The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-17

bis hszrt beat klEA as Jessie franEiy
welcomed him
Uncer tze Ti-chzry CT ker rresszcs.
james Blake wondered mat ha had
hzsirarad frr -11e1t - risk rsa
Itself d ri1 Her What vas frzer B.
ship loyalty faMa or fortune IL ehe
F bzlzEcs E-tL dze zEiiH frcu TIE Eo--
an ke had learned So sl-zenly 10
loFe2 His Tkcle bei-g thrilled With
keeues- JOY zs be falr the fzlr- clzsp
Of her Had. and bis ears drank IL tae
needy e her voice
Papa vas saying az 1iansr thar the
market had taken z decided turn ana
tAat he thought Eaa wsad EN- this
evening said Jessie. -He felt 50 cer-
fzin of il that We postponed & theatar
party Fou are 70 be congratulated.
papa. On y0Lr intuition
4 am the one 70 be congrztuIate6.
said Blake, with a smile and 4 bow.
-ruI I should rrefzce ny self-fslIcita-
rio1s with an apology Tor TIE infer
Uality of M call II Gen. Carteu
VII stand sponsor fcr ny plea that
business exigauclss cover a multitude
Of social impr0priefies. may hope
Tor forgiveness. and. il forgiven.
warn you that I shan commit the o.
fanse again.
A delicate flush suEased Jessie's
face and Frightened the radiance Of
her eyes
Eou viii never become an outcast
by slch transgressiols. she laughed
Z viii leave sou and papa 10 your
business plottiugs Edith is here. ard
when you have ended your serious af-
fairs perhaps you viii Join rs and we
can have music OF cards.
Blske's face glowed with q pleasure.
40 formal words could conceal il
Our business viii be ended IN a
E'~5 "a be said. y know the gen
erai .-a- not forgotten the defeat We
administered to him the other even
ing. and As an old soldier / fancy he
is eager to wipe out his repuIse with
? victory"
He certainly is.r asserted Gen.
Garden. I'm so sure Of winning to
night that on behalf Of Edith chal-
leuge you and Jessie to a rubber of /
whist with a box tomorrow evening
for Booths production Of "A Fools
Revenge as a wageri"
Donet" exclaimed Blake.
7 warn you that papa generally I
wins when something is at stake"
said Jessie, but I1i d. the best 1 4
can. and hope for good luck to Offset /
my poor playing
she excused herself. and Blake and !
Gen. Garden pluns=J into stock tech
nicalities.
4 wished you to know the cause Of /
tO-day's advance in L. & o. ex-
planned Blake. For reasons you sur
mise. am picking up blocks Of this
stock It win 60 higher ro-morrow.
and then slump may follow. but you
need not worry whether it advances
1r declines. have the market under
control. From present indications
Tou win be called on to exercise your
1ption inside Of ten days
II have confidence in your iudg-
nent and you can rely on prompt ex-
scutiOn OF your instructions. said
cen. Garden. For twenty years
iave been identified with Wall street.
md understand its ethics. In this
you are the general You
will find me loyal aide
There was more talk. but since
blake had nothing Of importance to
.isclose. the conference soon ended.
Blake was triumphantly satisfied
nth his progress. He rightly inter-
reted Gen. Gardens suggestion Of a
heater party as tacit permission
b pay his addresses to Jessie Garden.
.ater in the evening. through a
hance remark by Miss Hancock. he
earned that they had declined a thea
ar invitation from Arthur Norris. He
% longer had the slightest fear Of
iorris. He felt sure Of the consent
nc even the support Of Gen. Garden
] his suit for the hand Of his daugh-
sr
The whist game was closely con
ssted. out as Jessie had predicted
he general and Edith won a hard
jught victory. and Blake agreed %
az the wager the evening following.
ITO be continued)