The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-23
SEVENTH INSTkLLMENT
CHAPTER III.

Tommy had not gone mad From the
great roll of shirtinR material he tore
enough broad strips 10 reach 10 the
slGeWalk knDtted them together, made
Il double bowknOt which In almost az
easy 10 sit In a. chair made Ce-
lrgi!a git IN II. swung her out of the
iHdDV. and lowered her 10 safety
His OHn escape vas not az easy. for
every moment the fire gained upon
him. and he vas uncOnsciOnably
scorched, while making the upper end
OF his line fast a moment after
he reached the sidewalk the line
burned through and fell.
Tommy was so dazed that when
reporter asked him what his name
was. he told him, and all his friends
had the pleasure Of reading about the
rescue In the afternoon papers.
Barclay and Stillitcr were very much
disturbed. and Mary Blackstone vas
10 furious with Jealousy that she sue.
ceeded in making Fitch who vas with
her when she read the paper. furious
" Jealous, too But he kept this
to himself
Mary was not only angry with
Tommy and Celestia, but she Was
angry with herself
It was in my power" she thought
TO pull that min1s claws. Tommy
brought her here. and | refused to
take her In. | was fool. It's nat
ural enough that in surrounding OF
common laboring girls she should
shine out like a superior being. She
is good looking, there's no doubt
about that And she's probably got a
magnetic voice, and knows how TO roll
her eyes and make men feel sorry for
her And 80 she's made fool OF
Tommy. But put her among the KIND
OF people he's used to and see how
she'll bear that comparison When
he sees her trying to eat oysters with
spoon for instance, and mistaking Ia
theirs butler for the president Of the
United StateB-if I'd only taken her In
for few days and asked people to
meet herl-I wonder IL it's too late
now"
The more she thought along these
lines the less she thought that II was
too late to do anything. Celeatia
address, owing to the notoricty OF the
Octagon fire was now common kno"l
edge, and without any exact plan Mary
determined to visit hcr-as a prclIm.
mary to disillusonng Tommy
She coniidcd the idea to no one.
The Octagon fire did not really
shake Celestial faith IN herself her
origin or her destiny. but It set her
to asking questions What line must
she draw between herself as a human
being and herself AS a celestial Al
ready certain pains of this earth ana
certain pleasures had been thrust
upon her She had not been able To
prevent the fire. or to escape It's ter
rors. No more could she keep her
heart from beating little quicker
whenever she thought Of Tommy. How
long was she to be Il human being
Until her work was dunc-a few years
at best Sho would have to eat, and
to drink and to sleep. What other IN
dulgenccs could she grant herself
Already Tommy had helped her with
her work, If only by the fact OF saving
her life so that she could work. Al
he could be always near her, wouldn
hr be always helping And she
couldn't answer any OF these ques
tions satisfactorily There were two
voices In her mind. one kept sayiuH
Let yourself so love HIM It's all
right" while the other KEEP saying Ol
course you are human for the moment
but you have no right To- be AS Other
humans are. You mustn't let one man
displacc from your heart that love oJ
the whole world which II contains.
"Cclcstia." Tommy said to her on,
day lhis hands still in bandagcs from
superficial burns) III only tu Toe Iosica
aud consistent. you ought To marry
me. | know that you are absolutely
sincere in the belief that you are 20
ing To make the whole world happy
I'm a small part OF the world tn
less you make me happy. and You don
show any symptoms OF doing that. yo'
cant possibly succeed. can you.
Cclestia considered, half smiling
Then she said. wholly smiling. "Nha
did YOU mean the other day when to'
said merely to look at me. merely L
breathe the same air brcathcd, mere
Is TO hear the sound Of my voice wa
happiness for you?'
oh. Celcstia," he said. hopelessly
there's no answer 10 questions lik'
that. Those are the things that a MAJ
Just has to say to the girl ne loves.
don't know Why he has TO say EN-. bu
"A. does They are the truth and no
the truth. It's heaven just to icok a
Nuu. Yes IL ls And In the moment q