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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12

FOR SALE-New dining room set
at a bargain. 702 So. 9th st.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12
LET us EXAMINE

Your eyes and locate the trout
bic quickly.
II 1t is due 60 4 refractive
error, we can correct il easily
with proper glasses which will
give you perfect sight and ease
Isn't this worth while?
Cars Optical PdrIOr
Phone 1893 423 Chickasha Ave.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12
FOR RENT

FOR RENTING suites llgh,
housekeeping rooms. 30l \. 9Th. ,.Gt,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12

The Golden Rule is a term APP
nlied TO Christ's doctrine of doing TO
others as we should wish them TO do
unto us See Luke & n.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12

FOR RENT-l0 acres good truet
land. adjoining city Phone 1869. est
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Two
fresh milk cows; two registered Pol
and China boars, one registered Pol
and China gilt. a.. N. Laid, 1927
Idaho Avenue. Phone 1851. 11-3t.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12
FARMS!


65 acres, 20 acres In alfalfa all hne washla valley land. one fourth milo
from chlcNasha and only $4,000 per acre.
20 acres adjoining city limits part bottom. living water and shade, make
ideal hog n chicken ranch. Price 100000
800 acre stock farm. ? miles from n, II. station. l0 acres in cuhya.
ton, 40 acres In grass well waered and cross fenced. 90 acres hog fence.
60 acres branch bottom, viii sell at sacrifice and S25O0 will Handle. Price
Siob0oOo.
$40 acres well improved, part bottom. well located near Chickasha. 40
acres In wheat immediate possession. good reasons for selling and someone
Is going TO gct a bargain. good TERMS
We have farms Of all sizes from 10 acres to 1000 acres with a wide
range Of prices, and can III you mp
We have some ready money for farm loans. and our terms and rates
are as good as the best. see MS II you need a loan. Fire and tornado in
surancc give us a uhl.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12
MAJOR
5tt FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. OFFICE PHONE 2so
Residence PHONES 400. $40. 1914. J64s or ts4t

ASK MRS. EMERSON
Desk room for rent. reasonable, call at room li First National Bank
Bldg
Player piano. ~ records a bargain at S275O0.
One block ground. we'll located with . room house. trees. cave. garage
for $500 Ideal place TO keep chickens. cows. near ear line.
Beautiful $ room house. 100 f. ground in Sparks addition for $4,000.
Business brick for sale 10 II, front.
business lt ON ChIckasha Ave, for $4,000.
Phone residence 7O5 Office 25
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12

FOR Notwithstanding rooms.
close in. Globe Rooms. llG i.2 So.
Second st. list.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-12
A New Garage

The b. & d, OILS Kan, on the
alley y block west OF 9th ST..
on south side OF Kansas ave.
Get a price on your work be-
fore II IS started il you want it.
You know us.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-05
By o. Henry

so great that he had practically
forced Pres't Cruz 70 OFFER him the
portfolio of minister OF war.
The time. Don Rafael said in his
letter was ripe Success, ne prop
hesied, was certain The people
were beginning TO Glamour publicly
against Cruzs mlsrule Bands OF
ciuzens In the capital were even go
ing about Of nights bUrling stones
AZ public buildings and expressing
their dissatisfaction. A bronze statue
or Pres't Cruz in the Botanical Gar
dens had been IasSoed about the
neck and overthrow. II only re.
malned for me 20 arrive with my
force and my thousand rifles, and
FOR himself 10 come forward and
proclaim himself the peoples saw
our, 70 overthrow Cruz in a single
day. There would be but q nalf-
hearted resistance from the 500 gov
eminent troops stationed ia the cap
ital. The country was ours He
presumed that by this time my
steamer had arrived at QuiHtana =
camp. He proposed the 18th Of
FOR the attack. That would give
Us six days in which 10 strike camp
and march TO Aguas Frias. In the
meantime Don Rafael remained my
causa de la libertad.
ION the morning OF the 18th we
began our march toward the sea
following range of mountains, over
the 61-milc trail 10 the capital. Our
small arms and provisions were
laden on pack mules. Twenty men
harnesseG 10 each Calling gun roll
ed them smoothly along the fiat, al
luyidl lcWlands. our troops, Well
shod and well-fed. moved with
alacrity and heartiness. I and my
three neutenants were mounted on
the tough mountain ponies of the
country.
"A mile out Of camp one Of the
pack mules. becoming stubborn.
broke away from the train and
plunged from the path into the
thicket. The alert Kearny spurred
quickly after IL and intercepted its
fight. Rising in his stirrups, he re-
leased one foot and bestowed upon
the mutinous animal a hearty kick.
The mule tOttered and fell with a
crash broadside upon the ground.
Ae we gathered around II, IL walled
its great eyes almost humanity to-
ward Kearny ana expired. That was
bad; but worse, TO our minds. was
the concomitant disaster. Part Of
the mules burden had been 100
pounds OF the finest coffee 10 be had
In the tropics. The bag burst and
spilled the priceless brown mass Of
the ground berries among the dense
vines and weeds of the swampy
land Mala suertei When you take
away from an Esperanto his coffee.
you abstract his patriotism and so
percent of his value as "A soldier
The men began to rake up the prec-
ious stuff; but I beckoned Kearny
back along the trail where they
would not hear. The limit had been
reached.
II took from my pocket a wallet
OF money and drew out some bills.
Mr. Kearny,' said 1, here are
some funds belonging TO Don Ra-
fael Valdevia. which ] am expending
in his cause. I know OF no better
Here is 500. Luck or no luck. we
part company here. Star or no star,
calamity seems 70 travel by your
side. You will return to the steam
err She touches at Amotapa. and
then puts back TO New Orleans.
Hand this note to the sailing master
who Will give you passage 1 wrote
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on a leaf torn from my book. and
placed IL and the money In Kearny's
hand.
Good bye 7 said. extending my
own. Tt IS not that I am displeased
with YOU. but there is no place in
this expedition for-let us say. the
SenOrita Phoebe I said this with
smile trying 20 smooth the thing
for him. May you have better luck,
companero.
'Kearney took the money and the
paper.
II was just a little touch said
he just a little lift with the toe Of
my boot-bgt what's the odds p
that blamed mule would have died IL
had only busted his ribs with
powder puff i was my luck. Well.
Captain, I would have liked 70 be
in the little fight with you over in
Aguas Frias. Success to the cause.
Adiost'
He turned around and set of
down the trail without looking back.
The unfortunate mules pack saddle
was transferred 10 kelrnys pony,
and We again took up the march.
-Four days we journeyed over the
foothills and mountains, fording icy
torrents. winding around the cTum
bling brows Of ragged peaks. creep
ing along the rock flanges that
overlooked awful precipices. crawl
ing breathlessly over lettering
bridges that crossed bottOmless
Chasms.
"On the evening Of the 18th we
camped by a little stream on the
hare hills five miles from Aguas
F'rias At daybreak we were 70 take
up the march again.
AT midnight I was standing out
side my tent inhaling the fresh cold
air. The stars were shining bright
in the ClOudless sky, giving the heav-
ems their proper aspect OF inimitable
depth and distance when viewed
from the vague darkness Of the
blotted earth. Almost at it's zenith
was the planet Saturn; and with a
half-smile ] observed the sinister
red sparkle OF his malignant attend
ane-the demon star Of kearny's i'll
luck. And they my thoughts strayed
across the hills to the scene OF our
coming triumph where the heroic
and noble Don Rafael awaited our
coming TO set a new and shining
star in the armament of nations.
Il heard a slight rustling in the
deep grass 70 my right / turned
and saw Kearny coming toward me.
He was ragged and dew drenched
and limping. His hat and one boot
were gone. About one foot he had
tied some makeshift OF cloth and
grass. But his manner as he ap-
/ preached was that Of a man who
knows his own virtues well enough
| o be superior TO rebuffs.
We'll. sir / said, staring at him
coldly. IF there Is anything in per-
/ sistence, ! see no reason why you
I should not succeed in wrecking and
running us yet
I kept half n days journey be-
hind said Kearny. fishing out a
stone from the covering Of his lame
! foot. so the bad luck wouldn't
/ touch you. I couldn't help II, Cap
tain: I wanted 10 be in on this
game. II was a pretty tough trip,
! especially in the department of the
/ cOmmiSsary. In the low grounds
| there were always bananas and or
anges. Higher up il was worse; but
your men left a good deal OF goat
meat hanging on the bushes in the
! camps. Here's your 500. You're
nearly there now, captain Let mo
| in on the scrappi1S tomorrow.
Tot for q hundred times a hun
dred would I have the tiniest thing
go wrong with my plans now I
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said, whether caused by svil planets
or the blunders Of mere man. Bu-
yonder is Aguas Frias. Ave miles
away, and q clear road. I am Of the
rnind 10 defy Saturn and all his
satellites 70 spoil our success now.
AZ any rate I viii not turn avay
tonight as weary a traveller and as
good a soldier as you are. Lieut..
Kearny. Manuel Ortiz's tent is there
| by the brightest fire. ROut him out
and tell him 10 supply you with
food and blankets and clothes. We
march again at daybreak.'
''Kearny thanked me briefly but
I feelingly and moved away
He had gone scarcely a dozen
steps when a sudden flash OF bright
light nlumined the surrounding
hills; a sinister, growing, Kissing
sound Ike escaping steam filled my
ears Then followed a roar as OF
distant thunder. which grew louder
every instant This terrifying noise
eliminated in tremendous ex-
plosion, which seemed to rock the
hills as an earthquake would; the
illumination waxed TO glare so
fierce that I Clapped my hands 10
my eyes TO save them. 7 thought
the end OF the world had come. /
could think OF no natural phenome-
non that would explain II. Ny wits
were staggering. The deafening eX-
/ plosion trailed off into the rumbiing
roar that had preceded Il; and
| through this ! hea~d the frightened
shouts Of my troops as they STUN
( bied from their resting placed and
rushed wildly about. Also ! heard
/ the harsh tones OF Kearny's voice
crying; They'll blame II on me, of
course, and what the devil II is, It's
not Francis Kearny that can give
yon an answer
Il opened my eyes. The hills
were still there. dark and solid. 1t
! had not been, then, volcano or an
earthquake. ] looked up at the SKY
and saw a comet-like trail crossing
/ the zenith and extending westward
] "a fiery trail waning fainter and
I narrower each moment.
A meteorl' I called aloud. A
meteor has fallen. There is no
danger
And then all other sounds were
drowned by a great shout from
Kearnys throat. He had raised
/ both hands above his head and was
standing tiptoe.
! " PHOEBE'S COMET ne cried.
with all his lungs. She's busted and
gone 20 hell. Look Captain. the little
/ red-headed hOodoO has blown her
self 10 smithereens. She found
/ Kearny too tough 10 handle and she
/ pulled up with spite and meanness
/ till her boiler blew up. It'll be Bad
| Luck Kearny no more. Oh. let US
/ be joyful!
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty bust, and thatll be all!'
Il looked up, wondering, and
/ picked out Saturn in his place But
the small red twinkling luminary in
| his vicinity, which Kearny had
pointed out TO me as his evil star,
had vanished. I had seen II there
but half an hour before; there was
no doubt that one of those awful
and mysterious spasms or nature
| had hurled II from the heavens.
1T clapped Kearny on the shout
/ der
clear the way for you. II appears
that astrology has failed 20 subdue
you. Your horoscope must be cast
| anew with pluck and loyalty for
controlling stars. play you to win.
] Now, get to your tent, and sleep.
! Davbreak ia the word
| AT O'Clock on the morning Of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-05

dOUlDg his light mood az once. i
have already done what j could. /
have had some experience I'm hoist
ms stone in Quarries. Torres and ]
have already spliced three hawsers
and stretched them from the steam
ers stern 20 "a tree on shore. We
viii rig tackle and have the gun
on terra frma before noon tOmor-
row.
one could not remain long at
outs with Bad-Luck Kearny.
once more said I TO him, we
VIII waive this question OF luck.
Have YOU ever had experience OF
drilling raw trOOps?'
was first sergeant and drill
master said Kearny, in the Chilean
army for one year. And captain Of
artillery for another
What became OF your com
maud OF I asked.
shot down 20 a man said
Kearny during the revolutions
against Balmaceda
somehow the misfOrtunes Of the
evil-st8rred one seemed 10 turn TO
me their comedy side. 7 lay hack
upon my goats hide cot and laugh
ed until the woods echoed. kearny
grinued. 7 told you how IL was,
ne said.
a" Tomorrow. 7 said. I shall de-
tail 100 men under your command
for manUal-Of-arms drill and COM
pauy eVOlutiOna You Will rank AS
lieutenant Now, for Gods sake,
kearny' / urged him, try 10 COM
bat this superstition If IL is one
Bad Luck may be like any other
visitor-prefe rrins 20 stop where it
IS expected. Get your mind of
stars Look upon Esperanto as your
planet Of good fortune
+ I thank You, captain, said
/ Kearny quietly Il Will try 20 make
7 80 the best handicap ] ever ram
BY noon the next day the sub
merged Calling was rescued. as
Kearny had promised. Then Car
los and Manuel ortiz and Kearny
/ (my lieutenants) distributed Win
I chesters among the troops and put
them through an incessant rife drill
/ We fired no shots, blank or solid.
. for of all coasts Esperanto is the
stiliest: and we had no desire 10
sound any warnings in the ear Of
I that corrupt government until they
should carry with them the message
. Of Liberty and the downfall Of Op-
f preston.
+ in the afternoon came a mule
rider bearing a written message to
me from Don Rafael Valdevia in the
I capital. Aguas Frias.
I whenever that mans name
/ comes 10 my lips words OF tribute
+ 20 his greatness, his noble simple
! ity. and his conspicuous genius fol-
\ low irrepressibly. He was travel
I er. a student OF peoples and govern
| ments. a master Of sciences, a poet.
an orator. a leader. a soldier, a
| critic of the worlds campaigns and
| the idol Of the peoples of -Esper-
ando I had been honOred by his
/ friendship for years. IL was I who
I first turned his mind to the thought
/ that he should leave for his monu-
ment a new Esperando-a country
4 freed from the rule OF INSCRIPTIONS
\ tyrants. and a people made happy
/ and prosperous by wise and impair
: tial legislation. When he had con-
! scented he throw himself into the
! cause with the undivided zeal with
] which he endowed all OF his auts.
! The Golfers Of his fortune were open
ed TO those OF us to whom were en-
/ trusted the secret moves OF the
game. His popularity was already
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-05

the 1sth OF July rode into Aguas
F'rias with Kearney at my side. IN
MS clean linen suit and with his
military poise and keen eve he vac
model % a fighting adventurer.
had visions OF him riding as com
mander OF Pres't Valdevia's body
guard when the plums OF the new
republic should begin 10 fall.
Carlos followed with the troops
wood outside the town and remain
concealed there until he received
the word 70 advance.
''Kearny and 1 rode down the
Gale AnCha toward tho residence OF
Don Rafael at the other side OF the
town. AS we passed the superb
white buildings OF the University OF
Esperanto. saw a. an open window
the cleaning spectacIes and bald
head Of Herr Bergowitz, professor
OF the natural sciences and friend
OF Don Rafael and OF me and of the
cause. He waved his hand 20 me
with his broad, bland smile
There was no excitement appar-
ent in Aguas F'iras. The people
went about leisurely as at all times:
the market was thronged with bare
headed women buying fruit and
carne; we heard the twaug and
4 tinkle Of string bands in the patios
OF the cantinuas. We could see
that il was a waiting game that Dan
Rafeal was playing.
His Residential was q large but
low building around a great court
yard in grounds crowded with or
namental trees and tropic shrubs
At his door an old woman who came
( informed rs that Don Rafael had
not yet arisen.
Tell him. said I, that Capt
Malone and a friend wish to see him
at once. Perhaps ne has oversight
She came back looking frighten-
ed.
- have called. she said. and
rung his bell many times, but he
does not answer
Il knew where his sleeping room
was. Kearny and / pushed by her
and went 10 It, I put my shoulder
against the thin door and forced IT
open.
I'm an armchair by a great table
covered with maps and books sat
Don Rafael with his eyes closed. I
touched his hand. He had been
dead many hours. on his head
above one ear was a wound caused
by heavy blow. 1t had ceased TO
bleed long before.
II made the old woman call a
mozo, and dispatched him in haste
TO fetch Herr BergoWitz.
HE came and we stood about as
II we were half stunned by the aw-
full shock. Thus can the letting Of
a few drops Of blood from one mans
veins drain the life Of a nation.
Presently Her BergowitZ stop
ped and picked up a darkish stone
the size of an orange which he saw
under the table. He examined 1t
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-05
NOW FEELS LIKE
OLD SELF AGAIN
long Eats Better Sleeps Bet
ter and Works Better
Since Taking Tanlac.

"I was I'm such poor health when
7 began taking Tanl3 that 7 was
unable 20 look after my business but
now I'm % strong and we'll as I
used 20 be- wears ago. said Chas. p
Long. the well-k1own proprietor u
the Thinning and Roofing establish
meut located az I11I-1s South
Third ST.. Terre Hautc.
THE On simply wrecked ny
health and left me so weak 7 could
hardly walk. My stomach. which
had been bothcring me for years.
was worse than ever. and ] practic-
ally lost nay appetite ! had 20 live
on light things altogether. in fact.
had 20 be SO particular about what
I ate that I wasn't eating much Of
anything. Weak spells often came
upon me and 7 would simply give
out completely. 7 could not sleep 20
amount 10 anything but would lie
wide awake sometimes for hours on
a stretch
But things are different now.
Some Of my friends recommended
Tanlac 20 me and I can say that
IL has lived Up 10 everything they
said about IT, 7 took four bottles
and they made a clean sweep OF my
troubles and put me back on my
feet. Ny appetite is fine now and I
can sit down and eat anything the
rest Of the family can. feel
strong and healthy like my old self
again. and can take care OF my bust
ness as good as I ever could. Tan
lac has my strongest endorsement.
Tanlac is sold I'm South Bend az
the Central Drug Store, Public Drug
Store, LandOn's Pharmacy and Wet
ticks Cut Rate Drug Store and in
Mishawaka at the Red Cross Phar-
macy. ADV.
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with the eye OF science.
a fragment said he. OF a de-
tonsnng meteor. The most remark
able one in 90 years exploded above
this city a little after midnight this
morning.
The professor looked quickly up
at the ceiling We saw the blue sky
through a hole the size OF an or
ange nearly above Don Rafael's
chair.
I heard a familiar sound, and
turned. Kearny had thrown himself
on the floor and was babbling his
compendium OF bitter. blood-freez-
ing cures against the star OF his
evil luck.
Undoubtedly Phoebe had been
feminine Even when hurting on
her way 20 fiery dissolution and
everlasting doom. last word had
been her"
Capt Malone was not unsKilled IN
nara tive. He knew the point where
story should end. 7 sat reveling
IN his effective conclusion when he
aroused me by continuing.
"Of course" said he, 'our
schemes were at an end. There was
no one 10 take Don RafaeTs place.
Our little army melted away like
dew before the sun.
zone day after J had returned 20
New Orleans I related this story 90
a friend who holds q professionally
IN Tulane universi =.
- When I had finished he laughed
and asked whether I had any knowl-
edge OF Kearny's luck afterward.
told him no. that Z had seen him
no more; but that when he left me,
he had expressed confidence that
his future would be successful now
that his uulucky star had been over
thrown.
NO doubt said the professor.
he Is happier not TO know one fact.
II he derives his bad luck from
Phoebe. the ninth satellite OF Saturn.
that malicious lady is still engaged
In overlooking his career The star
close 10 Saturn that he imagined 10
be her was near that planet simply
by the chance of It's orbit--probably
at different times he has regarded
many other stars that happened 20
be ia Saturns neighborhood as his
evil one. The real Phoebe Is Wis
IDLE only through a very good teles-
cope
About a year afterwaTd.' con-
tinued Captain Malone. Il was walk
ing down a street that crossed the
POydras market. An immensely
stout. pink-faced lady in black satin
crowded me from the narrow SIDE
walk with a frown. Behind her
trailed little man laden 20 the gun
wales with bundles and bags OF
goods and vegetables.
1T was kearny-but changed
stopped and shook one Of his hands.
which still chung 70 a bag OF garlic
and red peppers.
How is the luck, old Compan-
ero?' / asked him had not the