Woodward Daily Democrat (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 105, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 5, 1910 Page: 3 of 4
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a aC Joha Ravrll Cbarnork. vita a
■ faara batora bar landing
_l IT.—Bha ooarludaa that bar
t* aa Amartcan and that ha
____aahnra aa tha Island whan a
Itlfl Naar tha ahalatoaa aha And* two
■wara Haas and a torn aallar.
CHAPTER T.-Ona af tha ring* to*r*
aa InarrlpUoa "J. R C. to M. P. T. Bapt
ta A."
CHAPTER VT.-Kstharlna Braatoa waa
a highly spaclsllaad product of ona of
tha graataat unlvarsltlaa. Har writing*
aa tha aa* problem had attrartad wlda at-
taatton. Tha son of a multl-mllllonalrs
bascmss Infatuated with her, and aha ac-
aadaa to his proposttlon to put har tha*
artaa In prartlrc. With ao other erra-
■aar than b hand-clasp thay go away to-
gether. A few days oa his yacht reveals
la bar that tha man only professed lofty
Ideals ta panama bar.
CHAPTER YIJ.—Katharine disco rare
(hat the man la married. While drunk
ha attempts ta kiss her. Bhe knocks him
dawn and Inarm him unconscious on tha
aaMa Boor. Bha esespaa la the darkneaa.
la a gasoline launch.
CHAPTER VTII-Tb* gasoline gives
out and the sixth day finds har without
provisions Hhe Is cast ashore oa aa
Inland during a storm.
CHAPTER IX.-The three years on the
f-»—s mads a vast change In tha rela-
•ona between the man and woman. Ha
had acquired a good oducatloa. Bha had
bosoms a Christian.
CHAPTER X.—Their love for each oth-
ar la revealed when he rescues her from
Mr cava where she bad been Imprisoned
by aa earthquake.
CHAPTER XI.—Ha declares nothing
oaa change his love, when sha says she
Ms something to tell him.
CHAPTER XII.—A ship I* sighted.
They light a beacon to eumomn It.
CHAPTER XIII -Langford, on hi*
pacht. sights tha beacon and order* tha
yacht to put In.
CHAPTER XIV—Tha woman rscog-
alnaa the yacht. She tells her companion
that a man on board had Injured her In
the graataat way.
CHAPTER XV.—Longford recognise*
Katharine. He declares that she Is not
(tea to lova anyone but him. He tells
lha man that Kathartn* had bean his
mistress, and narrowly escape* being
hlllad.
CHAPTER XVI.—An American cruiser
appears. Officer* hear the whole story.
Langford declares his love for Kather-
Ina and asks har to marry him.
CHAPTER XVII.—Katharine tell* what
gh* haa learned of her companion's life.
Bhe declares she will marry no other.
The man says he still loves, her. but the
revelation* have made a change.
CHAPTER XVIII.—The cruloeCs chap-
lain rerognlse* the man as one of the
Charnocks. from his resemblance to that
family.
CHAPTER XIX.-Katharine declares
her Intention of remaining alone on the
Island, saying Charnock had failed her
when the teat came. Bhe Ineiata on Char-
nock going aboard the erulaer for the
alght. promising n Anal answer In the
morning.
CHAPTER XX.-Repentance come* to
Charnock sitsr a night of bitter reflec-
tion. He awlma aahore to aee Katharine
and aak forgiveness. He Is found uncon-
scious on the shore beside Katharine’s
Slothes. The Intter cannot ba found
CHAPTER XXI—After two days'
search Katherine I* given up for dead
After thrlr departure she comes from her
biding place.
CHAPTER XXII — T-nngfosd returns to
the Island and surprises Katharine. Bhe
refuses to leave with him. and extracts
a promise that he will not reveal tha
fact that ahe la alive.
OMLV
BM taaMd at tbg watch
white sad found that
"No," said the woman, "I r el pact
you too much for that."
"Respect me?"
"To*. You h*Ta shown me what
you are by what you have done, all
hut thlg mad action of a moment
since, and I can understand that, my
friend, for I too love, and It seems to
ma that I would brook anything, ev-
erything, for one moment like that
you fain would have enjoyed. But we
are not children, neither are we aav-
agee to act like beasts of prey. I for- '
give you, I trust you." Bhe came
close to him and laid her hand upon
hla arm. *T respect you, I admire!
You!"
“Everything," said the man, "but
love me."
"Everything but that," assented the
woman quietly.
"I shan’t offend again,” returned
the man. “Neither by force nor per-
auanlon can 1 effect anything. Kate,"
he said after another pause, ''come
back to the United 8Utee or to some
civilised land. The world la before
you. I will land you where you pleaae
and give you or lead you money
enough to enable you to get where you
Uko. You ahull bn on tha yacht to mo
an my sister."
"It cast be." onU the woman "Don’t
ymi aw that I oaa accept aa hiai
faem your
"But ao oao mood svsr hg*w; 1 will
crew of Aa yiahft la
"Ood would know and I would
know and whan I see him again, I
would have in tell him. It would make
It harder for me. And I don't want
to go hack. I will wait here for him.
"Kate." said the man Impulsively,
"It waa uugeueroua of me a jl to have
told you before. They took him away
from the Islands 000001008. raving with
Wain fever. Ho collapsed stricken aa
If dead aa Us sand by that little heap
of clothes and the Bible which bar*
your mreenge. He thought you dead.
He left the ship la the early morning
to seek you. The shock waa too muck
for him."
"He loved me. then." sold the
woman.
"Yes." said Langford, wringing the
adinlxaion from bis lips, “he loved
you enough almost to die for you."
"Rut be la not deed. He waa not
when you left the cruiser?"
"No, they signaled me at noontime
In answer to my Inquiry that the doc-
tor thought be would Anwlly pull
through, although It would be a long,
terrible siege; but ff be dies, Kate.
If I got back and found that he Is
dead and come here—’’
“Don’t come back.” said the woman.
“Don't tell anyone that I am here.
Let no one ever come back unless the
promptings of his heart and the lead
lng of Ood should bring him to me."
“It this your Anal, absolute de-
cision?”
"My Anal and absolute decision.
Nothing can alter It, nothing, abso-
lutely nothing."
"O Knte!"
"Don't,” said the woman. “It Is use-
less and only breaks your heart and,
wrings mine. Now, you muat go. No;
one has seen you from the yacht.
Thli cave Is sheltered from wljere she I
lies. No one need know that you have
found me. Indeed I want you to give
me your word of honor, to swear It by
all that you hold Barred that you
will never tell anyone, much less him,
that you came back and found me
alive.”
“You set me a hard task," faltered
the man.
“Ilut I am sure,” continued the
woman, “It is not too hard for you to
accomplish. Come, you have said you
wanted to make amende. That Is all
past now, forgotten and forgiven, but
if you really would make me happy,
you will promise what I say."
■"And what Is that again?"
"On your word of honor aa a gen-
tleman, by all that you hold sacred,
you will never mention to a human
■out that you found me here alive."
“On my word, by all that I do hold
sacred, by my love for you, Kate, I
will not speak unless In Pome way you
give me leave."
"80 help fou God!” aaid the woman
solemnly.
"80 help me God!" replied the mao
with equal gravity.
"And now you must go."
“I have one request to make of
you. Kate, before I go," said Langford.
“if 1 can grant It, you may be as-
sured I will."
"It is very easy. Will you atay In
this cave for two hours?"
"I have no watch." said the woman,
"but I will guesa the time as best 1
can.”
"Then." said the man, "go down to
the beach. The yacht will be gone."
"Valentine," said the woman, "you
don't mean to stay here on the
Island?"
•'I would stay gladly," returned the
other, "If I thought that I were wel-
come, but I know that cannot be.”
“I will wait,” said the woman.
"Good-bye!"
She extended her hand to him. He
seised It In bis own trembling grasp
and kissed it. He remained a mo-
ment with hlr lips pressed to her hand
and ahe laid her other hand upon hla
bended hepd. He heard her lips mur-
muring words of prayer. He released
her hand, stooped lower, laid some-
thing at her feet, turned and reso-
lutely marched out Into the sunlight.
The woman lifted her hand, the
nand he had klaaed. It waa wet with
tenra. The man had left her with a
breaking heart. She aat down upon
the sand to think her thoughts during
her two hours wait. Her bare foot
touched something metallic. She bent
over and picked It up. It was his
watch. He had placed It there. The
simple kindness, the spontaneous gen-
erosity of the little action moved her
as had not a'l Ms pleas, and she mlo-
__Its
___ SM iiir—- aeoriy throe. The
tetter part of the time bad M ewMtiy
to thoughts of Ma “Y
•M thirsty, tea R «. mob.
MSI oat oa tho (sate ™
stm nowhere to ho soea. A* •***■
(hot hove gotteo botew the hnri-
laoa. SM divined that he had soiled
laroood tho Island and away la that
'direction.
There waa a pita of boseo and
ItklBfi oa tho nh4 ibow the high
•water Mark. She stepped toward it
iaad opened oae of the to, chests. It
Iwao tiled with hooka sad paper*, a
strange collection. He had ransacked
the yacht for her. Another chest coo
talaed provisions with which she had
long been unfamiliar. There were tol-
ttet articles, piece* of cloth, writing
igaper, pencils, a heaping profusion of
all that M fancied ahe might owed,
that might afford solace and coop*#
,loa*hlp to her and alleviate the lonelt-
,ness of those hours. In her heart she
thanked him, and lifting up her hands,
■he blessed him again. He had made
!llfe possible and tolerable to her. She
'could write, she could read, she could
ioow. And all this while she could
hope and dream.
CHAPTKR XXIII.
LAND! LANDS!
Land for sale or trade In El Campo.
Texas, a warm climate, rich so!!, and
public Improvements on the ground.
Call at the offlea of J. R. Dean. Room
I, Blood Bldg.
Julius A. Oroen, Agent, El Campo
uad Co. •mi-
ni Woo Thpwhful.
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A Oreo* Purpose.
Late springtime In old Virginia. The
climate was not unlike that of the is-
land during the cooler portions of the
year, thought the man, standing on the
porch of the high-pillared old brick
house set upon n hill overlooking the
pale green waters of Hampton Roads,
•which stretched far eastward pest
.Newport News and Old Point Com- >,
fort to the blue of the Chesapeake aud Ml
ifar beyond that to the deeper blue of
the ocean. Back of him a thousand
'leagues of land and more than a thou-
sand leagues of sea Intervened be-
tween him and the object of his
thoughts. Not for a day, not for an
hour, scarcely for a moment even te a*
that Island out of hla mind. There
waa pleasure and pain In the recollec-
tion of It.
> Upon tpe man's face a stern mel-
ancholy had settled. Not the melan-
choly of Ineptitude and Indifference,
no: the melancholy that made him do
nothing, uniutndlul of the large Issue*
of life in which he had teen suddenly
plunged, not the melaniholy that par-
alyzed hla activities, but the melan-
choly that comeH from the presence In
the heart of an unplucked sorrow that
neither time nor chance nor occupation
could uproot; a nielaucholy that came
from the sense of bereavement ever
growing more keen and more poig-
nant as the period of bereavement
lengthened and wblrh sprang irom a
consciousness of Imperlections and
failures for which no alter achieve-
ment could atone.
It had not been difficult to establish
his rights. Whtttaker and the chair
lain, armed with the depositions, had
taken the man across the continent
when the ship had been put out of
commission at San Francisco, and pre
seated him to his uncle, the Charnock
In residence In that great houae on
the Nansemond shore overlooking that
estuary of the James by Hampton
Roads. The old man, childless and
alone, had welcomed him gladly. The
newcomer was of the Charnock blood.
It was a strange moment for the Is-
lander when they took him Into the
great drawing-room and showed him
the pictures of his father and of bis
mother. He was the living image of
the man, tempered with tome of the
mother’s sweetness. This remarkable
likeness—Indeed he was not unlike
his uncle as well—coupled with the
material proofs, the ring, the Bible,
(he evidence of the ship, together with
what was known, removed every lin-
gering doubt from the minds of those
most concerned.
The family was reduced to those
two, the uncle and the nephew. The
old man formally and legally recog-
nized the relationship and offered to
transfer the property rightfully his,
which since the discovery of coal had
increased enormously In value, to the
newcomer, but Charnock would have
none of It then. He recognized his
unfitness to deal vi'h such things. It
the older man mou.d retain It, he
could give It to him at his death.
Meanwhile be could teach and train
him how to use it. Bereft of his one
guide, hla one inspiration In life, he
would need wise oounsel and careful
leading Indeed.
In addition to the formal recogni-
tion, the elder man legally adopted tho
younger and constituted him the heir
to his own property which wa* almost
as extensive and as valuable as that
which rightly belonged to the nephew.
And then these formalities being com-
pleted. the lieutenant-commander and
the chaplain summoned elsewhere by
their duties, bade the two fatewall
and left them.
( harnock could not have fallen Into
better handi. Education was his Arst
requirement and he applied himself
to It with a fferre energy and a grim
determination which presently. Irom
the splendid foundation which had
been I id enabled him to progress sui-
Acient y to take hla place and hold
hla own with men and women. It was
Impossible to keep secret forever tho
details of such a story aa his, es-
pecially when It was linked wi.h a
name ao famous and still remen. hcred
aa that of Katharine Brenton, and It
had been decided by CapL Ashby and
Whittaker and the man himself that
ouch portions of It as would sufflua
to explain hla own presence and hor
Into should he given to the world. Upon
-the foundation thoo afforded rw
mnae* bollded. Charnock Immediately
beoame b marked man. He would kave
beoa a method maa la aay event
,lMa pwwar that Me
% M
aad pendent. Mo had want Uttte and
had aanod much, aa that Charnock
riches In (he form of available eepMal
Among the tent things ha Weowad
waa tM power of money. Had be wel
been »-f by tha memory of the
woman. M would probably have
teamed It to bl* sorrow. As It waa. be
waa almost miserly. He spent little ap
on himeetf. HU wants were astonish
tagly few and coateet with the world
did not develop extravagant Idea*
Those were thing* which M waa too
old to team, against which M had
been ahrhored Ho waa saving what
he had and what ha could get for
some great purpose, o purpose of help,
of assistance In which be could «
inamorato her name, for which future
generations should rise up and call
her blessed.
He had long talks with hie uncle
about It. The old man would fain
bare had hi* nephew marry aad carry
on tM anteeat line. Delicately, ten
derty, he broached the subject after a
time, hut the suggestion met with ab-
solute refusal. Women Interested
Charnock as men did. Indeed hi* In-
terest In hla Mad wa* Intense. The
Intellectual stimulus of conversations
with bright. Intelligent people wa* the
moat entrancing result of his contact
with the world. Hut none of them
touched hi* heart. That was buried on
that gemllke Island In the far off sea.
He was a maa of unusual force of
character, prompt and unyielding de-
cision. Ills uncle biid not lived hla
long life without being able to estl
mate men. He recognized very early
1910
The New Year
Promises to Ik* the greatest in all ways
for Woodward and Surrounding Country
In keeping with progress we wish to
8ajr that we are 1 letter prepared to fill all
your wants in anything in the line of
General Merchandise
than any other House in Woodward.
We carry Nothing but NBST CLASS
GOODS with a reasonable profit on them
and many have found that Our Hegular
prices are as low as Special Sales offered
elsewhere.
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DR. R. ABBOTT
DENTIST
WEST OF POST OFFICE.
Hat had fifteen year* actual
practice, seven years iu Wood*
ward.
SATISFACTION QUARAN1 BED
Tho Struggle Racked and Tor# Him
In Hla Heart.
In the undertaking the futility of ar-
gument, and though be tried tlnesse In
the presence of the wittiest, the clev-
erest. and most beautiful women of
Virginia and eleewhere. for the two
traveled throughout the United
States, welcomed everywhere, hla ef-
forts were unavailing. There waa
more than one woman who would
have been glad to accept the man's
suit; whom, If he had wooed ever *o
■lightly be could have won, but he
wa* friendly with everyone and In
love with none.
At the end of two year* eodety gave
him up as confirmed In hie Isolation
and loneliness. He was not the less
welcome, but he was no longer a
matrimonial possibility, nor was he
any more the wonder that he had
been. New things engrossed public
attention. The world presently took
Charnock as he would fain have It
take him, as a matter of course.
He did things slowly, not because
that was hi* nature, but from an In-
vincible determination to do things
right. He made his plana deliberately
and had formulated an enterprise so
comprehensive In Its scope, so vast In
Its outlay and with such Infinite possi-
bilities of help to the poor, the
wretched, the down-trodden classes of
society, that when the foreshadowing*
of It were announced, |>eople stood
amazed An undertaking so great was
not within the power even of Char-
nock. HI# resource* were utterly un-
equal to it, but he had enough to make I
a magnificent beginning aud by devo-
ting to It the whole revenue of his es- j
tate, and the estate Itself after he
died, gradually the enterprise would
be achieved.
There wa* no necessity for secrecy
about It. Indeed with that simplicity
and candor so unusual and so uncon-
ventional. which touch with the world
had never been able to alter, he had
spoken of his plana without reserve
and he had declared with equal frank-
ness that what he was doing was In
memory of the noblest and the truest
of women, t3 whom he owed It that
he was a human being and not an anl
mal.
Whtttaker, of whose Judgment he
thought highly and with desert, was
called from the naval service to be
the executive head of the great un
dertaklng. The spiritual work was to
be placed In the hands of the chaplain
who had so endeared himself-to the
promoter and deviser of It all. Char-
nock realized that these men who had
known Katharine Brenton would enter
more sympathetically Into his views
and could be depended upon to carry
them out In case anything happened
to him. He and his uncle and one or
two others of excellent Judgment
whom he had met. were associated
with the two mentioned to carry out
all the founder's plans.
Now, this thing was not done In a
corner. The news of It was carried
over the United States and spread
even to foreign lends. The world rend
It end marveled again. A newspaper
carrying an account of It fell under
the eye of n lonely man In Ban Fran-
ctsco. who had Juet returned from n
long voyage ta northern sent. The
name "Charnock" caught hla oyo feat;
and than Langford taw the name of
fee woman ha loved. He road with
avidity, awrantaW an mm bmM
no 9
rm Kihvs Cty Weekly Star
The moat comprehensive farm paper—All the mwi
intelligently told—Farm questions answered by n prac-
tical farmer and experimenter—Exactly what yon want
in market reports'
ONE YEAR 25 CENTS.
Addregs THE WEEKLY STAR. Kumu City. No.
jOHN GARVEY. Pres. E. R. UNN, Vice-Pre*. C. H. MARTIN, Cl
Central Exchange Bank.
VB••ltiei*T®0* ANNIE
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with your wife or your boot
girl to tho graataat pleasure
Livery Feed and Boarding Stable
The Concrete Bern
C. W. ROBINSON. Prep. Phone 101 J |
North of Paosengor Depot. *
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Prompt Delivery - Phone 322
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Wholesale and Retail
FLOUR, FEED and HAY
Mounter's Old Stand, Phone 175.
Corner 6th and Main • - • east Woodward.
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