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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

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A ssulng weddlns lha was char
acieriaed by its attractive simplicity
~As that ~ Mas i,aia Bess daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs ] n Best and Mr.
q h Covey os Slick Oklahoma which
COX place Al the bone oi The brides
parents is Park Place "Wednesday
morning AZ ocsocA
PINK roses were nssd IN ne decora
isons of the home where The Rev
John A callan read the simple mar.
riAge service ia the presens, o. only
BE- immediate family and fcw close
friends
The bride wore her travelling suit
sf dark blue .rlcosinc with accessories
70 match. frightened With a eorNage
y pima rose buds
Mrs Coses WAC Is the oldest
laughter u Mr Aad Mfs Best ln a
soaag woman 4 great personal
harm and has Wide circle oi
riends. She IL graduate % the
Guthrie hlRA school in the class o.
II and attended the Oklahoma
sapilns University for two years
,uring the last year Mrs cosey
asght III KelsvgIle The groom.
whose nome was 10 ~ Worth Texas
sa graduate 90 .he A ans N coiiees
Texas. served 'wo years over seaa
lurlng the late Nsr and ia now with
he sigrk Petroleum Go of sliek
Oklahoma
Immediately following the cere
mouy 4 wedding hreakfast was served
Af.er which Mr. and Mrs Cosey .lef
overland tor Slick. Oklahoma shef'
the groom has aew home Furnished
Tor his bride
p.E. o. Lvncneon a. Hahn Home
One of the prettiest events of III
season was the beautiful appoln.ei
nncheon given Chapter A y 7 r 9
Tuesday BY Mrs l. A Haha al he
spacious home. ga East clevelan'
taYenme.
! Roses. honsysuckie. iarkspuF an
,sher garden ilorers In profuslq
lecofates the rooms the color schem
! n pink and white being carr I'd OF
IA all appointments IN thf dlnin
room Bud vases of pink ard whit
formed The cen,erpi@ces of The lunei
on tables. The place cards wef
unique and In rhyme described eae
guest.
The even wAs also iha last meet
lng of the chamer A. -. Tor the sun
mer An especially interesting repof
4 the state convention a. pawhusk
xas given by Mrs. Henry Doad an
iaring the afternoon Mrs J u
Craven deIixhied the guests with
reading the Daughters Sacrifice.
Special guests were Mrs y. {
Harker. MISS vida Harser ~ Kspsai
Mrs Jennie Rimes Of Iowa and Mr.
lT ". Craven of Oklahoma City.
" n "
Home Dspsrtnsr. " wsst Bspfiss
sunday scnooi Entertslns
The west scircle Of. the Bapiis
church gave q reception Tnesda
afternoon ss the homo Of Mrs. Rsso
berry Ia honor. Of the Hons Dspar'
meni n ne Sunday School a o.
lkhtfpi program vas given a. 70
'ows song ~Tis 80 swsss 70 Trpst I
J-sas@ BY All: prayer by Mrs. Davis
devotional led by Mother fausr; tai
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

informal Afternoon for Afs Seton
Mrs 4 " lpo6les entertained wilh
an afternoon II bridge la honor II
Mrs Chas Seton wha ieasov soon ~
make her home With her sam hasin.
~ guests Just ihe close friends vt
Mrs ,Seian Miss N~hlaek won hiFh
scofe for the afternoon Mrs uooles
presented Mrs SETON wiih g,lt
Mfs. n ilarer and Mfs " @ Ken
dan assisted Mrs Dooley
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Miss Ida Nlhiack gave Az Informal
dsnee last might AZ the hse Aatue sa
East Noble avenue Ia honor 81 he'
'hlege Msas Josephine NnfFinnn tn
oul of tson guests we're Mr raulhs'
~ Rockwell and Mrs Stewart 81 ~
DIANA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Cecil williams was q Drumrigtl
visitor yesterday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Miss Josephine Morrison Of poncs
City. who has been the guest df he
aunt Miss Ida Niblaek. will return 10
her home tonight
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Gus Koeisch was 10 Oklahoma CT
on business yesterday,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Mr. aud Mrs Jack rsflburg ~
Clinton Oklaboma are the quests 81
Mr. and Mrs w Il Mathis white o.
tending the o O y convention
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Mrs clifford Porter aud ber moth
ar. Mrs zieRier have returned from
fortnigh,'s visit In IIennesssy. Okla
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Mrs " II stafford who has heer
the guest o' her gafentA Mr anl
Mra John Massey. has returned r
her home IN Frederick oklahoma
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Mrs Kaylor and Mrs lIerheft
Ansberry atten1ad the SIN grade
graduation exercises ~ Edmond arf
we're the guesta " Mrs y "
Iu'man
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-05-18

Mr. and Nfs George Tlpton attend
"a the crystal wedding annlYernarY
of Mrs Tipions sister. Mrs 3
lsemeireet and Mr. HemsiFeel. Mon
day Ia Oiiahoma city
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
CHAPTER ELEVEN
WHEN 1T CAME TRUE.

The day was very still, so still that
Priscilla could hear no sound but the
unending mutter Of surf breaking on
the Southampton shore.
She lay on a chaise-longue, incident
ly watching the sea, just as she had
watched it daily from her window, for
hours on end, through weeks that ran
into months without her heed. Upon
her lap rested an open book, upon the
book hand as white as the. fair mar
gins of it's pages. But it was not
more colorless than her face. In her
look there was hint of resignation
of patient WEAKNESS.
She had been long time i'll, with
an illness which Aunt Esther persisted
in calling brain fever, though DR..
Philip Fosdick had for it a name less
picturesque.
And for longer time she had been
in a state that was by courtesy termed
convalescence; though If she were
making any real progress toward com.
plete recovery :! 80 !npercepuble TO
sollcitous eyes. On the other hand,
there were no signs of retrogressiOn.
She remained, in short, quite simply
in suspense, as one might hold life not
worth the trouble either of living or
Of relinqulshing. The vitality of her
body could not yield neither could II
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

standing position. The table rocked
slightly and scraped the floor. A
whisky bottle fell on its side.
The man turned like a hunted an
imal, snarling, saw the woman stand
ing there, in her torn frock, water
dripping from her hair and clothing,
and screamed with terror like a
trapped wolf.
His arm flew up and his pistol spat
five shots in less than as many sec
onds. He fired point blank, at a dis
lance of not more than five feet. Yet
when the fifth shot had been fired the
girl was still standing, unframed
staring blankly at him.
Then he went utterly insane with
fear. One word-"LeonOra !"-waS
his shrieked valediction to the world.
His pistol held sixth cartridge. He
thrust the muzzle between his teeth
and pulled the trigger.
AS Carnehan fell, Fosdick with the
detective Andrews and the man Mario
broke into the shanty.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
~, FLIGHT-Continued.
20

With the cessation of it's rumble,
came noise of rushing water. Mis-
chance had led her to a spot where
the road had been half washed out by
the overflow from a mountain stream.
The headlights showed an unrelieved
stretch of mire which forbade the
thought of trying to go on. The only
thing to do was to back outfit she
COuld-and, since it would be impOS-
Sible to turn on the narrow trail, keep
on backing till she regained the last
fork: on the face of it no easy task,
but feasible with care and patience.
Hopefully she restarted the engine
and threw the reverse gears. The
wheels moved with sucking noise at
first sluggiShly, then worked free and
spun brislIy. The car held fast where
ii had stopped. She shut off the igni-
ton and got down to investigate, step
ping into mud above her ankles. The
sole result of her attempt to back out
had been to bog down the wheels near
ly to the hubs.
for a few more minutes without en-
enlargement, she gave up the hopeless
struggle and cried little into her
muddied hands.
The unhappy alternative was hers,
to remain in the car till she was found
if she ever Was-or to pick her way
back through the pitchdark forest to
the first fork in the road either to
wait there to be recaptured by Mario,
or else to push on into the valley, or
wherever the road might lead, till she
came to human habitation.
Either course was diSmaying in an
ticipation. The forest frightened her
indescribably. To stop where she was
meant perhaps hours of waiting-day-
light was still long time off-in the
solitude and silence of the woods, en-
COmpasSed by she dared not guess
what perls from proving beasts of
prey.
And on this reflection, she switched
the headlights off, lest their shine at
tract attention.
She recalled with painful vividneSS
the fear of the forest that had haunt
ed Leonora on the morning of the day
of her death.
OF a sudden, in blind, witless panic,
she tumbled out of the car and plowed
back through the mire to the trail,
only to become still more blindly a
prey to imaginary terrors when she
felt firm ground underfoot, and to
blunder insanely on, clawed at by
savage, withered hands, tripped and
buffeted by malicious limbs, bounded
by horrors of the imagination I'M
speakable.
Within two minutes she was off the
trail, thrashing wildly through the un,
dergrowth that Choked the woods
hOpelessly lost.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
v. VALEDICTION.

1t was less a woman than an ami
mated scarecrow that broke from
dense thicket and stumbled into the
mountain trail in the hot blast of
ma morning.
Her cloak was gone and her slip
pers as well; bare and bleeding feet
and ankles showed through the rem
nants Of what had been silk stock
ings Her frock, dripping water from
every fold, thanks to a recent mis-
adventure with a brook was an affair
of shreds and tatters caked with
splashes of mud and stained with
green slime; one sleeve was missing
entirely. The barred white arm had
been cruelty scratched by thorns. The
hair falling round her shoulders was
a net of tangles and knots in which
leaves and twigs had become en-
twined. Her face was disfigured with
SmearS of mud in which tears had
washed pale channels. Her eyes
were red and swollen, her lips puffed
her look was stupid to the point of
wiflessness.
She painted and at times moaned
feebly as she walked-if she could be
said to walk. whose progress was a
zig-zag thing of yaws and veers like
that of yacht under full sail in
stiff breeze with no hand at the helm.
In a shallow clearing of one side
of the trail stood small shanty Of
the crudeSt kind, crazy structure of
addressed logs and rough planks
weather-beaten to the shade of satey
gray. 1t had a door, however, and
the door was closed. The girl open
ed it simply by falling against It, 1t
banged agains, tie wall and swung
back into place after admitting her.
The room inside-there was but
one-showed evidence of more or less
recent occupation; a halfldaf of stale
bread on the table, some open tins
holding samples of food from which
an unpleasant odor exhaled, several
empty whisky bottles and one half full,
empty cigarette cartons and a vast
litter of cigarette stumps. A frying
pan on the sheet-iron stove held a
rasher of bacon in pool of coagu-
lated grease. There We're tumbled
blankets on rickety cot in the cor
ner.
The girl saw none Of these ;.ings
or If she saw them, they meant moth
Ing to her. AS if her strength had
only sufiiced to sustain her to the
shelter Of a roof, she dropped to the
door and lay there, painting and sob.
bLag and quaking like child that
has been brutally punished.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
Birthday.

Little Robert d., two and one-half
years old, of FrankliH, has ten-yearr
old cousin, Gordon, who to his baby
mind, is the hero in all. that takes
place, and whatever Gordie says or
does is all right. Roberts mother had
been telling him about Christmas, and
why it was celebrated.
One evening after strenuous day
of play with the big cousin, when
mother put Robert to bed, she said
"And why do we have Christmas,
Robert? Whose birthday is IT." d"
Santa and Gordie's," promptly re-
piled the youngster. - Indianapolis
News. S ...
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

Within three minutes a man came
running up the trail. He was young,
slender and wiry of stature and wore
an aged red sweater with pair of
khaki trousers. His face was of
glowing scarlet shade and dripped
with sweat which ran down into his
eyes and was at least in part the
cause of the monolOgue of profanity
which clogged his labored breathing.
He numbered on YEARLY like one
who has run long distance, ever and
anon looking back over shoulder as if
he feared pursuit. His right hand
held an automatic pistol of heavy
calber, ready for instant. use.
At the door of the shanty he paused,
shut his lips tight to still the noise
of his own breathing, and listened
with head bent to one side. Appar-
emily he heard nothing. A look of
fear that had cIouded his eyes passed,
and he grinned an evil, snarling grin
as he kicked open the door and went
in.
Inc SlTl Hdu ldllen vi llle lar Slue
of the table, where she was not imme-
diately visible. Unsuspicious of her
presence, the man closed the door and
lurched to the one unglazed window
where he stopped to spy out anxious
ly, peering down the trail he had just
travelled and listening intently.
But the girl had been reused by his
entrance, and first pushing her Shout
ders up from the floor with her arms
presently laid hold of the edge of
the table and pulled herself into a
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

friends with Il
long story about it. If he had that
chance it would make a great differ
ence. The ordinary citizen will under
go anything, if he can sit around and
talk about it afterward.
1.-THE first time we are up against
anything disagreeable always is the
worst. We can get used to anything,
and enjoy anything, if we have enough
of it.. We are born optimists. my dear
Mrs. Jiggers, always looking around
for a grain of comfort, and manufac-
turing one if there is none in sight.
"rll never forget the first time /
went to see the dentist on professional
business. l had been entertaining
rip-snorting tOothache for several days.
The agony was so great that it would
take the pen of a Dante to do justice to
it. Yet l couldn't muster up enough
courage to go to the dentists. l had
heard 50 many stories of the atrOCious
suffering one undergoes at his hands
that my warlke spirit faltered. But
finally the man who occupied the room
next to mine came to my apartment,
armed with a large iron poker, and
said that | had kept him awake for
three nights, and the limit had been
reached. If l didn't chase myself OUT
of the house and let him have nights
rest he would proceed to make a few
dents in my skull.
;ntu hn
pest, the first man met was a dentist,
and he simply forced me to his parlOr.
He was friend of the family and
wouldn't take mo- for ali answer.
''He had to carry me UP the stairway
to his office, | had become so weak in
the legs. l supposed he would rend
me limb from limb, but be really was q
| painless dentist. In three or, perhaps
four shakes he was holding before my
eyes the tooth which had caused al
the anguish, and I was enjoying soliC
comfort once more.
"Since that experience l look upor
the modern dentist as d public bene
factor, and my one regret is that
can't drop into his office every day Of
two and have a few teeth pulled. But
all my original teeth were extracted by
the painless process long ago, and the
lignum vitae teeth l am now wearing
are strangers to aches and pains.
'The first time man is married ht
IL so excited that he forgets the wed
ding ring or the fee for the preacher
or some other essential. For days be
fore the event he is in such fevel
that his friends have trouble holding
him down; and when at last the fatefu
hour arrives he doesn't seem like re
sponsible human being. ! always fee
sorry for young bridegroom, he look
so ratified, and he has slch a stron,
resemblance to total loss.
"But the next time he gets married
he is as cool and intrepid as though h,
made a practice Of acquiring brid
before tea every day, and if he goes t,
the altar three or four times In tn
course of his useful career, marriag
seems to him no more interesting thai
receiving an automobile catalogue b,
mail.
"And this is true of everything, Mrs
Jiggers. A man even gets used to
family boarding house, where cOlleC
tiOns are made strictly In advance
and, this being admitted, no furthe
argument Is necessary"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
RinQ Repartee.

"Ah shuah does pity you" said COL
ored pugllist. to his opponent as they
squared off "kh was bohn with box
in gloves on"
maybe you was" retorted the 9TH
er; 'and All reckons you'se going to
die de same way" .N .5'fN.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
She Wanted EN- Specific.

Title Ginger says the reason she
didn't last long as salesgiri at the Jew
elry counter was because when man
came in and said he wanted something
nice for his baby she asked him If his
baby was boy, girl or a chicken
Dallas News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
JUST SEND YOUR NAME

Well send ~ pkgs. Laundry Tablets that
Wash without Work Your friends gladly
pay you Zoe pkg. You keep $3.50, send us
$3.50. We will trust you kLOZE- SAVERS
CO, BOSTON 80, MASS. BOX w. N
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

VICTOR VICTROLAS S25 AND UP. Latest
ten-lnch double faced Victor records s5c
each Sent anywhere receipt of price.
Send for latest record list. Best violin
strings, csc. strings 81. HOLMES MUSIC
HOUSE. MIDDLETOWN NEW YORK.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31

ant" observed the
star bOarder. IF
a man died at reg
ular intervals, say
once a year, he'd
soon get used to
it, and regard it
as part of the
days work. A
man dies and
that's the end of
him, so far as this
WOIlu Is concern
ed. He has no
chance to come
back and bore his
friends with n
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
Pretty Raw,

WATERWAYS the dinner cooked TO
suit you, slr2 4s.s.. .....
Dlner-Yes, all but the bill. Just
take that back and boil it down lit
tic.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
Do Today's Task Well

The best way to make sure of to-
morrow's strength, is to put our whole
strength into the task of today.-H. II.
Haweis.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-03-31
THE FIRST TIME

IST CONFESS that the thought of
u death always raises goosefesh on
me-" said the melancholy boarder.
1.-THE only comfort is that a man dies
but once"
"That's what makes it so unpleas-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
FATHER OF LOCAL. MAN DIES

superintendent j. ". Taylor. of IN,
local office OF the Hope Natural Gas
Company. received word Monday of the
death OF his rather. George TAYLOR. of
Mineral Wells. Wood county. The Par
kcrsbng News of Monday morning has
the following particulars concerning his
death
George Taylor. eighty years of age
ana u well known and highly rc&pcc:
eel resident OF Mineral Wells. died sun.
day night at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Harvey Yost, of Padem City. wher,
he had been visiting for several weeks.
He has a host of friends in this city
who will regret to learn of his death.
MIR. Taylor is survived 10y his wife.
Mrs. Frances Taylor. and the Suryiy.
ing children are: James. of Grantsvillc
Frank. or l'urkrr-burs Charles. of
Miaeral Wells; jerome and Silas. of
California Mrs. Harvey Yost and Mrs
Grace Swcitzrr.
Funeral services will he held at IL
h'clOc% "Wednesday morning from ;hc
Mt. Pleasant " y. Church. Rev. John
Slaughter officiating. aud imtcrmcit
VIII a." made in the church cemetery"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
DIR. CONNOLLY LOSES LEG

Dr. Commodore Connolly. OF Richard
son. one OF the county's best know.
physicians and best liked men. under
went an operation in st. Joseph'S hos.
pital last week in which his right ley
was amputatcd at the kEcc.
Ii will be remembered that DR.. Con.
molly WAS Stickcn with rheumatism soy.
"ral months ago and his condition soon
became serious. He suffered greatly
with the disease. his right leg being
terribly drawn out of shape For some
tim" he has been In the hospital above
mentioned and it was hope that the
injured member could bc saved. This
was found Impossible and the operation
was performed. The doctor l. getting
along very well now ana will he ahle Ia
return home in due TIM, His mauy
friends in all sertinnS az the county
will regret Ia hear of his misfortune.
but will he thnHkrul that his life j.
spared.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
COUNTY COMMISSIONER FIRED

West Union, w. Va. Feb. 2O.-At
n special term of the Doddridge circuit
court held yesterday afternoon, Judge
T. ID. Morris handed down an opinion
removing Joseph G. Graham as com
missioner and president of the bod
bridge county court. fer Official lpialon
duet ana waste OF public funds. Among
the charges preferred against Graham
were those of purchasing automobiles
for the convenience of the county court
allowing the sheriff $500 for acting as
Sealer OF weights and measures and
selling the county goods amounting to
$4,000 from firm In which he was in
terested, all of which Judge Morris
held, were direct violations of the law.
a stay OF execution for sixty days was
granted in order to opportunity for
appealing the case to the supreme
court.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24

Call ut the Chronicle Bookstore for
that WastebaSket that will grace your
office or home.
Spencer White. one of White Pines
first-claSs citizens, was here Saturday
attending to business matters
John Noak, Il prominent teacher of
4syGFs, WIS here Saturday looking after
busincS affaire
Herbert Terrell is spending few
days in town recovering from an injur-
ed foot.
Allie Hardman, of Mt. Zion, was here
this week making out his income tax
report
French Polling, splendid citizen of
RaS>att, was in town Thursday looking
after business m4ttArs
Adding Machine Paper Carbon Pap
err and all kinds of Typewriter Paper
mt money saving prices Mt the Chronicle
Bookstore.
Rev. Smith Dye. of the local Baptist
church. closed an interesting revival at
the En9R church Tuesday night. Much
interest was manifested in the meetings
and much good was accomplished.
Miss Mildred Polling. who recently
underwent anOpcratiOn for appendicitis
in Parkcrsburg hospital. is recovering
nicely and will be able to come home
the first Of the week
Peter Hicks, an fSeellrnt citizen of
Pine Creek, was here on q business
mission Saturday. He is getting up in
years, hut il still able to get around in
good shape.
Deputy Revenue Collectors Chas. f..
Arnold ana II. G. BOggs. of Pnrkersburg
arrived here Wednesday evening ana
will spend few days helping local
capitalists prepare their income tax
schedules. 1t is said that they are not
being greatly overworkcd while here
9nd that no extra boats will he needed
to carry out the cash collected by them
since we arr beginning to get back to
normally.
The good Steamer BroOksvillc under
the command of Capts G. H. RAIDER and
Silas Petit arrived in port Thursday
with Il large delegation of Brooksville
citizens who came here to file their in
come tax returns. I'm the party were
J.. T.. Carroll w o. Umstcad, Ray
Bush, Harold ShHfcr and RObt. Virdin.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-02-24
TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS:

F9r the next several days will be in the markets
buying Spring stocks of upo-the-mnute merchant
disc We feel confident that we will be able to save you
money on your Spring purchases Prices have greatly
reduced and have put off buying until the last minute
in order to get the advantage of all declines
We will also buy line of staple furniture such as
tables chairs mattresses carpets bedead springs
and various other things which go along with this line
We will insure that you will buy the goods for less
money than you have heretofore been obliged to pay.
Make prove it. .
Ladies, call and look line of Spring Hats now
on display,
THE SMITH STORE