The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-30


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Presently Van Tassel, with the evil
- intention OF showing or a bit.
swam out a short oIstancc into the Da5
with Bellows, VINO vas az home him-
self in the water, followed MIN.
Finally Bellows. glancing UP. spieG !
a pan ,,::e;;iarly big wave coming in
from the ocean. II looked like a mon
! ster, and Bellows, who happened TO be
a few feet ahead, turned to see how
Van Tassel was taking IT, Van Tassel
was lying on his back with his face on
the shore and was waving his hand
and smiling at Miss Mabel Bellows
called to him quickly Look out" he
cried, here comes a whale.
Van Tassel turned just as the mighty
comber was upon him. 1t slapped him
full in the face just as Bellows dived
Bellows came up on the far side of
the wave and turned 0ack to look for
his companion. Apparently Van Tas-
sci had disappeared But slowly as he
looked strange thing appeared above
the water 1t bore only a faint resem- |
blance to Van Tassel. There was his
hair and forehead to be sure, but the
| lower part of his face looked as though
it had been kicked by a horse. 1t was
sunken in, wrinkled, cut up into great
pits and gulltys, in the center of which
his beautiful red mustache was almost
lost
What on earth's the matter?" ask
ed the startled Bellows.
The strange face distorted itself in
an attempt to talk The sunken lips
hau refused to act. Finally Bellows
managed TO make 1ut what he was try
ing to say.
"U-u-uv los m teeth it mumbled.
what gasped the Mortified Bel
lows.
"Uv-u-uy los m teeth in tn At
lantic Ocin."
What are you going to do?"
The situation was certainly serious
but Bellows had hard work TO keep
from laughing as he swan easily on
the top of the big rolling waves Here
was the handsome beau suddenly
transformed into a wrinkled ana hid
eous old man with his false teeth
sunllen somewhere in the Atlantic
ocean Furthermore, he could not see
now Van Tassel could so ashore and
lace Miss Mabel Even if he did sue
ceed in getting into de bathing house
without Neing detected they were in
Newport on a Sunday. and the chances
of getting even a substitute set of false
teeth short of New Yors was extreme
~ remote. TO Bellows it seemed like
a special providence in his behalf
What are YOU going to do?" he ask
ed.
DIV foh en- mumbled Van Tassel
"All right, I'll help you" declared
Bellows heroically.
SO the two set to work to explore
The bottom of the Atlantic ocean.
The first time down, by miracle,
- htiiOMH NtiAAh AlN iAA0siliS pave NV
he seizeo it firmly Then, before he
rose to tie top be fought battle with
himself and came to the surface a
hero.
, by simply giving the plate a little
toss he might make it impossible to
, find the lost teeth and put his rival
l out of the running for them at all. But
, he put the idea from him firmly and
came up with a shout
Here they are. old man." he
shouted.
Van Tassel seized them with hands
D. that shook with eagerness. He turned
r Ills back for a moment and then APP
peared once more in his proper person
: MY Lord. he said, how can l ever
thank you enough? You've saved me
from committing suicide"
u by the way" he continued, as the
q two men swan into the beach together,
e Il may as Well tell you that proposed
q to Miss Harkins this morning while
d out driving and she refused me.