The Konawa Chief-Leader. (Konawa, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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CHAPTER XXI.
An Amphibian Mystery.
Sty astonishment at this last remark
of the Bruce woman was beyoiid ex-
pression, and, grasping her some-
■what rudely by the arm, I ex-
claimed :
"What do you mean by that? Ex-
plain yourself at once!"
"You know well enough what 1
mean, and who I mean, sir," she re-
tplle/1 in a whisper, placing her mouth
close to my ear as she spoke. "As
yon love Miss Carney, and as you
lvalue her happiness, sir, you must
Jrust nie and ask no questions now."
I jx>ndered deeply for a moment be-
fore 1 answered her and then I said
in a low tone:
"You are asking a grent deal of me,
Mrs. Itruce. You must remember that
1 am Miss Carney's legal adviser and
*h t 1 am In duty hound to look out
for her interests. This thing has gone
quite far enough already, and yet
matters are growing more and more
mysterious. I heard Jenks tell you
that I was up on the hill this morn-
ing, and 1 have no wish to deny it,
hut I saw something there that must
he explained at once or I shall notify
the authorities; and, for my part, I
do not see how it can be explained at
all."
"What did you see, sir?" she gasped.
tin if Ik great, mental distress.
' Well," 1 replied, slowly, "I saw a
number of little graves, or what ap-
peared to be such."
'Ok. my God!" she moaned, cover-
ing her face with her hands, "I did
not think anything like that could
liapjieii'? 1 should have burned them,
sir. Oh, why didn't I burn them!
It \would have been much safer!"
Jenks hafi slunk into the house,
leavii#; us t.<> ourselves, and 1 was
enabled to talk more freely.
"Look here, woman!" 1 exclaim-
ed. "What in the name of heaven
«Joe all this mean? Speak, or by all
that's holy I'll have you in jail before
morning!"
My impassioned words had no effect
npo> her other than to make her
>*wp piteously, and 1 waited until she
hail regained her composure some-
-what and was able to talk coher-
ently.
"Yon misjudge me, Mr. Ware," she
said. "Indeed you do, sir. I have com-
mitted re) crime, sir, and I am doing
Jill in my power to prevent one; for
jit would be a crime if it happened,
{Although the law wouldn't call it so,
*ir."
She laid her hand on my shoulder
Tesppctfully and then, the old-fashion-
ed, motherly way coming over her,
■he continued iu a choking voice:
"Von must do as I ask, Mr. Ware.
Do not distrust me, I beg of you,
air, for 1 have so much to bear and 1
have borne it all so patiently and
■so willingly, too, sir. Remember, 1
have no fault to And, and I am glad
to have been able to do what 1 have
done, sir, but the end is so near
ow that 1 cannot bear to have every-
thing go for nothiug at the last."
Her eyes were filled with tears, and,
do what 1 might, I could not doubt
her honesty and sincerity. Before I
•could speak, she went on hurriedly,
looking about her in an apprehensive
>vaj :
"Just believe in me for a few days,
•■sir, won't you? Do this for your own
sake and for Miss Carney's and tho
other young lady's. You will never
regret it, sir, 1 promise you; 1 swear
it, sir, on everything I hold sacred,
and God knows I am a churchwoman
and live in fear of Him and His love
•ir.~"
For my life I could do no more than
she a6kod, and, after a moment's
hesitation, f said slowly:
"I roust trust you, Mrs. Bruce, but
I ninsl tell you that I do so against
*ny best judgment. I do not see how
all these tilings can be explained sat-
isfactorily and they must be ex-
plained soon in every way. Still, I
helieve that you are sincere in what
ywi tell nie, and, for the present at
Jeaist, I will ask no more questions and
rely a-jinn you to fulfill your protesta-
tions of good faith when the proper
time comes. You will understand, of
«onree. that in spite of this promise
I shall feel perfectly free at any lime
:to take such steps in this ma'.ter as
it may deem necessary, and, while I
inn 'vi/itrag to let things stand as
they are now for a short time, 1
shall act promptly and effectively if
JTOR.Y-PREM CORPORATION
the river and paddled aimlessly up and
down trying'to kill time and watching
for an opportunity to speak to Miss
Carney, whom 1 had not seen for two
days. Miss Weston's condition was
growing steadily worse, and the arriv-
al of the nurses from town and their
close attention to their patient,
coupled with the frequent and anx-
ious visits of the village physician,
served as n sufficient excuse for the
hurried departure of all of Miss Car-
ney's guests except myself, who re-
mained from a sense of duty as well
as a desire to be near at hand and
in a position to set myself right with
my hostess on the first occasion that
offered.
1 did not go far from the house, but
rowed up and down the stream with
no particular objective point in mind
and only thinking of what 1 might do
in regard to Mrs. Bruce, and, most of
appeared above the surface and then, j bp.cV of a brush, and watched him at-
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
with a wild look at me and my boat,
not 20 yards distant, he gave a con-
vulsive sputter and disappeared again
with a plunge like that of a porpoise
playing under the bow of a ship.
The water was bitterly cold, for it
was now near the end of October, and
there was a chill in the air which
foretold the coming of snow, yet, al-
though I patrolled the spot for near-
ly half an hour and had a clear view
of the river and shore for fully a mile
In every direction, the figure did not
reappear.
CHAPTER XXII.
An Unexpected Swim.
For a time it seemed to me that the
fellow's life must have been lost and
that his body had floated down the
stream with the current, which in-
creased steadily in force as it neared
the falls, some two miles below.
Whence he had come 1 did not
know, for I could not conceive that
a man would be swimming in the river
at tills time of year, and, just as I was
about to row ashore and report the
affair to those who could institute
a proper search for the body, an idea
flashed into my head and served to
explain the matter in short order.
The ghosts, or at least the men
who impersonated them, had always
disappeared from sight at this point
on the river bank, and, doubtless, they
had dived into the water and found
tenclvely from this point of vantage.
His countenance was so distorted
with the cold and the water in his
eyes that I could not have recognized
him even if 1 had seen him before,
and he seemed to swim with great dif-
ficulty, doubtless because of the Icy
chill of the water; but he went brave-
ly about it and struck out manfully
for the shore, which he reached in a
few sturdy strokes.
As he got into shallow water and
made his way to the land, I could see
that he was fully dressed, even to his
shoes, and that he was shivering vio-
lently from the effect of his exertion
and the exposure to which he had
been subjected.
I was almost on the point of calling
out to him and offering him such as-
sistance as I could render lest he
should collapse before my eyes, when
I discovered that he, himself, had
made provision for this contingency.
From under a growth of underbrush
lie hurriedly extracted a heavy ulster
or storm coat, and, taking a flask from
one of the pockets, he raised it to his
lips and drank long and greedily. This
done, he drew the coat nervously j
about his shaking limbs, and, with a •
hunted sort of a look in every direc-
tion but mine, so that I did_ not get a |
view of his face, he ran at top speed
along the shore and finally disap-
peared in the trees at the turn of '
the river.
It would have been futile to have
followed him, and I once more be-
gan to look about mo before calling
for aid and having the cavern, or
whatever it was, unroofed. The lawn
at this part of the grounds was kept j
in especially good condition, as it lay
almost directly in front of the house, |
and scattered about it were numerous
flower beds and clumps of shrub- |
bery.
In going over this area carefully and j
systematically as I did, I was not long I
in finding in the center of a mass of j
thickly Ti-aved evergreen bushes, a |
I natch ef earth that had evidently j
been disturbed within a few hours.
On brushing away the leaves and dirt,
which seemed to have been replaced i
hurriedly, in an awkward attempt to j
conceal the spot, 1 came upon an iron
grating like the covering to the man- •
hole of a sewer, but with openings j
which, if they had been clear, woulcl |
have permitted a certain limited J
amount of ventilation. This lid was i
hinged at one side but was not fas- j
tened down and I had no great diffl- j
culty in lifting it up so that I could
peer into the blackness below.
tTO BE CONTINUED.)
TWAIN'S FRIENDS WERE MANY.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampu-
tation of a Limb.
B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.,
says: "I had been
showing symptoms of
kidney trouble from
the time I was mus-
tered out of the army,
but in all my lite I
never suffered as in
1897. Headaches, diz-
ziness and sleepless-
ness, first, and then
dropsy. 1 was weak
and helpless, having
run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I
was having terrible pain in the kid-
neys, and the secretions passed almost
involuntarily. My left leg swelled un-
til it was 34 inches around, and the
doctor tapped it night and morning
until I could no longer stand it, and
then he advised amputation. I refused,
and began using Doan's Kidney PHls.
The swelling subsided gradually, the
urine became natural and.all my pains
and aches disappeared. I have been
well now for nine years since using
Doan's Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. 50 cent-s a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y
IN THE NAME OF CHARITY.
A Man's Head Appeared Above the Surface.
all. how I could hope to again gain
Miss Carney's good will, if nothing
more, and explain, in the slightest de-
gree, my outrageous behavior.
It is needless to say that I was In nc.
happy frame of mind and, as I allowed
the boat to drift slowly down ttieam
with the current, 1 leaned over the
side and peered into the depths of tho
limpid water on which 1 was float-
ing.
As I drifted carelessly along in this
lazy fashion I finally came to a point
opposite that portion of the bank
where the ghosts had disappeared so
suddenly and mysteriously in the
bright moonlight. Up to this time
my mind had been free from any
thought of this feature of the Carney-
Croft puzzle, for the events of the
past few days, together with my anx-
iety to see Miss Carney and right
myself in her eyes, were more than
enough to occupy my entire attention
for the moment.
The realization of my position off
the shore, however, served to recall
vividly the spectral scene of the sum-
mer, and i again began to speculate
as to the manner in- which the ghost-
like figures had managed to disappear
from view in such an effectively su-
pernatural way.
While 1 was pondering over this
amy new or otherwise suspicious cir- j problem and wondering if I was ever
cumslances arise. j („ a()lve it with any degree of satis-
With those words I turned and faction. 1 noticed a slight coinnio-
-walked down the path in tho direc- tlon in the water between me and the
stion ol Carney-Croft, leaving her
standing by the gate, crying softly, t
The next afternoon 1 took a boat on
shore, such as might have been made
by a beaver or a muskrat.
In another moment a man's btmd
shelter somewhere under the shore.
If this were the case, a man might
easily enough have ventured out from
his hiding place, and, upon seeing me,
returned and waited until the coast
was clear again.
I pulled in close to the shore, and,
paddling slowly along under the over-
hanging bank, I soon discovered a
broad flight of stone steps lying en-
tirely beneath the surface of the wa-
ter, and leading apparently to jome
sort of a tunnel or cave.
As I made this discovery 1 had no
doubt thai the mysterious figure I had
seen had emerged from this sunken
tunnel, and, upon encountering me,
had returned to it with all possible
haste. I certainly had no desire to fol-
low him through the submerged en-
trance to his place of concealment,
but 1 determined to oust him with-
out delay, and leaving my skiff at the
boathouse, I returned for a final re-
| connoiter before summoning a gang
of men to dig down from above und
lay bare the subterranean vault to
which the t ibmerged stairway doubt-
less led.
Clambering up on the knoll that
overlooked this part of the river, I
I cast my eye in every direction up and
I down the stream, keeping as close a
t watch as possible on the entire land-
scape, and, even sooner than 1 had
expected, 1 was rewarded by seeing
the fellow's head again emerge from
the water about 20 feet off shore.
As he shook the drops from hlB face
and glanced about him apprehensive-
ly 1 crouched low down on the ground,
Little Jean Thought He Had Almost
Reached the Limit.
We had recently arrived in Berlin,
aud had begun housekeeping in a fur-
nished apartment. One morning at
breakfast a vast card arrived—an in-
vitation. To be precise, it was a com-
mand from the emperor of Germany
to come to dinner. During several;
months I had encountered socially, on
the continent, men bearing lofty ti-
tles; and all this while Jean was be-
coming more and more impressed,
and awed, and subdued, by these im-
posing events, for she had not been
abroad before, and they were new to
her—wonders out of dreamland turn-
ed into realities. The imperial card
was passed from hand to hand, around
the table, and examined with interest;
when it reached Jean she exhibited
excitement and emotion, but for a
time was quite speechless; then she
said: "Why, papa, if it keeps going
on like this, pretty soon there won't
be anybody for you to get acquainted
with but God." It was not compli-
mentary to think I was not acquainted
in that quarter, but she was young,
and the young jump to conclusions
without reflection.—North American
Review.
Jack London's Story Carries Sting of
Truth and Pathos.
"Jack London's famous definitioa ol
charity—'sharing a bone with a dog
when you're as hungry as the dog'-—
recalls a story about charity," said a
magazine editor, "that I heard Mr. Ltoa
don tell at a farewell dinner in J®ew
York before he sailed away on the
Spark.
"Mr. London said two old men were
smoking and drinking together aftei
dinner.
"The host rang the bell and an old
woman appeared.
"'Confound you, stupid!' said the
host. 'Didn't I tell you I wanted the
Scotch? Take this back, and bring
what I asked for, you old fool!'
" 'Come, come,' said the guest, after
the old woman had hurried away tn a
great fright. 'Come, come, my friend,
don't you think you are rather too
sharp with your old servant?'
" 'Oh,' said the other, 'she's not a
servant. She's only a poor relation
I'm keeping out of charity.'
"The guest looked relieved.
" 'That alters the case, of course,' lie
said."—Washington Times.
Depends on the Dogs.
Asa Goddard, of the American Auto-
mobile association, was recounting is
Worcester some of his touring adven-
tures.
"One summer morning," he said,
"the approach of a great flock of sheep
obliged me to pull off the narrow coun-
try road. I halted my car, and wash-
ed with interest the passage of the
sheep, the intelligent dogs and the
shepherd.
"I had a short talk with the shep-
herd about his odd and difficult trade.
" 'Look here,' I said, 'what do you do,
. driving sheep like this on a narrow
' road, when you meet another ffock
coming in the opposite direction?'
" 'Well,' said the shepherd, 'ye just
drive straight on, both of ye, and the
one that has the best dogs gets tlis
most sheep.'"
High=Priced Meat
may be a
Eclipsed.
The stranger from the east was sur-
prised. "Why," he exclaimed, as he
stepped from the train In the South
Dakota settlement, "the Indians
around here look as calm and peaceful
as school children on a picnic. 1
thought they considered themselves
bad?" "Wall, I'll tell you, pard,"
drawled Amber Pete, "they used to
consider themselves bad, but since
they have bad a peek at some of the
paleface folks in the divorce colony
they have taken a back seat."
Blessing
Didn't Work.
"I wonder why it is," remarked one
of the two men who had just lunched,
turning to speak to the other, "that
they always have pretty cashiers at
these restaurants." But the pretty
cashier, though she blushed and smil-
ed, did not fail to detect the Canadian
quarter he tlwew down in payment
I of his check.
Thought Cows Chewed Gum.
Ned was a little city boy on his first
visit to the country. While in the pas-
ture he saw tho cows chewing their
cuds. Not understanding it, he said:
"Uncle, do you have to buy gum for all
those cows?"
It is estimated that London's laun-
dries use more than 7 0 tans of soap a
week.
If it gives one the chance to
know the tremendous value of
a complete change of diet.
Try this for breakfast:
A Little Frail
A. dish of Grape-Jlat-iandCream
A. Soft--Boiled EM
Some JVice. Crisp Toast
Cap of tCfell made
Postum Food Cofftt
That's all. and you feel comfortable
and well-fed until lunch.
THEN REPEAT,
And at night have a liberal meat ami
vegetable dinner, with a Grape-Nuts
pudding for dessert.
Such a diet will make a change iu
your health and strength worth trial.
"There's a Reason."
fttitU "The Road to WellvHle," in pkgu.
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Cox, M. J. The Konawa Chief-Leader. (Konawa, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, August 16, 1907, newspaper, August 16, 1907; Konawa, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc98525/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.