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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-28

TAHLEQuAi Nov, "a. 'rho frst deer
KILLED this season WIS found down Ia tho
tail timbcrs OF the mountains some miles
south OF THhlnquHh and fell victim To
the aim OF John rhutnr, Several othor
hunters were uusucccseful Hrd VIII con.
tent Themselves with shooting squirrels
Rud rabbits.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-28

BAR lLSN LILLE nov -is--ln hefNtln
brr Iglb several old timers met at the
free fair az Dewey and iH telling OF the
Old times and old tlmera formed the
Washington County Pioneer association.
They met the following week at the home
ot Mrs. n. NJ Bartles perfected the or
ganizatiou and elected officers. The con-
situation ana bylaws provided for an an
uual meeting ~ members ana the fam
lies on Thanksgiving day each year. The
dues are 81 per year, which entities the
member to participate In the festivities
Zach member or head Of each family IA
supposed 90 bring well luled basket
,Ylth reasonable food Whe members meet
N me e&hibis hsiI ~hcre at 1850 a
Thanksgiving dinner Is served after which
tnr afternoon Is devoted TO the program
ami election OF officers. At 6 o'clock q sup
per IL served and after that all the old -
time tunes played on old-time fiddles are
enjoyed by the pioneers The first meet
ing was held before the floor Of the eN-
hbit hali was laid ana = large bonfire
was built IN the center. The membership
Is limited to those who lived in the lhuian
territory prior 20 1875.
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TAHLEoUAH. Nov. e7,--A community
clubhouse is nearly completed on the
csnrpus Of the northeastern state normal
here, Tho new house Is OF the bungalow
type ana will have a large reception room
and modern kitchen electrically
equipped 4 big open fireplace viii add
20 the comfort of tho rocrption room
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THE GHOST HOUSE

time he might be coming home, since
he had bad news that his mother
was abroad and alone. He was going
overseas to bring her back. if pos
sible.
Bob particularly cautioned the
woman that nothing should be said
to anyone. Then he went to the
Elbertons, where he left some urgent
duties to this gentleman's efficiency
and finally to Annette's, thence back
TO his blessed suite to pack.
To Annette's
His idea in going to Annettes was
10 cancel any engagement made with
her a few days previously >and to
tell her goodbye.
She was heartbroken.
ooh, | wish could help you" she
raved very sincerely. But where
are you going?"
I'm sorry | can't tell you" Bob
regretted, but it concerns the de-
parture of mother. The detectives
have found her alone and friendless
and it may be months before / can
be back. The agency has asked that
everythingt be kept as confidential
as observation-disclosures my departure
and Whereabouts, since mother might
still be attempting to keep me away
from her or from any knowledge OF
her.
Annette gasped.
isn't it the strangest case--and
no one able TO make any sense of it?"
Bob frowned baffledly.
"Her attitude is still as noncommit-
tai as it was
While there was trifle of comfort in
Annette's deep interest in the case.
and in the way she besought him to
let her know if there was anything
she could do while he was away,
Bob's heart could not help but be
sick for that greatest happiness
the ability to go fer advice, UNDER
standing and sympathy to the one
loved best beloved Of all the world.
without Goodby.
He must go without even word
of farewell. Still--a flicker of
smile played around his lips-with
Grandmother Treyor's aid he had
managed something that would have
to count.
Bob left Birmingham on the early.
morning train and four days later
set sail on the strangest expedition
of his life.
He was off on quest, the climax
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By Mgnon Hall

of which could not be forseen, and
times when the thought swept over
him that he might he unable to per-
suade his mother to give over what
ever fear or inclination was holding
her away from him, he felt like an
impotenc wild thing. 1t was mad
dening.
The days across the ocean were
filled with plans to pursue-but he
only arrived at the final conclusion
that they might be knocked into a
BILE ideas and plans of his mother.
Was it possible that blackmailers
had threatened her life?
He must be careful that his meet
ing with her be quite unknown and
skillfully accomplished lest enemies
do her harm. For himself he felt
unafraid-almost uncaring. There
must be something worth while in it
to- make life interesting.
But the first news he received
was far worse than he had expect
ed. Mrs. Landon was gone from
London. Quite unexpectedly she had
left the small hotel in which she
was living, paid her full bill. taken
her suitcase and gone.
"The poor thing looked like she
wasn't able to carry it," informed the
hotel keepers sister But she would
not have cab"
Lengthy Search
This was the beginning of hours,
days, months of search. The ground
actually seemed TO have engulfea
Mrs. Landon.
Finally clues had taken the
searchers to practically every city
on the continent; and then one glad
day actual hope again came to Bob
with the finding that his mother was
back in London
She had been seen turning a cor
ner at Pail Mall and followed to her
lodging.
Bob. in Venice, FASTENED to take the
train back to England.
Part OF the journey he made by
airplane. and telegraphing ahead.
found Miss Gillespy upon his arrival
waiting at London railway sta
ton.
Come at once" she exclaimed I'VE
fear yonr mother will not last the
day. She isNn quiet place where
the house may be approached with
little or no observance. 1 believe she
is too weak to travel farther; and
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been with someone and seemed to be
content, l would have felt happier. at
least. thinking that she might be
married to a good man. and that l
was obeying her fondest wishes. But
row l shall try every way under
heaven to bring her home If It can
be accomplished. The. thing haS al
ways been so almost unbelievable to
mo- that she would 60 away at all.
that i'll did not know her over 50
many years. I must imagine she had
suddenly lost her mind"
Bobs thought thrust itself I'M
consciously forth to his companion.
''Oh. no. sir. Indeed there is
nothing about your mother that
would indicate her to be of unsound
mind She seems thoroughly capable
of managing her own affairs, and
never talks about her business In
vain we have tried to gather some
thing concerning her history since
she left you. But she literally tells
no landlady or amy other person
anything. She is quiet. having little
to say to anybody. Two or three
times we traced her into big office
buildings and one day TO British
lawyers office.
No Information
when we attempted to find out
from the lawyer why she had APP
preached him, he was insulting, SO
we couldn't 20 no further
Bob planned to leave for England
as shortly as possible.
His mother in a critical condition
so weak that even casual eyes could
note that she might die at almost
any hour--and he so many thousands
of miles away.
Il will Task. Miss Giliespy that you
accompany me over seas, where IT
will be possible for you to continue
the trail and. being woman TO find
easy accesx to places where man
detective could stand no show. You
have been on the search too long to
abandon it."
SO twas arranged that Miss Giles
espy go ahead at once, and that Bob
would join her at the boat in New
York.
I.andon FASTENED from the cafe. al
most too impatientsto wait until the
following day, which would be neces-
sary lin order to get his business in
shape. to leave. He went directly
to his home. where he put the house
, keeper on guard that at almost any
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that our seeing her will be easy.
unless orders have been given that
she will see no one.
Not get m" vociferated Bob
Well force the door or get in. We
must for her sake Her wanderings
impress me as being dictated by
some terrible fear; and there's not
enough blackmailers in the whole
world to keep me from protecting
and taking care of her under those
circumstances, IL we have to build
a house. put her in ii and station
the whole Scotland Yard around it."
A Deserted Spot
The taxicab sped them swiftly to
the number of his mothers lodging.
The streets were entirely deserted.
Evrything was as still as if that
side of the city was holding its
breath.
God this is an uneanny place to
think of ones mother being sick
or dying-in," expressed Bob as his
eager feet hurried him forward"
Their rapping with the brass
knoeker brought only a neatly
aproned housewife, who informed
them that her lodger of the day be-
fore had gone only few minutes
previous to their arrival. No she had
by a private automobile evidently
arranged for in advance, and had
taken everything with her.
what sort of cara little oneg
Surprise
The housewife seemed surprised
that they did not know better con-
corning her lodger.
"oh, no. sir. fine large car
with a coat of arms on the out
side There was a great lady in the
machine-I took her to be no. less
than a princess But couldn't be sure
There were two other persons with
her which it seemed to me her high
ness had brought along 70 support
Mrs ThaNton, For she was extreme
IN il-so i'll I was afraid for her
to make the trip"
Bob's eyes narrowed
.T.haxton? ThaNton9' he queried-
Eyes" said the sewife-"that's
what she told me her name was"
"But you have no idea where she
has gomez
Not the slightest, sir. She didp-e
say
(To BE ContinuedJ
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Rut Mary would have been still
further insure of Bob II she could
: have peeped through stone walls and
seen that young gentleman cfoseted
in small booth in downtown res
taurant bending eagerly forward. to
catch every word that fell from the
golden haired young woman's lips
sill. had Mary been near enough
to hear the conversation. she would
have felt that her criticism OF Bob
as a gay Lotharfo was unpust.
But she was half city away
and so could not know that the most
critical moments OF nerve-racking
year were upon London, and that it
was an agonized moment of worry
now just how he was to meet a
climatic situation
A Detective
For the woman--far from being
an idol of Bob's--was a detective
from the local office which was ear
fying on the search for his mother;,
and she had brought him the STAR
ting Information that his mother was
in Eneland-in London, to be exact.
But instead of being with any per-
son--man or woman--she Was alone
end about to die.
The detectives had located her at
first one foreign lodging and then
another. but because Of Bobs orders
were unable to do anything but trail
her about--follow where the vagrant
footsteps led.
She seemed to be torn with grief
end, 1t appeared, had not much
money The only solution the golden
haired sleuth had 10 offer was that
OF his mother had been kidnapped.
she had been turned away from the
bandits RENDEZVOUS with the warn
ing and threat that she must not
return to Bob.
What were Bob's orders under
those circumstances
1t appeared to the detectives Mrs.
Landon was bent either on some
quest or was so restless that she
could no: remain in one place. Some
day soon Bob's mother would I'M
doubtediy die quite suddenly. since
she was In wretched condition and
growing weaker. visibly. day by
day, s efst 81 sQs 1855 -
Bob did not hesitate. ~ 0s
~ To Hiring Her Home
I'm going TO her. II she had
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By The BibiophHe


Wheelers. you have sized up Clare
Rossiter and mean to see as little Of
her as you can manage, and you are
attracted by the town. In fact. Mrs.
Rinehart has won you, and she will
not let you go again.
Mrs. Rinehart is interested in peo-
pie as well as in plots; she is even
more interested in the people. and
that Is why she is growing as an
author. She has humor and insight
and vivid dramatic sense. Life,
even at its auietest, is never dull to-
her. and il is always capable of be-
ing extraordinary. This gives fresh
ness TO her work that is constantly
delightful. In this, her latest book.
she is at her very best If YOU like
her at all you will like it very much
indeed. II gives scope to her various
gifts, it is a thrilling tale and it is
extremely wen handled.
-The Shadow of the East
In one of the current magazines I
picked up the other day I saw a pic
ture of i. NJ. Hull-the only one
have ever seen of the author of that
much read, "picturized" and widely
discussed novel. THE Sheik." and her
latest novel THE Shadow of the
East Small Maynard & Co., pub.
fishers. Boston.
Somehow "E. NJ Hullr had meant
the name of a great, strong, tempera-
mental worldly minded man-to me
when read The Sheik'; later L dis
covered the author was mere
Notwithstanding to her pictures)
AS you'd never imagine.
Tall angular: badly dressed;
homely; she stands six feet tall Cap
parently) and without a vestige of
grace or temperament or exoticism
Reading her story I found that she
Is an Englishwopan-her husband an
engineer, and at first she wrote Just
for fun"
The "fun" developed into "The
Sheik," reaching into over a half
million copies.
When asked about her name she
told the interviewer she always
wanted to be known just as "E. NJ.
Hull
But what do the initials stand
for?" demanded the inquisitiye lin
terviewer."
you'll never tell? r. she said with
keen sense Of humor: Elizabeth
Maude;' do you blame me?"
The interviewer" said he didn't.
The readers of The Sheik" who
expect E. NJ. HullS new novel. 1.-The
Shadow of the East" to have that
amorously passionate atmosphere
that characterized her first novel
will not be disappointed-yet the two
stories are as different as east is
from the west.
There is, to be sure. back
ground" of eastern scenery that the
title suggests: first some glimpses of
Yokohama, and the author is capable
OF giving plenty OF color to her
sketches; later on the African desert.
with Arabs and fighting and the stir
and pomp of desert life, so intimate-
ly known TO her. If "The Sheilx" can
speak at all OF personal experience.
But most of this new book is laid in
England, in an ancestral home, be-
longing to the hero of the story.
There is a bit of Paris, too. the in
side OF convent and a studio in tho
Quarter. These varying backgrounds
serve to hint that the story IL one OF
many moods and considerable va
riety of experience. The preliminary
action Of Yokohama sets the tale in
the atmosphere Of romantic tragedy
which endures 70 close upon the end
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THE BOOKSHELF

Recently highly entertaining
story By Diana Rice entitled Liter
sry Bootlegging newspaper story,
appeared.
In the story the author says:
.Bootleggers are now running the
bootlegger a close second. The lit
Ierary bootlegger has come into his
k,wn and a new industry is growing
Up among an erstwhile law abiding.
peace-loying people. Booklovers may
no longer have the Joy OF browsing
through dusty shelves of undfsturbed
tones in search OF rare treasures
the settlers, of vice have. in nine
cases out of ten, pointed out those
treasures. and the Unsuitable hunter
has removed the quarry
Condemnng books whose contents
do not coincide with their moral
standard and mental capacity has
placed a small group Of self-appoint-
ed judges in the position OF arbiters
of society. 1t is possible society may
need this 1t is, however, doubtful
IL a social referendum would ac-
knowledge it. But as books for
hidden to the reading public steadily
grow in number so do the ways in
which these same books may reach
that public The literary bootlegger
sees TO that
And now a committee in Boston
places Simon Called Peter" on the
black list Catholics put the works
OF Anatole France on the index In
New York the latest additions TO the
list OF tabooed books are. "A Young
Girls Diary" "Casanova's Home
coming" and Women in Love-"
L.
have already secured these cen
sored" stories-if notch we'll.
Here and There
Out of the myriads upon top of
myriads of books / have read this
summer-read until my eyes have al
most popped out Of their poor old
sockets and until the print upon the
thousands of pages has looked like
cross between a dish OF stewed to-
matoes and scrambled eggs. ] have
chosen a round half dozen to talk
about.
None of these is a "bootlegging"
book: you don't have to buy them
surreptitiously; all you have to do is
to just drop in at your favorite
book shop and pay your nice little
money and get your book.
That's that Ga la Mr.. A. S. NJ.
Hutchison OF III Winter Comes"
fame.
Let's see now; there is Mary Rob-
erts Rinehart's new story-the first
since war days-"The Breaking
Point there's L. NJ Hull,s "The
Shadow of the East"--her first novel
since The Sheik''; James Oliver Cur
woods THE Country Beyond: The
Opinions Of Anatole France" re-
corded by Paul GselI. and translated
from the French by Ernest Boyd:
THE Carpenter and His Kingdom"
by Alexander Irvine; and ''The
Mother OF All Living" by Robert
Keable.
what Is nm hmm oral Book
Reverting to the subject of liter
airy bookkeeping" / am inclined to
quote length from Arthur Bartlett
Maurice, the well-known reviewer
Of books who blandly inquiries:
What is an immoral book? There
are many angles Of that question
that call for discussion at the pres
ent time; certain startling frank
ness in = number Of the novels that
have been published In tho past six
months; the general tendency OF to-
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Widely divergent from the three
preceding books mentioned is the
volume entitled. THE Opinions of
Anatole France" recorded by Paul
Gsell and translated from the French
by Ernest Boyd. (Alfred A. Knopf
Inc. publishers. New York city,.
Paul Gsell was one of the regular
frequenters of Anatole Frances
weekly gatherings at the Villa Said
and this book is charming picture
of the great French sage, of the
library filled with rare and veneer
able tones, Of his work of art, and
OF the personality of the master
himself.
The themes upon which AnatoIe
France embroiders are those which
one would expect from the creator of
Monsieur Bergeret and Jerome Coig-
nard. the irreverent tale of his adj
ventures as an Academician. the
eloquent apologize for skepticism.
the divine art of writing for the
theatre, his collaboration OF Sarah
Bernhard, his discussions Of art
with Rodin, the basis Of patriotisnis
the Russian revolution. and finally
the omnipotence and necessity OF IL
lusions-such are few of the main
heads these marvellous discussions
which are now on record to prove
that the greatest living master of
French prose is also the most skflful
exponent of the art of conversation.
Every page sparkies with the wit
of lie maitre." every page Is aliva
with ironic raillery. his philosophic
wisdom. Records the conversations
OF the great French master OF irony
with minuteness and copiousness
which entities the compiler to 4
niche in fame similar to that oc-
cupied in English literature by the
faithful biographer OF the great DIR.
ohnson's remarks
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when it changes TO blissful ro-
nance and the cureease of a long
struggle with suffering. a
The authors daring will be recog-
nized when we find that the episode
painted with extfme effectiveness
in the Yokohama prologue intro
duces the hero as established in one
of those paper japanese houses with
tiny japanese girl for mistress.
utterly devoted to him. a child OF
Il. an artist, and alone in the world
except for Barry Not quite a Japa-
nese. however. for she had an Eng
lsh father a father who had lived
with her mother even as Barry was
living with her. On the evening we
first see the two of them Barry
has returned from a trip to Toxic and
is welcomed with fervor and charm
and after while with the telling or
a secret A secret that has made
the little o Hara san wildly happy.
but that shocks the young man. Mat
tiers are getting a little deep. But
all this is not the daring portion
that comes with the sudden discov-
cry by Barry that the father of the
girl is also his father-that they are.
in truth. half brother and sister.
The discovery almost drives him
mad and in his frantic rush away
from the little house he makes o
Hara San believe that she has NOR
tally offended him, without her hav-
ing guessed the discovery he has
made. When he finally returns in
the dawn of the following morning
the little Japanese has killed her
self
And now the real story begins.
It will not be revealed here-hut
left to the readers choice OF pc
rusing its pages and getting the hec-
tic. vivid. coloring that the wonder-
full author gives it.
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others as the test. It might be made
the subject of the first question in
an examination for candidates for
the office of censor. Despite the
championing of it by Thackeray and
Coleridge. it is an open question
whether Fielding's Tom Jones. for
example. is a wholesome book for
general reading. There are a good
many persons not prudes. who agree
with honest Col. Tom Newcome's
opinion of IL. But any one who re-
CARDS as an Immortal" novel Al
sphonse Daudet's 'Sapho': any one who
fails TO recognize in ii one of the
great moral pointing books Of all
literature. is suffering from mental
and moral astigmatism. Yet that Is
the book that on several occasions
has been selected by the 'reformers'
in this country for particular attack.
When first translated il was chat
lenged. There Isl a. story to the ef-
feet that cabiegram was sent &
Daudet informing him that there was
a question about the novel. Daudet,
mystified for the moment, decided
that the only question that could
arise would be as TO the spelling of
the heroire's name. So he cabled
back: Spell il with one p"
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Point" George III. Doran and com
pany, publishers. New York city).
Mary Roberts Rinehart has chosen a
very different subject from any she
has ever chosen before-namely the
subject of "arnnesia."
In every life there may come a
time when nature takes drastic steps
to save a man or womanIs reason. or
life, or both. The breaking point Is
reached when the burden If worry or
anguish or pain is too heavy to be
borne.
An invisible eraser wipes the mem
DRY clean.
Young DR.. Dick Livingstone. happy
in his work and life in the pleas
ant village of Haverly. could remem-
Der nothing behind that wholesome
existence. He was in love with Eliza
beth Wheeler. who loved him.
Then came the rapid series of cir
cumstanees which brought him to the
edge of utter disaster.
In all cases of amnesia, a time
may come when ths wall safeguard
ing the new existence is flung down
and the first self steps back into
possession over the leveied barrier.
That moment in DR.. Livingstone's life
is handled by Mrs. Rinehart with
triumphant skill.
We all know that charming tye or
hostess who is able so to introduce
US to a group of strangers that
without effort we became an init
mate member of the party, in touch
with whatever is going on or being
talked about, happy and at ease, in
terested and responsive. A word or
two. bit of description. 8. hint as
10 past affiliations, linking up OF
names and places, and tho strangers
are strangers no more. but part OF
our life circle.
There are authors who have this
same faculty, and among them Is
Mrs. Roberts Rinehart. You need
read no more than a page ct two
in ono of her books to become per-
fectIy at home in il, friendly with
it's people. personally concerned in its
problems.
This special attribute IS particu-
larly present in her new book, saThe
Breaking Point" Before you are
through with the first chapter you
are committed These people are the
sort You mean to stick to. Whatever
happens you arc for them You IKE
d.. David and DIR. Dick. you like the
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steal tone. There 10 one book that