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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

An Autobiography
Recorded by Ethel Lloyd Patterson.
Copyright 1915. by Carl Downing

own age and my older friends were
dropping away FROM me / scarcely
could sleep ON Saturday night for
thinking N the next day In the
morning | was ready quite half an
hour ahead or time, waiting for
Charles.
We had a glorlously grown-up feel
Ing when We boarded the train togeth
er And wc sat In our places very
straight and stiff. and talked to each
other as gruwn.up people do. But
when we left the train at the end Of
about half an hour. and the fresh air
blew I'm our fncps. aud the sunllt road
wound free before us. we took hold OF
hands and ran duwnhill together like
the children VT really were
Presently We found a rlump NJ trees
Charles thought quite beautiful Near
II was q comfortable place where he
could lie I'm the dry, warm grass while
! did my sketchlng Not Il thought Of
sentiment had crossed our minds. We
were two healthy young animals. Rut,
~ vet, we were az free from self con.
sclousness ny a pair Of puppies snar
ping and barking and tearing about .
a country lawn.
We laughed until we cried over my
efforts In draw the trees and we pre-
teudelIo quarrel because Charles made
FUN " them | snatched his pipe away
from him and tried to pull his hair
and he chased me about the trees FOL
punishment We were like two hoy,
together And when. worn out, we sal
down upon some rocks 10 eat oui
lunch, We suuahhled over the chOColst,
cake with something Ike real feeling
And when the sun went down, and thO
ait grew chill, and It was time 4
catch the train FOR home, | stood M
and shook my skirts free from pin,
needles and started 10 strsighten my
hair Charles cooked his head On on,
side aud looked nj me
Gee. he said. you're a mess,
looking individual You look Ms thoupl
| had rolled YOU down the hill.
guess | had better try and get som,
Of these sticks and leaves and dust "
YOU"
He took his gloves and started Il
slap at my skirt with them
Turn around SLOWLY he ordered.
He had Strengthened himself an,
was making an effort Ia brush IN.
sleeves and back | turned very slow
! turned and thus seemed I
face him suddenlv-my eyes on n lev
81 with his | raw n startled loo.
down In his glance. Perhaps, |. 10,
Z looked frightened. | do not know
Quite suddenly manhood, girlhood ha
lcaped between us. The sunlit day
childhood was done We were. ala,
riown.upl As one ]hypnotlze,
! Charles drew me ~ him and kissed m
ou my mouth. II wns only once "
I drew back M Mortified AZ frighipuc
! 10y what he had done as | was TN
. color famed In his cheeks rs II did /
mine There was a pausp Then
= laughed n]ervously. Charles square
his shoulders and tried ~ ~ on wit
the brushing ~ my coat We strul
cled both NJ us, to pretend II hadn
happened.
Quite silently We walked IN N
r train And when Charles left me ,
my door and held out his hand 10 An
= cood.hy. that same feeling NJ strang
uess zane back and left us gazing i,
} each other dumbly.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
CRITICISING THE MOVIES.

Naturally It would be- expected "
d dramatic critic 10 see all the faults
that are 10 be found In the screen
drama and they are being picked out
as fast Ms possible. but In the mean
time about seventy five per cent Of
ihrater Attendance IN all the clties
and towns is at the moving theaters
A critic points ont that the NOV
INK pictures are a menace because
the people In the audience do not have
10 exercise their minds IN the slight
"~l degree to grasp them lie saws
III" moving picture drama II a simple
aud childish form NJ amusement that
does not appeal to the sophisticated
man Tie admits that It will do for
less educated mortals
The very thing that this critic points
out ms d fault Is In reality Que NJ the
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

IA complete and final settlement " tri-
bal affairs would he possible In the
near future.
II was recommended that II member
Of the tribe be appointed To succeed T..
j. Hurley ny national attorney FOR the
Indians, that he must be- a ChOCtnw-
by blood. II IN understood that In this
connection A. W. Duraut " Durnnl
may be recommended for the place,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
CONSIDERATION or CATS.

Members of the Audubon society
have taken II stand on the subject Of
cats, but It IL not one that will be
appreciated by the felines themselves.
The member of the society usk the
public to take a broad.mlnded view
Of the subject, something Ike q Ger.
man-American's view Of neutrality.
The subject is discussed at length
IN the official publication Of the so.
ciety and is In reality On argument
against all the nine lives OF feline,
and for spNring the single one that Ia
accredited to birds. Cats are Sc
verely arrhisned by the members OF
che society on the indictment hat they
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

the earth out he backed In at the
same time. When he was deep enough
the earth just fell back over him, for
you see II was very loose aud not
packed down Rt all. When be once
~reappeared Peter thanked him, Then
he asked one more question,
rs that the way you go into winter
quarters
Old Mr.. Toad nodded. And IT'S
the way | escape from my enemies,
he added.
Next Story: Peter Rabbit Be
comes Il Quaddy."
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
FORD RAISING WAGES
Canadian Factory Makes Sweeping
Advance and Reduces Working
Hours TO ~FOrty.eight a Week.

DETROIT, Mich, April 22-An.
.tlDupcemcut Of Il sweeping advance In
wages and reduction Of working hours
Tor all employees " the Ford Motor
company, limited, VI Canada, was
made here today. Employees are to
receive Il minimum wage Of fifty cents
an hour. working hours being reduced
to eight hours It day OF forty eight
hours n week.
The company employs about 2,4OO
persons at It's factory az, Ford, On
tarlo, and It's nine branches.
II you would remain Il ~fayorite ney,
cr usk Il favor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
WIFE COMPLAINS THAT HER
HUSBAND BOASTED CONQUESTS

Carrie Williams In seeking a divorce
from Everett Williams alleges that she
wac led into the wedding by the pro
misses " her husband that he would
provide II home and support her, which
he has failed to do. She further al.
legcs that she was n country girl and
that soon after the two were married
williams began to boast VI his past
c%OnQuests.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
No 10. Youth.

W. W. NuNHs
q q q q q u . q q q o q o
10 o
10 WHEN one thinks Of the uncbar- -
- tered Sea " emotion upon Wilton - u
~ EiTl finds herself when she In u
u about clGhteen-onr wonders she u
n ever reaches port at all raTticu. o
u larly when, too often. the natural o
q pilot. = Eirl's mother-slsrps while o
u the trail craft II buifetcd before y
u all the trade winds that blow q
q
q q o q o
Ia less than two weeks after
Charles Deunlson first called upon me
hr was coming tO our home TO see me
almost every evening and nobody paid
the slightest attention to f. My faith
90 would open the front door with his
: lutuhkcv. come tu the sitting room aud
see Charles and myself sitting before
the fire. nod 10 M and leave us with
ont n word ! de- mot think he thought
. about ms At ALL To my father | was
-till a baby too Young Tor romance
When he glanced IN NJ the sitting
room II was exactly as though he still
were looking into the nursery nj me,
M he had n few Years Hgu. He scent
rd no danger Perhaps my mothers
feelings toward Charles and myself
We're the same Hut she WAS q WON
am she had once been n girl, so she
should have known Az Tor me-.
Charles was q companion somebody
a. talk tn; nothing more rs Vet
In my school days | had displayed
what one might cali nm aptitude Tor
drawing That is. | had II very mild
sort Of "a talent hut, perhaps because
NJ my loneliness. | had filled sketch
book after sketch book with likenrsscs
NJ father and mother. Marion aud El.
and even with drawings NJ corners N
our home and careful sketches NJ our
furniture These efforts Charles Den
ulsuu admired whole heurtedly Ut
4rcmed ~ think me q genius And
because nobody had ever taken the
trouble to admire anything ! ever had
done I priced Charles kind word'
very highly and hrgan tu think uI
him as a person Of discerumrut
say. Roth" he asked one night
have YOU ever tried to draw rem
things Ike trees and flowers. out II
the country / hrt you could do "
Npr your q n wiz | tell YOU. yol
puck some lunch SUNDAY and wei
take a train la the morning and =,
out some place where yuu eau get 1
REGULAR view aud YOU draw aud N
T, lust Ne around Wen have a nice dal
IN the country
For a moment he looked at me viii
ewes which really saw me Tor the firs
time
81 don't believe YOU get enough ont
( doors. anyway" he said s%peculatiyely
'Nou look kind ~ white 60 me"
o. coursc | asked mother n I coulu
go on this excursion Charles suggest
e ed think she scarcely heard whn
= | said tn her She had Just upenc
the mornings mail aud she was Nv
uring un the backs ~ the envelope
some sum that concerned the hutchc
h and the baker
$50 ! can go7' | finished
She nodded absent mindcdlF viii
ont even raising her eyes from wins
she was doing with her pencil
Ia | was quite excited about H. Ia
, n long time now-Quite q year-l ha
had no childish nmusenents " an
kind. Because | did not go TO scho,
y had formed no new friends Of N
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
HIS u DIET.

Tramp-Kind sir, Im starving
Jones HOw's that?
Trump-Well It's too late for grass
and too early Tor snOwballs
An outbreak " diphtherla In an
English town MAS traced 10 the habit
" school children wetting lead pencils
In their mouths.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

destroy birds by thousands every
year.
There is much truth in the ACCUSE
ton, too, and house cats prevent the
feathered friends from becoming u
closer neighbors In many instances.
There is no way Of knowing how
many birds would nest about the
farmhouse or even close 10 the city
residence except for the menace Of
the animal that exists on the theory
that 1t keeps the mice away,
NATURE gave the cat extraordinary
agility, which 1t 5 for Il d]eplorably
bad purpose when It climbs trees and
lies In wait for birds. The killing Of
birds by cats should come within the
law the spme rs when the songster-
nre slain by men but no attention Is
given to II. Should a man or boy (,
about in city or country killing birds
In violation ot the existing laws, h,
would be arrested at once and the full
limit OF penalty prescribed would b,
assessed against him
But a cat Is allowed to klIl as many
IIr.is A.. 10 t,t,,, ana. t..tlE.. t,.v. ala.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

Some peoples idea Of the lmpossI.
bic is Tor former President Roosevelt
10 tell the story OF his HE and ski
the Incidents that occurred at San
hmm nm
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

Hes u deyil In his " home
town" The CoRlgRte Courier says
that Charley Harp, negro, was ar
rested and brought In on a charge ol
assault and battery Prosecuting wit
nesses fled and Harp was released
upon motion " the county attorney
some men are Democrats runul
they ride into office, when they lose
their heads, by giving patronage to
Independent Republican newspapers,
which papers have "A circulation ina
a poodle dog can walk out OF In three
minutes. Yep, save the taxpayers a
dime and lose them n dollar, Grove
sun. PuEzle-Whats the matter with
im2
The Wichita Falls and North
western uIlroad has ha4i an cpl
demic Of accidents in the last week,
First. the passenger train ran OH
tho track. delay ng traffic several
hours, then ten freight cars Jumped
Off and stuck In the mud, and fol
lowing this another passenger tran"
wen, into the ditch aud broke the
schedule
There we're ouly 5oj applicants fog
Jobs on the police force at \'dm"'e
when the new chief OF police 'o'h
charge lie has appointed uu assist
ant chief and that leaves ten places
nov to m 1t o. hoped, however, that
with ~ many patriots ,.HmpIlns 10
serve their country that ,ue new
chief Will not have o. send OUT oi
town 10 secure heip
There was never ID time lu the
history OF ScquoyNh county when
the outlook for the future was
brighter" says the Star-dazette oi
sallisaw. This situation Is true both
from Il political and business point
OF view. Farmers are busy along the
. right lines. the livestock industry Is
be- ng given marked increased ntten-
uon and abundant feed stuff is being
3 planned In the crops for the coming
year"
Those oldest luhabitant stories
are now in order. and the Haileyvllle
Signal using that well known express.
. sion says that the peach crop IN thu'
vicinity Will be the best ever Al
p least IL looks that way now
The Rock Island has just cumpiei
ed Il new depot at Temple and th'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

Those oldest ]lnhabitant' stories
are now ln order. and the HaileyVIlle
Signal using hat well known express.
sion says that the peach crop In that
vicinity Will be the best ever Al
leust IL looks that way now
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

The Rock Island has just compIet-
ed IL new depot at Temple and the
people OF that city are therefore very
proud. They patiently endured the In
c]onvenleuces OF the old structure un-
IN they convinced the railroad com
peny they were entitled to something
better
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

Papers OF the east side Of the state
are boosting r Bee Guthrey NJ the
SaIIisaw ~star-Gazette for state high
way commissioner. Guthrey covered
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22
State Small Talk

Hes Il devll In his " nome
town" The CoOlgRte Courier says
that Charley Harp, negro, was ar
rested and brought In on a charge ol
assault and battery Prosecuting wit
nesses fled and Harp was released
upon motion OF the county attorney.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

The fact that soda fountains are
being frightened up and the girls
are coming out In their spring tlxups
Ia an indication that the time is only
"A short way on until the festive cuun-
try picnic Will be- with us again, sug.
gests the Durunt Democrat.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-22

II you play prank Du other folks
You may be sure that they
WIN take the first uUuur that they gel
A Joke on you Zoo play.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-14
CHAPTER IL.
The Jaguar's Mate.

A lieutenant from the battleship
Missouri clapped Neal on the shout.
der.
We'll, he said. ensign. we're still
following your girl Pleasant occu-
patton for you. eh."
Looks as if Id do it all my life, ?
said Neal. but some day | hope to
catch up 10 her"
The officers were in charge of a
small squad of men who had landed
at Santa Maria in Lower California,
under orders from Washington. and
under aGvices from the United States
district attorney in California They
were on the track of coaling station
the United. States wanted to make
a treaty with a girl. The girl was
here-somewhere.
Hello" said Neal, look. There S
a horse-a riderless horse. Go on,
boys-get it, double quick"
Three of the squad caught the
horse and brought 1t to Neal.
"A woman saddle" said Neal. His
heart was in his throat Look" He
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-14
CHAPTER l.
Hidden Peril.

Look" said Hernandez, catching
Inez by the wrist, the party has ar
rived"
He handed his binoculars to lnez
Castro. She looked. They are just
landing" she said, 1T is all up. They
will go to the father of tho mission
and will make their claim
What difference does the grant
make" she exclaimed, why take the
risk of getting it? Already that old
priest suspects something. What
do not know. But he suspects. Why
not take the bit in our teeth and
make for Lost Island get there at
once? Why pct?'
Hernandez shook his head I'VE
need every advantage" he said, IF we
have evidence within our hands. she
will have none. Without the grant
without all the evidence, we will not
be believed. With it we will be taken
at our face value. Let us get all we
can. Let us leave her without proof
she will be help SIS them
foot. Ponto sat up rubbing his eyes.
"Ponto," said Hernandez. the party
has arrived
They will so to the mission and
spoil it ALL" said Ponto.
No" returned Hernandez, thank
our lucky stars the mission is good
two miles out of the village. They
will first put up at the hotel-later
they will start out for the mission. 1t
is then, on the way there, we must
intercept them-you must, Ponto. lou
and the Brute. This time he will do
his duty-or III fay his hide. Wake
him up. You have no time to lose.
Hernandez was quite right. Annette
llington. even more eager than had
been her enemies, could hardly wait
the moment when she might stand be-
fore the fathers of the Santa Maria
mission and claim her own.
Ponto woke the Brute with vicious
application of the whip lash.
Spare him not. Ponto, said Her
nandez." if he disobeys this time, cut
! his hide into strips give you leave.
At half run Ponto and the Brute
started across the desert, lodging
here and there behind little hillocks
of sand Finally the village was cut
of from their sight.
Now we can rum" Ponto cried,
make haste"
No sooner had he spoken than his
foot slipped-he sank into the ground
up to his waist.
Help" he cried. "a quicksand-
help"
The Brute pulled him back to terra
| firma. But it was not a quicksand, as
| Ponto soon found out. 1t was a trap
Ia trap for jaguars.
Ponto shivered. Then he replaced
the dried brush and grass and earth,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-14

with surprise. she was NOT pound
she was free, untraMmeled.
What are you going to DO with
me?" Gueried Annette.
Nothing, senorita," returned Ponto,
bowling low.
Annette. wary, fearful, looked be-
hind her as though she expected an
attack from the rear But there was
no one to be seen. Beyond was the
desert-there seemed to be no hiding
places.
Ponto merely bowed again. "Sero-
rita he said. with a leer, beauty
in distrcss-ah melt touches my
heart always. See. The mission lies
yonder-behind you. Your path lies
there. You are free"
Annette turned. Keeping her glance
over her shoulder, to be ready for
treachery, she slowly proceeded on
her way
Suddenly. without warning, she sank
into the pit.
Ponto laughed in glee. The stakes
they are like knives" he cried-they
are deadly-they are for jaguars-and
little wildcat heiresses-oh, yes"
With a cry, Annette found herself
falling helplcssly INTO the unknown
terror underneath.
"Hclp-help-help,' she cried.
With bound the Brute was upon
her. He darted to the very edge of
the pit, and with the surefootedness Of
an animal crouched there, throwing
his entire body forward and catching
her by the shoulders just as she dis
appeared from sight. He drew her
back to terra firma No sooner had
he done so, however, than Ponto was
upon them both. knife in hand, his
teeth literally crashing with rage.
He hurled a savage knifethrust at
the Brute-and missed Then he threw
himself upon Annette and half tore
her in his frenzy from the Brute's
grasp. cutting and slashing at them
both with his wicked knife.
I've got you now. you little wild.
cat" he painted in cultural Spanish
down you 60
He thrust her savagely into the pit
Once more the Brute caught her-and
in so doing swung the three of them
around. so that their positions We're
reversed. Ponto, throwing caution to
the winds, kept lunging at the two
with his sharp weapon.
I'll get you both" he yelled. I'll
get you both"
A moment later he was clawing at
the air-but it was too late. Making
frantic struggle to preserve his bal
ance, he tottered over backward.
There was the crash of heavy body
falling-a tearing, thudding sound-a
CHASTITY. hideous scream It then 81
1anaa
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-14
The REAL and ONLY
BY lZOlA FORESTER.

When you stand for hours at a
ticket office in an elevated station, you
get to know your regular people. Be-
sides. Larry had the inquisitive ro-
mantle sense, and he often wondered
whether some day the Girl, the real
and only. would walk up and ask him
for ticket, and maybe he'd be alb
sentmindcd and let her get by with
out recognizing his fate.
And after all, it was Marty who no
Heed her first. Marty took the tickets
and could see everybody up and down
the platform One night about S 45.
as train pulled out, Marty strolled
over and said: He was right on time
tonight, wasn't he?"
Il missed it, said Larry. What is
it?"
She's been waiting here regular
and frequent for three nights now,
and he comes at 5:45. Some girl, be.
lieve me, Larry"
The next night Larry watched for
her. When she came to buy her ticket
it was She! He didn't have to be
told twice. All he did was look at
her. She was slender and lissome
Somewhere Larry had read about girls
who were lissome and winsome and
the kind that just took the heart out
OF you without asking.
For three weeks or more Marty and
he watched the progress of her ro
nance. Neither one approved of the
man. He was too young and sure of
himself. too nonchalant. Marty said
That was the word Nonchalant meant
YOU didn't give a rap whether she was
mere to meet YOU or not. Sometimes
ne was late, hut she never was And
hnally, when the Is Harlem EXPRESS
pulled III one night, she saw him
through the window with another girl
and he didn't get off that night.
She must have been CRYING. larry
reasoned it out afterward The stems
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-14

it had been attached to the photograph
of Annette Ilngton. Now, however.
genuine as the letter was-genuine as
was the guaranty of the governor OF
Martinique-yet the photograph was
the counterfeit presentment of lnez
Castro.
"Ah, yes" he said, comparing the
picture with the face of Inez and TAX
ing advantage of the opportunity to
search her very soul, "ah, yes. The
identification would seem to be COM
plete."
Then" said Inez, 81 may have the
grant,"
The priest folded up the papers and
returned them to the iron box that had
contained them He rose and smiled
Nothing in my life have | ever
DONE" he said, without prayer and
sleep. This is an important matter.
It requires praying Over-sleeping
over. Come on the morrow. daughter,
and | shall then make delivery. Until
then dios.'