Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-15

lleyc f. But II ! did not believe II, II
believed him ~ have been IN the past
mn that his opponent has said, even II
believed that only last evening
spurncd, driven from his child pcnnl-
less aud hopeless. he had yielded to the
weakness which has been his curse all
hls llfr even n I believed that, stlll |
should demand that Henry Thomas
rpppntant ana earnest as you See him
now, should be given his righttul op.
porlunty 10 become man again. He
l3 poor bat he Is nOl-shnll not be
friendlrss No; thousand times, mol
You may say some Of you. thnt the
nffair Is NOT my business. ! affirm
that II In my business II ls my busi.
ness ms u Christian and that business
should come before all others, ! have
q child Of my own know what o
| fathers love Is And after slccpIoss
night s'uud here before You today
determined TINT lhis man shall have
/ bis own II my money which you
/ VIII. I'm sure, forgive my mentioning
and my unn.urhmg support can give
/ II TO him IhW il my position lie
paused and with right hand raised
launched his tun thuuderbolt "Whom
God hath Joined" he proclaimed let
no one put nsuuder'
That settled IT. lie cheers shook the
walls Amid the lumuIt Dimck and
Bailey Bangs seized Captain Cy by the
/ shoulders aud rudrayorcd to lift him
from his seat
For tie love Of goodness, Whit"
eronucd Josiah desperately, stand
up and answer him! II you don't wen
| founder sure
The captain swird srmly and shook
his bend he uld not taken his eyes
from the face OF thc great Atkins since
/ the laltcr began speaking
"WhaL" he replied after that
/ put usundcr socEdongcr1 Man alive
do You want mo to ned Sabbath brcaG
In 20 my Other crImcst
The vote by NlIot followed almost
Immediately II was ptllul to see the
erstwhlle Whitaker majority melt
away Alonlo Snow was triumphantly
elected IIul hauGiul voted against
him,
Captain Cyrrauruus from the town
meeting to the Whitaker place, fclI
lonesome
War was already declared, aud the
reasons for II mallcred little. The
first sbrmish might occur at any mo
ment The situation was desperate
The captain squared his shoulders.
thrust forward hls chin aud walked
brisky up the path to the door Of the
dining room. II was nearly | o'clock.
but Bos'n had not yet gone.
"Hello, shpmale," he hailed. "Nol
headed for school yet? Good I cal'latc
you nccdn't 70 this afternoon. I'm
thlnkln OF hlr'n' team und drIyIn' to
Ostnble, aud | didn't know but you'd
like to go with me Think you could
without thut teacher womnn bGvin'
you brought up utt Tor mutnyY
Bos'n thought 1t over.
"Yes, sir" she said. 81 guess so, "
gou wrote me an excuse I'd love to
20, Uncle Cy"
The captain removed his coat ana
hat and pulled chnlr forward to the
table
"Hcllo" he exclaimed whats this
the mail?'
Bos'n SMILED delighlcdly.
"Yes. sir she replied 81 knew you
,vas at the meeting. ana so brought
II from the Office Amt you elad?"
''Surcl Yea indeed Much obliged
lie 'mothcred Groan and picked up
the mail
Hum" he unused "the Breeze, O
circular and one letter Hellol 1t isn't
possible that Well, Well"
The letter was In q long envelope
He hastily tore It open At the inclo
sure he glanced In evident excitement
Then his smile returned.
"Hosn." he snid ufter uoments
reflection 81 guess you and me won't
have to go to Ostablc Br-er all" No.
tlcing the ChiId's look OF disuppoint
ment he added "But you needn't 80 to
school Nay be you'd better not You
and nell take tramp alongshore
What do you say1"
"oh, yes. Uncle Cyl Lets-shall
weY
why, don't see why not Wen
cruise In company rs long MS We cOn.
hey. little girl? The squalls llkoly 10
strike afore night" he muticrcd half
aloud "Wc1l enjoy the fine weather
I'll It's time 10 shorten sail"
They walked all that afternoon. Cap
tain Cy vas even more kind ana gentle
with his small companion than usual
He told her stories which made her
laugh pointed out spots In the pines
whore he had played Indian when a
hoy, carried her pig back" when she
grew tired and kissed her tenderly
when, at the hnck door OF the whit
tukcr place. he set her on her feet
again
Shortly ufter their return Miss
Dawes cnmc 10 inquire about TmIly's
absence from school
QuJJnniv otana eouNdad al, tina ,,,aih