Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-11-11

it's affairs. He came armed with letters of in.
PRODUCTION that opened the most exclusive
homes OF the aristocratic English families to
him. Among the many young girls that he
met was the village belle, the afianced OF the
young Scotch-American. II was another varia.
tion OF that old triangle the woman and two
men. From the first the friends OF young Thomp-
could see that his cause was hopeless. His
affanced wife and the young stranger spent more
and more OF their time together Little rumors
began to find their way about the village The
gossips. ever ready In a small town. were
busy. Thompson. moody and hurt by her sys.
tematc neglect. was the last to hear and the last
to countenance the whispered talk that was go
ing the round Of the village loanng places.
There was a great hue and cry along the
quiet old streets one summer morning. Thomp-
sons bride to be had disappeared. Her mother
had gone to her room to awaken her and found
her gone. She had gone with the young man
ager OF Albion's latest business house. and from
that day to this neither OF them have been heard
from
Young Thompson changed in a day from a
cheerful happy lad to grim-faced He
became moody and silent He neglected his work
and never went the home tc which he had
expected to lead his bride. Less than a month
after the flight OF the eopars there was more
excitement In Albion. Y was reported that Ed
ward Thompson had disappeared. The strain and
the shame OF living ir a town where every man.
woman and child knew the story OF his jilting
had proven too much for his sensitive. hgh-strung
nature
rent in the village OF his nativity he wander
ing here and there among the emerald islands,
the agoons and the coral reefs of the that
behold the Southern Cross
All the islands that lie on the familiar track
OF the steamers knew him first and last I'm the
three four years that he spent with the traders
and copra buyers The Philippines the Iadrones.
the Solomons and dozen other island groups OF
the southern Pacific were visited by him In the
epic years OF his Odyssey. Finally he and his
trading companions touched at the island OF Maj.
keva in the Fills One OF the eternal civil wars
that always disruptng the peace OF the little
island kingdoms was brewing In Naikeva when
the tramp schooner dropped anchor inside the reef
of coral that formed the harbor breakwater A
new claimant had risen for the throne and he
and his followers were demanding the scepter
and the head OF the old king.
Thompson had left Illinois. had put the states
behind him 10 escape the constant reminder Of
his lost love that he saw In every The
wandering life OF three four years had ceanseG
his heart OF but little bitterness against woman
kind He had put the old life behind him and
dreamed only OF adventure and never OF bright
eyes and loving lips. II was a mixed crew Of
Kanakas, Malaysians and half-castes aboard the
little trading schooner They cared but little for
the kings and chieftans OF the islands but II
was part OF their policy to be polite to the ma.
tive rulers An audience arranged with the
native sovereign and a part OF the ships company
attended laden with calicoes. mirrors and brass
rods gifts. II in the royal hut Thompson
first SOW the Princess Lakanita. She stood at the
side OF her fathers throne when the white men
entered the palm hut for their talk with the old
king.
Some indefinite attraction seemed TO draw the
white adventurer and the brown-skinned princess
90 each other, They met many times while the
schooner taking ON its load Of native prod
ucts. There more than a little Spanish
blood in the veins OF the old kings daughter. Hel
mother was halfcaste Spanish woman anC
much OF the languorous beauty of the maids o.
old CASTLE was the heritage of this barbari,
princess OF the remote isle of Naikeva In tn,
half twilight OF the cocoanut groves he heard hel