The Sulphur Journal. (Sulphur, Indian Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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CHAPTER XXVUI— Continued
The beauty that had been Sister
Wynfreda’s hovered now about her
mouth as fragrance around a dead
rose Her gaze was on a branch above
them where a little brown bird call-
ing plaintively was slipping from her
nest Over the wattled edge two
tiny brown heads were peeping like
fuzzy beech nut rinds “I wonder”
she said “what those little creatures
up there will think when a few months
hence the blue sky becomes leaden
such that no one of them ever before
recollected it so dark and the sun
that i3 wont to creep to them through
the leaves has gone out like a can-
dle before the winter winds? By rea-
son of their youth I suppose they will
judiciously conclude with themselves
that thenk is never going to be any
blue sky again that their lives will
stretch before them in a dark-hued
stress of weather empty of all save
leafless trees and frozen fields My
fledgeling will they not bo a little
ashamed of their short-sightedness
when the spring has brought back
the sun?”
The girl’s lips parted before her
quickening breath and the old nun
smiled at her tenderly as she moved
away with her hands full of the green
symbols of healing “If you would be
at use now go gather the flowers for
the Holy Table and when themselves
have drawn in holiness from the spot
then shall you bring them to the sick
woman over the hill”
“Yes Sister” the girl said submis-
sively But when she had crossed the dai-
sied grass and opened the wicket gate
and came out into the fragrant lane
something seemed to divide her mind
with the roses for though she sent
one glance toward the hedge she sent
another tothe spot beyond — where
tho lane gave out upon the great
Street to the City
“I wonder if I shall ever hunger for
aesven as I hunger for the sight of
There were blood stains on
him” she murmured as she gazed
Standing so it happened that she
did not see the horseman who was
just gaining the crest of tho nearest
hill between her and the city The
wind being from her slio d' ! not even
hear the hoof-beats until tne hor-'e
had turned from the glare of the sun
into the shadow of the fern-bordered
lane The first she knew of it she
glanced over her shoulder and saw
the red-cloaked figure riding toward
her along the grass-grown path
As naturally as a flower opens its
heart at tho coming of the Bun she
leaned toward him breathing his
name then in an impulso equally nst-
ural as he leaped from his saddle be-
fore her she drew back and half avert-
ed her face flickering red and white
like the blossoms she was clasping
to her breast
He ’ stopped abruptly a short
stretch of grass still between them—
and it soothed her bruised prldo a
little that there was no longer any
confident enso in his manner but only
hesitation and uncertainty Ills volco
wus greatly troubled as he spoke:
“Never can I forgive myself for hav-
ing wounded you sweetheart yet had
I hoped that you might forgive me
bocauso I know rot what I did and
because I have suffered so sorely for
It"
“You have suffered" she repeated
with a little accent of bitterness
“I beseech you by my love that you
do not doubt It!” Hesitation gave way
beforo a warmth of reproach “For
a man to know that he has wounded
what ho would have died to shield —
hat he has wronged where he would
j have given his life to honor — that it
may bo he has lost what is body and
soul to him — what else is that but
suffering?”
Drawing softly near her he spoke
in noblest conciliation: “Is it your
pride that cannot pardon me Lady of
Avalcomb? Do I seem to sue for
grace too boldly because I forget to
make my body match the humbleness
of my heart? Except in prayer or
courtesy we afio not loose of knee we
Angles but I would stoop as low as
I lowest might if that could make you
kinder dear one” Baring his head
ho knelt down at her feet — and the
difference between this and tho time
when he had Vent before her in the
Abbey was tho difference between
tender jest and tenderer earnest
“Thus then do I ask you to give me
back your love” he said gently — and
would have said more but that she
turned stirred to a Lind of generous
shame
“It needs not that lord! I know’
you did not mean it And they have
told me that— that I have no right to
be angry with you — ” She broke off
as looking into his face she saw some-
thing that startled her into forgetful-
neJb of all else “Why are your cheeks
so hollow?” she demanded “And so
gri?— as though you had lost blool?
Lord what has come near you?”
He could not conceal the sudden
pleasure he got out of her alarm for
him even while he answered as light-
ly as he could that it was no more
than the fatigue of his three days in
the saddle and a lack of food per-
haps as he had been somewhat press-
ed for time and a lack of sleep be-
cause of —
But she was a warrior's daughter
and she would not bo put off Coming
close to him she pulled aside the
dusty cloak hot as a live coal in the
glare of the day and there — behold! —
there were blood stains on the breast
of his blue kirtle Forgetful of every-
thing else she flung her arms around
the breast of his blue kirtle
him as though to shield hir "bert
you are wounded! What is ITT
Nothing that troubled him ver '
much apparently for his haggard face
ha1 grown radiant with gladness Yet
he was enough afraid of tho reaction
to answer her as gravely as possible:
“It is Rethgar Lodbroksson whom I
met coming from the city as I was
journeying back from my errand in
Northampton Little affection has
ever passed between us and this time
something moro than usual seemed to
have stirred him against me for — ”
“He tried to kill you!” The words
were not a question but a breathless
assertion as she remembered the Jo-
tun's last threat
“He tried to kill mo” the mnrshal
assented quietly ‘And his blade did
manago to pierce my mail he is a
giant in strength as in other things
But it cut no moro than flesh and
after that Fortuno wheeled not
toward him”
“You slew him!”
H§r lips were white ns she gasped
it but he knew now that It was no
love for the Jotun that moved her
and he answered promptly to her un-
spoken thought: “No sweet— for the
king’s sake I spared him Before this
his men have taken him aboard his
ship and England Is rid of him"
Murmuring broken phrases of
thanksgiving sho stood holding tho
cloak she had grasped but ho dreaded
too much the moment of her awaken-
ing to await its coming Inactive Slip-
ping his arms around her he began to
speak swiftly the moment her silence
gave him an opening
“Never did I blar'e Rothgar much
for his enmity against me and now
I thank him for this cut as for a gift
for through it I know that at least
you have not outlawed me from your
love Dear one as you are not un-
kind in so slight a thing as this
wound ill my flesh so neither be with-
out pity for the one that is so much
deeper in my heart! As tho scratch
stayed your anger for a while so in
the gentleness of love let this which
is mortal stay it for all time”
With his arms around her she
could not shrink very far away — nor
was it seen that she tried to — but all
at once her words came in uneven
rushes: “How can I hold anger
against you when with every breath
my lips sigh for your kisses? iou let
no one wonder at it that I am fright-
ened You cannot conceive what a
lurking place for terrors the world
looks to me! Never I think shall I
see men sitting together that I shall
not suspect them of having murder
in their hearts Never shall I see two
friends clasp hands but my mind will
run forward to a time when they shall
part in wrath and loneliness Nay
even of- the sound of my own voice
I am afraid lest whomsoever is hear-
ing it — for all that he speak me fair
— be twisting the words in his mind
into evils I have not dreamed of Se-
hert I do not reproach you with it!
I think it all tho fault of my own
blunders — and therein I find a new
terror That one should suffer foi
wrong-doing is to be looked for but
if one is to be dealt with so unspar
ingly only for making mistakes whe
knows where his position is or what
to expect? Oh my best friend make
me brave or I am likely to die only
through fearing to live! With my
ignorance my boldness went from me
until now my courage is lowly as a
willow leaf Love make me brave
again!” Trusting in her very decla-
ration of distrust she clung to him tc
save her from herself
It was in the briar-pricked fingers
which he was pressing against his
cheek that he found his answer Sud-
denly he spread them out in his palm
before her laughing with joyful light
ness “Randalin the thorn wounded
your hands the while that you strip-
ped yonder hedge but did you stoj
for that? If I can prove to you that
all these dark days you have been
plucking roses can you not bravely
bear with the pricks?”
Putting her gently from him he
gathered up the spoils she had lei
fall picking from among them with
great care the tairest of either kind
while sho catching his mood watched
him April faced
“This” ho said gaily “i3 the red
rose of my heart Battle fields lay
between U3 and tower walls and tha
way was long and hard to find yet
can you deny my elf that you came
in and plucked it and wore it away in
your hair— to keep or to cast aside
as pleased you?”
Smiles and tears growing together
she caught the blossom from him and
pressed it to her lips “I will wear
it in my bosom’ she answered “for
my breast has been empty — since the
day I saw you first"
SmiliLg he held out the white rose
but his mood had deepened until now
he looked down upon her as he had
looked down upon her in tne moonlit
forest “This beloved is the symbol
of my faith” he said “Your eyes
took it from me that day at even-
song I hold it the dearer of the two
for with it goes my honor that is as
stainless as its petals It is worth
more than life to me— is it not worth
somo pricks to you?”
She took it from him reverently tc
lay it beside the other and as her face
was too- proud for fear so was it too
tender for jesting “I am more hon-
ored” she told him “than Canute by
his crown and I will live as bravely
to defend them”
But as he would have caught her
to him she leaned back suddenly to
stretch a hand toward a dark-robed
figure standing under the moss-growu
arch and her pride melted into a
laugh of breathless happiness “Sis-
ter Wynfreda you were right” she
called softly “the world can bo so
beautiful that one has no hunger for
heaven”
The End
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It
CHICKASAWS QUIT
THE LEGISLATURE FINISHES ITS
WORK AND MEMBERS DEPART
PASSES NUMBER OF IMPORTANT LAWS
Chickasaw Solons Were in Session
Seventy-Six Days — New Office Cre-
ated — Appointment of Delegates to
Washington — School Appropriation
ARDMORE: After a quiet session
covering a period of seventy-six days
the Chickasaw legislature has ad-
journed Among the important legislation en-
acted was the creation of the office of
land commissioner The duty of the
appointee shall be to determine the
value of all segregated mineral lands
iu tho Choctaw and Chickasaw na-
tions The appropriation of $250000
for school purposes the appointment
of three delegates to Washington to
represent the nation in the matter of
federal legislation and the adoption of
a memorial asking congress to allow
all children born since September
1902 to share in the division of the
lands are also among the important
enactments
The legislature adopted that por-
tlonof the report made by the special
committee to confer with a like com-
mittee of the Choctaw council rela-
tive to the plan of financial settle-
ment Each nation will now make an
itemized account of its finances and
settle accordingly The Chlckasaws
are to receive one fourth and the
Choctaws three-fourths of all moneys
In the report of the special com-
mittee it was urged that the legis-
lature take action on the statehood
question but the tribal body would
not declare itself in favor of either
single or double statehood The con-
census of opinion among the members
was that the time was not opportune
for the legislature to declare itself
It is learned that the delegates
Messrs Mosely Holmes Willis and E
E Johnson will depart shortly for
Washington to look after the interests
of the Chlckasaws before congress
It is said that these delegates do not
desire any change whatever In the
lease system
BELIEVED TO BE MURDER
An Anadarko Man Goes Hunting With
a Friend and Returns Alone
ANADARKO: Five hundred men
Are searching the Wichita mountains
for the body of William Slattery sup-
posed to have been murdered
Last week Slattery and R A
Wright two farmers of Kiowa county
went hunting in the Wichita moun-
tains A few days later Wright re-
turned alone bringing Siatter’s team
and suspicion having been aroused
he was arrested and a bill of sale for
Slattery’s team and cotton was dis-
covered A coat which has been Iden-
tified as having belong the Slattery
was also found- A party of hunters
say they saw two men go Into tho
mountains and Wright has been Iden-
tified as the one who retimed Wright
has been placed in Jail here to pre-
vent Ills being lynched When Wright
was placed in jail he sent this mes-
sage to his wife through George Rat-
cliff of Hobart:
“George tell my wife to cheer up
they can’t prove anything”
When Wright returned from tho
trip he told two stories concerning the
disappearance of Slattery One was
that tho missing man had gone to
Chillicothe Mo and another that he
went to Rainy Mountain Telegraphic
inquiry soon disproved these stories
and Wright was then arrested
It must lie lots of fun to be so rich
you don’t have to spend a cent to
prove it
MAY BE SOLD FOR TAXES
Banks Assessed as Corporations In-
stead of Individual Properties
LAWTON: By reason of tho fact
that the township and city assessors
of Comanche county assessed tho
banks as corporations Instead of tho
individual property of each twenty
banks of the county Including five
national banks refused to pay their
taxes and their property has been ad-
vertised for sale by the county treas-
urer Tho sale of delinquent property
began Monday but the banks succeed-
ed In securing Injunctions against the
sale of their property The hearings
will bo before Judge 0 II Travers as
special magistrate Every town in
the county has lots advertised In this
sale thero being fourteen hundred Id
the towns of Wuurlka and Walter
Population of the Brltiih Empire
Tho British empire to-day numbers
400543713 citizens Tho recent com-
pletion of the Cape census enables
the total to bo made up Over 11-
870745 square miles British citizens
are dotted to the number of about
thirty-six per nquare mile
A HOME FOR AGED TEACHERS
Senator Proctor Offers $20000 for the
Establishment of Such an Institution
Senaior Redfiicld Proctor has an
aounced that he will give $10000 and
the house in Rutland Vermont la
which he wa3 born valued at $10000
for the establishment of a home for
indigent and worthy public school
teachers who have passed the age of
fsefulness It Is probable that this
eum will be combined with a fund of
$30 COO left by Lucy Ruggles of Ben-
nington in the care of Charles II
Darling assistant secretary of tha
navy for the same purpose and that
an additional amount will be appro-
priated by the state
Brother Dickey says: “Dar’s slch
a thing cz havin’ too much heaven iu
dis v’orl so that w’en we strikes da
reai article we’ll feel lake tellin’ de
angels ‘Go long chillun we been dar
befo’!’’ — Atlanta Constitution
Real religion never has to advertise
fof a chance to do good
“WHACKS”
And What They Mean
Yhon Old Mother Nature gives you
a “whack” remember “there’s a rea-
son" so try and say “thank you”
then Get about finding what you havo
done to demand the rebuke and try
and get hack Into line for that’s tho
happy place after all
Curious how many highly organized
people fall to appreciate and heed tha
first little gentle "whacks" of tha
good old Dame but go right along
with the habit whatever It may bo
that causes her disapproval Whiskey
Tobacco Coffee Tea or other unnat-
ural treatment of tho body until seri-
ous illness sets In or some chronic
disease
Some people seem to get on very
well with those things for a while
and Mother Nature apparently cares
but llttlo what they do
Perhaps she has no particular plans
for them and thinks it little use to
wasto time In their training
There are people however who
seem to be selected by Nature to “do
things” The old Mother expects them
to carry out some department of her
great work A portion of those select-
ed ones oft and again seek to stimu-
late and then deaden the tool (the
body) by some one or more of the
drugs — Whiskey Tobacco Coffee'
Tea Morphine etc
You know all of these throw down
the same class of alkaloids in Chemi-
cal analysis They stimulate and then
depress They tako from man or wom-
an the power to do his or her best
work
After these people have drugged
for a time they get a hint or mild
“whack" to remind thorn thnt they
have work to do a mission to perform
and should bo about tho business but
aro loafing along the waysido aud bo-
como unfitted for tho fame and for-
tune that waits for them If they but
stick to the courso and keep the body
clear of obstructions so it can carry
out the behests of tho mind
Sickness is a call to “come up high-
er" These hints como in various
forms It may be stomach trouble oi
bowels heart eyes kidneys or general
nervous prostration You may depend
upon it when a “whack” comes it’s a
warning to quit some abuse and do
the right and fair thina with the body
Perhaps it 13 coffee drinking that
offends That 13 one of the greatest
causes of ‘human disorder among
Americans
Now then If Mother Nature Is gen-
tle with you and only gives light llttls
“whacks" at first to attract attention
don’t abuse her consideration or sho
will soon hit you harder sure
And you may be sure she will hit
you very very hard If you Insist on
following the way you have been go-
ing It seems hard work to give up a
habit and we try all sorts of plans to
charge our ill feelings to some other
cause than the real one
Coffee drinkers when 111 will attri-
bute the trouble to bad food malaria
overwork and what not but they keep
on being sick and gradually getting
worse until they are finally forced to
quit entirely even the “only one cup
a day" Then they begin to get bet-
ter and unless they havo gouo long
enough to set up some fixed organic
disoase they generally get entires
well
It Is easy to quit coffee at once and
for all by having well made Postum
with its rich deep seal brown color
which comes to the beautiful golden
brown when good cream is added and
the crisp spap of good mild Java la
thore If the Postum has been boiled
long enough U irlng it out
It pays to be well aidi happy for
good old Mother Nature then sends
us her blessings of mauy and various
kinds and helps us to gain fame and
fortune
Strip off the handicaps leave out
the deadening habits heod Mother
Nature's hints quit being a loser and
become & winner Sho will help you
sure If you cut out the things that
kocp you back
’’Thero's a reason” and a profound
one
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the famous little book “The Road to
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