Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1916 Page: 5 of 8
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DR. J. C. McGREGOR
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
Office Phone 66
Residence Phone 119
All Calls Answered Promptly.
Dr. 6. F. Eckhardt
DENTIST
Office Houre 9-6
Upstairs Opera House Bldg.
Phones: Office 22, Res. 83.
CALDWELL, TEXAS
T. H. Brewer L. W. Henslee
I'hunc
IMione A
Brewer & Henslee
Reliable Transfer Line
Phone 49 or 6.
All Kinds of Heavy Hauling.
Caldwell, Texas.
J. B. Honeycut
PHYSICIAN
Office in 3 to tie & Hitchcock
Drug Store. Culls answer-
promptlv day or niyht.
l> iy phone 82. night phone
Caldwell, Texas
DR. R. J. SAVAGE,
DENTIST
Office Up-stairs Next to
Post Office
Phone No. 44.
Monuments
( heve the agency of the Bren*
A ham Marble Works and have h
nice line of sample books for
you to select from. If vou want
to buy a monument drop me u
oaru and I will rail to «« e you
See me if you an* in the
market for Iron Fencing for
cemetery or residence lots.
VASOR IN IX
J. F. McIVER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Abetractor and Notary Public
Office Upstairs In
COURT HOUSE
COZY BARBER SHOP
Louis Heine. Owner
Emmet White, Mgr.
First Clsss Barber Work
By Skilled Workmen.
Hot end Cold Baths
Courteous Trentment To All.
Your Patronage Appreciated.
M. Weiderhold
The Hide Buyer
From now on I will hsve TOP
Market Prices on HIDES.
See me before you sell.
Caldwell, Texas.
The Test
By MAY RIDPATH
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(Copyright, 1810, by W. O. Chapman.)
"Gentlemen," spoke Robert ' Dale,
arising at the table where his tuun
guests had Just finished their cigars
after the ladles had retired from the
room, "I am going to announce that
this in the last social function where
wo may meet under present pleasant
conditions. I am going to give up
this house tomorrow and remove to
more humble quarters "
There was a dead silence. There
was not a person in view who had not
for several days past heard rumors of
a great money loss for the supposedly
wealthy owner of the splendid man
sion that now harbored them. Could
it be possible that there was a tangi
ble foundation to these current ru-
mors. The Interested group soon
knew, for Mr Dale continued:
"I will remove tomorrow Into the
more humble and appropriate garden
er's house. You will all be welcome
in our more modest quarters, just as
you have been here "
Then, the bland, courteous host as
ever, Mr. Dale motioned th'-m in the
direction of the drawing rooms.
"Ruined!"
"J heard he was speculating in war
brides'
"Too bad for the expectations of
that amiable son of his. Vance Dale!"
1 hese and like remarks began to go
the rounds yf the guests. Many left
early Some neglected even to ae
knowledge the compliment o i their in
vitfttion. Apd when they were all de
parted Mr Dale walked over to hi-
atal wart, handsome son and clasped
W
"! Shall Always Be Your Friend."
his hniid, as though there was sonif
understood bargain between them, and
winked and even chuckled with lu-
dierous solemnity
"And now. young man, to shoulder
the stately forest ax and work for a
living' he said.
The town was agog the next morn-
ing as Vance Dale, wearing a hickory
shirt and bearing an ax over his sturdy
shoulder, started to work." Mr 1'ali
owned a pasture lot, at one end cov
«•red by a (hick grove of trees. These
were to !><• saeritii < d for their value as
fuel
Shades were raised, curtains were
drawn aside, doors were opened a
t rack. Feminine Warehaui stared and
marveled The fastidious, cultured,
luxury-reared Vance was compelled to
work like a common laborer! The
I ta!"* had become poor! They were
no longer the society leaders of the
jilnce' The cold shoulder of the
world was voted.
There were three houses that Dale
passed which were of peculiar inter
to him Since he had come bad.
from college no h d been attracted by
three young ladles of the town. Hi>
ither encourug.-d him m preparing
the way to choo;«> a wife Run ice \\ it
l urd was the m<>st graceful, or rather
majestic, young iady in the place. She
had seemed to him the Ule; 1 >f w ,
¡. uhood As he ntured her he ne Va:
<aw her coming down the str< t SV
noticed him. pan "d and quickly re-
turned to the hoiisit
"A <"ut. a snub rather bitterly so
lltoquizcd Vance. \r ri 'ht i' thei
said she was a fnir-weai.lier fri• id
lis face grew brighter as he <mwv|
towards the home ot Kitty Darl .it
She was a sweet, kittenish pie. i ol
humanity. She came bounding out to
tli.- rustic Kate, piquant and eager,
his henrt warmed towards her.
i >h. dear 11 Viiiic she prattled
"1 nave cried half the night over th<j
¡great misfortune ot your poverty that
has come to you, Hut i shall always
| be your friend, for it was you who In-
i traduced me to dear Aleck Wayne,
' and we became engaged last night.
"I'm!" almost growled Dalo, as he
went his way "1 don't seem to have
I impressed ladles as I fancied. As to
Helena Wayne," and oe glanced at the
great show place of Wareham, "of
course I am clear out of her set now.'
The Waynes, ae he knew, were out
of town, but when they heard of the
Dale descent in the social scale ot
course they would Join the selfish
time-serving majority. Vance felt
pretty bitter at be thought of all pis
trio ot charmere. He had aspired
most to stately, but warm-hearted,
Helena
"I must put her out of my mind, he
ruminated, ' although be thought of
her in a solace."
The peerless Helena floated in Im-
agery before ulm all that day. It was
a strenuous one. He came home at
night with blistered hands and lame
and strained muscles, nut, oh, how he
ate aud slept! His soul awoke as he
learned early next morning that the
Waynes nad returned. His heart gave
a great bound as at quitting time that
afternoon he threw aside his ax. His
hands were a sight, raw and bruised,
a jog had rolled over his foot and he
was quite lame, .lust as be gained
the road an automobile whizzed up.
Helena Wayne was driving the ma-
chine.
"For you!" she cried in happy, al-
most jolly tones, pointing to the lux-
uriously cushioned rear seat. "Shall
I betray my real interest in a good
iriend and confess that I drove out in
the hopes of giving you a lift, for I
have heard terrible stories of your
martyrdom," and she glanced pitying-
ly at the scratched, swollen hands.
He wondered, as she drove to the
post office, if she was not just showing
the people of the town that she was
not a bit ashamed of acquaintance-
ship with a man wearing a hickory
shirt and earning his bread by the
sweat of his brow.
The removal from the big house to
the little one had been effected. It
was wonderful how accommodatingly
the harmonious three accepted the
vast "change in their fortunes." Mrs
Dalo smiled quietly, her husband went
about chuckling serenely to himself,
v anee called everything snug and com-
fortable.
And, lo and behold! Just as dusk
pet in Helena, who had so accommo-
datingly and proudly driven Vance
home, appeared with her father. Evi-
dently the interested maiden had ad-
vised Mr. Wayne of the frightful con
dition of the hands of the novice ax
man. arid her father, at one time a
doctor, had brought a lotion that
would give the sufferer eaBe
"They're true blue." observed Mr.
Dale, after the Waynes had gone, and
a great glow of .comfort settled down
in the heart of the longing Vance.
It diffused still more intensely as. the
second day after that, Míbs Wayne
appeared at the old pasture lot armed
with easel and artist outfit.
"I want to make a sketch of the old
timber before you devastate the land
scape," she explained to Vance, and
he found for her a comfortable shaded
spot and did little tree choppiug that
morning.
There was a gloomy day or two for
the woodchopper. Then sunshine
and happiness were his lot again, for
Miss Wayne appeared, intent on an-
other sketch. She had brought ber
lunch He. as well, his own. They
put them together and Vance was on
the verge of delirious bliss.
Miss Eunice Willard heard of the
"goings on" up at the pasture lot and
snubbed Helena as she had Vance.
Little Kitty Darling clapped her hands
when, a month later, the rumor be-
came current that Helena and Vance
were engaged.
Then one day the gossips were
amazed to observe, that the Dales
were moving back into the old house,
and Helena stared broadly as Vance,
instead of attending his woodcraft
duties, appeared at her home with a
new eight-cylinder car
"Why," she said, wonderingly, "Your
work and the charming log cabin we
are to build—"
"All Action'" cried Vance "Father
insisted on a test and you're the one
who met it. you dear, darling, chari-
table, pitying "
She stopped his eulogisms with a
kiss of true love and content.
II
It Always Helps
says Mrs. Sylvanla Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky., In
writing of ber experience with Cardui, the woman's
tonic. She says further: "Before 1 began to use
Cardui, my back and head would hurt so bad, I
-thought the pain would kill me. 1 was hardly able
to do any of my^housework. After taking three bottles
of Cardui, 1 began to feel like a new woman. 1 soon
gained 35 pounds, and now, 1 do ?11 my housework,
as well as run a big water mill.
1 wish evtry suffering woman would give
CARDUI
The Woman's Tonic
a "trial. Í still use Cardui when I feel a little bad,
and it always does ine good."
Headache, backache, side ache, nervousness,
tired, worn-out feelings, etc., are sure signs of woman-
ly trouble. Signs that you need Cardui, the woman's
tonic. You cannot make a mistake in trying Cardui
for your trouble. It has been helping weak, ailing
women for more than fifty years.
Get a Bottle Today!
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The Instrument of the World's Greatest Artists
With the New Nay Records.
Call to see and hear them when you go shopping again.
We also have Everything in Furniture
and Undertaking.
Caldwell Furniture Co.
UNDERTAKERS AND ENBALMERS
Day Phone 113 Night Phone 28 or 124
lifl? still have a full stock oí OATS,
WL H AY, CORN, CHOPS, BRAN
i I Cotton Seek Meal, Fltc.
Also will have a full supply of Garden Seed, Cane,
; Seed, all kinds of Seed Corn.* Cotton Seed, Etc.
Maize Heads on Hand at All Times.
Everything Sold Strictly for CASH.
L. Weir Matthews
Phone
No 33
11 lii III
Polite Literature.
When "A History of New York," hy
Washington Irving. appeared in the
Christ mas season of ISO!*, it made a
tremendous sensation, according to
Hamilton Wright MaMe. It was greet-
ed with a rhorus of laughter or with
shouts of denunciation.
To satirize the Dutch families of
that time was to lay an tnworont
hand on the social ark; and a decade
later a distinguished citizen of Dutch
descent described It as a toss car-
icature." while Scott win'te to Henry
Urcvoort that he had been reading It.
aloud to Mrs. Scott and two ladies
who were guests, and 'our sides have
been absolutely sore with laughter.'
It was not a great work, but it was
the beginning of what used to lie
i called "polite literature" in this coun-
try.
¡ From the hour of its publication
j American books began to be read
abroad, and the literary idea and at-
mosphere found s home in the new
( world.
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Rankin, W. W. Burleson County Ledger and News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1916, newspaper, June 2, 1916; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168973/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.