The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-09-19

y in thousand annoyances in ii
office.
However, in love, as in war, it is tn
unexpected that often happens 80
Redbolt proposed, and was refuse
!, point blank.
/ Now most men, when they see
dangerous rival put out of court, bur
their animosity and even become gen
erous
But this was not the case with Ere.
Dewhurst. retty annoyances devel
oped rapidly into daily insults, unit
the morning, as we have seen, he hae
found an excuse TO cut lis forme,
school fellow adrift.
III.
| Joe Redbolt picked up the pile o.
coins, counted them deliberately and
put them in his pocket.
Now. Fred Dewhurst. he said
huskily. I'VE are no longer master and
man, so that | can say what | think. y
Dewhurst looked rather alarmed
and drew small silver bell nearer ia
his side.
"Oh, don't be frightenedi" said Joe,
with smile of establishment. I'm
not going to thrash youl 1t wouldn't
be fair TO nit man your size!"
Mr.. Dewhurst tried to sneer. but
only looked nightly relieved.
i want to tell you what think of
you" said Joe.
go on!" said Dewhurst. with n
grin. Seeing that you've had the
worst of it all through, l suppose /
mustn't mind few spiteful wordsip
Il want to tell you you're the mean
est cad I've met, and if that poor girl
marries you I'm sorry. for her!"
In fact, you're so sorry" said Dew.
hurst, that you'd even marry her
YOURSELF Capital! Ana, now you've
said enough, Ill wish you good
morning.
With a mighty effort of self
restraint Joe pulled him elf together,
and, resisting the impulse to knock
him down, swung out of the room.
He had lost evcrything-the girl he
loved and the means of earning his
living. He was alone in the world,
with no prospect but that of com
mencing life again in some counting
house, and-then suddenly he re-
memhered. Only two nights before
he had attended drill at the headquar-
ters Of his volunteer corps. The men
had been asked which of them wished
to join the G. |. V. for the front. He
thought of the glow that had burnt
his veins, how he had longed
to offer himself, and had only been
prevented by his feeling of obliga-
ton to his old friends business. Now
he was freel
That settled it. Old England was in
need Of help from men such as he
He was as sound as a bell in wind |
and limb; he had done his turn at
and could shoot more
than a little.
Within half an hour his name was
as one of those who were |
ready for service at the front, and he |
was ordered to go before the doctor.
That gentleman laughed at him.
If we get 1,400 men as fit as you
are,' he said, 1--WE shall do Welt"
Having successfully passed all the
tests, and been duly enrolled as one
IF the city of London imperial vol
lnteer corps, he felt slightly easier
II his mind
At last the final moment came. He
lad attended the service at st. Paul
md sung the national anthem until
he was hoarse. He had been slapped
IN the back by hundreds of warm
learted but heavy citizens.
lie had even fought his way success
ully through mob of enthusiastic
PATRIOTS all the way from Bunhill
Row to Nine Elms, where he was one
# the first to arrive.
There stood the train waiting to
AXE them to Southampton. There,
90, stood the long-suffering band, and
very minute groups of breathless,
xcited men in khaki, who had also
ought their way through the crowd,
ushed onto the platform.
OF course it was all over. There
vas nothing to be done but get into
he train and say good-by to old Lon s
on for perhaps forever.
nee more a gloomy sense of loneli-
ess came upon him. Everybody else
ad chum or relative to see him T
fl. And then-an angel came from
eaven? Not quite! But an earth n
: angel appeared, in the shape of a 4
light form in long black cloak,
'ho was pushing her way feverishly Il
trough the crowd, eagerly scan q
ing the faces of the gentlemen in r,
haki." ),
Then their eyes met, and in a min n
te he was clasping in his arms the ;,
rl who had refused him a month be-
re and in whose presence he had o
ways been so shy that he had never y
Ired to press her hand lC
How had it happened? There seemed N
} need-and certainly no time-for ol
plantations. Why had he accepted II
II foolish ''No" when she never II
cant him to? She always thought 10
} would speak to her again. Why :,