The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-20

Settlement of the Strike. -
shady tree to rest. In spite Of her
celestial origin, Celestia was very hu-
man, and just as attractive to sticky
house fly as any other human being
Such house fly made dead set for
her, and she found 1t impossible to
rest. She went into the headquarters
tent, which was the biggest and cool
I est. and the days work being over and
the secretaries gone, tried to rest
there. And couldn't. She was tired
and discouraged She was tired be-
cause she had been doing too much,
and she was discouraged because she
was tired. Tommy had an uncannyI
faculty for dropping in upon her when
she was in those moods. Possibly
Freddie, the Ferret, had something to
do with this faculty, for he worshipped.
Tommy. Be that as it may, Freddie
was about the tents when Celestia.
came in, tired. He vanished present
ly, and little later Tommy appeared,
looking very brown and manly and re-
freshing
Celestia heard his voice and called
out to him, little petulantly perhaps.
Tommy poked his head in through the
door of the big tent and greeted her
loudly and joyously. The moment she
saw him she felt a little rested.
Meanwhile Professor Stilliter, in
his tent, reading a deep and thick book
on THE Psychology Of Government"
heard the two voices-and couldn't
read another word.
"Celestia," said Tommy, "you look
so little and helpless and unprotected,
curled among those curtains, that I'm
tempted to pick you up, put you in my
pocket and take you somewhere where
you can't get into any more mischief"
81 dare you to try!" exclaimed
Celestia.
Then they both laughed and Tommy
advanced into the tent.
So much articulate speech Profes-
sor Stilliter overheard, but no more.
After that there came to him only the
murmurs of one voice or the other,
sounds which to a jealous man were
more provocative of impotent rage
than actual words would have been.
He stared at the book in which he
was no longer able to read word
and "ate his heart out" as the say
ing is.
"One Of these days" he thought,
she'll say yes to that meddling fool
and leave all my fine schemes high
and dry. If really thought that, and
sometimes I really do think it, I'd
I'd"
Now the professor took off his eye
glasses and thought very hard indeed
and looked very horrid and blind and
evil. Every now and then he mur-
INJURED to himself: MY God, why not?'
so you dare me to try, do you?"
said Tommy.
Her eyes sparkled now; she was
feeling very much rested.
Yes, do"
Quick as any cat the young man
leaned over and picked her up from
the midst Of the curtains as easily as
if she had been kitten, and so held
her almost at the level of his chin.
And now Celestia felt completely rest
ed. 1t was as If she had received re-
f-eshing strength from Tommy'a
strong arms.
"Oh," he said, az deluded nation
could behold you now!"
Put me down." she exclaimed,
Somebody might see us"
"Of course they might" comforted
Tommy. "The tent flaps are wide
open. But l don't care If / never
put you down"
Tommy" she exclaimed.
81 should worry" said Tommy, but
when she began to struggle he put her
down.
"And what did you mean," she asked.
her great eyes flashing, but not with
anger. and her cheeks flaming, "by a
deluded nation"
You don't look as II you could"
said he, but you've deluded several
million people out OF a hundred mil
lion. and It looks as II you were go
ing to delude the rest. But you'll be
sorry enough for yourself when they
find out they've been deluded! Celes-
tia. I've the most love for you that
anybody in the world has for anybody.
Isn't that enough? You love me, dol't
you?"
"Yes, l do"
"You ought TO trust the man you
love. You ought to trust his tudg.
ment."
'I do about love. But"