Fredericksburg Standard (Fredericksburg, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 16, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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FREDERICKSBURG STANDARD FREDERICKSBURG TEXAS
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LORNA DOONE
R D. Blackmore
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Revised and condensed by editor.
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of
Continued
Mr Huckaback.
unecle
B
Flavor is
t for him after one o’clock,
promise from him
After that I will go to seek
after noon
little change as they told him.
ner.
no
. ank God!
hi ir n’s appetites; and what Lord, where be I a-going?''
then, waxing hungry, they went
These word-',
too lazy to take the trouble of
Mother looked at
For Sale.
robbed at all.
f
“I have never deserved it,” he
because
43
But Uncle Ben took it
might be.
lifting
other as his iat rite manner was.
rarely.
good cloud
CHARTER XIV.
Notice.
Am standiug my Jersey Bull and
Instead of minding his New
thou art.” he gasped, but
emed hard measure to do it.
not look at me, because his neek
John Thomas.
"‘God hath sent (
was
fine
joke to call me that, because of
“A rare good dinner, you mean
D
good appetite."
“An honest hosier and draper,
a
thee, safe in my house to Dulver-
l knaws nout about hearing about it, and often long-
bath or noo. Only|ed to be smaller.
*
a
of his robbery,
fastened around his nose, and set soon got over their fear of his
ANNOUNCEMENT
out for Plover’s Barrows.
Uncle Sam
Store 131
Phones
Residence 333.
Quick Service, Our Motto.
i
shall leave you nothing.- unless it
be my boots to grease.
God to find myself at home again,
for the sake of all our family.
Dr. EVA BEETLEY,
GRADUATE CHIROPRACTOR.
J. C. Stinson,
Cain City, Texas.
of mine own shoms
t noise went by me
none 1
guage.
boast of his 11
yet had he bre
rode on the Old Year morning
We bad put off our dinner till
tb-i
my
Office Penniger's Residence
Opposite Court House
Phone 255 S. W.
fine
at
pralimbinaries. and then
s what be drivin’ at
ud
l * <1
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BARRELS — BARRELS
All sixes of barrels at reason.
them -I fully expected to find
Une : Een sitting in tne fireplace.
0 hamse
savings.
would have her own way so, and
wanted to go and smell it, and
not to -top for Betty.
a man crouching down in ambush
turn. I caught him.
tie the
well, and,
bettering
match in i man
- - rib-
an d
w hat I w ill have
on the track
eshly primed, and I knew my- 9'8,
43tf
ED PETER
o—
was for a man to try to reason
with her. । After that 1 kept
Zider
w ith many jogs
Betty!”
‘ ‘ Waived!
that, whuther
a needle in a hay-band. That
say, unless you really think,
Announcement!
We keep at all times a
became thereupon impatient, and
nighcould not be brought to under-1 looked at Farmer Snowe, and we
shop in the town, and did a
, Jai fre
Huckaback Plans Against the
Doones.
same for that.
and the onlyito wai
s, that never aud y
LUCKY
STRIKE
N “ITS TOASTED"/
of with tin late Gaston Chevrolet at
again, for she thought it a
(To be continued )
*N>
A Six-Cylinder Car to Win
1922 Race1
and my hatred of it, n‘e'
arareget up, anyhow." and the rolling clouds very
But still there was a
so long as you be Both subject to register, come and
see them at my place.
sorry for Master Huck-
✓
jerked so:
For all kinds of job work
I
JOS. SCHAETTER & SON.
Licensed Embalmers and Undertakers.
As the St. Paul boy rolled izto
the pits at the end of the race.
niy to eat, and be done with it' my gun fell back, without
And all the new plates come from will to lower it.
me .and I
However, when the hot cup was
done, and before the mulled wine
was ready, we packed all the
maidens in the parlor, and turn-
ed the key upon them; and then
we drew near to the kitchen-fir,
to hear Uncle Ben’s proposal
Farmer Snowe sat up in the cor-
ner, caring little to hear about
anything, but smoking slowly,
and nodding backwards like a
sheep-dog dreaming. Mother was
in the settle, of course, knitting
hard, as usual; and Uncle Ben
took to a three-legged stool, as
if all but that had been thieved
from him.
are well'
■ • that our i
going to
spend the Nev Ye . tide ith u-
ton; but, take notice
bed, and for h they
My mother made a dreadful there is
Troost thee for thiecy
Six young joice dairy cows,
heavy milkers, terms to respon-
sible parties.
For particulars see
ami long-cloth warehouse-
Opportunity
To Become a Trained Nurse.
Paid while in training. Class now beinr
formed. Writs Principal. Robert B. Croon
Memorial. HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL
San Antonio, Texas.
grievance that, at last, we began
to think there must be something
aback; putting our hands up one
i to another, that nobody should
their way, and left him to oppor- your eyes, but
John Ridd, and perhaps a little
too sweet at times but what
said, “and will not stand for it, browbeat him;
I in the name of our Lord the knew what our parish was, and
we all
he groaned from rib io
Mr Reuben Huckaback
1 w as so I left him to her care and
my Size
“here be
my stir, of course, about Uncle Ben them; and it 1 could see our Lord
tunity. Mr. Huekaback, growing
it, sir, this parish shall make it
good, being a nest of foul thieves
as it is; ay, fanners and yoemen
and all of you. I will beggar
Nou this
needs come
no sign
vas 1 of the stone behind said t
trade in soft ware, especially
Christmas time.
rhe worse for strong lan-
, however rich the man
“at the sign
marrow-bone; and
would you say if the people there
had gotten your poor Undo Reu-
hen, horae, and Sundav coat. and
•nr*
“Why, mother, I should be
, “and have my
soon as they be
even now a
Everything will be spoiled, mo-
beca use my
of the Garter- Our mother reproved Eliza for flahed across the finish a winner
it had been settled between us • - r,
that we should expect him soon of!
much as a dog with I'' is done already."
and th. place was lonesome,' What, Uncle Ben I < ri ,
de letting go the horse in amaze-
i , i , i t , merit that the richest man in Dul-
solate; and now it a wild sheep
i ... i .. ... verton—“ Uncle Ben here in this
ran across he was seared at me
rare plight' What, .Mr. Reuben Huck-
I as an enemy. aback!”
But of all this I had little fear.
"‘Grandpa" Louis Chevrolet,
ld gentieman must of a roasting pig—
Mx carabine was loaded and
went fast asleep of merry pranks, which made our
cried,
sir; a
and I
a man of threescore -and-five, and
as soon as he felt assured of safe-
ty he would talk no more.
Now, as soon as ever I brought
him in, we set him up in the
chimney corner, comfortable and
handsome; and it. was no little
delight to me to get him off my
back; for, like his own fortune,
Uncle Ben was of a good round
figure. He gave his long coat a
shake or two, and he stamped
about in the kitchen until he was
sure of his whereabouts, and then
he fell asleen strain until supper
should be ready.
“He shall marry Ruth,” he
a diffe rent way . He thought that
we all were afraid of him. and
♦ hat Oare parish was but as Moab
or Edom, for him to cast his shoe
over.
mothe had wrung a ner
Dulverton But there, instead of
my finding him, who should run
out but Betty Mux worthy, and
poke me with a saucepan lid.
“Get out of that now, Betty, “
one o’clock. Now, when I came
in, before one o ‘elock, after see-
ing to the cattle- -for the day was
thicker than ever, and we must
making every man in this parish, if they able prices,
I bi not beggars already, ay. and
sell your old church up before
you will only ride hime home eried Inch- Ben. losing his tem-
You know we promised not .nd fro. But, finding no harm to as first 1 found you riding him.” pe . “What preliminaries were
come of it, neither visible from And with that he dropped it. there when I was robbed, I
approaching, I wiped my for* • of course the Doones and no- should like to know? Robbed in
head, and hoped for the best, and body else had robbed good Uncle this parish, as I can prove, to
in every step of the Reuben; and then they grew the eternal disgrace of Oare ami =
। drew our own la sportive, and took his horse, an the scandal of all England. A d "
the last day of for him in the thick of the fog, behind me.
what a pity to think
With that
turn the flap over in the insidt help me, and the hair of my head claimn him for his business at Dul.
and then an-
were only Eliza. nothing but a sound!
“Oh, Johnny, Johnny, my mo- Now, when I came to an un-
ther cried, “I am so glad you known place, where a stone was
are come at last. There is some- set up endwise, with a faint red
The volumes of the mist came
rolling at me and between them
there was nothing more than
waiting for the next one. Then
everything went out of sight, and
spoke Fanner Snow e. ""virst zet-
a “six.
wealth, and played him a number
But. let us have our dm- my heart, like a shuttle, went to
for, really, Betty was now be-
come a great domestic evi!. She
ed me again with the greasy and then I heard the draught of
saucepan cover. But i, misliking the wind up a hollow place with . . , ..
", . . . .. , . .1 c . .. him, and set him astride on the
so to be treated, strode through rocks to it; and for the first time , , , . , . .
, ... , , i . . . . . , little horse; but he was too weak
the kitchen indignantly, for Betty fear broke out upon me. And yet • . 1 . 1
. , « . .. . . - i 4 r i i . / to stay on, therefore I mounted!
behaved to me, even now, as if I I knew what a fool I was to fear . . , , , , ..
him on my own back and leading
the pony by the cords which I
day. But herein we reckoned
without our host; for. being in
S' .i - stin
(g ,, ."
\ -Mu ea- e
Master si we, you
red,"' said mnother.
“Help, good friend, whoever Year pudding. Master Huckaback
could carried on so about his mighty our guest, sir.
We hereby wish to inform the public that fron now oo our
Hearse and Flower Car will be free of charge to your service.
I rices on our Caskets range from
*20.00 to $450.00
Free delivery within 10 miles from town.
Betty Well and I have a
red deer came across, I could tell until 1 smote him upon the nose;
them from beep even now. I was Good and worthy sir," 1011
half inclined tosho lat them, for to the man who riding so
the children did love venison; roughly, "fear noth, ngi no harm
but they drooped their head. so, shall '! * to in,.
tand why he should have been all were
kali have him, sir, and welcome, "‘Preliminaries be damned sir.
goods divested. But mother told veteran race driver and famous
him her children had plenty, ami automobile designer, plans to de-
wanted no gold ami silver; and sign and build a six-cylinder car
little Eliza spoke up and said, for the international race at In-
“You can give us the pretty ,dianapolis in 1922.
“Well, uncle,’’ I made answer,
I will grease your boots all the a Duroc Jersey Boar at $2.50 each
for about three miles, and my I . .
P 55 ' ed ’ beard was full of great drops I thee, and not to rob me, because in it, after all, especially as he
had not so much as a dog with it is.done already."......assured us that choice and costiy
presents for the young people of
our household were among the
my back, being jaded and mother quite jealous for Annie,
• shaken beyond his strength, for who was always shy and diffident.
especially sober nag, and bound I hold this parish to answer for ' igl now I want to win with
______ enjoyment chasing him
, John, I never thought how well he de served it, and lied through the fog, and i
Bless him for in every stocking s mouth oh, much sport of his groanings; and
Kidd. But thee must keep it bit self to be
langer, I reckon. Her bamt strength for any two men of the
Boon M: / • ■ 1Di0
t’e mak of that now?” exe ept in the Gien Doone. "Girt
Do you mean to say that Jan Kidd I was called already.
Uncle Ben has not yet arrived, and folk grew feared to wrestle j
"Nephew Jack,” he
i said, in my politest manner;
en his word.
fore and behind me looked like
in the loyal town of this, although it was the heel
Loz I have merey upon me. the master upon the wild one. for
<) Lord, upon my soal have
er, that I ought to go with mercy! An if I cheated SamFor two or three hours they had
Hicks last week, Lord knowest fine
began to crawl, lifting my hat, verton.
nly make us hungry
in the evening Farmer Snowe Chevrolet yelled. “You’re hired
came up and his daughters and to drive my rar in next year’s
Uncle Sam was mightily pleased race. I won last year with a
and very pleasant, according tow----------
his town-bred ways. The dam-
sels had seen good company, and
four” and today with an
For God’s sake, let her own foot; and then, to sa- the wheel. This year he designed
good fellow, from thistisfy our uncle, she promised to an “eight cylinder-in-line” car
call Farmer Nicholas Snowe to be that took first money under the large supply of Comal [ ily
with mes thonehi was tired oteroa" "........:..... . Snow Queen Flour, pro-
that the kindly come, without taking having driven a mile a’ the speed duced by the Dittlinger Rol-
less than the thought to smooth themselves, of 156 miles an hour in a Good-ler Mill Co. Also the famous
why. it would be all the merrier, year-equipped Duesenherg Spe “mixed feed” for COWS and
De cember. For the Doones, being r
lazy and fond f bed, the surest s
way to escape them was to trave
before they were up and about u
to wit, in the forenoon of the
“I am sure you need not be it; and then what to do next was
angry. Johnny. I only hope it the wonder. As for finding
is nothing to grieve about, in Uncle Ben — that was his own
stead of being angry. You are business; first, I had to find my-
very sweet-tempered, I know, self, and plentifully would thank
_ , horse is mine no
I tell ’e, her baint coom. Rackon The soft white mist came thick . 111 ,,
. ’ . ,, . . . . „ nag they robbed from me.
then Doo neses hath gat un. er around me asthe evening, f' 1 What, Unele Ben, dost thou and who knew but what Unde cial.
And Betty who hated Uncle By and by I began to doubt not know me thy dutiful nephew. Huckaback might bless the day'
Ben grinned all across, and pok- where I was, or how come there. . .
7 ' John Kidd?
I cut the thongs that bound
for I. loved our i
aud they iti'i no 2
high festivity, the robbers were is Uncle Ben to them!” ____
so we made a very good din- between them, came to me
ner and then, as no sound of his hrough the darkness, and then a ab e to walk in a few days time,
horse had been heard. I set out, long groan and a choking. 1
with ny gun to look for him. made towards the sound, as
I followed the track of the side as ever 1 could guess, and pre-
. .1 . ... , .1 z j ! sentiy was met point-blank by the
of the hill, from the farmyard, • *
and after that I went all along head of a mountainpony. Upon
e .1 uuu 1.. its back lav a man bound down,
on the ridge of the rabbil-cieve •
. . .. . . , with his feet on the neck and his
and then down to the Lynn i
stream, and leaped it, and so up head to 1 i tail, an is arms King, not 1!” At other times
the hill and the moor beyond. The < fallin 2 down i e stirrups. hehe would burst forth thus:
. i . .1 . wild little nag was scared of its) , c ..
fog hung ciose around me then. ® "Threescore years and five have
, . 1.1 ..1 life by the unaccustomed burden. , . 1 , , . ....
when I turned the crest of the • I lived an honest and laborious
. .. i ... .11 and had been tossing and rolling . 11. u
highland, and the gorse both be- life, vet never was I robbed be-
hard in desire to get ease of it. ’ . . . . 11.
. .: fore. And now to be robbed in
Before the little horse could . . . . . . a e _ .1.
,, , my old age; to he robbed tor the
He saw that * .
. . . first time now!
it was vain to struggle, but
strove to bite me none the less.
hogs, at very reasonable
prices in any quantity
49tt
Reliance Roller Mills
back my tarlatan, timepiece, sad- and quick servire Dhone Nn 40
die. and dove-tailed nag. ■ ■
thing sadly amiss, Johnny. ’ cross upon it, and a polish from
I never could hear for man or some conflict, I gathered my
woman to call me “Johnny.' ’ ■ courage to stop and think. hav-
“Jack, or “John,’’ I cared noting sped on the way tbo hotly,
which. Against that stone I set my gun,
“Well, mother, what is the trying my spirit to leave it so,
matter, then!” but keeping with half a hand for
on
of all things, the most distressful
you are a heavy lout,
bumpkin, a clodhopper;
being in such a plight as this J the King I might say things to
move him; nevertheless. I have
upon them, at the risk ol the live thinking What a foul I am! Annie a and soon they fed him bad so much of my own account
from of everybody, and the capias (arose, as if from below my feet, , rarely, while I went out to see to to vex for__•
Dulverton was my mother’s irom Aunt Jane for stuffing as that the great stone trembled, the comfort of the captured pony. “ You are fix ing out of the sub-
He owned the very best curlew with onion before he be- that long, lamenting, lonesome He was worth the* catching, and ject, Sarah,’’ said Uncle Ben.
gins to get cold, and make a sound, as of an evil spirit a root, served us very well afterwards, -Zettle the pralimbinaries, ’
woodeock of him, and The way to I without either hand or foot to, though Uncle Ben was inclined to
and looked so faithful, that it
sorry for them kit would set up «
a shop by the river-side, and eomel n
* • — —----- "T .. •—" I""VJ MV . m) V 4 me-ka UU' •. """""" _ —-
a) with all their money The a distant noise went by me, worth the having Very little in- kinsman here hath received rough;
That all you have to say, as of many horses galloping, and deed arid ever so much gone to- harm on his peaceful journey I
John? And my dinner done tolin my fright I set my gun and day along of them rascal rob- from Dulverton The times are j
a very turn, and the supper allsaid, "God send something to ben.” bad. as we all know
fit to go down, and no worry, shoot at. Yet nothing came, and
"But, I said, "you us know
of daylight, being scarce three of
the clock yet, and when a lead oi
at time to Well, mother dear, I am as a snail lifts his house, ami
things. Uncle Ben. when we.....me Two years ago he built the
in the summer to see you.' four - cylinder Frontenac that
Wat-nett, with the Wate hett blue But. presently, while
keep the cattle ■ lose at home, if
we wished to see any more of
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