The County Democrat. (Tecumseh, Okla.), Vol. 32, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1925 Page: 2 of 8
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SYNOPSIS—Oliver October
Baxter Jr was born on a vile
October day His parents were
prominent in the commercial
social and spiritual life of the
town of Burnley The night that
Oliver October was born a gyps)
queen reads his fatherlt fortune
and tells him what a wonderful
future his son has before him
but adds that hie son will never
reach the age of thirty that he
will be hanged for a crime of
which he is not guilty Ten
years elapse Mrs Baxter
died when Oliver was near-
ing seven Josephine Sage
wife of the minister caused a
mennation when she goes on the
stags Her daughter Jane and
Young Oliver become greatly at
tached to each other After
finishing college young Oliver
accepts a position in Chicago
with an engineering company
He goes to China Upon his re-
turn he enlists in the Canadian
army The war over Oliver re-
turns home lie bears Jane is in
love with Doctor Lansing De-
spite Mr Batter's pleading to
Oliver to remain in RIM lidY
Oliver gate a Job in Chicago
Baxter accompanies Oliver
through a swamp on the way to
the Sage home On the way they
quarrel over Oliver refusal to
stay In Burnley Mr Baxter falls
to return home
CHAPTER IV—Continued
' No one could be found who saw him
after he took leave of his son on the
'Swamp road Oliver October related
'' all that transpired between them on
' that moonlit byway lie did not spare
himself in the recital No one blamed
bim however
An inspection of Mr Batter's closet
1 the following morning led to a pure
sling discovery 'A comparatively new
:suit of dark gray material—rather too
heavy for summer wear—was missing
whIle the wrinkled well-worn garments
' that he wore daily at the store were
found hangirg In the closet
Tile excitement in Rowley was In
:tense - The Baxter home became ti
magnet that drew practically the en-
tire population of the town to that sec-
tion and there was not an hour of the
day that did not see scores of peo
pie trudging through the safer portions
of the swamp or tramping along the
uplands that bordered it
Detectives ' from Chicago brought
down by Oliver October agreed with
the young man that his father had
Hskipped out" to use the expression
of Michael O'Rourke It was Mr
O'Rourke who advanced the theory
that the old man had taken this amas-
lag means of forcing his son to remain
In Rowley
"'tiny" said he "It's as plain as the
- pose on your face He is dead set on
baying you stick to this town You say
AL' Weil what's the smartest thing
be can do? The only way to make you
stay in this town is for him to leave it
lie sneaks off without letting anybody
know where he's going Why does be
-do that? If you or anybody else knew
where he was you'd have him back
here in no time and all his trouble for
-nothing Ile thought it all out before
band Now he has his own way
you've got to stay here until he gets
good and ready to come back Some
body's got to be In charge of his af-
fairs There is a chance of course
that he wandered out in the swamp
Put I don't believe it If you want us
o go ahead and rake the country for
Alm we'll do It"
want to find him" said Oliver
firmly "You may be right in your surmise-7I
hope you are But Just the
same I don't intend to leave a stone
unturned Mr O'Rourke"
But the days ran into weeks and the
weeks into months with the watery
110 nearer solution than in the begin-
Nng—no word no sign from the old
man who had vanished no clue that
led to anything save disappointment
Tbere was something grim uncanny
about the silence of old man Baxter—
' it was Indeed the silence of the dead
Ile might as well be dead" was a re-
mark that became common in Itumley
- whenever his case was discussed
Strangely enough no one now believed
him to be dead Everybody agreed
' with the detective that the cantanker-
ous Old man had "skipped out" with
the sole idea of frustrating his son's
plan to return to Chicago
Oliver October took charge of the
store and as self-appointed manager
conducted the business to the best of
his ability There was nothing In the
- young man's manner to indicate that
he rebelled against the turn In his at-
fairs On the contrary be took hold
with an enthusiasm that left nothing
to be desired by those who at first
shook their heads dubiously over the
situation -
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ever his present condition may be I
am responsible for It Don't put all
the blame on that gypsy fortune-teller
I should have realized the state of
mind he watt in and I should have given
up everything else in the world to help
him weather the next year or so of
doubt and distress"
The winter wore away spring came
and quickly melted Into summer the
first anniversary of the unexplained
disappearance of Oliver Baxter passed
Three months remained of the last
year allotted to Oliver October by the
gypsy "queen" on that wild shrieking
night in 190 But by this time prac-
tically everybody in Burnley was count-
ing the days and Jokingly reminding
Oliver that his chances got better every
day!
- "I see by the paper this evening that
your Uncle Horace has announced
himself as a candidate for state sen-
ator" said Mr Sage one evening as he
sat enjoying -his customary half hour
on Sage's porch with Jane and Oliver
"Well I know one vote he will not
get" sakt Oliver "even if be is my
uncle"
"I know of another" said the min-
ister dryly
"Why daddy I am really beginning
to take quite a fancy to you" cried
Jane delightedly "Only last week you
said be ought to be tarred and feath-
ered for turning those two old Bannes-
ter women out of their house over at
Pleasant Ridge"
"But he didn't turn them out" said
Oliver quickly "Somebody came along
at the last minute and lent them the
money to redeem their little house and
ram
"You don't really mean it Oliver?"
tried Mr Sage "Thetis good news—
splendid news"
"I bate that old Gooch man" cried
Jane
"Jane my dear you really are be-
coming quite g vixen" remonstrated
her father
An automobile came to a sudden stop
in front pf the house and at agile
young man leaped out leaving his en
gine running He came up the walk
with long strides 4
"Say Oliver you old skate I've been
looking all over town for you" shouted
Sammy Parr "This isn't your night to
call on Jane—don't you know that?
Good evening 'Jane Evening Mr
Sage Say the Bannesters told me all
about you you blamed old skate—I
mean 011ie not you Mr Sage Gee
whiz 011ie you certainly did throw the
hooks Into Uncle Horace this time
didn't you? You certainly—"'
"Shut up I" growled Oliver scowling
fiercely at the excited Sammy
"What on earth are you talking
about Sammy?" cried Jane -
"Out with It Sammy out with It"
counseled Mr Sage coming down the
steps
"Well what do you think Mr Stlie
—what do you think? Whi this chump
here is the guy that lent Mrs Bannes-
ter the money to redeem her house"
"Oh Oliver!" cried Jena "Did you
really do it? I could squeeze you to
death for IL And you never told me—
' you never breathed a word—"
"It was only about a thousand dol-
lars" mumbled Oliver
"Sure It was" agreed Sam cheerful-
ly "But right there and then the
destiny of the great American nation
was shaped along new lines The
words were no sooner out of the mouth
of old Mrs Bannester when the boom
was born! Yes sir at that very mo-
ment—'1 "Oh for the Lord's Baker Sammy
stow down! What the dickens are you
driving at anyhow? Boom? What
boom r
"Your boom you Idiot! The boom's
been started for you as candidate tor
state senator against old ilMin Gooch"
"Why you darned chump" roared
Oliver "I'm not going to run for state
senator or anything else You must be
crazy I'll bead it off tomorrow I'll
telephone—"
"'Won't do you a darned bit of good"
cried Sammy exultingly "They'll nom-
inate you anyhow Why you're the
only man In this county that would
stand a ghost of a show 011ie And
the best ot all—popular nephew run-
ning against Shyleek uncle! Gee whiz!
rui going down to see Al Wilson at the
Despatch office Put him wise and
warn him not to let a word of it leak
out In the paper till be gets the word
flight Mr Sage—so long Jane" '
"Walt a minute r called out Oliver
springing to his feet as Sammy darted
down the walk
"Nix l" shouted Sammy over - his
shoulder
The three of them watched him In
silence as be leaped into his car and
began his swift recklm tutu in the
narrow street zw
"What are yea going te de about
itr inquired the minister the first
speak
Jane did not give Oliver a chance to
reply
"Do about ars she cried "Why
he's going to run sexist old Gooch
and beatthe life out of him!"
Oliver looked up at her e She stood
at the top of the steps the light from
the open door falling athwart her radi-
ant face half 1n shadow half in the
warm soft glow Suddenly his heart
began to pound—heavy smothering
blows against his ribs that had the ef-
fect of making him dizzy as with verti-
go Ile continued to stare 'possessed
of a strange wonder as she turned to
her tail gray-haired parent and laid
both hands on ills shoulders'
"16 wish I could iay rigeo whiz' as
Sammy at 8 lt"nshe cried "I feel all
over Just like one great big 'gee whiz'
Don't you daddy?"
The man of God took his daughter's
firm round chin between his thumb
and forefinger and shook it lovingly
"One 'gee whiz" In the family is
enough" said he "I am glad you feel
like one however You tehi me back
25 years my dear' Your mother used
to say 'gee whiz' when she felt like it
It is after all a rather harmless way
of exploding" -
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of exploding"
Presently he left them and Jane
spoke softly
"Did you notice Oliver that he
spoke of mother a little while ago? It
was the first time in years- I wonder
If I remind him of her in lots of
ways"-
Onver's thoughts leaped backward a
S co r e of years and more - "I used to
think she was the most wonderful per-
son in all the world" he said"1 was
very desperately in love with your
mother when I was six or seven Jane'l
Ile hesitated and then went on clumsi-
ly tilmOgt fatuously: "I am beginning
to think that you are like ber in a icA
of ways" "'
She gave him a quick startled look
Ws face was turned away and so he
did not see the tender wistful little
smile that flickered on her lips nor
was he aware of the long deep breath
she took From that moment a queer
uneasy restraint fell upon them There
were long silences dreamy on her part
moody on his He left shortly after
10 his "good-night" was Strangely
urutT and unnatural
Ile was jealous He knew It for a
fact he confessed It to himself for the
first time openly and unreservedly
tie was jealous of young Lansing
There- was no use trying to deny It
He did not go so far as to think of
himself as being in love with Jane—
that would be ridiculous after all the
years they had known each other--
but he bitterly resented the thought
that she might be in love with some
one else Especially with the superior
supercilious cocksure Lansing!
CHAPTER V
An Amazing Cablegram
"Why If Jane were in love with
Lansing" reflected Oliver "good Lord
What a fool he had been to think it
vould make no difference to him I It
would make a difference—an appalling
difference All nonsense to think she
wouldn't go out of his life if she mar
ried Lansing or anyone else Of course
she would Strange though that he
should be so consumed with Jealousy
when he wasn't theleast bit In love
with Jane himself Ile had been in
love half a dozen times Ile ought to
know what love was—and certainly
his feelings toward Jane were nothing
like those he had experienced In by-
one affairs of the heart Gee whiz I
What had suddenly got into him?
The next morning he was down at
the swamp bight and early inspecting
the work of the ditchers and tile lay-
ers The task of reclaiming the land
had been under way tor sevepat months
and was slowly nearing completion
"I wish you'd change your mind
about not going out any farther Oli-
ver" said old John Phillips who was
superintending the work "We could
go out a quarter of a mile farther with
out a bit of risk and you'd add about
20 acres of good land to—"
"We'll have enough John" Inter
rupted the young man "We'll stick to
the original survey Don't go a rod be
yond the stakes I set up out yonder It
may be safe but it isn't worth while"
"Well you're the boss" grumbled
old John and added somewhat peevish
ly: "But I can't help snying I think
you're making a mistake There's
lome mighty good land there 'spite of
them mudholes a little farther out"
"I'm not denying that" said Oliver
patiently "But we'll stop where the
takes are Just the same"
A few minutes later old John con-
fided to one of the ditchers that young
Baxter was considerable of a darned
fool Either that or else he had some
thundering good reason of his own for
not wanting to go out beyond the
stakes
APIs' Now hey'll find Old
Oliver's body In the swartIni
The gypsy scores again
(TO DIC CONTINUED)
Stairs' Death Toll
In the Manhattan section of New
York there bare been more than 100
deaths in a single year due to falls on
stairs The total number of suck fatal-
ities in the United States is estimated
to be about 14800 each year The ma-
jority of these falls are due either to
slipping or tripping the former being
far more prevalent: About 85 per
cent of accidents on stairs occur during
December January and February
This Is due to snow Ice sad poor
When you feel Me aseenz ge tate
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LEAPS TO DEATH
AS SWEETHEART
PROTESTS LOVE
Despondent Woman Takes
Fatal Plunge From Roof
of Td1 Building
New York--Wanda IwaskattwentY
an unwed mother jumped to her death
from the roof of a building in Brook-
She leaped as her sweetheart call-
ing "Wanda I love you!" tried to
grasp her shoulders
He still was calling her name as
her body thudded on the street
It was the end of a tragic love story
Wanda was only fifteen when she
became a mother a pretty brunette
Ignorant romantic duped She dis-
appeared with her baby Anna May
And her parents and the neighborhood
of Twenty-third street and Second ave-
nue knew hoe no more
A year ago Wanda as Mrs 'Bertha
Setter "widow" rented a room for
herself and her child at the home of
Oriel Brannan twenty-two In Brook-
lyn There she found peace Mrs Bran-
nan Oriel's mother took care of Anna
May while Wanda and Oriel worked in
the factory They labored side by
side
Girl Finds Peace
They loved each other They
planned to marry The girl said noth-
ing about her past She hoped Oriel
never wodid know the :truth She
feared what it would mean to him
And then two months ago the first
man "came back" Ile met Wanda on
the street Lie followed her to her
refuge lie made her life miserable
speaking of Itie daughter"
Venda kept to her room Oriel
could hear her weeping in the nighty
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her Ile said nothing but went to see
her parents
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Wanda was alive and well and their
little granddaughter was strong and
sweet and happy Ile wanted to ar-
range a marriage
Man Is Shunned
But be didn't tell Wands about this
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being afraid shunned him
The other morning she locked her
self in her room and gave way to watt-
Ing Brannan remained In his own
room thinking it best to leave het
alone He heard her enter the bath
room And a moment later he heard
her scream
he bad swallowed Iodine but be
didn't know that then
She ran upstairs while little Anna
May wept bitterly And Oriel fol
lowed frantic
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"Wanda I love your
She was perched on the rim ready
to Jump He was running toward her
"Wands for God's salce Wanda—
marry fuer
His bands reached out for her The
almost reached her
Etut she had Jumped her hands In
front of her tearwet eyes
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train coming into Cincinnati market
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daughter of Mr and Mrs- L C Sinnett
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Hamburg Pa—Deliberately-cutting
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Paul Repperts aged thirtyecven
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