The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-06-04
His Second Sight


when wo arc particularly anxious
to annoy Weston nj the club we have
only to start n discussion ON spirit.
ualism. Sometimes II one of the
junior members has to he punished
for check We tell him TALL spirituais.
tic yarns and advise him to 30 To
Weston Tor their vcriHcatiOn. This
has much tho same effect as sending
a hoy to a saddler TO buy strap oil.
Not so many years back Weston
was an enthusiastic spirltualist him
self. attending scanccs and even
writing letters to the local press on
the subject. But he was cured some
what rudely and in manner likely
to make lasting impression on any
man.
You sec Il was this way: About
five years ago whciI Weston was NJ
the hight of his spiritualistic zeal. u
widow with very pretty daughter,
rcpu,ed to bc worth small fortune
Of 81 500 n year. took house on the
outskirts of the town. Weston fell
head over ears In love with Daisy.
though. greatly To his chagrin. she
| seemed To prefer the attentions uf
young chap In he Office of firm
of solicitors who held the Office of
| clerk 10 tho magistrates. Weston
wan continually NJ Miss Daisy about
splritualism and tried To get her
mother to bring her iO some Of his
| precious scanccs. Hut she refused to
have anything to do with them. and
| believe IL was this silly fad OF his
which put her of Weston. Any sane.
| sensible man. seeing how the ground
| lay, would have dropped Spirituallsm
and gone In for II it'll" realiiy--Daisy
was worth dropping something FOR.
can tell yOu--hut where spirits were
concerned Weston was just mad and
! Il only majr linn moro determined to
prove to her that his theories about
second signt and 80 on were correct.
remember that Writer woll II
! froZc for three weeks on end. Wcs.
ton used to take Dai - out skating on
some flooded meadows near the sta.
| tion. aud things seemed 10 he coming
| to head lic wore his heart quite
| openly ON his sleeve and was ready
other chap. who Just at this time
camo out OF his articles and got a
partnership In the firm. was making
the running pretty hot. There had
been d lot Of mon thrown out OF work
! by the cold weather and some ugly
stories were aHoat about burglars.
| footpads and the Ike. Mira. Hardy's
little house, away ont by itself, seem.
! ed a sure mark for gentlemen of this
sort. and Weston was never tired Of
warning her to keep the windows
boltcd. and even induced her TO have
special new lock put on the front
door.
After the frost We had snow. a
fortnight OF II, and the whole town
got pretty we'll showed up. Weston
did not seem himself about this time.
I remember we remarked upon II at
the club Perhaps his second sight
told him some crisis was a. hand.
Any way, II came. II was one Wed.
nesday night. There was n concert
In the town hall which some OF MS
went to, but the place was so full of
draughts that we were glad to get
by the fire In the club smoking room
at haii.timc. Maybe we had sat there
Ror. ten .a,i,l1yIGf mli1ayIGfS Shsp. SG bSard some
ne Of the most upright and co 'oau nhs
Gus attorneys Of our tow ,,mo ~
rompt and faithful attention. rcoat, and
,terests OF his clientsj his ting like
with our laws and hore noise.
ess principles has brought ~ up and
lre reward-succcss. anu iol'
,arter Tracy: 49,. -, 80
Few Of the business houses OF 90 in ,ho
ave known development so r; for Tho
xpansion to such an extent last cor.
store Of Carter Tracyton extri.
Several years ago, In the eariae snow
Y OF our town, Mr.. Tracy confhadow OF
business here aS timer. "an Dos'
professional in his line, his WAR,
wonderfully. Alonittipc n,
his he practiscd law and was the cold,
,ctcd to county office. By ac
,csion to business principles, h.