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MONDAY, JULY 27, 1»25
THE YOAKUM HERALD
hy William B*»ll Cwrtney^^^jj|
Copyright. Warner Bros.
MTHE LIMITED MAIL" with Monte Bine. Is a plctnrlsatlon of this story by
Warner Bros. Plcturos, Ine.
SOCIETY
CHAPTER I
Out of a blustery night that was
steeped in the fabled Stygian black-
ness, a small boulder—dislodged by
the persistent rain—slipped from
Old Witch’s Mask, on the heights
of Granite Gorge, and hurtled down
toward two unsuspecting vagrants
at the lee base of a train trestle pier.
The thin halo cf their fire, flut-
tering bravely against the impound-
ing blackness, revealed th younger
tramp coaxingly feeding twigs to
the blaze over which he held, to
keep off the windblown spurts of
rain, a rusted wash boiler top that
had found its way into this remote
hobo nest in the mountains Heaven
alone knows how; it showed, too—
before its rays were lost impotent-
ly in the black void of the abyss,
upon the edge of which he was
kneeling—the fat and frowsy figure
of the older tramp, paying out a line
of cord.
A trickle of pebbles, and a sud-
den ominous overtone to the weird
medley of wind and rain that thrash-
ed down upon the snarling whirl-
pools in the bottom of the canyon,
warned the man at the fire. But his
instinctive yell to his friend was too
late. The unwarned hobo, just ris-
ing to his feet and carefully com-
mencing to draw in his string, was
still in a half-bent forward position
when the rock bounced like a pet-
rified rubber ball on the ledge be-
hind him, then jumped over him as
though in playful leapfrog, barely
grazing the broadest and fullest part
of his frayed pants. Such, how-
ever, was the force of this glancing
blow that the tramp was knocked
flat on his face toward the brink of
the chasm, over which he now slid,
helplessly, his hands clutching futile-
ed his companion’s attention to the
fate that had befallen their fire
during the excitement. The wash
boiler top had settled squareb' down
upon and smothered the heart ot the
blaze, though around its border tiny
flames still burned—a faint corona
to a tin eclipse. The young hobo
rescued the top. then hastily raked
the live twigs into a new core. His
pal gathered fuel, meanwhile; wet
and green, it was not the best food
for an anaemic fire, yet the heroic
efforts of both men, guided by the
canny experience of the older—gain-
ed on many such a night—won out.
“We’re first class boy scouts,”
boasted the good-natured Potts tri-
umphantly.
His comrade did not retort in kind
—nor even smile. There was in his
eyes a set glint of aloof bitterness
that bespoke the impossibility of
frivolity from him; a brooding mys-
tery, as deep as the darkness of that
stormy night and as evasive as its
substance, lent a somberly wistful
note to his expression. Potts spec-
ulated romantically upon the iden-
tity of his haphazard pal; but being
a true gentleman of the itching feet
he asked no questions. Potts liked
the tall, silent boy.
When the fire was burning briskly
again Potts said, “Now, if you’ll
prop this tin so it will keep off the
rain, you can look for a large con-
tainer for our stew while I'm mak-
ing another effort to scoop up w’ith
a small can enough water to form
the liquid ingredient—the, ahem!
aqua pura—for the succulent piece
de resistance of our evening repast.
In my recent unfortunate mishap I
regret that it was impossible for me
to avoid losing both string and can.
But my ball of twine is not yet done
SOCIAL CALENDER FOR WEEK
I
Tuesday, July 27, 1925
Christian Ladies Aid meets at Mrs.
Sam Beversdorf, 406 Nelson Street.
The Womans Auxiliary of the Pres-
byterian church will meet at the fol-
lowing places:
Cicrle No. and 4—Mrs. H. H. Brow n
Jr.
I Circle No. 2—Mrs. Joe Smith.
Circle No. 3—Mrs. Bilbro.
Circle No. 5—Mrs. Rogers.
Wednesday, July 29, 1925
Morning Bridge Club meets at Mrs.
W. E. Stapp, 311 Coke Street at 9:30.
Morning Mah Jong Club meets at
i Mrs. E. L. Merrem, 409 E. Hochheim
i Street at 9 o’clock.
I
Thursday, July 30th
The P. E. Club will meet at Mrs.
Aubrey Scruggs, 409 E. Gonzales St.
Merry Matrons Club will meet at
Mrs. M. M. Walton. 406 E. Gonzales St.
|
at four o’clock.
Friday, July 31st
j Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Davis and Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Strunk are entertaining
w’ith a chicken barbecue.
The Christian Ladies Aid will meet
YOAKUM LODGE
NO. 662
A. F. & A. M.
Stated meetings
1st and 3rd Satur-
days of every
month at 8:00 P.
M. Visiting Mas-
ter Masons are
always welcome.
H. E. Morgan WM
J. W. Cook, Secy.
YOAKUM
CHAPTER
R. A. M. No. 209
Meets 2nd Mon-
day night of each
month.
Joe F. Sciba. H. P.
f. W. Cook, Rec.
His instinctive yell to Kit friend wu too late.
ly at the empty air. his feet in their
toeless shoes pressing vainly on the
smooth ledge for a braking hold
that would stay his bulky body. His
frightened shriek rose like a wail
above the tempestuous symphony of
primitive elements in the Gorge.
The lithe young hobo, dropping
the boiler cover, made a leap and a
grab, but for the second time in as
many instants he was too late. His
pal disappeared over the cliff.
Outwardly numb, inwardly quak-
ing. the young fellow crawled to the
edge and peered over. He saw what
he had been afraid to hope for—his
comrade entangled in a stout bush
a bare three feet below.
There was a precision and trained
skill in the physical strength of the
husky young tramp that spoke of
better fed and rested days not far
behind as he dragged his lai fiiviiu
to safety, guiding him to help him-
self by taking toeholds in the g'aci-
ally vermiculated face of the preci-
pice. Gasping, when safe at last,
the older man seized his friend’s
hands in sentimental gusto, and with
a great wagging of his greasy head
and wrinkling of his rotund face—
which, in the dying light of the neg-
lected fire, was unmistakcably col-
ored a boudoir green—lie cried,
“My dear boy, I am eternally in-
debted to you. The cold fingers of
the Grim Reaper were in try hair.
But—drowning is not for Potts!
It was not Potts’ —"
The young man jerked his head
toward the invisible heights. “Are
there apt to be any more of those?”
for—and here is another can.”
“When you dip for the water this
time I am going to sit on your legs,’’
said the younger man laconically
then, reaching into the darkness just'
beyond the firelight he lifted into
view’ a five gallon ex-home of motor
oil and added, “I rustled this up a
while ago!”
Potts inspected the large can crit-'
ically. “Oxygen and hydrogen, «u
naturel, have banished the odor andj
the taint.” he approved. “One usu-j
ally finds a generous selection of!
cans—err-r- utensils!—in this local-i
ity, which is a favored one with our
brotherhood. You may have ob-
served the calling cards," he men-
tioned politely, with a graceful
sweep of his fat hand toward a large
boulder just within the aura of fire-
light. It was covered with a strange
and bewildering confusion of signs,
numbers, letters and symbols—the
“cards" of all the more famous
knights of the road, and some not
so famous.
“Are you going to add yours
when we leave here?" Potts fished.
The boy—he was twenty-five, per-
haps—looked soberly at Potts with
eyes that had their roots in pain;
then lie twisted one corner of his
mouth down in a wry, indefinite
.--mile t hat got no further than his
lips. IVtts, in the week he had
tramped with the lad, had come to
know this shy. haunting little hin^
of a mystery and a fight against
secret trouble which did not want
to be prodded. He felt quickly
gshamed of his inquisitiveness. Af-
YOAKUM COMMANDERY
No. 66 K. T.
Meets the 2nd
and 4th Thursday
night of each
month at 8:00, in
Masonic Hali
F. O. Crawford, Em. Com.
O. Corsen. Recorder.
SCOTTISH RITE CLUB
Yoakum Scot-
tish Rite Club
meets 3rd Mon-
day night of
each month
S. E. Blakeney, Pres.
F. N. Clifford, Secy.
SHRINE CLUB
Meets the 2nd
Tuesday night of
each month 8
j’clock at the
Masonic Temple.
Visiting Nobles
always welcome.
A. A. Dolsen, Pres
F. N. Clifford, Sec.
EASTERN STARS
Yoakum Chapter
No. 282 O. E. S.
Meets 1st and 3rd
Friday night of each
month.
Mrs. E. F. Fulgham,
rjm J w. m.
Mrs E. S. Winfree.
Secy.
YOAKUM LODGE
Potts reflected, until the harsh ef- ter all, was it not enough that he
fort left his breathing, then with
the emotional vagabond’s philoso-
phic acceptance of things as they
come, he decided:
“No, I don’t think so. I’ll tell you
about the Old Witch later. Mean-
while—on with the stew, let our
hunger be satisfied!”
With a gesture of dismay he call-
liked the boy and that the boy
seemed to like him; that they had
gravitated toward each other in one
of those strange and outwardly ill-
fnated friendships of the dusty
roads, where no references are re-
quired? He changed the subject.
(To be Continued)
Mr. and Mrs. DeLane Schwab, Mrs.
H, A. Hudson, Mrs. W. A. Fink and
Jimmie Henderson spent Sunday in
San Antonio. They were accompanied
home by Mrs. Mattie Braden who will
be the guest of Mrs. Hudson for a few
days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Conway and Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Cain motored to Gon-
zales Sunday afternoon where Mr.
Cain will be in charge of the Gonzales
Branch of the Texas Wholesale Gro-
cery Company. The remainder of the
party returned Sunday afternoon.
Nc. 348, I. O. O. F.
Stated meetings
1st and 3rd Mon-
day of every
month at 7:30 P.
M. Visiting mem
bers always wel-
come. Meets in
K. of P. Hall.
D. K. Brown, N. G.
H. Voglesang, Sec
YOAKUM CHAPTER
ORDER DcMOLAY
Stated meetings 2nd and 4th
Friday 8 P. M. Masonic Temple.
/ W. T. Brian, Jr., M. C.
L. L. Squyres, Scribe
Yoaxurn Council No. 58
MODERN ORDER OF
PRAETORIANS
Meet 1st Thursday of
each month 8 p. m. in K. of
P. Hall. Visiting Praetorians welcome.
R. J. Sladek, Sublime Augustus.
B. H. Treybig, Worthy Recorder.
Goldenrod Camp 173
WOODMEN OF THE
WORLO
_ __ Meets 2nd and 4tb
Saturday evening in each month at 8
o'clock. K. of P. Hall, Lott SL
C. L. Turbevllle. C. C.
E. L. Dickinson Clerk.
at Mrs. Sam Beversdorf, 406 Nelson St.
Saturday. August 1, 1925
Morning Bridge Club meets at
Mrs. H. Frady.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. L. B. Norrell added a delightful I
date to tlif mid-summer hospitalities,
of last \\e**k when she complimented
Miss Louise Hillje, her guest from '
San Antonio .with a delightful party
at the home of Mrs. E. L. Merrem. [
409 K. Hochheim Street.
The living room suite was attractive-1
ly decorated in a soft shade of yellow, j
baskets of yellow flowers adorned the;
walls. When the guests arrived, the
girls were received in one room and i
the boys in another, and each boy and
girl had to write a description of the
other which created much merriment.
After becoming well acquainted thru
this means the guests began playing
forty-two. In a series of games play-
ed, Mrs. N. W. Mitchell won high
score, while Miss Mildred Gable made
low. Mr. Hartley Harrison received
high score for the boys and Mr. Dan
Smith Jr. received low score. Miss
Louise Willje was given a dainty
hand embrolderied voile handkerchief
for guest prize. Miss Hillje is an ac-
complished vocalist and she sang sev-
eral delightful pieces during the even-
ing.
At an appropriate hour the guests
were served maple nut cream and
devils food cake. Petty miniature fans
were used as favors.
The personel included Misses Helen
Carstarphen, Nannie Ray Baker, Imo-
gene Edgar, Otilia Rlnn, Mildred Gable
Mable Merrem, Louise Hillje, Mrs. N.
W. Mitchell, Mrs. E. L. Merrem. Mrs.
Norrell, Messrs. Earnest Elkins, Fred
Shoemaker, Hartley Harrison, C. C.
Crutchfield, Leslie Merrem, Carl
Riemenschneider, Norrel, Edgar Mer-
rem and Dan Smith Jr.
* + *
Miss Edo Cleo Riemenschneider de-
lightfully entertained the members of
the Happy Seven Club at her home Fri-
day night with a tacky party. Six
members of the newly organized club
were present, with one guest. Soon
after arriving Miss Sara Blaine Merg-
enthal was given a box of candy, for
being dressed the tackiest. After
playing many interesting games on
the lawn, Iced lemonade and cakes
was served. After refreshments many
other games and contests interested
all. Before leaving everyone express-
ed themselves as having had a lovely
time, and Miss Riemenschneider as
an ideal hostess. Those present were
Misses Maude Louise Albrecht. Edo
Cleo Riemenschneider, Vivian Camp,
Sara Blaine Mergenthal, Louise Camp,
Messrs. Richard Glynn and John Paul
Bishop.
+ * +
Last Thursday afternoon, Mrs. E. L.
Merem entertained a number of little
guests in honor of her little daughter,
La Delle. It was La Delle’s fourth
birthday and she was very happy as
her little friends arrived and present-
ed her with many little gifts to show
their esteem.
After playing numerous games, the
party was invited into the dining
room where with much merriment the
beautifully embossed birthday cake
was cut and ice cream cones were serv-
ed.
Those enjoying La Delle's party were
Mary Maud Winfree, Annie Ruth
Burns, Eleanor Claire Corssen, Wynet-
ta Stevens, Marjorie Stephens, Mary
Nixon Stephens, Clayton Taylor.
Thomas Monroe Rinn, Annie T^aurle
Corry. Mrs. Norrell and niece Miss
Louise Hillje, Mrs. Monroe Rinn and
Miss Mable Merrem assisted Mrs. Mer
rem in entertaining.
* * +
Mrs. John Buss gave a birthday
party Saturday for her little son Ver-
non who celebrated his fifth birthday.
Games dear to the chil-
dren, were played, the first
of which was blowing up balloons,
and much excitement prevailed as the
youngsters tried to blow their balloons
the largest without bursting It. The
first prize went to Miss Sarah Beck
and the consolation to Velma Davis. In
pinnig on the donkeys tail Miss Lor-
ane Raska was the most successful
and Miss Juanita Raska won the con-
solation.
The little guests were then Invited
into the dining room where the birth-
day cake was esconed on the dining
room table with five tiny candles glow
in:: I'.oin (he cake. In the cutting Ver-
non Buss got the ring. Miss Willie Mae
Huebner the button.
Cake and soda water was served
with Lolly pops and balloons as favors
The fololwing were present: Junlta
and Lorene Raska. Willie Mae and
Dorothy Huebner, Velma, Gladys, Vir-
gle and Luther Lloyd Davis, Sarah
Beck. Mary Buenger, Eugene. Phil and
Margory Bonner. Beatrice and Loret-
ta Jakubik, Madeline. Lloyd and Ver-
non Buss.
Mrs. Buss was assisted in serving
by Mrs. V. K. Dickinson and daughter
Miss Mildred.
* * *
On Saturday evening Misses Jules
Maton and Evelyn May were hostesses
to a delightful informal dance given
at the home of the latter at 411 W.
May Street. Music was furnished
thruout the evening by tii v, ell known
"Crip”.
During Intermissions delicious fruit
punch and angel food squares was
served to the following guests: Misses
Elizabeth Moore. San Antonio; Alice
Hewhuila and Evelyn Lop&s, Bay-
town, Mildred Gaphangher, Columbus;
Willie Mae Taylor, Donna; Margaret
LeSage, Victoria; Loris Powers. Lydia
Overbay, Eloise Smith, Gladys Barnett
Mary Ann lluvar, Allah Lee Head,
Hilda Rinn and the hostesses; Messrs.
Floyd Quota, Gabriel Boothe, Calvin
Turbevllle, Russell Mason. Johnnie
Jarvis, Lamar Overbay, Perry Edgar,
Ivey McLeod, Meredith May. William
Brian. J. G. Hill, Glenn Hill, Leon
Kopecky, Reginald Bourke, George
Burch, Harold Johnson. Burton Junge,
Orlen May and Edward Stapp.
The young hostesses were assisted
in entertaining by Mrs. R. E. May
and Mrs. C. T. Maton and Miss Louise
Maton.
, This is said to have been the most
delightful private dance the younger
set have enjoyed during the summer
vacation.
ATTENTION PUBLIC
We have moved to the Dr. Gray
Building on Irvine St.. In addi-
tion to our
SADDLERY AND HARNESS
We have installed an up-to-date
ELECTRIC SHOE REPAIR
SHOP
which is in charge of an expert Boot and Shoe repairer. All
work guaranteed
Malick & Kubicek
We are here to please you and will appreciate your business.
John S. Robertson
PRODUCTION
uSfiSfe
You’ll find a new Dick in this,
but the same kind of drama that
made “Tol’able David” unfor-
getable. You’ll see him take the
blame of shame at West Point,
see him dragged to the depths on
another’s lie and then come
fighting back to victory.
In the wild Amazon jungles—
fighting hardships that test a
man’s metal.
A
AUrtt national Picture
Made at West Point with the full co-operation of the United
States Military. See the cadets and know the life they lead
from morning reveille to evening taps.
G R A N D
Today and Tomorrow, July 27 and 28
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Richter, T. H. Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 98, Ed. 1 Monday, July 27, 1925, newspaper, July 27, 1925; Yoakum, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth758098/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carl and Mary Welhausen Library.