The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-07-08

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prQperty ard fhe TERMS q the EiA
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Marley was % he her n5Ace'E guard
Ian I'll a1e was efghteen years of ege.
when tie gtfI was 70 * free 10 1ct
FIR herself ard 10 recesse her property.
Bat II The beiress a. TIE tine should
r fDczpacifafe1 by Illness. be feeble
Eaindsd or - any way nzated 10 care
Ecr her estate. she sb0uld remain IN
der her aunf'a guardianship and tie
property pass 70 Miss Markiey Tor lie.
after Which other disposition should
be made 0f H. Tie hesress would
come 0r age 70 q few weeks.
II was eTident 70 ne that sfisg
1larkiey's object was 70 keep her ward
fl nc background TN after she was
eighteen. and she was doubtless batch
ing plan 10 prove her feeble minded
i wes ny part 70 concoct q plan 10
oufwit this scheme. ny weakcess lay
IN ihe fact that Al the slightest demon
stration on my part Miss Benham
would likely be spirited away. that till
she came Of age her aunt was her legal
guardian and that I had nothing to
show that / had been retained as the
young lady's counsel Besides this.
had never seen her and had no evil
deuce that she was Of sound mind
Should apply 70 the courts ny inter
fereDce would at once become public
property. and 10 Judge would order
Miss Benbam brought before him On
sucn scant eTidence as I might furnish
! could do nothing that was legal;
therefore must break the law. at the
same time getting such advantage as
wOpid protect both me and my client
Realizing the fact that possession is
nine roints IN the law" resolved 70
transfer the keeping Of Miss Benham
70 some other person than her aunt.
This must either be done BIZ kidnapping
her or giving her an opportunity 10
come Of her own accord under the care
Of a new keeper.
Having opened cOmmunica ton with
her surreptitlously, It was to be expect
"a that she would look for a meaning
n anything would send her. dare
not bribe any Of the servants IN the
employ Of her aunt. for It was TO be
supposed that she controlled them. /
concluded To use method Of the same
kind as the frEt / had tried. I sent /
her a magazine marked Sample /
Copy" Under certain words that en-
bodied my message l pricked pin !
holes I felt more confidence in her
noticing this device than the first. /
though It was not as plain. told her
what was necessary for her TO do and
why. advising her to send me word
when It would be possible for her to
leave her aunt that I might meet her
and take her TO a place where she
would be out Of her aunt's reach and
secure the benefit Of the law. l also
suggested method OF reply. On
certain day and hour she was to drop
from a window one or more papers
with figures denoting, first, the day
Of the month; second. the hour tone to
twenty-fourl that she expected to be
able 70 leave the house. The letter #"
was to stand for front and .sR'' for
rear. The letters "a" "Bp and ~Cv
would denote the story from which
she would leave or must be taken
1t was between light and dark OF
the day appointed for her to drop the
paper that J strolsed BY the house.
She muss have been watching for me,
for | saw something white futter
from an upper window. kept my
eyes fixed on 1t and when It reached
the sidewalk picked It up. On it was
~ zs-24. r. B." which 1 knew
meant the eighth day Of the month
between II and u o'clock at night.
from a second story rear room. This.
Df course. threw upon me the respon-
sibility Of providing a means Of IL
scent from an upper story. besides a
method Of flight. Had the paper fallen
into the hands Of watcher there would
have been nothing Ineligible IN It.
/ made an examination Of the rear q
II the house and found that there {
vas an alley there. The yard was in c
-iosed IN high fence. the door OF I +
which was kept locked provided a
adder long enough to reach the sec :