The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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HOW the POSTAL BILL
WAS CARRIED
[Original ]
Prank Edgecombe and I were chums
In college and fellow athletes. We
fought on the same football team aud
had our photographs taken standing
together In the costume we had worn
on the gridiron, I holding the pigskJu
In the hollow of my arm. Edgecombe
married a rich woman and built a
splendid country place. He Invited me
to visit him there in the warm season,
and In the party, among others, was
Miss Emma Keith, whom I desired to
win, and Wlntleld I.arraway. who
looked upon Miss Keith with the same
languishing eyes.
Larraway and 1 each knew of the
other's Intentions and hated each other
accordingly. There are women who
would like nothing better than to put
two men at swords' points on their ac-
count, but Miss Keith was not one of
that kind. I and my rival both knew
that any word spoken against the other
by either of us would render the speak-
er contemptible in her sight. We out-
wardly treated each other with studied
politeness.
There was a cottage on Edgecombe’s
premises that he had fitted up for
lounging. It was a luxurious summer
house furnished with costly rugs, di-
vans and other such appropriate furni-
ture. One morning I strolled down
there and, going Into a room adorned
with Edgecombe’s college trophies and
supplied with magazines, settled my-
self In an easy chair to read. On the
wall hung the photograph of Edge-
combe and myseJf \u football costume.
Hearing a footstep «nd a rustle of
skirts, not wishing to be Interrupted in
my reading I moved into an anteroom
Just as a lady entered the one I had
left. The door between the two rooms
was open, aud I saw Miss Keith go to
the photograph, look at it long and
steadily, give a pleasurable sigh and
turn to the table on which rested the
periodicals.
Encouraged by what I had seen I
went In and Joined her. We chatted,
and I ventured to lead the way to giv-
ing her an inkling as to my feelings
when I heard a mau's quick footstep.
There was no Impropriety In our being
there together, but I saw an anxious
glance pass over Miss Keith's face and
on the Impulse stepped Into an ante-
room. Intending to pass out by a side
door. But I found there was no side
door. Before I could decide what to
do Larraway entered and told Miss
Keith that he was going to the city for
the day and would be happy to execute
any commission she might have. Dur-
ing his brief stay they chatted about
the trophies, and Larraway expressed
the most unbounded admiration for
my physical proportions, also giving
my mental and moral endowments uu-
stinted praise.
I knew perfectly well that he had
seen both me and Miss Keith enter tho
summer house aud that he hnd praised
me for a purpose. When I rejoined
Miss Keith she was somewhat this
tered, and I could see that she had
been very much prepossessed with Lar-
raway's praise of his rival.
“You are both tine fellows.” she said,
“and Mr. Larraway especially has had
an opportunity to show his nobility of
character.”
“I am happy to be classed with him
in such high praise," I replied ard
changed the subject.
Larraway had scored one on me, auo
if I could not turn the tide I feared I
should lose the prize. A few days lat-
er I was knocking the balls about. oi>
the tennis court when he came out on to
the piazza. Miss Keith was sitting in
dishabille at a window, the shutters of
which were closed, for the day was
very hot, thinking that she was invisi-
ble from the court. I ipvited Larra-
way, who had not seen her, to play
tennis, aud, putting him In a position
where he could not refuse without
seeming to be disobliging, he reluc-
tantly consented.
Now I had taken prizes at match
games of tennis and was then a cham-
pion. The first ball I served 1 landed
on the tip of Larraway'* nose.
There Is something painful In being
thus hit at any time, but to be struck
by a man one hates Is too much for
any man’s equanimity. All the venom
that had been long accumulating In
Larraway's breast burst Its bonds and
was poured on my devoted head. This
Is not a proper place to give his lan-
guage, which is not fit, especially for
a lady, to hear. I saw something white
moving behind the window blinds and
knew that Miss Keith had departed to
escape the unseemly vituperations that
were loaded upon me. I calmly apolo-
gized to Larraway, even offering
him my handkerchief to stop the red
flood that poured from his nose. He
turned on his heel and went to the
house, while I remained on the court,
and since I did not care to be seen
dancing myself I gave vent to my feel-
ings l»y dancing the ball on my racket.
Wien next I met Miss Keith I ven-
tured a remark pralsiug my rival for
his rare patience, his kindly dlsposl
tlon, and was passing on to his other
adorable traits when she put her hands
to her ears. I asked In affected sur-
prise If I had offended her, but I knew
she was trying to shut out the remem
brance of Larraway’s language.
I won Emma Keith and the day after
the wedding I told her that 1 had land-
ed that ball on Larraway's nose for
the express purpose of putting him out
of the field. She maintained silence
for some time and I was curious to
know what her comment would be. It
was this:
“You ought to have been ashamed of
yourself. If I had known It sooner I
wouldn’t hare married you."
“So I feared,” I replied, “and that's
the reason I didn’t tell yen till the knot
wtw Irmly tied.” V *
EDGAR M. WAREIKLD.
[Original.1
One morning Sir Roderick Boyle,
M. P.. a baronet livlug ill Loudon, wont
to the postottice to ask If there were
any letters for him. Now, at that time
—183!), the second year after the good
Queen Victoria ascended the throne
of England—the postotHce was a very
different bureau from what it Is today.
The mall was all carried on coaches,
aud the charges on letters were in pro-
portion to the distance they were trans-
mitted, ranging from 111 to 40 cents
for a letter weighing an ounce, aud
were collected when the letter was de-
livered. Since the value of a shilling
was proportionately much greater then
than now the cost of postage, especially
on a letter sent from one extremity of
the kingdom to another, was. to the
poor, prohibitive.
Sir Roderick stepped up to the de-
livery window aud, finding a young
woman, a maidservant, there, waited.
The clerk had handed her a letter, and
she was looking at the superscription.
Presently she sighed and turned to
leave. The clerk called her back.
“This is the third time this weel
you’ve been here to ask for letters, ami,
though I’ve bad one for you every time
you’ve called.”
"What’s the matter, lassie?” asked
Sir Roderick. “Can’t you pay for your
letter?"
"I haven’t the money, sir.”
"Whom is It from?”
“My youug man, sir."
“What Is the postage?” asked the
baronet of the clerk.
“A shilling fourpenee,” replied the
clerk.
Sir Roderick took the amount from
his wallet and laid it before the clerk.
Glancng at the grl to see bow pleased
she would be to rend the letter
from her lover he noticed a peculiar
expression on her face, while she shook
her head, as much as to say, “Don’t do
It.” But It was too late. The clerk
had taken the money, and the letter
was In the baronet’s hand. He gave It
to the girl, and the two walked out of
the postoffice together. When they
reached the street Sir Roderick took
out an eyeglass aud read the super-
scription on the letter.
The name was “Beth T. B. It. Perk.”
Sir Roderick was puzzled. He had
never seen so many Initials In the nnme
of one In her class. “You are Beth
Perk, I suppose,” he said.
“Yes, sir; on that letter. Sometimes
I’m Bess, Elizabeth. Betsy or one o’
the other names as belongs to Eliza-
beth."
The good man looked at her wouder-
lngly. “And you seem to have a good
many other names, judging from the
Initials.”
“The letters, sir. Them differs.
Sometimes there’s three, like this one,
sometimes two, and once there was
five, but that was only once and was
necessary.”
Sir Roderick took the glass out of his
eye and surveyed the girl from head to
foot. What could she mean? He was
too well bred to ask even one so far be-
neath him to explain a matter in which
he could not possibly be expected to
have an Interest, so he simply looked
at her.
“Well, here’s y<fbr letter,” he said,
handing It to her.
“Please, sir, I don’t want It.”
“Don’t want It.”
“No, sir. There’s nothing in It, sir.”
“Nothing In It? Then why"— He
paused.
"I tried to stop you payin’ for It. air.
It’s this way, sir. My young man’s
valet to a laird in the north o’ Scot-
land, air. The postage on a letter from
him Is one and four, sir, so we has a
way o’ writin’ on the back o’ the letter
as we both knows what it means. In-
side there’s nothin’ but a sheet o’ pa-
per, with nothlu’ on it. I goes to the
poetofflee and calls for the letter and
knows what It says by the writin’ on
the outside. Then I hands it back to
tbe clerk and pays nothin’ I won’t
mind tellin’ you what this one says If
you won’t look at me. Beth means
sweetheart. T. means time. B. R.
means one month—that is, it’s one
month before we’re to be married.”
Sir Roderick, who was a statesman,
stood looking down upon the girl think-
ing. The postal laws enabled him as
one of the nation’s rich men and legis-
lators to send a piano through the
mails free, if he chose, but the poor
must pay for an ounce of puper.
The next day Rowland Hill’s bill for
anlform Inland penny postage was to
come up In the house of commons and
Sir Roderick had proposed to kill it.
It now occurred to him that the gov-
ernment was carrying this girl’s love
letters free, whereas the charge of u
penny might be paid not only by her,
but by thousands of others who could
not pay the high rates.
"Beth,” be said, tearing open the let-
ter and glancing at a piece of blnnk
paper within, “when you want to send
another letter to your lover come to
me,” he handed her a card, “anil It
shall cost you nothing; I’ll frank It for
you. And here’s a wedding present for
you, or rather pay for an Idea you have
given me.” He handed her two £10
notes and left her standing on the side-
walk gaping after him.
The next day. when the postal bill
came up In the bouse of commons. Its
friends were In despair since It was
sure to be killed by 8lr Roderick Boyle,
who had denounced It as n visionary
scheme that would swamp the post-
office department. When ebortly be-
fore tbe rote was cast the great states-
man arose and made a speech In ad-
vocacy of the bill there was great as-
tonishment. Tbe measure passed, but
no one knew that the turning point in
Its struggle for existence was a cipher
between two lovera, neither of whom
knew any men than to read and to
write. MARY 0. BURNBT.
THE PLAYHOUSE
IN THE COPSE
The Warehouse Proposition.
Cold Corner.
[Original.]
"Dou’t you think, Cuthliert, that it
would be nice to make our wedding
trip to your old home iu the country?
You could show me all those places that
were familiar to you as a boy, the
swimming bole, the two beaches you
ha\e so often told me about all cut
over with names, that little copse with-
in which you played at housekeeping.”
"Yes, Rosa, dear; 1 quite approve of
your plan.” Then he sat silent and
thoughtful. With woman’s quick eye
she detected a sad memory.
The wedding over, they took a train
for the village In which Cuthbert
Deane bad been born anil from which
five years before he had none to seek
his fortune In the city. His widowed
mother was living on the old place aud
being averse to travel hail declined to
be present at the ceremony, saying she
would be at home to receive the bridal
couple. The first day after their ar-
rival they visited every object Cutli-
bert had told his wife about, most of
them being very much as he had left
them, except that some of them bad
dwindled. The distance from a win-
dow In Ills room to the ground, which
used to be very great, now seemed so
trifling that he could jump from it
without injury; the swimming hole was
no bigger than a bath tub. As to the
beeches, he could reach their lower
branches.
“But the little copse.” said Rosa, “the
Inside of which was fitted up for child’s
housekeeping—aren’t you going toabow
me that?”
Cuthbert looked serious and said
nothing. Had he not changed his ex-
pression she might have forgotten all
about tbe copse; as it was her curiosity
was excited.
“Well, is there any ’reason why I
should not see it?”
"It is not on this place; It is ten
miles away.”
“Can’t we drive there?”
“We could were It not for tbe rains
which have softened the road. Besides,
the copse Is on the grounds of one
who”— He paused.
“It may have been cut down,” she
said, seeing that he did not go on.
“No, it Is there still.”
“How do you know?”
“Please, Rosa, don’t talk any more
about the copse.”
The young wife glanced at her bus-
band Inquiringly, then turned the sub-
ject.
A few days before their expected de-
parture Cuthliert announced that a
matter of business he wished to attend
to while at home would necessitate his
driving to the county seat. Rosa asked
If sho could not go with him, but he
told her he might be detained over-
night and there were no suitable ac-
commodations for her In tbe place. He
kissed her and, Jumping Into a buggy,
drove down tbe road. Ten minutes lat-
er Rosa jumped Into another vehicle
and followed him.
Cuthbert, after driving awhile, drfm
up on the edge of a wood where be
tethered his horse, then walked toward
a house near by iu the center of large
grounds. He did not enter by tbe gate,
but, circling, climbed a fence in the
rear aud proceeded to a dump of tal>
brush. Going directly to an opening
the location of which he knew exactly,
he entered an open space.
A stranger coming upon such a place
might have supposed It to be tbe grave
of an Indian girl child, with her play
things to amuse her in the Indians’
heaven. There were bedsteads, bureau
and enormous dolls; Indeed, the place
was furnished as if it were a little
house. The brush Intertwined above
and a celling of straw bad been thatch-
ed to turn the rain. In the center of
the space was a grave, but It was the
length of an adult. At Its head was s
stone, on which were the letters:
A mass meeting was called by G®?®™1 ^ea,th of the conimU’
W. Q. Bowman, president of the ^e are havjng plenty of rain;
Board of Trade, to meet at the enongh to do us awhile,
city hall Wednesday afternoon at Mr. Coleman Shelton and wife,
4 o’clock and at the appointed i of Hubbard, were the guests of
hour a few of the representative J”8 P?ren*8’ Mr’ and Mr8’ Shel*
business men of the city were Mr and foP8< Joe Rlackwell.of
present. The house was called to Dawson, were the guests of his
order, and Mr. Bowman rose and sister, Mrs. Mosley, Sunday,
stated that the purpose of the N. A. Smith and wife, of Bow*
I meeting was to see what could be
done toward securing the Cotton
’ Warehouse. Mr. Bowman stated
j that he was present, by inyita-
! tion. at a meeting of the Farmers
Union held last Saturday after- through their married life.
St \r
noon, and as a representative of j
man, Grove, was the guest of
their daughter, Mrs. W. P.
Brown and family Saturday and
Sunday.
We wish Mr. Frank Taylor and
Miss Pearl Collins much happi-
the town, a proposition was made
him by the union in substance as
follows: The Union was going to
build a warehouse and preferred
Hubbard City as the location.
The plans and specifications of
the size thought to be most suit-
able for this union would call for | March,
an outlay of $5,000.00 and if
Hubbard City would raise $2,000
as a donation, the building would
be located at this place. While j
it was the opinion of the business
men present, that the donation j
asked for by the Union was too
much, a committee composed of1
W. Q. Bowman, Jim Jones and J.
A. Sawyer was appointed to J
solicit subscription to see what
could be done toward raising the
required amount. A number of
the business men of the city are
very enthusiastic over the enter-
prise and have expressed them-
selves willing to donate quite
liberally, but whether the full
amount can be raised or not, is a
question that will hive to be de-
termined by the convincing ar-
gument of the soliciting com-
mittee.
Undoubtedly, this is an enter-
prise that will help the town as a
whole and the merchant and
banker as an individual, and we
trust that the business men will
I
carefully consider the results pro
and con before turning down the
solicitors.
Sixty-five Years Sentence.
Mexia, Tex., July 25.—In the
District Court of this county
yesterday a verdict of sixty-five
years’ confinement in the peni-
tentiary was rendered against
Beverley Wood for the murder
of Charlie Miller in this oily last
Pianos!
Organs!
Bargains!
“Used” Upright Pianos.
Many of tln-so ;uu like new.
We ha\4s received them in
exchange, not because the
owners were dis-atistled with
them, but merely because
they wanted Pianola Pianos,
which any member of the
family can play.
Greatly crowded for room,
we quote really sacrifice
prices.
Upright Pianos
that sold new for $.150. to
$550. wo offer at $105. to $285.
Terms, $15. cash, $8. month-
ly, or other reasonable terms
to suit buyer.
Square Pianos
that sold new for to
$450. we offer at $20. to $’5.
Terms, 85 cash, $.’t monthly,
or other reasonable terms to
suit purchaser.
Excursion Rates
Csrsieana, July 24 and 25 $1.10
Jacksonville,Tex., Aug. 7 $3-85
Popular excursion Satunday.July
21st. f Houston .......$4 10.
( Galveston.......$4 35-
Clifton, Tex., Aug band 7 $300
Buffalo, N.Y., Get. 10,11,12 39-40
San Antonio, July 22 A 25 $7-75
Roanoke, Va., August 11th, 12th
and 13th..............$37.90
Corsicana, July 18,19 and
20th................ $1 10
Dallas, August 8th, and
morning train, Aug, 9 $3 25
Dallas, Oct. 8th and morning
train Oct. 9th $3 25
Dallas, Sept. 4th and morning
train Sept. 5th ...... $3 25
TORONTO. Ont, Sept Oil | CC
12. 13 and 14 uH’Iiuu
MILWAUKEE, Wis., OQO CC
Aug. 11, 12 and 13.... OOZiuw
Rock Island, 111. CGI Of)
Oot. 6 to 8th....... 5 i i J U
Slloam Springs, Ark., CIO 70
Aug 7 to 16.......... OU.IU
Los Angelo, Cal., CRfl fill
Sept. 3 to 14 ....... OUU.UU
San Francisco, Cal., CR9 fUl
June 25 to .July 7......wUtiUU
Mexico City, 00/1 fjC
June 25 to July 7 ____ OOHiUJ
New Orleans Oct. 13, 14
and 15th...... $16 20
Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 16
and 17th....... $17 40
Memphis...... $21-00
Gallatin, Tenn ..... 25-75
Florence, Ala ......24-00
Lookout Mountain ...... 29-30
Austell, Ga ....... 29 40
Harpers Ferry, W. Va. .. 44 80
Louisvill, Ky.......... 32-55
St. Louis,Mo ........ 28-05
Sparta, Tenn ......... 28-90
Tullahosa, Tenn ....... 26-55
McMennville, Tenn ..... 27-90
Roanok, Va............42-10
Durant, Miss............ 17-90
Talladega, Ala.......... 25-70
And other points,on sale e very
jay, limit Oct. 31st.
Parlor Organs
Saqe’s Body is Incased.
that sold new for$65. to$I0n.
we offer at $15. totlM Terms,
$5. cash, $2. monthly, or
about as you please.
ALMA,
Aged 14 years and 10 months.
Cuthbert looked about him, with a
curious expression. He was taken
back to the time when he and Alma
used to play house here as children.
Just before he had left for the city he
and his young love—she being then
nearly fifteen—had plighted their troth
there, and tho little girl had promised
to one day keep house for him in re-
ality. A month after he left her she
sickened and died. Her parents, who
adored her. had placed her In the copse
she loved so well, leaving it ns it was
when she was emerging from child-
hood.
Cuthbert knelt for a few moments
beside tho grave, then stood looking
down upon it. There was that perfect
silence which permits one to live In
past scenes. He saw her. tall and
lithe, two massive coils of chestnut
hair, her blue eyes looking Ini» his.
For the moment he was where he had
been, not where he was. Then tears
began to well up in his eyes.
He was recalled to the present by a
rustle of skirts coming through the nar-
row opening and. turning, saw his
wife.
A glance at the Interior, the grave,
her husband, told Rosa n story of love
In which her husband had been absorb-
ed before she had ever seen him. One
flash of the pang of Jealousy nnd she,
too, bad gone back with him to bis
child love, and bis aorrow was her sor-
row. Stepping forward, she placed her
band in hia and stood looking down
with him on tbe grave of the girl whose
place she bad taken. No word of re-
proof tbat be had kept tbit secret from
bar profaned hla aorrow. Grief la com-
municative, and there waa something
in tbe ttleoce, the playthings, tbe grave,
that told upon bar amotion. She wept
as ha wept. MUA TKCAX.
Chapel Organ3
that sold new for $58. to $100.
we offer a; -517. to $35.
Stool and scarf with upright
pianos, stool only with square
piano or organ. Write im-
mediately. We must and shall
sell these without delay, in
order to secure needed room.
Will A. Watkin Music Co.
Bln Street. Dallas
5 CALL US ;
Vt j
<■ When wanting anything moved. ’A
^ Your trunks, etc., will be de- ^
Vi livered to the depot
ON TIME. ;
* *
IT City Dray and Transfer Line, %
£ T. M. ETHERIDGE, Prop. %
Bishop &
Stansell
ATTORNEYS AND
NOTARIES.
Fire and Tornado Insurance.
i utter over First National Bunk
Rooms It and t
Hubbard, - Texas.
New York, July 25.—Incased
j in a hermetically sealed copper
1 envelope, placed within a solid
mahogany coffin, the body of
Russell Sage will tomorrow be
I placed in a chilled steel case, four
| inches thick, rivited with steel
bolts, locked with a lock which
| can only be opened from the in-
side, and lowered into a grave
carpeted and lined with ever-
green on which the clods will be
heaped and the mound built. The
steel case weighs three tons. It
| was shipped tojOakland oemetery
from Troy yesterday.
Immediately after the steel box
and the contents are lowered into !
the grave, electrical connections
will be made and wires will be
strung so that an immediate
alarm will be given if any attempt
is made to tamper with the re-
mains. The extraordinary efforts
to thwart attempts by grave rob
bers were sanctioned by Mrs. *■*•■*-*■*J*-*3.*Jj*J3*J*.*j*
Sage and by her closest advisers.
The expenditure for this pro-
tection and for the coffin and ac-
cessories will be greater so far as -
known than any sum expended This is a very common state- which I am Manager, is legally
in the burial of any other private | menk j (jon’tknow how many responsible in the sum of $10,-
citizen in the United States, and men have told me this, feeling 000.00 for the correctness of its
is m striking contrast with the 8ure thejr title was o. k. who, work. 1 have done nothing but
rigid economics practiced during wjjen they wanted to borrow make abstracts in Hill County
the long hfettme of Mr. cage. j money, or sell their land, found for the past twenty years. Ibe-
I he coffin alone, of solid ma- ;1 dozen things wrong and in- lieve I have more knowledge of
•m
Wanted—By Chicago whole-
sale and mail order house,assist-
ant manager(man or woman) for
this county and adjorning ter-
ritory. Salary $20 and oxpunese
paid weekly; expense money ad-
vanced. Work pleasant; position
permanent. No investment or ex-
perience required. Spare time
valuable. Write at once for full
particulars and enolose self-ad-
dressed envelope. Address, 4110
General Manager,
134 E. Lake St., Chicago
CASTOR IA
For Infant* and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
OH, YES I HAVE an ‘ABSTRACT of TITLE'
hogany. with its copper inside,
envelope, trimmings and mahog-
any handles, cost approximately
$1000. The steel case and its
patent unpickable lock cost $22,-
000 It is called the burglar proof
j coffin and it is asserted that even
without the added precaution of
electrical protection or guards, it
would be impossible for the most
expert grave robber to get at the
body.
complete. Hill county titles in general than
Would it not be better to have any other man in the County,
the right man do your work to All orders receive my careful,
begin with. personal attention. I should like
The Hillsboro Abstract Co., of to make you an Abstract.
The Smile
that won’t come off, appears on ba-
by’s face utter one bottle of A bite’s
Cream Vermifuge, the great worm
medicine. Why not keep that smile
on baby’a face? If you keep this
medicine on hand you will never see
anything else bat smiles on his faoe.
Mrs. 8--, Blackwell, Okla , writes:
“My baby was peevish and fretful.
Would not eat ana 1 feared he would
die. I used a bottle of White’s
Cream Vermifuge and he has not had
i a sick day since. Sold by D. 0. Wood.
(Office with Tax Assessor, N. E. cor. Court House, 1st Floor.)
S. C. (Cash) Dyer, Mng.
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The Hubbard City News. (Hubbard City, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, July 27, 1906, newspaper, July 27, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth543216/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .