The Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1914 Page: 3 of 8
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lainao whan ha waa a boy. Thai wit*
«o him. ||« hnd not forgotian It
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canadian govornment. - Adrcrtla®.
<oeot.
Afraid of Lawyara.
Lcolored man- charged with __
ateaiing chlckcna. wtta arralgn.-d in Ito P^vent him from satiafylng hia
court and wan Incriminating hlmspir wrtoaity by gazing about bim. It
when the judKe aald: "You ought lh« time in hla life that he
to have a lawyer. Where la your law h'H "" — '— -
— -w ••» library. No
®na will 4iaturb ua tb.ra."
To iblg K.rr mad. no reply, lie
toiled heavily Up the atepa and into
Iba bouae. Uilb«ri'a aurprU. increaaed
on finding, a hen hia viaiior removed
hi« overcoat, ibnt be bad on evening
cloth.* It wga more an Intuitive feel-
ing than observation which made Gil-
bert understand how uncomfortable
the boaa found hla unaccustomed rai-
ment.
Aa Karr walked through the ball
tnd into the library, bla own thougbta
did not weigh ao heavily upon bim aa
to prevent him from satisfying his
eurlniitv ku . .
jer?"
*U Ah.f,nt Kot 1,0 'awyer, Jedge.- aald
the old man.
.., MVery,Weni then'" 8a,d h" honor
••^u88 ' a ,awycr 10 defend you."
Oh. no. 8uh; no, sub! Fleaae dou'i
do dat!" the darky begged.
"Why not?" asked the Judge. "It
won t cost you anything. Why don't
you want a lawyer?"
"W*11, J«d«e- Ah ll tell you, suh." I
said the old man, waving his tattered
old hat confidentially. "Hifa jes dis
■way Ah wan' tuh enjoy dem chick
«ns mahse'f!"
Future John D.
Apropos of compulsory school at-
tendance, Superintendent Maxwell
eaid in New York:
"A certain Yakublcka. a Bohemian
urchin, rose suddenly the other after-
noon in the midst of the lesson, piled
»is books in an orderly heap and pro
ceeded to clump out of the room.
" Yakublcka. where are you going?'
the astonished teacher asked.
" 'Teacher.' Yakubicka answered,
gravely, exactly fourteen years ago,
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, I was
born. So I am now entitled to quit
school.'
"From the doorway he waved his
band at his fellow students.
" So long, fellers,' he said. 'I'm off
to learn pants-making.'"
Ever notice that the girl with a
Broken heart always manages to savr
a few of the pieces?
friendly tip.
Restored Hope and Confidence.
*"er "evelral yea™ of Indigestion
and its attendant evil influence on the
mind it is not very surprising that
«rallyna,,y 10868 faUh ln thlng8 «en-
. * N- Y. woman writes an Interesting
letter. She says:
.t"T^re® year* a«o I suffered from an
nttack of peritonitis which left me in
a most miserable condition. For over
two years I suffered from nervousness,
weak heart, shortness of breath, could
not sleep, etc.
'My appetite was ravenous but I
felt starved all the time I had plenty
of food but It did not nourish me be-
cause of intestinal indigestion. Medi-
cal treatment did not seem to help. I
«ot discouraged, stopped medicine and
did not care much whether I lived or
vied.
" Wead asked ma why I
didn t try Crape-Xuta rood, atop drink-
Ing coffee and use Foetus. I had lost
S'V". tT'rytl"B« but to pleaae my
" r.e* togaa to use both aad soon 1
feecame very fond of them.
_."lt w>,Bt long before I got soma i
^*B*tb- • 4eclded change in my
to>pa sprang up la my heart
M4 rtowly kwt sorely I got better I
•oald fW| rt-ry w.H. the ronstaat
totter nealtb aow tkaa kefore tfte at
tor* or perttaaltla.
. >">■»« aad I ara an
"I. Hie mai ne
had ever aet foot In Gilbert's houhc
The invitation had been extended
many times, but Kerr knew his social
limitations and had always refused.
The judge pushed forward a big
leather chair and into It Kerr dropped
without n word. His hands rested
j listlessly on the arms of hia chair, the
bosom of hla shirt was rumpled and
, bulged out of his waistcoat, his j
; breath came heavy and fast, and he
gazed dully at the Are ln the grate.
Uilbert had never seen him In such1
s condition before. Until now he had
always been the man of Iron, accept-
ing his many triumphs and his few
minor defeats in the same imperturb-
able manner.
"I tried to get you by telephone
several times today," Gilbert began.
"I know it. but I wasn't In the mood
| for nothin'." The very tone in which
he spoke betrayed that fact.
"I promised Kendall I'd call you up
In regard to the new franchise he's
anxious for you to support."
"That'll keep."
"I told him that personally I could
not be interested."
This drew no answer from the boss.
Gilbert made no further attempt at
making conversation and for a time
the two men eat ln silence. When
Kerr launched his first question it
seemed apropos of nothing.
"How long you been in Belmont.
Amos ?
Gilbert's brain went through a se-
ries of rapid thought transitions in
an effort to divine whither the ques-
tion led. He was accustomed to Kerr's
lntflri'/mroiamt m_▲ 1 _> •
you gtH marrird
noC »»4ersiand the
f °f 'h* ronveraation. but he reo
ogm<e4 thai Kerr aaa reviewing the
Part «ep by step *
ofl'Zb<r.".J "*VVP my M »«> your
* 0,0^ lo ,l,# eourtboU.e."
Amos" ,t"> "Ul CMm* 10 ,e* ®*-
b™' :M M,d — 1u'"lr •• had
hTH.-.," Prt,*'OU* Taken
by itself || aaa a harmit-aa utterance,
but In connection with a hat had gone
y^V1 of -'«"<n«nc.
Yea. Amos Gilbert, the rising young
prosecuting attorney, bad gone to see
„ ld Ker«- «"rr he bad moved hia of
fice 10 the courthouse The boaa let
|iiledre"uu'k "nk ,n we" b<,f0r® h*
h0"""" **•»» "
"Six years."
n. "J* th" 8o! * hadn't an Idee It
* ,hat ,on* what made you give
that up?
"I bad a family on my hands and
needed more money. 1 didn t run
again, you remember, because I want-
atlorney for the new street
railway company."
Kerr seemed to be revolving some-
thing In his mind, for It was some
time before he reminded Gilbert of a
P ,ln his rise which he had not
mentioned.
"I thought you was lawyer for one
of them crowds that was fiehtin' 'for I mm* b^Ck ,n hls chair, over
a franchise." 8 for C°m\by ,he we'ght of the problem
Interrogatory methods, but''everytK fcTthat^ haT? V6 WUh an ef"
was so out of the ordinary thiZeven* 2? 2?t0
/ -vvuwuo, uui everytnini
was so out of the ordinary thia even-
ing that he tried his beat to fathom
the boss s purpose, before, in his usual
Indirect fashion, he disclosed the ob-
ject of his visit. The question was
one easily answered, albeit with some
surprise.
franchise."
"Well, we got the franchise."
That was what Kerr wanted to
bring out.
"Exactly. And you're still their law-
yer.
"Yes."
"And for the water company."
mused Kerr. "And for the lectric
light company. And you still come to
see me, Amos."
m.nTT r8.'. Mr Kerr' rm n°t un-
mindful of—"
Kerr seemed to throw off some or
the gloom in which he had appeared
to be wrapped as he interrupted the
attorney.
This time, Amos, I've come to see
you ifs the first time I've ever been
in this house."
Gilbert1-Mr" Kerr~,~'' Bta—d
The boss pulled himself together In
.b sPtair; 8at up 8tra|eht and looked
at Gilbert.
"But you've got a telephone." Then
He added in a gentler tone: "That's
all right. Amos. I've always under-
stood.' It seemed to be with an ef-
: "7. mm ineao
fao aaia mo0H
tm Ilm l^dlM MM to Msi
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teallr MfaMa bimeali owM ito Mplaa
•tor* totoarft
"tltotta iMiaka l a iMa eoetal leadar
af Ha|»»ai ibai ,Ma aMola u,«a
(aa>M| aaan
J. •< tonb i«aa~
^llMa i »Ma ofi.a aani.4 la eoiae
ao« IO Me burt 1.4 (to
togaa 10 m«. up aa4 4«>aa la froai
of Ito a.^ptoe. wm b. p.ua.4
in- ia»>.rt to »«-«,. a coaiiawaitoa
of in. aiory. aald'
"Well*** I
-Thu moralag aha came home -
Noa ju4ga Uilbvri un4.r«ioMl, yei
toll... || pot*)bl.
What. Ulona here?"
"Yr., Mere. »rb«»4 Kerr -tome
home, (bat's a bat »Me calls II. Mb. a
toea tuning school m«n4s since abe
came back from Japan, an4 had jual
'° ' *llforriU the party
fall through a hen ih.y'd got to HI
l«oul» Ho ah. jumped 00 ihe train
and cam. to Belmont unannounced—
to surprue me "
80 here aaa Gloria In n.lmont It
was more than embarrassing Gilbert
recognUed that It a as tragic. Kerr
never mentioned hi. daughter, and
Belmont had almost forgotten her
eiirtence Much that the boss had
•old the lawyer aaa news to bim.
Gloria Kerr, the little girl, had been
allowed to slip out of his mind and
ha had come to regard the political
leader, just aa every one else did. as
» thing apart, as a power almost as
Impersonal aa the force of gravity or
the freezing of water. The easy boss
waa regarded as just as much a Bel-
mont fixture as was the river which
flowed past the town, and those good
people who laid aside the rose-col-
ored spectacles of Belmont's lalssez
falre doctrine felt that it would be
Just as easy to remove one as the
other.
The lawyer in Gilbert now rose to
the surface and he began to question
Kerr just as be would a client. The
girl was here. The only thing now
to discuss was what to do with her.
"She can't help but learn the truth!
Gilbert exclaimed at last.
He sank back In his chair, over-
base a* -| ir —|tirf -
to* aaa 14o*" aeM firmm.
* •••tor ima* M.rr Me4 aana4
•aa tor ito» Z l/Z
ito »«e< ia Mad Hs mm
Pg-Pjiy » ^ totora Mua
* " ••tor OMleM to
to una 1 Mai to «M4 Mara
toator SnZnTSTM^
• • lil fHr IHillAfl ||^
rr U.ai-aaaia imo too Mm twUd
r""«^ }• •••n ohm near bmmm . ^m —
towT Mtaaa«4 ** *• I
.u .. 0 LUfS vruuiem.
On the wall, where he could see it.
little more than twenty I
"Why.
years."
Kerr continued to gaze into the Are
seemingly oblivions to his surround-
ings. Gilbert could not have aworn
that the boas had heard him reply.
Then came another question, atill
seemingly apropoa of nothing.
"Remember your first office—after
you quit keeping it In the top of your
ofttr
Ye*' Tepy welL I paid you two
dollars a week for desk room in a
corner of your real estate office-ln
Mat same old office you still have on
*»fth street" 1
"That's what I charged you-but I
dont guess you've got a receipt for
arery week. Waa It you or Bill Stoner
to them days used to use my big atlaa
tor a Iroala* board?"
"Both of ua. 1 believe."
Karr aoved reetieealy la Mia chair
tk*fi *aat M
" uvU| 1 ui going to
tell you some things that you know
and some things that you don't know
and acme you've guessed, and some
Ive thought nobody'd ever have to
know. 'Bout the time you come here
1 was married, and my wife died on
giving birth to a girl."
His Remarks Were Delivered at
Random.
"Gloria."
• Yes, Gloria. I was just gittin' Into
politics. Things might ave been dif
ferent if my wife bad lived. It didn't
seem long before there I waa with a
big «irl on my bands-me. David
r\. 7 °,d fee,in* of power
surged through him as be added with
spirit. "If It had been a boy"'
This thought held him silent for a
minute, and when he took up the
thread of his story again it waa the
old weary tone.
"Well. It wasn't There I waa with
a girl on my handa. Her mother didn t
have any relatives. Her father waa a
minister, same'a my father was 1
didn't have anybody, either. I could
send her to. I kept her as long aa I
could, but by that time my bouee—
erea la the country—warat a lit place
Ipr a child—specially a girt. So I
•eat her away to school aad abe alat
oeea back alaca. I reckon Belmont s
MOST CORRUPT IN THE WORLD' <»<• to
■ ' - tMe tMtei
bung the picture of his own daughter
Julia, now away at school, and the
of tfae whole thing was
brought home to bim all the moie
poignantly because he. too, waa a
father.
The hopelessness of Gilbert s tone
^e,nr«,h f,eCl!U'ed G,°r,a w°uld 'learn
,b. I™1?.,f "he remained roused Kerr
the raonf h WheD ** had entered
the room he seemed crushed beyond
Ti0?!*17' *ow be 8Uddenly developed
all the "Pirit. all the calm resourceful
ness. which he had ever displayed
SZS*"? t0 report of some
hHhl^ r:°U Whlch wou,d forth
hitherto latent strength. I
"She must not know." ha reDlled
with all his old dominance. "Listen
to me. Amos Gilbert—that girl must
be recognised I know whit p^"e
Zrt of ,»*• Md rve abided by there*
n ^ no hypo^rtte. rva
PUyed a mans game, and I've dealt
1 ain't aaked nothin' of
your women folk, but now I do. I'm
br1°«lB« Belmont a girl any of yoa
«"»I4 be proad of ghe s got to be
took ar by tMe right people—I ve kept
o» lias Karr la saaial/
"l>a aa4* torgaia* all my Ufa.
1 ***' *•
a eauaart. aiiM ail tMe amaer
>oa »• taa4» ~ ' j
• 4isparagto«
gesiare oMlrh cauMr4 Karr to a44 -)■
y1 «»• •»•*> y«« v. mada.
r,h?ftb.Vaftcl,h,bWW^--v'
11 W••B, 10 roar i
daught.r. mon.y" a* he spoke Ma
polni.4 to ihe girl's picture «|c'a
fn,,,,d» abroad, an aa
I j2v?dtUKerr' ,b#,° '° r°°'
I**,d Kerr; and I »ill OB#
condltlon Gloria K.rr muat have the
place »he thlnka ia hers in Belmont'
"* *,«u»*d to lei the lawyer grasp
the Importance an4 ihe value of such
•n undertaking, and then disclosed
ha m^. by wblcb ^ to
to be secured. If a man abould ever
* •n®,b'r oul ot his own pockrt
* "erv,ce he would be a
leader KPl,t 001 * *>""<»!
leader. Kerr was certainly not the
former, and his nr. tr.|nlng bS
r®T"r.CaU,ed h'm to separate a dollar
from hla own bank account when he
could extract it without pain-to bim
from some one else.
"i Tu.")!" °De.th,n« " he exclaimed.
tlmmlf y 0 ,our handa any
franchise you may draw for the stock-
yards belt line railway. Disguise it
.. . 'treet to
Maple avenue. Make what bargain
'Z, ,lk®. ,»'« hundred thousand J
million dollars, it's worth It And al-
ways remember. I'm back of you "
The possibilities of the scheme
°Te"' el®ed Gilbert. What he waa
to do for Kerr, even the fight for tbe
franchise, did not enter his mind Ha
was busy thinking of the freedom he
a n 1 puurcha8e In so short a time.
All that he had ever dreamed of could
be brought to pass. Kerr, who knew
almost to a dollar tRe financial stand-
ing of every man in Belmont, was
well aware that Gilbert had been hard
hit in several stock exchange trans-
actions. so badly in the last one that
he had called upon the boss for as-
° 7r; KY0t h® hao Just to,d Ken-
dall that he would have nothing mor-
to do with that kind of work. He had
Jufill t0, deve,op a conscience-for
Julias sake, perhaps, for his daugh-
ters future—and here came Kerr who
Z?te« hlm t0 SO d°*-n once more
£1 it. ®ael8trom o' shady politics
for the sake of his daughter
His gratitude for what Kerr had
done for him was great enough to
cause him to do anything for Kerr's
daughter he could, but since the boss
had put it up to him and he had back
^,m al1 tfae boss's power, he began
to wonder why he should not accept
the opportunity to make a fortune
quickly. It had been held out to him
as meaning leisure, travel, friends
inn a ro8eate future for bis Julia. He
longed for those things for himself.
no less, and here was the chance of
his lifetime. He would know how to
make those Chicago schemers pay
give them. ^ ^d
Kerr had won his first victory. The
lawyer had surrendered.
th TLat'8. Why 1 came to yon." waa
the boss s answer, a reply chanted
with subtle flattery. Gilbert really did
represent in his autocracy the best
element; a smug aet perhaps but
still the best To other lieutenants
were delegated hammer and tone
when finesse waa required.
"There'a a certain element Mr
v ,WiI1 ^ hard to win over—
that wholesale clique. You have ao
direct dealing with the men. .id-
well—that is—you see. they don't
know you and they might not Ma to!
(TO OOimKTJKp.)
Made Hla Speech Tm 1
Little Herbert aged lTe, »u 1.
•oc ao aald to tMe Mnaliias -tk—.
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Thacker, John Riley. The Eldorado Courier (Eldorado, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1914, newspaper, February 20, 1914; Eldorado, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc404422/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.