The Hollis Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1912 Page: 2 of 12
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Delayed in
Transit
Corson smiled to himself ti the
camp came In sight when b* rounded
the point In his frail canoe. It was
the first time that Corson had smiled
in some weeks, for he Bad passed a
dolorous summer In town. At the
camp, he was sure to find rest from
the doubts that assall«d him, for In
the woods Charley Corson forgot even
Lillian Blaksloe.
It was not an easy matter to forget
Lillian, for Lillian had been the cause
of bis wretched summer. He bad let
the Blakslees have the camp for the
hot months. His business kept him In
town through what Corsen called the
"scorching season," but he had taken
pleasure In tiie thought that Lillian
was In camp and learning to love it
as much as he did.
Neit year he hoped that there would
be a June wedding, and a July honey
moon in the camp. There was noth-
ing more than an understanding be-
tween them, but Lillian bad made it
plain what her answer would be when
Corson spoke, and as the weeks sped
by, and her letters grew more and
more Irregular, Corson first grew
puzzled, then worried.
Kven wheu they broke camp Corson
did not learn the fact until after
they had left the woods. Mrs. Blaks-
lee's note of thanks hinted at an ear-
lier letter, but there was none from
Lillian, and Mrs. Rlakslee did not
speak of her. In spite of the thanks,
there was a tinge of coldness and re
serve In her note that made Corson
more doleful than ever. He and Mrs.
Hlakslee were great chums. Now she
seemed to share Lillian's dislike.
He had welcomed the news that the
camp was again at his disposal, for
in the woods he could forget his
troubles for a time, and find the rest
that he sought. The camp might re-
mind him of Lillian, but with rod or
gun he could conjure the vision away.
He paddled to shore, and was de-
lighted to find that the camp bsd been
left In perfect order. The B Juices
had brought their servant with them,
and it was only necessary to remove
the board shutters from doors and
windows, give things a dusting and
set up housekeeping. Befora long a
pot of coffee was perfuming the air,
and bacon was slssling in the pan.
The supper things out of the way,
Corson Fred his pipe, and made the
round of the camp. He had reached
the rough road that ran at the rear of
the camp, when he encountered the
dead stump that two years before had
been used as the mall box for a prl-
rsto mall delivery. Teddy Qriscom
had been in camp with him that year,
and It was Teddy who Induced one af
tha farmers to make trV-waekly trips
with the mall. Ted had fixed up tha
Stump as their private box.
There was a cunningly oontrlved
door In the oppoalte side of the trunk,
and Corson glanoed In to sea how
much the stump hat* decayed slaoe
the year befora
To bis surprise he found that tha
cavity was half filled with letters aad
la a flash he realised that tha Blaks-
lee's servant, a recently landed emi-
grant. had mailed the letters here.
It was all clear eeough now. He
carefully did them r*v In a bundle and
then he sat down to wrlta a letter af
explanation.
-I never supposed that tha letters
had been 'delayed la transit,' " he con-
cluded, "and I blame myself for not
understanding what the matter wes. I
should hav« removed the slot from
the tree, but I didnt suppose that
e\*n a newly-arrived 'greeny' would
suppose that Uncle Sam had mall
boxes scattered through the woods. It
was a delight to get so many letters
from you all at once, but I will swap
the lot for one little letter containing
the single word 'Yes.' "
He made a special trip to the village
to mall the package and tb«n made
dally trips for the answer. He had
not long to wait. Before the end of
the week he found a bulky letter in
the box and he could not wait until
he got to camp to read It. With tha
canoe floating on the surface of the
lake he let It drift while he read over
the letter.
"It was not Norah," wrote Lillian,
"but the rest of us—and Teddy Oris-
con. When we left town Ted begged
us to use his private post office If we
wanted to. I suppose that be thought
We should see the joke, but we dldnt
and unless we were going to town wa
mailed the lett 3 In tha box and It
never occurred to us to wonder
whether they had been collected or
not. You see we are not woodsmen
like yourself. Next year you can
show us, for I accept your offer of ex-
change and will send the 'Yes' as
goon as I receive the package. J don't
want to lat you Keep t&e letters after
wa ara married to prove what a bad
tamper I had."
Corson struck aaroaa tha laka aa to
had never paddled before aad ha got
the latters hack la time for tha alght
mall. Then he paddled hoai* mora
•lowly and la the cool of tha orenlng
ha dug up the truak aad dragged It to!
tha oamp.
It la still uaad aa a nail box, but Mt
Itaada within tha hall and Mrs. Oor-
son warns their occasional gueetg thai
lattara are liable to to delayed la traa-
ttt
Wa lost a tot that way," aha ai-
plalas, but aha does not add tha aa*
planatlon of tha smiling glance that la
xchanged between herself and Corsea
■rhea she speaks of the letters.
Stealing
•1 doa't think It Is fair* cried Net*
Ue Bourn. "To think that oaa horrid
old plata ahould make all thla trou-
ble! It was mean of Uncle John to
make a will Ilka that"
"Ha didn't make a will Ilka that."
contended Harry Warraa. "How Waa
ha to know that one of the plates
should be broken between his death
and tha readlnf of tha wlllT He wag
fair enough. Ha left one to you*
mother and one to my father. Surely
thai waa a fair dlvlalon of tha two.
His Intention waa all rlgbt"
"Well, then," said Nettle, stamping
0 Yery pretty little foot, "It's shame-
ful that our paronta should be so hor-
rlbly stubborn as to fight over oaa
miserable old plate 1"
"You caa't blame them, exactly,'
defended Harry, charitably.
'And In the meantime wa can't
even announce our engagement,"
walled Nettle, "to gay nothing of get*
ting married."
"We don't want to get married un-
til spring," reminded Harry, optimis-
tically. "Something will turn up be-
fore then—If I have to turn it up
myself."
He smiled down Into tha worried
little faoe, but found no answering
smile. Ever since Jason Pomfrefs
will had been read, and It waa found
that the two famous Washington
plates ware left to his brother. Bllaa
Warren, and to Martha Bourn, there
had been a bitter warfare waged be-
tween the two legatees. In the bustle
of preparing for the fuaeral one of tha
plates had been broken beyond tha
skill of the moat expert mender to
put together, and Mra. Bourn and
Silas Warren, who were both a little
mad on the subject of china, had tak-
en the matter Into the courts, each In-
sisting that the remaining plate was
the one Jason Pomfret had repeated-
ly Indicated as the one he wished the
olalmant to have.
But Harry did not let the grass
grow under his feat. He went to see
his closest friend, Dick Lyons, who
was noted as an expert In old porce-
lains. He had done Dick a great
favor once, and Dick did not hesitate
a moment. He managed to meet Mrs.
Bourn at an evening party.
"I don't want to see you get the
worst of this row over that Washing-
ton plate," ha said when he had
aroused her curiosity sufficiently.
"I've often studied thst collection of
Jason Pomfret's. and other experts
had always agreed with me that his
Washington plates were not genuine."
"Don't tell me that," she command-
ed with a sniff. "I've eeen the plate a
hundred times and I know very well
that it Is a real Washington."
"Look here." suggested Dick. "You
can look the plate over closely so long
as you don't take It out of the execu-
tor's office. You've seen It a hun-
dred times, but you never looked at
It with doubt because you took It for
granted that It was what Pomfret
said It was. You look It over careful-
ly and you'll get tha credit for drop-
ping the fight over a plate that la not
worth fighting over.'
"If this la a trick—" began Mrs.
Bourn, and she paused. She could
think of no threat terrifying enough
and her silence was more eloquent
"It's not a trick," assured Lyons.
What Harry had not counted oa
waa that his father and Nettle's
mother should arrive at the office of
the lawyer executor at the same time.
"It Is the same that I took from
the cabinet," declared the lawyer tart-
ly, not relishing the suggestion that
was conveyed In their demands.
"It's not that." Mrs. Bourn hastened
to explain. 'Tve alwaya had an Idea
that the plate was not genuine aad I
want to make certain that Ue piate
la worth fighting over."
"Tunny you never thought of that
before," oommented Silas Warraa sua.
plcioosly. "I>e alwaya had my
doubts," he added, with tha ooUeoCor'i
"Harry told me the other night that
one of his friends, also, had expressed
his doubts. I'm going to bring an-
other expert in."
"I don't think that that will be
necessary," hastily said Mrs. Bourn.
She looked doubtfully first at the
plate, then at tha lawyer. The latter
waa above auaplclon even If the plate
was not. With a sigh she turned It
over to Silas who In turn lsld It on
the desk.
"I dont want ever to see it again,"
he declared. "To think that a cheap
copy should have spoiled our frleud
ship ail these months! That's worse
thau the loss of tha plate. We used
to be pretty good frlenda. Martha."
"We can be good friends, still,
Silas," she reminded.
"Let's go out and have luncheon
and talk It over," suggested Silas;
and they talked it over with such
good effect that they went from there
to the Jeweler's and when they came
out a solitaire on the widow's finger
announced that she expected shortly
to change her state of loneliness.
Nettie and Harry, watching across
the street, smiled at each other.
"That will simplify matters a great
deal," declared Harry In tones of re-
lief. "We'll give them the Washing-
ton plate for a wedding present."
"But that is not worth anything,"
objected Nettle.
"The real one is," explained Harry,
"la a good cause the end Justifies the
means. I got Benson's clerk to ex-
change the plates."
DELICATE BUT KEEN THRUST
English Lawyer's Method of Hsndllng
Witness 80 aa to Discredit Him
With Jury.
Bald John B. Curtis, the well known
lawyer and president of the Indiana
Society of New York, speakhig about
the recent heckling of Detective Burns
when he was 011 the witness stand In
a memorable case: "I'm afraid that
sometimes we get a little too personal
and severe with witnesses. How much
better was the handling of a famous
detective who was testifying in a Lon-
don court. It was a divorce case and
Mr. Prank Lockwood was the opposing
counsel. The detective witness came
to the stand dressed In black broad-
cloth, wore a gold fob and seals and
looked much more like a respectable
iplddleaged solicitor than a member
of the police force. The man's tes-
timony was likely to be damagiug to
his client, so Mr. Lockwood began his
cross-examination very gently and
waa excessively polite.
*1 believe you are John Blank of
the firm of Blank 4 Co., the eminent
detectives ?'
" 'Yes, sir,' said the witness, 'I rep-
resent that firm.'
"'And I prasume,' continued the
counsel, 'that In the course of your
duties as a detective you have, at
times, to assume many disguises?'
"TTes, sir.'
" Then,' said Lockwood, smiling,
"will you have the goodness to tell the
court Just what you ara disguised as
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Lillie, T. W. The Hollis Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1912, newspaper, April 26, 1912; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc234436/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.