Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-09


listening to Captain Cy's brief state
ment of his candidacy, II cal'late III
stand IN with you, Cy. Iain't got any
thing against LonEo, but-but-well.
consarn It, maybe that's tho trouble;
maybe he's so .dnrned good It makes
me Jealous. Anyhow, III do what ]
can for you"
Joe Dimick laughed aloud. He was
an iconoclast seldom went to church
and was entirely lacking in reverence;
also he really liked the captain.
"Ho, ho!" he crowed. whit, do
you realize that you're undcrminin'
this towns constitution Oh, sartin,
Pm with you, II it's only to see the
fur fly! / do love a scrap"
With Lem Myrlck Captain Cy's pol
Icy was different. He gently reminded
that gentleman OK the painting con.
tract, intlmated that other favors might
be Forthcoming and then as clincher
spoke of Tad simpsons comment
when Mr. Myrlck voted for Phoebe
Dawes
"Of course he added, "lf you think
Tad's got a right to boss all hands
and the cook, why, amt complainin',
only If was a painter doin' a good,
high class trade and one boss barber
tried to dictate to me shouldn't bow
down and tell him to kick easy as he
could. Seems to me I'd kick first.
But I'm no boss; I mustn't influence
you"
Lemuel was indignant
mo barber runs me- he declared,
"You stand up for me when that town
hall paintln's to be done, and III work
hard for you now, Cap'n Whitaker.
| I.onzo Shows an elder and all that,
but can't help 1t. Anyway, his place
was all fixed up year ago, and
didn't get the job. A feller has to look
after himself these days"
with thes division commanders to
lead their forces into the enemy's
country and with Asaph and Bailey
doing what they could to help Captain
Cy's campaign soon became worthy Of
respectful consideration. For awhile
Tad Simpson scotfed at the opposition;
then he began to work openly for Mr.,
Snow. Later he marshaled his trusted
officers around the pool table in the
back room of the barber shop and con-
ilded to them that it was anybody's
fight md that he was worried.
ITS past bein' a Joke" he said.
ITS mighty serious. We've got to
hustle, we have. Heman trusted me
in this Job, and If / fall down it'll be
bad for me and for you fellers too. l
wish he was home to run things him
self. but he's got business down south
there some property he owns or some
thin'-and says he can't leave. But
mind how-just get 'em, that's all"
Captain Cy was thoroughly enjoying
himself The struggle suited him to
perfection. He did not, however, for
get Bos'n He took the child into his
confidence and told her of the daily
gain or loss in votes as If she were his
own age. She understood q little Of
all this and tried hard TO understand
the rest, preaching between times TO
Georgianna how "the bad men ara
trying to beat Uncle Cyrus cause he
Is gooder than they, but they can't.
cause everybody loves him So" Geor-
gisnna had some donbts, but she kept
them to herself.
Among the things in Bosn's "box"
was long envelope, sealed with wax
and with lawyers name printed in
one corner The captain opened It,
at Emilys suggestion. and was aston
will, dated some years back, In which
Mrs Mary Thomas, the child's mother,
left to her daughter all her personal
property and also the land In Orham.
Mass, which had been willed TO her
by her own mother. There was a note
with the will In which Mrs. Thomas
| stated that no one save herself had
known Of this land, not even her hus-
band She had not told him because
she feared that, like everything else,
It would be sold and the money vast
ed in dissipation. "He suspected some
thing Of the sort" she added, "but he
did not find out the secret, although
he"- She had evidently scratched
out what followed, but Captain Cy
mentally filed In the blank with de.
tails Of abuse and cruelty. III any
thing happens to me-" concluded the
widow, 81 want the land sold and the
money used for Emily's maintenance
as long as It lasts"
The captain went over to Orham and
looked up the land II was n strip
along the shore, almost worthless and
unstable at present. The taxes had
been regularly paid each year by
Mary Thomas, who sent money orders
from Concord The self denial repre-.
sented by these orders was not little.
"Never mind, Bos'n" said Captain
Cy when he returned from the Orham
trip. Your ancestral estates amt
much now but n sand flea menagerie.
However, II this section ever does get
to be the big summer resort folks are