The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-10-05

II had nothing but strength and size
but In that consciousness OF Mary's
the great structure may have partaken
OF beauty. Sheridan had made some
OF the things he said emphatic enough
to remain with her. She went over
and over them-and they began TO
seem true: "Only one girl he could
feel that sorry forr' "Gurney says
he's got you on his brain so bad"
The mans clumsy talk began to sing
In her heart. The song was begun
there when she saw the accident.
She was directly opposite the Sheri-
dan building then, waiting for the traf-
fic TO thin before she crossed though
other people were risking the passage,
dartlng and halting and lodging par
lousy. Two men came from the crowd
behind her, talking earnestly, and
started across. Both wore black; one
was tall and broad and thick. and the
other was taller. but notlceably slen-
der. And Mary caught her breath. for
they were Bibbs and his father. They
did not see her, and she caught q
phrase of Bibbs' mellow voice, which
had taken crisper ring: "Sixty-eight
thousand dollars? Not sixty eight thou
sand buttonsw 1t startled her queerly
and as there was glimpse of his pro
file she saw for the first time resem
blance to his father.
She watched them. In the middle oi
the street Bibbs had to step ahead Of
his father, and the two were separated
But the reckless passing of truck
beyond the second line OF rails. fright
ened a group of country women whC
were in course OF passage; they wer,
just in front OF Blbbs. and shovel
backward upon him violently. To ex
tricate himself from them he steppe,
back, directly In front OF movin,
trolley car-no place for absent mind
edness. but Blbbs was still absorbed
; In thoughts concerned with what h,
had been saying TO his father. Their
were sbrieks and yells; Bibbs locke,
the wrong way-and then Mary saw
the heavy figure OF Sheridan plung
, straight forward in front OF the cal
With absolute disregard of his owi
, life, he hurled himself at Blbbs like
football player shuntlng of an oppC
nent. and to Mary It seemed that the
both went down together. But tina
was all she could see-automobile,
/ trucks and wagons closed in between
She made out that the trolley ca
r stopped Jerkily. and she saw a polio,
/ man breaking his way through the II
] stantly condensing crowd, while III
{ traffic came TO a standstlll, and peopl
stood up In automobiles or climbe
, upon the hubs and tires OF wheels. ne
= to miss a chance of seeing anythin
horrible.
I Mary tried to get through; II wa
1 impossible. Other policemen came
I help the first, and In a minute or tw
traffic was In motion again. II
Y crowd became plant, disperslng-thel
was no figure upon the ground, and 4
ambulance came. But one Of the p
llcemen was detained by the clingir
and beseechlng OF a gloved hand.
A What is the matter, ladyT
. where are they?" Mary cried.
"who? Ole Man Sheridanf I rec
q on re wasn't much hurtv'
A His CON-"
. WAS tina, Who the other one wal
: I seen him knock him-oh. he's not ba
on, guess, lady. The ole man z
q him out OF the way all right. tt
fender showed the ole man arour
some, but I reckon he only got shoe
II up. They both went on in the SheI
dan building without any help. K
!. cuse me. lady"
, Sheridan and Bibbs, In fact, we
at that moment in the elevator, ascen
Ing. "Whlsk-b up in the Office
Sheridan was saying. you got to lo'
out on these corners nowadays, | I,