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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24


the blue of the skies and the sweet
ness of the air.
Only a little while longer" he
said again and again to himself. Il
wonder how she will look as she
walks up the church aisle on her
fathers arm?"
The wedding arrangements had
been discussed several days before,
and everything was settled in due
order. When Leicester had been ask
ed whom he wished to invite to the
wedding. he did not mention sin
gle name.
mo one at all?" John Castle
maine had said.
NO one replied Leicester ~
have no real friend on earth. neith-
er man or woman. Yes, | have a lot
of acQuaintances, but | do not wish
them to come to my wedding My
father died five years ago. scarce
ly remember my mother. AS for all
the rest of the world-no. | do not
wish to invite anyone"
but you must so far conform to
convention as to have a best man
Must |? Very well, let me think.
Yes, Winfield will do He's about
the best chap | know"
He had barely mentione4 his name
however, when he would gladly have
recalled it. Like lightning the fact
flashed into his mind that on the
night of the wager it was Winfield
who had suggested the name OF
Olive Castlemaine.
That's all right" said Mr., Castle
maine. He's Just the fellow. SO
you will invite no one else?'
q would rather not invite him."
said Leicester.
But you must, Leicester, must
positively insist on that. For my
own part, think | should have
liked you to have invited some
OF your chief supporters in your
constituency"
mo, no. said Leicester, don't
ask me; really, l would rather
not"
And nItbn,nh | oil 4
not like the thought of it, Winfiel
was asked to act as best man, and
arrangements had been made for
the two to meet that morning at
station three miles from The Beeches
which happened to be on the line
which the young journalist most
frequently used.
At the time agreed upon Leicester
was there, and found the carriage
which had been engaged. Here, too.
he found Winfield. and the two
drove to the church where the
wedding was to take place.
you must be happy man" re-
marked Winfield
Yes
Everything has gone smoothly,
hope?"
Yes"
"of course you were at The
Beeches last night?"
Yes"
you have beautiful day for
the weiding, too"
Yes, it seems as Though spring
were coming early"
Il say, old man, you don't look
as happy as you ought, you know"
Wait till the knot is tied, and
there'll not be a happier man in
Europe" said Leicester.
Winfield looked at Leicester ques-
tioningly, and wondered what he
was thinking about He reflected
that he was not a man from whom
one could easily obtain condolences,
and so held his peace.
81 say said Leicester. as the
carriage drew near the church. "let
us pull down these confounded
blinds. | don't want to be gaped at
by the crowd"
There's sure to be a crowd?"
Sure to be. | suppose Mr.. Cas-
tlemaine has invited nearly two
hundred guests. Besides. Miss Cas-
tlemaine is so well known that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24

For the past year we have kept
the King of all laXatives-Dr. Kings
New Life Pills in our home and
they have proved alb lessing to all
our family" writes Paul Mathulka, of
Buffalo y. Y. Easy, but sure remedy
for all Stomach. Liver and Kidney
troubles Only 25c at Ardmore Phar-
macy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24
a Dreadful Wound

from knife, gun. tin can, rusty
nail, fireworks, or of any other ma
ture, demands prompt treatment
with Bucklen's Arnica Salve to pre-
vent blood poison or gangrene. It's
the quickest, surest healer for all
such wounds as also for Burns, Boils
Sores, Skin Eruptions. Eczema,
Chapped Hands, Corns or Piles. Csc at
Ardmore Pharmacy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24
" MARY GWYNN WHITEM AN
TELEPHONE ONE-FOUR-TW

ter informs us she will have an eX-
cellent feature entitled "A Girl Spy.
The patrons of this theater always
get the best.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24

The mother, tired, with aching
head, from sweeping floors and bak-
ing bread. called to her daughter:
Susan, dear, wish you'd help a lit
tile here" Fair Susan, in the parior
dim, was playing DER tender hymn,
methinks it was The Maiden's Pray
era melody beyond compare. She
cried while playing on in style: "Pll
help you in little while" Her lover
blew in unawares-a fine young man
with princely airs. His heart was
free from sordid stains; ks head
vas full of highclass brains, most
any girl would give her eyes TO gath
er in SO big a prize. He heard the
mothers weary cry; he heard the
damsels flip reply. His bosom swell
"a with noble ire! His tawny eyes
flashed streaks of fire, He cried:
Miss Susan Sarah Brown, it's up
to me to turn you down, While
groundhogs live and comets shine,
you'll be no blushing bride of mine
The healthy girl who doesn't jump
and on her system get hump, when
mother calls, | do not want; so get
thee hence. Aroint! Avaunt! I'll hunt
me up a damsel fair who passes up
The Maiden's Prayer when she has
got chance to chase the troubles
from her mothers e."-Walt
Moore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24

When jealousy flies out of the win
dow it usually takes love along If
fer no other reason than to keep
from getting lonesome.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24

Women are like babies; they have
to cry for nearly everything they
want
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, Vt. -"I was passing
thrOngh the Change of Life and suffered
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24

The favors you get for nothing are
often worth that much.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24

After the average man fMs reach
ed the three score and ten mark
he can sum his life up in these
few words What "A fool I've been
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-24
W. c. T. U.


The w. c. T. L. will meet on
Monday afternoon at four o'clock
with Mrs. X. F. Attaway on Wash
ington street.
Members are asked to come pre-
pared 10 pay their past dues and are
urged to make special effort to
be present.
The residents of G. street, south
west, were delighted this morning by
the unusual sight of the water wag-
on sprinkling the street. The citizens
gathered on porches to witness the
sight, and hung over fences to dis
cuss It, sincei marked the first i'm
provement the city had ever made
ON the street But the joy was short
lived, when someone suggested the
dedication of the Old Soldiers Home
as a possible cause for such IA
Yor.
They were grateful, just the same.
#
At lorena Park.
A large crowd of married folk
from southwest Ardmore took their
lunch and paid picnic visit TO
Lorena Park last evening.
f.
Mrs. H. l.. Crockett entertained
eleven tables of bridge whist and
forty-two this afternoon at her home
on G. street, southwest.
f.
"A Girl Spy"
Tonight at the Majestic, Miss Hun
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-08-12
CHAPTER II.
A Name Goes Round a Table.

A Name Goes Round Table.
For tonight, from the moment he
had appeared, she had recognized an
unfamiliar mood in him, and it had
come out the more they had discussed
the Chatworth ring.
She wondered, as he heaped her err
mine on her shoulders, If Harry
might not have more surprises for her
than she had supposed. Perhaps she
had taken him too much for granted.
After all, she had known him only for
year.
She herself was but three years old
in San Francisco, and to her new eyes
Harry had seemed an old resident
thoroughly established. So firmly es-
ta "ehed was he in his bachelor quar-
t. in his clubs, in the demands
made upon him by the city's society,
that it had never occurred to her he
had ever lived anywhere else. Nor
had he happened to mention anything
of his previous life until tonight, when
he had given her, in that mention of
a London ball, one flashing glimpse of
former experiences.
Impulsively she summed up the pos
sibilities of what these might have
been. She gave him look, incredu-
lous, delighted, as he handed her into
the carriage. She had actually got a
thrill out of easy-going, matter-offact,
well-tubbed Harry! 1t was comrade-
ship in itself. Not that she would
have told him. This capacity of hers
for thrills she had found need always
to keep carefully covered. In the days
when she was a shoeless child-those
days of her fathers labor in shaft and
dump-she had dimly felt her world
to be a creature of a keen, a fairly
cruel humor, for all things that did not
pertain to the essence of the life it
struggled for. The wonder of the
western flare of day, the magic In the
white eyes of the stars before sunrise,
the mystery in the pulse of the pound
ing mine heard in the dark-of such
it had been as ruthless as this new
world that looked as narrowly forth
dI dS oldl NCO a HlOopCNN WIN ONCh
keener ridicule. Instinctively she had
turned to both the hard, bright face
they required.
Fatherless, motherless, alone upon
the pinnacle of her fortune, she had
known that such an extraordinary en-
trance, even at this rather wide social
portal, would only be acceptable if
toned down, CLOSED over and drawn
out by a personality sufficiently neu-
trail, sufficiently potent and sufficiently
in need of what she had to give. The
successive flickers Of the gas lamps
through the carriage window made of
Clara's profile so hard and fine little
medallion that It was impossible to
conceive it in need Of anything. And
vet It was just their mutual need that
mad drawn these two women together,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-08-12

She felt that she had been stupid
where she should have been most deli
cate. But you don't understand" she
protested, leaning far toward him as
if to coerce him with her generous
warmth. "The Chatworth ring was
nothing but a fancy l had. I never
thought of it for a moment as an en-
gagement ring"
BY the light stir of silk she was
aware that Clara had risen. She look
ed up quickly to encounter that odd
look. Claras face was so smooth, so
polished, so unruffled, as to appear al
most blank, but none the less Flora
saw It all in Clara's eye-a look that
was not new to her. 1t was the same
with which Clara had met the an
nouncement of her engagement; the
same look with which she had con-
fronted every allusion to the ap-
preaching marriage the same with
which she now surveyed the mention
of the engagement ring-a look neith-
err approving nor dissenting, whose
calm, considerate speculation seemed
to repudiate all interest positive or
negative in the approaching event eX-
cept the one large question, what
is to become of me?" Many times
Clara had held it up before her, not as
question, certainly not as an ac-
cusation; as a fiat assertion of fact;
but tonight Flora felt it so directly
and imperatively aimed at her that 1t
seemed this time to demand an audi
BILE response. And Clara's way OF get
ting up, and standing there, with her
gloves on, poised and eXpectant, as II
she were only waiting on opportunity
to take farewell, took on, in the light
of her look, the fantastic appearance
of a final departure. "Tm afraid
she mildly reminded them, that
Shima announced the carriage ten
minutes ago!"
"Oh, dear, I'm so sorry!" Flora's
eyes wavered alphabetically in the di-
rection of the waiting Japanese.
Clara's flicker of amusement made
her hate herself the moment it was
out. She could always depend on her
self when she knew she was on exhi-
bition. She could be sure of the right
thing if it were only large enough,
but she was still caught at odd mo-
ments by the trifies, the web of Ger,
tain social habit into which she had
slipped, full-grown on the smooth sur,
face of her fathers millions. Clara's
fleeing smile lit up these trifies to
her now as enormous. 1t took advan'
tage of her small deficit to point out
to her more plainly than ever to what
large plumbers she might be liable
when she had cut loose from Claras
guiding, reminding, prompting genius
and chose to confront the world with
out it.
To be sure, she was not to confrI t
it alone; but, looking at Harry, it
came to her with a moments qua1m
that she did not know him as well as
she thought she had.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-08-12
She Read It, Reread It, and Read 1t Again.

be such a row kicked up, the proba'
bility is the thing'll be returned and
no questions asked. Purdie's keen
very keen He's responsible, the exec.
utor of the estate, you see."
But Clara Britton leveled her eyes
at him, as if the thing he had pro-
duced was not at all the thing he had
led up to. Still, unless there was
enormous pressure somewhere-and
in this case l don't see where-I can't
see what Mr.. Purdie's keenness will
do toward getting it back"
Harry played little sulkily with
the proposition, but he would not pick
I'D the thread he had dropped. II
don't know that any one sees. The
question now is-who took it?"
why. one of us" said Flora flip
PANTY. "Of course, it is all on the
Western Addition"
Don't you believe it," he answered
her. Its a confounded fine profess
sional job. 1t takes more than sleight
of hand-it takes genius, thing like
that! There was chap in England,
Farrell Wand"
The name fioated in little silence.
"He kept them guessing" Harry
went on recalling it; did some great
vanishing acts"
you mean he could take things
before their eyes without. people
knowing it?" Flora's eyes were wide
beyond their wont.
Something of that sort. l remem-
Der at one of the embassy balls at
St. James he talked i've minutes to
Lady Tilton. Her emeralds were on
when he began. She never saw 'em
again"
Flora began to laugh. "He must
have been attractive"
WELL" Harry conceded practically,
che knew his business"
But you can't rely on those sto-
ries," Clara objected.
"You must this time" he shook his
tawny head at her; 81 give you my
word; for | was there"
1t seemed to Flora fairly preposter-
Gus that Harry could sit there looking
so matter-of-fact with such expert
ences behind him. Even Clara looked
a little taken aback, but the effect
was only to set her more sharply on.
Then such a man could easily
have taken the ring in the Maple room
this afternoon? You think it might
have been the man himself?"
His broad smile of appreciation en-
veloped her. "Oh, you have scent
ike bloodhound. You haven't let go
of that once since you started. He
could have done it-oh, easy-but he
went out eight, ten years ago."
"Died?" Floras rising infection was
a lament
went over the horizon-over the
r..nge. Believe he died in the col
onies."
oh" Flora sighed, then l shall
have to fancy he has come back again,
Just for the sake of the Chatworth
ring. That wouldn't be too strange.
It's all so strange l keep forgetting it
is real. At least" she went on ex-
planning herself to Harry's smile, "it
seems as If this must be going on a
long way off, as If it couldn't be so
close to us, as if the ring l wanted so
much couldn't really be the one that
has disappeared" All the while she
felt Harry's smile enveloping her with
an odd, half-protecting watchfulness,
but at the close of her sentence he
frowned a little.
well. perhaps we can find another
ring to take the place Of it."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-08-12

element over what he had actually
seen. For the evidence that he had
seen something was vivid in his face.
She shook the paper at him. "Tell
us everything. Instantly"
He gayly acknowledged her right
to make him thus stand and deliver.
He shot his hands into the air with
the tightening vivacity that was in
him a sort of wit. mot guilty" he
grinned at her.
Harry, you know you were In II.
The papers have you the most i'm
portant parsonage"
upon my word! But look here
wait a minute!" he arrived deliberate
ly at what was required of him. III
you want to know the way 1t hap
pened-here's your Maple ROOM" He
began a diagram with forks on the
cloth before him, and Clara, who had
watched their sparring from her point
of vantage in the background, now
leaned forward, as if at last they were
getting to the point.
This is the case, furthest from the
door" He planted a salt cellar in
his silver Enclosure. 81 come in very
early, at half-past two, before the
crowd; fail to meet you there" He
made mischievous bows to right and
left. 81 go out again. But first l see
this ring"
What was it like?" Flora de-
manded.
"Like?" Harry turned a specula-
tive eye to the dull glow of the can
delabrum, as if between its points of
flame he conjured up the vision of the
vanished Jewel. Like bit of an old
gold heather god curled round him
self. with his head, which was most
ly two yellow sapphires, between his
knees, and a big, blue stone on top.
Soft, yellow gold, so fine you could
almost dent it. And carved! Even
through glass every line of it is
right. I couldn't seem to get away
from it. l dropped into the club and
talked to Butler about it. He got
keen, and l went back with him to
have another look at it. Well, at the
door Butler stops to speak to a chap
going out-a crazy Englishman he
had picked up at the club. l go on.
BY this time there's a crowd inside,
but l manage to get up to the case.
And first / miss the spot altogether.
And then I see the card with his
name; and then, underneath l see the
hole in the velvet where the god had
been"
Flora gave out little sigh of sus-
pense. and even Clara showed a CLEAN
of excitement He looked from one
to the other. "Then there were fire.
works. Butler came up. The detec-
tive came up. Everybody came up.
Nobody'd believe it. Lots of 'em
thought they had seen it only few
minutes before But there was the
hole in the velvet-and nothing more
to be found"
But does no one know anything?
Has no. one an idea?" Clara almost
panted in her Impotence.
Not the ghost of a glimmer Of a
clue. There we're upward of two hun
dred of us. and they let us out like
a Changing, one by one. My number
was 1913, and so far can vouch there
were no discoveries. 1t has vanished
sunk out of sight"
Flora sighed. "Oh, poor Bessie
Chatworthl"
Harry stared at her. He had the air
of a man about to give information.
and the air of man who has thought
better of It. His voice consciously
shook OF its gravity. well. there'll
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-08-12
Crouch Justified.

Excuse me for looking grouchy this
morning" says the Philosopher of Fol
", but a fellow l owned SIS to has
Just recovered from pneumonia"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
AMERICAN AUT0M0BTLIST
in BUEN0S AYRES JAIL

Recently returned from an extensive
trip In South America. where he placed
agencies for his company. Secretary
George Vernon Rogers OF the Mitchell
Lewis Motor company of Racine, Wis.
mingles tales Of adventure. interesting
travel, business progress and economical
research with stories OF impressions of
life in Buenos Ayres that reflect the pos
sibillties OF American invasion of the
land OF pampas and Andes.
Mr., Rogers ianguished three DAYS In a
Buenos Ayres jail before the ponderous
machinery of The court was put into mo-
tion in his case. for the terrible crime OF
brushing pedestrians with the fender of
an automobile he WIS driving
From Uruguay 10 Brazil" says Mr.
Rogers, the trip was one OF constant
surprise at the extreme rapidity with
which the economical development OF
the country is being emphasized Rio
is wonderful city-in my estimation.
IL Is the most beautiful city in the
world"
A simple lesson In arithmetic bearing
upon tho foreign shipments of automo-
biles was developed as the result OF Mr..
Rogers's trip. He learned that a car
might be shipped from Racine TO Buenos
Ayres for sos, whereas the same machine
consigned to San Francisco would cost
$3.50 In freight.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
F0UR-SPEED CHANGE GEARS
FOR NEW WINTON MODELS

the Winton Motor Carriage company
of Cleveland. o., is equipping it's six
cylinder l9l models with four speed
selectlve change gear, in which the
fourth forward speed is geared up to
hlgher ratio than IS the direct drive,
In this gear box the third forward speed
IS the direct. All gears are Of special
alloy steel with generated tooth out
lines and are hardened and ground to
perfect bits. The selective and inter.
locking mechanisms are entirely en-
closed within the gear case, thus assur-
ing perfect fabrication and protection
from dirt, which might cause sticking
and difficulty in operation, The inter
locking mechanism is so arranged that
those gears not placed in mesh by the
gear lever are positively held in the
neutral POSITION. In addition to this
feature. the gear shifting bars are in
terlocked with the clutch mechanism in
such Il way that, while it is possible
to enter neutral position without releas-
ing the clutch, it is impossible to en-
depressing the clutch pedal and releas-
ing The clutch.
The clutch, which consists of sixty
seven saw steel discs, is enclosed with
In forward compartment cf the gear
case. 1t is driven from the engine
through an Oldham coupling and the
driving and driven discs are pressed
into engagement by series of four
helical springs. OF the sixty-seven
discs, thirty three are attached to and
revolve with the change gear shaft,
and the remaining thirty-four are car
ried by the driving spider. A constant
oil. bath is supplied to the clutch sur
faces, and its shafts are carried in an
nnlar ball bearings, as are the gear
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
FAST DRIVERS FOR
COMING AUTO RACES
George Robertson and Ralph De
Palma Will Appear in Motor
Contest Soon.

The Norristown Automobile club
which is standing sponsor for the race
meet to be held at the exclusive Bel
mont Driving club 8 track, at Narberth
on September "a, is early in the field
with comprehensive programme OF
events to attract motorists from fa1
and near, and the fact that nearly
$4,000 cash is offered in prize money
in addition to cups, will stamp the
meet rs being decidedly unique for the
district.
George Robertson and Ralph DePalma
are to be the star attractions, in g
match race. in which $500 goes to the
winner and $500 to the loser. Robert
son will drive q Simplex and DePalmu
Fiat, and the issue will be fought out
best two out of three fve-mile heats
tire trouble counting a heat off.
The same drivers will be seen in the
free for-all and free.for all handicap
and in the one-mile record trials, and
1T Is in the short distance events that
the Norristown club intends to set a
standard for track racing around Phil
ade phia by installing an automatic
timing device.
The American Automobile association
which has sanctioned the meet, refuses
to accept for record the time made al
any distance up to FIVE miles, unless
these times are clocked automatically
It is held that it is a physical impos
sibility to catch the times made by
racing automobiles for short distances
and that watches controlled by human
agencies vary materially under the ex
citing circumstances.
T. S. Patterson, the chairman Of the
club g contest committee, and a me
chanical engineer by profession, is con
Meeting new electrical timing device
which will come up to the A A. A
requirements for the meet
1t is expected to be revelation in
It's line, as the feature of most gen
eral interest Will be that the occupants
of the grand stand will be able to see
for themselves the exact time made by
competing cars. AT many meets in the
past the public has been left too much
in the dark as to cars competing and
times made, but Mr.. Patterson is con
fident that, once developed, as 1t will
be at Belmont, his method of timing
will be generally adopted.
In addition to the big match race
the list Of events for decision on the
Belmont track will be as follows:
Match race between George Robertson
and Ralph De Palma, best two out OF
three heats. five miles in each heat. In
case of tire trouble heat to be run over.
Glass B. division s. Five miles;
open to any gasoline stock chassis with
a piston displacement of 161 to 230 cubic
inches. First prize, $50; second prize.
Glass B, division .. Five miles; open
to any gasoline stock chassis with a pis-
ton dlsplacement of 301 to $50 cubic