The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-09

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W W completely She threw her
self upon sofa aud burst
into a tit oC violent sohblng. After
ALL she was only a woman. and the
ordeal through which she had passed
w6ulG have taxed the strongest pow
,ers Of endurance. She had borne up
oouragcously while there remained the
faintcst chance that she might succeed
in moving the fnancier to pity. but
now that all hopes in that direction
were shattered and she herself bad
been ordered harshly from the honse
Ike any ordinary malefactor, the re-
action set in and she gave way freely
to her long pent-up anguish and dis
tress Nothing now could save her
father, not even this Journey TO Wash
ington which she determined to take
nevertheless: FOR, according to what
Stott had said. the senate was to take
a vote that very night.
She looked at the time-11 O'clock.
She had told Mr. Ryder that she would
leave his house at once. but on rehec-
tion 70 was impossible for girl alone
TO seek room at tmt hour II would
be midnight before she could get her
things packed. No, she would stay un-
der this hated roof until morning and
then take the first train 20 Washing
ton. There was still chance that the
vote might be DELAYED. IN which case
she might yet succeed Ia winning over
some of the senators. She began 20
gather her things together and was
thus engaged when she heard a knock
at her door.
"Who's thereT she called out.
'1ta =" replied familiar voice
shirley went TO the door nnd opening
it found Jefferson on the threshold.
lie made no attempt 10 enter. nor did
she invite him in. lie looked tired
and careworn.
"Of course, you're not going to-
nightG' be asked anxiously. "My fa-
ther ala not mean tonight
NO, Jcff she said wearily; mot to-
night It's a little too late | dld not
realize it. Tomorrow morning, early"
lie seemed reassured ana held out
his hand
Good aight. dearest You're a brave
girl. You made Il splendid fight"
ut didn't do much good she replied
in disheartened, listless way
''But It set him thinking reioined
Jefferson, mo one over spoke to my
father Ike that before. It did him
geod. He's stll marching up aud
down the library. chewing the cud"-
Noticing Shlrlcy's tired face and her
eyes, with great black circles under
meath. he stopped short
''Now, don't do any more packing 10
night Is said. eco 10 bed. ana IN the
morning III come up ana help you
Good nightw
Good night, jeff" she smiled.
lie went downstairs, aud after doing
some more packing she went TO bed.
But it was hours before she got to
sleep, and then she dreamed that she
was in the sennte chamber and that
she saw Ryder suddenly rise and de-
nounce himself before the astonlshed
senntors as perjurer gnd traitor TO
his country, while she returned 10 Mas
sapequa with the glad news that her
father was acquitted
Meantime a solitary figure remained
IN the library, pacing TO and fro like a
lost soul IN purgatory, Mrs Ryder
had returned from the play aud gone
10 bed, serenely obllviOus OF the drama
In real life that had been enacted at
home. The servants locked the house
for the night and stll John Burkett
Ryder walked the floor Of bis sanctum,
and late into the small hours OF the
morning the watchman going his lone
ly rounds saw "A light n the library
ana the restless figure Of his employer
sharply silhouetted against the white
blinds.
For the first time Ia his life John
Ryder realized that there was some
thing In the world beyond self lie
had seen wi,h his own eyes the sacri-
Zee a daughter win make FOR The ia
ther she loves, and he asked himself
what manner OF man that father
could be 20 inspire such devotion In ais
child He probed into his own heart
and conscience aud reviewed his past
career. He had been phenomenaliy
fuccessful, but be bod not been happy.
lie had more money than he knew
what to do with, but the pleasures Of
the domestic circle, which he saw 9th
er men enjoy. bad been denied TO bin.
Was he himself TO blamef Had his
1nsensate GROWING for gold and power
led him 70 neglect those other things
IN HE which contribute more truly TO
7 mans happinessf In other words, was
| his life a mistake? fes, II was true
what this girl charged-he had been
merciless and unserupulous in bis deaf
lngs with his fellow man. lt was true
/ that hardly "a dollar of his vast fortune
| bad been honestly earned II was .rne
/ that it had been wrung from The peo-
pie by fraud and tfckery. lie had
craved for power set NOW he had tast-
ed II, what hollow joy It was, after
an! The public hatcd and despised
him. Even his 80 called friends and
/ BUSINESS associate toaeied 10 him
merely because they feared him. And
this Judge this father he had perse-
/ cuted ana ruined what a better man
and citizen he wasl HOW much more
/ ,r-a,.fft- ~ a Il rfllfa love and Of tho. Cs-