The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1931 Page: 2 of 8
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THF. BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE, HK AGAIN COl’NTY, TEXAS
FKll* \Y. J VM ARY, Id, Jqjj
I Broken Hearts
| By Ruby M. Ayres
Vf H.il' HAS GONE BEFORE idtiuul tot myself? II il were only atstrmipr litllr vuuc.
Giles ('.hittenham iu ears to 1 ot that, It1 pi'c >ou ilu* cai up (her** uni)
the death of his lial/brother Roslney ) b gg'*1 thrashing vou ever had. and ago.' ."he laughed
driven to suicide by the notorious
Julie tarrou who had spumed his
love. lie uill make Julie l arrow
love him, then throu her aside as she
threw Rodney, lie meets her and is
successful m u inning her love, hut
discovers to his amazement that he
has fallen m love with her himself
And he is married to an American
girt, Sasite Barrow.
Then he discovers that this Julie
is not the girl who ruined Rodney,
but her eoa.sin of the same mime. She
scorns him when he tells her of his
kick you out in the street. But
there i' sonic one else in liie case
“And for someone tor whom you
have a great regard, eh/” Lombard
’“I drove my
mouth 01 iwo
ith shaken ex-
citemeiit. "1 stayed at the hotel it -•
in so cold and cheei te*».
It looks wonderful," N hofu-ld
sa.d “I have never lx-en out oi
sneered. My dear fellow, don't! England myself." he added humbly
think I am not ayinpatlvetic. I know! to it wan **onderful, Jul <■
great deal more Inan you think I ! whispered.
shotildet
him.
•'ll you can
and »av honestly that you do not
|,oe me, and that you wish me to go
iwav and never come back, I will
lielie* e voU.
| here was a ailener. Julie tailed
!„•! teat allowtied eye' with weary
de! lam e. and her bps moved, but no
wotds came.
t h,tt< nhatii laughed triumphantly
"You can’t say it! JuLe. ’ With
fierce little movement he dfw her
into lit' aims and kissed her lips.
I love mu." he whwpered. "1
have never loved anyone but you.
forgive me
she put her hands against his
a
tj,„e X\ II. o- ate you goin • >*'
Julie had n-*'» •<» her Icq, ^Ilt|y
discngagm ■ hi' arms.
(ON I INI I l> NEXT
i <*nkv
.•'ll*- sat witn her hand* chest trving to hold him from her.
instance our mutual [ clasped together, het eyes lixed on
charming little American | it« screen. It was a . i.
taken bei l>a. k three
quit kly.
do. f or
I rlend, the
». • !
"XX hat the hell do you mean /” J was making her live tnose tew hours
"Only dial I overbeard last night ot complete happiness once more,
quite bv accident something that I hat s the .vtonastery she 'aid
both oi vou. apparently, wish toj'Aou could baldly see it for die
Jove and hi7 inability to marry her ,^V *' *<“ real of the world. I’ve sn..w when we were there
They meet later in London where \ always luund its dangerous to talk We . Schofield said
she is going the /race that kills. An "*wl» a , r°wed room, ami your
other man. Laurence Schofield is *‘<e- )l)U «»«• ratl*’r
ready to marry her in spite of her th*i.*lenl voice-— ^
wild life j “You sneaking hound.”
Through his friend Lombard, Chit-| “A* vou please! I am not in a po-
tenharn meets the other Julie, the *« '**'**"» anvthmg you say. Vf-
torious it oman uho turned Rtrtlney *B, it* common knowledge^lhat
She informs him thill she is going to opportunity makes the thief
"Xml if I refuse to give you any-
thing a tail?'*
" Then probably Mrs. fihittenham ' page,
will be veiy pleased to buy the infor- j "XX hat i
mation I have to sell.” | l>ent lower
"I hen go to her, ami i>e dam net! to
v ou."
"o, JuLe farrow * reputation is
f orgive you? And then what?”
she a*ked hoarsely. She liegan to
months, and i rv, softly and brokenly.
might leave me alone—you
the; the doctors have given her up
as incurable ami she is leaving trig
lurid. She i s u orried about the. other
Julie and asks (.hittenham to watch
out fur Iter. Then Giles wife, un
known by the public, ap/rears and
develops a friendship with the other
Julie. Giles meets her. Ins wife,
hut she pretends to be a stranger and \ nothing to vou, alter
asks for an introdueUon to him. j Giles went very white
Hites teams that Sadie Harnntt ir *
his wife, ha* gone in for s/>irilual-\'JU''
ism and is attending seances by a
rin ihum named t hi y et .
He call* on Julie, it ho is add to
him. He reproaches Iwr for her
reckless life They t/uarrel, and she
letivei with Imii rent e Schofteld, her
frierul. Hun Lennox tells (Ales that
Julie Seal I y loves him. Lombard
calls on hurt and says he is in neetl almost
\ou weie not alone then? |„. „„ retracing her steps. She tried
"Ihere were always a great many t„ think of I^awrrme Schofield—
tourists, Julie answered. tried to l>elieve that he was far the
A newsboy came along crying lw> U-ttet man of the two, and that with
news. him 'he would stand a greater
*' Tragic deadi of a well-known s'» chance of happiness, but common*
ciety beauty— M-nse and ligic died ,-tgaiiist the
“I'll get a paper,” Schofield said. n,„gj, of ChitWnhani a arms and the
I hey stopped under a lamp to read tout h of his lips. She only knew
the alt or t patugruph on the front that during all the weeks since they
parted in Switzerland, she had uch
it.' Julie asked. She | for this moment, dreamer! of it,
to lead the words. I hen longed for it. and that now , in spite
suddenly *lie gave a cry. “It's Jew f ,,,oud defiamr. it had come,
el. My cousin Julie. Oh, pool Ju ntu) when ( liittenliain a*ked again:
reputation
all H
iiedlv between tliem.
of money
\UU Ci) OX
uiih mi s■/oh)
"Xlv dear fellow, isn’t it almost
tbr only thin,' anyone i* ever in a
fix about' How much do you
w ant ?”
Lombard gulys-rl ilown ht» wiii-k
rv, "It * awfullv sporting of vou.
It I could have live hundred It’s
only temporary loan. . .
(•tie* laughed shortly *’|K) vou
lake me fo« a millionaire ' ”
"I tell you if» onlv temporary.”
"I 11 letuf vnu fifty il it’s anv Use
I heir- was eloquent silrme, then
lombard turned
"Look here < hittrnhani. it i* set
•ou*. X <ni\e aot to let me ha»r it.”
Ire saxl desperately.
“Got to!”
for a inoment tiie two men look
ed at one attotlwi silently, then ( til!
ten ham laughed.
“Sorry, but that » a thing no man
«an *ay to me, he made another
move to the dour but lombard took
bun bv tfie arm
**( hiUenb.tm
(.hittenham stood vetv still.
Wt^t do yon want it tor.' XX ha
have you been up to '”
Ihe oilier mans eve* fell
"I i sn't tell volt "
"All right, tlu*n vou won’t get anv
thing,”
Lombard looked up suddenly.
'Ith, ves, | shall,' lii* said with de
test abb* .nfti-i lion.
lucre »as an u;,’lv sileme
■ * ><*:•, I 'hail he s.ud again
*s 1 ito-ci im did mo s^w.tk Viol
d vou reiu.se I shall tril Nhoiieid
amf anyone else who might lie m
terested, that vou and June fartow
sfvent tlie night together up at w*
Bernard. ”
sell ami the man
a physical one.
Lawrence -tholieid’
lie, site is
I Iu- details were meagre and with
He knew out entne corroboration, but it ap
Lombard'.* power. "Get |>eared that Jul e (ii eother Julie
Ihe door dosed it nr - who had unwittingly brought about
tiie traged\ oi her cousins Lie
while on her wav to India, where she
bad Ireen going lor a holiday was
suddenly missed lioiu the ship, and ^" "* ” ‘'gnation.
wa. presumed to have fallen over *• a ,ong t ine l.efore either!
board. 1 here followed a buct ac- "f tliem spoke again, t I ittenliam
count ol bet lit** het popularity in 'fbl not atteni|»t to kis* hei. lie just
sis ietv la-t marriage and divorce lu*ld her in his arms, hi* < heek ;
her vogue as a lu-auty lier ire- •*”“ n*' ^rr «' if '•>*• bail lw*»‘it
mentions iu< k and good fortune in •* 'bt-d child who hat. on e to him
and forced liei to turn to! It was typical of Julie that now ! t In'■ :M htsiiatttl
I she had given in, aiie was ready to a< , ""h' " " * "u 11 M |>lb m
look me in live eves knowledge herself fully beaten, j trrested to " "'l 1,1 " n I »ti<
With Chittenham’* first k.*s she put a divoi.e >he ami I have m,t
the pusl Itehuid and Kept her eye* anything h» oi»« anol »ei tot |„n|
t losetl to the future, for the mo-
ment the present was all sufficient
li.e g.cut ache and unltappiness ol
her heart had het*n taken away; he
wa* here and lie loved her. The hup
piness of that knowledge and the ie
liel of fiei own admission that she
loved him, for a little while blinded
her to ev ry thing else.
“Bint is away Chittenham said.
“I rang her up la-fore I tame here.
>he was railed out of town I tor !
get what re;i*on *l»e gave
mend. I think -”
Julie flushed.
"I wonder if that was tiue? Or,
if it was really I who drove her
‘You I have been horrible lutelv
might R* folder! her close to his lieait
leave me alone," she sobbed helpless-, ”n, <' n,ore' . , „ , '
1^ It is all over and done w ith, he j
h h H|H'r(*(j
>he knew 'he had reached the emj; ..,#i|?w A |ju|(, |m^ of ,)aill |
of her endurance. >he knew that . | ^ to^d “You must
* *e fwve m to him now there would ^ # won<Jrrfu, man if ymj can ,av
that with confidence,” siie told him
sadly.
“What do you mean?” j Telephone .....89
She cloned her eyes wearily be- ‘
fore the insistence of his. i PoslOlfice E>OX . .42
“1 mean ... I suppose no miracles
have happened, have they ?"
“Only that you are here, in nr
arms.”
“That is not what I mean.”
He knew what sire meant, ami In-
answered her directly.
“1 am still married, if that is what
you mean, Julie?"
“Yes."
•\\ hat i« v "Ui brother in
“A halfback.
"I mean in studies.
"(»h. in studies Ire's it wav back"
\ keen .inkier took a friend f.,r *
dav's sport Hie friend knew noth,
some jni, ,,f fishing, but decided to tn ,
I hu k
After a long silence by the bank,
„f a stream the novice said, "| Mv
h,.w much do those little led tkiopi
cost?”
"X ou mean the floats? Oh, (by
lirr «hcap. Why?"
"| owe vou for one. Mine’s jug
sunk.'
.1. F. HOLT
Water Well Contractor
R10 I. A K F„ TEXAS
"Do you love me? <b* you want
me after all. Julie?” sire bad no an-
swer.
Mie let him draw her closely into
In* arms, and when he pressed her
head down against hi' shoulder, she
i ln-ed her eve* with a little sigh of
It w.t* not tins- that Julie hail
pioiniM-d to marry Lawrence Scho-
held, but when, alter her slormv in-
■tv lew with (>iles, he again urged
her to at crpl h in. she smldeniy gave
in .'he felt ovri wrought and weak
> it the oinhal la-tween her
lb- turned her face from it* re*t
ing-place on his shoulde.r, and kisxd
her.
"I shall iisk my wife to set me iii-e
We are nothing to one another.'
Julie shivered.
“Supposing she won’t consent?"
At The
(.it\ Barber Shop
> <>/4 uill firul the BEST Shines
ami the BEST Service you net
sau. Sho'.s Uyed and iitirk
guaranteed, ami on Sunday
Morning come and get a hat
bath tub or shower, and liner
n nice shine from
VRTHt R BELL
at the ( itv Barlrer Shop
be lovc*| had been ,.vcry for comfort and protection
"Every way except in happiness,” It was Julie who moved fut.
kiudlv devo- Julie said. ">he never had any hup- "Him will Iw- in soon. Poor B in.
11,1,1 wa* like a «s»ol hand laitf on her pmess . . . oh. poor Julie! ’ l tie I have Ih-cii *uch a Iveast to her of
•• erisiiness. and when imie again tears were running down her checks, late.
im* asked it she could not make up
c i mind to many him, she sudden-
ly gave in
il vou are willing to
w illing."
"very wrll
take the risk
"I am quite
He wanted to go straight ____ ,
> o’ . tiv het the finest diamond mj.. some one pushed back
in London, but Julie would not al. i in front ot the fire.
■'ow it. ‘ Jewel i* dead—• " Julie said, *ob-
Not vet X ou must "ive me a bing, I suppns*- you know. Sire’s
o''* time i -»et uw*d to it I don’t ‘•‘‘•ui ~h< ' been lucky t<> tbe rnd.
Ihey drove back to tbe Hat ami *>!:,. drew back a little from him.
'he bade bun good night, looking at him v>ith eves that were
•be wondered it Bun had heard all wet and ashamed, ami vet hap
about the tragedy. >he opened the pier than he had seen them since
door Tie held the newspaper still that night in Switzerland,
clutched in her hand. I here was a
little movement in tiie room and jyns»*n*4s*<*s«*n
chair Horn
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He wa* ill-appointed, but hr fell
>n with her wishes.
Ju.*l as you like. hvervthing
'ball alwav * fw JU'I .is Vou I ke."
Surlifen feat * filled her eve*.
1 hat * foolish of Vi*u, sire told
nin. But it * dear of von tiro. I
mi riot hail good enough lot vou.
I i aw rriKT "
it was a bright, sunny afternoon,
**> tie would not let her go hack to
■ tie 1 tai wften ttrrv had lum Iw-d.
I am going to take you lor a
, drive m tbe * outllrv lailldoil l* a
j rm keting plate for your nerves.”
lliev slopped at a little (ttunlrv
am for tea. In one of tire
..*meh,*i> wa* pliung a graruo-
j phone, and liirte wa- (in* wtund of
X ou -s-e. ... I only wi*h I wer«’
dead too. . . 1 hen she broke idf
with a tut it- i tioking cry, for it was
not Bun who roar to meet her
nut (>il> > < liittenhain.
I fine wa* a tragic idlemr.
t hittrnhani made a quo k step
for ward,
"Julie . . . what is it— ?'
Julie laughed sobbingly.
Xiv iou»ili tiie olfiei JuLe the
one v u wanted to punish you’ll
never ie aide to hurt her now die
is lb-ad . . .
>hr .v I in ■ tbir-w tfie newspaper
at him, ami. ilropping into a thair,
-la- hiii her ia<e in Imt out-ilung
room* -Arum.
Hr
table
i.»aghtej and dam mg ieet
Itrrv «ound happy, don't tlrev?”
Julie said with an effort
1 hope ttwv ire j* happy a* we
aiisweieil imputs vr
are \ ital leltj
ly " My gtratesi happiness will Iw
m «ivm* you everything you want."
Iwue laughed broki-ulv
it was on her iii>
. die had hern rich
It was tun h an expo, red challenge have consented to marry him It
that (.hittenham could Imd n.» words, was more than she could l<ear. stir
fhen with a great effort he pulled stalled resilrw.lv Ui her fret
'hall wr go ' It s getting dark,
’HI be i ami the nmtitiv is so drrurv when it
lieve vou '" he asked. J gels dark.”
Lombard laughed Hiev drove hoc*
I hey || Is- glad enough to l*e dined logr-ther
himself together
Xnd do von think anyone
. >-
lieve. Scandal is the salt of life to
Julie’s friend* wfre’s not altogether
popular oi* if is, and if I tell them
it’s no use getting violent " Ire odd
ed hurriedly, as he saw ( hittenham
clench his hands into fista “I am
in a position to prove what I say.
rememlier."
"Prove it. (hen. and Iw damned ”
Very well I nut hard shrugged
his shoulders with well-assumed ui
difference and turned to the door
( hittenham
laid tile p.i|H-r down on the
mill looked at Jilin*, He
> ••ub( not think ol anything save
that site was unhappy, and with *ud-
leu impulse fie wmt down on ins
kiwns Iwsnle In i and took her into,
bts arms.
“Julre!”
for a moment she resisted vio-
lently “Don’t! How ifare you!
to *4> that jfjlea'e me alone.”
*hc would not 1 hen quite suddenly her resistance
was gone, and sire erased to struggle
and h«tked at him.
"If only it had Iwrn m*- " sire
♦aid wildly. "If I only could die
too
Vou don't mean that. 1 Ire re is!
London and mu«h happiness in store for u* and'
lintetfier Listen to me Julie, you;
"What shall we do now/" Seho n,u** l»*trn."
field aske.i .'•fir shivered awav from him. her
I don't mind what we do.” Julie shoulders hum bed. her fate averted
said "(,<> to a theatre, it you like
I can go home and change “
Bui he would not allow that, he
said he could not liear ti» let her out
of his srXht .in this day of all day«
In the end they went to a cinema.
Julie didn't care for tfie pictures. hut
at any late it did away with tfie need
the room
“I'll make
I suppose I can't stop you saying
what you want to. but it's no use. I
don’t know why you . amr ba< k. I
told you I never wulred to are you
agMin—“
"I came lie* au«r I love you, and:
liet au«e I know you hive me
"Vou are very »ure of that!” she
said bitterly.
"I am proud to be sure la><4 at
me, Julie
"No.” She bit her lip to keep hack
the soles that w«*uld rise in her
throat, "If only you would go away j
to talk, and the darkness was rest
let him open it, ihen I fill. She onlv looked at tire screen
fie railed after him sharply; j went Sehofieid drew her attention to
Lzumbard (.mne hack. something is-tng shown upon it It
(.hittenham caught him hy the waa as if fate were relentlessly pur
ehoulder and jerked him ti«i.k n.f«» -uing her, .ietcTiiinitd to loi«n*-nl
her. determined to keep her pain *nd leave me
alive, for the se* i»nd picture was of “I *»• not going,
liriilitnl, j the Mimastery at St. Bernard ami of nM*
A dvjy amused -miw .........1 ! tint ! dw* -m.w lsrt nssmtains X our srtfe would not be p!ea*ed
bard a face, and Giles broke out «av Julie sat up stiffly, her heart I" know you said that,” Julie said
agrly: j treating fast. | hoarsely.
"Danui jfW( do vu think I'm, l\e l>een there " she said in a. < luilenham put his hands on lier.
it a hundred," lie
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