The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1914 Page: 2 of 9
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cwk«4oo4l*du (kkk |I«m lb* >wti
korki ■ ckanrc lo rig oat la *111; u*
l*rr and praac* their oolla beior* a lot
of paltlroata'-
"It's aa aaaual affair." aiplalaad tha
major, "a kind of ep*rt*< I* »<»r
many year*. by tba way. II baa h**a
bald oa a part of Ibla eotat* porhapa
you *111 baa* do objection to lia uaa
(bla aaaaonT- aad at olgbt Ibrra la a
daara al tba Country Club lly lb*
*ray. you moat lat ma Introduce yoa
Ibar*- tomorrow I've taken tha llbarty
already of putting your nama
"Oood lord?" growled tba doctor,
aalda "II* couata hlmaelf young' If
I'd r*acb*d your ag*. Brlatow —~
"You bar*." aald tha major, nettled
"Hour years ago!—Aa I waa saying.
Mr Valiant, tbay rids for a prlsa. It's
• aery ancient thing I've earn refer
*nc*s to It In s colonial manuscript
In the llyrd Library at Westover No
doubt It's coma down directly from
tbe old Jousts."
"You dbn't mean to say." cried bis
bearer In gonulne astonishment, "that
Virginia has a lineal descendant of the
tourneyT"
Tbe major nodded. "Yea Certain
aectlona of Kentucky used to hare It,
too. but It bss died out there. It
exists now only In this stste. It's
a curious thing that the old knightly
meetings of the middle agea ahould
survive today only on American soil
and In s corner of Virginia."
Doctor Southall, meanwhile, had set
bis gaze on the Utter of pamph'eta. He
turned with an appreciative eye.
"You're beginning In earnest. The
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4o*toa *be **a oli>i-it.g bis eaa
<bo«gblfwily 'hews ba»e bMa writ
lee *• lb* )ui*p sab "
Tb*» Riak* good epitaph*. loo." *b
iar**l lb# dortor
"I ao«lr*4 your glass teat
baaglag.- lb* major r*«oriad Tee
J*ff»r*oa. tba la aa good mlat as gr**
lb* gy*rd*a of Kden lt«« I bat
tboea laay niggers of your* doa't grab
tba patch out by ailatabe"
"Yaa. sab." said t'arl* Jaffarsoa as
b* ratlrad wltb tb* tray "Ah gwlne
t*r put -r f*nc* aroun' dst sr bald 'fa'
Tbe Other Got Up snd Stood Before
the Mantel-Place In s Napoleonlo
f Attitude.
Agricultural Department And tbe
Congressional frank."
"I'm afraid I'm a sad sketch aa a
•dentist." laughed Valiant "My
point of view baa to be a somewhat
practical one I must be self-support-
ing Damorj Court is a big estate.
It bas grain lands and forest as welL
If my ancestors lived from It I can.
It's not only that" be went on more
alowly, "I want to make tbe most of
tbe place for its own sake, too. Not
only of Its possibilities for earning,
but of Ita natural beauties. I lack the
resources I onoe had. but I can give
It thought and work, and If they can
bring Damory Court back to anything
even remotely resembling what it oar*
was. I'll not apart either."
Tbe major smote bis kn*e and *v*n
the doctor's fare showed a grim. If
tio^sicnt approval. I believe yo**U
Tba question that bad spmpg to
Valiant s lips now fouad utteranre "t
saw you look at th* portrait th*r*
he said to tb* major "Which of my
aareetore Is It?"
Tb* other got op snd stood before
tbe mantel pier* in a Napoleonic attl-
tud* "That." he said, filing his eyo
glasses, "Is your great grandfather.
Devil John Valiant."
"I>ev|| John!" echoed his host "Tea.
I've beard the nans"
Tbe doctor guffawed "He asrned
It I reckon. I nsver realized what a
sinister expression that missing optic
gives tbe old ruffian Thers was a
skirmish during the war on tbe hill-
side yonder and a bullet cut It out.
When we were boys ws used to call
him 'Old One-Eye.'"
"It Interests me enormously." John
Valiant apoke explosively
"Tbe atorlea of Dsvll-John would fill
a mighty big book." aald the major.
"By all accounts he ought to have
lived in the middle ages." Crossing
the library, he looked Into the dining-
room. "I thought I remembered. The
portrait over the console there Is his
wife, your great-grandmother. Tbey
say be bet that when he brought hia
bride home, she should walk Into Da-
mory Court between rows of candle-
sticks worth twenty-thousand dollars.
He made the wager good, too, for
when she came up those steps out
there, there was a row of ten candles
burning on either side of the doorway,
each held by a young slave worth a
thousand dollars In the market.
"Some say he gre-w Jealous of his
wife's beauty. There were any num-
ber of stories told of his cruelties to
her that aren't worth repeating. She
died early — poor li.c!y — and your
grandfather was the only Isoue. Devil-
John himself lived to be past seventy,
and at that age, when most men were
stacking their sins and groaning with
the gout, he was dicing and fox hunt-
ing with the youngest of them. He
always swore he would die with his
boots on. and they Bay when the doc-
tor told him he had only a few hours
leeway, be made his slaves dress him
completely and prop him on bis horse.
They galloped out so, a negro on
either side of him. It was a stormy
night, black aa the Earl of Hell's rid-
ing-boota. with wind and lightning,
and he rode cursing at both. There's
an old black-gum tree a mile from
here that they stlil call Devil-John'
tree. They were Just passing tinder
it when the lightning struck It Light-
ning has no effect on tbe black gum,
you know The bolt glanced from the
tree and struck him between the two
slaves without harming either of
them. It killed his horse, too. That's
the story. To be sure at this date
nobody can separate fact from Ac-
tion. Possibly be wasn't so much
worse than the rest o* bis neighbors
—not excepting tbe parson* 'Other
times, other manners.'"
"Tbey weren't any worse than tbe
preeent generationsaid tbe doctor
malevolently. Tour four bottle men
then knew only claret: now tbey pun
ish whiskey-straight."
Tbe major buried his nose la bis
Julep for a long moment before be
looked at tbe doctor blandly "1 agree
wltb yon. Brlatow." be aald: "but It's
mobile thoroughbred fare tneiiart wltb
quirk flashings of mirtb and bauteor
Again b* fell lb* ftorr* clutch of small
finger* as tb*? fought wltb bis la I bat
stmggt* tor bis life Ka< b *lae of
thai face stood before him the arch
■ Ing brows ibe ca«n»o<l*llc*cy of pro
• file, ibe magnolia skin and bair Ilk* a
What H* Had Drawn Prom lb* thelf brown «t,|d 'load across tb* sun
Wss Ibe Morocco Case That Meld Ma stepped down to tb* grav*|*d
the Rustsd Ousting PiatolI ••>«» fallowed « lo Ibe gals. tbea.
' bareb*a<ted. took tbe Red Road,
who failed In hla courtesy iber*. sab. I Along Ibis highway he had rattled in
was called lo account for It He was Inrle jefferson's craay bark—wltb
mighty apt lo And himself standing in her red rose In his iar.d. Tbe mnsky
tbe cool dawn at the butt end of a—" scent of the pressed leaves In the book
He broke off and coughed Tbere j in his porket seemed to be sit about
•«*% ap aal 4>st ibo
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tai* (be aaimM 4Mb* naa Tb* >a>iaa«a «
aM« >«a >< aal a aM«*s k»«t*#- aata Aa if la aa*
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la a b<at* baa wttb bla baat* aad s'lar |**a mt a»at 'bai aaMM aad
bairb a*e*ba II* bad •«* n *« rtifM la a aaatat aeledt tba
It* ttfled N. Isimim Ha carted baa beard H. taa. tm tba ftarll* tag***
dl*a He r»tbea*bcr*4 tbai ab*a tbal fell baa tb* at nags
parileaiar a<are bad be** mm4* Kaib aatasai. wttb
fate* bad aal la aa* of tba „ ibea »f»*d •
drag* ti iu aidetlaa door aad doaa lb* Step*
(tat ibe BMaery evoked aa thMtl He be*ttai*4 a aeasat. ib*a a eta
taaiead the thought of be* palely mid. fie stride u»h blm fr**e lb* shadow
paeeior. beaut? called ap another
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A. HAO THE PICTURE'S MEANING
deep Into bera Hbe bad recoiled a —
waa an awkward pauae In wblcb be
aet down hla giaaa noisily and roas
and a food before the open bookcaae
"I envy you thla. aah." he aald with
aomewbat of baate. "A fine old col-
lection Bleaa my aoul. what a curloua
volume!"
Aa bo spoke, his band Jerked oat a
heavy-looking leather-back Valiant,
who had risen and stood beside blm,
saw Instantly that what he bad drawn
from the shelf was the morocco caso
that held ths rusted dueling pistol! in
the major's hands the broken box
opened. A sudden startled look darted
across his leonine face. With smoth-
ered exclamation he thrust It back
between the books and closed the
glass door
Valiant had paled. His prevloua
finding of the weapon had eacaped hla
mind. Now he read, aa clearly as if
It had been printed in black-letter
acroaa the aunny wall, the significance
of the major'a confusion. That weap-
on had been In hla father'a hand when
he faced hia opponent in that fatal
duel! It flashed acroaa his mind as
the doctor lunged for his hat and stick
and got to his feet
Come. Bristow," said the latter irri-
tably. "Your feet will grow fast to
the floor presently. We mustn't talk a
new neighbor to death. I've got to see
a patient at six."
blm
Tbe odor of living rosea. In fact. «as
In the air. It rame on the acarce-
felt breeze, a heavy calling perfume
He walked on. keeping the road by the
mlaty tnfllfratlng ablmmer of the
■tare, wltb a aenaatlon rather of gild
Ing than of walking. It occurred to
blm that If. aa aclentlata aay. colore
emit sound tones, scents also should
possess a music of their own: the
honeysuckle fragrance, maybe—soft
mellow fluting as of diminutive wind-
instruments; the far-faint sickly odor
of lilies—the upper register of faery
violins: thla spicy breath of roses—
blending, throbbing chords like elfln
echoes of an Italian harp. The fancy
pleased him; he could Imagine the
perfume no In the air carried with
It an under-muslc, like a ghostly harp-
ing.
It came to him at the same Instant
that this was no mere fancy Some-
where In the languorous night a harp
was being played. He paused and lis-
tened intently,' then went on toward
the sound The rose scent had grown
stronger; It was almost In that heavy
air. as if he were breasting an etherial
sea of attar. He felt as if he were
step, startled, lo r*cognts* blm at
most Instantly He noted lb* abHab
Ing and thought It du* to a stabbing
memory of that foreet horror Ilia first
worda wer* procalc enough
"I'm an unrooaclonabl* irespa***r ~
he aald "It muat seem awfully prow
ly. bat I didn't raallt* I was oa prl
vate property till I passed the hedge
there"
Aa her band lay 1n hla. a strange
fancy stirred In blm: In that wood
meeting ahe had seemed something
witch like, (be wilful aplrlt of the pa*
alonate spring herself, mixed of her
aerial
tpe;tator* at teaat formed bemo idea
What 'amove Paintiog Rap
resented.
Two men alood before a painting la
a etore the other da» gaxlng wonder-
ingly at a picture of an equestrian
statue of General lafayette The fa»
tnous Frenchman was represented oa
a prancing steed Over his arm ha
carried s robe At bis feet stood an
allegorical figure of Victory oxtend-
Ing a sword toward blm as a mark
of homage "I wonder what that pic-
ture mean a**' said one of the men. "I
essences and Jungle wilder don., know« rcpH^j the other "I
; In thla aconted Jlm-llt cloae aba Jut, tr).,njt to mmkt, QUt wha| g<lllk
raveeyed. aubdued. a_ paler pea >on of th6 year ,t w|| when a womma
could go around with ao little clothing
while a man waa dreased up In a
heavy ault like that" "Oh. I see w hat
It la now," cried the flrat one. "Yon
see the soldier stole the woman's
cloak and when he took It from her
he dropped bis sword and now tha
woman la trying to trade him back
the sword for her clothes."
waa graveeyed,
slve woman of under .alf-guessed sad
nesses and haunting moods. Wltb bor
answer, however, this gravity seemed
to slip from her like a garment Sho
laughed lightly.
"I love to prowl myself. I think
sometimes I like tbe night better than
the day. I believe In one of my In-
carnations I must have been a pan-
ther "
They both laughed. "I'm growing
superatltioua about flowera," he aald.
"You know a rose figured in our flrat
meeting. And in our laat—"
She ahrank momentarily. "The cape
jeaaamlnea! 1 ahall alwaya think of
that when I see them!"
"Ah. forgive me!" he begged "But
when I remember what you did—for
me! Oh, I know! But for you. I muat
have died.'
"But for me you wouldn't have
been bitten. But don't hit's talk of it
She ahivered euddenly
(TO BE CONTINUED >
CHAPTER XVII.
John Valiant Aaka a Question.
Valiant went with them to the
outer door. A painful thought was
flooding his mind. It hampered his
speech and it was only by a violent
effort that he found voice:
"One moment! There Is a question
I would like to ask."
Both gentlemen had turned upon the
steps and aa they faced him he
thought a awlft glance .-aBsed between
them. T-hey waited courteously, the
doctor with his habitual frown, the
major's hand fumbling for the black
ribbon on his waistcoat.
"Since I came here. I have heard"
—his tone was uneven—"of a djel in
which my father was a principal.
There was such a meeting?"
"There waa." said the doctor after
the slightest pause of surprise. "Had
you known nothing of It?"
"Absolutely nothing."
The major cleared hla throat "It
waa aomethlng he might naturally not
have made a record of." he aaid. "Tbe
two had been frlenda, and it—It waa
a fatal encounter for the other. The
doctor and I were your father's seo-
onds."
Tbere was a moment's silence be-
fore Valiant spoke again When be
did his voice waa steady, though drops
bad sprung to his forehead. "Was j
there any circumstance In that meet- i
log that might be construed as re- j
fleeting oa bis—honor?"
"Good God. no!" said tbe major ex-
plosively.
On bU bearing as a fentiemaa
There was a hiatus this time
wblcb ha
DROVE THE CAT TO SUICIDE
Representative Probably Did a Little
Thinking After He Had Heard
Policeman's Story.
"Alfalfa Bill" Murray, representa-
tive from Oklahoma, made a tour of
Washington a short time ago with a
party of friends. In due time they
reached the Washington monument,
and the Oklahoma statesman told at
length of the beauties of the shaft.
At the close of his peroration. Alfal-
fa Bill mopped his brow and turned
genially to a minion of the law nearby.
"How about It" asked he; "isn't
that some little talk on this ancient
pile of masonry?"
"You forgot about the cat" replied
that official, imperturbably.
"What cat?"
"The brindled cat of 1SW-"
"Well, what about him?" queried
Representative Murray
"Oh. nothing," replied tbe guard,
evasively.
"See bore." said Mr. Murray, stern-
ly. "T demand to fcaow about thla cat "
"It ain't mud. of a story," replied
tbe guard. "Your talking tbere re-
minded me of It T*oee this here cat
lived la the moaameat Wall. sir. aa
ta be bare
noticed that cat acting queerly every
time a party came along and was told
about the beauties of 'this vast pile of
masonry,' as you was saying.
"Then one day along came a gent
with some friends and talked for
three-quarters of an hour along this
line, when blamed If that there cat
didn't run all the way up 500 odd feet
of steps and commit suicide by jump-
ing off the top of the monument."-*
Washington Post
8ome Mushroom.
Epicures in the United Statas. wbo
love mushrooms will long for a time
in the Austrian Tyrol, where real
mushrooms grow. A traveler writing
of the region says: Bordering tba
road that led np tba mountain wer*
Italian chestnut trees, so largo that
It took from three to five of as to
span tba trunks of most of tbsm. Un-
der one of these oca evening I saw
crouching what I took to be a smalt
dark gray, kitten. Stooping. I found
that It was not a klttea. bat a masb-
room. Our good peasant neighbor,
hurrying toward me. begged that I
would not disturb it saying that ahe
depended on thla every year. After
a few days of rain, what bad seemed
a kitten now looked a stately cat and
wbaa It reacbod tba w*lgbt of six j
pounda It
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Makes Jobs for Dstectives.
Probably the only people to benefit
by recent suffragette outrages are
private detectives, many of whom
are doing little else just now but
guarding pictures and other treasures
of well-known hosts and hostesses
from attacks at social functions, tha
London Globe states.
The head of one private detective
agency told me the other day, saya
"The Carpenter" in the Express, that
he had been obliged to engage a spe-
cial staff for this work, and that to
some receptions he has sent as many
as a dozen faultlessly attired "guests"
to look after the pictures and china
of the host.
Ten smiles for a nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Ball Blue; have beautiful clear white
clothes. Adv.
After sizing up their husbands, wo
don't blame some women for being
fond of dogs.
join: OWN DRUGGIST WILI. TKI.r. ron
Try Murine Kye Kemody for Ked, Weak. Watery
Hyes and Granulated Eyelids: No Smarting—
lust Bye Comfort. Write for Book of tbe gym
by mail free. Murine Kye Bemedy Co.,
Authoritative.
"Do you think the duke is sincere?"
"His creditors assure me that he is."
—Birmingham Age-Herald.
A man who believes he can't be in
the wrong may yet be in the right
sometimes—by accident — Albany
Journal.
Cures Old Soros. Other Remedies Wont Cora.
Th* worst cases, no matter of bow Ion* standing;
arc cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Porter's Antiseptic Heallnf OiL It reUeveo
Pain and Heals at the sane tin
Bright I 8ay!
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before he does any boasting." >.
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