The Comanche Vanguard (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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Finally she
called
(Ion.
strain
•aw
blmaelf again aa he begati to fall lc
love with Mary, the lieauty of the vll
tage and h<- had a vision of one Son
day when, walking hack from chore!
Ik there on*
night tn the year. Mary, when all our
children are at home?"
‘ Almost n« many as there are when
you are nt home.’* retorted Mr* Hardy.
“What with your club and your lodge* retorts. and the entire force had quit
and your scientific aoclety and your
reading circle and your directors’ meet
Inu the children nee about as much of
you a» you do of them. How many
nights In n week do you give to us.
Robert? Do you think It la strange
that the children go outside for their
amusements? Our home" Mrs Hardy
paused and looked around at the costly a body.
Interior of the room where the two
were—“our home la well furnished
with everything but our own children.”
The man on the lounge wna silent.
He felt the sharpness of the thrust dy.
made by hla wife and knew It was too
true to be denied But Mr. Hardy was.
atwve all things else selfish Hr had
not the remotest Intention of giving up
his duh or bls scientific aoclety or his
frequent coxy dinners with business
men down town because hla wife spent
so t "
home and tiecause bls children were al
moat strangers to tdin
him. r~ “ ----- —.
hla children making acquaintance* that
he did not approve, and It grated on hla
old faabloned Inherited Now England
idea a that hla boys and girls should
be away from home so often Io the
evening and especially on
life was Helf Interest first." Aa long how there stole Info hie thought th*
aa be was not thwarted In hla own ----- * “
pleasures be was aa good natured as
the average man He provided liberal
|y for the household expenses, and bls
wife and children were supplied with
money and travel aa they requested
Rut tbe minute be was crossed In
I
memory of the old New England home
back tn the Vermont hills and tbe vl- ,
slon of that quiet little country village
where Mary and he had been brought
np together He seemed to see tbe old
meeting house on the hill, at the end
It Rut tbe minute t.e was crossed In of a long, elm shaded street that strag
bls own plans or any one demanded of gled through the village, ami he
him a service that compelled some self
dental he became bard. Ill natured and
haughty
He find been a member of tbe cburcl
work and gone home."
"Couldn’t Burns supply the place of
the Injured men? He knows where the
extras are ”
“That was what be came to see you
about. He said he need«*d further di-
rections The men flatly refused to
work another minute and went out In
I don’t blame them much.
Robert, don’t you believe God will pun-
ish you for keeping tbe shops open on
any Sunday?"
"Nonsense. Mary." replied Mr. Har
Yet there waa a shadow of un
easiness tn ids tone. “The work baa
got to go on. It Is a work of necessity.
Railroads are public servants; they
-- - - -
can’t rest Bundays."
"Then when God tells the world that
It must not work on Bunday* he does
not mean railroad men? The fourth
many lonely, deserted evenings at commandment ought to read: ’Returns
------------ ber the Nabbath day and keep It holy,
Rut It annoyed except all ye men who work for rail
cltlsen. to have roads. Ye haven’t any Hunday.* "
“Mary. 1 didn’t come from one ear
mon to llaten to another. You're worse
than .Mr. Jones."
Mr Hanly half rone on tbe lounge
and leaned on hla elbow, looking at bls
Bunday wife with every mark of displeasure
evening The maxim of Robert Hardy's on his face, and yet ar he looked acme-
Ufa awmsa lntnea>i »» a — X——— a*. a . .... I
at Bm tou fur 23 years, one of the trus-
tee* and a lllteiul giver. He prided
himself on that fact. But so far aa giv-
ing any of * Is time or itersomH service
was concerned, he would as noon have
thought of giving all his property away
to tlie first pi <>r man he met His min
later had this last week written him au
earnest. warm hearted letter, express
lug much pleasure at the service he
had rendered so many years ns a trua
tee and asking him If be would tint
come to the Thursday evening meet
lug that week aud lake some part,
whatever he chose. to help along It
waa a season of anxious Interest among
many in the church, mid tiie pastor
earnestly desired tbe presence uud help
of all the nictnliera.
Robert had lend the letter through
hastily mid smiled a little scornfully
U hat! He take part lu a prayer meet-
ing! He couldn't remember when lie
had attended on.. t bey were loo dull
for him lie wondered at Mr. Jones
for writing such a letter and almost
felt II* though lie had been Imperil
nent He threw the letter In the waste-
basket and did not even answer It lie
would not have been guilty of aucli a
hick of courtesy In regard to a busi
iiesH lettei but ii letter from hla minis-
ter was another thing The idea of ,*e
plying to a letter from him never oc-
culted to Mr Hardy And when
Thinsday ti irht came be went down to
a meeting >>l the chess club and had a
good time with Ills favorite game, for
tn* wa« a tine player and waa engaged
III a series of guinea which were la-lug
plated for the state championship
Tlie superintendent of tbe Sunday
school luid lately timidly approached
Mr Hardy mid asked him If lie would
not take n < Ins* of boys In the Sunday
school What, iif take n class of boya!
He. the Influential, wealthy manager
of oue of the largest railroad shops In
tbe world i>*' give his time to the
teaching of a Sunday school class! He
excused himself on the score of lack of
time, ami the very same evening of ids
loti-rview with (hr soperinteiidcill tie
went to the theater to bear a roaring
farce sod after In- reached home sjient
an hour In Ids favorite study of cliem- I
Istry in bin laboratory at the top of Ids
house, for Mr. Hardy was a man of
considerable power ns n student, and
he had an ndmlrnble physical constitu-
cnpable of tin most terrible
Anything that gave 1dm pleas
tire be wna willing to work for He
was not lazy, but the Idea of giving Ids
personal time and service and tnlenta
to bless the world had no place lu his
mind
And so aa he lay on the lounge thnt
evening and listened to Ids wife’s plain
statement concerning his selfishness he
had no Intention to give up a single
thing thnt gratified tds tastes and fed
Ida pt Ide.
After a silence just about long
enough for some one to give the cxpla
nntion Just given. Mrs. Hardy said,
speaking coldly, ss If It were ■ matter {
of Indifference to her:
"Mr Burns the foreman. <
while you were out.”
"He did? What did he want?"
"He said four of the nS-n In tbe cast- I
Ing room were severely Injured this
afternoon by the bursting of one of the
CHAPTER I
It was Hunday night, aud Roliert
Hardy had Just come home from tbe
•veulug service In the church at Bar
ton He was uot In tbe habit of attend-
ing tbe evening service, but something
said by his minister In the morning
had lni|M*iled him to go out. The even-
ing had been a little unpleasant, aud a
light snow was falling, and tds wife
hud excused herself from going to
church on that account. Mr Hardy
came home cross and fault finding.
"•'•tch me going to evening service
again! Only 50 people out. and It was
a sheer waste of fuel and light Tlie
sermon was one of the dullest I ever
heard. I believe Mr Jones is growing
too ol<! for our church We need n
young man. more up with the times
He Is everlastingly hiiipiug on the ne
cesslty of doing what we can in the
present to save our souls To hear him
tali- you would think every man who
wasn't running round to save souls ev-
ery whiter was a robber ami an enemy
of society He Is getting off, too. on
this newfangled Christian sociology
and think* tlie rich men are oppressing
tbe poor and thnt church members
ought to study and follow more closely
the teachings of Christ and be more
brotherly and neighborly to their fel-
low men Bah! I am sick of the whole
subject of humanity I ahull withdraw
my pledge to tbe salary if the present
style of preaching continues."
“What was tbe text of the sermon to
nlglit?" n-i.ed Mr*. Hardy
"<>li. I don t remember cxni tly Home-
thing about ’Thia night thy soul shall
be demanded' or words like that I
don't believe In this attempt to scare
folks Into Ion ven."
“It would take a good many sermons
to scare you. Roliert."
"Yes; more than two a week.” replied
Mr Hardy with a dry laugh He drew
off his overcoat and threw bhnself
down on the lounge In front of the
open tire. "Where are the girls?"
"Alice Is up stairs reading the morn-
ing paper Clara and Bsm went over
to call <>n the Caxtons.”
"How did they happen to go over
then r
Mrs Hardy hesitated
said. "James came over and Invited
them."
"And they know I have forbidden
them to have anything to do with the
Cuxtous' When they come In. I will
let them know I mean what I any. It
I* very st range the girls do not appear
to understand that."
Mr Hardy rose from the lounge and
walked across the room. then came
back and lay down again and from hla
reeumlieut position (Miked the tire sav-
agely with the shovel
Mrs Hardy bit her lip* and seemed
on the (mint of replying, but said noth-
ing
At Inst Mr. Hardy ask<*d. "Where are
the Ixiys?”
"Will Is getting out his lessons for
tomorrow up in bls room George went
out about N o'clock. He didn't «uy
where be waa going."
"It's a nice family.
uy ••
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“R< bert, don’t you think you
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Ing that «v*r come* to a girl who
I
not mis* a single luxury."
“And where would such help end? If
Allee was
Rhe was
l.M
"Motl'cr. isn't It a little strange fa-
ther sleeps so soundly? I went UP to
hurt this afternoon Hl t 'k* so bro-
kenly In our language that 1 could not
make out exactly bow It Is. aud sb*
was much excited. Kup(io»e it was Bco-
vlile, couldn't you do sometblug for
, them tbeu. Robert?"
“I might." replied Mr. Hardy briefly,
"Hut I can tell you I have mure call*
for my money uow tlmu I can tueot
Take tbe church expenses, for exatnpl*.
Why, we are called upon to give to
•ome cause or other every week, be-
sides our regular pledges for curreut
•xpenae*. It’* a constant dralu. 1
shall have to cut down on my pledge.
We can't tie giving to everything all
tbe time and have anything ourselves."
Mr. Hardy spoke with a touch of !n-
exeused himself from going <>wt to see
the man who luid once saved bls lite
snd who now lay maimed for life If
any one thinks It imposMlble that one
man calling himself a Christian could
be thus Indifferent to another, then he
does not know the power thnt selfish a (qtle talk with you
Hess enn exercise over the actions of
men Mr Hardy had one supreme law
which he obeyed, and that law wna
self
Again .Mrs. Hardy, who rarely ven
tttred to oppose her husband's wishes,
turned to the piano ami struck a few
chords aimlessly
it hunt and said abruptly
“Robert, the c<sik gave warning to-
night tluit she must go home at ones."
Mr llardv had begun to doze n I
but at this sudden statement he sat up
ami exclnltm-d:
"Weil, you are
news tonight. Mary
ter with everybody?
cook wants more pay "
Mrs. Hardy replied quietly: “Her sis
ter is dying And do you know I be
lleve I have never given tbe girl credit
for much feeling Rhe always seemed
to me to lack there, though she Is cer
talnly the most faithful and efficient
servant we ever had In the house She
came III Just lifter Mr Bums left and
broke down, crying bitterly It seem*
her sister Is married to one of the rail-
road men here In town and lin* been
ailing with consumption for some
months She In very poor, and a large
"One of th*m had M« tyct pwt out.”
family hnn kept ber struggling for'
mere existence —
beside herself with grler as she told
the story and said rhe must leave us
and care for her sinter, who could not i
live more tlfaii a u < ek ai the I
I pitied tbe poor girl.
-------------— , rr and whispered “Forgive me. moth-
live more tlTau a week at the longmt ) | didn’t mean to butt you. But I
Roliert. don't am ao unhappy!"
you think we could do something for
tbe family? We have ao much our
•elves. We could easily help them and ££"of <lo<i under tbe Influence of that
come* along we shall lie tieggars our ' B|| hl* *oul.
■elves Beside*. I can't afford It. The ) •* •------•— -
boy* are a heavy expense to me while
they are In college, and the compauy
han l>een cutting down salaries lately
If tbe cook’s slater I* married to a rail
mad mao. he I* probably getting good
wages and can support her ail right."
"What If that railroad man were I*
Jured aud made a cripple for life?" In
qulred Mrs. Hardy quietly.
"Then the Insurance companies or
the socle ties eau belp them out.
don't are how we can make every case
that comen along our care. There
would lw no end of It If we once tie-
rs n."
"As nearly as 1 could And out." con room ahe saw someth Ing was happen-
tinned Mrs. Ilanly, without replying to tng. but «he nlmblv said:
her husband's remarks, “cook’s slater
I* married to one of the men who were
I
Unhappy' And yet the girl was Just
beginning to blossom out toward tbe
’ moat divine and tender and true feel-
ing that ever come* to a girl who
we give to every needy person who rnowa a trite, brave man love* her
And aome people
would have us leave this subject to tbe
flippant novelist Inatead of treating It
a* Christ did when l.e said. “For this
cause"—that I*, for love—“shall a man
leave hla father and mother and cleave
unto hla wife."
Mr* Hardy waa on the point of say-
ing something when the sound of pe
collar step* on the stairs waa heard
and shortly after Alice puabed the cur-
tain* aside nnd came In
1 tbe oldest girl In the family
a cripple, the result of an accident
when a child, and ahe carried a crutch,
using ft with much skill and even
grace. The minute ahe entered th*
the bearer of bnd
Wbnt’a the mat
I suppose tin* g|r| grew wry red In the face, nnd
then, to the aurprlae of her mother ami
Bi ns, she burst out Into n violent tit of
crying Mrs Hardy gathered her Into
tier arms ns In the olden times when
xbe was a little child ami soothed her
into quietness
“Tell me nil about It. dear. I did not
know you cared for James In that
way."
“But I do.” sobbed Clara "And fa
tber guessed something aud forbade us
going there any more. But I didn’t
think be would mind It If Bess nnd I
weut Just this one night I couldn’t
help It anyway Mother. Isn’t It right
for people to love ea< h other?"
“"Han't proper to tai!; about such
things on Sunday." an id Bess solemnly.
“Clarn!” said Mrs Hardy "Why,
you're only a child yet! la It true that
James l»— Why. he la only a boy!"
“He is 21. and I nm IS. nnd he’s earn-
ing $4<* a month In the office and is ouo
of tbe best stenographera In tbe state.
We've talked It over, and I wish we
could be married tomorrow, so!" Clara
burst out with It all at once, while Bess
remarked quietly:
"Ye*, they're real *enalble, and I
think James is nice, but when I marry
1 want more than $40 a month for can-
dy alone And. then, be isn't partlcu
larly handsoqie."
“He la. too." cried Clara. "And be’a
good anil brave and splendid, and I'd
rather have him than a thousand such
men a* Lancey Cummings. Mother. I
don't want money It hasn’t made you
happy "
"Hush, dear!” Mr*. Hardy felt as If
The cook was almost a b|0W had smitten her In the fac*.
Rhe waa silent then
Clara put her arm* around her moth-
er
ar!
the almost palatial room and *miled
Then her fa e grew a little stern and
almost forbidding aa she rememliered
that only last w«-ek her husband bad
■pent $150 for a new electrical appa-
ratus to ex|M*rlmeut with In hla laliora-
tory And now he was talking hard
times ami grudging the amall siima be
gave to religious objecta In connection
with hi* church and thinking be could
not afford to belp the family of a man
who ha<l once saved bl* life!
Again she turned to the piano and
played awhile, but ahe could not lie
rested by the music as sometime* ahe
bad been When she Anally rose and
walked over by the table near the end
of tbe lounge. Mr. Hardy wna asleep,
aud she sat down by the table, gazing
Into th<* open Are drearily, n look of
sorrow nnd unrest on the face still
beautiful, but worn by years of disap-
pointment nml tbe loss of thnt respect
ami ndmlnitlon she once held for the
mnn who had vowed at the altar to
Rhe hnd not lost her
love for lilm wholly, but ahe was fast
losing the best part of It. the love
which has It* dally source In an Inborn
rcspt * t When respect is gone, love I*
not long in following after
Hli> -it thus for half an hour nnd
was nt last nrouaed by the two girls.
They were
laugl lug and talking together am! hml
evidently parted with some one nt the
door Mrs Hardy went out Into the
hnllway
“Hush, girls, your father I* asleep!
You kmov how he feels to be awakened
suddenly by noise But he has been
tnnee to the i-hop tenements he readily , waiting up for you."
"Then I guess we’ll go up stair*
without bidding him good night.” said
Clam abruptly "I don’t want to be
lectured about going over to the Cas-
tons’ ”
“No: I want to see you both and have
Come lu here."
Mr* ilsidj drew the two girls Into the
front room and pulled tbe curtain* to-
gether over the arch opening Into the
room where Mr Hardy lay "Now tell
me sills, why did your father forbid
your g< mg over to the Caxtoi -'? I did
. net know until tonight Has It some
Then she wheeled ‘ thing to do with James?"
Nr.tber of the girl- said anything for
a minute Then Bess, who was the
■*-• . etiuger of the two and famous for
llttle.4 i.Yrtliug Hie family with very sens*
tloual remarks, replh d. “James and
Clara are engaged and they are goiter
to be married tomorrow."
Mrs Hardy looked at Clarn. nnd the
by Muiy11 side, he bad miked ber fo th
hi» wife. It seemed to him that a
breath of tbe meadow Just lieyoml
Hquire Haxen'a place <*ame Into the
room Just as it was wafted up to him
when Mary turned aud said the biqipy
word that made that day tbe gladdest,
proudest day be bad ever known.
Wbat. memories of tbe old times!
What!
He seemed to come to blmself and
kv < vmr to UIIIIhFIi Hum
stared around Into tbe Ar* as If won-
: dering where he wa«. and be did not
see the tear thnt rolled down bl* wife'*
cheek aud fell upon her two band*
Hasped In her lap. Hhe arose and went
over to tbe piano, which stood Io th*
»ha<low. and. sitting down with h*r|
back to her husband, she played frag- dlgnstloii and bls wife glancod around
mviit* of music nervously. Mr Hardy
lay down on the lounge ngnin. After
■ while Mr*. Hardy wheeler! atiout on
the plnno stool and said:
"R< bert, don't you think you had,
better go over nnd aee Mr. Burns about
tbe men who were hurt?"
“Why. what can I do about It? The
rnni|mii.V*s doctor will aee to them I
■bouhl only lie In <he way. Did Burns
•ay they were badly hurt?”
“One of them had hl* eyes nut out,
and another will have to lose both feet.
I think he said hla name waa Scoville."
“What! Not Ward Rcovllle!"
“I think Burns anld that wan th*
name."
Mr. Hardy rose from the lounge, then
lay down ngnin. “Ob. well. I can go
there the first thing In the morning. I
can't do anything now." he muttered
But there came to bls memory a pic-
ture of one <lay when he was walking
through the machine abop* and a heavy
piece of casting had broken from the
end of n large hoisting derrick am! tnnke her happy
would have fallen upon him amt proba-
bly killed him If this man Scoville, at
the time s workman In the machine de-
partment. had not pulled him to oue
■Ide nt the danger of Ills own life A*
It wn*. In saving the life of the mana-
ger Rcovllle wn* struck on the shoulder I
ami rendered uselt ss for work for four Clara and Reas, coming In
weeks. Mr Hartly had raised til*
wages ami advanced him to a re*|ion*l-
ble (xisithm In tbe casting room Mr.
Hartly was not a man without generos-
ity ami humane feeling, but ns he lay
on the lounge that evening ami thought
of tin* cohl snow out-lde ami the ills
I will go and
stead of lieatlng about the bush so?
their books In !’<! lie duwu aud die.
ola
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6,392.07
/
592.37
79.48
Total
fl 13,495.31
NONE
22.00
NONE
712.30
... $113,495.31
Classified Advertisements
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Do you
Ifl-tf
COR SALE OR TRADE— Eif’ .
and there was not a thing that Bessl*
p't'e
(To be Continued.)
Sidney, Texas, Route 2.
sued for money borrowed
Other liabilities as follows:
Reserved for taxes
f’etrei* ”
and w«! ’
No. 888
Official Statement of the Financial
Condition of
posit
Cashier’s Checks
Bills Payable and rediscounts,
dividends unpaid
60.53fi.87
9,717.39
Registered Du~oe Jersey
C. L. llorahoe,
28-31-p
left It ou* Just on purpose to plague us
boya."
And Will shied tbe book over to Ai
Ice. who good naturedly Itegiiu to read.
598.98
434.86
3,424.60
55.23
Nona
6,000.00
579.98
2,000.00
“Sap, nr»», I want »ome money epofn ”
can't tint) the old verb to thnt sentence
anyway f"
er page somewhere, or maytie Cii-sur
. 644.28 18,170.26
62.25
2,000.00
Specie 3,339.82
Intereot in Depositors Guar-
anty fund
Other resources as follows:
Assessment guaranty fund
$35,000.00
5,500.00
972.92
er. who was her hero,
ed with *o mueb
asked
They were still whispering together,
and Clam had just risen to go up
atnlr*. and Alice and Will bad finished
the tran*latlon. and Will was Just on
the point of seeing bow near he could
come to throwing tbe"Commentaries of
•O EXCHANGE for anything of vat-
ic -good 4-room residence and lot
vith well, pump and other improve-
ments, fronting on West Main street.
See Sam Todd. 16.
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Rate, 25 worls, four weeks for 50c.
j HORSE AND BL’GGY FOR SALE—
’ Cheap. G. E. Smith. 29tf
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Res.*. I
LOST—Hamilton Gold Case Watch,
silver ring, between Cotton Belt depot
and Arther House. Return to J. B.
Arthur and receive liberal reward.
Pferca’s
inr across the mom when Mt* Hardy , Barber Shop, South Side Square,
parted the curtain* nt the arrh and
'*•< kotied her children to come into the
n«*xt rnei’i Her face wn* ••Scwdlnglv
» • win trembling n* If wltli
•• • o*t-'«>r
LIABILITIES
. Capital stock paid in
Surplus Fund
I Undivided Profits, net
Due to banks and bankers,
subject to check, net
Individual deposits, subject
to check
Time certificates of deposit
Demand certificates of de-
Maylte It's around on the «>tb
LOST—White Bull Dog; 1 year old;
glass spot in one eye. G. L. Chap
man, Comanche.
FOUND—-A sack of peanuts on Co-
manche nnd Bibb road. Owner apply
to L. E. Weaver, R 3, for the money.
The First State Bank
•f Coaancha, Texas
at Cotnancha, State of Texas, at the
close of business on the 31st day of
December, 1915, published in the Van-
guard, a newspaper printed and pub-
lished at Comanche, State of Texas,
on the 14th day of January, 1916.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts, per-
sonal or collateral |77,201.33
Loans, real estate
Overdrafts
Bonds and stocks—
Real estate (banking house)
Other real estate
Furniture and flrturas
Due from approved
reserve agents, net 17,525.97
Due from other
banks and bankers
subject to check
net
Cash items
Currency
I EIGHT good far mhomes for sale or
i trade. Lortf time and low interest
| on lime payments. If you are need-
ing a good farm home, one that will
raise corn, peanuts, maize, hogs and
■attle, also all kind* of fruits and
vegetables of all kinds, see us, we
Io solemnly swear that the above
i statement is true to the best of our
tbiiii sparking Sunday '{nowledge and belief.
J. E. GRAY, President,
E. E. ANTHONY, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 7th day of January, A. D. 1916.
NELLIE PALMER,
Notary Public, Comanche Co., Texas.
Correct—Attest:
E. E. DENNY,
W. A. WAGNER.
G. E. SMITH.
Directors.
doe* j
Ami.
with h«*i
face hid lu the pillow of u large couch
Will trh-il to (>ull the (tllluw out from
under ber head
"Let me alone. Will I don't fee)
well." said a muffled voice from tbe
pillow
"Pshaw! you’re fooling!"
"No. I'm not l«et me alone."
“Come here, or I won't read your sen i
----•-------.. An(1 W|1|
knew
fence for you." called Allee
reluctantly withdrew for he
from experience thnt Aller would keep
ber word.
"All right. Now. go ahead; not too
fast Here! Walt a minute! Let me
write her down I don't Intend to mlns
tomorrow If I can help It Am! oh!
Romulus will call me up on this very
passage. I know Be Just like him.
though, to strike me on the review ”
At thnt tnluute the door opem>d. and
In <*nme George, the elder boy nm! the
oldest of the group of children He
hung up hat mid coat aud strolled Into
the room
"Where’* mother?"
"She's In the other room.” nnawered
Bess “Father's asleep and moth-
er wn* afmld lie wa* going to have a
fever "
“That's one of your aforleo," *.’'d
George, who s -n. I i i n good nntur-sl
mood He silt down mid drew his little
•later toward him nnd whispered to
her:
"Bay.
again.”
“Awfully?" whispered Res*
"Yea: for n special reason
think you could let me have a little?"
"Why. of course You can have all
my mouth's allowance But why don't
you nak father?"
"No: I have naked him too much late-
ly -I.........
I didn't like It tbe way he spoke."
He refused point blank last time, ha.*e bargains to offr-. -Neelv-Harria-
* " | Cunningham Co. 1 H-tf
"Well, yot? can have all mine,” *ald
' ;OH S*LE ?B ’RADB-Elf
.nd there wna not a thing that Bessie *•"»>• located north, east and •***;
would uot have done for her big broth Comanche. Our price* are cheap, and
What be want I ve will give good long time to make
money she never payments at * per cent interest. See
us if interested.—Neeiy-Harris-Cuh
ningham Co. 16-tf
hiiu aud s|toke to him just now. think- |
lug he wua junt lying there, ami be '
didn't answer, and then I *nw he waa
asleep But i never knew him to sieep
so Nunday night. He usually read* up
in the study "
“I'arhaps be Is sick.
see ”
Mrs Hardy ro*<* ami went Into tbe 1
! other room, mid Ji -t th< it Hie younger
boy. Will, came down stairs. He said
something to his mother aa be (ia*sed
through the room an<l then came In
where the girls were, >arrying one of
his iMXik^ii hi* hand.
“Kay, *h-e. tramdate this paaaagr
, for me. will you? Confound tbe old Ro
man* anyway! What do I care atiout
the way they fought their old bnttlea
and built their old one horse bridges!
7 bat makes me angry Is tbe way
I'teaar has of telling a thing Why
ran’t be drive right straight ahead in-
Mead of lieatlng alnut the bu*b ao?
If I couldn't get up a tietter language
than those old duffers used to write
1
Total
STATE OF TEXAS
I '"ounty of Comanche. We. J. E.
! Gray as president, and E E. Anthony
ed of yours. If. Will, studying on Mun j i* cashier of said bank, each of us,
day ulgbts!" said little Beaa reproving Io solemnly swear that the
ly and with dignity
"No worst* t‘
nights," retorted the Incorrigible Will
"I haven't been.' replied Bess, Indlg
umitly “I've been with Clara"-
"She doesn't m*vd any help
ahe?" Inquired Will Innocently
going over where Clara lay
aome money
: Certificates of deposit, is-
whlle that mueb suffering youth sat
down by Ben* and began to ten*e her
aud Clara.
“What are you and Clara doing at
this time of <ln.v? Time you youngster*
were going up stairs. Play us m little
tune. Bessie, will you? What you been
crying for. Clara Vere de \ ere?’
"1 should think you would In* asbmn
VITONA—For Rheumatism, Indi-
gestion, Kidney and Bladder Troubles;
and for all diseases arising from im-
Cn**ar” into an ornamental Japanese | nure or impoverished blood.
FOR RENT—My place in eastern
part of town; 6-room house; 10 acres
of land.
Also a farm on Del .eon and Proctor
road, 80 acres in Cultivation. Apply
to A. C. Cathey. 28tf
J. B. Edwards left la*t Friday for LOST—Long Black Pocketbook with
Paris, Texas, where he will act aa f. & M. Rank stamped on back, con-
proxy for Uncle Bill Davis in an in- ta|ning two silver dollar*, four
surance association at its annual halv„ an<1 one quarter; also contained
meeting. From there he will visit grocery hills fem Coleman’s store
over in the adjoining county ef Red <yr!i Frnnklin.
River, where he used to live. He has .
-elatlv**. fHends and acquaintances nt cdr SALE
*•“ c’ ler and other points' “Ir* of beat strain.
*ood time.
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Russell, L. B. The Comanche Vanguard (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1916, newspaper, January 14, 1916; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1248132/m1/4/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.