The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-04

other side, or tube for my words q
pass through" Here the chief Justic,
rVe nm such glare that he wishec
Now gee thee gone. Jack" cried JEFF.
heys Thou art John Ridd. and We ar,
wen Tld Of thee. - John made n low bow
ana was glad 20 find himself out Of IA,
presence Of this fierce and extraordinary
character who. IN spite OF himself could
not but inspire him with fear
When John returned to Plover Bar.
sec thou MT too honest aud altnple Bul
! hnd actually been 20 London, something
lke two hundred miles from home. aud
hnd come bhck snfe and unscathed All
,he pcopi" ot the surrounding country
! ventures The farm needed his immc
dlate attentlou-Hnd got IT, All the farm
hands watched his first days work T.
~" II he hoi learned anything IN Lon
don lut he could not let unother day
| phts Tor Iu.n7 to think him nithlcgs
l'c felt much inclined to tell his dear
mother all about IIornn -hnd how hc
loved her and yet had no hope of win.
Ming her Imt the thought Of hls fathers
| terrible dchth nj the hands NJ the Dooncs
prevented him And So after the first
| ohL \ work md set matters 70 little more
rlsht ON tho farm. he sought Glcn Doonc
ana l,orna again Many bird sang
around him In the goltcn trees of Au.
gust many flower shed iis fragrance
az tho sun lowered 10 the west. nnd John
rrouched In the copse nnd waited for
Lorna
Finally she came. Mistress Lorna. "
Nld john. ! trust that YOU have not
I long ago. Two months or more sir"
| He was 40 dnzcd that he tried 10 turn
away without another word but phe saw
ms confusion and said, Master Rldd
! did not mean to ycN YOU
.If YOU would he loNth TO ves me, re-.
| piled John, none other I'm the world can
! do II Come away from this brigh,
she snM gently. ~ '''''''
! ~ they reached the bower which I,or-
! m had constructed for herself John got
Ia sudden access Of courage and snld
Lorna do you love me more than nll
the world why should I, Master
RIld'" she replied why. nothing. hut
that 1 love you more than all the word
! EltherloVe me not Mt all or love me M
! | love YOU John" said Lorna with
an arch look Il love you very much. In
deed You ara the bravcst, the simplest
the hndes OF men and | think Of you
| Lorna told John that the Doones were
decided that she should marry Carver
| Doon- COunsellor'H son A proposition
20 which both Lorna and John siren.
uously objected John visited Glen
Doone scon after and instead OF seeing
| Lorna, Carver Doonc discovered him and
shot AT him Whercupon John ducked
into tho stream and escaped hut he
managed to aee Lorna occasionally and
| their love grew
As for fom Fnggus he settled down
ns farmer and was called Squire Fngsus
and married Johns favoritc sister. An
ME
Tom still had n little taste for the
road and was rumored 10 he mixed up in
| lark ntrigues which were going ON In
| that region. There were rumOrs OF arms
landed at Plymouth and TINT many peo-
pie were dIsaffected TO the king
Tom said old farmer Snowe one
Barrows, 'Ne cannot mix felony and
farming They do not go together"
John finally broke to his mother and
his sisters the knowledge OF his love for
Lorpa The widow Ridd, Of course as
lan mothers do wcpt and bewailcd. for
though Lorna was of noble blood sh,
was not half good enough for her John
And when John proposed TO steal Lorna
out OF the glen and take her to plover
! bArrnws the good woman said scnslby
, mat II the Doones wanted her back again
Il would take regiment NJ soldiers
TO prevent them from getting her.
| The signals which John was used ~
See from the olIff signals from Lorna
suddenly ceased and he penetrated one
\ nlsht. at the imminent peril OF his life
| into the very receSsea Of Glen Doone and
FOUND that Lorna was captive In the
| house OF Counselor. because she had
| refused 20 marry Carver Very suhtly
as an Indian might. did John make his
way to the prison Of Lorna. and. through
q barred window speak with her. with
| Lorna was her little maid Gwcnny car
lax, siil who had been carried or 10y
7 l..a IN.... A A
he fatc which might have been hers
hy being taken under the protection Of
Lorna and mado her personal attendant
Keep n lookout" said Lorna
Hwcnny can climb like II cat. There
are rocks nests on the big tree at the
am safe, but II you zee only five ! want
you pcrllous interview and short
one. hut John went home with a weight
| " care off his breast because he knew
That Lorna would never. as long AS life
was I'm her. marry Carver noonc.
At Flower Bairows there was n guest
our old friend Jeremy StiCkles who had
come down upon some mysterious husl-
ness and Ind said to John There In mis-
chief brewing ! tell YOU this because you
arc friend of the lord chief justice
There are some pcnpl,.' said Jeremy.
i'lrt To make rlots some To unrnVei
plots nnd that is tho most dangerous aud
difficult ot all His lprdship had hope
Iof Won. my dear John. but you we're too
stupid"
And now cold. hard winter set n.
suCh a winter as had never been known
| before ~ that part of England Just n
The cold hard winter was beginning 10
close In there came To John Gwenny
FAIRFAX lorna's little maid and said
Young man, you are to come with me
The OLD man is dying and can't die
or a. least he viii not die until ho sees