Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-24
CHAPTER VIll.-contlnued.

He had opened an atlas and was
poring over II with magnifying
glass
ITS positively funny" he mur.
INJURED, laughing a little to himself.
but l know something about this
country over here. Here's Ardsley, in
the far corner of Dilwell county. and
here's Kildare"
Yes; | understand maps. Diwen
Is green. and there's the state line
and that ugly watery sort of yellow
is Mingo county, South Carolina. and
Turner Court House Is the county
seat of II. Those little black marks
are hills on the border, and it's right
there that these Appleweight people
live, and dance on the state line as
though It were a skippIngrope."
That's exactly Il. Now what we
want to do is 20 arrest Appleweight
and put him in Jail in South Carolina.
which relieves the governor of North
CRrolina, your honored father, of all
embarrassment"
She snatched the paper-cutter and
took possession of the map for "A mo-
ment, then pointed, with a happy lit
tie laugh
why, that viii be only too easy.
You see there's Azbeu county. where
the militia is oncamped. just three
counties away from DllWeu and IL we
needed the soldiers il wouldn't hurt
the troops TO march that far. would
it2"
Hurt them, nothngl" exclaimed
Ardmore. 1T will be good for them.
You have 20 give orders TO the adiu.
tant general, and, being engaged to
him. he would be afraid not to obey
your orders, even II you told him to
go in balloons"
We'll, of course, ia send him an
official order; and II he was disobedi-
ent / could break our engagement"
1t would have Interested Ardmoro
to know the total of Miss Danger
fields engagements. but the time did
not seem propitious for such inquir.
les; and, moreover. his awe of her
as a young person OF great determine.
tion and force OF character increased
well, there's the map and there's
that insulting telegram; what are you
going TO do about it?' asked Jerry.
She seemed 10 be honestly inviting
suggestions, and the very thought Of
this affected him like wine. lie de-
liberated for several minutes. while
she watched him. A delicious country
quiet lay upon the old statehouse: in
= the tranquil park outside the birds
whistled their high disdain OF law and
&precedent
"A governor" he began. rs always
dignifled person who doesn't bother
his head about little things like this
nless everybody else has gone to
leep. Now, who's the chief OF police
a county like Dilwell-what do you
all him?"
DO you mean the sheriff, Mr. Ard.
ore?"
Certainly. Now, give me those
legraph blanks, and TN drop him a
W lines to let him know tia. the
pyernment at Raleigh stil lives"
II is in the telegram alone that we
lANA iNtlAAa eFl'l hhAu hNN It, AAI great
mmanders did much TO form il; our
siness strategists took the key from
W pm, Telegrams We're, however, with
Thomas Ardmore. something
re than a form of communication
mere literary exercise. Letter,
ting seemed to him the most
midable of human undertakings,
with pad o, telegraph blanks
Ter his hand his spirit scared free.
untrammeled by the horror Of the
tariff, whose steep slopes have
ught so much confusion and error
png the economical he gave to the
es and the wireless what he never
Id have confded to a stamp. He
=, be and submitted to Miss Jerry
gerheld the following: