The Fargo Journal. (Fargo, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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FARGO JOURNAL
Geo A White Ed
Kate Ware Pub
FARGO
1 : : OKLA
LIPS
bJ
THAT WERE
SEALED
By
Alma Martin Estabrook
Author of "My Cousin Patricia “
PICTURES BY A WEIL
(Copyright by J B Llpptncott Co)
8YNOPSIS
The etory opena with a arene at a box
party Mica Henrietta Wlnstnnlcy sla-
ter of Bishop Wlnstanley overheard
Banker Ankony propose to Barbara Hem-
Inyruy whose brother Ban wns In his
employ Ban waa one of the town's pop-
ular young men He showed aome nerv-
ousness when Attorney Tom Twining told
him Barbara refused Ankony Ankony
the following day summoning Twining
accused Ban of looting the bank Twin-
ing refused to prosecute Barbara per-
suaded Ankony to postpone starting
prosecution Twining learned of the en-
gagement of Ankony and Barbara He
congratulated both
CHAPTER IV— Continued
“Then you won’t — you won’t — oh
will you — ” she cried chaotically
“I won’t” I declared “It’s all right
Why Barbara bless you you knew
that didn't you?”
She nodded slowly “Of course
there never was — oh why do you
make me say such things? — there
never was anything — anything be-
tween us Mr Twining You don't
care for me really I am sure You —
never told me so and — ”
“No I never told you so” I re-
peated “I was waiting — "
“Don’t” she begged “But you see
I didn't know And oh it couldn't
have — "
I stooped and touched her hair with
my lips
"Never mind” said I "tell me about
who has been to see you I want to
know everything you know”
She lifted me a grateful glance
“Mrs Tyson Potter was here” she
said and a new stinging smile
touched her lips “She came to say
pleasantly unpleasant things She told
me quite frankly that it was a wise
thing for a poor girl like me to marry
rich You wouldn’t — ”
“I am not a Mrs Tyson Potter The
old heathen!”
Barbara flashed me a smile
“But It’s rather the natural thing
for people to say of such an engage-
ment” she protested a moment later
“You know it is”
“Nonsense! It Isn’t And what do
you care what they say? Was there
ever a betrothal that was not the signal-gun
for a perfect volley of silly
chatter?”
She smoothed a crumpled frill of
lace
“Miss Wlnstanley has not been
here" she said significantly
“She’s not in town She left the
day before your engagement was an-
nounced Didn’t you know?”
“No Oh I’m so glad I thought
she disapproved And I’m so very
fond of her I couldn’t bear — ”
“Nothing of the sort She’ll write
you the minute she hears of course
She has gone off somewhere with a
nick friend and probably hasn't heard
the news yet”
“How comforting you are! It's such
a relief to hear it ) couldn’t bear to
feel estranged from her The bishop
was very kind He sent me those
beautiful roses there”
“Where?” questioned I eagerly
“There on the table Wasn’t it odd
he should have chosen Solell d’Or
beauties? Why where are they?” she
asked as she turned to look at them
and so to avoid looking at me
“They are in the south drawing
room” I replied gravely "I’li go and
get them”
I caught the glimmer in her eyes as
I passed her
When I came back she was stoop-
ing so I could not see her face but
6he spoke softly “I have asked Mr
Ankony always to send me the paler
roses”
It was the point beyond which I
could not keep my head nor my lips
“Barbara!” I cried out foolishly
“You know how I dislike remind-
ers” she said quietly “And ours has
been a pleasant — friendship”
I had got hold of myself again
“What did the bishop write you?” I
Asked
“Oh a charming little note He said
The most beautiful things in it”
“It is a part of his mission— to say
beautiful things”
“And how well he fills it! ’ He is
such a dear”
"So Mrs Ankony says” I remarked
“Mrs Ankony?”
“Mrs Jack— when he rides in the
park with Miss Streeter”
" “Oh” and she smiled politely How
many women smile politely when
Iheir husband’s relatives are men-
tioned! “Oh perhaps you don’t like her Is
that it?”
“I suppose you will go to the Cana-
dian Rockies for your bridal trip?” I
suggested presently
“No no!” she cried sharply
“You always said you would like
that you know”
“1 have changed my mind”
- I fingered an old Spanish cooking-
pot of copper that stood on the table
between us That old Spanish cooking-poll
How many times in crucial
moments we have bent to examine it
Barbara and I There Is not a scratch
or dent on its polished surface that I
cannot see with my eyes shut
“There is something I want you to
understand” I said slowly “and then
we won't talk any more about it"
“Ye— es?" she encouraged rather
doubtfully
“It is only that ' no matter what
comes you are to remember that I
hove not changed"
She put her hand to her throat
with a gesture new to me and full
of pain “Why will you?” she pleaded
"Don’t please don’t!”
"I don’t want to hurt you dear It
can't matter to you one way or the
other now And you are to under-
stand that I don’t blame you one bit
Jove! how could I? You couldn't care
for me if you couldn't And heaven
knows I don't wonder that you could-
n't But I want you to know that's
all I think perhaps you have always
known a little — haven’t you? Shch
things between some people don't
have to be put into words Voicing
them seems somehow to rob them of
their exqulsiteneBs You know what I
mean don't you? 'I love you' sounds
so empty while it is so overflowlngly
replete I fancied you felt as I did
about it dear I was waiting indeed
to know a little better just how you
did feel I wanted not to lose your
friendship if you could not give me
your love Falling that I was deter-
mined to have for my own the perfect
relationship that has so long endured
between us and I knew I should spoil
it by declaring my love for you pre-
maturely” “Yes” she breathed
"So I never told you I loved you
Barbara and I am telling you now
that you may be sure that little as it
amounts to my devotion is yours to
command if you need it If you can
ever lean a little on it won’t you? Do
dear I want so much to serve you —
if I may at any time in any way
No don’t say anything please I know
you would like to say something kind
Bless your heart! Let me take it for
granted I’m going now”
She lifted her head with a gesture
for Bilence
“Some one is coming" she whis-
pered There were voices in the hall — An-
kony’s and that of his sister-in-law
“A Most Remarkable Document” I
Observed
and others that I did not stop to
recognize I was in a distinctly un-
Ankony mqod and I caught up my
hat and moved toward the side door
by that same side door bad I made
many £xits
Barbara followed me her hand ex-
tended “Don't go” she pleaded “How can
you desert me so?”
“I would do anything else for you”
I murmured “Anything but stay”
Then I let myself out as they came
down the hall and found my way to
the street through the familiar rose
garden
I CHAPTER V
Bishop Wlnstanley sent for me the
next day His unexpected summons
came late in the afternoon when I
was very busy and I could not an-
swer it at once I drove promptly to
his house the moment I was released
from my last engagement but it was
late and the lights were on He sent
word down that he was dressing for
dinner but that he would be glad to
have me come directly to his dressing
room I went up to find him in a
rather flamboyant gown sitting incon-
grouously beside his sister’s dainty
little dressing table with its pink-
shaded candles
He put down a silver-backed brush
and rose to greet me I knew him bet-
ter in canonicals and broadcloth than
No More Use
Saint Had Disregarded Small Girls’
Appeal and Her Faith in Him
Had Vanished
There is one small girl in a New
York school who has lost her faith
in the- saints — a faith that was im-
plicit says the New York Tribune
Her name is Elizabeth and she can’t
learn to spell She is always at the
foot of the spelling class She does
her best to learn but if a wron mat-
ter can creep into a word it sneaks in
when Elizabeth tries to spell that
word Tuesday she came into the
class beaming but inside of two mi-
nutes she had spelled innocent “in-
osent” and flew “dough” The teacher
shook her head
In this bizarre attire and he rathn
embarrassed me but as usual h
was serene and apparently quite un-
disturbed ns if he were as accus-
tomed to granting audiences here as
in the stately room below
“They ate doing' over my suite
while my sister is away” be ex-
plained “and I have taken possession
here Sit down if you can find room
for the pillows Such trifling pillows
as they are” with a smile “For so
sensible a woman as my sister she
amazes me with her furbelows”
“I suppose she would call them
comforts" I suggested
“Oh doubtless” said he “They
are more like little pink and yellow
cotton puffs than anything that might
give real comfort” He tosaed a
couple of them out of a brocaded arm-
chair and Indicating it drew up an-
other for himself
“I hope my summons did not incon-
venience you arriving at such an
hour?” he remarked “But my mind
has been greatly perturbed and I
wished to have it put at peace one
way or the other The matter upon
which I wish you to advise me is one
of exceeding delicacy and unusual-
ness” I bowed
“Perhaps you j know Mrs Anson
Dines” he remarked by way of begin-
ning “I have the misfortune not to”
said I
“Well I don't know that I should
put it -quite like that Mr Twining”
he said with a smile “but she is cer-
tainly a most estimable person of — I
think I may truthfully say — the most
original and Btartling Ideas particu-
larly as to — but we shall touch upon
that later Mrs Dines has long been
a friend of my sister's”
“Ah so I recall” I Interrupted
Mrs Dines was the widow whom I
heard Miss Wlnstanley speak of to
the bishop the evening at the opera
when his glasses had been so per-
sistently leveled where she thought
they ought not to be I Imagined
something interesting was about to be
unfolded but I was in no way pre-
pared for what came
“You have — ah seen Mrs Dines?”
the bishop asked
"Once” said I “a somewhat stout
lady with copious — ”
“Chins” supplied he gravely
“Dear me” said I
The bishop nodded solemnly
“A trifle elderly?” I ventured en-
couraged by something in his eyes
“A trifle! She is 60” ‘
“Ah is it possible?"
"Mrs Dines admits 60” he replied
“She may be more But 60 — is
enough”
I nodded not quite understanding
and waiting for that which I knew
would make it plain
“Mrs Dines is a lady of very large
means and equally generous inclina-
tions” he continued “A woman who
has done much good and should con-
tinue to do more Charitable work is
her passion She is an enthusiast
along' that particular line My sister
finds in her a most beautiful and com-
mendable character
“I have often heard her called so”
“There are undoubtedly many ad-
mirable things about the lady”
“As a young woman I imagine she
may have been attractive” I ventured
watching the bishop out of the tail of
my eye
“As a ydling woman” he repeated
“And clever” said I
He smiled “She is still clever
enough” he commented
There was a long pause during
which his shapely fingers caressed the
tassel of his dressing gown
“Mrs Dines is in Africa at present”
he continued 1 “She says she desires
to remain there indefinitely Wishing
to further to its utmost the work she
has undertaken and to be entirely un-
hampered and unharassed by restrict
tions she has sent this most remark-'
able proposition to my sister who in
turn has indorsed it and sent it on to
me with all promptness I wish you
to tell me what you think of it sir”
He handed me a decorous-looking
document which I opened with much
interest It was exceedingly direct
and simple — as unadorned and simple
as the lady who had indited it: Mrs
Anson Dines for the privilege of us-
ing the powerful name of Bishop
Charles Winstanley would dedicate
her undivided effort and her undivided
fortune to the church which the bish-
op so brilliantly adorned especially
to that portion of it which she had
taken under her special care and lov-
ing direction there in a country so
far from her home The marriage
should be performed by proxy and
Bishop Winstanley should continue
then and always at perfect liberty to
pursue his own helpful and shining
career in his own land and in his own
manner quite as if she did not bear
his name
I finished what was so curiously
and so plainly set forth and looked
up to meet the bishop’s questioning
eyes
“A most remarkable document” I
observed
(TO BE CONTINUED)
for
Anthony
“Elizabeth what shall I do with
you?” she asked Elizabeth looked at
her with a hopeless gaze two tears
trickling down her nose )
“There ain’t anything to do” Bhe
said in a tone of finality "I did the
last thing this morning I offered St
Anthony 60 cents if he’d help me spell
right and he hasn’t done it and I’ve
no more use for him”
Little Good Done by Kicking
“De fact dat kickin’ don’ aqcompllsh
much” said Uncle Eben “is proved
by de climate Folks has been findin’
fault wif it ever since I kin remem-
ber an’ it’s ‘jes’ as botheraclous as
ever”
r statF
CAPITAL
I T E MS
i Guthrie Okla
1710 Factory Employes
State Factory Inspector O E War-
ren has con pleted his 1009 inspec-
tions In all the larger cities of the
atate except Guthrie which he will
cover at odd times when he Is In the
capital city on other business
Oklahoma stands first In the num-
ber of men employed In factories and
work nhopB with a total of 1710 On
the Inspection so far made Shawnee
stands second with 1197 t The other
towns Inspected follow:
Bartlesville 943 Tulsa 767 Chick-
asha 718 El Reno 518 Sapulpa 450
Ardmore 430 Sanitary conditions
throughout (be state are reported
good
s ’! IT !
Tuberculosis Exhibit
In connection with the exhibit made
at the state fair by the state board of
health there will be a tuberculosis ex-
hibit of unusual interest A meeting
was held to arrange for the exhibit
The causes symptoms and progress
of the disease will be shown and the
beBt methods of combating and pre-
venting It will be demonstrated Pres-
ent at the conference were Mrs Johns
of Chlckasha chairman of the tuber-
culosis committee of the State Feder-
ation of Women’s Clubs Dr J C
Mahr of Shawnee state commission-
er of health Dr Williams of Wells-
ton and Dr J M Pestelle of Oklaho-
ma City representing the committee
of the State Medical association
Game Warden Loses
District Judge A II Huston upheld
Attorney General West In his conten-
tion that the state game warden
could not draw 'warrants on the game
protection fund for payment of his as-
sistants or expenses by refusing a
peremptory writ of mandamus asked
by Ray V Campbell against State
Treasurer Jim Menefee to compel him
to honor the warrants Campbell Is
the stenographer of J S Askew the
game warden and the warrant In con-
test was for Campbell’s salary Judge
Huston holds In substance that the
constution requires a specific appro-
priation before money can he drawn
from the state treasury '
The case probably will be appealed
and should It he lost In the supreme
court the state probably will be with-
out enforcement of its game laws un-
til the next legislature meets
Test of Board’s Authority
The state board of agriculture has
decided to bring suit in the supreme
court to test the authority of that
board and the state board of public
affairs The suit will cover not only
the matter of the contracts for build-
ings at the Agricultural and Mechan-
ical college hut also the question of
Insurance of the purchase of quar-
antine supplies and other minor
questions which has arisen between
the two boards Judge J F King of
Newkirk a member of the constitu-
tional convention has been retained
by the board of agriculture and will
file the suit on Its behalf
Although Judge Huston In the dis-
trict court here issued a peremptory
writ of mandamus ordering Auditor
Trapp to issue a warrant to the Cook
Construction company for its work
on the building at Stillwater and the
first estimate was paid under that
order Trapp has since held up the
second and third estimates because
they have not been approved by the
boar4 of affairs which has led to the
bringing of this suit
Employment Agency Good Thing
365 unemployed persons were given
jobs during August by the state free
employment agencies Superintendl-
ent E W Vance placed 272 in Oklaho-
ma City and Agent Tom Wiley placed
159 from Muskogee Superintendent
Vance reports that for the first nine
days of September he has given u5
applicants work
Some Text Books Barred
Because the approved book com-
panies have refused or failed to com-
ply with the requirement that their
books in Oklahoma bear the union la-
bel State Superintendent E D Cam-
eron is taking the stand that such
companies have forfeited their con-
tract with the state text book com-
mission He is sending out a circular
letter to all school trustees telling
them that they may use their own
pleasure in buying books on the sub-
jects of ancient and modern history
Latin composition Cicero and chem-
istry To Sell School Lands
“School lailds will begin selling by
November 1” said Secretary Ed Cas-
sidy of -the school land department
“We will begin then on the ‘new col-
lege lands and Lincoln county’
More Adjusters Put to Wrok
Adjustment of appraisements In Ok-
lahoma Caddo Kiowa and Comanche
counties will begin next week Four
new adjusters have been put on for
the work: W J Boone1 of Pawhuska
John Riley Thacker of Hollis M D
Hyden of Stratford and Ed F Feb-V
bee of Perry
Why We Are Stronger
Tie old Greeks and Romans were
great admirers of health and strength
their pictures and statuary made the
muscles of the men stand out like
cords
As a matter of fact we have ath-
letes and strong men — men fed on
fine strength making food such as
Quaker Oats— that would win in any
contest with the old Roman or Greek
champions 2
It's a matter of food The finest food
for making strength of bone muscle
and nerve la fine oatmeal Quaker
Oats is the best because it is pure no
husks or stems or black specks Farm-
ers’ wives are finding that by feeding
the farm hands plentifully on Quaker
Oats they get the best results in work
and economy If you are convenient
to the store buy the regular size pack-
ages if not near the store buy the
large size family package if in a hot
climate the hermetically sealed tins
True Thrift
"When visiting a certain town in the
Midlands” says a medical man “I was
told of an extraordinary Incident
wherein the main figure an econom-
ical housewife exhibited under trying
circumstances a trait quite character-
istic of her It seems that she had by
mistake taken a quantity of poison-
mercurial poison— the antidote for
which as all should know comprises
the whites of eggs When this anti-
dote waB being administered the order
for which the unfortunate lady had
overheard she managed to murmur al-
though almost unconscious “Mary
Mary! Save the yolks for the pud
dings!”— Tit-Bits
Sheer white goods In tact any fine
wash goods when new owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau-
ty Home laundering woujd be equal-
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching the first essential
being good Starch which has sufficient
strength to stiffen without thickening
the goods Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
Improved appearance of your work
Industrial Education
For training the workman the tech-
nical school can never supplant the
workshop The system that is likely
to give Hie best results is a combina-
tion of part time apprenticeship
and compulsory attendance at tech-
nical schools — London Electrical Re-
view PERRY DAVIS' PATNKITTER
Dyspepsia often results from neglecting slight
attacks of indigestion Avoid trouble by taking
Painkiller for it and cramps 250 too and Mo tUe&
Half Done
First Lady — Your husband has
merely fainted
Second Ditto— Dear dear! these
men always do things by halves
Constipation causes and aggravates many serious
diseases It Is thoroughly cured by lr Pierce s
Pleasant Pellets The favorite family laxative
A dead beat always gets more credit
than he deserves
“Do you know of any woman who ever received any
benefit from taking Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound?” If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar
to her sex will ask her neighbors this question she will be
surprised at the result There is hardly a community in
this country where women cannot be found who have been
restored to health by this famous old remedy made
exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs
During the past 30 years we have published thousands
of letters from these grateful women who have been cured
by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and never
in all that time have we published a testimonial without
the writer’s special permission Never have we knowingly
fublished a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine
lere is one just received a few days ago If anyone doubts
that this is a true and honest statement of a woman’s experi-
ence with Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound write
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ham's Vegetable Compound I was a total wreck I had been
sick for three years with female troubles chronic dyspepsia
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"For three years I lived on medicines and thought I would
never get well when I read an advertlsment of Lydia E Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound and was advised to try it
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and enjoy the best of health
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Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely
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Anything But That
little John Is the youngest of
family of five boys says the Deline-
ator One day his mother said to
him: "O John Isn't it too bad I have-
n't one little girl? I could curl her
hair and make such pretty little
dresses for her Don't you wish you
were'a little girl?”
“Why mother” be said “I’d rather
be most any other kind of animal you
could mention than a girl”
The “Black-Hand" Business
Mrs Bart— My husband got a letter
to-day saying something dreadful
would happen if be didn't sefid the
writer a sum of money
Mrs Smart— My husband gets
dunned for his bills too
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