The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 7, No. 52, Ed. 1, Friday, August 31, 1945 Page: 2
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Jfde to Hot Creek down
Ifexlcan border but tome
Pattern In crossing the tied
la Ins had sot them Into a
ass through the Woll Ears
a miss of nearly one nun
puity miles
Rnscquently as Uiey rounded the
pulder of some mountain it later
ned out to be Dig Bone Ledge
hey were rocked In their saddles by
fttit sight of a sizable town Imme-
diately below It stood out clearly
pry In the hot bright light a straggling
ft disorder upon vast ragged plains Its
roofs of grey weathered shakes
shone like metal in the hard smash
of the sun
Old George Fury looked surprised
The town was big enough to hold
several hundred people and It gave
George a creepy sense of Insecurity
to see It appear out of nowhere He
put his hand over his eyes and
rubbed them a little but when he
looked again It was still there shim-
mering dustily in the sun
Melody didnt look any special
way At twentytwo he was lanky
and relaxed and looked four years
younger than his age He was
very seldom surprised for he never
expected any one particular thing
but took unexplained events as they
came
I should judge shes a cow town
Melody said 1 can tell by the cor-
rals
George Fury snorted Corrals or
not the towu could not possibly have
been anything else You plumb
astound me he said
Melody shrugged Them things
is easy for me
George Fury knew himself to be
over fifty years old but had quit
Jjntlng not liking to think about
He was spare and ropenecked
mustache something like a
nouse and glmlety eyes sun
fd to an indiscriminate eyecolor
jhoulder was higher than the
and he sat crookedly In his
fie limping as he rode
beats me how she come here
JFvty said staring at the
yxid one night I rodo into
Melody said and it was
here I thunk it was and all
ne way I come Into it from
instead of from the west
e that can Agger
Kb
carry a tunc so
Wng but he did
Im this His real
and this had got
fat Javelina Tex
Grande draws the
Swlth Mexico The
Pould not pronounce
WTglyi by the time they
k batting it around it
jjpdy than anything
object the north
not pronounce
They called It
Kury snorted again and
his yUiaggy pony down the
I of thrf trail toward the town
fluch he ibid not yet know was
Payneville1
Payneville was a crossing town
A wagon route v est from Diamond
Forks to California crossed the river
here and trail herds of cattle push-
ing north to the railroad forded the
same shallows The river was the
Polaonherry hell dry in summer and
a howling flood In the spring An
early trader had named it the Straw-
berry because he wished he had
gome but later wagoners watched
their Cones toga a tumble end over
end In the spring rise and changed
the name Nobody ever sang any
songs about moonlight on the silvery
SPolsonberry rolling on ever on to
f Syrup Creek
Up on Paynevllles Boot Hill there
is stiDa sandtone slab marking the
grava of this towns founder and
tarred upon it perhaps by an en
emy arc his alleged last words
Thank God 2 am a Payne
As they drew closer riding be-
tween the bones of vanished buffalo
Payneville looked dustier and more
ramshackle They entered the town
throUgh a drift of ruined huts stared
at by mestizo children and turned
at a alow plod into Court Street
Melody was riding more watchfully
nowmode alert in spite of himself
by George Furys nervousness
lie consciously stiffened his face
Melody Jwies had o secret ambition
to earn the title of Unsmiling
fJcnes and Command Immediate
respect wherever be appeared
Vbenever bo rbd into a new cow
camp he rem timbered this for an
hour or two and preserved as rigid
j to expression as ho could
George Fury glanced sldewayi
i It hjju Wbat in hells the matter
L1U you Vou got your anoozle
wfbbed uplike to
you was going
rltlody jnodlfled hta expression
8ivhat as well as he could
ody had originally started out
Sy Lance Montana at four
fifteen on the occasion of
less
COWBOYf
K and his slderlder
hsd not expected to
Payneville They had
his father being rolled on by a cow
in Montanas rustlers war but the
wandering cowtrails he had fol-
lowed had been pretty shy of people
Nearly everything he knew about
people he had leatned from horses
and cows and that was his trouble
Every mortal soul was a personal
uncertainty unaccustomed eyes
bothered him like flies George Fury
was looking for the first saloon and
to see what the scat houses looked
like but Melodys eyes took in all
details equally whether they had
any meaning or not
He estimated the amount of Jerky
hanging up in a Mexican outdoor
beanery and his cattlecountingeye
told him there were fortyseven
strips about a yard long He saw a
camprobber Jay steal some frljoles
from a sleeping Mexican Just be-
yond the beanery stood the first bar
which was beginning to moult its
silvergray clapboards the oldest
building in town But the builder had
misjudged the future center of town
and now found himself at the foot of
the street so that this was natural-
ly called the First Chance on one
side of Its sign and Last Chance on
the other
George Fury who sometimes took
four days to pass a given saloon
would not get any farther just yet
I should Judge shes a cow tonn
He turned his pony to the hitch rail
and swung down rustily and Mel-
ody Jones was freeing himself from
the saddle on which he seemed to
have melted and stuck when a girl
came on to the street
Melody didnt sec where she came
from as he looked up she was there
He couldnt sec her face because
she was walking away from him
down the unmended boardwalk but
he forgot George Fury and lost in-
terest in the First Chance Bar Mel-
ody hadnt seen a white girl in near-
ly seven months
Now what George grunted
Huh A casual wind devil
kicked a twirl of dust Into Melodys
face he dug at his eyes with buck-
skin knuckles and sat there like a
fool
Froze to thct hull
Who me Melody sounded
vague and senseless Well I I I
feel kind of like a can tomaters
You look something like a can
tomaters George criticized
Never jou mind Melody said
Im going on down to the store
George Fury looked at Melody
quecrly and started to say some-
thing He knew that Melody had no
money In his pants all they had be-
tween th em was a few dollars
George had managed to keep hold
of It was fn his mind to holler
after Melody and give him a buck
But he smothered this Idea and
went Into the First Chance rolling
creaklly on his runover high heels
Melody pushed his dopy pony on
up the street through the soft dust
He was following the girl along with
an innocent detachment that would
have killed George Fury He was
like a dog who goes walking with a
stranger never looking directly at
his companion never getting near
but drawing a sort of undemanding
comfort from the vague association
of time and place
f Besides watching the girl he saw
that the boards of the Occidentals
sign were splitting in the sun and
that an Apache Indian asleep full
length on the walk before the Grand
Eastern Hotel was drawing flies
The few shaggy ponies along the
hitchrafis were saddled with center
Are and threequarter rigs hung
with rawhide reatas eo he knew be
was among the dailymen again
This touched him with a faint con-
tempt a cowman commonly feela
iflMttfl
rff
iv
for any way of riding but his own
Melody was a doublerig tiefast
man
The girl went Into the Lost Dutch-
man Saloon
The wind went out of Melody so
definitely that his pony took advan-
tage of him and stopped Melody
sat where he was for a moment or
two before he started It again
Got a right to get thirsty aint
she he explained her to himself
Why in hell shouldnt she get
thirsty Nuts
He angled across the dust to the
General Store and tossed his reins
loose across the rack The ponys
name was Harry Henshaw accord-
ing to Melody and he had been with
Melody long enough to learn that he
had better stand lest a worse thing
happen next Harry Henshaw toed
in a little on the nigh side and didnt
look like much and because of this
he was the only pony out of the
scores Melody had owned that no
body had bothered to get away from
Melody
As Melody went up the steps to
the stores broad gallery he was
wary and watchful again Two men
a big one and a little one loafed on
the gallery just outside the door
Both wore lowstrapped fortyfives
the same as Melody himself except
that Melodys was In the tqigh pock-
et of his ragged shotgun chaps
They wore the easy clothes of cow-
men but that did not necessarily
prove what they were
Melody stiffened his face The
shorter man met his eyes briefly an
Impersonal cool flick of pinched pu-
pils The other didnt look at him
at all so Melody was able to study
him better a man longgeared but
compact with an expressionless
face of deepcarved jack pine His
eyes were awake but lazy like the
flat side of a knife
While Melody looked at him the
mans eyes changed then the whole
face The eyes sharpened to a quick
focus not on Melody but across the
street and ft was as if the sleepy
knife had turned point first and sung
past Melodys car
Melody turned slowly on his high
heel feet apart to clear his long
shanked spur and followed the
mans eyes It was like Melody
thought The girl had come out of
the Lost Dutchman Not thirsty aft
er all Looking for somebody
The man by the door was whls >
tling through his teeth a stanza of
Chizzum Trail It might have
been the part about the night stam-
pede or the last of the Old Two
Bars but Melody knew better Un-
hurriedly but with no trace of
thought at all Melody took two long
strolling steps and knocked the
stranger down
He used the heel of his right hand
without closing his fist he had un-
derstood that wallop for a long time
The heel of a hand swung fullarm
packs nearly the same weight as a
fist but afterward you get credit
for downing your man with a slap
of the open hand A good thing to
have said of you especially If the
other man wasnt looking as now
The strangers hat flew off and his
head spun sideways slamming
against the board front with a boom
that shook the store Inside the wall
some tinware fell down quicker to
fall than the man who was struck
After the tinwares first crash some
more of It fell more slowly so that
the occasional clatter of a pie tin or
a bread pan kept sounding at Irregu-
lar Intervals for some time
The man himself half buckled at
the knees his face a blank amaze-
ment He slid sideways against the
wall and came down sitting on his
hat
Melody stood watching the fellow
shake his head and feel out the
workings of his jaw and Melody had
never been worse dumbfounded In
his life The astonishment of the
man he had hit was nothing along-
side his own Melody was estimat-
ing now the exact distance In thou
sandths of a second between the
strangers hand slackly palm up-
on the floor of the gallery and the
black butt of the strangers gun al <
ready half out of Its leather by its
own weight It was no better than
three inches away or possibly three
and a half The hand didnt look
like a cowmans hand much more
like a bunch of bananas really but
that is just the kind that knows Its
business very often Melody was
beginning to sweat a little now
Up from the wooden face the
strangers eyes were looking at Mel
ody like a couple of cactus buds
Melody stooped and got a grip on the
gun arm with both hands his head
canted to bounce off a possible
crusher from the strangers left The
arm was tense and ridged made of
wagon tires or something Melody
pretended Vr help the other up half
hauling him to his feet but keeping
him off balance and he began to
talk as fait as he could which was
kind of a loping drawl
WelL now Melody said thats
sure too bad How come that Your
foot slip yiou reckon He hoped
afterward that he had sounded gruff
and hard but he remembered pretty
clearly that be had stumbled long
In a sort of fa thin bleat
TCf BX CONTINUED
New LooHf to Suits anc
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
THERES much that Is differ-
ent to tell about the new fall
suits and coats In fact the style
changes arc so drastic the story Is
being unfolded early Thus women
may become familiar with the new
order of things before they actually
make their final selections
The current suit and coat story
hinges for the most part on sleeves
Before you buy find out what all
the present furore actually means
The new deep armhole sleeves that
give such a new look to fall fash-
ions forecast a new cycle in suit
and coat design In addition to the
new wing sleeves with their deep
armholes suits ore coming in
with bloused shirtwaist sleeves
Also sleeves with turnback cufTs
will be chlc this fall
An unmistakable stamp of new-
ness Is seen in the soft rounded look
given to shoulders In many In-
stances leeves are cut in one with
shoulder for the new soft effect In
addition to the new raglan cuts em-
phasis Is placed on new rounded
shoulder yoke treatments that arc
quite unlike anything noted in suit
and coat styling for years
Theres also important silhouette
news in softly gathered waistlines
some with drawstring ties others
with casual soft tic belts in both
coats and suits You will be hear-
ing of the whittledIn waistlines
right along
When it comes to dressy restaurant
and cocktail suits the big news Is
glitter accents done In most original
ways Theres drama in the suit
with ribbontrimmed shoulders that
suspend beadwork medallions re
Jersey Tunic Tops
This stunning Grecian inspired
cocktail gown by Adele Simpson
shown in the 101546 fall and winter
collections presents a charming In-
terpretation of this seasons soft
styling technique The tunic top Is
In golden glow rayon Jersey and
Is belted with a jewelled belt over a
black crepe skirt
sembllng official Insignia Some-
times a striking motif ol Chinese
Inspiration adorns one side of the
jacket front Most frequently seen Is
the gala suit with lapels pockets 01
revers that are beautifully embroi-
dered with Jet or sequins In either
multicolor or In a single tone
In the Illustration the new look
for fall Is Interpreted to a nicety In
a trio of advance models from Chi-
cago Fashion Industries Note tho
sophisticated cardigan suit ot lady
like gray wool crepe which features
the new deeparmhole sleeves The
moment you look at it the sleeves
tell you its new The triangular
crystal buttons are ever so attrac
tive too A good touch of figure flat-
tery Is seen in the artful delineation
of the waistline by a scam that does
not brcplc the silhouette with a belt
Heres a suit that combines
practicality with glamour for it will
bo your day and night favorite
Note to the left a black wool cock
tall suit with ribbontrimmed shoul-
ders proud as anything the diplo-
matic corps ever dressed up with
Its beaded emblems This costume
is perfection for the many times
when you want to make the most
of your natural glamour without ap-
pearing overdressed The silhouette
Is sharp and trim nicely calculated
to serve as a background for the
shoulder drama
The casual topcoat to the right
with its new shortlength and
beltedin waistline has the deep
armholed sleeves that give such a
sensational fashion slant for fall
The sleeves are not only high style
but they are also the best design
ever conceived to accommodate the
new bulkyshouldered suits with
action type comfort A coat of this
type takes on a costume look when
paired with a skirt of Its own fabric
gray flannel
Released by Western Newspaper Union
Tiny Tot Novelties
Made of Bright Felt
For little folks designers are
turning out some unusually attrac-
tive novelty jackets hat and bag
sets and lounging booties all made
of bright felt Mothers like the idea
of the little sleeveless Jackets be-
cause they are so practical and pro-
tective A child doesnt have to be
coaxed to wear these gay little nov-
elties for they love the bright col-
ors The news about this seasons
crop of felt whimsies Is that many
of them are being trimmed in a
tailored way the edges being fin
ished oil with contrast felt bind
ings For instance a bright red
felt sleeveless mandarin Jacket has
edges bordered with an inchwide
black banding piped with yellow To
keep little feet warm about the
house you can get cunning loung-
ing booties to match the black felt
binding highlighted with nail heads
A little matching bag is added to
the delight of youngsters
Gray Flannels and Tweeds
Are High Style for Suits
The beauty of gray flannel for
suits must be seen to beappreciated
and dresses of gray flannel have Just
as subtle charm These are made
up with Indescribable artistry the
emphasis being upon SQphistlcated
simplicity that makes the dress or
the suit conspicuous because of the
utter absence of fuss or furbelows
They are Just the sort that will show-
off your most Important jewelry
pieces to perfection Gray with white
hairline stripe makes up into the
smartest suits ever
Gorgeous BustleBoiv Belts
Belts are gorgeous this year One
of the most excitingly new belts
la of black suede sparkling with
raultl colored sequin discs At-
tached to this Is a bespangled suede
bow worn bustle style
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was rarely bested in any business
undertaking
On one occasion the tea trader
was made a poor offer for a piece
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 7, No. 52, Ed. 1, Friday, August 31, 1945, newspaper, August 31, 1945; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47414/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.