The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-11-05

lAofsnlq u4 suggested the stoic ba his lips smiled.
"1lJ ia.c VI m4a IS about N neck wa, his some-
Some iaunta, lattr Dr. Berry rcarhcd his lodgings
in New lore and rapidly prepafed for journey
In .ilc mountains of ihe Kentucls border were his
relatives Tile term Is plural, set 1t is doubtful
whether Dr. Btrr had thought just now Tor more than
one. hat was his cousin.
he lad known her since she had been the mall girl
whose horizon ended with the shaggy hill ridges
since he had been the young physician returning from
the great outer world Ia md the hoyhood nome grown
lie had scen her personify the miracle with which
the child turns woman and after that ne had never
iottnd the mountains otherwise than Wonderiul-Wheh
She was there But like himself She had been sent
awas that she might grow INTO the hie "h'ch old
Isaac Berry knew could not ter many years come 70
tle ridge" Like himself, She knew both lives and
SSH loved her native hiils and woods. There III the
past two wears. she had been too busy with her labor
OF developing the schools ana hasteihnE tle Teh"'9
sance to give due attention to s huinberles proposals
Homecoming meant goirg to her, and g the haste
~ ,ret,aralia,1 ne even thrust some 81 the waiting
mali ,,ninspeccd into his pocket Later on, in The
train he tore an envelope bearing an Engsh stamp
and as he opcred the letter newspaper clipping leh
from The folded sheets. le ir,t read ING enclosure
and his forehead gathered " distressed ifoW"' Ing
item WAS this.
.Namnjd Pasha who formerly attached to the
Turkish Embassy az London and who IS known ~
most of the European capitals was recently recaiea
from service III Palestine by an imperial mandate.
fter = visit to the Yildiz Kiosk, he became guest
nder Guard in Stamboul and has not since been seen
II s rurored that he had been closely associated win
the Young Turk party and that Chg secret service d d
covered a plot upon the life OF Abdul lianid OF Whieh
he vas author The many friends OF Malimld fAshl'
who are conyersant with Ottoman methods, have niue
hope Of seeing him again 80. 49,.
With sense Of amazed grief the specialist tooN
IN the letter and turned it to the signature At
the bottom OF the sheet he read The Earl OF Mel Mel
Vile and beneath that n parentheses the UGy G-ar,
Iish explanatory clause (formery Brownow- carter j.
He spread the scrced ON his knee and read
The Turkish chap q dare the poor fellow IS IN
the Bosphorus now) was quite rlght we ftyeil 80 ~
type NV uncle the earl. ded l.lkewiSe ms son;
1eaving no duffor-I mean butfer-between me ana
he title Not only am back but ind myself grow
ING narrow and nsular One might think | q never
I'm ort of 5nglandi filG myself thinking often
of our talk in Jerusalem. and Of you On your next
visit 10 England come Melville House and-haYe
tea ON the terrace Tea on the terrace tor US mat
have Dir nk from goat-skins in the desert!
n great tract Of virgin timber the house Of lsaac;
Rerry sat back Of trail-hke road sticky with mud
and deep with ruts Hedging about IN broken
circle Law the sentinel hills under whose ragged slopes
slept rich deposits Of coal ana down steep sihue
crossing the bottoms and climbing the peaks Walqei 81 s.,
the Kentucky rgnia BOUNDARY It was le Walls,' p
at the ragged and undeyeoped edge OF Harlan NoutY
became important only when question O criminal
jurisdiction arose and refugee used It TO rear an
nv;eiilc ethical barrier between himself and pursuit
Now this was the season OF mpassabe ROADS anu
drinpinp hills About his house, grown from he
original log cabin sprawng structure oi many
additions reached desoate stretches ot stark trees
wet dreary and uneven Every man III ~ me .i rouig
was his kinsman or his feudal enemy ne mountains
had given him fortune but tae} had taker @ You On 1
him as we'll and now at SIXTY rs Ee" 'ldt "Hen ~ ~
vent down among the cf the more pohshed olue
grass and beargrass country he appeared crude anu anu
that in moments OF excitement ne l4f'0d "i'o s tss
fa1f uitprate dialect Of the mountaneers ~ ms
daughter and nephew he had resolved To reetiF an
that Now his heart beat proudly as ne gay r-u y
the music drifting from & the fngroa Rlq+, ,ircad M fa
mans snecialist was making his way on muleba,~ "Ier
the sticky roads from the railroad station at fHfNHe'
thirty miles away After all, hiS lie hau us '''"po''
saS9s Yet reflected the old man his mind would rest
easier but for the rumors that Caleb berry the p51
eSt sheen Of the family, had been drinking ana lau
zone across TO Virginia And Virginia was the strong
hold of the Culloms. The names Berry ana = Doi!oni @
bore 10 each other such relation as once dld Mofasu
""I fsaa~ Berrv turned and went back to the music
which Sally had brought from the OUTSIDE Worlu Nv Nv
earng Of that piano over m9unan ] o aodus tabar of
I've The many signs Of refinement about the pi9Cte
we're reflections of Salys SELF 9aiy playeu W., ~
her gaze on the window from which she could see tng
viscid mud Of the road over which the 'oou m4G
come In her eyes was a sparkle OF antc'pauoi,
,ybich would have given DR.. Berry brave hopes haa
nc The Ies' next morning with "his children" at his table
Isaac Berry had forgotten everything except ms pIluI
in them 1t seemed that the conSuni4a'io}h on nc 10. 10
,;sied for and built for had come. In this dsul-
,,iehed Young scientist and this slim girl win the
Grace of a grand lady he had achieved his ehd and
had overcome heredity -, ,lo o,d
cnrtaned them with raw wet. From the caves canlc
dismal drppng Isaac Perry rose from the fabi@ q
and filed his cob pipe from the box OF natnts 'gei
ON tte nantel-shelf He stopped TO light u with
wisp Of paper from the Goals on u'a stone nfs't -
Suddenly through the window he saw c3.3N1eS "
horscmen coming turriediy aiorg The roaa, aif NJ
teeth closed with snap on The p,psSif %le Il,
t et,r1ned ont the blaze with his hcavy boot. aac
lis eyes darened to scow lie i read M te .s, me.9ni
~ that procession Of shaggy mud-s1ished HoFses q
et gance He knew the s'ouchiag figure * Calei
Berry in the lead and the haf-doger unFr"pl 1en wi
r5de with h.nl Even at ? distance 'heir 3''s.'i@
tod him that they came for sar1tuiry 90 tic aesF
ri the clan ard tl,a shortly second ;aracade woIi'
come after them deflani.rg suiTenGe7
4 few, moments ater car1e lcnd f2pping on ih'
door and there :rocped u'o his presence the horsemei
he he'd seer fram the w!ndow
Pefore his wratifll gaze the young men shame
/ faredlF halted ard the more tmid dropped back
frgerinq their hats in awkward silence All %er
e,rrl headed and raw-bonci Every wrist ard h2n'
we're crapped and coarsencd with cold. Their heaY,
MOOT. ere red with mud and each carried repeating
C5leb Kerry h,rself ih;n sandylaired, weak-taeed
took a stcp forward and halted For a moment l.. d