The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-29

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ten Lad hz tie e-t At rf
sssss eE The taH
caasrHsaman Blank ot shs district
lad been aap.Had Cd thH s1Hn 1
esaeaHaa tka eaTamaries win - era
tinz. mnrA to tie chzErin og tie
EssgAh1riag village at a@rlle Al
FivAlFT. aat always E111-aatzraz Aa1
existed bstwHsa the fEp communities
zi1ae earliest geeaflaetiaz
Is was the eFeninE q the seeazd aE
TEiy I'D thH regulars lad gathered a
the general stors- Ahe crzhtrae tad
been late il arriving. although ID al
NIT thar il I'D taken lis bssr plead.
in9s 70 persuade bis wife u zllgw him
. sttana the sessica woald have Eor-
sFes 1sposed HIN from the rhroze
IL understand. said Abe. after he
had coEf1rtably seated himsslf an y
asar barrel that The sunrIIle crowd
has hired THAT air bzIs1sn maa tshhztt
showed gp a. Windsor with the cir
cus-
Before another daT tad passed the
iEzt1rmatt0a wzs c0mme1 property and
many there we're e ! deep qaandary.
unable to decide 81 to which celebra-
rs9n % atte7d
Abe and lis wife q course woaid
attend tie Token celebration. Their
daughter Helan. ackno#lsdgad by The
f0azg men 1f the trwa i tie pretti-
ess gtrl IN the community. had accept
I'd fhe invitation d VIII Duncan. son
81 az old neighbor. ard the young
eg1pls EeEe To accompany them ABE
Was chairman of the arrangement
committee He bad been instrumental
II securing the attendance q Con
gresham Blank and fully realized The
important part be would plaF O. the
coming holiday.
jim Duncan. WIS father. when he
heard of the event. planned By the
Sunvillites. Immediately decided that
even hls loyalty to Token could not
prevent him from taxing III the balloon
ascension.
VIII vas a duEiful son. but The
thought 81 spending the day without
Helen wns not pleasant 10 him and be
informed hIs father az the fact.
81 ron don't want to Cd to sun
vile with as. WIZ said his father
Well as long = you are a member Of
the Duncan household y0u'H ID What
I want Understand y0ung man
But. father. I havs asked Helen
Crabtree 70 90 with ne tt the ceEe-
brati0n here.
well. the only thing Tou can 10.
then. j 70 see il you cant get her to
accompany you to suHviIIe.~
Way. I wouldn't think of such a
thing. VIII. she told him. when be
broached the subject 20 her. You
know fs*Neqs going TO introduce Con
gressman Blank when he makes bis
Grafton. ard ii would show great dis
respect y Gc to The celebration Of
rival community On snch ali occaa-
Ion
i was NOT Heien's objection so
much a. her fathers that led TO the
quarrel that followed and made VIII
decide to attend the SuAslIle event
Helen declared bis company vas not
essential to her enjoyment Of the aay
and VIII Duncan made up bis mind
that IL such was the case he would &C.
company his parents without her.
The Fourth Of July broke bright and
warm. Token was early astlr and abe
Crabtree was not a little disappointed
to see the number Or rigs bound for
sHnviiIe. Jim Duncan. his wife and
WIN were OF early 10 make a day Of
it On the way the latter more than
once was on the point Of turning
back. he vas sorry be had quaFrelea
with Helen OYER such a trivial mat
ter, but he decided to teach her les
son To forget her as much as posi-
BE be busted himself in aiding the
aeronaut in making Ifs preparations
for the ascension.
The balloon had been inflated and
Everything was ready for the great
event VIII vas just placing the last
Of the bags Of sand used Tor ballast In
the basket when a horse. frightened
BY the explosion Of a giant frecracker.
dashed by, causing those holding the
big bag 70 forget their mission for an
instant
In q moment VIII was shooting sky
ward. accompanied By the cheers of
those unaware Of the accident and the
groans and cries Of horror Of those
who realized what had happened.
When VIII awoke Ia the fact that
be vas the star performer Of the
great smViIle ascension his wits for
a moment took fight. but he soon
realized that be was il no Immediate
danger and that by allowing the gas ii
tbs bag above him ID escape he must
necessarily descend t9 teyTa aHma
again.
tn the meantime the celebration at
ToKen had been going on with nothing
to mar the great occasion. Helen