The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-07-30
The Yellow Streak

Ellsworth never knew until some
time IN March how near Mrs. Ellis.
worth came to marrying the other TEL,
low. The other fellows name was
Gridiey. Ellsworth did not know Grid.
ley, but he hated him. and felt that
nothing would make him quite SO hap
py as 10 show him Up % his true
light He did not know what Gridley's s
true Light vas. but he was confident
L must be a bad one. and he wanted
20 shine by contrast
He began the disllusionlng process
BY making Grldley's acquaintance. In.
cidentaily be inquired secretly into his
pedigree, social and financial This in.
vestigation. however. resulted IN moth
ing discreditable % Gridley. with the
exception Of bis having been In love
With Mrs. Ellsworth. and that was a
crime Tor which not even Ellsworth
when rejecting on the matter 10 bis
faner moments. could consistently
blame him.
But the budget Of testimony ELECTED
IN Gridleys favor aid not alter Els
worth's conviction that be was a
rascal.
-All evidence 70 the contrary Ellis
worth declared still think the fel
low has a yellow streak somewhere in
his makeup aud I am going 70 find it
n Il takes ten years
i did not take ten years 20 get track
of the safruntlntcd streak. One day
in the latter part Of April Ellsworth
and 9ridley happened to Be IN Phlla.
delphia on business They met ~ the
Broad Street station and came over 10
New York together on the way Grid
ley got confidential. and before they
crossed Coriiandt Street ferry ELS.
worth had found the yellow sreak
After dianer be told his wife about O.
Fl saw friend 81 yours today be
said.
'Whol7 she asked.
I'D Grldley. He asked about you.
Mrs. Ellsworth flashed him. an So.
quirinE glance cut OF the corner OF her
eye she had never told Ellsworth
that she had been engaged 70 Gridiey.
and she wondered bow much be knew
OF that arrested romance.
"Oh. yes. she said "Mr Gndloy
and ! are old friends But ] did not
know you were acquainted with him
How 90 you Ike him"
mot very well" said Ellsworth. y
think Be Is cad.
"Lhat is strange" she said. he
never impressed me su#
THAT IS because you 40 not know
him as men know him. just wait tin
you hear what he told me this after
noon. ana you viii change your mind
He told me a funny thing that hap.
pened three years ago. when he was
courilng some girl up in the country
somewhere. He did not mention the
exact locality. and I forgot to ask. but
Il doesn't matter anyway. be and
the girl were pretty sweet on each
other, and one evening when they
we're out driving they made up their
minds 70 get married. They we're then
several miles from the hotel where the
party was staying. Abult halfway be-
tween the village and the point In
the road where they happened TO be
when the matrimonial notion strack
them was q parsonage occupied by a
young Baptist peacher. and they de-
cided 70 stop there on their way back
20 the hotel and set him 70 perform
the ceremony.
They were in a hired rig The
horse was big. iong-tailed bay that
was noted for his peaceful disposition.
A woman could drive him. Although
Cridiey and the big bay had been on
several jaunts together they had never
got very vel acquainted. so when
Grldlcy IN his anxiety 70 reach the
parsonage in good time on that par
tcular evening. touched the whip light