The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1929 Page: 2 of 8
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T’AGK TWO
BIG LAKY. WILDCAT, BIG LAKH, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS
A LETTER I RDM CHINA.
Waite home wa* littered v% itli sewing
inalriial*. end lev, ruffle*- and hast
i tlllr.id.s. A i heel I ill file me
I• urni• iin the pr it*'.
I lie two young women were on the
I lh hi rutting something out of white j
-I loth. I lie atmosphere was ton happy of :he Chiui'.-e hi. Ic.i-I
,i, il induntiiouv lot me to n •< rve m> NQi, Year. K\rr\ one's
to »av
THIRD INSTM.I MENT.
WHA1 HAt’f'KMCO Ml K.AH
Tom Bilbeek is the narrator. He is
a fat newspaper writer who ii:i\e* a
tumbledown ear he i .If, Grandmoth-
er |-\i *„■*>. He is in love with MaiVel-
la, hi> rival Icing Jim (.ioo'grf. Ihe
threi' are nn*nd>er - of an amateur dta
malie group. Plana lot a play at the
Old Soltfiei %' Home air under wav
Co andmother Pape boa enptne
tr ruble white Maivell.i i> out driv*
in„ with Bilhoek, and Cooper, prune
mp
bin roadvt
Mur yell a has I
Mart hi* ear at?,
live amaleui p
'.'in.'il'iin .i'il t.
taunts him.
'it l ’11 beck
Vi
hie
to
the
S*,>l*i
to r
Bilbi
ad a
give
(fid
iofi l»l I•
ui \l n V-
w.rs Jj..
av later
him
her
mu h hand
-boulder aiaf
Vi'iit.
Heinminnway retuitied.
"Gel dre.-wd, I < nil, ’ he said to me.
‘■\Ve ve got to go o et to !hr‘ ofi.ie.
“M hat happened? I risk 'll.
"Tie re h.1 - Ivel a 111 ■' v at
the penitentiary, anti twenty prison*
ets have e-v'aped. It - a hip -Inn
■ad we’ll have to have you to handle
it.”
A chorus of proteat* went up it th«
idea of my leaving the rehearsal. I
w.t, just peeved enough s) that it
did not mas-' any cliffetenee to me
1'hev had made fun of me and now
that I had a pood evraise (or with-
<:i jwt;u• v eould - • ♦ how they
ii.uid "et al" : without me.
•im h in. I almost it girt
that I thawed at oitie.
"We re making pads," Maivella ex-
map I *..... 1 on happening ol im . plained after t vvas comfortably >et
porta ie out there dominates the h>- tied.
cal it «s I 11 :in>s largely also in “for me?" I a*kt*d suspiciously,
the Associated Pr s* dispatches. “ for everybody who perils
Ihe piisi n authorities had been them," Maryella added hastily in-
i'. P. (V Box No. 1 - »I
Shanghai, t hi) a.
I eh. I
Deal Editor: We me in the mid-t
Chinese
hirtitday
conies oil this dav. Should a einio
he horn in even the last hour of the
last dav of the old year it would hr
two vents old on New Yeai*. New
Year ealue oil Simdav, I eh. lUth. I '■
ery store was closed. Ml woik 'top
perl. Hut it was not ipiirl' It
many
Kouith of Julv - in one
havif i trouble he> uih t ? | ■ iri • the hostility in my tone oh* (),«• fire-crackers! \t midrii;.. t
of a uiinihei ol men among the pi i" *T i you, for Mi. CoojH’i uni lor | wakened bv a vast hmad-i 1
oner, who were ablating for ail W -. I lemminpw ay,,f Jurpe and small fire-crackers ami
“l or Mrs. HemmingwayI re
•.lied incredulously. "I don’t see
a id some new f<t\
idea of
• at i>
tak
• pr
• In P
mi
to
pais
nsj the h
utemiarv
tself, hut l Wii
leave the thrall
li mminnwjv !iad 'one ifti
inp hiv wife that he would *
(M (o t,,k" her hopie,
I It*' t on. u came out in front
urtain t > aiimuim e that lh.*
lid not
tell
eight hous da
trot n >rd* fot tin* phonograph, m :
voitie!I:in..• h e that. I he warden had '
not fia'.iteil their demands, so thisj
l jail-deliverv
a strike, rhe men who escaped h*ft
word that thev would not t ome baek
until their «h n> aid were acceded to
Of et ui e u w. ♦ really a lot more
- lion, thin that, but I wrote it up
in that hi iii'in for the Daily Mad
Not that I I it particularly facetinu
what s|u* needs ol
Maivella interrupted me before I
practically amounted to i eould finish.
"Mis. Hetmuingway, who is -p > ch
levs with modest Mu-lies, wishr* to
thank you on behalf of he;-ell anil
I i tu ttor. Vs a matter of fait we
a!e not making any pads for lies
Quite the reverse, in fact.
“But we are building some for you
til set )i>r the
third act.
.stav, he
Ml. He
the cli
tiu* l>.
Hi
iil. and h
But tie u
rob
tak
be
hiv wife
earsaU.
Ye stood i
• another.
•Why, ;»i
•rptesed.
ijllile
I ran
ing bis
I want t>» siiiiw
shouted at
pot I veiling
gin*/ editor
Ul> to wolk
-uaiiv tails
home li.eri
ed.
the a’sle aid glared at
V,-f.i).
Mi s, liemmiriirwav
1 waste t expecting vou
wiult- v**!.
• that.’ he retorted, not
,*s from mv foe. "Now
ho y ou are,
me. " I .»ke off that
I yank it off.”
I did not it-
ailJiaV 11-.,
a wav during n
lorn Cooper.
"I re.illv hi
and added lull
anv particular
that vou will
pleastu,” to soi
tire cast, and if
will avc me a
"Mar \ el la
.pot id.
tfress i
mi going
cheat -.11 ‘
vc to go,” 1 r
tlx: “li ,W-n'
dit ie?en<T. I
i",d tisc diiumn
u* ot tin* metui
you use it I’m
lot of trouble.’
-Jim turned to
■plied
III,IV
far 1 rota it but that ts my news-
m ■ stvlr I he public am! my cm-
! plovers expect it o« me.
\V ii.it r) .11, ' ipird my mind
wav the ui , !i <i«ant recollection ol
.■ • ui -• : i m t.‘ e Sheridan lh
mati i hd> and ,imultaneouslv frorr
ti>< . d . < of one Maryella. ctn-
iiicniiv d>- i aide ■piaster, I also had
, i, n i v on.-i iou*ness for a’ uu
<■■ i- v “• illation ;iv to whether or not
J > t lien i i, Tvav really thought
th ii 1 w.,1- ’ lirting with h» vvife. 1
iould s et in other job, of course, hut
\ bcith oi the Daily Mail and its
all ‘d syndicate vvas
ami lucrative.
They had to Ji dd the presws for
rue on the i itv edition until I re-
luii i horn the ’“|«'n'' so that it was
rant you »;;v nv
Tom t emaio ■ Hell
Maivella iiw'kcil at
lv flashing ev**.
it
Hr rn idc a rii.»ti>>ii (award
II»r wi!l;
"1 doubt." sim* hnsiuicd.
In* iq.i'ii hand
anything 1 could *av om.
He- wi(>- sl.qqM'd him.
cficit. 1 imauiof that hi-
“Don’t. John. It * T.vm
I'ili ws k
thr irhrariva! will era-** ’
i hat * l,,s real face. *
HwtiniinKwav - ilepariuie.
f-.fin Ibrnmingway’* jaw
fell. He
1 could scarce l*el <*'.c
■ iili
\ ha
her ~-
after two when I
fin.illv left the of-
make
fire iv git 1*11 pp'
. i an aU-ni'.’hl
\oa.”
iunch cmiittrr, 1
turned in a!, ut
cold-
three, but didn't
•t to -lerp for *ii.
i hour or so after
that.
jether
it -cemcd as if
1 had barely dozed
e any
off when my t<T
splione rang. 1 got
and Jim.
“"You should see the fine large
cheat we have wished on our husky
t'.ri’A warrior: and as far ;w vou arc
i'o..(:mi"il Well, all 1 can say is
i ivt li-: li 'Irs. Ilrmmin: way foi
a pattern. But that is not what !
jvki*d vou to conic over and talk
about.
"No?" with a polite inflection
from me,
“No. Did you ever read a story
entitled “Dollvann.i ?”
N.«t vet," i replied with my Iw-st
none immiitul manner . “1 have
very ple.isanl j | , ;ti d it though. What' it about:
"Its about a great many things."
Maryella explained seriously, but
mostly it's the story ol u girl vvho-
bclicv'T that no matter what happens
t i- all for th** best. >he is ui aw
fully dear little child, and she al
wav looks on the bright side oi ev-
erything. It's sort ot »ad too, be
they kept it up for il.iv-. In I
morning the ground was covert d a
hv red snow the “confetti of ev
pioilicg lii*‘ work*. I ire-crai keis
are but a part vvf the least if’1'
.noisy part.
I he last dav of the year everv !>■ >C
is Ihi-v the men at closing up then
account*. All bill- tnu*l U* roll' nd
nid all debts paid. Woe lrc to the
mail who doe* not pnv his debts. Ihe
i women are very busy. 1 he bon"1
1 must lx* made as e'ean a- a pin and
.i.xTtruted, and the brooms bidden
] had luck i! they appear on New b .r
Before the Nee ^ it -un r.-es •'?
kinds of food must be otlen c civ
tiucstv- rnanv will come dinin'
ill use days and lliei mu-1 be feasted
I ew people : .*c -lumbci ti.e Iasi night
if the old yc.u. But when the -un
i iscs. calm reigns over the household
, \, me walks out between (> and '*
a. ui. I lie whole town iv a-h’i'p. siui
i day indeed! But cvitemeul nrou.*-■*
them a ml about 11) u clock you 1' i ind
. the atrreis alive vs it li people dies-c<l
in their bent "bib and tin k*.*i anil
j you hear, ‘ Kong Hyi l'ah d/ai
“(iungratulalions arid abounding
wealth to vou." shouted from mn to
i another. The rinsed dooi v are (das
tered with appropriate -ayings vviit
. ten on blom’ ml -trips of p ipei. (*o
i to oj rn spaces of the < ity and see
! crowds encircling puppet shows.
with Mr*
■ Hr lo,” I gri
“Hello, Fom.
Ibis is Jim (.oope: anyway.
rn v
and I are 'lose (ttends V\.- went
llirou.!’h all our schooling togelfier.
and we belong to thr *unie ms jrt «»
cieties I Mippovr w ■ have -worn
eleoal liwtidvhip and brotherly (me
«*ll a do/<ri! ix t asiona. It w.»v parti v
owing to him that I held down mv
•tar job on the ns*v|uj.Tt
""On1 hr exclaimed, arid turned It
bis W'ltr, “But
Stir had stepped out in thr ,trvb
and his eye fell on her costume for
the "”'i time f,- Was -p.*rs
with iiihitiration, ! thought
“w hat have you got ivn/” he de
rounded h**a <•), “|« n acvthii’g a! j
all. *»r have | inerely g«>r t speck in !
my eve *
1 : ' .} .
she exp! viticI caret ullv
" i our i . stiiiiic " be repeated, pu/
/I t W here is the rest of it
“Ihis is all "
“Ml ' W h.at do you represent .»
I lot* esT (n •
ny I-
!XO.
Nil- Hermnirigivay * i, the vutue
and the fault of Bteiabr-vs
“I am .i I week boy
"Not anv more, her husband
•ialod fimiIv Vou > .« <juit right"
fie re. I won’t have mv wile par .id !
tng around m that kind >>i a what j
ever it m.
“It* a Greek tunir.”
"lr i« not." he deelared. bvokmg a?
it more etwaely, "It's mv best silk
sport shirt wah the iteck cut out and .
« little embroidery around the tails'
t and get on some clothes and I
will take you home
“Oh |nhn' Vou dooi mean it*
“Dus is all for Art
**l don’t cure whether it i< for Srt
or for T'an Bilbo is t«>, i »vei 'em
up "
By this time the rest of live > «w
panv h id heard the dim uesiort. who h
bad fies”, conducted in the Mm- t»»nev
as those ordmanly uses! <vn the ;
hle.arhers at a baseball game Fhev
gathered aroued,
“Please. Vfr, Hemmirigway," plead !
ed Vlarveila “You c»»fildn't rwakr i
Welrn withdraw now It will break j
up the show?’
“If she doesn’t it will break up the i
Hemniingwav family," he declared!
firmly.
“Is Mr fiemmmaway here?” in j
ajuired a vom«- ioudlv from the rear I
of the auditorium, It wa* the boy ;
from the box offke.
“Yew.” replied John. “What it !
lw it?”
“You’re wanted on the telephone." j
Hemiutngway left ua, a rlejetted
prom*
“What can we do ?" wailed Mary-
rlla diwonsolalely. " Wliat will the
add soldiers do?”
"fKvn’t worry," Mrs. Miwnmingwav
•aid. “I’ll manage him some way
I’ll fin the rontume up so that he
will approve all right ’
She sighed with regret at the idea.
cars.
unreasonable?
md made down
cut * .ui* ot the
Hoe could she
I turned on my h
the aisle for the B
theatre.
“Tom, some o e shour- * after me
I continued n v way, ur lieeilitij;.
“Oh I'jin' "VSiiit a minute!” im-
plored Jim.
I dt I nut answer. It ? hud I might
have said somethin;.* that I should
imv • regretted exceedingly later.
•<>uie one wav coming down the
» i vI jj**t*3T mJ!* | .•*••»■ |t tl «
[ determined t*> listen to no pleading*.
Vlarveila hsd chosen to bring JHfJT*
sonaltlies it to it, and I would not
stand for it. that was all.
I I rr4j lied thr main entrance of the
theatre aril stepped through a door
mtu live brilliantly lit lobby. \ man
wlw> was buy in/ ticket.s at thr nov.
.»f!t<e booked up and with a veil ran
-Hit ’’*to the street, leaving his change
behind on the shelf.
Some oi e ope ied the door 1 bad
;uvt closed behind me. I did not
look around.
“Tom!"
It wa* Jim Cooper’* voice,
"vuur
"l thoukM v<tu might want the-*- if
' fuu are a-nng over to the oft ice
He thrti»t something into mv hatul-
and then ha-tened ba* k into the tire-
; ater,
j It was mv trousers'
CHAPTER III
WVTiH V OH Till Bit. vl rnttivt!
Tire yyeniteritiarv is one of thr
things that place* our * »t> on the
talking."
1 muttered xonirthing under my
breath.
“Don’t swear," he iilwtvni pleas
uitlv. "Vou ought to lie glad I wok'
you up.”
“(dad?" I repeated, increduous
Iv. “What have I got to be {Bad
about
“Because Marveila want* Jo talk
to vou. for one tiling. She asked me
to tell vou to come met to her house
• ssible. V oil sec, it i* all
cause she gels hurt once and nearly acrobat*, monk' v perfi rmers. s-piirm-
dies, but siie cjieers everybody up dragons, entertainers of all
iu*t tin* same and t«*ll» them that it is ‘ kinds, and pedlars of sweets and chit-
all for tin* best hecauae it has Iwen ,|mt '. tov- V anity I air! Go to tin-
a dull season f«>x* the utideitakers temple and you find thousands
butniiti: incense and candles before
all the idols, praying for wealth, old i
age and bliss.
Dne interesting god connected vvitb
the N«’w Year is the gmbol wealth
which is worshipped especially on j
the 5th bis birthday. Ihe money
spent on fire-crackers in hi* honor]
Saturday, April 27,1929
would pav ( Inna’s national debt
| 11- heriii work again until he is pm
peril woi-hipped Another i- lh.
kit. ben ;... I lie i- « papet :’od e„|
mIv over the stove in ihe kitchen
where he .......... the doing of th.
i *;111v !»»! -i vi*.'ll. (hi the ...id «c
th l?tb month he i» given a in
f, ,..t Swis I -viup i- put on ln-
ino.i*b and li< i- put in a beautiful
pap, i - dan chair and burnt'.! in -I.,
noii' -ivbv accompanied by lire,
ui.ik which is vending him to ij^
'
iloin; - ,.|l tlii- tu** and sw. etni
to bribe hint to speak well of tb. ir
family to Hi- majesty. When lie rc
turn* on the hist night of the old year
a i . w idol is brought and pirn i
with little ceiemoity in the old in
it will l>c a veur befoie he report*
again win "taffy” him now?
\, xt t<. idol worship gamblin:*
takes i be plan' in New Veai i- I.
I.ration' gambling eveiywhete!
What tliev eat and drink, and th.-
file . rackt rs. and gambling, all, in
.mm' wav or other, svinbolin* or
point to the sound “Kao-sen ’ e\<
*i„i! in the sense of rising hi di in
wealth and station especially i
wealth. It's indeed a woiidrrlnil
ii icic-iing time, and is indulged i
,-ve i In beggar* for they receive a
hat vest of ..in.*.
The Nationalist government ordei
.-.I that Cliiuc-e New Ve.tr .-Itould n<
1„. ohs«*r\ed llus v*ar. It miidit
well have tried to tune hack the
: icutest tidal wave of history! Vi
tional commands slop the observance
of ( bines,* New Veal s customs? t h
li tin* conversion *»l these people I *
t hiist will stop lbi* idol worship and
I id to tin* worship of tin* true Cod.
A d to u* the glad part of it i* that
each year mote leave lire false and
adopt th-' tine a- the Chinese one hv
,.iii* are horn anew. We are not di-
n uru:;ed. I’ray much for l.liina.
Kindest regard' and bc-t wishes.
Your* ;n Christ’s glad service.
i IU \ I H. G. C. H u.t.oi k.
I’. >. Kni lowed is a Chinese kit- b
en-god.
Wildcat ads get results.
\.T
Continued Vet/ II ecA.
1N1 )l STRIOI S HEN.
Yakima, Wash., April 2t. A
Rhode Island Red Hen is de< laird by
it' owner. Mr-. W . S. Ill-Icy, to have
laid jut eggs in ,10 consecutive days.
JOHNSON
\\ ater Well Driller
BIG LAKE. TEXAS
Equipped with good machin-
ery and good drillers. I.d
me figure with you on your
next job.
M
I advised crus*
»oon po
f it r ||w> i W‘wl
“(io to the deuce,
Iv.
“I shall Im* glad to," he vv,i«
swering in an unruffled tone
hung up the receiver.
1 wen baek to mv nice warm l»ed,
hut sleep was effectually rout 'd for
thr dav. Mv curiosity wa- aroused.
What did Maryella want? I’roha i
Mv -omething wherein 1 would be the 13
nn kleqdaled goat. I wa- ,-o-pii ion- |
'•till, it was nii-e of her to make the j
f>i«t move toward reconciliation. In
the p«»t that fiad always been mvi
part. May Ire -be knew she was in
the wrong and wanted to apologize !
I'liete wa.* onlv one way to find]
out I got up and dressed.
After breakfa*t I walked to Marv
ella’s house. Ihe air w.i- quite cold
and a light -now wa* falling. We,
lia,l hail cold weather before, and;
tlien* w :*% a couple of im lies ol iie on | j,
the rivet, but this wa* our fu*t snow-ID
storm.
Mrs, Hemrrn igw.ty wa*
ella. Ihe huge living i
11
u It
* ith Marv ||
om of the
'
BIG LAKE
HOTEL
W. J CLTBIRTH
Proprietor
PRACTICALLY FIREPROOF
Nice, Comfortable Rooms
The place where comfort nnd terrier combine lo make your
mmy piemmmi.
New Arrivals
\\(‘ are constantly receiving new goods but the new
arrivals for thi* week surpass anv recent arrivals and vou
will find something here you will want.
See those new shot’s in all the latest new shades and
up to the
numbers to fit any si/e foot. They are right
minute.
See those new summer bags and scarfs—the latest
things out and beauties. You will want one of each—may-
be several.
Beautiful new piece good- and costume jewelrv.
Guaranteed washable Grepe /eta,
at, the yard.............$2.00
In varied patterns and ju<t what you will desire for
that summer dress. See them.
We have a nice line of those beau-
tiful Jute Hats, at..........75r
Just the thing for the hot summer, windy days.
Many other new arrivals which will please you. Call
and see them.
Halamicek Bros.
shoes 1 our Shoe and heed Merchant
numgyir •
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