Woodward County Democrat and Palace Weekly Pioneer. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 6, 1908 Page: 6 of 8
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Woodward Democrat
W. A. Pyne, Pub.
WOODWARD, | | | OKLA.
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SYNOPSIS.
The. *,or>' opens during a trip of the
Overland Mall” through the Kooky
mountains. ”l no le billy" Dodge. stage
flrlver. Allred Vincent, a young man. and
“hlneas Cadwallader. Introduced. They
come across the remains of a massacre.
I.Hter at Anthony's stHtion tltev find the
redskins have tarried their destructive
work there also. Stella Anthony, daugli-
ter of Anthony, keeper of station, is in-
troduced. Anthony has been killed,
v Int ent is assigned his work In unearth-
ing Plans of t ntmies of railroad being
bunt. \ int ent visits town where railroad
lot n are working on tin road and receives
token of esteem from Stella. The old
•tage driver decides to work close to
town in order tirnt lie may be able to
keep fatherly watch over the young
woman. She U engaged as a tutor for
, Bernard, daughter of hotel Inn.l-
latij. \jin ent visits sodetv t irt les of en-
emhs of the Central I'adfl. railroad and
learns their secrets, lie returns to Stella.
• a d owing r.gits of love for tlie other.
1 Iilneas Cadwallader, pushing a railroad
opposing i entral I’adh . reaches mining
town. She writes to Alfred Vincent his
joast. Plying his attentions Cadwallader
insults her und she is rescued bv Gideon,
her father s servant. In turn he proposes
marriage, is rejected, leuves her declaring
lie will return the sort of a man she will
love. Stella hears from her lover.
r'i !i°n' ,an' °f his phenomenal success.
* inns lottt r of importance involv ing
plans of opp .sition road. Plot to destroy
company s ship Flora is unearthed anil
incriminating evidence against Cadwalla-
,on charge of wire tapping Is also
Imp* iid.ng disaster to Central
£?£*"’' " by protecting the Flora.
Fhlneas < adwallader faces prison on
Charge Of wire tapping. A perfect
chain of evidence connects him with plot
Iha».°|W l'? "n',ra " Stella and Alfred
, fo/,/aoh "HIT despite hostility
e AIf^f‘', an‘l Stella pledge their
iioth and former Is compelled to leave on
company business. Mrs Bernard leaves
Tor ki one of husband's recent “strike"
leaving Stella In charge. Again the girl
'"lv;inr,‘>l 1,1 showing
Miss Hamilton, a niece of a railroad of.
vttnip' Alfred somewhat
m.^!rrtSoStP "' s,ln,vs fain at treat-
tin nt. banquet in railroad town Is scene
or more monopolization of Alfred bv Miss
Hatnilton with determination on Stella's
^arl to chan*** her temperament.
CHAPTER XVIII.—Continued.
Alfred made some quiet reply Stella
did not hear, and hastened to the.
door, returning quickly to sav that
-Mr. Crocker »<ad gone with Mr. Greg
oty, no one knew where. "You must
let me carry you to your room. Sallv
B.—"
Oh. no! I'm too heavy! I'm such
a big girl!" Miss Hamilton inter-
rupted. looking up at him with tired,
appealing eyes. Stella, thinking of her
own largeness, felt this last sentence
to be sheer affectation.
For answer, Alfred gathered her
easily in his arms, and Stella recog-
nized the quiet authority in his voice.
\ on cannot stay here. I’ll carry you
gently. Don't worry, you're only a
fairy weight. I'll call Miss Anthony
Stella had seen the delicate face set-
tle against his shoulder, had felt the
solicitude in his tones. They came
toward her, and the gleam of a lamp
fell full on their faces as the sound
of her own name startled her. She
shrank as from a blow, and tied to her
room. And when Alfred knocked later
she made no response, though to Sally
B.'s anxious inquiry, following soon,
she sent a cheery reply. Y**t there
was no sleep for her in those early
morning hours; she was fighting a
battle that would change her life.
She did not leave her room till late,
giving herself barely time to go to
the station, where she arrived just as
Miss Hamilton was being lifted in a
chair to the platform of the rear car. I
Stella adroitly avoided Alfred's at-1
tempt at a private moment. There was j
no rancor in tier serene face, her ■
cheerful speech. She met his look |
squarely. And he approved of the j
fine dignity with which she received
Miss Hamilton's extravagant rompll-1
menlR, the invitation to her home and *
her voluble good-bye. Yet when Stella j
put her hand in Ills in farewell, though I
she smiled, and her words were all he
could expect, there seemed an ada-
mantine wall between them that had
been bullded in a night. The frank
gill he loved hail changed places with
h bullllng, inscrutable woman. And
Alfred realized that henceforth there
might he chambers In her heart for-
ever closed to him.
CHAPTER XIX.
Alfred Pays thj Piddler.
Clarifying daylight had not brought
Alfred an easy conscience the morn-
ing after the banquet. The spell of
the fair sprite ie had held In hl:i arms
the night before had been broken with
the setting of the lop-sided moon. And
Stella, standing on the railroad plat-
form. wise in staying away from him
till that morning, strong in her re-
solve which he could feel but not de-
fine—it needed but this attitude to re-
call the ardor of his love for her. more
insistent as she grew more remote.
Alfred w rote at great length to Stel-
la. making a bad matter worse by his
too ardent defense of Amabel, and by
self condemnation that did not ring
quite true. The reply to this letter
disclosed to him a hitherto unknown
Stella.
More than a second time he read it.
He knew now that he could never de-
ceive her. She would always know his
inmost heart. She might uncomplain-
ingly bear neglect after marriage,
coldness; but she would never for-
give him if he married her with less
than the whole of his love.
The middle of October found Alfred
in Placerville, where had been sent to
purchase for the company a large
amount of fish-joint iron originally
bought for the Placerville road. When
the river end of this road, the Sacra-
mento Valley road, fell into Central
i acific hands, iron was no longer use-
ful to the defunct San Francisco and
\\ asiioe, which was to have taken over
all track to Placerville. Yet, "Any-
thing to beat the Centra] Pacific" was
still tlie cry; and Alfred had need of
all his discretion; for the opposition
would never knowingly sell rails to the
Central Pacific company.
"I have a delicate errand here,” he
wrote toward the close of a long let-
ter to Stella, "that 1 may not tell you
of further than to say 1 am making
as much haste as possible. I hope to
be one of the passengers to Virginia
City on the day the Placerville Stage
company has set to ‘snow under’ the
Dutch Flat and Donner Lake State
Company's schedule. If so, I shall
complete my business there and be
with you two days later. I'll telegraph
the day I leave Virginia.
By the way, Cadwallader is here,
ostensibly looking up laborers, which
is about ail the company gives him to
do lately. He is very cordial, and
claims to know of a secret 'big deal;'
a mine in Nevada, that he wishes me
to join him in exploiting. I'm sus-
picious of his schemes; yet he has
some good men with him, and I may
look it up.
"Hut here is the cream of my letter
for you. dear—for us. I am to have
a h.didsome percentage of any money
that I can save the company In this
enterprise now pending. If the busi-
ness goes as it promises, the dav when
1 may say Come' will be a long leap
nearer."
Closing words were penned from a
flood of tenderness that carried over
mountain and vale, and were still
warm on the page when they met
Stella's eye.
In her favorite hillside nook,
wrapped about with the fruity fra-
grance of autumn. Stella read and re-
read Alfred s letter, and mused upon
the vague plans for the future that
now occupied her mind. Nothing
definite had come to her; but her
growing determination to improve her-
self was augmented by a tormenting
vision of a little woman in blue, light
and dainty, where she herself was
heavy; vivacious and quick, where
she was slow; charming, where she
was dull. Stella wished she were
small, delicate, timid—a hundred
things she was not; yet she was sen-
sible enough to know that assuming
them would be folly. For underlying
ail her vain wishes was a recognition
of something within, a dim vision of
the power of her own soul, that
brought tranquillity and courage for
her difficult venture.
The declining sun shot a level ray
into her retreat before she realized
tlie hour and the call of duty. Ixing
before she reached the hotel, Alvin's
cheerful voice floated up in one of
j his jocund songs.
Stella sighed, in «r few days Alvin's
j bright fare would be out of her life.
, He had been promoted from Colfax to
I 'lie Sacramento office, and was now
| awaiting his successor. Yet the sight
of him carried her thought swiftly to
thr telegram from Gideon he had that
morning brought her.
The message was brief. Gideon was
coming for her! He had not heeded
her negative laden letters. She had
not disclosed her engagement; she
had been afraid. And there was
reason for fear. The gossip concern-
ing Alfred that floated from tongue
to tongue did not escape her sensitive
ears. It was said that he was In love
w ith the superintendent's niece; again,
that he cared nothing for her, only
for the posit ion he might, ns her hus-
band, command. Gideon must hear all
this. Stella knew It would confirm his
belief that Alfred had no love for her,
and that she must meet Gideon, tell
him, defy him. It would be a battle of
wills, and Gideon would be defeated;
but at what cost? What cost to him.
to herself, to Alfred? Fear gripped
her at thought of the time when the
two men should face ?ach other.
In fhe parlor she found Sally It., Al-
vin and Viola in an extited, triangular
discussion, Alvin pleading, Sally H.
stern, Viola In tears.
"Oh, Miss Stella," Alvin cried ap*
pealingly as Bhe entered, "do you think
a feller that's all straight but one leg
the Lord himself put a crook in ought
to be tipped the cold shoulder for
that?"
"Boy! 'Taint that!" Sally n. said
sharply before Stella could speak, “if
you had a home, an' money, an’ could
give Vi some place in the world—
"You bet I’ll never ask you to give
her up, ma'am, till I have a home for
her,” Alvin broke in impetuously;
number one home, too!"
“But, Al, that's turrible fur off. How
in thunder kin you do it?"
Sally B.’s heart wanned to the
pluck of him in spite of her deter-
mination.
"Do It? I’ll just inch along, a little
every day, same's I have been doing.
I got three hundred saved already, an’
on Interest; and it’ll grow faster all
the time. Ma, she helps a lot, too. I'm
going to night school in Sacramento;
and when I ask you for VI I’ll be no
Greaser. I can’t go on my shape, but
I’ll make what brains I got stretch like
blazes!” His face was eloquent, but
Sally B. would not look at him.
Instead she gazed at Viola, all the
mother's pent pride shining in her
eyes. "Oh. Vi," she said, after a pause
that was broken only by the buzz of
an uneasy autumn fly on the window,
"I've staked a hull mountain o’ hopes
on you. I ain't never thought o' you
separate from me, some way. I—"
She stopped, and Viola spoke with
some spirit In spite of her sobs. "Hut.
ma, you expect me to wear a Mrs. in
front of my name some day, don’t
you? And Mrs.—Mrs. Carter,” she
blushed and smiled through her tears,
though her gaze shifted to the w indow,
•Mrs. Carter's just as good as Mrs.
Bernard, ain't it?”
The mother glanced furtively at Al-
vin, whose heart spoke naively in his
adoring eyes fixed on Viola's downcast
face. The boy had won Sally B.’s ap-
probation. yet she could not relinquish
her dream. "If yore brothers had 'a
Sally B.'a arms and the two sobbed to*
gether.
For an Instant Alvin stood petrified,
then straightened to a new manliness
"Mrs. Bernard, you've no right to re
quire such a sacrifice of us. We only
asked you to let us be honest with
you about our love for each other. I'm
not the kind to forget, and neither is
VI. I'm going to win that home and a
bank account; and then I'm coming
for Vi. If we can’t marry with your
consent, by that time the law of Cal-
ifornia will let us do it wiihout." He
turned to Viola, who had gone to the
window. "Good-bye, Vi." he said slow
ly, looking at her yearningly, though
he took no step toward her. "You'll
hear from me as soon as I'm ready to
build that house. Have your plans
drawn and ready, my girl, for it won't
be so very long.”
There was nothing defiant in his
manner, for all of the fearless ring of
the words. Stella could have hugged
him for the cheer, the hope, the man-
hood In voice and face. He gave Vi-
ola one last look, glanced furtively at
Sally B., smiled at Stella a smile sad-
der than tears and closed the door be-
hind him. In a moment his cheerful
whistle came back to them, and the
stump, stump of his crutch.
“I Don't Mean to 8h6w Off, Ma."
lived, VI.” she went on slowly, “I
might ’a considered of this. But yo're
all yo’ paw an’ me's got to bank on.
W e re goln’ to be rich some da>\ an'
Bernard 11 be a name to conjure with;
an' yo’re ail we got to do it proud."
"Oh, ma, we're always Just going to
rich, it may be a thousand yearal”
There was a heart-break in Viola's
voice that touched Stella's sympathy.
"They're so young. Mrs. Sally; it'll
be years before they can marry, and
they may not care for each other
when the time comes. They're too
young to marry now; why not let
marriage drop out of the case till
Alvin has his home to offer, and Viola
has seen more of life? Then Alvin
can ask for her again."
Alvin peered eagerly Into the older
woman's face, waiting her slow reply.
When it came the two young things
hung breathlessly on each word, their
faces growing dull with despair as
the fateful sentence fell.
Vi, yo re yo' paw's child 's well as
mine. I ain't got no right to settle
this question without his havin’ a
say. An' you all might's well know it
now's later—y*' paw's made his pile.
It's on the sly yet. so lock yer lips.
We're goin' to pull up stakes pretty
soon an' git to the Bay. An' we'll flame
out, an ride on the gilt edge o' society
a while, an' see how that feels. How
on alrth are two ole duffers like yo’
paw an' me goin’ to show off wiihout
you, Vi?”
"I don't mean to show off, ma," Viola
said, pitifully.
"I've slaved all my life waitin' fur
the chance to live like white folks;
an’ now it's come, are you goin' to
spoil it all, honey?" She held out her
hand and her voice trembled.
Viola looked up suddenly, wonder-
Ingly, to see tears In her mother's
eyes. Sho was accustomed to her
mother's fiery sympathy for others;
hut this was the first time she had
ever heard her plead for herself. A
fleeting, hopeless look the child sunt
Alvin, then crossed the room and took
her mother's hand In both her own.
"Good-bye. Alvin," she said, piteously!
"She was my mother before you were
my lover; und I must stick to yer—
and paw." She fluug herself into
CHAPTER XX.
Into the Night.
"Howdy, honey," Uncle Billy said to
Stella that evening as he came in and
took his supper-seat at the table,
where Sally li. proudly included him
in her elastic family circle. "Are you
ready fo’ the race?"
'Oh, Uncle Billy, are we really go-
ing to race (he Placerville Stage com-
pany to Virginia City? 1 thought (heir
weeks of talk and preparation were just
to beat our previous time schedule.”
"Yes, I reckoned it would go at that;
still, Mr. Crocker's word's the law."
"But why didn’t he give you more
warning? You haven't even a day to
get ready!”
“Our folks have biggeh pots aboil-
ing than staging. However, the Boss
is in Virginia now; and I reckon he
got so tired of those blamed Placer-
ville Stage agents blowin' oveh there
that he's relyin’ on us to shut their
mouths. And we’ve got to do it, if we
ain't ready. It's my trip."
"Tlie race is on'” Alvin shouted, as
he pegged in with a message for Sal-
ly B.
Exclamations in concert were shot
at Alvin from several tables.
"Yes. the steamer Cbrysopolis left
the San Francisco wharf at four
o'clock; and she’s streaking it up the
bay like lightning!"
"I hope she'll keep up her gait plumb
to Sacramento," Uncle Billy said at
the first break in the hubbub.
You bet she won't,” some one re-
plied. “She'll have a breakdown after
she gets the mail and passengers off at
Freeport for the Placerville Stage peo-
ple.”
Don't you go Into partnership with
any worry," Alvin said, pausing at the
door. "I ain't giving away the cli<ker,
but let me tell you the C. P.'s ain't
fools.”
"1 got to have hot lunch ready for
them passengers to eat on the fly."
Sally It. said brusquely. "Uncle Billy,
what time do you reckon they'll be
here?"
Some time neah about fo' o'clock
in the mawnln', I figger. You can tell
into five minutes when we heah what
time the train leaves Sacramento."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
NO, SHE NEVER KISSED HIM.
Washerwoman, However, Had an Idea
of the Situation.
Nell is a girl who lives up on Capitol
hill. On Mondays a woman conies to
Nell's house to wash clothes. The
woman's name Is Nell. loo. The other
day Nell, the girl, was in the sitting
room reading when the telephone
rang. Nell, the washerwoman, an-
swered the ring. Nell, the girl, then
hoard Nell, the washerwoman, sav:
"Yes, this Is Nell."
Silence.
"How's that?"
Silence.
What! Am 1 mad because you
kissed me last night. Look here,
man, you're too fresh. Who are you.
anyway. I never kissed—"
Just then the telephone receiver
was wildly snatched from her hand.
Nell, the girl, blushing furiously, had
grabbed It. she hung it on the hook.
"He wnnted me." she said. "He al-
ways tries to tease me that way. 1—1
never kissed him in nty life."
As she disappeared up the KalrR the
washerwoman smiled nnd sa'd:
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