The Blair Weekly Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1912 Page: 3 of 3
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J w'iilch !i? e-.pet-ts to Introduce, If tlecb
t~*—n ied-
"I fo
of the
tru-:t ti
Phi<
Ion;; <
on lie
l it my fluty to apprise you
oil character of the man and
t you will act accordingly.
icerely, '
JACKIE VINING."
"Hel
£r!;>r'
He
touch
to war
"Tbci
just
ine to
Ms arm.
.:-ud her.
•h« directed.
8he let her foot
I Scarcely had ah* disappeared whm Advance Notice of HolMor
Bedlght heard the bar thrown back.
• 4 . . ovuiRiu iirraiu iu« uu imunu us
ground, winced and toppled ' „ ' yo)ce whlgpered cmltlou.,yt
. . „. "Walter! V,'alter I The door la
,d " r' t?rr.^ r 'ber^d. Wail until I get away!"
ad. she groaned. Could— | prom hU dJngy w!ndow Bedlght
un-
• 1 «,, .. .. 1 f [Aim ni> uiiiKj wiuuuw DcuiKim The K. C M & Oi R. will soil
C°£or nnsJeVho pfekedher up^o hfa ! ?.* ™°ther J.™™** ''Hind trip ritflJ to all DOinta On
; i' and thp bill in a arnia, she throw her arma about hla
.>tv luM the- prtclcaga nef.|j nll(i ciunjj to him, her hair
brushing hla cheek. In eight of th«
M' and retired.
rut wf'li the copl touch of tlie linen jjut f),o whispered:
and the luxury of full repoae, Jackie's
heart smote her.
"Well, anyhow," she mused, as ahe
dropped ofT to .-Jeep, 'Til hold the let-
ter a few dayailongcr.".
To be in t1 ;■ tciUs of a state's' attor-
"TValtl .Let me down a minute."
She stood leaning against him, her
full, ripe lips teasingly near. For a
moment as he looked Into her fath-
omless eyes, Dedlght felt the weak-
ness of man for woman coming Over
him. To combat It, ho moved farther
Mcy Is-bad • vough in any event; but ;lV. .,y, supporting her at arm's length.
' it world bo well to leave me at the-
TI'-
th:
cm•
Ti
fo > p
MiMT
l iM£l
is
fl5l !
■ik ,
th(
Th.
him. ai
1V!'< V
of '
n?tly - '
have < ■
cai.i.u! .
rr. c r • v.
600!'!!
cr to 1]t
but I .
ti. ..
J»' "i
In Iter
reel 111 g e
scntii-
Ion;; 1?
with .
nu:;eti. -
able (1
and
Blst. in b
"Your
• BIK' f: :
mend ill I
Must I r(
er tiir.c?
The tfi
decision
"As a
much of
Bwer.
She—"
"Mr.
BOW Oi:
leave
Bight
chance
night,
young
hero,
respom
your ai
The :
- "Whc
for :
"Whv
Bai■! ti
"Whe
"The
throu:-h
gedlv.
Mlsa
door
end ci
an enchantment
1 do know that
ocstasy of the n
mathematicians struggled
•le triangles and hypote-
ill their non-umli ;':;tand-
'an[s, beautiful and sweet
2 as they ore, still per-
S man's hardest problem.
: tin ess in some things,"
Uout emotion, "is as com-
your lack of it in others,
it my question still anoth-
'ho is the girl?"
r 6poke firmly and with
m who is at least that
;entleman, I refuse to an-
girl has done no wrong.
f*ht, on Tuesday night I
ny crowd of young ladies
rbor after a clandestine
lg with you. Tonight I
1 under.upon you at mid-
In ilie company of a I
n. There ar<} no others
from our party. I feel a J
v : nd I must Insist on
ootta;:;; and go back for help. Look
inside, please, while I lean against
this liirch," slie directed.
"The. ;'s probably a burglar In the
wcodbox or a man under the bed,"
he said laughingly, as he Btarted
toward the cottage.
Th.> mayor stood for a moment
upon the threshold and then entered.
Aa his form disappeared within, there
appeared around the corner of the
cubln a man—the game warden of
Lakcville. In a twinkling he had
shimmed 'shut the door and thrown
a great bar across it from without.
"There, dnrn yo; I told ye I'd git
ye!" he bellowed with radiant pom-
posity.
rtedlght turned angrily as thi door
closed and realized too late that the
warning given along the trail had not
safeguarded him. He was a prisoner.
Peering through the dirty window-
pane, on aprVture not large enough to
permit the parsing of a man's body,
he saw Miss PnrnB^orth leave the
tree against which she bad been lean-
ing and walk leisurely toward the
hotel.
With the realization that the girl
had deliberately led him into the
hands of tlio enemy, he gritted his
teeth und then, at the thought that
perhaps Jackie Vining had planned
this coup do main, Bedlght felt a
queer sinking of certain bopes that
the case ' heretofore had buoyed up a lie^rt
cf his ar- yearning to take high hurdles. No—
n jvbinan may keep a man in hot wa-
ter on general principles of love, but
o ; v.vd unusually dis- t0 throw him in jail is treachery, and
, . ] , ""when a woman reaches that point she
U," hi >:m the lady attor- 13 1'ke the woman scorned—a perfect
a iJroforsioflnl tone, "I want fury.
1 . uj for'a pillow this room In which Bedlght found
1 .j .. u know the tree when Milmself was big and rough like some
of the words the mayor Bald before
his sense of the ludicrous returned,
on man3 n \i.rnt!on^nd" am* Vmlllar. Tll€n- in ful1 possession of the humor
v.-ith tho i!u:a :.ud fauna of the coun- of the situation, he sat down on the
try. T .","M ::i your scrvice," rcsp6nded s^e the bunk and grinned. A man
dc u
,1.0 r»«, of out
a woumn that any good man might and one thtrU faro for th'3 round ,
well desire to win. trip minimum $100 for fidultaj
v i and 50 cents for children. Tick-
CHAPTER X. ets oj) D ^ 20j h ^ jn>
Instead of leaving the vicinity of clusivt* Doc 31st 1912 and Jan.
M'ss FornEworth Sat Holding Her
Ar.kte in ?oth Hands.-
if tho aforesaid attorney Is a woman,
oh, in 1 . : ato id tbe man!
Thin. day wa. Major Bedight's day of
attendance upon Margaret I''urns-
worth, • who prosecuted
against him 011 the morning
•;,..! th« arc 11a after an
irs with '"Judge"
al.
est
trait
to go 1
n'.oriii
you si
"Yes—I'
the .mayor. ' > >
Tl-cy bet out on foot along a path-
way that Kd iuto the wocd. Once In-
sidt i . • fun ft it weund in-a trail like
that the calf made,' through spruce
r.::d hemlock, pej !ar and maple, with
now and thi;n a white birch adding a
touch cu 1 . ill-foiituust to tire grodn.
can grin when the joke is on him, but
J-e seldom becomes boisterous under
the circumstances unless he Is In pub-
lic, where it is always good taste to
prove his good fellowship by blatant
laughter.
That the game warden had gone for
help there was no doubt. Remember-
ed his shoulders,
sked the "judge"
:r yourself?"
The ; .1 was walking ,n* u'° plaP ^blch Bedlght had ad-
i ' !::: of the nature pic- niinlstered on the day of their first
tun a a' - meeting, that worthy did not desire
Suddenly Bee
hit him in the 1
let thrown fro
turned Inqulrlm-
t felt something I to ta5{® further chances.
, as tVd'ugh a'pel-'' "But If Miss Vining planned the
" -. - trnn. whv flirl nnt tho ■a:nrrlr>n hrlnor
stepped
she went
pli.ed, dog-
toward tho
t. In the farther
use a second door
ough It the moon-
en outwitted," an-
s hotel with you?".
irr.bly.
lune," she replied
starting up the
yor calling fron the
"Hurry
hind tho
and forg
A pah
drunmiin
plu
trap, why did not the warden bring
enough help with him to arrest me?"
This was the question the mayor
asked himself—and gave it up. He
had no way of knowing that the war-
den had sent word to the sherlfT to
t havingVe. be on hand—but that functionary was
touched his fin- a' the moment marooned on an island
five miles from the village with ample
food sent by a kind providence In the
liglit of tho moon, but with no boat
by which ho might navigate the inter-
venlng waters.
An hour passed, during whlcji time
Bedlght had satisfied himself that
wood choppers' cabins In general and
this 0110 in particular were built with
the expreas purpose of being better
Close range, tie
Fi'om a-clump of
!i ai. . .• I..- ' . il'<^ v uman's hand
;d at him ami 1 vTi.'te paper flut-
'ae path/ Tunr.iti«w the mayor
ord his steps. 'The messenger
.s and wafted licr a salu-
and replete wiib appre-
the cabin after being liberated, Be-
dlght closed the door and replaced
the bar. Drifting back Into the
bushes, he waited. An hour passed
and then came voices and rustling in
the wood. Soon the game warden and
two deputies hove into view. The
warden's face was flushed with ex-
citement as he strode along in ad-
vance of his men.
Approaching the door, he called
out:
Will ye surrender peaceable and
come out o' there, er shall I come In
»' git ye?"
From within there emanated no an-
swering voice. Out In the bushes,
twenty feet away, Bedlght waited,
tensely.
"Como on out: the door's unlocked,"
shoutod the warden.
Still no answer.
"Qol darn ye; I'll show ye. Came
1 In, fellers," bawled the oflleer,
throwing open the door and dashing
Into the cabin, followed by bis depu-
ties.
With nn ngile spring, Bedlght left
the clump of bushes and dashed for
tho door. The warden saw fclm com-
ing and sprang to meet him—but too
late! Slamming the door shut, the \
mayor shot the bar home.
He cov . ar the strenuous objec- j
tlonB of .lioners as he hurried ,
away, t nig a detour to a farmer's j
house, '•9 he hoped to secure !
l*t 1913. Return limit J«n. 6th
Ulo.
T. D. Montague Agent.
Fer Sals
First class team four year «ld
muVs pood n lva^onable
amouii! t'own .-'.ul time on bai-
Si-f J. li. ilulium.
DR. F. 8. MltlTT
PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON
lleaitl^nce Piione No. (W.
QNfcfl {a Blair 9r«i Man
Tislntier, Clay ft Robhm
LAWTISS
Hansam, end Al!:is, OklslMR.
li. y. p. s.
T. T. CLARK,
Atterney-At-Law
Attention Given te imA
Titles and ( oilertiens.
Office Over Grisham-Hulett's SMm.
ALT0« - - OtLA.
Sunday December 1, 1912.
Subject, Honesty.
Leader--Ml.'o Eihel Meadow.'
Opening: sontr. I
Prayer
Seriptuie retding, Acts 6 S |
Talk, Iiunesty as a Buoiness;
Considrration — Herbert Collins, i
T.iik: Honesty in Ac iong
-Ruir Bellows
Quartet-Joe Zinn, R. Fred
Buit, E!gie Maxwell and Ceci j
W1H. 11. CLARKSON, 11.1.
Gfficft !o The Blair Brng Stm
ResiJence One Block Eat! a«4 #V
M rth ef the Blair State Bfetk.,
Office 17, t Ri«(. fiMidtac* IT, St
something to oat. A ruddy-cheeked | Steeds.
R I TATI.U, R. li
PJijslc!«« aa« Snrgeew
Office in Orient Drtiff Stem
Blair, Ok.
' n fi'' :.i ah''ad came the sur-
>11 of K 1: 3 Farnsworth.
u: ioned a voice from be-
liimp of greenery.
," eric d Bedlght, turning
through the wood,
nta arose with
<m beside the path. J"!,s tha" 'I108® POesessed by the or-
niimrv luitri'nt in tbo nnrfh nntmlrv
for a elei
them awa
"Oh, wl
proached"
exiiaiiaed ti." mayor, ac-
bi'rds as tho foundation
• ruso, "you've frightened
didn't you tell me?" re-
; irl, "citing a fleeting
dinary hamlet in the north country.
He was securely confined—and- he
was in to stay "until-some one chose
to liberate him.
A voice from without suddenly gave
him hope. It was a voice he knew
"Wha
ti. nil
T!i
oi 1 !i
Win li
her r >
ifrcj't 1
of the ;
\?! 'i "
lljlit, the
•Ibie th; I
ward her
With thi.4
cure t: ,
like >.i-i
that Bi(
the mill.'
eulogized
—and yet
told a v.oi
rlyht to c;
Ik it, Mr. Bedlgbt?" lmpa
j IVie the girl i
,ur party beer
icr youn;; la
3f the colore
1 planco of th
o Bro'.vn beauties as they
i floated off ti
li rough the trees.
ia-
Bedlcht, v
.lib the note clulched In
I hia hand, mi
ido reasonable apologies
th
! for hia thou
esS and the girl,
i UUEUUP' < t ill>.'
, led on, chatteriug de-
66
; li),htet!ly. It
i a d ' of days to be
In the wood ,
- h is ever buoyant
farmer's wife fed him bountifully and
protested at the unnecessary size of
the coin he gave her for his dinner
snd a basket of provisions, with
which he set out for the cabin.
Reaching the wood-chopper's hut,
in which two hours provlous he had
been a prisoner, he rapped on the
door.
"Whoevcr's there," cried an excited
voice within, "let us out!
"Break the glass In the window,"
directed the mayor, his face Illumined
with smiles, "and eat out of my
hand!
A growl of mingled disappointment
and relief preceded the shattering of
tbo glass. Bedlght held his basket on
his left arm and began passing provl
slons through the nperture.
"Good srub, this, boys," he chuck
led. "I serve excellent meals at both
my boarding houses. I'll bring you to-
bacco tomorrow night. Just you make
yourselves comfortable. How would
you like a deck of cards?
It was dark when Bedlght reached
Squirrel Inn and slipped unobserved
to his room.
When Jackie Vining came down at
six next morning to take a constitu-
tional before breakfast the mayor
sat In an easy chair on the veranda,
smoking his favorite pipe.
"Will you kindly tell Miss Mason
that I am waiting her commands?'
he asked easily, with no trace of re-
sentment in his voice.
"I was going to liberate you this
morning," she oaltl simply, trying to
hldo her surprise.
"Oh, 1 got out last night, thank
you. I'm particular about my own
bed. Never could Bleep well In a
strange bunk," laughing.
After breakfast Alice Mason, the
girl appointed by the court to defend
Bedlght on the occasion of his trial,
called him aside*
"As your attorney, I am led to offer
you your freedom today. I want to
go to LakevJJIe lor some cold cream,
and If you will rido to the Four Cor-
ners with me, I will let you escape to
your own devices. It Is not always
that an attorney can vouch for his
client, but I am willing to take a
the p;
Pi 7.
went to
tory tit-
leniiru.*
woman ; TO 1.
It is p<
It is
hr
1U1
riiiRi
m
right in protecting
• itl and should bo
lli. n Ktouri'od lor it
■ymr,!! has al:.-cst
1 nves hrr, she has a
at ho will do almoftt
lationabjn that she
lling to handle it I in
,oiib for the future...
t of us are alike In IHs,'
to appear mtlodi'juiia
"Mr. Bedlght," queried the voice,
"are- you there—inside the cabin?"
"No, MIhs Conspirator," replied the |
mayor, vindictively, "I'm up on the'
roitf playing solitaire."
"Will you tell me which of the I
girh. was with you last night?" de-
manded lUtss Vining. "If bo, I will i
let you out."
"Oh, I like it in here," replied the I
ina;'.r, enthusiastically. "It's a nice, I
quiet p1c,c«, no hooka to bait, no I
mound builders to excavate, no run-
it",-ay boiK h to catch, no baloam to 1
rich, neihlng to do but relax and j
think of the perfidy of one's fellows—I
feminine gender."
"I'm glad you like It," responded j
the "Ju(.•" ," with a wholesome flavor :
in her voice, "and I'm sorry to advise j
you Hint, tho warden and reinforce- I
ments arc about duo. Wouldn't It be !
■] and tucked the note wiser to lulp me protect a thought-1
less girl and go free thai? to be con-1
r.nii y.i., siitliifT upon trary and go to Jall7"
!i the wond when "I like the Jull at LaUeville even bet-
ter than thin," responded the prisoner |
affably. "It !u light and airy and hnn j
easy exits in case of fire or ennni."
"Very well," Bhe replied, "repent at
leisure."
The mayor listened. She waB go-
tlie girl was in
ui liie- tjme and
• i ho beatitudes
lie c ii;-'.. nlal and
It pU-astd
loved the soll-
lles of the-forest.
i. d u Hcarl"!.' tuli-
Bc(light, waiting
unfolded the ellp
i.i,handwriting
i ton: . ' , . '
illK IS TRYING
asl^ of h!ui.
nugurn cotnpli
Al:d mi
that we 1
to ourselves, doing all sorts of dmr!'-
thlngH taut, ilcpt over, we undo, say-
ing tli'nr.i- dirt wo Inflate with sill' r.t
tho time being tind stick a pin Into
later when our ardor has cooled, la
this mood Jaeklo Vining Boated her-
I'e lii U-' . itii I: r. In her hands
the lit Id n II'in u tliat had taken her
fancy. Of t'.; paviy at iline Host's
hotel, no girl wad j . . iinr than Mar*
Kfliet Farnsworth ;md few ns Intellec-
tual. Vivacity Slid ' it y'edominat-
rd aud ri
did not 1
thint,a Interesitiiig for hlin.4'
p'ie : - lo li-.r f-- lW(S lie drew
aiedr, ui.d r.m aflor a big? brown Imt-
twily,, Itodigat sat down, on tho log
tind •w.alird, SijTldonly he heard a
am, iVi voiad of a wopuin In palu.
Paper: Honesty With Self.
-Benlah McElroy.
Talk: Honesty with God
- Muck McWhorler.
Sjjik
.Charity in Thought and Specch
—Joe B Z.iin.
Duet—Cecile Steedi and Elsie
Maxwell.
Scripture Reading, Luke 6;3G-
44.
Charity in Action —Carl Mc-
Whorter.
Business.
Closinf? song.
Benediction.
Program for Dec. 8
Subject—Sowing and Reaping
Leader—Louis Reid.
Son^
Scripture reading
Pruyer
Talk, Sowing Kindness and
Good Will.
- Earl Montague.
Talk: One man soweth arid
another rcapeth - Joe Zinn.
Quartette-Joe B. Zinn, R.
Fred Burt, Cecil Steeds and El-
sie Maxwell.
Talk; Wheat ; t,u tarea-E. E.
Dale.
Paper: Whatsoever a man
-oweth that shall ho also reap.
—Ina Akin.
Business.
Benediction.
Program for Dec 15.
Subject, Justice
Leader—Herbert Chrkaon,
Song
Scripture le3son, Lev. 19,33-3/
Prayer
Talk, Justice Among all Men
- Wylie Snow.
Scripture reading John 5;29-33
St ng.
Talk; Justice and Mercy —Wal-
ter Maiiin,
Scripture reading It;a. 55:1-7
Seng' ,
Benediction.
SNOW & SHAV
Altorneyi-At-Lgw
motaut in orrici
r». n». u otriM n» n
Blair y Duk*
Oklahoma
$2,500.00
Two Thousand Fit# ■aaii^fl
Dollars ready to lota g«ai
quarter sectioa ef Itad. fkt
wants it? or any other aaianal
from $500.00 up? See or vrlfa
ZACK T. PRTS1,
Mangum, OkJa.
L. Reeves
Cabbage, Turnips
P« tatoo », Onions,
Rico, Corn Flakes,
Sn^ar, Coffee, Tea,
Dry Salt, Smoked
Moats, Lard, Salt 5 ts
2oc sacks Syrup all
kinds Dried Apples
and all kinds of grs-
cerlos at panic prices.
Ten cent certificate
with 50c ^oods sold.
Free delivery.
Remember that Clark aellfe
flour at whole Mle prices.
Several bales of cottoa vesS
rought from Warren Satnrday
At Bopiial Church, Nov. 24 |a<id sold on our streets. ?kaf
know a g'od market.
191
Topic- Labor.
Leader- Ermon Smith.
Song.
Sc. iplure Eph. 4-28
Talk, The Worker and the
Drore—U. A. Howe.
Scripture reading Prov. 10;15
1C-Clifford Harris
Prov. 16-23 - Ralph Marlin.
Duet- Joe Zinn and Frt-d Burt., milk or butter can aiaka.
iliin Jersiifs
Frr Sain ir Tnle.
I lihv« bought the B. B. EiM
herd of young Jersey cows aa#
heiftrs. Then*; tie all tharoasi
bred and one or More will tee Wm
ne.r!t invwCraent one whoaaaaaa
iu dlght ! '.i d at her bo Ing away.
i'. ; r.iiiiriy to lnalio 'Vlr.InK," Bho crlod.
"I'll Bring Vou Tobacco Tomorrow
Night."
r urif
liniiii:. - J
and Imp
"What
HUB 1UUUU alilCUlU VIIHIlg tCUM'U JlCr* Q-.| ,:t .. j| ,
talf writlfl* de»k Jim uUlnu'liPld of h«r Ui iu.
"Yea, Mr. Uedlght."
"You hiiow very well you vould de-
BplBO me If I told you what you are
Butting., I nm Hnn In my retolve not
to appear In this light. You may aa
well bo now, for I shall not answer
-•.'iTili ui*f. upf'ii tno your qurBtlon."
•! i.nlali! In 1»•'th Hm wiili'hc'rt her lltho form as she
"i i.* ti htl.v i'. -i ivu wnllird 1'miidly awny, her hcud crect, 1
• 4'vld'iifo of pnln. her BlKiuldera buck, every Inch h
i . • I'Tied Uedlght, tptandld woman.
Jy, guii<x up to btr and '
chance on you," confldontly. "Anil_b«-
aides, theso girls have been badgering —R,i(T Bellows,
the life out of you. It'a time ooniebody g
The G>tod of Recent Labor
Legislation -Wylie Snow.
The Honor cf Honest Labor
Puainc3.H,
BencJIction.
took pity," laughing
. Tbe mayor put his Hps closti to the 1
girl's rosy car.
"Honest," lie said, "hope to die, I've '
never hnd ho niurli fun In ail my lit'** | ——————
—but flint bill business Is dangerotin, j ... ,, . ,, f,
and I'd ilka to get through wltu the Huff nf the C oiiBf.-
ordeal honorably. I can use today, i hird No.2. was a pleuHCilt Call-
aud u a .mall oxpreualoo ot my 0. ut the Progrcfa Office, tufesj.
Contin tcc r.e* Viei. ay evening.
1 will trade for atoek aattla af
any kind or give purehasarl
if desired.
Some fresh now, and
will be withfa 90 daya.
J. A. VAUGHAM
2 1-2 miles eact of B)*ir
R. »
Try u Mack uf nupreme float,
Ho'd by Clurk und you wtH kwy
more.
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