The Choctaw Herald. (Hugo, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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AND THE
Soap-Box Babies
Maria Thompson Daviess
A*
Illustrations by
Magnus G. Kettner
t IWrf, The Bobba-Merriil Coxa pan y.
SYNOPSIS.
Miss Selina Lue, spinster iruardlan angrel
nf River Bluff, presides over an Im-
promptu day nursery for the babies of
Hip neighborhood In the rear of her gro-
L'/7 „ !'< r charges are known as "Soap-
Bo* Babies. The fact that she Is single
rnakes her an object of sympathy to tho
rnothere. One of her friends Is Miss Cvn-
thlaPage daughter of Widow Page.
■ ynthla visits Miss Selina and learns that
•he has taken another • Soap-Boxer" In
. . 1,, <>nt- young artist who wishes to
establish a studio In her barn. Blossom
Miss Lue s adopted baby, and one Cyn-
thia Is very fond of. shows an evident
E25™ ff f,or AIan Cynthia
leaves, Alan hears that her mother Is In
danger of losing the old homestead A
near ruckus Alan admires Cynthia. Se-
lina tells how she came to locate In the
glace and start the haven for little ones
She suspects that Cynthia Is responsible
for Alan s n glect of herself Sale of the
mortgaged Page place considered Alan's
portrait of Cynthia Is discovered.
CHAPTER V.
The Gospel-Boat Meeting.
When I see a curl of religion sprouting
lip, I think it's best ter kinder shine on
It pleasant-like, but not to take too much
">otlce until It roots good.
—Miss Selina Lue.
Friday, the 13th. dawned clear and
mild for Miss Cynthia, and the early
morning breezes that ruffled the fair
hair on her pillow breathed no hint
of adventure, though they wakened
her long before the usual hour. She
opened her eyes on a window-framed
landscape with the down-river hills
and banks in the distance. She had
the feeling that she was going on
with a dream in the top of the barn
In which she had been Just about to
voice her admiration for the picture
to a tall and glorified Miss Selina Lue
In gray knickerbockers, when her con-
sciousness formed complete connec-
tion and she sat up and stretched her
white arms with a smile. The im-
pertinence of the man to presume to
mil in her dreams, even if his pic-
tures were wonderful:
As Miss Cynthia dressed In a leis-
urely way she found It hard to keep
her thoughts from straying to the
bluff and the barn. She had for more
than a week controlled the inclination
of her feet to wander in that direc-
tion, and now she felt impelled to see
Miss Selina Lue and Blossom—and—
Oh dear: how she did love those pic-
tures:
whole thing all winter. Well, grip
your heart tight—he's here In the
city!"
"Really?" Miss Cynthia's voice tried
hard to be what Evelyn expected of It.
"Yes, I saw him on the street last
night, and before I could make Har-
old stop the auto he was gone and we
wouldn't find a trace of him anywhere,
isn't it exasperating to think of that
gorgeous creature loose here In the
streets, and times so dull in the sum-
mer? There were only three men at
the Country club last night and they
were grumpy and attentioned to
death. So glad you weren't there, for
it was bad enough without you."
"Are you sure you saw him?" ven-
tured Miss Cynthia with no more than
a polite show of Interest.
"Sure? Well, Alan Kent is entirely
too distingue a man for anybody to
forget. My dear, he Is most attrac-
tive—and It Is so romantic about his
father and all. The old man is a
lumber king and refuses to have any-
thing to do with him as long as he
paints. And there the poor dear goes
along and prefers paltry little *10.000
contracts to decorate guild halls to
the old fellow's millions. Where do
vou suppose he can be? I had Harold
telephone all the hotels, and he Is
not at one of them. I must have him
at my dinner-dance on the 20th. dead
or alive. Though I do dread his meet-
ing you—the Impression I made was
too slight to run such a risk. I
doubt if he remembers—"
"I am sure you needn't mind about
me at all. I feel he won't be inter-
ested—"
Dearest, I don't trust you! Well.
I must say good-by. Tou are not so
interested In finding the dear creature
as 1 thought you would be. How is
your mother?—Oh. I am so sorry:
Give her my love. And has Grasse
sent your pink gown home yet?—De-
lightful: Well, good-by again!"
The moment Miss Cynthia had hung
up the receiver she realized that she
had deliberately withheld valuable In-
formation from her best friend—in
perfect cold blood. And why? She
picked up the pink-rose hat and fled
down the hill to the bluff
foundation of the toilet was a black
silk as stiff and rustling as any that
hung in the wardrobe of Mrs. Jack-
son Page on the hill, and a genlua
had fashioned It some bygone dar
up in Warren county. It was cut
without stint of material, and hung
about the tall, dignified figure of Miaa
Selina Lue In bounteous folds; nlso
It was adorned with a multitude of
small bands known as pipings. It lay
gracefully on the floor at least a foot
all around and was lifted In front by
one of Miss Selina Lue's black-lace-
mlttened hands A wide white-lace
collar encircled her neck and was
caught by a faded hair-brooch. But
the bonnet was the crowning majesty
of all; It was wide and scooped, and
adorned by a decorous black bow on
the outside, but In the front of the
funnel there rested. Just above the
gray sprinkled water-waves, a rakish
red rose that repeated the note of ex-
citement in her cheeks. She was
wonderful to behold was Miss Selina
Lue and "too darling for words." aa
Miss Cynthia told her with an Impul-
sive squeeze.
"Where did you get It all, Mlsa
Selina Lue?" she questioned excitedly
"Lands alive, child, this is the
dress my mother had before the war.
I ain't wored It often, 'count of not
having time, but I thought I ought
to put it on to compliment Mr. Dobba
for asking me ter go along with 'em.
Vou see, It's thls-away. Mr Dobbs la
Jest the salt of the earth fer kindness,
except cussing—but he ain't never
perfessed and Joined the church. So
when he asked Mary Ellen and me ter
go to this boat-meeting with him,
though It do seem a kinder queer
place to go to praise the Lord—a flat-
boat tied to a lock—I said we must
make out ter keep him company.
Mary Ellen was fer backing down
"count of Its being so hot to gear up
tight and she so easy overhet, but I
pervaded on her. I want us all to
look nice ter git Mr. Dobbs in a
happy, consenting kinder mind. When
I see a curl of religion sprouting up,
I think It's best ter kinder shine on It
pleasant-like, but not to take too much
notice untfl It roots good. There they
ms
DALY WILL COACH WILLIAMS
Leader at Yale Last Year Has Ao-
cepted New Position—Change In
Yale Football Policy.
Captain Daly of the 1910 Yale foot-
ball team has accepted the position of
coach of the Williams University foot-
ball team for 1911. The authorities of
Williams had been dickering with ex-
Captain Daly for the past few weeks
and he has decided to fill the open-
ing.
with the team than has been hla cus-
tom In the last few years. The mate-
rial for next year la going to be as
difficult to develop as the 1310 season,
and It Is rumored that this will be the
most Important feature in the chang
lng of the new system.
There was some hesitation in chang-
ing the policies of the council, which
heretofore has been to employ a grad-
uate of the college as head coach
Daly will go to Wllllamstown at the
On her way downstairs she looked
cautiously in her mother's door and
found her awake and in the act of
taking her morning nourishment.
Everything Mrs. Jackson Page did
was in the way of a ceremony, and
she received Miss Cynthia graciously
—In a point-lace breakfast-cap.
"How are you. mother, this lovely
morning?" she Inquired gentlv. Mrs.
Jackson Page preferred to be spoken
to in cadences of deepest sympathy at
all times.
"As well as I can ever hope to be."
she answered languidly, though she
eipped with a degree of relish the sec-
ond cup of coffee and began a busi-
aess-like attack on a substantial tray
«>f breakfast the maid had set before
Jier. "Are you going in to town to-
day I had hoped you would look at
*hat house on University avenue. If
9 have to leave my ancestral home I
When she was Just in front of Mrs. c°me now: Ain't they genteel? Ben-
nle and Ethel Maud look Jest like a
picnic."
And Miss Cynthia smiled delighted-
ly as she exchanged greetings with
the enthusiastic family out on the
quest for the soul-welfare of the head
member. Miss Selina Lue's adjective
had been an apt one that applied to
them all. Mrs. Dobbs was buttoned up
tight in a dark blue coat-suit, and the
perspiration rolled down her happy
face from the crown of her black vel-
vet hat, with its remarkable blue
bird, into her white cotton lace collar.
One ungloved hand kept up a con-
stant mopping. Ethel Maud waj
In white and starched to th«
limit of endurance, and had pink
bows tied wherever they would stick.
Bennle and Mr. Dobbs were clothed
in their Sunday best, and Mr. Dobba
beamed with pride at Miss Cynthla'a
compliments. But Bennie stood on
one foot and covered it with the other
in evident consciousness of their
brier-scratched nudity.
"He wouldn't w#ar them shoes ha
had in the spring, and I couldn't no-
ways impel him." explained hia
mother.
"My feet's sore," the
grumbled shamefacedly.
"So's mine," wtyned Ethel Maud,
standing first on one and then the
SOX GO TO CUBA NEXT YEAR
Comlskey May Take His Team to Ha
vana to Train a Year Hence—Cli-
mate Makes Big Hit.
Charles A. Comiskey, owner of th
White Sox, President Ban B. Johnson
ef the American league, and Mrs
Comlskey and Mrs, Johnson recently
returned from a three weeks' trip tc
Florida and Cuba About the first
thing Comlskey announced after reach
Ing Chicago was that he might take
his White Sox to Cuba In the sprini
of 1912 and prepare them for thelt
race In the American League.
The party spent three days In Cuba
and the country and climate raadt
such a hit with Comlskey that he li
seriously considering Havana as th«
: training camp of the Sox after thi*
year. Should the Sox make the trip to
! Cuba, it would not be the first tim«
! that they have left the United Statei
| to fit themselves for a league fight
, When they were the world's cham
i pions they went to Mexico.
SUFFERED
23 YEARS
Constant Sufferer From Chron-
lo Catarrh Relieved by
Peruna.
Mrs. J. H.
Bourland, Baa
Baba, Texaa,
writes:
"For twen-
ty-three yeara
I was a con-
stant sufferer
from chronic
catarrh. I had
a aevere mis-
ery and burn-
ing In the top
of my head.
There was al-
most a con-
tinual d top-
ping of mucua
In to my throat,
which caused
frequent ex-
p e c to ration.
My entire sys-
tem gradually
became in-
volved. and
my condition
grew worse. I
had an incessant cough and frequent
attacks of bilious collo, from which it
seemed I could not recover. My bowels
also became affected, causing alarming
attacks of hemorrhages. I tried many
remedies, which gave only temporary
relief or no relief at alL I at last tried
Peruna, and in three days I was re-
lieved of the bowel derangement After
using five bottles I was entirely cured.
I most cheerfully recommend the use of
Peruna to any one similarly afflicted.'*
Mrs. J. H. Bourland.
On Her Way Down Stalri She Looked
Cautiously in at Her Mother'a Door.
Kinney's she saw the "delicious" one
leave the barn and descend over the
bluff to the river, kit in hand. With-
out acknowledging it to herself, she
would have liked to lock him In the
barn—out of harm's way. Well, harm
was a rather emphatic name for Eve-
lyn—but she was a very lovely thing I other
Capt. Daly.
beginning of the football season to
take charge of the squad. He will be
with the team during the whole sea-
son.
This evidently marks a complete
change in the football policy at Yale,
which heretofore has been to Invite
the outgoing captain to carry on the
work of coaching at Yale In the capa-
city of head coach. It is rumored
that either Tom Shevlin or Howard
Jones will fill the position of head
coach at Yale in 1911, and it is hailed
with much delight among the student
body because It is the presence of the
old heads on the field that seems to
be able to develop the material.
It is expected that Walter Camp will
also spend a great deal more time
MACK SURPRISED BY S0CCEF
Connie Throws Interesting 8ldelight
on Football Gamea In England—
Receipts Small.
THE BEST MEDICINE
ouchs I Colds
FEARED THE SCREECH OWL
Woman Was Not Superstitious, but
She Cut Short Her Visit to
the Country,
Connie Mack, throws an Interestina
sidelight on the foot ball games Id
that he thought the game would b«
called. It was played, however.
There were 20,000 persons present
at this particular game. However, the
receipts from these phenomenal at
tendances do not begin to compare
with our base ball games. Where the
world's Beries, with an attendance ol
20,000, would bring in more than that
number of dollars, the Englishmen
only get £ 500, or *2,600 of our coin.
Under the circumstances, when the
crowd reaches such huge proportloni
as 50,00 for a game, they take in about
as much as one of our 25,000 crowdl
would yield in base ball.
DEMAREST SAILS FOR PARIS
delinquent
especially at dinner-dance times.
Miss Cynthia finally reached the door
of the grocery and paused a mtfment
on the steps. Nobody being In sight,
she called softly.
Miss Selina Lue poked her head
out of her little lean-to-bedroom ant}
greeted her in a voice of bustling ex-
| cltement. "I'll be there in a minute.
Miss Cynthia, honey. Mr. Dobbs have
got a holiday and he wants us to go
Missionary Life on the Congo.
Father Oomen returned from tha
conference in Stanleyville and said I
up to the Lock with him to" three i 6hould 8° with him and thus make my
"But you're a girl," said her mother
decidedly, thus firmly settling the
yoke of femininity on her young
shoulders. "Are you ready, Misa
Seliny Lue?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
o'clock meeting on the gospel-boat
what's tied up there this week. Set
down in the cool till I come!"
Miss Cynthia smiled as she seated
herself upon the steps, for she knew
how seldom Miss Selina Lue went out
of calling distance of the grocery
dicor She rarely went to town and
"want a place of abode suitable to our „«oat urgent busl-
•position. It will not be for long I I Sh* bad a derided aversion to
«n afraid, and after I am gone-" shi I ! £!" *,th Mr F,arit>'
atoed a lace handkerchief to her eyes I " ct!n* motoring and c
nnd left Miss Cynthia in doubt as to ! "vot that the* in't a-,
•whether she was bemoaning the pros- i I f IV g°°* iriven-
wuHold the 8treeU Ba'd <0 ^ PaVCd | drUV by a "t,Ie ** oMiglftning^hat
ain't got no conscience about running
After a proper degre of concern and
consolation. Miss Cynthia beat a hasty
retreat down the steps. The telephone
stopped her on her way to the outside
world and an animated conversation
ensued. conducted by Evelyn Branch,
who was up and doing far earlier than
was her wont.
"You dear thing." she hailed across
the city, "to be awake so early: Did
you get your worm all right? I was
Just calling to leave my number for
you. I am so excited—I—"
"Then I infer you did catch your
worm," laughed Miss Cynthia into the
telephone.
"It isn't a worm I am after; it a a
man."
"Too early then, dear, unless you
want a brisk farmer."
"Anything but, rherie' Listen: do
you remember my telling you about
that perfectly delicious man I met In
Washington last winter?"
"Which one?"
"There wan only one—line b)m.
You know, it was Alan Kent, the art-
tat! I told you about going to his
•tudio a&d what a compliment Aunt
Kate thought it was to have him ask
vs. Don't you remember my telling
you about him? My dear, he waa the
away with me Besides, there are
more ways in the city to git killed two
or three times a minute than a body
could dream up In a week. I should
think all the town folks would be
mighty good, and live lives prepared
to go I never draw a free breath
hardly, with being snatched to the
top of houses with seventeen stories
and coming down all the time trying
to swoller my heart."
"I hate those fast elevators in the
skyscrapers myself." Miss Cynthia
had answered her sympathetically.
"They are all Jest a part and a par-
cel of the running around of things.
They ain't no peace in It all, and I am
one that holds that peace are the air
that religion breathes, and when It
gits shet off from It it sholy dies. I
ain't tempting providence by going
down, lessen business calls me." And
she had held to her determination.
If Miss Cynthia was delighted at the
prospect of the excursion she was
still more so at the sight of Miss
Selina Lue as she made her way
through the boxes and barrels and
cans to the full light of the front
door The picture was one of ex-
needing majesty, and the heart of
Misa Cynthia was thrilled In awe. The
first Journey, writes Father Van da
Seyp in the Tablet We started on
July 30. In the evening our piroque
was upset by two hippipotami. We
could not take our iron boat, for we
had no paddlers left. Owing to lack
of means we had to dismiss nearly all
our workmen. Three men who were
with .is in our light boat were drown-
ed. Had we been able to use an iron
boat this would not have happened.
We were saved, but nearly everything
was lost. Only a race with church
requisites was found, but all were
apoiled except my chalice. Our Uvea
were saved through the care of our
catechist and some good swimmera.
We passed the night on an Island.
Happily I had a bottle of quinine In
my pocket and this saved me from
fever. Fortunately we found a dry
spot, but we could not find any means I
of making fire. I lost almost all the !
outfit I got on leaving Mil! Hill and a '
mosquito net which Mill Hill could
not afford and which I bought myself
The canteen of Father Meyers and bia
portable bed are also lying at the bot-
tom of the river. I want almost every
article of clothing, since they were
lost or given by me to Father Meyers,
whose outfit was worn out years ago!
Christian Girl No Girl at That.
The request for "Christian Girl" at
the Congress hotel In Chicago the oth-
er rtght, knd the calls by a page for
such a person created general amuse-
ment among guests and employes un-
til it was learned that "Christian Girl"
was a traveling man from Cleveland
O., stopping at the hotel and waa'
wanted by a friend on the telephone
"Have you a Christian Girl here?"
a man asked Clerk Burke
"Well, I don't know," hesitated the
clerk. "Walt and I'll find out."
"Say," replied the guest, "I <jon't
want a female, a sure enough girl I
Just want Christian Olrl from Cleve.
land and he's no girl at that."
The right Girl waa found.
hear another screech owl In tha
night," said a woman who remained
in the country until the holidays.
"Possltlvely, I believe I should go mad
if I ever heard that blood-curdling
sound again.
"You know they say in the country
that If a screech owl comes crying
around the house It's a sure sign of
death. Of course, I've no faith in
that sort of nonsense, but all the same
the coachman's mother died after the
owl's first appearance.
"The owl came back and one of the
employes died. It came back again
and I decided that, after all, I didn't
want to spend Christmas in the coun
try and lighted back to town. The
coachman said something about 'the
old rule,' and I Just naturally paoked
up my duds and bought a ticket for
New York.
"Ugh-h-h! I shiver now whenever
I think of that owl in the apple tree."
The Point of View.
This Is a true story. A certain belle
was present at a recent Chopin redUL
During the "March Funobre," her eyea
glistened and her whole attitude of
rapt attention was as if the musfc had
entranced her very soul. Her whole
face was expressive of admiration and
Intense Interest. When the pfanfst
had finished, the escort of Miss "Belle-
turned to her and said: "How beau-
tiful!" To which she replied: "Yea.
indeed; doesn't it fit her exquisitely In
the back? How much do you suppose
It cost In Paris r
The Easier Way,
"Your wife and you seem to get
along so beautifully together. Don't
you ever have any differences of opln
Ion?"
"Oh. yes. every day, but I don't let
her find it out."
Calvin Demarest.
Calvin Demarest. former 18-2 amateur and profesalonal billiard cham
plon, sailed from New Vork the other day for Parla. Calvin has been slrn^i
for a month to appear In the Olympic Academy and will meet suTkS
maaters a, Maurice Vlgnaux. Loula Cuna. Caaalgnol and Addorgil C"
The Taste
Test-
Post
Toasties
Have a dainty, eweet flavour
that pleases the palate and
satisfies particular folks.
The Fact —
that each year increasing
thousands use this delicious
food is good evidence of its
popularity.
Post Toasties are ready to
serve direct from the pkg.
with cream or milk-a con-
venient, wholesome breakfast
dish.
"The Memory Lingers"
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B iUe Creak, Mich.
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