The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-02


ator Roberts Of Wisconsin. to Jefferson
Ryder son Of Nr John Bufkett Ryder.
Two persons In New York happened
TO see the item about the same time
and both were equally Interested, al
though il Affected them IN different
manner one was Shirley Rossmore,
who had Glanced to pick up the news.
paper at the breakfast table ia her
boarding house.
$50 soon?n she murmurcd to herself
Well, why not? She could not hlame
Jefferson He had often spoken 70 her
of this match arranged 10y his father
and they had laughed over Il ms a
typical marriage Of convenience mod
eied after the continental pattern. JEFF
ferson. she knew, had never cared for
the girl, nor taken the affair seriously
Some powerful influences must have
been at work TO make him surrcBder
so easily Here again she recognized
the mastery hand of Ryder senior. and
more than ever she was eager 80 w, ct
this extraordinary man aud measure
her strength with his. Her mind. in
deed, was too fun of her fathers trou.
bes TO grieve over her own however
much she might have been inclined to
10 so under other circumstances, and
all that day she did her best to ban
lsh the paragraph from her thoughts
More than week had passed since
she left Alassapoqua and. what with
corresponding with financiers. calling
on editors ana publishers, every mo
ment OF her time had been Kept busy
She had found quiet and reasonable
priced Boarding house or Washington
square. and here Sott bad called sev
eral times to see her. Her correspond
ence with Mr.. Ryder had now reached
a phase when it was impossible TO in
vent any further excuses Tor delaying
the Interview asked for As she had
foreseeu. a day or two after her arrly
al IN town she had received noto
from Mrs. Ryder asking her 70 do her
the honor TO call and see her, and shir
ley, after waiting another two days
had replied making an appointment for
the following day at 3 o'clock. This
was the same day on which the para
graph concerning the Ryder Roberts
engagement appeared In the society
chronicles of the metropolis.
Directly after the meager meal which
In New York boarding houses is digui
fled by the name Of luncheon Shirley
proceeded to get ready for this porten
tous visit to the Ryder mansion. she
was anxious to make a favorable inn
preston on the financler, 50 she took
some pains with her personal appear
ance
In about twenty minutes the car
stopped at the corner OF Seventy
street. Shirley descended and with a
quickened pulse walked toward the
Ryder mansion, which she knew well
by sight
There was one other person In New
York who that same morning had read
the newspaper item regarding the Ry
der-Roberts betrothal, and he did not
take the matter so calmly as Shirley
had done. On the contrary, IL had the
effect of putting him into a violent
rage. This was jefferson. He was
working in his studio wheh he read II
and Gve minutes later he was tearing
uptown to seek the author of it, lie
understood its object of course. They
wanted TO forco his hand. 10 shame
him into this marriage, TO so tptangle
him with the girl that no other alter
native would be possible to an honora-
bic man. II was Il despicable trick
and he had no doubt that his father
was at the back OF. IT, So his mind
now was fully made up. lie would 60
away at once where they could not
make his life a burden with this odious
marriage which was fast becoming q
nightmare 10 him. lie would close up
his studio and leave Immediately for
Europe. He would show his father
once for all that he was a uan and ex,
pected TO be treated as ore.
On arriving home the first person he
saw was the ubiquitous Mr.. Bagley.
who stood at the top OF the first stair
case giving some letters 10 the butler.
jefferson cornered him at once, hold
ing out the newspaper containing the
offending paragraph.
"Say, Bagley." he cried. "what does
this mean? Is this any OF you. dolngT'
The English secretary gave his em-
ployer's son naughty stare and then,
without deigning to reply or even to
glance at the newspaper, continued his
Instructions 20 the servant:
"Hero Jorkins, get stamps for all
these letters and see they are mailed at
once. They are very important"
VERY good. sir
The man took the letters nnd disap-
Deared, while Jefferson, impatient re-
peated his question:
"Afy doing?" sneered Mr. Bagley.
"Really. jefferson, you go too far. DO
You suppose for one instant that /
would condescend TO trouble myself
with your affairsT
jefferson was in no mood TO put up
with insolence from any one, especial
~ from a man whom be heartily de-
spised. 50. advancing mouacingiy, be
Numbered;
II mean Were you IN the discharge
OF your menial-llke duties Instructed
by my father 10 send that paragraph
IN fhp upuragauqrs reparlfna my uliau-