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The GUARDIAN
A. R. Barrow, Ed.
CROWDER CITY.
OKLA.
STILL THE LAND OF PROMISE.
Ttant America in ntlll looked upon ah
a lam! of promise by ttie pooplo of for
countries in well illustrated by
flu* desertion of some 200 men from
thr 1 Iritis ti warships which vlslt< <l
New York for the Hudson Pulton eel
pbr-ittoa Tho Minted States Is still
the luro of Kurope, says Cleveland
i'ljiin iw-aler Tho Kldorado is yet
wfvt of the Atlantle. The experience
of the Qnglitth fleet Is but a repetition
of what has been met many times be
for« by fleets visiting the American
raaiit. There Is always the tempta
tion for the visiting tar to come ashore
>uid forget to return. Perhaps they
huvo ndatlves In this country ready
to shield them and give them a home
and a «tart In the new world Per-
(1:44*1 they have merely absort>ed the
•current Kuroptiin opinion that the
way to fortune and comfort lies
Uirough the gates of New York. A
Ktriking contrast is offered between
tbc experience of the American
on ith recent world tour and the usual
fxporience of the fleeta vlxUIng this
-country It was one of the boasts of
tlie returning American ships that the
men aboard and ashore bad conducted
themselves with almost prefect de-
corum; that none had deserted, though
opportunities to do so bad been many.
This not to argue that American
tars are any better grade of men
than those of other navies though we
are pleased to believe they are—but
merely Indicates their different point
of view.
D
ROBERT
AMES
RENNET
ILLUSTMT/OflJ &YRAY WAITOU
(orvMcnr Jivt e
TI 're All the Time.
i It is told of Dr. Thorold that he waa
1 once asked to give away the prizes at
a school belonging to the London
school board.
In the course of his opening address
he gravely asked the children, "Which
was the largest island in the world be-
for Australia was discovered?"
When the youngsters gave It up, ha
said in the same grave way, which
made them laugh all the more, "Why,
AusLalia, of course; It was there all
the time!"
i r
"The custom of turning up the trous
tre In dump weather .presumably orl
glnated in the metropolis of Ureal
Itritain Its practice there has been
universal for several generations, and
*i n been Imitated by Americana af-
fecting lOngllsh styles. Years ago,
when the fashion of trousers too long
ior the li Rji of the wearers, vtllh the
deliberate Intention that they should
bo perpetually turned up, was llrst In
troduced. the humorous paragraphers
said that AngloiuatilacH who adopted
tt were going about with their trous
era turned up because It was raining
*n l.ondon From London, however,
comes now a warning voice to the ef
feet that turning up the trousers Is a
pructlc" prejudicial to health l.ondon
Is suffeiing from an epidemic of In
flueuza, and a physician connected
with one of the great hospitals sug
we*!*: as among the causes of the out
break the habit of turning up the
■trousers
SYNOPSIS.
ntnry i>p«tis with tho ntilpwrrrk of
ttio atuamor on which Mis* <i« ni vl<*\ .■
l«-att an Anirrti -an htlr< . I., r.l Wln-
Ihr«p« in KriKllnhntiin, and Tom Illak-
a briiHque American, wirr pasaengi-rN
Th. throe wi-rr toiui'ij upon an uninlmh
'tIsland anil vtirr the only on.* not
drown**!. lilakr. alitmnrd on the boat,
because of IiIh roughness. b < am>- * hero
as pre*.r\*r '.rf tlir helpless piiir The
Kngllahrnun was suing for the hand "f
Mtiw I .rail'1 Wtnthrope wasted his last
match on a rlgurrtte. .>r which hi- was
scored by Mlato- All three < nnatrurii-d
hats to shlrlil themselves from the sun
They then feiuited on cii'iianuts, the only
priH-uralile f>>ml Miss l.eslte slmweil u
llklr.j for niaki but detested his rough-
ness. Ix-il by make, ihey established a
home In n.ilnr I ilffs. tlluk.- founii a fresh
water spring Miss Is-slic fared un un-
pleasant slluallon Ithik. re. ru err.I his
surveyor's magnifying glass, thus Insur-
Inir lire. He started a Jungle tire, kllllnK
a large leopard and nin"tli< rinit seteral
cubs In the leopard's i mm thev l.ullt
a email 11one They gained the i Ilffs h.
hurnltiK the bottom of a trie until It f.-il
against the heights Th - trln •-- ur.-ii
''« from the I lifr* *t:>s I .— lie's whit.
skirt was decided upon as a signal. Mies
Ignite made it drees from the Impard
skin OvirheaiinK a conversation l
tween lllak anil Wlnthroi .- Mlis trestle
• -cattle frlghtrni it Wtnt n.pe became
111 with fever, lllaki was poisoned by a
Hah and altnoet Uled Jackals attacked
the camp that nlglit, but wire driven ■ -rr
by Oenevlove ftluke constructed an anl
tnal traji It kill. .1 a hyena On a tour
the trio discovered limn v and ovsters
Mlsa I .eslle Was attacked hv a poisonous
snake. Itlake killed It and saved its pol
son to kill game l'or the sec.mil tim-
Wlntlirope was attacked hy f \.r lie
and Itlake disagreed The latter mad.- a
strong door for the private t .unpartnn-nt
of Mlsa I.eslic'a i'iiv. horn.. \ tcrrlhl.-
storm raged that ntKht Wlathrope stole
tntn her room, but she main k.-.| to swing
her door closed in time. \\ mthrope w;is
badly hurt, lie died the following morn-
InK The Mtorm tore down their distri
flag, so a new one was swung from
bull I boo pole
CHAPTER XXII.
Understanding and Misunderstanding.
American export em, it appear* from
a report of Special Agent tlutmnn, nre
not gulllclontly courteous in Ihelr IiiihI
neuM correspondence with Spunlsh
American dealers, and the fact Is rep
resent.ai aa operating to our dlsadvuti
tage. 1'olileuetm goes far with the
lxitln American buyer. In points out,
anil mi instance is cited of loss or
fradc due to a curt acknowledgment
by a New York house ol n check from
a Panama Importer. Kxcept with the
mercantile firms or the old school with
which traditions are strong the omis-
sion has. become general from com-
mercial correspondent'!' ol the formu-
las of courtesy which once character-
lied It. The little niceties of phrase
oloK) with which letter, were begun
,or ended are dlspeuM ii with uuder the
new order ol ofllce economies, in
which time saving has become the
main thing
The disruption tit the International
|N>ta.sh syndicate, which is reported
■from Germany, calls aitentioa to un
Industry that has grown to enormous
propirtlous in recent years Potash
used lot reviving impoverished
soils There are Immense beds ot it
In Germany and in the Uutled States
During the present year Germany has
taken steps to prevent the exportation
of potash from Germany It is ex-
pected that very low prices will result
from the dlsagicomcnt between the
own rs of large German mines
The iKipular conception of warn,
countries, like Mexico, is that they are
lands of pleiil), because of the tucces
■Ion of crop* that can be readily
raised Hut Mexico reports an exin-ri
ence suggesting a different state ot 1
things An appeal conies from Guana
)uati>. where the crop;; were destroyed
by an musiial visitation of cold !
weather and frust. '.he government'
■has ordered from the United States by '
telegraph '200,000 bushels of corn, and
undoubtedly more will bate to be pro
ridel
One of tho trustees ot a prominent
college let used to oti lor the admit-
^°n "f women to the law school. sa>
In* he was opposed to all change; he
WHS even opposed to railroxdg and
teh'pbotieg. Such opiK>->ltl.ui u this
will do any cause uiore I (ban
'harm
A new explosive which can bo ham-
mered. burned or rimmed down a gun
without exploding Is on the market
Just the thing for little Johnny * safe
-•Od <int Fourth next year!
N the morning she found
Itlake scraping energetical-
ly at the Inner surfaces of
a pair of raw hyena skins.
"So you've killed more game!" she
exclaimed,
"Game? No; hyenas. 1 hated to
waste good poison on the brutes; hut
nothing else showed up, and I need a
new pair of pa—ar—trousers."
"Was It not dangerous -great bensts
like these?"
"Not even enough to make It Inter-
esting. I'tl have had some run,
though, with that confounded Hon
when the moon came up If he hadn't
sneaked off into the grass."
"A Hon?"
"Yes. Didn't you hear him? The
skulking brute prowled around for
hours before the moon rose, when It
w ns pitch dark. It was mighty lone- i
some, wllli hltu yowling down by the
pool lltilf a chance anil I'd given him j
something to yowl about. Hut It I
wasn't any use flritig off my arrows in
the dark, and. as I said, he sneaked
off before—"
"Tom—Mr. Itlake!—you must not
risk your life!"
"Don't you worry about me. I've!
learned how to lock out for Tom {
llhike And you can lust batik on It
I'm going to look out for Miss Jenr.\
1/osHe. too! Hut say, after breakfast,
suppose we take a run out on the cliff
for eggs?"
"I do not wish any today, thank
you."
He waited a little, studying het
down-bent face.
"Well." be muttered; "you don't
have to come I know I oughtn't to
lake a moment's time. I did quito a
bit last night; hut If you think—"
She glanced up, puzzled. His mean-
ing flashed upon her, and she rose.
"Oh, not thai! I will come." she
answered, and hastened to prepare
the morning meal.
When they cam
she found that the henp of stones
built up by lH.iko to facilitate the first
part of the ascent was now so high
that .he emit! climb Into the branches
without difficulty. She surmised that
HUike had found It necessary to build
up the pile before he could ascend
with lits burden.
They were a; tlie foot of the heap,
when, with a sharp exclamation, lilake
sprang up Into the branch's and
scrambled to the top In hot baste.
Wondering what this might mean
Miss l.oslle followed as fast as she
could When -l.e reached the top she
saw him running across towards an
out Jutting point on the north edge of
the cliff.
Do Me Even When It Rains.
"I'm Fixing It So
the same, a few more will do no
barm."
"Then you are sure those awful
birds have not—"
"Yes, I'm sure."
Ho carried an armful of rocks to
lay on the mound. When he began
to gather more she followed Ills ex-
ample They worked in silence, piling
the rough stones gently one upon an-
other, until the cairn had grown to
morose and taciturn. She met him
with a smile and exerted all her wom-
anly tact to conciliate him.
"You must help me eat the egg,"
rhe said. "I've boiled it hard."
"Hather eat beef," he mumbled.
"But Just to please me—when I've
cooked it your way?"
He uttered an Inarticulate sound
which she chose to interpret as as-
"I caa't be sorry for that!"
"Bui even you felt how terrible It
was—and then— Oh, surely, you must
see how—how embarrassing—"
It was Blake's turn to look down
and hesitate. She studied his face,
her bosom heaving with quick-drawn
breath; but she could make nothing
of his square jaw and flrm-set lips.
His eyes were concealed by the brim
of his leaf hat. When he spoke, seem-
ingly it was to change the subject:
"Guess you saw me making my hut.
I'm fixing It so it'll do me even when
it rains."
Had he been the kind of man that
she had been educated to consider as
alone entitled to the name of gentle-
man, she could have felt certain that
he had intended the remark for a del-
icately worded assurance. But was
Tom Blake, for all his blunt kindli-
ness, capable of such tact? She
chose to consider that he was.
"It's a cunning little bungalow. But
will not the rain flood you out?"
"It's going to have a raised floor.
You're more like to have the rain
drive in on you again. I'll have to rig
up a porch over your door. It won't
do to stuff up the hole. You've little
enough air as it Is. But that can
wait a while. There's other work
more pressing. First, there's the bar-
ricade. By the time that's done those
hyena skins will be cured enough to '
use. I've got to have new trousers
soon, and new shoes, too."
"I can do the sewing, if you will cut
out the patterns."
"No; I'll take a stagger at it my-
self first. I'd rather you'd go egging.
You need to run around more, to keep
In trim."
"I feel quite well now, and I am
growing so strong! The only thing
is this constant heat."
"We'll have to grin and bear It.
After all, it's not so bad, if only we
can stave off the fever. Another rea-
son 1 want you to go for eggs is that
you can take your time about it. and
keep a look-out for steamers."
"Then you think—?"
"Hon't screw up your hopes too
high. We've little show of being
picked up by a chance boat on a coast
with reefs like this. But I figure that
if I was in your daddy's shoes It'd be
joyment to eat such a delicacy with-
out some one to share it," she said.
Blake looked away without answer.
But she could see that his face was
beginning to clear. Greatly encour-
aged, she chatted away as though they
were seated at her father's dinner-
table and he was an elderly friend
Taught by Experience.
"So the jury returned a verdict
without leaving the courtroom," said
the visitor.
"Yep," answered Broncho Bob.
"That's tbe way Crimson Gulch juries
always do nowadays. The boys have
had so much trouble that they stay
where they are instead of taking
chances on getting separated from
their hats and overcoats."
r
WRIG LEY'S
Accidents Will Happen
A n*l whrn they do—thry hart.
HUNT'S LIGHTNING OIL U the
one luNtantnneoan relief and eure
for all >vuuniU, brulNen, Korea,
rut*. Nprniun and nhraNloun of the
■ kin. It form* nn nrtlfieial akin
eovcrlnir, ezcludea the air ln-
atantly, atopa pnln at once. There
nre many olla, but none like
HUNT'S. The netlon la different,
and the effect aa well.
• - H U NT'S - - H||
LIGHTNING OIL
Always have It In the honae.
Take It with you when you
travel—you never can tell when
HUNT'S LIGHTNING OIL may
he moat needed. 25 centa and 50
ccuta bottles.
For Sale by Druggists
A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO., Sherman. Teiai
twice its former sire. The air on the
open cliff top was fresher than In the ! one pieces to him with a bit of
cleft, and Mi s Leslie gave little heed j war fat and a pinch of salt. As he
to the absence of shade. She would j took the <lish he raised his sullen
have worked on under the burning sun
seut. The egg was already shelled. | from the business world whom it was
She cut it exactly In half and served j her duty to entertain.
I without thought of consequences,
i Hut lilake knew the need of modern-
j tlon.
"There; that'll do." he said. "He
may have been—all he was: but we've
no more than done our duty. Now,
we'll stroll out on tho point."
"I should prefer to return."
"No doubt. Hut It's time you
i learned how to go nesting. What If
! you should be left alone here? Ile-
] sides, it looks to me like the signal is
tearing loose."
She accompanied him out along the
cliff crest until they stood In the midst
of the bird colony, half deafened by
their bnrsh clamor. She had never
ventund Into their concourse when
alone. Even now she cried out, and
would have retreated before the rharp
bills and beating wings had not lilake
walked ahead and kicked the squawk-
ing birds out of the path. Having
I eyes to her face. She met his gaze
with a look of smiling Insistence.
"Come now," she said; "please don't
refuse. I'm sorry I was so rude."
"Well, if you feel that way about
it!—not that I rare for fancy dishes,"
lie rcsnonded, gruffly.
"It would be missing half the en-
and onions in th< same dish."
"I'm sure, Mr. lilake—"
"Heats a burlesque all hollow—Sirs.
Slnt-Reiiis Waldorf's chop-sooey
For a while Blake betrayed little in-
terest, confining himself to monosyl-
lables except when he commented on
the care with which she had cooked
the various dishes. When she least
expected, he looked up at her, his lips
parted in a broad smile. She stopped
short, for she had been describing her
first social triumphs and his untimely
levity embarrassed her.
"Don't get mad, Miss Jenny," he
said, his eyes twinkling. "You don't
know how funny it seems to sit here
and listen to you talking about those
things. It's like serving up ice cream
The Utmost in Stencils
How To Secure Them Free
Wrlto for hook I >*t. of flm!* W«ll IWoratlmM eon-
tAlnmif •• -• 1 ricMlffns for Peril *1 l-'iHffcl undone
In colors—full of information nnd ideas u>r us rs
ol \Ut «ul . lb* SMi:Ui Wall CimUsr.
The Bonk—with two r. ofn doners In
color tells why Ah: bant in e 1 * Ik-: ; f •. r w 11 deco-
ri"on HPi :,.w !,. MH-rr.< na* ir St,ne.l. Krw.
NNritet. i.y for tho tw.. t k-—on. ' nt
I .-. «tani|). p\ :w Alabmtino f oo patir
l>,f"r U< I'-!*..*" I < -It, ... , rnr,4 I rid..
and young Mrs. Vandam-Jones' auto- j ,lme for nu' 10 be cabling a ship
made certain that the big white flag
to the tree-ladder ' 8,111 !Wllri> °" s'af he led the
way along the seaward blink of the
cliff, pointing out the different kinds
of seafowl and shouting information
about such of their habits and quali-
ties as were of concern to hungry cast-
aways.
He concluded the lesson by descend-
ing a dizzy flight of ledges to rob the
nest of a frigate bird. It was a fool-
hardy feat at best, and doubly so in
view of the thousand* of eggs lying
all arouud In the hollows of the cliff
top Hut from their Hlake had re-
cently culled out all the fresh settings
of the frigate blrdB and none of the
other efcgs equaled them In delicacy
of flavor.
"How's that?" he demanded, as he _ _
She had hurried after him for .non- 1 ««*Hng. _"\Vh.t~do you me"an'
than half thu distance before sh.- tier ol'ff .h*,lJ"1 ,ho bl« rhRlk> white I know I'm not much of a ladies' man:
cotillon—with us sitting here like
troglodytes, chewing snake-poisoned
antelope, and you in that Ivundry
dress—"
"Do you—I was not aware that you
knew about music."
"Don't know a note. Hut give me
a chance to hear good music and I'm
there If I have to stand In the peanut-
gallery."
"Oh, I'm so glad! I'm very, very-
fond of music! Have you been to
llayreuth?"
"Where's that?"
"In Germany. It Is where his
operas are given as staged by Wagner
himself. It is indescribably grand
and Inspiring—above all, the Par-
sifal!"
"I'll most certainly take that in,
even if 1 have to cut short my en-
gagement In this gee-lorious clime— |
not but what, when it comes to leopard
ladles—" He paused and surveyed her
with frank admiration.
The blood leaped Into her face.
"Oh!" she gasped, "1 never dreamed
that even such a man as you would
compare me with—with a creature
like that!"
"Such a man as me'" repeated
per-
ceived the vultures that were gath
•red In a solemn circle about a long
anil narrow heap of stones on a ledge
down on the sloping brink of the cliff
While at the foot of the tree Rlake
had seen one of the grewsome flock
descending to Join the other, and.
fe.trfiil of what might be hapf^nin*.
had rushed on ahead.
At his approach, the rroaklng Batch-
ers hopped awkwardly from the ledges
and soared away; only to wheel and
circle back overhead. Miss l>eslle
shrank down, shuddering, lilake came
but to be yanked up like this when a
fellow Is trying to pay a compliment
—well. It's not just what you'd call
pleasant."
1 beg your pardon. Mr Hlake. I
i'KK Into her keeping
"I would rather go without than
see you take such risks." she replied,
coldly.
"You would, eh?" he cried, quite
misunderstanding her, and sneered by | misunderstood. I—'
what seemed to fclm a gratuitous r. "That'i all right, Miss Jenny! I
buff Well. Id rather you'd eav j don't ask any lacy to beg my pardon,
nothing than speak In that tone. If , The only thing is I don't see why you
you don t want the egg heave It over, should flare out at me tb«t wav "
I nable to conceive any cause fo, For a full minute she sat. with
his sudden anger, she wns alarmed down bent head, her face clouded with
aud drew back, watching him with doubt r.nd indecision At last she
sidelong glances. ! bravely laisid her eyes to meet his
What's the matter?" he demanded.
bark nour her. aud began to gather "Think I'm going to bite you
up the pieces of looee rock which She shrank farther a av, and did
were strewn about beneath the not answer.
ledgea on that i art of the cliff | A, h„r ran t0 ^ noon ,)Uke
I know 1 piled up enough, he n took his time to tvsp«ud and when
elalned. In reaponse to her look. "All be at last oime to Join her be was
"Do you wonder that I am not quite
myself?" she asked "You should re
member that 1 have always had the
utujost comforts of life and have been
cared for— Don't you see how ter-
rible It is for me? And then the death
of—of—"
to run up from Natal, or down from
Zanzibar, to look around for jettison,
et cetera."
"I'm sure papa will offer a big re-
ward."
"Second the motion! I've a sort
of idea 1 wouldn't mind coming in for
a reward myself."
"You? Oh, yes; to be sure. Papa
is generous, and he will be grateful
to anyone who—"
"You think I mean his dirty
money!" broke In Hlake, hotly.
Her confusion told him that he had j
not been mistaken. His face, only j
a moment since bright and pleasant,
took on Its stillenest frown.
Miss Leslie rose hurriedly and
started along the cleft. i
"Hello!" ho called "Not going for
eggs now. are you?"
She did not reply.
"Hang It all. Miss Jenny! Don'
off like that."
"May I ask you to excuse me,
Hlake? Is that sufficient?"
"Sufficient? It's enough to give a
fellow a chill! Come, now. don't go
off mad You know I've a quick tem-
per Can't you make allowances?"
| "You've—you've no right to look so
angry, even If I did misunderstand
j you. You misunderstood me!" She
caught herself up with a half sob. His
sl!ence gave her time to recover her
composure She continued with ex-
i ceaslve politeness: "Need 1 repeat
! my request to be excused, Mr Hlake?"
"No. once is enough! But. honest,
now l didn't mean to be nasty."
"Good-day, Mr. Itlake."
"Oh. da-dam It, good-day!" he
; groaned.
When, a few minutes later, she re
i turned, he was gone. He did not
1 come back until some time after dark,
when she had withdrawn to her lean-
j to for the night. His hands were
bleeding from thorn scratches; but
I after a hasty supper he went back
: down the cleft to build up the new
wall of the barricade with thr great
stack of fresh thorn-brush thst he
had gsthered during '.he afternoon.
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