The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-28
THE IDEAL SERIAL A WEEK
Masterpieces of the Worlds Literature
Rip Van Wrinkle,
By Washington Irving
Condensed and Idled BY q Irving Ming
Next Weeks Classic Story,
Lies Miserables," by Victor Hugo.

FtnwinR interest In the game Eoing on
Thetorc him. Familiarity ls u Wbnderful
/ thing and however terrifying An object,
or situation may 10. when suddenly
encountered for the first time. little
! getting accustomed will make ohe feel AT
home. even In the society OF hohgoblns
Rip wished that their eyes had not been
so flshy; that their silence had not been
40 absolute. aud that their general ap.
pearanCc had been a little less out OF
the ordinary, hut, after looking at them
a while, he felt that, while they could
never he regarded ms really compnniona-
BILE aclunlntnnCes for him. yet insy were
not, on the whole unintcrestins
| IN fact, Rips awe and apprehension So
subsidized that, as he rat on fhc grass
beside the keg with the flagons around
| him he could appreciate IN. fact that
there was "A delightful frngtou'e hover.
ing In the air. which fragtnnc" appeared
to come from these shme ilagons or
was II from the Cask1 He saw thstihc
spigot OF the latter had not been com
pletely closed Hnd = thin stream was
coming from n and wasting itself on
the grass Evidently the cask had not
been completely emptied when the rag
ons were filled
RIP turned the spigot 80 that none OF
the precious contents of the kcg should
be wasted and. gently shaking II, lounh
/ that a considerable amount OF liquor
stll remained I'm II, He pcerrd into the
I Gsgons and found that ilth"ush the
wicrd company had, each OF them
seemed to take long swig when they
had drunk every one OF the naEons WAS
at least more than half full stlll, which
discovery was eminently satisfactory
| to Rip, who was. To tell the truth,
| thirsty soul And besides he had had
long, hard day OF II, trampins through
the mountains.
Now the aroma of right NantI" or
good stout Hollands gently floating In
tho circumambient air OF n drowsy sum
mer afternoon is an enticlng smell KIP
Tor time. s,ecled himself against the
temptation Whether II would do To
taste OF liquor purycy-d by such qnes-
| tlonahle persons as those before MIN
/ was n question II might not be hon
! est lquor. after all hut some magical
| dccoctlon. some fairy hrewod beverage
which II would not do for ordinary NOR
! tails 10 sip OF
Rip. AT length. drew the nearest flaEon
toward him and raised II, pe"rel close
| IS into H. then spcled Il Then he
| boxed nj the bowera to see II they were /
| by any chance, watching him The rtral
'ires seemed TO. havr forgotten Ms rres
,Ec', sncG Sn,ot SHn,,,Oost''h and were intent uP0"
But what would happen, Rlp thought
| II they should presently call for another
| round ~ drinks and find thht the suWly
/ had been tampcrei with Something
/ horrible he had no doubt But then, one
/ little sip-just one taste ~ resolve hts
| doubts M n what the beverage that he
| had served really was surely that would
/ never be missed Still again came the
/ thought that what appeared To De gin
| was something else some magic liquor
dangerous to mortals "A And mingled with
the scent NJ the woods sttl came that
odor ~ Hollands, lingering ~ gently aui
cntlJiugly ON the evening air.
Rim took another searching look NJ the
PLAYERS they were not watching him. llc
muft satisfy himself Just what WAS In
those nagous lie raised ON" Of them 10
his lps 1T looks Ike Hollands hg
said. II tastes Ike Hollands, IL Is lioI-
lands
Having satisfied himself of this, Rip
took another sWig-iust 10 hc sure that
he was right after all--and sat down the
flagon, Its contents materially diminished
hy his scientific inyestiga tions and, roll
ing over on his back with his hands
claspcd behind his head and His knees
crossed. looked on with now aud placid
interest at the grave antics " the strange
company before him.
tie heard the hum ~ some Wild bees
Wlneing their way 10 their hives IN some
oil hollow tree the twittrr " birds Who
we're beginning to make Preparations for
the night he heard the sound oi water
falling In the distance; he saw the rHNs
~ the declining sun Sitting down through
the great branches overhead, aud now
even the ruinhing NJ the bowls, ns the
sounds went booming through the noun
tain glens and died away far off among
the Crags and peaks and rHvincS, seemed
b to have something soothing IN H.
| suddenly Rip thought " his faithful
! dog and looked uhout for him Wolf
| was not 10 hc seen. llp dld not Ike
/ that lie thought hc would whistle for
/ him, but scarcely had hr pI,kyvd up hts
/ lips when the man with the piggy eyes
and broad face looked -twlght u, him
and Rip unpuckorcd hts mouth In panic.
Then n. thought he would Cnl fur the
/ dog Hut scarcely had he upcncd his
mouth when the cfcAtut. whose fRce
seemed all nose looked NJ him and the
/ sounds he was about to make died in his
I throat lie watched awhile, hut the
howlrrs went on with their game with
never ~ glnnce IN his direction and his
! confidence teturn'N
S,ill he felt w nervous as nearly
nervous rs II WAS possible for man 81
Rips disposition tu iceland decided Ht
once that another drink would south HIM
II Immensely lie reached out for one "
the other NasOns and smrlled nf n The
contents must he the same. for sl came
from the same Cnsk nip took good,
long drsught Scarcely had hr sci ,hc
flngon back upon the grass when. to his
horror and dSmsv. he saw the whole
pRsty- faced. tshy-cysd company stop
short IN their game and walk directly
toward him