The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 36, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 2, 1939 Page: 3 of 4
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6 JU DEN T P R E X Y AT M F RC Y
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Bost thin'j
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that can bo said fr.r
right n .w is that whon
family l'ft h'iT"9 July
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Y.'.rk hi diJ ir.t kn-v; th; prt.pon-
siti s . f &h j monngorie which ho
loft in cLarg f CLv-sl jy LcD.
Our littlo studont -proxy is net
complaining. No ho is mado of
sterner stuff. But oh tho shocks
which his sonsitivo sensibilities
havo undorg'inol
First thing tha McDonald scion
noticed which was out fyMMi
ux o u j uruiueiry auouT
w. R. ' s little flock
concornod corpses in
tho hon house. 3o-
liovo it or not"
says Chosley "Those
cannibals.
According to his report up to
now tho Smith family fowls havo
oaton throe of thoir numbor bodily
and soom tc thrivo on tho diet.
They don't a von so am t. cere that
it makos Chosley norvous tho way
thoy carry on.
And thon the cati Ones uoon a
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are
timo that
from tho
place as
something
instincts
"approached
pussykins would floe
smallest mouse in the
any lady should. But
has arousod its panther
and when tho littlo McD
hor .the othor day to
feed her the daily rations of a
propor. kitty ha found hor playing
with the froshly made corpus dolic-
ti pf a once - ferocious ground
squirrel.
Now Chosley sleeps with his head
under the covers just waiting.
Ho doesn't forgot that thero is-
still a cow to run amuck.
While all this goes on behind
thoir backs tho Smiths are having
a relatively tranquil timo on the
Tonnes soo lap cf their Fair-ward
journoy. In fact their only ex-
citement to date has been to enter-
tain threo families of mountaineers
at their camp one night and that
is admittedly very mild sport for
a social science teacher on six-
week vacation who upon his return
homo may find his chickens and tho
family cat perched upon the body
of his caretaker licking thoir
chops.
Suits and plain
dresses called .
for and deliv-'
area.
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Stay neat as a
pin
for
pin money
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 36, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 2, 1939, newspaper, August 2, 1939; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth91668/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.