Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-30

and force OF character increased. She
spoke Of employing the armed forces
of the state as though playing with
the militia were cheerful pastime,
like horseback riding or tennis. His
heart sank as he foresaw the POSSIBLE
ity of the gallant Gillingwater COM
ing out of the Appleweight affair with
flying colors, a hero knighted on the
field for valor. The remembrance Of
Gillingwater receiving the salutes Of
the militia and riding off to the wars
to the beat of drums had deprived
Ardmore of sleep all night.
We'll, there's the map, and there's
that insulting telegram; what are
you going to do about it?" asked
\ Jerry.
She seemed to be honestly inviting
suggestions, and the very thought of
this affected him like wine. He DELHI
Grated for several minutes, while she
watched him. A delicious country
quiet lay upon the old state house;
in the tranquil park outside the birds
whistled their high disdain of law and
precedent. 1t was no small thing to be
identified with a great undertaking
/ like this, with the finest girl in the
world; and he could not help thinking
i of the joy of telling Griswold, the So
4 Der professor and sedate lawyer, Of
this adventure when it should be hap
PLY concluded. Never again should
Grissy taunt him with his supineness
before the open doors of opportun-
ity!
"A governor" he began. sis always
a dignified person who doesn't bother
his head about little things like this
unless everybody else has gone to
sleep. Now, who's the chief of police
in a county like Dilwell-what do you
call him?"
do you mean the sheriff, Mr.. Ard
ore?"
Certainly. Now give me those tele-
graph blanks and I'll drop him few
lines to let him know that the govern
ment at Raleigh still lives"
1t is in the telegram alone that we
AFRICANS approach style. Our great
commanders did much to form it;
our business strategists took the key
from them. II propose to fight it out
on this line if it takes all summer
is not more admirable than "Cancel
order our number six hundred and
eighteen" or Have drawn at sight"
Through the most familiar and COM
monplace apparatus clicks and ticks
the great American epic in phrases
concise, unequivocal and apt. Won
Moltke, reused at night and with
news of war, merely waved his hand
to the long prepared orders in his
chiffonier and went to sleep again;
but the great Prussian had his count
erpart in the American magnate who
ties up a railroad by telegraph over
his after-dinner coffee. kilograms
were, with Mr.. Thomas Ardmore.
something more than form Of COM
munication or mere literary exer-
else. Letter-writing seemed to him the
most formidable Of human undertake
ings, but with pad Of telegraph
blanks under his hand his spirit soar
ed free. All untrammeled by the hor-
ror Of the day tariff, whose steep
slopes have wrought so much confu-
sion and error among the economical,
he gave to the wires and the wireless
what he never would have coffded to
a stamp. He wrote and submitted to
Miss Jerry Dangerfield the following:
To the Sheriff of Dilwell County,
Kildare, N. c.,
/ What is this hear about your ina
bility to catch Appleweight and the
rest of his bunch? Your inattention to
your duties is a matter of common
scandal, and if you don't get anxious
pretty soon l shall remove you from
your job and then some. shall be
down soon to see whether you are
pitching quoits at the blacksmith shop
or fishing for Holsters in Raccoon
Creek instead of attending to your
knitting. Your conduct has annoyed
me until am something more than
vexed by your behavior. The eyes Of
the great North State are upon you.
Wire me at length just what you pro-
pose doing or not doing in this mat
ter.
William Dangerfield,
/ Governor of North Carolina
What do you think Of that?" he
asked, his pride falling as she scan
ned the paper carefully.
isn't 1t pretty expensive?" Jerry
inquired, counting the words to ten
and then roughly computing the rest.
I'll take care of that, Miss Dan
gerfield. What I want to know is
whether you think that will make the
sheriff sit up"
We'll here's what father sent him
only about week ago. / found it in
his private letter book, and it's mark
ed confidential in red ink
She read:
"Act cautiously in Appleweight
case. Indictment by grand jury is I'M
doubtedly faulty and Foster threat
ems trouble in case parties are arrest
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And there's more like that! Papa
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