Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1707, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 18, 1923 Page: 1 of 4
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V OL 32
SONORA SUTTON CO.. TEXAS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923.
NO. 1707
E.F.Y0PE5 STUCKEK-
itmu COMPLY.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRY ROODS m GROCERIES
CROCKERY, HARDWARE, ETC.
WINDMILLS, PIPE AND PIPE FITTINGS
Liberal Advance Made on Sheep and Goats.
Phones 53 and 190.
SONORA, TEXAS.
“It wns something of a pull In the
storm." |
"Wily smnll deer," babbled the
Chinaman, “vellv big lady."
Prosper smiled a queer smile that
The McDonald Hotel.
Mrs. Josie McDonald, Owner.
"Sates $3.23 Per Day. Coed Table and Service.
Comfortable, Convenient, Homelike.
THf DALLAS PIEWS
i-r. /. Mf.rt iies r, r-ai" Hies r. the most rki.iable—that’s all,
► UBSl ' IP ION- l:l.< KlVKl> at THK NKWB Of FI. 1C.
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TOURING CAR
Better Than Ever Before
At the lowest price ever made, the
Ford Touring Car is even better
than before. The one-man top,
slantingwindshield, improved seats
and refined chassis construction
have won instant admiration.
Already the demand for this model
exceeds our ability to meet prompt ^ '
delivery. In a few weeks we will %
have to disappoint many who are #
holding off.
Order now to protect yourself. A c i
small payment down and the bal- V-. / i \
ance in monthly installments. \ Nw U '
Ford prirrs have never bent so low
Ford quality has never been so high
Sonora Motor Co.
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NOTICE TO COM TRAC TO'S
FOR
STATU HO All AND KKIDOIS
(Jons | KtrceiON.
Meulod proposal. addressed to^Alvi*
John-un.County J udg ,f r the* improve
meat of -’2 till mile* or Slate Highway
No. 4. K. i.l*. 37j. in >ut:oa Ci.auiy, I
will ha received at the olllce of Ibe l
Coui.ty Judge, a Sonora, lexn., until
10 o'clo k, A. VI.. sepO.aibor 111li. |
11*21, uud then pi. ..oly opened unu ’
red.
HK&CKIP I ION OK VVi Kli lO BE
dunk.
Grading and drainage anuotu-e*
only oil 21.20 mile* and grading, drain
age structures. ar.il gravel cm fuel g
10 eet wide on 1-4 miles of road. Ap-
proximate quantities as follows: Light
clearing, hit! station'; Light grabbing
070 statior.r; ceaiing. 13 acre:: grub-
bing, 13 acres; earth roadway excava-
tion. s4.t o cubic yards; loose rock
roidway excavation, ISiO cubic yards;
sol'd rock roadway excavation. UiiOO
cubic yards; earth borrow excavation,
74001 cubic yards; ro k borrow excava-
tion. 12 cubic yards; overhaul. 1050.5 j
stallou yutd«;sledgiog rock. 1250 cubi !
yards; e.ir.U ciiunnel excava' oi, 3.0
cube yards; kriVel surf clog hauled
lirst 1 4 _iuile, 32J5 cubic varus; seoond
1-1 mile frill cubic jitids; ih.ird 1 4
imle, 5f2 cubic yards; fouitb 1-4 mile,
4(4 cubic \ ard ; ti:ib 1-4 lulic. 107 eubic j
yards; elgliih 1 4 tulle. 1)04 cubic yards;
additional 1-4 aide. 3515 cubi van s;
screening gravel, :>U4 e.ub.c yard ;
stnictiir.il excavation dry. 2251 cubic j
yn il» strmtural ixcuvntio . loose*
rock, 4 1 cubic \ ard ; structural exc .vh !
tion solid rock. 21 cubic wirds; w od
uUard ( occ, 73) lineal fee ; plain rip!
ra|i, 110 square \nrds; grouted tip rap'
155 square yards; lonereto cilia A.I
1504 cubic yard.-; concrete class li, 3.7
c lino yams; concieie. pavii g. OMi
cubic yuriis; reinforcing steel, 215280 j
pounds; bridge railing type C. S-8
lineal feel; gravel tor surfacing to be I
l ••►b-d b ili> c .n y ai h cal pun. !
a l d da. ■ iiliu spec final Lout of
me wars u iv .e seen fo,' exa.uinit-
tio . unu In for utioii ma> be ob allied
at I lie o c ol 11. I*. Atookton, Jr., '
Countv Kn/ine r ut Sonora, Texas,'
an at the i.IIice o. the State Highway
l)-p riment. .-tme Omce liuiiding,
Austin, ' exas.
A eeit.lled or cisliier’s check for
live per cent of tUe amount of ibei
bid made payab.e without recourse
to the o:di r of Alvis Johnson, County !
Judge of Sutton County, oust an-
no in limy each proposal, as a guaran-
tee Unit the bidder, If sucncs>ful, will,
eiuer li to contract ui d iui.k« loud In
accordance with req ilrein u.ts of the
s.ieelttcatioi ». ‘1 bp right Is reserved
by the County to reject any slid all
proposals, to waive nil technical ties,
and to a ard lb eontruo. lo llie beat
intetes's of the county.
1’ropo* is shall be submitted in seal-
ed envelop s and marked. 'Ulna for
tlm Construction 22 OH unu* ol the
fit a t e tlig!iWi\ No 4 1'. . Dili, |>.
Sutton county, I'e as,’
All bids recciVeu « > I be | . mined by
the (Ionnty.
Al.Vlfi JUll v.SuN.
5 0 County Judge.
Button vocitj. l'exas.
LYCIUM DATES.
October 28,Sorority Singer*.
November 10, I.andia Quar-
tet.
February 22. Emma Dfo
R< Me
.March ", Apollo Duo,
CHAPTER IX"
Dried Roce-LeavCs.
TIip house ttuit Prosper Gael hnd
built for himself mid for the woman
whom Joan came to think of ns the
“tail child," stood In n canyon, a deep,
secret fold of the hills, where a cliff
stood behind It, and where the pine,
needled ground descended before Its
door, under the far-flung, greenish-
brown shade of fir boughs, to the lip
of a green lake. In January, the lake
was a glare of snow, In which the big
firs stood deep, tlieir branches heavily
weighted. Prosper bad dug n tunnel
from bis door through a big drift which
touched his enves. It was curious to
see Wen Ho come pntterlng out of
this northern cave, Ids yellow, Oriental
face nnil slant eyes peering past the
stalactite Icicles as though they felt
their own Incongruity almost with a
sort of terror. The Interior of the
five-room hour;' gave Just such an ef-
fect of bizarre mid extravagant con-
trast ; an effect, ton, of luxury, though
In truth It was furnished for Ihe most
pnrt with stuffs and objects picked up
at no very great expense in San Fran-
cisco shops. Nevertheless, there was
nothing tawdry and, here and there,
Something really precious. Draperies
on the walls, furniture made by Wen
Ho and Prosper, lacquered la black
and red, brass arid copper, bright pew-
t?r, gay china, some fur rugs, a gor-
geous oriental lamp, bookcases with
volumes of a sober richness, In fact
the costliest and most laborious of Im-
ports to this wilderness, small-panod,
horizontal windows curtained In some
heavy green-gc' I stuff which slipped
along the black lacquered pole on
rings of Jade; all these and a hundred
other points of softly brilliant color
gave to tbe living room « rtra and
striking look, while tbe bedrooms
were matted, daintily furnished, care-
fully appointed ns for n bride. Much
thought and trouble, much detailed In-
bor, had gone to the making of this
odd nest In a Wyoming canyon. What-
ever one must think of Prosper Gael,
It Is difficult to shirk heartache on his
account. A man of hln temperament
docs not lightly undertake oven n com-
panioned Isolation In a winter land. To
picture what place of torment Ibis
well appointed cabin wns to him before
he brought lo it Joan, ns a lonely man
brings in a wounded bird to nurse and
cherish, stretches the fancy on a rack
of varied, palnfuln. ss,
On that night, mow was pouring It-
felf down ihe narrow canyon In a
crowded whirl of dry, clean flakes.
Won IIo, watchful, for hi.; uiuatcr was
already a dry or so beyond the prom-
ised date of Ms return, stopped rub-
bing Ids bunds. He hnd heard the
packing of snow under wclis and run-
ners. After listening n moment, lie
nodd.'d to ldmscif, like n figure In a
pantomime, ran Into the kitchen, did
something to the stove, then lighted a
lantern rind pattered out nlnng tbe
tunnel, dodging the Icicle stalactites.
Between the firs he stopped and held
the lantern high so that it touched a
moving radius of flukes to silver stars.
Back of him through the open door
streamed the glow of lump mid lire
filling the Icicles willi blond and flush-
ing the walls nnil the roof of the cave.
Down the canyon Prosper shouted,
"Wen Ho! Wen IIo!"
The Chinaman plunged down Ihe
trail, packed below the new-fallen
snow by frequent passage, and pres-
ently met the bent figure of Ids mas-
ter pulling and breathing hard. With-
out speaking. Wen Ho laid hold of the
sled rope and together the two men
tugged up the lust steep bit of the hill,
“Velly heavy load.” said Wen.
Pmaper’s eyes, gleaming below the
visor of I is cap. smiled linlf-mallclous-
ly upon him. ‘it's a doer killed out of
season," lie said, “and other cattle—
no maverick, either—fall ly marked by
Its owner. I.i ml me a hand and wcil
unload."
Wen showed no astonishment. He
removed the covering and peeped
sin- fwtso at Ihe strange woman who
stared at him unseelm.iy with large,
bright eyes. She closed them, frown-
ing faintly ns though she protested
against the Intrusion of a Chinese face
Into her disturbed mental world._
The men took her up and rurricij
her into tbe bouse, where they
dressed her wound and laid her with
oil possible gentleness In one of the
two beds of stripped and lacquered p'Ol
t! at stood In the bedroom facing tbe
lake. Afterward they moved the other
bed and Prosper went In to bis meal.
lie wns loo Hr'd to ent. Soon lie
pushed Ids plate away, turned Ids rluilf
to face the flee, and, slipping down to
Ihe iithlille of his spine, stuck out Ms
lean, long legs, locked Ids hands hack
of Ms head, let Ids chin full, and
stored Info the flumes.
Wen II" i o' lb" dishes, glnn>
Inc often at Ids ii’r.Mer
' Vi'U veiy Hi he questioned
So/Um. - . - —— - - —
WOOL AND MOHAIR
CHARLES SCHREINER, BANKER.
(UX1NCOKPOKATKD)
KERRVILLE, TEXA3.
Makes Liberal Advances od Sheep, Hosts, Wool aotf Mohair
Established I860.
MORTGAGE LOANS
Unlimited Funds
No Delay.
She Was Lying Quietly With Closed
Eyes.
sucked In nnd down tlio cornel's of Ida
mouth.
"She come after till?" asked Wen
Ho.
Prosper’* smile disappeared; he
opened Ids eyes and turned a wicked,
gloaming look upon Ids man. Wliut
with the white face und drawn mouth
tbe look wns rather terrible. Wen Ho
vanished with an Increase of speed mid
silence.
Alone, Prosper twisted himself In Ills
chair till Ids head rested on his arms.
It v.as nu relaxation of weariness or
grief, but an attitude of cramped pain.
Ills face, too, wus cramped when, a
motionless hour later, he lifted it
ngnln. He got up then, broken with
weariness, and went softly across the
matted hull Into the room where Joan
slept, mid he slood beside her lied.
A glow from the stove, and the light
sldnlng through the door, dimly Illu-
mined her. She was sleeping very
quietly now; the flush of fever had
left her fiico nnd It was clear of pain,
qultu uliiii'li uuU «««4. i-..o,,nl
ut her nnd looked about the room ns
though lie felt wlint he saw to be n
dream. He put Ills band on one long
strand of Joan’s black hair.
"Poor child 1" he said, "flood child !"
And went out softly, shutting the door.
• ••••*•
In the bedroom whore Joan came
ngnln lo altered consciousness of life,
there stood a blue china Jar of pot-
pourri, rose-leaves dried nnd spiced till
they stored all the richness of a
southern summer. Joan’s first question,
strangely enough, wns drawn from her
by the persistence of lids vague nnd
pungent sweetness.
Pile was lying quietly with closed
eyes, Prosper looking down at her. his
finger on her even pulse, when, with-
out opening her long lids, she asked,
"Wlint smells so good?"
Prosper started, drew nwny his fin-
gers, then answered, smiling, “It’s n
Jar of dried rose-leaves. Wult a mo-
ment, I'll let you hold It.”
He took (lie Jar from the window sill
sud carried It to her.
Phe Looked at It, took It In her
hr nils, and when he removed the lid,
she stirred the leaves curiously with
her long forefinger.
"I never seen roses." she said, and
added, “Wlmt's basil?”
Prosper was startled. For an In-
stant nit Ms suppositions ns to Jnnn
were disturbed. "I’.nsll? Where did
you ever hear of basil ?"
"Isabella nnd Lorenzo," murmured
Joan, and her eyes darkened with her
memories.
Prosper found Ids henrt heating
faster thun usual. “Who arc you. you
strange creature? I think It's time you
tohi me your name. Haven’t you nny
curiosity nhout me?"
"Yes," snbl Joan; "I've thought a
great deal about you." She wrinkled
her wide brown. "You must have been
out after game, though Mwas out of
season. And you must have henrd me
s-eryln' out nn' come In. That was
right courageous, stranger. I would
surely like you to know why I mine
away with you." she went on, wistful
anil weak, "but I don't know as how
I can make It plain to you." She
paused, turning the blue Jar In her
band. "You're very strange to me,"
she said, “an' yet, someways, you
fakin’ care of me so well an' so—so
awful kind—" her voice gave forth Its
tremolo of feeling—"secins like I
knowed you better than ony other per-
son In liio world."
A flush came Into his fnre.
"I wouldn't like you lo be think-
In'—■" She stopped, a little breathless.
He took the Jar, sat down on the
hod, nnd laid a band (Irmly over both
of hers. "I ‘won't he thinking' any-
thing." lie said, "only what you would
like me to think. Listen—when n man
finds a wounded bird out In the win-
ter woods, lie'll bring It home to care
for It. And he ‘won't 1w thinking’ the
worse of Its helplessness and tame-
ness. Of course I know—but tell me
your name, please!"
I "Joun Laud!* " . — —
[Con‘. lentil on page 4.]
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Phons No. 105
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