Logan County News. (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 58, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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A FOOL FOR LOVE
By FRANCIS LYNDE
AUTHOR OF "THH GRAFTERS," ETC.
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CHAPTER VII.—Continued.
She turned upon him quickly.
"Was it .in accident, Mr. Jastrow?
"How couiii it be anything else?"
he inquired, mildly.
"I don't know. But there was an
explosion; I heard it. Surely I ncle
Somenllle wouldn't—"
The secretary shook his head.
The secretary shook ins neau.
No; 1 think you may exonerate Mr. ,
— ■ '• (act I am quite
vert said: 'isn't what a shame?'
thereby eliciting a crisp explanation
(rom Virgini in which she set well-
founded suspicion in the light of fact
touching the cause of the landsl.de.
The Reverend Billy shook his head.
It was his .metier to deprecate vio-
lence, and he did it.
"Such things may be within the law
Winton was In the thick of the plck-
und-shovel melee, urging It on, when
aiggtn ran up.
"HM" he shouted. "Flxin" to take
another play-day in Carbonate?
Lookee down yonder'."
Winton looked and came alive to
the possibilities in the turning of a
leaf.
"Guns!" he yelled; and at the word
of command the tools were Hung
aside, and the track force, over -00
strong, became an army, not with
banners, but well-weaponed withal.
Winton snapped out his orders like a
martinet major of drill squads.
I "Mulcahy, take half the men and go
' up the grade till you can rake those
fellows without hitting the car.
' Branagan, you take the other half and
1 no down along till you can cross-fire
Jest goln' to have a little fun with old
Bart Deekert wnlle the sun's a-shln-
ln'."
It was *t tijis moment, while the
1 sheriff's possf wis picking Its way
gingerly over the loose rock and earth
dam formed ny the landslide, that the
window went up in the Rosemary and
Winton saw Virginia. Without mean-
ing to, she gave him his battle-word.
While she looked on he would fight to
win, and that without violence.
"We are a dozen Winchesters to
your one, Mr. Deekert, and we shall
resist force with force. Order your
men back or there will be trouble
Winton stood out ou the edge ot tho
cutting, a solitary figure where a few
minutes before the earth had been
(tying from a hundred shovels.
! The sheriff's reply was an order, but
with Mulcahy. Aim low, both of you; | no,t ,,'.r
and the man who lires before he gets •' "'
the word from me will break his neck jl<n|' ' '
of
tht' men we want;
coniiiv.tnded: an 1 Yir-
a rope's end. Fall in!"
*Hv Jove!" said Adams.
"Are yon
—of business; but they will
surely j going to resist? That spells felony,
Hurrah, personally;
s'ire you may."
'But someone planned it. You
knew it was going to happen you
wjre out here watching for it."
Was 1?" The secretary's smile was
a mere baring of the teeth. His blood
was the sycophantic lymph which
flows in the veins of those who do
murder at a great man's nod.
■■It is horribly unfair," she went on. |
'■[ understand the sheriff is here.
Couldn't he have prevented this?"
.lastrow's reply was an evasion.
"Oh, it's all legal enough. That bare j
place up there is a placer claim. Sup- ;
posing the owners found it necessary ;
to put in a few sticks of dynamite to
1 >osen the frozen ground. It is Mr.
Winton's misfortune if his railroad
happens to be in the way, don't you ;
think?"
"But it was planned beforehand, and j
you knew of it," she insisted. 1 let-
eyes were Hashing, and the secretary's i
desire for possession warmed into
something like admiration.
"Did 1?"
"Yes, you did."
"It would be impolite to contradict
y u."
"It is more impolite not to answer
my question. Couldn't the sheriff
hive prevented it?"
"Supposing lie didn't want to pre-
vent it? Supposing he brought the
men who did it over on his train lust
night?"
"Then i say again it is horribly un-
fair."
The secretary's rejoinder was a
platitude: "Everything is fair in love
or war."
"But this is neither." she retorted.
"Think not?" he said, coolly. "Wait
and you'll see. And a word in your
ear. Miss Carteret: you are one of us,
you know, and you mustn't be dis-
loyal. I know what you did yesterday
after you read those telegrams.'
Virginia's face became suddenly
•wooden. I'ntii that moment it had
no-, occurred to her that Jastrow's mo-
tive in showing her the two telegrams
might have been carefully calculated.
Though she would have disavowed it
emphatically. Miss Carteret was an
aristocrat of the aristocrats; and the
conviction tnat the secretary had de-
liberately gone about to establish a
confidential relation tilled her with
cold anger.
"I have never given you the right
to speak to tne that way, Mr. Jas-
strow," she said, with the faintest pos-
sible emphasis on the courtesy prefix;
and with that she turned from him
to focus her field glas3 on the con-
struction camp below.
At the I'tah stronghold all was ac-
tivity of the fiercest. Winton had
raced back with his news of the catas-
trophe, and the camp was alive with
inen clustering like bees and swarm-
lag upon the flat cars of the material
train to be taken to the front.
While she looked, studiously ignor-
ing the man behind her, Virginia saw
the big octopod engine come clamor-
ing up the grade, shoving the flats be-
fore it, losing itself quickly in the
doubling of the gulch loop to reappear > w]iip cords,
presently 011 the scene of the disaster.
In a twinkling the men were off and
at work, and the frosty morning air
rang with the battle shout of labor
triumphant—or meaning to be.
Virginia's color rose and the brown
eyes tilled swiftly. One part of her
ideal—her masculine .ideal—was cour-
\ /1 IJ1.5IIH an , "ul , i. j. ■)
breed bad blood and lead to reprisals, doesu t^lt. ^ ^ (H.lQ.
1 hope—
I The Interruption was the Rajah in '' 1 ■ , wn
Shis proper person, bustling out tierce-! "In Komg to older the - ■> own
ty to a conference with his myr.nl- ! out of the way; you may go with he,
dons. By tacit consent the three at >' >,(,u
the window fell silent. There was' "1 guess not. quoth the technolo-
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COM!-; DOWN! ' HIS bellowkd.
battle
1 in tlir
and murder and sudden death
Rajah's eye.
;ian,
ette.
calmly lighting a fresh cigar-
And then to the water boy, who
ginia caught her breath. Was she to ,
see him shot down before her eyes?
Happily the tragedy was only poten-
tial. I'nless the public occasion ap- j
peals strongly to the sympathies or
the passions, a picked-up sheriff's I
posse is not likely to have very good |
metal in it. Winton was covered by
three or four of the guns, pointed awk-
wardly. and Peter Biggin laughed.
"Don't be no ways nervous," he said
in an aside to Winton. "Them profes-
sional veniry chumps couldn't hit tho
; side o' Pacific Peak."
Winton held his ground, waiting the
! turn of events and looking on, not
without interest, while the sheriff
| tried to drive li.s men up a bare slo'ie
: commanded by -tto rifles to right and
| left. The attempt was a humiliating
; failure. Ileitig something less than
soldiers trained to do or die, the deptl-
; ties hung back to a man. hugging tne
backgrounding shelter of the llose-
I mary as if they were shackled to the
! private car by invisible chains.
Virginia, standing at the open win-
! dow and trembling with excitement,
could not forbear a smile. It was too
! much for the sheriff, the added straw,
and his exhortation to his foot-posse
burst into caustic profanity. Where-
. upon Mr. Peter Biggin rose up in his
place, took careless aim, and sent a
j bullet to plow a little furrow in the
j ice and frozen snow within an inch
of ueckert's heels.
"Ex-cuse me, Bart," lie drawled,
i "but no cuss words don't go in this
here highly morii show. They pains
i us extreme."
Under ordinary circumstances the
I sheriff would have replied to Mr. Big- .
gin's salutation in kind. As it was,
: he ignored Peter Biggin as a person
j who could Vi .argued with at leisure
I and turned his attention to Winton.
"Come down!" he bellowed.
Winton laughed. The tide had
I turned, and he knew it.
j "Let me return the invitation. Come
j up, and you may read your warrants
I to us all day."
The crisis was past. Deekert with-
; drew his men, and at Winton's signal
i the track layers came in and the earth
I began to fly again.
! Virginia sighed her relief, and Bes-
sie plucked up courage to go to the
window, which she had deserted in the
moment of impending battle.
"Oh-h-h! i Wish Uncle Somervllle
would take us away!" she gasped.
"Can't you persuade him, Virginia,
dear?"
I'll try," said Virginia, gravely
tho P ii-ih s pve cue. niiu i cu <v. i.«v, ....— —-- • , • -
The event for which tliev waited did ! was acting quartermaster "Give me a j foreseeing future tragic situations too
no! Unger.' There was a hasty muster- ! rifle and a cartridge belt Chunky, and , terrifying to be witnessed
uui H115C1. I'll with llie boss. "Hma .-t!ist is served, ai
ing of armed men under the windows
of the Rosemary, and they heard
Sheriff Deckert's low voiced instruc-
tions to his posse.
"Take it slow and easy, boys, and
don't get rattled. It's the majesty of
tho law against a mob, and the Micks
won't tight when it comes to a show-
down. Keep in line with the car as
long as you can. There ain't going
to be a shot fired from up yonder so
long as there's a chance of hitting tua
car instead of you. Now, then; guns
to the front! Steady!"
The Reverend Billy rose, and the
veins in Ills forehead stood out
What are you going to do?" said
i Virginia. She was standing, too, and
j her hand, trembling a little, was in
his arm.
J Tha clerical meekness in the ath-
lete's reply was conspicuous by its ab-
| sence.
'Breakfast is served," announced the
waiter as calmly as if the morning
meal were the only matter of conse-
quence in a world of happenings.
They gathered about the table, a
silent trio made presently a quartette
by the advent of Mrs. Carteret, who,
from having her stateroom on the
peaceful side of the Rosemary, had
I'll stay here with the boss."
"And where do 1 come in?" said
Biggin, reproachfully.
"You'll stay out, if your head's level.
You've done enough now to send you
to Canyon City, if anybody cares to
take it up. Heavens and earth, man!
Do you forget that you are a sworn
officer of the law?" . — ,. ... -
"I ain't a-forgettin' nothing, sa il I neither seen nor heard anything of the people who win
Peter, cheerfully, casting himself flat 1 m.« with wtii.-ti tlie dav mu.. AnaA «?ii
behind a heap of earth on the dump
OKLAHOMA MAN ,
IS DEFENDANT
DEPOSITIONS ARE BEING TAKEN
AT GUTHRIE IN SUIT INVOLV-
ING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
IWRINGLMLNI 01 PA 11 NT CHARGED
Former Guthrie Miller Is Accused by
New York Miller of Getting
Rich Off Their Brains and
Patented Bleaching.
NORMAN: The depositions In
what will undoubtedly be the most
important lawsuit in which a resident
of the territory has even had a part
were taken at Guthrie during the past
week. The suit is between the An-
drews company of New York and
A. L. Williams of Guthrie for infringe-
ment of patent.
Williams, two years and a half ago,
was the manager of a large flour mill
at Guthrie. The mill was using a
method of bleaching flour by treating
j tenuis sulphate with nitric acid and
using this gas to whiten the flour.
Williams found that by a system of
electrolysis he could get a gas from
the nitric acid which bleached much
better than that secured by the other
method. He perfected his system
and asked for a patent for the meth-j
i od of securing the gas.
A number of plants were installed
in some of the largest flour mills in
' this country and it was acknowledged
that Williams' patent was one of the
greatest helps to manufacturers of all
kinds of flour that has ever come
out. Several very flattering offers
were received, but even the largest
could not touch tlu* price Williams
and his friend believed il to be worth
Most conservative estimates put the
value of the invention at not less
than two millions of dollars.
But the Andrews company of New
York came into the scene and claimed
an infringement on a patent which
j they bought in England in 1902.
' Edwin DeBarr, state chemist, and
professor of chemistry at the State
university of Oklahoma for the past,
six months, has been working oil the
subject of whether Williams' method
of securing nitric oxide to bleach
flour is an infringement on the An
il lews patent or not, and on the ex
pert testimony of Dr. DeBarr the en
Itre defense for the patent rights will
be made. In his research work on the
subject Dr. DeBarr has found that the
product formed by the action of nitric
acid on ferous sulphate is not the
product which Williams gets by his
method of electrolysis, and while the
New York firm is claiming that if
was the first to use any nitric acid
product to bleach with, it was used in
Germany in 1857 in certain of the
arts as a bleaching agent.
Williams does not ask for a patent.
011 the use of nitric oxide as a bleach-
ing agent, but does ask for a patent
on his method of producing same for
the bleaching of flour. The entire
defense against the proceeding for in-
fringement will be the expert testi-
mony of the state chemist and on
this will probably rest the verdict
of a case which means millions to the
warlike episode with which the day
had begun.
edge and sighting one section of Ills , Having weighty mr'ters to discuss
hip battery over the breastwork.
Winton pounced upon him, gasping.
"Here, you fire-eater! you mustn't
shoot!'' he protested. "It's only a
long bluff, and I'm going to raise the
limit so those fellows cant come in.
There are ladies in that car!"
"You play your bluftin' hand and
lemme alone," said the ex-cowboy. "I'm
with Sheriff Deekert, Mr. Darrah was
late, so late that when he came in Vir-
ginia was the only one of t lie quartette
who remained at table. She stayed to
The case will be tried under the
jurisdiction of the courts of New
York, but all of the depositions for
the defense will be taken in the ter
rltory and the case will be heard in
chambers by the district judge at
who remained at table. &ne siayeu uj • month
pour his coffee and to bespeak peace, j Buffalo, about the fiist
1 ... Tii. . <u twiner looked roi wait
knowing full well that the time was
unpropitious, but believing that the
crisis was its own best excuse.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
1 , 1*1. 1 III ,w O* ' ^
age of the sort that rises ihe higher , ]ast thing I ever do. They'll
for reverses. So the prompt counter- : nish 1)im llke a rat jn a corner!"
stroke filled her with joy. and at the j shQok her hea(1 aml pointC(1
moment Winton was as neal gaininga ; em|wnriJ to ,he mouth of tlie lateral
partisan as the Rajali • • ^ j Under cover of a clump of fir-
one. But at <he heart-thr illng instant ; ^ a wiae.flapl,ed hat and
.she remembered the cold-eyed ..ecre ' breeches was climbing swlft-
tary, and, lest he should spy upon her kr™of (he new Hne. can-
emotion as bo had upon her sjmpath j ^ wavlug a handkerchief as a
she turned quickly and took lefuge ( i)eac(? t0,.pn ..That is the man who
thln7he open compartment of the | arrested Mr. Winton yesterday. This
Rosemary the waiter was laying the
plates for the early breakfast, and
Bessie and the Reverend William were
at the window, watching the stirring
Industry battle now in full swing on
the opposite slope. Virginia joined
them.
•Isn't it a shame!" she said. 'Or
course, I want our side to win; but it
seems such a pity that we can't fight
fairly."
The flaxen-haired cousin looked her
entire lack of understanding, and Cal-
tinie he is going to fight on the other
side. He'll carry the warning."
"Think so?" said Calvert.
"1 am sure of it. Open the window,
please. 1 want to see better."
As yet thera was no sign of prepara-
tion on the embankment. For the
moment the arms of the track force
were laid aside, and every man w.3
plying pick or shovel as if his life de-
pended on the amount of earth he
could add to the re-forming dump in a
giveu number of minutes.
DICTIONARY AT FAULT.
The other day we gave some illus-1 heaven beneath the seat!
trations of the difficulties travelers en- her luggage, but she had
countered in interpreting the language wrong.
of native races. A doctor tells two
stories relating to India.
A friend of his desired a box of
matches, and looked up the word in
a dictionary. He called his servant I
and told him his want, but the man |
failed to understand. He tried another
word with similar result. Then, mak- i
ing sure the third was correct, he ve- -
hemently shouted at the servant, who, | must haw been going to a masquerade
this time fled in convulsive laughter
which he heard reechoed as he told
the other servants. He discovered
later that he had insisted on quickly
being married.
The other story is of an unlucky
railway coolie who stood in amaze-
ment near the lady who had called
him as she confidently assured him
he would find all her paradise and
The outcome Is being looked forward
to by the people of the territory as
all of the persons concerned are well-
known throughout the new state.
ARRESTED NEWS AGENT.
She meant
two letters
What Willie .Asked.
" 'And he rent his garments and
went upon his way,' " quoted the teach-
er. "Now, which little boy or girl
can tell me where he was going?"
The little wise boy lifted his hand.
"You may answer, Willie."
Why, if he rented Ills garments, he
ball." Judge.
A man who was arrested for break-
ing into a house in Berlin made the
excuse that he only wanted a pair of
shoes belonging to a celebrated Rus-
sian pianist who was staying in tha
house. A collection of women's shoes,
Was Unlawfully Disposing of Cigarette
Papers in Oklahoma.
LAWTON: "Deputy Sheriff Heitry
Signon arrested J. Stephenson, news
agent on a Frisco train that runs be-
tween Enid, Okla., and Vernon, Tex
as oil the charge of selling cigarette
papers In violation of the territorial
law Stephenson was taken from the
train at Frederick by the deputy sher-
iff and arraigned before Justice of the
Peace Oakes. Stephenson pleaded
guilty to the offense and was fined
$20 and costs.
Deputy Signon states that he had
had evidence for some time that bteph-
i enson was selling or giving away cig-
arette papers on this train, and, be-
ing in that part of the county he
made it a point to take notice of the
, news agent. In a short time Stephen-
son was caught in the act of distrib-
nouse. euiiwuuii ui o | gon wa8 cauftiii * w* —
all neatly labeled and catalogued, was utlng papers aud Signon placed him,
found lu tne room where he lived. [ un(jer arrest.
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Maher, J. H. Logan County News. (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 58, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1906, newspaper, October 26, 1906; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc234174/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.