The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 11, 1929 Page: 2 of 8
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BIG LAKE WILDCAT, BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS
»ave nothing hut a few thing* that
writ* Mantling around tin* atagr. Jim
Cooper managed to rescue the harge
and I got out with the papier-mache
Matue of myself. No one was hurt.
Saturday, May 11, 1929
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I It- I'H I NS I VI.LMEN I
If luit Hiififx'neil Before
I'he Sheridan Dramutic t'.luh. cd
which Tom Billx-ck, the narrator.
Matyellu, the gnl he cuie*> im. .mil
Jim Cooper, hi- rh.il, are member*,
are to give I’ygrnalion and l.r.lated
.it the Old '"'oldieis Home. Mi Hem
nnngwuy, hu.-hat’il of one ol the act*
ressi*s, lliiuks Bilbeck is in love with
his wile, rhe es* ape ot prisoners
from the local penitentiary keeps Bil*
het k busy it his newspaper woik. so
that he gets a*».is from the dramatic
group, dm Vlaiyella summons him,
and starts telling the storv ot "I’ollv
anna" who Ixdieve* that everything
while they put him out protesting. He
delivered a Parthian shot at the door,
“Ha! Nou’ll he sorry you didn't
let me >inv. Wait until you want to
plav another piece. Where'll vour
lh<- curtain rose on t'.alalea and hand he without me to play the bass lues in the last act anyway
Ini aDtirentice at woik I did not churn? Itesides, I thought something Jim Cooper w is standing deject-
• ‘ “ ........ * hul all
of dieu talent you have to get them
m a small huildiug where there i-
no e-< ape t ithei toi youoi the -ouiui.
Never have I heard so,much music
in so short a space ol time.
7.
watching while the ham burned.
There seemed no one to hlarne for
the iKcuirenir of the fire, which had
doubtless Iwen caused by defective
insulation in the electric wiring. As
we had 'lot put (hut in ourscl\es,
there .seemed no reason why we
should Im- considered at t.iult.
It's all lor the best.” -aid Mary 1
ella brightly. “I don't know my
have to make up until the tirst act
was pretty well along, so I Mood in
the wings to watch. Marvella w.is
resplendent in a (lowing (»reek rolx*
and Mis. Hcmmingwav's pearls,
which added just the final touch to
the soft glow ma I lesh ot her neck
When I had finished mv approx ins
inspection cd Marvella I allowed mv
glance to stray to Mrs Hemmingwuv | hold even for
like tht* would happen so I
the music!”
handle of the harge
I lie padding which
edly w ilh the
ui his hand.
t buckling, he was yanked through was supposed to be <m his chest
the doors. had settled down once more and he i
We picked up the threads ot (he had moved it around in ha» k of him
story and tried to go ahead. I stood out of the way. It was a curious- j
there with hands upraised and eye* looking place for one’s chest,
fixed upon the spot wliete Maryelia “I suppose it is all for the best,''
would enter. It was a hard pose to hr said, “hut I wish I had been aide
a few minutes, owing to save my clothes. The (decks
that happens tutus out to he for the heiself. She was dressed a* before, to the interruption I had been obliged must have designed this costume of
lx*M.
The players arrive at the Old Nd
diers* Hifttie, bring greeted loyally
and meeting Pink Hen wether and
others.
(!on versing with t.omrade Hen
wether had rts emhrassing drawbacks
at that It is true it didn't mattri
what you sard to him, hut on the
other hand he hail the trick of pie-
tending that he heard peitrctlv ami
replying to what he thought you
said.
Thus unexpectedly when I asked
him to pass the bread he responded:
“Ye». He has got a funny no-e
hasn't lie ' That’s Herb Vhl*wede.
but don't let him know you think *o,
because he is sensitive terribly sens,
itive. I'ntil I learned to !»• caietul
about it I used to make him mad
when I spoke about it
The forty Iccrr caliber look which
( oiiuade Nhlswcdr shot in tns direc-
tion would have pic.ceil anything but
u rhinoceros-hide; but Pilk Hrnwelh-
ei prattled on obivouslv :
“It looks as it lie dunks, don't it.'1
Hut that can't lx*, because hr am t al
lowed to here at the Home. It s diirn
curious, and I’ve been puzzled about
it ever since I come here etahl vear
ago inmr next 'September.
( omraile AhNwcde hall mis- from
hi* chair with a durable to.iking iron
stone china i up in his hand I mm
which lie hastlv gulped the coffee
I was torn ts-twerri desire to appeal
polite and an impulse for *elt pres-
eivatiou which was urging roe to get
uridei the table, when t olonel ''tew
art rapped sharply on the table and
a neighboring h«*c i drew Vhl-wedr
hm k in his chair
“That’s ore thing I pride nivsett
on,” shouted < nmrade Henwether
leaning « beset si that f • oubl beaf
him I am * oinitirralr, I am, .iii'i
never hurt anybody * feeling* if I
ran help it No matter how fuiir y
a think looks to me I shut Up about
it ’’
Then i hanging the »uh)ect ha*tdv
fit* olise: ved in a i out iilenti.it shout
■*That‘« a mighty pirrttv woman »oe
got with you the blond one, I mean
.''tie ain't vour wife, is she '
I shook mv head It triln a!Iv.
“No? Vi ell. I tuess you air kind
of sweet m her jti't the same I ni
old hut I ran tell ll-irii the wav *o»l
looked lit her and the wav «lw lookml
hack at you Well, I miss my gue-«
fl there nn’t a we-tdiug pretty *rx>n
Mis llemmingwav was bluahitig
to tin ears
l*illx Henwether «aw it.
“Notice how she* blush in* he
observed *T worivfer it sfie - oubt tiav
heard what I wa» saving (•> vou. It
von want her, mv Imv ito m and
win, I slii n't stop vou It I was a
little younger t »m - •«cd it I
wouldn't try it’’
(olonel ''tew art tapped on the
table again, but Pdk laded to bear
it finally he sent one of the men
who waited m the table with some
kind of i tries- igr to mv friend i he
aide tapped ( omrode Henwet hr r on
the shoulder and motioned toward
tire swinging door at tile rear of the
room
!Mk rose rrlw tantlv.
“I know what’s the matter," he
growled "I got to eat mv supper in
the kitchen I most always do.'
Then Im* laughed, a laugh of a tri-
umph.
“But I fooled him this tune! I gm
all through liefiwr he caught me ’
Expostulating loudly with hi«
guide. Comrade Ptlk Henwether wa*
lesl away past the swinging doom to
the kittdvrn. where a loud rumble
from time to time reaoeured ua that
he Mill retained the power* of speech
( HA ITER V.
"Ill For The B* u '
hi eight 4»*l lie k the Soldte'’ • Home
Rand played an overture in the
theatre, which was improvised from
the stable at tie rear of the in*titn-
rinn.
■I wifi do that hand justice. We
had n«»l heard them at their beat out
in the open To get the full benefit
except that lieneath the skirl ol her
tunic she was wearing voluminously
ruffled panllet*" which modestly cov-
ered the criticized hiatus between the
tunic and the ankle. She had said
that she would fix liei coMuuie so
lh.it her husband would not object
and she had succeeded but at what
a cost!
I had |list barely become accustom.
'think
to stand there in that strained posi mine for summer weather,
tion for considerable time. My arms j “If you're cold,” I said,
I vegan to feel like leaden weight- and of me!”
a spot on my shin started t« iteh. I “| suppose everybody thinks I
It -ecuied as if I couldn't possildv started that fire,” complained 'the
keep from bending over and scratch- i voice of Comrade Henwether. "Hut I
ing it. It was maddening!
“This is all for the best; it'- all
for the l»est.” I kept repeating. “II
it didn’t il< li I wouldn’t know it was dent of
didn't. The way I gel blamed for
everything that happens around here
ought to l»e reported to the l*resi-
ed to Mr-. Hetnmingwav’s concealed t alive "
supports when Jim ( oopei. the war- i But that didn’t Mop it. It seems a*
tioi, -talked on the* -taur. Hut what ,{ it would lake forever for Marvella
an altered gladiator he wa-’ It wa j to make her entrance and kneel at the
foot of the (vedistal. How eagerly I
waited for the words:
“It - mv dourest wish that mv beau
tiful statue would come to life.
I tried to think how it would be
possible to make it plausible for the
first move of a transformed statue to
lie that of s. iatching the shin.
\t last -lie crossed the -luge. Nhr
knelt, "he loked up al me. She
pau-ed. It seemed ns if the word*
would never come. What wa the
matter? I counted ten. At laM I
difficult to tell whether hr w.c- in
fantrv or cavalry Hi- chest preceded
him bv at lra*t ei-'lil inches. It iot
didn't look l»elow the w ai-t he would
scare you to death.
lb* ad' am ed to (»al a tea and told
her in manv tone* tlial he lovril hei
''he -pinned him. and when he I tor*
to embrace Iyer *he spurned him
again in the -ame place, rather rough
l\ this time Somethin;; musl have
become unfastened i>r broken, he
he -tood for a minute panic
to s(ieak but could not. Hei eves
were fixed with terror on a spot
sin. ken and then he I'm e >ut hor’ified looked down at her. She was living
ga/e hi* che-t sank flown slowly and i
lodged conspicuously at his waist.
It’- lu< kv hr vvoie a waistband c*
I hate to think of the consequent**
The plot ot the po*. e was a trillc
unfamiliar t<> mn»l of <»ur audience
ami tire lx*;iutv of the line- wa- prob
ablv lo«t upon them.
“It ain’t a* funnv as 'l n< le loin -
< abin \ou< h«afed ( otniadr PiR ,
Henwether to the dole trombonist j
“but wr won't let them k.iow we think
so That’* a durn piettv woman the
one that s m love with the I at (el .
low
I was getting ready to go out and
b '-tk the tog ilium • ver ho heat!
when a number of his fellow veteran-
made him subside l>\ placing their
hand* over hi- month.
rVv kept him ijutet, too. until the
Ivegming to the second a< t, when the
i urtam went up on me standing on
the j edrstal where (lie Matue had
i.een. t olonel Henwether took one
look and exploded into merriment.
I nearly burner! up with anger If
it hadn't I wen for the play I would
have | urn perl across the foot light j
and t hoked the old fool. I trier!
to a -ute my «e|| that it was all tor
the l»es|. that I ha<l to Maud there
because >thcrwi-c I would probably
have hail to appear in court for a»
fault at d battery the next morning;
but rt was if iff null to dii,
ou cant fool me, »aid lien
wether m the tone of a -ululued fog-
fiorn " I hat ain't no -latue 1 hat s
the fat fellow that »at next to me al
dinner. I like him He « funny, I m
glad thrv’ve got t
*h'*w
W e had to hold
the l niter! Stales!"
CHAPTER VI.
Jogging Rack.
The light snow which had been
falling all day had lieen succeeded
by a heavier precipitation. The air
was thick with falling flakes that
loomed black a- they dropped h •*
tween us und the blazing stable. As
the fire hurried itself out wr* bec ame
more keenly aware of the* cold and
at Colonel Slew art’*- invitation we
tettimed to the main building of the
Home to gel warm.
We made a fine motley picture I Mrs. Hriclcy: "I m afraid the cab'
with our combination of Greek* and ■* heavy, darling,
old soldier'-, to sav nothing of an Husband: "llials all right, an
self iu white tights and white-face P’T I only have to lift one piece
make-up. 1,1 * time,
fully
I
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in the Streets?
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children from the peril of street
accidents is to have an adequate
system of portland cement con*
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Concrete sidewalks are pleasing
to the eye, and are safe ard com-
fortable to walk upon. They are
rigid and smooth-surfaced always
—and are unaffected by weather
or climatic conditions.
Your community needs morei
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PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION
Athletic Club Building
DALLAS, TliXAS
A national organisation to improve and
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Offuti in J2 Citui
in —at
‘The -table was fully insured."
( olonel Stewart assured us. “and we
IContinued \cxt U'eeki
"Wh.it‘* your buninesa?"
“Moving pictures.”
“Actor, eh?”
“No; artist's messenger."
i lown in this
the performance
ultoie mv head. I turned i|ui klv. nevn kept horses in it any wav.
One of the borders or hanging ___
pieces of *i enri \ wa- ablaze! 'tel
low. In king flames were eree, ing
over it like serpents. It bad not
gained much headway vet. but it wa»
a diffn ult plac e to reach.
I leaped from the pedestal Mv
fu-t thought wa- lor those old men
crowded into the improvi-ed iudi
enee chamber. Whatever happened.!
there must lx* no panic.
I strpped to the foot-lights.
“(olonel Stewart." I said, “will
vou please instruct your bug lei t *
call a—enrhly and draw \.>ur men
up for insjx'ction outside? I’lease
huriv.”
The t 'olonel saw that there was
some unu-uul re.i-on for mv request
and dicl a- I asked. 1 he* familiar
blare of the bugle brought tin- old i
-.ddiers instantly to their feet and
they tiled out in orderly fashion al
the word of command, not knowing
what it was all about.
I told the women of the company
to -.*t out a- quic kly a* they could j
Iti-t u- they were, and a-ked the men
to help me put out the tire if pO*- j
-ii h .inti -u\e wh.itcvei property we
could.
The lio|x* of extinguisliing the j
blaze -cm>n vani-hed VII water*con*
nee tion- in the stable were frozen
up and there were no chemical ex-
tiosuishei*. W c tried to lx-at out
the flames, but owing tn the liwation
above it proved impossible.
By tlx* time we dec n!r-d to abandon
the building tlie fire had -pread to
the dre-«irtg roums, and wr could
Boxing Instructor (after first lc*s-
son I : "Now, huxe you any ques-
tions to ask?”
Beginner tin a ikizel : "Ws. how
m u c h is your correspondence
course?”
Roberts: “Are you sure your new
invention will work?”
Edwards: "No; I’m only sure I II
have to jf it doesn't.”
ON M Nl)\N MORNING gel you a
Imt hath by a hot fire at the
( itv Barber Shop—Shoe* Shined
ami a Hot Hath by u Red Hot
Stove on Sunday morning. And
bring your old -hex’s and I will
dye them and make them new,
any day, any way.
ARTHUR BELL
AT CITY BARBER SIliM1
Mothers Day
Greetings
To Mothers of Reagan County
Jl ST RECEIVED—
A shipment of Silk I)iV'"M*" at popular prices. Also
Wash Dresses and Smokers.
BIG LAKE
HOTEL
W. J. CUTBIRTH
Pr opr iet or
PRACTICALLY FIREPROOF
Nirc, Comfortable Rooms
Tkf place where comfort and larvica combine to make yomr
day pleat mu.
Mother would appreciate mam things wr have in stock:
just call and look around and let m help vou make your
selection.
REMEMBER we carry a full line of Purina Feeds for
>°ur cows, horses, sheep, goats and chickens.
Halamicek Bros.
PETERS
SHOES
^ our Shoe and Feed Merchant
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Hibdon, John. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 11, 1929, newspaper, May 11, 1929; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth633834/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.