Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-10-07

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Vaughan followed For a moment the
ladies coughed violently and stared
wildly about them. As for Vaughan.
he had no expression whatever. lie
was literally petrifed
~ guess some of my friends must
have been in here he managed to say
at last.
Oh, friends! said Mrs Endicott.
with a rising infection that caused
Sanborn and me To- dodge and knock
heads together in the transom.
- see they brought their refresh
ments with them she continued, ey-
ing the center-table.
We could hear Vaughan struggling
! with the window. and his wild attempt
to make an explanation, followed by
the chilly responses of his fiancee.
"A moment later Mrs. Eendicott
spoke. Come, Margaret, she said.
sternly; we will goH and go they did.
the girl with her face set and Grim
son. leaving Vaughan, after naughty
! Good day utterly crushed and dunn
founded in the doorway.
Nov, this was not quite what We
had bargained for We had thought
that the whole thing would blow over
as good Joke. So daZed were we
by the sudden departure that we
never thought of pulling our heads out
of the transom. Vaughan. turning
back. glanced up for a moment, and
understood the whole thing An in
slant later the collection on the cen
ter-table followed his glance through
the transom.
We barricaded ourselves in and
waited for him To cool off. Strange
noises come from across the hall;
there was continual tramping to and
fro, and we could hear Vaughan's
voice as IL giving orders, followed by
the Yes. sah,' and Dat were orful, of
Job, the colored porter. We were
unable To peep out long enough to
get good view of what was going on,
as the slightest move on our part
brought fresh souvenirs hurtling
through the transom. | will state
that they were mostly my things that
came through this way. At last we
heard Vaughan walk out and down
stairs. We pulled down the barri-
cade and dashed across the hall The
room was over half empty; Vaughan's
things were gone.
"Sanborn and ! regarded each 9th
er blankly for a moment Then we
started out to find Job. He was In
the cellar cleaning up. his shirt so
tinted with dust and moisture that he
looked as II he had run his color.
Can't do muffin 10 you now, gem
men, he said. rs Jest done a heap
tuggin an luggin', an rs all tired
an sweat out. Where Mr.. Vaughan
gone? Well,' he drawled. slowly, Mr..
Vaughan he's done gone ter room in
anudder hall, an if yo' take my ad-
vice yo' won't go ioolin' roun' his quar-
ters, leastwise not fo' some time. TIN
take all o. two months 70 him ter
cool down. It's too bad Mr.. Vaughan
Is done gone he said, shaking his
head. sadly.
"Sanborn and ! cleared out. sent
friend over to- patch matters up
with Vaughan, but he would have
none of II. When we met, which was
but seldom. he looked through me, in
stead of at me, and / would feel com
PEELED to gaze into the next store win
/ dow for my reflection, to assure my
self that | was still material thing.
About a month after the episode
Sanborn came into my room looking
, pretty solemn-that is. solemn for
!, Sanborn. Do yop know, he blurted,
that our performance broke Vaughan's
. engageemnt to Miss Endicott into
splithereensY
Great guns, MOI said Bad as
that?
Yep he said. just been up-coun.
try and heard all about IT, When the
girl got home she sent Vaughan a
I note saying that she did not care to
see him again, and he need not write.
as she would not open the letter
: The next train carried Sanborn
4 and myself up-countTy We did not
reach the Endicotts' home until IL at
night We felt. however. that we
) must see the thing through, so we
rang the bell, and at last induced
= them to let us In. We had very
2 bad half-hour. We made clean
p breast of the whole affair. and they In
= | huih AbAu ho Jhnb NudA lhty lnOnEnI
of us. | won't tell YOU George, what
I they said as you might agree with
9 them. First the girl rolled us over
the Goals, and cried; and then the
mother took a hand and did il all
over, with the crying left out
! Glass day we caught sight OF
D Vaughan and the girl. She was deep
! by absorbed In looking at Vaughan
( in his cap and gown. Vaughan did
+ not see us. and we hept of to one
side until they got by. Somehow We
+ felt out of place in their neighbor-
= hood"
Ever seen them since?" asked
2 George. when I had finished
!. No, but evidently they haven't for
! gotten me, as witness this card"