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1 love. but what he gives me? Now that
pect this, I happy? ghost always look
his shoulder"
She was a woman of sound practical sense. and had
no intention of risking happiness b. falling vic
tim to her gfnation. She pressed
ton and letter former lover-a friendly
letter without sentimental allusion. asking for
of him. The sight OF the handwriting that had
thrilled her. well of his reply. would
at least bring her to sort of mental climax.
Moreover. he might be dead. 1t might be spiritual
influence that had handled her imagination She was
not superstitious she merely wise
enough that she nothing. and that it
folly to dsbelieve anything.
Hedworth did not return for three weeks. During
that time it seemed to her that her brain
phitheatre In which the two constantly
wrestling. She without the other When
Hedworth mastered for the moment she reminded
that he merely playing familiar her
soulkeys She felt for the who had first touched
keys persistent tenderness. during
days watched restlessy letter. she felt
desire whatever to him again. Hedworth she
longed increasingly.
Hedworth returned. The other vanished
She announced the engage nent. They had been
invited to the houses for the autumn Necessarily
they little of each other planned to meet in
the Iess-frequented rooms and in the woods At first
they enjoyed this experience; but when they
found themselves in large party that seemed to
every of the house and grounds at once.
and two days had passed without interview of five
minutes duration, He'd forth walked up to her-she
alone for the moment-and said:
-Four today marry"
gave little gasp. but made protest
Il have enough of dawdling and sentimental
izing We will at your place in Sussex on the
second of October"
Very well,' she said.
Shortly after she to Paris to confer with the
talent that should enhance her loneliness then paid
Mrs. Hedworth visit in Switzerland Hedworth met
her there, and his mother little Other guests
Edith returned to England alone. Hedworth to
follow a the end OF the week, and spend the few
naming days of his bachelOrhood at the house of
friend whose estate adjoined the Lady Carnath
had bought not long after her husbands death
Several days after return she was sitting at
her dressing table, when letter handed
ing the Washington postmark. Her maid devsing
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gustingly handsome girls without hearts
Nevertheless. Lady Carnath, who had her
weeds but year. permitted Butler Hedworth to
her attentions pronounced that her world
mildly betting his possible acceptance husband
It argued that during the life of Lord
Carnath his wife's demeanor had beer above comment
but cynic remarked had all sorts of odd
ideals and widely quoted
Edith Ingoldsby bought her Earl and paid
high price him; nevertheless she had liked him
better than any but that she had known.
and they had been the best of friends When she met
him she in the agones OF her only passion. and
had clutched the first opportunity bury alive the
love that destroying her beauty and her interest
in life.
- The passion had fingered for time then gone the
all passions unfed by a monotonous environ
ment and leisure. She found 1T very inter-
esting 20 be English countess For while she had
the impression of playing part in modern historical
drama, but before long she realized with true Ameri-
can adapabity that her life was but the living
chapters of book whose earlier parts had been serial
instalments Of retiring memory. Her great wealth.
her beauty, her piquant, dashiDg, thoroughbred man
her husbands popularity and title created for her
position that would have closed any wound not rri
tated by domestic unhappness this canker
not in her rose. When Carnath died she mourned him
sincerely, but not too profoundly to anticipate pleas
urably the end Of the weeded year. When she met
Hedworth she fancy and of heart
IL she had but stepped from a convent.
Yes was in loye once" she admitted to him one
evening they sat alone She blushed she tripped
at the WORD before. Hedworth had made no declara-
yet; they playing with electricity
and content with sparks. AT least, 1 thought
An girls have their love freaks several-wen
. j in teens This seemed serious the
!, grande passion-because there was an obstacle: he
was married If he had been free if there been
barrier between myself and what wanted, think
IT would have been quite different You see
my own long that the situation, combined. o
course the hmself-wh1 was very mag
netic-fascinated me. and let myself CO. what
It would be like TO long for something I could
have. suppose it was my Imagination that was at
work principally; but 1 ended by believing myself
frantically, in love with
IIadworth stood up paused and leaned
against the mantel, looking down her They were
m her boudor. yellow satin that looked like
Arge jewel casket Lady Carnath's long slender
POUND figure betrayed its PROJECTIONS in a gown of
}iack chiffon: her white and arms and in her
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very clever MOBILIZE the tenacity
strength indicated in the lower part
of his face the powerful yet supple build Of
the
We'll. what?"
What of a this johnny"
oh am not good at describing people
quite different from you-much lighter"
'I don't what he like. only
looks to who is in love with him she
imagines he looks. Was he love with your
Eyes, of course he was"
Did he tell you
The delicate red in Lady Carnaths dark cheek
deepened. yes. He did"
Did you tell him that loved him?"
What did he do?"
81 don't know that you any right to be so
Did he kiss you?"
YES he did. if you know We had a ire
mendous scene. went into high tragics and 1 sup
pose, bored the poor dreadfully."
He much more matter-of-fact, 1 suppose?"
"Yes-he
Where did take placer"
I'm the drawing room afternoon when he had
walked home with a
What happened the next time met hm?"
II never him again--that is alone"
Hedworths face and tone changed suddenly. Both
softened why not?
She head from the back of the sofa and
lifted her chin defantly 81 old dare-if you will
know Carnath along shortly after and 1 took
him as he offered himself Why do you look
pleased? The bad as the other only in
the course took there scandal"
Which is the point Scandal and snubs and vulgar
insinuation in print and out of it would
allied you How do you feel toward this man now?
If he were free and you would you marry
him?"
She shook her head, and looked up at him smiling
and blushing again. HE is to me than one
OF the book heroes used to fancy myself n love
with"
why didn't he get divorce marry YOU?
thought any could get divorce the States"
You English people know much about the
United States You are willing TO believe anything
and to know nothing really think you feel that
dignity would be compromised if you knew as
much about America as know about Europe Your
attitude is like that people to new invention
which is teo remarkable for their powers appreca-
ton, so they take refuge in disdain"
He smiled. he always did patriotism
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black hair many diamonds; she had dressed for
the opera, then given the evening to Hedworth Her
dark face delicatey modelled; the mouth and chin
very firm, but the lips full and red. The
eyes in repose a trife langud. in animation
mutable brilliant The brows finely penciled.
and the hair. brushed back from low fore
head added to the general distinction of her appear
Hedworth studied her face he had studied it
many times.
"Wel?" he asked. He had abrupt voice.
gestive temper, and the naughty bearing which is
the chief attraction of Engshmen for American wom-
His face well chiseled the average of
his kind lacked the national repose. The eyes
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,OPLE were beginning to
wonder if an American,
having captured a title
ana worn 1t for five
years, would renounce 1t
for mere good looks and
brs>ys; in other words. IL
IeSay Carnath, formerly
Miss Edith Ingoldsby, of
Washington, and still
earlier-before her father
had found leisure TO
crown a triumphant finan-
cial career with the pa
triotic labors of a United
States Senator-of Boone,
Iowa, would marry Butler
Hedworth. NJ. p. a gen.
tIeman Of some fortune
and irreproachable line
age. who had already
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sra Dear Lacy carnath-I have been Canada all
heT ebs at !. the Metropolitan Thanks well Life
But you memory ITO he thankful for. and
through Tow 70 1rgf 9q glad S to learn
were well and happy I wish 1 may never hear
Tnen followed several pages of of her old
friends.
Poor fellow" thought Edith with sigh. but
oouot II any woman circumstances would ever
make like that happy There are those wretch
ed people, and not half dressedr
Nevertheless. he again took his stand in her brain
and elbowed Observation-Disclosures concrete part was still
detained in Switzerland She did answer the let
ter at once; it easy letter to answer But
1t haunted her. and finally she down at her desk
and bit the end of her penholder
She sat staring before her. the n complete
possession And gradually color left her face If
TINS old love- which her mind and corporea
lied. refused abdicate any right to marry
Hedworth? Now that she had unlocked this ghost,
might not she find 1t her side whenever her hus-
band absent reminding her that she was sort
of mental bigamist? Carnath had part in her
dilemma; she barely recalled his episode
She was as positive when the past
unrolled itself that she had wish to the FIRST
man again: that did he stand before her his power
would vanish. He was back number fatal posi-
ton to occupy in the imagination of world
living woman
us it all that he awakened made known to me,
represented that arises in resentment? Or that
mate? The mind and body perhaps obey the demand
for companionship again. The in its loneliness
endeavors to accompany these comrades. but finds
itself linked to the of past Probably when
a woman marries does not love- the soul.
having no demand made ~oon it, abstracts itself.
sleeps. 1t is when mate whom it might wholly
have given itself appears that in its isolation and
desolation, it clamors for welded part"
Her teeth indented the nib of her penhoder. WAS
ever woman In such predicament before? So IL
customary and yet ridiculousy actuali Shall send
Hedworth away and sit down with this phantom
through life? understand that get their
happiness out of just that OF thing Then when
L forget Hedworth would I forget him? passion
needed to set the soul free? Until Fedworth made
feel awakened womanhood personfed, 1 had
thought of this for years during
year of mourning, when rather bored. What
am to do? can't fling my life away. I am not
morbid idiot. But can't marry if what
feel for him is simply the galvanizng of a corpse.
HedwOrth ought be taken i'll despaired
Of That is the things would work
novel"
Her face grew whittier still. She experienced
another mental shock. For she realized
that woman could suffer suffered
five years That. at least all other mans
Her capacity for pain had bee. blunted thirds
hausted If Hedworth left her, died might regret
abandon of grief, racking ever sense, that
within her raved shrfeked resolved itself into a
finger Of fire. which wrote Hedwortns inferior posi-
ton
What shall What Shall [ doe' She dipped
the into the ink and the paper At least
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made himself known the moor oi 'he iiou'0'
but was not so much heir-presumptive TO a ute
many American maidens had placdly stood py
while their mamras arranged marriage between
goldbanked the mpecunous scion of an
historical English when forced to admit
wen-bred found belief that these dis
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a coiffure. and she grumbling the result.
She glanced at the handwriting. pushed the letter
aside and commanded the maid o her hair
in the simple fashion that suited her best After the
woman had fixed the last pin. Edith critically
ined her profile in the triple mirror then thrust
thin little foot be Invested of its mule
a slipper that had arrived that morning from Paris
she expected people to While the maid
her knees Edith bethought herself OF the letter.
read it:
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for the moment she could write friendly to this
man. convey tactful sympathy little good would
him. The letter answered.
She heard step the gravel beneath her open
window. She sprang her feet. the blood rushing
hair. She the window and leaned out, smil-
ing and trembling. Hedworths eyes flashed upward to
She it be admitted product of that
unduating alluring plain call the world"
live alone.
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Crowned With One Crest
: By GERTRUDE ATHERTON

AUTHOR
Copyright Hp&
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OCTOBER "A, 1906.

Dear Lazy Carnath-I have been Canada all
summer No letters were forwarded. 1 find yours
here at the Metropolitan. Thanks am we'll Life
Is the same with me. eat and drink and wither.
0ut you are memory ITO Dv thankful for and
nave never tried TO forget YOU glad to learn
through Tower. whom met in Montreal, that you
We're Wei and happy l wish 1 may never hear
otherwise
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-07

Charles Carpenter has been succeed
ed as federal jailer by Van Alternately,
brother Of United States Marshal John
Ahernathy. Carpenter left last even
ing for Colorado where he will spend
several weeks. While no official in
formation was given out, it is under
stood that the. government has decided
to change the system of feeding the
prisoners in the Jail and hereafter the
United States marshal will be held
accountable for the cost of supplying
the prisoners with food. Since the Jail
was established here the contract has
been let to the federal jailer to furnish
the prisoners with meals. The iailer's
salary is only s75 per month. With the
food contract thep osition is quite
lucrative. When the government
abolished this system Carpenter i'm
mediately resigned. Van Abernathy
lis now in charge ana If the depart
ment at washington upholds the
recommendation he will continue IL
the position.
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Fiddle BoU in Cow's Leg.

Sioux Falls. S. Do. X. stablein. a
prominent business man Of Alexan-
dria. is the owner Of COW which
seems 60 have a penchant for fiddle
bowE as an article OF diet
Stablein purchased the animal about
three months ago. The COW was a
fine one and he was well satisfied with
his purchase with the exception that
occasionally the animal would have a
sort of iit About two weeks ago the
COW refused to eat and a veterinarian
was called upon to prescribe for II.
He did SO. and the animal apparently
recovered and 1t seemed to be as well
as usual However. the other day a
small bunch was noticed on the cows
chest just back OF the front legs. Dr.
McMaster was again called and de
cided to perform an operation for the
removal OF the bunch"
He had not proceeded far when ne
encountered a hard substance. Be
lieving the hard substance to be a
silver Of wood the veterinarian took
hold Of II with a pair Of tweezers and
&C nmeneed TO pull. To his great sur
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kitchen. But the hunting was poor,
mighty poor. At the end of an hour
Matto had succeeded In annexing one
squashed and attenuated fly.
"Oh, myl" half sobbed the woman.
"That never will do. Bill likes only
fat ones. Here So saying. she
wrote Matto note. directing him
to take it to McGlatchies saloon and
give 1t to Jerry Sullivan, barkeeper.
Please let bearer catch some
fiies," the note read.
Aided by Sullivan, Matto scooped
up a handful OF boozy flies that had
slipped deeply and free Of the beer
on the bar and had lost the use OF
their wings.
"Mercyl" shrieked the woman
when Matto showed his spoil with a
commendable degree Of pride. "Bill
never could eat those drunken flies
They We're fattened on beer, and Bill
is so delicate. Besides, he is sick"
$50 am /, retorted Matto. Il quit
] amt piece of Tanglefoot. Ca+cl
your own flies. What is Bill-s
bird?"
NO; he's my pet lizard" explained
the lady.
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a step ladder. You can use that
Don't catch EN- on the glassware or
on the plate rack. Get 'em on the
walls or ceiling or table, but be care
ful not to scratch the mahogany, be-
cause had It polished last week"
For an hour No. Sos labored. He
broke only one tumbler and couple
OF china things that he afterwards
indefinitely described as "dingbats." "
The hunting was poor, or he was a
poor hunter. Probably the latter, FOR
he hadn't the lust Of the chase in his
heart.
Incidentally his employer got on
his nerves. Everybody knows Just
exactly the spirit OF brotherly love
that pervades the bosom OF a man
playing a big fish who is forced to
listen 20 the advice OF an unlocking
pal 1t was 50 with 600.
He whipped the dining.room from
buffers pantry to sideboard. cast over
every foot Of the hall, stalked the
stairs and lay in ambush in the
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But the Young Hunter Has Hard Luck
--His captives Too Thin or Too
Booty for Fastidious Bill,
Pet Lizard.

New York.--A. ID. T. No. 609--in
private life John Matte. aged 16--re-
ported to his manager the other day
in a rebellious mood.
Another job like that, and I'm
quittin'' was his ultImatum- Matto
probably will resign anyway in con
sequence Of the joshing Of his asso-
ciates.
The afternoon before the accom-
panying adventure occurred John
was killing time-and Indians in his
mind--in the amateur lunatic asylum
where the Mercurys wait Tor the
CAL Of the Wild, Zing, went the
phone
Yep said the manager "Yep.
mum Sure. An active one. Sure,
lady
Here. 600," he bawled. "a lady up
in Fifth ayenoo. near One Hundred
and Twentyfourth, wants a live
young gazabo. Twenty-three."
Matto proceeded with due delib-
Grafton and finally arrived He was
greeted by an elderly woman who
went to the point.
Can you catch flies. young man?'
Cert, loidy." replied 6O9 I've
played left held in the Hungry
Mines for de last two years. and
ain't only made seven errors"
Young man. ] mean the household
iiy. the little buzzing insect Can you
catch that kindg"
'Loidy. | amt no spider web. butt"
IAN right. Then catch some for
me-
Gingerly following the woman, No.
60s wns conducted TO the dinlng-room-
There were lot. Of EN- In here
at breakfast time" said the woman
"See. there's one on that Delft plaque
now"
No. 600 started a swipe that boded
81 foe Mr.. Fly but his fist, descending
in a parabolic curve. was arrested by
his employer, who shrieked;
Say, boy, be careful. / wouldnl
have you break that for anything
Here's a sewing table that turns into
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-07
The GROWTH OF THE
WABASH SYSTEM


To provide for IT'S fast-growing busi-
ness. the Wabash Railroad has under
contract for delivery this year eighty
tSO) locomotives and six thousand (6,0ool
freight cars Large additions are being
made 10 it's terminals at chicago.st Louis
Kansas City. Omaha. Council Rluffs De-
troit. Toledo and Decatur. Three mann
moth freight houses have been completed
IN the past year, az 81. Louis. Chicago
and Pittsburg.
The final completion Of tho counec-
tion with the u. s. Steel Co.'S plant at
Pittshurg. puts the Wabash into the
heaviest tonnage producing district IN
the world.
Tids rad occupies a unique geo.
graphical position IA che railroad world
A that e operates mileage both east
and wcst OF the Mississippi river. FORM
Ing the short line between Bunalo, n.
~ and Kansas city Mo-. ard heing the
route selected 20 carry the fast mail he
tween these points; also unique IN
that II is the shortest lac between the
hig commercial cent,rs Of the country.
le.. Chicago ana Buffalo, chicago and
ST Louis. ST. Louis and Detroit {,
Louis and Kansas CITY. St. Louis and
Omaha. 81 Louis and Des Molnesi hav-
ing It's own rails IN the western cities
Of Kansas City Omahs Council Bluns,
Des Moines. 81. Louis and chieago, and
terminating IN the casiera stiles Of De-
troit. Toledo Buffalo. Cleveland. Pitts
burg and Wheeling.
It's main liseg are laid with S0-pound
steel rails throughout and the road Is
fully baiasted and thoroughly eSaippee
Every ttrouEh train has hieh class din-
ing ana ,s0a cars
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prise. instead OF the object proving
to be silver 4 was q fiddle bow just
% inches IN length.
How the bow got there is a mys.
terry, but DR.. McMasters gives it as
his opinion that the animal swallowed
t. es in small opening in the bow
was found particles of partially di-
gested hay and grass. The bow evil
IDENTIFY had forced an opening into the
stomach and gradually worked its
way to the spot where It was found.
The question now is. whore is the
fiddle to which the bow belonged? II
is thought that possibly the COW may
also have made a meal Of the fiddle.
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4 TERRITORY KILLING.

Ardmore /. r. Aug. 7-Louis Hill
gar was shot and killed yesterday near
Bradley by Bud Brown. who inn
mediately surrendered to the officers
Hilgar was renter on Browns farm.
The two men had had trouble before
Three shots each were exchanged by
the men, but all OF Hilgar's were wild