock, and moro brilliant aspirants
were forgotten in the general demand
for the gentle little man who taught
such sweetly comforting doctrincs.
The Rev. Martin took up his abode
in the parsonage and found a house-
keeper. But somehow, the housekeep-
er, though zealous, and quite proud
of her position, seemed to omit many
of the little attentions that naturally
belonged to one ministering to the
needs of a man of Ood. There was
a certain shabbiness about the at-
tire of the devout preacher, a certain
gauntne8d of cheek and whiteness oi
slender hand that made these two
maiden ladles, especially, ache for his
welfare. They entered Into < u
appealed to the heads of the tuu.v-i,
and finally it was arranged that the
parsonage should be let, and the min-
ister should live with Miss Mary and
Miss Maggie.
Here the little front parlor became
his study, past the door of which Miss
Maggie tiptoed, finger on lip, w hen the
doorbell rang. Nourished by Miss
Maggie's delicious tidbits, bis clothes
kept in immaculate order by Miss
Mary's careful fingers, the pastor be-
came plumper, and developed a tend-
ency toward the making of mild Joke*
His improved garb seemed to give au
assurance he had lacked before, and
bis sermons became not only consol-
ation for the elders and the weary, but
Inspiration for the young and glow-
ing. Miss Mary sang over her work
like a canary, and Miss Maggie's se-
vere garb became frilly at neck and
wrists and enlivened by bows of col-
ored ribbon. They bought flowers
and real magazines, went to picture'
shows together now and then, and
laughed together like young school-
girls over their household tasks.
One day Miss Mary was fitting a
froth of lacc and silk over a bride to
be. The bride, before the glass, look-
ed at herself, and then at the little
brown lady before ber, on her knees.
The contrast woke something new In
the girl's heart and she leaned over
and kissed Miss Mary's softly
wrinkled cheek.
Miss Mary looked up, startled for
an instant, and then comprehend-
ing.
"I know Just how you feel, dear—
bless your heart! 1 hope you'll be as
happy as we are always."
Th* little bride looked her wonder.
"You see, Maggie and I have each
other, and we know what love Is," said
Miss Mary, as If that settled the mat-
ter, and In a flash the little bride un-
derstood.
Willie's Education.
Willie—"Say, Pa, you ought to see
the men across the street raise a
house on Jacks." Pa (absently)—"Im-
possible, Willie. You can open 011
Jacks, but a man is a fool to try to
raise 00 them—er—that Is—I mean. It
mtut have been quite a sight"
A mass convention of Social-
ists of Washita county is hereby
called at Cordell Saturday, Feb-
ruary 21, 2 o'clock p. m.
The time has come to make
selections for county and town
ship officers. It is your duty as
Socialists, and should be a pleas-
ure. also, to participate in this
meetiog. Call for nominations
for state officers, United States
Serfator and Congressmen (by
referendum vote) has been made
to Locals over the state. We
want to put out a strong ticket,
from top to bottom, and we ex-
pect your assistance.
There will be other matters of
imp rtance to the Socialist or-
ganization up for*consideration.
Be there- Saturday, February
21. W. W. Hornreck, Chm.
Eye-Openers.
Fxchange.
Why does the worker only get
seventeen cents on each dollar
he produces?
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Socialism will break up the
rented homo by giving every
person a chance to own a home.
An honest judge is one who
knows how to servo his masters
without lettingthe people know
it.
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A guarantee of life, l;! rty
and the pursuit of ha^nineqp if
an empty dream with' - < hl
ownership of the i
means of life.
Mr. Farmer, you are not you:-
own boss. The lash.of necessity
is worse than the lash of a bull-
whip.
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I'd rather vote for my boy and
be laughed at. than to vote for
my boss and. then be laughed at
for being a pucker at the other
man's game,
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To the world's poor and op-
pressed, Socialism is the only
heacon of hope. Foi as long a-;
the system of privately owned
industries fxists just so long-
will poverty and oppression exist.
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Judges and courts will be cor-
rupt as long as a few men own
the industries and can divide up
their profits with the judges and
cou:-ts.
Reform never did anything for
anybody. When a system is so
rotten that it needs reform, it is
time to abolish it. Ex.
If you do not believe in dividing
up, vote for the Socialist party.
It is the onl.v party that does
not stand for private ownership
of public industries and thus force
you to di vide up with the other
follow. Socialism proposes to
•toji this r'ividing up game.—
Ex.
The abolition of bribery in pol-
itics i« imposvihle without an
V'jranize>i du paying party
memboivhip which' practices
the initiative, referendum and
<—■',!! w:rh;n the bounds of the
, • ly eijcLi , t' 10 officials. —Ex.
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and Gas Engines overhauled. A general line of
repair work solicited. Will come 10 your assist-
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an expert in his line.
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