The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-03
CHATTER XIX.
ENtract from a Letter.

And II was delightful to discover
that you we're so distressed about me.
must be getting tribe maudlln in
my old age, for ! have lump in my
threat every time have thought OF
lohnny and you actually starting ont
to iind me; am thankful my tele-
gram please. Peggy, do not call Il
sire agaIn-to me- ! loathe these
verbal indoleneesl reached you al
Omaha In iins to stop you.
Really. we have not had hardshpa.
Thanks 10 Israel Putnam Arnold! (
have very admlrIng gratitude for
that man In these days OF degener'
Aca he buIlded stanch enduring
honse. with union labor. TOO I
don't see how he .contrIved to do II.
Generally. when they build houses
here they scamp the underpinning
and weaken the iolsis and paint over
the dirt Instead Of washing u on aud
otherwise deserve to be killed The
unfortunate man opposlle had iust
that Kind of honse. which tumbled
down and burned np. AZ once but.
alaal II killed some of The people In
g, pot The guilty masoDs and carpsr-
lpra,
oar chlmneys have been inspected
and we are now legally as well as
actually sound but we did not suffer
We cooked out on the sideyalk, and
supplemented cur cooking with young
TfacyA stove,
III told you Of Janets engagement
cpn6ashtlAlly my dear Peggy am
4 BIZ ryAponhible They met BY chance
- she train and J assure you, a.
though ehance might have parted us,
I did nol let A. clung 10 Nephew
BeFtie. ia sure he wondered Why
knsW better than 70 let him suspect
Bus bacossa You can't share Ia like =
ross without smell 30 | confess to
yhu. have made this match But
whep YOU zee Millicent she Will tell
you that she helped things along She
hka abused Janet like q pickpocket;
but now. ssuce she has discovered
Janet didn't draw the daughters earl.
cAtura Of her she regards her az one
ofsths gems Of the century
We are recovering froln the terri.
BILE events Of which We wrote. Il ~
certainly = relief that Atkins Is killed
He was one of the two aconndrels who
nnsaked into the patio and put the
bombs into the automobile Berthe
shot him You have no doubt heard
all about Afr. keatcham'a death Ne
vaa killed BY the man whose wicked
mebd be had nneonseiously iosiered
He did not know r. but 1 make no
doubt bis swollen fortune and the an
adrubuloua daring Of ita acquiring had
great influence IN corruptng bis
asoretary
Ana NIa eogrnptlon was bis masters
undoIng. must say sympathze
with young Tracy. who said last night:
Z feel rs II had been put TO soak
N crime! That bomb was the limit.
In future. me for the common or gar.
den virtue; It may be tame, but ] pre-.
fer tamenesa to delirlum tremenal"
used 10 think that l should Ike
to match my wits against iirstclasa
criminal intellecti God forglYe me for
the Fish have been matching Wits
Tor the last month; and never putting
ia nv shoes without looking IN them
for i baby bomhlet or feeling q iwinge
q lndIeeetlon without darkly suspect
ihg the cook who Is really the best
creature IN the world. aent MT arnold
by good Chinese friend Of mine. q
had chance TO do q good turn TO my
friend. By ths way, during the earth
quake and thus repay some Of hia g
mo,)
Archie Is well aud cheerful Ienf
II lfke the Winter temperament "a
lose lla melancholy IN such horrors =
We have seen? Archie Is distinctly
happier since he came 70 California
A. for Janet and Rupert-oh, we'll
my dear, you and Johnny know Ths
house has been full Of people and We
have had several friends OF our OWL
fora day or two got : recipe for :
delicious tee cake from Mrs. Wlgglea
worth Of Boston. she didn't save any
thing but her furs and her kimone
ahd bridge set. besides what shs
had on aha packed her trunk With
great care end nobody would take i
downstairs. on course che saved heI
hAe of jewels. which realnda me thai
noof Mr keateham left Janet soms
pkhrlb that IL. the money for them
Hs eas very much attached to her
We buried him On the crest Of III
ANT later. Wheh more settled tinie|
sh1ll come. ne may take anoihAr AM
lad Journey 10 that hliee ulansoleun
Wl'sFe ~ wife ahd mother ere burisa
pobr thiaga Il Il 10 90 hoped they Aal
aoSnate llTIha Or elaa that taby can
80 noW hau. hiaepus end naplh0yan
y shalf IAtI eqAtIy fepsiaG plAtf ~
II #satehAm hadn't taste for th
aw naAlhe had n0snpenaallna Qnal
dts shall nevef forget the night 9
HE burial. II Mas . wondaEfui area
night Of stars, as Stevenson says.
poof little llreaons clergyman ~
bodfaKnled snFpllce. who had bee
feaalng prayers over people Tor Il
let ten hours and uas It % drop hul
lIza ,hfuhah lhs service; and =
to0n tHs dead man loved rs DAMN