The Geary Journal. (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1907 Page: 2 of 10
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ltT By /fawnr AtotHMw
CHAPTER XXII.—Continued.
She swung the lantern at arm's
length back and forth do that its rays
at every forward motion struck my
face like a blow.
"It Isn't exactly pleasant in this cav-
ern. Unless you wish to turn me over
tn the lord high executioner, I will bid
you good night."
'Hut the Infamy of this—of coming
la here to apy upon me—to help my
snomy —the man who la seeking plun-
der -doeen'I seem to trouble you."
"No. Not a particle!" she replied |
the opening, setting up the line of
wall as we had left It in the after-
noon. and then 1 went back to the
library, freshened the lire aud brooded
before It until Bates came to relieve
me at dawn.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Besieged.
It was nine o'clock. We had swal-
lowed some breakfast, though I believe
no ono had manifested an appetite,
and we were cheering ourselves with
«nletly. and then, with an Impudent ; '!f98t talk possible. Stoddard, who
Kn/I ItoAtt ktk Ilia r>ko nol fm> Kla iibhaI
fling, "Oh. no!" she held up the lantern
4o look at the wick. "I'm really disap-
pointed to find that you were a little
ahood of me. Squlro Glenarm. 1 didn't
give you credit for so much—persever-
ance But If you have the notes—"
"The notes! He told yon there were
notes. did he? The coward sent you
fcnre to And them, after bis other toola
failed him?"
She laughed that low laugh of here
Oat was liko the bubble of a spring.
"Df course no one would dare deny
wnat the great Squire Glenarm says,"
•he said wltheringly.
'You can't know what your perfidy
means to me," I said. "That night at
the Armstrongs'. I thrilled at the sight
•r you. As you came dowu the stair-
way I thought of you as my good angel
and I belonged to you.—all my life, the
better future that I wished to make for
your sake."
'Please don't!" she exclaimed sor-
aowfully. tho mirth all t;one. I felt
that my words had touched her; th.it
there were regret and repentance in
her tone and in the gesture with wMch
ahf turned from
■the hurried down the passage toward
the chapel, swinging the lantern at her
aide, and I followed, still mystified,
aad angered by her composure. She
even turned, with pretty courtesy, to
hold the light for me at the crypt
■taps.—a service that I accepted per-
force and with Joyless acquiescence in
tho Irony of it. I knew that I did not
tellevo In her; her conduct as to Pick-
ering was utterly Indefensible.—I could
not. forget that; but the light of her
ayes, her tranquil brow, the sensitive
IIpa, whoso mockery slung and pleased
la a breath,—by such testimony my
doubts wore alternately reinforced and
disarmed. Swept by these changing
moods I followed her out into the
arypt
"You soem to know a good dejl
about this place, and I suppose 1 can't
object to your familiarizing yourself
with your own property And the
•etas—I'll give myself the pleasure of
handing them to you to-morrow. You
«aa cancel them and give them to Mi.
Pickering.—a fitting pledge between
you!"
I thrust my bands into my pockets
to give an impression of ease I did uot
had been to the chapel for his usual
seven o'clock service, was deep la the
pocket Greek testament ho always car-
ried.
Bates ran in to report a summsns
as a matter of law," said Larry. "Pick-
ering's merely using the sheriff to give
respectability to his maneuvers."
it was no time for a discussion of
motives.- Wo ran across tho meadow
past the water tower and down to the
boat-house. Far out on the lako we
saw half a dozen men approaching the
Glenarm grounds. They advanced
steadily over the light snow that lay
upon the ice. one man slightly in ad-
vance and evidently the leader.
"It's Morgan," exclaimed Bates.
"And there's Ferguson."
Larry chuckled and slapped his
thigh.
"Observe that stocky little devil Just
behind tho leader. He's my friend
from Scotland Yard. Lads! this is
really an international affair."
"Bates, go back to the house and
call at any sign of attack," I ordered.
"Tho sheriff's loose somewhere."
"And Pickering is directing his
forces from afar," remarked Stoddard.
"I count ten men in Morgan's line,'
said Larry, "and the sheriff and his
deputy make two more. That's 12, not
counting Pickering, that we know of
on the other side."
"Wara them away bofore they get
much nearer," suggested Stoddard.
"We don't want to hurt people If we
can help It,"—and at this I went to the
SMALL RACE RIOT
THREE KILLED IN A CLASH AT
HARTSHORNE DURING A
STREET FAIR
M
"Move If You Dare, and I'll Pluj You with Your Own Gun."
at the outer wall, and Larry aad I end of the I ier. Morgan and his men
went together to answer It. sending wer«j nnw quite near, and there was no
'Yes." she remarked In a practical
tone; '*$320,000 dollars Is no mean
aura of money Mr Pickering will un-
dniibtedlt bo delighted to have his
debt a canceled—"
"l« exchange for a life of devotion."
I arscrevl "So you knew the sum—
the exact amount of these notes, lie
IWI served you well He should
have Md you that we found them to-
"Yea art* not nice, are you. Squi;
fiicnarm. when you are cross? U;i*
Mr Pickering wasn't kind not to tell
■«> Why, I uilghr catch a dreadful
•old Aran here'" ,
She'was like Olivia now. I felt ti;,
•iter futility of attempting to reason
with a woman who could beromi a
ehild at will. She walked up the steps
llates to keep watch toward the lake.
Our friend, the sheriff, with a dep-
uty, was outside in a buggy. He stood
up and talked to u over the wall.
"You gents understand that I'm • ily
doing my duty. It'a tn unplra i •
hus!uc35. but th'- rrjurt cnlcrs -i • '■
eject eli trespassers on the pro-
sed I've got to do it."
"The law 1.4 beta*; uic:l by n '.i
famous scounirc! u t ci . < :
I don't intend to el.e We < :i I
ou! here Cor lhrc** mo rh; il .: •<
nry, anl I uri.iv you ta k .a*
and not act a' a tool fur t mm 1
Plckcms."
The sh -. lff llites >d
resting his arms on t p ef t!< • * •'
"You ought to u:?d* * and. •
arm. thai 1 r.ln': the e i.ni: I'm
sheriff, a;:J It'a nit for me :i> >
these qu lUonn. I've got ru«
and I've j':t to taftrco ' ■ u l I :
yo'4 v.ill a t make It n • ■ •< •
to «*"' violence. The J ..'v
We deplore violence n • w !■ . •«
Those wer~ his henor's • ••: * i
' Yj i m-y give his li
mistaking their Intentions. Most of
ill em ca.Tled guns, the others re-
kol.tr.* end long Ice hooks.
"Morgan" I called, holding up my
haad3 for a truc< . "we wish you no
identified as the English detective bow
came closer srd addressed me la •
high key.
You're harboring a bad man. Mr.
Glenarm. You'd better give him op.
I've got my papers and the American
law supports mo. You'll get yourself
into trouble if you protect that man.
You may not understand, sir, that he's
a very dangerous character."
"Thanks. Davidson!" called Larry. —
now rm^a bad man with the shlllalah!" i llllllEl STIRTEI lETKEITIIK NEI
That you are. you blackguard!"
yelled the officer, so spitefully that wo
all laughed.
I drew back to the boat-house.
"They are not going to kill anybody
if they can help it," remarked Stod-
dard, "any more than we are. Even
deputy sheriffs are not turned loose to
do murder, and the Wabana county
court wouldn't, if it hadn't been Im-
posed on by Pickering, lend Itself to a
game like this. And this business here
is only a private affair between Picker-
ing and tho sheriff."
"Now we're In for It." yelled Larry;
and the IS men. in close order, came
running across the ice toward the
shore.
"Open order, and fall back slowly
toward the houae," I commanded. And
we deployed from the boat-house, while
the attacking party still clung to-
gether.—a strategic error on their side,
as Larry assured ua.
"Stay together, lads. Don't sepa-
rate; you'll get lost If you do," be
yelled derisively to the enemy. *
Stoddard bade him keep still, and
we soon had our hands full with a
preliminary aklrmish. Davidson, the
detective, seemed disgusted at Mor-
gan's tactics, openly abused the care-
taker, and ran ahead of his column,
revolver in hand, bearing down upoa
Larry, who held our center.
The Englishman's haste was his
undoing. A light fall of snow a few
days before had gathered in the lit-
tle hollows of the wood deceptively.
The detective plunged into one of
these and fell sprawling on all fours—
1 calamity that caused his comrades
to pauso uneasily. Larry was upon
his enemy in a flash, wrenched his
pistol away and pulled the man to his
feet.
"Ah, Davidson. There's many a
slip! Move, if you dare, and I'll plug
you with your owu gun." And he
stood behind the man, using him fts a
shield while Morgan and the rest ot
the army hung near the boat houa«
uncertainly.
"It's the strategic intellect we've
captured, general," observed Larry to
me. "You see the American Invaders
were depending on British brains."
Morgan now acted on the hint we
had furnished him and sent his men
out as skirmishers. The loss of the
detective had undoubtedly staggered
the caretaker, and we were slowly re-
treating toward the house, Larry with
one hand on the collar of his pris-
oner and the other grasping the re-
volver. with which he poked the man
frequently In the ribs. We slowly
continued our retreat, fearing a rush,
which would have disposed of us eas-
ily enough if Morgan's company had
showu any fighting spirit. Stoddard's
presence rather amazed and intimi-
dated them, I think, and I saw that
the Invaders kept away from bid end
Yeung White Man Deliberately Shot
Down by Negro—Innocent Nefre
Shot By Bystander—Deputy
Marshals Quiet
Excitement
HARTSHORNE: In « race riot
here one young white man, aamed
Johnson, was killed Instantly by a ne-
gro and a young negro from Tisho-
mingo an Innocent bystander was
killed by a white man.
Hartshorne Is a mining town fif-
teen miles east of McAlester, it has
a population of about 2000. A street
fair was being held and a quarrel
started between some negroes sad
white boys on the principal street.
The fight lasted for some time aad
It seemed that the whites were gat-
ting the best of H. when a negro walk-
ed op to young Johnson, placed a fo-
volver at his breast and deliberately
shot him through the b:dy. In the
excitement a young negro whose home
w*s In Tishomingo, and who had not
been taking part in the trouble, start-
ed to run from the crowd and a white
man pulled a revolver and killed him.
Johnson was carried to a doctor's
office, but died oo the way.
Deputy marshals came from Mc-
Alester. but it was far Into the night
before the town was quieted. Before
the marshals arrived the negroes left
the scene, stating that they were go-
ing for their guns. The whites start-
ed for guns and returned, but the ne-
groes did n't.
Grand Jury's Work of Four Days
TULSA; The recent grand Jury
returned 131 indictments, after a
strenuous sitting • f four days. ThS
crime included almost everything on
the calendar. This is said to be the
biggest batch of Ind'ctmcnts returned
by any grand jury In the western dis-
trict of Indian Territory in recent
years.
FIRE BUGS IT (BUSH
! arm. hut if ypti enter these grounds . f tho „ne We were now far apart
• «l > so at your peril.' _ _ stumbling over the snow-covered
earth and calling to one another now
T'ecy liad paused at a word from
i aad listened sullenly.
"V < re all r vorn deputy sheriffs,"
I .he can- ';er smoothly. "We've
" ?aw li" >'nd us."
1: 8- must he why you're comma
x y." 1 replied.
. iuan whom Larry had j
and then that we might not become
too widely separated. Davidson did
not relish his capture by the man he
had followed across the ocean, and
he attempted on<% to roar a command
to Morgan.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
are |Kdnts InvoKcJ tn
'that he doesn't know a i
. v •' kv | 1J :
and out Into the church veatibiiie I men's and tell him tin
Then before the outer d'Rir she «pok" ! not U> see thing* li.a
with derision.
"We i'3rt here. If you please' An«l
—I ka.e nol tho HlUht -<it intention of | und *e. unfo-tunately. ii
trying to explain my errand Into that I to lay them before him "
passap- You have'*Jumped to your
own cnerluslen, which have to
serve t u I advise yon net to thluk
very much about it.—to the evcltulon
•f awr imvortau' b isiness.—9qu!re
Olesarm!"
J*b«< ISftH th; laslcrn to turn out its
light, and it iu ide ."X glory ef her f- ee.
>ut thenar.'.! aul luH It toward ma.
xml
Folding Sheep by Hand
BELIEF THAT ATTEMPT WAS
MADE TO BURN FAMILY
ALIVE
CHICKASHA: The family of C. C.
Spetter. Fifth street and Dakota ara-
nue, had a narrow escape from being
burned to death In their la me when
the house was found ablaze at S
o'clock Monday morning.
Just as the last member of this
family was awakened and left Bis
building collapsed.
8petter and members of the local
fire department are of the belief that
the fire was of Incandlary origin. The
bucket fr m an open well In the front
yard had been taken fr:m its ptaoe
and hid In an alley.
When tho fire department arrived
at the building it was burning Is
three or four different places aad
aone of the furniture was saved. The
police are at work In an effort to
dlsrover the Identity of the firebug.
Another small blase at the home of
R. C. Vaughn was extinguished with-
out much loss. A third fire, which
caused no loss, was started In a feed
barn n Kansas avenue.
The origin of this blase is a mys-
tery and the local police officers sis
strongly Inclined to the belief that a
firebug Is working systematically
here.
AWAITING CONSTITUTION
*v<u uie' You will need this to
light yoa home."
"Bui vihi must not cross the park
alone!**
"Good night' l'leai <> be wuro to
«low the door to (he passage when you
The rheriff*3 seeming *
with his | osttion t.n the • «M a I -
disposition to parley >••«! v . > ..
arouse my susi icions. and I.*; '
c rat Utni i mi MBii M i • •
the absurdity of discuasin^ i: > a T tf x
with n person whom he l:i-i<t« l <•>
calling n constable, to the sh«MiX •
dent annoyance.
"You, sir,—we've got our eye oo i
aud you'd better come slong | << «•
able. lAurance Ihmnvan; the d«*
tlons filj you to a 't'."
"You could buy a nice farm wfh i
that reward, couldn't you—"
l mom i !>.itarter of
♦r: his :irty days
le Isy the ;armer.
' ier. said:
. r chores Is done you
• p n fold."
•i! \b In ':l* soorano
«j - M'■ < v!j farmer.
. ••v«*r>,i litng
<i | • .trfliitlve bleat-
!.>!•« ti:«>d he sound.
\tt with ii ewe ncross
In tw*st to brnsk It In
•" ronrrrt the farmer.
ih In"!
t«-l 1
i ing lamb and
angered a few feet swsy from hto
i ate master.
"Well. «lr, y* said t' put 'em sheep
.n (old. an' I was doln' my best with-
out a loldln' machine."
Musicians Black-Bail St reuse.
Liko Wagner, llumpendinck aud
Joachim tofore htm, Klchard Strauss,
composer of "Salome," snd many otb
or uoted works, has been rejected S
a member of the senate of the Berlin
Academy of Arte, an Institution cor-
:ospoudlng to the French academy.
All the sculptors, painters and other
artists voted Iu his favor. The musi-
cians alone black-balled hint.
go down You are a dreadfully heed I luirry. but at that moment Kates ra;i
Imk person. Squire Glenarm."
flbe Hum: open the outer chapel
door and ran along the path towurd
gl Aitatha's 1 watched her In the
•tarfucbt until a bend In the palh hid
he* sw f< moving figure
D WB through the pkasaxe I has
*mui. her lantern llghtlug my way.
At ti* DOer of Bewilderment I closed
toward us calling loudly.
"They're coming across the lake,
air." ho reported, and Instantly the
sheriff's head disappeared, and as we
ran toward the house we heard his
horse pounding down the ro d toward
St. Agatha's.
"The law bo damned. They don't la
Uad to oome In here by the front door
The Walker Family Clashes
Jr: n T. Walker. < f Turner. Me., In a aned for culinary purposes. Thou thets
)v,m< :er wlo . . >.u a are reported two Intellects clashed
tnd vliose doln.H lo!J ot prill) much
ill over that >i< ilon ot the siaie. Mrs.
John, who is. by tho wav. John's only
Intellectual | eer in thone parts, on*
day discovered a le n's stolen uest con-
taining 14 eggs Upon examination, hatch; as' ef they do thoy'll all
howrter, ths egUN pro%. d to be too fools."
Hald the lady: "Tha* ain't do ut>e
wastln* vv 'em so wo might's well scl
em." %
"Huh?" retortsd John, "what's the
uaen sett In' uv 'em? They won't
Attorney General Bonaparte Eap«ots
Official Copy Soon
WASHINGTON: Attorney Oen-
eral Bonaparte returned and is at his
desk in the depsrtment of Justice. Is
the matter of tho Oklahoma coostltu*
ti. n he said that the government had
not yet received an official copy of
the constitution as adopted by the
voters of Oklahoma, hut a copy Is ex
peeted Soon, and when received it
would lie referred to the president
for such actlcn he saw fit ti tako.
In the meantime tho officials of the
department have been examining tha
constitution as they understand it waa
adopted, with ti vl«w tn rnsk'ng a <h-
port to the president In case it should
h" nsk# d for.
Final decision likely will be reach
ed In a few days.
FAIRVIEW- Tho waterworks bond
Issue, voting I25.04M) construction
b nds, carrl d by a vote of 178 to but
7 against. Work on the ramstruetloa
will tietfn in the ..ear future.
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