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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-16
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OIL LEASE For sALE-Twenty acres.
four miles north OF shiatO0k. okla,
being the east half OF SEA Of section
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Okla.
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ei7 Hotel Tulsa.
WANT block OF acreage or good lease on
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WANTED-ln northern Oklahoma or
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Producer r.. o. box $40. tulsa.
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world
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acre. other good blocks in Kansas
good geology, In trend near production.
g. fu so acre. Cooley Co, 100 W,
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raIrch,ld finished his meal and

Fairchild finished his meal and
waited. But Harry talked on. Boze-
man and Bill left the dining room
again to make report to the narrow
faced Squint Rodaine. Harry did not
even notice them. And as long as
man stayed to answer his queries. Just
| so long did Harry remain, at last TO
rise. brush few crumbs from his
llghtning-like suit, press his new hat
gently upon his head with both hands
and start forth once more on MS
rounds of saying hello. And there
was nothing for Fairchild TO do but
to walt as patiently as possible for
his return.
The afternoon grew old. Harry did
not come back. The sun set and din
ner was served. But Harry was not
there to eat 1t. Dusk came. and then,
nervous over the continued absence Of
his eccentric partner. Fairchlld start
ed uptown.
The usual groups were In front OF
the stores, and before the largest OF
them Fairchild stopped.
do any Of you happen to know
fellow named Harry HarklnsT he
asked somewhat anxiously. The an
swer was in the affirmative. A miner
stretched out foot and surveyed 1t
studiously.
"Ain't seen him since about five
o'clock" he said at last. "He was Just
starting up to the mine then"
sure?"
"Well-I dunno. May have been go
ing to Center City. Can't say. All l
know is he said somethin' about goIn'
to tn mine earlier in tn afternoon,
an long about five I seen him starting
up Kentucky gulch."
who's thatW The interruption
had come In a sharp, yet gruff voice.
Fairchild turned to see before him n
man he recognized, tall, thin, wiry
figure with narrowed, slanting eyes,
and scar that went straight up his
forehead He evidently had Just
rounded the corner in time to hear the
conversation.
81 was merely asking about my part
ner in the Blue Poppy mine"
''I'he Blue PoppyT' the squint eyes
narrowed more than ever You're
Fairchild, amt you? Well, guess
you're going to have to get along
without partner from now on"
Get along Without
A crooked smile came to the others
lips.
THAT Is, unless you want to work
with dead man. Harry Harklns got
drowned, about an hour ago, in the
Blue Poppy shaftl'
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.If'S his partner"

"it's hts partner.
She moved forward then and FAR
child went TO meet her.
I'm sorry" she said, and EXTENDED
her hand. Fairchild sripped It Ca
gerly.
"rhank you. But 1t may not be a.
bad as the rumors."
"I hope not" Then quickly shs
withdrew her hand. and somewhat
fustered. turned as her companion
edged closer. Maurice, this Is Mr.
Fairchild," she announced, and Fair
child could do nothing but stare. She
knew his name! A second more ana
1t was explained: "My father knew his
father very we'll"
81 think my own father was ac-
ouainted too" was the reJoinder, ana
the eyes of the two men met for an
Instant in conflict. The girl did not
seem to notice.
"I sold him a ticket this morning to
the dance. not knowing who he was.
Then father happened to see him pas
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CHAPTER VII

1t came to Fairchild then-the SEN
tence In his fathers letter regarding
someone who would hurry to his aid
when he needed him, the references
Of Beamish. and the aIlusion of Moth
er Howard to faithful friend.
Again the heavy voice doomed:
"You know me now. eh?"
'Youi bet You're Harry Harkinsw
"Arkins it Is! ! came Just as soon
as got the cablegram!"
1.-THE cablegram?'
"Yeh." Harry paved at his won
derful mustache. "From Mr.. Beamish,
you know. f sent it. Said you'd
started out ere all alone. And l
couldn't stand by and let you do that.
30 ere ann"
"But the expense. the long trip
across the ocean. the"
ERE I amt" said Harry again.
SAINT that enough7"
They had reached the veranda now,
to stand talking for moment. then
to 70 within. where Mother Howard
awaited. eyes glowing. in the parlor.
Hs-rr Sun9 nut both avms.
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THE CROSS-CuT
,q Courtney Rpleq Cooper
'ARRYl
'opyright sy Little. Broun = Co,

SYNoPSIS.-At Thornton Fair
child's death his son Robert learns
there has been a dark period in
his fathers life which for almost
thirty years has caused him suffer-
ing. The secret Is hinted at In a
document left by the elder Fair
child, which also informs Robert
he is now owner of a mining claim
In Colorado. and advising him to
see Henry Beamish. a lawyer.
Beamish tells Robert his claim. a
silver mine, is at Ohadi. thirty
eight miles from Denver. He also
warns him against a certain man.
''Squint' RodaIne. his fathers en-
emy. Robert decides TO go to Ohadi.
On the road to Ohadi from Denver
F'airchild assists a girl. apparently
in a frenzy of haste. to change a tire
on her auto. When she has left.
the sheriff and a posse appear. in
pursuit OF bandit. Fairchild. be-
wildered, misleads them as to the
direction the girl had taken. AT
Ohadi Fairchild is warmly greeted
by Mother Howard. boarding
house keeper. for his fathers sake.
From Mother Howard Fairchild
learns something OF the mystery
connected with the disappearance
of ''Sissie" Larsen. his fathers CO.
worker in the mine. He meets the
girl he had assisted. but she denies
her Identity. She is Anita Rich
mond. Judge Rlchmond's daughter.
Visiting his claim. Fairchild is
Swallowed by a man he recognizes
from descriptions as "Squint" Ro-
dame.
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and inconsequentill as the mastodonic
thing before him swooped forward,
spread wide the big arms and then
caught him tight in them causing the
breath to puff over his lips like the
exhaust of a bellows.
A release, then Fairchild felt him.
self lifted and set down again. He
pulled hard at his breath.
"What's the matter with your" he
exclaimed testify. you've made a
mistakei"
I'm blimed II 'ave!" beloved a
tornado-lil;e voice. "Blime! You look
Just like 'iml
"But you're mistaken, old mani"
"Blimed If ami" came again.
you're your dad's own boy! You look
Just like i'm! Don't you know me?"
He stepped back then and stood
grinning, his long, heavily muscled
arms hanging low at his sides. his
mustache trying vainly to stick out in
more directions than ever. Fairchild
rubbed hand across his eyes.
you've got mel" came at last.
Il"
you don't know me7 'Onest now,
don't you? I'm 'Arryi Don't you
know now? AIRY from Cornwall"
The Dolores star., 1922-10-13
CHAPTER VI-.Continued.

Quickly he made the return trip,
crossing the little bridge over the tur-
bulent Clear creek and heading
toward the boarding house. Half a
block away he halted. as a woman on
the veranda of the big. squarely built
hotel" pointed him cut, and the great
figure of man shot through the gate,
shouting, and hurried toward him.
A tremendous creature he was, with
red face and black hair which seemed
to scramble In all directions at once
and with mustache which appeared
to scamper in even more directions
than his hair Fairchlld was large
man; suddenly he felt himself puny
The Dolores star., 1922-10-13
CHAPTER VIII

The news caused FaIrchild to recoll
and stand gasping. And before he
could speak, a new voice had cut in,
one full of excitement, tremulous,
anxious.
Drowned? Where's his body?"
How do I know?" Squint Rodane
turned upon his questioner. Guess
it's at the foot of the shaft. All
saw was his hat. What're you so In
terested for?"
The questioner. small. goggle-eyed
and given to rubbing his hands, stared
moment speechlessly.
"He-he bought diamond from
me this morning-on the Installment
planr y
Rodaine smiled again in his crooked
fashion.
THAT'S your own fault, Sam" he
announced curtly. "If he's at the bot
tom Of the shaft, your diamonds there
too. All l know about 1t Is that |
was coming down from the Silver
Queen when saw this fellow 70 into
the tunnel of the Blue Poppy. He was
all dressed up, else l don't guess I
would have paid much attention to
him. But as 1t was, kind of stopped
to look, and seen 1t was Harry Har.
kins, who used to work the mine with
this'-he pointed to FaIrchild-"this
fellows father. About a minute later
l heard yell, like somebody was in
trouble. then big splash. Naturally
ran in the tunnel and struck a
match. About twenty feet down. 7
could see the water was all riled up,
and a new hat was floating around on
top of 1t. That's all know. You can
do as you please about your diamond
I'm just giving you the information +"
he turned sharply and went on
then, while Sam the jeweler, the rest
OF the loiterers clustered around him
looked appealingly toward Fairchild
"Whatll we do?" he walled
Fairchild turned. 81 don't kn,w
about you-but I'm going to the mine"
1T won't do any good-bodies don't
hoat. 1t may never float-If 1t rets
caught down In the timbers some.
| where's"
Have to organize a bucket br,.
gade' 1t was suggestion from one
of the crowd.
"Why not borry the Argonaut
pump? They amt using It,"
go get It! Go get it," This fine
1t was the wall of the little jeweler
Tell 'em Sam Herbenfsider sent Won
They'll let you have H."
Another suggestion, still another
Soon men began to radiate. each on
mission. The word passed down the
street. More loiterers-a silver miner
spends great part of his leisure time
In simply watching the crowd 20 by
hurried to join the excited tbronp
Groups. en- route to the picture show
decided otherwise and stopped IN
learn Of the excitement The crowd
thickened. Suddenly Fairchild Iookad
up sharply at the sound of feminine
voice.
whats the matter7"
Harry Harkins got drowned" All
too willingly the news was tllspersed
Fairchild's eyes were searching now in
the half-light from the faint street
bulbs. Then they centered. II was
Anita Richmond, standing at the ed1s
Of the crowd, questioning miner
while beside her was a thin. youtb,n;
counterpart Of hard-faced father
Maurice Rodaine. Just a momen, -.
queries. then the miners hand poIn,sd
to Fairchild a. ha turned toward he,
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Nou're Trying to Insult My Fatherl"
the house and pointed him out TO me
as the son of former friend of his.
Funny how those things happen, isn't
it?"
Decidedly funny" was the caustic
reJolnder of the younger Rodaine.
Fairchild laughed. to cover the air OF
intensity. He knew instinctively that
Anita Richmond was not talking to
him simply because she had sold him
ticket to a dance and because her
father might have pointed him out.
He felt sure that there was something
else behind 1.-THE feeling of debt
which she owed him, feeling of com.
panIonship engendered upon sunlit
road, during the moments of stress,
and the continuance OF that meeting
in those few moments in the drug
store, when he had handed her back
her ten-dollar bill. She had called
herself cad then, and the feeling
that she perhaps had been abrupt
toward man who had helped her out
of disagreeable predicament was
prompting her action now; Fairchild
felt sure of that. And he was glad of
the fact, very glad. Again he laughed,
while Rodaine eyed him narrowly.
Fairchild shrugged his shoulders.
I'm not going to believe this story
until it's proven to me-" came calmly.
'Who brought the news?"
Fairchlld deliberately chose his
words:
"A tall, thin, ugly old man, with
mean squint eyes and scar straight
up his forehead"
A flush appeared on the other mans
face. Fairchild saw his hands con-
tract, then loosen.
You're trying to insult my father"
Your fatherT' Fairchild looked at
him blankly. wouldn't that be
rather difficult job-especially when I
don't know him"
You described him."
And you recognized the descrip-
ton"
Maurice! Stop it," The girl was
tuggins at Rodaine's sleeve. Don't
say anything more I'm sorry" and
she looked at Fairchild with glance
he could not interpret-"that anything
like this could have come up"
i am equally so-if it has caused
you embarrassment"
You'll get little embarrassment
out of 1t yourself-before you get
through" Rodaine was scowliny at
him. Again Anita Richmond caught
his arm.
Maurice Stop it How could the
thing have been premeditated when he
didn't even know your father7 Come
let's go on. The crowds getting
thicker"
Inc narrow-faced man obeyed her
command. and together they turned
out into the street to avoid the con.
stantly growing throng, and to yeer
toward the picture show.
Carbide lights had begun to appear
along the street, as miners summoned
by hurrylng gossip mongers, came for.
ward to assist in the search for the
missing man. High above the pen.
eral conglomeration of voice could he
heard the cries of the instipator NJ
activities, Sam Herbenfelder. bemoan.
ing the loss of his diamond, ninety per
cent OF the cost of which remained
TO be paid. Hastily he shot through
the crowd, organizing the bucket bri.
gade and searching for news of tbe
Argonaut pump, which had not vet
arrived. Half-disgusted. Fairchild
turned and started up the hill, a few
miners their carbide lamps swinging
beside them foIIouior III,
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'Oward. Won't knock 'er eyes out,
nowY
And he doomed forward toward the
dining room, to find there men he had
known in other days. to shake hands
with them and to bang them on the
back, to sight Blindeye Bozeman and
Taylor Bill sitting hunched over their
meal in the corner and to go effusively
toward them. larry" was playing
no favorites in his 'ome-coming."
Jovially he leaned over the table of
Bozeman and BIZ. after he had dis
played himself before Mother Howard
and received her sanction of his selec-
tions in dress. Happily he doomed
forth the information that Fairchild
and he were back to work the Blue
Poppy mine and that they already
had made a trip Of inspection.
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Al least I'm thankful to you
for being the man you arsin
tTo BE CONTINUED.

silence Il golden n-also scarce.
The Dolores star., 1922-10-13

LESSON TExT-I1ke All,
GOLDEN TEXT-For In thai u.
self hath suffered being temn,.a ne
able to succor them that ar. IN,
Heb. 2:lS. unp,al
REFERENCE MATERIAI-ps,
Heb. 2:i%-ls: <:4-lS ~
PRIMARY TOPIC-Je,ps A.
Temptation. ucoal
JUNIOR ToPIc-Jesus Tempted ;, 4
Wrong.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR ro,,.
Overcoming Temptation. ioff
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT nm.
What Christ's Victory Mean. :, tvrt
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Faith.

Faith.
Now faith is the substance OF .s ,,
to be hoped for. the evidence OF 'p''
that appear not.-Hebrews zL
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Tn, Lord's Day.

Ye shall keep my Sabbaths anu
erence my sanctuary; am tne A
Leviticus 10 80.
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The news caused Falrchild to recoll
md stand gasping. And before he
could speak, new voice had cut in,
one full Of excitement, tremulous,
The Dolores star., 1922-10-13
suparior and Inferior.

You may fail to shine in the oplI1l
Of others, both In your cohVe,oa
and actions, from being supeilo'
well us inferior to them.-Grevihe'
Licking Valley courier., 1922-02-02
OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.

Ast week we published the financial statement OF the
county for 1918 and this week begin the publication of
the statement for 1919 The expenditures for 1918
$427S539 and the revenue collected that year $2
64463, leaving deficit of $20190.76. In 1919 the
ceps Of the county $51 4050 and the expenditures
s79,70947 leaving deficit of $28,36917 The deficit
for the two above named years was $48,55993
We have not received the copy for the years of 1920
and 1921 but unofficial information is that the deficit for
the two years will equal exceed that of the two years
given It is claimed that the total Indebtedness of the
county will be about $120,000.00 a
But be it what it may it presents problem for the
officers in charge The statutes to be plain that
the administration not the indebtedness
of the county above the constitutional limit and yet the
money was expended for bridges and roads mostly
things that the people needed and getting the bene
fit from.
Judge Henry is opposed to repudiating these debts
if way be found to legally assume those which
meritorious
He very anxious to have the nter-couny seat roads
finished and to have better roads, The situation is
that is very difficult and the Courier would advise all the
citizens to give Judge Henry time to work out the matter
and to withhold all criticism until the proper solution
be arrived at He has difficult problem and believe
that he will finally arrive at solution that will be right
and satisfactory.
Jim Henry wants to do the right thing in the matter
and we trust that the people will not hamper him by hasy
criticism, s,ss4exss II, q
Licking Valley courier., 1922-02-02

man dryly. ~ allow you ain't goin'
to be close-fisted enough to keep a good
joke all to yourself In no such a hoe
down as this"
s"I'll try" said, and did 1t the best
I knew how, giving him some idea Of
the life l had lived and Its earth.
wide, abysmal difference from the ex-
perience o. the past, six weeks.
Silence FOR time and then:
~"Book-learnin' and good clothes and
eatin' with fiat fork r. all right,
Stannle, but they don't make the man
mr. the woman; there's got to be some
thin inside; somethin' heap bigger
than any O. them things"
Quite So" l admitted.
Another silence and at the end Of
1t the old philosopher again:
"You been sort o. sore about my
Jeanie, since yesterday She's
been eatin' your gran-paw's bread, like
me, and you thought, and l thought,
that she might at least we waited a
little spell afore she run off with Char
ley Bullerton. Maybe we've been
juInpin at things too sudden, Stannie.
What made her ride way up yonder
TO Greaser sidin' to catch that train 2
And how come Charley Bullerton to
marry her one day and be up here
with his bunch O. gunmen by daybreak
the mex morning."
"Has JEANNE friends In Angels with
whom she could be stayingf" l asked.
mot a single soul. He'd a-had to
leave her at the Chink's hotel; and
that amt no place for woman, mar
ried r t'otherwise."
"But supposing they didn't 90 to
Angels?"
"There amt no other place they
could 60 and let him get back, as you
might say, In the same day."
SAY it. all, Daddy" l prompted.
There amt much to say, Stannie,
boy, teeptlnNwhat said afore, that
maybe we'd been jumpin' at things
sort O. bliqd-llke, Jeannle's got a heap
u sense-ff do say II as shouldn't
and the whole gee-ripittin' thing, as we
been putin 1t up, amt no more like
her than winters like dog-days."
Having run the subject into a cor
ner we were both speechless for lit.
lie time and think 1t was almost with
sense of relief that we sprang alert
when the dog, hitherto sleeping quietly
at our feet, jumped up and ran to hold
his nose at the threshold of the door
opening upon the dump head.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-02-02
THE NEW STATE NORMAL.

The bill providing for the establishment Of State
Normal in northeastern Kentucky has passed the Senate
and will go before the House his%eek with yindica
ton that It will pass.
The bill provides for the location of the school in the
county offering the best inducements, and that means
Morgan county gets behind the effort we can secure the
school, .pa L. .
The Courier can announce that the Board of Edu-
cation will contribute about 21 acres Of land including
the High School campus and it feels assured that at least
$250OO0O in addition can be raised by local subscription
In fact various from $3.50 up 1000 have already
been offered.
Morgan county is centrally located, it is the very
center Of the northeast part Of the state Morgan has
the best citizenship of any county in the mountains has
the best school spirit has foreign negro population
no public works to draw undesirable population. West
Liberty is town Of exceedingly good morals and there
are no temptations for the students.
The drainage of West Liberty is ideal and it is a
beautiful place. and ideal location for good school,
Morgan county is the best agricultural county in the
mountains and its citizens for the greater part pros
porous farmers and Of intelligence and progressive
ness
Morgan county can offer superior reasons and in
ducements to that of any county in the section embraced
in the BILL and all we need to do is to present and fulfil
our agreement to the committee who decides the location
Let's get busy and secure the school,.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-02-02
THE COUNTY PRINTING

Because some Of the citizens do not know what is
required in the way of county printing there has been
criticism Of the Fiscal court in the contract with the
Courier for the county printing To relieve them of their
msapprehensons we will briefly give them the items so
they will that the price has been exceedingly
able & ,s'siSasa
There 81 precincts which require 108 ballot books
per year, which at the low price Of $3.50 amounts to
$486 The financial statements delinquent list the
list of dog licenses will amount to about $500 at the
seers nd the other matter that the law requires to be
published and fixes the rate for will amount to than
$3.50 year. sa that if these matters were not provided
for by contract it would cost the county more.
We make these statements because the facts are that
the county has saved money by the contract with
Licking Valley courier., 1922-02-02
CHAPTER XVI
Burnt Matches.

Following the dog to the door, we
could neither see nor hear anything
going on outside, though Barney's
sniflings under the door and his low
growl warned us that something was
afoot, either on the dump head or In
the partly wrecked cabin beyond.
While we were still peeplng and peer.
ing, each at his auger-hole and each
ready TO take an offhand shot ut any
thing that seemed suspicious, the ST.
lence Of the mountain night was ripped
and torn by the most hldeous clamor
imaginable, arising, apparently, In the
cabin or perhaps from the growing Of
trees just behind 1t. The racket was
deafening; comparable to nothing that
I'd ever heard; magnlfied orchestra
tlon, so to speak, Of the pandemonlum
made by crowd Of country boys
serenadlng a newly married pair with
tin pans and such.llke noise.making
implements.
"What In the name O. Joab" slut.
tered Daddy Hiram. Reckon them
gosh-dummed pirateers We gone plum
loonyT
"Walt," l qualified, and l had to
shout to make myself heard. "There'll
he more to follow. This is only the
curtaln-ralser." .-4
But my guess appeared to he no
good. For quite some little time we
crouched guns at the ready, prepared
to repel the assault which we natural
ly supposed would be made under
cover of the distractlng racket. But
there was no assault, though. the mean
lngless clamor kept up without abate-
ment.
BY the time we were beginning to
grow trltle hardened to II the clamor
stopped as abruptly as II had begun
and the silence which succeeded was
wen more deafenlng than tile noise
had been. While fancled could see
lin figures stealing down the road
hat led to the bench below, heard
Daddy say: "Now, what In the name
} Jeholuchlm-"
He had turned away from his peep
hole and could sense, rather than see,
IA. he was rubbing his eyes. Then I
'eal'2ed tat upon ne. also, sudden
hlildncss had fallen; the Interior OF
the slmftiouSe had become us dark
as the Inside of u pocket. The effect
was so stupefying that II took both
of us II minute or so to understand
that some change Os yet undennable
had been wrought either In us or In
(The next instalment of this de.
lightful and absorbing story, "The
Girl, n Horse and Dog" will appear
in the next issue Of the Courier. II
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