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THE MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. JULY 12. 1934
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ENID.
AGNES
LOUISE
PROVOST
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es, the cost of stock and what she
ought to do next year.
Fourth Installment. try him."
The water in her pitcher was fresh. “This morning?”
from the crack and cold. Anne "Love to. Right after breakfast,
splashe d in it vigorously, one foot; Have you had yours or will you have lected work, on his own, ranc he but
some with us?"
tapping at odd moment in time to
an intermittently hummed tune, but
a disapproving pucker had come be coffee and I've been up since before
tween her delicately marked brows
“Both, thank you. I like Martha’s
five. Comet, we stay,”
Now why did she have to do that sil- Half an hour later he was out
ly trick? Hadn't she any sense at again saddling the pinto for her and
all? Why do anything which might Anne was making a quick change in-
start anybody, even Martha wonder-to riding clothes,
ing where she had come from and
what she had been before she had
stepped off the two-thirty-eight at
Marston? She must be more careful, have ridden before?"
Dressing was a swift matter in these “Some Not much," she added hon-
days. insinuating odors of bacon and estly, "but I’m crazy about it"
The pinto danced deliberately, im-
patient to be off, but she held him
in while Barry swung himself into
Anne was making a quick change in-
Harry was waiting with the horses
"All outfitted for the trail, aren't
we? 1 suppose that means that you
Barry was looking a ter some neg-
every few days he found an excuse
to stop at Trail’s End. The obliging
Boone Petry detoured to Trail’s End
coffee were creeping in, but she went
out of doors first
Over by the horse corral she heard
a Budden series of thumps, like danc-
ing roofs on hard ground.
Bounding the corner of the house
she caught sight of Barry Duane. The
dancing sounds came from the pret-
Best pinto Anne had ever seen, pen-
Md in the corral and making playful
rushes at the gate. On the ground be-
side Duane was a saddle.
“Barry Duane, what are you do-
ing?"
"Oh, hello!" He turned with a guil-
yt grin. "Do you mind having visitors
at this hour? I thought I'd brnig a
pinto down and ask you to exercise
him occasionally. Hle name’s Comet
It's a great riding country around
here I know some pretty good trails."
Her eyes shone. She tried to frown,
and made a bad job of it.
"But you mustn't do such things
It's awfully good of you to want to,
but I really can't "
"Can’t ride? I’ll teach you in a
morning."
"Don't be so innocent. You know
what I mean. You've taken hours o’
his saddle. He nodded approvingly.
“That’s just right. Keep a steady
hand on him and he will soon know
which one of you is boss. You’ll find
that he has plenty of ginger, but he’s
well behaved,”
For the first half mile they scarce-
ly spoke. Anne let Comet out a little.
Pounding hoofs sounded back of her,
and the long striding Captain soon
came abreast. She gave Barry a radi-
ant look and his heart suddenly
skipped a beat or two and went rock-
eting up into his ears.
After a time they came to a high
flat that was like a parkland.
"Like to stop?” he suggested. “This
is one of the places I wanted to show
you...”
They found an inviting place to sit.
Anne sighed happily.
“And to think," she added lazily,
"that I’d planned to spend this heav-
enly morning struggling with a hoe.”
I “It’s not a woman’s work,' ’he in-
j sisted doggedly. The mere sugges-
n seemed to make him angry. "If
your time and Petry’s and hammered you need more help, tel your neigh-
and dug and sawed, and made special bors take a hand. Or if you won't do
that. Tranquilino has a nephew who
trips from Marston on errands that 1
ought to have looker! after myself and
even brought things down from your
own ranch, but when it comes to tak-
ing your saddle horses ”
"Don't you like him?"
"Of course I like him. He’s a darl-
ing”
"Then he’s yours. And don’t think
that you are getting anything very
great, because 1 have a hundred more
running loose Comet, come and make
friends with your new boss "
Tiie pinto arched his neck and look-
ed warily at the strange hand Anne
reached over and ran her hand down
a satiny neck.
"Oh, you beautiful thing'" she said
softly. "How could anybody part with
you?”
Barry Duare looked down at her
with his nice smile.
will come by the day, and I’ll see that
he doesn’t overcharge you. I hate the
idea of your grubbing in the fields.
It doesn’t fit you at all.”
"I'm a hard working woman, you
know, not a princess in an ivory
tower.”
"You'd make a better princess than
anyone I know."
She caught a dark flicker in his
eyes. A warning little bell chimed
smoewhere in her head. Barry Duane
was not the kind who made careless
love.
The days ran by as swiftly as wa-
ter slipping over a dam. There was
still plenty of work to be done, but
the first furious onslaught was over.
Things ewere shaping up, indoors and
out.
Every morning Anne ran out to
look at the new green of her alfalfa
"It doesn’t have to be a complete
separation. I've been hinting that 1 fields There were hours in the kitch-
expect to come along when you ride en garden or out on the porch. Eve-
him, but I haven't had even a nibble nings she often sat with pencil and
yet." paper and thoughtfully puckered
"You've got one now. I’m wild to brow, trying to figure profits and loss-
spend the day, leaving shortly after
breakfast with Petry. At first it had
been rather fun She had roamed from
the house to tiie creek and back to
the house again, but little by little
things that she wanted to forget had
crept in.
She must not think of them; she
didn't want to. This was a new life
arid she was going to be happy in it.
She was happy. Would she ever feel
free to do the things that other girls
did well, to marry for instance? Ev-
en if she told the man first? But she
couldn’t tell. Whatever happened, she
didn’t dare to do that. She wondered
what Barry Duane would say if he
knew.
She jumped up suddenly and gave
herself an impatient shake. She would
go out and saddle Comet, and leave
it miles behind.
For the first level half mile they
swept along in an exhilirating burst
every time he drove in to Marston,
and occasionally when he didn’t. Mar-of speed but after that she pulled
tha developed an uncanny prescience
in guessing when Petry was due and
the pinto down to a steadier pace,
and once turned to a steeper trail,
. a Tim he bent down to business and climbed
Riling up errands and odd jobs for diligently.
, , This was the first time that she had
They were out on the steps one ridden for any great distance alone,
day when Petrydrove up, the old car and there was a thrill in it. She
piled with supplies. | meant to make the same circle that
There’s your package from the she and Barry had traveled on their
mini order house. Miss Anne, and first ride together
here’s a letter for Martha. No letters .. ’ , . .
‘ . For over an hour she rode slowly,
for you or me. Shall I take the ETO. 1 : 11
Then she reigned in and dismounted,
ceries around back. Martha: ooitComet watched her with liquid, un-
. He usually walked straight through blinking eyes as she climbed out to
the front door to the Kitchen, as did 1 1., 1. 1
. . . L La boulder of red sandstone. It made
everybody else, but today he flick-a natural seat.
end an eyelid at Murtha and tramp- _ 1
. : M.A For a long time she sat there. The
ed around to the buck door, Murtha,
. ' , : | suns rays were slanting from the
o owed iim. | west. Little by little the warmth and
Look here, Martha, some of those light were fading from her face
old hens in Marston are tulkin. again. She jumped up abruptly. She
What the matter with them | suddenly realized how low that sun
Miss Anne’s the matter. Mis Bag- was. “Comet!" she called. “Come boy,
ley, she cant get over the shock of we’re going home."
findin’ that there wasn’t any tag on No answering whinny came to her
call. There was no sign of the pinto.
Anne stood very still for a mo-
her coat and Mis' Caswell at the post
office she says it's awful queer that
Miss Cushing never gets letters from
home like other folks.
Well, said Martha sharply, what ought to have "tied him to the
did you tell her. ground," as Petry called it. She gave
"What could I tell her Petry an anxious glance at those slanting
scratched a worried head. Her bein rays and turned quickly on her way.
a lady, 1 couldn’t very well cram A swaying of bushes on a lower
her remarks down her throat, could slope caught her eye and then in an
* open space there was a flash of glossy
"No," said Martha dryly. "Bein’ a piebald flanks. She called with all the
a man, you wouldn't know how. Now strength of healthy young lungs. The
see here, Boone Petry, the next time pinto caught the sound, looked back
you hear any such interestin' conver- and hesitated. She was within a hun-
ment, telling herself that she wasn't
scared. It was her own fault; she
apprehension. "What's the matter?" but $700,000,000 for the current that
I dunno exactly" Petry looked in-provided us with light, operated
creasingly uneasy. "You see I brought stoves and refrigerators and washing
Martha home, but Miss Anne, she’d machines, and performed—cheaply, ef-
gone out somewhere for a ride. That ficiently, swiftly—a thousand and one
was two hours ago. Of course they other necessary household tasks
ain't any reason why she shouldn’t That little comparison serves to in-
go off for a ride and come home dicate what a big money’s worth elec-
late, but it kinda bothered me."
Continued Next Week.
tric power is No dollar the average
i family spends brings more that is
genuinely worth while—none buys so
much convenience and efficiency and
freedom from drudgery. It is always a
CIGARETTES bargain—and the work of the private
electric utilies, in lowering the cost
POWER AND
Which is more important to the in-to the consumer in the face of rising
dustries and homes of the nation—operating expense, has made it so.
tobacco or electric power" Which is The electric bill per day of the av-
the greatest civilizing influence?
Which does the most to make the life
of the average person pleasant and
comfortable and to increase the
amount of leisure time he has?
If that questionnaire were sent out
to a representative group of citizens,
electricity would win by an over-
whelming vote. Yet—based on sta-
tistics for 1932—the nation’s tobacco
bill is well over $100,000,000 in excess
of its domestic power bill. We spent
close to $800,000,000 in that year for
cigarettes and cigars- and we spent
i erage home runs around the price of a
pack of cigarettes or a glass of beer,
or a magazine. Think of that the next
time it is proposed to spend some
more of the taxpayers' money—your
money—to put government, whether
federal, state or local, into the elec-
tric business.—West Point (Miss.)
Times Leader.
BARBECUE
A
Fourth of July barbecue
was
Vocational Education.
held at the home of Mrs. Doyle Cos-
ton. A large group was in attendance. .
Mr. and Mrs Shoultz and family, Mr. Mrs. Simpson was taking her son to
and Mrs Urban and son Lloyd; Mrs. school for the first time and, after
H. A. Coston. Grover Coston. Miss impressing the .schoolmaster with the
Lillian Swansey, Mrs. Sol Cleveland, necessity of his having e thorough
Mr Bo McCain, Mr. and Mrs. Brad-education, finished UP saying,
liam and family, Mrs. Miles. From' And be sure he learns n
Wadsworth Mr and Mrs. Foster, and “But, my dear madam, said the
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce V ods attended, master, "Latin is a dead language
Messrs, and Mesdames Gilber, Harri- "All right,’ said Mrs. Simpson he 11
son and families of Matagorda were want it. He’s going to be an under-
present. Following the barbecue they taker.
all enjoyed dancing.
Girl Reserve Breakfast
The Bay City Girl Reserves had a
sunrise breakfast out at the city park
last Friday morning. They went to
the park in cars, rather than walk as
they had first planned.
After building a fire and cooking
the bacon and eggs, they all enjoyed
the breakfast. In spite of the cat and
Mr and Mrs. Frank Hurley left
Sunday for St. Louis, where they will
meet Frank Jr., who is on his way
I home from Bryant-Stratton College
in Providence, R. I. Mrs. Hurley will
| do some early buying of fall millin-
| ery and ready to wear while in St.
1 Louis.
If chewing gum has been accident-
ally dropped on clothes, simply hold
a piece of ice over the spot tightly
u .for a few minutes. This hardens the
the geese, all the girls had plenty to sum and it can then be scraped or
eat., brushed off readily.
The Girl Reserves will plan some-
thing for this Friday, so watch the' ----------------------
paper for a more definite announce-
ment. | PATRONIZE THE ADVERTISERS
SAMPLE BALLOT
DEMO C R ATI C PR IM A R Y, SATURDAY, J ULY 28.1 9 34
PLEDGE: "I am a Democrat, and pledge myself
to support the nominees of this Primary,”
For United States Senator:
JOS. W. BAILEY, Jr., of Dallas County.
TOM CONNALLY of Falls County.
GUY B FISHER of San Augustine County
For State Railroad Commissioner:
JOHN PUNDT of Dallas County.
JAMES L. McNEESE of Dallas County.
W. GREGORY HATCHER of Dallas Co.
H. O. JOHNSON of Harris County.
LON A SMITH of Travis County.
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 2:
WALTER GOSLING
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 3:
G. R. HALLIDAY
For Governor:
For Associate Justice of Supreme Court:
JAMES W. McCLENDON of Travis County.
JOHN H. SHARP of Ellis County.
H. S. LATTIMORE of Tarrant County.
Fo- Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 4:
C. E. DULLER
For Justice of the Peace. Precinct No. 5:
J. S. MACK
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 6:
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tell 'em you know for certain only
you wouldn't tell anybody but them,
that Miss Anne hasn't any folks ex-
cept cousins she’s never seen and she
ran away because her guardian want-
ed her to marry a rich old rake that
she hated.”
Petry grinned. "All right, Martha,
just as you say."
Martha's mouth quirked briefly and
sobered again.
"Look here, do you suppose Bar-
ry’s heard any of this?"
"Dont’ believe so. If anybody’d ev-
er said it to him, he'd have sailed
in and took 'em apart.”
Martha looked worried. "No," she
said grimly, "he wouldn’t take ’em
apart. He’d just turn icy mad and
freeze cm until they cracked. And
he’d rage inside all the way home,
because he’s awful fond of Miss
Anne."
Inside the house a voice was sing-
ing. n lilting soprano. Petry listened
for a moment, eased the box softly to
the table and tiptoed out again.
Anne was restless. She was alone,
for Martha had gone to Marston to
KNEE-ACTIOB
clred feet of him when he frisked ca-
priciously, broke into an easy canter
and stopped at a safer distance.
She could have wept with vexation.
More slowly this time, Anne followed
him with coaxing voice and out'?
stretched hand. This was a nice game
and Comet was feeling coltish and
gay. He let her come quite near and
then wheeled and cantered off again.
When she came to the next open
space there was no sign of the pinto.
She stopped and called again. There
was no sound. The graceless Comet
had gone light heartedly about his
own business, and she must get back
to the trail and make her long way
home.
The trail? The thought startled her
She made a turn, blankly strange and
came suddenly on a wall of rock.
It rose sheer, two hundred feet or
more, directly in her path. She turn-
ed and looked back uncertainly, won-
dering where the first wrong turn-
ing had been. Back of her was the
blank wall of cliff, and ahead and on
both sides stretched an endless rei-
teration of trees and undergrowth and
rocks in bewildering confusion.
There was no trail. She was lost.
Barry lounged comfortably in a big
chair and wondered why Petry was
so late. He had been out in the blaz-
ing Junipero all day, but he knew
that Petry had conveyed Martha Lar-
rabee in to Marston to spend the day,
and the efficent Martha would not
ive allowed any such late returning
o her own duties. Probably the old
rascal had invited himself to supper
at Trail's End.
Barry was thinking of a shabby
little ranch house in a small valley,
where u girl was gallantly tackling a
man's job. It was a queer occupation
for a girl like Anne Cushing to
choose. Usually girls as pretty and
dainty as Anne wanted anything that
kept them manicured and permanent-
ly waved.
For a moment the failing sun-set
lights played a curious trick on him.
He saw a shadowy figure in the chair
opposite him, with luminous eyes and
a curved mouth that smiled at him
He was always thinking of Anne. And
he had known her only a few short
weeks.
Steps came from the rear, heavy
and hurried, and Petry's head ap-
peared "Ain't Miss Anne here?”
"No." Surprise turned quickly to
C. C. MeDONALD of Wichita County.
JAMES V. ALLRED of Wichita County,
CLINT SMALL of Potter County,
TOM F. HUNTER of Wichita County.
EDGAR WITT of McLennan County.
EDWARD K. RUSSELL of Red River Co.
| For Judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals:
W. C. MORROW of Hill County.
For Congress Ninth District:
J. J. MANSFIELD of Colorado County.
I For Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 7:
S. W. CORSE
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 8:
W. J. LUDER
MAURY HUGHES of Dallas County,
For Lieutenant Governor:
WALTER F. WOODUL of Harris County.
BEN F. BERKELEY of Brewster County.
JOHN HORNSBY of Travis County.
R. M. JOHNSON of Anderson County.
JOE MOORE of Hunt County.
J. P. ROGERS of Harris County.
For Attorney General:
WALTER WOODWARD of Coleman
For State Senator, 17th District:
T. J. HOLBROOK of Galveston County.
| For Representative, 21st District:
E. C. HILL of Brazoria County.
Associate Justice of the Court of Civil Appeals
First Supreme Judicial District of Texas:
GEO. W. GRAVES of Harris County.
District Attorney, 23rd Judicial District:
R A. BASSETT of Fort Bend County.
For County Judge:
OSCAR BARBER
For County Clerk:
MRS. RUBY HAWKINS
Co.
WILLIAM McCRAW of Dallas County.
CLYDE E. SMITH of Tyler County.
For State Comptroller of Public Accounts:
GEORGE H. SHEPPARD of Nolan County,
J. J. Jack PATTERSON of Dallas County.
DOLPH B. TILLISON of Henderson Co.
MANLEY H. CLARY of Tarrant County,
For State Treasurer:
DENNIS B. WALLER of Trinity County.
GEORGE B. TERRELL of Dallas County.
KAY GRIFFIN of Tarrant County,
CHARLEY LOCKHART of Travis County.
For State Superintendent of Public Instruction:
L. A. WOODS of Travis County,
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
J. E. MeDONALD of Ellis County.
FRED W. DAVIS of Travis County.
K. TERRELL of Floyd County.
C. C. CONLEY of Willacy County.
For Constable, Precinct No. 1:
A. P. MOORE
For Constable, Precinct No. 2:
B. H. BAKER
For Constable, Precinct No. 3:
C. E. CHILDERS
For Constable. Precinct No. 4:
W.CLARK
For Constable, Precinct No. 5:
S. M. MYRICK
For Constable, Precinct No. 6:
For Constable, Precinct No. 7:
M. S. HOLSWORTH
For County Attorney:
EUGENE J. WILSON
For County Treasurer:
C. LANGHAM
For County Superintendent:
THOMAS P. HALE
County Tax Assessor and Collector:
R. A. KLESKA
For Sheriff:
HARRIS MILNER
For County Surveyor:
JOHN F. ROTHER
For District Clerk:
A. D. HENSLEY
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 1:
P A BOND
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 2:
E. C. BAKER
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 3:
G. A. HARRISON
For Commisisoner of tiie General Land Office:
J. H. WALKER of Hill County.
WALTER E. JONES of Gregg County.
For Commissioner, Precinct No. 4:
LUTHER ROBERTSON
For Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1:
W. M. MANN
For Constable, Precinct No. 8;
R. A. WENDT
For County Chairman:
C. A. ERICKSON
For Precinct Chairman:
Precinct No.
Precinct No.
Precinct No.
Precinct No.
Precinct No.
Precinct No.
Precinct No.
Precinct No.
1 A. HARRIS
2 WALTER STEWART
3 W. C. GRAY
4 J. H. LOGAN
5 T. L. RUGELEY
6 C. T. FREEMAN
7 M. S. HOLSWORTH
8 HAROLD BARBER
Precinct No. 9 O. J. HODGE, Jr.
Precinct No. 10 W. G. JONES
Precinct No. 11 H. M. SEERDEN
Precinct No. 12 G. W. CORPORAN
Precinct No. 13 GEO. B. McKISSICK
Precinct No. 14 E. B. HOGG
Precinct No. 16 L. C. NYGARD
Precinct No. 17 E. S. SMITH
Precinct No. 18
Precinct No. 19 C. W. SMITH
Precinct No. 20 H. W. BOWIE
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