Justice (Duncan, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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Volume
JUSTICE
Number 22
STARVATION IN HIGH PLACES
“The woman after all is least to blame"
— London-Times
She had risen from a morbid sleep which
she had obtained by a drug1 She had been
manicured and bathed and clothed by maids
in the art of beautifying She had swallowed
a costly breakfast by the aid of spirits and
seltzer and had driven off to a day's racing
and betting in' the company of a cavalier
servante
A high-born girl of loving and passionate
temperament she had been married not many
years since to one who in the eyes of society
was in every way her fitting mate But the
laws of high society are seldom recognized by
Nature and she had failed to find her life
complemented by the mate that had been
chosen for her
Nature rebelled It cried out against the
unnatural union and longed for its own And
the girl at sea as to the meaning of the dis-
turbance in her soul sought surcease from
her unhappinness plunging into fashionable
society She failed to find satisfaction and
her dissipations increased Her house was
becoming the resort of men of questionable
character and she was setting at defiance
every conventional dictate of propriety Her
young husband went to Africa to “shoot big
game" Letters and telegrams followed
after a time beseeching him to come back
nis wife needed him
He refused to return and plain hints were
given that should he be forced to return it
may prove but the opening of revelations in
regard to his own life that would surpass hers
in dissipation and furthermore might involve
half a dozen other high families
He was afraid to return
And she got along quite as well without him
as she had done with him In any case ler
life was unsatisfied her heart hungry her
soul starving
It was a bright day that she drove off with
her cavalier to attend the races The sun was
high and warm her cheeks and lips were tint-
ed with the fever in her blood Her eyes had
a deep yearning in their depths as she looked
out upon the world glowing with natural beau-
ty and peace She heard the birds singing
from pure joy and her heart grew sick with-
in her To be alone in a world like this!
The man at her side was relating a bit of
scandal She was not listening
As the horses turned a corner they came
near colliding with a road cart going at full
speed They were saved from being dashed
to pieces by a man of the common people who
saw their predicament and like a flash
sprang at the horses' heads She had not
realized the danger it had passed too quickly
and her mind had been absorbed in other
thoughts Half unconsciously she looked at
the man who had rescued them caressing
the horses’ noses with the endeavour to quiet
them he looked at her Her eyes were open-
ed wide and looked into his fqll earnest’-
unabashed He wore the garb of the com-
mon people— a small business man school
teacher or clerk perhaps— but he was every
whit a man Through his eyes shone such a
soul as she had never seen before in all her
life such a soul! It cooled the burning in
her blood and caressed her lonely aching
heart But it was only for an instant
With a word of thanks— which the man did
not hear— and a slight pull at the reins her
companion drove on leaving him far behind
The action tore through her sensitive being
like the stinging 'lash from a whip She
crushed her hands together in her lap In
the brief space of a moment she had realized
what her nature had lpnged for all her life —
recognition true companionship
But the man belonged to the common peo-
ple There was a gulf between them that
could not be passed With the consciousness ’
of this thought darkness enveloped her
She closed her eyes and groaned in an agony
of despair
“What is it?" asked her companion
“Nothing— only I am a little warm and
would like to have a drink"
He laughed suggestively He thought she
wanted wine —Josephine Conger-Kaneko in
To-Morrow
THE DUNCAN NAT’L BANK
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $4500000
J M ARMSTRONG PRESIDENT
W W PAYNE VICE PRESIDENT
J D WADE CASHIER
DUNCAN OKLAHOMA
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
£ 4? 4 4 4 4 4 4? 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 &
DUNCAN DRUG COMPANY
‘
Reading HDruggiattf
J In business for your health
4 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4&
Organize!
Wood Hubbard will be in Duncan about the
middle of this month I want to hear from
all places that want a speaker and organizer
Also get the names of all the Socialists that
can be depended upon to distribute literature
and advertise the meetings Write at once
to Willis Bonner
Sec-Treas Socialist Party of Stephens
County
They are all nicely arranged to take care of
their customers in their new place Try them
and you will be pleased Bray & Garrett
One of the nobbiest Run Abouts Automo-
bile seat open head springs rubber covered
step leather trimmed high arched axle is to
be seen on the sample floor of Robberson &
Ridge’s store
Do you know how to make your old furni-
ture look new? Call on Thomas & Williams
and they will tell you free
The Insurance Gasoline Stove is the safest
stove on the market Has self-acting valve
See them at Gilkey-Jarboe Hdw Co
Williams the grocer sells better groceries
and sells them cheaper than any house in
town
Chase and Sanborn’s high-grade Coffees and
Teas at Allen & Fuqua 21-tf
Lawn mowers lawn hose ice cream freez-
ers hammocks and lawn chairs at Thomas &
Williams
Don’t forget that great stock of Spring
Goods that will be on sale at Ira Loyd’s in a
few days 8-tf
Those buggies at Robberson & Ridge’s are
the slickest in town They have sixteen
coats of paint m
seS $$$
FURNiTURE!
We carry a good stock
and would be pleased to
figure with you on any-
thing in the Furniture
Line Many attractive
specialties in neat useful
well made and yet low
priced' articles Call at
our store and look them
over
Bedroom Suits Iron
Beds Window Shades
Wardrobes Carpets Mat-
ting Rugs Oil Cloth
Linoleum Center Tables
Kitchen Tables Kitchen
Cabinets In fact any-
thing that is carried in
stock by a first-class fur-
niture store
"Set the ftabit”
Srade With
footer & XOiUcn
furniture Stealers
Bunean J 9
$§$§$X$ $$$$$$$$$ $§SM
If we haven’t got just what you want in
the Furniture Line we can get on a few days’
- notice— Foster & Wilson
Mrs J M Ledbetter of Canton Kansas is
visiting her sister Mrs W P Sanders
Land For Sale
240 acres of the best land in Oklahoma for
sale 2 miles from Duncan 160 acres in cul-
tivation balance tillable Price $4000 per
acre part on time Inquire at Justice office
A quadruple gold-plated Roman watch fob
will be given with each and every suit1' of
clothes ordered in the month of May— Willis
Bonner
Six-room house for sale Good storm house
good barn electric light and water connec-
tions Price $1900 Four blocks from post-
office two blocks from Methodist church
Three lots Inquire at Justice office
It is my pleasure to please my customers —
Cline the photographer
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Cheves, Wiley Edgar. Justice (Duncan, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1907, newspaper, June 7, 1907; Duncan, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1977706/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.