The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-22
CHAPTER ONE.

CHAPTER ONE.
To Jim Horner 1t seemed as if the
great white-headed eagle was in some
way the uttered WORD of the noun
tain and the lake--of the lofty, soli'
tary, granite-crested peak, and of
the deep solitary water at its base.
AS his canoe raced down the last
mad rapid, and seemed to snatch
breath again as it floated out upon
the still water of the lake, jim
would rest his paddle across the
gunwales and look up eXpectantly.
First his keen, far-sighted gray eyes
would sweep the blue arc Of the sky,
in search of the slow circling of
wide, motionless wings. Then, if the
blue was empty of this far shape,
a dead pine standing sole on a naked
and splintered shoulder of the noun
tain-which he knew as "Old Baldy'
There he was almost sure to see
the great bird sitting, motionless
and majestic, staring at the sun.
Floating idly and smoking, resting
after his long battle with the rapids,
he would watch, till the immensely
and the solitude would creep in
upon his spirit ,and oppress him.
Then. at last, a shrill yelp, far-off,
and faint, but sinister, would come
from the pine-top; and the eagle,
launching himself on open wings
from his perch, would either wheel
upward into the blue, or flap away
over the serried fir-tops to some
ravine in the cliffs that hid his nest.
One day, when Jim came down the
river and stopped, as usual, to look
for the great bird, he scanned in
vain both sky and cliff-side. At last
he gave up the search, padded on
down the lake. with a sense of loss
Something had vanished from the
splendor of the solitude. But present
ly he heard, close overhead, the beat
and whistle of vast wings; and look
ing up he saw the eagle passing
above him, flying so low that he
could catch the hard, unwinking,
tameless stare of its black and gold
ell eyes as they looked down upon
him with a sort of inscrutable chal-
lenge. He noted also a peculiarity
which he had never seen in any 9th
er eagle. This one had streak of
almost black feathers Immediately
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tertained a dozen guests the past
week for Miss Shemac, visitor at
Mrs. Daube's.
The hostess chose pink and white
as a color scheme and carefully OBJ
served them in decorating and in
serving the luncheon.
Miss Marguerite Wallenstein passed
the score cards and Miss Julienne
Westheimer and Irene Baum offered
the guests a pink and a white car
nation as souvenirs.
Miss Bearnan of Mississippi was
high scorer and received the prize.
A delicious luncheon in three
courses was served Mesdames Pfief-
fer, Daube, Mays, Westheimer, Ka-
lish, Blank, Kahn, Henry Baum,
Weiss, Misses Shemac, Blank, Lowen-
stein and Bearman.
A very pleasant session of the Mis-
sionary Society of the Presbyterian
church was held yesterday at Mrs.
F. B. McElroy's.
Mrs. Ed Byrd was reader and gave
splendid talk on Supply and De-
mand."
Roll Call was answered by quota
tions on missions.
Other subjects discussed were:
Our Missionaries av General AS.
sembly"-Mrs. n. H. Mccoy.
Our Missionaries in the Field
Mrs. Fred Kinkade.
Our Share in the Work"-Open
discussion.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G.. Spendler are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Garbutt