The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 8, 1924 Page: 3 of 6
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Rimrock
Trail
By J. Allan Dunn
Author of
"A Mon to His Mats’’
Etc.
nutrition* hj IRWIN MYERS
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Copyright. 1W*. by J. Allan Damn
-Speiikin’ wide, the weddln’ cake of
matrimony has been mostly mildewed
fr,r me.” said Mormon reflectively,
■hut I've alius had an affinity fo* the
m. I ain't like Sandy. Nature Rive
him an Instinct ag’ln’ ’em, as pard-
gprs. lie was ho'n lucky."
But Sandy had Rone out. Sam and
Mormon trailed hjm and saw him
wilkinc toward the cottonwood grove
with Grit at his heels.
“lie thinks a heap of Molly,"
•pined Sam. "I reckon he sure hates
to love her, If he Is woman-shy.
Course Molly was Jest a kid. But I
don't fancy she'll take the hack-trail
once she cits mixed up with the
Keith outfit.”
“I nln't so plumb sure of thnt,” re-
turned Mormon. "Molly’s bo'n an’
trod with the West in her blood.
Sl -'II alius hour the call of llie range,
like a colt that’s stepped wild. He'll
! drink at the tank, but he ain’t for-
feitin' the water-hole."
Sandy, under the cottonwoods
where the spring bubbled, so near the
«M pro.'i eider's grave that perhaps
the old miner lying there could. In his
new. .iltinitios with Nature, hear Its
flow, was thinking much the same
thing Mormon Imd expressed, hoping
It mlchl he true, elildlng himself lest
the thought he selfish.
Meinorli v of Molly flickered aeross
the screen of his mind: Molly beside
her father try the broken wagon,
climbing t« get the cactus blossom
fur his cairn; Molly at the grave;
Holly giving him the gold piece; the
wild ride across the pass anil the race
for the train and a recollection that
was freshest of all. one he Imd not
mentioned to his partners; the touch
of Molly's Dps on his ns he had hade
her RiHidhy. The kiss had not been
that of a child, there had been n magic
In It that hud thrilled some chord in
Sandy that still responded to that re-
membrance.
Miranda, alone In the flivver, a new
,.cnr of her own, bought with money
paid by Keith for her elnllu. was at
the ranch house when Sandy returned.
Miranda and young Ed Bailey, accept-
or Westlake's advice, had sold for
■ndi, colling fifteen thousand dollars
,n'H'ide between them, refusing more
{Uttering offers of stock. It was a
vlnilfall well worth their endeavor
and they were amply satisfied. Young
I.d had promptly gone to agricultural
"•liege. Miranda, Mormon and Sam
"ere talking about tills when Sandy
came up.
"h sure made a man of young Ed
overnight," said the spinster. "lie
"• ucl.t it out all by himse’f an’ nigh
sun.rivi'.l us ofr our feet. We’re
pi'ii di proud of him.
Mr. Westlake was over day before
festerday,” she went on. He says
tliin.v is boomin' up to Carney Town.
'■res been some good strikes, one
in the claim n<*x* hut cne to ours,
ke.tii s coin’ to start things whirlin',
i reckon,"
^'M'M.,. '"‘II see Molly.” suggested
'"I'hough of course she ain't to
"•‘dli's house yet."
k f'utr’ asked the spinster
eagerly.
"'Vo are waitin’ fo' Sandy to show
>"• letter." said Sam
Miranda rend the letter through
'"Ice, folded It nnd held It In her Inp
f"r a few moments. .Then;
P don't rightly git the motive hack
this wrltln'. It alii’t been sent
*"hout ono. Mehhe she’u just taken
* fancy to Molly, mchhe she’s
,n that likes to do kind
wotn-
thlngs and
Blinks
right,
me as
Molly'll pay well for bein'
jaacn up. i don’t mean In money,
’’•l. if Molly didn't have a show of
•‘in rich, an’ warn't pritt.v, which
* p Is, I ain't certain Mrs. Keith 'nd
he so eager. I guess It’s all
somehow, it don't lilt
Plumb sincere."
“'oil'd vote ag’ln It?” asked Sandy.
•Wo. j jv'udn’t."
Iflggered on puttin' It up to Molly."
Holt's a good Idee. An', ns her
Piartlt'c", Pd suggest that Mrs.
''Uh lives tip to that half-promise of
l!*r* nn make It n condition she
ri ig« Molly out here Inside of six
.''r''K That'll give time for n fair
'• an you can see right then fo'
>«rese|f,how work,n,„
hat s a plumb fine Idee." said
P*tlii"n triumphantly nt his
he, rnn '*’***' Tandy's own wishes and
,, Rll''scrlhed to It. Snm Indorsed It
thit**1*' * le,ter was sent east
Moll ?lchl' ""utalnlng the proviso of
*hn.M r<“U,rn "n‘1 another tharMolly
lulu ,M>nr her own expenses of
'"l."n<« living. All this to hang
J'n Roily.
own desire to make the
Peirli' Molly " letter came there sp-
in.. ..J*0 *0 her willingness,
•dmittwj that she had been some-
** lonesome" at the school.
* ***** Molly’s letters were
+Z « «*A Xhrae Star. Rhe
,TnT week telling of life st
it,
to resd then. Kelly wrote;
•It Is full of excitement, this Ilfs
•t the Keiths’, and they are just
lovely to me. There la s lot of com-
pany always at the house and every-
one seema to he enjoying himself, hnt
somehow It strikes me as not quite
real. I want to he back where no-
body pretends.
"Td give anything, sometimes, for
a good gallop through the red top and
sage and rahhlt-hrush on my pony."
There was more talk of dinners
and dances, of receptions and then-
te*», with mention of Donald Keith
here and there, chat of new clothes,
kind words for the elder Keiths.
“Hon’t think I’ve changed." she mild.
“I'm the same Molly underneath even
If I have been revamped and deco-
rated."
The famous White Gold prospec-
tuses and advertisements duly fol-
lowed the news stories. Casey Town
boomed with some bona-fide strikes
that sent Keith’s stocks souring high.
The porphyry dyke nt the Molly mine
began to yield rich results almost
from the first, and dividends were
paid In such quantities ns to stagger
the Three Star outfit, who saw them-
selves In a fair way to become rich.
All over the barren hills, where the
first futile shafts had been driven nnd
abandoned, buildings sprang up like
mushrooms. Housing machinery, send-
ing up plumes of white smoke that
tokened the underground energies.
The three partners held consulta-
tion ns to their disposal of the checks
thnt were sent them.
"Molly, she's gel tin* the snine
amount we're spllttln' both ways,"
said Sam, "but somehow It don’t seem
right to me the way we come In. It
was her dad's mine, lie found It. All
we did was,to find Iter—an' licit done
thnt."
"The gal w’udn't promise to go to
Old Cunningham
Margie Nell Allen la reported
ill this week.
Alvin and Stella Crafton were
Paris visitors Saturday.
Several attended singing ai
Cunningham Sunday night.
Garland Anderson and family
are Paris visitors this week.
There was no school Monday
on account of the teacher beiug
sick.
The Sunday school recently
organized at this place was well
attended Sunday.
Elya Williams and wife enter-
tained the young people with a
singing Sunday night.
Dennis Jelfus and family of
Deport, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Temple, last week.
Sunday night as Jim Ander-
son, wife and baby were going to
a singing at the home of Elya
Williams their team became
frightened and ran about a mile.
.Jim was thrown out between the
mules and his wife and baby
thrown out when the wagon hit a
stump, they all three escaped
without, injuries.
Rugby Runblea
Cross-Roads
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Li e Martin and wife were vis
itors of W. I). Pomroy Wednes
day.
Edgar Young and wife spent
Saturday and Sunday with John
ie Williams and family.
Alvin Thomas and wife of
Wane City, III., are visTting Mrs.
Thomas’sister Mrs. J. S. Bishop.
Mrs. Birdie Wilson and child-
ren of T.jhne Oak, spent Wednes-
day with her mother, Mrs. Pom-
toy.
Mrs. Will Harris and daughter,
Willie, spent Tuesday and Wed
nesday with Mrs, J. S. Bishop
and children.
George Bishop returned home
Wednesday from Eastland,where
lie spent two weeks visiting Ins
sister, Mrs. Garland Cotton.
Fred Clifton and family spent
Sunday with his father, C. W.
Clifton, at Deport.
Bud Finch and family spent
Satu day night with his niece,
Mrs. A. C. Spears.
Clyde [jawler and family spent
Sunday with his brother, J. W.
Lawler, of Milton.
Mrs. W. S. Griffin of Bogata,
spent last Saturday with her
father, G. W. Grant.
W. W. Selmon and part of his
family spent Sunday with John
Holmes near Hoovertown.
Mark McAllister and wife of
Deport, spent Sunday with his
father, W. B. McAllister.
Dalton Steele and family spent
the week end with his sister,
Mrs. C. C. Cooper, of Milton.
Mack and George Bell spent
Saturday night with their sister.
Mrs. W. H. Nance, at Bogata.
Miss Hazel Epps spent Satur
day night with tier grandmother,
Mrs. John Blankenship, near
Deport.
t R. M. [tell and part of bis
I family spent Saturday night, witli
Ibis cousin, Fair Pynes, of Cun
ningliam.
Theodore Cotton and family
moved from near Mt. Vernon
last week to a house oil S. B.
Gridin's farm.
Pattonville Notes
Glad to report Mrs. Vicie
McDowraon the road to recovery.
Mr*. L. T. Martin has improv
ed after several days of serious
illness.
Ella Merritt has returned home
from Alabama, where he visited
an aunt.
Miss Anna Beth Warren spent
the week end with home folks at
Brookston.
M rs. Jones has been seriously
ill the past week, but is report
ed improved.
The car of fertilizer the farm-
ers ordered has arrived and was
unloaded Monday.
Misses Opal Campbell and Opal
Griffin of Deport, were Patton-
v ile visitors Sunday.
Uncle Bill Eudy is reported
real sick at his home in the Chap-
pel Hill community.
Quite a number of people are
reported ill with influenza, but
seems to be in light form.
Quite a number of Pattonville
people attended the County Has
ketba.ll meet' at Paris Saturday
Miss Berta Mae Westbrook
of Rosalie, is spending a few
days with Miss Clara Campbell
Nell, the little* daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Eeuon McDowra,
has been real sick with measles.
Persistent
Coughing—
wastes your strength, ma^es
the delicate throat tissues raw
and sore, expose* you to more
serious trpuhie. You cun check
coughing with I)r. King's New
Discovery. Natu-
rally and harmless-
ly it stimulates the
mucous membranes
to throw off clog-
ging secret ions. I lus
a pleasant taste. All >jr
druggists. ▼
DR. KING’S NEW DISCOVEmr
Seeds
Edgar Stevens and wife of j
Post Oak, spent part of last week | ^ev- Cat leton tilled his regular
with their children, Guy Stevens 1 aDBO<ntment at Milton Sunday
Cunningham
at 11 o’clock and
| Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. King and child
I ren tiave returned home from
! Hoovertown, where they have
| spent several days.
Wes Epps and wife spe nt Sat .
urday with her brother, Odie El-1 ^rs- T(,m Stone was buried
lison of Detroit, and Sunday with I®1 Shady grove cemetery Thurs*
his aunt, Mrs. Etta Hiler, near
De|>ort.
and Mrs. Fred Swint.
Fred Swint. and family were
called to Honey Grove Saturday
by the serious illness of bis fa
ther, Rev. John Swint.
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‘‘The Gal W’udn’t Promise t.o Go to
School 'Lett* We Shared Even-
Steven,’’ Said Mormon.
school 'loss we shared even-SteCen,"
said Mormon.
"1 see It this
Phone The Times when you
have a visitor.
way.
said Sandy.
"I’ve done a heap of t It In K in' over the |
matter. I’m (dumb sure that If we-ull
didn’t take the money Molly il l pull |
nut her picket-pin an' say we wasn’t
playin' fair an’ square with her. I 1
Agger we eah do this. We can use '
the money, keepin' account <*f it. put
till’ It Into slock an' Improv etnepts i
tlint*11 pay fo' themselves long bei'o' j
Molly comes of age an' m.v guanleen
papers play out. That way we'll have '
the benefit of the capital an’ keep It
ready to turn over to her if sla over
needs It. I don't be!' -ve 1 over
take one red of If. Jt w a'- - n’dc
with her an' si; 's f ■ .C ured
sport. But, In ease in\ 11 ... ever1
turns tip, or site gits married, we'll
have It handy.”
“Eigger she's goln' to in: y that
young Keith? I sure hate to think of :
Molly hltehln’ lip with a t* ei-foot j
But I subscribe to Sandy's s* me on
these h«*re dividends of our.-."
“Count me In,” said Mormon. And
so the ivtTalr was settled.
*••**»•
Of rilmrtdl little was heard Th*
gambler had deserted Hint profession
and stayed close to his horse ranch.
It lay alone, nnd few visited It save
Pllmsoll's own associates. Humors)
drifted concerning I'llmsoH’s remark-
able herd Increase of saleable horses,,
but, unless proof of actual operation
was forthcoming, there wus small
chance of pinning anything down in
the way of Illegal work. " yaft once, j
staggering out of some blind pig in
Hereford, babbled In maudlin drunk-
enness of Ids deform nation to get
even with I'limsoll for stealing Ids
sweetheart. For Wyatt, for the sake|
of Hie girl, bad gone hack to Pliin-
soil's employ.
Thoughts of I'limsoll did not bother j
Sandy's head. The "old man" of the
Three Star—hearing tIn* cowman's In-1
evitable title for the head of the
management, whether young or old. j
male or female—curried out tils long j
cherished plans for additional water-
supply, for alfnlfa planting, for regls-1
tered hulls nnd high-grade cows. He
studied hnrd. he got In touch with the
state experimental developments, he
subscribed for magazines tlint told of
entile breeding, he sent soils for an-
alysis, nnd young Ed. coining home
from his first term, found, somewhat
to his chagrin, thnt Handy was far
ahead of him In both the theory and
practice of ranching.
Ths daya multiplied Into weeks and
the weeks Into months. Ssndy re-
ceived one letter from Brandon that
seemed to presage Another
across the line. It wts terse. char«c*
renstic or rue man.
"My Hear P.ourke:
Jap Chessliiro of Paris, is at
the bedside of his brother, H. C.
Chesshire, who is ill with pneu-
monia. His sister, Mrs. Will
Keith, of Glendale, spent Mon
day witli him.
Mrs. J. E. Me Fat ridge receiv- j Ko,)(.rl Hicks and wi^DelhT,
ed a message Sunday afternoon j Qk > who ,mve been vi9itini? ,e|„.
that iier brother, Albert Good
day afternoon, Rev.
lioldinn the services.
Deport B. Y. P. U. gave their
play, “The Wren,’’ here Friday
evening. There was a large at-
tendance reported and -the play
was well rendered and highly
complimented.
“We are still luxing tlirep nnd four-
year elds. nnd the evidence points to, "Ha-
inan, of Hugo, Ok., had pneu-
monia, and was not expected to
She went to see him Mon
tives at Blossom, spent Sunday
land Monday witli his sister, Mrs.
.J. A. Harvey.
Milton Mentions
their drifting over toward Pllnisoll. clay.
We hnve traced up some of the links
leading from this end. To lie quite
frnn!:, the authorities of your own _
county do not seem over disposed to
bother in the mutter, nnd we are tnk-j Mrs. Bennett has been
ing things lu onr own hands. We j t|ie pa*t week with the flu.
6 6 6
sick
have set n trap for Jim Pllnisoll nnd j
Rev. Carleton filled his regular
appointment here Sunday.
The little daughter .of T. A.
Harvey is better after a spell of 1
have hopes lie villi vvnlk Into It If he
is llie guilty party.
"The favor I want of you is to
tip me off If Pllnisoll nppenrs about
to leave the country. We hnve n tip
licit lie expects to do so before long.
If you get wind of this a wire would i l)n,!Umonia.
he much n p| i,reel a ted by me.'"’
“Sincerely yours.
“W. J. BRANDON.
W ith the founding of the Three! since the 2(>.
Star ranch the lives of the partners
had changed n good deal. They held
responsibilities, they owned a home j the surprise dinner at Dick Ben
nnd they lived there. None of them, nett's Sunday,
since they were children, hud ever j
known the close eompunlonshlp of u. Byron Holt, who is attending
young girl. Mormons ^matrimonial j 9f.|)0<)] Paris, spent Sunday
with home ft.Iks.
is a Prescription prepared for I
Colds, Fever and Grippe
it is the most speedy remedy we
know, Preventing Pneumonia
iiii
Wallace Watson and wife are j
entertaining a new daughter,
Several from here attended
Mutt
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C7h£S$?n l^eautifldr
35c, COc and $1.00 C-t Jct
cl ‘Collet Courtiers
Sample Mailed on Requmt
E ANni"t LAEOR ATOniEo. Inc.
D • ■MTAJPMSS. Tr.NN. « Cl
The Milton Sunday School is
progressing; several new schnl- \
adventures had luvn foredoomed ship-
wrecks on the sands /of lime, his
wives 'nuirithl pintles preying on his
good nature and earnings. Molly-had
leavened lliclr existences* in a way
Hurt two of thorn hardly suspected, ars have enrolled,
and the yeast of ufierHon was still ^ |
working. Each hung to Hn* hope Hint Gus Ladd, wife and baby of|
she might return i*i Hie ranch again Paris, spent Saturday and Sun !
to slay and end. felt that hope wau.day wiU, rclatives here.
fuint one.
When, at last, there came the news,
from Molly herself nnd from Mrs. 1
Keith, that Ivilli was coming out to
make Inspection of bis t'a-ey Town
properties, that he was traveling in ii
private car with his son, witli Molly
anil her goveruess-eompahlon. Miss
Nicholson, and that Hie two latter
would got off at Hereford for n visit ;
to the Three Star, Sandy went about 1
witli a whistle, Sam breathed sa I
gnine melodies through the harmoni
end Mormon beamed all over. The
Illumination was apparent. Sam told
him lie looked “all lit up, like a Chi-
nee lantern" and Mormon beamed the
more.
Molly's letter was primed with de-
light. Mrs. Keith’s contained regrets
that her physicians did not think the
Journey would be best for her to un-
dertake In the present stitfe of her
health, which meant that she feared
possible discomforts en route and
Imagined the ranch as a place where
one was fed only on beans, sour-
dough bread, bull meat and Indiffer-
ent coffee.
(Continued Next Week.)
Mrs. Harvey and Miss Lou
Martin have been visiting rela
tives at Paris this week.
Oran Harvey and wife spent
Saturday and Sunday with Ult-n *
Archer and wife at Cunningham
*
iStiviu
Dalton Steele and wife of
Haleaboro, s; ent Sunday night
with Clotus Cooper nnd famil\
Clyde Lawler and Robert
Harvey and families spent Sun
day with Wayne Lawler and
wife.
Services were held Sunday
night by Luther Floyd at the
Methodist Church, with a large
attendance.
Miss Mattie Martin who ia a
student at a Paris commercial
college, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with home folks.
CURED
in 6 to 14 Days
All Druggists arc authorized to
refund money if PAZO OINT-
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ITCHING. BUND. BLEEDING
or PROTRUDING PILES Cures
ordinary cases in fi days, the
worst esses in 14 days.
PAZO OINTMENT instantly Re-
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first application
Blinding
Headaches
“For about twenty years,"
rnys Mr. P. A. Walker, a well-
known citizen of Newburg,
Ky., “one of our family reme-
dies has been Black-Draught,
the old reliable. . . I use it
for colds, biliousness, sour
stomach and indigestion. I
was subject to headaches
when my liver would get out
of order. I would have
blinding headaches and
couldn’t stoop about my work,
just couldn’t go. 1 used
Thedford’s
BLACK-DRAUGHT
and it relieved me.
"About eight years ago my
wife got down with liver and
stomach trouble. .. We tried
all week to help her,. . . but
she didn’t get any better.
Ore day I said to the doctor,
‘I believe 1 will try Black-
Draught, it helps my liver.’
lie .-aid that I might try it
at*d to follow directions.
She was nauseate d and
couldn’t eat or rest. She be-
gan taking Black-Draught
and in two days she was
greatly improved and in a
week she was up.”
Try Black-Draught. It costa
only one cent a dose. Sold
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