The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-31

carrying ON that winding bank Of HI,
now -lll take three cards
The man with the pale blue eyes /
lcrked his head abruptly YES. hcs .
where he belongs" nc asserted "ard .
shc-why she Mr., De Re,gke and a
dcuccd pretty woman Hcllow Ne
broke of short staring with fasci.
mated ewes beyond Silycryalr In.
Journalist swevcd round IN his chair
TO meet liyid face and furious eve,
within a foot OF his own
1t was Richard DE Resyle himself
lie had not made himself popular IN
. 'hiphoard-lndccd. =, is doubtful If he
could ever have been popular in any
society a New Yorker who had made
himself 4 millionaire in the boot
trade. he was ungrariuus both IN man
ncr and speech lie had entered lhe
saloon unperccyed. and now hi, tall
usually shamhlrg figure va, nm.
wontedly erect III, lett hand-bic
and gnaflcd II was icll with an ape
like clutch upon Silycfwlc', should icr
You Sclndal-mougcrlnv l,tlc ct."
he 'narlc1 with a yl,iou, tightening
~ the lips under hl, gray muS,achc
"By God you'll admit you're har. or
/ Ill shake the lie ont 0i YOU
The chair tcll with crash as he
pulled the journalist forward Men
Nprang 10 intervene between the tNo.
| tur'ing and struggling DE Rcs,ke
was forced back. hat " took four men
20 DO a. Nuddcnely ms resistance rc.
| lJNrd
That's all right" he aid quietly
|"Ncll LEI II go Tor now" \ fresh
a,cr', ot passion shook him. and hr
shot ont maiguiu, oath I'm
. make '"n : sorry man yet iur thu, Mr.
. .Slyrrllc
The journalist had picked up the
fallen chair ll, lace va, flushed
. hu. he answered ,uolly u apologize"
| 10, said quietly ! had no bu,nc,, 4,
talk at your wife
I The ,,oop had come back To- De
/ Rcs,kr', shoulder, and he lifted one
hand YEARLY to tug al h,, gray mus.
|'a,hc Then without another word he
turned and handled from the room,
There was momcnnry silence
broken AZ last hy the scratch oi \
match a, some on, IN ,.glrct
luuk out SikcNllr' said Bowen
a Young \rv York banker Luck,
lor yuu We touch Southampton tn.
morrow The old man Z, cumming ipr
YOU sure ~, lace meant murder
Thanks. l'll look alter my own
',utp,c' daWlrd the journalist
The short remainder ni the voyage.
IN spite NJ, De Rc,kr', threat and The
prophecy vi Bowen pa,,cd vi,hou,
incident II va, not till ne was back
IN London that the episode was re-.
called 10 Nikct,alc', mind The boa,
! train had reached Waterloo IN the
early afternoon. and AZ % O'Clock. ST..
: ,rfNlc. for all that h,, two month";
vacation had vet three da,s in run
had been drawn into the stir and
.lrcs, oi Fleet street
The haavrl new, editor oi the
Morning Wire wa, working ~ speed
r. through a basket oi accumulated cop,
Il Tie paused long enough io shake hand,
. and exchange a remark " two. aud ,her
n resumed his lahtts with fedouhled AZ.
dor, luf he was eager TO hand over IN,
fcin' in MS night assistant
= lie snal,htd ntiahly al piece nj
| tape ,ha, va, handed ~ him hy a boy
| and then adjusting hN p,n,, ne,
| glanced al Silyef,alc
L Here's a iuun, thing. Silver Didn'
| ,ou come hack un The Columbia RcaD
that"
L Sil,rt,alc took the thin ,,fip AM
slowly read It through
Five forty Mrs Eleanor he Rtstk,
| the wile oi an American millionair,
INas This afternoon found ,hoi dead Il
| hcf sitting fuum AZ the rala,al ho,s
|. She had been ~ the hotel only an hon
~ two. having arrived hy ths Go
lur'hn from New Work ,hs morn
4 ing
u Hardened journalist though %, wa.
With A close Acquaintance with man, OF
lht htstfs aspects ni tagged, Silver
vale could mot ,uppie,, a little ,hud
n der
~ 'Nes L. nuecf. nan,cts" hs sai,
: unsttadili. "d,ured queer" Then WI,
a realization tha, the news editor va