The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-07-05

I hand the hottie out Of witch he had been
| drinking "Mv sweet. my lovely darling '
/ went ON Mrs Ridd, there IL not "A word
uI truth In that old liars oath Here am
ANA here IL my John-and the devil take
! the counsellor "
The councillor hcing well born, though,
! hut hcRrtless misCrcnnt made no re-
reply but rising bcckoned John 60 como
away with him which John was only too
4 glad to do after this scene They went
out into the Kitchen ana John gave him
ON" " the cigars which Tom Faggus had
got somehow England was beginning To
smoke them That IL the worst OF the
best " thcm.' said tho counsellor 1T Ia
| wiser tu put wild bird In cage and
expect him to sit and look NJ YOU than
TO expect reasonable answer from n
woman. They ARE Rll creatures OF I'm
pulse even Your excellent mother Well
we'll II * not for us TO try and argue
WIN them Rut with YOU, John, ! have
business to talk" "
The aged counsellor ruffed the smoke
from hiS lips In Keen enjoyment NJ the
, comfort NJ the great kitchen and the cN-
Dcllrut yignr My son" said he. II had
meant 10 como down upon you tonight
but YOU have turned the tables on me.
! have not enjoyed an evening so much,
God bless me- | don't know when And
In Tint he spoke the truth. So John
got something more To drink and asked
the counsellor to stay overnight the hos
pnin'tN " the farm WAS hounhleas ~
hear NOu have n grammar school cduCa-
tion, John, said tho counsellor. Rs they
sni smoothing So I hive. Your Worship. "
replied John 'Hut | can hardly make
head or tail out OF mlln" Let that pass
Won ARE all the wiser" And the old man
shook his gray locks
That night the counsellor was put go
bod pretty drunk In the very hest he'd
n the very hest room ut Flower Rnrrows
and slept the sleep o' Nn old man who had
been we'll fed Pnd well fuushel with
svOnUpps. tie WAS up brig@ and early
ln the morning aud wandering about tho
farm looking ~ tho pvstyeA and the
nornt At breakfast the old man was
charming and took away nll the prejudice
That Mrs Ridd had had for him'thc night
before ic seemed to take an especial
fancy to li2ie and asked her 10 show him
tno dairy, " which she was In charge.
llr admired II very much, and eaid cas-
uulIN Have you ever heard that " YOU
pass across the top OF pan OF milk
without breaking It's surface. n string ~
bends or polished glass, or anything o'
lhat KIND the cream viii set three times
! mn. .krr''
Llzlio proposed to bring her coral neck.
lace, hut the counsellor snid that would
uot do Ns II was culored The string ~
beads should he ~ common glRss and ~
htPht Ms they CuuLl hc. "NhN' tripd
Lizzie, "Ioorna has tho very thins. "A
stlng " glass heads Rs bright as they
| can hc "iriug them TO me, said the
counselor, 'Rud W. shah sec Poor
| Lizzie went and got the grcnt diamond
necklace which Sir Ensor had given Ia
'p ma upon TS@rsHiog eli death bed "44 handed It
/ After passing the necklace two or
/ thrco Zines over the pan VI cream tho
| old man said, NOW, 20 uuick 10 your
room and leave that glass string under
/ uuulhui pan In the morning YOU will
/ find there IN cream to Che bottom
/ liyzIr did so aud thus did the counselor
/ get possession of the diamond necklace
/ h chpurrN which the other uooues had
/ failed to yet possession OF hy force Hay.
INK accomplished this purpose one
/ Tor which he came the counselor made "A
hDvly departure, showeting blessings
upon every one NJ nlOVcr Harrows
Hut now Master Jeremy Stckles and
his soldiers were reinforced and there
was IA plan 20 take Glen Doone. the In.
hnbltnnts being outnwcd The loss of
the necklace was not much felt by IN,
people Of plover Barruwa at least not b,
Lorna AS 1t ought TO have been Tho,
knew that the willy counselor had nut ut
! p job ON them but that string OF rlt
'rrug stones had no real significance +,
thoW N wa valuable" Yes. lcrhaps
FagHus snid so Hut let that 70 As lonr
as the counselor had not taken awuy