The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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THURSDAY, AlKiUST 9. 1928.
THE OZONA STOCKMAN
^T/'Ediscm MatsltaU
' a- k««l. th»* river ami drowned!"
"The *)«'» r IL.yw;.r<l, whom I We nc ntteied about, und b< gail
vv»t!* to driv* tot-, station.” i to climb over the hillside. The
"For God's hui.o, Ahnmd! l>id rain, the bobbing lantern, the echo
, i h*. ,.ir'J 111,t i,i of the .atnstrophe, the dark housn
>m* hm‘ . Ut ' behind us and the gathering lake*
the non. and was going to men jn ,r()nti gttVe the aeene a singular
you ut the foot of the path. Dul- dr,,arn-|ik«* quality. Then Ahmad
n’t you understand7" wjH, WH)ked close beside me, trip-
j "J looked but he wasn't there. d and f,,|| over something on th«
Then I thought 1 had misuoder- und
I stood, and drove hack to ttie garage jj^ i;
tit wasn't there either
lie uttered an oath in his own
then whirled to look. He
WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE j - --------------------------------
nr. Uiw i. vi.itin* *outhl.yi«" '"““^'*"‘1
| He came swiftly across the floor of the hill.
Dr. l«ong is visiting Southley;**re ’ behind with thut marvelous, feline grace. Perhaps, in all. the walk in the
Downs, to which he is conducted|They couldn t run an I i • HUhib " garage and the starting of the car
t wasn't there either tongue; then whirled to look. He
"Good Lord, he'U be drenched. b<.n( and f(,|t about with his hand.
|Go down the path and find him.” jh|J p|at.,, he stood was a little
"Yes. sahib- ” ' ej |unt| that dipped down in-
, My eyes were upon Ernest's ^ ^ flood-waters, an isthmua
..|i lh(. w1.|l to the «nd suddenly his gaze met tha( Heparated the height on which
' . . mine. 1 think that we had the tht, house stood from the plateau*
.. ... . 1 oppoaite.
Ahmad, tie
same thought.
K *£2? Mr"' Sn,h!™.‘‘thImre'htNSr.. M^;***' ^ J'.T « JZt!iU™ Xp UrTn/nhut ■ i&i "«£
w.? vz t:r^T;:\rl .........
had told him to watch, and hi* aon a flood; but by no eonoeixa » * an instant. The levee ..rtainly I
Ernest Southley. Mr. Hayward and cumstances can the waters reach 1 , wi|, l)e broken be- wait. The
hi. .on ViImh, nml Ihrn Jo«.phin.|tho top «(_lhv h.lI whom th..h««* T"“07r1,„r„, T you'll h... to ' II ......
Southley, whom he h»<l «een hint But well 1» '........ , . ' ,h ... itl ,he ntullun uml .11 ih,. ruin
w "The SKftJSi 2.711V >2:lT:1h! 5 ^£*±55
could see
and look for, HjlyWard had not met the servant
at the house. His neck was brok-
I IHMfiftl HUI Ulllifiiin ttn |^y ()fj thttf TH I IIIIIWUC.
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a single instant, then started cou|,|n*t have got down into (Continued on page 6;
It was hard to believe) _ i
«; MM tired and li..le»«. | mud?" For »n io.lun. we ..w the, **£•' „„
"The levee is breaking, he an- battle of twor-^^hmad Then I’ll We were barely able to make on.
%Vhat does it mean?” Hayward Then through the door earn- Ahm- • n. 1 ht l.jhtni.K ^ ^ ^ ^
crie<l. "Does it mean that w«Hl be ad Das- ealm. rnii^rturbabl*. hi* 1 „ Then We saw Where." he asked, "is Hayward
drowned?” I^iental face <iu.et as u **r*A « ' J* |hr tracU of lights Sahib
He spoke hoarsely; but the an- Never was there sui 1 i ' th r sp,.d about the shoulder \u
Do You Know/"
. had all l*etter go and look for
the .ruin, T.^P^ie^toil."him'dvili.u.iou^JX i»T aTuo^T? £ " V'hotai U‘£U£ ^ ll.ywurd ut « ^ 717.
the story of Southley ^owns and will sweep all a • while you’re there—we may the hill Then Ernest uttered a fjrHt down to the drive-! w «top to examine the
its ghost, which is not the ghost of| he railroad ted. and fill all the I weeks." !-HabD- of exclamation. He*. rf f,HMh,d uur lanterns all boJ* on that rHin-«wept hillside.
a human being but of a tiger. |low places—eight feet deep, we.o , tht. wwlk to the driven past the point." he said. | • ...... ».......1 lKM1v ■
Dr. Long has a quarrel with Vil-j won’t be able to reach the heig ^ of tht. hin •• n,lVward instruct "Possibly Hayward has walked
as Hayward over Josephine, and across the valley. . td •pick me UP there, and we'll • ' “ ’
finds that the Haywards have a Hayward seemeo to towaid ^ ‘ 5leaS a minute ’’ !
strange authority over the South-! him. He simply ‘‘PP^red to b^ Th„ ()ril.nta, bowed, then slipped !
leys. He is ordered to leave South;before our eyes. Hu voice rose went juHt like a shadow sl-wly on
lev Downs. The rain prevents shrilly, and he shook his arm , a lit,nC(lilt in the hall, li.at it halted long enough to per- r
him leaving at oncy. Dr. Long and,Southley’s face. instant he was out in mil the portly form of Hayward
Ernest go out on the road in the, "Then get me out ton.ght! he "J1),It looked to us as if Ah-
rain looking for the tracks of a screamed. ’Get me away from j ’rd ( on hiH own over- im.d wen- trying to throw the car
tiger that Ernest says are there, this house while there s yet time. . / rted „ut after him. l-ghts onto the side of the road.
They find the tracks. Later Er-j "Pm afraid it is too late now. ; • • and th,. ,iUrkness swal- Then, to our amazement, we saw
nest and Dr. Long see a prowling Southley answered. lowed them both !h;m turn around,
creature in the hall of Southley, "Gall a car for me at once— hear u.weu i , Mi just be- The car headed hack, just as
Downs. This frightens the elder me? I won’t ^tay here anothm-, A window ha. ntn . * ^ .f al..wl>, alllf Hre.ed about to the
Hayward, who also sees it. Er-j hour. Get on your feet. ^ ^ ^u,d ordinarily see the garage, g ag.
nest begins to feel that Ahmad Da> and call a car for me. > ou - an<) , through that I’he servant stopped the car in
is perpetrating some deviltry, gret it if you don t. K.u U -indow Ahmad Das was evident- th. rain; and we waited a long
Now read on — "There’s no one to ^r.ve~brt| >n«l«»w Ajmart n thr..- minutes for him to drive on
- 1 Ahmad." Southley answered wear-;.*> J-Vhr»ugh the *t«rn.. It wa. again We only knew he was
The old man sat down in a rush- ily. "And what about your • ” > tmu. ^fore we saw an in- standing still from the faint blur
ioned chair. He gave no heed to "Damn my son h dication that he had reached the o. the lights in the downpour. I
the water pouring from his clothes wicked house! Did M'li "">7". Then Haw his auto don’t remember that we three men
liwikfil tired and listless. |mad?" For an instant we saw the) garag*., i nen |ta,k,d at ali. Possibly there were
ir two wondering remarks—
what was the cause of their
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White, W. Evart. The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1928, newspaper, August 9, 1928; Ozona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1098050/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .