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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
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Entered u.s -econd class mail al the 1'ost Ufftc*; at Uastrop. under art
of Marcft 3, 1870.
Chumh Announcements, llut> Activities Lodge Notices and all items of
public interest are earnestly solicited. All copy must be in by Wednesday
■oon to insure publication, but this does not mean for you to wait until that
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FOR SALE—Practically new elec-}
trie water heater. Bought new at
$125.00. Will sell cheap. Mrs* J. T. j
CRYSUP. 7-tf.
LEARN BARBERING—Only voca-
tion in Texas with no unemployed. It
will pay to investigate. Write—
MOLER BARBER COLLEGE
712 Franklin Avenue, Houston, Tex-1
as. 27-13
FOR SALE—Scholarship at Tyler
Commercial College, Tyler, Texas, at
a great reduction.—See The Bastrop
Advertiser. 86-tf.
Professional Cards
J~ 1). WILLIAMS
Lawyer
BASTROP. TEXAi>
PAGE & POWELL
Attorney at Law
• 'tfice Citizens State Hank Itu'ldins
BASTROP. TEXAS
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LIQUID OR TABLETS
FOR RENT—Three unfurnished j
room with bath.—Apply MRS. EVA j
PRUIT. 29-25 i Believes a Headache or Neuralgia in
13ft minutes, checks a Cold the first
day, and checks Malaria in three
FIN \l. INSTALMENT
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Good home-made ice cream; Try It I days,
a' STEYM W'N'S RESTAURANT &
BAKERY.
666 Salve For Baby's Cold
INSURANCE
the housewife who makes our store
her food headquarters is four
times insured,
a r a iwctf 1- delays in delivery
AljAllltJ 1 i 2. substitutes
3. inferior goods 4. high prices
SUGAR;
10 lb. sack, Pure Cane
.57
SUGAR;
10 lb. sack, Beet
.49
SNOWDRIFT;
3 lb. pail
.54
MACKERAL;
Boston Beauties, Ea.
.18
EXTRACT;
Adams Best, large size
.23
MATCHES;
(Cresent) 6 in. Pkg.
.17
T. TISSUE;
3 rolls. Neighbor
.21
W. POWDER;
( Borax) 4 pkgs.
.15
SOAP;
10 bars, Sunny Monday
.25
OLD DUTCH;
Cleanser, 2 cans
.17
SYRUP;
Brer-Rabbit, Gallon
.69
P. APPLE;
Doles No. 2 Sliced
.23
V. SAUSAGE;
the best, 3 cans
.27
EVAP. APPLES;
Nice Fresh, lb.
.17
aunt jemimas
; P. C. Flour, 2 pkg.
.25
SPINACH;
No. 2 Can, Delmonte
.16
PICKLES;
Sour. Qt.
.23
CHILI;
No. 1 Can, 2 for
.21
YAMS;
Good Ones, 5 lbs.
.17
SWANS-DOWN;
Cake Flour, Pkg.
.28
Complete
ELZNER CORNER
"1 have thought it over. I've been
thinking it over since that night in
Cheyenne—the first time we had to
show the c Mificate. We won't have
to show any certificate here. We're
as free as the birds and the flowesr."
"Ruck and Ruff will expect us in
tonight. They won't like it.'
"They're not expecting us. I wired
them twu days ago that we wouldn't
be home until Monday.'
"Are—-we going to stay here—until
.Monday?"
"\Yi are," said Peter firmly.
• Peter, Peter," said Rowenu, "be
careful, oh be careful! If—you do
this it it will give me a grand
chance to be mean to you—If I want
to. I can make it had for you to
get a divorce—I can get alimony—
"it'll be worth it." said IVter grim-
Iv. "Besides," he added smiling "even
when you are Mrs. Peter Blande in
fact, at heart you will still be just
Rowena Rostand. We are immortal."
liowena did a strange thing. She
clasped both her hands tightly over
Titer's arm and looked up into his
face—deep, deep into his eyes—
searchingly, for a long time and did
not speak. Peter's fell at last before
the intensity of her silent gaze but
there was no diminution of purpose
in his manner.
"You ought to know by this time
that when I make up my mind, it's
made," he said doggedly. "So you
needn't try to talk me out. of it."
"I'm not going to try,"' said Ro-
wena faintly.
He helped her out of the rumble
and cautioned her to be careful of
the rocky path up the hill.
"It's easy to get a twisted ankle
here," he said.
He even asked her to help carry
his bundles up from the car and fill-
ed her arms with them.At the foot
of the steps that led to the wide un-
roofed piazza, he kicked over a stone
and produced a big brass key that
lay beneath.
"Look at this," he said. "The ca-
bin's a sort of open house for every
body and his friend, and the key
bears ithe household motto 'Come
easy—go easy'—see?"
"Appropriate to week-end honey-
mooners, like us," she said quietly.
"You would say that," said Peter
"I assure you, that was not the idea
back of it."
The cottage, which consisted of but
one immense room and a huge screen-
ed bath, with miniature kitchenette,
was roughly finished with heavy oak-
en bean-'. There was a great fire-
place of natural stone, and running
end to end away from it on both
sides were studio couches against the
wall, comprising three full sides of
the cottage.
Water was supplied by a windmill
among the rocks higher up the hill,
and Pi t'r invited Rowena up with
I him to witness the ceremony of chain-
ing the wind.
"It'- our one servant up here," he
said. "Loosing the windmill is one
of the real events of coming up.
When there is a crowd they do it
with a great processional, with in-
cense and incantations. But our
minds are on other things tonight so
we won't bother."
Rowena followed him down the
steep rocky path to the cabin ugai'i.
"Been here often?" she asked cas-
ually.
"Yes," Peter was laying a fire in
the grate.
I "Were you here with crowds—or
just—alone ?"
"Both."
Rirwena walked about the cabin
I ruffling her bronze-bright hair with
' both hands. She looked al the pic-
tures the autographs— the candle-
sticks the incense burners.
"Belongs to u woman, doesn't it,
Peter?"
"Yes".
Peter was opening up his bundles
and putting the food supplii . in their
proper compartments.
"Do you think she'll like your
bringing another—woman—here"
"I don't care whether she does or
not."
Rowena threw off her air of quiet
moodiness. She rolled up the «|ecves
of her blouse and asked for a job.
"You can put the rolls in the oven,"
said Peter, "And you may as well
get as much fun out of things as you
can. There's no use to try to get
away. You can't."
"I'm not going to try," she said.
Peter pressed the button that start-
ed the electric refrigeration, pulled
out the drop-leaf table and measured
four cups of water into the tea-ket-
tle.
"J hope you're hungry," he said
"We're eating camp rations tonight.
Tomorrow I'll show you some good
country cooking for I'm really the
cabin's star chef. But tonight mv
mind's on other things and I don't
want to be bothered. Our fare will
he quick and rough, ami it will re-
quire an appetite to enjoy it."
"I'm iust ravenous," said Rowena
politely, although knowing very well
that the smallest crumb would catch
in her thront.
pi r Me a ured four 'tablespoon.
fuU of ruff11 into the pot nnd poured
boiling w '• t ov il tr drip. Then
be set tV txM wit'i silverware of
sorts and paper plates "Wo never
wash anything hut silver and pans
up here," he explained, "and tos- n
coin to s*e who ha* to do it." He
laid out slices of cold ron«t beef, and
liverwurst, potato salad, cracker* and
cheese. Then he opened a can of
soup, adding an equal portion of wa-
ter according to directions of the mn
"You see, when 1 think of provid-
J
ing for you as a good husband
should," he said, "I can't get away
i from soup and crackers and cheese.
I The cheese trust ought to give >ou
I a discount. 1 wonder you haven't
(got a hand of mice following you
about. What a Pied Piper you'd be
I for Hamelin!"
Rowena laughed tolerantly. "Oh,
cheese is very good l'or one," she said.
Peter opened up a b itth o' horse
radish, put salt and pepper on thi
j table, and sugar, cursing softly be-,
!cause he had loigotten cream for the I
coffee. Then he filled a great bowl
; with fresh fruit for a center piece
i with candlesticks around it.
"Here you are Mrs. Blande," he
! said jauntily, and held a chair for
j her.
Rowena sank down, a little breath-
less, rather pale.
Just the barest fraction of an in-!
ta*'t Peter hesitated. Then he lifted;
| her face with a very determined fore-
finger-and touched his lips to hers |
faintly, almost timidly at first and
then with stubboruly rising courage
crushed them roughly. It was with
quite an air of bold bravado that he
went to his own chair, opposite but j
his face was flushed and his eyes did
not meet hers.
Rowena threw off her nervousness .
in forced laughter.
"Oh, Pumpkin Eater," she said 1
gaily, though her voice was that of;
one who has too little breath for a '
torrent of tumbling words, "fancy'
all this furor after three solid months j
of marriage."
"Y ou won't be laughing about it !
three days from now," he said grim-
ly-
"Oh, maybe I will", she answered
cheerfully. "I'm one of the grandest
little laughers you ever saw in your
life."
He smiled at her suddenly. "Yes,
you are, I'll say that for you. You
are just great about—things lik<?
that."
Deftly he served a portion of salad
and meat on a paper plate for her,
and poured the coffee.
"Sorry to have nothing better than
I canned cow for your wedding-night,"
j he said.
"Oh, I /hdore canned cow. I al-
ways ask for it at all my weddings."
She was glad to have the coffee
and drank it steaming hot although
it scorched her throat. But she could
not eat.
"Why don't you eat, Rowena?" :
he demanded.
"I'm not hungry.'
"You're not nervous, I hope— not.
frightened or anything."
"Not in the bast. I'm just not
hungry."
"Why aren't you hungry? Yon
haven't had anything to eat for
hours," he persisted stubbornly. ,
" I never have much appetite, Peter]
Y'ou know I never eat much."
But you haven't eaten anything.
Y ou usually eat something. You
didn't even eat your adored soup. You
are not sick, are you?"
"No." she smiled at him. the
friendly warm smile that was genuine
ly Rowena. "I think maybe it's b*
cause 1 feel so sorry for you. Peti r "
"Sorry—for me— '
"Yes. Because you're doing such
u very stupid thing and putting your-
self in my power lik< this. I can de
quite terrible things to you— a:tei
this—if 1 want to—And 1 can be
most fright fully mean if I want i ••
"Y« I know that."
"You uon't know anything yet," she
assured him.
"oh, well. I'm taking the chance.
When tiiey had finished supper he
cleared away the dishes quickly and
shoved the table into its copier. 1 hen
he drew the big, high-backed divan
before the smoldering fire and heaped
it with cushions, and turned out all
the lights but 1 *'t two candles glim-
mering on the mantel.
She diil not hesitate but went ovei
at once and sank down among the
cushions in the corner of the big di-
van. Peter sat besidi her and drew
her int<< his arms, and Constanti',<
crouched at their feet. Rowena made
no resistance. For some time they
sa' there, motionless ;,nd silent, ! "t!
staring, a little awed and very sober,
into tiie flickering fir*. It was v n
still—the stilln. ss seemed to touch
them, tu make them one with it. Tin
light was low. Little soft sounds of
night an the hills crept in to them.
The chirr of katydids filled the air.
Suddenly Peter lifted his hand and
drew her face toward him until her
lips lay against his throat. His hand
civ ssed her shining. bronze-gold
hair.
"Close your eyes," he said "It's
quite dark here and I will not talk.
Maybe you can forget it's only Peter
and think it's some one you like."
Rowena lay very still, scarcely,
bn athing, against him. He could feel
her lips upon his throat quivering
ever so little.
"Peter," she said.
Mmmmm," he murmured indistin-
guishable-.
"Who—whose cabin is it?"
He laughed softly. "Do—do you
care?"
Unconsciously she stiffened a little
in his arms, her quivering lips grew
firm. But she pressed more closely in-
to the curve of his arm.
"No," she said firmly.
"It's my mother's," he said. "She
likes this sort of thing."
Rowena relaxed and laughed a lit-
tle, tremulously. And the throbbing
silence enfolded them warmly.
After a long while—"Peter," she
said again.
"Mmmmmmmmm."
"It's the third and last warning.
—You'd better take me to town—take
me right away quick—a~ fast as ever
you can "
"It's too late now."
"Too late is better than ne\ • r."
she -aid. "And prett\ soon it will be
never." Unconsciously their vioces
had fallen to whispers. "It's never
really too late -until il ryally is i n
late." -he added enigmatically. "Peter
— believe me -you'd better "
\ train h<> laughed softly. "Why.
Rowena. whv? N ou are mv wift "
"Because >t' you don't I warn you
Peter! I'll never let you uo airain—
never as hng as you live—ami it
v II be too late forever "
OAK HILL, October 12—The con-
tinued dry weather ami conditions in
n. nerul makes it difficult for us to
find interesting news for our read-
ers. Cotton picking will soon bu
over.
Speaking of cotton reduction, the
acreage has already been cut in this
vicinity, in fact there were four
farmers who uid not plant any and
have heard of one more who says
he does not intend to plant any
in "3'2". Some of the farmers were
quite busy last week harvesting
their peanuts. This crop is yielding
fine.
Hegira is another feed that ha*
done well here, one farmer planted
some the 1st of June, on old Ian i
that has been in cultivation since ).<>
fore the Civil War and it has mad.
an excellent crop of heads, with oniv
a lew shower., and very little cul-
tivation.
Sweet potatoes that were set early
have done fairly well. Mr. Albert
Cottle was marketing a load Friday.
.Mrs J. W. Stagner ami her broth
or, Mr. Owen Holmiyi ami Mis-
Pauline Stagner, visited Mrs. Chal-
mers in Bastrop Tuesday.
Mr. Gilbert Stagner and family
were shopping in Bastrop Friday
Mr. A. R. Hancock and family
were business visitors in Elgin Sat
u r iay.
Mrs W, T. Stagner and son llolli-,
of Mel lade, were railing in the .1. 1i.
Owen home Sunday afternoon
Mr. and Mr Zina Jones of Smith-
ville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jan. 11
Sunday an: they ami Mrs. Jam II
and granddaughter called on Mr
Jess Imkin Sunday night.
School Notes
Mrs. Rogers, our principal, report -
that school work is progressing ni.
ly tlio a few pupils are being k< pt
out of school to pick cotton. The 'J1.' r
,'pi that are in attendance are work
ing hard. She states that all chil-
dren are required to wash hands be
fnre lunch, after which they sit at
their desks and eat, this way the;,
take more time to eat, and this will
insure better health for the pupils.
We expect to have an interesting
report from each depart men;,
throughout the term.
Our teachers all attended the in-
stitute, Thursday and Friday. Mr
Edgar Owen also attended the Fri
day afternoon session an i reports
having heard some interesting lot-
tures.
What do you havt to sell? What
do you want to buy? The Advertis-
er Classified Section offers you the
opportunity of making money and
finding bargains. Bend it and use it
and profit thereby.
Fresh oysters now in s< a - • n
Dailv at STEYM ANN S KESTACU-
ANT AND BAKERY.
Even against the ^training of h< r
arms about I .m she W"iidcie.i I'
le sly if he would ri-e up at that and
go away. But of couise he ■ id■ ?
He laughed again, an odd pi'a • d
laugh, and pressed his lip- t< h< i • i-
grant hair.
And Constantini murmured
contentment at tiieir feet.
THE END
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ore
genuine satisfaction
than any car
I ever owned"
The Ford Is good-looking. it
is safe. Comfortable. Speedy,
Reliable. Long-lived. Eco-
nomical. Everything a good car
ahould be.
There is, too, an added something
about it that brings enthusiastic corn-
menu from every one who has ever
driven a Ford . • ■ the joy it puts in
motoring.
t4I have l een a car ownercontinuously
for nearly 20 years,** writes a motorist
connected with a leading university.
44During this period I have bought
eleven new automobiles. Eight of the
eleven were in the middle-price field,
one cost three thousund dollars, and the
last is a Ford I purchased thirteen
months ago.
"In the light of this experience I can
•ay in all sincerity that I have derived
more genuine satisfaction from the
Ford than any car I ever owned. In
saying this, I am thinking iri
terms of comfort, safety, driving
pleasure, ease of control and
economy. My next car will also be n
Ford because it will give me what I want
at a price I can afford to pay.**
^ hen you get l>ehind the wheel of
the Ford and drive it yourself you will
know it is n truly remarkable car at a
low price. ^ on will like it when you
first buy it. \ou will become more and
more enthusiastic the longer you drive it.
After thousands of miles of driving
you will say "it's a great car." Its econ-
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Standifer, R. E. & Standifer, Amy S. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1931, newspaper, October 15, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth206761/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.