Fredericksburg Standard (Fredericksburg, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 29, 1921 Page: 2 of 12
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PREDERICKSBURG STANDARD, FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS
LOKN DOONE
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end of his journey. And in eitherhe not abl to turn and fler
Lorna Sends a Message.
R D. Blackmore.
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week. and that this was the ninth affection towards the king, and
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Charles the Second were now in
Huckaback
ing been enchanted with
a very
Grand Ball
so.
more as
John to venture across that
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cd half this, my man.
that
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the moor at all.
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Smallpox Germ Isolated.
cover, and not being held by reli-
rising. for the chance of revenge
John. looking at me very honest-
horseback, making his
way very
carefully . in
fear of bogs and
TURKEY OWNERS
ATTENTIONI
trusted to keep a secret, that one longer.
was Ruth Huckaback.
And Annie did this uncommon-
it’s toasted, of
course. To seal
in the flavor
landed at Lynmouth in the dead
of the night, and of the tramp of
a corner, and saw a scene which
now it behpoved him to be moat
wary; for Uncle Ben might have
ease John had little doubt that he rooted his
ge
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30 Country Produce bought
and sold.
JUENKE A SCHOENEWOLF
Everybody invited
WKlaerner
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Advise you not to rush your Turkeys to the
market, because the birds are light, same will gain
in weight considerably by the mjddle ofNovember.
Also presume the market will be in a better shape.
We are in the market for your Turkeys. All
turkeys butchered and dressed by us will be sent di-
rect to the New York Market.
Revised and condensed by editor.
(Continued.;
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Hotel Spahn
Centrally located.
The comfortable Resort of
Families and Traveling Men.
230 t. Commerce
San Antonio, Texas.
and reclaiming of strayed cattle
knew as well as need be where
more thoroughly brave as he hac
been; neither did he wait to see
his horse or having reached the
at
Klaerner's Pavilion
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“dse
never went on
gion much, should cast away all
regard for the birth from which
they had been cast out, ami make
McCrary Fish & Poultry Co. Inc.
Fredericksburg and San Antonio.
I firmly
asleep at
pony reared against him, being
scared, although a native of the
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but I
the
hands before my mouth; but I e
swer. That he hated the Papists
I knew full well, though he never
luckily fell in with a shepherd,
who led him on to a public house spoke much about them; and al-
you fell
, • , , , . . clamations from Annie and from
when suddenly heturned . • . 1 • c i •
Lizzie, and much praise of his
that he had followed the
it bark within him; yet
ly. “ but what
lai, now and a
stopped him.
For there was the Wizard's
Slough itself, as black as death,
and bubbling, with a few scant
yellow reeds in a ring around it.
Outside these bright water-grass
of the liveliest green was creep-
, , . . . and half a gammon of bacon
he went onward, and his , , . . . . . ... ,
brought him to his right mind
what became of the gallowsman.
but < limbed on his horse with
what speed he might and rode
away at full gallop. Neither did
he dare go back the way he
came, fearing to face Black Bar-
row Down! therefore he struck
up the other track leading away
towards Cloven Rocks, and after
riding hard for an hour and
di inking all his whiskey, he
great caution. And these grew’
saying how much she loved me, it
1t was possible that my queen might
morning, that Squire Thom, who
had been murdered there a cen-
tury ago or more, had been seen
by several shepherds, even in the
middle day, walking with his se-
vered head carried in his left
hand, and his right arm lifted
towards the sun.
Therefore it was very bold in
roughest moorland. And John
had just made up his mind that
God meant this for a warning,
evil spell.
Moreover, it was
ing. tempting any unwary foot
to step and plunge and founder, believe
And on the marge were blue the top of the black oombe, after
campanula, sundew, and forget- drinking all xonr whiskey, and
e
preparation among
likely that Master
march of Oliver Cromwell’s army,
but more as a sutler than as a
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would have anything to do with
it ? To this I could make no an-
regret for the days of the Puri-
fans. We heard of arms being
saw that if any one of the three
(for John Fry was gone home
with the iresbles) ould be
men having reached some one's
ears from a hill where a famous
echo was.
But even supposing it probable
that something against King
face in among
alone, even with a fast pony
under him, and some whiskey by
his side. And he would never
have done so but he could not
resist his own great curiosity.
F or, carefully spying across the
moor, from behind the tuft of
whortles. at first he could disco-
ver nothing having life and mo-
tion, except three or four wild
cattle roving in vain search for
nourishment, and a diseased
sheep banished hither, and some
carrion-crows keeping watch on
her. But when John was taking
his very last look, being only
too glad to go home again and
acknowledge himself baffled, he
thought he saw a figure moving
in the farthest distance upon
Black Barrow Wown, scarcely a
thing to be sure of yet, on ac-
count of the want of color. But
as he watched, the figure passed
between him and a naked cliff,
and appeared to be a man on
as the passage seemed darker and
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1 deeper, 1 _____
whiles, zame as
gallantly, yet some little disap-
pointment that he had not stayed
there a little longer, while he was
about it, so as to be able to tell
us more, I said to him very stern-
y —
“Now, John, you have dream-
waited for Jhn to answer, with
my eyes fixed upon him stead-
fastly.
tween the starving grasses, am
again. And he took good care to
be home before dark, having fol-
lowed a well-known sheep track.
When John Fry had finished
his story at last, after many ex-
Saturday Night, Oct. 29.
Music by
Goodfellows Orchestra
In case of cold weather we
will provide for stoves. ® O
See us for prices before you sell. We have
no dealers in Fredericksburg buying for us, we buy
direct from the farmers.
You know what a liar you are,
John."
The girls were exceedingly
angry at this, and laid their
he was, and the spread of the
hills before him, although it was
beyond our beat.
John Fry knew the place well
enough, but he liked it none the
more for that, neither did any
of our people; and, indeed, all
the neighborhood of Thomshill
and Larksborough, and most of
all Black Burrow Down, lay
under grave imputation of hav.
somewhere near Exford. And
here he was so unmanned, the
ef tha gully. And
go a long way, and risk a great
deal of money, to have his re-
venge on the Doom's, although
their name never passed his lips
during the present visit.
But now was it likely t be as
to the Doones themselves? Which
side would they probably take
in the coming movement, if move-
ment, indeed, it would be? So
far they had any religion at all,
by birth they were Roman Ca-
tholics—so much I knew from
Lorna; and, indeed, it was well
known all around that a priest
had been fetched more than once
to the valley, to soothe some poor
outlaw’s departure. On the other
hand, they were not likely to en-
tertain much affection for the
son of the man who had banished
them and confiscated their pro-
perty. And it was not at all
impossible that desperate men.
such as they were, having no-
thing to lose, but estates to re-
serpents.
•John knew that the man who
was riding then oould be none
but I ncle Reuben, for none of
the Doones ever passed that way,
and the shepherds were afraid
of it. And now it seemed an
unked place for an unarmed man
to venture through, especially
after an armed one who might
not like to be spied upon, and
. must have some dark object in
visiting such drear solitudes. Ne-
verthless, John Fry so ached with
I unbearable curiosity to know
■ what an old man, and a stranger,
, and a rich man could possibly
be after in that mysterious man-
ner; moreover, John so throbbed
1 with hope to find some wealthy’
secret, that, come what would of
it, he resolved to go to the end
, of the matter.
Therefore he only waited a
while for fear of being discovered
1 till Master Huckaback turned to
the left and entered a little gul-
ly, whence he could survey the
i moor. Then John remounted and
crossed the rough land and the
stony places, and picked his way
among the morasses as fast as
•▼er he dared to go; until, in
about half an hour, he drew nigh
, , . , excitement being over, that no-
John rode down the slope with thing less than a gallon of ale real soldier; and that he would
The story told by John Fry
that night, and my conviction of
its truth, made me very uneasy,
especially as following upon the
warning of Judge Jeffreys, and
the hints received from Jeremy
Stickles, and the outburst of the
tanner at Dunster, as well as
sundry tales and rumors, and
signs of secret understanding,
seen and heard on market-days
and at places of entertainment.
We knew for certain that at
Taunton, Bridgewater, and even
Dulverton, there was much dis-
When John, upon his forest
pny, was come to the top of
the long black combe, two miles
or more from Plover’s Burrows,
and winding to the southward,
he stopped his little nag short of
the crest, and got off and looked
ahead of hin, from behind a
thuft of whortles. It was a long,
flat sweep of moorland over
which he was gazing, with a few
hogs here and there, and brushy
places round them. Of course,
John Fry, from his shepherd-life I
himself would be pistolled, and
nothing more ever heard of him.
Therefore he made his pony come
to the mouth of it sideways, and
leaned over and peered in around
the rocky corner, while the little
horse cropped at the briers.
But he soon perceived that the
gully was empty, so far, at least,
as its course was straight; and
with that he hastened into it,
though his heart was not working
easily. When he had traced the
winding hollow for half a mile or
more, he saw that it forked, and
one part led to the left up a steep
red bank, and the other to the
right, being narrow, and slightly
tending downwards. Some yel-
' low sand lay here and there be-
Santiago, Chile, Oct. 19. — Dr
Artuaro Artis, chief oacteriologist
of the Chilean Institute of Hy-
giene, announced today that he m
had succeeded in discovering a •
method of isolating the bacteria
of smallpox. Dr. Artia claims
his discovery will permit the com-
batting of smallpox by direct in-
jection instead of through pre-
ventive vaccination.
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known, though folk were loath to
speak of it, even on a summer
Before I could quite make up
my mind how to act in this diffi-
culty, and how to get at the
rights of it, a difference came
again upon it. and a change of
chances. For I ncle Ben went
away as suddenly as he first had
come to us, giving no reason for
his departure, neither claiming
the pony, and, indeed, leaving
something behind him of great
value to my mother. For he beg-
ged her to see to his young grand-
daughter, until he could find op-
portunity of fetching her safely
to Dulvertan. Mother was over-
joyed at this, as she could not
help displaying; and Ruth was
quite as much delighted, although
she durst not show it.
By this time, the harvest being
done, and the thatching of the
ricks made sure against south-
western tempests, and all the
reapers being gone, with good
money and thankfulness, I began
to burn in spirit for the sight of
Lorna* I had begged my sister
Annie to let Sally Snowe know,
once for all, that it was not in
my power to have anything more
to do with her. Of course our
Annie was not to grieve Sally,
neither to let it appear for a
moment that I suspected her kind
views upon me, and her strong
regard for our dairy; only I'
thought it right upon our part
not te waste Sally’s time any
Wizard’s Slough.” Therefore
“Bain’t for me to denai,‘‘ said common cause with a Protestant
other men doth, and most of. arl
them as spaks again it; hut this
here be no lai. Maister Jan. 1
wush to God it wor. hoy; a
maight slape thise naight the bet-
ter.”
“I believe you speak the truth,
John; and I ask your pardon.
Now not a word to any one about
this strange affair. There is
mischief brewing, I can see; and
it is my place to attend to it.
Several things come across me
now—only I will not tell you.”
They were not at all contented
with this; but I would give them
no better, except to say, when
they plagued me greatly, and
vowed to sleep at my door all
night:—
“Now, my dears, this is foolish
of you. Too much of this mat-
ter is known already. It is for
your own dear sakes that I am
bound to be cautious. I have an
opinion of my own. but it may
be a very wrong one; I will not
ask you to share it with me,
neither will I make you inquisi-
tive.”
Annie pouted and Lizzie frown-
ed and Ruth looked at me with
her eyes wide open, but no other
mark of regarding me. And I
us, was
invite me even to stay and sup
with her, and so I arranged with
dear Annie beforehand, who now
was the greatest comfort to me,
to account for my absence if I
should be late.
But, alas! I was utterly disap-
pointed; for, although I waited
and waited for hours, with an
equal amount both of patience
and peril, no Lorna ever appear-
ed at all, nor even the faintest
sign of her. And another thing
occurred as well, which vexed
me more than it need have done
for so small a matter. And this
was that my little offering of the
trout and the new-laid eggs was
carried off in the coolest manner
by that vile Carver Doone. For
thinking to keep them the fresh-
er and nicer, away from so much
handling, I laid them in a little
bed of reeds by the side of the
water, and placed some dog-leav-
es over them. And when I had
quite forgotten about them, and
was watching from my hiding-
place beneath the willow-tree (for
I liked not to enter Loma's bow-
er without her permission, ex-
cept just to peep that she was
not there), while I was turning
the ring in my pocket, having
just seen the new moon. I became
aware of a great man coming
leisurely down the valley. He
had a broad-brimmed hat, and a
leather jerkin, and heavy jaek-
boots to his middle thigh, and.
what was worst of all for me, on
his shoulder he bore a long ca-
rabine. Having nothing to meet
him withal but my staff, and de-
siring to avoid disturbance, I re-
tired promptly into the chasm,
keeping the tree betwixt us that
he might not descry me, and
watching from behind the jut of
a rock, where now I had scraped
myself a neat little hole for the
purpose. ।
(To be continued.)
day after it.
Therefore he could bear no
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loose stones, and kept his quiver-
ing shoulders back, and prayed to
God to protect him. However,
l hr white thing itself was not so
very awful, being nothing more
11.an a longeoned nightcap with
a tassel on the top, such as crimi-
nals wear at hanging-time. But
when John saw a man’s face
under it, and a man's neck and
shoulders slowly rising out of the
pit. he could not doubt that this
was the place where the murder-
ers come to life again, according
to the Exmoor story. He knew
that a man had been hanged last
this he examined narrowly for a
trace of Master Huckeback.
At last he saw that, beyond all
doubt, the man he was pursuing
had taken the course which led
downhill and down the hill he
must follow him. And this John
did with deep misgivings and a
hearty wish that he had never
started upon so perilous an er-
rand. For now he knew not
where he was, and scarcely dared
to ask himself, having heard of
a horrible hole, somewhere in
this neighborhood, called the
except that it meant no good,
and probably was witchcraft. Yet
Dolly seemed not to be harmed
by it, for there she was as large
as life, tied to a stump not far
beyond, and flipping the flies
away with her tail.
While John was trembling
within himself lest Dolly should
get scent of his pony, and neigh
and reveal their presence, al-
though she could not see them,
suddenly, to his great amazement,
something white arose out of the
hole, under the brown trunk of I
th^tre^l^ing this his blood
It well, as she herself told me
afterwards, having taken Sally
in the sweetest manner into het
pure confidence, and opened halt
her bosom to her, about my very
sad love affair. Not that she let
Sally know, of course, who it was.
or what it was; only that she
made her understand, without
hinting nt any desire of it, that
there was no chance now of hav-
ing me. Sully changed color a
little at this, and then went on
about ii red cow which had pass-
ed seven needles at milking-time.
Upon the very day when the
eight weeks were expiring, forth
I went in search of Lorna, taking
the pearl ring hopefully, and all
the new-laid eggs I could find,
and a dozen and a half of small
trout from our brook. And the
pleasure it gave me to catch
those trout. thinking, as every
one came forth and danced upon
the grass. how much she would
enjoy him, is more than I can
now describe. And it struck me
that, after accepting my ring and
me-not, such as no child could
resist. On either side the hill
fell back, and the ground was
broken with tufts of rush and
flag and mares-tail, and a few
rough alder-trees overclogged
with water. And not a bird was
seen or heard neither rail nor
water-hen, wagtail nor reed-warb-
ler.
Of this horrible quagmire, the
worst upon all Exmoor, John had
heard from his grandfather, and
even from his mother, when they
w anted to keep him quiet; but
his father had feared to speak
of it to.him, being a man of piety,
and up to the tricks of the Evil
One. This made John the more
desirous to have a good look at
it now, only with his girths well
up, to turn away and flee at
speed if anything should happen.
And now he proved how well it
is to be wary and wide-awake,
even in lonesome places. For at
the other side of the slough, and
a few landyards beyond it, where
the ground was less noisome, he
had observed a felled tree lying
over a great hole in the earth,
with staves of wood, and slabs
of stone, and some yellow gravel
around it. But the flags of reeds
around the morass partly screen-
ed it from his eyes, nd he could
not make but the meaning of it,
a maight tull a and replacement.
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