The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-02

anCg Of Si9 30 this gentleman VIII
no doubt enter mournfully in his day
book as lost after reading this story
Alter this "innOCtnt had been safely
landed. | soon graced Frames book
store with my elusive presence.
\ tall dark man. whose hair was
slightly tinged with grey. and wearing
black and white striped tie. sold
me copy of Pearson's Magazine.
As | proceeded mp the street, took
notice of small crowd gathered in
;he doorway OF certain theater and
as usual your Uncle Charles inter
est stole in that direction | soon dis
covered gentleman explaining the
mechanism of an electric piano.
About this time ! heard the voice
of someone inviting .ne p,ople 10
come and catch Raifles at Robison's
theater. The sight of the gaily deco.
rated Gleason" automobile causing
quite little excitement among those
in my immediate vicinity. however,
was content to look on with the rest.
In mentioning the Gleason" auto
molsle, | wish to state that Mr.. w G.
Chancellor. the sales manager tor this
line car. has gotten into the game,
and has furnished MS with this fine
automobile to help make the great
man hunt decided success of pleas
ure and amusement. ASK Mr.. Chancel-
lor for tip" on "Raffles.' and if
he goes dead jus. crank him up
on automobiles and watch him break
the speed limit.
Watch the next issue and learn OF
the happenings at the Robson opera
house.
hope To see YOU later reader, but
YOU will not get an opportunity to
hand me the following if | see yon
first: You are the Mysterious Mr.
Ranles of the Daily Ardmoreite, the
cloanest paper in the state and the
best advertising medium in the city.
'iavc the latest issue of this paper
always on your person, it may mean
$4,000 to you
Everybody works but father but
even father will be working overtime
during the next few days. looking for
the Mysterious Mr Raffles.
Mother says TO us children this
morning, she felt it her duiv To size
track her duties for a spell and win
that golden reward that the Daily
Ardmoreite offers for the cap'ure of
the man Of mystery.
Sister, too. is going out to searcn
for Rafiles, as that $4,000 will give
her she says, that military cape prop
osition the swell DANES are wearing
this season.
Yes, sister is quite confident she
will recognize Raffles in almost any
disguise, even in a big hat and mill
tary cape.
Up at our house the folks are plumb
daify about the Daily Ardmoreite's
, mysterious RaiIlcs.
Father talks in his sleep and US
! kids heard him laying it off last night
dreamy like, saying over and over
again. You are the Mysterious Mr..
Rairles Of the Daily Ardmoreitc. the
clcanest paper in the state and the
best advertising medium in the city
and every once in awhile father would
rise mp In bed and clutch the bed
side ami holler william, | have thee
now And MS kids knew right away
that father was iabGring under the
halluciaation that he had Raffles, and
pinched the reward
On the square. none of us hear any
thing else around the house but this
talk about this guy what they call
Ranles
Yesterday afternoon some fair flow.
ar OF womanhod called up over the
telephone and the shrill piping voice
said; Can You tell me where Raifles
stays, where he hangs out? | want TO
tell him a funny story" he girl who
sits on the stool all day long at the
Ardmoreite office ana answers the
buzz of the bell, spoke right up and
says, We don't know or We can't
tell" or something like that. and the
woman did not like II bit Talked
real sassy back over the phone. She
said il was customary in other towns
where Rafies had been for uae news.
papers to tell just where he could he
found
That feller in the green suit what
manages Raffles is the deafest and
dumbest individual what was ever
created next to al Egyptian sphinx.
Can't drag information out of him
With derrick hook, goes along the
street smoking his pipe just as though