Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 275, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 14, 1948 Page: 2 of 6
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KKNUIlHiK WlhUll.W—Tl KSU.W, DEI'. 14. IH4*
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By Roberto Courtlcnd tC- VfeV
you're watKinij out on us'" ftlerry
whittled it, nci tout thick witii
fear.
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Till VKim,
«•«! Wt.tui.iul in •ftirtu ym+r « itf
M rrjr t ariuM, *>!•• «- hlg ui<.ii <m
nM Mty. v^i.iin of
I t« « i Im 11
I« 'I i|i
• i«h ''li<iul fuiiilMtll U k«B
I'M «iikkv I* thr> brruar furiwnl*
l> -MtturU nffer lb,-j Unit*
rfc«Mit. M.rr l« 4:ue«f «v|fll h.tp>
' 1 * I!m( ib.ii «rry rttuiug
:llk% Iniw n •irrtuut c n<- at
It «••••«- llrf wulhrr. «ui>N, • > -
'• ' ••-II* *1rrrf tkm Hit.
*•' ' '• I.' •hint: r<iihrr. WHRta m
iS * «#r« --•«;*m ih« re l« finoiht r
' •"■••i krn vilely a! u«r«
ill. -.IK. i (twi iii. Kltt (« -
iwl 4bd la( Hvr
• • •
in
yr:nnv a s .... ?.,cger beck
tier c> • 'Ai;ie. one hand going
up to t< uch ith ncredulous fin-
:t i^ the fault itdd h rr.ar* on her
' h.-i k« She • aw Km's face, uftiite
arid 'irk and ashamed.
"I'm *<irry, Su-an; that was un«
frirfl-.-tble," he said through
i' hed teeth. and ga\e Merry a
look that twined her heart.
"V. i sinnk me." whupered
S'l'.iri, as though shame cvulii
< • i f irtlK's depths. She locked
'•nil v. th «lav lung turror. and
iti.ly Mie vtu* hiking viOf
•ly tr.d screir m.i wildly. haU-
ha
at
t«
en
I Mvri
motiu
tier
I out
'i i
yv erwrc-i
h> stem,
her w it .
4 a
tfcere feeling as though the -a he:
woilrt had come apart around net
and «he were Sitting in the terri-
fying rubble, her breath strangled
by the dust of chaos.
Divorce!
Her mother and her fath "r'
Divorce!
B..t that ■ ' v' " •
l.ke her mi ther and latnet a.u.; t
get divorces!
• . .
CH? Sal ay tiwn so •
of r.er father of lean •. i: i
ijocd lock*. ol his superb sense • I
humor; of hu popularity in vie
to*n He was an important m. r
in bi.sintsc, head of a big manu-
facturing Arm that during the -car
had b<^n I aded down with i;uv-
eminent duties, when ne I
practically com'mned between
Washington and MaishaliviUe She
.ad always been innocently ana
frankly proud of him And now.
to find that he had'been all tan-
gled up witn anotliet woman—
tier Dad!
Why. it Just didn't mnke sense'
It was all * >me horrible mistake
She Mia shaking now. and when
the door behind her opened, she
whirled, unpleasantly -tartled
Kin stood there, looking at the
woman who lay asleep in the bit
bed where Merry had been born
"She U sleep till morning. M> r-
,w. (i.ght- rjr, Ur Smith said." Kin's voice
was low and very tired. "Come
, downstairs, chick. 1 want to t.ilk
hi-lei us Interval
i i* we-
ed.
mv deyest
)o -tbly m'ike
> -aid. and his
of teiidivne.-i.
she re-
u arc,
fp^m
■r, his
ether
•Well.
L-:e is
i! d laughter
i nevvr *«'u '
g:it and now
to you.
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and
! • 1 a> • n them, with ! Merry rose like a frightened.
■ K.n' touch, st ream- docile child and followed him
kiekin*. he and Merry doun li"rs >«** "lto lhr Uvine
. ro jin. Kin stood for a long n.o-
' "i ■" 'r « -t-**r- and t ut her to , ln { x ot the „ nre ,,
i . i k . , a h . _ #..^i . .
■ open
ling as Uioufih
• line gha.-tly
all tins inuitt be
nighUiuir* from
v>! ich lie would soon awaken, j
il tin Ji tot came and gave
.n ii £ s> d itivc.
airily sat Lt iile her. holding
• i iivu' ivity twitching l.and.
. tr.iim little M uthiiig murmurs of
' ind. ui.til Su. in &aiik into bleep.
Ami U.iii Merry ,Nent on slttlug
A/
By Roberta Courtland
III! a l oil % i life •ffrm* krlght
ml ix.iuulHi In •itlt««-)tBr-wM
>1 • ri t I ■riiiH. h,« ...r.l
!• I krnu,<> •• lb*
hull ■.IiimiI |«..*i l.r.ll Irnm Mbm
i.| iHSBrl.l lh., biriiMr furiual-
i. wh v*-a ■rtpp i h' * iN. h
arbM.1, Mrtry l« iljirtf Milk hiiii-
! tnr«M Shi ikii trey ««vn.n«
■ fer %, .ilk * lain M «lru ur Irim
b«M> Mr WAlhrp. ISMB, hM-
■vrlraUy i«IU >l ij that Ma.
M.rr>' a «Slya In.lltf, •
ll.-wi ifcal ikirr I* aMikrr
•mml rarrlM <•■. tM M
k itui lu kra. atlrmara*. Kla
inn •• viflaln i« Hrrry ah*r*
tfcr aarrlagr fallrai b* frlla kit
ul>..« i lua. -Ik* wikrr kiiimi"
—,n| ■ a# k-iini iwmiSa y Mfrrf
mil mrrl krr "Ilk H t*
hearth, his hands sunk deeply in
his poekets, his hand orne darl
brown head, in whi«\ there was
not a single thread of ttray hent
"I'd give my rigtit arm. Merry
it I could have spared vvj that
scene." he said at la-t !y 'I
didn't dream ttiat S ... .ild gi
to pieies "
"Is it tr.ie ni'' i
;ht it.r cii
it. I ! Ill
ness. tvould not te it
"Marry, Met. v.
child, h a can 1 pi
you understand"'" ne
voice was ar agor>
You're so yo.ng "
"I'm gainp on IT. Dad.
minded him th Stl.v
"Come to thuii. of it, yo
;ire".'t y ju""'
He nrtti her a little away
' im anil to >kt-d do .mi at h
t an t. Tie t r>t*a iv wii t' :
Then his voice quickened.
.ar^ins. n i>be after ill th
.on.e hope that you ran under-
stand H i just this. Merry: I've
been v, . v lonely these last years."
I' :z."\d <nd hurt, she pi tested.
"Bui. I'd M : er and 1 h ive
i vt n right here all the time.*
Mi* <::i le A<i> family wry.
"It< lily. *♦■• ' i. ■ ■ Imttt"'! 'It'it
Su-.m has alv.ayN been (ireucru-
laid with net domestic problems;
and you've been bu y growing up.
And -well, a • :>n % n t .t un-
derstanding companionship I've
asked Susan to take tups with
me. when 1 had to nuke them:
but -he aliA.iv-- in.inti-'i ■ mT that
the place u ' ilii .iii.i^ly fall spart
without her."
"And ••o > "ii fu • ! i ll ly
else to make trip., with you, D..d."
asked Merry.
, Kin t'.Jii i her cur i ly. in I
there was in unhappy qunic to
his clean-cut. good-looking mouth.
"Well, it ^,i-n't exactly that
k n't ..f 11f i pet." aid at
■ i t. "I. i I- nut t v, I ly ;i t! av-
eliiig c(>m pari ion to a lonely man.
S'i s a ratt.'-r wi.nderlul jar in.
Merry She is a widow She iv an
expert bUMne s wem.in: he has
l.i I ilileil n bit m politics; her
; Washington home i a nlaoe where
ill soit- of interesting people
leather. Oh. it's .so doggone r>ii'i
to make you understand what siio
is like but—well, chick, some da>
1 hope you will meet hei "
"Oh. no!" It wa. i little in-
vo Hilary cry of pain and shaji
distaste. "I'm sorry. Dad, bui I
■ouliln't "
(To Re f'ontiniiri!>
0 I.M kt NU SUVICl IMC
rrle-% **I'm
rtiuldk'l "
•urrv. Ua4, bmt ft
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J^lN st i: -.l his daughter f"r a
Inng mor ot'.t. nnd than he said
rjii: tly. "That is for you to dec.de,
chick, of course. You're pretty
young I love you very dearly
and I wat t to see you, but only
U you can fi rjrivc trie "
"I'm sorry. Dad, but I won't
ever be able to fbig«t your stiik-
ing Mother."
Kin put up 1 i hand, shielding
Ilia face for a moment, arid when
he took it do.-n. lie was amiling
a n irthk'ss. thin-lipped smile But
wh> n he :>pokc liu voica .ij. gen-
U«'. tired, afTm tionate.
"1 suppose not. chick I'd give
everything 1 p< scss if Uiat had
never happened. If only you
knew I.lva, you would understand
how I felt at hearing your mother
Call her such unspeakable things."
"A won an who wouki break up
a hon.o—" Merry began, and
stopped because she could not go
on in the face ot .(he look U*r
father gave her.
"ret, if you could Just under-
«t nd that Lissa had nothing to do
with the break-up of my mar-
i.igc," he said wearily. "1 met
ler two years ago. Your mother
— 1 couldn't
But I'm sure
you—"
"Tip said
wanted in. to
like you and I
•nd mother,
och ideal co it
VO|«-
to ti i
! and I had ceased to mean any-
j thing to each other long befor<
I that Lissa had nothing to do with
that It s only that in t.n i !..••
two years since 1 have come to
realise w!^t rri.rr' g? sho dd
mean, what it cah mean to Li-sa
and to me I have kuawn S.. -i. uccu .n-j
ai d 1 could not go on—" Her ' her tecii
young, taut face stopped turn and
he made a gesture of resig-
nation "Oh. well, why try to talk
it out now? Later perhaps whet,
you have got over the shock."
"1 won't ever gc over it. Dad "
"I had hoped that you__>V( ul 1
divide your time, at lea-i until
you marry."
"I'll never marry!" .
"Nonsense, Harry. You're bemn
silly and childish. You rt : «■!...■ -
ir.g as though there bad oevci
been a divorce before."
"There hasn't." Merry flashed
at hiin cruelly. "Not in our fam-
ily, not ln Tip s."
to mention
riwmory ot
CITE had net meant
Tip; but suddenly
hirn swirled over her and the des
olation she had thougi.t could not
deepen did.
"Tip?" Kin frowned, puzzled.
She tilted her pretty shining
1 cad and her young chin quiv-
ered But her voice was steady, if
husky, wlien she explained. "Tip
Kennedy. He's my dream-date
He gave me his ring." She held
out the little paw that was still
slightly grubby, the fingers
clenched tightly to hold in place
the large class ring on which the
light twinkled.
Kiri said, startled, "Engaged?
But. Merry, you're too young."
She nodded aoberly. "Oh. we
weren't going to be married until
after I'd finished high—not for
two more years. Only now I'll
have to give him back bis ring
and break up."
Fenny Staples would latch onto
Tip, of course, fenny, with her
pretty little face that was so like
a kitten's; Penny, with her preda-
tory ways that could not leave
acanese Diet
•V;r Over
.ove Making
TOKYO l e<. II i R| — Tl.
Iapun> .-> uiet v<>tt'<l te iaj to
niaii.l the- 11 .'iuiiutlr.n if I'teimer
i Shiftru V l iil.i twiau'i of
antoru-i 'hIvmii. I'iiialiet Mini- tl !
Saiw'oku l/.i,'iii\in; •I'a-lf ti two
' Vol." II ,1; t rt I lilx I white int. \i
at".! fttirr . ak n ine.
Mi llat uji Yaum bit.- <t if
' at U|" ir 111 ill. diet W'i'er* I
..Hi'1 i. 11 i;. el' ••n l'lir r I
iti' h' f ie Iini i it. laur nl
•i -t'*rilay •veiling • I i s othi-r av - i
li.-l'l VV.: Ml I I -hi MlltsU".
\> a r« idt <:' ihi "hanre
I• i.'i iv i i ■" i) *1, cahiri* "
|a/ -' til 1 i j. il n a a ilii t
mil' i'. A | • ■ I di.'t i. "i.on itte. ■
h id Im- i [ijiiir.viii >>y tli.it time
DisfurbcNice
(Continued from I'agr 11
l.ieut. I d I.
Beer Bottle May
Lead To Burglar
11.- jt arrext to poliei
and Sgt. K. 1.. Oiles.
I.ove was detained from 1 '■•> t"
1:4fi a. in. in the jail office iM-foie he
posteil a $2*1 cash bond, l.itth- was |
jailed from 1 :.HR to 2:M0 a. in. He 1
posted a $.'<U bond.
Officers said bet\\v<yi 12 and '
15 persons still were at tin Kocket
I'lub when they arrived. Tin poliei
complaint was signed by Walter
1.. Jolly, ah employe of the i'lub: '
Denny Beckner, band !>• d. r; ml
W. H. Smith, owner.
I'olire were told, they said, that
i after the midnight curfew, and
when the club was preparing I"
1 close for the liitrht. Little il'l
l.ovg look a bottle and vvi nt it 1
t'n> kitchen and continued On <■
iii.i . i'■ >\. '1 .. dee it
II. , lu.u a leisurely huiglai
dallied ihl'ougil a l' loeei v
In n a\ havi ph lit) ol time
hands, police said today.
The thief who entered
I Sri ice ry la^t night t.Mik some
change, several cartons of
letti's, :i bos of eigais ami several
drinking.
.h.lls said I told thein to leave,
aid \\,i> -h' Veil Ini'iiifll the kit
I'liefi il.'or liv l it! i .
Th. !• lice • d tin two officials
• ■i (iicm th y would lose their
ii- for makini; the artesl. The
i'lH i ...d tin piiir asserted thei -
■ iilit In "a shake-up at the city
II iiVi-i this."
t'
fr
hfi
l/.un-iv .ii.
or his iu-ti
iife h ui pro
d. .1 pit,
it j..), i.
• >ppo>itioi,
• ' make pn
'n l.ii !lt. ■ i
11« rt he t
go that h.
'.nt ,,fv'
Mi Ya
nitti, t.nl
o'ficial pi
ft til' le i' t
Kut. (:• ,.iii)
i .. .1 to
the w*
■t:-.
nse
hi-
' .i.ain by lii
iienV ae> nr.-
V e|'e l|ll il'k
i total of tit?#*
ida mi- ' iin.iii
• ti > onth
parth
-litial I
1.1 Y- -h
«.k iff;.
would n.l the j" vi'.-M
A woroan is as old as sha feels,
and this spiigatly lady feels
young At 101, Mrs. Mary Sil-
vcistein, ot Roxbury, Mass., still
cooks, sews, reads and cjeana
around the house. A great*
giandmother, sha recently
amazed doctors by completely
re., vertnc from a broken ankle.
Mi
.I'll; ; ( ..
hltn t >
that
>1 lute
sterdav
d a 'li-
the I
til
ev .nil
h. l . e
V ami
Wtr II :*|J tin- wait re S.-.PS.
I th Ml-ht le wa .(niU* 's.ld,"
Vlr \ -,i hit • .i■(!. "I . vehanir-
d t 1 o i up n| ikf I rii e \vl*n>i
' A ' bluet Vi" Mi 'lis*- i
e ■ ji in i;>. room il |liy.'ini i
.Irani with him,
"Th -n I . -.Iva '.a -at nest to
me and ui ',1' dill here, Jet V
it " III ( d i . 'iti■ tli
i on dor bv f"i e "
V -pokeless steering wheel has
| In i. . «>-ntiil by a Wisconsin man.
I'll. ti d int; column is neat the
t'l III "f III' win el instead of its
center, a . in conventional tj p. s.
t Id reporters that Izimiyama
"i ihl'i'd Ir i hiiiid. .Sh,. adiii-d l
did not want to make an is.-ue out
| of it.
I at r. !• there shouid tie I*, d fl
• lit'- 11i1111• it.- between con and
woiueii diet members but I do not
van" do anything lik>- vvnat Mrs
Yai iiita tlid-
"I think most men, afti r all. are
r
Th
nni
"I hi
hi
r a
em!
ii ie
a lie
. 11 he
ipi d h
In t 11
ii 1 not
t i. In- aid. l/iim1-
ii in . .( her.
hit o.y left click. I
■ i il ,' In ci ir.inurd.
hit t"J -eft .III i k. 1
- faci and ran away.
' !• that. I ti Id him h>-
h ui link .it a tn •• when
, "t<ier girls drearr-d ifen i|. ne;
Penny, who had been pursuing Tip
shamelessly.
"t)h Lotd." i uttered Kin arid
then pulled hun-cU together and
v id weaiily. "Im -orry. darlinc;
i ->il v dp -iitrier.
it 'I ij. really lov es
wo ike i
w I.isle
Upple.l.i
U. le
aid.
't gl
ntuiy
"w 11 r jou're
a li.ui n ab- u;
thii afternoon he
!•« naittrit. i and i>o
i tt itiri his d 1
i ' ' ■ i t Vpu were
les." Morry - smell.
".J ,iit set
ht tears.
i govern ii
about tie in
.lllli tile
Oil! "
"But in
.Irun! . n1 dot
u Ii things."
A.- eltlllg til.'|
for 'h' in.-oil "
.i d si, an. th
' •> t 11 it hi i ti ii i j f ir i lecti in
^particulariv "to jm hit the natioi'.-
vie ! er a*: iii-t til h iti,*ii a.-. Izumi-
vantc."
she d r led l'e|Ki|l- thr.t -he her- I
• il va- int. .V14-;;. ,1
Mis. Mat-in-, tli, o(|.i.r victim.
was
Mi
other
: i: i • i
Izumlv at
no reason
^ '"iia>l'.itn
l-l '.v on e.'l
Alex Kawlins A Sona
MONUMENTS
Over (3 Tears Service
Weatherford. Tezae
;i mm**i'
>! •♦ f
foUIKl
sum
tiii.i
AUTO JESTS by Pi+zer Motor Co.
LOSE SOMETHING?
i
Don't lose your ri put at ion and t.-tnpi
used eal f I "111 th. I'lT/LL -M'Tl'll
bllV a late model
Pitier motor lompoav
r XaiLe/t.-'ituiye/i. ,i
" )00 SALES A SCRvl CE rfit^ \
KVJ .t-• SINCLAIR PRODUCTS I
^ 8ViCKEHJflD6E, TEXAS
with a leaky,
clogged, worn-out
muffler
Besides being dangerous, a
badly Morn or deiectiva n-
haunt nili'm on vour autonio>
bill* cut* down aniiira aliiciaocy
and tail waatv pieclout t;as.
GET A NEW
FORD MUFFLER
Let ua Inspect emir muffiae
and. if needed, inst ill a new
one. Then your rthauit «vitem
will be ufe4tid pa«s«nK.-rs will
be protaeted from UuMgiaaabl*
fumaa and odura.
QUIETER—SAFER
A n«w mufDer will rnnke your
car much quielrr, much
to drive — will udd to your
motoring pUasuio.
MORE POWER
In a cloi;ge.1 inuffler, back pras-
autaa can f>rvatly cut dowa
atiKina affiriency. Don't take
chanc«« with a defective muf-
fler wasting your angina's
power Bo sure, be safal Gat
a free mufller inspection today.
If you need a new one, insist
on a Genuine Ford muttlex.
DANIEL MOTOR
COMPANY
101 E. Walker Ph. 165
JyIN w: ilent to:- a while, and
then he S't up nnd -aaie over
to her uiid put his hatkl gently on
her bowed, shining bead. These
w.i- for Merry, even in that niu-
n i nt. a shred of comfort in her
father's touch She had at..ays
loved him sc deeply; ana now she
wr Icaininc a bitter truth she
houl 1 have been soand until she
was older, which i<- that only th i-e
U't live tan deal us irrevocable
hurts.
'"I have to n ; l:e the midnight
plane for W.i hington. pet." said
Kin at la-t "I 11 have to be leav-
ing. It's a three-hour d.ive to the
Atl. nta airport I've m. dc ail ar-
ran.'ementl wiUi Jell Liivoe.
IK'II Ret in toueh '.vith Sti ..n and
attend to everyth i i; I've taken
care of all financial arrangements.
You won't have to el infit your
way of living. 1 mean there'll be
plenty for t retties and such."
Merry hardened her voice and
her heart against his plea and ^iid
stiffly, "Thank yuu. F thcr."
lie hesitated a moment. Ki'e
had seldom called hut. that, only
in the very Infrequent n ■ ent in
tl.i ir close and loving rt-I.it unship
when she had been angry with
him Hut he knew tli;.t she. like
Susan, was in no shape for argu-
ment. And so he only bent, ki sed
the top of her head and went out.
A little later, still sitting there,
huddled in her chair like a small,
desperately frightened animal, she
heard the sound of his car, and
when she thought that she might
never again hear that sound, or
his touch, or his voice—it was like
small sharp knives dicing deep
into her heart. ...
(To Be Continued)
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G-l-F-T-S
Watches, Litrhters. Minus.
Novelly Jew elry. M a n y
siiilahle Xm.ts
Try Our Lay-A-Way
—Visit—
HILL MOUSE
Palace Drug
And Jewelry
Nest
116 K. Walker
T<r National Theatre.
iiniigaiiivilit a. the flower of the Target i-tithusiaats soon may be
I ■ 1. liiatide Valley, comes _ able to obtain a bullet that titans'
m many coli t s Hurirg winter the bore of a rifla fouled by ordi-1
no,nth? driveways, hedges and nary ammunition. The bullet is |
ha • of the area are aflame with made of a powerful iiirtal and an
In-' bru'ht red. purple, pink or i abrasive, according to the National
r >!*•• of th>- floveer. 11'atent Cuuncil.
8QC\0®n
Duck Smmd
Nor. 12 To Dec. 16
Door Season
Nov. 16 To Dec. 31
QuaM Season
Doc. 1 To Ian. It
FOR BIG VALUES IN GUNS
AMMUNITION ft HUNTING
surruB
Ewing-GhristiM Hardware Co.
Ml W. WaBusr
Phone 139
NOW OPEN
PARK-IN-GROCERY
(>|M ti i .t'l' H\i iuiik-s atnl Sundays. (Irncorii'.- Meat —
Notions ami Iirtitrs. < Ktti buildin)f next t« Bret'k. Steam
l.auntirv) •
In; i
East Walker Ptione
Sirs. Paul AbraniMin—Own r St 0|H>rat«r
Hm-kt'tn idjre, IV .as
1393
f
ANIV.
DANCE
We Stwrialize In
Steaks Ami Sandwiches
NO TOVER CHARtJE EXCEIT SATURDAY
SYLVAN CLIB
One Mile West of Square on Highway 80
EaHt|and, Texas
Prop.—Pete Thoes .Waitresses -l.ois & Hilda TIari)ool
For Sale-Real Estate-Wan ted To Buy-Lost
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Hall, Charlie. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 275, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 14, 1948, newspaper, December 14, 1948; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth133328/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.