The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-05
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A Man OF Action
(Donald Allen

the widow Chalmers sat down to
stlink. There had been present Mr.
\ IEhasieg Montague. He loved In. As
cAIted Charlie He spoke With IA !
drawl He was. always bored He |
hadn't ambition enough to throw one
OF his numerous creditors downstairs |
And there was Philip Manchester.
He had a studio used for smoking
alone, and he was waiting for his /
aunt to die and leave him 100000 /
He was a languisher
And Captain Noble had put his 1
hand on his heart and started to pro-
pose to her, and was stopped only by
& second cup Of tea. He belonged !
TO- the Horse Marines, or some other
military body. and was extremely
proud Of his dropping mustache.
Alsa, there was Reggy Pendergast.
the society pet He wrote sonnets |
and stole poems He cultivated lisp
and blush He always held some
ones poodle dog in his lap when he
sat down, and the ladies spoke admit |
.ingly of his eccent.icity.
And there was-But what was the |
use? There was only one gentleman
present worth remembering, and he
had vcxed her a little by his attitude. |
He had scarcely paid her a compl-
ment. He hadn't come and dawdled /
and departed, but had remained less
than halt an hour He hadn't chum- |
men with the dawdlers. He had be-
trayed no eccentricity. She couldn't |
remember who had brought him, but |
spe had liked his face and the little
ne said. Franklin was the name he |
had given Worth Franklin.
There We're dozen chaps who |
would have given dollar or two to
be assured that the widow Chalmers
remembered them after their depart
ure from one OF her teas. She was
on the right side Of 80, handsome
and rich, and not at all understood by
society. Society picked out this one
and that one for her 70 marry, and he |
vas a dawdler. He was a ladies' tea |
man He was a talker of small talk |
he had eccentricities and drawl. |
she was given credit for fat bank |
account, good looks and good figure,
but her nature was supposed to be
frivolous. She could sign check, but
was not supposed ever to have heard |
of the tariff or cold storage.
And the widow recalled the face OF
Worth Franklin and somehow felt
glad that he had called in and tower. |
ed over tha other men. And when
she thought of the Stiffness and the
foppery and the hypocrisy of it all
she wrote out telegram to her dear |
friend, Mrs. Lee, down in the country,
and said she was coming to visit her,
and would be there on the evening
tain next day.
Mr.. Worth Franklin was an archi- /
tect just gettoing foothold. He had |
ambition, earnestness and perserver-
ance, but nothing in the bank and |
no old annts. TO leave him legacy. A
citizen down at Glendale wanted a
modest little skyscraper, and some |
one told him of Mr.. Franklin, and he
wrote to- him 10 come down. The |
architect telegraphed in reply, and so
I was electricity as we'll as steam
that landed him and the widow at
the village depot together. They did |
nor occupy the same car coming down |
and as both were bundled up for
stormy weather they did not recog.
nlze each other when they got off. !
And the weather, which had been
threatening all day TO play high links.
broke with blizzard and things be.
gan to howl There was no carriage
from Mrs. Lees: no man who wanted
a skyscraper The other passengers
struck out for their homes and were
lost to sight, and the architect and
the widow found themselves in box. |
Al least the depot agent looked at
them and grinned and said:
No hacks for the hotel tonight. !
NO hacks for anywhere Telephone
has gone dead; it's going TO snow I
all night, and YOU viii have to sii I
mere by The stove until morning"
The agent was working for si5 per !
month, with no chance to make any. |
thlng ON the outside, and had lost SS5 |
at poker the night before, and he I
TOOK pleasure in making the announce I
ment
II was when the widow exclaimed.
'Oh, dear, but what shall do," that (
the architect recognized her voice, /
and feintroduced himself. She was I
glad to see him and shook hands
heartily. She felt right away that
something would be doing.
Fill up this stoye." he command.
ed, as he turned to the agent.
lie was grudgingly obeyed, but at
The same time asked if he thought
he was running that railroad.
And now what's the matter with
your telephone? All, | sec. A boy 10 I.
Years could fix il in five minutes.
There's livery stable in town. of
course. What's the number?'
Its i32. but you won't get no hack
Inc man is drunk and his driver has
quit"
ring Ring. Ring No answer
Rut YOU won't so ont Ia This Storm d
sad the widow, as The architect
turned up his coat collar.
Back in half an hour" he replicd /.
as he passed out.
yes. the owner of the only public L
stables in the town sas asleep in
MS own barn. He was locked in, but
INC door was pricd open He woke
up and objected and was flung into I,
sian. horse was led ont, harness
I'd 10 cutter, and the drunken man
objected again. This time he was
piiched into the snow. In forty min.
u'cs Mr.. Franklin drove up To the
depot. II was the horse. who found
the way.
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