The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1928 Page: 2 of 8
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THE BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIC LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS
Saturday, September 2D, 1928
Vt'HA I II \I'l'l M l) HI I OKI*
Sirihw) Ju.il, amateur detective
-ujiI WiIIj.uu Dali, .hi undertaker,
.arr vi!, a mg John Draut. eccentric
in.mi vl wealth, .it the Drum* pin- ••
SixJiJrul* llkr household i" ill**' kf.l
to find that John Drain- hu* hern
niunbi'.ll 1 In- .If,ill man is fust
ayn In kw.s*e. tin- man, then l>\ Vmy
Diane and Sim mi Judd. I In" lalti*i
fiiiali
Point W fixers call and invr*ti-
galao*. L'cgtn Di. HJr*.sington is
< allr»<f and .ifIn seeing tin- murder•
rd lulu Diane. makes tin" uitonioliiiig
revel jIcwm )/» \miv Ihane that hri
“unrle* »* not a man Iml a woman
l)t tiiiiiMin^iiii dl.sc’oUtn the theory
nt sociilev saying that Dram* wa* de-
finitely /iiitnliTcil Dt Bti-s-.ui .ton
I’umniriiJv mi tin1 fact that all tin- ser-
vant* in iIm- housbnld >1 Dram* an*
,ii k, aiul that Dram* ha, never dis-
i bargod i servant lm ill health, lin k
Brennan, the detective. arrives to
iiive.KlJg.tle the east-
Brennan questions the persons in
tin house, tiking Arnv if anyone had
any re.torn to kill her -u»u le.
Vmy ,ayi no one hail anv reason
to k :! her urn le \fter further que^.
tion ir;g, ,he li asked almut Dart
Meanwhile Judd has told the lorv
of hi, acquaintance with the actual
JviitiTi Dram- tti Hiverbank
Simon Judd proposes to Brennan
that he help in the solution of the
i use, -rrvmg as Brennan’s partner.
V'Mioft.ui accepts the proposal mi
tm diately Judd confides that \rnv
“ain’t what she ,av, she is
“Wh;it sio vou nveati by that '
Brennan asked. “You mean she -
Cftuikrd
“Oh. Ida* k im <al*. no1’’ 'union
Judd ru laimnl II I know bdk-
she's tbe ai,lightest sort there i»
ami the isi« e*U, too "he ain’t this
lair John Drain-’, me< r, not vet h
KT am lours e that » what I mean
Y <m hear Iwr say off that rtjtinii
1 . . I , " ’ i • • j • " l • ' ■ 1 " * ‘
iel uimh to t altforma in -ft, and
marrym 4 Mary (f’Bvan
h«i
Vm
go out to Kiverharik and you’ll find
that’, all the solemn truth; you go
out in Lalifurnia and I bet you don :
find any trace of a Daniel Diane, oi
t \laiv O lJian hi, wife, or a I horn*
Dram", or of
"Hush!” Brennan said. "The girl
is coming."
\mv iflurried with the notebook
lm which Mm on Judd sent bei alio
almost immediately Mis. Vincent
i aine out, leaning on the arm of Boh
l arler She had heen resting on hri
beti. being in great pain, ai»J hail
liecn obliged to put on a dress before
she could answer Brennan’s summon*.
|‘he poor woman seemed to l*e in a
cry bad stall" indeed, hut she did
her best to answer Brennan’s ques-
tions and her answers were full and
quite circumstantial
"he was a widow, she s.ir.i, and had
hern employed hv the supposed John
Drune for five years. He had per
sorratlv engaged hei as housi"keejrei
at air employment agein y in the cilv
while .hi" had registered, and his of
IV- had been a great relief to her be
cause it had been halt! to find a |>o«n
tion on an ouiit of her pom health.
Hi probably would not have taken
her, she sail, except that the house
hail hern two months without a mi—
tress, the former housekeeper hav
i ig died. llie wagi*» were all she
iuld have e\pn ted
She .aid, furthermore, that slu- wa-
il widow and the antecedents 'hr gave
were im h that Brennan could easily
look up Mr Drarre had always let)
the household expense*# to her. Dn
the first of eai h month al»*.»ut the
\enth. to 1m- exact hr had give-
!-r a check for the estimated c\
j er.se*; if the expenses tan higher
lie gave her extra money, it they ran
ii he made the chei k less. He wa*
always very particular in checkin
;br fill 1* with her hut they never ha I
.my quarrels, he was fair that wav
"he had never hail, site said th-
- lightest idea that “John Dram " w.t-
. female He wa* peculiar in some
a iiy% hot no more «*► than other fieo
ah ."he c onsidrrni hun a f truck*
tdd bachelor he. shaving twice t
■ f’.tr ii .injic whuh sire mew sav<
v ttti
.du-ut the*
Lhern a* 1 k in*'
in t itirr (hill th#* Ijf lv fif ^ l>
v in* m
titvtr \furl
thiti
to Im-
this Yutv ■
t)- t ■ ■
(•f-ft- merely nru- rxcwplu atcoil <»
rat*, d's
alf nu«* except
^olfl’WT items*
of It!
There w .
jjil'j't im Umthct
\ rt v (rw Mplf came to tJ»c In
lie lamitv
ami tliere
Dial * all
sure nt that Brennan
.
t a
nta i r ■
I iHIIC
lil.u k
fh.nicl No, sir' f take m
tbiii I know rd that Dt atl
as well as I know never If
w a so ! ir o I tan ie
Ur *“
“Are vou
asked
* Whv listen!“ .aid "ouon Judd
*'fill* gnl got the story t coin Jobe
fhaiu" John thane told her thi.
^jDluwi Deane went Went in T b
711 John Dram- w o l»>-ntv live vrai.
old and fotn and me had l«een i hunn
.mrr we ** a, Inafu never i ay
ibdn'l .we ecu h i*>bi"i I was at thei
house more than I was it mv own
la-ow-d tlw-m from ' to f And
their wasn’t am Daniel Draw I
trlJ y»H*. TJrrr w »■* ta*t w > kids
the family John and this *i*trt o-
In, named f-lla. and I knew th*-ir
hath iB the lime
He* made up this -lory to tell tJi '
pal,** said Brennan
“Be ruse he was woman.' said
$num Icnid. “awl hadn't no children
to h.vr mil cherish H. was -he
iciumI voir. Brennan \nd when *h.
♦ this John Diane, -h.wvrr she w .
o-grT. along oldish she had Ui ha*
j*inw child to love So. if I a in
M wild fool Old KUess.n w<on« she
picked out some orphan child some
irbere and n>k' • h*t of l*es Jo"-' '
We a kid to Come back here and
. 1<W tier when die got too old ami
Ueehh- to fuse with this Wall
■ ntnff and «• o« (
“Jh.s may be mighty important it
it »» tyin ,” Brennan «a»d H might
for the murder some eoit-
iil ji» nf l1 child, her lather pe;
I hay**, wanting money, "omethmg
ai-.mg that line.”
inn-. ’ Simon Judd m-o*»ed
Afchy. huA here, you! Hus oM wo
nt«n. fh rs John Draue. m rd<* it all up
Take th<* Mac<ie* Marv O'Hv tn was a
Miri w« tHMn knew .art there tn Rsv-r*
fiank when we were all kid' "he
d.w4 vwh. iturr cis! . U-: ve «r V»d
*!*' -l hr other .....
■wish, iiwww'viid. And * Amelia t*a’tw-
t>» Ire Amy's m. -tie
{knf we both knew in
we were kids to Jem
out there, and
-maw- th rt gave
ana. You
Am
that
V >r.i ml said, allhousrh th-
folk Iwgan to come after
arnval. and Mr. Draue Irk <i
Hi- emouraged it, telling Mr*
V cicenl to d*» all she could to make
th* pla* e pleasant fwt them Mr.
i)a!l, rh- cm erlaker, had Jrem the
most frequent visitor, often coming to
I lav carls and staving all night the
blue room had Iwm use*f bv him *•*
oflen that the servant* usually called
ti “ Mi Dart’, room IVrwonally
,bc dr*l not like Mr. Halt much, h-
wt.* apt tci Ire "uppish when VIi
Dt.tnr was i„it present. Bv "up-
p.sh” she meant “bossy. sin* ex-
plumed, for he a* led as if b>- thought
I,, fv^if 4 right to order the servants
rimnd, whic-fi Ire hadn t He never
.*• ted s' when Mr. Diane wa« around
,il out sc Mi Drarre always fi.n! a
wav w it It him and knew how |o krrp
people nr their place*.
fh,■ servants. Mc« \ in* ent ihougJtt.
were all *fm -nl and reliable, "hr had
1 personaliv li.wked urt*- tJo** referencf-
t all of them when tlcev were ecr
j! aged
“Mr Ihiine, «lie *ai*J. "got them
from the hospital
| “You mean he t<»—k the hospital
employes.* away from the lii>.(ritd 1
Brennan asked lm
Oh n*» indeed’ Mi* Yin*ent * x
j * Dimed, a* if afraid Brennan think
ill of John Ihane “It was quite the
trtithrr wav sir Vfc Drarre took l
; great interest in the hnwpital. you see,
he he 11 *ed fru t hi it and all I hat »»*
one of the few place* hr ever went
at night to the meeting* of the ho#
pital hoard. I lie hospital, you see
• it, can’t keep clironn patient* but
m- long a couple ol weeks, inaylu-
and then out th« v must go. and where
ti go vet v few *rf them know. So
\lr, Diane took them. I hat i* whv
ihev are all *o sicklv, one wav and
an other. It was easy w*uk here foi
them, almost no lumily, and Mr
Diane always wanted them In text
when ill. I he hospital would let him
know when their wa» a case that
could w * -1 k but was incurable, a* you
might «av. \li, -ir. -o many of them
never did get well!
“Di d, you mean? Brennan asked
1 “Yc, sir. Dr. Blrssingtnn can tell
you." th- housekeeper sail. ‘There
no hi use in the town where he conn
oftener. Nm when- that man Dart
comes nllener. the rnoir pitx it i*!
■ I hr undertaker Dait ?
I hat same ” Mr* \ im cut sai l
“ \iii| ,1 I ma\ '.o *<*, sii I think it
was lot that h i..... he made up to
Mi Drane s.i peisisli'iilly. It - not
a nice thing to think, and I'm
i harncil to think it. hut there have
been a n at many lut rr.ils I mm thi*
house, and m- expe :m- spared. Mrs
\ im ent I* iped bn * vc>. Juat when
von gel to like a peis-in it was an-
I ik- Nm
licit, the poor fellow! I've j great
fondues, lor him, even if he i» black,
f,,r he i' a .oi-d man. Norhert is. He
i of lonct tc live."
"tire.it heavens, wh.it a house!
B-rmuii exclaimed.
"Ye* there wen tmu"s when I tell
>! wa» in;,u!"t inu*. »ai 1 Mrs. \ in-
'e l shaking her head. “Il was not
,‘Iwavs iheerful, knowing that all
those under me would almost surely
di* and make place foi those that
v ould die in tlreir turn.
IJrem in glanced at Mtnoo Judii
fin fat man w a, listening witli hi-
ive- i (used but hr was not asleep.
In w,<* ruldimg his plump hands back
ai d forth across lii* enormous
pc cut h -Jowly.
"I think tfi.it will !*■ all. Mi*. \ in*
11 Sc Not
hert next, will you ‘
Will • Mr - \ Hu ent f .id i-niie B*i
i"ai" sat a few moments tapping the
veranda floor with lii* to* u.i*l frown-
Hi turned to Amy ■ 1 1 ily
fhi* iso * pleasant for yon.” h '
s.-ul, “and there is no need of you-
listening to all this. It is only what
you know already, I imagine li
lime is anything else vouM lik- t*• *io ;
lull need not stay
Bide Carter took her by the arm.
‘ He’s right," he said. "Suppose
wi go and sit in the summer house i
while. We’ve enough to talk nvci
< urselves, \ni\ ." and tlw girl arose
ml went w ith him.
“What d<i ‘.•-ii make *i|f all thi*,
pi finer’'** Brennan a*knj Simon
Judd, "It’, queer all thiougli. don’t
; you think? It sounds to me a* if*
tIti* John Ih.ine woman wa> cra/v
-lightly luoi he<! m the head, any-
way. \n alienist could give it i
name. I suppose W lm i ,i wonum rttas-
que-rades 4. a man all her life, an
gather* around her a lot of rjtrorih-
invalids and nothing much rl*e. ,»>td
makes .,n undertaker her ln-»t friend
and chum, -lie s 1 ra/v Dt what do
veil tin
• Wei
rna*quf
Hieha<
atety.
: *av ‘all
“Of
lit- opportunity to learn il cairn*
promptly for Dr. Hlrssmgton drove
up to the veiumla at that moment. In*
other affairs having received alien
tion. Brennan, who knew him fair J \
well, asked him to sit a while.
"I guess you’re the very man I
w„nt to a-k a couple of questions of,"
"inion Judd said. “I his Mr*. Vin-
cent s.i\. you’ve heen coming here
purtv regular right along, and y**u
look like vou had a couple of e\e>
in vour head, \hoiit this John Drane
is there anv time vou noticed any
• j ci in I change ii him?*
• f!onlinu-J next weekl
Wc read more and wr Jvear in*»re over
the radio, hut the stuff wie read, tin-
stuff we hear don’t make us anv
smarter.
f or the pople that wiite it, ami the
1 or-es that talk it over the radio are tm
•n artel than the ones that used t •
j have to ham! down the dope for our
I do forefathers.
I’here is just as many half wit
! voting Kepuhliean today because
| llie-ir fathers voted that way a* there
1 ver was. I'hcre i' just as many vot-
ing Dciihk lain hec-ause they have
|heard their folk» tell about how tin-
ISepubticans treated them during th<-
wui, as there ever was.
It the voter is as smart as tliev s.iv,
why *l*i I hew have to tell him any
j thing, whv do they have literature,
j and campaigns, and speeches? Whv
does each party have to spend 1 mil
j lion dollars trying to huy vote* with
,propaganda?
The oldest form Bunk in the world
1, to say how “Well informed the
v.iters are and that they can’t l»e n»U*
led hv our opponents.’ We have
hathtuhs. airships, four wheel brakes.
! redm ing pill*. manicurisU, men’*
! toi-c-l*. and I’loliihitmn.
But I doubt il at anv time during
the histotv of the world werr we ever
i. down light dumb as we are lodav
W ILL ROGERS.
Bi ing someone with you to the
Men’s Class next Sunday.
THEM H MOl m HEALED
Y nui friends dare not say so hut
vour sore guni' and foul breath don I
make folk* like y*u any better. Le
to\ I’yorrhea Remedy heals worst
<;**e* if used a* directed. It is not
.1 mouth wash or paste, and is sold
on a money back guarantee.
PEOPLES DID t. CO
WILL KO<;ER> SAYS.
I he voter* now go to the polls in
automobiles hut they don't c.uiy anv •
more m the-11 heads than the old ;
tiinci that went there on a mule, *0 i
(he old Bunk that vou cannot tool th ■
voter is the higgesl Bunk there is; lit- ;
lice 1 looted all hi* life ami In-
will always In- fooled.
\ th-* pi< sidenti.il candidate lm
tin “ \i li-Bunk- partv I refuse to
employ >inh old party campaign
methods. I am I rank and Erne-t.
I’he politi* ian tells the people that
‘ I don’t have to tell you people what
cr p.utv stands lot. We relv oil
- i - -ol-i judgment. We rrs| out
i 0:1 voui inlelligenee." I hen
Iw Co*"- mi f01 two hours moie tellin--
them what his party -lands for.
I don’t care how smart their audi-
ence wa*. they couldn’t poe>*ihlv know
‘ What their party stood for." The
Supreme Court with all its divided j
knowledge couldn’t tell vou what,
either party “stood for.
Thev both *lar-d for "election. ,
I hat’s about th<- only thing that you I
can -afelt s.,y they are for. in fact,
tic \ will both "stand feu almost
murder, it tln-y <a:i only gel in.
Wc arc- more "smart Me* ' than 1
e* .yen*, I ui we ate no smarter.
The verdict of numbers
Most people- know vvliut tliev want. In spite ol bitter experi-
1-net*, they fi«*t the In-st eventually in tires, as in other things
Above- the* baffling claims of rival tire manufacturers ami
allurements oi price-cutting dealers, the judgment <d num-
bers cannot be ileninl:
MORE PEOPLE HI Y OOODY EAR
TIRES TH W \\Y OTHER KIM)
Millions ol motorists believe Goodveur makes “the World s
Greatest Lite." lienee, its popularity. I liis huge-army has
les! -ii (.oodvear I ire* thoroughlx. < 111 x ing over To.OOO.OOO,-
(HMI tire miles last year. Goodyear lead* over every other
lire mak -r by many thousands in yearly production.
We give a service of the sam - high quality a- tin- Goodyear
Fires we sell. Get acquainted with us and (iuodveur l ires
soon. You’ll be delighted with both.
Arthur Quist Garage
A. M. QU1ST, Proprietor
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NEW CO VI S
k about it?"
I dolt t know as she s |ifi-:i
xdin as a man all her life,
Simon Ju«l*i »<ud *JrJilw-r•
I wouldn't go so far as to
her life*:’ not yet. anyway."
vou know what I mean!”
Borin-n -aid *' V long lime
“I don 1 know a- | d *a\ "j long
!-mr,' n >t vrl," "imon Judd iioiste-l
! “f or all I know, minter, *Jie may
have started in half an hour l>efore
I CtlHIe Itrrr. Ihe whole hum h of
• these folk* may |te Ivin’ to me, far as
I know I don’l know what they may
j lie tryu» to cook up on u» There's
< our thing I w«iuld like to know.”
It is easier, now, to kill insects
—-*nJ keep ihecn *w»y. D»# tlraiwl IruwK-t Po»
it«r ,>r LiquidkitklKVWk, Arno, K"«<h»x t\w»ltry
Lac*. M' <aquito«>. Ftraa, Be<1 ButX»n«t - ahef ir>-
MdxWrmY *tsnor * ain. U ->• jwmclac on giani*
•nd pec*. u /or IKL& m*nt t*'-»»>l II
dealer c«j*1 Wiiglg. we wul by parcel gwe • t
prueliamed. tic.oMCll * CtX.BdW-w.M4.
BI th Bit AND
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Fall and Winter
Wearables
YY e are especially prepared this season to take care <d
men and boys in their needs for fall and winter. We are
now showing one of the- In-st lines ,,| coats to be found in
Big Lake. f.ome in and see them. We have coals in
Leather and Suede
And can fit you in most any style. Fix yourself for the
cold weather, which is bound to come soon, by outfitting
yourself with a leather coat, corduroy nr moleskin breeches
and a pair of lace Iroot*. \\ »• can also fit you ju
Lumberjacks
and
Sweaters
Bee Brand a-
INSECT POWDER
OR LIQUID
Paul B. Halamicek
YOUR SHOE MERCHANT
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1928, newspaper, September 29, 1928; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633663/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.