Mayes County Republican. (Pryor, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1921 Page: 3 of 8
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MAYES*COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Budapest Celebrates Inaugural of Mr. Harding
Ay ORACH
MILLER
WHITE
iw Romance of tho Storm Counl™
the houae to stay, a girl with bare feet,
and enough hair for three people.
From what I could gather ahe's going
to stay over with Paul. And John ln-
elated on my going with him to buy
theee. Think of a poor nobody dressed
up like a horse."
Katherine looked at her keenly. “I
suppose you served Cousin John a
deep-seated spell of hysterica, didn’t
you, when he popped the girt In on
your she demanded.
"I did my best," admitted lira. Cur-
tls, sniffling.
“Men get surfeited to women’s tears,
mamma darling," said the all-wise
Katherine. “If I wanted to make any
impression on him, Pd leave off howl-
ing every minute or two. And you
Synopsis.—Lonely and frl.ndl.se,
Tonnlbel Devon, living on a canal
host with a brutal father and a
worn-out, discourage mother, wan-
ders Into a Salvation army hall at
Ithaca, N. T. There she meets a
young Salvation army captain,
Philip MacCauley. Uriah Devon,
Tony's father, annouaoM he has
arranged for Tony to marry Regi-
nald Brown, a worthless compan-
ion. Mm Devon objeots, and Uriah
beats her. Th.lr quarrel reveals
that there la a eecret between them
In which Tony la the central figure.
Tony refuses to marry Reginald
f®* escape# a beating by jumping
Into the lake She finds a baby's
picture with offer of reward for Its
delivery to Doctor Pendlehsven.
She deliver, the picture end the
doctor vltHi hor mother. Mm
Devon make* Tony ewesr “never
to eny nothin’ mean against Uriah
Douon." The Devons disappear
and Tony again visits the Pendle-
havena
what you say?"
“Certainly," replied the young mai^
“and they told me to come here and
get you.”
"Where are they?" She bad come
very neat him now, her eyes gazing at
Samuel Gompers and His Bride
THE ALLIGATOR BOY
CHAPTER VII—Continued.
"Thla la my brother, Paul Pendle-
haven, my child,” said Doctor John.
"Ha wanto to thank you for bringing
hack the picture."
“Sit down a while," murmured Doc-
tor Paul.
She squatted unceremoniously upon
•he bed beside the pig.
“Our little friend here It In turn-
We," aatd Doctor John to hla brother,
“and wants work. Til coma back after
three." Then be went out
For a long time Paul Pendlehaven
looked at Tony, and Tony looked back
•t him. Tony waa mentally pitying
him with all her loving heart He was
thinking over the converaatlon be and
his brother had had about thla strange
tittle girl who had brought from ■
thief a den the picture of hla baby.
"How would you ilka to itay here •
while with mer he asked at length.
9ray eyes widened to the fullest ex-
tent of fringed lids.
"Lordy." waa all Tonnlbel could aay,
•a she glanced around.
"You might wait on me," explained
the doctor, “and keep me company. 1
do get lonely sometimes. Would you
like that? I know you like flowers."
“I love 'em,
atop with surprise. A very young
girl, too, the gazer caught at a glance.
Abundant curia hung about one of the
.moat beautiful faces Katherine had
ever seen. Jler mother hadn’t told
her the girl waa so pretty. She felt
a nervousness come over her when she
thought of Philip MacCauley.
In silence Tonnlbel donned her new
Clothes, and when she stood up to be
Inspected. Mr*. Curtis scowled at her.
“Go show Doctor John," she said.
‘‘He told me to send you right down to
him."
Tonnlbel waa glad to escape. Kath-
erine hadn’t said a word to her, but
both glrla had eyed each other ap-
and Katherine auddenly
rame to a resolution, which she made
known to her mother the moment they
were alone.
"She can't atoy In this house," she
said between her teeth.
Mra. Curtla laughed sarcastically.
See what you can do with your
cousin, then," she snapped. “I did my
best with John, and he positively re-
fused to let me go to Paul I As much
aa told me It was none of my busi-
ness."
"I won't cry when I talk to him"
said the girl. "I’ll speak my mind
Nevsr Had ths teen Such Strength.
him wistfully. "Please toll ms where
my mummy Is I”
"Never tnlud Just now," said he, hto
eyes taking In her slight young figure
passionately. "Here, 1 want to kiss
you."
He dragged her forward until her
slender, quivering body was pressed
against hla. He bad said he Intended
to kiss her. All the rebellion of a
primitive uneducated nature sprang
Into life within Tony Devon. The
curly head darted upward for a mo-
ment, and the gray eyes blazed into
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, photo
graphed with his bride In front of the Hotel Woodward. New York, following
their marriage there. The new Mrs. Gompers Is the former Mrs. Gertruds
Alnslee Gleaves Neuscheler of New York city and Zanesville. Ohio She is
thirty-eight yean, old a palmer and a divorcee. Mr. Gompers 1. seventy-one.
Ills first wife died about a year ago.
cried Tonnlbel.
Pendlehaven amlled Into the shining
•yes. He felt better already.
*Tve such a lot of them all over this
wing," he went on. “You might take
«*re of them for me and—ahd other
things."
Tony was almost bursting with Joy.
She had within her the greatest gift
«f God, supreme gratitude. To work
for him would be bllsa Indeed. She
didn’t want to cry. so to keep from it,
she bit down on her red underllp. He
had said la positive tones that he
wanted her. It did seem good to be
wanted somewhere. What she did then
Pendlehaven remembered many a long
day. She bent over and kissed his
hand. The warm red lips thrilled him
as vibrant youth always thrills weak-
ness.
“Can Gussle stay, too?" she pleaded
presently. "She’d be without anybody
If she didn't have me."
"Yet," said Pendlehaven, as his
brother opened the door. “You can
"Thanking You for the Applause
YOUNGEST IN LEGION
*ald to her:
"My dear, I want yon always to re-
member what I am going to tell you
now. This house belongs to my
brother and me. I do not wish you
to take ordera from anyone but us."
Tony gnzed at him a moment, not
understanding at first Then her lips
widened.
"That means If anyone aays I’ve got
to hike hack to the canal boat I don’t
go unless one of rou tells me to," she
demanded. “Is that Itf
The doctor laughed.
"les. that's It," said he. “Now what
did you want of me?"
“Can I go dowj the lake tomorrow
afternoon—" she hesitated and then
"Wit on, "I want to see If anyone’s
dome."
Certainly, dear child, you can”
was the answer. “But get hack before
Its dark; I don’t want anything to
her from him.
“You little vixen." he got out, shak-
ing his hand In panic. “You little
wicked brat I There 1 Now I’ll teach
you to bite me again."
He sprang at her, and Tony
screamed twice with all her lung
power. Then something happened!
Someone grasped hold of the man
who had snatched her Into his arms,
and for what seemed sn Interminable
time two forma struggled together In
the small cobin. For a few seconds
Tony didn’t realize who Reggie's as-
sailant waa; then with a grip at her
heart she recognized Philip's white
face »aa with terrible strength he
dragged Reggie up the steps.
Into her terrified
eye* came one
strange Hashing smile of welcome.
Her salvation man had saved her. and
as every woman does In cases where
her need Is great, she cried out her
thanksgiving In his name, that best-
beloved name of Philip. By this time
the two men were struggling on the
deck, and a a If Impelled by some un-
known force Tony staggered up the
steps.
It was Just as she reached the top
that she saw Captain MacCauley. by
one mighty effort, lift the struggling
figure of the other msn and throw him
Into the lake. A sharp ejaculation fell
from her lips.
Mile. Carmen Uuetat, photographed
In Paris Just after receiving the mili-
tary order of the Legion of Hooor fop
conspicuous bravery during the war.
Mile. Guetat, who was a war nurse.
Is the youugest member of the Legion
of Honor, being only eighteen years
old.
Smallest Railroad and Its Chief
HERE’S A CHAMPION BABY!
Never had she seen
such strength, never had her heart
sung as It did then. She trembled so
that when Philip swung back and
rushed toward her, she sank down at
his feet. As falls away an old gar-
ment so fell away Philip’s anger. Ten-
derly he lifted her up and spoke to
her.
“Poor little girl." he whispered. But
he hail no time to add anything, noi
had Tony tin* to answer him.
For there on the Hoghole path look-
ing at her, a frown dragging hla browa
together! was her father,
Uriah Devon had halted at tha sight
of a man being thrown into the water.
Then be came forward, and the girl
loosened herself from the anas that
held her and turned swiftly to him.
•Far Hsavtn's Saks, What’s tha Mat-
tor?" Aaked tha Girl. .
Hake her a nice home In my conserva-
tory."
It took bnt a moment for the sick
man to explain to Doctor John his ar-
rangements with Tonnlbel, and the
girl's heart was not the only rejoicing
one among the trio.
When Katherine Curtis cams borne
late that afternoon she found her
toothar In a towering rags, surrounded
by many atrange looking boxes and
bandies.
Tor heaven's sake, what'a tha mat-
ter?" aaked tha girl.
*T think yoar Constn John’s gone
mad," said Mra. Curtla, beginning to
«7. "Ha's brought a ragged gilt Into
room. Perhaps If Philip MacCauley
hadn’t been Interested In a certain Ut-
ile girl on a canal boat, hla cariosity
would have taken him to Paul's apart-
menta to make the acquaintance of
the little companion John Pendlehaven
bad casually spoken of.
"She's a wonder, Phil," ha said ons
evening. Tor tha flrat time I’va hopes
af Paul's recovery."
Here Is a claimant to the title oil
world’s champion heavyweight new-4
born baby. Ila Is Robert Embry. Jr.'
of Terra Bella, Cal., and ha weighed
U pounds when bora.
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