The Hollis Post-Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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THE HOUSE OF
A THOUSAND
CANDLES
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Author ti "THE MAIN CHANCE." ZELDA
DAME80N," Elc.
Copyright lMj by Ilubbcllerrlll Co.
CHAPTER III.—Continued.
Any resentment I felt on first hear-
ing the terms of my grandfather's will
had passed. He had treated ine as
well as I deserved, and the least I
could do was to accept the penalty he
had laid upon me in a sane and amia-
ble spirit. This tram of thought occu-
pied me as we tramped along the high
way. The road now led away from
the lake and through a heavy wood.
Presently, on the right loomed a dark
barrier, and I put out my hand and
touched a wall of rough stone that
rose to a height of about eight feet.
"What Is this, Bates?" I asked.
"This is Glenarm land, sir. The
wall was one of your grandfather's
Ideas. It's a quarter of a mile long
and cost him a pretty penny, I warrant
you. The road turns oft from the
lake now, but the Glenarm property is
all lake front."
So there was a wall about my prls
on house! I grinned cheerfully to
myself. When, a few moments later,
my guide paused at an arched gateway
In the long wall, drew from his over-
coat a bunch of keys and fumbled at
the lock of an iron gate, I felt the
spirit of adventure quicken within me.
The gate clicked behind us and
Bates found a lantern and lighted it
with the ease of custom.
"I use this gate because it's nearer.
The regular entrance is farther down
the road. Keep close, sir, as the tim-
ber isn't much cleared."
The undergrowth was indeed heavy,
and I followed the lantern of my guide
with difficulty. In darkness the place
seemed as wild and rough as a tropi-
cal wilderness.
"Only a little farther," rose Bates'
voice ahead of me; and then: "There's
the light, sir,"—and, lifting my eyes,
as I stumbled over the roots of a
great tree, I saw for the first time the
dark outlines of Glenarm House.
"Here we are, sir!" exclaimed
Bates, stamping his feet upon a walk.
I followed him to what I assumed to
be the front door of the house, where
a lamp shone brightly at either side
of a massive entrance. Bates flung it
open Without ado, and I stepped quick-
ly into a great hall that was lighted
dimly by candles fastened into brack-
ets on the walls.
"I hope you've not expected too
much, Mr. Glenarm," said Bates, with
a tone of mild apology. "It's very in-
complete for living purposes.'
"Well, we've got to make the best
of it," I answered, though without
much cheer. The sound of our steps
echoed in the well of a great stair-
case. There was not, as far as I could
see, a single article of furniture in
the place.
, "Here's something you'll like better,
sir,"—and Bates paused far down the
hall and opened a door.
A single candle made a little pool
of light in what I felt to be a large
room. I was prepared for a disclosure
of barren ugliness, and waited, in
heartsick foreboding, for the silent
guide to reveal a dreary prison.
"Please sit here, sir," said Bates,
"while I make a better light."
He moied through the dark room
with perfect ease, struck a match,
lighted a taper and went swiftly and
softly about. He touched the taper to
one candle after another,—they seem-
ed to be everywhere,—and won from
the dark a faint twilight, that yielded
slowly to a growing mellow splendor
of light. I have often watched the
acolytes in dim cathedrals of the Old
World set countless candles ablaze on
magnificent altars,—always with awe
for the beauty of the spectacle; but
In this unknown house the austere
serving man summoned from the shad-
ows a lovller and more bewildering en-
chantment. Youth alone, of beautiful
things, is lovelier than light.
The lines of the wall receded as the
light increased, and the raftered ceil-
ing drew away, luring the eyes up-
ward. I rose with a smothered ex-
clamation on my lips and stared about,
snatching ofT my hat in reverence as
the spirit of the place wove its spell
about me. Everywhere there were
books; they covered the walls to the
ceiling, with only long French win-
dows and an enormous fireplace break-
ing the line. Above the fireplfeo
massive dark oak
thousand. He enjoyed hit ewi pleas-
antries, sir."
"I fancy he did," I replied, staring In
bewilderment.
"Oil lamps might be more suited to
your own taste, sir. But your grand-
father would not have them. Old brass
and copper were specialties with him,
and he had a particular taste, Mr. Glen-
arm had, in glass candlesticks. Ho
held that the crystal was most effec-
tive of all. I'll go and let in the bag-
gagemen and then serve you some Bup-
per."
He went somberly out and I exam-
ined the room with amazed and de-
lighted eyes. It was 50 feet long and
half as wide. The hard-wood floor was
covered with handsome rugs: every
piece of furniture was quaint or inter-
esting. Carved In the heavy oak panel-
ing above the fireplace, in large Old
English letters, was the inscription:
CtttymtfRfcu is tie enfeoff* Co*
and on either side great candelabra
sent long arms across the hearth. All
the books seemed related to architec-
ture; German and French works stood
side by side among those by English
and American authorities. I found
archaeology represented in a division
where all the titles were Latin or Ital-
ian. I opened several cabinets that
contained sketches and drawings, all
In careful order; and in another! found
an elaborate card catalogue, evidently
the work of a practiced hand. The
minute examination was too much for
me; I threw myself into a great chair
that might have been spoil from a
cathedral, satisfied to enjoy the gen-
eral effect. To find an apartment so
handsome and so marked by good
taste in the midst of an Indiana wood
staggered me. I was so lost in con-
templation that I did not hear a door
termmed that In that little I would not
fail.
Bates gave me my coffee, put!
matches within reach and left the
room. I drew out my cigarette case
and held it half-opened in my hand,
when the glass in the window back of
mo cracked sharply, a bullet whistled
over my head, struck the opposite wall
and fell, flattened and marred on the
tablo under my hand.
CHAPTER IV.
A Voice from the Lake.
I ran to the window and peered out
Into the night. The wood through
which we had approached the house
seemed to encompass it. The branches
of a great tree brushed the panes. T
was tugging at the fastening of the
window when I became aware of Bates
at my elbow.
"Did something happen, sir?"
[ His unbroken calm angered ma.
Some one had flred at me through a
window and I had narrowly escaped
being shot. I resented the unconcera
with which this aervant accepted the
situation.
"Nothing Worth mentioning. Some-
body tried to assassinate me, that's
all," I said, in a voice that failed to be
calmly ironical. I was still fumbling
at the catch of the window.
"Allow me, sir,"—and he threw up
the sash with an ease that increased
my irritation.
I leaned out and tried to And some
cine to my assailant. Bates opened
another window and surveyed the dark
landscape with me.
"It was a shot from without, waa
it, sir?"
"Of course It was; you didn't sup
pose 1 shot at myself, did you?"
He examined the broken pane and
picked up the bullet from the table.
"It's a rifle ball, I should say."
STATEHOOD
IN DANGER
REPUBLICANS THRtATEN
FEAT OF CONSTITUTION
CALL BIG CONVENTION
WHICH WILL DEFINE THE PAR
TY'S ATTITUDE FULLY
COMPLETION OF R. F. D.
No County, Lsgislatlve, Judicial or
Congressional Candidates to Be
Nominated Until After State
Convention Is Held and
Stand Taken
OKLAHOMA CITY: The republic-
an state central committee met here
Tuesday and effected preliminary ar-
rangements for a big state convention
to determine the attitude of the party
toward the constitution, and if favor-
able, to nominate a state ticket.
A proviso was suggested and pre-
vailed through National Ocinmittee-
man C. M. Cad# to psevent all county,
legislative, judicial and congressional
nominating conventions until after
the state convention has defined
whether the party shall support or
reject the constitution. The inten-
tion of this proviso Is to prevent the
Influence that a multiplicity cf candi-
dates might have in favor of the con-
stitution. and to promote a uniform
■policy throughout the state la the
conduct of the campaign.
The meeting of the committee sug-
gested a wide divergence of opinion
in the ranks of the party throughout
the two territories, and the anti-con-
stitution sentiment developed in sur-
prising quantities. Ex-Governor Seay
led the fight on the adoption of the
constitution, and Ihe was supported
Oy Judge T. M. Roblnet of Ardmore,
Charles Hunter of Oklahoma City,
Dharles Campbell of Ardmore, J. W.
Hocker of Purcell, Sam Murphy of
Oklahoma City and many others.
Judge Dickerson of Chickasha and
Henry P. Robbins of South McAlester
Waged the battle In favor of adopting
the constitution.
Henry Asp of Guthrie was given a
rousing ovation when he appeared be-
fore the committee to denounce the
constitution. He said that unless his
party instructed him otherwise he
would vote against the constitution,
his reasons being that the state
would suffer untold misfortune in the
event of its adoption. Henry P. Rob-
bins took the opposite position, and
said that it would be better for the
republican party to stand for state-
hood, and swallow the democratic
constitution, rotten as- it may be,
rather than thwart the desires of the
vast majority of the territory citizens
who have been praying for statehood
for the past fifteen years.
C. E. Hunter of Oklahoma City sug-
gested that a special election be held
a week prior to the regular electiten
on August 6, at which the republican
constitution should be submitted, and
believed that it would receive
overwhelming majority, if for
other reason than that the democrats
would ignore the election.
Headquarters of committee moves
from Guthrie to Oklahoma City.
Superintendent Spilman Fixes the
Date at 1912
WASHINGTON: W. R, Spilman.
superintendent of the rural free de-
livery service, has fixed 1912 as the
outside limit for the completion ol
the rural delivery system In the
United tates. By that time every
farmer in the United States, except
a few in the aparsely settled dis-
tricts. will receive his mail dally at
>v. own door. Many „f them will re-
ceive two deliveries. Two collections
a day will be made perhaps on moat
of tho routes in the thickly settled
sections.
Four-fifths of tho fanners in the
"workable" area of this country are
now receiving one delivery a day.
The department has fixed 3,000
pieces of mail monthly as the arbi-
trary standard for the average route.
Where the number of pieces handled
is more than double the average, the
department is getting ready to double
the carrier service, or shorttn the
routes half. Where two carriefg are
placed on the same route one will
start at one end and the other at the
other. When 'they meet tfiiey win
turn around and make an extra col-
lection on the way back to the office.
Where the routes are cut in two.
twice a day service will be estab-
lished.
The number of rural routes now in
opertation aggregates 37,323. When
the United States Is completely cov-
ered the number will reach in the
neighborhood of 50,000.
The central west has the lion't
share of routes. That is' due to itj
tremendous thickly populated are*,
fcor instance, Now York state only
has 1,761 routes, while Illinois has
2,755. Wisconsin his 1,522 and Min
nesota 1,485. Kanaas has 1,615, Mis
souri 1,922, Nebraska 948, Oklahoma
69S and Indian Teritory 52.
The rural service demands good
roads. It has done more thaa any
other one agency to Improve the pub-
lic highways, especially in the cen-
tral west. No service on bad roads
is the department's slogan, and this
has spurred the people to road Im-
provement. For the purpose of still
further encouraging road improve-
ment the department has tnow ar-
ranged for each rural carrier to car-
ry daily the government weather pre-
dictions displayed in big type on his
wagon; also a placard telling the
farmers when to drag the roads.
INJUNCTION TO
BE DELAYED
PAYNE COUNTY MAY AWAIT PEO-
PLE'8 VOTE ON CONSTITUTION
COL. BOB L0WRY TALKS
COUNTY BOUNDARY MEASURE
HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED
WOULD END HIS LIFE
I Liked the Fellow's Humility. Ha Served With Great Deference.
open behind me. The respectful,
mournful voice of Bates announced:
"There's a bite ready for you, sir."
I followed him through the hall to a
small high-wainscoted room where a
table was simply set.
"This is what Mr. Glenarm called
the refectory. He took his own meals
here. The library was the main thing
with him. He never lived to finish the
house,—more's the pity, sir. He would
have made something very handsome
of it If he'd had a few years more. But
he hoped, sir, that you'd see it com-
pleted. The work was near his heart,
sir."
"Yes, to be sure," I replied.
He brought cold fowl and a aalad,
and produced a bit of Stiltoa of un-
mistakable authenticity.
"I trust the ale is cooled to your lik-
ing. It's your grandfather's favorite,
If I may say it, sir."
I liked the fellow's humility. He
served me with a grave deference and
an accustomed hand. Candles in crys-
tal holders shed an agreeable light
upon the table; the room was snug and
comfortable, and hickory logs in a
small fireplace crackled cheerily. If
my grandfather had designed to punish
me, with loneliness as his weapon, his
shade, if it lurked near me, must have
chimney-breast been grievously disappointed. I had
further emphasized the grand scale of i often eaten my bread alone, and I
the room. From every conceivable I found a pleasure in the quiet of the
place—from shelves built for the pur- | strange, unknown house. There stole
pose, from brackets that thrust out j over me. too. the satisfaction that I
Ic.ng arms among the books, from a
great crystal chandelier suspended
from the ceiling, and from the breast
of the chimncy—innumerable candles
blazed with dazzling brilliancy. I ex-
claimed in wonder and pleasure as
Bates paused, his sorcerer's wan.l in
^ 'tf- I fectory had Its air of distinction.
' Mr. Glenarm was very fnad of can- thoush it was without decoration,
die-light: he liked to gather up caalle- Th*re had been, we always said in the
sticks, and his collection is very line. 1 family, something whimsical or even
He often called this "The House of a morbid in my grandsire's devotion «o
Thousand Candles.' There's only about architecture: but I felt that it had
a hundred here: but it was one of his really appealed to something dignified
conceits that when the house was fin- and noble In his own mind and cfcar-
*hed there would be a thousand lights, acter. and a gentler mood thaa I had
e had quite a Joking way. your grand- known In years p°ss«a*ed aay heart
It suited his humor to call it a He had asked little of ma. and I de-
The bullet was half-flattened by its
contact with the wall. It was a cart-
ridge ball of large caliber that might
have been fired from either rifle or
pistol.
"It's very unusual, sir!" I wheeled
upon him angrily and found him fum-
bling with the bit of metal, a troubled
look on his face. He at once con-
tinued, as though anxious to allay my
fears. "Quite accidental, most likely.
Probably boys on the lake are shoot-
ing at ducks."
I laughed out to suddenly that Bates
started back in alarm.
"You Idiot!" I roared, seizing him
by the collar with both hands and
shaking him lercely. "You fool, do
the people aro ind here shoot ducks all
night? Do the.' shoot water-fowl with
elephant guns^ and lira at people
through windows just for fun?"
I threw him back against the table
so that it leaped away from him, and
he fell prone on the floor.
"Get up!" I commanded, "and fetch
a lantern."
He said nothing but 4id aa I bade
him. We traversed the long, cheerless
hall to the front door, and I aent him
before me into the woodland. My no-
No City Election at Ardmore
ARDMORE: A decision was hand
< d down in the United States court by
Judge Townsend denying the writ of
property owners for a mandamus to
compel the city officiate to open books
pf registration for the coming election
April 2. Judge Townsend ruled that
thi, enabling act did not apply to the
cities of the territory in conducting
municipal elections.
GRUESOME FIND IN RIVER
i3adly Decomposed Body of Unknown
Man Shows Foul Play
HOBART: What proved to be
r-nstly and gruesome find was made
litre Sunday by J. W. Rogers, who,
wliile duck hunting, discovered the
corpse of a man burled fn the waters
of Big Elk creek, three miles west
cf town. Coroner Burke at once went
to the scene and the body was taken
from the water.
On investigation the corpse was
found to have been foully dealt with,
there being a bullet hole in the back
of the head, and a heavy railroad Iron
tied about the neck to hold the body-
down.
Excitement from the supposed mur-
v.as at last obeying a wish of my
grandfather's: that I was doing some-
thing he would have mo do. I was
touched by the traces everywhere of I which broke crisply under our feet,
his interest in what was to him the I "What lies beyond here?" I de-
art of arts; there was something quite I manded.
fine in his devotion to it. The little re-1 "About a qnarter of mile of woods,
sir, and then the lake."
"Go ahead." I ordered, "straight to
the lake."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
dor runs high and the county attor-
tions of the geography of the "region' ney wiU make an investigation. The
were the vaguest, but I wished to e I "0<1-v was in a ,>adl v decomposed con-
amlne for myself the premises, that | dition. The man appears to be about
evidently contained a dangerous prow- ,5 vr,;,rs of age. Nothing was found
ler. I was very angry and my rage' on the hodv which could lead to its
increased as I followed Bates, who j identification.
had suddenly retired within himself. I
We stood soon beneath the lights of P- G. Kldwell of Pawnee has been
the refectory window. apt inted a clerk in the treasury de-
The ground was covered with leaves ! a rimer, t at Washington.
Much Wanted Man Frustrated In Sui-
cide Attempt
OKLAHOMA CITY: .Albert T. Ryan.
said to be a much wanted man, was
arrested here by Detectives Cochran
and Hagan of the city detective force.
Immediately after his arrest Ryan at-
tempted to commit suicide by taking
laudanum, but the attempt was frus-
trated by the officers.
Ryan, it is said, is wanted in Mat-
toon, In., and Herman, Mo,, on forgery
charges.
He arrested are. we*.,, to STl
Little Rock, and while en route to
Mattoon escaped from the officers at
Piedmont, Mo., by jumping from a car
window while the train wag running
at high speed. Ryan will be taken
to Mattoon frcm here.
Election Board Organizes
GUTHRIE: The supreme election
board, created by the constitutional
convention to have in charge the elec-
tion of the first state officers for the
new state, organized by the election
of John M. Young of Lawton as pres-
ident,■ J. E. Wyands of Muskogee,
secretary, and C. B. McClelland of
Pond Creek as vice president and
treasurer. Neither of the republican
members were given any official rec
ognition. The board will have the cre-
ation of the local eection machinery
in about sixty out of the seventy-five
Okahcma counties.
OKLAHOMAN SLAIN IN IOWA?
Body Found in Car Believed That of
Bert M'Faddtn
A body answering the description
of Bert McFadden, a real estate man
who mysteriously disappeared |rom
Enid several months ago. was found
Tuesday morning huddled in the cor
ner of a box car at Sioux City, la.
Evidence points to violent death,
and it is thought that the man was
murdered. The body was clothed in
ordinary working garments.
The authorities at Sioux City tele-
graphed Oklahoma City police for in-
formation about McFadden* and his
whereabouts.
When last heard of McFaddea was
Denver. That was three weeks
ago.
The Oklahoma Jewelers' associa-
tion organized Monday witb these of-
ficers: President. Joe Majors. Mc-
Alester; vice'president, w. c. Psafle,
Enid: secretary. F. C. Boasen. Ol;!a
homa City; treasurer. T. F. Miller
Murray Believed to Have Withheld
Signature to Escape Injunction Pro-
cess—Adjournment in April Not
to Ba Sin* Die—May Recon-
vene at the President's Call
GUTHRIE: Colonel "Bob" Lowry
of Stillwater, former member of the
Oklahoma legislature and candidate
last fall for the republican nomination
for delegate to the constitutional con-
vention, states that in his opinion
the action contemplated by Payne
county to prevent Rock and Walnut
townships being taken from Payne
pnd added to Noble ccunty, as adopted
Dy the constitutional convention, will
in all probability not be filed in the
courts until after the constitution is
passed upon by the people.
Colonel Lowry states that If the
constitution Is adopted, then whenever
Noble county seeks to extend Juris-
diction over the two townships, an
action will be commenced from so
extending her jurisdiction. Again, he
said, the case may arise in another,
or fer that matter in several different
ways. In case a resident of either of
these townships would be made a de-
fendant In the probate court of Payne
county, as defendant he could «et up
the fact that the township belonged
to Noble county, under the constitu-
tion, ami that the Payne county court
had no jurisdiction. This would put
the question squarely before the
courts for settlement.
That Payne county will bring some
action is a settled fact, according to
Mr. Lowry, but just when the case
will be filed has not yet been deter-
mined.
It has developed that the county
boundary proposition as passed by the
convention on third reading was never
signed by President Murray and re-
mains yet unsigned. The proposition
was passed in a rush on the day that
the holiday recess was taken, and It
was not in engrossed fc.rm for signa-
ture at that time. It was stated to-
day by Joseph E. Johnston, the jour-
nal clerk of the convention, that the
proposition was never thereafter pre-
sented to Murray for his signature.
It Is held by others, however, that
the signing of this preposition was
left open on purpose, in order to es-
cape injunction matters in the courts
on the part of counties where dlvis-
Whethsr this
Is correct or not, It is held just the
same that the proposition being un-
signed postpones any injunction mat-
ters until it is signed. It is stated, too,
that the convention will not adjourn
sine die, even after the constitution
is signed when the delegates return
here on April 16, but will be left open
to call of the president in case other
matters show up for consideration.
GUTHRIE: A resident of Ponca
City, Inclined to mathematics, has fig-
ured it out that it would take 25
trains of 25 cars each to move the
225,000 bushels of corn now cribbed
and piled on the ground in that com-
munity, and that amount of corn, if
thrown suddenly upon the market in
my of the large trade centers, would
be sufficient to swamp it. If the car
shortage continues it will be impossi-
ble to get the old crop moved by the
time harvesting the new crop begins.
LEAPS INTO SWOLLEN RIVER !
Body cf Well-to-Do Chickasha Citizen,
a Suicide. Found
CHICKASHA: The body of L K.
Came to Hsm in Bunches
I SKOGEE: If th-re is anr
PREACHER WOULD GET EVEN
Mountain View Minister Under Ar-
rest for Destroying Property
LAWTON: The Rev. Phillip J.
Dickson, supposedly of the Baptist
faith, was placed under arrest by It.
F. Allen, city marshal and deputy
sheriff cf Mountain View and lodged
In the county jail at Hobart recently.
The crime with which the Rev. Mr.
Dickson is charged is that of wan-
tonly destroying t!ie farm residence-
property of George Gordon, on his
farm, two miles west of Mountain
View.
It is alleged that there had been
ad blood existing betweea the two
men fi r some years. At the time of
the opening of the Kiowa-Comanche
country Dickson filed on thi3 claim
nDd about two years age Gordon filed
a cootest on tha same and succeeded
ir securing a decision in his favor.
Dickson appealed the case to the gen-
rial land ctfice. which in turn resulted
in the affirming of the decision of
the lower land ofice a: EI Reno. Dick-
er, is held pending trial.
WjII Fight Partition
GFTHRIE: Four at: oneys from
1. • f>r <• uS'v wre in Guthrie teak in.;
arrangements to file suit asking an
ed in
Relief In the Baby's Cries.
"Why doesn't your wife sing to tha
baby when she cries?"
"She used to. until she discovered
that tha neighbors preferred to hear
the baby."—Cleveland Leader.
afternoon ab u: 2«H) yards below the
bridge where he leaped off a railroad
bridge. Puekett was 78 yt-ars of ap
and owned considerable property
this city. He left his hat containing
a pocket book and some papers on the
resile work of the bridge.
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wes aj>
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Greer c untv aitor-
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he United States dis-
the territory a here
case can be tried on its merits.
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