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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11

sound on the soft turf told that
the horseman had alighted. The
bantling is of too good quality to
leave" he said good-naturedly. Catch
my bride. Oswin. Where is she
wounded?"
He made C quick step toward her.
then paused as suddenly, his chin
thrust out In listening. A gesture of
his hand imposed a sudden silence.
through which the sound became dis.
unct TO all ears-a trampling and
crashing In the brush beyond the
moonht open. AS they wheeled to
face It, shout came from that direc.
tion.
What no! Does the Lord of Ivars.
dale go there?"
He whom they had called the Ethel
Ing drew himself up alertly. II make
no answer to hedge-creepers. he said.
Come out where you can be SEEN"
Il am the messenger OF Edric of
Mercia. Misgreet me not. Before
cockcrow We shall be sworn brothers.
bear message to King Edmund"
The Etheling's anger leaped out like
flame; even in the starlight II could
be seen how his face crimsoned.
mo, as God lives!" he answered
swiftly. 1T is not to Edmund alone
that the Gamer is loathful. Should he
pass the Kings sword. hundred
blades wait for him. mine among
them. Seek what he may seek, he
shall not have peace of us. Take
Yourself out Of reach IL you would
not be sped with arrows"
A jeering laugh was the only answer
but the tramping Of hoofs suggested
that his advice was being taken.
When the sound had faded quite
away, the Lord of Ivarsdale breathed
out the rest of his resentment In q
hearty imprecation, and. turning,
came on his patient. With a touch as
gentle as It was strong. he put aside
her resisting hands and began swiftly
to cut away the blood-stiffened hose.
Darkness closed around Randalin
again, darkness shot with zigzag light
nings OF pain, and throbbing with pitt.
full means.
She came TO herself to ind that
soldiers were lifting her up 10 the
horsemsn. where he sat again in his
saddle. She recognized the square
ness of his shoulders: and she knew
the gentleness OF his touch as ne
slipped his free arm around her and
drew her carefully into place. making
OF his stalwart body q support for her
weakness. No strength was in her to
struggle against him; only her wide
bright eyes sought his. with the terror
OF a shared bird.
Meeting the look and understanding
small part OF its question, be said in
q reassuring word In his pleasant low.
pitched voice: BE OF good cheer.
youngling; there is no thought of eat.
ing you. will bring you to a cup OF
wine before moonrise. IL you hold
fast"
II Is doubtful II the girl SO much As
heard him. Her eyes were passing
from feature 70 feature of his face. as
the stars revealed Il above her-from
the broad. comely brow TO the square
young chin. from the cisan-cut hne-
tempered mouth TO tho clear. rrue
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
EARLY LESSON IN THRIFT.
Brooklyn Men Even Take Their
Babies TO Bank.

mCn CVCU axe nCiT
Babies 10 Bank.
The other day a man entered a
Brooklyn bank carrying in one hand
a deposit book and closely clasped in
his other arm was a baby that was
perhaps ten or twelve months old. The
age may not be exact, but at any rate
the young one was old enough to sit
up and look around. as if it was con-
sciously taking in the sights and
sounds of a new world.
Going up to one of those projecting
shelves which are placed against the
walls in some banks for the conven-
ience of patrons who prefer TO stand
up while writing, the man placed the
baby on the sloping surface, and as a
precaution against sliding off. which
it showed every indication OF doing,
the man rut a brake against the
threatened movement of the mass of
baby draperies by placing his arm in
front of the baby.
Then he proceeded to fill out de-
posit check, and when that was ac-
complished he again took the baby in
his arm, and, going up to the tellers
window. handed in his book, and when
the entry had been made he received
the book again, and. placing 1t in his
pocket, walked out of the bank, the
baby still staring everybody out of
countenance with the utmost cool
ness.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Woke Up the Flagman

for the men. and one apart from it
for Marcus Smith. The surveyors
were about to demand an explanation
from their chief, dangerous as it
would have been, when the missing
fiagman crawled out of the brush and
into the tent.
Il went to Sleep" he confessed,
and was awakened by a great big
paw-like hand cutting me vigorously.
| scrambled up and started to run.
Marcus came after me. | grabbed
a stick when he gained ON me and
managed to trip him up. Then he
started to shoot and | made for the
bush faster than ever"
The man was greatly troubled
about his future course. His fellows
advised me to turn out with the crew
in the morning, as though nothing
had happened. He remembered the
revolver shots and thought it was
taking long chances, but finally de-
cided to risk 1t. The crusty old sur
veyor did not refer to it in any way,
and as the fiagman kept awake there
were no more flying shots.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11

The recent renewal of discussion of
the Grand Trunk Pacific project for
second railroad across the Dominion
of Canada reminded a railroad man
the other day of this story of Marcus
Smith
He made a survey of the route
which the new road proposes to follow
when the Canadian Pacific was pro-
jected. The party under Smith was
running lines one sleepy Indian sum-
mer day on the headwaters of the Sas-
katchewan river. When he wanted to
take sight of the rear flag he dis
covered that 1t was being held in line
All sorts of signals were tried. but the
attention of the fiagman could not be
attracted.
Finally Smith jumped into a buck
board and drove back over the line.
Presently the others of the party
heard half a dozen revolver shots.
Then Smith came back alone and
with never a word of explanation.
Hours passed, but the fiagman did
not appear. They made camp. tent
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Children Still.

We seek no more daily prize,
Nor triumph in our dreams,
So changed the luster of the skies,
SO faint and few the CLEANS.
Yet comes anew, when others play,
That unforgotten thrill
And are we dull and old to-day,
Or only children still?
We loved the battle Cnce, but now
We are not overbold,
There's wisdom on the weary brow,
And In our hearts the cold.
Yet In the light of eager eyes
We lose the wintry chill.
And then we are not overwise,
But simple children still
The visions of our glorious youth
Have faded long ago;
We hope no more to find the truth,
And should we care to know?
Not ours to scale the viewless height,
But there's a purple hill.
And still we gladden. at the sight
And climb as children still.
How much of all the good we planned
Is perfect or begun?
Who watched the lifting of Gods hand,
And waits for his well done"
But when the children whom we love
The good we missed fulfill.
Thank God our hearts prevail to prove
The hearts OF children still
Hugh Macnaughton. in London Satur-
day Review
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Carried Away Their Dinners.

John Barrymore was missing when
the "half-hour calr' was given at
New York theater the other evening.
As time drew on for the rise of the
curtain, the stage manager grew nerv-
Gus, for in "The Dictator" Mr.. Barry.
more is first on the stage. When he
did appear. carrying a parcel done up
in napkin, he told how 1t happened.
Ethel and | wont to Soand-so's foe
dinnes.' he said. 'Phe thioS.headsd
Dutchman that waited on US was
slow. and just as we were leaving In
he came with the steak. gave Ethel
half. and brought the rest with ma"
And, opening his parcel. he showed
half a sirloin steak and couple OF
baked potatoes, which he proceeded
to eat while he was dressing. Miss
barrymore at another city theater IL
supposed TO have eaten her dinner In
the same unconventional fashion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11

Nor was he mistaken, within spear
throw the mighty frame of the Iron
side lowered above his struggling
guard. AS he barred his head. they
could even distinguish his face With
its large elegantly formed features
and Etholred's prominent chin. Bran
dishing his sword. shouting words Of
reinsurance. exposing his person with
out a thought OF the darts aimed ct
him, ne was making heroic effort
to check the rush Of his panic-stricken
host.
Raadalin stared about her. doubling
rer senses. But light had begun to
dawn on Canute. He wheeled sharply.
as Thorkel pushed his horse to their
sides.
Whose head was that?" he do.
manded.
Thorkel's face was lineless mask.
81 believe his name was Osmaer," he
answered without emotion. 1T was
unheard-of good fortune that he
should be so like Edmund In looks" 4"
The young kings face was suffused
with bitterness. Good fortune! he
cried sharply Good fortune! Am |
a fool or a coward that am never
to win except by craft or good for
tune? Had you let me alone"
But what else he said Randalin
never knew. Some unseen obstacle
turned in their direction the stream of
rushing horsemen. In an instant the
torrent had caught them In its whirl-
ing eddies, and they were so many
separate atoms borne along on the
flood. To hold back was TO be thrown
down; TO fall was to be trampled into
rags. The battle had changed into a
hunt.
laundering hoof-beats. crashing
blows. shrieks and groans and falling
bodies--a sense of being caught in a
wolf pack took possession OF the girl:
and the feeling grew with every side
long glance she had of the savage.
sweating. dust-grimed faces, in their
jungles of blood-clotted hair. The bat
tle-madness was upon them, and they
were no longer men, but beasts Of
prey. Amid the chaos of her mind. n
new idea shaped itself like a new
world. II she could but work her way
TO the edge of the herd. she might es-
cane down one OF those green aislss
opening before them.
A little opening showed on her
risat. Though she could not see the
ground ktfsSe her, she took the risk
and swung her horse iRto me breach.
His forefeet came down upon the 5ody
OF fallen man. but IL was too .ate to
draw bacS. rSe man turned over with
a yell. and used his one unbroken arm
TO thrust upward his broken sword.
The blade cur her leg 60 the bone.
and she shrieked with pain: but her
startled horse had no thought OF stop
ping. Making his way with plunges
and leaps. he carried her out OF the
press sooner than she could have guild
ed him out. Once on the edge. he
broke into a run The agony OF the
shaken wound was unbearable. Shrek
ing and moaning. she twisted her
hands In the lines and tried TO stop
him. But her strength was ebbinE
from her with her blood. BY and BY
she dropped the rein altogether and
clung 10 tbs saddie-bov.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
A Financial Case.

He was small boy" said the
clerk in down town bank. telling the
story. but he was trying to learn.
How do you get money on checks,
pieaseT he asked the biggest bank
porter who stood outside the parti.
tion.
Why, you Just write your name
on the back and give them to that
fellow over there expounded the por-
ter, indicating the paying teller.
The youngster solemnly scrawled
his name on the back of a dozen
checks and took them over to the
paying teller's window. They were
checks drawn by that boys father
and two other male relatives In favor
OF different people. and the youngster
was much chagrined when he didn't
get the money.
al was going to take it and run
away to sea, he told us afterward. in.
genuously."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
CHAPTER v.--continued.

For such stroke there was no
parry. Canute threw his shield be-
fore him. but the blade cleft wood and
iron and golden plating like parch-
ment, and falling on the horses neck.
bit n tothe bone. Rearing and plung-
ing With pain, the animal crashed into
those behind him. missed his footing
and fell. entangling his rider in the
trappfngs. Bending over him, the
lronslde struck again.
But the son Of Lodbrok had still
hissleft arm. Bearing his shield Il
shot out over the body OF his king.
The falling brand bit this screen also.
and Topped of the hand that held IL.
butethe respite wac sufficient. In a
hash Canute was on his feet, both
hands grasping the hilt Of his high
flung sword.
1t was a mighty blow, but II fell
harmless. A sudden surge in the tide
of struggling bodies swept the Iron.
sides out of reach and engulfed him
in whirlpool Of Danish swords. He
laid about him like mad. and was like
10 have cleared passage back, when
a second wave carried him completely
from view.
Canute cursed at the anxious faces
that surrounded him. What means IL.
this swaying? Who are fying?"
The Englishl" beloved Rothgar
'The English are fying-Edmund'
headl Yonder!"
Frode's daughter had Viking blood.
but she hid her face with cry. There
1t was, high upon a spear-point, drip
ping, ghastly Could the sun shine
upon such a thing?
To stare before him. Rothgar lot
the blood pour unheeded from his
wounded arm. "Yonder Edmund rides
now!" he gasped. you can tell him
by his size Yonder! Now he is
tearing off his helmet"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Chiyalry Not Yet Dead

Well, then, take ten of your papers,
quick, spread .'em out from here to
the car tracks. Get busy, now!"
When the car turned up he turned to
the girl, who hadn't quite comprehend
ed what this was all about, and, with
little gesture of his head that ives
not at all displeasing. even If It was a.
bit dramatic, bowed her to the path
way.
"oh, Dick, you foolish boy." she ex-
claimed.
But she blushed and smiled as
proudly as ever a queen on Raleigh's
cloak as she made her way to the car.
Absurd" said an angular shopper
with spectacles.
How lovely." said pretty young
woman.
"Hully gee!" said the boy.-Phila-
delphia Press,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
NOT EQUAL TO POSITION,
Groom Of the Feather Cloak" Fell,
from Grace


from Grace.
When King Kalakaua Of Hawaii Wis.
tied Japan twenty years ago he was
very anxious to exhibit to the jana
nese his famous royal feather cloak.
1t did not look well draped over the
regular costume of the king, which
was based on European military mod
els. 1t was out of the question to
wear II draped over brown cuticle.
as was the ancient fashion. Finally
IT was decided to let Robert, one of
his attendants, wear it. William N.
Armstrong, the kings attorney-geIer.
al, says: This additional service de-
lighted Robert, who now, according to
a confidential statement made to his
Japanese attendant, was keeper of
the royal standard, groom Of the
feather cloak and valet in ordinary
While In the imperial car, on the way
to Tokyo, the kings suite had sud
denly seen Robert. sitting IN state In
the luggage car, dressed in a silk hat.
white gloves and with the gorgeous
royal cloak hanging over his should.
ers, the tableau being completed bs a
group of Japanese attendants who
were standing before him, lost in ad.
miration.' But Robert was scarcely
equal to the dignity that was his. In
his capacity OF valet ne preceded the
party to the palace assigned to them.
aad discovered there abundance of
wines and spirits, which he consumed
until they arrived. He was found
asleep in the kings bed chamber, with
the silk hat far down over his head
and the gorgeous cloak askew on his
shoulders. He was at once deposed
from his office of groom of the feath.
er cloak"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11

A tall, straight young man and
girl who looked as though she had just
stepped out of a love-story illustration
in a magazine stood together under
the canopy in front of the Reading
Terminal after the rain had stopped
late Thursday afternoon. They were
waiting for a car. he idly watching the
crowd pick its way over the wet street,
she gazing with little frown at the
muddy crossing.
'Extry poiper! Extry, mister?"
shouted a ragamuffin of a newsboy,
holding out an early evening edition to
the young man.
mo, kid, ! guess not" said he, smil-
ing. Then-"Hold on minute, son;
are you too busy right row TO stop
and earn a quarter?"
Sure amt; what dye t'ink am?"
came the answer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
A ooLp.LINsp DEATH VALLEY.
philippine Waste, Guarded by Death
DEALING Gases

Dealing Gases.
There is Death valley in the Phil
ippines as well as In the United
States. II Is situated In the island of
Mindanao and although for many
years IL has been known to contain
large quantities Of gold the treasure
has been lying unclaimed because of
the refusal Of the natives to go after
II. At last this famed and feared
valley has been compelled to give up
the rich treasure which for ages It has
successfully guarded by fits pail of
death-dealing gases. This valley. which
true to its name, has dealt death to
many yenturesome searcher for the
precious metal. is located in the
mountain Businesses of the island and
according to the theories of the scien.
lists 1t is the crater of what was
once a great and violent volcano. Vol
canic gases of a most poisonous ma
ture still rise from the depths Of the
valley and hang over 1t like a pail,
never passing away, and many natives
who have attempted to go down into
the valley from the mountains say
that never before has any man who
ventured into its unknown depths re-
turned to tell of its secrets. The dis
tance across the valley is only few
miles, but the bottom of It is constant
ly concealed from view by the dense
cloud of poisonous vapor overhanging
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Vicar and Workman,

The vicar of a colliery district in
Leicestershire. England. has Just ac-
complished the remarkable feat of re-
storing. mainly by mis- own manual
labor, his dilapidated church. Since
February, 1901. the vicar has labored
as workman all the week and preach
ed to his people on the Sundays. He
has worked at the church almost
alone, the only assistance being a few
days by one man.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Grave of Samuel Adams

Fain would he hear which faction rules,
What men precede I'm town and state,
And II We guard oui public schools,
And keep our courts inViolate.
He whispers. I'VE for Freedom fought.
Have you the love of Freedom still?
Has Wealth not pauperiz'd your thought.
Nor fower bred wolhsh willg
You hurry by-what errands cali?
Service to heart, or head. or purse?
Shed you freeman's boon on all,
Or shape a subtler tyrants curse?
We Numbered but little clan
Beside your million-teeming press.
Yet wrought the general good OF Man
Woe be your need, In you do lessl"
w. r. Thayer In the Atlantic.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
penounees Khaki Uniforms.

Mayor Jameson said in the British
parliament the other day that the
sudden resort TO khaki uniforms was
''senseless craze" Because the
Beers wore khaki and slouch hats the
whole army was slapped into similar
costume. II the Zulus had beaten it,
the army would have gone about in
feathers and paint. Three streaks of
paint and an ostrich feather would
have been the uniform of a field mar
shah
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
BrotherIy Criticism.

Zoltan Doehme, Nine. Nordica's hus-
band. has an amusing way of putting
things. On one occasion he was speak
ing of the vocalization of the we'll
known singer Van Dyck. and profes-
sional leniency vanished in the criti-
cal sarcasm: with mos tenors, they
sing along a false note. an you say,
'Oh!' Mr.. Doehme frowned and
WINGED. But with Mr.. Van Deeck he
sing along. an sing along, an once in
while he strike true note, an you
say, Obi" And Mr.. Doehme's smile
of pleased surprise called forth a
round of laughter
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
France and oId.Aoe Pensions.

The British consul at Calais tells,
in his annual report. of an effort to
deal with old-age pensions. Twenty
three years ago M. Chatelus formed
society, the rules of membership be-
ing monthly payment of franc. all
the funds to be invested, and at the
end of twenty years the interest on
capital to be equally divided among
members, and in each succeeding year
those who had been members for
twenty years to receive their equal
share of this interest. The present
rate of pension is e14 IS. per year.
The membership now stands at 347,-
951, with a capital of over a million
and a half pounds.-London Answers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11

They knew the patriot rebels soul,
Who set his grave upon the verge
OF Boston's busy street. where roll
The vans OF traffic and the surge
OF hasting footsteps: not for him
A cedar'd churchyard's blank repose.
Nor tomb in some cathedral dim
Where no bird flies nor free wind
blows
Sam Adams never aEk'd TO rest;
cannot think he slumbers here,
But watches with untaded zest
The stream rush on and disappear;
He longs 10 rise and join the strife,
AS In the seasons when his breath
Kindled a nation into life:
He scorns the palsylng sloth of death.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Romance Of the Danish Go

They reached the wood at last. cool
and sweet. and hushed In holy peace
The frantic horse plunged into one of
the arching lanes. and the dir OF the
hunt dies behind her; silence fell like
a curtain at their heels; even the thud-
ding hoof-beats were sof;ened on the
leafy ground. Randalin lay along the
horses neck now. and her senses had
begun to slip away from her like the
tide from the shore. Somewhere,
there was the soft thud Of a falling
body; then the cool greenness closed
around her and held her tenderly.
crumped leaf that the whirlwind had
dropped from it's sport.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
python on the aNest. .

At the geological gardens. Manchss-
ter. Enslaua. python laid afty eggs
over the heat inlet OF her cage and Il
now incubatinE. being cooled about
thsEn TIE eggs. which are shsll-,sas.
are about the sise OF 9 turkeys. are
dirty white In color and N texture
like rarehmenl
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11

sir" the boy gasped. "a gentleman 10
waiting for you at the chambers with q
brief. He can't get out. sir. I've,
locked him in" Together the barris-
ter and the boy hurried back to the
chambers and the gentleman with ..
brief. who was amused At his capture.
afterward became = most valuable
client
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
Had the Client safe.

A leading London lawyer says that
when he was brieiess barrister he
went one afternoon 20 read in the In
ner Temple library. He had not been
there long when his email errand boy
appeared. greatly excited and breath
less from running. IF you please,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-11
China No, oxsrcnoxxd.d

A recent census OF China shows that
that country. crowded with "teeming
millions" has a population Of l03 to
the square mile. Belgium has 220 to
the square mile. Great Britain $50,
and Germany I0s.