The Wheeler County Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1925 Page: 3 of 8
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Shamrock, Wheeler County, Tmbb
THE WHEELER COUNTY TEXAN
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ROBERT STEAD
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WNU Service
Copyright by Robert Stood
(Continued from Page Two)
cbumi end one of the whitest men be-
yond the Red river and the Ruckles -
and beyond. And as for you, you old
■on-of-a-gun," punching me In the ribs,
“If there are two angels In the world
today one of them Is .lean bane."
Although the storm still raged day
light now struggled through the wind
awept screen of snow, and there wa-
nt, great danger In muklng the short
trip from Twenty-two to fourteen
Jack confessed that MutJorle was un
aasy for me so I went home very soon
after his arrival.
Marjorie flew Into my arms as I
opened the door “I was so frightened
Frank, so frightened,'" she Whispered
la half sobs. "I didn't know It was
going to he such u storm. I was at
aiost sure you'd conic back unci when
[you didn't I couldn't help wondering
and ivery little while through the n ght
I would waken and see you lighting In
tba snow; lighting ami stumbling, anil
falling." She wrapped her arms about
me and pressed her cheek against my
face "Oil Frank. Frank. It's good to
have you here!" she murmured.
I had never known Marjorie to he
demonstrative. She came of solid old
Eastern slock tliul curries Its heart a
long, lung nay In I was not |>s.v
rhologlat enough to realize that if ever
there was to he a lime when Marjorie
would tie very huiiisu she was Dow eo
taring It.
"There, there." I said, eomforllltg
her as best I could "It's nil over now
Aad listen I lls'e gre.il Urns JetlU
and I are to be
“At last!" she Interrupted "'Veil
that shows wlial * III lie phi lining will
do. You deer old apt), did ......up
paae—"
knew all ale.iii it now Jack
eaufnuwd Hui your mile >>i>r nearly |
cost lue «•> life.' and I oeiil on io tell
*f my bailie Willi III* *l"i u, i*ll»s
earn Ihei ll should I*** led Ills, in 1 he
telling In this I i...|w I measured up
10 the established siaBdsrd of the
typical "rsierner
Marjoi . was petiileui *1 am so
earn." oto tohl "I had re- Idea rbai
might hai-peti Ok, I rank. aoelda'I ll
has* bee. dreadfulV
-ll would bul II M l ih. Ike tmm
Ulty. |i i* wwrllv It *
|p«nf .truer over one ftuMay early
IB Imremhee after au *»•»*•» af three
weeks We aa> hie *»•<■ fc.-sk.aa
trull (Ur aa hour er mare before fhey
War ap le ear dmsr lack aad Jeoa
had alm> area them inulkg aad tsrkef
Bear te raotteea la ahare la wv'smtlag
Weleurtr It is »aiy am-** «•» p—awfa
Am reel arrai Jack soap*
Epaad iala Ike a aaa, and I laratd awr
BWW ease wr» aad put hie ia the srahhr
We •*** Wsou tu le»<» the caeau ef
At fr akatss Irmas ear HirWaM
lar a fun tore* arata Ir me mad -ha.
la prwrsci H* etrewd.se supply ad pee
gauat a*.— wpassf wad »~sgM a pud
hrl hr u> daet aad warn hsst*
|h»s puaW—t turf I* «•
f A WV *•< ajto
lag to use hit hands tor some other
purpose, thrust the Iron link of tbe
lock In his mouth, thinking lo hold ll
there a moment. He had no trouble
holding It, but suddenly found to hi*
dlaraay that he couldn’t give It up!
The frost In the Iron had, with «n
effect very much like Ore. seared Ills
tongue and hung on so tenaciously
that when at last he wrenched It out
It carried some of the flesh of that
tender orgun with It.
"I couldn't speak," Spoof explained,
in telling of his misfortune, “and there
were so many things I needed to say
Just then."
His predicament had been bad
enough. For several days he had been
unable to eat. "Ho I’ve come over
here to make up for It,” he added.
After the Hrsl outburst over Spoofs
arrival hud subsided an embarrassing
silence yawned across the path of our
conversation. There were great things
to be said and no one to say them.
The girls glanced shyly at each other,
and at us, and Jack, by pantomime
behind Spoof's hack, sought to convey
the Information thol 1 was elected
spokesman. So for lack of pre^ara
tlon 1 plunged In bodily as one may
take a cold dip when he laeka the will
power to do II slowly,
“Jack mill I have also had a mis-
fortune. of a sort," 1 said. "We. too,
hnvc lost the use of our organs of
speech, permanently."
Spoof narrowed Ills eyebrows qulx
ideally “Then my earn make up for
It," he said "I hear you iis usual."
“It Isn't In effect yet," I explained.
"We ure lo he married at Christmas
Behold the parlies of the tlrsl part,"
and I waved a hand at Jean and Mar-
jorie while 1 turned ii phrase of Jake's
to good account.
Spool' sprung to Ills feet. "Oh, by
Jove, bow wonderful! ."’loll lucky
dogs! Your pardon, ladles. Hull my
Ural word was to them: I fear my
envy outweighed my good manners If
I have .my left A ............. shack la
noi exactly a school of |H>llie behavior.
II la my ilslis at Fourteen which have
siived me from becoming quite a «av
age 1--I feel Hull I should make a
speech.''
lie was as good us Ids word Mount-
ing ii i-halr lie gave u» ii bantering ills
serial Ion on Ihe Joys aad perils of mar
rleil life, lo which we llsii-ncd with
mueh seriousness But underneath,
nud running through hi* words was
something which ah Ida banier did not
hide Spoof was playing Ihe game,
loll | wondered how many llllle yellow
devil* were skewering hi* bean
Ihe praetlral pari of ll wu» SiH*.f»
rro<ly offer of Id* help In arranging d*
lull* The problem* of M-urlng ihe
service* of » minister and buying the
marriage license* demanded alienlloo
Kern SO ethereal a thing a* marriage
cann.0 enure*) e*c»pe ihe humdrum
of the material, bul II wa» a lime when
we fell alrangely lucaparllaled for Ike
commonplace V\e were Hying loo hlgl
for earlhoorma. large or eagle* ware
«mr prey
Jarfc suggested that wa had thought
of driving 1“ ■ be arereet railway *ta
lloa some iblrvy mile* dlatant to* lb*
roreoHvui V\e umlrr»t«—d llwt a min
later was located there and that 'll
touaa man wh.. rah lit* H"™ wan
intruded e||b the duly of isatkeb* mar-
riage lltso* carried a hmH
.■ark of tobovvo a* an aoitUary to Ua
P»>t nu.ifc.ss *ad a aaaaJI uwi rf
Jaoetry *» as •wslilary ta at# im«*mw
boa***** a ad a email •»«•”* of o-ddiaa
beosee a* •• aotiMary lo Ma b*dry
’■•da***
•|» msM take I" ia* My* t« dak*
tbat trip with eld Mu-k aad Br>gM.
tpof ptmeoted TVfhspo «W*.
■hay"re tall “ilk hatag dall tod aad
•ay Wli *>t«w*rbe* aa Ike row* aad
taa am) am aad a ttM**al*M Mato
of bay ottb which to •« *h**» hay
hor tag ta toad word "ftedtmg pod
poaed *• arvotwM of tlsr todingr'itMiM
•f Rwl aad E***ik»r to* r*w wmaa
leave •■! tkoaa tMaga to to Yaw:
hay* a>* too boot owh ***** aado
Mapogvaat katoaeto to ka ••»♦***
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OMy draggtato wh* ara
tor* of the teaa*
la aaa
thanks?" mg. turkey find candy go to-
gether Thanksgiving wa given us by
.he Punttofw*. Tmia Urmrti provide the
turkey, we have • hig vwrietv of ft rah.
detkioue randy.
Shamrock Drug Company
vouani mu qmvurtra aaiwsnr iuw a
Tii.m f| mils.**
SptMif inn tie hi* plana Joyously. If
ic was, mil luippy nt heart over the
net Him .limn wlis io inurry me no one
ould have read il in Ills face, lie
would have a minis:or. lie would have
Ironses, he -would Imve wedding rings
- leave il nil to him.
A Wick 111 I er lie cuine pulling across
;lie enisled prairie, in hroud-soled l.'un-
iluin foils.
•'Admire in.v semvs," he conunmidcil,
.ts lie hove them into view, "loin
-chooncrs of the deep—■"
"Traveling in Imlliist," Jiick Inter-
ruplcd.
“Nny, laden with good tidings. Ah.
there she lu’enks out h line of signals,
anil Spool started to wig-wig a mes-
sage which none of us could decipher.
"'1 fear lliee, Ancient Mariner,’"
said Jeuif, "hut whu! are you drlv
ing ai?"
“.I ii si this, tliul the contract Is let
lo one John Locke, minister, the low-
est, and. In fact, the only bidder. He
will he aided and aliened by an Inill
v11liiaI called Reddy, for reasons which
Will he obvious when you see him
Reddy, like Jake, appears lo harbor
no surname, although no doubt lor offi-
cial purposes he signs sumethlng lo the
marriage license. They will be out by
Hildafternoon Chrlslmas day, and Ihe
ceremony will lake place In the main
drawing room of my eounlry residence
on section Two. Carriages al four
thirty. Xi>y Si*. I I""* no time ln ko-
Ing to town—"
"Ton to town, with thoae ‘bullockF
•f youn I" Jack exclaimed. “And you
libeled Buck and Bright by euggest-
Ing—*
"I went to town; hnt not behind my
bullocke. There are tome things I
will not do, even for so great a frlend-
ihlp ai I hear for thee, t hud a driver
and a spanking team of mules.”
"Mules? Whose?”
“Our American friend, Burke, lent
his team and himself for tbe occasion.
The fact Is he had misgivings about
' lending the team without himself, so
lie came along. He was afraid I would
not I rent Ihe mules diplomatically.
Nothing. I assure you, was, or Is, fur-
ther from my Intention. But, my word,
Ruch language! Driving bullocks Is
only a beginner's course compared
with the demands made upon a mule-
leer. . . . Burke rose very greatly
| In my estimation,"
TO BF, CONTINUED
See the new Springfield cut-under
farm trucks at the Shamrock Hard-
ware and Furniture Company before
*ou buy a wagon. 17-tfc
Thursday, November If, IMS
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Spruill's Funeral Chapel
D. p. SPRUILL A SON
Funeral Directors and Em halm era
Ambulance and Funeral Car
SHAMROCK, TE*£\&
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NOTICE- Have your old mattress
rebuilt or a new one made to order.
Economy Mattress Company, 4V4
blocks east of D-C-D Filling Station.
Phone 195W. 23-tfc.
TRIPLE INTEREST
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1. The interest you receive on your savings deposits.
2. The interest you take in building up your account.
3. The interest we take in helping you succeed.
A great combination!
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SHAMROCK, TEXAS
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The franchise under which this company operates calls .
for the ebove rate after four hundred connections have
been secured.
Having almost the required number of connections at the
pvMMtt time, end wishing to show our appreciation to the
dty council and to our customers, we have decided to
lower the rate to 60c beginning December I.
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The Wheeler County Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1925, newspaper, November 19, 1925; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth519489/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.