Ellis County Socialist (Shattuck, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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ELLIS COUNTY SOCIALIST SHATTUCK OKLAHOMA
CHAPTER XVIII -Continued
—21—
She paused again but still he was
route npd Immobile
“So now you know me — what I am
No other man has ever known or ever
will But I had to tell you the truth
One Way Out
Toward eight In the evening after
It seems that the only thing my career I a day-long search through all his ae-
had left uncalloused was my funda- customed huunts Ember ran Whlta-
roental sense of honesty So I had ke to earth In the dining room of the
to come and tell you" Prlmordlul The young man alone
And still he held silence attentive at table was in the act of topping
but with a set face that betrayed noth- off an excellent dinner with a still
Ing of the tenor of his thoughts I raore excellent cordiul and a super-
' Almost timidly with nervously fum-1 excellent cigar
t)llng fingers she extracted from her I Ue wore rough tweeds and they
pocketbook a small ticket envelope were damp and baggy his boots were
“Max was afraid you might upset muddy his huir was a trifle disorder-
the performance again as you did on I ly Ihe ensemble made a figure wildly
my last appearance Hugh" she said I Incongruous to the soberly splendid
“but I assured him It was Just the an(l stately dining hall of the Prlinor-
shock of recognizing you that bowled I dial club with Its sparse patronage
me over So I’ve brought you a box ot members In evening dress
for tomorrow night I want you to I Ember himself as severely beauti-
nse It— you and Mr Ember” ful n back antl white as the cererno-
Ho broke In with a curt monosyl- uIous lvery ot today permits a man
table: “Why?” I to be was wonder-struck at sight of
“Why — why because — because I want I Whitaker In such unconventional
you — I suppose It’s simply my vanity— I Buse °t such a time In such a place
to see me act Perhaps you’ll feel a I With neither Invitation nor salutation
little less hardly toward me If you see b® slipped Into a chair on the other
thnt I am really a great actress that 1 8 ?fTl°f tabe aQd stared
J give you up for something bigger! hitaker smiled benlgnantly upon
than Just love-” hlm’ and cnlle1 “ waIter-
“What rot!" he said with an odd 1 always abstemious lifted
short laugh “Besides I harbor no and Bat!:f!mle-
resentment” " "
She stared losing a little color eyes
darkening with apprehension
"“I did hope you’d come” she mur-
mured “Oh P1I come” he suld with spirit
“Wild horses couldn’t keep me away”
“Really Hugh? And you don't
mind? Oh I’m so glad I”
“I really don’t mind” he assured her
with a strange smile "But
would you mind excusing me one mo-
ment? I ve forgotten something very
looking for you every-
where since morning
“I suspected you would be That’s
why I went walking — to be lonesome
the hallway Just beyond the living- nnd th htful for once ln a way -
room door It was impossible to escape Ember stroked cbn wlth tbougbt
overhearing his words The woman j
listened perforce with In the begin- YonTe ‘helird the news then?”
nlng a little visible wonder then with th
Ul “1°“: turned with calm '
“now’s that— three ways?”
eternation that shook her with violent
tremblings
"Hello" said Whitaker “get me
Rector two-two-hundred
“Hello? Rector two-two-hundred?
North German Lloyd? This Is
Mr II M Whitaker I telephoned
you fifteen minutes ago about reser-
ration on the George Washington
sailing Saturday Yes
Yes Yes I promised to call
find I sha’n’t be able to go W I you
be kind enough to cancel It If you
please Thank you
Goodby1
But when he turned back into the
living room he found awaiting him a
quiet and collected woman
“Why did you do that?" she asked
evenly
“Because” said Whitaker “I’ve had
my eyes opened I’ve been watching
the finest living actress play a care-
fully rehearsed role one that she had
given long study and all her heart to— a bland and confident grin I ve sue-
but her Interpretation didn't ring true I ceeded n arguing thnt nonsense out
Mary I admit at first you got me : II my heud not hers mine”
believed you meant what you said I Ember gave a helpless gesture “I’m
But only my mind believed It my I afraid this Is one- of my stupid
heart knew better Just as It hus nl-1 nights
ways known better all through this “1 mean that though Mary ran away
wretched time of doubt and misery from me wouldn’t listen to reason I
and separation you've subjected us have ln the course of an afternoon’s
both to And thnt was why I couldn't hard tramping come to the conclu-
trust myself to answer you for if I sion thut there Is nothing under the
bad I should have laughed for Joy sun which binds me to sit buck and
0 Mary Mary I” he cried his voice accept whatever treatment she pur-
eoftenlng “my dear dear woman you I poses according me by courtesy of
can’t lie to love I You betray yourself I Jules Mnx"
In every dear word thnt would be I Whitaker bent forward bis conn
heartless In every adorable gesture I tenance discovering a phase of seri-
that would seem flnul I And love I ousness hitherto masked by his twist-
knows better always Of courte ed smile
1 shall be In that box tomorrow night I “I mean I’m tired of all this poppy-
of course I shall be there to witness cock Unless I’m an Infatuated ass
your triumph I And after you’ve won I Mary loves me with all her heart She
It dear I shall carry you off with has made up her mind to renounce me
108 partly because Max has worked upon
He -opened his arms wide but with I her feelings by painting some lurid
a smothered cry she backed away I picture of his Imminent artistic nnd
placing the table between them I financial damnation If she leaves him
“No I” she protested and the words partly because she believes or has
were almost sobs— “No!” been led to believe ln this ’destroy-
“Ye8l” he exclaimed exultantly lug angel’ moonshine Now she’s got
“YesI A thousand times yes! It
must be so!”
With a swift movement she seized I
her muff and scurf from the chnlr and
fled to the door There pausing she 1 can understand how a fairly resolute
turned her face white and blazing I lover with the gift of gab can talk a
“It is not true!” she cried “You weak-minded fond female Into deny
are mistaken Do you hear Lae? You 'ig her pet superstition but how
are utterly mistaken I do not -love you're going to get around Max passes
you You are mad to think It I have ny comprehension The man unques-
Just told you I don’t lovd you I am tlonably has her under contract-
afraid of you I daren’t stuy with you “But you forgot his god Is Mam-
for fear of you I — I despise you !” I inon" Whitaker put In “Max will do
“1 don’t believe It 1" be cried advanc- anything In the world for money
1 Therein resides the kernel of my plan
TROYING ANGEL
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
But she wus gone The hall door
I slammed before he could reach It
CHAPTER XIX
Whitaker dismissed the waiter
“Well ?” he Inquired cheer-
fully - “What right have you got to look
like that?” Ember demanded
"The right of every free-born Amer-
ican citizen to make an ass of himself
according to the dictates of his con
science I’ve been exploring the durk
backwards and abysm of the Bronx —
afoot Got caught In the rain on the
way home Was late getting back
' d d n here t0 c6eIebr‘te
Tve been Iook for you ev
“Through the newspapers the bill
boards and from the Ups of my
wife"
Ember opened his eyes wide
“You’ve been to see her?”
“She called this morning — ”
But Ember Interrupted thrusting a
I ready and -generous hand across the
Lnbe
m dear mant j am glndr
Whitaker took the proffered hand
readlIyand flrraIy Tbank you
j was saying : she called this morning
to Inform me that though wedded
once we must be strangers now — and
evermore 1
“But you — of course — you argued
that nonsense out of her head”
“To the contrary — again”
“But — my dear man! — you said you
were celebrating you permitted me
to congratulate you Just now — "
“The point Is" said Whitaker with
to listen to reason So likewise Max"
"You’re becoming more human word
by word” commented Ember with
open approval “Continue elucidate
It’s simplicity itself: I'm going to buy
him”
“Buy Max I"
“Body — artistic soul — and breeches”
Whitaker affirmed confidently
“Impossible I”
“You forget how well fixed 1 am
What’s the use of my owning half the
gold In New Guinea If It won't buy
me what I already own by every moral
and legal right?”
“He won’t listen to you you don’t
know Max”
“I’m willing to lay you a small bet
that there will be no first performance
at the Theater Max tomorrow night”
“You’ll never persuade him — "
‘I’ll buy the show outright and iny
wife’s freedom to boot — or else Max
will begin to- accumulate the local
color of a hospital ward”
Ember smiled grimly “You’re be-
ginning to convince even me When
may I ask do you propose to pull off
this sporting proposition?”
“Do you know where Max can be
found tonight?”
“At the theater — ”
“Then the matter will be arranged
at the theater between this hour and
midnight”
“I doubt If you succeed In getting
the ear of the great man before mid-
night however I’m not disposed to
quibble about a few hours”
“But why shouldn’t I?"
- “Because Max Is going to be the
busiest young person In town tonight
And thnt Is why I’ve been looking for
you Conforming to-his cus-
tom he’s been giving an advance
glimpse of the production to the crit-
ics and a few friends ln the form of
a final grand dress rehearsal tonight
Again in conformance with his cus
tom he has honored me with a bid
I’ve been chasing you all day to find
out If you cared to go — ”
“Eight o’clock and a bit after”
Whitaker Interrupted briskly consul
ting his watch “Here boy” he hailed
a passage page “call a taxicab for
me” And then rising alertly: "Come
along I’ve got to hustle home and
make myself look respectable enough
for the occasion but at that with
luck I fancy we’ll be there before the
first curtuln"
This mood of faith of self-reliance
nnd assured ‘jbptfmlsiti held unrufflbd
throughout the dash homeward his
hurried change of clothing and the
ride to the theater Nothing that Em-
ber purposely pessimistic could say
or do availed to diminish the high
buoyancy of his humor He main-
“I Am Afraid of You”
talned a serene faith In his star a
spirited temper that refused to recog-
nize obstacles In the way of bis de-
sire In the taxicab en route to the Thea-
ter Max he contrived even to distil a
good omen from the driving autumnal
downpour Itself
On such a day as this” he told his
doubting friend “I won her first on
such a day I shall win her anew final-
ly and for all time!”
From Broadway to Sixth avenue
Forty-sixth street was bright with the
yellow glare of the huge sign In front
of the Theater Max But this night
unlike That other night when be had
npproached the stage of his wife’s tri-
umphs there was no crawling rank of
cabs no euger and curious press' of
people ln the street but few vehicles
disputed their way otherwise the rain
and the hurrying raln-conted wayfar-
ers had the thoroughfare to them-
themselves And even this he
chose to consider a favorable omen:
these was not now a labile to cam
between him and his love — only Max
and her frightened fancies
The man at the door recognized Em-
ber with a cheerful nod Whitaker he
did not know
“Just In time Mr Ember curtain’s
been up about ten minutes”
CHAPTER XX
Black Out
The auditorium was In almost tntnl
darkness A single voice was audible
from the stage that confronted It like
some tremendous moonlight canvas In
a huge frume of tarnished gold They
stole silently round the orchestra seats
to the stage-box — the same box thnt
Whltnker had on the former occasoin
occupied ln company with Mux
They succeeded in taking possession
without attracting attention either
from the owners of that scanty scat
tering of shirt bosoms in the orchestra
— the critical fraternity nnd those In
tlmates bidden by the manager to the
first glimpse of his new revelation In
stagecraft — or from those occupying
the stage
The latter were but two Evidently
though the curtain had been ap for
some minutes the action of the piece
had not yet been permitted to begin
to unfold Whltnker Inferred thnt Mnx
hnd been dlssntlsfled with something
about the lighting of the scene The
manager was standing In mid-stage
staring up at the borders — a stout and
pompous figure tenacious to every de-
tail of that public self which he bad
striven so successfully to mnke unfor-
gettably Individual a figure qunlntly
Incongruous In his Impeccable morn-
ing coat and striped trousers and flat-
brimmed silk hat perched well back
on his head with his mnluccn stick
and lemon-colored gloves and small
and excessively glossy patent-leather
shoes posed against the counterfeit
of a moonlit formal garden
(TO BE CONTINUED)
MR SMOOTH’S NEAT GETAWAY
Insurance Agent With Keen Eye to
Business Came Near'“Putting
His Foot In It”
Slipping) on -frn-'-mvtennnted banana
skin the homely young woman sat
on the puvement with an unmusical
splash With efficient presence of
mind Eustace Smooth agent for the
Genernl and Particular Insurance com-
pany slipped on another peel and sat
down beside her with two muttered
curses
“Accidents will happen on the best
regulated pavements won’t they?” he
observed with - a snarl “Oh well
luckily I happen to be nn Insurance
ugent and I can insure you against
slipping on banana peelings or even on
a cake of Ice for the small sum of $14
a week and the first time you s!!p af-
ter being Insured one of our automo-
biles with absolutely no advertising
matter on the outside will take you
home for $729 or If you prefer tc
any old hospital”
“The Idea I" scoffed the enraged
woman “It’s too much 1”
“But think of the risk we run” pur
sued Smooth “Now other kinds of
insurnucc such as Insurance against
being bitten by wild beasts come as
low as $19 a month”
“I’ll take one of them” she said
promptly “I always was a great one
for bargains” And she handed him
her card which read: “Mile Kutle
Wild Animal Trainer Lions Tigers
nnd Leopards a Specialty”
"Excuse me a moment I gotta see
a man” stammered Eustace Smooth
Listen to the Upllfter
We think rural people are pretty
good-natured especially when the
Chautauqua comes to town There’s al-
ways a man there who comes on the
platform nnd scolds the audience He
usually calls himself a community ex-
pert or a “town doctor" or something
of the kind He Is almost as bad as an
editor about giving ndvlce and Isn’t
half as polite about It If we scolded
you as frankly as a recent town doctor
that we happened to hear scolded
his audience you w’ould probably say
"Stop my paper” Yet the audience
was paying the town doctor for telling
them what misguided mutts they were-
Probably he told them the truth In the
main — or what seemed to be the truth
—Hnd maybe It was good for their
souls ns he declared It seems almost
pathetic to us sometimes this eager-
ness with which we benighted country
folk will sit at the feet of the upiifter
who comes from afar to point out our
faults nnd tell us how to remedy them
Yet we could probably get the upllfter
on a bench nnd stand up on the plat-
form and roast him Just as delightedly
nnd truthfully as he has been roasting
ns Only we never do It The game
Isn’t clayed that wy— Farm Llf
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CARVINGS ON WHALES’ TEETH
Mementoes of Days When Industry ot
Catching Monsters of the Sea
Was in Ifs Glory
In the museum of the Dartmouth
Historical society at New Bedford
there Is a collection of Ivory carvings
made mostly from whale teeth on board
the old whaling ships on long voyages
Cnpt George L Howliuul who served
19 years in the old wlialeshlp Canton
told recently of pulling teeth at sea
“First” he sitld J-kJie jawbone was
cut from the whale nnd lifted on deck
hy n tackle It was then lashed firmly
to a ringbolt in the deck The gum
was cut from the teeth on both sides
of the Jaw with a whale spade
“A seaman then took a crowbar and
drove It in hnrd under the first tooth
at the end of the jaw A line was
strapped around the first two or three
teeth thus loosened and three men then
hauled on the other end of the tackle
loosening the whole row
“The big Ivories were then cleaned
nnd usually distributed among the men
who wnnted to make carvings In a
fully developed whale there are 48
teeth varying In size from 3 to 7
Inches”
Many ornamental things were made
by the whalemen from these teeth hut
the majority of the carvings In the cob
lection are very fancy pie cutters
These were brought home to New Bed-
ford housewives to use for trimming
piecrust
If the nverege womnn had to choose
between bratus nnd beauty she
wouldn” hesitate long
f Foods Are
Increasing
In Price
But you can still buy
GrapeNuts
at the
same pnee
This staple cereal in
its air-tight wax-protected
package will
keep indefinitely yet
is ready to eat at a
moment’s notice
Grape-Nuts is full of
compact nourishment
with a delightful
wheat and barley
flavor
The Most Economical of
Prepared Cereals
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