The Foraker Tribune. (Foraker, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, July 29, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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THE LITTLE
BROWN JUG
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KILDARE
MEREDITH NICHOLSON
Illustrations By
BAY WALTERS
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«opjrlght ia)8 by The Bobb»-Merrlll Company.
SYNOPSIS.
,AnJmore anfl Henry Maine
Griswold stumble upon Intrigue when the
governors of North and South Carolina
*,7, ™porte.d 10 llavo quarreled. Both
ln ,a turmoil over one Apple-
rvtfi£'i,?f! n,u vi wlt.h Political influence,
^fawold allies himself with Barbara Os-
CarnlinaaUu! nr °a tl.1L' governor of South
V t le Ardmore espouses the
cause of Jerry Dnnjfertteld, daughter of
Py,ernor of NorUi Carolina These
aro trylnfe' 10 011 the shoes of
J^'I'prs, while the latter are miss-
hJ.fi, tjnau are of each other's position,
both Griswold and Ardmore set out to
make the other prosccute. Ardmore or-
ganizes a big hunt. Grlswold's men cap-
ture Applewelght. Jerry Daiigerfield dis-
cover the captive and leads him to Ards-
ley, her own prisoner. Griswold and Bar-
bara explore the scene of the disappear-
ance and meet Ardmore and Jerry. Grls-
wokl refuses to recognize his friend.
a?ArdT Presence of Applewelght
CHAPTER XV.—Continued.
"There's a line of the South Caro-
lina militia crawling through the
woods toward Raccoon creek. They
Insist that it's a practice skirmish and
that they've come over here because
the landscape Is naturally adapted
their purposes."
"It's awfully nice of them to like
my scenery. You'd better send vour
best man out to meet Col. Gillingwa-
ter of the North Carolinamilitia, and
tell him to march all his troops into
the estate by the north gates, and to
be in a hurry. Tell him—tell him
Gov. Dangerfield, is anxious to have
the staff present in ful}. uniform at
grand ball at Ardsley to-night."
Ardmore rode oft alone toward Rac-
coon creek to catch a view of the
enemy. How far would Griswold go?
Ardmore could go as far as Gris
wold; yet he was puzzled to know
why Griswold was in the field at all.
These reflections carried him far to-
ward Raccoon creek, and when he had
reached that tortuous stream he dis-
mounted and tied his horse, the more
freely to examine the frontier. By
jumping from bolder to boulder he
crossed the turbul^t tide and gained
the other side with a sense of enter-
ing the enemy's country.
"Now," he muttered, "I am in South
Carolina." ,
He drew out his map and held it
against a tree the better to study It,
reassuring himself that his own prop^
erty line embraced several sections of
the forest on the south side of the
state boundary.
"If Grlssy shoots me, it will be on
my own land," he said aloud.
He cautiously followed the stream
until, several hundred yards farther
on, aud overhanging the creek, he
came upon the log cabin in which Big
Paul had reported the presence of a
ghost Paul's story had not inter-
ested him particularly, but now that
he was in the neighborhood he re-
solved to visit the cabin and learn if
possible how ghosts amuse themselves
by day. He had thrust a revolver into
his pocket before leaving the house
and while he had no idea that ghosts
may be shot, he now made sure that
the weapon was in good order. As he
sat on a log slipping the cylinder
through his fingers he heard whis-
tling farther along the creek, followed
quickly by the snapping of twigs un-
der a heavy tread, and a moment later
a tall, slender man broke into view.
The stranger was dressed like a
countryman, but be was unmistakably
not of the Ardsley force of workmen,
for these wore a rough sort of uni-
form. His hands were thrust careless-
ly into the side pockets of a gray
Jeans coat. They were thrust In deep, I
so that the coat sagged at the pockets.
His trousers were turned up from a
pair of rough shoes and he wore a
gray flannel shirt, the collar of which
was guiltless of a tie. He was smooth
shaven, and carried In his mouth a
short pipe, which he paused to relight
when about a dozen yards from Ard-
more. Then, as he held the lighted
match above the pipe bowl for an in-
stant to make sure his tobacco was
burning. Ardmore jumped up and cov-
ered him with the pistol
"I beg your pardon," said the mas-
ter of Ardsley, "but you're my pris-
oner!"
The stranger shook the flame out
of the match-stick carefully and threw
it away before turning toward his
captor.
"Young man," he said with perfect
•elf-possession, "don't fool with that
gun, it might go off."
His drawl was characteristic of the
unless I'm much mistaken you have
been playing ghost ln that cabin. I've
heard about you. Your gang has been
cutting off my timber about long
enough, and this game of playing
ghost to scare my men won't do."
"Stealing your timber?" And the
stranger was clearly surprised. He
held his pipe In his hand with his
thumb over the bowl and seemed to
take a more serious interest in his
captor.
"And now," continued Ardmore,
I m tired of having this end of the
country run by the Appleweights, and
their disreputable gang, so I'm going
to lock you up."
The stranger turned toward the
cabin, one corner of which was plain-
ly visible, and shrugged his shoulders.
"I have nothing to do with the Ap-
pleweights, and I assure you I am not
a timber thief."
"Then you must be the one who has
lifted a few steers out of ray herd. It
makes no difference just what branch-
of the business you are engaged in
for we're picking up all the gang and
you've got to come along with me."
The captive showed signs of anger
for the first time. His face flushed,
and he took a step toward Ardmore,
who immediately threw up the revol-
ver so that ft pointed at the man's
head.
"Stop right there! We've got old
man Applewelght, so you've lost your
leader, and I tell you the jig's up.
We 11 have you all in jail before an-
other 24 hours has passed."
I judge from the tone of your re-
marks that you are Ardmore, the own-
er( ot Ardsley. Am I right?"
"You are quite right. And you are
a member of a disreputable gang of
outlaws that has been bringing shame
upon the state of North Carolina. Now,
I want you to march straight ahead
of me. Step lively now!" And Ard-
more flourished the pistol menacingly
March!"
The man hesitated, flung up his
head defiantly, then moved slowly for-
ward.
"We will cross the creek right
hero," he ordered; "it's a pretty jump
tnere from that boulder—there that
was bully! Now right along 'there
over the log—see the trail! Good!"
It was warm and the captive was
perspiring fre(ely. He moved along
docilely, and finding that he mani-
fested no Inclination to bolt. Ardmore
dropped the revolver to his side, but
with his finger on the trigger.
They soon reached a field where
some laborers were at work, and Ard-
more called them to him for instruc-
tions.
Boys, this is one of the timber
thieves; put him ln that corn-crib 1
had been driven to the point of mad-
ness by Ardmore's apparent dullness.
The prisoner realized that he must
launch a thunderbolt if he would dis-
turb a self-possession so complete—a
tranquillity as sweet as the lading
afternoon.
"Mr. Ardmore, I dislike to do it, but
your amazing conduct makes it nec-
essary for me to disclose my identity,"
and the man's manner showed real
embarrassment.
"I knew it; I knew It;" nodded Ard-
more, folding his arms across his
chest. "You're either the king of Slam
or the prince of PetoBky. As either, I
salute you!"
No! ' roared the captive, beating
impotently against the door of the
cage with his hands. "No! I'm the
governor of South Carolina!"
This statement failed, however, to
produce the slightest effect on Mr.
Ardmore, who only smiled slightly, t
smile less incredulous than dlsdainfui
"Oh, pshaw; that's nothing," he re-
plied "I'm the governor of North Caro-
lina!" and mounting his horse he
gravely lifted his hat to the prisoner
and galloped away.
While Mr. Ardmore was securing
his prlsoner.in the corn-crib It may be
interesting To return for a moment to
the haunted log cabin on Raccoon
creek, the interior of which was
roughly but comfortably furnished.
Above were two small sleeping-rooms,
and beside the bed in each stood a
suit-case and a hand-satchel. In each
room hung, on convenient hooks, a
long, black frock-coat, a pair of trou-
sers of light cloth, and a broad-brim
black felt hat. Coat, trousers and hat
were exactly alike.
In the room below sat a man in his
shirt-sleeves, his feet on a cheap deal
table, blowing rings from a cigar. He
presented a picture of the greatest
ease and contentment, as he occasion-
ally stroked his short brown beard,
or threw up his arms aud clasped his
hands about his head or caught lazily
at the smoke rings. On the table lay
an array of playing cards and poker
chips.
"It's too good to last forever," the
lone occupant reflected aloud, stifling
a yawn, and he reached out, with
careless indifference, toward a bun-
dle of newspapers tied together with
a piece of twine and drew one out
and spread it across his knees. He
yawned again as though the thought
of a world whose affairs were
stamped in printer's ink bored him im-
mensely; and then the bold head-lines
that shouted at him across half a
quarter of the sheet caused him to
gasp, And his feet struck the bare
floor of the cabin resoundingly. He
$3,000,000 CATHEDRAL!
Archbishop Ireland's Llfo Dream It
Slowly Approaching Consumma-
tion in St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn.—Slowly rising upon
the crest of a hill on fashionable Sum-
mit avenue, St. Paul, Minn., Is a
13,000,000 cathedral, the consumma-
tlon of one of the dreams of Archbish-
op Ireland, stone by stone and block
by block, the great gray granite struo
ture Is taking form, and when com-
Livestock Show Best Ever
Burner Qopi New Buildings and Liberal Premiums Will Biint
F.ne Animals to State Fair. Packing Plant. Are Stimulant, New
Par,1,on Cost, $40,000.00. Brilliant Horse Show At Nigh?
The best crop conditions in years
and the advent of the great packing
Industry in Oklahoma assures a
j healthy increase in all live stock de-
( partments at the State Fair. This,
[ coupled with better facilities in the
way of buildings for handling live
stock exhibits, places a high premium
on the prospects for an excellent
showing to be made by the devotees
1 if animal husbandry.
By far the most important building
Improvement in this department of
the great State Fair Ib the new $40,-
000 Livestock Pavilion, which will be
complete in every detail by the open-
ing of the fair. In this building will
take place the live stock judging, In
full view of spectators, for cattle
and horses. Owing to the substantial
character of the building, assurance
is given of an uninterrupted exhibi-
tion regardless of weather conditions.
At night, under the brilliant illumi-
nation of hundreds of electric lights,
and with the accompaniment of good
music and vaudeville acts, will occur
thw interesting exhibitions of the First
Annual Horse Show, more fully de-
scribed by special article.
tries is expected in this department
largely on account of the recent as-
sembling In Oklahoma City of the
packers and livestock commission
ms. A feature of the cattle show of
special interest and educational value
is furnished by tne parades of the dif-
ferent breeds in the pavilion at the
evening shows.
boetDt over the PaPer with the | making the foundations for the build-
Sad »LeagerneSS,f muttering as he j lng. and they are calculate to be of
were It h* r ™uttering3 fufficient strength and durability to
were, it must be confessed, not with- ; last 10,000 years
T„r*nrmbe""h"eM- 1 The <*<*•*»»'"»» "ill to built In
TWO COWARDLY GOVERNORS the form of a cross, surmounted by a
MISSING. dome and flanked by towers. It will
Scandal AtecttaTTwo Slate E„c„. j dtonVe^omTie «
SMndbl.Case Re- j .be ores, which .51 rise , ver the ?o„
on Stitl Lin^Um°rS P Duel I n'°St plDnacle wi" ^ 2*0 feet. The
on state Line. great dome wll] be 120 fm wJ tfce
IT „ . I heisbt of the facade' 130 feet, and the
"f, .^?ath,?8slT the startling height of the towers 150 feet.
pleted will be the most magnificent i Premiums
the Divine In New York, which is be- Beef Cattle .... Urn(1
lng erected by the EpiscopaUans. Dairy Cattle
!n th6 be.Ei'?n,"g of th,s cathedral was Heavy Horses 2 526
In the mind of Archbishop Ireland on Light Horses i'724
S fr,Dg°f H0]y Thu'*day. March Sheep j'jfj
3i. 904. The next day he imparted Swine ,204
?H8JJ8a t0„ BOme of his influential Livestock Judging Contest 100
friends, and on April 9, following,-the Poultry .... ,
Jite was purchased at a cost of $52, The following special' premiums' of-
Sl.ee then Archbishop Ireland baa "" """
worked continuously for the culmina-
tion of his plans. In response to his
requests for money, persons in his dio-
cese have subscribed $1,672,390 Of
this sum $41 = .209.10 has been paid in
Ground for the cathed.ral was broken
in 1906, and the corner stone was laid
June 2, 1907. The foundations are
completed and material is arriving for
the walls.
Four years have
Horses
In the horse department premiums
will be awarded for Percherons and
French Draft Horses, Clydesdales,
Lnglishshlres, Belgians, Suffolka, Ger-
man Coacn and Cleveland Bays Hack-
ney and French Coach. There will
also be classes for Standard bred
horses. Non-standard Roadsters, Amer-
ican Carriage Horses, Family Turn-
out, Tandem, Four-ln-Hand, Lady
Turnout, Equestrians, Saddle Horses
(Gaited and Breeding Classes), High
School Horses,, Shetland Ponies,
Ponies other than Shetland. Jacks.
Jennets and Mules.
The horse department will be super-
intended by Mr. W. L. English, of
Oklahoma City, a man weil qualified
for the position. The classes will be
judged by Prof. John A. Craig well
known among horsemen and whose
fine ability to judge is recognized
throughout the United States.
In the speed department, purses and
stakes, from $300 to $700, will be
given on harness events. Stakes and
purses for four running races each day
will be announced later.
Sheep
The management confidently ex-
pects an increase in the number of
sheep entries. A number of prom-
inent Oklahoma breeders have signi-
fled their intention to participate. Pre-
"You're My Prisoner!"
til I come back for him. The nights
are warm; the sky is perfectly clear;
and you will kindly see that he does
not lack for food."
Two of the men jumped forward and
seized Ardmore's prisoner, who now
broke forth ln a torrent of wrath
struggled vigorously.
"That's right, boys; that's right;
easy there! New In he goes."
A series of corn-cribs fringed the
field, and Into one of these, from
which half the corn had been removed
the prisoner was thrust sprawling
upon the yellow ears, and when he
rose and flung himself round, the
door of the corn-crib slammed In his
face. He bellowed with rage now, see-
ing that his imprisonment was a seri-
ous matter, and that it seemed likely
to be prolonged indefinitely.
"They always told me you were a
fool," he howled, "but I didn't know
that anything as crazy as you are was
loose in the world."
"Thank you. The head of your gang
Is much more polite. He's sitting on
his case of Chateau Bizet in my wine
cellar, playing solitaire."
"Applewelght in your wine cellar!"
bawled the captive in astonishment.
"Certainly. I was afraid to lock
him in a room with bath fot fear it
might give him hydrophobia; but he"
perfectly content in the wine cellar.'
"What are you going to do with
him?"
"I haven't decided yet Just what to'
do with him, but the scoundrel un-
doubtedly belongs in South Carolina,
and I have every Intention of making
his own state punish him."
The prisoner leaned heavily against
his prison door and gland out upon
his Jailer with a new. fierce interest.
"I tell you I've nothing to do with
the Appleweights! I don't want to re-
veal my identity to you. you young
beggar; but I demand my legal
rights."
_ "My dear sir," lfetorted Ardmore,
"you have no legal rights, for the writ
NEW UVE STOCK PAVILION
1 70x250 Feet—Seating 3.600—Arena 80x100 Feet
The ciations at the fourth annual State imiums in this department will be
then r and „ .need „<l.i,7« £ I «ota"«, W!"
He leaped To the°onenS'ri ^ archltect Eays that 50 years from, American Hereford Cattle Breed-
® leaped to the open door, and now men will still be engaged in "put-1 ers' Association
Downs, South downs, Hampshires,
Shropshires, Cotswolds, Rambouil-
lets, Dorset Horns. There will also be
classes for Angora Goats.
Swine
Seven barns, replacing one used
heretofore, will furnish shelter for
the swine department this year. All
of these barns have been supplied
with places for the storage of feed,
with concrete floors, and all thorough-
ly cleaned and disinfected. City water
and electric lights are added good fea-
tures. ^lr. R. Kleiner, of Wheatland.
watcl ed the alert moVements "of the ORIGINATOR OF "SUNNY JIM" AmeTca^Xmn-hir" "r Siiver.Cup charge of tbe sheep"and^wine de^
figures In khaki. ' " J,m American Hampshire Breeders' j ments.
Premiums
~ in "put- A»sucmnoa 300
platform that command ®,littld g ?n the finishinS touches." When American Aberdeen-Angus Breed-
the cabin And thppf6 t ^Lf"168 °f COmpleted 11 ^at 3.400 persons. ers' Association .... . 200
amazement he saw men iS lS T*** WU1 be 12 chapels on the American Saddle Horee Breed-
emerging cautiously from th« D F' Closo estimates of its ' ers Association (Trophy) 100
They were unmistakably sSfdilrs o'f ^ f,urni;;hine brlnS 'he figures Percheron Society of America... 180
some sort, for an office^ was SvlnJ ^ ? ".000.000. Arch. I Acheron Registry Co
sharp commands, and the line ODened finon and- through his own In. Medals and Ribbons
out like a fan along the creek" The ! fn. T' 6XPeCtS t0 °btain ,hls 8um be" A"erlcan , roc-Jersey Swine
observer of this maneuver mopped his CeaSeS" Amwf i Association «0
head with his handkerchief „ ti 1 " American Angora Goat Breeders'
rt movementa nf t
figures in khaki.
He was so absorbed that he failed
to hear stealthy steps at the rear of
the platform, but he was now rudely
aroused by two uniformed youngsters
Association
37
reglon; his tone was one of amused! of habeas corpus doesn't go here
tolerance. Ardmore was short of, You seem rather Intelligent for a barn
knickerbockers, burner and timber thief. Come now
N#W °rr S°ciety G,rl Wh0 Drew American Oxford Down Record
the Funny Page Character. Association
a Beauty. port Worth Stock Yards...
with S C N p nn fu»(_" --"T- _ Oklahoma Short Horn Breeders..
BDrane nnon hlm k who New Y°rk.-Among the leaders of American Hacknev Horse
sprang upon him and bore him with York's Four Hundred who are " <?u'vir i .
a "Yn, 'rt0 the PThe°" fl00r- fBmed 83 beaut,es ma>' be mentioned Oklahoma ' National' Stock vLds
You re our prisoner!" shouted one Miss Dorothy Ficken. Vivacious and Co
of them, rising when he found that cultured, her personality charms all
the prisoner yielded without resist-
ance.
"What for?" blurted the captive.
Bitting up and rubbing his elbow.
"For being Bill Applewelght, alias
Poteet. Get up, now, and come with
us to headquarters, or my instructions
are to break your head."
"Who in the devil are you?" panted
the prisoner.
"Well, If It's anything to you. we're
the South Carolina militia, so you'd
better get up and climb."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Georgia Constable's Dilemma.
Cap. Carroll, one of the town con-
stables. by direction levied on a negro
woman's aged horse and buggy which
had been driven Into town. The horse
was Wind and so old that it could
scarcely walk. But to cap It all an-
other negro woman claimed two of
the wheels of the buggy and a negro
man the others. So you can Imagine
the officer's feeling standing there in
the street wondering how to get the
100
American Berkshire Society
Silver Cup
Total $1,847
Cattle
The different breeds of cattle upon
which premiums are placed are:
Shorthorns, Herefords, Aberdeen-
Angus, Red-Polled, Jersey, Holstein-
Friesian. Mr. Sydney L. Brock, Okla-
homa City merchant and cattle breed-
er of national reputation, is superin-
tendent of this department. An in-
crease of interest and number of en-
are offered on Poland
Chinas, Duroc-Jerseys, Chester White
and O. L C., Berkshires, Hampshires
Tamworths.
Meetings
The Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma
Swine Breeders' Association will be
held in the auditorium. State Fair
Grounds, Monday evening, October 3.
The Oklahoma Improved Stock
Breeders' Association will meet in the
Auditorium, State Fair Grounds
Wednesday, October 5. An attractive
program will be prepared and the
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
will provide special entertainment for
members of the association and visit-
ing breeders, the form of a ban-
quet and smoker.
Premium List
The premium list of the 1910 Fair
to be held Sept. 27 to Oct. 9 can be
had by addressing Secretary I. S. Ma-
han at Oklahoma City.
Girl Operates Thresher
Medford, Okla.—Giant county lays
claim to probably the only thresher
girl in Oklahoma, 'hat is the only one
who regularly follows the harvesters
and has charge of a threshing engine.
Miss Ada Schneider, a pretty 20-year
old miss, living northwest of here, has
u been running a threshing engine for
vehicle with only one wheeUhaTcould wbo come under its Influence She is ,h° pas^ three or four seasons and is
be touched by even the strong arm of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H Ed- "S tap:ible of managing one of the iron
the law. away, as the woman was re- 5Xards Ficken, prominent New York- monslers as are the experts of the
turning home afoot. But as luck ?r8' Now that Vice-President Sher- "terner sex.
would have It, Bill Anderson came man ,s famed the length and breadth
along and proposed to sign an ap- of the country as "Sunny Jim," Miss OKLAHOMA HAPPENINGS
pearance bond for the property. The is brought Into especial promi-
woman was called back, the papers rence for the simple reason that she
Child Plays With Fire and Dies
Bartlesvile, Okla.—The 2-year-oH
daughter of Mrs. George Brink, who
lives near Dewey, is dead from burns
received whfle the child played with
fire taken Irom the cook Btove. After
starting a fire to get supper, Mrs.
Brink left the kitchen. When she re-
turned a few minutes jate.- she found,
the child's clothes in a blaze and th©
child seriously burned. It died in a
few hours.
•tature, and his
teggtngs and Norfolk Jacket were
not wholly consonant with the re-
volver. \which. however, he leveled
rery steadily at the stranger's head.
"You are an Intruder on my proper-
ty" said the master of Ardsley, "and
what Is your name?'
The prisoner gased down upon the
Imperturbable figure of his captor
through the slats of the eorn-crib. Ard-
more returned his gaze with his moat
bland and child-like air. Many people
were signed and Cap. Carroll woTh" «- -sponsible for the orl7il "Sunnr ntiSTSS^t ^ 0rganiZedfWith
happiest man In town, for he had J,m'" Probably the most notedTs ^r the purpose of pip-
never driven a blind norse hitched to p*ller the blues who ever appeared Jennings.
a buggy with but one wheel.—Dahlooe- 0,1 PaPer. This young society woman
ga Nugget
Literature.
Literature gives life to the Ideas
la recognized as a clever artist and
her work has often been exhibited.
One of the biggest steel bridges in
Gets Stingier With Age
No man who has made money geta
courage enough to relinquish It vol-
untarily.
Mahogany and Cedar in Ashanti
It is estimated that the gold coast
and Ashanti could supply 60,843 logs
. .. - m "Cheating croquet" is the fashlon-
irtoo < omeD'' poetry crystallzei able game nowadays, only you must »"• ««">«» wwuvr hum k rrun
as into forma that can be retaem- not kt it be observed by the other I Grower8' association has petitioned
c layers.
the state la to be built across the Salt |0f mahoeanv and
ron .„nb o,
WiUl mechanical haulage, such aa
The Tulsa County Truck A Fruit traction engines and light tramwava
COU,d be ^ased to som^
250,000 logs per annum without denial
lng the natural reserves.
the city commissioners to establish
a market place.
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