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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-10

In the end stall Cleopatra, rudely awak-
ened, put her head up over the side Of the
stall, rolled red eye at me wildly and bit
at the horse next her, who returned the
compliment ganantly. Rawdon laughed
and nodded his head at me over his shoul-
der.
That's Cleopatra; she'll give you good
ride all right. All you have to do is to sit
tight the first couple OF fields and put her at
the biggest panels you see. After that, if
she doesn't get away with you she will set
tie down and lady could ride her"
| think the stable must have been warm
after the drive in the cold night air, for |
felt quite dizzy for a moment and took a
swallow Of water out of the spigot where the
horses drank. How much nicer | thought
it would be to have someone else ride Cleo
patra the first couple OF fields over the big
gest panels and then get on her after she
had settled down. | laughingly suggested
the idea to Kawdon, but ! must have done
the laugh too wcil, for he took it as Joke
and chuckled for several minutes.
The horse Mcrryweather meant to ride
was big. fatherly looking animal covered
Will DlONI dI lfldt mace MN look about
twice as large as he really was, and really
more like some prehistoric animal than a
horse: but kawdon said he was splendid
jumper, over fifteen years old, and had
never been down in his life.
| waxed honestly enthusiastic when I
heard this, and Rawdon seemed pleased,
and said he would have been glad to have
let me ride him, bat that the only other
horse up to his, Rawdons weight had deve-
oped a splint and besides Cleopatra was a
more brilliant performer knew what that
meant-a brilliant performer. 1t meant
that Cleopatra, when She saw the first fence,
would dig her hind hoofs into the soil, throw
up her mead with a snort and when she got
well going, about d nsile minute, would
take oil anywhere from twenty to forty
feet in front Of the fence, and il you came
down again together, everybody turned in
the saddle and congratulated you, and
thanked heaven it was you and not they
| lad once ridden brilliant performer
years ago, and Ior one reason or another |
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-10

Cleopatra and I were alone. Never before
IN my life have felt 30 much the want Ct
a chapcron But the worst was nearly
over for the time being and after a few
buck jumps and little pitching which car
ried Us down the driveway ard out into the
road she stood quite still and waited for
Rawdou and bis Zig brown gelding to come
amlling along.
Shes always fresh ike that in the morn
ine, he called. bui she'll settle down,
never fear. is just her play, you knoe .
| Locked ii Kawdon There was 10 doubt
about it The nan was quite serious and be
lieved what be said ] made up ny mind
then end there that wien 5n l.n@able op-
pcrunity presmted iise;t ] Should rel OF
aud iel Cieopatrs Gra arotler Anthony
i MAS one three O. iou- riies to where
hourG> met. and rs @4 Hy-e IN plenty Of
iinrc We tooi. i leisurely Rasdca was very
thoughtful ahout describing .hs country.
apd lemember il particular his pointing
CIT The place where poor 50 a..4 - broke
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suddenly saw me, felt strange feeling Of
diffidence about accepting Rawdon's hos
pitable wave of invitation to enter. Roy
sterer, being the largest and in sense the
leader Of the Others, seemed particularly
upset and conscious of his position, and
stared at me so long with his back reached
and teeth barred that / felt quite uncom-
Portable until Rawdon gave him a sound
kick, which, being a kind of passport for
me, we went in without further annoyance.
felt quite important for while after that;
and later on l could see that Roysterer really
would have liked to lick my hand. 1t was
like being passed through the fre-lines by
the chief of police, after some surly police
man had pushed you in the shirt front with
fat, smoky hand
1t was already morning before Rawdon
and | stopped talking; and the last thing |
remember after Rawdon showed me my
room, was his telling me he would call me
in the morning, and the next thing, just
after | had gotten the covers really tight
around me was his calling me. When | first
heard someone knocking on my door only
dozed on happily, but as grew little more
and more awake, something seemed to
weigh upon my mind and depress me; and
it was not until Rawdon stood in the door,
crop and lash in hand, that l began to
realize it was Cleopatra. 1t was only few
minutes now before had to ride Cleopatra.
They say condemned men, on the morning
of their execution, often eat hearty break
fast. 1t is true; | did. | felt | should need
it.
The sky was slightly cloudy, and while
the wind blew gently out of the south, there
was an early morning crispness to it that
put the horses on edge; and as the grooms
led our mounts up from the stable, it was
really more than one man should have been
asked to do, to take Cleopatra all by him
self. Sometimes Cleopatra lifted her head,
and when she did so the groom went with
her. There was no effort on her part. She
was very graceful and pretty about it. She
merely lifted her head and the groom went
up in the air; then she would try to kick
Granny, the other horse, with her heels.
We watched them as they approached,
Rawdon with pride in his eyes As for me,
| can't say PRIDE exactly expressed my emo
tions; but then, Of course, they weren't my
aorses. Twas only going to ride one OF them.
" Feeling pretty good, aren't they2" said
Rawdon. Perfectly devilish," thought,
but said nothing. There did not seem to
be any necessity, the thing was so obvious.
Rawdon kept Cleopatra from sitting down
when got on her, while the groom swung
to her head, SO that for the time being felt
comparatively safe, and anchored like
ship in harbor, but it was only the calm
before the storm
All ready" Rawdon asked, smiling at
me unconcernedly.
| gritted my teeth, took a frmer hold on
my reins and nodded. The groom made
broad jump to one side that would have got
him his H " at college, Rawdon side
stepped quick up-cue from Net heels, and
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-10

John, say, can't you keep Cleopatra's head
up? she'll kick in another second. Miss
Smithson (behave will youD, may present
spurs and yank at the bit.) There now,
be quiet. / beg your pardon, Miss Smith
son, something seems to have got into
Granny this morning. This is Mr.. Ralston.
Where are you, John, anyhow? Oh, there
you are Look sharp; keep her head up.
Miss Smithson, Mr.. Ralston." 1twas done
Miss Smithson and knew each other. She
reached her hand quite graciously across
Rawdon's horse, who was between us, but
as Cleopatra seemed to frown upon the
idea, and edged farther and farther away,
the pleasure had to be deferred to another
time.
We had stopped now on the edge of some
woods, and with a wave of his hand the
huntsman cast the pack into the heart of
it, while some twenty or thirty of us waited,
chatting together in low tones. One man
had plated his horses tail with red ribbon.
1t was rather fetching, | thought, and /
moved over closer in order to see how it
was DONE and made a resolution that if
WI ONllNu u lluIllNl nOulu plelll ltS tdll
in red ribbon. / must have been quite close
when the beast kicked me, for he caught my
boot squarely with both hoofs, and then
squealed in perfectly disgusting manner.
The man turned in his saddle to see what he
had hit, he must have been quite used to it,
/ think; and | imagined he was going to
apologize for owning such a yindictive ami
nal, but he only frowned at me and NUT
tered something under his breath. Rawdon
rode up then and told me to keep away, as
the ribbon in the horses tail meant that he
was a kicker, and / have no reason to doubt
him. A few minutes later had quite for
gotten the incident, but it seems Cleopatra
hadn't, and once when the kicker passed in
front OF us, she laid her ears back, stretched
out her neck and fastened her teeth in the
others nose. After that ] had a different
feeling toward Cleopatra. There was some
thing so finished about the way she avenged
me that felt / could better trust myself in
her hands, if o..ly she did not bolt those
first few fields.
Hounds were whimpering in the woods
now, and occasionally some old veteran
would give a few staccato notes and arouse
the resi- OF the pack for short interval; but
there did not seem to be any likelihood of
their going away at once.
/ began to examine the country around
me. Suddenly realized that we had come
in through a gate that had been shut behind
us, into field entirely surrounded by
fences At first blush there is nothing start
ling about that; fields often have fences
around them; but there are fences and
fences, and you can imagine what this one
was Ike Wien J teil vol that ! decided or
the cicse., gate as the ieas. reckless means
o. egress Miss SmitSson's gray was a
quiet, dgniGed anim9 with a docked tail
ard a 2omDcus manner Of putting down It's
frort feet and as / soon discovered that
Cleopatra appeared TO be on good terms
With It, since tnev rubbed the tops Of their
leads agsinst each others necks, J felt
encouraged 70 speak to Miss Slaithsoa
herself.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-10

his leg-or his neck, forget which now, but
know it impressed me at the time. 1t was
as likely place to break a leg or neck as
/ have ever seen-an unpleasant drop into
roadway, over fence and four-foot
ditch. / made mental note Of the spot,
which was near a farmhouse, and ] felt
that should recognize it again any
where.
The next moment Rawdon was alongside
presenting me to very pretty woman who
rode gray horse
Miss Smithson,' he began. WHOA!
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-10

"How do you like Cleopatra" she asked
me with smile that disclosed some very
pretty white teeth, and then not waiting for
me to answer: "She's quite handful, you
know. Mr. Merryweather said he wouldn't
let many people ride her but you. You
must ride very well, don't your"
/ swallowed hard / never enjoyed a
compliment less.
Miss Smithson, are you going to jump
that?" asked, pointing to the spite fence
which someone must have built to cut off
his neighbor's view.
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coming out of the ground and the scent lay
strong and certain Cleopatra had her head
in the air, and as held back on .he bit /
could feel ber breath coming sharply
through widened thoroughbred nostrils and
feel her short coupled back buck;ng Under
ne as She fought for her head. Beyond,
the pink coats of the huEtsman and the
master went bobbing or down the gradual
slope Of the valley, straight as the crow
flies, over fence, stone wall and hedge.
Il was quite apparent 10 me by now that
Cleopatra had bolseG. 1t was not 20 be
doubted. She had gone three fields and as
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You can ride her next time"
:" Don't mention it" | returned absent
mindedly.
Rawdon looked surprised. Anyhow, he
said, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. You
know, | thought you might be bit shaky
at first. Any number are"
! laughed heartily at the idea
Not with Cleopatra, replied fatuousiy.
By Jove, that's so,'' cried Rawdon.
pleased. She's little ball of fire. Cleo
patra is, a little ball of fire."
And think he struck it just right.
Cleopatra is little bali OF FIRE.
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w DON MERR Y
WEATHER is one Of
those men that horses,
dogs, and children are
always making a fuss
over. The one or the
other are continually
lickino lriS hands or SIT
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03

December, which stated that certain
haciendado of OaXaca had offered the
services of fifty thousand poems from
his estate, fully armed, to Diaz to aid
in crushing the revolution. This Is six
teenth century feudalism transplanted
in the twentieth century. The hacien.
dado can send his poems to war with
out asking their consent. If he wish,
he may have the right of the first
night" He can starve his poems, kill
them; the government does not pro-
tect them Is it not pretty generally
conceded that the first duty of states
man is to protect the weak against the
aggressions of the strong?
In Mexico City, the metropolis of
the country, not more than one-fifth
of the houses within the city limits
are regularly supplied with water with
which TO flush the sewers, while there
are many densely populated blocks
which have no public water whatso-
ever, either for sewer flushing or for
drinking. AS a result epidemics of
typhoid sweep away thousands every
year and the death rate ranges always
between five and six per cent-double
that of well regulated cities of South
America and nearly three times that
of the most unhealthy city of the
United States. Which means that from
one-half to two-thirds the people who
die in DiaZ's metropolis die of causes
which modern cities have abolished
John Kenneth Turner in Pacific
Monthly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03

Regarding the word machine" as
derisively applied to politics in vart
GUS parts of the United States during
the past fifty years, it has been gen
orally believed that it originated in
New York where, up TO 1860, the fire
engines were called machines, the fire.
men were volunteers and all of them
politicians of some degree. But the ap-
plication was borrowed from the Eng
lish. for as long ago as 1916 the Duke
of Wellington wrote to friend as fol
lows: Such is the operation OF the
machine as now established thar no
individual can have any personal in
f1uence." The word "foater," too, as
applied to the purchasable voter, is
filched from the English.
The terms lingo" and "jingoism'
were voluminously applied to Secre-
tary Blaine and to President Cleve-
land and to their brilliant and patriotic
attitudes as Americans by foreign
newspapers in their attempt to show
that the Americans were spelling for
fight. The words evidently come
from the Amazonian empress of China,
named "Jingo," who made a furious
oral onslaught on Korea in 204 A. D.
Kansas City Star.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03
The Japanese War Scare.

The bacillus Martis seems to be in
the air, causing NippOnphobia with
paroXysms of terror. The secretaries
of war and OF the navy unite in show
ing how helpless is the Pacific coast
to an invasion by the Japanese; so
that ii seems to me the Nipponese
will be the stupidiest little gentlemen
in the world if they do not hurry over
here and take us while we are squalling
for mercy. One warrior who, under
stand, has seen service as a newspaper
correspondent and gives his martial
picture with all his decorations as a
frontispiece, has written book called
THE Valor of ignorance, at the con-
clusion of which | concluded it should
be re-entitled The Ignorance of
Valor." He kindly points out not only
the general strategy, but the landing
points and bases of supplies; not only
these, but the particular camps and
routes of assault and positions of de-
tense. The supine American is aided
to grasp his fate by maps accurate in
every detail. If | remember correctly
Pullman, Wash, is the Japanese cen
ter of operations. God help them. (The
Japanese.) Not that | have anything
against Pullman, but | am quite sure
the Japanese general staff would seek
to retreat after three days at All
Fong's restaurant. Then would be our
opportunity. If the invading Japanese
army could be lured to Pullman and
then all railroad fares suddenly raised,
we would have them at our mercy,
and my idea would be that airships
could swoop down from Mt. Adams and
drop plum buildings and other Christ
mas deadly weapons upon them.
don't offer this as the only possible
plan. If once We got the hostile army
at Pullman the American genius would
rise to the occasion and devise in
genious means to keep them there.
This whole coast is filed with Jap
anese spies. Some are making OBJ
servations, others pies. Some with in
finite pains and stupidity are drawing
headlands which they might buy on
postal cards at two for five cents, but
perhaps they are grafters and want to
get heavy expense allowance.
But forget; meanwhile we are leav-
ing Pullman, Wash, the easy prey to
the invading horde of bafbarians. But
will Pullman let them off so cheaply?
Not, take it, if Pullman is true to its
historic name and remembers it is the
upper berth of Liberty.-C. e. S. Wood
in Pacific Monthly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03
Diaz. Statesman?

There are rich men in Mexico. The
extremes of wealth are far greater
than they are in the United States. In
this country the farmer is of the mid
die class. In Mexico the typical farm
is the millionaire farm, the farmer
the man who owns the slaves and the
peons-the king of money kings. The
Mexican haciendado often spends as
much for suit of clothes as he pays
to a peon for a lifetime of toll. The
sort of farms and farmers one runs
across in Mexico may be guessed from
a press dispatch, printed in the Ameri-
can newspapers during the month of
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03
PARAGRAPHS CONTRIBUTED BY
COMMERCIAL SECRETARIES

The recent fire in New York makes
a horrible suggestion TO all owners oil
buildings and to municipalities to look
we'll after the fire escapes and to In
crease the efficiency of fire depart
ments. In our Texas cities it is so
long between fires that we are apt to
become unmindful of the terrible con-
sequences that await us from the
flames and we may neglect to take pre-
cautions necessary to perfectly safe
guard human life and property. The
owners of buildings and the city coun-
ellis of cities should make thorough
inspection of their premises from the
standpoint of fire protection and make
such improvements as will adequately
protect life and property. According
to the last report of the department OF
insurance and banking, We lose S4,337,-
IT'S per annum by fire and have $685.
431, 221 worth OF property uninsured.
- Texas is great state-great in
commerce, great in arts and learning
and in its multitude of happy homes.
A recent press dispatch from Beau
mont announces that East Texas has
discovered that her cut-over pine lands
are adapted to celery raising and that
the new industry bids fair to take on
commercial proportions. This an
nouncement did not create quite the
sensation that the discovery OF oil
gave us, but our agricultural discov-
cries are equally as important and as
full of financial promise as mineral
discoveries. 1t was only few years
ago that the Beaumont country dis
covered that rice could be grown in
that section and the rice crop of Texas
last year sold for $5,942,000, and more
money has. come out of the ground
through the medium of this favorite
cereal than has gushed from the
Spindletop oil fields. Scarcely day
passes that the newspapers OF the
state do not record some important
discovery in agriculture. Texas Is
truly a great agricultural state and we
have scarcely formed a working ac-
quaintance with the soil.
Texas is one of the worlds greatest
centers for the production of oil and
natural gas, and oil is being shipped
to all parts of the world from the
Texas fields.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03
Doan's Kidney Pills go right at It; |


Reaches the cause; relieve the pain.
They cure, too, so Bryan people say
John ]. Stacey, Astin street, Bryan,
Texas, says: When seventeen years
of age | strained my back and from
that time until | was relieved by
Doan's Kidney Pills | suffered terribly
from pains in my loins. / was also
bothered greatly by kidney weak
ness. When | had the good fortune to
hear of Doan's Kidney Pills made up
my mind to try them, and obtained a
box at Emmel & Maloney's drug store.
They strengthened my kidneys and re-
lieved the pain in my back, thereby
convincing me of their value
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03
GO RIGHT AFTER 1T.

Friends and Neighbors in Bryan Will
Show You How.
Get at the root of the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may re-
lieve it
But it won't cure It.
You must reach the root of 1.-THE
kidneys.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03
Are You Looking for
the Best =?

DO you want the finest Every
ones answer is, Yes. If you have
Jersey. COW, grade or register, it
will pay you to breed them to the
best bulls you can find. Remem'
Der this is equal to one-half your
herd. Look up Latoni's Golden
Topper No. 84l70, and Zinas
Sultan No. S5995. These Jersey
bulls are both prize winners in and
out of the state, and possess repu'
tation in state and national shows
and fairs.
You can secure the services, OF
these fine animals by applying to
]. M. CALDWELL, BRYAN,
TEXAS. Prices $500 and $1,000,
payable at time of service. | will
be glad to show any one interested
pedigrees and the animals them
selves. There are none better
bred, and very few as we'll bred.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-03

= Texas is a great state-great in
commerce, great in arts and learning
and in its multitude of happy homes.
Arizona republican., 1911-11-08
RODGERS ASSUMES
ROLE OF PROPHET
Says Trip From Atlantic to Pacific
Will Soon be Made in Three
Days.

PASADENA, Nov. THE aeroplane
of the future will fly from New York to
San Francisco in from three to five
days. according TO Aviator c. p.
Rodgers. whose flight from New York
to Pasadena is the latest sensation Of
the aviation world. Rodgers belief
was expressed by him at a banque-
here tonight, rendered by members Of
the party which followed him across
the continent aboard Dodgers special
train.
MY trip which was seemingly i'm
possible a year or two ago." he said,
lis only one of many which soon will
come. l am not idly dreaming when l
say that within a few years the aero
plane will be so perfected that it will
be the fastest means of communication
between the Pacific and Atlantic, eX
cept telegraph and telephone wires.
The engine is the only thing which
stands in the way and according to
the present rate of improvement, it will
be perfected soon. so that by equip
ping the machine with two, and alter
mating their use, the trip will be made
with only a few stops, at the most i'm
portant cities The present machines
have speed but not stamina The ma
chine to make such a flight l believe
is already in sight"