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

pad nothing but strength and size
:. In that consciousness OF Mary's
great structure may have partaken
beauty. Sheridan had made some
the things he said emphatic enough
lremaln with her. She went over
over them--and they began TO
I'm true: "Only one girl he could
that sorry forr' "Gurney says
s got you on his brain so bad"
e mans clumsy talk began to sing
her heart The song was begun
Ere when she saw the accident.
She was directly opposite the Sheri-
Ih building then, waiting for the traf-
| TO thin before she crossed, though
her people were risking the passage,
Irtlng and halting and lodging par.
Iisly. Two men came from the crowd
Ihlnd her, talking earnestly, and
hrted across. Both were black; one
as tall and broad and thick. and the
|her was taller, but notlceably slen-
|r. And Mary caught her breath, for
ley were Bibbs and his father. They
Id not see her. and she caught a
irase OF Blbbs' mellow voice. which
ID taken a crisper ring: "Sixty-eight
ousand dollars? Not sixty eight thou.
nd buttonsw 1t startled her queerly
ID as there was glimpse OF his pro,
y she saw for the first time resem'
hnce to his father.
lShe watched them. In the middle OF
Ie street Bibbs had TO step ahead OF
IS father, and the two were separated
ut the reckless passing of a truck
eyond the second line of rails. fright
ned a group OF country women who
sere In course OF passage: they wer,
ust In front of Bibbs, and showed
backward upon him violently. To ex
ricate himself from them he stepped
,ack, directly In front OF a movinl
rolley car-no place for absent-mind
dness. but Blbbs was still absorbed
n thoughts concerned with what h,
lad been saying to his father. Their,
we're shrieks and yells; Bibbs locke,
he wrong way-and then Mary saw
he heavy figure OF Sheridan plung
straight forward in front of the car
With absolute disregard of his owl
ife, he hurled himself at Bibbs like
'ootball player shuntlng or an oppC
lent, and to Mary It seemed that the
both went down together. But tina
was all she could see-automobilei
.rucks and wagons closed In between
She made out that the trolley ca
stopped Jerkily. and she saw a polio,
nan breaking his way through the II
stantly condensing crowd, while th
traffic came TO a standstill, and peOpl
stood up In automobiles or climbe
upon the hubs and tires OF wheels, NJ
to miss a chance OF seeing anythin
horrible.
Mary tried to get through; II wa
Other policemen came
help the first, and In a minute or tw
traffic was In motion again. tt
crowd became plant, disperslng-thei
was no figure upon the ground, and I
came. But one Of the p
licemen was detained by the clingir
and beseechlng OF a gloved hand.
What is the matter. ladyr
"Where are they" Mary cried.
"Who7 Ole Man Sheridanf ! rec
on he wasn't much hurt"
His SON"
"Was that who the other one wa
seen him knock him-oh, he's not bi
on, guess, lady. The ole man q
him out OF the way all right. II
fender showed the ole man arouI
some, but reckon he only got sho'
up. They both went on In the She
dan building without any help. K
cuse me, lady"
Sheridan and Bibbs, In fact, we
at that moment in the elevator, asceu
Ing. "whisk-broom up in the Office
Sheridan was saying. You got to 10
out on these corners nowadays, (