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THE FRANKLIN PRESS THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1931 PAGE TWO i. i 9- F1 T7? ... i optjf A)fvt bjEfan-a Fey bar ifl ii-at tcms 'but (Continued from last week) Sabra v;ii Miffincinlv shn vV'l ami h. a.': I in' lul.c nl l.i V- 1 1 1 t ah hv. ' "Neil i.Hle. ilimti r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J4. yi'iir i;in r. .-ab.l, till I 'Hi won't need aiiv nd wills. Ymi ht hnvv llif bisl-pavnv.; liapi-!, jid -the most ,ur!u! m 1 1 1 Mjinliv.'i'sl. ttmm'r than i hm-l'in r Itrillas nr San Amnnm., ) cs.-;n i ."a In i inns al !,(' h i ii I; rolled Mlldlli'J II In-, sliabh- s! Urn's,. Hi ll. . (rSiu td .'(Hi id ( I it 1 1 1. III In.'! I H'.diiii'.' mi liiat dt mv linrsc." nil and down news I'm WIllTl'v u i nt . r's d ! (, d. I iiafc is .jjuiii;: to bi- liiyn aw hor than any f 1 turn. Yon iurk what I s;iy. Ilardlv anv ml Ji! the town of Osan but billion1 f barrels ol oil all around it. 'his town won't be- Loin to if.-fv, S-tcH. It'll 'j,rov and i:nnv. hc fiars from now it'll look like. Chi- if!0." "Oh, Sol, liovv can that be ?" "You'll see. TIk.fc win v.r the amblini; tent stood with a .tiui'l hole ill ftont of it a few years j- you'll see in -another live year's a skyscraper like those m New. York." ' She laui-'hcd at that. Just as she had known ihal v'ancev had auain left her on that niuht of the Mescal cereiiionv. now she sensed that he would oine back in the midst of this nvw usanily that had seized all Okla homa.. And come back he !, iroiii Ood knows wherV, on. the ery, ere. -it - of the oil wax-, a id lirinyiiiL' with him news that ow-r- 'diadrHvel his return. He eii'i-ml as he had left, with no word r.f explanation, so bizarre as -.to ,inse everything else to fade into the background.' lie came ridihn, us' always, but it was a sorry enovii.'h .nan that lie bestrode this time; and his while sombrero was grimed and balteivf. die- Trincc Albert coal was .spoilt d, the linen frayed, the whole fiunin covered with the heavy .-red dust (d the trampled road, lie must have ridden like an avenging' angel, lor his long black locks were damp, his eye red rimmed. And .when she saw -this lX)ii Quixote, so sul lied, so shabby, her blood turned to water within her veins for. pity. She thought, it will always be like this as long as he lives, and each tinie he will be a little more broken, polder, less and less the iuiirc of splendor 1 married, until :-t last ... She only said, "Yancey," quietly. He was roaring-, he was reeling with Jovian laughter as he strode into the Wigwam office where she sat: at her neat orderly desk just as she had sat on that day years bffore. For a dreadful moment she thought thai he was drunk in- mad. lie flung his soiled sombrero to the desk top, he swept her into his inns, he set her down. VOIK that il r I'm almost lie wa oi old mat tails spreadmu with ii,.- , ii.Mii- ol his mm cnient thi. Ii .till ii iti hand., esin ulal-ing, tht iiiie eves-- bljioiKliot now still Hashing wiih the lire that wold burn until it consumed' btln. "Oil. niv children! More oil than anvbody -cut. thought there wa in any one spot m the world.- Aw where.' Where! On the Osaw In than reservation. It came m an hour avo, like the ocean. It niaki i i rv other field look like tin h:u a. 'I here never was such .... . . -i , , i i.uke! 1 1 s -cosmic its terrible. How the to ts must be roaring, i.aurdi S; 'Hum t's -COSl te1' r,ii(i!ienchable among the blessi gods!'"' ' ' Yanei, y. dear, we're, usetl .to oil out litre.. It's an old story. . Come now. (ome home and haw a hot bath and clean clothe." In her mind s eye she saw those fine while linen shirts of his all nt-allv stacko) in the drawer as In- had It It lliein. hor answer he reat hed till! with one great arm awl swept a pile of cNchaiigt s, copy paper, galley proofs, and clippings off the. di sk, while with the oilier hand he .seiz ed the i-vpi-wi 'iter by is. steel, bar ai.i'i t 1 1 u 1 1 1 m it it to tin- iioor wan a force thai wrung a protesting whim and zing from its startled inside lie had always scorm-d to use ; typewriter.' lire black swathes' ot his herculean pencil lit deeper 'in to- the paper s siinace. than any typewriter's int tal teeth. .' "Hot bath! Hot h-,-1, honey! H ton realize - what - this' means? I) vou undei-'-taiid 'nil two thousand Osage Indians, squatting in then rags in front of their iniserabl shaiities, are now the rfchest nation in. the world ? In the world-, I lei a on. They wcie gieu that land- the Darest. mealiest dest i t lawl m tin whole of the Oklahoma conn irv. .ii(i the governmeiit ol lliesi I nilt tl Slate's s;ritl,ll''J'here, you rei dogs, lake that and li e on it And if -you can't lice on it, tlitn die oil it,' (iod A'niighly, 1 could the meself with laughing. .Millions and , millions of '. dollars. .Tlicv'r spattering,-. I tell you,' all over th tisagt, reservation, lucres no stop ping, that flow. , .. J'.very. buck aw siuaw on (he Osage reservation e a millionaire. They own that laud ami, .ny i -u, im gtuug tn see that no tine takes il away from 'In in!" '''.-" . "Oh, Yancey, be careful." He was driving his pencil across the paper. Send this out A. r. Thtv tried, to keep it dark when the flow cauie, but I'll show thein. Sabra, kill your editorial lead, wi,tix.ii a was. in wine u. .ianv ii., your n.ews lead, too. Listen. 'Ihe i.iiuhesi. st;'i-s))aii;- ! cosmic , , ..-'--.. . . i t .. )ok': lif'M i i r was ii.ii.u mi i oul'h -i, ,gl ; ;:;o. -. , . .111 bill si ill- i fn ( . , ! ks , today- -Jit!!, with il i t f i , ioar tliat coiini ue m-aru ior units ii-oiind, iliousaw'--, of barrels of oil diot into the air on the liiiseiabh hsert hind known as the Osage Indian rt. S.-i alioii and occupied by those diipttl and vret:hetl ! "We can't use that, ! tell you." ' W lg ,,t ?" ' . "This isn't ' the Ciniitiaroii. It's he slatt of Oklahoma. . Thai's it a' oii , that's anarchy" "It's Ihe truth. It's history. J . 'II Mil .1. ..... . .. tii 1 1 prove it. ineyiLite mow u. on. those Osages, like a .pack of wolves. At hast I'll. let thein know-they're rift run I he story., by as I . .want it run, ant rail shoot lilt: for it " "Awl i sav vou won't toiiie in. here 'like that, of ' tlifs pa.pt i." . ' : I le turned tuu ll y awl her, the'great head jiillin eyt s like' stw 1. "Who is ?" , "I am." . Yvitlgi.iit a word In: grasped her wri-lt and led In r. out, across the old'" porch, down the 'steps and into the stretl. 'There, on I'awbuslgi avenue, in the full glare of noon day, be. ,ointed to the wt a.llur Worn sign that lie. himself, aided by le st- Kickev, had hum: (hi re ; al most twenty years before. She had had it rcpairc renlaced it with THE OKLAHOMA WIGWAM Yancey Cravat Prop, and Editor "When you take that down, -Sa bra, honey, and paint your own name up in my place, you'll be the editor of this -newspaper. Until you e.-.pec I thev You can't I'm editor looked at Otlt, the She had never anothe-r. JUST HUMANS ; - .iti'. " Px.fiEiM!iAjj - .-W j mer.irAirif?Lrtt.u .ii., .. t- : wv. . r h 1 "CB mm hi Mv km x?i If JfY-vf ?t!','",-Tr---' 1?-" 4--".r..-4:."r .i- - .' -.ji . . ;i , -v St. ..fv (Aft j 'What's His Trouble ?" A Kid Just Said to Him He's So Dark that Llghtnin' Bugs Follow Him in th Day Time" y lo thai, 1 am." As ihey stood there,-she. in her neat blile serge, he m his crunipicu i i ii.,:.. i. I..,. ... ami Sliauny aiun, .sue itmn ii'-" she lit V er wotlld do if. Young C'iin came home from Col orado for. the -summer vacation, was caught up: in the oil flood, , 1 1. ltU l.ic awl never went imi- mm nu geological knowledge, slight as it was, awl his familiarity, with the region, h e was shut I led hack and lorlh lioiu one. eiitl of the slate to llie' other. Curiously enough Cim, like his lather, was' more an oil-looker than a . participant, in this fantastic spectacle The tpiality of business acumen 'seemed to be' lacking m both these : nV n ; or pel haps a certain mad fastidiousness in thein kept them from' taking' part in. tin feverish fight. A hint of oi.l n: this corner, a trace of oil m that, most' of his time vvith the pump ei aud roust-a.botits, drillers awl look dressers' and .shooters--a' hard drinking, hard-talking, hardri'ight- nig crew, hi Ins white somDrero and his oiudated I'rince Albert and his high-heeled . boots ' he was known as a picturesque character. Years of heav y di inking were tak ing their toll ol the magnificent body street,'' though she looked like any plump, and respectable-matron now, in her rich quiet dress and her If Yancey's sporadic contribu tions increased the paper's circula tion it -was Sabra' s steady drive that maintained it. It was a gi gantic task to keep up with the changes that vverci sweeping over Osage ami all ot Oklahoma. Yet the columns of the Wigwam re corded, these changes in,, its news columns, in its ediloiia! pages, -in its personal and local items and its advertisements, as faithfully ;is on the day of its firpt issue when Yancey had told them who killed I'egler. Perhaps it was because Sabra, even during Yancey's many absences, felt that the paper must be prepared any day to meet his scathing eye. Strange items began to appear daily-: in the paper's columns stiange t.o the eye not interested in oil; but there waV no such (;.; in Oklahoma, nor, for that matter, in the whole Southwest. Civptic 'though these, items might be to -dwellers in other parts of tin' United States, they Were of more absorbing interest to Okla- homans than iront-page slones 'of war,- , romance, intrigue, royalty, crime. (Continued next week) Relieves Itch In 30 Minutes More farmers ought to carry .: i v. , i .... , more insurance aim uciu-i m-.. - , ance, economists say, particularly insurance against, to growing crops. M.riotis damage ,-.-.LjLiM "nJ Here's a Real Bed Bargain Full size metal bed with folding spriais ,and 45-pound all cot ton mattress in attractive coveing. 12 , An-Go-Itch, a liquid prepara tion, goes into the creases and crevices of the skin as no salve or ointment can do, and kills every parasite which causes itch or scabies . in 30 minutes. An-Go-ltch has been made ac- pincc uez, a little gray showing in ording to a doctor's prescription ti... t.i-w-i- .dt,in,l..nt i,-,;,- l h t)ccn found to be the best Sabra Cravat heard of it. ' T!. lOil.S I I-'-1 -r t '1 1 U f . , . . i , i i--...a V-iLr:1 U .'-51 U-fA 1 i Ft fe lf,'4. j Hi lit Wt-H i ! 1 1 Knitted Sport Dresses Attractive 'Xev Designs One, Two And Three Pieces Wide Variety Of Fall Shades from Which to Make Your Selection $5.95 to $10.00 ' 'I - New Fall Coats A Really Beautiful Line of Short Coats in Velvet and FlannelThey're Sure To Flease One of Dis . criminating Taste Only $5 JESS & MARY'S SHOP "When yau take that down, Sabra, Honey, you'll be the editor of this nuwspapcr."- and the thousands were upon it, plishinii, s.crainhrni.u, nose ti) the ground, down on all-fours like piys in a trough. . A hundred j times Yancev couhl have boti).dH an. oil lease . share for a soiie;. Head loll in.!; his breitsl, lids lowered over the lii.:litiiitiL; eyes, he shriit::Te"din diffcreiit shoulders. "I don't want the filthy nitick," he said. 'It stinks. Let the In tli.i.ns. have it. It's theirs. And tin 'Hi;.; Hoys' from the I'.ast - let than sutttl and scheme for it. They kin Vvv where Oklahoma' is" now, all ritdil." . I lis etiuiiuiis and eaiin.ns had 'i-r'l to. cause Sabra and the kern at-'ony . of eatlier tlavs. She ki.uw novy that their 'exisu n -e, so loin.; as Yancey lived,' would . al ways: be made up of just such 1111 1 x 1 1 . lined absences and -melodramatic' liomecomitiLis, She liatl i!i:i! up h,r tuiinl ti, accept the cm v liable. . 1 , , She' did, not mind that Yancey spent iiu.ieir lime tin the nil fields. He knew the. men he called the "I'i;; 1'ioys" from the ICast and they often souiiht him out for his company,', which they . found anins iiur, ami for a . certain I'eiiional wisdom that they considered' valu able., lie despised thein and spent 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia n 30 minutes, check a Cold th first day, and checks Malaria in three days. 68 3 Salve for Baby's Cold ,llM liiih.i :-hi nvt o st: aks oi ;: r:.y. i.o-ai ioiVitMiicn wiio once had itaretl and aiiiiiirnl Inui bewail to liaiionie him or lo lau;;h at iiim, tolerantly. -Many - oi , iheiu 'were rich -now, COUlltlU'.; llieir - riclies not. in ihtai.-i.tiid but in nullioiis 'liii, hatl onin-'l :i j.ini-.ol Dkla hoiua dirt, or a . piece a phm of dirt -and su i.icnly, iliioti.'.h 11 at t 01 ' theirs, '.it was worth it Weiln in 'diamonds, l'at Leafy tl.re.-piipnaci-.il"- iilile- Irish .lawyv-i wl. 1 ha i on, e l.'-t n . :, st .'"!: ha,'. in the ' early .days ot the building ol the Vfi, I' i' r-t, wt- .now so rich turoiii-ii his y.tsi ttii holdings that his Indian v'f', Cn.-'-k No'.i was con- i'l-rc! a- - i;i.:ai'i! .and p'c tttrestjue nole 1; , t!ic - .vi . iS of eastern optiati.rs y,ho came down on oil business, A fill- tie first .sin ill excilcnii'iit of it Sabra Cr-n ;n i t linqiiishcd the hope 01 nr.ikiu;;' sitddi'ii mil lions as other luckier hatl done. IK r laud bad it I !cd no oiJ ; she oiy'.n.d ni) oil leases-.- 1 1 was a curious fact that Sabra still taici n etl it in Usage and hatl atlually become a power 111 the stale The 'I he paprr wrts .rt atl, respected-, and fcare'l t lire in; lit ut the Southwest. It wa., aa'id wiih -pvide by Os;iy-':, civ ic . iiiin-K d that no oil was rich itiiaigh lo :.iaiu tin.' ia,-;es of the Oklahoma , AViwaiit- - Though few re ih'd il, tuid ihoindi Sabra 'hef- st It nev er: adniiltetl it, it was Yan cey who had made this true, lie neglected it for years together, but he always turned tip in a crisis, whether political, economic, or . social, to hurl his barbed edi torials at. the heads of the offend ers, to , sting with the poison of his ridicule. lie "championed, the Indians, he denounced the' oil kings he laughed at the money, grabbers, be exposed. the land thieves, lie was afraid -'oi noihiug.. lie .would absent himself for six 'months. The Wigwam would run along smoothly, pla.ridly. lie would re turn, torch in hand, anil again set fire, to the paper until ihe tow n the county, the stale were abla.e. The i()sages came ' to him with their legal problems, and. he td- . 1- . 1. ..... .. .... ii..- 1 ti-.ru im in soniiiiiy ami too,., a minimum" fee.. Jle seemed alvvavs to sehse an important happening froi'u afar ami to emerge, growling bke an old - lion, from - his: hidden jungle lair, broken, mangy, hut lighting, llie fine eyes still alig, the 'magnificent head still as men acing ' as thai of a buffalo charg ing. I le had, 1111 -.one. occasion, come back just, in time to learn of I lixie Lee's, death. J lixie 'had struck oil and had retired a rich woman. She hail closed her house and gone to Okla-, houia: Cily, and there she bought a house, in a .decent neighborhood ami adopted' a baby girl. She had gone to Kansas City for - it, turd l hough she had engaged a. capable and- somewhat- Jbewildercd nurse 011 that (rip, Dixie herself carried the child home in her arms, its head close against . the cxpcnsjve satin bosom, Xo one, knew what she had used to pull the wool over the eyes of the Kansas City authorities. She never could have done it in Okla homa. She had had the child al most a year when the women of Osage got wind of it, . They say she took it out herself in its perambulator daily, And perhaps solne one recufctiizrd her on the Wyatt. -Mrs. Do-.. ! " Mrs. Pack. They took ihe child .away , from her. by 'law. . Six months- later Dix ie Lee died ; the sentimental said of a broken heart. It was Yancey Cravat who wrote her. obituary : 1. hxie Lee, for years one of -(Inmost 'prominent citizens of Osage and a pioneer in the early : days of Oklahoma, having -made the run in '89, one of the few women who had the courage to enter that .his toric and terrible race, is dead. "SI., .was 'murdered by the good vvonien of Osage. .. ' . The story was a nine-days' wond er evi n- in that nii lKdramatic: state. Sabra reat it, white faced. The circiik',;ou of the Wigwam took another L.-uiid upward.- Some day, said Osage, over its afternoon paper, "somebody is go ing to come along ami shoot old Cimarron." x "I should think his wife would save them trouble," some one sug and sunniest- trratmciil for ifrl - . X. - ... tire ; n-,. , v 1 tie price is only cents per bottle, Results absolutely -guaranteed-, when . used as directed.- Pre pared and distributed by Angel's Drug Store, Franklin, N. C. Adv. BOUGHT SEPARATE LY IT WOULD ' " COST- ' - t, Bed Springs ,., Mattress .. $7.08 ,. - 3.50 7.00 TOTAL $17.50 PRICE SAVES YOU . - $D00 Come See This Re markable Offer 'BRYANT Furniture Co. FRANKLI I SHOE SHOP SAYS: - 11 JJreak, ineak, tlie sunshine is glaring, Its morning rays 6f light, While we. are still repairing Your shoes from morn till night , Troy Horn FRANKLIN SHOE SHOP " Opposite Courthouse "We Buy and Sell" ; EOX 212 , Tr6y F. Home Facts About Shoes That's All QUR "STAR BRAND".' shoes come from the largest the niost success ful, and the most '.reliable m'aiiufacUircr in the whole wide ' world.' -.Theie is no Si ore, nor any group ol: stoves on tl;-? f.'ice' of the earth,, that can buy Or sell 'you better shoes for the money.. When you buy "Star. Brands," you get good solid leather shoes that look well, fit well, and wear wellfool wear that represents the best dollar, value , built into shoe leather. That's short and to the point, but jul: as true as the 'days are long. If you have been a regular wearer of "Star Brands," you ki:owr. If you haven't, then there's 1 'snrnrise, coming'' when you step into your lirst pair. JOS. 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