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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-12-05

friend. while we're together. and after
we part"
ut doesn't take n new bridge to
make that come true" he declared
She looked at him solemnly. DO
you understand the responsibilities Of
being friend? A friend has TO as
sumo obligations. Just as when a mans
elected to office, he must represent his
party and his platform
"I'll stand for you!" Abbott cried
earnestly.
will you? Then I'm going to tell
you all about myself-ready to be sur
prised? Friends ought to know each
other. In. the first place. l am eighteen
years old, and in the second place |
am professional lion.trainer. and in
the third place my father is-but
friends don't have to know each 9TH
er's fathers. Besides. maybe that's
enough to start with"
YES" said Abbott, ut Is He
paused. but she could not guess his
emotions, for his face showed moth
ing but sort of blankness. Il should
like to take this up seriatim. You tell
me you are eighteen years old?"
And have had lots of expert
ence."
"Your lion-training: has 1t been theo
retical or"
"Mercenary," Fran responded; real
lions, real bars, real spectators. real
pay days"
but, Fran" said Abbott helplessly.
81 don't understand"
But you're going to, before I'm
done with you. tell you. I'm a show
girl. lion-trainer. jungler. I'm the
famous Fran Nonpareil, and my car
nival company has showed in most of
the towns and cities of the United
| States. It's when I'm In my blue silks
and gold stars and crimson sashes.
kissing my hands to the audience. that
I'm the real princess"
Abbott was unable to analyze his
real emotions. and his one endeavor
was to hide his perplexity. He had
always treated her as II she were old
er than the town supposed. hence the
revelation of her age did not 80 much
matter; but lion-training was SO re-
mote from conventions that 1t seemed
in a way almost uncanny. 1t seemed
to isolate Fran, to set her coldly apart
from tne peOpie VI HiS Woiiu.
I'm going home" Fran said abb
ruptly.
He followed her mechanically. too
absorbed in her revelation to think OF
the cards left forgotten on the bridge.
From their scene of good wishes. Fran
vent first, head erect. arms swinging
defiantly; Abbott followed. not know
ing in the least what to say. or even
what to think.
The moon had not been laughing at
them long, before Fran looked back
over her shoulder and said. as II he
had spoken, "Still. I'd like for you to
know about it."
He quickened his step to regain her
side, but was oppressed by an odd
sense of the abnormal.
Although" she added indistinctly.
''it doesn't matter"
They walked on In silence until. aft.
ter prolonged hesitation. he told her
quietly that he would like to hear all
she felt disposed to tell.
She looked at him steadily: Can
you dilute few words with the water
OF your imagination. to cover a life I
I'll speak the words. II you have the
Imagination"
! tTo BE CoNTINUED)
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CHAPTER x-contInued.

CHAPTER x.-Continueo.
Lem mel" Jakey pleaded. with fine
admiration.
well, 1 rather guess not!" cried
Bob. Think I'll refuse Fran's first re-
Quest?" He sped upstairs. uncom-
monty light of foot
Now" whispered Fran wickedly.
Tets run on and leave him."
I'm with you'll" Abbott whispered
boyishly.
They burst from the building like a
storm, Fran laughing musically. Alb
Ing loudest of all. They sailed down
the front walk under the artillery fire
Of hostile eyes from the green veranda,
| They continued merry. Jakey even
-swaggered. fancying himself part of
It; he regretted his short trousers
When Robert Clinton overlook them.
he was red and breathless, but Fran's
beribboned hat was clutched triumph
antly in his hand. It was he who first
discovered the ambuscade. He sud
denly remembered. looked across the
street. then fell. desperately wounded.
The shots would have passed unheed-
ed over Abbott's head. had not Fran
called his attention to the ambuscade.
Its a good thing" she said inno-
Gently, that you're not holding my
hand" and she nodded toward the
boarding house. Abbott looked, and
turned for one despairing glance at
Bob; the latter was without sign OF
life.
What shall we do?" inquired Fran.
for 1t. it'll make things worse"
"Oh. Lord. yes!" groaned Bob: don't
make a bolt!"
Abbott pretended not to understand.
Come on. Fran. shall go home with
you" His fighting blood was up. In
his face was no surrender. no, not
even to Grace Noir. Come" he per-
sisted, with dignity.
How 1olly!" Fran exclaimed. Shall
we go through the grove?-that's the
longest way"
Then let us go that way" respond
ed Abbott stubbornly.
Abbott" the school director
warned. you'd better come on over to
my place-I'm going there this instant
to-to get a cup of tea. It'll be best
for you. old fellow. you listen to me.
now-you need little eer-a-some-a
little stimulant."
NO." Abbott returned definitely. He
had done nothing wrong. and he re-
sented the accusing glances from
across the way. mo. I'm going with
Fran"
And don't you bother about him" !"
Fran called after the retreating chair
man of the board. he'll have stimu-
liant enough"
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1t was when he suddenly discovered
Fran in the flesh. as she slipped along
a crooked alley, gliding in shadows,
that the cause of much sleeplessness
was made tangible.
Abbott was greatly disturbed. Why
should Fran be stealthily darting down
side-alleys at midnight? The wonder
suggested its corollary-why was he
running as from some intangible enc
my? But now was no time for intro
spection, and he set himself the task
of solving the new mystery. AS Fran
merged from the mouth of the alley.
Abbott dived into its bowels, but when
he reached the next street. no Fran
was to be seen.
Had she darted into one of the scat
tered cabins that composed the fringe
of Littleburg? At the mere thought,
he felt nameless shrinking of the
heart, Surely not. But could she pos
sibly, however fleet of foot, have
rounded the next corner before his
coming into the light? Abbott sped
along the street that he might know
the truth, though he realized that the
less he saw of Fran the better. How
ever. the thought of her being alone
In the outskirts OF the village, most as
suredly without her guardians knowl-
edge. seemed to call him to duty. Call
or no call, he went.
1t seemed to him long time before
he reached the corner. He darted
around it-yonder sped Fran like a
thin shadow racing before the moon
She ran. Abbott ran. 1t was like a
foot-race without spectators.
At last she reached the bridge span
ming ravine in whose far depths
murmured little stream. The bridge
was new. built to replace the foot
bridge upon which Abbott and Fran
had stood on the night of the tent
meeting. Was 1t possible that the su-
perintendent of instruction was about
to venture a second time across this
ravine with the same girl. under the
same danger Of misunderstanding. re-
vealed by similar glory of moonlight? ?
Conscience whispered that it would
not be enough simply to warn; he
should escort her to Hamilton Greg
ory's very door. that he might know
she had been rescued from the wide
white night; and his conscience was
possibly upheld by the knowledge that
sudden advent of a Miss Sapphira
was morally impossible.
Fran's back had been toward him
all the time. She was still unaware
of his presence. as she paused in the
middle of the bridge, and with critical
eye sought position mathematically
the same from either hand-rail. Stand
ing there. she drew a package from
her bosom, hastily seated herself upon
the boards. and. oblivious of surround
ings. bent over the package as 1t rest
ed in her lap.
Abbott. without pause. hurried up.
His feet sounded on the bridge.
Fran was speaking aloud. and. on
that account, did not hear him, as he
came up behind her. Grace Noir, |"
she was saying-"Abbott Ashton-Bob
Clinton = Hamilton Gregory Mrs.
Gregory-Simon Jefferson-Mrs. JEFF
ferson-Miss Sapphira Fran - the
Devil" She seemed to be calling the
roll of her acquaintances. Was she
reading list from the package?
Abbott trod noisily on the fresh pine
floor.
Fran swiftly turned. and the moon
beams revealed flush. yet she did not
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It'll come true. Won't you do It, Abb
bott?"
"Of course. What a superstitious
little Nonpareil! Do you hold hands 2?
Honest hands" She held out both
of hers. Come on then. What are you
going to wish. Abbott? But no. you
mustn't tell till we're across. Oh. I'm
Just dying to know! Have you made
up your mind, YETI"
Yes. Fran" he answered indulgent-
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attempt TO rise. why didn't you an
swer when you heard your name
called?" she asked with a good deal of
composure
"Fran!" Abbott exclaimed. Here all
alone at midnight-all alonei Is It
possible?"
mo. It isn't possible" Fran returned
satirically, "for have company"
Abbott warmly urged her to hasten
back home; at the same time he drew
nearer and discovered that her lap WAS
covered with playing cards.
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What Did You WIsh?"
ly. its something always in my
mind"
About Grace Noir?"
Noir."
"All right. I'm glad. Say this:
'''Slow we go.
Two in a row.
Don't talk or anything, Just wish. oh.
wish with all your might
" with all my mind and all my heart
While we're together and after We part
say that"
Abbott repeated gravely:
&" with all my mind and all my heart
While We're together and after we part
What are you going to wish. Franz
'Sh-h-h! Mum!" whispered Fran
opening her eyes wide. With slow
steps they walked side by side. shoul
der to shoulder. four hands clasped
Fran's great dark eyes were set fixed
ly upon space as they solemnly pa
raded beneath the watchful moon Az
Abbott watched her. the witchery OF
the night stole into his blood.
The last plank was crossed. "Now!"
Fran cried breathlessly. what did you
wish?" Her body was quivering. her
face glowing.
That l might succeed" Abbott an.
swered.
Obi" said Fran. My! That was
like cold breath. Just wishing to
be great, and famous. and useful. and
rich!"
Abbott laughed as light-heartedly as
II the road were not calling him away
from solitudes. We'll, what did you
wish. Franz"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
No Night There.

Take it not clean away
Mother which art in heaven; for
chldhood's sake,
And some long cherished things time
can not take
Memories of dust O day.
And white beds waiting in the cand-
led gloom,
While little heads bent in the quiet
room
Around one knee to pray
End where they will, all our old
dreams of rest
Begin with twilight and a mothers
breast.
We are not wholly grown.
But must be always what we once
once have been:
Sometime. somewhere. the whitest
head must lean:
Mayhap in heaven fun known
Mid the lons radiance and the rolling
psalm,
our wistful hearts shall mind us OF
the balm
OF earth scenes. once our own
Where In sweet trance of lessening
sight and sound.
Soft fingered Night with darkness
Tapped us round,
And must we lose the moon
Nor evermore far down a shadowy
pass
by some still tarn. watch midnight in
glass
Star-crowned with double noon
Forego the dews and Romance, and
young dreams.
And wind blown voices Of night sing
ing streams
That darkline idyle Groom
BE patient with MS, Lord: the moon
light shows
ChallelAing splendors not all noon
tide knows.
Then let it slowly GO
Dear half of earthly life that We must
miss
Velveted silence. stars, and slumber's
bliss,
Let lingering twilight glow
Ere the All-morning on our darkness
break.
Nor this. Thou Merciful. our frailty
make.
II we awaking SO.
one quiverine moment turning from
the light.
Say with wet faces 20 good Night /
good night"
William Hcrycy Woods in Scrib-
ncrs.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
No 1--we pOSSUMS ON NCCOUNT.
IN Alabama Editor Gives Subsciip-
uuns for Dead Ones Only.

From Hcadland. Ala. standard.
We will take possums on subscrip-
tons. but hereafter We must insist that
they be dressed before We will accept
them.
\ fellow brought us one the other
uay. A live possum and We immediate
ly imagined we could taste possum. sop
ana tater. We took the varmint home
and while our better half was heating
the water we told Bob. our boy. TO
knock MIR. possum in the head SO he
would be good and dead by the time
the water got hot. Rob did a. directed
but imagine our surprise on going out
after him to find MIR. rossum zone.
Determined not to be outdone We
walked half mile aud borrowed n
possum dog. The dog took the trail
rnd followed IL two miles when he
uced the rascal who had climbed a
tree four feet through Here We gave
up the ghost as we had no aN. our
livht went out and We got lost After
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

position upon the common people
these democratic times. Why even II
Tulsa a bottle uf beer which SELLS foi
10 cents In Milwaukee costs 10 cents
Here is somclhing wrong There can
bo mo- excuse for such glarug dis.
elimination and We desire 10 call the
district attorneys attention 10 the un.
boarable situation"
Now coming from such a source
who would think it, # bot~ys am
experience with Milwaukee whicu
some TlHua would delight 10 culti-
waite hut which has been denied them
through the high cost of living Other
wise how could hc hnow the price OF
beer iu Milwaukee uud the discrmin-
alton against individuals In this state o
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
THE EXILE'S SONG.

Now ! tread the city broadway and
my heart is sore,
For the morn calls, and the wind calls
but | 20 there no more.
And I'm fain for the lonely road. and a
wild gray sky.
And the screaming note in a curley's
throat as the rain comes rushing
by.
Out beyond the stream Of traffic is a
stream ! love,
And the old hills. the dear hills. and
the stars that climb above.
And it's there my heart is roaming
while I stand In the street
And | hea rthe sigh of a dream gone
by when the world was sweet.
My soul is sick of cities and the crafty
strife,
And II gold were all and greed were all
| have had enough Of live;
But always night and day | hear the
moorland music creep
To the heart that shall be aching tiI,
| sleep.
Thomas Moult in London Academy.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
The Man Wt,0 pui me



From Wallace's Farmer.
Hens hold mp their eggs just as cows
mold up their milk. \ shock or fright
of any kind, such as being chased by
"a dog the presence of a strange dog.
etc. VIII cause a hen to hold up her
eggs, and frequently cause dead eggs.
Changing the house also cause a hold
iug up of cegcs for a few days.
Hens and pullets should not be
housed together a pullet has not fin
ishcd her growth when she begins lay
ing therefore she will lay her best on
a ration which would throw an old hen
off her feet. because she is making
feathers bone, flesh and eggs. This Is
on the same principle that "A growing
boy Of lG will outeat his father
The hen should be kept busy she
should have plenty to eat of variety
Of food-a l-grain ration will mean
sudden death. She should have plenty
to drink, and her owner should know
when she shirks her duty Of laying
eggs. Overlooking is almost as bad as
underfeedng and is sometimes re-
sponsible for eggs without a shell. A
well balanced ration provides shell
material. II the fowls are too fat. do
not give mashes, substitute hard
grains for which they should scratch,
and add little EPSON salts in the
drinking water. During the winter the
chickens will do better if their days
ration is fed in three instead of two
meals. The noon feed keeps them
scratching
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
In Buying Pure Bred Stock.

From Bloomington Paragraph.
The farmer can buy pure bred stock
to best advantage from neighbors who
are breeders. Then he knows more
nearly the conditions under which the
animals have been bred and raised
The value of pure bred stock depends
much upon the breeder. His reputa-
tion for honorable dealing adds to the
value Of the stock. 1t is much wiser to
buy of man who is known TO be
straight forward than to deal with
someone whose policy is not known or
whose reputation is not Of the best.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

Wandering about for four hours we
mt the big road seven miles below
town ana walked in saddcr and wiser
mani
Yes sir; the experience taught us
two things. VIZ. Nou can't knock "A
1ssum in the head and You cant keep
a light without an AK to cut the light
ard.
we viii stll take possums on sub
scriptions. but You viii have TO bring
'vm ready cleaned; also leave the tail
ON To show that they are possWms and
n coons because we absolutely will
not take coons.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
TARMER's WIVES RECOGNIZED

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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

madam" said the old farmer making
his usual weekly call.
"Oh, is they" retorted the customer
That reminds me. How is it that
them you sold me last week is so much
smaller at the bottom of the basket
than at the top?"
"Waal, replied the old man.
'ptaters is CROWN. SO fast now, that
10y the time | get a basketful dug the
last ones is about twice the size of the
first"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
What AiIcd Him.

From Cleveland PLAIN Dealer.
They tell me you've lost your hired
man"
yep. Best farmland ever had"
'Sho. What wuz tn natter"
"Nothin'. Johns a German. you
know. and these here Germans hev
what they call the wanderlust. It's
somethin' thet keeps 'em movin from
one place to t'other, an don't let EN-
stay lorg anywheres"
That's queer, amt it? How long
had John been with you?"
only eleven years"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
City NEWS


WAL q. hAld-liAN' proprle'' u oI
the Cardinal Drug company at Mus-
koeee aud Joe Mas"'s' 'lSo OF Mus
tending the pN Farming congress.
lil SlNESS WAS 'l It, IN police
court yesterday only lew dlunNs dp-
pcnrins before the tribunal ol foI'c'
Judge 'larN. Although the arrests
were few yesterday a large h"nE oi
""lhln'H are u"'HN ""''3 ""'S u" '''
u. NlIf'Hi'h' 90 l'''S "I'' ",'"
d" Iht county poor ''r'' l""'Su"S
'ii'ru'"h H'ni'lIl is gwen 'S '"'
ius' "I dr'I" "u'i" S''\ ''''
were hcij "i lho MoNhr"\ Hnd'r'hN-
nS nrl't' tiid'} ana ln''ih''H'
WlS made al ''Nl'Wn
old SON of Mr and Mrs. W ;. Brown
Yesterday afternoon at p'klaWn Gem
,tcN The funeral services were con-
ductcd at the lli south NickeraSe by
thv Rev T. Il. hniokrrhocker bur
m was made at pakawn cemetery
tIN 'E w. ltAGLE, OF the puak
'r Drug company, WAS among those
injured last Tuesday at south Nam
sir'ct park when IN" rlght helu
ltachcls rollAps'd Iie Sull'te"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

party who doesn't seem to be having
Il good time"
That's how | know. He's thinking
ABOUT tires gasoline and speed limit
fines w Washington Star.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

Daily average lO,l70
Total lumhci Of papers printed ana .nt
cu'Atcd was l5s.a7s when divided ny 81,
being the number ~ publication days gives
. daily average " lOll6.
l. Hanch, T. Fees Circulation Manager
OF the Tulsa Daily World hripg duy n""'n
upon oath do affirm that after deducuhs ~,
copies spoiled IN printing LETT over a"'
Office use. ~ns an average Of lo.lfo 'op'''
BLANClIF T. FEES
Circulation Manager
Subscribed aod sworn to before mo 'hi'
tst day OF october, 1919
CHAS T. DENT
Notary Public
tScA) My Commission expires oct ~ lV'o'
->~~~-~~~N~~~~~e~e~ ~e~>~,~>~~e~|>00-~~0~~~~~~
This weather affords a fine uppor-
unity to show those new fms
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
Recognized.

That man sitting in the back seat
Is the one who owns the automobile"
Why he is the only person in the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
No Horrid Men.

Boston Transcript.
Miss Prim-Allow horrid man TO
kiss me-never.
Miss Peach-Neither would I. but
thank goodness there isn't one among
all my male acquaintance.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

Editor McCancc of the Mutual En-
tciprise says he scooped New York
uu the transparent shoe stunt lie
has been Wearing them for twelve
months.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01
An old Mystery Solved.

From Business.
Plates is good this mornin',
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

The California railroad commission
having decided that llcphone com
pnuics cannot exact a 81 deposit from
their patrons, the Muskogcc PhoeniX
suggests that the decision points out
% desirable line of action In Okla
huma.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-01

j. II Stewart of Muskogee set a
hen with eleven eggs about three
weeks ago. Now ne has twelve chick
ems from the eleven eggs. one of
them Is really q double chicken, as II
has separate body and legs, but its
bead is deformrd and It is attached
10 another chiken that came from
the same shell.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-06
CLOSE TO ONE HUNDRED MEM.
eERS ENJOY TRIP TO
TEXAS.
Pairmont and Parkersburg Members
Join-Wheeling Stosies. Tobacco
and Literature Taken.

Carrying nearly a hundred Shriners
and their friends TO the ninth annual
meeting of Imperial Council. Ancient
Arabic Order Mobiles Mystic Shrine
to be held in Dallas Texas. May 1915.
The Osiris Special passed out OF
the II. a. q. station last night as the
clocks throughout ths city were strik-
ing the hour of midnight. Gathered
at the station to see the party on
were a hundred OF more friends or
relatives OF those who are making the
trip. and their good byes ana wishes
Tor a happy journey sped after the
train as IL left the station on what
gives every promise of being the most
delightful and enjoyable excursion
Wheeling Shrintdom has ever
planned.
All preparations for the trip had
been completed in advance by the
committee in charge. No details be-
ing overlooked and noting was left
undone which would add TO the pleas
ure of the trip. W. W. Irwin. OF his
city. will he the hOnOred guest. as the
exalted office OF Imperial Potentate Of
North America is TO be conferred up
On him by the imperial council.
Representing the last word on mod
ern Pullman and dining car equip
ment. The Osiris Special. is said To
be the finest train tna ever loft this
city. II was composed of two bag
gage cars and four handsomely fur
nished sleepers. Two OF the latter
were OF the latest type steel compart-
ment cars and all the coaches we're So