The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1929 Page: 2 of 8
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PACE TWO
BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS
Saturday, August 3, 1929.
■ huge head of Robin* Teele, all
eye* and carl* aid an incredibly lua
oblig-
Sled-
SKUIMI I\STALL\1K.N l'
Rememlier Sieddon, u pretty, un-
aophi'Ucated girl, u> tin* tlaug»U'-i ui
« kindly I'tii iuhow-minded mini*
tci in i small mid Hc»tcrn town.
Her lather,
Rev. Do. tor Sic don, violently
tqjpOM-d to what hr con*r<ter*
"worldly thiugs artrpto motion
induce* i* the i jiw lot much ot
lIn* evil ot the ptc'cnl day. Doubled
with a rough, Rrinembri goe* to *.•«
Dr. Bi ether i.k an elderly physi*
< laii. who is astonished at the plight
in which he finds her. l’tes<*ed by
the do. tor, Remember admits lier uii
fortunatr aitair with
KI wood Karnaby, a poor bov,
mm of the town sot. \* Remember
and Dr. Bretherieh o>i*i the prob-
lem a telepbone message brings tlie
news dial Elwood has been lulled in
an accident. Di. Hrethern l aecord-
inglv persuades Retneinl»ei to to
Vlest. her cough serving us a plans*
jjde r\< use; to write home ol meet
ing and ma rvmg a pretended *uitor
“Mr Woodville” and later to
write he? parents announcing her
“husband's" death before the birth
of lu*r rvperlt* •' child. I liable ah»ne
to heat her s.-. let, Rememlwr goes
|o her mother with it.
lead her <•»•■ >v She had ucvei made the gallant was
the aetjuaintam e ol a la-t vote had crushed past
man. Her Ivetrothed lover was slow dor. Hi* face came ,
am* honoiable and religions, evrrv »un dawning across her horizon; his periot'ical
thing a young man ought to !*e. eves beat upon her like long beams.
Rut. unfoitunalelv. there seemed There was a kind of pathos in them.
I., be volition in neither of them: 'but also a great brightness, which,
inev had ,to! fl-.ated together with like the sur: he poured upon million
a mysterious lwwildeime.il. alike. Rut Mem did not know this.
Idie clunking uproui of the on- She felt wanned and healed, and she
trance into Kansas City filled her bloomed a tiifle as a rose does when
ears. Mem had never seen a great the sun gild* it.
< itv. and this metropolis had a tre- and as much of
mendous majesty in her rvs. 'make without a sense
Remember, thinking to stretch her the young man
the village*.
There was a long article about her.
and another about Tom Holby.
This was not so amazing a coin-
cidence us it seemed to Mem. for
the tall youth who! both Robin* Teele ami Torn Holby
li<*r in the (orri- had pre*s agents who would have
up again like « : been chagrined if any motion pit lure
htu hrvri/i.n- bis pel i«, '.it al had appeared without
some blazon of their employers.
Mem slated longest at the variou-
nictures of Tom llolhv. Shi* found
him in all manner of costumes and
athletic achievements, and she read
the rhapsody on him first.
Having never seen a moving pic
With great calm tore of anybody, she had never seen
bow as he could bis. Mem forgot for a long while
of intrusion. | that *he was a respectable wi.low
solemnly offered I of a very poor sort, for it came t>>
Fm«_ wB.ni.- l ____.. ~ki;.. (be next hl«*ck signal tower miles
•bead, and telegraph hack for an-
other locomotive.
Mem wandi-red about, looking at
Dr. Steddon was one of th.m- the cactus and sagebrush and dr-
who believe almost anything thev li.ioiisly expecting a rattlesn.ikr
read, e»|>ecially when they hope for under every < lump,
its truth. And there was nothing She saw Ioni Holhv »et out for i
he hoped for go much as that his |,risk walk. Me climbed a raj
Mr. Woodvflle, her parent*
ingly remembered him. Mr*.
clous mouth. Remember had never don had been warned of thi* fiction
heard of her or seen her picture*. ■ and collaborated in it.
ivecause her film* were great “feu* "
ture specials," too expensive for
leas on the station platform, joined
the passenger* who choked the
straight corridor alone the row of
compartment*. One of the door* op-
ened and framed a tall ;*nd pow-
Mem his own hat ami laid her muga- her
zines on his head.
Then both of them laughed as he
corrected the automatic mistake- of
his muscle*. Hr Slashed hotly, for
erful voung man with a peculiarly j he was not user! to such blunder*,
wistful face. His eves brudied Mem j Mem found an amazing magnet-
ami he lifted hi* hat as he asked ism in his smile and in his eve*,
her pardon for squeezing pa*t her. j She did not know that that sail
He knocked at another steel door smile of hi* wa* making a million-
and called through, “Oh. Rohina. ' aire of him. He was selling it by the
better come out for a bit of ever- foot thousands of feet of it. His
rjM. ” ' smile was broad enough to eircum-
While he waited some of the *crihe the world and his eyes had
passengers were twisting their neck* enough sorrow for all the audiences,
to watch him. and nudging an * i He turned bark to the waiting
wbi't'crin'.' to one another When Rohina. Rohina wa« evidently not
the door opened and Rohina *trr used to being kept waiting. She bad
she said little. she «arre-*ed
much Mu- confirmed Doctor Breth-
ei ick s press riution and joined tbr
conspiracy, administering secret
comfort t.i the girl and to the father.
\nd it la»t Mem was standing on
the back platform of a tr .u* bound
for the v a*i Southwest. throw in”
kisses to her father and mother as
thev watched the lr«ii<i dwir lin2
like a tele-.n'ope draw- into it«el!
TIh-v turned ha*k '■» thrii liv*
«* if they bad do < d a d wu upon
ihemw I v ■•*
R'tt Mini i* >hf returned to her
pip.- d ■■ it 1 ’ m» ' ■ P*d’
lull is had lifted Refol l*er WU*
All r lutdoor*.
• • #
Tlie wheel, ran wit!' l rollick im-
l.lt !«*• eath lb- gul’% "dv throb
King likewise with a a*»! veb* itv.
Throu sh her bead in >M tune ran.
1 saw the Ixat X*' four**' the lien.
good-by mv lover, good bv
Tlte dr k w*- Idled wtrh traveling
met’
(.oodhv rnv lover food bv*
s-he »n i." a trim W» round
liend after bmd and the train was
fwith traveling men some of
them, a* thev zigzagged along the
aisles, swept her faie and her form
with glances like .wifi lingering
h.»iw * that haled to let her go. H r*
was a alLirlling ♦erisatiini, a new kind
of nakedness for bet inexperienced
soul
The eves of the women flung
along the a*sle also widened and
tarried as they recognized in her .»
something she had not vet found
out: that she was very very prrftv
•rttr active, cum|»uDive
s>he was (datnly dressed and had
never been worried Only her neat
news kr|*t her t'ron sliabbiness Ru' -
she had beai»t\ and apfwal <Vn the
train Mem had expeitedi to find on
the journey leisure for eoctrilion :
and the remolding >f her soul fhrt
the world would not let her alone
Everything was new to her f»erv
thing was a crowded film of novel-
Iv.
She ktww the minimum nf the out
side sphere possible t«v a girl who
had had «■ v e hi. a: <»n it all '^he
ha,l never Wn >m a sleeping r*r
Ivef ore
She hewi read no novel* except
a itch sweetened water a* the "sun-
day school bhrarv afforded. *"he
had seen no magazine* at home 't
cept church puhloations She had
never heen to a theatre or a moving
picture She had never dan<v*d ever*
a souzrre «l*rv e,
She had never ridden a hicvcle
or a horse, and had never heen in
any automobile except some old
bone-shaker that drowned ronver*a
tions in it* own rattle
She had never gambled, or been
profane or even slanev or di«re*
speciful to her parent*. She had i
never seen a cocktail.
'she had never worn a low necked j
high skirled dress. She hadl never ;
«een a bathing suit or had one on j
f.lrla did not «wim in the river at j
f'alverlv In fact. *he had escaped
all the things that moralist* point to
as the maoon* whv girls go wrong.
Yet she had. a* the saving »*, gone
wrong otter It. induhitablv
Yet no fast young men had led
her esftray, or so much as triad to
an avalanche of shame that
she was neither respectable nor ••
widow.
Rut she was n fugilivr now from
her past and from such thoii’hl-
and she caught up the ma”i/i'»c
with a desperate rasrrrne**. a* i'
they were cups of nepenthe.
• • •
After dinner Mem found her way
to tlie observation car and wrote a
letter home. She wa* sealing it
when she suddenly remembered Doc-
tor Rrrtherick’s prescription. She
was to take a lover on the first d;»v!
She had mentioned nnhodv that she
; had met. Now she mu>t describe
the important man that *h«* would
I never meet. He was an imaginary.
| and therefore a quite per feel, char-
I acter. She wrote:
Oh, I forgot! \1Tiom do you *»n-
| pose 1 ran into on the train? You’d
never "ness in a million years. You
knew when I went to Carthaee to
take care of Aunt Mabel? Well, do
r«fUgAL.
chi hi should meet a good man and |,uttr with astonishing agility,
love him and be loved by him. uing the applause of the pa*«mj>dHv
Mem spent most of the next day ||(. had the knack of acquiring ajm
planning her second letter home plant-
ain! growing acquainted with that
husband of hers. She used loin ((ontinuni Ncyt Wrek\
Holby as u model. ,
Crossing the desert the tiain came Ciystal ( itv. in the Winter (,ai-
to an abrupt hull. A driving bat ,|istii<t. i* the largest whipping
mi the engine had broken and drop- p,,.,.* |.,( spins* h in the world, in
pcd. If the tiaiit had not been puff season the spinach
ing slowly up a steep grade it would ,|,j.in„.|]t, <>ul of the Winter (i,o
have been derailed and some of the t|rl) totalled 1.,'UX) • ars. Texas
passenger* probably nianyled and more tliuii one-seventh of
killef. .,|| the mixed vegetables sliipped in
It was a long while before the
passenger* found this out. and thev
’•eveled in the delight of averted di-
ister. Nobody knew how long tin
rain would be delayed. Ihey could
int go on until a new engine w.i-
the Tinted States in the l*>28-20
fs ured. A trainman ha<!. to walk to lines, either.
Wall Street Journal sav* that cork
i* M-lling at the highest price since
1010. It doesn’t all go on fishing
eepBUGS
?»,. saw
Ih . rule
• gallant wa* th« tall youth who had crushed past bar hi
volt remember mv telling von about
the awfully nice man I met at
church? Mr. Woodvillr wa* his
name. Remember? Well, would von
believe it. he •« on thi* train! I*n't
it a smell world! He bn* been most
kind and polite. I met him in
1 hnri'b. i« von remember, and some-
how I fee! much *«fer not hein-
alone I’m «urr you’ll be clad. H»**
very religinu*. but awfully nice I
Clean, so of rour*e a»* ^nllv nice.
r."od ni ht again, you darlin*-*!
Being told that thev recollected
K 1 l-L-M —Flies —Moiquitoe*— Hnlbug,— Roarlir-s— Moths — Ant*— Klraa
k a ter bugs—OickrU sad many oilier Insect*
*'rat fwt baokUt, HtCarmttk & Cm., Bmllwmmn, Mid.
t. Bee Brand
Jnsect PoWder
tor liq uid S p rau
fitl—--‘A- ye'' 1 ' - J* "l ■
-o ——
n , mmr ifiW «UMt hnia, mm will
mtfflf dine) b» f’am.1 Pm
c. TV and |UI.
10, . He, lOcaarfll
Gw-H«
Sr#
pel <>ut the e »a* *uch a sensation
and *ui li t boorish *laritig that Mrm
turned to look.
\ young woman of an almost da/
/ling Iv.iutv « ime out. smiling and
bareheaded, "'lie noterl the vokelrv :
in tl»r corridor, and her smile iliiil.
'h- stepped Ivark into bei stateroom, j
and when *he reap|>eared. -he wore
t luge drooping hat and a thick
Mack veil.
“I enw you the privilege of the!
veil."' the young man said,
walked up anil down the platform
as if her feet were winded. Slw- felt
a longing to buy something for the
■dicer sport of buying, ami went so
far a* To buy two magazine* ilevot-
cd to the moving picture*
(W of the magazines slippc-
from under her eRvow and fell to
live ground and a* »he itnoprd to
re< over it her hand top. bed a band
(hat bad ju«t anticipated her«. "she
I M>k.e,f up quickly and her bead
knocked off the bat of lie man who
h»>' tries! to save her the trouble of
puking up her maga/tne "she saw
had little practice. She rc*euted the
slight with such quick wrath that
Mem could hear her protesting •ar-
ea -m. a rather disappointing re-
buke;
"Don't huriv on mv account,
Torn."
Two \cuing girl* astvailed Tom
with shameless idolativ One of
them rattled:
"Oh, Mr. Holby, we knrw you the
minute we laid eyes on you. You're
Mem j our favorite of all thr screen star*,
ami \ ou got no photograph* with
vou have you?”
Tom was indomitablv polite, but . |
‘ .................ttiilikjgiiiiiiaiwiii^iiBiii-fcP’T-Hii ,U7- "i: 'jB.ibYit'.'ns ;rn;'.!ii. Wi'ji'niinihUn
was
the conductor* call. “All aboard.’
gave Rohina an e\cu*e to drag him
away from the worshipper*.
One of the ”irl* in an epilepav of j
agitation, wailed *vay. 1«--»Kv! That
ladv under the veil ,* Rohina Teele!
. Gee' and wr didn’t recoguizr her!"
The train was emerging from the
retreating wall* of the citv before |
Mem felt calm enough to examine
her magazine*
On the 4'ovrr of one of them was
BIG LAKE
HOTEL
W. J. CM BIRTH
Proprufr
PRACTICALLY FIREPROOF
Nice, Comfortable Room:)
The glare mAere comfort onj iorvicr combine to mokt yomr
mm
Prices Cut to Quick
Io stimulate the sales and give the trade an opportunity to restock
their pantry at a reasonably low cost, we have decided to cut the prices.
You will note these are all Staple Good* and will stand the acid tr-st for
quality and purity. These prices hold goixJ for ------
SATURDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY •
AMJ.liiCA.V BEAl n FLOUi
W pound sack lor ................................ kiit 1 w ^
AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR 3M.OO
2 f jround sack lor............................... €\m,C
S\\ I FT’S JE\k EL SHORTENING
8 pound bucket for ............................ I • >C k
SWIFTS JEWEL SHORTENING ^ 1 ’
V |M>und bucket for ............................ ^ , |p
PURITAN MALT, per can............................. ^j*(;
WAPCO TEA, 1-4 pound ................................# If )f‘
M ACARONI. VERMICELLI or SPHACHETTI, X pacakage* for O-jC
RED SEAL VIENN A SAl SAGE, pt-r .an ..................y;
RED SEAL POTTED MEAT. f»er can.....................
BREAKF.AST BACON, sliced, per |H>unii .................•.
\A au h for other liargam prices while you ure making your purchases
We have just received another car load of Purina Feeds. Feed the balanced
ration and vou get result*.
Halamicek Bros.
il
PETERS
SHOES
1 our Shoe and Feed Merchant
PURINA
FEED
" '.....
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 3, 1929, newspaper, August 3, 1929; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633701/m1/2/?q=matagorda+county: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.