Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-12-22

mournful errand, and, having finished
tho half bottle of champagne he had
ordered, and smoked another cigar, he
turned in and slept soundly. In
thirty-fodr hours from the time OF
starting, he alighted from the train
in the small manufacturing town
whore his sisters family lived, which
was on branch line. IL was a place
OF some five or six thousand inhabit
ants, and seemed bustling. He no
ticed, as he drove along from the
station, what he took to be a townhall
and public library, an academy of
music, and a soldiers monument.
There was water power, and on favor.
able sites appeared a row of factories.
There were in the newer portion Of
the town, and around them clustered
half-dozen lanes of tenement houses.
Beyond, where there was more sug.
gestion of country in the surround
ings, were the residences, most OF
them oldfashioned farm houses,
though here and there Queen Anne"
or "Old Colonial" edifces had taken
the place of the ancient order OF
things. Here had evidently been the
town or village before manufactures
Lad invaded it, and the commingline
OF old and new had produced the eft.
feet OF transition. But the gardens
and stretches OF landscape were not
| yet blotted out and the air was full
of the perfume of the spring bios
SONS.
In response to Harold's request tC
be driven to Mr.. Baldwin's house. the
! lank individual whose vehicle he had
| engaged eyed him with an air of con.
doing curiosity, and said under his
breath, as though the corpse might
s'ill be within hearing:
THE funeral was yesterday"
yes, | supposed So"
1t was decidedly a relief to Harold
that, without any fault On his own
part, he had escaped the ceremony.
He had telegraphed his niece that he
should start at once.
Might you be related to the pro
fossor?" inquired his conductor. en-.
couraged by the promptness of the
reply
For an instant Harold was puzzled /;
then he remembered that his brother.
in-law had been connected with the
faculty of one of the Western col.
leges for a few years as an instructor
IN physios and mechanics; hence
doubtless, the prefix to his name.
Yes. he married my sister," he an.
swered
Il want to knowl" said the man
81 want to know!" he repeated, civ
ing a flick to the raw-boned animal he
was driving, which. in point of many
years and anatomy, was quite in keep
irg with himself. pity, now, they
couldn't have waited for you. The
professor is planted yonder,' he
added, pointing with his whip across
the fields. 'tother side of the river
May be you'd like to drive round that
way he said, refining in his horse
with a sudden jerk "Taint more
than a mile off your beat"
No; I'm in hurry to see the liv
ing. You can't do much for a man
after he's in the ground" he added
philosophically
Il don't know but what you're right
mister | never was a great hand al
visiting graveyards myself Tidy
place. though, ours. Git up. Sandy;
the gentleman's in a hurry. suppose
in this hot weather tain't easy tC
keep EN-" he continued, wishing, ap
parently, to find a satisfactory expla
nation for what would have seemed
tC him breach of courtesy, in the alb
sence of eXtenuating circumstances.
(To he continued)