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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-07-30
Copyright. 1915. by Wright A. Patterson)

something to stop the wolves which
pursue them. While you are rend-
ing me she gains time! But why rend
me? If ! had the coin ! would give
it to you now, for | fancy a whole
throat more than | do a divided coin
But you see | haven't it."
Very well monsieur" said the
renegade leader, Il am forced to be-
lieye what you say-the coin is gone,
no one knows where by now. But
you yourself shall remain here
until my men bring back those
two-the girl and the rufIian who
used us so hard in her defense,
Landozi-he is safe enough. We do
not fear him, for in a way he is our
brother. But tell me, monsieur, what
is it-ths coin? Why do so many
pursue it?"
He turned keen eye upon the no..
bleman who remained so composed
in these surroundings.
"Why, / may tell you but little" an.
swered Count Frederick. If | had,
it in my hand now perhaps | could.
tell you more. But always no soon-i
er do | place a hand upon it than,
yonder young woman appears out of
nowhere and makes away with It,
again! ! have resolved to have it.
i admit that. AS you know, mon
sieur, one does not readily give up res
olutions of that nature, when formed.
Is 1t not so?"
Frankly. l own like desire" re-
Joined Blake. Il will win-my men,
will bring her back"
81 am not so sure. find her most
active in her ways"
"Who is she then:-and what is.
she to you, monsieur" demanded
Blake.
Count Frederick paused for half an
instant, as though himself engaged in,
thought.
Monsieur" said he, you ask me,
a question there indeed! | have not
yet myself decided upon that answer,
Who is she? She is an American
that is almost all l know of her. She
may or may not be of quality in herN
own land, but she has some desperate
errand here in ours"
with such beauty as hers" said,
the apache leader, rank matters but
little
stop" exclaimed Count Frederick.
at is not for you to comment in
that way" The blood surged into
the nobleman's face as he spoke.
why? What is 1t to you?" The
covert sneer on the face of the other
showed his own suspicious as to which
way the wind might set regarding
these two.
1T is no matter what 1t Is to me
nay, do not know in truth what it
is to me-" said Count Frederick, irri-
tated almost beyond speech. she
is, as / have said, an American-she
has some business here-l know lit
tie more"
"And you did not answer my main
question-What is she to you?"
The nobleman turned on him
angrily, in loathing of such familiarity
on his part 'If | could answer that
question, fellow" said he, Il would
not. Since | am not able to do SO,
/ shall not"
Monsieur admires that jeune fille!"
The sneer of the renegade once more
was evident.
Yes" Frederick turned full upon
him now. Monsieur admires her"
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Sachio grumbled some response. and
the other went on.
These strained times cannot hold
together forever-the break will come
before long. Our own monarch will
not continue to endure this condition,
half peace and hat suspicion, that
exists between the two kingdoms"
"Yes-war!" exclaimed Sachio. But
why war without success? War for
plan or purpose or result-yes, we
could. agree to that. But curse 1t!
man, do you not see that it all hangs
on the ownership Of this spirit coin?
There is the issue. Without that We
could gain nothing IL we did go to war.
not even though we won the war"
THE economy of a king may mean
much, my friend" went on Sachio. MI
chael, the dead king, was a business
mamie saved. The economy OF a
people is the hope OF business-the
economy Of a king is the hope OF a
people itself There are two sorts OF
folk in the world-those who make
mortgages and those who pay them.
King Michael the Second of Gretzhof-
fen Is one who makes mortgages.
King Michael the First was one who
planned to pay them. He saved the
money for that purpose-he intended
to leave his kingdom rich.
But where is his hidden treasury?
We know something Of tit is un-
der the Notifications Of Gretzhoffen.,
Our own monarch knows so much as
that-but no more. He asks me to
learn more definitely the location of
that treasury-and what have done?,
What can ! do-unless at length l.
shall gain not one but both halves OF
this Gretzhoffen coin? So, Is 1t not
plain enough?"
Thirty years ago, your excellency,"
rejolned his friend, these kingdoms
did fight"
) "Yes, and that was ended by the
alliance Michael the First formed with
our own prince Love did that, mes
sieurs-he loved our princess, so all
was forgotten. He was a good king
and a strong one. There Is need for
another strong man like him these
days-but not like the second Michael
3 of Gretzhoffen. Why, he gave away
his very birthright-won by the fair
face of a girl-this strange young
American, whoever she may be. He
gave her the Gretzhoffen coin out Of
hand, as though 1t were no more
than a farthing, for all he cared"
But she cared, that is evidence
enough"
"Yes, she cared, that Is truel and
so did another care"
Count Frederick"
"Yes, now you have named them
both" rejoined Count Sachio, his grim
jaws set. THE young woman has half
the coin, Count Frederick has the 9th
er half. They must both be found, and
swiftly as may be. Who will ride with
me? Not you, Rudolph-someone
must do the errand you failed in do
Ing. You. Johann; you, Marco-come.
We must bring back not either half
OF the Gretzhoffen coin tonight-but
both halves" ..-.-- .-,-
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PAGE THREE

let in place by a metal hinge Back
OF this, in the interior OF the cabinet.
below a series of little pigeonholes.
stood row of three drawers of rose
wood, all beautifully fitted
The eye of Kitty caught these as she
sat deliberately engaged in her dis
tasteful but absorbing task. She
drew out all three of these drawers
and put them on the desk lid before
her examining each in turn She
wondered why she was glad to find
there were no letters from any other
woman-yes, here was one-but the
writing was that of an old woman.
she was sure. And here were certain
rings, seals. trinkets, a miniature on
ivory--eyen tight curled ring OF gray
hair, silken and delicate.
She sat despondent after all her
search. The half coin was not here!
She had failed ONCE more. obviously
ut her wits end-for now she knew
not where to look further in the room
she sat gazing at the three little
rosewood drawers before her.
Suddenly an idea came to her mind.
She picked up one of the drawers, and
stepping to the side Of the cabinet.
measured the depth of the drawer
against that of the upper case which
had contained it. 1t was shallower
than the full depth of the desk by
some three inches.
Hurriedly she stopped down in front
OF the desk, dropping her eyes to the
level of the drawers, which in the
cunning of the maker had been placed
precisely where the level of the hui
man eye would not be apt to fall.
She peered back into the recess from
which she had drawn the three tight
fitting drawers. Beyond them she saw
three little ivory knobs
An exclamation escaped her. Not
for nothing, then, had been her own
experience in antiques. She knew
something OF the cunning the old max
ers put into secret drawers and spaces
In some of their furniture.
She thrust in her hand, grasped one
Of the tiny ivory knobs, and drew 1t
gently toward her. 1t was as she had
thought-there was row Of three
shallow secret drawers in the back of
the desk, hidden by the three larger
ones which originally she had drawn
out Not one time in fifty would any
one suspect the presence OF these Sc
cret compartments. The work of the
old cabinetmaker was beautifully done
throughout. 1t had been a master
mind, and cunning one, which had
designed 1t and executed It,
A strange conviction came to Kitty
that now she was at the end of her
quest. Hurriedly her fingers turned
over the contents Of the little recepta-
cles. One held yet another miniature
n beautiful thing-of a lady whose
high and aristocratic features remind
ed her of some face, she could not at
first tell whose. There was nothing
else
The second was also empty-just an
address or SO in faded yellow papers.
treasured for some purpose, she knew
not what and could not ask.
The last drawer was filled to the top
with tissue paper which had been
crushed down. Her hands half-trem-
bling, Kitty began to unfold this tissue.
All at once she paused, her eyes gleam-
ing.
The half of the Gretzhoffen coin lay
in her hands!
She caught at the little silken cord
about her neck, pulled to view the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-07-30
SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray, newspaper woman, finds In
q curio shop half of a broken coin the
mutilated inscription on which arouses
her curiosity and leads her at the order
of her managing editor, to go to the prin-,
cipality of Gretzhoffen to piece out the;
story suggested by the inscription. She Isl
followed, and on arrival in Gretzhoffen
her adventures while chasing the secret
of the broken coin begin.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Will exhibit at Rising Sun
Monday, Aug. 30
The iMescai putton.

Peyote. known commercially as mes
cal, is Il species of cactus grown IN
northern Mexico The meseal button.
about one and II half inches in diam
eter. is 10 the uninitiated disagreeable
III both odoT and taste. Although tea
Is made from it. it is more generally
eaten In its dry state, and has hence
been called dry whisky" The effect
upon the user is different from that of
any other drug There is trembling
and nausea. d sense of dual existence,
In some cases q delirium somewhat
similar to delirium tremens, and an
Overestimation of time-minutes be-
coming hours and hours long periods
Of time. The most extraordinary ef-
feet, however. is the visual hallucina-
tons and the effect upon the hearing.
The habitue enjoys "a regular kaleido-,
Ecopic play of most wonderful colors.
an incessant flow of visions of infinite
beauty, grandeur and variety, while
each note produced on the piano be-
comes center of medley of other
notes which appear to be surrounded
by a halo of color. puisating to the
music. ."-LeSlie's.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
They're All Good.

Burne-JOnes. the famous artist, made
many sketches fog the children OF bis
friend. ]. C0myns Carr. He once laugA-
ingly proposed to instruct the eldest
boy In the principles of anatomy, and
there ana then made for him two beau
ttful drawings representing the anat-
ony Of the good man and the good
woman, ins both OF which the heart,
magnihcently large. winged and back
ed by spreading flames. Is the central
detail.
By special request he made another
drawing. illustrating the anatomy of
the bad man. On being met with the
reprOach that the third drawing show
cd nothing OF the details of internal
atTucturs be replied:
'sThere are n0ne. The bad man is
quite hollow"
On being challenged to illustrate the
anatomy Of the bad woman he grave
ly replied:
my dear boy, she doesn't exist"
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Wanted.

Correspondence with persons who have the
christian Herald, l,mnhs' Cumpatlion Union
Signal and other gsod literature which they
would like To send To some mission field. Send nj
iiter',ture but write for iull particulars to THE
PAPER MISSION. " o0dwnfd Okla.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Heart of a Hallstone.

The heart of every hailstone is a tiny
speck OF dust. Such speck, with a
little moisture condensed about ii, is
the germ from which may be formed
2 hailstone capable of telling a man or
mashfng window. But first 1t must
be caught up by current of afr and
carried to the level Of the lofty cirrus
clouds five or six or even ten miles
high. Then. continually growing by
fresh accessions of moisture. it begins
its long plunge to the earth. spinning
through the cloud and flashing in the
sun like diamond bolt shot from a
rninhoW
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
WHEN THE SUN DIES.
Deadly Havoc the Change Will Enact
Upon Our Poor Planet.

Deadly Havoc the Change Will Enact
Upon Our Poor Planet.
II the sun should go out how long
gould 1t be before darkness would ap-
ear on the earth?" asks reader.
hight minutes, eighteen seconds and
i've hundred and sixty-six one-thou-
gandths Of a second!
At the end Of that brief interval Of
time the blue curtain Of day would dis
appear as If an almighty hand had
snatched it of, and the dome Of night,
gpangled with stars, would instanta-
ne0usiy arch the earth. We would be
plunged into darkness SO quickly that
for moment nothing would be visible
Then the piercing rays Of the stars
would begin to affect our eyes, and aft
er that, gradually. our Immediate sur
roundings would dimly emerge from
the gloom. There would be starlight
but no moonlight, for the moon shines
only with reflected sunlight
At first the disappearance of the light
would be the thing most troublesome
to us, but us time went on chill
would begin to creep over the sunless
earth, aud out Of. the dark and frozen
air. Oil around the globe pallld s1Ow
woPiA dssseas, q tAs sa9eskAerip
moistans Saa&saseA MAeb &Ags s1d
weeks lad elapsed che aw6I dOad oe
outer space would chill the atmosphere
down to the.earth's surface and animal
and vegetable life would alike perish
In the endless winter Of universal
night Garrett P. Serviss In New York
Journal
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Constipation Causes Most Ills.

Accumulated waste in your
thirty feet of bowels causes absor
ption of persons, tends to produce
fevers. upsets digestion You
belch gas, feel stuffy. irritable,
almost cranky. 1t isn't you-it's
your condition. Eliminate this
poisonous waste by taking one oil
two DIR. Kings New Life Pills to.
night. Enjoy a full, free bowel
movement in the morning-you
feel so grateful. Get an original
bottle, containing 36 pills, from
your Druggist to day for 25c.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Lots of Novels.

In the Hawaiian language every
word ends iii a vowel A Hawaiian
finds It almost impossible to pronounce
two consonants together. and In Eng
lish ne has the greatest difficulty In
pronouncin;, any word ending with a
consonant. Mr.. Hale III his Polynesian
grammar says: ''In all the Polynesian
dialects every syllable must terminate
In a vowel. and two consonants are
never heard without vowel between
them. It Is chiefly to this peculiarity
that the softness of these languages is
to be attributed. The longest syllables
have only three letters. and many syl-
tables consist % single vowel"
Again, no syllable. as general rule,
In the Bantu family of African speech
can end in consonant. but only In
vowels.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Protectad.

Grubbs-I hear that old Skinem has
given the committee his views on the
proposed new charter.
Stubbs That must be mistake.
Skinem never gave anybody anything.
II the committee had his views he has
the committees note providing for the
return Of the views with something
more than legal interest. Richmond
Times-D Dispatch.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Mo- Postmortem rouch.

"Loan me $5 until Thursday. old
man. If ! live till then I'll surely pay
you"
"All right But if you succumb don't
send anybody around to touch me for
the funeral expenses" Seattle Post
Intelligencer
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
How to cure a snraIn.

A sprain may be cured in about one
third the time required by the usual treat
ment by applying Chamberlain's .Lini
ment and observing the directions with
each bottle. For sale by Eli T. Rey-
nolds, Druggist.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
An6EIement Of Difficulty.

"What is the hardest part of your
work as lecturer?' asked the man
designated as POSTMASTER.
"As a rule" replied Mr.. Speekins.
"the hardest part of my work is wax
ing the audience up after the man
who Introduces me has concluded his
remarks. - Washington Star.
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Bull Fight whistles.

Nearly every spectator at Spanish
bullfight carries whistle, which he
blows If he considers a toreador 10
have broken any of the rules Of the
agame."
The midland journal., 1915-08-20
Enforced TruthfuIness.

Blobbs- Wigwag is the most truth
full man | know. Slobbs-Yes. Wig
wae has such bad memory he has to
stick to the truth. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
COLUMBIA TRACK MEN OUT
Bright Prospects for Success
full Dual Meet Season.

The Columbia track team took to the
cinder path on South Field yesterday,
with no hopes OF capturing the inter
collegiate championship, but with bright
prospects for "A successful dual meet
season. Russell Beatty. 10. the inter
collegiate shot put champion and record
holder, and c. u. 0lmstead. 15, ham
mer thrower and shot putter. are the
only men Bernie Wefers, the Columbia
coach. looks for to place in the inter
collegiates. unless n star is developed
in the two months between now and
the big games.
Columbia meets Annapolis, Wesleyan
and Brown in dual meets, and Wefers
will call il a successful season IL his
team is able to beat all three. What
Columbia needs most is middle distance
men, pole vaulters and high jumpers.
Since the departure of Harry Babcock,
who won the Olympic pole vault cham
pionship while at Columbia, the Blue
and White has been hard pressed to
put a vaulter of real ability in the
lists. There are no high jumpers.
either, and graduation has robbed the
team of the best middle distance men
il had.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
KNOWS THE MAYOR NOW
Moose County Chairman Hap
pier After Luncheon.

What's the use of being county chair
man of a political organization if you
can't get any city patronage? How can
you get any patronage from the Mayor
If you don't happen TO have the pleas
ure of his acquaintance
Lindon Bates, jr., is the new chair
man Of the Progressive County Com
mittee.
There is absolutely nothing political
about this luncheon" said Leonard NJ.
Wallstein, Commissioner of Accounts,
speaking Of a little spread he gave in
honor of Mayor Mitchell at the White
hall Club yesterday noon. at was
arranged simply that Mr.. Bates might
meet the Mayor"
So now the Progressive County
Chairman will not feel embarrassed
when he enters the City Hall.
The luncheon was a small affair, less
than dozen being present, among
them Commissioner Kingsbury, Com
missioner Woods and Henry Mosco'
WITT, president Of the Civil Service
Commission.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
COLUMBIA MEN MAY
SWIM EXTRA MEETS
Athletic Authorities Grant Sane
ton to Team to Compete
for the Title.

The Columbia athletic authorities
will grant a sanction to the varsity
swimming team to compete in q series
of two meets with Yale and Pennsyl-
yania. to decide the intercollegiate
championship. This was the unofficial
announcement made at the university
yesterday.
The fact that Columbia had refused
TO permit the varsity basketball team
to enter a series of games to play off
with Cornell for the intercollegiate
championship last winter had led many
TO believe that the authorities would
put a ban on eXtra-season swimming
meets.
1t was pointed out, however, that last
wear the university authorities had
never been asked officially for their
sanction TO a game TO decide the bas-
ketball pionship.
Furthermore, il was said that the
rules of the intercollegiate Swimming
Association provide for play-off of all
ii in league standings, and that CO.
lumbia in belonging to the league was
bound 70 follow the constitution, where
as the constitution of the sketball
que had no provision dealing with
the play-off Of a tie in the league stand
ings when the question came up year
New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
UNION CLUB WINS
A HOCKEY MATCH
Wharton, of the Knickerbocker
Seven, Hurt at End of a Fast
Game on the Ice.

Former college hockey players of the
Union and Knickerbocker clubs took
the ice at the St. Nicholas Skating
Rink last night. After lively con-
test of four ten-minute periods the
Union Club won by score Of 3 goals
to ..
c. c. Pell, the rover Of the Union
Club seven, while not playing the
game with all the fire and dash that
the referee of the match, one Hobey
Baker, usually does, skated cleverly
and carried off most of the honors and
scored one goal for his team.
An unfortunate accident marrCd the
match just before the whistle blew at
the end of the fourth period. Whar-
ton, goal for the Knickerbocker seven.
was struck in the face by puck
driven by Pell and received nasty
cash on the cheek. 1t took four
stitches to close the cut.
In addition to Pell, the three Wag
stats showed well for the Union Club.
Although the Knickerbocker seven put
up a good game, their opponents had
the better of the contest from whistle
to whistle
New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
COLUMBIA HONORS WEBB
Chosen for Second Time to
Captain Hockey Team.

Torrey II. Webb. 16. was re-elccte |
captain of the Columbia hockey team
yesterday and is the second mao in the
history of the sport TO be elected 70
the captaincy two years in succession.
Webb played rover on the Columbia
seven in his freshman year and for the
last two seasons has been coverpoint.
The election of captain dispels the
belief that hockey had been played for
the last time at Columbia. Since CO.
lumbia's withdrawal from the intercol-
legiate league because it would not sub
NIT to the adoption of rule barring
freshmen, the Blue and White has had
series of misfortunes.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
SOME SHOTS OFF
THE FIRST TEE

Spring has arrived, if slmanacs are
to be believed Not much more than
three weeks. if even that much, will
bring about the opening of the COM
petitive season in the north. In this
time also various clubs in this region
will have compiled schedules of compe-
titions for the season. Already several
organizations have their committees
at work on varied programmes.
H. B. Mcclellan, Of Fox Hills, is one
Of the best putters in the district,
Not long since he was playing over his
favorite course and his caddie broke
his pet club. The youngster proceeded
to the clubhouse ahead Of his employer
and told the tale, so that when "Mack"
came up the bank from the eight
eenth green he heard jubilant cheers
among the gang" at the nineteenth"
They were rejoicing over his mis-
fortune, Mcclellan declares he'll fix
that crowd before he is many months
older.
Oregon rejoices in the fact that
there are ten golf courses within the
confines of that state. Not so strong
numerically as other states Of its size,
but the outlook is encouraging.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-23
HOCKEY TEAMS ON EDGE
Wanderers and Quebec Clash
To Night for Purse.

The final rounds of the annual Cana
dian professional hockey series at the
St. Nicholas Rink will begin tonight,
when the Wanderers, who defeated Les
Canadiens in two spectacular games
will meet Quebec. The two teams will
play again tomorrow night, the team
scoring the greater number of goals in
the two games winning the $1,000 purse.
Quebec has sent down team that is
said to be at present the best comblHa.
tion in the National Hockey Assocla-
tion. The team did not win the title
this year, but Canadian players say
this was because of injuries TO the star
PLAYERS early in the season. All the
PLAYERS are now in good condition.