Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1905 Page: 4 of 4
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When Love
Hesitated
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By DOROTHY DOUGLAS
Copur
Copyright. iaoL.bg T. C. MeCfUre
Jim Ferrib, atrekA ou the Yale crew,
• twined bis long brown legs tight'
around , the poet of the South Beach
lookout add pulled his yellow duck hat
viciously pver his eyes. Then he shoved
; It hack agado und stared-straight out
to,sea. • ' y •,
...It had . been a. direct cut, and ho
hadn't expected It of her. He wished
that some focfihutdy swimmer would
go out beyond his depth or be seized
with a craiup, so thut tie might go out
after him und battla for life uuioug the
breakers, but Instead It proved to 6®
an aggravatlngly dull day. The sOa
was smooth as elans, yet the bathers
Clung tenaciously to the ropes, (>
• He bad always looked upon, the self
supporting men at college as fellows tit
be envied. They were always dobig
things' It took mettle, It took nerve,
the sort of nerve be had felt, tl* need
of that vei-y morning' when he bad
“ a.eMi Vi. * ' i i‘ 'i'll ■as.Vn‘,-r.il '
I
one may
come of «r
He turned
stairs and
Into bis trunk and
down on the edge of the bed and
ed 'at himself, ft was all so
and childish. This was a fin*
nlng for a chap Who had bis a
make. He was hauling down h
ors at the first shot She would _
why he had left and a mere difference
of hotels coufd uflt prevent his meet-*
lng her. The resort was small and
exclusive. You were forever stum*
bling over the people you liked, let
alone the people you didn’t tike to
meet. .. , ’
So he emptied his trunk, hung upjj
his garments and went down td tell
the clerk He had changed bis mind. The
proprietor of the hotel happened to be
In the office, and he tooled greatly re-
lieved over Ferris’ decision. In fact,
he had /hist been ’criticising his clerk
for hot offering a reduction to Mr. Fer-
ris If It bad betfn merely a question of
price. . Ypilng college men who could
swim and bundle a sailboat-and lead
a cotillon were not td' be permitted to
leave bis hotel without a strenuous ef-
fort to prevent such a catastrophe.
And while this little comedy was be-
ing enacted Nell Standlsh was walking
dutifully at her mother’s side on the
ocean pathway, a picture of simplicity
In embroidered white linen amid the
elaborately gowned throng.
"It certainly seems odd*” said Mrs.
Standlsh, with n puzzled expression.
■Nell shrugged her shoulder Impa-
tiently. , 0
"It’s the eccentricity of wealth, not of
genius. It used to hurt me when we
were lb London- to" hear’ young men
criticised for their freakish tastes, but
really I am beginning to feel there Ui
Some truth In the criticism. I pre-
sume he eujoys posing as a life, saver,
an amateur Greek strong man”-; In
spite of bar hot anger she couldn't for-
get how superbly strong be had looked
perched otl the observation tower in bis
bathing suit. "Hie bad the grace not to
wear bis college colors, but I am amaz-
ed thut Jim Ferris should want to pose
before’a lot of silly, chattering nnmm»»
Sra*f
>,Kllett#vllU,Isd.
» Black I
stomach ahd
chronic case* of
If you will
dose of Tbed-
Draugbt occa-
i Wifi keep your
'and liver in per-
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:dform
DRAUdl
More'sickness is caused bjr
Constipation than * by any
other .disease. Thedfordf'i
Black-Draught not only re-
lievos coasti patron hut cures
diarrheas and dysentery and
keeps the bowels regular.
All-d Ain lit* Mil
'/ »*o*nt packages.
“Thadford's Blacf-
Draught Is the best medi-
cine to regulate the bowels
I have ever used.”-MRS.
A. M. GRANT, Sneads
Ferry, If. C. *
consTiPADon
Ups and atlU'holdlng the fluttering
pages in her hand.
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That night her mother sent for him,
and right bravely Nell met him in
their little parlor. She gave him the
letter to read. It was the one her,
brother had written tilling of the.
wreck of the Ferris fortune and Jim’s
plucky determination to do the first
mmwawssrc
kinds.
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D. L. SMITH & SON,
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Restaurant and Short Order House,
First Door South of Keeling’s Muric Store.
TBE BEST PLACE TO GET A 15-tKNT MEAL. ttfJITAHK MEAL 26c.
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Smith & Dawson,
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“Second Hand Furniture, Stoves.' Etc., bought and
Store on .Ye&ger Corner.
HINUIUAL WKLLS; - - i - TExAB.
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cwm CONSTIPATION1
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THK POSOKE PABABOX, PASSED DUnSCTLT
, VHDEa BIS POST.
looked down to meet the eyes of Nell
Standish changing from amazement to
a certain contempt which'be could not
Understand.
Before her coming It had been arofer-.
ry morning. Small boys bad chased
Mm Joyously down tho beach,' and
pretty girls and .flirtatious young ma-
trons had cast him approving glances.
He bad fc-lt that the wages Of n private
life saver near a fashionable bathing
pavilion were doubly paid, but now—
The tide came booming'in and drove
riie bathers out of the surf, luncl} gongs
jummouod dawdlers from the sand,
and Ferris slipped down from his post*
and limped swiftly toward the bathing
house. He bnd not realized till then
how tightly, he" had clasped bis legs
around ihe’post. His position hhd been
an outwnrd and visible sign of the in-
ward but not spiritual stofm that
rfcged. Yes, It was gotng to be a little
harder than he had thought Then he
squared.bis shoulders and threw np bis
Mind proudly.
That afternoon he walked toward
the end of the Island sacred to cot-
tagers. The beach was deserted by all
save those who loved the sea for Its
own sake and not for the dress parade
on Its board walk. Suddenly there
sprang at him a French bulldog, whose
Intentions were clearly of the most
friendly sort. Ofttimes had Ferris
been welcomed In the same fashion,
ahd he bad a hard time keeping his
hands in his pockets as the dog tried
again and again to reach them und be-
stow a welcoming caress.
Something was also familiar to him
in the slender,- linen clad figure,
screened by the big pongee umbrella,
from whoso side the dog bad sprung at
sight of him. TUnt was why Ferris
deliberately climbed the next flight of
stairs leading to the board walk and
made a circle around the flgurd. The
dog stood at the foot of the steps, look-
ing lijf at the man io a bewildered fash-
ion, which clearly demanded an ex-
planation. . But It just happened that
tJ»e man was thinking moodily that the
explanation was due from the other
side, though of course he couldn’t ex-
plain this to a French bulldog.
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Evidently she had thought the mat-
ter over and repented of her rudeness^
ftfr that night when they came faad'to
face -In tlie hotel dining room she bow-
ed to bhn, not with the old air of com-
ra'deshlp, but with -a forced politeness
that he felt almost as keenly as the
nfornlng cut He bowed gravely and
crossed to his btble, which was oh the
She spoke with as much scorn as iL
she were not one of the class which she
was excoriating; The next morning
she carefully, avoided the observation
•post during bathing hours and sat on
the other side of the pier. A certain*
Jjull pup, howevdf, did dot shore her
feeling and deliberately sneaked away
from his mistress and planted himself
at tie foot of the little tower to dis-
tract the attention'bfflts. occupant from
the bathers who were risking their
. lives beyond the ropes. •
As the days went by Ferris became
accustomed but not reconciled to her
presence at South Beach. He might
have felt better 1/ his. life bad been a
more active one, but the batbere were
distressingly careful. An occasional
dash after a frightened girl or the care
of some careless nursemaid’s charge
was the extent of his duties as.a life
saver.,
Then came an August morning when
the pongee paraqol passed'dlroctly un-
der lils posit. The firm, tanned band
which showed beneath It clasped e
large package of letters. Evidently Miss
Stnndlsh’s mall bad been a heavy one.
She sat down"on the sand within the
range of Ferris’ vision and opened the
mall wilileh, be could see quite plainly
now,'had been forwarded from various
points. ,
"Probably1 letters that tagged her alt
over Europe," he said tp himself, “Wo?
men never know where they are going
when they start oil a Journey and nev-
er go where you expect ’em to."
Her slim, firm hand, was turning
phges rapidly. She whirled upon her
mother with a* sudden, excited excin-
matiou, and both women turned and'
looked' at him, tre felt' himself flush
even at, this distance. Perhape they
knew' flow curious be had felt about
their uinll. He was a beastly cad.
Suddenly the girl rose to her feet. She
was cOihhlg directly toward him, with
the French bulldog, capering ahead:
The opefl ‘letter was stUl ln her hand.
Suddenly frdm the crp#d bobbing
shapelessly, aimlessly, in the whiter
capped stfrf there arose a cry. He re-
alized on the" instant that it was no
small demand upon , bis ability ahd
strength. The man was "'some distance
beyond tHe ropefi, and be went down'
for the second time' before Ferris,
sA*lft rufiUer that he ww, could dash
Into the surf. A mighty breaker met
the life siver, but her* iycnt through it
like an arro# and struck out for the
Own, who was going down for the last
time. The sea was like glass out here,'
and the man sank slowly. Ferris rec-
ognised st a glanhe that it was a base
of cramps.
Ferris dived like a flkh and came up
thing that offered, tutoring some boys
who were staying at South Reach.
He handed back the letter, ^vltb a
grave smiiA ; „ •
“Yes, it's true, j tnh. tutoring the
Douglas boys nt their father’s cottage
on the lower beach, but I found I cofild
pay my board by taking the life saving
Job. nnd I hnve^W count even the pen-
nies now, you know.”
Nell looked up «t him shyly, then her
eyqg dropped bef Am the blase In bis.
“1-4 think I'd ifce to try my band at
—at—helping* you, dearest”
LIVER AILMENTS
r x >. EVERY some. QUARANT.EEP PRICE 30 CERT8. >$13M
HERBIXE SOl.D AND fij P. F. MADDOX _
< hamberlatn’s rough Remedj
tlie Bear ijffikdo.
“In my opinion . Chamberlain’s
Cough Bemedv is the best made for
colds,” says Mrs. Cora Walker, of
Porterville, Cal. There Is no doubt
about its being the best. No other
will cure a cold so qnlokly. No other
so sure a preventive of pneumonia.’
No other so pleasant and safe to take.
•TUUse are good reasons why it should
be preferred to any other. The fact
is that few people are satisfied with
any other after after having once
used this remddy.' For sale by D B
Warren.
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The new trade mark registra-
tion law will go .ifito efteot on
April 1, Users of trade marks
can " get a copy of the law by
sending a postage stamp to C. A.
Snow & Co.,,solicitors of patents
and trade
D, C.
look
marks, Washington,
Cured JiU Metlierat
tinu..
“My mother has been a sufferer for
many years from rhematism,” says
W. H, Howard, of Husband, Pa. “At
times she was unable to mov/a a£ all,
while at all times?? walking w+v pain-
I presented her with a bottle of
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and after a
few applications she deolded it was
the most wonderful pain reliever she
had over tried, in faot she la never
without it now and is at all times able
to walk. An occasional application of
Pain Balm keeps away the pain that
[she was troubled with.*' For sale by
>smC beirg the.4th.day qf raid-month, at the
court bnura goor of raid Palo. Pinto county,
in the town' of Palo Pluto, between the
hours of 10 a-m. and 4 p. rti.i on* raid dav,
proceed to sell foi cash to the highest bid-
der, all tho right, title and interest of Gil-
bert Dunu in nnd to the following described
real estate, levied uoon as the property of
the raid Gilbert Rung, to-wit:
In th«f towq-of .Mineral Wplls, Texas, out
of the J. A. Lynch survey, beg1n*lngat the
ne cor of n lot and tract of land sold and
deeded Sy Thomas B. King and .Clsia B.
King to Gllhert Dunn on theT7th day of
September, 1896, thence south 100 feet with
rast boundary line'of said lot to the se cor
thereof, thence oast 12}‘‘ fe*i ipore or lees,
thence north lOf) leet, thence West to the
place of beginning 12* feet more or less.
Said sale to be made by me to satisfy the
above described judgment for $60.22 in fa;
vor of T ,S.;KlCh*nrdi, 'ogethor with interest
Aiid'cosfof suit, and the proceeds of cals to
be applied to the satisfaction thereof.
Given tindor my band this 19th day of
January, 1906. J^MES OWEN,
Sheriff Palo Pinto County, Texas.
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!dt side of tho 1 arge room. Hhlf an Mm. He forced apart and carried*
h«jr later he was at tbs desk in tb#* Ms silent burden up the beach. As bs
observation
OKhlMt IL
bHkrif
Tho State of Ti
—By virtue of an
tien, issued by the
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to fight for his 6wn life as well as the. D-
bather’s. There was Only*one way for
It. and as he felt himself bethg dragged
down he struck the man a mighty blow
and then floated the inert body tb the
where the crowd of hysterieaf
Women and children *«loaed
wherein T.*8.
bert Dunn It
plaintiff I
thereon at „
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Son, J. C. Palo Pinto County Star. (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1905, newspaper, March 31, 1905; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1146080/m1/4/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.