The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-12
GREATEST LOVE


d- as tAa rtlar hr7s Hsss 6 t1s
c uA BE bad tsa so
abruptly 1Ee
He had n1t -sant 10 k.A hiM An
nol 1h thrEi ha1 never found
i fosrnsnt sn his hralz f1r a. instant
WHY stcul6 ha Aarn The tsgher 1t the
wcnzn be loVHa
Ee haG gene mere tu plead hls cause
with the cd nan WORDS had passed
hatwasn thfm. and TIE cid nAn. H.
ssule rage haf zstacked him ETen
then ha lad net meant 70 show re-
sisiancs. Ills sria thought was ID
cuies tie Cd nan. But IS BE had
struggled Hith hm 9Th that end in
vier tier hs6 slipped On the. polished
surface a. the oaken fcur Of the l-
b-arv 1ud in falling the Old man's
head had strpek against the iron
boua5 corner 0f massive ancient
chest ard De hzd lain siill
Presently. in me deep glenm of his
inner being a srark of hope ElcNered
WHAT il ihe old man were not really
csaa9 True. De has thought q mzAs
sure. But be should net have given up
60 SION. AIT any rate Do should have
faced tie situation mznfuIlY; shDuld
have aroused old sarah. fhe sole ao-
mestic of The Ga EidoEer's big house;
and Ciarice-no5 he never could have
told ciarice
He tefan 70 retrace his steps fe-
verishly. what a distance he had
Travelled ii bis insane fight. Suppose
that be found the household aroused
upon BIS rEtufn2
As ar length he neared the house.
4 he perceived that the lowered vim
doRs we're lighted up
But surely that fitfui. faFing Light
was no ordinary illumination He
suddenly recalled that ia his struggle
with the old man the burning logs VI
The great open FIRE ii the library had
z been scattered He had afterward
thrown them back. but some stray
Goals must have remained behind and
nov Oh fire.
He rushed forward but he might
as " 81 have buried himself against a
rock as against that massive front
door; and rs for the lower windows,
they we're heavily crossed with iron
bars.
And CIaTfce2 Clarice was no doubt
sleeping calmly enough upstairs. He
knew her window.
lie dashed madly IN the direction Of
the barn, where he remembered to
+ have seen 2 ladder only the other day.
Il Presently he returned. dragging its
weight after him, anG raised II to the
upper window
He broke the glass with his bare
hands. unmindful Of the wounds Il
caused him. and. raising the sash, en-
tered the apartment.
"Clariee," he called "The house Is
afre; come quickly"
He ran to the head Of the stairs.
The lower portion Of the house was all
afame
Ho gathered her Welding body in his
arms and hurried 10 the window.
"But where is father? Oh, you must
save him." she gasped.
q will. darling" he said, shudder-
ing inyoluntarily
He gazed below Neighbors, at
tracted by the glare. haa commenced
I 10 assemble. One man was already
halfway up the ladder.
He passed her fainting form to the
man on the ladder and rushed back
to arouse old Sarah and direct her to
the means Of escape.
Then he began to make his way to
the hell OF FIRE below.
It was fhen that the great tempta-
y ticn came TO him Why should he risk
his life for a dead man? Already be
had done all that could reasonably be
required Of him, and the fire would
soon obliterate the traces Of that
dread mishap.
But, no he could not live with that
stain upon his soul He could not
bear the plaudits Of the crowd. nor
her proud words Of praise for his he
roism, with the knowledge Of the true
state OF affairs gnawing at his heart
He fought his way to the library
and dragged out the singed body Of
his late adversary. Through the hall
and to the doorway he struggled with
his burden, but the smoke and flames
overcame him, and he sank down Just
within the portal.
Meanwhile, from the outside they
were battering down ehe door witt
axes and presently they rushed in
regardless Of the flames that belches
forth, and carried out the blackenee
bodies.
One grave contained them; and
kneelins BIZ The marble shaft thai
marks its site. Won may often see !
sad faced blacirgarbed woman. BE
sides names and dates, the shaft bear.
this inscription:
Greater love hath no man thar
this, that a man lay down his life foi
his friend"
Copyright By Daily stsy Pub. Col
Die Wscht am Rheln.
The imperial German library, whici
possesAes the original text Of the na
! tiohal anthem, "Die Waeht am Rhein,