The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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Lumber Co.
Are now opening up a yard in
ÁSPERMONT
and will be prepared to furnish you
, with anything you may need in the
builders' line. We want your busi-
ness and will treat you right
We will make Hamlin prices, meet
all legitmate competition and make
it to your interest to deal with us.
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR NEXT BILL
Cáil on
G. H. MAYES,
Local Manager.
Mccarty & wynn
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
OFFICE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SQUARE
We handle all kinds of Real Estate and City Property.
List your property with us if you want to sell or trade it.
Aspermonf, : : Texas.
Before You Build Your House You Should See
h. h. shadle
The Up-to-Date Builder
Aspermont, Texas
He Can Save You Money. Satisfaction Guaranteed
J. H. ROLLINS
Dealer In
Choice Family Groceries
Laundry Basket leaves my store every Monday
and returns every Friday.
Aspermont, - Texas.
The Palace Barber Shop
HOPKINS & MAYES, Props.
Hair Cut 35c
Shave 15c
Tonic 10c
Shampoo 35c
Massage 35c
Singe 35c
First Door North P. O.
TWO CHAIRS FIRST-CLASS WORK
FARM AND RANCH LOANS
1 have money to lend on good strictly farming
lands, either on the straight, partial payment,
or full prepayment plan; and will also lend in
large amounts on well improved and desirably 3J
located ranches. Abstracts examined and ti- m
ties perfected at reasonable rates. Corres-
pondence solicited. : : : : :
JOHN R. STANLEY, Attorney at Law,
414-415 Fort Worth National Bank Building, Fort Worth, Tex.
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take a pleasant ride
...From Aspermont to Hamlin via...
THE DAILY AUTOMOBILE ROUTE
Quick Service. Makes Connection
With all East Bound Trains
R. A. HUDSPETH, Prop.
hamlin;texas.
Five Letters
By Gilbert Cosulich.
Dear Ellen: Your kind, sisterly let-
ter has shown me just how good a
friend you are, in your quite High-
land way. You say that possibly my
engagement to Alice may render your
letters tiresome to md. Do you really
believe that I would cast away a
friendship as valuable as yours be-
cause I happened to be in love? I
might jocularly paraphrase: "I would
not love thee half so well, loved I not
Alice more."
Your good wishes deserve a con-
fession. You shall have it. I have
loved you. Yes, and only your seem-
ing preference for a friend curbed
my feelings. Once curbed, the rest
was easy; the stifling process, though
painful, was not lengthy. Now that I
am fortified by Alice, I am telling you.
Yet I cannot help thinking with a sort
of wistfulness of Whittier's "It might
have been," if—And Touchstone said
that there was much virtue in an "if."
But what did Touchstone know about
it? His Audrey was not provocative
of many thoughts of "if."
Ah, my friend, your letters are a
balm to me—your Scotch can be so
soothing at times.
Has the orchestra's "Ah! fors e lui"
affected my mood, that the violin's
last note seems to breathe out—"If?"
Yours, retrospectively,
/ roger.
Dear Roger: Poor« boy! Why is it
your modesty will persist in making
you unhappy? Frank'was backward,
so I had to talk to him more than to
you. You know now very well that
I don't love him. You were both good
friends, and if I had a preference—
but, there! I should not be saying
this now, even though you are "forti-
fied" by Alice."
And yet why shouldn't I? One
frank confession deserves another. I
agree with you that there was a
"might have been," but the "if was
entirely of your own making. Is the
confession clear, you dull boy?
Is it ethical for us to be writing
this way to each other, and you en-
gaged? When one feels in my mood
we had better stop. I don't know
Italian, but I must feel as you did
when the orchestra played "Ah, fors e
lui." Your friend,
ELÍ.EN.
Dear Roger: I hope you will not
be wounded much at what I shall
tell you. You are a brave man and
can bear this. You will forget, I as-
sure you. Our wounds heal if we
have only the will power to help them.
Our engagement was a mistake. I
know that it was only environment,
and nothing more. We were two
young foolish creatures who im-
agined moonsickness to be lovesick-
ness. I feel that this sounds brutal,
but it is best that we should be plain.
Forgive me .if I pain you, but re-
member that you have a good friend
in Ellen—and that I, too, am willing
to help you, if you can keep from
hating me for this. Between us two,
the scar—if there is any-4-will soon
heal. Believe me, your sincere friend,
alice.
Dear Alice: I, too, have made a
mistake. You know that I believe
engagements inviolable (you have
often twitted me for my Quixotic
view of things), and I would never
have spoken. But you were braver
than I; you acted when you saw that
our permanent happiness was in dan-
ger—for what is more pitiable than
a one-sided marriage?
You were right; we were two fool-
ish children, but our eyes have been
opened before it was too late.
Your timely action has saved both
of us. Your sincere friend,
ROGER.
Dear Roger: I have waited to re-
ceive the news of your engagement
to Ellen before writing. It came yes-
terday, and I can speak.
My last letter to you was a lie—
a lie that nearly killed me in the
writing. I had heard—no matter how
—of your infatuation for Ellen, and
1 determined to find out the truth.
Forgive the deception, Roger, but
you must admit it was the only way
I could really discover whether you
loved me. And you, poor blind boy,
stumbled on, and wrote words that
have plunged my life into darkness.
It was the only way—and I learned
the truth. I don't blame you at all,
my friend, for in your simplicity you
believed me.
I don't suppose. I ought to tell you
this; but I know you won't mind
much, and I was too weak to let you
think that my love for you could ever
waver.
If I thought it would mar your hap-
piness in the least, I would not be
writing this way. But I know that
you'll soon forget—Ellen will teach
you how. Your heart-broken
ALICE.
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improved or unimproved. Good terms. See them.
Office Lee Building.
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W. B. BINGHAM, Prop. ASPEfeMONT.
.. BLUE FRONT WAGON YARD ..
One Block Southeast of square. Horses
and mules bought and sold. Feed tal-
ways on hand. : : : : :
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Thomas, S. W. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 22, 1909, newspaper, April 22, 1909; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168399/m1/3/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.