The Beaver Herald (Beaver, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 44, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 31, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BEAVER HERALD BEAVER OKLAHOMA
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Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS
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CHAPTER XVII Continued.
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There wns a lot of Mlcrftnce In
Mr. Sidney' tone n tremendous
amount of hate. Mellaril Dohson ut-
.tered the quivering quavering little
cry again and started to run. As he
got under wny lie shrieked. It pound-
ed like nn old woman's shriek.
"Mr. Sidney started after him. Ho
Iliad that cano you saw him tnko out
(of this room. That was the ono ho
Iwns beaten down with.
"I think for n moment he wanted to
klll Menard. Ho flourished the stick
lnd yelled. Mchard being In n fren-
Jzy of fright was stronger un his legs
Ithnii his brother. He was off Into the
iliush. Sir. Sidney stumbled and fell.
Ho got tip rather slowly as If ho wero
(ftther hurt or ns It bis strength were
lleavlng him. I could hear Mchard
fhrleklng farther oft In tho bush.
"When Mr. Sidney got up he turned
(toward tho house nnd I ran to beat
Ibliu hero nnd found you."
Jed rocked a while nnd I did not
may anything.
"I am decidedly shaken" he said
iftor it while. "I was very fond of
Jilm and I am n useless old man nn
r.lcohollc of no account except to him
end ho Is dead."
"There In only ono thing to do" I
said. "Mchard Dobson must be on
his way to freedom tomorrow. Wo
shnll havo to seo to that."
Jed aroused himself for nn Instant.
"You copy-book moralist!" be said.
"You would Interfero with n genial
lovablo man's magnificent hate Just
because ho Is dead and your scruples
havo become Important. You ought
to choke. Let the bruio Dick Dobson
rot In prison. It's his desert."
"It can't be done Jed" I snld. "To-
morrow we'll go to Alwlck prison nnd
explain."
For mo to act without telling Mrs.
Sidney was Impossible nnd It was al-
most Imifnsslhlo for me to take tho
'subject up with her. I saw her only
for n moment told her that being ac-
quainted with the facts. I thought I
Inew what the conscience of the house
would require.
Her world had been destroyed; her
light had gone out. She hnd no prldo
Tor herself; sho shrank from the pos-
'olblllty of ft hurt to Isobel but I had
(Judged tho conscience of the house
corructly. Sh would have protected
(Mr. hidney ngnlnst all the equities nnd
(Justice In tho world that was her
;eln In her own esteem. Hut now ho
Iwns dead : Justice could be done.
I did not want to net without Iso-
ld's knowing what I was doing. I
hoped slio would approve of whnt I
nntended to do though I Intended to
(do It whether she did or not. I hnd
Ito tell the story.
"You ore right John" she snld.
'"Hut how mngnlflccnt father was I
(lie was stnrk Nemesis tho cleanest
(purest Justice there Isl"
She was a bit ecstatic. They te.ich
ryoung ladles too many generalizations
ll thought. There was no rhapsody In
(this; It was ugly.
Jed hnd ono more fnsluof spirit ns
(wo started for the penitentiary.
"You poor old copy-book fool of n
(moralist !" be snld. "Why can't your
i Insignificant conscience be satisfied
'without doing n lot of damage te no
(good end? Hang you moralists I You
wreck life. Mchard Dobson can't vo
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outside tho penitentiary. He has no
money no wny of making any nj
place to go no friends. You re go-
ing to throw him out of his home.
You nro going to torture him with
tho knowledge that his life was wasted
In prison when lie was a free man In
law. You are going to destroy fio Sid-
ney family."
"Mchard Dobson saw his brother"
I said "that night nt tnc pool."
"He saw n ghost" asserted Jed. "Or
If lie .uii't see n ghost 1:3 must wnnt
to stay In tho penitentiary. If lie
Knew It was his brother why didn't
Ji demand nn Inquiry nnd bis fro-
dotn? Either because he saw a ghost
er b does not want his freedom. You
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nn have It cither way you want. You
aru going to force him out of the only
place ho has to live nnd yru nre go-
ing to give hlra tho tragedy of know-
ing that his llfo was wrecked."
"He Is a rich man" I snld. "Half
the old Dobson "tato is his. All of It
Is his. His brother was legally and Is
now actually dead."
'You arc n worse man than I was"
iiild Jed. "I never Interfered with Mr.
S dney's scheme of punishment. You
are trying to. Ills schemo was Juit."
"What's the use of this debate?" I
exclaimed. "You are morally Incapa-
ble of right doing."
"And you are u foolish collection of
pious axioms" snld Jed.
When wn come to the penitentiary
entrance wo encountered Morgan of
tho Metropolitan ageucy. He stopped
me.
"You had me fooled." he raid. "I
really thought you didn't know."
"I did not know" I said.
"Didn't you I" ho exclaimed. "You
are here to see Mchard Dobson. I fol-
lowed my hunch. I have the answer
to tho thing. I know why this man
Sidney never was younger thnn tw-onty
years. You arc here to seo Mchard
Dobson because you nro representing
Arthur Dobson."
"Arthur Dobson Is dend."
"1 know ho Is ns u name; but bo
Is nllve ns Sidney."
".Mr. Sidney Is tlewl- 1 said. "We
tinvu come here to tell Mclinrd Dob-
son that he enn go free. I did not
know who Arthur Dobson wns until
last night."
As Morgan stood before us on the
penitentiary steps. I thought how true
had been my conception of him ns
thu Inevitable. Mr. Sidney had out-
played f n t e but It wns by using the
trump enrd death.
Morgan's face showed some unplcas-
nnt lines
"What do you mean that Sidney Is
dend?" he nsked.
"He died Chrlstmns night. I read
his diary last night. Jed gave It to
me. It Is the one Dravada tried :o
steal. We came here nt once to tell
Mchnrd Dobson."
"Let his brother Arthur tell him.
Mchard Is dead" said Morgan going
on down the steps. "Hut I am not
through with you people. Publicity Is
Just ns good now as It was before."
Ho got Into nn automobile and wns
driven away.
"Something always happens to these
moral consciences" said Jed savage-
ly. "You'll lenrn life somo day young
fellow. Now keep your mouth shut
Inside here."
The warden told us that Mclinrd
Dobson had died the night before. He
had sustained a great shock the night
ho walked out of the penitentiary ninl
wns found on Mr. Sidney's grounds.
The adventure not only overtnxed him
physically but It had nffected his Im-
nglnntlon. When tho guards found
him after the message from Hartley
house he was incoherent mid In a fe-
ver. He never regained strength or rn-
tlnnullty. He hnd been quiet at times
but at other times wns In delirium.
When delirious he suffered chiefly
from the delusion that he hud seen
his brother's ghost.
Ho died slowly and In great misery
the warden said.
"Now keep your mouth shut you
fool" Jed ordered by merely prod-
ding me In the ribs.
The warden wns nffected by the
news of Mr. Sidney's death. He re-
membered him ns the pleasant man
who had called one day. It seemed to
mo flint our visit so shortly nfter Mr.
Sidney's death must appear ns a thing
strangely without purpose to the war-
den but Jed wns so apparently right
In asking for silence nt this time that
I yielded to his prudential course.
Tho right nnd wrong of the Dohson
affair was In tho grave. Our depar-
ture from the pcnltentlnry wns nwk-
ward I thought. Tho warden did not
seem to find it so.
On tho way back Jed presented vi-
ciously the shnrp edges of our trouble.
"You hnvo that fellow Morgan to
deal with" ho said. "If you nre going
to bo moralistic you will ruin the lives
of two Indies who have trusted you.
Morgan has to he bought. You are not.
doing anyone nny hurt now. You are
not keeping an Innocent mnn In the
penltentlnry. You arc not disturbing
justice or defeating punishment. You
nre tnklng the surest means to the
protection of the Innocent by bribing
this man to silence."
Of all tho obvious things I might
havo snld to this man who for n long
time had terrorized the Sidney house-
hold none seemed pertinent. They
would havo been Imprecations nnd re-
proaches. They would hove denlt
with the past. He ns If ho had a
clean slnte wns dealing with the fu-
ture. It did Mrs. Sidney and Isobel
no good to tell Jed that he had been
n rascal and was unfit to ndvlsc.
"If you go to Mrs. Sidney" said
Jed "she will sacrifice herself nnd
everybody else. Oo to Miss Sidney
nnd tell her that the family must pny
Mr. Morgan $20000. He'll wnnt $.r0
000. He'll tnke twenty. Olve It to
him In live annual Installments. At
the end of five years he'll be harm'
lest. Ymi and Mils Sidney will have
established yourselves and Morgan's
story will be n drlcd-up walnut."
The proposal was so repulsive that
I did nut answer Jed. lit snld n great
deal more In a great deal of bitter
ness chiefly ngalnst me and what be
coiio-ivcU to be my moralistic Ideas.
When we had returned to Hartley
house Jed said:
"Do at least one thing ask Miss
Sidney what she prefers."
I had no right and no Inclination
to make n dec'sioti which concerned
the family and not me. I did not wnnt
to speak to Mrs. Sidney Jed wns
right her conscience might permit
only the iinswcr which would expose
ttie fnmity to consequences. I spoke
to Isobel.
We compromised with Morgnn. Jed
n Kl n wns right. Morgnn wanted $50-
000. He took $20000.
Isobel had been Insistent. She had
been Impatient of any suggestion Hint
there could be anything Immoral or
dangerous In such compromising. Fem-
inine morals nre selfishly protective
of things near nnd denr. A "general-
ized immorality nn uuembodled im-
morality is to women unimportant. It
Is less than unimportant; it is Impos-
sible; It docs not exist. This Is a
part of the Instinct which nourishes
and protects the Infant.
"I don't understand you nt all
John" she said. "Is there nny ques-
tion In jour mind that we ought to
protect my father's memory nnd my
mother's peace of mind? You admit
thnt even now this man Morgnn can
wreck the things wo hold dearest.
You admit that u small payment can
protect these things. You know thnt
the one thing of which we have more
than we need Is money nnd you ad-
mit that we nre not doing nny person
any harm by using It to bribe this
mnn Morgan."
Of course I had to gtvo in.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Mr. Sidney wns burled by the pool
on n bitter afternoon when the snow
creaked underfoot and the sun in n
cold blue sky to Ute southwest nbove
the hills across tho river could hard-
ly be regarded as a warm and sustain-
ing star.
The servants were pall bearers sad
ones; and we had the chaplain from
the penitentiary to read the service
In the room Mr. Sidney had used. Tlie
sun came In the southwestern win-
dows nnd the cannrlcs sang. Algol
wns nfrald of strangers and hid him.
self. Otherwise It was Mr. Sidney's
room.
We carried the coffin the hnlf-ralle
In the bitter cold to the grave which
had been dug by the pool with mat-
tocks through the frozen earth. Mrs.
Sidney took my arm but walked the
dlstauco bravely. Isobel went as If
she were n clear-eyed Spartan girl ac-
cepting life without a quaver or whim-
per upon the terms offered. We left
tho remains of our gracious gentleman
there.
So genial a man could not die. He
still pervaded the house. He had Im-
pregnated It. His death could not de-
stroy his Influence. Even his room
his death chamber remained Jovial;
but Algol attached himself to Isobel
and could not be parted from her. He
went to her room that night.
Necessity and delicacy both sug-
gested that I go nway for n while the
following morning. It was necessary
for me to establish myself In the city
In material and physical facts of lodg-
ing nnd so forth and delicacy Intimat-
ed that I wns nn alien in the house-
hold upon n strangely fictitious stand-
ing. I went nway In the early morning
leaving word that I would return In n
day or two to say good-bye. I came
back the evening of the second day
by uutomobllo from the city. I had
been Impelled to go back and had so
fnr resisted tho compulsion that I had
missed train time. Then tho Impulse
reasserted Itself so Irresistibly that 1
took un automobile for the 40-mile
ride.
Jed met mo at tho door. His cor-
diality was unforced. It wns the din
ner hour. Jed suggested either some
biscuits und sherry In my room or nn
omelet with mushrooms. Mrs. Sidney
he said hnd been Spartan but was In
collapse. Miss Sidney wns somewhere
about he did not know where.
I did not want anything to eat and
went toward the library'. Isobel wns
sitting thero by the fire.
I had often seen her thus before. It
wns ono of the familiar pictures I
should remember. There were prolin-
bly u half dozen others none better
than this.
She looked up ns I entered.
"I am glad you nro back John" she
snld.
I could think only of a common-
place "I did not Intend to disturb you" I
said. "How Is your mother?"
"Utterly and happily stupefied" snld
Isobel. "Her pain waits for her."
"And yourself?"
"I can't find a tragedy In It" she
said. "I feel n sn of terrible but
Inevitable loss. I hnd reconciled my
self to It. I ran't be n sentimental reb-
el against life. His life was happy to
the end. He would hate us If we
were morose. Dense sit down John."
I did In a comfortable chair. We
looked at the Are.
"I'll be saying good-bye tomorrow"
I said.
"What arc you going to do?"
"I have made some arrangements.
I'll build up a small practice. I may
go to n small town. I think that
would suit me. I haven't the tempera-
ment for a city. It is chill."
"You have really set yourself back
by coming here" she suggested.
"Possibly" I admitted "in purely
material ways; but I have lived the
wonder time of my life here. The snci
rlficc wns cheap."
"Hut It was n sacrifice?"
"In a strictly pragmatic fashion
yes."
"Yon think of It as a sacrifice?"
"1 do not. I think of It as my real
"You Presume That I Am Not In Leva
With You."
life. The rest of my exigence ytIII be
the sacrifice."
"You are a simple sort of n person
John."
"I presume so. I have no reason to
think otherwise."
"Where did you get your Ideas of
women John?"
"I have no Ideas of women. I am
not presumptuous or In that fashion
egotistic."
"Yes you nre" she snld.
"I don't think you are right In say
Ing that"
"You are presumptuous about me."
"I am not I" I exclaimed In hart
pride.
"You arc" she said. "You 'presume
that I am not In love with you."
(THE END).
WANTED TO "GO IT ALONE"
Many Year Ago Missouri Declared
Her Ambition to Become an In-
dependent Republic
Missouri once had Intention of ret-
ting up as an Independent republic
all by herself. The Session acts state
of Missouri 1838-1839 contain a me-
morial to the congress of tho United
Stntes relative to the Santa Fe trade.
It tells of an expedition of traders
to Snntn Fc In 1812 from St. Louis
though It Is not specifically stated that
they went over the Santa Fe trail.
The early Session nets of the Mis-
souri legislature starting In 1824 con-
tain many Interesting resolutions and
memorials to congress on all manner
of political and historical subjects.
Incidentally the Missouri constitution
of 1820 starts with the preamble that
the citizens of the state agree to form
and establish a free and Independent
republic by Uic name of the state of
Missouri.
Missouri wns one of the pivotal
states In the history of this country.
It was made such In the nnclcnt fight
In congress over the slnvery question
which took up the admission of free
and slave states and considered the
balance thereof In congress. Missou-
ri was also a pivotal state In yet an-
other and larger sense she wns the
Jumplng-off place for that wild and
unknown country called the Wild West
the lond west of the Missouri river.
Sho made tho midway point between
tho frontiersmen of Kentucky nnd
those of the great plains occupying a
generation of history herself as a
frontier commonwealth.
Value of Snakes.
Most people have n decided shrink-
ing from snakes which Is not to be
wondered nt In tropical countries
where their blto Is venomous and often
fatal. Hut the grass snake ought not
to bo confounded with tho rattlers
cobras or pythons. It Is as harmless
to humanity ns a frog and a good deal
more useful. No greater enemy to
bugs Is in existence. And slugs are
among tho most hurtful of garden and
field pests. They keep down the num-
bers also of such other pests ns mice
shrews nnd other small rodents. But
as slug destroyers they deserve to be
cherished rather than massacred at
sight which Is their usual fate.
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f N THE gay world of evening gowns
1 It Is liurd lo chooe only two for
Illustration. There nro so many dif-
ferent kinds of them with chnrnin so
vnrled and cnptlvuting thnt the ins-
tructed fnshlon reporter would glndly
dlsplny them nil. They differ In char-
acter more thnn other gowns because
there Is little restraint put upon the
fancy of their creators they furnish
a playground for It. The two chosen
for Illustration here Include n net
gown nt the loft n modest unpreten-
tious but eiegnnt affair nnd n brll-
llnnt nnd glittering creation mnilo for
high occasions beside It.
The quieter of these two models Is
equal to many demands and with n
little helping out of the bodice tuny
tnke on the responsibility of serving
for afternoon wear. It Is made of
brown dotted net. In n wnrm shade
over brown sntln nnd could linrdly be
more simply designed. A plain bodice
Hats Take on
IN TUE spring the milliner's fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of com-
panion pieces for tints or so It nppenrs
nnd wo huvo lints with bngs or para-
sols or scurfs to match thnt easily
Inveigle in any extra dollars out of the
seekers after spring hendwear. Huts
with bags to mutch arc almost Irresisti-
ble tho samo fnbrlcs going to mnko
ench of them. Among theso. turbuns
of georgette crepe with bend trim-
mings have made the wny of tho
modiste easy for bags of georgette
flounces applied to silk foundations
und fringed with beads present no
illlllcultles In the making and are
wonderfully alluring.
Mbhons lend themselves to tints
and bngs with equal sucvch nnd mil-
linery fabrics. Including them find
themselves In ilemnnd for senrfs nnd
parasols lo match hendwenr How
effectively crepe-de-ehlne may bo ued
appears In tho lint and scarf set shown
lu the Illustration. It has a rival In
nnd full skirt of the satin servo as t
foundation for nn over bodice und full
skirt of net.
Hrown nnd gold tissue make n nnr-
rnw binding nt the bottom of the skirt
that widens nt the left side nnd Is
extended on nn overlapping seam to
the waist line. Hrown nnd gold nre
combined In tho wide girdle of bro-
caded ribbon nnd brown footwear will
complete nn evening toilette. m
Satin nnd sequins In the handsome-
gown nt tho right nre destined t-
spend n glittering enreer under arti-
ficial t light. The npron nnd bodice
drapery of sequins nre po-ied over nn
nrtfuly draped dress of plnln satin with
ii ery generous nnd huniNomo sash nt
the left side. Sequlp covered fnbrlcr
me ninde to mutch many colors In
sntlns nnd one enn Imagine with pleas-
ure this gown In lovely blues nnd
greens thnt mil to mind tho glorious
plumage of the pencock.
Companions
georgette when nn added degree o
daintiness Is required.
In tho set shown horo tho designer
chose crepeOo-chlne In light Krny nnd
gray yarn ns mediums for working
out n lovely little spring wrap atif
a quiet lint. They huvo been com
pletely developed by menus of coide
shlrrlngs In tho crepo together with
ynrn tassels nnd stltchcry. The wrap
Is merely n wido scarf fastened lo the
wnlstllno at the front and nt tho back
whero ono of Its long tassels finds I
plnco nf Importance.
f i&25.
conrtKJMT it vnittM niwuu urno
New Fancy Bags.
Fnncy bags made nf frayed flounce
of changeable tafTetu nro now ucccs
sorlc seeu In Luudou.
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