Woodward County Democrat and Palace Weekly Pioneer. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 30, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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Woodward Oomoorot
W. A. Pyne, Pub.
WOODWARD,
OKLA.
1—BOB:—1
HAMPTON
of
PLACER
Tty RANDALL PARRISH
Auth°r of “Wh.n Wilderness Wu
Kln*C My L«dy of the North,"
Historic Illinois,” Etc.
Copyright line, by A. U. UoClurg * Ou.
8YN0P8I8.
A detachment of the Eighteenth In
, jfry ^rom P"ort Bethune trapped by
Indians in a narrow gorge. Among them
is a stranger who Introduces himself by
the name of Hampton, also Glllls the
post trader, and his daughter. Glllls and
a majority of the soldiers are killed dur-
a, ,,flrep days' siege. Hampton and
the girl only escape from the Indians.
They fall exhausteu on the plains. A
company of the Seventh cavalry. Lieut.
Brant in command, find them. Hampton
8t£P the Miners' Home in
?'*■**“• -'t,rs Puffy, proprietress. Hamp-
iiln the future over with Miss Gll-
no the Kid. She shows him her moth*
•r s picture an<l tells him what she can
•f her parentage and life They decide
£.h,5n llvp with Mrs. Herndon. Nalda
kl,l—runs away from Mrs. Herndon’s
and rejoins Hampton. He induces her to
' an*t to have nothing more to do
with him. Hampton plays his last game
Hp announces to Red Slavln
he has quit, and then leaves Glen-
caid. Miss Phoebe Spencer arrives In
_»lencald to teach Its first school. Miss
spencer meets N.iida. Rev. Wynkoop.
£!p- She, hoards at Mrs. Herndon's.
Aaida and Lieut. Brant again meet with-
£51 . knowing who she is. She informs
him of the coming Bachelor club ball in
honor of Miss Spencer. Lieut Brant,
meets Silent Murphy, Custer's scout. lie
reports trouble brewing among the Sioux.
Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor
club s bail among the admirers of Miss
?i5Tv.< e.r' . Mp,l<- Rrant meets Miss Spen-
cer but she is not his acquaintance of the
be,f5're: ,?he ti'H-s him of Nalda, and
kp,*c<!*dentally meets her again as he Is
MlasSpencer*16 *ja**rooni with a fan for
CHAPTER XV.—Continued.
"The case seems fully proved,” she
confessed, laughingly, ‘ and It Is sure-
ly not my duty to punish the culprit.
What did you talk about? But, pshaw.
I know well enough without asking—
she told you how greatly she admired
the romance of the west, and begged
you to call upon her with a recital of
your own exploits. Have I not guessed
aright?”
Partially, at least; some such ex-
pressions were used.”
“Of course, they always are. I do
not know whether they form merely a
part of her stock in trade, or are
spoken earnestly. You would laugh to
hear the tales of wild and thrilling ad-
venture which she picks up, and actu-
ally believes. That Jack Moffat pos-
sesses the most marvelous imagina-
tion for such things, and if I make fun
of his impossible stories she becomes
angry In an Instant."
1 am airaid you do not greatly ad-
mire this Miss Spencer?”
Oh, but I do; truly 1 do. You must
not think me ungrateful. No one has
ever helped me more, and beneath
this mask of artificiality she is really
a noble-hearted woman. I do not un-
derstand the necessity for people to
lead false lifts, la It tills way in all
society—eastern society, I mean? Do
men and women there continually
scheme and flirt, smile and stab, for-
ever assuming parts like so many play-
actors?"
"It Is far too common,” he admitted,
touched by her naive questioning.
What is known us fashionable social
life has become an almost pitiful
sham, and you can scarcely conceive
the relief it is to meet with one utter-
ly uncontamlnated by its miserable de-
ceits, its shallow make-believes. It is
no wonder you shock the nerves of
such people; the deed is easily accom-
plished.”
' But 1 do not mean to.” And she
looked at him gravely, striving to
make him comprehend. "I try to hard
to be—be commonplace, and—and sat-
isfied. Only there is so much that
seems silly, useless, pitifully con-
temptible that I lose all patience.
Perhaps I need proper training In what
Miss Spencer calls refinement; but
why should 1 pretend to like what I
don’t like, and to believe what I don’t
believe? Cannot one ad a lie as well
as speak one? And Is It no longer
right to search after the tru*Ji?"
"I have always felt It was our duty
to discover the truth wherever possi-
ble,” he said, thoughtfully; ‘yet, ]
confess, the search Is not fashionable,
■or (he earnest seeker popular.”
A little trill of laughter flowed from
between Her parted lips, but the Bound
was not altogether merry.
Most certainly I uni not. They all
•cold me, and repeat with manifest
horror the terrible things I say, being
uaconHclous that thpy are evil. Why
,4lould I suspect thoughts that come
to me naturally. I want to know, to
understand. I grope about In the
dark. It seems to me sometimes that
this whole world Is a mystery. I go
to Mr. Wynkoop with my questions,
and they only seem to shock him
Why should they? God must have put
all these doubts and wonderlngs Into
my mind, and there must be an an-
swer for them somewhere. Mr. Wyn-
koop is a good man, I truly respect
him. I want to please him, and I ad-
mire his intellectual attainments; but
how can he accept so much on faith
and be content? I know I am a per-
fect heathen,—Miss Spencer says I
am.—but do you think It is so awful
for me to want to know these things?”
"You merely express clearly what
thousands feel without the moral cour-
age to utter It The saddest part of It
all Is, the deeper we delve the less we
are satisfied In our Intellectual na-
tures. We merely succeed In learning
I that we are the veriest pygmies. Men
[ like Mr. Wynkoop are simply drive
back upon faith as a last resort, abso-
lutely baffled by an impenetrable wall,
against which they battef mentally in
•vain."
“Are you a church member?**
“Yes."
“Do you believe those things you do
not'understand?”
He drew a deep breath, scarcely
knowing at that moment how best to
answer, yet sincerely anxious to lead
this girl toward the light.
"The majority of men do not talk
much about such matters. They hold
them sacred. Yet I will speak frankly
with you. I could not statte in words
my faith so that It would be clearly
apprehended by the mind of another.
I am In the church because I believe
Its efforts are toward righteousness,
because I believe the teachings of
Christ are perfect, His life the highest
possible type of living, and because
through Him we receive all the infor-
mation regarding a future existence
which we possess. That my mind
rests satisfied I do not say; I simply
accept what Is given, preferring a lit-
tle light to total darkness.”
"But here they refuse to accept any
one like that. They say I am not yet
In a fit state of mind.”
“Such a judgment would seem to me
narrow. I was fortunate in coming
under the influence of a broad-minded
do not remember any other subjects
•he talks about”
"Yet it was the most natural topic
Imaginable—yourself.”
“You were discussing me? Why, I
how did that happen?”
“Very simply, and I was wholly to I
slight complaint In her voice. “Wl
were going home.”
Nalda’a cheeks reddened painfully.
“1 am so sorry If 1 have kept you
waiting.” her words spoken with a
rush, "but—but, Lieut. Rrant was in
tending to accompany me. We were
* —- # i a W no w IIUIIJ tu I vw hvvvui|mui; lilt. vv
blame. To be perfectly honest, Miss Just starting for the cloakroom
Drew Forth the Fan and Held It
Out Toward Her.
religions teacher. To my statement
of doubts he simply said: ’Relieve
what you can; live the very best you
can. and keep your mind open toward
the light." It seems to me now this
i* all that anyone can do whose nature
will* not permit of blind, unquestion-
able faith."
1 am go glad you have spofcen In
that way," she confessed. “I shall
never feel quite so much alone In the
world again, and I shall see these mat-
ters from a different viewpoint. Is It
wrong—unwomanly, I mean—for me
to question spiritual things?"
i am unable to conceive why It
should be. Surely woman ought to be
as deeply concerned in things spirit- I
'•a! as man."
How very strange It Is that we !
should thus drift Into such an intimat*
talk at our second meeting!" she ex-
< .aimed. But if seems so easy, so
natural, to converse frankly with some
people- they appear to draw out all
that is best In one’s heart. Then there
are others who seem to parch and
wither up every germ of spiritual
life.”
There are those in the world who
truly belong together,” he urged, dar-
ingly. "They belong to each other by
some divine law. They may never be
privileged to meet; but If they do, the
commingling of their minds and souls
is natural. This talk of ours to-night
has, perhaps, done me as much good
as you.”
"Oh, I am so glad If It has! 1—I do
not believe you and Miss Spencer
conversed lu this way?”
’ Heaven forbid! And yet It might
puzzle you to guess what was the
main topic of our conversation."
"Did It interest you?"
"Deeply."
N\ell, then, it could not be dress, or
men, or western romance, or society
In Boston, or the beautiful weather. I
guess It was books.”
'Wrong; they were never men-
tioned."
'Iben I shall have to give op, ter I
Nalda, I attended the dance to-night
for no other object than to meet you
again. But I had argued myself Into
the belief that you were Miss Spencer.
The discovery of my mistake merely
intensified my determination to learn
who you really were. With this pur-
pose, I Interviewed Miss Spencer, and
during the course of our conversation
the facts of my first meeting with you
became known.”
“You told her how very foolish I
acted?”
“I told her how deeply interested 1
had become in your outspoken man-
ner.”
“Oh! And she exclaimed, ‘How ro-
mantic!’ *’
"Possibly; she likewise took occa-
sion to suggest that you were merely
a child, and seemed astonished that I
should have given you a second
thought.”
"Why, I am 18.”
“I told her I believed you to be of
that age, and she Ignored my remark.
But what truly surprised both of us
was, how you happened to know my
name.
The girl did not attempt to answer,
and she was thankful enough that
there was not sufficient light to be-
tray the reddening of her cheeks.
"And you do not mean, even now,
to make clear the mystery?” he asked.
“Not—now,” she answered, almost
timidly. “It is nothing much, only I
would rather not now.”
The sudden sound of voices and
laughter in the street beneath brought
them both to their feet.
"Why, they are coming across to
supper," she exclaimed, in surprise.
"How long we have been here, and it
has seemed scarcely a moment! I
shall certainly be in for a scolding,
Lieut. Brant; and I fear your only
means of saving me; from being
promptly sent home In disgrace will
be to escort me In to supper.”
“A delightful punishment!" He
drew her hand through his arm, and
said: “And then you will pledge me
the first dance following?”
“Oh. you mustn't ask me. Really, I
have not been on the floor to-night; I
am not Tn the mood."
"Do you yield to moods?"
“Why, of course I do. Is It not a
woman’s privilege? If you know me
long it will be to find me all moods.”
“If they only prove as attractive as
the particular one swaying you to-
night, I shall certainly have no cause
for complaint. Come, Miss Nalda,
please cultivate the mood to say yes
before those others arrive."
She glanced up at him, shaking her
dark hair, her lips smiling. “My
present mood is certainly a good-na
tured one,” she confessed, softly, “and
consequently It Is Impossible to say
no.”
His hand pressed hers, as the throng-
ing couples came merrily up the
steps.
"Why. Nalda. is this you. child?
Where have you been all this time?"
It was Miss Spencer, clinging to Mr.
Wynkoop's arm.
Merely sitting out a dance," was
the seemingly indifferent answer,
then she added sweetly. "Have you
ever met my friend. Lieut.’ Brant, of
the Sovenfh cavalry. Phoebe? We
were just going in to supper.”
Miss Spencer,'8 glance swept over
the silent young officer. "I believe I
have had the honor. It was n;y priv-
ilege to be Introduced to the gentle-
man a mutual friend.”
I he inward rush of hungry guests
swept them all forward In laughing,
jostling confusion; but Nalda’s cheeks
burned with indignation.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Reappearance of an Old Friend.
After supper the lieutenant and
Nalda danced twice together, the
young girl s mood having apparently
changed to one of buoyant, careless
happiness, her dark eyes smiling, her
lips uttering freely whatever thought
came uppermost! Outwardly she pic-
tured the gay and merry spirit of the
Oh. indeed!” Mrs. Herndon’s ex-
pression was noncommittal, while her
eyes surveyed the lieutenant.
With your permission, of course,"
he said.
“I hardly think I have any need to
Interfere.”
They separated, the younger people
walking slowly, silently toward the
door. He held her arm, assisting her
to descend the Btairway, his lips mur-
muring a few commonplaces, to which
she scarcely returned even monosyl
labic replies, although she frequently
flashed shy glances at his grave face.
Both realized that some explanation
was forthcoming, yet neither was quite
prepared to force the Issue.
“I have no wraps at the hotel,” she
said, as he attempted to turn that
way. "That was a lie also; let us
walk directly down the road."
He Indulged In no comment, his
eyes perceiving a pathetic pleading in
her upturned face. Suddenly there
came to him a belief that the girl was
crying; he could feel the slight tremor
of her form against his own. He
glanced furtively at her, only to catch
the glitter of a falling tear. To her
evident distress, his heart made in
stant and sympathetic response. With
all respect influencing the action, his
hand closed warmly over the smaller
one on his sleeve.
Little girl," he said, forgetting the
shortness of their acquaintance In the
deep feeling of the moment, “tell me
what the trouble Is.”
“I suppose you think me an awful
creature for saying that," she blurted
out, without looking up. “It wasn’t
ladylike or nice, but—but I simply
couldn’t help It. Lieut. Brant
"You mean your sudden determina-
tion to carry me home wltji you?” he
asked, relieved to think this might
prove the entire difficulty. "Don't let
that worry you. Why, I am simply re-
joiced at being permitted to go. Do
you know, I wanted to request the
privilege all the time we were dancln
OKLAHOMA ITEMS
Cotton Market.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24. — COT-
TON—Spot quiet, lower; ordinary
854c nominal; ordinary, 8 15-lCc nom-
inal; good ordinary. 10 3-8c nominal;
»)w middling, 113-8c; middling,
121-Rc; good middling, 12 9-lGc;
middling fair. 13 1-lCc; fair, 1311-160
nominal; sales, 2.350 bales; receipts.
10.082 bales; stock, 304.654 bales.
Futures closed; January 11.98c;
February, 11.57c nominal; March,
11.57c; April, 11.56c nominal; May,
11.56c; June, 11.56c nominal; July
11.68c.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 24. —COTTON__
Quiet; middling, 1254c; sales, none;
receipts, 1G0 bales; shipments, none;
stock, 19.453 bales.
GALVESTON. TEX., Jan. 24. —
COTTON—Steady; 1254 c.
Ten Horses Burn. — Ten horses
were burned in a barn Are four miles
southwest of Pond Creek. The loss
is estimated at $5,000.
To Have Another Show.—The 101
Ranch will have a wild west show on
the road during the coming season,
opening In March and touring the en-
tire country.
More Cities of First Class. — Gov.
Haskell has issued proclamations de-
claring Ada, Hartshorne and Purcell
cities of the first class. Each has
over 2.500 population.
Free Quail For the Poor. —Twenty
thousand quail packed in egg cases
were seized at Enid at the Rook Is-
land depot by Sheriff Campbell.
Judge Culllson ordered part of the
quail distributed among the poor of
the city and the balance sold.
together. But you acted so differentl.1
from when we were beneath the vines
that I actually lost my nerve.”
She looked up and he caught a fleet!
Ing glimpse Into her unveiled eyes.
"I did not wDh you to ask me."
What?” He stopped suddenly)
Why, then, did you make such an an.
nouncement to Mrs. Herndon?"
Oh, that was different." she exj
plained, uneasily. “I had to do that
1 had to trust you to help me out. bu
—but I really wanted to go hom
alone."
He swept his unbelieving eye$
around over the deserted night scene,
not knowing what answer to return to
so strange an avowal. "Was that whaj
caused you to appear so distant to mu
In the hall, so vastly different from
what you had been before?"
She nodded, but with her gaze still
upon the ground.
Miss Nalda." he said, "it would be
cowardly for me to attempt to dodge
this issue between us. Is It because
you do not like me?”
She looked up quickly, the moon-
light revealing her flushed face.
"Oh. no, no! you must never think
that. I told you I was a girl of moods;
under those vines I had one mood. In
the hall another. Cannot you under-
stand?"
"Very little.” he admitted, "for 1 am
more inclined to believe you are the
possessor of a strong will than that
you are swayed by moods. Listen. If
I thought that a mere senseless mood
had caused your peculiar treatment of
me to-night. I should feel justified in
yielding to a mood also. But I will not
lower you to that extent In my estima-
tion; I prefer to believe that you are
the truehearted, frankly spoken girl
of the vine shadow, it is this abiding
conviction as to your true nature
which holds me loyal to a test. Ml as
Nalda. Is It now your desire that I
leave you ?”
He stepped aside, relinquishing her
arm, his hat in hand, hut she did not
move from where he left her.
"It—It hurts me.” she faltered, "for
N*w State Banks.—Two new state
banks were granted charters Monday
by Secretary of State Bill' Cross. Thtf
Mrst State Bank, of Blanchard, has
$15,000 capital. Its incorporators are
Dwight Manny, Jere Pattison and
Charles A. Vincent, all of Blanchard.
The First State Bank, of Kiefer,
starts out with $10,000 capital. The
incorporators are C. W. Smith, C. C.
VVlckizer, B. F. Andrae and J. V.
Smith, all of Tulsa.
Killed Prairie Dog«. — \ unique
case has arisen in the district court
fer Lamm. Blckley, Cochran and
Bailey counties. Texas, according to
dispatches received at Lawton. In
which L. F. Reynolds as plaintiff is
suing a large land and cattle com-
pany for money alleged to bo due
him for exterminating prairie doga
on twenty-eight thousand acres of the
great y ellow House ranch. There
aie thirty thousand dollars involved
in the suit.
uireu me gay and merry spirit of the I truly desire you to think in that wav
J .*? l , “lr!.a,,y.°b8ervl"K! 5’f ,ne‘ aml don’t know what is
J
best to do. If I tell you why I wished
to come alone, you might misunder-
stand. and If I refuse, then you will
suspect wrong, and go away despising
me.”
"I sincerely wish you might repose
sufficient confidence In me as u gentle-
man to believe I never betray a trust
never pry Into a lady’s secret."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
her with the jealousy of a lover, she
appeared distrait and restless, her af
feetallon of abandon a mere mask to
her feelings. Perhaps these things
might have passed unnoted but for
their contrast with the late confiden-
tial chat.
He could not reconcile this sudden
change with what he believed of her.
It was not carried out with the prac-
ticed art of one accustomed to deceit.
There must be something real Influ-
encing her action. These misgivings
burdened his mind even as he swiint-1..... ... ----
lightly with her to the music, and the?| pather IsT ^"klndto ^ M,*8Ven,y
talked together In little snatches. * nrt to
The last two waltzes ended, they
walked slowly through the scattering
thrang, he striving vainly to arouse
her to the former Independence and
lot*many of speech. Huddenly they
ratne face to face with Mrs. Herndon,
and Brant felt the girl's arm twitch.
"1 have been looking everywhere
for you. Nalda," Mrs. Herndon said, a
"The
Be Kind,
greatest thing,"
Hflys some
some „f m,
other children." I wonder how It |a
that we are not all kinder than we are
How much the world needs It' How
easily It Is done! How instantaneous-
ly It acts! How Infallibly It |a re-
membered! How superabundantly it
pays Itself back—for there |H no
debtor In the world so honorable ,0
superbly honorable, as love—Henrv
Drummond. 7
Would Go to Denver. — Hon. Wm.
II. Murr'y, speaker of the House, has
announced his candidacy f(Jr dele-
gate at large to the national demo-
cratic convention and gives out the
following: ‘To the Democrats of
Oklahoma: I desire to he a delegate
10 the national democratic convcn-
Uon which meets ip J)en\. r in July.
Am too busy with the I gisliture to
look after my interests and therefore
onll ui»on my friends in the local pro.
eincts to do so for me. if they bo-
11 ve F will advocate the right kind
"f a platform. I am for ltrynn for
pr blent and I request mv friends to
secure an endorsement for me in
each precinct er voting box demo-
oi"ie convention Instructing their
dc.'egah s to the county convention.
::r,d ,haf county convention In-
struct their delegates to tho state
convention for ire for one of the
delegate* from the st-te at large to
the national convention. If elected I
will thug owe the same to the com-
mon people of the state an | w||j
gladly defend thoir rig’ ts and inter-
ests in said convention."
Boost the Panhandls.—Commercial
dubs of the Panhandle of Texas
have organized f„r thf, p„rp0Bt) (|f
making n combined effort for the
boosting of that see |0n of the state
and will shortly begin an nrtlve cam-
paign for great advancement.
Chief Parker Tells Nsed.—F0r the
purpose of securing for CM|.|r.
and the children of other Indium, of
ills tribe the best possible education
Q'mnsh Parker, principal chief of the
f’omanrh.s. h-,« made n propos'tlon
to Superintendent j. a. Johnson that
it Mr, Johnson will organ.”© a now
‘Ohori district surrounding iho home
"f the Indhn elder and Winding a
large territory which Is not provided
with schools In which both whites
and Indians reside, he win donate as
murh land for the school ns Is de
sired and will furnish much of tho
monev necessary to erect n comfort-
,0 “rhonl "Me want give
mv children and children of mv pen
Pie good education " stated Qunnnh.
so 1 enn send them enst, make hlg
men out of them."
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