The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-28


go s.tlieh aua "a the night were hauled
thtoush the village streets 10 the old
.ain' tAett were hundreds of feet OF
it'Ah PIPE eaa looking wheels ana gigantic
loot cht7ts- iiai a dozen men ahghted
rom lie eoluinpAs tram one evening
aill Nsie o.iFeh 70 oiouhlmefe- The
sie.s ~ ADMISSION ana flresspas assins
- loip'aAen were POSTED on an fences.
tte7e steihsa hht work oi supefefosa-
tiah' TOT nobody then dared % even stop
nls morse "ltnth mile oi the gateway,
none ni ine strangers ever went 70
fsiits rity' lnere we're one or two hand
rpHitt sNhaff ffahphhitfed fellows among
.ii'iii' upon whom tne village girls would
itNt ieohea Nlih Iafpf had theS n9i Pc
'e'e tiiat lhe me-" eoinffs were %
1asee Win satan Az L was. they were
inclined ~ take tne flsk occasionally ana
y aulile inruNeiy li'oh me newcomers.
Jeremiah Giles Who always wished 20
Know nN tnat passed ln the little world
oA Ainso' met TWO pt the men 10 the
ROADWAY one evening and asked them IN
Mhat business tley We're engaged.
HulHng cape seed, replied one of
them respectfully raising his hat
Giles whipped mp his horse and drove
away. Every advance on the part of the
curious was met by Gracious Maguire's
new associates hy unsatisfactory replies.
As % the young school teacher. he
Withdrew himself more and more from
the society of Valley City He was seen
no more al the church s0ciabies. The
Sunday school OF tho little Presbyterian
church missed him. for he resigned the
trehsurefship. an office which he had
held FOR years. He scarcely noticed the
youngsters for whom he always had mad
smile ln Valley city ne had been
.Gracchus' 10 everybody old and young.
IIe was -Mr Mcguire" even 70 his old
friends after De went 20 live az Mound
mere Ile ceased to can 90 the people 0f
the village Hardly a Sunday passed IN
the Old days when he did not walk home
with Ellen Spencer. The girl now saw
him seldom. There were several young
women who secretly reiOiced AZ that. for
Gracious Mcguire. the learned. the af-
fable ana ne courteous. was regarded as
one u tire most eligible young men Of
the town.
As 10 the railroad crossing Incident that
had long been forgotten No higher
triblfta could be paid rs any man than
that for In the village the aristocraoy
was firmly founded on family The
elect we're the direct descendants Of the
sturdy New Engianders who had come TO
the rexion early ln the century. chopped
down the trees killed the Indians and
made the wilderness 10 blossom with
white churches aud red schoOlhnuses
Ellen Spencer was descended ID The
direct line from the man who carried in
the first surveyors chain through the
nrinfNeal forests OF Mineo.
Strange stories were Whispered about
Cfleohus Mapuire The mothers of the
whole country spoke 81 him as one who
had ohininri fabulous wealth hV rob-
hing ihe mound builder dead of their
golden ornaments There were those in
ihr VILLAGE Who limited that no right
tfIrFfrn ,-ntfha man could occupy the
house from which old Peter Frobisher
haf been driven 81 the Christening hama
of Providence.
Valley CITY WIS filled with upr0ar not
long after this by intelligence of most
alarming nature. The news came that
Grsrfhls Nncnlre had hsrun 10 driu q
hnf. into fha earth in the very centre Of
< eireie ~ Indian mounds in thf east
r...aov ~ die Frobisher place Coin
fifenf uifh ais .etffai COWS died ON ad-
iafrIar FERNS al "a COLI broke his lex
p.hirf ~ shelter "a fhe iurfed tombs
rr,eferiot4 oneritions were conducted.
A .fsinfanilka scanoidlrr arose The sight
81 ehirh nifad th0ef who saw lt with
narrora annrcheusion one day a sta
finr4r, rnrine ,.as ~ up near the sfrnt-
f.rr and surrounded hy = shed. a nar-
rav anaway. resembling rope walk
MA hnut hafwean the timber skeleton and
fhn boiler Before very long tne flrm-
~ rofirel 4 roDe tightening aud sage
rfne within fhe network OF wooden
bfnea. sometime "a rod of iron rose
from IKE ground and they heard per-
s-i,nf Gfubhlne sound