The Arapaho Bee. (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1917 Page: 4 of 4
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CYRUS TOWNSEND
"AUTHOR oJ-'THE: CHALICET OF COURAGE
"THE INLAND Cr REuLNERATICH” FTC
AND
1YRUS TOWNSEND DRADY JK
C'VIL LNw’TEn
CHAPTER I
Love of Woman
If meetings only lived up to their
-feet icipntlons life would lie n sueees-
f4tm of startling elimaxes It had lieen
Some months since Meade had seen
E-lcn Illingworth He lmd dreamed
uf meeting her every day and had pic-
iored the meeting differently and more
Tiipturously after every letter As a
7iiatter of fact the whole thing was
i-!sual and ordinary to the hist degree
ht always is
proctor Severance n retinal phvsi-
m who was viee iiresident and
i uncial man and Curtiss the chief
tgineer of the bridge eompany were
1 rd upon Miss Illingworth's heels as
la stopped down from the ear to the
-fition platform He saw her as it
Mere surrounded hy prosaic men The
woman he loved got the same weleome
Sind the same hand-hake as her father
and jho other two men It was not
Oniil big Abbott who had Leon belated
hy some sudden demand of work name
sweeping down tile platform to engage
the attention of the men that the anx-
ious Meade had a necnenr w ith the girl
Jierself
Now Helen Illingworth had also been
seeing visions so that -la- had heen as
disappointed as he Tim "iii real sat-
jsfartion that either of them ooiiid take
in the situation lay in 1 1 - Pea that the
other was there It "as mid -unmier
stud the girl was iliv-vl in -ome light
fimy fabric whieh Well 1" ome her ra-
diant beauty Meade could look at a
fcil of structural steel void : d t ! 1
3011 all about it All that
Jhnve told you about the dre-s -he ot e
was that it w a- exqui-itely appropri-
rile hut it lower oeeiiria d to him that
- -I with In r filmy and delicately
Tokrod fabric his well-worn olive-
J : !i habiliments stood forth hideously
at is he thought so and the eon-
sr t somehow seemed typical of the
renco between them as he eonsitl-
I'd her
'I'la re was the careless insouciance
n-ciuii piivvi-r in tin' ln-:iriinr nf
n tri 1 1 -vr which different inted him
mn-t nf the ini'll with vvliim she
--ii thruwn in contact during her
The lot ertiiH ional I’ridge was the
' thing of tlie kind tlm Martlet
-y nr any oilu-r Aiin-rioiin strue-
kmt had over undertaken It
n tt constant topic nf eotivnrsa-
iiTcver hnr father was She
d all about it and although
peaking the bridge was the
Meade Sr yet she always
’ 1 with Meade Jr There was
rt fooling ill ln-r mind that it was her
le-blge an ! that through him she emn-r-irith'd
i: She was a supremely as-
ired and entirely confident young
lady yet with the man by her side she
pi-rieneed a passing sens rrf uneusi--
--- -neli a- one might omeeive the
! inertly would feel in the presence of
a steam hammer
They were as awkward nnd con-
strained wlien left to themselves as if
me had not heen nil over the world
is i man’s Jobs for a decade and the
miner had not queened it among the
n rest girls of the land for half as
many years And with thoughts burn-
ing passionate and words cnibarrass-
higly torrential at hand to give them
iterance they only spoke eointnon-
pluees! “ITow Is the bridge getting along?”
irs-ked the girl repeating her fnthcr’s
words of n few minutes before ns
these two fell behind the others march-
ing down the long j1 at form while the
inald standing by the private car with
fio porter looked curiously after the
tpjoving group and wondered if that
frray-green long-legged young man was
Ehe reason for the New Vork gown!
-‘fit’s doing splendidly” was the nn-
vver nnd oven with his heart full of'
tn9 gfrl by his side whom lie longed
ft-clasp In his arms but did not even
sjo touch the hem of her garment
tfstr i J'ttle enthusiasm came into his
'i the greatest bridge Ihnt
t-asmi evt-r -cted” hi Said
Tlitv j -u love it" aald the girl
Maude love thd bridge? Ah
fcq doubt pe Jet that
t -i-t y
v rk i
ii-niiti
BRADY
cofYiti-w py m nr -tii CJr-FAftr
He had studied ils growth hour hy
hour A- the great steel w eh rose hi-
heart expanded with it He took prid
in it even Hone win it they began to
push the suspended span nero-s tie
river on the outer end of the completed
cantilever toward its fellow ri-ing on
the other side He lingered ahold i'
when the re-t of the woidnolay word
which was concerned with it had vi'h
drawn to re-t I'reipiently hue in llm
night lie had ari-nu and had left tin
sheet-iron shack he occupied near the
work (for the topograpliv of the lain
and the course of the river laid deiei-
inined the loeatioti of the bridge far
from any town) and in the nieeniigig
lie had gaged IevviP'hed ly (lie gre
w eh of steel all its mighty 1 rneery dell-
ealeiy silvered faintly outlined hen -like
lofty lifted high into tin-heaven-
lie tell into a little reverie for a
brief moment from which sIuy recalled
him
she asked
V
'Ye
in
n :
lie found
I 'll I toll'- ci
deal to iwc
a I'l'iiV e 1 1
- n gn at
fatllel
111
your father
a at cligiueiT
: - hi - i row uin
ur hegintiing"
i- mu in me or in any eng:-neor
rin w hero my fail left ok' ' to
"I’ut this will count a gre r
1 1 ‘i ! 11 - e through father's llimlhe-
"in" lining--"
elirve you did it all" iaterrnpt-
r: rl
Ie into sudden laughter are!
ri’iienf had that boyish ring
-h" hegatv indif-
lnevv -iiil liked
He Lingered About It
she liked lie seemed to think that
was a sufficient answer to that state-
incut for lie went on quickly
“How lung shall you stay?”
And in spite of himself lie could not
I keep his anxiety out of his voice
“I think father's going on to tin? city
sometime tomorrow — probably in the
morning”
Meade’s face fell j
“So soon as that?" j
“I will try to persuade him to stay
longer 1'vc seen lots of bridges built
but never one like tlie International
and I should enjoy standing by and
watching you work” '
“I don't do the work Abbott does
that and the men of course”
“Y'our work Is the work that makes
possible and profitable the labor of tlm
others” she answered "Y'ou plan you
lend the rest only follow By the
way father told me to usk you nnd
Mr Abbott to dine with us tonight In
the car”
Meade’s mood changed into positive
gloom
I can’t" he said dejectedly "I
haven't any clothes neither li ns Ab-
bott Wo left our dress suits behind
us when we came into the wilderness
to work”
Oh” she laughed “What difference
does that make? Come just as you are
It will he a relief I like you that wny
et so tired of black and white” she
went on quickly to prevent him from
taking advantage ot her Incautious ad-
mission “Hang the clothes” said the man
radiant once more In thut admission
“since you will allow it I 4U ewam
with whai I can rake up But you'll
have tJ tell me wWch fork to use I
have almost forgotten out here In the
wilderness”
“It Isn’t Btx months since you were
ut our house”
“Six month I Nfi a thousand yenrs”
he went on “and I’m going to take you
out on the bridge after dinner It’s
great nt any time It’s the most mag-
nlfieeut sight on earth even now but
In the moonlight — there It Is now" he
pointed os the little group walked past
the station which had hid the view
nnd the great structure suddenly was
revealed to them
The four (MB ahead had stopped
and stood allcot There was something
(iwe-lMptetaC (Mi trumendoiM about
the prent hlnck outronchinp far
extending arms of steel The first sigh!
of it always gave the beholder a little
shock It was so huge so massive sc
grandly malestie mid withal so airyi
seen against the im press i e naekgroiiml
of deep gorge and palisaded wall 1 1 1 il 1
far-olf mountains So ether-horne was
It in Its perfect proportion that even
dull and stupid people — and none ol
these were that — fell Its overpowering j
presence Meade and the girl stopped
too After one glance at the bridge
she looked at him And that was typ
ical 1 ol' 1 he
1 1 le n i o' i mill
re-JM u-ivc to
lii -I time lie was a
v a re of or i mini ' ii
Ini glance And
too was t y pica ! Ml
a p ang of jealousy
“You love the brill
softly
I lie straightened np and threw IiiS
I head hack and looked at her
“I tlnuig'lit so" he said simply — “an'
til today hm now"— he stopped again
“Hut now ?" she asked
I “I have jut learned what love really
ds and the lesmn has not heen tmiglil
me hy a bridg-v" he answered directly
Yet Bertram Meade the younger did
truly love the- bridge which he hud
seen grow from the placing of the first
slim-— the great steel base oil top ol
the pier wliieli carries the whole strut"
tun — to the completion of the soaring
cantilever rcaehrjg out to meet its
companion mi the other side — the great
International which was to he the tit’
that hound with well of steel two
'great countries which lay breast tc
breast already in roucli save for the
mighty river that llovved between them
lly no means would Meade tilt
younger have heen eliurged with tilt
great responsibilities of the bridge had
it not been for his exhaustive prepara-
tion and wide experience To a thor-
ough technical training Harvard in
the Lawrence Scientific school had
been added a substantial record of
achievement A lint bridge which In'
had erected in faraway Kurina trium-
phantly achieving tlie dt-sicn despitt
all sorts of dilliciillies had attracted
the attention of old Colonel Illing-
worth the president of the Martlel
Kridgo company
He had kept the young man mulct
Ills eye for a long time When lie com-
missioned his father Bertram Meade
Sr to prepare the plans for the great
International tin- mosi-sought-foi- and
famous nf bridges lie lmd noted with
satisfaction that the older man who
stood first among bridge engineers on
the continent had associated with him-
self his soil Meade dr had recently
returned from Smith America where
ho had again shown his mettle The
two worked together in ilie preparation
of tli designs for what was to lie the
crown and triumph of the older man's
life the most stupendous of all the
cantilever bridges 111 the world
Tlio great engineer lmd a high idea
of his only son s ability He was will-
ing to proclaim it to maintain it and
defend it against all cmnt-rs except j
himself When the two wills clashed
ho recognized hut one way his own
The relations between the two were
lovely hut not ideal There was lead- 1
ersliip not part in rstiip din—rimi rather
than eo-operatimi Tin- know bilge and
experieiise of the hoy — fm so
to call kirn — wen- of emir-
couipaiv- to those of his fm In
111 di-i-u -ing moot points L-
man had been unconvinced bv
dilations of tlie elder
laughed to scorn in a
kv-'ll
iLUtlliliP
VYlu'ii
yoimjmr
tin' rul-
in' hud been
p-iii'l-imtured
way His carefully set fu--li objec-
turns even in serious niatt"rs laid been
overborne generally and by trium-
phant calculations of his own the fu-
rther had re-enforced himself in his con-
elusions and the morn strongly be-
eause of the opposition
Young Meade's position was rather
nnonmlmis He had no direct super-
Vision of the construction He Was
there ns resident engineer representing
Ills father He had welcomed the posi-
tion because it gave Id in an opportu-
nity to see from the very beginning the
erection of what was to be the great-
est cantilever bridge the feet of the
world had ever trod upon the wheels
of the world had over rolled across
He lmd followed with the utmost
cure constantly reporting the prog-
ress to his father every step taken
under the superintendence of Abbott
a limn of great practical ability us an
erector but of much less capacity ns
His Life
a scientific designer or office engineer
Monde had watched its daily growth
with the closest attention Like every
other man in similar case the work
iad got into ids blood It had necome
I part of his life He loved the orldge
c&t more ho laved Helen Illingworth
Where is thp Arapsho Civic Im-
provement Club?
Every tuan has a lot of good in
him notieare all bad
A Dewspaper picture make9
anybuddy look guilty — Abe Mar-
tin In case of war a number of our
green seat brigade members will
be found loafing in the sand hills
Is Gus Nordberg still kicking'
on the poor farm grub and de- i
rnanding a check-up by a state
auditer?
Arapaho people should turpen-
tine their nerve and “high life”
their ambition then watch things
hip pen
Take that “better end smarter
than thou” feeling down in the
cellar and bat it over the head
with a club
There is a serious defect in the
cranial architecture of the man 1
who can never agree with any
bojv or any thing j
Some men don’t try to get along
wild anybody They let their
families and other people try to
get along with them
There is nothiug to the rumor!
that a German submarine poked 1
its mine out of the Washita river
at Big Jake crossing i
Life is too short and the town
too small to hate people Quit it j
It don’t hurt the other fellow and
shortens vourowu life !
One of ou r Socialist friends de-
scribes Tom LawsftD as & he wart
ii the putrid excreseuce of a fes-
teribK financial system
This town needs business
men’s organ i xstn-iu to meet atid
discuss and adopt methods for
bigk'trand better business
When war is formally declared
bitweeu Germkiy and the U S
Will Custer county have a deten-
tion camp and “pud” raisers?
Enough yjood casb trade goes
tli rough Arapaho to Clinton and
the mail order houses to support
a live town of 1500 population
A rigid enforcement of the dog
tax ordinance working in conjunc-
tion with an energetic and ambi-
tious sausage maker would most
surely he a paying proposition in
Arapaho
No town has a better nicer or
more gentlemenly set of business
rneu than Arapaho They would'
make the world sit up and take
notice if they would all work to-
gether Don’t scoff at the other fellow’s
short comings but be patient
Some of the loudest scoffers in this
town bave a number of the most
childish and silly fsults that worry
their friends immeasurably We
are blind to our own imperfections
but see our neighbor’s in a glar-
ing light
There are t Dumber of old cis-
terns half filled with water which
are an extremely dangerous and
deadly menace to the lives of our
people owing to the rotting arid
weaxeDed coverings In some in-
stances there is no covering at all
These death traps should be look-
ed after by the proper authorities
Each Saturday the buggies
wagons and automobiles that pass
through Arapaho on their way
home from Clinton are loaded
with merchandise the sale of
which would put our merchants
n easy street if made here All
this trade rightfully and legiti
mately belongs to Arapaho and
should come here Clinton mer-
chants get thia trade by going out
after it with newspaper advertis-
ing and a First Monday Sales
Day Arapaho has the advantage
of newspaper space and & Last
Saturday Sales Day Why not
use them?
Not a single durned one of us
is smarter than Jesus Christ not
a one is endowed with any excep-
tional brilliance along business
professional or social lines or we
would not have lived here all these
ears and let our town and busi-
ness go to the demnition bow wows
quite so bad If we come alive in
a business way we must eradicate
selSshness get on friendly terms
and all work together for more
business more trade and a better
town All big business and big
cities are primariaily the result of
healthy active cooperation
Five pounds of Rice for 25c
Christopher’s
at
FOOD SALE
Mrs May’s Sunday school Class
ill serve at a food sale Saturday
February 23d at the meat market
Friends please take notice and
place your orders in advance if you
want something special
Mrs Louis May Teacher
CONFIRMED PROOF
Residents of Arapaho Cannot
Doubt What Has Beeu
Twice Proved
In gratitude for conop'ete rc'ief
front' aches and paios of bad hacks —
from distressing kidnev ills — thous-
ands have public y recommended
Doan's Kidney Hills Residents of
this vicinity who so testified years
ago now say the resu ts were p-rnm-nent
This testimony doubly proves
the worth of Doan's Kidney I’i ls to
Arapaho kidney sufferers
J T Sliive filO S Sixth St Clin-
ton Okla says: ‘T think the strain
of office work affected my kidnes 1
had a dull ache through my loins and
sharp shooting pains 1 was so ner-
vous that I couldn't sleep well 1 took
one medicine after another but none
seemed to do the slightest good
Itheumatic pains finally took hold of
me and my health wan affected Af-
terusing Doan's Kl-ihey Pills asliort
time my condition began to lmdrove
The pain left and I became much
better”
A Lasting Cure
More thrn three years later Mr
S&ive said: “The oure Doan’s Kidney
Pills made has been permanent”
Price 50c at ail dealers Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy — get
‘Doan's Kidney Pills — the same that
Mr Fritz had Fcater-MUburn Co
Props Buffalo N Y
K 0 M & 0 R R
Holiday
Excursion
Rates
TO
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
For full information
call on or write
Agent K C M&O
R R
PHILLIPS & MILLS
Lawyers
irat National Bank DulifliCh N ror
V R A V A ti O iv 1 A )IOw A
(KLAFIOMA
CLINTON
DR T E EVANS
PHYSICIAN ASP 8UUUKON
Evj9 Tested (iUses Kitted
Olliee over Kiim Nnti-'t ftl
Li link
AKAPAHO - - OKLAHOMA
M L HOLCOMBE
— Attorney at Law —
Office: — In Nsnce building over
White & Smith Hardware store
CLINTON OKLA
C A D BEER
Dentist of Thomas
Will be in Arapaho ev?rv Monday
Over First National Hank with
Dr Evatis
Clinton
Auctioneer
Experienced live "tuck
real estate and k’enerHl
Auction Sales Write or
phone me for open Hates
Terms I per c e n i
Satisfaction gui rsniepd
Phone L55
L D SKELTON
CLINTON OKLA
Going to Have
A Public Sale?
If so see me
Call on or address
Grant Kerr Auctioneer
THOMAS OKA
Col R E (Bob) Roush
AUCTION KiiK
I Know the value of your stock
I am a busy man Place your
sale dates early write or phone
me at Custer Cit Okla Office
over First National Bank
PHONE 128
WHITE’S DIAMOND
DEHORNING PENCIL
— POtt SALK IlY-
Mgr Miltenberger Grain Co
Arapaho Okla
Every Pencil wlfl dehorn o calves from
10 days to 10 iiiOtilhs old Price fl A for-
feit of 10 forany ealf It falls to dehorn
Call and get on PHONE 64
s J DEAFON
FURN ITURE
-AND—
UNDERTAKING
Embalmer and Funeral Direc-
tor Calls answered promptly
Pioneer Phone No 13 Deer
Cieek Phone No 39
TO
Saint Louis
Through theTulsa
Oil Fields
Frisco Lines provide day-
light train service to Tulsa
where direct connection is
made with
The Meteor
which arrives St Louis at
7:50 in the morning
Through sleeping cars
chair cars and coaches Tulsa
to St Louis
Modern equipment Fred
Harvey meals
Detailed lnrformatlon regarding ache
dulefl fares and other matters of
Intercut to the traveler will be
cheerfully furnished upon
application to
B W CARLEY
Ticket Agent
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Lawton, Jesse Wilber. The Arapaho Bee. (Arapaho, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1917, newspaper, February 9, 1917; Arapaho, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2307497/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.