The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-11-06


"a very brief New York engage
ment," he whispered in her ear. no
knew not how long afterward. Her
head was pressed against his shoulder.
her eyes were closed, her lips parted
In the ecstasy Of passion.
"Yes," she breathed. so family that
he barely heard the strongest word
ever put into the language Of man.
Half an hour later he was speeding
down the avenue in taxi. His blood
was singing. his heart was bursting
with joy-his head was light, for the
feel OF her was still In his arms, the
voice Of her in his enraptured ears.
lie was hurrying homeward to the
"dlggings" he was soon to desert for
ever. He was TO spend the night at
his sisters apartment. When he Is
sued forth from his "dlgglngs" at half
past seven he was attired in evening
clothes. and there was not woman
In all New York. young or old, who
would have denied him second
glance.
Later on In the evening three of the
countess friends arrived at the Court
ney home to pay their respects to their
| fair compatriot and TO discuss the
crown Jewels. They came and brought
with them the consollng Information
that arrangements were practically
completed for the delivery of the
Jewels into the custody Of the French
embassy at Washington, through
whose intervention they were to he
allowed to leave the United States
without the formalities usually OBJ
served In cases of suspected SNUG
Cling. Upon the arrival In America of
trusted messengers from Paris, headed
by no less a parsonage than the am
bassador himself. the imperial treas
ure was to pass into hands that would
carry 1t safely to France. Prince Sc.
bastian, still In Halifax. had been ap-
prlsed by telegraph of the recovery Of
the jewels, and was expected to sail
for England by the earliest steamer.
And while the visitors at the Court
ney house were lifting their glasses
to toast the prince they loved, and, In
turn. the beautiful cousin who had
bravcd so much and Jared so luckily.
anc the tall wayfarer who had come
into her life, a small man was stoop-
Ing over a rifed knapsack in a room
far downtown, glumly regarding the
result Of an unusually hazardous un.
dertaking, even for one who could per
form such miracles as he. Scratching
his chin. he grinned-for he was the
kind who bears disappointment with
grin--and sat himself down at the
big library table In the center Of the
room. Carefully selecting a pen-poin,
he wrote:
at will be quite obvious to you thai
called Unexpectedly tonight. Th'
week was up. you see. l take the lib
erty Of leaving under the paperweigh
at my elbow two-dollar bill. I
ought to be ample payment for thu
damage done to your faithful travel
Ing companion. Have the necessar,
stitches taken In the cash and yol
will find the kit as good as new.
was more or less certain not to I'm,
what was after, but as have don
no irreparable injury I am sure yol
will forgive my love OF adventure an,
' excitement. II was really quite diff
\ cult to get from the fire escape /
your window, but 1t was a delightful
experience. Try crawling along tina
y ten-inch ledge yourself some day an
see II II Isn't productive Of a pleasan
thrill. shall not forget your promis
to return good for evil some day. Go
knows hope may never be In pt
. sition to test your sincerity. We ma
meet again, and I hope under agree
able circumstances. Kindly pay m
deepest respects to the Countess Tex
a and believe me to be,
al "Yours very respectfully.
"SPROUSE.
q "P. ST. saw O'Dowd today. II
n l6ft message for you and the coun
ess. Tell them, said he, that as
= Gods blessing for them forever. n
Is OF tomorrow for Brazil. He wa
!. very much relieved when he hear
,. that l did not get the Jewels the fir,
4 time / went after them. and immens
r. ly entertained by my jolly descriptio
Of how ! went after them the secon,
= BY the way. you will be interested I
l. learn that he has cut loose from tn
II crowd he was trailing with. Mostl
h nuts. he says. Dynamlting munitlo
s plants In Canada was a grand projec
h says he. and It would have come [
something IL the id women ha
: only left the d---d men alone. tn
expletives are 0Dowds."
vi
O Ten hours before Barnes found th
Z Illuminating message on his librar
table he stood at the window of
II lofty Park avenue apartment builGlnI
e his arm about the slender. yieldln
o figure Of the only other occupant {
r. the room. Pointing out over the blac
h housetops, he directed her attentio