The Choctaw News. (Choctaw City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 15, 1898 Page: 3 of 9
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Bin into • iMatng mood.
"Min Khali, If you cv*r got an offer
of Jowelry. I advlao you to cbooae tur-
quola,'* ha aaya. with hla keen ayea
Iliad airadlly upon tba glrl‘a burning
cbaaks.
"TurquoU— why? I am not going to
gat any Jawalry!" atammara Shell, too
confuaad and surprised to And a ready
anawar.
"Because pala blua aulta you to per-
fection," anawara Mr. Champley with
n meaning nod; and then. Intensely
amused at hor bewlldored look, be
proceeds on bla way.
“Could ha have seen my work?"
muses Shell, as she withdraws It from
its biding place and carefully snakes
out the delicate lace trimming, wblcb
baa become a little crushed from her
summary treatment. “I don't Imagine
be could—and yet wbst made him talk
about pale blue?"
In the meantime Mr. Champley has
proceeded rouud to the hall door, and
been shown by the trim housemaid
into the cool and airy drawing-room,
where he finds Violet Flower burled In
the depths of a low. cozy chair aud
engrotwod with a novel.
“Tell Miss VVIlden that Mr. Champ-
ley is here," she says to tho maid, ns
she half rises from her chair and;
stretches out a lazy white hand In
greeting.
“Pray don’t trouble to rise,” laughs
Robert, an he hastens to her side.:
“You looked so exquisitely happy when
I came in that I should be sorry to
disturb you.”
“I am always happy when I am do-
ing nothing,” answers Violet naively.
“This hot weather is so frightfully
enervating that no one in the house
has a spark of energy left excepting
Shell.”
“You are not altogether lazy—you
were reading,” says Mr. Champley po-
litely.
“Yes—I have just life enough left to
'take In ideas as they are put before
me,” responds VI, with a lazy little
iyawn, "though I find it a great ex-
ertion holding up a book.”
“You should get one of those won-
derful literary machines which one’
sees advertised,” laughs Robert
Champley, turning to greet Ruby, who-'
has Just entered the room. “I came'
over. Miss Wilden, expressly to thank
you for all your kindness to my chil-
dren,” he begins in a formal tone as
he reseats himself.
“Oh, please don’t mention it!” an-
swers Ruby, casting down her eyes.
“I assure you their coming over so fre-
quently has been a great pleasure to
me.”
“It is very good of you to say so,”
returns Robert, in a tone which does;
not convey any great amount of belief'
in her statement; “and I intend to send,
over the little ones tomorrow morning
to thank you themselves.”
“I am sure I feel thanked more than
'enough already,” murmurs Ruby.
“I have been fortunate enough to
{secure very comfortable rooms in a
farm house on Oakmoor,” pursues
(Robert Champley, with his eyes fixed
persistently upon the carpet. “The air;
seems pure and bracing, and I hope'
{that a couple of months spent there
will benefit them wonderfully.”
CHAPTER VIII.
“Are you going with them?” asks!
■Ruby sweetly. ;
“Yes—oh, yes!” assents the gentle-
man with gusto. He cannot conceal:
his feeling of delight at the coming
change; indeed, of late Ruby’s inter-
ference respecting his children has be-
come almost unbearable—and change
which takes him from her immediate
^neighborhood cannot fail to be greeted
with enthusiasm.
“It seems such a pity to leave
Champley House just when the flow-
ers are so beautiful,” sighs Ruby senti-
mentally.
“I will tell the gardener to send over
a basketful twice a week,"’ returns
Robert quickly.
“Thanks; you are too—too kind,"
gushes Ruby; whilst Vi, leaning back
in her chair, smiles lazily at the little
comedy being enacted before her.
“Oakmoor,” muses Ruby aloud, after
a short pause. “It sounds^so rural and
ntr#. only JuWc g Will* »mu*.
part of Oakmoor are you going to?”
“Our farm bouae la about a quart*#
’of a mil* from tb* village of Oakford.’*
“Oakford Oakf* rd?” repeal* Ruby.
“I auppoae It la a very healthy *poi?”
“I should think no. Oakford atande
nearly eight hundred feet above the
*aa, and there la remarkably good fish-
log In the neighborhood.”
“Ob. bow 1 with I could Induce
mamma to go there for a time—I am
aura the change would do her good!”
algha Ruby.
“I am really afraid you wouldn’t like
It." erlea Robert, looking alarmed.
"There la only the most primitive ac-
commodation* to be had. and—and
ladle* are not uaed to roughing It.”
“That Is Juat like you—alwaya ao
thoughtful,” aaya Ruby In rather ant
absent tone; “but I don’t think w<i
should mind roughing It a little, alncO
tb*» air la ao Invigorating.”
”1 know I should mind!” Interposei
Violet quickly. “I hate Invigorating
air—it give* one no excuse for being
lazy; a* for out-of-the-way places. I
abominate them—no society, no li-
brary, perhups even no piano!"
“I don’t Imagine that there is any
hope of our going,” says Iluby, look-
ing blankly at her cousin.
) “There is no need to regret that
fact—you would b© tired of the place
in less than a week,” laughs Robert
ronfldentlally; "as for Ted and me. It
is otherwise—we shall have our fish-
ing.”
“Yes. of ccr.rcc. Well. I am sure I
wish you may enjoy it,” says Ruby,
trying to look in earnest; and then,
when their vislttor ha3 taken his de-
parture, she falls into a meditative
mood, from which Vi's bantering re-
mark? are powerless to rouse he.'.
On the following morning Dob and
Meg arrive with the nurse in their
little donkey-trap, looking very im-
portant and well pleased with them-
selves.
“Please, Miss Wilden, we have come
to wish you good-by; and please take
thi3 with our love,” says Bob, striding
first into the room and repeating tho
words that have been drilled into him
with a slight frown.
“How handsome—how lovely! Oh,
how kind!” she cries; then, unfolding
a small Ecrap of paper contained in
the caae, she reads the Sv'mewhat
stiffly-worded note enclosed:
“Dear Miss Wilden.—Please accept
the watch from Rob and Meg as a
small token of their regard and grati-
tude. Yours truly,
"ROBERT CHAMPLEY.”
Whilst Mrs. Wilden and Violet are
admiring the watch, and Ruby Is
perusing the note with a feeling of
disappointment, notwithstanding the
costliness of her present, Meg makes
her way to Shell, and, thrusting a
parcel into her lap, cries triumphant-
ly—
“Dat Is for oo, dear Sell!”
“Dear Sell” looks anything but de-
lighted at the information.
“Nonsense, Meg—you have made a
jmistake!” she says, so coldly that Meg
begins to pout her under lip prepara-
tory to a cry.
“Me haven’t!” she says stoutly. Dat
is for oo—pa said so.”
Hearing that her parcel is of no in-
trinsic value, Shell condescends to
open it. Having done so, a handsome-
ly bound copy of Tennyson’s poems
lies exposed to view.
(To be Continued.)
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Arrested!
for not chewing
“He don't chev/ B-xttfe kr., ytt Honor."
“ He looks it!
Ignorance of the Lav/ is no excuse,
but ignorance of BAT l LE AX is
your misfortune—not a crime—and
the only penalty is ycur loss in quan-
tity as well as quality when you buy
any other kind of Chewing Tobacco.
| December the name >
I ■ * when you buy again. v
A Voter.
, A former member of the Minnesota
{house of representatives who has voted
the Republican ticket ever since be
was naturalized visited St. Paul the
other day, and encountered an old
friend who questioned him about hla
method of voting in the house. “I al-
ways voted Republican,” he said, with
a smile of pride. “But how did you
vote on questions before the house?”
“A Republican sat beside me,” an-
swered the statesman, “and ven he
say ‘ye3,’ I say ‘yes,’ too.” But sup-
pose lie was absent when a vote was
taken, what did you do then ” “Veil,
a Democrat he sit behind me, and ven
he say ‘yes,’ I say ‘no.’ ”
The only effective way to reason
with a man is to punish him.
No medicine ever introduced to the Pro-
fession and Public has given such universal
satisfaction or preserved so many lives us
itr. Moffett's Teicthina(Teething Powders;.
Druggists tell us that the rapid increase .n
its sales is marvelous. Tkethina Aids Diges-
tion, Regulates the Dowels and makes teeth-
ing easy.
It’s surprising hot# easy it is to get
something you don't want.
The life work of a wise man may be
destroyed by a fool in a day.
No-Tw-Iiac for Fifty Cent*.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 50c. $1. All druggists.
The average woman has more listen-
ing than speaking acquaintances.
TO'CURS A COLD IN ONE DAT'
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If It- fails to cure.
tide. The genuine has L. 11 Q. on each tablet.
Politeness pays as a rule, yet many
a man has lost heavily through a civil
action.
How's Till*l
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail's
Catarrh Cure. , . _
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"We, tho undersigned, have known r. J.
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perfectly honorable in all business transactions
ami financially able to carry out any obliga-
tions made by their firm. _ , ,
AVest &. Truax. Wholesale Druggists Toledo,
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Druggists. Toleao, Ohio.
Hail's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act-
Inj* direct ly upon the blood utul mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free, I’lico
7be per bottle. Soiu by all druggist*
Hail’s Family Pills arc the best
Some men drink for the shakes and
ethers shake for the drinks.
A woman seldom throws at anything
until she is so mad that she can t sec
straight.
Some dogs urc pointers and some aro
disappoinlers.______
Ileuuty la Ulood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No,
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy a-
Ihartlc cleans your brood and keeps it
clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and
driving all impurities from the body. Be-
gin to-day to banish pimples, boils, blotch-{
es, blackheads, and that sticky bilious,
complexion by taking Cascarets,—beauty j
tor 10c. All druggists, satisfaction guar-,
anteed, 10c, 2fic, 50c.
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When a man makes up his mind to
marry he uses more or less fiction.
Do Your Laundry Work at Horn*—Mow
to Got tho Best Results.
You should use the latest improved
Cold Water Laundry Starch for flna
work. Keith’s Enamel Starch gives a
most beautiful, clear, pearl-like finish,
and an elastic stiffness that will stand any
amount of bending, and an enamel gloat
that will stand damp, foggy weather.
Will not blotch and will not stick to
the iron. Can be used on black, rod or
other colored goods without the faintest
trace of white, and on white goods
finishes whiter in color than any other
starch. It shows every thread of linen,
thus giving a high polish and a beauti-
ful finish. Enamel Starch contains no
ingredients which can injur© any fab-
ric. Some think that the starch they
have been using is all right. Wo used
to think the tallow candlo gave a very,
good light, but after using electric light,
we wonder how wo ever got along with
the candle light. It is the same with
starches: you have used tho lump and
common cold water starches and made no
complaint because you have never had
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Labor Saving. Cold AVater Starch, but
after you once get accustomed to using
it you will wonder how you ever got
along with the other starches. Kelth’a
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with less labor and do it better than any
other starch. Ask your grocer for Keith's
Enamel Starch: a trial will convince you
that it is in every respect the most per-
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Beeman, Frank E. The Choctaw News. (Choctaw City, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 15, 1898, newspaper, October 15, 1898; Choctaw, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc406022/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.