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The Elbert County tribune., 1910-12-02
CHAPTER XIII.

AS for the rest of us, including So
licitor Barnes. who had been rescued
from the library by some maid or
footman, we repaired Immediately to
the dining room, where the wedding
luncheon, OF Dearests creation, await
ed us, and had all taken our places be-
fore the big clock on the mantel quite
ceased booming the hour. OF course
the bridal nature of the table decora-
tions made hit-as my Americanized
wife persists in saying-with those two
ardent lovers. Brancepeth and Agatha
First. and they admired and exclaimed
quite as II the whole thing we're gotten
up for their especial benefit And 1t
was during this meal that we gathered
fuller details of the trials and tribula-
tions that had beset the path of this
now happy pair, which explained and
accounted for many hitherto unac-
countable happenings of our own ex-
perience.
Among other things 1t appeared that
Brancepeth was. Of course, the owner
Of the checked coat l had seen in the
automobile in the woods. and that the
coat we had found in Terhunes closet
later had only borne resemblance to
1t. The young man had run down from
his uncle's place in his machine that
day, he told US, to meet Agatha First
in the woods. by prearrangement with
her, which, of course, explained the
business Of her assumed headache and
refusal to go to Northbury with us.
They had been obliged to keep their
attachment secret evidently enough.
on account of Brancepeth's uncle's de-
termination to marry him to Miss SIM
plin. But when we protested against
their having left US out of their conf
dence. Brancepeth explained they had
thought 1t best because they feared
that Cecil Chiltern, who. 1t seemed,
was great friend anG political ally Of
his despotic uncle, would find out from
us, probably through my wife's friend
ship for his wife. about Brancepeth's
engagement to Agatha First. in which
event Brancepeth felt convinced Chill
tern would feel 1t his duty to inform
said despotic uncle. Thereby" as the
young man himself put 1t. raising the
deuce of row for nothing. don't you
know"
mo M rONTI,yrrrr>
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only important thing to you men. What
a Dity!" And the eyes love best in the
world filled with tears And 1t was
then that the whole thing came to me
and saw at once what was the other
obstacle had to face In my attempt
to obtain a fortune for my friend
Now that Agatha Sixth's mistake in re-
gard to his fondness for Agatha First
had been dissipated by Brancepeth's
revelations, the only impediment to the
satisfactory conclusion of Arch's affair
was Dearest's refusal to cooperate
with me at this crucial moment be-
cause of her belief that Terhune's wish
TO marry Agatha Sixth was purely a
mercenary one. And as | at length
comprehended what might have seen
long time ago II had only stopped
to think. understood in a second her
scornful and almost resentful attitude
toward myself on several occasions,
for apparently supporting my friend In
his meretricious designs. With this
new grasp OF the situation suddenly
given to me, | couldn't begin fast
enough to try to make my wife under
stand what l had SO lately learned
myself, that Terhune sincerely loved
Miss Lawrence. AS quickly as I could
speak began to tell her, as proof, of
Arch's reputation OF my suggestion in
regard TO asking Agatha First instead.
moment ago in the hall judged.
ant judged rightly. as events proved.
that the recital of this incident from
my lips would convince my wife as
nothing else could, that ! was right In
believing that Terhune had come at
length to see that love, more than any
thing else in the world-even fortune
was the only thing worth considering
when 1t came to a question Of getting
married.
Don't you see." ended. he refused
to do as suggested. refused to go and
ask Agatha First. although he believed
thoroughly that she would accept him,
solely because he was In love with
Agatha Sixth. and would rather have
had no .ortune at all than fortune
with any other girl?" | laid my hand
on her arm appealingly. Ny last trump
had been played. but not in vain.
Grasping my meaning with lightning
like rapidity. Dearest was on the in
stant all action. THE time. Wilfred.
the timei" she urged. her cheeks
afiame. her gray eyes black.
Six minutes Of one" l answered, as
she pulled the watch from my hands.
Archibald Terhune! Do you hear
that?' she almost shouted to Arch in
uncomfortable excitement. It's six
minutes of onei Find Agatha Sixth and
ask her to marry you. for heavens
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ing portion of Kansas have driven for
miles in motor cars to visit the well.
At Guymon. Hooker. Texhoma and
other Oklahoma towns in old No
Mans Land" the citizens are full of
enthusiasm over the big strike. They
believe the formations in Oklahoma
are practically the same as those
around Richfield and each of these
towns is preparing to put down q well
for purposes Of demonstration.
II II felt that successful well will
solve for all time to come the vexa-
tious question of SUFFICIENT moisture
in this section. Irrigation congresses
have repeatedly been held in north.
western Oklahoma, but 30 far without
practical result.
"Old timers" however. assert that
irrigation Is by no means an absolute
necessity. Those who have been here
for many years say all this portion of
Oklahoma needs il more farmers who
have faith in the country and who
will use intelligence in their methods
Irrigation. they say. is merely a sort
Of insurance against insufficient rain.
fall. Just a. It would be In Kansas or
Missouri.
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granite, nine feet high. and the work
was done by Burr G. Miller, son of
Walter Miller, who was an intimate
friend Of Mr.. Reed. The cost was
about $4,000
Photographs of the statue displayed
in Washington have beon severely
criticised. There Is not one single
line. critics say. of Tom Reeds strong
face in the figure that has been erect
ed. Neither is it natural to see Tom
Reed with scroll in his hand. they
say. He never used one. He very
seldom used notes. Sometimes he
had his desk piled with books and
papers when he was making a long.
continued effort; but. generally speak
ing. Speaker Reed stood over and
clear of everything as he drove home
his well-rounded periods.
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two had given each other a swift en-
brace before Agatha First hurried on
to meet her lover.
We had Just reached the staircase.
however. when Dearest overlook us.
What are you going to dor" she
asked Arch, who was just about to as
cend.
60 up and find Miss Lawrence" re-
piled the distracted lover, ''as quick az
can"
But Dearest glided past me and stood
in front OF him on the stairs. barring
the way.
Watt" she commanded. She's in
her room, you can't do thatl You
can't go and scream the good news
through her door very well. It wouldn't
do at all! You must have more regard
for the appearance of the thing!"
But, good heavensi" cried poor Ter
hume, this is no time to think of ap-
pearances-it's three minutes of one:"
But my darling paid no attention to
him. Hold him. Wilfred." she ordered
me. and as sprang to obey was gone
in the shadow of the hall above.
Two and half minutes later, and
not a second after. she appeared.
leading Agatha Sixth by the hand.
though It is true the latter looked
weepy-eyed, to say the least. and gave
every appearance Of reluctance.
This vanished. however. at sight OF
Terhune, red-faced and somewhat
warm from his vain efforts to free
himself from my embrace. and she
flew down the stairs to meet him and
by sheer force Of arms, not to be face
tious. compelled me to relinquish my
position in her favor. Something was
jolly well pleased to do. by the way.
Arch is a hard man to hold when he's
riled, pnd that two and half minutes
of suspense had made me his debtor
for couple of knocks and one we'll
kicked shin.
But Just how the miracle OF Agatha
Sixth's change of heart had been ac-
complished, or In what manner Dear
est had so presented her case as to
achieve such speedy results, l am not
prepared to state. only know that 1t
was nothing more than / had expected
OF the cleverness of my wife, and as
for Terhune. think he was too happy
to know or care.
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OKLAHOMA ARTESIAN WELLS
A Recent Strike at RlehfieId, Kan.
Has Induced Hope Of Relief
From Drought.

Oklahoma City. Ok.-All Texas
county. Oklahoma. is agitated over
the prospect of artesian water. in
which the farmers see a sure relief
from the "droughty" conditions which
have prevailed throughout this section
for the last three years.
At Richield. Kan. only eighteen
miles above the Oklahoma line, q
hoavy flow of artesian water has
been struck where prospectors were
putting down an oil well. When the
hole reached depth Of $50 ieet the
water rushed out with great force and
the estimated volume of water is 200
gallons per minute. Hundreds of peo-
pie from Oklahoma and the surround
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sake!" Then, as Terhune only stood
and stared at her with dropped jaw,
she stamped her foot vehemently
Don't stand and stare like that!"
she cried. DO as say! Hurry! Run
for your life!"
And Arch was gone at the word,
though | don't think he had until then
any idea that there was still time to re-
trieve the day and fortune.
To do him Justice, | don't think he
had any other thought subsequent to
Brancepeth's story and the revelations
that followed in regard to Agatha
Sixth't ieason for refusing him. than
that Ehe was more likely to change her
MINI and marry him after all. since
he suspicious had proved unfounded.
And this thought. to give him all his
Iue. had been SUFFICIENT to make him
happy without any thought Of his
lunt's property. In fact. think he
had forgotten the latter In the first
bliss Of the moment, but when Dearest
raised her warning and inspiring cry
he had realized that after all fortune
Ike that his aunt's property represent
ID was quite well worth the having
I'm not attempting to deny, you see.
hat there was enough of his old self
left, in spite of the changes love had
brought about. not to make him rather
certain, now that Dearest had remind
I'd him of 1t, that Aunt Georgy's Aus
tralian farm would not make half a
bad sort OF wedding present At least
I noticed that he lost no time in obey
ing her mandate. for no sooner were
the words out of her mouth than Ter
hume was in full cry for the staircase.
with Dearest and myself hard after
him, while couple Of fox terriers that
had sprung from dear knows where
added to the confusion by yapping at
our heels and otherwise impeding our
progress, in a praiseworthy attempt to
be in at the death. And even as
tripped and stumbled over them and
laughed and whooped with Dearest, l
heard that chump of Brancepeth out
on the stoop shrieking. Gone awayi
Gone away!" as II he were possessed.
II IL no wonder, then, having admitted
the childish state Of excitement In
which Terhune's last throw for a for.
tune against time had thrown US, that
In the confusion we all three succeed.
ed in running into Agatha First, as she
came round the corner Of the hall on
her way. suppose. to md out what
all the noise was about. Dearest
stopped a moment to explain things to
her and could see over my shoulder
even as hurried after Arch. that the
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CHAPTER xII.-continued.

so you we're the man in the draw
ing room the other night?" she ex-
claimed, when he had finished telling
her. and she opened her beautiful gray
eyes very widely at young Murray.
by Jove, yesl" added, and 1t
wasn't old Terhune, after ALI"
And 1t wasn't old Terhune, either
who was with Agatha First the day
you saw the red automobile in the
woods" she said.
by Jove, mol" l said excitedly 81
knew I'd seen that machine of Brance-
peths before" And as I glanced at 1t
again the whole significance OF the
mystery we had made in regard to
with the force Of revelation. l turned
to explain 1t oil to Dearest, but. as
usual, she was ahead OF me.
1T was you all the time!" she said
to Murray, but with a smile OF such In
effable relief that wondered. until she
turned to Arch and saw what bearing
that fact had on the situation In re-
gard to Agatha Sixth and Terhune's
aunt's property.
I'm 80 sorry!" she said, holding out
ner hands to the old boy. I'VE did you
an injustice, Mr.. Terhune!" And she
told him briefly of the scene she and
| and Agatha Sixth had been witness
to the other night in the drawing room
snd our suspicious of him in connec-
tion with 1t.
It took him a moment or two to
grasp what she meant. and what her
discovery that our suspicious were un-
Just might mean. and spoke before he
did.
And now 1t will be all right, Dear
est, said. about Agatha Sixth. She
will see that she was unjust to Arch
and you will tell her. won't your And
i looked at her eagerly. But to my
surprise, just as thought everything
explained, everything arranged and
the road clear to reconciliation and
engagement between my friend and my
fwife's friend. toward the accomplishing
Of which object we had invited both
parties to come to Castle Wyckhoff.
Dearest seemed inclined to spoil the
whole thing by refusing tn act as medi-
ator between the two. Ana a mediator
was ueCoubdIys tunt 10 II tnoy W6I6
to be brought together in time to make
the engagement fact before the fatal
hour had arrived. for Miss Lawrence
was still locked in the fastness of her
room.
81 sayl" implored. seiEing Dearest'a
hand, don't hesitate now! At such q
crisis. Go and tell Agatha Sixth the
news and get her to come down before
it's too late! By Jove. 1t is hard on
poor old Terhune to lose fortune be
cause you choose to have whimsl"
was so earnest was almost angry
"one would think fortune was mat
ter of no Importance to him at ALL"
That's just I'll" replied my wife
sadly; 'ft's of too much importancel
The only reason that hesitate to dc
as you ask is because I've seen al
along that the fortune has been the
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Renny en sensvoIenes.

Bsnevolence II . great thing. When
you have benevolence you cannot rest
until you do something to make other
people feel grateful to you. The other
day my mamma went up into the attic
to md lot of old clothes to give
to poor people who could not afford to
buy any clothing for themselves.
While she was hunting around she
found q gold-headed cane worth $25
that grandpa had put up there IL
years ago. and forgot all about. Thus
We see. dear friends. benevolencs
brings its own rsward.-Benny.
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tro BE coNTINUEDo
Your Thoughts.

Don't 60 to sleep with q frown ON
your brow. A drawn-down mouth and
screwed-up eyes help to bring wrinkles
But really one needs to think pleas
ant thoughts in the daytime. too.
Pleasant thoughts bring q serene ex-
preston to the face. which. a. the
years go on. becomes permanent
The people you meet who have pleas
ing faces are the ones who have never
allow hard or unkind or discomfort
ed thoughts to md a resting place
in their minds. and there Is urgent ne
cesity for cultivating serenity to fall
asleep with.
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Tlmellnsss.

AL measures of reformation are ef.
fsctive In exact proportion to their
umeliness: partial decay may be cut
away and cleansed; incipient error
corrected; but there is point At
which corruption can NO more be
stayed. nor wandering recalled. II
has been the manner Of modern phil
anthropy TO remain passive until that
precise period. and to leave the sick
70 perish. and the foolish to stray,
while 1t spent itsolf in frantic exer.
tions to raise the dead, and reform the
Anst--Ruskin.
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STATUE OF THOMAS 3. REED
Bronze Monument Of tho Late Speak
er Of the House Which Stands In
Portland, Maine.

Washington.-A bronze statue OF
the late Thomas Bracket Reed, for
many years Speaker OF the National
House of Representatives. now stands
on the western promenade overlooking
Casco Bay at Portland. Me. The
statue is eight feet high. and repre-
sents the former speaker in an atti-
tude of repose with scroll in the
left hand. The pedestal is of Maine
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Too Valuable.

what you want to do ia to have
that mudhole in the road fxed." said
the visitor.
THAT goes to show" replied Farm
er Corntossel, how little you reform
ers understand local conditions. I've
purity nigh paid on a mortgage with
the money made haulin' automobiles
out O. that mudhole."
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Out Of PIaca.

Everything a woman has she puts
ON her back"
"Then my wife will look funny wear.
ing that new breastpin gave her yes
terday."
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An unmI.tak.bl. Hint.

An OHntStANApb0 TIHts
Young Staylate got delicate hint
from the young lady he was calling
on the other evening"
What was it?"
"She found looking at the clock and
other familiar devices useless. 30 she
ordered some refreshments and her
mother sent her plate Of breakfast
food"
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Assistance Refuse d

Doc-well. you'll certainly find it
a safeguard to boil the water.
Blinks-Dern the waterl Let u
boil itself
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The humble man never believes be
is worthless or he would have moth
ing worth being humble about.
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SYNOPSIS.

Copyright 1910. by w. @. Chapman.
Copyright In Great Britain.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-29
The New Politics

The new issues this much They all at
bottom economic economic strict deratiye Of
the word-a questions national housekeeping of the safeguarding
and development distribution of immense national ert
said that nneents of the legislation
peace legislation of finance and finance be taken in its
fullest meaning that today than when he said it. not
always true; but the rapid and revou
swift widening of the scale
of production transporatOnte marvellous extension of the
principle branch of industry and business
This change transformed bewiderngy the entire field with which
economic legislation 1t merely that approach
ing problems societies and crowded countries Those pro
for aspects aspects hardly known else
where and truly We and should
profit by study European and Asac experience The way
coming study that experience perhaps the most
convincing manifestation Of changing
temper But guidance from the Older countries how
limited There things must work out for
seye-n which be guides and pOneers for the
new industry business and finance much farther
firmly established than with the
older peopes-Wam Brown in The North American Re
October
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-29
Germany's Temperance Wave

Willy Oberleer of Berlin RiXdorf
exchange professor of the Carnegie foundation who has just finished
of lectures the Chicago university German history 1T
other similar subjects few days recently in this
city statistics prove said DR. Kepert that the consumption Of
capita
among the German people Since decade and longer there is among
professors educational institutions the
strong against the consuming of
hoc This movement is strengthened by the in
creasing which cultivate sports athletics
practice healthy of fencing known for
universities and the highly developed Turnen but
different other kinds popular Openar sports various ball
game rowing swimming skating baauf track and other diver
The spreading and only at uni
colleges among all people throughout the
country Washington Herald.
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An Obscure Island Empire

months George Cunies Ross passed through singapore
his England in broken health He died at NentnO on e
Isle of Wight shortly after his arrival He the ruler OF the Cocos
islands, tiny island empire known the early part OF last century
Keeling Islands, situated southwest of Java For three genera
tons the Ross amgandaher father and sonshaye ruled these
islands under pararcha system of government
Nearly ninety years Captain Ross scocman seted on
this isolated archipelago squatter and gradually developed me
islands through help additional labor imported
the Dutch islands of Java and Sumaa Through all these years
have administered the in the simplest and
primitive with such wisdom and justice to
peace win the confidence and affection of the natives
Islands placed under the Straits Settlements in
annexed the settlement of Singapore 1903 two
the cable station established Direction island one
group The Islands leased by the British government
period of 1000 years The lease reerts his
eldest sOn.-COnsular Report
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-29
TROUBLE BREWING.

See here, Mr.. Yankem," said the
landlord, patience has ceased to be
a virtue in your case"
"Why, what's the trouble?" queried
the dentist.
well" replied the landlord, you'll
either have to move your Painless
Dental Parlor somewhere else or make
your patients stop hollering. The
other tenants won't stand for 1t any
longer Chicago Daily News.
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"The Race to the White House"

Ira f. Bennett gives strong why the following
in his judgment, a "true reading of the signs"
The probability that William H. Taft will be renOminated by the
Republicans strong that something approaching the force of
political volcanic eruption must he to be displaced Many
Republicans insurgents called believe that this eruption will
They point the lightning and call attention to the rumbng
quakng the Middle They take the position that the
American people have awakened morally and will not tolerate
that impatient; that they
leader who will dash far ahead of other in the march for
REFORM that Theodore Roosevelt this and that at the psychic
logical Roosevelt will sweep aside
thing everybody the wayFrOm the North American Review
for September.
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THE SONG OF
THE PLOW

From Egypt behind my oxen with their
stately step and slow
NOrthward and East and West / went
to the desert sand and the snow;
Down through the centuries one by
one, turning the clod to the shower,
Till there's never land beneath the
sun but has blossomed behind my
power.
/ slid through the sodden rice fields
with my grunting hump-backed
steers;
] turned the turf of the Tiber plain in
Rome's Imperial years;
! was left in the half-drawn furrow
when Coriolanus came
Giving his farm for the Forums stir
to save his nations name.
over the seas to the North l went;
white cliffs and seaboard blue;
And my path was glad i'm the English
grass as my stout red Devons
drew;
My path was glad in the English
grass, for behind me rippled and
curled
The corn that was life to the sailor
men that sailed the ships of the
world.
And later I went to the North again,
and day by day drew down
A little more Of the purple hills to join
my kingdom brown;
And the whaups wheeled out to the
moorland, but the gray gulls stay
ed with me
Where the Clydesdales drummed
marching song with their feather.
ed feet on the lea.
Then the new lands called me West.
ward; | found on the prairies wide
A toll to my stoutest daring and foe
" JSbL my pTlue5
But | stopped my strength to the stir
black loan, and l found my labor
sweet
AS loosened the soil that was tram
pied firm by million buffaloes'
feet
Then further away to the Northward;
outward and outward still
(But idle crossed the Rockies, for
there no plough may tilD
TIL / won to the plains amending, and
there on the edge of the snow
! ribbed them the fenceless wheat
fields and taught them to reap and
SOW.
The sun of the Southland called me;
turned her the rich brown lines
Where her Parramatta peach trees
grow and her green Mildura vines;
| drove her cattle before me; her dust,
and her dying sheep;
I painted her rich plains golden and
taught her to SOW and reap.
From Egypt behind my oxen with |
stately step and slow
| have carried your weightiest burden,
We toilers that reap and SOW!
! am the Ruler, the King, and / hold
the world in fee;
Sword upon sword may ring, but the
triumph shall rest with me!
WILL OGILVIE.