The Cushing Democrat (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1907 Page: 5 of 12
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blitinrN mat In nf In
purUu.ro lii<l bwn ad? MMed
A startling bls*t ftuiit lh«
whUlltr adtltH bliu of Ibo arrival of
the train at the station that «u his
do-
had# ib® other to do a nab! la
f eft mi thai might Injure the
ba kited
Mo ibr si range. hreethle** mmtot
continued la the d*rkn>*» The talon
like grip at hi* ibruat • *• frightful;
^ h*r tangled b«ir waj la bis eyee aad
destination Even 1 b" proximity of ^ grjtugg a( rleorhtd teeth »<>unded
home could not dispel tb« aimo»phere . . ,K
uf unri-vl. Ul Iturbudlnii. thai orr, '° lh
ibaduvrd bio mind
oar, ho sobbed rboklngly
at tbo rottibncM ho *i« compelled to
, aao. Nov ho had hor two handa In
(mining bin gate at la*!, bo sprang (,|#^ |lf.r struggles and attarks were
up tho *lop*. but baltod aLruptly at ineffective. Hlowly be forced hor
the sharp, isrMtjf tmocb of broken combatting rarh superhuman.
Kiss* underfoot' I he ra:h«r dim demoniacal assault with heart-break
light of the ball showed that the plato. j„K effort, until he wedged the slenduv
gluuM in the door wa* shattered. When body Into a corner. Ah, the rruolty
the eye* beeaute more accustomed lo 0f n #j|»
tho gloom, the chaotic condition of the _ . ,w . ..
,nl„u. ' .. ... Hut again the nervous energy of tho
Interior was visible through the rag .. \
... , , , slight form overcame his more quiet
ged cracks. Chairs were overturned,; A ... . ' , .
iMl„ i . . defensive op|*>*ition. and almost be
rugs twisted Into confusion, portlerea : k- i.—- u .l i ^
. .. . , . ! fore he knew It. they had stumbled.
hung In shreds from the doors or
.u .. had slipped to tho bottom. The tall
were lying among the rugs on the # .u , L ...
win. i, i i < j lump, at tho Impact of their bodies,
floor: With Its handsome, colored ... „ w , ^
. , . , . ' . fell alth-actush to the floor, and, llko
shade crushed and broken. It wus „ . " ,
a serpent s tongue, a greenish, lam-
bent flame licked above the frag
only a miracle that the tall lamp, on
the stand at the foot of the stairs, still
threw Its light on the debris below.
Wide-eyed and breathless, he enter-
ed quickly, calling his wife's name:
"Helen! Helen!"
A rustling in the upper hall ceased
suddenly at the sound of his voice.
Silence—except for the rushing of
blood in the ears—until a cry issued
from dry, cold lips.
"Helen!"
A faint sound agaTn reached the
ears from the hall above, and to be
free from the unnerving suspense, ho
leaped up the stairway, the last turn
of which was shrouded in gloom.
"My God! Helen! Where are you!
What has become of you!"
He struck a match to enable him to
light the lamp in its bracket, and had
just taken the chimney in his hand,
when a sound that chilled him through
and through struck his ear. He turn-
ed his head and saw, by the feeble
rays of the match in his fingers, a
woman's figure crouching near him;
and from the lips came the hissing,
prattling gibber of a maniac.
The match fell, the chimney crash-
ed on the carpet. What had he seen
in the dim light? No, no! It could
not be, must not! Helen's illness
that morning—it could not bring her
to this! But alas! The dainty tea-
gown she always wore when she
greeted him on his return at night,
the rich, dark hair that brushed his
cheek and temples in the morning
during the caress that said good-by,
though now disheveled, loose and be-
draggled, assured him that the wretch
ed woman before him in the dark was
his wife, once erect and, lovely, now
a slinking, groveling animal. A great
wave of unutterable pity drowned the
horror in the breast.
"Ah, dearest, give me your hands.
This is Jack. Don't you know me?"
The slender hands he sought in the
darkness ever evaded Jiim; nor did
the gentle, soothing murmur of her
name from his lips bring any spoken
. response. At last, by a sudden move-
ment, prompted by a scuffling foot-
step quite near, he was able to grasp
.the small wrists, and, holding tightly,
to draw her toward him, a great ten-
derness comiDg over him.
But, as the wolf suddenly bites deep
Into the band that feeds it, so the
* the eoaft Hilda. *Im» «a* la a
.... . •horkiag kiMur, *"iho« ifct* aotld
. . . ; * •laaildod i^io at* .tuiMaiH ««m»I4 afr*eg mmm hoe If ih»f
*** barhvaid lo hi to , hall, ho aoeghi hi* brdrcuca u» ** araa'l e« 4»g* r.^trao i»*« ago ib.»
•elf b»ira>ed hi mi. aad anil •CuggHag j chaago hi* df»erh«<d gam^al* for had IhHr u~* ibuugh I «ia I a»*er
(he loo ft*to* lopplad la a bieiaiag. » A* ho paaaod ai iho lop of hod ao imo in 'mi
• roarhloa fall, do* a lb* 4«ik olad '»»e *alr*. I he lamp la hi* Hood ihrov j ^ n, , u,tn*,4 k*p'
lag *<«l'«»r^ tt.g^ wotcum* ra,. ovor iho of ih« . « tat of tag d*«» »o. iimr «a aa ^d
to «w to doat,«»>i iradfaoM for1 •»« aifgssi. la ih« appor hall On I ,g ,,Ure i» h«a«r ut lh br«.i. Aa
iho Bo»r lay ia »ad coafualoa aiaay of thr munfe* a»,uid »oad
hi* wlfo'i tfrotar*. Iho door of (he
• aidrobo ia »b»rh ih«»> »b«>uld haag.
aiaadlag wide opoa
A* auun a* hi* haad lottchod the
knob. Il wa* ovldeai that tho door
be for* him wa* locked, but h«* *hook
Il to make Hire
Htandlna there undecided, ho fur
lunaiely coughed — fortunately — b*
rnuoe it told the woman on lh* other
•Id* of th«* door that her nlcht of
horror had ended Tit* dour kay turn-
ed quickly, th* door wa* torn awlftly
open, a trembling sobbing wife clung
huiurily, closely. In her bewildered
I reaved of n dos by *omo blame dog
O Jack! Jack! I thought you would ,h|*f | vow I won t never hev another.
n*ver come I should have coue mad , |l„t It never ain't very long till »iuni»-
myself If I bad not fainted when I
beard her in the hail among ray dress-
es—and then trying my door.—When I
rame to myself, all was so quiet—
I'ntii I heard your hand on the door.
—I supposed, then, that thojr had
come to take her back to the asylum
—Promise me, sweetheart, never,
never to leave me again."
Her soft cheek was pressed against
his own; he silently lifted to his lips
the little hand that rested in his.
ments, flickering, and faded out.
The sound of the rail brought a
pause to the exhausting strife: a sud-
den movement on the part of his an-
tagonist, and Stanton st%d alono in
the smoky darkness of the hall. His
quick breathing alone penetrated the
silence. He groped his way toward
the wall, but stopped quickly; he
could hear the faint, soft rubbing of
fingers on the wall paper; it was
at his back! Hark! There it was
again! It came from hack near the
stairs. With both hands outstretch-
ed, he crept forward, and felt along
the staircase, and then along the man-
tle piece. He stooped and searched
In the fireplace for the frail figure.
He must find her!
At that instant there came quick
steps, the slam of the front door, and
the patter of feet hurriedly crossing
the porch; he sprang through the door,
impelled to prevent any damage that
the fleeing woman's malady might lead
her to bring on herself.
As well might one have pursued a
will-o'-the'wisp. The elusive figure
before him led on through paths be-
set with difficulties; the quagmire,
bog, and thicket silently, sullenly op-
posed thenjselves to progress. Harsh
winds struck sudden blows, unseen
rocks tripped the hastening feet. His
quarry continued her erratic course,
and he cried out in anguish as he be-
came aware, from the sound of the
breakers, that she was making for
the sea. Would he overtake her In
time? God help him! '
He broke from the woods, dose to
the shore, her slender figure, bending
against the blasts, hair and garments
whipping in the gusts, still cruelly be-
yond chance of his overtaking hef!
Though hot, panting breaths scorched
his throat and nostrils, though his
heart beat against its walls with
stifling vehemence, his impulse to
forestall the tragedy carried him for-
ward swiftly.
But more quickly she gained the
outermost of the jagged rocks. Around
her burst the ponderous waves; over
her head flew the crackling spray; the
hissing foam licked at her feet. To
her came no knowledge of the eager
hands, the hurrying feet, the breath-
leas cries so rapidly neanng her.
•mi on
had nighi* aa* try lo loae I hem. hoi
alio* mi toe lonrlal ttd nod lh* airay
*a lag him back home Karh dug
carried a Utile barrel of hooto oa his
collar an' In that aray made himself
pop lar with lota! alrangers Them
day* air |»a*I now Tb*y have moved
lb Hwtss Tyrol to th' Chicago amuee-
menl parks 8o th" doga, hein' out of
a Job. air no more u*e to nobody,
"Oh. yes 1 alius hev a dog about.
Mm from sreetin' him with sho* leath*
er an' profanity every time bo make a
; plumb fool of hiH4elf I'm wore to a
shudder. An' every time I am be-
WANT WHIST PLAYER BACK.
Chaplain Had Been Banished to Mom
astery by Superior.
The Metropolitan of Petersburg.
Archbishop Antoni, has succeeded in
earning the hatred of the card play-
ers of all Russia.
Every one plays cards In Peters-
burg. man, woman and child. The
chief game among the upper classes
is vint, a word which means "screw."
It is whist with the screw on.
Probably the most perfect vjnt play-
er in the Russian capital was Fr.
Komendantoff, the chaplain of one
of the large grammar schools. His
play was so admirable that he was
often invited out to aristocratic gather-
ings, where he would play for the en-
tertainment of the company.
The fame of this priest at length
reached the ears of the metropolitan
and as this dignitary was of opinion
that a priest's fame should rest on
some more solid foundation he sen-
tenced him to banishment for ten
years to a remote monastery on an
island in the White sea.
The sensation in Petersburg may
be imagined. A petition is now be-
ing circulated begging the metropol-
itan to be merciful and to allow Pe-
tersburg to retain its darling.
The petition has already been sign-
ed by three grand dukes, six grand
duchesses and over 40 titled persons
belonging to the aristocracy and the
foreign diplomatic corps. A sentence
in this curious petition runs as fol-
lows:
"Fr. Komendantoff has been an in-
fluence for good in society, and many
have been attracted to the church by
his polished bearing."
| one else sticks me fer u thoroughbred
pointer with a pedltcrco made on th'
spur o' th* moment.
"I brought one home th' other night
nnd put him in a nice box of straw.
He waited till I was shod and then
he sot up th" worst Inmeut you ever
heard, i went down nn' shut him in
th' harn. Three minutes Inter I put
him in th' henhouse. No good. He
was back under th' winder recltln' th'
works of Kdgar Aallan Poo as per
several times previous. Then I went
down an' turned a wash tub over thet
pup an' set on it. I lit a pipo an'
held down thet wailin' monster fer
three hours. Then th' ol' woman
stuck her head outer th' winder an'
said she hated to butt In an' of course
I was a-doln' th 'best thet could bo did,
but how would It do to tie th* dog in
the outhouse? Tie him up! Shucks!
I never thought of that. It worked
fine.
"They say a dog is man's best
friend. Thet's all right, but you never
kin tell which man. I hed a large
freckled kyoodle once thet would run
th' grocer boy off th' place, chase th'
new minister up a apple tree, scare
th' wash lady into gallopin' conniption
fits an' then escort a frowzy tramp up
to th* house a-waggin' his tail plumb
up to his ears. I got sore et thet dog
when he halted me one night an' jus'
wouldn't let me come anigh th' house.
I got an armful of paving stones an'
hed bust two holes in th' kitchen wall
w'en I discovered in th' most natural
way in th' world thet th' dog was be-
hind me chawin' my leg. An' only
thet mornin* the brute hed let a bill
collector walk right into th' house.
"Yes, sir, th' dog hes outlived his
usefulness. AU dogs has, from th'
bow-legged bulldog to th' monkey-
faced pug. Doggone the doggone
dogs!"—G. A. Thompson, in Chicago
Daily News.
Overheard -in the Country.
Wilfred—Mamma, we were up In
Farmer Crosby's yard, watching the
eggs in his incubator.
His Mother—Did anything come
out?
Wilfred—Yep; Farmer Crosby—and
he chased us.—The Circle.
Electric Anesthesia.
Electric sleep, or anesthesia, pro-
duced by the action on the brain of
intermittent Jhectric currents of low
voltage, has been a subject of special
study for several years by Prof.
Stephanie Leduc of Nantes and others.
The application has been perfected
until it is practicable to put dogs and
rabbits quickly into a calm and regu-
lar sleep, with general and complete
anesthesia.—Electricity.
Frequently Do.
Don't find too much pleasure In
your charities; they may become the
epitome of your selfishness.—John A.
How land.
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Wintersteen, Paul A. The Cushing Democrat (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1907, newspaper, September 26, 1907; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc283882/m1/5/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Advertising%22: accessed July 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.