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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-26
AS 10 RELIABLE NEWS.
a Few Words from the Beaumont Core
spondent of The Post.


spondent of The Post.
beaumont. Texas, September 25.-The
world has never known but one man who
made no mistake. and He was crucihed be-
cause of His perfection. The Beaumont
Journal has for several weeks been try
ing TO dlscredit The Houston Posts Beau
mont news service, and has, in fact stated
that the service is anything but reliable
The Posts Beaumont correspondent makes
no pretensions toward nfallibllity, but he
does try to give the news OF the heiu as
he finds 1t. Hundreds of people depend
on The Post for news from TINS helu, anu
to these the following shots Mt the fosl
Beaumont news service and what came Vi
them may he OF interest;
This morning The Post announces oHn cdor tne
In regard to the reliability or It's news
service from Beaumont, me PoSt Is Id ipPrl
ly getting into the Times Democrat eldSS,
a paper which has occasionally prlhleu Il
news item from Beaumont that was not
either misleading or inspired by speeqlin-
tors That the Chicago crude wen "aS
not been abandoned Is fully eXplaineu ~
an jntryiew with the secretary of the COM
pany published in another column
The foregoing paragraph was published
in the Beaumont Journal Of August o-Jus'
seven weeks ago today. Not one linen mas
been drilled in the Chicago Crude wen
since that day The machinery has all been
removed. and the only thing that marks
the site is derrick a pile OF rusty pipe
and a dry hole.
Three or four days later. or about An
gust 10. the following paragraph appeared
| in the journal:
| YESTERDAY The Houston Post announced
| that the German American well az Saniiht
| Pass had been abandoned SIS austeI' , Nv
| morning II prints commuhlcaton a ~,
| I ri Fright OF the German American com
| nanv who pronounces the report untrue
| TbeTe is nothing remarkable in Hhls ln, t
| dent except that In his letter MI, DIE
| writes as II ne expected The Post 70 u'
| correct in it's news service from pe"u
| mont -,
| Nearly seven weeks have elapsed since
the Journal denied in an inferential way
tbat the German-Amerlcan well had oeei
abandoned. within less than week alle
the paragraph had been printed by tn'
Journal the machinery had been remoFe'
| from the site of the German AmeIica'
well and shipped to Louisiana ana y
work has been done on the wen since ~
post announced that It had been AEON
| doned. .,..y
while the Journal has by innuendo state'
many times that The Posts service iron
th,s place is very unreliable, the two 10
stances given are the only ones In wnic
II specifics dereliction Of duty on u
! part OF the correspondent acre. -----
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100. silurian 90, ]. H. Barnes ps. Ga.
waine IS. Little Elkin ~.
Seven furlOngs, handicap Maggie Davis
1O2, Gonfainn 1Oi, Uledi rs, Ben Battle
Haviland rs. 1oah SO,
Sfceplchasp. short course. handicap
Rocky Rolfe i45, Dick Furber, Popuhst
40. Eva Moe t33, Little John i3i. Danger
line $50. SANITY i2a. Captain Conover i27.
Mile. the Endurance stakes handicap,
Tor 2.year.olds South Tramble 1l5, Arlan
ii2. Miracle II los, Aladdin l0l, The Giver
100.
O'Rrien 100, Strangcst 81 Scarchor "a,
Odnor ~, Conundrum "a.
SIX furloncs for 2.year.olds Tommy Eos
Rose Plume 112, Prctoriu, tAnathon 100,
stuart Young LOG, Gray Eagle Duke OF
Conuaught 100 Dghy Bell Sleslan %.
Mile enckart, Leo Newell lV2, IVA Rice
100. Matte Bazaar 100 The Chicftain Sl,
Julia Junkin so. Erne 80, Miss Charlie ~.
Clear and fast
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four-lnch casing was blown 100 a..
the derrick and the Joint Win ~ VVer
on II went half way into the gronnS 99 rhni
top OF the derrick was blown IN H., lne
2ther damage to mention has occurra ~
wood on the gas Cow and il blewi surd
the, top Of the derrick. II is rrsna y 10
and worth coming to see. e""" s'gnt
While the party was out IN ,bo 49,.
yesterday the drill on thn pr ene heights
company struck small dow Of oil Hc1 Tbn''
now lack about twenty feet Of hc,ra nuey
T IseP as the Lucas well aud are e getan a
IL possible shut on that heavy hoyS una
me drlller Of the Lucas well now w s s"s,
that he will stake everything on ny ~ n Ely !
found on Bryan Heights. '" vi oeing
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GAS STRIKE AT VELASCO.
Is Regarded as a Certain indication
Of Oil


II 'easco, leAas' September al eSIeiuay
rtanOon at few minutes after 3 o'clock
NJ Lucas we'll struck heavy gas dow
III broke through with an awful roar
fnlng out OF the ten-inch pipe With such
tNe as to blow out 400 feet of the four
keh casing the driller had started down to
N through what he thinks is the cap
III 70 the oil stratum. Three or four peo-
NJ IN town saw the gusher just as it
Parted and saw mud, water and pipe spout
9ei The derrick. They gave the alarm,
n The Post correspondent was with the
~ carriage to reach the well and learn
w iEue status Of the matter.
selSre reaching the well, however, they
IN ne driller just across the river, and
4 said that It was a gas blowout, ana he
pa the repairs to the derrick were small,
sort ns srS would qua not be long in getting to
blowout was sure oil indSat tHrS [ IF oil
d such gas pressure was always found
faele OIL was found to any great extent.
IN made the remark yesterday morning
4 some black stuff came from the well
~; be would strike oil or gas before
t@t
ne roar OF the well Is deafening. 1t
y Ies OUT in such force that a conversation
" not be carried on anywhere near it,,
IN NE longer the party stayed there the
II'nger 1t got, and this morning The roar
4 ~ oe heard in yelasco, nearly four miles
1IG H.u,
INN ISet isgd. no one was hurt, the derrick
fon ; ,hs having just reached the ground
as, Several OF the men ran away and
negro cook was not found ot last ac.
fsnM i evidently is strong indica.
XIV q oil and the expert drillcr here saws
~, NE Prospects for oil are better nj
Esas heights than at any ether place in
!. "Snty The drlller at the Lncas well
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4 Rig ASPHALT PL Ant
..uoat Is TO Be Pushed TO an
EARLY Completion
N WILL BEGIN IN A FEW DAYS
- Has Been Purchased and is
|sNp Nv on the Way to Texas
by Water.

rs,as. September 25,-The
faaIV. n. Central Asphalt and kehning
rs q nv ~ the construction OF an I'M
ppaE ~ in this city for the making
s'e paN' IA other products from bean.
.'ps crude petroleum are n U,ont within
.o,s viii begin on the pan, I,u, w"
Il Fas Former Senator Charles a.
~ M M president of this company nus s
Fspe 'ns from trip to the North ana
" re's,r r.hre there he purchased the ma
~ aus mo plant. Two barges ana
n row on their way 10 nea ano or'
N N. machinery on board ana are eN'
Y ~ - arrive here shortly.
taea .,ndInps to house this immense
~ nv require 100000 brick. These
y viii be made by the central ASp ,,.,s
.,, .T company, and oil Will be used
N ~. the kilns instead OF wood u
nnns, ,ed that the cost OF OH Is It's
eonIpaeittbird that Of wood, ana IL mahGs
ar,eISsdy better fuel, since ho ttrnnsfermei
kre ever, Reviewer, before it goes into the
Ins,, alto has been selected for the
tNalR selection is still subject 10
Rlt lnfy Is the desire of the company to
a lns s. nlsnt as conveniently to all the
fln .s AZ entering Beaumont. as possible.
ross% companys output of asphalt. as
4 .ns ,.lnf and other products OF the
~ w, p Constitute an immense tonnage or
FFss. n. rowne says the plant will be In
Es,,aon hy March / next year.
~
su,bln week the Lone Star and Cres-
. 7, ;oIl company will have connected its
S.ssr on Spindle Top with deep water
means OF the company's pipe line to
Eprs Pass. The completion of this pipe
A. win be an important step In the oil
{rpbpment, as it will furnish an outlet
4, Al 10 high seas not dependent on a
kirsta waterway, and with the two lines
Part Arthur this field will have made
flts a stride toward providing equipment
4. furnishing fuel oil TO the world. The
"A. n Sabine Pass would have been com
Sstss several weeks ago had not the mos
kiioes made 1t impossible for the line
H. 10 work.
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st. Louis September 25.-Thc features Of
today's sport at pelmar was the riding of
Dale. who had 1--WE mounts and put four
Of them over, coming third in the other
Track fast. "a.
Six furlongs, selling-Pomcha, Robert W.
CApitolia. Time 1.l5i2,
Six and a half furlongs. selling Boot,
Ben Frost DR. Lovely. Time l:23A.
Mile, selling-,Ioc Doughty, Dominis, Don
Luis. Time Lazy,
Six furiongs Miss Mae Day, Jake Weber,
Lunar. Time 1;i4.
Six fur;ongs. selling -Hanctto, Refer, Co
reel. Time 1,i5l2.
Mile. selling -Chappaqua, Jessie Jarboe,
Sir Rolla. Time AZ
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The Harness Events.

Cincinnati, September 23Not over 500
people attended the oakley parl. grand
circuit meeting today. The sport was fea-
turclcss ,.......
2:a5 pace. purse $1,000 George Castle won
I'm strnlght heats Best time LIZA
o.l5 trot. purse 5000 Major Chew won
In straight heats. Best time 2:l3A.
2:iG pace, purse $1,000 tnhnlsheu)
Birch Bud took two heats; Happy Wilkes
won two heats; Hal Clipper won one heat
Best time 2:l1.
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OIL STOCK SALES.
Grace Sold at Lower Prices-Ns+;o,,
Higher.


Higher.
Neurly all stocks were held at armer
prices during yesterdays call on the uous
ton OIL and Stock Exchange An excent,on
10 me rule was Grace, which sold os lov,
as 41s' after having reached So durino m
auNanee 1t made few weeks tgo. More
was wanted at the decline, but ON tho anol
'"ii 1t was not offered below Az,
Merchants and Mechanics sold NJ 60
~, after having advanced recently to 9iL
at Z to ~. selllng
National oil and Pine sbowod 49, i.
creased demand, and sold at oSih 70 %
MIN Min 80 asked at the close. Houston and
beaumont was also higher, one sale hcing
low 20 80" 'hereu De-
Manhattan advanced point ~ being
onered yesterday and As asked 'e'"e
The prices bid and asked vestordo,. a.,
the sales made; anu
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THE RACES.
No Recall System Didn't Work We'll at
GraVesend.

New York, September 25.-The mo re
call" system Of starting, used in England
and California, was tried for the first time
on the metropolitan tracks at Gravesend
today. In two OF the three times 1t was
tried a horse was left at the post and in
one case it was Whisky King, faYorite of
the second race.
Advance Guard won the one and one
Quarter mile handicap. but was disqualified
for forcing The Regent oyer on Morning
side mt the last sixteenth pole
Mile and n sixteenth, selling-Autolight,
Bowen, Satire. Time AZ 30.
Six furlongs-Unmasked, Belle OF Lex,
ington. Cervera. Time 1;10 %.
The Monarch stakes mile and an eighth
Gold Heels, Dublin 1.-TWO startedl Time
! ;54 80.
Five and half furlongs--La Crlmea, Star
of the West, Schwahe. Time los.
Mile and a quartcr-Advance Guard won,
The Regent second, Morringslde third,
First Whip fourth. Tim, ?:06 40. The
Regent was placed first, rningsde sec
ond and First Whip third.
About six furlongs-pricJ Pearl Finder,
Early Eve. Time IL.
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GRAvEsENn ENTRIES-

About six furlongs, handicap, 2-year-olds
king Hanover 124 Highlander 115.
Caug6nawaga liz Goldseeker 10, Fair
knight 1OG Ben Howard 107, Father Went
ker lOT Namtor t02 Smart Set 1l9. Golden
Cottage 112. Talisman 10. Major DANGER
field 10, Peninsula 10, Andy Williams
1906 Femesale 1903.
one and one-eighth miles-Armor 1O7
Lady Chorister -, Potente 1oo, Fatalist
lO5, Little Daisy 50, Intrusive 100,
The Hitchcock steeRle. about two and n
half niles handicap Robin 1853, Sir
Hubert las Last Cord IA, Cheesemlte $40
Jessie S. 1876. Zanzibar 147 Jim McGibbcn
i47. Orman IA, Miss Mitchell 1871, Curfew
Bell 1870.
Eddie Busch 104, Nan O'War %. Zirl "a,
Anak los. Setauket 100, Kindred or KNAPP
sack los PRESUMPTION 81. Femesole 30.
0clawaha o. Missile 1OJ, Leond 40, Jim
Tniiy o. Awlxa ~, Gay Boy 115. Ascension
o.. Reformer 1o2.
Mile and seventy wards, -olds-Alard
Srheck LOG, Anna Darling ~, Paul Clifford
| 100 .
| RastJIe IO3 DR. Riddle 106. Glennelh 1o1
| Gienrar 1O5. Maria Bolton %. Disturber
| 1n3 Templeton 19l Tonlcum 1O4 Cherries
| ia Huitzllopochti los, Military 10G Con
| +end i06 Sweet Tooth 100, Tower OF Can
| dles i04. Mayor Gilroy 105. Himself 1O6.
Clear and fast.
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the third straight by punching seven hits
In the seventh aud eighth innings.
Score II III IL
Chicago ........... .OO1 OOf OO0-- 3 q l
Philadelphia .....,. .OOO 0O0 22O- s &
aughes and Killing; nuggleby and Doug
lass.
st. Louis. September 2a.-.St Louis won
the odd game Of the Boston series on
Richardson's home run Ia the eleventh In
ming.
score II IL u
st. Louis ......t0 100 Geo ono OIL - 4
Boston .s....., 600 0lO 600 90 . u
IIarpe and Shrivcr; Willis and Tenny.
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get the prices on same and solicit the
necessary funds TO buy 1t and deed IT to
I'm, oil and pipe coMpAny for the purposes
named as a present by the citizens OF Jen-
uiugs This committee VIII report at an
other meeting again Friday nlght'
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TUT BEAUMONT EXCHANGE.
SALES

&Burao, 1900 shares at SIC.
Syoung ladies'. 10000 shares Mt 612c.
Citizens Consol, 3 shares at $500.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.


Pltsburg. September 25.-Matthewson
had poor control Of the bah today and the
game was easy for the home team.
Score n II II
Pittsbure ...... 800 GA OOx-l0 IL /
Ne,y York .. 100 DOL 20l-- 10 4
Tannehill and Zimmer; MRtthewson and
Warner.
Cincinnati September 25.-HeIsman, the
Reds new pitcher, was knocked uneon-
scious in the second inning today by a
pitched ball. Brooklyn had no trouble in
winning.
Score II u
Rrooklyn ........ $50 $50 600 8 IL 2
HeIsinan, suthoff and Bergen; DOnovan
and Farrell
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ma Features at Hawthorne.

Chicago. September 25.-Perfect weather
Greeted large crowd at Hawthorne today,
hut the card was practically without fea-
ture.
slx furlongs -Kohnwreath, Arachus, Lady
Idrls Time 1:l4
six and a half furlongsmSanta Teresa,
nrdie s stella Perkins. Time 1:2iA,
MiIe-Tjncle Tom, Cora Havll, Matte Ba'
zaar. Time 142l4.
Five furIougs -Jaubert Coacoa, Julia Jun
I'm Time 1O0M.
Mile, selllng-Allee, Alfred, Fox. Time
Nile Nile and a furlong-obla, Cluster, Brutal
Time 1853.
HAWTHORNE ENTRIES.
Mile and twenty yards, selling FTeling-
huvsen. John GTIgsby, Cauover lO3, Fan
tasy. Nsaos l02, Eazgsh. chsunesy Fiahar
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THE YACHT RACE TODAY.
The Official Forecast Promises Fair
Weather and Good Winds.
THE SHAMROCK IS IN GOOD TRIM
But Her Owner Is Wiling to Admit that
She Is Likely to Be Beaten
by the American Boat
sss.sse.osss..eeo..sosesse.,

Washington. September 25.-ofa-
clal Forecaster Frankerfeld Of the
weather bureau tonight made the
following weather prediction for to-
morrow's yacht races:
eve will have tomorrow off Sandy
Hook light to fresh north to north
east winds and fair weather"
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AMERIcAN LEAGUE.

Philadelphia September % Ten of the
home club batted in the first inning and six
OF them hit safely. netting Ave runs
enough To- win.
Score II II r.
Milwaukee ........ O2O 100 COl-- ~ 1
Philadelphia ...... 500 900 ok 10 o
Hastings aud Maloney; Bernhard and
Powers
baltimore, September 2a-Today's game
was short and snappy and resulted in a
victory for the locals. Bowling was hit
consecutycly.A -,
Baltimore .........11o GOO o4z- s II 3
cleveland ...... 900 col OO4- ; S 2
McGiunity and ~Bresnahan; Downing ana
Conner.
Boston, September ~. Boston defeated
Chicago easily today, the visitors errors
again counting largely TO their defeat Nc
Fnrland's fielding was feature, >,
Score u ~ -
chicago .,...... 2ON 600 00O-- s !
Young ana Crlger; Callahan and Sugden.
washington. September o5,Two hits a
mass and Holmes costly error in the sec
ona Inning gave Washington today's game.
Both teams icldch poorly. - =,
Washington ... $50 600 OK 3 S I
pstroit ,.......0 0i coo Col > 4
Pattcn and Grady; Mile aud McAllistcr'
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Run Doun

men don't expect to be
saisa In a minute /! 1t takes
NY n''le time to get your blood
'rs's and rich. We haven't
IN ,S'li 70 explain. Just ask
|' 'Sa' doctor why Ayers Sar-
| a'pa'llla is such a good
| |ssulSlne for debility, weak
yves and indigestion.
'la .bo ~ very poorly and could hardly
slysts e. the house. Then I tried
sss ii /, = ssparilla, and only two bot
4 Ms. N 2oe me feel perfectly we'll"
IA Y. = . Svinney, Princeton. Mo.
'A 81 &c. AVER CO., LEVEL, Msss.
.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23

horses and a small mare colt. In the
course of time he raised from her and
her increase, 800 head of horses. There
were no wire fences then, not even to
keep off tn mustangs that abounded all
over the prairies to Lavacca river and
beyond, but in an evil hour he decided
to move his family and stock to the
frontier, and went to Erath county.
My. brother, General John r. Baylor.
wrote to him and advised him not to
o for the ComancheS would be sure
to get his horses. and sure enough he
had not een on his ranch a week I'M
IL the Indians made a raid and took
every e of horses hat he had and
left him afOot to commence the strug-
gle of life over again. 1t broke the old
mans heart, but his boys built up
again, and Ike, the eldest son. after
wards became a member Of the leg
islature- To such sudden changes
We're old Texans subjected, but they
We're a glorious race of heroes.
George Wythe Baylor.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23

for him." when he would be off. and if
he smelled blood the deer was my
neat; but if | missed the deer he would
sneak back. his tail between his legs.
and looking as mean as if lie had
missed the deer himself instead of me
] am getting off again.
1 heard old Mungo open and come
towards me. and happened to be by the
side of a fallen cottonwood tree. 1 just
could see over good, and hearing the
brush crack | peeped out and not TWEEN
ty yards off stood an old doe broadside,
looking back towards old Mungo. He
had just finished his limit.
o l received minute inStruc-
lions from an old hunter-Hugh White
-Mantha White we called him-the
best reel player that v drew horse
hair across cat CUTS. who was a near
n~eighbor" in those days, living on
Cummings creek, some ten or twelve
miles away: George. When you get
so that you can see a deer's eyes plain
he is about seventy-five yards of, draw
a bead on his lee and raise your gun
until half way up his fore shoulder"
and pull the trigger You will knock
him down in his tracks every time.
Don't breathe while you are drawing a
bead or you will wobble of and miss"
l slipped my old rifle over the top of
$500 Aoo no 80 oS PSsSl-
Die until half of the six feet was on the
deer's side and cooked it. But slight
as tn enOise was, the doe heard it, or
mayhap heard my heart thump against
ribs, and turned her big black eyes
on my ead l could recall Manta's in
st~ructions, but in order to begin at the
doe's knee 1 had to tiptoe, and by the
time 1 had got to the fore shoulder
| was seized with such a severe buck
= Qer' that ShnnE oil ny-ar Nv M
wobbled. the log seemed to move and
the doe ditto. 1 held my breath until
L felt like l was going to break a blood
vessel and in desperation pointed at
the bulk and blazed away. The doe
sprang in the air. with her flag at hal
mast and whipping her hams. tore
through the woods.
l raised a warhoop, las Mania told
ME that the way my deer acted was a
at the boys so until they did
not know whether 1 had caught a bear
or n had caught me. but they came
on the run, n as soon as Mungo
smelt the blood he sat down. and
pointing his nose in the air, gave a
squall like the old negro cook had
caught him in a gourd of soap grease
and made n lick at him with a clap
board and missed him, set out on the
trail and all of us Joined in the chorus.
1T was a short race, and soon We heard
the deer bawling in a way to make our
hair stand on end. When we got to
them Mungo had her by the throat and
we made a finish of her with our
knives. OF course they a to bloody
me as it was my first deer. We were
all happy enough, and though 1 have
killed thousands of deer since. that one
CAV me more genuine pleasure than
the others put together.
We sent n of the boys for a horse
n took our deer to camp, and then
Ia no trouble in killing a number of
turkeys, and started home. Old I'm
Gle Charlie complimented us on our kill
and entertained us royalty.
To give an example of what could
be don in those early days. old Charlie
settled on his farm and had one or two
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23
Ny First Deer
Col. George Wythe Baylor Writes
Delightfully."- of Boydom in
the Old Days.

tickled to fill a barn with corn 1t was
also close to Williams rec bottom.
some miles in width n very thick
with underground, and here were bear
that had regular roads to Uncle Char
lies corn field, and they managed to get
nearly as much corn in roasting ear
time as he did, and a lot of bucks just
stayed in the field, and turkeys world
without end"
pitality, and entertained us royalty, as
was the custom in those days. He was
also a great wag. On one occasion a
tenderfoot stopped with him. who was
looking at the country with a view to
settling. One evening in walking
down the river bank. he discovered an
old she peal and three cubs up a null
berry tree getting their supper 1t was
not over a quarter of a mile from the
house so he ran back, arriving out of
breath. and asked for a gun. Old
to have a gun. well then, how am l
to get the bear?" he asked. Why.
just go back; get as close as you can to
the tree, make a rush for it to keep
them up the tree, then climb the tree
and the old bear will fall out and kill
herself and you can easily catch the
cubs" He then furnished his guest
with a knife to stick the bear with n
a sack to bring back the cubs. He
obeyed instructions and made the rush
and climbed the tree to h first limbs,
and was astounded to see the old bear
tumble out of the tree. (all the cubs
following suit n make off at a 2:4O
gait.
We then took the o a that went
through Williams creek bottom and
camped for the night. Wolves howled.
owls hooted. and many queer noises OF
night birds and beasts made us feel a
little but we built up big
fires. having laid in plenty of wood,
and whistled to keep our courage up.
We could also lear the bark of a
dog at the only house between there
and Hallettsville. except old Tom
Shadowen's on the Navidad-Perry
Bans, you Van Horn statesman and
big hearted cattleman-Perry and the
dog aforesaid were raised together
from small purps.
By daylight we were up; old bucks
had whistled at our camp fire. and the
woods r~esounded with the gobblinS