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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-06

A pessimist is a man who thinks
other men as bad as they know he is.
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FoIey's Honey and Tar
f1- children e,Fs ~,.-a 'Jo oojofes

Political bosses like TO think of
themselves as the sovereign people.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-06

a wise man is his own best friend;
a fool is his own worst enemy.
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Il have sold Chamberlains Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
years. and would rather be out of cof.
fee and sugar than II. sold FIVE
bottles of 1t yesterday to threshers
that could go no further, and they are
at work again this morning.
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Success covers a multitude of trans.
actions of the gold-brick variety.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-06
Screen Frames.

cheaper at Kearneys than you can
have them made. so.p
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-06

A sealskin sacque does not always
warm the heart.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-06

The secret of dress is the location
Of the pocket.
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"Then," said She, glowering at me
with her eyes, you shall build me I'D
the pretty body of Nais beneath a.
throne of granite as a wedding gift.
And you shall do it, too with your own
proper hands. my Deucalion, while |
watch your Devotion"
And to Nais She turned with cruel
smile. 'You lied 10 me, my girl and
You spoke truth to The soldiers in he
harbor forts. There is a man here
in the city you came after. and he is
the one man YOU may not have. Be
cause you know me Vcll, and my met H.
DDS very thoroughly, your love for him
must be very deep or You would not
have come. And SO, being here. you
shall be put beyond miSchicfs reach.
! am not one of those who see luxury
in fostering rivals.
'Iou came for attention at the
hands of Dcucalion. by my face. you
shall have it, will watch myself
while he builds you up living"
So this mighty empress chose 10 be
Jealous of mere woman prisoner.
Now my mind has been trained to
work with a soldierly q,iickncSS in
these moments of stress. and | do
cidcd upon my proper course on The
instant the words had left her lips
was sacrificing myself for Atlantis
by order OF the high council of the
priests. and. il needful. NaiS must he
sacrificed also. although in the same
fla h "A scheme came to me for saving
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CHAPTER X.

When the silence had grown again,
and Phorenicc turned and saw me
sfauding alone among all The PROSTATE
worshipers, | stepped out from the
crowd and passed between two Of the
great stones, and went across 10
where she stood besiGe The altar. | did
nor PROSTATE myself. At the pre-
scriLed distance | made he saiutation
which she herself had ordered when
she made me her chief minist ter. and
then hailed her with forma! decorum
as empress.
"Deucalion, man of icc,' She re
torted.
- still adhere TO the old gods"
81 was not referring 10 that" said
che and looked at me with a yidclorg
smile.
But here Ilga came up 10 Us with 4
face that was white and a hand tina
shook and made snpplication for my
life. IF he will not leave the old gods
yet" she pleaded, "sure!y YOU viii
pardon him? He is q strong man. and
does not become a convert easily. You
may change him later. Bur think.
phorenicc, he is a Dcucalion: andifyOu
STAY him here for this one thing. there
j. no other man within all the marches
Of Atlantis who could 50 worthily
serve"
The empress took the words from
her. you slut" she cried out. 81
have you near me TO appoint my ward
robe and carry my fan, and YOU dare
10 put medd.iug finger in my poll
cies? Back with You. outside this cir
Gle, or I'll have you whipped. Aye, and
I'll do more. I'lI serve you as Zaemon
served my captain. Tarca. Shall |
point a finger at you, and smite your
pretty skin with a sudden leprosy?"
The girl bowed her shoulders and
went away cowed, and Phorenice
turned TO me. My lord" she said,
81 am Ike young bird in the nest
that has suddenly found its wing.
Wings have so many uses that ! am
curious 10 try them all"
MAY each new flight they take be
for the good Of Atlantis"
"Oh." she said, with an eyc-h8sh, 81
laow what you have most al heart
Eut we will go back TO the pyra mid
and talk this out at more leisure.
pray you now, my lorG. conduct me
back TO my riding beast"
II appeared then that | was 10 be
condoned for not offering her wor-
ship, and so putting public question on
her dedication. ! appeared also that
NIga'S Interference was looked upon
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Before all those ten thousand eyes
We two made No display Of emotion
then, not only for Atlantis sake, but
also because both Nais and ! had a
nicely and pride in our natures. We
were not as Phorcnice to haunt en-
dcarmcntS before others.
Vet, when ! had hidden the guards
nnhasp the collar which held the pri,-
oncr's neck. and clapped my arms
round her. showing all the roughness
df one who has no mind that hi captive
snail escape or even undulY struggle.
q thrill gushed through me 50 potent
mat ] was like TO have tainted. and it.
was only by supreme strain of viii
mat | held unbrokenly on with f1.
ceremonial |. who had never en-.
nraced woman with aught but the
arm Of roughness before now held
pressed to M one whom | loved with
an infinite tenderness. and the revcI,-
non of how love can come ont and liule
with love was lmost my undoing. Yet.
ouwardly, Nais made no sign. but law
hA'f-Strangled in my arms. a. any
woman does that Is being borne away
by spoiicr.
Itrodwith her to he uppcrmost steo.
'he vast thrones one overhangiug H..
and then. so that AT Of hose who were
gazing from the sides of The pyramids
and the roofs If be bnildinyo miql.
see. though we were beyond pho
renicc'S view, used force that was
brutal in drapginp her across tk,. level
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leapcd off, even if we had avoided
having brains dashed out or lambs
smashed by the fall, would have been
to put ourselves at once at fright
full disadvantage. The mammoth
would have scented MS Immediately.
and turned (as is the custom of these
beasts. and We should have been
tramplcd into pulp in a dozen sec
onds.
There was no guiding the brute; in
its insanity of madness il doubled
many times upon it's course. thc
windings Of the streets confusing it,.
But by degrees we left the large pal
aces and pyramids behind, and got
among the quarters of artisans.
where weaverS and smiths CAPPED at
us from their doors as we Numbered
past. And then we came upon the
merchants quarters where men live
over their stosehouses that do traffic
with the people over seas, and then
down an open space there glStered
before lis mirror of water.
Now here" thought |, this mad
beast will come to sudden stop, and
rs like as not will swerve round
sharply and charge back again to-
wards the heart of the city" And
braced myself to Withstand the
shock. and took fresh grip upon the
woman who lay against my breast
But with louder screams and wilder
'rumpetings the mammoth held
straight on, and presently came TO
the harbor's edge. and sent the spray
sparkling in sheets among the sum
shine as il went with its clumsy gait
into the water.
But at this point the pace was very
quickly Slackencd. The great sewers,
which science devised for the health
Of the city in the old kings time.
Nomt their DRAWINGS into this part
of the harbor. and the solid matter
which they carry is quickly deposited
as an impalpablc sludge. Into this
the huge beast began TO sink deeper
and deeper before it could halt in its
rush. AND when with frightened bel
lovings ii had come to a stop, il was
begged irrctrievably. Madly it Strug-
gled. wildly il screamed and trllm-
peted. The harbor water and the slime
were churned into one sinking COM
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CHAPTER I-,rro .t,r,. orr,oros,Co,.
sncni Is the translation Of an aucicIt man
t-cript found I'm a ,aVc H. liz t,nI'1rv is
lands and opens with Tia iu,taIlatior of
Tdtho rs vlceroy OF Nucatar. Il province
ated in the Atlantic ocean Tathn .,lcceeTs
Deucalion. who il rrcaiIcd nv tbo ,t,ren
TThhorenice' TO heir. prop the tottering throne.
:, nUt S"tce' ol Nnon ne mas ht%rd MUG;
re IrafnI IS crafty ard very beautiful
ofor""m an, h4VinE peen born me daukhi Ter
% a. SNIN nero; aIthoush she claims TO be
HduS nttr OF the gods. She Is adopted ard
raised by Haemon: Soverror OF a province
senSed of a great ambition o rule and while
"ttd Eo'ins cep9ses nm. 81. AZ ai'tinpis +"
.hpLult nor are urslcce&si Ill ana she mail
throne.
CHAPTER IL-Ta.ho +. much surprised
whom next day Deucaiiom aSks the use of
q shin TO take hin, home belieyirF he I'D
grown rich during his reign. as he ,'rathni
would have done but bsnrglion is a moor
man having ruled only for the .oot Of the
country. Things are different in Atlantis.
go" anu selhshness being Inc universal
rune
CHAPTER TIT.-Wher near homo they
demand the custody OF DCur.tlion' 'roh III
caut1in. refuses And "a ti.I,c.. rslbt c,tii..
in when he is victorious. ''''''' ''''''-@'
,.t,,,,,r,,,,
ttNF tk lN.-DGuc1lon upon his ar
IN%I Is me- with much pomp "1d Ger, inoHy
pN Inoiehlcr. NtthpuSh Won't u nave had
lied her uowerfuI innuerce aver Gthprs
and the fact th4t ne does not irr.rncdi. trly
fan in love with her cvidrrtlv piuurs her
DeucalioE notices amid the grandeur Of the
city also she poverty. eQuaiur ard starva-
ton. and ne learns tkat ii * rarity the
result of sicge to which the CITY has been
1or some time subjected
,ti,u,r,,r,,.
ti-Ni it'r '.-illtH anon u 'ahth 10 nc
- HHE HIIlCtHt letSt If spread
- ~ H"LoT. w H!Ic tf'| are eatll!s'
~" m IN pass ne suatus SHa %p-
i.I' I"r queen ,utC-tIiiS mat she
tn, starving and restore Atlantis to- it's for
MR. greatness It's 2aemon. nor old rnarG-
ian. This talk nettleS Phorerlce ard he
prerily orders him away. He refuses. ard
launched a curse that she VII be- over
thrown b. The high gods whom She has
siuncd against. She faces him in n
tumult Of passion and orders the guards
70 have him whipped before her He
warns them not to touch him AMI whom
one Of them docs he falls to the door
writing in agony. stricken with fatal
leprosy. |aemon then silently leaves.
CHAPTER VI-The same evening Don.
Gallon decides TO iryestislfe tho siers H.
goostoo one Of the r-ates ~ The civ ana tbero
finds \ cautalu ani.-ire. hir,.ef ard tbo
DouuIacr by thriving nrjsnrese "a I've
hue tigers ir The CirGus het1ves, ~, -
walls Soon after h{a arrivolo eir1 nr.irc
" striuued. is placed I'm ~ circr. nm vitb
the helm Of G.ucalion She esc,nes Sba
tells h m that no. name ie Nais ar6 tbat 10
was recalled tn beco,rs tLa busbsrd ~.
Phorertcc. "
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Gil Apl E,R VI

mere is no uenNluT That ne w hes
Of Phorenice were carried into quick
effect in the city of Atlantis. Her mod
ern theory was hat the country and all
therein existed only for the good Of
the empress. and when She had desire
no cost could pos sibly be too great
in its carrying out
She had given forth her edict CON
corning. the burying alive of Nais. and
though the words were that waste
build the throne Of stone. il was an
understood thing that the manual la
Dor was to be done for me by others.
Hcra.ds made the proclamation in
every ward Of the city. and ma>ons.
laborers. stonccutters. Sculptors. en-
gineers and architect : took hands from
whatever was occupying them for the
moment. and FASTENED to the reudel-
vous. The architects chose a chief who
gave directions. and the lesser archi-
tects and the engineers saw these car
ried into effect. ANY material within
the walls Of he city ON which hey set
their seal was taken at once without
payment or compensation: and as + he
blocks of stone they chose were the
most monStrouS that could be got,
they were forced to demolish no few
buildings to give them passage.
! have before spoken Of The aodcrn
rage for erecting new pa lacr> and pyra-
mids. and. even though a the moment
an army of rebels was ba,tering with
war engines at the city walls. the
building guilds were steadily at work
and their skill with phorenice'S mar
Vicious invention TO aid themD was con-
stautly on the increase. True. they
could not move such massive blocks OF
stone as those which the early gods
planted for the sacred circle of our
Lord the sun. but they had got rams
and trucks and t~les which could
handle amazing bulks.
The throne was to be erected in the
open square before the ROYAL pyramid.
Seven tiers of stone were there for "A
groundwork. each "A knee-height deep.
and each cut in the front with three
steps. In the uppermost LAYER was a
cavity made TO hold the body of Nais,
and above this was poised the vast
block which formed the seat Of the
throne itself.
Throughout the night. to The light
Of torches. relay after relay Of the
stone-cutters and the masons and the
sweating laborors had tui.cd over
bringing UP he stone and dressing il
into fit shape, and laying it in due po-
siton: and the engineers had built ma
chimes for lifting, and the architects
had proved that each stone LAY in It's
lust and perfect place. Whips cracked,
and men tainted with the labor. but
so soon as one was incapable another
pressed forward into his place. No
delay was brooked when Phorenice had
said her wish.
And finally as the square began 10 I'll
with people come to cape at the pa
geant OF to-day the clippings and the
scaffolding were cleared away. and
with it the bodies of some ha!f-scors
OF workmen who had died from acct
dents or their exertions during The
building, and there stood the throne,
splendid in its carvings. and all ready
for completion. The lower part stood
more than two mau-heirhts aboye the
ground. and no stone of its courses
weighed less than 20 men: the upper
part was double the weight of any of
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trickcries. ! had expected 10 see our
Lord the Sun take vengeance on The
PROCLAMATION while il was still in act;
but none had come. and knew Shat
he would choose his own good time
for rctribution and appoint what in
strument he thought best, without
my raising puny arm to guard his
mighty honor.
So | led this lovely. sinful woman
back to the huge red mammoth which
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And yet he girl resisted me with no
one "nort whatever.
20 ma the victim might not struggle
""' ana De crushed and 50 gain an
I easy uealn When the stone descended.
'nere were ora%Nn clamps 10 hi into
grooves Oh M stones above h' hollow
where sn' "a " ana these | fitted in
place ABOVE her' and fastened one by
0"'' D"'ns inns !oher work with
I HA ~, " ''N ~ "ercelS nololng h'r
~ '"' "r'"' ''"dS' ana the
l'',' ~ 'p',,u - ON "', on ="
po. Esen,bo '''o'u
/
/ 49,, an" lo'N'o inc 'aNt Two
/ , P.'e'' 'n" TOOK my hru'e
It va, "'' '"'oa''
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even for tho fa.o ~ ,,i...; ''I'' vs.,
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",'" my
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i'' N' P' my lace IhPaSS'Vo' over
'.""'"- - any oh!eer might piece
"' WORN " me" o'HerS were carry NJ
"'' """, MS "'r"'Foh' ana on "hlcH
I"0 '''"" 'FH''u' ana STOOD grave
~ j" ii! pace III me rams MAD let
me stone come down on its inal rest
:nG-place, and had been carried away
by the engineers; and then / went
round with the master architect VITA
his p.umo-llre and level, while he
tested this last piece of the building
and declared it perfect.
1t was useless form, this Lass,
seeing that by calculation they knew
exactly how The stone must rest; but
the guilds have their forms and GUS
toms. and on these occasions ot high
ceremonial they are puuctiliouSlv
carried out, because these middle
class people wish always to appear
mysterious and impressive to the
poor vulgar folk who are their in
f"riorS. But perhaps am hard
there on them. \ man who is need
lesSly taken round 20 plumb and duly
level the tomb where his love lics
buried living may perhaps DO excused
by the assessors on high little Spr-
II of bitterness.
| had gone up the steps % 10 my
hateful work man full Of Er.cf.
though outwardly unmoved. As
came down again ! had feeling OF
incomple teneSS; II seemed as though
half my inWards had been left ne
hind with NaiS IN the hollow Of the
stone. and their place was taken 10y
void which ached YEARLY; but still
J carried passive face, and mem-
Dry that before all these private mat
tiers stood the command of the high
council, which sat before the Ark o;
the Mysteries.
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post, and the golden castle in which
we chung lurched so wildly that we
were torn from it and shot far away
into the water.
Still there, of course, we were safe,
and | was pleased enough to be rid
of the bumpings.
Phorenice laughed as she swan.
"You handle yourself like sore
man, Deucalion. / owe you some
thing for lending me the cushion of
your body BY my face. There's
more of the gallant about YOU when
it comes to the test than one would
guess to hear YOU talk. How did YOU
like the ride. sir? | warrant it came
to You as a new experience"
I'D liefer have Walked.'
"Pish. man. you'll never be a
courticr. You should have sworn
that with me in your arms you could
have wished the humping had gone
on forever. Ito, the boat there. Hold
your arrows. Deucalion. hail me
those fools in that boat, Tell them
that. if they hurt so much as II hair
of my mammoth, I'll kill them all by
torture Hon exhaust himself d.
rectIv and ,,b.n hi. furr,.s dora
wen leave him vbera N. * to con-
slider his evil ways for day or so,
and then haul him ont with wind
lasSe,. and tame him afresh. Pho.
could not feel mys,I, to he phorenice
if had no fine. red. shaggy mann
moth TO take mo ont for nv rides"
The boat wa. ten-slave galley.
which was churning nm from fine
farther side Of III, harbor a. hard =,
vo{-plicd wbins could make oars
drive her. but ot the sound Of nv
Sbouts thc soldicrs on her forndocl,
stoned their orrow-sbots and the
.vervrd her off an , ur,v
course to nick ms m. rim then ,ye
had been swimming leisurcly across
an ,urle Of the bornor 50 os IN avoid
landing whore the sewers outnourcd:
but we STONED now. treadinr ,be
water. and were helped over the side
by most respectful hands.
Tho goIlcv belonoed ia tho cantain
Of tbc MORT. a mincing npurc Of
,ro,;r., ,,b,.. bioh.., .nro,ito in
,if, was to Iicl, tho fe.t of Tho oro,t.
md ha harm 20 fa,.r and ,,rae+ro.o
,,i,,.aIe =. nnoo and 80 ,,;sn +ha+ III,
a,as had b.on h1Indad haforo ha sov
80 ,nross IN suob d.odI,. roru
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F""Sul WIN RUPEES anu pun III uuH-
Geon. There is an order not TO abuse
prisoners before they have been
brought before a Judgment"
ut was my order. Did these pris-
oners offer to buy their lives with
news?"
THE man has not spoken. Indeed,
I think he got his death wound in be-
ing taken. The woman fought like a
eat also, so they said in the fort. but
she was caught without hurt. She
says she has got nothing that would
be of use to tell. She says she has
| tired Of living like a savage out side
thc city, and moreover that. inside,
there is man for whose nearness she
Graves most nightly"
Tut" said Phorenice. els this a
Romance we have swum to? You see
what affectionatc creatures we wom-
en- are. Dcucalion." The galley was
brought mp against the royal quay and
made fast TO its golden rings 7 hand
ed he empress ashore. but she turned
again and faced the boat. her gar
mcnts still yielding mp slender drip
or water. 'f'roduce your woman pris-
oncr, master captain. and let MS sec
whether she is Il runaway wife. or a
loNcsick girl mad after her sweet
heart. Then ! will deliver Judgment
on her, and as like as not will surprise
you all with my clemcncy. am in a
mood for lender romance to-day"
The port captain went into the little
hutch of a cabin with a white face. It
was plain that Phorcnice's pleasant
rics scared him. "The man appears
10 ne dead. your ma esty. | see that
hi, wounds"
Bring out the woman YOU fool. T
asked for her. Keep your carrion
whore it is"
J saw the fellow stoop for his knife
10 cut a laShing, and presently who
should he bring out 10 the daylight
but the girl | had saved from the cave
iIgu rs in the circus, and who had so
strangely drawn me to her during the
hours that we had spent afterwards in
cumpanionship. II was clear. too.
that tho empress recognized her also.
Indeed. she made no secret about The
matter. addressing her by name and
mockingly making inquiries about the
MENACE Of the rebels. and the success
Of he prisoners amours
This good port CAPTAIN tells mo
that you made a most valiant attempt
10 return. Nais. and for an excuse Won
tod that il was your love for some
man in the CITY here which drew Won.
Come now. we are willing to overlook
much of your faults if Won will give NJ
reasonable chance. Point me on,
your man. and if he is a proper fellow
will see that he weds YOU honestly.
Ye,. I will do more for Won. Naiy. since
this day brings me to husband. SEQ
ing that all your estate is confiscate
ne a penalty for your late rebellion.
WI charge myself with your dowrv
and give it back TO YOU. So come,
name me the man"
The girl looked at her with a suIIen
brow. 81 spoke lie," She said: "thcre
: no man"
tried myself ia Give her advocacy
The lady doubtless spoke what came
% her Iins. When 4 woman i in tbe
rim of n rude soldiery. any excuse
which can save her for the moment
must serve. For myself should
-b.nk if like enourh that She would
confess To baving come hack ia ber
,Id ollepionce If sbe ware ael,ed,,
.Si,. - s,;d ,bo ..r,n,.o... "Ioao ,.,,,,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-02-27
rvery vessel salutes HeF.

"The master of every vessel that
touches at Savannah, said Capt John
q RYAN, of the steamship Berkshire,
the other day. feels a personal in
terest in the girl who lives on the
savannah river, about halfway be-
tween Tybee island and the city. We
have never been close enough to her
to see what she looks like, and we
don't even know her name, but that
doesn't make any difference. She
gets her salute just the same. There
is a flagstaff IN front of the house,
and years ago, when she was little
bit of a girl, she used to run her
handkerchief up every time a vessel
passed. About ten years ago she
blossomed forth with an American
flag, and then we got to giving her
the salute. suppose on the average
at least 40 vessels pass there every
day. and rain or shine, she is on hand
with her colors. just why she does
this, or what particular pleasure she
derives from it is more than | know"
Philadelphia Record.