The Vici Beacon (Vici, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1923 Page: 3 of 8
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THE SECRET
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By GERTRUDE W FIELDER
ttfcl ky iciur Mowvpupcr b iiJlcalo j
''It not grow lady”
Betty looked up from the trench
he was digging straight into the
bright black eyes of Nicola vendor of
vegetables
“Why won’t It grow?" Betty de-
manded brandishing her trench tool a
huge carving knife
Nicola retreated a step and tried an-
other tack "Work too hard Ladle
not plant seed tubers”
"Those who work in gardens plant
other things than soeds and tubers
They plant hope und faith and love”
Betty began softly
"It not grow” repeated Nicola
Betty patted the earth around the
tuber with kindly hands Without
looking up she remarked “My confi-
dence is the confidence of seers
Wherefore should I have vexation ’of
spirit lest what ought to be will not
her
Nicola did not task her to repeat
Be Ignored her remark
"Me I plant early cover all glass"
said Nicola "I sell you buy” lie add-
ed In tones of oily smoothness
“Today I’ll buy yes but tomorrow
(Betty spoke figuratively) when my
garden attains Its rich fulfillment I
shall not need to buy I shall have
potatoes and squashes
"But today I'll take that and that
and that and be sure to call every
day If I must become a vegetarian
at least I’ll be graceful about It" she
added whimsically
“You couldn’t be otherwise" said a
voice behind her
“How long If I may ask have you
been eaves-dropping?” Betty inquired
politely
"Long enough to be consumed with
Jealousy You never asked me to call
every day"
Betty sat back on her heels and
surveyed her next door neighbor
with eyes that would twinkle “It was
hardly necessary” she was beginning
when be vaulted the hedge as he had a
habit of doing
"If you will pardon the suggestion
you would be saved from disappoint-
ment later If you — ”
“Should send to the agriculture bu-
reau for a pamphlet prepared tor the
amateur gardener” Betty Interrupted
"Five good friends have already of-
fered me the same advice”
- “On the contrary” said the young
doctor calmly “I was about to sug-
gest you take a partner”
“Nicola can make bigger profits
having me for a customer” Betty' re-
torted resuming her interrupted gar-
dening to hide the laughter in tier
eyes
“I did not have Nicola in mind" re-
turned the young doctor
"There are individuals who say and
that boastingly that this thing of let-
ting love get the best of you’ Is ridicu-
lous” lie said suddenly
“For what are' you digging a hole —
a tomato plant or a tree?” queried
Betty demurely
And then a pair of startled brown
eyes gazed Into a pair of wondering
gray
“What is it?” whispered the owner
of the brown
"Captain Kidd’s treasure trove 1
think" answered the owner of the
gray I
“Oo-oo I Can't you lift it out ?” cried
Betty
“Urn-m Walt It's coming There!”
depositing a small Iron box upon the
ground ‘‘It isn’t Captain Kidd’s treas-
ure after all Maybe it's Mrs Cap-
tain's though"
"How do you know before we opeD
It?” giggled Betty
“Who but a woman would leave he
key In the lock” he grinned
"Goody ! Now we can open It quick"
said Betty “It’s mine because grand-
father left everything to me”
“One moment” said the young doc-
tor looking straight Into Betty’s eyes
“If within the box be gold untold I
mount by coal-blnck stallion and ride
away Into the unknown — for Its
equivalent"
And then the box stood open
“Letters!" exclaimed Betty “Who
would bury letters so carefully?” Won-
dcrlngly she drew one forth It
crackled between her fingers “Dear-
out Charles" she deciphered the
cramped faded handwriting then
turned to the signature "Ever your
Elizabeth”
‘They’re love letters" she cried s
little breathlessly “grandfather’s and
grandmother’s"
“I wonder why the 'one who buried
them didn't burn them Instead?" said
the young doctor
“I wonder" said Betty “Once so
mother told me grandmother dls-
obeyed grandfather's wishes braving
his displeasure and anger to bring
abont something wlilcfy she knew was
the deslro of his heart Grandfather
r-r- f-rjitc lmv— nnt until ‘ '
last I think grandfather burled the
letters because — because they seemed
like a part of grandmother and he
was sorry he had been so hnrd We'll
not read them boy dour"
"Of course not dearest We’ll put
them buck where we found them '
Ft range you should select this spot
for your garden”
“No not strange” said Betty soft-
ly “I was planting something beside
a garden— hope and fnltli and love”
The setting was not the usuai one
chosen by lovers— night with silvery
moonbeams dancing in fantastic
shapes beyond the velvet shadows—
instead brown curth sun kissed But
once more the old old story in dulcet
tones was told
SPEAKING ILL' OF AN INN
“If I owned this hotel’’ said the
Irate guest I’d — I'd — ”
“Well -what would you do?” asked
the proprietor of the Eagle house
"I’d turn it over to a friend of
mine who’s an entomologist Know
what that means?”
“No”
“A bug expert I believe he could
study all the known varieties and
pome new ones without getting off
the premises” — Birmingham Age-Herald
Appearances
“Your constituents say you are over-
confident with reference to the com-
ing election" '
“That’s the Impression I desire to
create” confided Senator Sorghum
“But you may rest assured that my
personal nonchalance is an outward
appearance to which my busy cam-
paign managers will pay no attention
wliatsoever” — Washington Star
What It Meant to Her
“Flow strange” murmured the sweet
young thing as she looked the Interior
of the bank over with a critical eye
“bow strange” -“Wliat
is strange”
“What Is strange?” asked a by-
stander “That sign over there Why don’t
they make it read ’Information’ instead
of Teller’?"
Sarcasm
“Are you going to have a brass band
at your next political rally?”
“No” replied Senator Sorghum
“The last time I used a brass band s
sarcastic opposition editor referred to
the occasion as a concert and sent a
musical critic Instead of a political re-
porter — Washington Star
One of Us
'Tve Just been having a talk with
John J Public who tells me that "
“Is John J Public an Individual?"
"The person I have In mind Is a fit
representative of the downtrodden
masses He’s trying to support a wife
six children and a motor car on $3500
a year"
“My ton is a bank runner”
“Do you mean he runs s bank"
The Baby Show
They had a baby show
The babies ran neck and neck
The winning baby’s a perfect kid
But the Judge Is a perfect wreck
His Modest Wish
Mr Dobbs (during quarrel) — When
I die you must be sure to marry soon
again Lucy
Mrs D— Why?
Blr D — There’ll be some one then
to sincerely njourn at my departure I
Home Humor
"Oh dear!” cried Mrs Mason seiz-
ing a spoon "Here's a fly in my pre-
serve” “I'll bet It’s Lie worst Jam he ever
got Into in his life"- her husband
chuckled daringly
EQUAL TO THE SITUATION
Be hud been waiting for his boiled
egg with exemplary patience and at
last he saw it coming along borne on
a heavily-laden troy
But alas! for the expectations of
man ! The waitress lost her nerve
und down went the tray with all Its
contents
“Never mind miss” said the suffer-
er “It’ll do Just as well poached” —
London Tit-Bits
An Injudicious Parent
“He’s breeding trouble for himself”
“Bow?”
"He’s teaching his young son to
drive the car”
"Where’s the trouble in that?”
"From now on he's going to have
many an argument as to which one
of them is going to have the car after
supper"
Passing Moods '
“A man In your position must study I
the passing mocfds of the people" -
“Yes” replied Senator Sorghum
“and he must look out for the moods
that pass so quickly that he’ll have
to revise the speeches he made In the
spring in order to stand a chance of
being elected in the fall"— Washing-
ton Star
Read tho Adds
Public Sales
VV° have purcbFf d 122000
pair U S Army Munson last
shoes sizes 5 1 2 to 12 which
was he enthe -urpus i-tock
of one of the largest U S
Government shoe contractors
Th s rhoe is puaron:ef‘d one
hundred percent solid leather
color dark tan bellows ton-
gue ciirt s:nd v ejerpreof The
the actual value of liis thoe
is $600 Owing to this tre-
mendous boy we cun offer th
same to the public at $295
Send correct size Pa
postman on delivery cr send
money order If slues aie
not as represented we wil
-heerfully refund your money
promo ly on request
Natioual Fay Sta e Shoe
Com i any
293 Broadway N-ew Yirk
N Y
T382E$
2239
McDonald Drug
Co
Phone 40
Send us your
mail orders
We Pay The Poitagc
Woodward Okla
wmi nwwpwggggggH
Dr Richardson
Dentist
Crown Bridge and Plate
work
PAINLESS EXTRACTION
by the Nerve Blocking
Mctfccd H
At Vici Every Monday U
Office in Citizens Park U
Striving fo Please ! Dr P SMclienzie
"I have Here some flowers for a mur-
derer" VICI ' OKLAHOMA
"Wc have no murderers In Plunk- '
vlllo Jail madam" said the town ser-' 11 r V'i i-r
gennt "U'e have a wife beater will loi
lie do?” !
A G--ld Conceit o’ Himself Ql’' f P
She— Oh Jack will you still lore
me when 1 am old and ugly?
lie — Certainly my dear '1 shan't PHYSICIAN d 5URCFON
always be young and handsome myself
you know
Calls Answered Promptly
I
BRACE DRUG CO
A full line of Drugs and Sundries
Prescriptions Carefuliy Compounded
Vici Okla
fliallren Produce Co-
Highest market Price paid for
Cream Produce Hides and Furs
‘’We Make Service our Specialty'’
1
BOUQUOT & LUDWIG SK
GRAIN FLOUR AND FEED j
EXPANSION FLOUR
C FI EDEN Algr
When at leisure make yourself at
home at the
I
Electric Billiard Parlor
Our Mottc: “Live and Let Live
LEE CLEM ATansger
— ?!l
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Spring Hats ’(Si Caps !
We have just received a nifty line-
of Men’s and Boys Hats and Caps
Don’t fail to see them before you
buy Remember we have ih? quality
and styles with 1
Prices That Will Move Them
Now Oil Display
A nice collection of Garden Seeds
and Onion Se’s
Highest Market Price Paid Fpr Produce
- Courteous Treatment To Ali
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Cain, R. F. The Vici Beacon (Vici, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1923, newspaper, March 8, 1923; Vici, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1978273/m1/3/?q=no+child+left+behind: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.