The Canadian Valley News. (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 2 Friday, September 1, 1911 Page: 3 of 4
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SYNOPSIS.
A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold, artful wife of
drunken prospector In a western mining
town. They prepare to elope in a blind-
ing blizzard but are confronted by
maudlin husband. He is shot by
wife, but the chivalrous boy pin:
note to the body taking the cri
himself. In their flight to
blind
iy the
the
ng the crime
flight to the
voman’s horse
id; the youth puts her
nd follows hanging to the
up strap. Seeing he is an impedi-
ment, the woman thrusts her escort into
' rides on. Half-fn
upon _______ .... ... ______
railroad station the woman’s horse
falls exhausted; the youth puts
his own
tlrrup stra
a snow drift and rides on. iiair-rrozen
lie stumbles Into the railroad station just
on. Half-frozen
stumbles Into
as the train bears the woman away.
Twenty-five years later, this man, George
Oormly, is a multi-miilionaire it» New
York. He meets Eleanor Haldane, a
beautiful and wealthy settlement worke
erates with h*r In her
operates with li°r In her work
Gormiy becomes owner of a steamship
line and finds himself fi
and track extension plan
aeked by the G
An automobile
vrer of a stean
lelf frustrated In
and track extension plans by grafting t
dermon. backed by the Gotham Tracth
am
•Ident brings
n-
ayor of
k and redeem the city from cor-
Mr. Haldane In a long desired
ech
country homei Gorm-
that ho will be
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the Haldanes to bis
lv announces that he will
New York and redeem the city
r. Haldane In a
1th Gormlv. make:
proposition to compromise the flght whicn
the latter has been waging In the news-
papers against the Gotham Traction com-
pany, and which Haldane is suspected of
neing the head/ Gormly boldly announces
his plan of campaign to Haldane. Gormiy
rides to Haldane’s place, carrying word
of the auto accident. The next
he refers to the ride of the night before
as mild compared to one he experienced
In his boyhood days. The papers an-
nounce his candidacy for mayor. The po-
litical declaration of the merchant prince
produced a tremendous sensation. ine
minority party, seeing in him a po^ihle
Moses, make overtures looking to tne' in-
dorsement of his candidacy by the outs.
Gormly. however, rejects all Pr"P°J ®
alliance. A meeting of the
olety or the “Ring.” is held :at the Hal-
dane Home. Many political dtenitarles
and henchmen are present and ways ana
fcneans are advanced to dampen Gormlv s
Jnavoraltv aspirations and sidetrack hi.
candidacy. The younger Haldane
Warren gloomily, ‘‘unless 1 am
elected."
The jnayor turned away and walked
into the city hall. Rutherford met
him at the door.
‘‘I want to congratulate you,” he
said, ‘‘on your course.”
‘‘Do you approve of It?”
‘‘Approve! It was the nerviest sort
of a thing for you to do, but the only
thing. That damned Gormly had you
dead to rights; but you took the wind
out of his sails.”
‘‘I don’t know," answered the mayor,
nervously. ‘‘What will Liffey and Ben-
son and the rest say?”
‘‘I don’t know,” returned Ruther-
ford; “but whatever they say. It was
the only thing on God’s earth to do,
and they ought to be glad that you
had the nerve to do it. Now, we’ve
got to win the election."
“Yes,” said the mayor; “but how?”
Outside the city hall a slender, quiet,
but shrewd looking man edged his
way carefully through the rapidly dis-
persing crowd until he caught sight
of Connell standing on the steps
scowling at the multitude, black rage
in his heart.
“Well.” said the chief, as the man
came close to him, “any news?”
proposedyas an Opposition candidate ; the
hinerv of the city a net
be used to dig up sonv
to Gormly. Haldane. J:
citv’s detective
thi *“
.. re-
that
whole machinery of
force is to be used
damaging to Gormly.
fuses the nomination and announces tnat
tip will supnort Gormly. Thr rriKnlnn
party then decides to name a non-oartl-
san ticket for the purpos- of dividing: the
Gormlv forces, and at the same time rush
-through a Freight Traction con
franchise, without which the Saohe
■rlety would he helpless. The
tofore unanimously favorable to the mer-
chant candidate, now under pressure, di-
vides nnd the campaign waxes warm. A
resolution Is Introduced granting a gratui-
tous renewal of the traction franehlse.
•Gormlv offers ten million dollars for the
•franchise. The excited populace threaten
to mnh the aldermen, when addressed by
Gormly.
”1 am sure now that I was aware
of your presence, Miss Haldane,’ said
Gormly quietly. "And because of that
1 know that 1 never spoke better.”
"It was a great occasion," was the
reply, “and great occasions make
great speeches."
"That and the consciousness—uncon-
scious, If you will. If I may use such
a contradiction—that you were listen
ing—dare 1 not say sympathetically?—
carried me through."
“It was glorious. You played upon
those people as 1 might play upon
"Me," said Gormly softly.
“Upon an instrument of music." con-
tinued the .girl. ”1 think your electlou
Is sure.”
“I think so too." was the answer;
“but I am not indulging in any over-
confidence. and there is to be no
weakening of effort until the last
minute.”
They had by this lime reached Four-
teenth street. Altnough It was long
after the ordinary time for the issu-
snee of the latest editions of the news-
papers. newsboys were already crying
accounts of the episode on the streets,
and papers were being bought eager-
ly on every hand.
“Mr. Gormly," she turned suddenly
full upon him, “why have you said to
my brother that I must not come to
the store any more to consult you on
business matters?"
“My dear Miss Haldane," said Gorm-
ly. "1 did that for your sake."
“But why?”
“1 have ascertained that I am be-
ing shadowed by practically all the de-
tectives of the city hall force; that
1 am watched constantly; that all my
visitors are noted; and I did not wish
to involve you in any notoriety what-
soever. Therefore, although I had no
knowledge that you would come or
that you wanted to come, 1 thought it
proper to advise you through your
brother not to do so."
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CHAPTER X__Continued.
“Now, sir," said Gormly, "you see
-what our masters the people think.
They wish me to put to you a ques-
tion. If such a measure comes be-
fore you, will you veto it or will you
not?”
The mayor was in a dilemma, a
fearful one. He was quick enough to
seo that his whole political future,
the future of his party, practically de-
pended upon his action. If he did not
declare his purpose to veto the bill, he
and his party were doomed. If he
took some other course, they wrould
still have a lighting chance. The
mayor rose to the occasion.
"Gentlemen," he said, "my action
shall be dictated by yourselves."
"Answer! Answer! No speech!”
roared the crowd.
"Every man Is entitled to his
chance." said Gormly, "and 1 beg you
lo hear.”
”1 will pledge you my word,” con-
tinued the mayor, "that so far as 1
have power the Issuance of this fran-
chise shall be determined by the elec-
tion. If I am so fortunate as to re-
ceive a majority, 1 shall take It as a
sign that you indorse the policy which,
with an eye single to the public Inter-
est, believes that It demands the
granting of this franchise to the
CSsCham Freight Traction company,
which has already served you so well,
if on the contrary, my distinguished
opponent shall prevail, the matter will
be left for his determination.”
"You won't sign the bill if It comes
to you then?" asked some one In the
crowd.
“1 will not, and 1 will use wliat Influ-
ence 1 have to see that it is not pre-
sented to me," was the answer.
’Nothing," said Gormly, "could be
fairer than that. The issue Is clearly
and sharply drawn. If you want to
perpetuate the power of the Gotham
Freight Traction company, you have
only to re-elect the present mayor. If
you want to resume your own control
of affairs, you have only to elect me.
1 don’t ask you now which it shall be.
I don’t want any more cheering. I
want you to go to your homes and go
to work. Good night."
He sank down in the automobile,
covered with perspiration and trem-
bling with nervous excitement.
Amid tumultuous cheering and ap-
plauding, the crowd opened a line
through which, the big automobile
slowly moved over toward Broadway
and then sped upward through the
night.
Connell turned to the mayor. "Shall
1 drive these dogs out of the square?
Curse 'em!" he cried.
Nothing would have suited the
mayor better; but policy would uot
permit.
“No," he said, “Just picket the ap-
proaches to the city hall. Let the peo-
ple alone. They will disperse now."
Indeed they were already beginning
to break away.
“Well, you’ve gone and done It now,
for sure," said Connell, giving the nec-
essary orders. "Unless you get elec-
ted, the Gotham Freight Traction com-
pany's busted."
"We're all busted,’ as you say," said
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“You See What Our Masters the People Think!”
"I have a clue,” was the answer.
"Come in here!" said the chief, lay-
ing his hand on the other man's shoul-
der, and In Ills excitement and eager-
ness almost Jerking him Into the city
hall.
CHAPTER XI.
Miss Haldane Listens to a Declaration.
For some distance the automobile
sped onward. Before one of the big
wholesale buildings on lower Broad-
way, now entirely dark, it suddenly
stopped in obedience to a signal from
the tonneau. A hand was laid on
Gormly's shoulder, and a voice he
knew and to which he thrilled spoke
to him.
"Mr. Gormly." said MIhs Haldane,
“that was the most magnificent, splen-
did, dramatic scene 1 ever witnessed
or participated in."
Gormly rose to his feet instantly
and faced about.
“You were there, Miss Haldane!" he
exclaimed.
“Didn't you see me?” asked the girl,
a note of disappointment In her voice.
"And didn’t you sea me?" put iu
Miss Stewart opportunely.
"Well, girls." said Livingstone Hal-
dane, "how long are you going to
keep up stopping here?"
T was about to suggest," said Miss
Stewart, “that Mr. Gormly and I
change places. I don’t want to talk
to you particularly; but 1 know that
Eleanor wants to speak to Mr. Gorm-
ly, and—”
The words were not out of her
mouth before Gormly had leaped to
the street and opened the door. He
assisted Miss Stewart to the place he
had vacated, and took her place in the
big roomy tonneau. As soon as the ex-
change had been effected, Haldane
started.up the street again.
"Of course 1 wanted to come," said
the young woman, earnestly. "I have
read every scrap pertaining to the
campaign. 1 have done what I could
among such friends as I was able to
influence to get them to aid you. It
was through me that Livingstone j
proffered his services. I even tried ;
my father, but 1 have been unable to | j _°“Kh
make any Impression upon him; and
1 wanted to hear from you directly
how things were going."
“I realize all that you have done,
and you can’t Imagine, Miss Haldane,
how great a deprivation it was to me
to send such a message, and how hard
a course It was to decide upon."
“1 made Livingstone bring us both
down here tonight. But 1 never
dreamed that 1 was going to be the
spectator of such a scene as that
which has just happened. I don't be-
lieve there was ever anything more
dramatic ’or splendid In the history of
American politics. Why, it was like
a new Declaration of Independence!
When that multitude surged back and
forth, crying, yelling, threatening, and
muttering, 1 followed every emotion in
my own heart. I never was so thrilled
In my life. I am glad to have lived
through this, to have seen it, to have
been a small part of it."
"You can't imagine," said Gormly,
"how great a part of It you have been.
1 will not say that I am doing It all
for you now; that would not he true
or fair. But you were my Inspiration
In the beginning, your words, your
presence. Miss Haldane, I have some-
thing to say to you.
"First of all," he began, "where are
you taking me?"
“Anywhere you want to go You
said you had no engagement, you
know.” Miss Haldane leaned forward
and touched her brother. He stopped
the car again and turned about. “Mr
Gormly wants tc know where we are
going "
"I thought we’d swing over past mo
park and go out Riverside Drive. Wo
can get a decent bite to oat In Borne
quiet place along the river road, and
a spin will do us all good. Is that
agreeable to you?"
"1 am In your hands," answered
Gormly gratefully. "And Indeed I
think 1 should like It very much. I
had no idea how tired I was and you
don’t know how few opportunities 1
get like this for an hour’s quiet en-
joyment.”
“Leave It to me," said young Hal-
dane. "I'll turn you up at your apart-
ment In proper time and 111 good
shape. Tonight you are going to en
Joy yourself and drop the campaign
for a little while."
Whether or not Gormly would havo
engaged In the battle if he had had
foreknowledge of this alliance be-
tween the father of the woman h#
lcvea and the powers he was trying to
overthrow, is a question. As to his
present attitude, he had begun his
campaign with mingled feelings. It
had been at first in a certain sense
and for a short time a campaign for
the winning of Eleanor Haldane; but
larger issues had speedily relegated
that as a motive Into the background,
and now the campaign made every
possible appeal to his honor ns a man,
to bis sense of duty as a citizen. And
while Eleanor Haldane bulked large
before him, he knew that no matter
what might he the result of the cam-
paign so far ss she was concerned
he must of absolute necessity press
on tc the end of It. He wanted to
win for her; but If It became neces-
sary, he would win without her, and
for the people's sake.
It would make his election prob-
ably certain to rev»nl to the public
the vast corruptive Influences behind
the traction company and the Sachem
society. His agents had been thorough
In their work, and they had discovered
what nobody suspected; that the syn
dlcate of which Haldane was the head
practically controlled all the public
utilities and afforded all the financial
backing for the Sachem society and
its Immense corruption fund.
Gormly had meant to carry on his
campaign to the end, and then tell
her that he loved her and ask her to
be his wife. He saw swiftly that with
all the complications before him this
would be an entirely fruitless proceed-
ing. Indeed, If under more favorable
circumstances he could have won her
affections, it was probable that now-
such an endeavor would be unavail-
ing. He had been wondering sines
the knowledge had come to him how
he could get speech with her without
too great publicity, and behold for-
tune had given him (he chance. At
whatever hazards he intended to avail
himself of It.
“Miss Haldane," he began, after
they had been running along for some
time in silence, “I said that I had
something to say to you. 1 don’t sup-
pose either the time or the circum-
stances are propitious, but necessity
compels me to say it now."
”1 shall be very glad Indeed to listen
to anything that you have to say to
me,” was the answer.
"Thank you. I meant—It was my
purpose—I Intended—when I had won
the first step to ask you If you would
not help me wtlh the rest of the bat
tie."
“Help you, Mr. Gormly?"
"Yes, Miss Haldane, I purposed tc
ask you to be my wife."
“Your wife!" exclaimed the girl.
“It surprises you doubtless. Pos-
sibly it dismays you."
"It surprises me, certainly.”
“And yet you must have known,
you must have seen—you are woman j
enough for that—that I cared a great j
deal for your opinion."
"I will not deny It. Mr. Gormly,” !
returned the girl. “Things you havo
said, uot so much that perhaps as the
way you have said them, have led m6
to think so. But I really never tm
aglned—You see there Is so much <11 f
ference—"
"I know that 1 am almost old enough
to be your father," returned the man
gravely. "1 am no boy. Therefore,
I am the more sure and convinced of
OWEN, CORE AND CROCE WILL
OPEN OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR
Oklahoma City.—Senator Robert L.
Owen. Governor Lee Cruce and prob-
ably Senator Thomas P. Gore, will
touch the magic button which will
start the marvelous machinery of the
1911 Oklahoma State Fair on Tues-
day, September 26. Senator Owen has
accepted an Invitation to speak on
the opening day; Governor Cruce has
accepted, and Senator Gore has signi-
fied a desire to be present if possible.
Both President John Fields and Secre-
tary I. S. Mahan have every reason to
believe that Senator Gore will come
for the opening, which will bo made
memorable day in the history of
Oklahoma.
Senators Owen and Gore are both
vitally interested in the Oklahoma
applies, of course, to the twenty other
departments."
Attention Is also called to the fact
that every person In Oklahoma should
begin to get ready to attend the fair.
Farmers of Oklahoma should not only
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it.
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SENATOR ROB'T
OWEN
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make it a point to be here early them-
selves but they should bring the entlr»
family. They owe It to their wive*|
and children. After having workedi
bard all summer, the children are en-
titled to a vacation, and a visit to thw
Oklahoma State Fair will not only h*
GOVERNOR LEE CRUCE
State Fair because they are interested
In Oklahoma. Premiums amounting to
$1,000 have been offered by Senator
Owen in the Boys’ Corn Growing con-
test and Senator Gore will give a free
trip to Washington to the boy who
makes the best total score in the corn
contest.
With the greatest fair In the west
less than a month away and with ar-
rangements completed for the entire
twelve days, it remains for the people
of Oklahoma and adjoining stateB to
send in what they have to show at the
earliest possible moment and then get
ready to visit the big exposition and
see for themselves the wonderful ex-
hibits that havo been gathered togeth-
er from the four quarters of Oklahoma
and the entire country.
The Oklahoma State Fair is anxious
this year, above all years, for farmers
and live stock breeders to refute the
impression that has gone abroad about
conditions in general.
“What has been accomplished In Ok-
lahoma this year?" "How did the
live stock come through?" “What
has been done along agricultural
lines?”
These are some of the questions
that the world Is asking today and
I they can be answered, according to
| Secretary Mahan, by the farmers of
j Oklahoma If they will do their part In
j making the Oklahoma State Fair the
| biggest agricultural and live stock
show in the country. Secretary Ma-
han says twenty counties have al-
I ready engaged space for county ex-
! hibits and that he expects at least
twelve more before the entries close.
"Fair time is drawing near,” says
the secretary, “and people Interested
j in all departments, especially live
stock,, farm and garden products,
| should write for premium books, en-
| try blanks and any other information
j as soon as possible. The same rule
%
SENATOR TOM P, GORE
a delightful vacation hut will be a lib-
eral education for every man, woman
and child In Oklahoma. Thousands wilt
bo here for the opening day to hear
the three distinguished citizens who
will take part in the Inaugural cere-
monies and make ringing addresses.
Real Epochs of Life
what I say, and you can be the more j Keaj action is in silent moments,
sure also that I—love you." | The epochs of our life are not In the
“It Is a great honor that you pay
me," began the woman
“Walt!" said the man. ’’I am not
1 did not Intend to tell you
lontght. As I say, I was going to wait
until I had something worth while to
offer; but things that I have learned
have made tt necessary In my judg-
ment to inform you of this fact at
once."
"What things, Mr. Gormly? Is some
one making charges against you or
discovering things about you?"
"Not one. It Is not of myself I am
thinking."
“Of whom! Of what then?"
"As 1 said before," returned the
man, “I can say no tnore. It seems to
me that now my honor demands that
I put you In possession of the state of
my feelings. 1 am not asking you if
you care any thing for me. I realize
that you could not. It Is easy for me
to have fallen In love with you, In
deed 1 don’t see how 1 could have
helped it; but the case with you is
different. And I want you to know,
whatever happens in theso closing
days of Hie campaign, that I do truly
and devotedly love you Great God!
Miss Haldane, 1 haven’t used these
words to a soul since I was a boy. You
can’t know what they mean to me,
what 1 would like to have them mean
to you. Some day, It may be soon,
I shall ask you to he my wife; but
now all that 1 want to Impress upon
you is that whatever happens to m«
or anyone, I am pledged lo you In mj
heart forever. Nothing can make anj
difference In my feelings You un
derstand that.?’’
”1 understand entirely, she said.
(TO BE CONTINUED.!
visible facts of our choice of a calling,
Our marriage, our acquisition of an
office, and the like, but in a silent
thought by the wayside as we walk;
in a thought which revises our entire
manner of life and says: "Thus hast
thou done, but it were better thus.”—
Emerson.
Graft
Exulting In his suddenly returned
strength, Samson was about to push
the pillars from under the temple.
“Ha,” he chuckled, as the roof top-
pled In, “couldn’t have done it if the
contractor had built this temple ac-
cording to specifications.’’
One Explanation
There are men who are startlingly
successful as cheap politicians, and
for the life of us we can not tell why,
unless it be the wind blowetli where
it listeth, a'nd that from time the
wind blowetli loud even though no
one listeth long.—Exchange.
Difficulties of the Historian
To obtain history which is literature
and history which Is accurate depends
upon human qualities not often found
in the same person. He who has the
art of getting at the facts—and It
really is quite an art, and difficult
enough to master—somehow does not
havo the art of building the "facts"
Into a literary structure that pleases,
perhaps fascinates, a multitude of
readers—L. A. Chase, Fellow in Amer-
ican History, Michigan, in Outlook.
Character Above All
Young man, character is worth more
than money, character is worth more
than anything else In this wide world.
I would rather have it said of me In
my old age than to have a monu-
ment of pure gold built over my dead
body reaching from earth to heaven—
I would rather have it said that ’’they
could find no occasion against him ex-
cept It be touching the law of his
God," than to have all this world can
give.—Dwight L. Moody.
Supply
New Minister—"Now Just one thing
more before I accept this charge.
Have you got a ’supply?”’ Deacon—
“Well, yes, though we never said any-
thing to the last preacher about It.
I’ll show you where It Is, and get you
a key, but I tell you you’ll have to bo
just as cqreful about using it as ths
rest of us."—Puck.
Ancestral Pride of the Future
"One of my forefathers was a signer
of the Declaration of independence.”
’’That Is something,” replied Mrs.
Voteby Gumm. “But think of the
proud satisfaction with which my
great-great-granddaughters will point
to the fact that one of their fore-
mothers was a militant suffragette."
The Canine Howlology
There Is nothing so very remark-
able In the Atlantic City dog that can
tell time. Every dog on earth can
tell time. That is, they can tell break-
fast time, dinner time and supper time
and know to a minute when It is time
to start their nightly howl.
Poetical Age of Women
A Philadelphia paper affirms that
An Early Award
“Do you think there Is anything
oreditable in that man Skinnum’s ti10 poetical age of women is thirty,
past’'" “Well,’’ replied the diBcreet j when they begin to love eonseten-
man "I understand that somewhere | uously.
among Ills effects he has a mug with
the sentence ’For a Good Boy’ printed
on in gilt letters. But, of course, 1
have no way of knowing how he came
by tt.” _
Foundation Important
Every triumph of life leads back
by various paths to earlier prepara
tion.—Blake.
Many Days for Public Worship
By different nations every day in
the week is set apart for public wor-
ship—Sunday by the Christians, Mon-
day by the Greeks, Tuesday by ths
Persians, Wednesday by the Assy,
rians, Thursday by the Egyptians, Fri-
day by the Turks, and Saturday by
the Jews.
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