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(A STOHY OF THE "EIGHTIES")
SYNOPSIS OF FIRST CHAPTER
J ark Connor, Omniflw Pel#, and Tom Kaiftman leave the Bee
N* tfcloon Ml Fort Griffin, for the Flying V ranch Tom has hi
y taken too much of the Bee Hive's "honey," for the first time in
month* Pete charge* this to certain little girl* hv the Half Moon
•heep ranch, when Tom fails to make hi* usual Sunday trip to *ei
the «irl. Andrew Burton, the proprietor of the Hall Moon, tie ins
cordially hated by nome of the cattlemen, .lack decide* to ace Burton
fcaforc ntakinp up hit. mind for 01 h(thirixi him The next evening he
ami. Caroline Burton, for thi firm time, a.- sh< comes in with her
VMher'n sheep The young man help* the girl corral the sheep, talks
With her for awhile, and t* then invited to spend the night at tin Half
W«en Mr. Rtfiton nnd his Irish harder, J n nnr M« rmiH'-ti, jpol in
Fort Griffin Juki in tirnr foi wppcr.
1 tor a moment in the kitcbm; hut he had tirt hear/I Andrrw fiiirtnn'*
whispered question •
"W hat ahout th. young fellow he had a*kc4 VIrs Stanton.
"I think that you ran trust him," he had answered aimply,
Th< throe men filled thi it pipe* and iniokMl, a* the.y talked of the
condition of live stock, the grami, ami the markets. Then they spoke
of the railroads, of t"m coming of thi- farrnet to the wentrrn range,
and of the m * town* springing up along the new steel roads.
"I supposi that you arc a cowman," suggested Andrew Burton, at
length, looking a hit sharply at Jack.
"Yea, a common puncher at the Flying V," Jack replied 1 had to
go down h\ the Circle A and the Bell place and, from there, 1 name
hy the .1 bar B and on here."
The young man noticed the exchange of glance* between th«- sheep
man and hi* herder, when hi mentioned the Flying V, but he politely
ignored the Incident
ou see," he went on, "IVe been wanting to ace you and 1 hap-
pened to drop in just as Miss Caroline was coming in with the sheep.
Shi wa-- nice enough to ask nir to stay, just a* if s'ne plumb meant 1 ;
so I wi ll I'm here."
Andrew Burton smiled. He knew men and he knew that when his
littii Caroline asked a young man, as if she "plumh meant it," to ac-
cept the hospitality of his root and his table, the young man would
probably accept the invitation. Yet Caroline had nevot made the
inistaki of inviting a guest unwanted hy himself or Mrs Stanton.
"When my girl Invites anyom to partaki of our poor fari , 'ne is in
vited lis all of us," hi replied "You are indeed welcome. We will
have to offet you a bed with Jimmie tonight, there in the little room
off the porch, but you will find .limmn to he a clean decent fellow
and you look to he the same How about it, .limmic?"
"Sure, an' It'* all roight, I'l be aflhcr sayiii'," .limmii responded
aroun' ahow which way the wind'* hlowin,' which if wiy * >
hem' her* tonight. I wanted to mnnwri you and see whether to b.
your friend or let yon alone I'd like to be year friefid.
"You know people oat herr don't art on ihe fence much; t'ney tak.
one side or the other, of an ifwwe, and then fight it out, prct'y
pronN*."
"Yon don't at raddle community at public issues., then"'
"No; 1 don't atraddli anything hut a boss. If a community issm
is big enough to notice, ) generally listen awhile an' keep kinder muan
till it's time to play my hand 1 don't driak or gamble ot h*n .
around th. dance halla, eo 1 aint very apt to loae my head I'm **■'
boasting; I'm just explaining my way of tendin' to my own humnc**
and boin' a neighbor, too."
"Suppose you fount* -or thought you had found me in tm
wrong?"
"Then I'd quit supporting you, hut 1 wouldn't go 'round tellin lie*
on you any more than 1 would on Overboil or anybody elae. If you
don't make aome mistaken, it'll be queer, anyway, but I'm countin
on you for the square deal. If I'm fooled in you on firtft sight, I'm
danged badly fooled; that'* all."
"Then you think 1 am treating the rang* about .me light""
"As far as 1 can see. You're not spoiling any mov< of it than it
take* foT your sheep, 1 reckon. Seems to me you're gTa'/.ing on pre'
ty close space."
"You are only the second man who has said that to me,"
"S'he other is ?"
"Jeff Barbee.""
"I'd 'nave guessed that Vncle George Bell will probably say ihe
.-ami thing, when he talks at all. Some of the cowmen are sore as
nick hears. It seem* that about three years ago, jus1 hi for I oanrc
out here, thi \ went 'round an' 'round w ilh a aheepman. * -m-din .*
Ik 11%
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The public
company wa* the
possible the ei
•ervice to small
comparable to tin
ed in great citm,
tion and diatr
like mans pro<tw** * )
Hon in any other
greatly im-reaae4
onrty, siandardiaati®*
and possihilitie* far
and progre**. Now
utility investment co
ing for the farm wNR
the small town.
Today hundred* *f
of farms enjoy the
unlimited, reasonal
1ric power. A sirt(fVe
vestment company,
a group of separate
pan lea, is f timishing
CMAPTF* II
THF IN1HUDFR
"T>Hd<ly," said thi girl, "this is Mr. .lack Contiot And this n M
HeFiwideti, Mr. Connor." The men excanged greeting
"Come to supper," commanded the gni, n> soon as tin men "had
taken turns with the tin wash pan She led the wu\ through tin liv
Ing room to where the evening fiieal wu vnitlpg ^t the tiilile 'til
ItOWed their heads.
"We thank Thee, Heavenh Father, for thi food w. iippl} i
t/i our bodily need*, may W'e aleo apply out heart to Tin i'vi
Amen." This over, Andrew Burton pu i d In rue t a i - •< ,
of roast mutton.
"Help yourself," he said cordially. 'i have become westi
With the westerners and we want our guest to feel entirely at ho
With us."
During the meal, Jack glanced across at Grandma Stanton sevt i
times. He Iwd not seen her fact well, if tin twilight, when In !'
met her. By the lamp light she w s, in tlu words ot her admin
•on-in-law, certainly "bonny enough." Sin hail n remarkable in
True, the "crow's feet" wen gathering near hei temples and t'n
Wrinkles were deepening about her mouth; but her eye and her !n
Mid little of her sixty years and nothing at all Unit betokened har l
nes* or bitterni-as. Her hair was nearly all silver, only a raven line,
hare and there, betraying It* original color. Her eyes were a soft
lustrous brown, like Caroline's.
^Supper over, the men repaired to the living room. A lamp wa* set
«nwt home-made pine center table and they gathered about it. Jack
had noticed that Jimmie led the way and that his host Iwd tarried,
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Jm. H. SMwirk
W. Graham Webb, Jr.
I Ik AHmy Aknct Ct, he.
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A complete and thoroughly modern plant equipped to render
•Xpert nerviee on all lands and town lot* in this County.
A Clear Title Makes A Quick Sale
%Jewel Pool, Manager
OFFICES
Albany Nat'l. Bank Bidg. County Court Houir
A ALBANY, TEXAS
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The one hundred and ninety-ninth
anniversary of Washington's birth fall-
ing on Sunday, this bank will observe
the following Monday, Februaiy 23rd
as a
prompt )\, "perviiieit tin gmtteman rah "tiuitifl mi m~i n
So saying, Jimmii knocked the ashes from his pipe and quietly took
himself from thi room.
"Push trie around till ye find plinty of room on tin top side av th
bed fot yersilf, me hV whin ye git reads to turn in," he remarked,
as he was closing thi front door behind him,
Jack - opportunity to talk with Andrew Button Imd conn
"You think my visit is rather strange?" he questioned.
' "Well, yes, rather," tin owner of tin Half Moon replied.
"1 t'nink I can trust you, Mr. Burton."
"Trust me. What can you truet me w ith?"
"Anything thut one gentleman would wnnJ to trust anothei one
with."
"That is putting it a littii strong, nee you nevei saw m< until less
than two houn ago. Why cun you trust tm ?"
"1 can hardly answer that, mnixv than to any that there is that
something about you and your family that makes n fellow think thi!
there is nothing either yellow ot black aliout an\ ol you. I helie\
in the square detil and I should 11k■ for you to feel that I urn tliiit
sort myself."
Foi iin answer the lug Scotch Irishman passed his hand aero*- th
ta hie to t he COW bo > .
"I shall try to not disappoint you, young man," he said; "however,
you realize my position in tin* community as h sheepman. I hardly
think rh«1 Isorn Overboil sent you here."
"No, «nd to be frank with you, Overboil will tievet send a man
like me over here. I am worth just so much to him as a cow-puncher
and no more. If I ever act in a side-show, it'll In my own show and
run for legitimate reasons. It is because you atv a *hecpman that I
came over here tonight. You know thiit most of the cattlemen have
got it in for you because you run sheep. Maybe 1 hold thi sheep
against you, in 11 way, but you are entitled to a square deal and some
folks I know intend to see to it that you don't get it. You've got one
! of the best locations and one of the prettiest hunches of sheep in th,-
I.country. This piece of land that you've just fenced, wa* watched hy
a cattleman, when it was off the market, fot three years. You beat
him, with your filing, less than two hours; so now lie's sore at you on
' two count*. And I'm not peddling secrets entrusted to me, either; I
| am only telling you what I should want you to tell me, if we were in
1 each other's places."
Carolint came into the room. Jack promptly smothered his pip.'.
"1 don't mind the smoke," she said smilingly.
"Two pipe?: are enough for one evening, anyway," he said.
"Good-night, Daddy," said the girl, as she stood behind him. "An'
listen, Daddy, see that old carbine up there? well, after thi*, when
you go to Albany or Griffin ot Baird, you arc going to take thiit w ith
you. loaded plumh full."
"What for lass?"
"To kill snakes with."
"What kind of snakes?"
"Walkin' copper-head*, that wear clothes an' tote puns Mr. Con
fior says they're htingin' 'round, just like I'vi been tellin' you, only I
didn't exactly call them 'copper-heads,' you know. Daddy, I'm thinkin'
they'd liki awful well to bite a sheepman."
For answei tin man drew his daughter nearer to his side, drew
down her head, and kissed her.
"I guess you mid the lassie have it down ubout right, Mr. Connor,"
j lie said, as Caroline tripped away to the room she shared with her
grandmother; "hut it is really ununual for any sort of cattleman to
take the interest in sheepman that you have shown in me. 1 should
I never have expected it., especially from one of Isom Overholt's men."
The speaker wa* looking quizicallj at thi younger man. Jack
j laughed.
"If Mr. Overboil owned any more of me than the hours 1 spend in
| his service," he returned, "I certainly could not afford to take this
j interest in you. As it is, 1 at least own my own mind and I don't
have to ask my boa* to help me make it up. I'd hate to live in a
I countrj where I didn't dare take any interest in anybody that sonn
bunch of would-be bosses wanted to make a target of for slander^-
Ol bullets. Maybi I'm too quick to get sorry for the 'under dog' as
the saying goes, but I'm built a little that way, an', when 1 find thi
fellow they're tryin' to put on thi under side is clean 1 prefer the
' clean side; that's nil -and darn the cost. The straw? they're droppin'
to the tale, 1 hi \ killef! This sheep anT he killed their cattle
he and be herder an' two cattlemen were found dead an' Ihe grand
jiirv nevei could get head nor tail of it. Some think it wie « danged
dirty mess, with a lot of contrary foolishness oti both sides. Anyway,
a 1 w hard boiled one* would like to see yon end up thi slim: way
"\o doubt," said Atidriw Burton "Vow I shall explain bow 1
came to hi here with sheep. Some year* ago, a very close friend
of mine borrowed sonn money from me several thousand dollars.
He invested in sheep. Good years came far between, so he could not
repay me. Four years ago my wif< died, after a long illness. I wa'
left most pennile. s Fot the first time. I asked my friend for mon
ey. Hi could not pay me at once, but he offered to dispose of he
ranch, sheep, and nil. at a price that had been tendered him, and turn
the proceeds aver to me. This would have repaid nn , with about si\
per cent inti rest added; but the sacrifice seemed to me too great. 1
offered a •compromise. I would take half his outfit., divide my few
cow with him and wi would duidi the cash proceeds from hi? lati.'l.
Hi accepted rny (dan promptly, whereupon Wi both drove out stock
into tin Palo T'iWo hill* and staid there for about 1'nrei years. \
yiiit ago In moved over near old Fort Phantom Hill nnd, ti little In!' r,
I came here, moving my sheep li«e« than six months ago. The pro-
pects an good for this becoming a very warm climati for the sheep-
man.
"A few times, already, 1 have been tempted to give up the sheep
on account of Caroline and Mother Stanton; but, to give up to >t
bully, simply because he has a rayuse, a quirt, and a gun VKVKTi'"
"I'm with you," said Jack. "1 reckon I'd tell 'em to tend to their
own (logics or go a-'nellin' some other way."
(To be continued)
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■ *ht toww wnrwi i LIV* it-* TOW*
How A Housekeeper Earned S1600
THIS HOWARD COUNTY WOMAN CONSIDERS
SHF. IS ONLY DOING HF.R DUTY
1 'i'i.TV, I"'*1*1 .'ina II until
more than fin.Oftf) farm* ill '
states The farmer
placed wasieful *nitw l
with economical machine
and whofi home is ok
lighted and equipped in the
beneficiary of large scale <
cal development.
Thi industrial age w*M 1
suit of the apnlication of i
ia-k> lhat w*r*tI
dom laboriously hy hUmi.
great progress imd imj
ing standard- i f Ihe VMMr
lowed. So, now, is a(
progressing. I .leetrkity,
with good roads, 11 W-nhMW^
the spread ot f: ctorio* to
town*, n swiftly putting the
alisi on thi same basis as hw i
cousin.
NOTICE After December l«,j
1 will he in the market far :
turkey*. See me before •eH S
r r Brrr «*«<H
LEGAL HOLIDAY
and will not be open for business
on thai date.
PAIRJ"
FOR,
ALBANY
BEST VALUE-LONG WERR"|
QUALITY UNCHANCEE
Fdit-ionrd-Nfwes+ Shades
wrir.ht
BMIt£unTan, Mode SBfelc
Brown. EWsct
BANK
"On The Comer
dirt:.
Y MA1LTD YD1I
\Y POSTAdL
S\ZZ ScCCLOT?
DOLLAR SILK hCSiLRY MILLS
BONETT B L'D"C. WI I.KES-BAREQ3L
A woman who ran earn $lfilf>.K7 as a .side line, without spending :
cent on overhead has a message for the world.
Mrs. ,1. W. Woolen of the Fairview community, of Howard county,
has figured that her garden (during la^1 summer's drouth), her caws.
and her chickens netted her that much in l!lSft.
This job of looking after the profit yielding departments of her
home did not interfere with her other duties as wife, mother and
housekeeper for a family of seven and the school teacher.
Mrs. Wooten can tell her own story better than onyonc else can. !
Here ft if. in her own words: t
"When I first started my pantry work (she has a pantry filled with]
the best things to eat you ever saw go into a ec'nool-limcti basket I, 1 ]
planned my garden so as to have different varities always in se.nson, .
thinking it would surely rain.
"We had only a shower. l!ut some things came up and did fairly
well, without rain, such as pea*, okra, cream peas and cucumbers i:
the spring. Ijiter in the fall we had cantaloupes, watermelon, com
beans, equash and pumpkin.
"This fall I planted 25 cents worth of pinto beans tha! have made i
a good profit. The first picking 1 got 213 pounds canned; yet only
a few hills came up.
EVERYTHING GROWN ON FARM
"Everything I have canned 'nas been raised or. our farm. 1 find
the garden valuable from the standpoint of vitamines that will keep
the family healthy in non-growing seasons.
"With the canned goods 1 have ali-o my meals already planned and
they are eas-y to fix.
"We have more than 200 chickens on hand and have eaten chicken
almost every day.
"My week's average for milk wa* four gallons used and six pounds
of butter.
"During the winter 1 cured !'00 pounds of pork, canned one bet f
and made 30 gallons of lard and 22fi pounds of soap.
"We milked eight cows on an average of 10 months in the year.
The milk products, in addition to those from the chickens and vege-
tables which 1 have sold, have paid all the expenses of the household,
such as groceries and dry goods and gas ; some expense? of the car
and truck, and all bills for the chickens and cows.
ENJOYS BOOKKEEPING
"1 get great pleasure in keeping books, showing that 1 have done
my part in taking care of the home.
"My total in sales for the year, itemized, as follows: flutter
$431.Ik: egg^ $2113.20: chicken*. $151.41 { turkeys, $43.2k; vege-
tables, $102.50. This amount* to 1023.57.
"Thi vegetables 1 sold included black-eyed peas, $23; okra, $11;
cantaloupes, etc.. $72, and all this was in addition to what we gave
out neighbors, who had none, and what we ate (which was more than
, we soldi and what we canned. W< canned more than $300 worth of i
vegetables alone.
"All these vegetables were grown on nen-irrigated land, with the
exception of the tomatoes and peppers, which were grown in the yard !
under irrigation.
"The total amount of canned products, including meat, soap, lard. !
eti .. amounted to $">!l2.f>0."
Itemized, the canned goods was, as follow*:
l.eafy vegetables: I leans. 00 quarts: kraut, 2 quarts.; greens, 12
u.-.r;-: pen-,, i ;,o quarts: vi-getahli soup, 120 quarts; beets, 8 quarts;!
Homer T. Bouldin
A ttorney-at-Law
ALBANY NATIONAL
T:.ANK BUILDING
ALBANY, TEXAS
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J.J.Hindimi
Physician & SurfeoM
Office ow AHwh; Nat] Bi
PkbM 9?
OR. D. C. McCORD
DENTIST
X-R&y Diagnosis
Phone 80
Albany,
ALBANY LODGE
No. 6461.0.0. F.
7:30 WeWk
*J] Member* Urged to he
Vi«itor Welcome
'ERRY FITE, N. G.
GEO. W. KIKES* Secretary
Ok I'll,
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qua it s • s, in), 2
key
"uajT*; •?*•••<•> potatoes. In (|u«rir~
I'ickels and relishes: Cucumber relish, 6 quarts; torn relish, 14
quurts; chow chow. 27 quarts: butter pickels, 40 quarts; cucumber
pickles, 35 quarts; tomato pickels, 27 quarts; preserves and jellies. 5f)
quart*.
Tomatoes. 24 quart#; mincemeat, 10 quarts.
Meats: Steak, 14 quart.-: roast, 24 quarts; chili. 20 quarts: beef- t
steak, 2 quarts: chicken, !i quarts
Fruits: T'lums, Kf> quarts; apples, 15 cuart-: peaches, 20 quarts.
Miscellaneous: Dried peas : ml beans, 308 pound*; soap, 225
pounds; lard, 3(1 gallons; cured meats, i«00 po inds.—Rig Spring Her-!
Albany Lodge No 482
■ A. F. * A. M.
Stated Meeting Friday Njgtat Jjj
on or before full moon.
3. 0. HYDE, W. *. 1
G. B. KING, Scatter
G. B. KING
PHONE 532
ALBANY, TEXAS
.01 Albany Natl.
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