Levelland Daily Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 14, 1967 Page: 2 of 12
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PAGE 2-LEVELLAND DAILY SUN NEWS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1967
INSTALLMENT No T
New best-teller
sexrrar
by MARY PARADISE
Krom th«
by D. K.
nov«l publi.h.-d by Cowird-McCinn. Inc © 19*T.
■dea. DMrlbvtcd by King Fteturte Syndicate.
WHAT HAS HAPPEN KD
When Elizabeth Willoughby and
Alice Paytndge arrived In Capetown
from Eaghvnu there was upsetting
newa A letter from "L.mle'a broth-
er told her he had enlisted In a
Protectorate Regiment for the im-
minent war with the Boers Mrs.
Partridge was warned by her hus-
band. Bertie, not to come to Mate
kiny; it was preparing for an
expectant prolonged siege Elisabeth,
actually Lady Elisabeth Stafford,
was traveling under her maiden
name tfler the breakup of her mar-
_____opportunity
to accompany Alice and the latter’s
a accompany
three daughters in Alice’s determi-
nstion to rejoin her husbsnd. On
the Iraki to Msfeking s stranger.
Tom Wheeler a newspaper corres-
pondent! intervened He tried to
discourgge them from continuing the
journey; At Msfeking. Bertie Part-
ridge lasisted on their leaving by
the retiming train But it was too
late: t!)e women had to submit
tliemselycs to the impending siege.
CHAPTER 7
THE RETURN of the train
* into Msfeking station was.
if not an anticlimax, at least an
exceedingly unwelcome event
for the authorities, who were
now faced with the support and
safety of one hundred and sev-
enty more women and children
than they had anticipated.
Certainly, some of those who
had returned would be useful.
Most, however, would be a fur-
ther embarrassment in terms of
lealth, morale and an adequate
supply of food. The harassed
idjutant, who had been hastily
summoned to the railway sta-
tion. could only give orders to
all to proceed quietly to their
homes. It seemed that a declara-
tion of war was expected hourly,
and at any moment the first
shot might be fired.
Alice Partridge stepped off
the train and. putting up her
laVender-colored parasol, called
gaily to her children. “Come
along, darlings. Hold hands and
don't dawdle There’s no Papa
to meet us today. He’s much too
busy. We must just walk home ’’
And, lifting her skirts fastidi-
ously out of the red dust, she
set off.
She must have expected Elisa-
beth to follow, but Elizabeth
was occupied with supporting
Amy Brown, who had half
swooned and was clinging to her
as to a last spar.
Mias Rose was in trouble, too.
for her little clutch of children
were behaving as if they had
been let out of prison and were
shouting vociferously as they
raced in the direction of their
homes She had lost control of
them. Grasping at straws, she
tried to seize Billy Ryan, order-
ing him to help his poor mother
with his little sister. But BiUy
waited only until the flat, bony
back was turned before he too
sped off, not toward his home,
but toward tte kraal, where he
had left his peuty in the care of
two Barolong boys. He could
scarcely believe his good fortune
that he was not after all to be
separated from the one thing he
loved in the whole world.
A nice-looking gir! of about
sixteen, in a neat print dress
had come to look for old Mrs
Buchanan.
“Linda, what are you doing
here?"
“We saw the train coming
Mamma told me to come and
see if you were all right. Were
you shot at ? Was anyone
wounded 7”
‘ No. nothing of the kind,”
Mrs. Buchanan said testily. ‘It's
all been a fiasco. But I'm glad
to get home. Give me your arm.
Have you heard from Andy?"
“No. he hasn't had leave. But
I promised him I would look
after you if anything went
wrong about the train.”
"You're a pair of children.“
the old lady grumbled. “Involved
in a war at your age Well,
come home with me and make
a cup of tea.’’
"We’re older than y6u realize,
Mrs. Buchanan." the girl was
saying earnestly as they went
off. “I'm seventeen and Andy's
nineteen."
"That doesn't mean you're
grown-up. So don't count on
wedding bells. I won't have a
boy as young as Andy going off
to fight while he's worrying
about a child bride. That’s
final .”
Miss, P.ose. so rapidly relieved
of her charges, came to see if
she could help Elizabeth with
Amy. She took one look at the
collapsing girl and slapped her
sharply once on either cheek.
Amy gasped and jerked up
“Aren’t you ashamed of your-
self, Amy Browm ? The only one
to indulge in an attack of the
vapors. You’d better let me walk
home with you.”
“T-thank you, Miss Roee."
“Not a bit. We both go the
same wray. There's nothing
more to be done here.”
This was true, for by now a
large group of the town's citi-
zens and railway workers had
gathered.
Elizabeth, thinking she must
hurry after Alice and the child-
ren, turned to go and found her-
self being greeted by the jour-
nalist from the train journey
yesteiiiay, Tom Wheeler.
"So you didn't get far, I hear.
Miss Willoughby."
"No, not quite to Maretsani.
We were stopped by a trooper
who said there were Boers cut-
ting the rails."
Was there any panic ? De-
sen lx* to me what happened?”
Elizabeth frowned. She was
very weary after all the tension
and not in a mind to be inter-
viewed.
"You should have bean then,
Mr. Wheeler, if you think you
missed some news.”
He was good-humored and
paid no attention to her snub.
Actually. I had my own ad-
venture. I rode right into a
party of Boers and they haul the
nerve to offer to buy my horse
and saddle'"
"How awful! Were thev hos-
tile?'
/"They laughed at me and call-
ed me a rooinek WtU you come
over to Dixon's ar.d I'll see :f I
can get you something cold t;
drink while we talk?"
"I ought to get back to Mrs
Partridge. She'll need help with
the children."
“Does she own you?"
"Of course she doesn’t, but—"
"Then spare me just ten min-
utes. You're the only one in all
this rabble who is likely to talk
intelligently The people at home
will want news. A lot of them
with sons enlisting will be hang-
ing on it.” He took her arm. "If
you’re worrying about going
into a hotel bar. this isn't May
fair or Belgravia. It really does
n't matter what anyone does
here."
She remembered how kind he
had been with the children yes
terday.
“Very well. Just ten minutes
and then I must go."
The bar seemed to be occu-
pied mostly by war correspond-
ents. judging by the greeting I
given to Mr Wheeler
"Well. Tom! What's the !atl
est ? Seen Cronje ? Hear yoij
were out looking for him. Tha*.
a dangerous game now "
But then eyes were on L:zzi
whs had sat as demurely i<j
possible at a table in the come
She was finding her surround
mgs unexpectedly interesting.
Have some whisky. Mii_
Willoughby?" Mr Wheeler aakj
el We'd better make the nic_
of it while it lasts. Come now]
Medicinally. You look as if
need it
' Yes. it was an alarming ex-
perience Very well, if you rec-
ommend it "
He went to the bar and I
brought back two whiskies only
slightly diluted with water.
"Now." he said sitting down,
•what are you doing in this end-1
of-the-worid place? Neither you!
nor your elegant friend belongs |
here, that’s plain enough to see.'
Elizabeth frowned, her eyes]
wary.
"I thought it was an account!
of what happened today that!
you wanted. " J
“I do. But at this moment I'm!
more interested in you. Frank-1
ly, your face has haunted met
ever since I met you yesterday.!
It’s familiar, in some strange!
way. Have I seen it in London?)
What are you doing. Miss Liz-
zie? Running away from a hus-
band?" J
"That's impertinent," she said
sharply, and added, "I have no
husband."
(To Be Continued Tomorrow)
FROM PAGE ONE
Mahon
feels this Congress can be char-
acterized as an appropriations
Congress. ,
Appropriations approved by
the Congress this fiscal year
will be less than were provided
hist fiscal year. This is good,
Mahon indicated, but he caut-
ioned that spending will be high-
er than last year. This results
from the current expenditure
of large carryover funds for
the war In Vietnam.
Jii regai'd vo a possible ad-
journment date, Mahon said that
while the end is apparently in
sight on money bills, the final
adjournment date is still unpre-.
distable.
I winning FT A yearbook, and play-
ed the second lead roll in a pro-
duction of “The Sound at
Music.*’
The State Queen finalist, who
is a 4-H Gold Star winner, en-
joys swimming, siding, sewing,
singing and cooking. She plans
to attend college and major in
elementary education. Miss
Hutton is 4*7*’ tall and has dark
brown hair and blue eyes.
Other District □ Farm Bur-
eau winners were Mrs. Virgin-
ia Taylor, Lockney in the Talent
Division who gave her rendition
of "1 Am An American” and a
Lubbock Christian College
freshman, Wayne House of Gold-
thwaite, who was selected as
winner of the Discussion Con-
test,
Robert W. Komer.
The ambassador insisted the
presence of the three in
Washington was coincidental,
and no “agonizing reappraisal”
was in the works.
To his knowledge, Bunker
said, the White House consulta-
tions would not include possible
replacement of Westmoreland
as U.S. commander in Vietnam.
Bunker’s confident assess-
ment of progress in the war
provided a note of cheer in an
otherwise blue Monday at the
White House.
Johnson Popularity i ow
The Louis Harris poll report-
ed public confidence in Johnson
and approval of his Vietnam
policy were at all-time lows.
The day before, a Gallup poll
reported that for the first time
in a decade American voters
would rather see the Republi-
cans handling the nation’s most
serious problems.
The Harris poll, a copyrighted
survey appearing in the Wash-
ington Post, said that only 23
per cent of Americans can-
vassed during late October
expressed confidence in John-
son and his handling of the war.
The same sample in June at
the time of the Glasshoro
Summit meeting, showed John-.
son holding the confidence of 42
per cent, with 46 per cent
approving the. way he was
conducting the war.
FROM PAGE ONE
Coffee
fROM PAGE ONE 1 fR0M P4GE 0Nt
4-H
Judg<
special awards which included;
Cookbook-Marcia Ream; Best
Club, Ropes Starlite 4-H; T
Dare You’-Boy, Allen .James,
Anton; Girl, Becky Carpenter,
Ropes; outstanding junior boy
and girl, Ricky Price, Fettit;
Denise Carpenter, Ropes; Gold
Star Award, boy, Eddie Sheek,
Smyer; and Mary Seminacher,
Pap.
FROM PAGE ONE
Farm Bureau
Senior, is president of the Fix-
ture Teachers, Choir histor-
ian, Art Club secretary, a mem-
ber of the FHA and annual
staff, and assistant drum major
of the band.
She has also been runner-up
for most beautiful, Demolay
Sweetheart, chairman of a state
c{rb MorriocMS
By DR. CONNOR 0. COU
Marriage Ceunwler
All work and no play makes
Jack a dull husband. All play
and no work makes Jill a dull
wife.
Happiness requires combi-
nations—it takes both work and
play, both sense and nonsense,
both tears and laughter, both
clouds and sunshine.
of guilty; Dean Andrews, Aggra-
vated assault, passed.
Freddy L. Garcia, CLV, Dis-
missed; Weldon B. Dye, CLV,
passed; Joe Sadler, Theft, dis-
missed; Jewell Sweeney, LLV,
plea of guilty ; Robert Hartsell
Stroud, LI.V, plea of guilty;
Norris Johnson, LLV, plea of
guilty; Robert H. Stroud, LLV,
pica of guilty; Harvey Curry,
CLV, plea of guilty; Luther
King, LLV, failed to anwer;
Norris Johnson, LLV, pass-
ed; Darlene Birdsong, Aggra-
vated Assault, passed; Jesse
Patino, DWI plea of guilty; Joe
Hesser, obtaining Lodging Fra-
udulently, plea of guilty; Mar-
vin Todd Berry, DWI, plea of
guilty; Jessie B. Jones, CLV,
dismissed; Pete Mayo Rodri-
quez, theft, passed.
The following Civil Cases
have been set down for trial
at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.
15.
Sylvia Cope and U.V. Fill-
more vs. Coca-Cola BottlingCo.
Kauffman vs. Gresham.
FROM PAGE ONE
President
were used each time by the
enemy to build up his forces
and supplies. The President has
Indicated there would be a
pause If there was any
indication of reciprocity, but to
far there has not been any.”
Bunker will be joined here
later this week by two other top
L’.S. officials in Vietnam, Gen.
William C. Westmoreland and
civilian pacification chief
A CHRISTMAS IDEA
Although Christmas is still
several weeks away, it’s not too
early to start thinking about
your shopping list. Don’t over-
look the idea of giving your
friends gift suberiptions to
the SUN-NEWS. In an upcoming
issue, we’ll carry a coupon
for this purpose explaining a-
bout a special offer.
Bill Stinson was telling me
that the first Democrat was
Christopher Columbus.
“Just condlser,” he said,
“when Columbus left Spain he
didn't know where he was go-
ing. When he got to America,
I he didn’t know where he was.
And when he arrived back
home, he .didn’t knov where
he’d been.”
Bill Also told about the guy
who died and his wife had
“Rest in Peace” carved on his
tombstone.
Then she read his will.
That night with a hammer
and chisel in the cemetery and
the next morning these words
had been added to the inscrip-
tion: “Until I Get There.”
WHEN OUR neighbor’s son
plays hookey, he hides out in
the barber shop. He knows
that’s the last place anyone
would look for him
SORRY ABX'T THAT
A Washington visitor was im -
pressed when he saw the White
House lights burning late the
other night; then somebody told
him it was just Laly Bird work-
ing on plans for the wedding.
WEI I, THE Blonde is known
down at the courthouse now.
She had to testify in a m nor
law suit and the judge asked
her If she’d ever appeared as
a witness before.
“Yes, your honor," she to'd
him.
“in what suit?" he wanted
to know.
“Mv blue knit oie,” she
said.
ONE OF the favorites they
like to tell on the Blonde Is
when she was out In the coun-
try on a foliage tour during
deer season.
“I think it’s a swell idea,”
she exclaim*: 1, "making a’ 1 th:
drunks wear red hats.”
KENLEY says getting a re-
ftind from the Internal Revenue
Service is kind of like getting
money from your son at col-
lege.
The Almanac
Today is Tuesday, Nov, 14,
the 318th day of 1967 with 47 to
follow.
The moon Is between Its foil
phase and last quarter.
The morning stars ai'e
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Mars
and Saturn.
On this day In history;
In 1832, the first streetcar in
the world made its appearance
on the streets of New York
City. A total of30persons coild
tie accommoda'ed in the three
compartments a' each car.
In 1851, Herman Melville’s
story of “Moby Dick” was
published.
In 1889, there was born Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru, later to |
become prime m nister of India.
In 1918, Thomas Masaryk, a
professor, was elected first
president of the Republic of I
Chechoslovakia. He served four
. ... ; WjjlWW. ■'
******* t
In 1940, German planes
dropped 225 tons of bomlw on
Coventry, Eng., in World War
II. Tiiey destroyed or damaged
69,000 of Coventry’s 75,000 j
buildings.
A thought for the day-
Frcnch author Emile Zola once
wrote:—“Truth is on the march [
and nothing can stop it.”
FROM PAGE ONE
Sheriff’s
pital where Clem directed the
ambulance driver to bring the
woman to Levelland where she
was admitted to a local hospital.
He said the woman was bruis-
ed and bleeding, one eye was
blacked and her hair was mat-
ted and grass filled. She was
unconscious but had no gunshot
wound as the unidentified wo-
man had stated.
Since she was admitted to the
hospital, Clem has questioned
her four or five times to no
avail. He said she awakened
crying for her baby, about 11
apn. Mond ay morning. He went to
talk with her and she said she
had no baby. Since then every
attempt to question the woman
has met with silence after the
first few words.
The \oung woman fits the fol-
lowing description according to
Sheriff Clem, about 4 feet 8
inches tall, weight, a scant
90 pounds and long thin blond
hair.
Once in her rambllngs the
woman said she was from Fort
Worth and gave an address
there. This was checked out with
Fort Worth authorities to no
avail.
Identification bulletins have
been issued and missing per-
sons are being checked. So far
there has been absolutely noth-
ing.
The w oman was wearing white
Leris and a blouse. The only
thing in her billfold was a pic-
ture of herself, holding a baby,
several other small children
were also in the picture. When
asked about the picture she
would tell absolutely nothing.
Her attending physician says
her condition is not serious now
and there is no apparent reason
for her not remembering.
Sheriff Clem is asking any-
one to come forward who might
have any Information or any
idea who the young woman la.
Clem said the young woman
did not appear to have been push-
ed from a speeding auto, appar-
ently she was left there from all I
indications.
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