Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-21

u
cd as declaring his intention of taking
immediate steps for the apprehension
Of Appleweight. she was still reading
and sorting letters. tapping her cheek
lightly meanwhile with the official
paperknife
Here. Mr.. Ardmore." she said.
drawing a paper from her pocket, lis
the answer To that telegram we sent
yesterday evening. Suppose you read
that next. and we can then decide
what to do"
She was making the letters into III
tie piles. humming softly meanwhile;
but he felt that there was storm
brewing lie read the message from
Columbia a number OF times. and II
the acting governor had not been so
ominously quiet he would have laugh
ed at the terse sentences.
There must be mistake about
this He wouldn't have used divert
ing that way: that's insulting"
so you appreciate its Significance,
do you. Mr.. Ardmore2 The iron en-
ters your soul, does it? You realize
that have been insulted, do your"
- shouldn't put It that way. Miss
Dangerheld Gov. Osborne would
never have sent a message like that
to you-he thought he was sending II
to your father"
Hes insulted me and every other
citizen I'm the old North state; that's
who he's insulted Mr. Ardmore Let
me read II again" and she repeated
the telegram aloud:
Your extremely diverting tele
gram in Appleweight case received
and filed think it's the extremely
that's so perfectly mean The divert
ing by itself would not hurt my feel
ings half so much. He's a good deal
smarter man than I thought he was
TO think up a telegram like that. But
what do you think of that piece in the
newspaper"
"Ie says he's going to catch Apple
weight dead or alive. That sounds
pretty serious"
II think it's a blff, myself, That
telegram we sent him yesterday must
have scared him to death. lie was
driven into a corner and had to do
something to avoid being dsgraced.
and it's easy enough to talk big in the
newspapers when you haven't the
slightest intention of doing anything
at all. I've noticed that father talks
the longest and loudest about things
he doesn't believe at all"
is il possible?" whispered Ard
more incredulously.
"Of course it's possible! Father
would never have been elected II he'd
expressed his real sentiments; neither
would anybody else ever be elected
| II he said beforehand what he really
| believed"
THAT must have been the reason
got defeated for alderman on the re-
/ form ticket / told 'em was for
! turning the rascals out"
THAT was very stupid of you.
You've got to get the rascals to elect
you first; then II you're tired OF OF.
/ flee and don't need them any more
/ you bounce them. But that's political
practice; it's theory we've got to
work out now. The newspapers are
lot OF bother. spent all yesterday
evening talking to reporters They
came to the house to ask where papa
was and when he would be home!"
What did you tell them?"
Il didn't tell them anything. / sent
out for two other girls and we all just
talked to them and kept talking, and
gave them lemon sherbet and ginger
cookies and Eve Hungerford played
the banjo But what were you doing.
MIR. Ardmore. that you didn't come
around to help? II seems to me you
don't appreciate the responsibilities
of being secretary to a governor"
Il was afraid you might scold /me
IL | did And besides | was glued to
the long distance telephone all even
ing. talking to my manager at Ards
ley. He read me my letters and lot
of kilograms that annoyed me very
much wish you wouldn't be so
hard on me. for have trining trou-
bles of my own"
81 didn't suppose you ever had trou
bles you certainly don't act as
though you ever had
no one who has never been broth.
er-in-law to a duke has the slightest
idea OF what trouble u.s."
i've seen the duke of Ballywinlkle's
picture in the papers and he looks
very attractive"
well. If you'd ever seen him eat
celery you'd change your mind. He's
going down 10 Ardsley 10 visit me;
for sheer nerve ! must say my rela
tons beat the world. ! got my plac,
get away from them. and now my sis
ter-not the duchess but Mrs Atch
ison-is coming down there with {
. lot OF girls and Ballywinkle has at
, tached himself TO the party. They'll
pass through here today and they'll
expect TO find me az Ardsley."
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