THE BLOYS CAMP MEETING

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THE BLOYS CAMP MEETING
Holds its TItiirty-First Camp Meeting;
Large Crowds and Considerable
Interest Manifested.
FAITH
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MMORTAOTV-^ET«RXIT\!
How incomprehensible to the
human mind. Gou the Infinit'always 1 was and ajw^ys will b A
incomprehensibly to the finite.
Where State Playground is Proposed;
e
s
Lofty Peaks Play
In the western p a r t of this h u g e , whe the cattlemen first began tun,j state the Davis mountains lift then? ning their herds over t h e Bavis
Mountain country, is a "bos" canyon
i peaks.
Strange and weird is their topog-j running back a* snort distonce from
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r a p h y for the winds and rains of the north walls of the Madera Cancountless years have chiseled in y o n . t h e water flowing s fr^m p e r ! them fantastic shapes.
ienniai springs tumble oarer file
It is where the Texas plains stand j rocky bed of the conyon in torrential
, on end. Rough it is to b e sure, for fashion, adding to t h e beauty of/the
i the convqlsions of time have torn 1 natural picture presented.
igreat gashes in t h e fact of nature.! Frazier Conyon is another of t h e
i Great yawning canyons they a r e — ' scenically beautiful canyons. It is
\ rich in their beauty, for t h e hand of one of t h e few of t h e gorges m t h e
; man has left them unspoiled.
j park area which can be k a y e r s e d
;• S o m e d a y this may be a play-1 by automobile,
ground for all of tbe people. T h e j "Wild Rose P a s s ^ one of thft
Texas legislature has named a com- I tributaries to t h e famous Limpia
mittoe to make a n early invegtiga-! Canyon, is not only seenicaily b e a u i i ; tion of the feasibility of creating a! ful throughout its length, b u t may
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S t a t e p a r k in the Davis Mountains.! be traveled b y automobile. W h e n
The committee is to make its in- (the Oovernment maintained 4 chain
spec tion soon after the .adjournment [of fortified posts across t h e State of
of the Legislature.
j Texas paralleling t h e Rio Grande,
Champions of the proposed park I the military road leading to historic
are earnest in their assertions t h a t ! F o r t Davis passed through Wild
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w i r e vK-rrurc i>i i K t r n > <mm
< t n e D a v i s Mountains excel in beauty | Rose Pass. Even of the trail Hia4e
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PARK IN WESTERN TEXAS Colorado has to l offer. T h e cold blue! wheels of army wagons were to famt
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vfew. O n ^ u p , as you turn on the light; you pay M j FOR STATE NATIONAL TCAM
of the Rockies is lacking, and there j to follow^ the rock mound bv.1t b y
Desert Canyon, which belies i s name >ou write, if you get too cold p u t on j '
for h e r e t h e evidence of God's handi- two suite if you have them, will save tirierson of F i r t Dav% is Laptain— Legislature is Told he Did Not Like is infinitely more variety in the col-j army signal men t o protect the poles
Personnel of Committee Named; or and ruggedness of this pictures- of t h e military telegra»k W&1 serve.
w o r k i s apparent, fro m i n e tiny ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^ - ,
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Local Members Leave Wednesday
The most gloriou s thing of all; U{
One o ftfte highest peaks of ttoe
Roth Branches Pass New Resolu- que spot in Western Texas.
pine j u s t toddling u p through the
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tions For Inspection.
The agitation for the establish- Davis mountains is **Star Mountain"
leaves to the moss-eovered walls of is non-sccterian: free to all t h e ! F v e S a n A n t o n i o
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marksmen were
ment for this park is already attraet upon the tijp of which ^be United
old Saw Tooth looking down upon churches: evervbodv feels like he is!
a part of the meeting and a p a r t of! ^IOVUHI among the eleven men n a m Austin. Texas. Aug. 23.—Gov 7"»: -t " ^ automobile tourists. They e«tcr Statesmilitary a u t h o n t i e s maintainyou from dizzy heights. T h e m a t c h the groat srdrit that pervades Ihc 1,1-i r - , r f l , ° ^ « a s state rifle and pistil Neff today vetoed the concurrent t n e proposed park area througfi F t . e d a signal station during tbe trouble
less beauty and variety of t h e trees,
tram t<» go fo the Rational Matches resolution adopted in the first called Davis with a hope t h a t even-^with with Mexico m 1^16. parficularlF
with nature's lawns of "Crow-foot" West.
The most hallowed spot in all t h e | a t r ' a m n P o r r y - N J - , h i s y e a r - T h * s«%ss!on providing for the appoint- automobile roads, still only in t h e while t h e Langborn expedition was
interspersed; small rock mcuntains
! announcement of the team, with the
with gigantic boulders piled in rustic world to those old cow-men—found-! cxc«.pifion (*f a twelfth man. was ment of a joint legislative committee minds of the park proponents, they chasing bandits for t o t h e southward
effeet one above t h e other ar d every ers of this camp meeting—here they made fo Secretary I.. L. Clin*1 of the fo investigate the possibilities of the may have a chance'to see some ox of the Rio Grande,- V mpre t h a n 100
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^ i f°imd the only- true Jjoy
that is «•given
DaviA mountains v in Jeff Davis Co., the many canyons which will b e in- miles away.
which
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the
top-most
rock
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Texas
State
Rifle
association
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to poor riK»rtals—the jov of a close
eluded.
Good camping places a r e freorient
WrtAi
headquarters here, in a communica- and the -Frio county, for the estabcould look down upon the w o o l *
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Musquiz and Limpia Canyons may in the canyons of t h e Davis m o u n w God.
couiu budding
HKjiv «v as if
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t t rwere
] i iHlowship* with the living
f t M , »a ntoy
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worth
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^ , ^ , , ^ . , ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 0 ^ ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ . - . 1 ^ T h e eredts xoA
tortstetwwwmwuuiuf
| ] i e i r c h ^ r e n have found. lion from-tho a.lj.nant sronpn.ls * - i ^ 1 ¾ . ^ ¾ ¾
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house*
have wooed and won their sweetfiiaHhe eommiUee should have been fii& miii k i t t l e A g u j a , ^ i ^ ^
All these proclaim the nearness o>f hearts.
The inability «»f O. K. Frenzel to
| insfructed not only to investigate others of the deeper, narrower and of frefn &00G to &000 feei keeps the,
God: wherever Goc is noihing is
aitmd
the
matches
after
being
Romances that will live for all
Davis mounains, bu oher. places wilder canyons may be approached air ©ool and free froni ti«ouhlesome
deserted; it should be "nature's r e - time have been woven out beneath named left one place vacant on teh j, the
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or entered by machine, but to be insects.
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treat; On down the H O hill into the broad spreading oaks, the star team. A substitute will be named | ° „
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Among the touches of eivili«ation
Tho action of the Governor led seen, must be/negotiated, until the
the canyon where the old H O ranch lit sky and the silver moon. God is early next week, possibly E. A.
roads are built, on foot or by means in this wild region ai*e the homes of
representative
Stewart,
of
Pecos,
to
used to stand; where old Captain good. H<>. makets t h e hearts of his Wheeler of Bracken.
^,-^^--,:.,.-,^.,-,,,^ - Bea^^egai^ ^M^itehe<w asd W ^ L .
declare "on fht? floor oT itie house of horsesf;/"
Hardwick with his long flowing children glad; He lightens their
The San Antonians appointed £re
After seeing Masquiz. Wild Rose, Kingston, and those spots where
that the governor had stated that
beard, batched in the two-story dobe burdens,
A.
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Weaver.
L.
C.
Mitchell.
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he "did not like the personnel of the Frazier. Horsethief and £ottonj£Ood^
house, now crumbled down, with.&is*
Chambers. Perry ThiBose and H.v-H,
!(>ontinue<l on page six;) ,;
t^inyons. tfie tourftt^may^o^rt.^^-J*ii^¾ad«^«re h a l t *ke-i^Htojfi^of
.nephew Frank, who tried to drink
Mathews.
Weaver and
.lust as soon as it became known ward, in the direction of Balmorhea, that country arec ertain the mk of
u p all the booze in Valentine; He.,
have attended the matches before,;
had vetoed the taking in Big and Little Aguja Can- tourists now wending their wajrjto
died trying to hold all the firewater. |
whiel the othor three will be having that the governor pudlev
had thq yons on the way. To seMad er?i and Colorado and, other distant points
resolution,
senator
At t h e canyon s month a panorama I
their first Experience.
senate adopt a simple'resolution au- Cherry Canyons, a detour must be witi swing into" the Davis Mounjt^ps.
of hills and valleys stretches away t o :
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H.
Girerson.
the
veteran
shot
taken at Balhormea. by way of the
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• t h e westward where the Bi mRock ;
from Fort Davis. Texas, will cap- thorizing the appointment of five Head Springs and Phantom Lake to
MEETING AT PMSANO
rises U P against tho sky-line 30 miles i ONE OF BIGGEST MARFA, TEXAS, tain, the team, with J. F. Callan, senators to make the inspection.
the W. L. Kingston headquarters
away, hnling frc>m view the treacherAustin, the slate rifle champion, in , Representative Stewart in The ranch, at the mouth of the Madera
SHIPPERS HERE
The Baptists ai^e arranging to hold
ous, thorn clad gulches and barren
position number one. Robert Foh- house, had adopted a similar resolu- Canyon
a meeting next month, as p r e p ^ a ;
tion.
arroyej* that lead off into impassable
l s of Austin and O. W. Brock of
Because of the interest being mam tory for a camp meeting to he Ifeld
Simple resolutions do not have to
canyons: broken, unknown country,
l.ockhart
are
others
besides
Gri<?rL. C. Brite, of Marfa, Texas, furtested in the canyons »which it !%
. in that beautiful place next year* ft
where the bandits of all colors have
hoped will he i n c h e d in the propos- is not their purpose for this to edw~
nished the attraction in the cattle ^on and Callan. who have rpeviously ^ ^ ^ l ^ J ^ T Z
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stored their loot, or murdered their
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B W P - P o s o d ^ k ' X l S S l l i a i ed State park, I the Davis m o u n - flict in any way with the Skilknai
division here today, with three carvictims; where the flood waters of
I r f S S toe Rowe th* ™^* - f ^ ^vernnr of Texa* tains, attentioii mf the ?<*4 e^mmis- grove camp.
loads of steers and heifec calves, W
summer flow into the Rio Grande.
^ ^ w m m i t f c o w a s a l I o w f t d siohers^iot 4he five couaties m 1 »
and five carloads of yearlings. Mr. weheir, of Bracken and Joe Rowe, ^
15 miles further. Our road led to
AT PAJSANO PA88
Brite has long been identified with of Austin.
$10,000 to defray their expenses and esfcpd-Jef f Dayis. Presidio. Brewster
the left, over the foothills and across
The
San
Antonians.
together
with
the cattle industry of that country.
the house committee S5.000.
.Pec-is and^Heetes^sibe^ing directed
the undulating valleys. The waving
Wheeler.
Brock
and
Orierson.
wjll
He carries over^000 high grade cows
There will be held atJPaisaHfc |$|s<*
Speaker Thomas appointed the toward^hWlfihg the ^^a^s'-feadi^ to
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crows-feet on the succulent grasses
leave
this
city
at
7:t.
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Wednesday
and markets all his cattle at a young
Negotiated-a two da\TS meeting on the 3rdjafid
brushing the hubs as we rolled along.
morning over the I. & G. N. in a same enmniitiee that the uove^tnor*ttoparkares^aom
bad objected to. b c m g ' r e i i e s e m ^
This meeting^as
A turn around thru the dome-shaped age.
special
pullman.
The
Austin
mem"it has been a favorable season.)
fives John Davis, of Dallas: Hall, of on foot fc> hasten > t h e "signing" -of ^ been arrange^i by• Bro. WUica«i,ja|id
hills and C. O. Finley s fine ranch
,
hers,
together
with
the
State
Natianhome pops into view. Set like a and we have one of.1 the best calf jj al <uiard team, will be met at Aus- Harris: Seagler. of Anderson, and the roads in order that tourists>^^
| Shearer at Chambres .The inspec* reach the various^poins of interest! pine and Fort Davis tjire to meet
jewel in a crown of granite, this crops we ever raised, * declared Mr.'| tin.
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tion is to be made at the conclusion by the shortest routes and wit^ou^i there iu joint service tor two <ftrys.
home is a marvel in its natural en- Brite today. "All conditionsiavored
Only
twelve,
instead
of
fourteen
loss of hue.
j On' Saturday the 3rd the meejtmg
vironment. And it is a real home, us this season, so our caxves are fat. members will he taken on each state of the second called session.
One of the "wonders of Little Agujaj will be a business se^skin of|*|ie
its inmates are real people. This is Recently it. became just a little dry. civilian team this year because of
Canyon is.'^Monument Rock," a natfir»j laymen looking to the a>ranging^tor
th^ir home through all the year and hut since arriving at Kansas City. I f !he insufficient appropriations. The
30XES—KINGSTON
al nionolrth. seemingly insecurely!! a campmeeting in thisEsection «<$xt
it breathes an atmosphere.of refine* :- receive*I a telegram from home
reduction',
in
the
team
came
about
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At Skiliman (irove camp meeting hase4. whie^i to^rs^everal hundifdl summer.
nKMit. poacefulness and joy. The forming me of a good rain, which mi the orders of Col. Morton C.
are ur^ed
fields, the gardens, the orchard* and will restore pastures. It is worth Mumma. who will be in charge at; On August ?0th Frank .Tones was feet in the air.- sole remnant 4* af: All of our Baptist men
:
joine din holy wedlock fo Miss Fan- numJ»er hf similar needles wpiehp to be there* on Saturday ««re. Clmck
vineyards yield a bountiful harvest; noting that all along the way to Kan- Camp Perry.—San Antonio Light.
formed a natural barrier ^ p s s ^ t f e - : wagons will be there to feed i J I ^
nie Mae Kingston.
the Jersey herd gives down the sas City, a distance of 1.150 miles,
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great
masses
of
broken
granite.
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n
who attend. Dr. IVeal o f E l Paso Ip^ll
the
country
looks
green,
and
crops
cream and the fat beeves supply the
MOORKr-lONES
this' same cany**i is /a great naturial ] speak to the men at It a* mM and-tirte
BKITK CATTLE SOLD
smokehouse till the porkers come in, everywhere seem to be extra good."
hridge across a smaller box;t>-any<fi. \ afternoon will be # v o b v i to a biftij Like all other breeders of his sec»along with the snows.
On Wednesday evening at Marfa
C. Brite of Marfa. Texas, mar- which opens into the Litttle/ Aguja,! ness meeting.
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i On the road again; the Kelly ranch tion, Mr. Brite uses the very best .tohn M. Moore of Valentine was* ! k eL.
t o d t o d a y iWo
( rloads of
^
horne-i forn^ng *mH*kwo6t perlect, arch.
On Sunday the 4th there w i i l b ^ a n
to,the left: the Barrel Sprin? Ranch «registered Dulls and high grade cows, united in marriage to Miss M o s e l l e 9 i
^neJBdle)
^canyoniall
day meeting with dimner on llie
In the;:
to the right: D. O. Medley to the left and raises the best type of beef cat- .Tones of El Paso. Rev. J. H. Henson\ wkers, averaging 696 pounds ^at
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Evervbodv invited.
officiating
1^6.75.
also
three
carloads
of
329-lb.
may
be
foimd^ome
of
t.he,most
riiK^|grounds
tle.
Cattle
from
Marfa
invariably
then a few curves and a climb 1hru
jtuifer calves at $6—Drovers Tete- ged natural scon|ry as rex^rnplified}* Bring your lunch if you so dewf^e,
the gap and the camp ground city command the top prices, as their
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by or expressed in^terms <»f tow\r-|but come by all means, and ttipre
; quality is well established. There THF MARF4 SL RGir\l CI 1INIC ^ » « 1 .
lies ahead.
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j These cattle were sold by the Lee ing peaks. No photograph can do/, will be plenty to e a t , *
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The camps, both portable ind ranches are located in what is known
Drs Orr and Simpson have recent-'.Livestock Commission Company of justice to the seeae OCE give m o r e i *Onr church people will go 4h«re
Permanent, are peeninir un thru tho as the Davis mountains, a peculiar
than the faintest idea of its grab- \ for Sunday School and all se
trees all ahout. while the biur taber- ; formation standing alone in a des- lv rented all the second floor of the Kansas City.
for the day.
deur.
nacle stands in their insist alongside ert, being 50 miles wide and 100 miles Kirby building and have installed an
The gateway to Madera Canyon is i Anyone who would like to go, but
BAPT1ST CHLIRCR
of the firi** monument of granite in length. At the highest point the up-to-date operating room, reception
impressive because of the grandeur j will have no way, p^»«^ i ^ P ^ J^>
bearing the name of the late \V. B. elevation is 10.000 feet. Their cat- and waiting rooms, also have comThere will be preaching service by of the masses of grange which line ithe pastor this £^fnfaj&
Bloys. one of God's finest nod Lrrer-t- tie range in these mountains/where j pleted a number of rooms for pae?t of noblemen: 27 years our leader. luxuriant grass and feed grows al-ltients. W^ork is still in progress on the pastor Sunday at it a. m. and the portal and through . y & i c h . t ^ ] ' We bp$*e to
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At each camp long sheds of metal most the vear through. It was on 1 iupmvements of different Kinds. 8:15 p. m. Some important business sightseer must guide is automobile by which all of
roofing shelter the cooks in the pre- Mr. Brites ranch on Christmas day. When completed in evervthins butimatters relative to a meeting to be or horse with care unless the horse desire to go. niay d o m .
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paration of the meals, and also the 1917. that Mexican bandits made a I in the number of rooms will be one j held at Paisano Pass the following is one of the mountam-bred sort, m
which case it will be better for the
famished campers who shovel in raid, killing four men, and stealing j of the best equipped, sanitary and] Sunday will be worked out at tbe
those danties with the most reck- 25 head of his best saddle horses.i up-to-date hospitals in West Texas.' service Sunday morning. and it is rider to, lea vet he chqice of r o u t e s ; Siijce the w<$*\& J N l ^
h-ss abandon. Butter, preserver., They also robbed his ranch store and Mrs. Orr is in charge of the rooms. •i v e r y much desired that all of our and the manner of negotiating i t to peil ^r<>wmg;by il^-gtreet^
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; n o t b e ^ good J i d e ^ t o h a v e
Marfa has been in need of such an •/people be p r e s e n t Others are cor- t h e animal. He knows
cakes, etc.. are always forthcomimr made off with goods valued at $1,500
'•Dead Man's Canyon" so sailed b e - cleaaup cMampaignf^I^t year,
from mysterious packages hidden in His ranch is 12 miles from the Rio institution and there is no question dianlly invited.
The B. Y. P. I", will meet at 7:30. cause t h e skeleton of an unknown bad a suecfessfui « n e - d a r «]
the nooks and corners; only a Grande.—Daily Drovers Telegram, hut that it is a success from the very
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:C. ^ H a r r i s o n * Paston. /mas^va&Tfmtn^ih,.^jpatqT'j^
glimpse of their luscious goodness. Kansas City, Mo.
beginning.
(By W . F . Evans.)
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j then they are gone, xo return noi
T h e wheels of time grind slowly, more.
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b u t surely; one more Damp meeting
This is lot only a social and r e - |
time has been recorded upon t h e , ligious treat to all participants* it is I
diary of t h e Gods.
1 the most unique thing of its kind in;
• T h a t which h a s b e m lookei f o r - - t h e world. In only lasts six days,
w a r d to with great expectation is Everybody p a r t s with tears in their
now only a fond remeinbranee; some eyes and their arms around each
thing sweet an<| sacred, to be e t i e r - , - o t h e r / Down in "Old Humany" the
ished in our innerm<»st bosoms; to camp meetings last six weeks, everyb e braided down to t h e succeeding body p a r t s with venom in their eyes
generations.
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j a n d their arms full of each other's
T h e writer with wife, and fcaby in remains,
t h e Oakland, closed up the little • Here the expenses are bourn by
r a n c h house a t Dobe und folic wed in the camps; come and eat your fill,
the wake of t h e bed wagon pulled \ burn u p the midnight juice that fires
by a couple-of-restive mules driven the incancileseents over your table as
. by " l i t t l e l u a n " ; they w e r e feeling" you write the news back East to
their oats and were rearing to go,/Mary; pile on t h e wood as the r a r e
b u t soon we passed taem. T a e pic- ozone steals in through the flimsy i
tjiresigae Rockptle v d l e y , decorated muslins and the wispy Palm Beaches
with graceful trees and erowned.and cuts through to the hide; p o u r i
with nBiiestic mountainsclad in n a - ^ e water around as you w i l l orj
t u r e s glad a r r a y ©f verdant g r a s s e s / loave t h e hydrants running, every- cOOOQOOOO
broad spreading oaks and eve g r e e n s thing is free here. Back there, so ( _
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Whence came man and whither'?
These questions were and always
will be the fruitful sourse of vain
speculation, and always will be present in thehuman mind. Those who
seek the solution trough Science
must finally failt aad say: "We do
not know.*'
W h e r e then is the key which will
unlock these hidden mysteries, and
give u% aS4?lear a vision Of the glories
of the hereafter as t h e human min<l
can grasp?
Faith. The blind graspings oi
Science can never solve nor answer.
Faith—Faith alone can span between
the two eternities and its whispering
hope alone telsl u s "We shall iiye
again."
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(Each member of 1Mb ^ntert^mei^satewBy$ to the p|rk. .puncf wiftj
committee was rageA to 1 ^ 1 1 ¾ be S&rvexi at Alpin«|ao8 1|ie Jfter-jfc
every possible ai$pNfeti*e e x e f ^ i v | | noon sj^at at the ^uV RossllState f
committee in^hefiinaUerjbf s # a r i n ^ Normal School. Tram^will 1&iakfe *
contributions^fb ittte entertainmentiae 'fit the afternoon. -v 1 8¾
fund.
The committee has endeavored t o '
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Iinjortant T « * e m m imako.it possiWe.for 0½ leg^atBfe
In the language of Executive Sec- i committee, newspaper men and tne
t-etary Pouncev: "The occasion will others in the party to se as much as
be of the greatest moment: ^Tihis; ^ possible to he seen i n sosnprr a
section of the state as»!if tbei iegis- time > w i t n the greatest possible com- \
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native committee is convinced, as a fort ^ m o r d e r t h a t ^ e best possible 1
|
: At a meeting held in Fort Davis result of the proposed trip through -impression may be created. ~
^iredi*esday of last week it was de-, the Davis mountains, that the eslfib - U
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WE AJtE aeci
6ided^ tiial a fmid of $1,000 will be lishment of a great play ground, sum !'.•
The Right Place
feUT rrs a moati^i^
THE WAY this things
neded with which to meet the"«x- mer resort and game preserve is de- "I called for a little light on the
#. * » . . . ^-AS Y O U ' L L agree i t y « « .
KEEPS POPPING up^
pens* 'of entertaining the members sirable and so reports to the legisla- financial question," said the man in
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of the legislative cojoomittee ap- ture, it will mean that millions ot the rural editor's sanctum. JUST P U T te. teto good.
pointed to make a trip of inspection dollars will ultimately be spent here "Weil, you've struck the right
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UNITED STATES, like H * L
and investigation through the Davis by tlie state for improvements and
I BROKE all rules.
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mountains with a view toward de- by the tens of thousands o ftourists place,' returned the editor. '^If
AND READ a highbrow book. •• •SON, YOU'LL be numinc
termining the feasibility of estab-'who will be attracted to the park-there's anything ew are light on, i£
* * *
ON FOUR flat tired.
lishing a state park which will em-; while i is being improved and for-, is the financs."
AND HERE'S a hot one.
IF YOU don't hurry.
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braco the deep canyons and other; over afterward. W ecant afford to,
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THAT IT handed me.
scenic sections of the Divis range. \ neglect the opportunity to make the t LEGISLATORS TO VISIT DAVIS
!
AND WRAP yourself around.
"MANY OF us find.
Prtjseni at the meeting were Judge trip as comfortable and as thorough
'[
MOUNTAIN PARK STIPE, j
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THE ONUT ci^arette^
J. a Merrill, chairman of the enter- ; a? men and money can make it."
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THAT TASTE affords.
THAT SATISFiM."!
Alistm
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tainment committee, and J. C. Organ f such
Thechanges
itinerary/
adopted,
subject
t
o
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^
^exas.-The
legisIaUvef
as weather o^ the win j committee which is to investigate the |
ONE OF Unfairly. ;
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of Marfa, J. M. Pouncey of Alpine, of the legislative committee itself! feasibility of establishing a state j
DEPENDABLE SATISFACTIONS,
Walter N. Sutherland of Pecos and may impose, comprises a rendes- j P a r k m J e f f D a v i s county was com-;
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Georj^e H. Clements, publicity secIeted t o d a
wnen
vouz
at
Pecos,
where
the
party
wm
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P
^
senator
Thomas
j
OF EVERYDAY bring.
retary of the Davis Mountain State
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Park committee, and ex-officlo boar da specia 1 train which will j announced the house members ofj
AND IT seems.
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member of the committee on enter- carry it toBalmorhea. At that point the committee They are Represen - j
HEY Satisfy"—nothiac
*• • *
else so well describes Cb**Hall, Seagler, Shearer, John j
UPON LONG reflection.
tainment. Will Rooney of Fort automobiles will transport the party! tatives
Davis ofDallas and
terfields'
mildness, tiieir mellowto
Phantom
lake,
where
the
first
;
Williams
of
Mcj
T H A T SATISFACTION.
Stoci;ton, representative of the ocmness, their delicacy of aroma and
Lennan
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chuck
wagon
meal
will
be
servea.i
Lieutenant
Governor
David
j
smooth, even "body." It took
mittee from Pecos county, could not
son
COMES
CLOSE
to
being.
the finest varieties of Turkish
After
that
meal
the
party
will
go
in
j
ami
Speaker
Thomas
will
ac-j
be present owin& to the presure ot
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and Domestic tobaccos to do it
THE LONG sought.
other business, but, in a letter to J. automobiles to Madera canyon,! company thee ommtitee. Senate j
—«nd the highest order of skill
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where
camp
will
be
made
at
the
old
[
members
of
the
committee
are
Wood
i
in blendinfr them. Yes, tbe€h«*~
M. Pouncey* executive secretary of
'HIGHEST GOOD."*
the General State Park committee, camp meeting grounds and where!of Williamson, Bailey and Dudley,
terneld blend is a secret. I t
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emn't be copied*
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OF COURSE that Isn't.
Mr. Itooney said he could be counted there will be saddle horses to carry
Changed For the Worse
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upon to endorse any action token by {those who care to explore the cantkemmm
WRITTEN WITH the eas*.
j AND POLISH to which.
the committee on entertainment.
J yon as far up the gorge as they may "Ethel, cant you tell us the shape
AIR - TIGHT ti*M 0fS0T
Money Stringency
i wish to go.
The"niint will be spent in Madera i o f .*! i e world?" asked the teacher.
I
While it was admitted: that the
,M.nn onH of*m> Wow*** navt
^ e s s u m ; i t s m a pretty bad
money stringency would make it canyon and after breakfast next shape just now," replied Ethel, who
difficult to gather together the morning the legislative committee had heard her father sav a few
fund*; needed to furnish the trans- will be taken to Cherry canyon. The l i n g s t
."°. m e portation, food, bedding and other noon meal will be held at the mouth j ?
; T 4 m flvr ™ P i W
necessary comforts for the legisla- of that 'deep gash in the face of na- j
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lfcAKLIMS STuEEJSS
tive party and the newspaper men ture" and automobiles will be taken j™*- ^
and 3»epresentatives of chambers of for the trip to the^Little Aguja can-! • The story of a string of Texas
commerce, automobile associations yon,
. , ,where the afternoon and night Steers which have gained fame in
and designated and designated high- jj W l l i b e s p e n t
the markets of the north is told by
To.Visit Fort Davis
ways who will accompany the com_.„,«*« Telegram.
^ ^ . ^ . - ^ . The
*«^ steers
«^u.w
the„ Drovers
LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO C O .
mitt<5e oX inspection, the occasion j The forenoon of the third day will j k w e re originally from Marfa and the)
will be of such importance and ulti-|*>e spent in Big Aguja canyon and i T e l e g r a r B ^ ^ relates'their historv:
mate benefit to the western portion j during the afternoon the party will D a n Casement of Manhattan. KansJ
of the slate that nothing which can ^e taken to Fort Davis through the! a ^ ^ stockman of that state, made}
be done must be left undone to pro- famous and scenic Limpia canyon. J a s a } e t 0 ( | a y 0f y e a rling steers at' grt'6 i
vide for the trip and the executive
From Fort Davis the party will be;" w hich is a new top for cattle of this j A<K^XKKK~X"><K^^^
committee of the Davis Mountain take nto Marfa to get an idea of the j c l a s s thi c ; season. The steers aver- ! %
State Park association was urged to . possibilities of that gateway to the j a g e i i 8 7 0 p 0 U nds. Mr. Casement j •{:•
exeri, etvery effort to provide the 1 Imposed park, then to Mount, Liver- ! bought tliese cattle at the close o f ; £
money needed.
j more, Sawtooth mountain and to the j iho American Royal Show here last! V
J. 1 Organ of Marfa was appoint- : ™esa> where the party v;ill l o o k j f a l l a { a c o s t o f .^75 T h e y w e p c
9
ed a committee of one to provide the down into the great canyons which it | raj«A,f bv J. B. Gillett & Son, ranchcots, blankets and tents which will i i s hoped will be included in the park | m o n l ) f ^jarfa. Texas, and were high
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delight; or perhaps fhe tent wails the discussion is continuing in 'the ]I I d like to eda a funny paper,
o r l S H S ^ S t ^
is a far cry from the slow mov- are raised to the breeze and as the press.
magazine. I could write funnv stuff'fried That-Was^fiiiinv The ^ 1 f ° r ^ l e f 0 r f * " ^ ^ ^ j § £ two-horse wagon, with its merci «e«:le zephyrs play about the cover-! Prof. Robertson, of Edinburg, a! allright, but, j e r s o n a i l ^ I m the.'iacle" of the two ^ t a t e L e n ! e o S Box
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iwtfc its padded seats and easy riding tJrefJne^'ves are recuperated with an wounds could not only be cured by ; plica «no of Ifighlife aboiit three m u ^ have^^ beeuBidicrous
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vigJrings, our conveyances now.
aftrrnoon snooze. Then at 4 p. m. mere suggestion but could be in- ! t i n p s # day, b u i ^ i ^ u l e is not cheap
Aianv ftmnvtliingB nappenin
0¾¾ term, Its^clfon improved
^Smmthe
small brush a*borto the the mep and boys meet out in the; fheted in the same way. He assert-; and I'd nee«i a lot if i f t o have aii'v"! daily iive.s. ' i > t ils try to elijov
th£-¾ iMia condition; 2f7 M x i t o 8 $ k i t <
c ^ v m e t a i tabeirnacle; from tfce onc- valley where ihe receding sun l e a v e s ^ that he knew of one case where j appreciable effect on my svsiein.
fun, and forget our grouch An
in - j Fort Stockton, Texas. Address Keai'
stretched across flic,blisters were raised on a man's body , There is fun and humor the l u - g i w m i * grpuch in a fearful
; j^eacher concern and the score of tlie shadows
ng Tanquarry, 139 S. Gramercy Plac*
1*ar$? aoute, 4o a 4ozeB preachers greeii carpet. ...Here in cowboy sfyle simply by telling him he was being jdicrous and the ridiculous and none ; Avoid ve.ivoid-ve.."V- ; -^ .
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'of the words are exact except,syno- ; Sheriff Elder, of Red River county, Los Angeles, California.
;^ited^everal htmdred people, is the cou ry man and city man sprawl j seared with an iron:
,?esuH of the swjft-moving year* iipnn I he green. It is an experience He knew French doctors, he said, nyms. Laughter is good for the sys-^ was called to Boxelder, ia that coun^
-iostered by tile swift-moving popu- meeting, a~ glorification of Gods who considered mental Suggestion tem. It is the very nest liver medi-Uy, over near the rive*, to investl*
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name. In tho meantime the ladies an important treatment in cases of cmG
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gate
a
reported
killing.
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i T k ) i g camps are Jones & Fin-'and girls are hymg over their trials pneumonia because U- strengthened r a p k l StH ule decline. i a , n unable to' he and his deputies mtt a m a n w h ^
Ul
J e y ^ where -a hunch of Mexican mil hU™y*?
T^
^ ^ I f f ^ ^ t a M y an^f^6d h , m ™ k p myself work for myself. Fve! they asked about the k E 1 ^ S t P a u l s E^i$K*f*! C&on*
coofcs serve in systematic style; the hftc d t h o s e trials: the little children jtoUsht the disease with better, sue- g o t t o c o m p e l myself to work for i man said "Yes, there was a kiHmHoly Communion 7 to i t a. so. 1st
are
having
a
kindergarten
class
out
cess.
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somebody
else.
That
is
why
my
yard
\
and
I'm
the
feller
what
done
it
1
m
people line up around the long fes;
Sunday m each month.
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School and Bible classes 14
tive hoards* tho the sun may beat m a shed nearby. While the holy; "I a moot urging that we abandon a m l g a r d e n i s ^ s u c h a ^
Morning prayer 11:00 a. m.
down in all its intensity, tho the rain nieri of Go«J are communmg amongst! the use of ^ ^
Just won't work. One! was turned over to a deputy to be
The elcome of die rector
naay fall in lorrents,, still the campers theinseh^; and asking the Great | «rtson "but doctors should learn b i o P l . a s u l l why I allowed the Re-1 taken to jail in Paris, and the s h e r ^
and tfee guests eat on in undisturbed Pdof to help them guide this craft i that there is something besides pills publicans to force the Ozone post- j went on to see about the killing to all men in uniform^ and
serenity; the big galvanized shed pro of I he mountains safely to port.
j m their profession If they would office upon me is that nt will force Arrived at Boxelder, a man was seen es every unit in the Big
try.
tects them. At the MoCi.tchen and
The divines present at this session;study mental cures they could throw I n e to work. An? business man can on a porch serenely smoking a pipe
away many a bottle of medicine." | m a k e more at something else than*"Where is that dead man?" aske-i
Rev. F. M. Johnson, Jr., PssUur.
Kokernot camps the same system- were:
R.
L.
Irving,
manager.
Fort
Rev.
Dr. Bernard Hollander, who advo-. hec all with the Ozona postoffice is a j the sheriff. » r m him," replied the Baptist Chureh
a t i c ^are is provided—all moves like
smoker,
clockwork. The same is true of Davis; Rev. J. H. Burma, WaxaSunday School 10:99 a. nx; preadihachie.
Rey.
p^rcy
Knickerbocker,
caily. '
liTerriirs camp, and Medley and
ing 11:00 a, m.; X P. M. # 3 9 p . n t ;
El
Paso:
Rev.
I.
T.
Veal
El
Paso;
Mitchell's and also Mathews camp:
preaching 8:15 p. m.
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.• •; holding an inquest over you,*-said
Rev. L. R. Millican, Allamore; Rev. A A
ness during the war said that the j Lots of fun in the postoff ice. Some j the sheriff. "Allright/' said the dead
Rev. Chas HarriaoB B u t a r
Systematic splendor. Means & Evans r i» r» . *•
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R V H
oamp is noted for its utter lack o f ' ? ' »
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° - ' drinking and drug habits yielded people are SO funny when they get!man. I'm the main witness. The S t Mary's CsHmfie G M v s
(
Reentsma
Las
| m a L if i c a n laugh I can
systematic control. The cooks are «
Cruces, Rev, W. M. readily to psychic healing.
can work.! feller took two shots at me, and I Mass 10*00 a, UL Father & Pal5
the best the church is t W m a l l ' « W Alpine; Rev. W. P. Roy. Al- Now monies Dr. f. L. Golla,.assist-!Laughter is a tonic, "Abraham fell fell over dead, but he never touched
ernp, Priest
of its glory, and then some?hospi ^ 1 ^ , R ( \ * ^ *<*lure. Fori ant physician to St. Georges hospital upon his face and laughed." The old;me/'
ChrisOan Ghmnh *'
P
u
i i h is
r i the
. * ^middle
. ^ ^ name of this
' Holmes, Fort and a recognized authority on nerve a
haVf beCn consklerabl
tality
Sunday School 9:45 a. VL; preachr r ^A
> ' j Wasnf that some funny ?~EasterWorth;
Rev.
J.
S.
Stoekard.
Marfa:
tic
ticked.
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n
g
i
n
0
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o
n
a
s
t
o
c
k
m
a
n
camp. Gome and get your plate.
diseases!.
ing 11:09 a. nu; & K. €& p. m^
Rev.
C.
D
Daniels.
El
Paso;
Rev
A.
L.
wade in and get it;if you can find a
That was a funny story that came
"These psychic healers forget that
preaching 8:15 p. m.
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Henson.
Marfa;
Rev.
W.
R:
Burnett.
seat at the little one-hors* table that
brain trouble always comes from from Washington the other day,
To Be Sure
^ &
Ft.
Davis;
Rev
C.
S.
Harrison,
Marfa;
wfll liiold you up, take to it. if not,
bodily illness," he said. "Cure the wasn't it? W e l l Pre^>yterian CaUweh
spread yourself out on the ground; Rev. Johnson. Marfa.
body with pills and medicine and you
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ease t l u s
Oklahoma and Langley of Kentucky, j
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'^What's the use of camping out if the serviip.es. the others were visitm
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came to us from America. It is dy- Capitol. The "cares of empire**
"I ought to," retorted the patient, Methodist Ckasvhi
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Sunday School 9:45
of the pack saddle and the fryin association Saturday at 1:30 p. m., and headway in France—the French heavily upon them. "Pringy," said
ing 11:00 a. m. and 8:15 p> WBL; &
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paii. Gome to Means & Evans camp I a; committee
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A four
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™P™en*n* are too clear-headed and it will have Langley, "I'll bet you a tenspot that
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broad semi-timbered valley, rolling! i n g a n d t o p n t f h p i r c h o i c P b e f o r o
rails and majestic mountains w i f h : D ] . I r v i n ? < [ho l e a d o n f o r h i s c o n .
tfieir cliffs of red and white, yellow
and grey. It is great to see the sun- rirmation.
These preachers names will be pub
rise flood this wonderful panorama
with iis slanting beams. It is a gift lished later on when their selection
from God t/> see the sunset bathe -ias been agreed upon.
A well 200 ff^ri deep and equipped
the landscape in its mellow receding
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a
big
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light: it is romantic to behold the
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shadows of the trees east athwart pur* wafer in inexhaustible quantithe moonlit scene. When Rev. Dr. ses to all ihe camps. A Delco-Light
Burma of Waxahachie and Rev. sysfem illuminates the buildings, the
Percy Knickerbocker of El Paso, tabernacle and the camp sheds nt
plead with the congregation to turn nigbf. glorifying God and Thomas A.
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these $75 cows that are now netting
The blessed Sabba.h was resplendus $20. over to God and^let him be
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the Great Wagon Boss for aw hile. pnl with il? heavenly sunshine; the
we are about ready to slip the load aufos streamed in from the west
to Him.
i thru the gap. from Marfa and Valen'• tine, and up the valley from Fort
The singing out here
jp God's o\VTi|
fin the trees in
country. It is whole-souled, perfect D a v i s a n ( ] A J p i n e
and spontaneous. Miss Jessie Jones all directions formed temporary
shelter for these great steel horses.
the best organist in the world is the
Ere the Sundav School had ended
queen of the piano. The solos and l n e s o 7 5 0 v j s itors in 130 autos in
duets rendered by these children of. t n e i r gundav best, were shaking
the West are poured forth from thej h a n d g w i t h i h e c a m p e r s o u t h e r e o n
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bottom of the heart. The appeal I G o d ^ g r e a t
thoroughfare. The
»HImitfitt
S S * t 96th SU-ott,
touches a responsive chord m all | tabernacle was packed and the autos
lev Tort City*
who might be so fortunate at to hear | l i n e d ^ ^ ^ forming temporarv
\im I* * • « Mr. B « l » » l M f f j
tbe vojee of God speaking through; p e w s { h a t a „ m i g h t h f t a r t n e R o v
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His songs.
| j ) r B u r m a ie\\ them in his forceful
The divine inspiration of soul- j earnest way that "If ye are not Tor
i. M l . . . ^ . * n i ? t K ^ l t K " ^ S « S to you
stirring rmJsic can only be measured j God. ye are against Him."' There i?
by the highest and best that is injno such fining as being on the fence
S°T«lois .•l.ctlon«. o *lch youtown o t mBke p^ ,
man: the devil walks out when j with your soul; you either have to
tb.ll ««"»«»»• i ^ V s u ^ l o l o o t i o n s for anyone else.
sacred music* walks in.
i follow God, goA on his side and try to
i r a p h i c reci
One hundred tents, from the small j g^t other* on that side also.
ry g u t to f i v . r « P « * - * »
I s h a l l be • •
tepee up to the massive family waH-j \ great social gathering amongst
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tents, and six 3-room metal houses.: these 4250 souls, then Brother J..B.
w s o f r o / a l t l e a u n d e r t h e " " " " ^ a ' y o i r "Prelude
shelter these 500 campers from the ; Holmes tries earnestly to lead those
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elements. One hundred automobiles: who have gone astray back into thf*
» C i W Minor" and o t h e r 1.
bear them from tl)3 ranches far and; way at the 3 o'clock service. The 4
£«»• already recorded f o r u e .
near, and from the cities across the | o'clock prayer meeting: a wonderful
Yours very t r u l y .
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pare the food which is the equal of; are white with the streams of light
any in the world. Twenty-two fat,: from the many autos. the air is vibjuicy beeves are shot down in the! rant with the chug of many.motors;
pastures near by and piled into the! then all is silent in the valley once
trucks by some of/the many cow-j more. The round moon rises up
boys. The refuse is left to the buz-; from behind the sharp peafks and
zards; the carcass is swung up in with the s?mie smile that it wore 3Z
the trees near the camps, the hide i years ago as it looked down upon
removed and then the meat is left to; that little company of first campers,
swing in the breeze, to become t the old moon says: lTf is well, my
chilled by the night air. As the children, it is well. f4od be praised
warmth of day approaches the meat! for his goodness."
is wrapped in air1 tight slickers and j rhe farewell sermon in the early
wagon sheets and packed down in morning and these children of God
wagons through the day. By the , depart for the ranches, the towns.
break of day the fires are cracking • an«t the eil ies. awaiting Father Time
against the mountain ozone at the fn W f n( f l13) one more year on his
s«»veral camps: the cooks are up and calendar. T*me
:s reckoned by the
doing; the o\Tns are turning out the camp meetings* coming and
go in *r.
steaming<eats before old Sol gets out oui ] l o r e m iho W e s t
of bed. A barrel of coffee warms wp <
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the insides of fin* old ^punchers."'I
their sons and grandsons: wonderful A / f ^ ^ f ^ , / ^ < f * - ^ > e A m
tales are told of ye olden times; t h e n ; 1 V i V i U U l K*UTeS
/Are
the hats negin to coin«» 'd'f in true
Western style as the mothers, the
daughters and the swwethearts come
forth for breakfast. At nine o'clock
prayer services, ied by Rev. T. V.
London. Eng. Aug. 20.—Only a few
Neal of El Paso, then preaching at
years ago an>- British Doctor wrho
eleven. A dispersal of the gaily
professe<l faith in "mental cures"
dressed congregation to the many
was labeled "charlatan"' or ''quack M i
camps where the tables are ornaToday a violent controversy is
mented with their long array of tinware. TIIPIP WIM-<» enough preach*'!** raging in tlie medical press, with
around for one to sav graec at e a c h ' s o m o o f B^*a»n"s leading physicians
camp. Then in an hour or so evcry- announcing that not only nerve
IMKIV is happy. The way in a man's troublesh buf even pneumonia benehpart is through his stomach. Then fit by "mind treatment,* 'auto-sugsocial gatherings, auto rides to Fort > - , s t i o " a n d hypnotism.
The row started at the annual
Davis. 16 miles to the east, or to
Marfa. 20 miles south, or Jo one of meeting of the British medical a s the manv fine ranch homes near. sociation. A large part orroeasso-
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in C Sharp Minor," and other compositions
which he has recorded for Edison.
selections for the talking-machines. Hear
how they sound. Then come in, hear Rachmaninoff on the New Edison, and .see what
an astounding difference the comparison
Will any of them exercise thatright?W e reveals.
fear not—the parallel would be too deadly.
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^compared with other fields. Wells •
can be contracted for at $3.50 per I
\ ^ R - A - ^ . CHURCH,
DR:E,H.C»Ufi€H,
foot* owner furnishing casing, fit- •
Physician and Surgeon.
Osteo|>»tb.
tings, tanks and other equipment. A •
Office three doors west of Marfa National Bank '
; well in this field represents an out- • Residence phone No. 114.
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lay of about $10,000 at present. Last
January a well could not be drilled • + * * • • • • + + + • • • • + * * * * • • • + • • + • • • •
| for much less than §30,Q00. Some
i weis have been drilled of late for as
J ! low as $8,000.
The recent slump in oil has had
| some depressing effect in the oil
| business here, but the recent announcement of the Standard Oil Co.
that they would take all offered at
f 70
cents per barrel has had a most
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V dently expected that $1 oil will soon
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T Dorado will be a field much sought
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wild catting going on and the limits
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the pool will probably be known
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where drilling costs are nearly
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Women and Misses will Welcome our announcement of our First Showing of
Early Fall Dresses -;Featuring many lovely Mew Fall Frocks in
prices from $25 to $65, such Brands as
Betty Wales and Doris Dress Company.
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IIIGH CLASS PIANO FOR SALE
have secured the Agency for MISS MAN- 4Y One
Becker Bros. Pianq and bench
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new, in first class conY
HATTAN Coat Suits and Suits out of N.Y.* dition
except it has not been tuned
for two (2) years. Will make low!
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and good terms to responsible
will appreciate your seeing this line of High parties. Piano can be seen at residence of Mr. J*. D. Nichols, Marfa.
piano was made especially for
Grade Coats and Suits as we know that z | This
a dr ycliioate and shipped direct to
me from New York. For price and
Marfa.
you will be pleased with these Snappy Styles 4Lterms see Mr. H. M. Fennel,
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THE U N I V E R S A L
The Ford Sedan is tac favorite family car,
seats nve comfortably. While an enclosed car
with permanent top, it has large windows, and
may j*i a minute be changed to a most delightful open car with always a top protecting
against the sun. l a inclement weather i t is a
closed car, dust-proof, jvater-proof, coldnproof.
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family car. Won't you come in and look at it?
The delights of the e!ect::,:
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MARFA CHAPTER No.
176 R. A. M.
Meets fourth Thursmght in each month.
Visiting
companions
Welcome. Yi. E. Petross, 11.
P.; J. W. Howell. Secretary.
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wlfere the original lease bad passed the side lines of the Chinaman and
a few days later he sold his quarter
through I wo or three hands.
Lining the city's streets on both section for stOO.OOi). Wong still run*
sides of ihe main thoroughfare were his laundry in El Dorado and buys
hamburger stands, small novelty and sells leases with the result that
shops, bootblack sheds and every he is said lo be worth well above
conceivable kind of small business. s;!o0.000.
On the road to the oil field the • • + * • + + + + + * • • + * • +
These people paid the city a monthly
rental for space occupied and from streams and small bayous are cover• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ^ • • • • • • • • • • • ^ • • • ^
VA Dorado. Ark.—To get a touch of this revenue alone El Dorado lias ed with a thin film of oil and it is in • • * •<• + • • • • • • • • • • «
the wild western frontier days it is built a fine city hall. The unsightly these places cows, hogs and horses
K C MILLER
DR. J. A. SIMPSON
n-»t necessary fo titicel forther west shacks have been remover'., however. take refuge from the swarm of flies
Late Surgeon U. S. Army
Atioroey-*t~Law
Marifa Chapter No.
than El Dorado oil fields. Here as they were a constant fire trap to and mosquitoes that infect this secOffice Over Postoftee
Office over Briam's Store
344 0 . E. S. meets
every day- are enacted scenes that more valuahel property. "Hamburg; tion. The beautiful coats of the
Marfa Texas
the third Tuesday
will match in thrills anything that i'i- How" became known to all oil men Jerseys and other high-bred cattle
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Office Tel 285.~JResideiJee 276
•'ver took place in the days of Bret all over the west, and during its ex- are smeared with the black liquid.
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Visiting
Harte. Every morning "Pistol Hill'' istence was one of the sights of the They have discovered that insects •
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and "Shot Gun Valley" have their city. The authorities a?e making wil lnot attack them while theic hide 4» members cordially invited to
be present.
"man for breakfast." and sometimes every effort to wipe cut "Pistol is smeared with petroleum. Their
Mrs. Rada Humphreys, \V. M.
two or .three. These suburbs of El Hill" and Shot Gun Valley." but no contentment is apparent at a• • • . • • • • • • ##j
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Blanche Avant, Secretary.
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Dorado lie between the city proper sooner is one "joint*' closed than an- glance.
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and the rich oil fields to the south other springs up elsewhere. Human
El Dorado is experiencing a boom
Contractor and Builder
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life is held very cheap in both these the like of which has never been • + • * * + • + • • • • • • • • • 1 +
West of the Peeos
Drayage
Here may he found representatives places, and rarely a night passes that sefii in this section of the country. • • * + • • • * + * • • + + * + *;,,.
Estimates made ffee
Light ami Heavy Hauling
of every known class of human so- some one is not killed.
The town is crowded with strangers
of charge
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ciety. The oil man intent on strikand fhe new comer is luckv if he can +
MARFA LODGE No. 596
All of the officers, both city and
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find
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A. F. & A. M.
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ready to put you in touch with some 1 { ' onn1 :'*
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close-in acreage, the demi-monde s , i r a ' , I ) < f l i o l h o i r h i P s - a n f j ar«* P' i c k " pair trying to keep up with the +
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<\:u\ the bad gun man. Of the lattereii men, nuick on the draw, and fear- growing bsuiness. One of these in- + &
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vlenient there are some whose repu- less in the pursuit of duty. They stitutions keeps two shifts of clerks
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tations have followed them from Mie usually j:o in pairs through the employed and does not close its
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tougher parts of the city and fre- doors until after ! o'clock in the
Unrkburnette field of Texas.
ABSTRACT COMPANY.
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Only this morning a celebrated uuenUy ihey are called upon to show evening.
J.
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Secretary.
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The merehant who »JttM
jrun man named "Silver Top" Booth, their metal. *
The m^ni production of th El T>o- +
Work Carefully Done.
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The negro has been* one of the rado field is about 72.000 barrels ;«
was found dead in he road with nine
Office Oirer Postoffiee.
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and will sell R to yvu tor
bullet holes in his body supposed to greatest beneficiaries of the diseov- day. So far 2TZ wells have been
have been done by members of his «''•>* «>f oil in Tnion county. Today, drilled or which 25 have proven Dar+++++++++++++++++++
Marfa,. Texas.
gang with whom he had quarreled, alter siv months of getting bis royal- ren or were destroyed by salt water.
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El Dorado has a population of per- •»>.« from oil found on his farm, li<? Vov a time it was feared that salt
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hce and perhaps 50 deputy sheriffs ^I'^t* <>f nis town in high prived but this has been overcome, and now
to preserve even a semblance of or- c a r s - *l10 tonneau filled with his the oil and water are separated by a
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der. In the resorts outside the city pickaninnies and other dusky mem- process that involves little expense.
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Physician and < Surgeon
ii ay be found the roulette wheel, h<>|,j8 o f n i s family. Like the Indian The mapority of the welsl are not
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Teacher of Piano
Fits any style glasses to
crap tables, chuch-a-iuck, black ° r Oklahoma, he buys everything affected much with "salt water, tho
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suit your eyes.
jack and poker games, all well pat- offered him and his home is often there are some that flow oil and salt
• Piano taught from begimtia* *
Prices Right
ionized by the workers of the oil fluttered up with pianos of differ- wafer in t u r n at certain intervals.!
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fields. Saloons run wide open and (>nf makes while aphonograph plays Wells range in surface elevation f
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jazz music from the dance halls filt- l n o onl>" * " n e s Jl<> hears. Quite from I7.r> io 300 feet above sea level |
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ers through the night air and chaos
- linoleum serves as a carpet for and the sand produces from a height]
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and ribaldry hold sway until morn- t»is costly attempt at luxury.
^ of 1.016 to 1.950 feet below sea level:!
ing dawns.
v n amusing story os told of a in other words, from the surface to:
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TWO
WELL-DRESSED
MEN
On the heels of the discovery of Chinaman who had riches forced up- the sand, is generally between 2,100j
• ' • • • •
who
owe
their
prepossessing
appear-^
the Busey well, last January, came on him. Some time before the dis- and 2200 feet. This depth produces
people from all parts of the country. covery of oil a shrewd real estate a hydrostatic head of from 800 To ance to the fact that both had their] +
MEAD & METCALF
!. 4. M. WEAIWEWUW.^
intent on getting rich as past as their man of Little Rock, sold the son of IKK) pounds which is reflected in the suits tailoreds by Lewis the Tailor. j +
Whenever you see a well-dressed ^
capital and opportunity permitted, the Celestial empire 463 acres of land gas pressure.
Attorneys-at-Law
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today agreed to a compromise be- to show that the raiders acted "ma- should stick together.
other building or property, shall be with Mrs. Truett and their two
{ween the Stanley amendment and { liciously and without reasonabb
Senator Ashurst. Democrat, Ari- \ guilty of a misdemeanor and upon j daughters, Miss Mary Tmett knd
the house substitute, providing, in c a u s e *
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the case of dwellings, merely against
The conference agreement was re- ly i n the week, and Representative; first offense not more than one They have been attending t h e
search without a warrant. "Home ported to the senate today and laid Dyer. Republican. Missouri, failed to j thousand dollars, and for a subseOistoval encampment 20 miles south
brew," therefore, goes back to its o n the table until the house acts, sign the report. It was approved, quent offense not more than one of San Angelo, where Dr. Truett
; original status under the Volstead j Representative Volstead in charge of however, by Senators Sterling arid thousand dollars or imprisonment has spoken for the last tea days.
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act, which prohibits t h e manufac- he measure in the lower branch, Nelsoii, Republicans, and Represen- not more than one year, or botn,
Dr. Truett sa4d there were 3^000
; ture of any intoxicating beverage of; p i a n s t 0 c a n i t up Monday. No serl^ tatiive Volstead. Republican, and such fine or imprisonment.
•"Whoever not being an officer, \ compers on the grounds, and t h e
"DRYS" DETEftMLVED TO FORCE i more than one-half of one per cent o u s opposition is expected ...in-ti^Summers, Texas, Democrat.
agent, or employe of the United Sunday crowd reached 6,000.
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brew has is that liquor dry officers the senate, however, is such that the searching provision. In reaching a self to be such officer, agent or em- Dr. Truett and family at a dinner a t
must have sufficient knowledge to beer bill threatens to interfere with compromise both the senate and the ploye and in such assumed charac- the Paso del Norte Monday evening,
swear out a search warrant before the plans for a recess. T h e dry house amendments on the subject ter, shall arrest or detain any per- and afterward they went for a ride
leaders who favor the compromise were discarded. In their place the son, or shall in any manner search i o v e r tfte Scenic Drive. The visitor*
Washington, D. C—The safeguards being able to enter a home.
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thrown around "home brew*1 by the The compromise agreed upon by t o ^ tonight they expected the wets conferees adopted the following see- the persons, buildings of other pro- will leave this, afternoon for ths
perty of any person, shall be deemed Means-Evans ranch 90 miles from
object to it and in view of the fact f ion:
bouse substitute for the Stanley the conferees retains that part of the
& uilty of a misdemeanor and upon silver Gity, N. M. 0 £ . Tr«eH will
search warrant amendment to theStanley amendment protecting the that Wednesday has been agreed upgMfion m , , ^
a n v Qfficer%
homes against indiscriminate searcn o n » s the date to begin the reces* agent or employee of the United conviction thereof shall be punished -preach- to cowboys and ranchmen
anti-beer bill went glimmering.
The house provision, which modi- i for liquor but permits the searching they may attempt to force it over, States engaged i nthe enforcement by a fine of not more than one thons near t here for several days* ftie aaJd.
fied the Stanley amendment requir- iof autoihobilesH boats—in fact, any Representative Volstead and the of this act. or the national prohibi- and dollars, or imprisonment for not In jjtlie party which will leave by
ing a search warrant for the invasion j place except a bonafide dwelling dry forces in the house, however, tion a c t or any other law of themore than one year, or by both such automobile are: MP. and Mrs. Jofcn
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of any property or premises, by dry house—without a search warrant were reported tonight tn have deter- T'n if eel States.'who shall search any fine and imprisonment."
V. Means, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Evans,
enforcement agents so as to limit if when dry agents have "reasonable mined to force adoption of the con- private dwelling as defined in the
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could not be Issued unless there was transported or held in violation of fusing to permit adoption hy the plC(\ a s such-a dwelling without a
and Annie and Sallie, Truett, Dr. S.
reason to believe the dwelling was the law. To apply the penalties house-of the resolution providing for warrant directing such search, and
J. Porter, the pastor of* the First
to private dwellings, carried an ad-I provided in the amendments for the recess. As the dry? are in an - ^ ^ while so engaged, shall without Dr.. (4eorge W. Truett, pastor of Baptist church at pklalioma -Hy,
being used to make liquor for sale. search without a warrant'it would overwhelming majority in the h o u * e , a search warrant maliciously and the First Baptist church of Dallas, and rsv Marie Porter.—Si Paso Her1.,.. :.
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! was united m wedlock to Miss. Mary T o f h e g n e r i f f o r a n y C o n s t a b l e
j Weatherhead, a beautiful woman,
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uously and regularly published, for 5^1111^ ...y
first page, 25c per inch.
this side.
20 cents per lb.j J
One-half page—sr more, 20c pe^ J.Mrs. French di&i in 1884. and was a period of not less than one year^Stt^ufdet
15 cents per lb. £
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inch.
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carried'back io .High Gale Cemetery " he County of Presidio State of Tex- Roast
20 and 25 cents per lb. j &
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Ads. in plate form. 15c per inch.
I he most touching stories that we
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line first insertion. 5 cents per line Saddest Day.'' had reference fo this
Orders for parties our specialty.!
of the first day of publication beeach subsection), insertion.
event of sorrow in the life of out fore the return day hereof:
All kinds of cream and ices, in bulk j
friend. The three children also
or bricks.
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NOTICE '
died,
and
something
said
in
eonversa
Bank reports, 10 cents a line.
If you wish to carry out some!
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State
of
Texas:
tioti led us fo believe that the wife
To all persons interested in thecolor scheme we will make any coland
one
of
the
children
perished
ors in cream or capdy.
H II. KILIA1RICK, Editor and
welfare
of
James
Fen
ton
Reynolds
is a storm or railroad 'wreck.
General Manager
a ad Howard Reynolds, minors, H. W. Mints, fanck bon bons, cocoanut
But
it
was
a
sacred
matter
and
we
fluffs, etc. Salted almonds, peanuts
Entered as second class matter
Reynolds
has
filed
in
the
County
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May 20. 1886. at -Marfa, Texas, under never attempted- to trespass in that C iiirt of Presidio County, an applica- and pecans.
garden
of
the
feast,-where
sometimes
act of March 2, 1879.
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tion for Letters of Guardianship u p Mr. French wandered.
\ Classified advertising, t cent a
For 20 years he lived in Austin and on the persons and estate of said • + + + + + + + + * * • + * • + +
word: minimum price, first inser- established the Sifter, a free lance i minors in cause No. 208. which will
tion, 25 cents; alter first insertion publication which was very popular. be heard at the next term of said
LIVINGSTON UNDERTAKING
minimum price 15 cents.
: _ _ . - . He was also engaged in other under- cfurt which will convene on *he first
COMPANY
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takings, up to 1005. when lie assumed Monday, the same being the 5th day •
Reading notices, 10 cents a line.
of September, 1921, at the Court+ \V. G. Young. G. W. Livingston +
Obituary poetry, memorial notices! management of the New Era at Mar+
House ftiereof. in the town of Marfa, • : €i)ffin^ Caskets, Funeral
aud resolutions, 10 cents a line^
. fa. Since coming to Del R|o in 1008,
X- Goods.
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Mr.
French
has
been
an
accent
Obituary notices. 5 reijts a line.
terested in said welfare of said min- 4*
Licensed Embalmers
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booster
for
the
town.
He
helieved
in
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minimum charge 50 cerns..;
or. ? may appear and* contest said ap- • . . ' ' ,
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progress m $aoQ schools and cburch- plication ff they see proper.
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Herein fail not under penalty of
ALEXANPEB GORDON FRENCH , P e r s o n a l I y t h e 0 4 e r o f { h e W e s t
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^T / Texas News loved and appreciated Jaw. and of this Writ make due r e ( L A . LaCrosse m West Texas N e m ) M l , F , e n c h 0 u l . a s s o c i a t i o n : ^ turn.
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A wave of sorrow swept over the „ , . , h e r w a s a I w a y s pleasant Wis
fliven under my hand and seal of
city of d e l Rio last Thnrsdav even-j ?
eamesL' office, in the. 1 6 ^ of Mar'fe, T e ^
d h i m ^-minded.
ing, August l l l l . when a » rattwoee] ,«Urpri"ii~f^'and ioyaL He fought fife 'ith day of August A. D. 1921.
ment was made that Alexander Gw- f ( i p , h c J h i
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Attest: J. H. Fortner Clerk County
don French, district clerk of Val •
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rial customs and in politics that Ite /Seal)
Court, Presidio County.
Verde County, was dead.
believed fo be right, and nothing By Lorene Settle. Deputy.
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W e all realized that his illness was would swerve hi mfrom the high;
of a fatal nature, since be w a spathway of duty.
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stricken down at San Antonio, two
1 Partnership. Dissolution Notice
His life went out as peacefully as
weeks earlier, yet we believed that fhe summer's day when he breathe J .
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he would last several days more and
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his last. We will not see his b e a m - * ° « c e - i s hereby • .given (hat the
that his many friends would have a
ing face and we will not hear ttis f*r'^^lip
^tely subsisting between
chance to see him at his comfortable cheering voice agam, l>ut in memory i* • ^- W 1 *! 011 ^ 8 ^ PPirtv and F. W
quarters in the Finney home where ; h p wiifiive with m ' u n o u g h ' a H t h e Cook and wife Jesus Cook as a party.'
he had been placed only that morn- v e a r s
" of !*residio. Presidio County. Texa5?.
-tr \ « * v f / ^^y
ing.
doing business under the firm name
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The funeral service was conducted
The State teachers* salaries have of ]JH Junta Farms, was on the 28th
at the Doran Undertaking Parlors
day of July. A. D. 1921. dissolved by
To s e a l In (he
been
cut
20
per
cent
on
all
salaries
and at the grave Friday afternoon at
mutual consent./
delicious Burfey
5:30 o'clock, and on the J. J. Foster i over *">.000. This snouid be handed All debts owing by said partnership
•down to future generations as a
t o b a c c o flavor.
plot of ground in the Masonic Cemeui-ejit victory bv the retrenchers— are to be received by the said F. W".
tery, all that was mortal of our good
Cool:, and all demands on the said
NOT.
friend was consigned to the clasp of
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Mother Earth.
the ;;aid J. W. Wilson for payment.
The more we study fhe tariff
Mrs. A. N. Henry, a devoted friend,
arranged the music and a solemn schedule the less we know about it. July 28, 1921.
J. W. Wilson
and beautiful solo was sang b y Val However, w e are firmly c6nvinced
F. W. Cook.
W. Alhritten, accompanied by Miss th*t> t h e fariif
question should be
Jesus Cook.
Lou Emma Weinert, on the violin, handled by a non-partisan commiss- 9-4
tThis was especially fitting for it was i o » and absolutely removed from
known that Mr. French was very Party wrangling forever,
Partnership Dissolution Notice
fond of the singing of the one and
the sw,eet playing of the other.
LI UBEtt MARKET IMPROVING
Nofice is hereby given that the
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The funeral was preached by Rev. ;
partnership lately subsisting be*C. M. Raby of the Methodist church, • The general lumber market- con- tween James Halper and Andreas
w?ho splendidly depicted t i e life and tinues to show improvement and the Salgado of Shaffer, Presidio County, i
character of our dead friend in a n»o*t encouraging feature to theTexas doing business under the firm
lumber manufacturers is that the name of Shatter Mercantile Goimptny,
most earnest and eloquent mafiher.
A prayer was offered by Rev. Phil- ; improvement is largely in trades was ou the 23rd day of July. A. D.
lip King of the Christian Church. , which have not been showing much 1921. by mutual consent dissolved.
When the mound was completed activity for several months. RailSaid mercantile establishment will:
abovethe grave, it was converted in- > road buying is becoming a eonbe continued by the said Andreas
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to a bank of lovely flowers, con- ' siderable factor in the market, thus Salgado under the same mercantile
tributed by dear friends, who knew I making it possible to dispose of lum- name, and all future business, purtbe man. appreciated his character bw for which there has been little chases and sales, will be on his mand felt the loss to the very depth of or no demand for some time,
dividua account. All accounts owtheir hearts.
fhe furniture manufacturers or:* ing to said partnership will be payThe pall bearers were: .lu.ige W. a l s o buying considerable quantities able to the said Andreas Salgado, and J
K. Jones. Judge H. li. Troop. Clarence of hardwoods though they are find- ail-demands against said parforship
ing it difficult to secure as much will be presented to hfm farpay-1
Herreford. Louis J. Mageirs. L. A.'
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J high grade stork as they would like. merit.
This J-.iIy 26th. 1921.
The introduction of A. Gordon Th<' fact that hardwood production
"If there were no renters in
James Halper
French to Del Rio was in 1908 when has been on a scanter basis this year
the world there would be very
0-i
Andreas Salgado.
he came here to edit the West Texas than for many years, although hardlittle business for the secondNews, which was established by wood sales have been limited, the
situation is such that at present
hand furniture dealers."
Henry W. Schutze. of Marfa.
there is very little unsold high grade
It was a cas<^ of ""love at first hardwood in th*1 South, in the West
OWNING YOUR HOME
sight"' between him and the "City of or North, therefore an increase in
G. L. MAURER
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Roses,*' and wtrle for a brief period ; buying is sure to exert a very +
will eliminate the teerhal
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of time he returned to Marfa and strong effe.-t on the'market—much
house-hunting:, much moving
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published the New Era there, he feM !stronger in fact, than would be the
and ruining of costly furniHENRY BOSCH WALLPAPER +
that this was the place he wanted to case were a normal amount of hardture and good dispositions,
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spend the las years of his life. And wood lumber being produced.
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and the paying of unreasonMarfa, Texas.
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when the touch of death came t o : House building is going on in fair +
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less recognized the chilly hand, his prospects that even though the fall * + + + * * + * + * + * • 4* # • •
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one great wish was to be brought; ifi approaching the volume of houses + *** + + + + + *+ + + + 41» • •
' Let us furnish the materials
back home.
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building
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fairly
large
because,
for your building. They will
Mr. French severed his connection 1 money is becoming more plentiful
BIG BEND TITLE CO.
with this paper, which he ably edft- with the result that banks are show^ktisfy.
dd, in order to become district clerk; jn«j a tendency to be more liberal m
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of Val Verde County and made a making home building'loans. One o^
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most efficient officer'and was high-: the greatest factors which has hekt
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On February 23, 185fT this re-!and conseqiu*nlly an increase'in.the,•
markable man first saw the light of amount of money available for loans * * * * * * * * * # + 4» + * * • « «>
day in England. He came of an i n - is going to result in some stimulafluential family and was directly r e - tion to building,
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these things, for he loved the sim-. lumber producers, taking the conn- t
pie life and was democratic to the try as a whole, are receiving orders f
core.. At the age of 19 Mr. French for as much lumber as they produce
graduated with the degree of Bach- and are shipping the same amount
elor of Arts from the London Uni- they produce so that on the whole,
versify and for a time was identified stocks are not increasing.
with the commercial life of the From the week ending January 8
greatest city in the world. When he to the week ending July 30. thef
attained his majority something call- National Lumber Manufacturers' AsP R I C E S RIGHT
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trine of the divine right of Kings, he board feet): Production 14607798.set his face towards the setting sun,'622: shipments. 5.586.320.6J4: orders.
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trade than Griffith Grocery Gc
profession. His fani'ly expect in a;
> short time to follow. Dr. Darracoll j
^.- Mrs. Bid ah Spenrer Ellison is here has formed a partnership with Dr. | v
on a visit to her mother, Mrs. W. G. Crou.se, one of the most brilliant.! t
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54 Milady's Shoppe h a s now on display a full line of beautiful advanced fall style silk dresses.
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Henry firierson left Saturday for . ^
the National Rifle Meet, which this "
year is at Camp Perry. Ohio. He has
been appointed by the Adjutant
j General. Captain of the Texas team.
M p 8 > (ji-iorscm will accompany him
\ p a r t of nhe way. stopping off in
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soon have a Full
New Cars on
our Show Rooms
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Gulden State (pasteurized) Butter.
IDLE? Big business is ready for
i^E Ends the quest for the bets.
Grif- you. Sell 137 products direct to *?
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fith Grocery Co.
farmers on credit. If you own team
or auto, a r e under 5(), can give bond,
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the Alta Vista Saturday. ,
W r i t e J. R. Watkins Co., Dept. 115,
Winona, Minn. It's your life chance
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now residing at Presidio, was in the
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Band concerts will be given by the r^ K „ > X K ^ X - > « M : ^ ^ ^
Miladys Shoppe has juse received \ Fifth Cavalry band at the post ban 1
a beautiful line of fall ready-to-wear stand
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on Tuesday
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ust 30th. and September i 1921, from ^ ^ f ^ ^ ^ l ^
127th,
hold
the Old Settlers reunion.
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8 to 9 P. m. Following ,Ml.e program a , does
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Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Casner and Mrs. for Tuesday Augurt 30th:
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who ; has been held annually.
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J. D. Jackson of Alpine were regis- March. Marche Mihtaire
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tered a t the J o r d a n Hotel Saturday. VlVOruire.
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i Popular Venetian Moon Goldberg above the constitution; who, in the; When on account of some fancied
Valentine Texas
Stormv Lease of Brewster county. Waltz. Blue Danube,
' . J . S t r a u s s pursuit of his favorite pastime of; discovery a boom strikes a place,
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was in t h e city Monday. Some years'Selection, So Long Lettv
CarraU hunting somebody who may take a l o n e of the hardest Jabors known to
ago h e was foreman on the T. M.l Fantasia, La Paloma ! .Yradier drink, is willing to destroy that con- suffering man is for the editor of the
Wilson ranch.
: Popular Fancies
Spencer stitution when he held up his hand small country weekly to keep on
March, Trombonium
.Withrow and before Almighty God swore he blowing the town in his p a p \ r . He
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CANOVA Coffee is famous for its
Program for Friday, September i : would maintain, protect anr p r e - sooii
must gets
blow.out of wind—but stdl he
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cup value. T r y it, You will like it J March. On Wisconsin.
Purdie
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Medlev Overture. Introducing King
"A man who thinks more of getting
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Chanticleer. Also Rag. Who are a bootlegger than he does of p r e Judge and Mrs. James Cornell
you W i t h Tonighl-Remick-Lampe serving the palladium of human
Absent-minded prolessor, meeting
stopped a short time in Marfa Mon- Bolero. Flores de Cuba-.Brockenshir* liberty, is not fit to be in a legislative ^ ^ .
ie son "Hello, George, how's your
day on their r e t u r n from the Bloys Popular, Rock-a-Bve Baby with a body and is not fit to be a citizen of ,...____.„
father?
Camp Meeting.
Dixie Melodv *
Schwartz the Tnited States. I have more r e - ,
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, -mi! Waltz. On the Shores of Tripoli
spect for an anarchist, who, m his
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' stands uPon a soaP ^
Milady's,Shoppe h a s o n display a .
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Popular. Miss Trombone. A Slippery for the man who will, in this body I Canton Crepe, Crepe-back Satin andI
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cataract
of both
eyes.
Slip
Eilmore or in the house of representatives,' K iltenear Dresses at pre-war prices, t
swear before the iUmighty God t h a t
f
Beautiful line of Fall Dresses at March The Cavalry Wiggle,
Brockenshire he will preserve tne constitution of
Milads s Shoppe.
William F. Baker. W a r r a n t the United States and then employ
the authority and power the people
Officer. Conducting.
Mrs. Mary Young and daughter
visted in him to preserve the conMiss Anita, returned Friday from a SENATE ASKEDTOCENSURE
stitution for the purpose of destroy4
two months* trip to Los Angeles and
REED FOR VOLSTEAD ATTACK ing that sacred document."
other
California
places.
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Washington. Aug. 23.—The senate
PIANO AND VOICE
„_\eeordian, box ami .side plaiting; was requested today in a resolution
hemstitching, pinking, braiding, but- adopted by the house by a vote of
tons and buttonholes made, Mrs. H. J8i to 2 'to take appropriate ection*
I am now prepared to take a limitv
B- Houston, Uvalde, Texas.
52 ooneerning remarkYW'Senator R ^ d ^\ number of pupils for lessons on
piano and voice, Studio in my resiDemocrat,
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Missouri,
during
deCall ^288 if you want service, iiality
bate on the anti-beer bill last week. dence.
and the lowest possible x>rice.—
Floy Midkiff.
which the house held were "im•Gfiffith Grocery Co.
proper, unparlimentary and a r e flection on the character" af r e p r e Mrs. Joe Humphreys will be hostsentative Volstead. Republican, of
ess to th«> Marfa History Club T u e s EK.
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house has taken such action. On
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t w o ^ r e y i o n s occasions, however, rt
ner a a u g n m . - « i - «•
as off c a
Havs MainTaTIcTc^pted a position
in San Antonio and at an early date
is nrenaring to m o w there with his censured a representative for makfamily Marfa i^ the loser while ing uncomplementary
statements
Tln> r.ify Administration wishes to
San \nionio will sain a splendid nbout senators and senate. In both call the attention of the citizens of
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incidents the offpnding remarks were Marfa to the traffic regulations of
ei,,zftI1
eliminated from the Congressional our city. A great many of us have of
Beautiful line of Fall Dresses a t : record by a house vote,
late become careless with reference
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Milads s Shoppe.
The resolution, which was offered to the observance of our speed limit. !
by Representative Newton. Repub- aiu! other traffic regulations, with
Miss Maud
Parr has
recently
» r - ] , - c a n Minnesota,
was adopted after
chased
th« Beauty
Parlor
from PMis*
b r i o f f1pha f e a n d w ; J s referred to the .P^'haps no intent to violate the spirit:
Jewell Lightfoot. Miss P a i r sev- rules coimmittee when it reached the of t h e law. However, there has been
eral months a^o was in charge
senate. Mr. Reed made r;o comment so much speeding within the city f
limits of late that numerous comthe Western t n i o n T e l e g r a d i sta- concerning it.
plaints have been registered with the |
lion here.
Senator Reed's language, as printcity authorities, together with suged in the Congressional Record, fol- gestions that we rigidly enforce the
CANOVA COFFFJ: is note, for its
lows:
ordinance regulating traffic with i n '
strength and aroma, making it eco"T'ntH
the
other
day
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never
had
the city limits.
nomical
and delicious. Griffith
the pleasure of seeing the distingGrocery Co.
With a view of protecting life and
uished author of the Volstead ^\c1.
property we trust every person drivMr. and Mrs. Clarence I'.e.ll left Hi< brief biography staffs that he ing automobiles will be careful to reWednesday morning for the i- horn" was born in the T'nited States. T am main within the speed limit and to
in Valnetine. They took back iw!h however, informed he speaks in very drive in the right hand side of all
what
them that fin«» lookinu yoi ni? son. broken Enc-lish. T do nut know
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marking posts, and you will render a
his
ancestry
may
l»e.
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know
which the stork brought th-m sevthat T hftve gazed noon lectures of valuable service to the city adminiseral weeks aire.
the celebrated conspirators of the tration, and the community at large.
if you will use your influence with
When in a h u r r y for your grocer- [>ast. the countenances of those who others to do likewise.
ies ring 2*8. We believe yon will have led in fanatical crusades, the
We trust and believe all go<»d fiti— j
lik«* our serviee. Griffith G.oceiy burning of witches, the executioners who applied the torch of perse- zens wil laceept the warning h e r e - ;
Company.
cut ion. and T saw them ajl again with referred to in the same good j
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in front of his ' Gitt Store a beauti- ; P»».
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.in his earnest efforts to make oui
ful clock. W i t h this, together with; "f have no respect f-r a man. little city a safer town in which t o '
many others rece ntlv added. Marfa | whether he be a member of the
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can now boast of having one of the house or elsewhere, who proposes to live.
fin,^f i"weh-v stores in West Texa*. whittle down the constitution of the
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sleepy passengers, rubbing the win- ,: °°yi fieaVbut, even to her, it waimt veir ! he put her into a e^rriafe.
dows of ii heir carriages as the Ply"1 shall be Ioi>king for Potts. Don't ; conviiicing. "We're got other things j minutes later, wltti the *****
mouth bosit express rushed on toward
A-orry al»out me. Fit look after ray- | to do. . , . We can't think of. . . .* ! Jfns warm
London, shivered and drexr tlieir nigs
ielf. Now, is that clear?'.
j And then thin very determined : Httle cry, "Take care, my 4(artl^t
closer around them. It looked cold
"Perfectly," said Da rrell, after a TOong man settled matters in Jiis j take eareT still ringing i n hiseata.
. . . cold and dead.
diort silence. u But I don't know that' j usual straightforward fashion. She ? got into his ear aa4
.dfrffi-i&jfa^
Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the I like it, Hugh. It seems to me, old j felt herself lifted bodily out of the ; hotel to get an early-diBnec
vapor ros*, and spread outwards up *on, that you're running an unneces| ear as if she had been a child: she !*
the wooded hills by Basildon. It sary lot of risk."
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j drifted tli rough the shrubs and rose"Got any alternative?" demanded I
At a quarter to ten he backed M*
| hushes of 'a little 'garden, which Drummond.
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car into the shadow ,of some tree*
j stretched from a bungalow down to
"If we're all going down," said Dar- '
not far from the gate of The ElactS.
; the water's edge, until at length wisps fell, "why not i*tick togetaer and rush j
Save for a light in the siaing-rooni
j of it brus ied gently round the bunga- the house in a gang?"
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and one in a t»e*lroom upstairs, the
! low itself
Suddenly the window of
"No go, old bean.-'' said Hugh, de- j
front of the house was in darkneaa»
; one of thu downstair rooms was flung cisively. "Too many of 'em to hope
and, treading noiselessly on the tui&
open, and a man with a white hag- to pull it off. No, low cunning is the «
W|
he explored all round it. There w e *
gard face leaned out drawing great only thing that's got an earthly of !
one bedroom light at the back of the
gulps of fresh air into his lungs. succeeding." With :i grin he rose, and- |
^ ^ t ^ J R W X N METERS
house, and thrown on the blind he
Three other men lay sprawling unstrolled toward the door. "Now
Copyright by Geo H Doron Co eouthly in chairs, and two dogs lay then
could see the shadow of a man. Aa
\io and rope in Ted and Jerry, and
he watched, the man got up and
I'or the love of Heaven don't ram the
"Lakington!" gasped Hugh, ana motionles; on the hearthrug.
moved away, only to return In a mothen the roaring noise increased in
Afier » moment or two the man wrong gate."
ment or two-and'take up his old poatW h a t are you going to do youiv
v
his head; his legs struck work alto- i withdrew only to appear again with
tion.
She waved a charming nand Jn fare-. S^her. He collapsed on the floor and j one of tl e others in hi* arms. And iself?" demanded P^ter suspiciously.
"It's one of those two bedrooma,"
"I'm going to look at her from close
weil, and; turned to her com^nion. Ia>' sprawling, while Lakington, his then, having dropped his burden
he muttered to hifmselt "If ne's here
But Drummond, though be went into fe'ce pressed against the-glass outside, j through i he window on to the lawn fro. Co away, all of you, and don't '.
at all."
j outside, lie repeated his performance listen outside the telephone box."
the hall outside, did not Immediately watched in silence.
Then he crouched in the shadow of
j with the remaining two. Finally he
leave the hotel. Instead, he buttonsome shrubs and waited. Through
THREE.
"Draw the curtains."
Lakington : pitched the two dogs after them, and
holed an exquisite being arrayed in
the trees to his right he could aee•-Me.
gorgeous apparel, and led hiza to a was speaking, his voice muffled be- ; then, with his hand to hils forehead,
Hugh stopped his car at Guildford
Larches, and once, with a sudden
hind the pad, and one of the men did he staggered down to the water's station and, lighting a cigarette, ]
*4
'point of vantage.
quickening of his heart he thought he
as
he
said.
There
were
four
in
all.
edge.
strolled restlessly up and down. lite
saw the outline of the girl snow up
*^You see that girl," he remarked,
each
with
a
similar
pad
over
his
Holy
*moke!"
he
muttered
to
himlooked
at
his
watch
a
dozen
times
in
in the light from the* drawing-room.
"having tea with a man at tbu third
self,
as
he
plunged
his
head
into
the
mouth
and
nose.
"Where
d:id
you
put
But It was only for a second, a « l
table from- the big palm? New, can
1 cold water, "talk about the morning two minutes:; he threw away his
the
generator,
Brownlow?"
E-*
ismoke before it was half finished. In
then it was gone. . * .*
you tell me who the man is? I seem
after!"
.
""In
the
coal-scuttle."
A
man
whom
short he manifested every symptom
He peered at his watch; It was Jttet
to know his face, but I can't put a
Mrs.
Denny
would
have
had
no
diffiAfter
ii
while,
with
the
water
still
nsually displayed by the male of the
ten o'clock. The trees were -creaky**
name to it."
culty
in
recognizing,
even
with
the
j
dripping
down
his
face,
he
returned
species when awaiting the arrival of
gently in the faint wind; all around
**That, sir," murmured the eriqutsite
mask
von
Ids
face,
carefully
lifted
a
>
to
the
bungalow
and
found
the
other
the opposite sex. Over the telephone f
him the strange night noises—uofsea
being, with the faintest perceptible
small
black
box
out
of
the
scuttle
from
Lthree
in
various
stages
of
partial
inr
he had arranged that she should come
which play pranks with a mah*«
scorn at such ignorance, "is t i e marA
behind
some
coal,
and
shook
it
gemf
sensibility.
'•E
by train from Godalming Eto confer
nerves—rwere whispering and mutterquls of Juaidley, Hi* lordship la fre1^, holding it to his ear. "It's fin-; "Wake up. my heroes/' he remarked, with him on a matter of great Importj ing. Bushes seemed suddenly to come
quently here."
I to life, and nnove; eerie saapee
fLaidley!" cried Hugh, in sudden ex- Ished,* he remark**, and Lakington "and go and put your great fat heads ance r she had said she would, but
In the river. We were* all of us what was it? He. having no suitable
crawled *>ver the ground toward
citeirtent. "I^aldley! The d i k e of nodded.
•ha
Found
Herself
Lying
in
His
Arms,
him—figures which exteted only in
"An ingenious Invention is gas," drugged or doped somehow. And answer ready, had made a loud buzzLattpshire/s son! Tou pricel^ « s old
With
Hugh's
Eyes
Looking
Very
hi* imagination. And once again the
m
he said, addressing another of the ^,now," lie. added: bitterly, ' W v e all ing, noise indicative of a telephone
stnlfed tomato—the plot thickens."
Tenderly
Into
Her
Own
and
a
Whimexchange
in
pain,
and
then
rung
off.
thrill
of
the
night
stalker
grlnped
men.
"We
owe
your
nation
quite
a
k
got heacs. and we have not got Potts."
OownpJetely regardless of xh scansical Grin Around His Mouth.
4t
And now he w«s waiting In that pehim.
debt
of
gratitude
for
the
idea."
l
do-ft
remember
anything,"
said
4attsed horror on the exquisite being's
A guttuj'al grunt left no doubt as Toby* Sinclair, "except falling asleep. culiar condition of mind, which reveals found herself lying in his arms, with
He remembered the German wfte
faee, h » amote him heavily in -the
itself
outwardly
In
hands
that
are
to
what
that
nation
was,
and
Lakinghad
lain motionless for an r^nr In a
Hugh's eyes looking very tenderly inHave tley taken him?"
atwnach and stepped into ?all Mall.
rather too warm, and feet that are to her own, and a whimsical grin little gully by Hebuterne, white lie
**Of (purse they have." said Hugh.
For dear before his memory had come ton dropped the box into his pocket.
from behind a stunted bush had tried
"Go get him," he ordered briefly, "Just nefore I went off I saw 'em rather too cold.
around his mouth.
ihfee lines on the scrap of paper he
"Cars pass here," he remarked, to locate him. And then that one
all in the garden, and that swine
"When is this bally train likely to
ha4 torn from the table at The Elms and the others left the room.
Contemptuously Lakington kicked v Lakington was with them. However, arrive?" He accosted a phlegmatic **with great regularity. I know youM creak as the Boche had moved his leg,
that first night, when he had grabbed
the dazed millionaire from under i>ne of the dogs; it rolled over and while you go and put your nuts in the official, who regarded him coldly, and hate to be discovered in this posi- And tiwst . . . the end. On that
] night, too. the little hummocks had
lay motionless fn its new position. river, I'll go up and make certain." doubted the likelihood of Its being tion."
Peterson's nose.
Then he went in turn to each of the
"Would I?" she whispered.
~I , moved and taken • > to- ithemselTea
With a grim smile he watched the more than a quarter of an hour early.
I
strange shapes: fifty' tMnes^ he had
three men sprawling in the chairs, three men lnrch down to the water;
At length it w.*>s signaled, and Hugh wonder . . ."
earl necklace and the
Imagined, .lie saw him; fifty times he
With no attempt at gentleness he then he tnrned and went upstairs to got back into his car. Feverishly he
She felt his heart pound madly
are at present
turned their faces up to the light, and the room which had been occupied scanned the faces of the passengers as against her; and with a sudden quick knew he was wrong—In time. He
chess of Lanv'tby the American millionaire. It was they en me out into the street, until, movement she put forth her arms was used to, It; the night belt lie
empty, as he had known It would be, with a sudden quick jump of his round his neck and kissed him on the terrors for him. only a fierce exciteThe duchess of Lampgtrire'in pearls
ment. And thire It was that as he
.,4
and with a smothered curse he made heart, he saw her. cool and fresh, mouth.
were world-famous; the marquis of
crouched in the bushes, waiting «or
his way downstairs again.
Lajdley was apparently enjoying his
coming roward him with a faint
"Is that good enough?" she asked, the game to start, his pulse was as
tea. And between the, two there
smile on her lips.
\
very low: and just for a few moments, normal, and his nerves as steady a s
TWO.
seemed to be a connection rather too
"What is this very important matter time stood still. . . . Then, very if he had been sitting down to supper.
obvkHMi to be mlss«>d.
"Has it struck you fellows," re- you want to talk to me about?" she gently, he put her back in the car.
The only difference was tnat In hi»
3$
demanded, as he assisted her into his
marked
Hugh,
at
the
conclusion
of
"I
suppose."
he
remarked
resignedhand he held something tight-gripped.
~
THREE.
lunch, "that seated around this table car.
ly, "that we had better descend to j
At. last faintly in t|ie distance l he
>are four officers who fought with some
"I'll tell you when we get out on trivialities. We've bad lots of fun j heard the hum of a'car. Rapidly It
"I'M glad you two. fellows camel
•distinction and much discomfort In the Hog's Back." he said slipping in and games since I last saw you a year j grew louder, and he smiled grimly to
down," said Hugh thoughtfully, a s he
the recent historic struggle?" '
j himself as the sound of five unmehis clutch. "It's absolutely vital." or two ago."
entered the sitting-room of his bunga"How lteautifully you put it, old
"Idiot boy." she said happily. "It ij lodious 'voices' singing lustily struck
low at Goring. Dinner was over, and
He stole a glance at her. but she
his ear. They passed along the ,road
flick!" said Darrell.
stretched in three chairs were Peter
was looking straight in front of her, was yesterday morning."
Darrell. Algy Longsvortb, and Toby
"The interruption is considered in front of the house. There waa a
"Has it further struck you fellows." and her face seemed expressionless.
Sinclair. "Did you know that a man
continued Hugh, "that last night we
"You must stand a long way off trivial. Mere facts don't count when sudden crasli—then silence; but only
came here this afternoon. Peter?"*
were done down, trampled on, had when yon do." she said demurely. it's you and me." There was a fur- for a moment.
Peter*s voice came-first*
for mugs by a crowd of dirty black- "At lea.%^if it's the same thing as you ther Interlude of uncertain duration,
«*T did not. Who was it?"
"You. , priceless , old ass, you're,
followed rapidly, by another because
guards composed largely of the dregs told me over the 'phone."
"Mrs. Denny has just told me." Hugh
rammed £he..filiating gate,"
the first was so nice.
.of the universe?"
reached out a hand for his pipe, and
Hugh grinned sheepishly.
"To resume,' continued Hugh, "I
proceeded to stuff it with tobacco,
"A veritable Solomon." said Algy,
It 'was .Terry Seymour who <nen
"The exchange went wrong," he re"He came about the water. And. he
gazing at him admiringly through his marked at length. "Astonishing how regret to state that they've got Potts. took up the bawl. His voice was intold her that I had told him to come.
eyeglass. "I told you this morning I rotten the telephone| are in town these
The girl sat up quickly and stared 1 tensely solemn—also extremely loud.
Unfortunately, I'd done nothing #f the
[detested your friends."
at him.
Trcpqshterous. Perfectly prepestidays."
sort."
\
|
"Got him? Ob, Hugh! how did they, ! terous. - We must go w*& apowgiae^
"Has it still further struck you,"
"Quite remarkable," she returned.
studied
them
deliberately;
then
he
let
"What do you mean, Hughf* ajsked
to the owner. . . . I . ,,. . I . .
went on Hugh, a trifle grimly, #&*£ "I thought you weren't feeling very manage it?"
their
heads
roll
back
again
with
a
Tdjby Sinclair.
we aren't standing for it? I propose well or something. Of course, if it
"I'm d—d if I know," he answered absholutely . . . musht apologize.
thud.
Finally,
he
went
to
the
window
. . . Quite unpardohahle, , *.-•:,•'
"It's pretty obvious, old boy," said
frhat we should tackle the blighters was the exchange
grimly. "They found out that he was
. . . "
and
stared
down
at
Druinmoud.
In
Hugh gTimly. "I should say that
tonight."
"They sort of buzz and blow, don't in my bungalow at tJoring^ during the Tou can't go about country . > •
his
eyes
was
a
look
of
cold
fury,
and
about five hours ago Peterson found
afternoon by sending round* a man to knocking down gates. , . . Out «f .
"Tonight!" echoed Darrell. "Where?" you know," he explained helpfully.
he
kicked
the
unconscious
man
savout that our one and only Hiram C.
. . ."'
, .
"At The Elms, of course. That's
"That must be most fearfully jolly see about the water. Somehow or quesbtion.
agely
in
the
ribs.
Potts was upstairs."
Ha if-consciously;Hugh glistened, %b|,
where the wretched Potts is for a for them." she agreed. "And there other he must have doped the drink
"You
young
swine,"
he
muttered.
*Good Lord!" spluttered Darrell,
certainly."
was silence for the next two miles. or the food, because after dinner we now tnat the moment for action hajd
"Do
you
think
I'll
forget
that
blow
by now very wide awake, **what do
all fell asleep. I don't remember any- come, every faculty was concentrated *
"And how do you propose that we
Once
or
twice
he
looked
at
her
out
on
the
jaw?"
we do, sergeant-major?"
should set about It?" demanded Sin- of the corner of Ids eye, taking in thing more till I woke this morning on his own 3d»; He saw half a doae» •*'
"i
He
took
another
box
out
of
his
with the most appalling head.
Of men f;o rushing out into thei-gnrden IS
"We take it in turns—two at a
clair.
every detail of the sweet profile so
through a Side door, and then two
time—to sit up with Potts." Hugh pocket and. looked at it lovingly.
Drummond drained his port and near to him. Except for their first course, Potts had gone."
"Shall
I?"
With
a
short
laugh
he
"I heard the var drive up in the more ran out and came straight) toward
glanced at the other three. " D ~ n it I
grinned gently.
meeting at the Carlton, it was the 'middle of the night," said the girl him. They crashed past him and went...
replaced
it.
"It's
too
good
a
death
—you blighters—wake up!"
i
"By stealth, dear old beans—wby only time he had ever had her com*I don't know what it is." Darrell I for you, Captain Drummond, D. S. O., stealth.
Tou — and I thought we pletely to himself, and Hugh was de- thoughtfully. "Do you think he's at on into the darkness, and for an InM.
C.
Just
to
snuff
out
in
your
sleep.
stant he wondered what they were
said, rubbijiir his eyes, "I feel most in- I
might rake in Ted .Terningham. and termined to make the most of it. He The Elms now?"
No,
my
friend,
I
think
I
can
devise
"That is what I propose to find doing. A little later he was destined
fernally sleepy."
j
perhaps Jerry Seymour, to join the felt, as it he could go on driving for
something
better
than
that;
some. . .
W e l l , listen to me—confound you I
happy throng—will make a demonstra- ever, just he and she alone. It was out tonight," answered Hugh. **We I to find out.
thing
really
artistic."
Then came a peal at the front-door
. . . Toby!"
tion in force, with the idea of draw- then that the girl turned and looked have staged a little comedy for PeterTwo other men came in as he ing off the enemy, thereby leaving the
son's especial benefit, and we are hop- bell, and he determined to wait no
"Sorry, old man." With a start Sin- j
at
him*.
The
car
swerved
dangerlonger. He darted through the garing for the best"
clair sat up in his chair and blinked \ turned uway, and Lakington looked coast clear for me to explore the ously. . . .
"Oh. boy, dp be careful!"
She den door, to find, a flight of stairs In
at Hugh.
j at them.
house for the unfortunate Potts. An
"Let's
stop,"
she
said,
with
the
suslooked at him anxiously. "I'd never front of him, and in another moment
"Well." he asked, "have you got the t accident,
'They're almost certain to i.ry and ;
. . A
c a r.
. . .
picion
of
a
smile.
"Then
you
can
tell
forgive myself if anything happened he was on the first floor. He walked
get him tonight," went on Hugh. ' old woman?"
What lis the connecting-link. . . i
to you. I'd feei it was all due to rapidly along the landing, trying t o
"Having given the show away by
"Bound and gagged in the kitchen." Why, drink. Write it down, Algy, or me."
find his bearings, and, turning a corner,
Hugh drew into the side of th© me. :iiul I just couldn't bear it."
leaving a clue on the wretched secre- I answered one of them laconically. we might forget. Now, can you beat
"I'ear little girl,"-he whispered ten- he found himself at the top of the >
road, and switched off the engine.
tary, they must get the real man as : "Are you going to do this crowd in?" that?"
"You're not fair," he remarked, and derly, "you're simply adorable when main staircase—the spot where lie had
soon as possible. It's far too danger- :
The speaker looked at the uncon"We might have some chance," said
ous to leave the—leave the—" His : scious men with hatred in his eyes. Dan-ell kindly, "if we had the slight- if the girl saw his hand trembling a you look like that. But not even for fought Peterson two nights previoushead dropped forward on hfs chest: 1 "They encumber the earth—this est idea what you were talking about." little as he opened the door, she gave y«m would I hack out of this show ly.
He walked quickly on to the room
a short, half-strangled snore came i breed of puppy."
"Pay attention, all of you," said no sign. He came and stood beside now." Ilis mouth set in a grim line.
Mis gone alfo&Hiher too far, and which he calculated was the one where
from his lips. It had the effect of ;
"They will not encumber it for Hugh. "Tonight some time about ten her. and his right arm lay along the
they've • shown, themselves , to be so he had seen the shadow on the blind.
waking him for the moment, and he long," said Lakington softly. "But of the clock, Algy's motor will pro- seat just behind her shoulders.
staggered to his feet.
"Tell me about this important eomp'-etHy beyond the pale that it's Without a second's hesitation he flung
the one in the window there is not ceed along the Godalming-Guildford
<jnt lo be fought out. And when It the door open and walked in. There
The otlier three, sprawling in their i going to <lie so easily. I hiive a small road. It will contain you three^—also thing," she said a little nervously.
He smiled, and no woman yet born U.MS been." he caught both her hands lying In the bed, was the American,
chairs, were openly and unashamedly , unsettled score with him. . . ."
Ted and Jerry Seymour, if we can
. rand we've w o n while crouched beside him. with a if*
asleep: even the dogs lay in fantastic
"AH right; he's in the car." A get 'em. On approaching the gate of could see Hugh Drummond smile with- in his
. why then, girl o' mine, we'll volver in his hand, was a man. . ,.# \ . _-.
attitudes, breathing heavily, inert like | voice came from outside the window, The Elms, you will render the night out smiling too.
For a few seconds they watched one
"You darling!" he whispered, under <:et Perer I >«rrell to he best man."
logs.
j and with a last look at Hugh Drum- | hideous with your vocal efforts. Stray
Whirli
was
the
cue
for
the
comanother in silence, and then the man
"Wake up!" shouted Hugh wildly. mond, Lakington turned away.
j passers-by will think that you are all his breath—"you adorable darling!**
tt.etifcmeiit
of
the
last
and
longest
straightened up.
*'For God's sake — wake up! We've
"Then we'll go." he remarked. "Au tight. Then will come the dramatic His arm closed around her, and. al"The soldlerr he snarled.
Te*
been drugged!"
revoir. my blundering young bull. Be- moment, when, with a heavy crash, most before she realized it, sl^e felt s Merlude. termlrinied only by the stidI0t iron weight seemed to be press- • fore I've finished with you, you'll you ram the >»ate. Horrified at this his lips on hers. For a moment she »:v» and unwelcome appearance of a young pup!"
Deliberately, almost casually, h e
mg down on his eyelids: the deslfe j scream for mercy. And you won't wanton damage to property, you will sat motionless, while the wonder of motor-'hus covered within and withfor sleep grew stronger and stronger, j get it. . . ."
| leave the car and proceed in mass it surged over her, and the sky seemed 1 out by un romantic sightseers, and raised his revolver, and then the unT
expected happened. A Jet of liquid
more gloriously blue, and the woods j paper-h.-tgs containing bananas.
For a few moments more he fought !
I formation up the drive."
E1
i-*
They drove slowly back to Guild- ammonia struck him full In the face,
against it. hopelessly, despairingly; j
Through the still night: air there j "Still giving tongue?" queried Dar- a richer green. Then, with a little |
ford, HI id on the way he told her brief- and with a short laugh Hugh dropped
gasp, she puslied him away.
while his legs seemed not to belong : came the thrumming of the engine of rell.
"You mustn't . . . oh! you ly of rhe murder of the American*! his water-pistol in his pocket, and
to him, and there was a roaring noise a powerful car. Gradually it died j "Stilt giving tongue. Either Ted
secretary In Belfast, and his Inter- turned his attention to the bed. WrapIn his ears. And then, just before away and there was silence. And | or Jerry or both of 'em will approach ! mustn't. Hugh," she whispered.
"And why not, little girl?" he said view the preceding afternoon with ping the millionaire in ft blanket, be
unconsciousness overcame him, there 1 then, with a sudden crack, Peter Dar- i the nous.* and inform the owner in
picked him up; and, paying no more
came to his bemused brain the sound \ rell'a head rolled over and hit the arm \ heartbroken accents that they have exultantly. "Don't you know I love I the impostor at the Carlton.
1
"It's a tough proposition," he re- attention to the man gasping and chokyou?"
His
face
was
still
very
close
;
of a whistle thrice repeated from out- j of his chair.
i damaged his gate post. You three will
j .; marked quietly. "They're absolutely ing in a corner, he raced for the back
side the window. With a last stu- I
remain in the garden—you might be to hers. "Well?"
" '...
*
"Well, what?" she murmured.
] without scruple, and their power stairs.
pendous effort he fought his way toCHAPTER SIX.
I recognized. Then it will be up to
m
seems unlimited.. . I know they are
Below he could hear Jerry hiccough"It's your turn," he whispered, ««i
—
| you. You'll have several men all
4¾
after the duchess of Lampahlre'S ing gently, and "explaining, to the pro
ward it, and for a moment he stared In Which a Very Old Game Takes | round you. Keep 'em occupied—some- love you. Phyllis—just love you."
. .
pro . . . prltorthat he perinto the darkness. There were dim
"But it's only two or three days pearls: I found the beautiful Xrma
Place on the Hotfe B*ck.
| how. They won't hurt you; they'll
consuming tea with young Laidley shoaally would repair . . . inshlsted
figures moving through the shrubs,
j only be concerned with seeing that since we met," she said feebly.
ONE
any and every
and suddenly ene\%emed to detach
"And phwat the dlvii has that got yesterday—you know, the duke's eld- on^ repairing . . .
j you don't go where you're not wanted.
est sou. But there's something more gate posht he posshessed. . . , And
itself. It came nearer, and the light
to do with It, at all?" he demanded.
T h o !as< t h i n
w a n t t(
A
thick
grev
mist
lay
over
the
j
*
**f
>'
>
*°
**
to
in the wind than that, Phyllis—some- then he reached the garden. .
fell on the m a n s face. His nose and
"Would I be waiting longer to dei Th»mes It covered the water and the f l r a w a n y 8 U S P , c l o n °" themselves—
Everything had fallen out exactly
cide such an obvious fact? Tell me," thing which, unless I'm a mug of the
mouth were covered with a sort of ^ » m e > . ] t ^ ^ , v ^ ^
* ^ c k I »nd» o n t h e f a c e o f !t ' y o u a r * ™<*elv
he went on. and she felt bis arm round first water, is an infinitely larger as he had hoped, but had! hardly dared
i
to expect fie heard Peterson'a voice,
»
looked on the wine when it was red. ner again forcing her to look at him proposition than Jhat,"
Lfc
DOGl
r
.: *C
t
The Adventures of A
DernoHlized Officer
Who found Peace Dull
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