Burnet High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Burnet, TX)

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4 THE COMET ohe Old Deserted House. By Jtarcta JUaude Liyon. Oue clay while walking on a lonely country road. 1 had a great desire for something interesting to happen. I grew very weary and seeing a house not far away, I thought I would go in and meet the people that occupied it, but to my great surprise, no one lived there. It wag a large, two- story, white building. It must have l een a very beautiful home. Looking in at the window, 1 saw by the appearance of the old furniture and the dust that had accumulated on it, that it had been long ago since anyone had lived there. 1 went to the front chair to see if It would oi en. Yea, the door opened and I entered the room. No sooner had I entered than a feeling of sadness and lonlinevs came over me. I seemed to lie living in some past of sorrow. With a feeling of fear, I was going out when I heard some one coming up the walk. It was a woman. Never will 1 forget the sorrow that was written on her fa e. She did not ee me as she neared the door, so I crept behind a large l»ed. She mme in and «ut in a chair and liegan weeping, i slowly crept from my hiding place ami came close to her side and touched her arm. She frowned and would have m reamed, hut she noticed the expression on my face and thought 1 would not harm her. She asked me who I was. 1 told her I was walking around and did not mean any ha 1 thought some oue lived iliere and 1 would like to meet the people. She smiled ml told me that the |ss»ple that t ad lived there were all gone. Then she told me of a sad tragedy. This is the story that she told me: “Seven years ago 1 was a servant working here for a very happy family; a man. his wife, and two small boys. These toys were the sunshine of their mother’s heart. I often said if any harm should come to those boys, It would ;ull my young mistress, ami it did. At the end of a beautiful summer day, the Ih» s failed to return home. My mistress sent me to look for them. Not finding them in tile neighlM r- hood. I inquired about them. The neighlHjrs told me they were seen with a dark complexioned man. I returned home and told my mistress. Immediately she grew' alarmed and a search was made for the lw ys. The good jteople searched for them day and i ight but no good results did they ob- tain. The father offered a large reward for their return, but word earne that the boys were murdered by the kid- nappere that wen going around in the country. This killed nay mistress. This house is called the house of sorrow ; |m?o- ple never com here. 1 still live in my little house not very far from here and I often come here and think of the happy days of the past.” Q)hat You Ire By Sva Warwick You are exactly what you make of yourself. You are wlmt ou think you lire. Others think just as much of you a- . ou think of yourself. You cun do what you think you can and no more. Where there is a will there is a way. Y.,u •an tither find a way or make It. If you put yourself Ik Iow others in your thoughts, that Is Where they put you. They have not any more confidence in ou than you have in yourself. Your expression and your ways tell what you are. You are judged hy what you say, where you go, and the company you keep. Usually you get what you demand in this life. You nr»» just as big as your ideas. You can have as many friends as you w ant and the kind you want. For the only way to have a friend Is to be one. A woman writes that children think of their mothers what their mothers teach them to think of them. That if si teaches them to love, honor and obey her, they will. They think what she wishes them to think of her. But if she allows them to neglect and disobey her. it is her fault. She forms her own image in the minds of her children. You may not he what you would like to he. but it is your fault because you make yourself. You cannot blame others for your own failures. One of the authors of oue of our text books said there Is no education but self-education, our schools are not to educate the people, but to aid them In getting their own education. There are no castes in free America. You can rise as high us you wish. Resources of Burnet County By Donald Percy The county of Burnet on the edge of the mountainous and the farming areas of Texas is a very picturesque county. It abounds in history. Near Burnet. Koltert K. I-ee is said to have spent a short w’hlle. The county has three princlj al towns. Burnet Is the largest. It is the county seat and is in both a farming and mining area. Marble Falls Is the second in size. It is in the pecan lndt and is also on the river where water power is easily gotten. Bertram In In the farming area. In this theme 1 shall take up the four main resources i f Burnet County. They are minerals, stone, water power and agriculture. 1 shall first take up the minerals. One very seldom thinks wf mining in Burnet County without thinking of the Graphite ni ne twelve miles west of Burnet. This mine Is one of ti e largest i f its kind in the United States. At present the mill at the mines Is running l oth night and day. Trucks may Ik seen on tie road fr« in Burnet to the mine at nearly ev- ery h ur of the day. Another mineral found In Burnet coun- ty is the rare lehthyol. The mine is located about a mile north of Burnet. This is found in very few countries and is found in only two places In the United States. It is usm in mukii.g medicine. Copper is also found in Burnet County. The mine i located a few miles west of Burnet. Recently lend was d'seovered west of Burnet. A great deal of money was q ent by the Eagle-Pitcher I eacl Company in proftpoct- ing this deposit. At present the mine is being operated on a small scale, hut it is the belief of many that w-ithin a few years a large mill will Ik in operation at the lead mine. I atetv a large dejmslt of iron was discovered west of Burnet. One finds iron in nearly all of Burnet county. One can dig down about five feet and find iron in nearly every trial around the town of Burnet. Borne day Burnet county may he the greatest iron l lt in the southwest. Jewels are also found In Burnet County. Stones that resemble saphires are found in great quantities alwuut ‘■even miles west of Burnet, Many other minerals including silver are found in Burnet County. Granite abounds in nearly the whole of Burnet county. Ne=vr Marble Falls is a huge Granite Mountain. Granite is be- ing qunrred from this mountain at all times. Granite from this quarry is shipped to the eastern i«rt of the United States. There is also marble in Burnet county. Limestone is also found. Lime stone Is used in making lime and cem- ent. Who knows but some day Burnet County may ! e a center of the maoufnctnring of cement. At Marble Falls the water of the Colrnuio River Is being harnessed to Ik used in the huge factory to Ik» situntid at

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3 rHE COMET JOKE PA GE NOT READY TO GO A lady coming from Arkansas was on tier way to Texas. She attended preaching one night. At the close of his ser- mon. the preacher asked all that wanted to go to heaven to shake hands with him. Every one responded to the call blit the lady from Arkansas. The preacher asked her if she would not like to go to heaven. The lady told him. ’Yes, hut my husband Is going back to Arkansas tonight mid I will have to go hack with him.” THE SCOTT FITZGERALD LOVE SCENE She: You mustn't kiss n»e. He: Hut I've known you live minutes. She: What of that? He: Isn't that long enough? She: of course; hut don’t. He: What's the matter? She: We mustn’t do this now. Hi»: Sb'p stalking, or I'll go. She: Don’t go: just let go. He: Tell me why. She: Can’t you see? He: 1 can't see anything but you. She: Look in the mirror. He: Good l ord ! Your father. t MOUNTED DEAR I have a dear In my oflh-e. “Mounted r , | ] Yea; on a typewriter stool.” AN OLD MAID'S PRAYER An old maid was kneeling hv si maple tree praying, and this is her prayer: “ lis a husband Lord I want. Wilt thou the gift in kindness grant? Oh, give me one that's kind and clever And thine shall be the praise forever. In a tree near-hy sat a hoot-owl And he suddenly cried. Whoo, Whoo. Whoo.” The maid answered. “IVar me, I hardly Know, most anybody, Lord, will do. Mrs. Sayltt (To small daughter) :MYou never speak outside of the quarrels between your mamma and |iapa do you. dear? Margery: Oh. no. mother; but when you are pleasant to each other I speak of It.” EVERYTHING JUST LOVELY Burglar: Are the people of the house In? Servant: No, they’re all out” Burglar: Have you paid your dog license? Servant: We haven’t any dog. Burglar: Well, then, I've come to tune the piano. Howard: Have yon been teaching your dog any new tricks, lately, Jess? Jess: Yes, I’ve lieen teaching him to eat out of my hand. Howard: And have you succeeded? Jess: Oh, very well. He ate a large piece out of my hand last week. By Jlnnie Birdwell and Howard Fry EXPIRED Margaret : 1 see you forgot to wear your patent-leather shoes this evening. Donald: Oh, its all off with those shoes. Margaret: What’s the trouble? Have you worn them out? Donald : No, hut the patent expired. AWFTL!! Nell: I saw a terrible acHdent this morning In which nine lives were lost. Bill: How was that, Nell. Nell: A nt was killed. Julio : What vegetable products are the moat important iu history. Flora: Never gave it a thought Julia : Why, dates of course. Mr. LeFevre: What’s an Italian decoration? Leslie: Spaghetti on the vest Sign in Heat a urant: Pies like mother used to make, 5c. Pies like mother tried to make, lfk . Julia: What is a flirtation? Ada: A sfioon with nothing in it • j seem to ha e run out of gas,” he said, and muttered to himself, Here’s where I do some fast work. The girl’s face small and white, was turned up to hia, her eyes glowing dizzily from beneath heavy lids. Her head swam. Her red lips were i arted, and she sighed faintly. Slowly he bent over her. Why not? He was her dentist. Jimsey: What are you doing now? joe: Buying old wells, sawing them up and selling them f tr j»ost holes. Mr. Sallee: Ever had Economics? Stanley («limp: No, just measles and Chicken Pox. Said Nell to Mrs. Chamberlain : Bill roust be the Idol of the family? Mrs. Chamberlain: Yes. he has been idle for eighteen years. Mr. Fry : Young man, leave the room. Upton (Who worked as a bell-hop during the summer) Where will I leave it, sir? Gay : 1 saw a man yesterday that weighed two tons, Pauline: You’re crosy. Gay: No he was weighing lead pip -

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rHE COMET 5 Marble Fulls. Many other places along the Colardo Elver could lie clamed and be used for water power. The eastern part of Burnet County la in Ihe Mack land belt. In Burnet county cotton, wheat, oats, corn and other grain are raised. Pecans also bring a good deal of the money to Burnet county. Burnet county is gradually coming to the front as a poultry county. The huge incubator late- ly installed near Burnet will aid very greatly in this industry. Tattle, hogs, sheep and goats are raised in Burnet county. Burnet county’s wealth comes not only from fanning, poul- try and mines, but from live stock. When the sheep are Undeniably “Dad’1 Marten bad changed ! A metamorphoses had been wrought in his nature. Neighbors of Dad gossiped it over the back fences in hushed tones. It was rumored that Dad was loosing his mind. Truly, the little towu of i ake Point was “stirred up, Part of the gossip was exaggerated, especially that about his waning in sanity, but it was true that Dad was no long er the same. Dad had been a foster-father to the Inhabitants of Lake Point. When anyone was disturbed, whether it was over finances, or the death of h relative, he was wont to bring his woes to Dad, Dad’s good nature and philanthropy were a tradition of Lake Point—but now! Gone was Dad s anna blllty: vanished was his l»enevolence, and In its stead bitter- ness reigned. But the crowning jolt was this: Dad’s philan- thropy. his generosity to give his friends his last dollar was well known. But now, It wag said that Dad not only re- fused Tom Jolson a loan, but had said bitter things to him. The children of Lake Point, who had formerly idolized Ibid, now hooted at him. Even bis adopted son, Jake, was at a loss to explain Dad’s bitterness, as also was Jake's wife. Ella. If Dad Marten was aware of all these rumors, he did not show it. He was Indifferent to every one. At home be threw’ aside his mask of indifference and sank into an ajsithv ; he seemed to lose interest in even his most cherished ambi- tion ! Dad was. by trade, a horticulturist His life-long ambition was to produce a watermelon without seeds. To us, and even to Lake Point, this seems a futile ambition, but not so to Dad. He had instilled this ambition into .Take, his adopted son. Jake was a fine spectman of manhood and Dad adored him He sent him off to Pnllege and had high liojies of his success. Then suddenly Dad's wife, Marthy died. A few months later Jake marrfed Ella Wheeler, a girl that Dad disliked Intensely, because he regarded her as common. At first, Ella resented Dad s dis’ike of her, but the years softened her resentment, but not Dad’s. Dad did not confide the rea- son of his change In his son and so all I ake Point had to he content with its gossip. Then they received a shock. Dad made a trip of three days to Chicago. Now, Ijike Point was sure It bad the solution. Dad w’hs tired of being single—he had gone to Cbh-ago for his bride and she had lilted him ! To be sure they knew’ of Dad's devotion to “Marthy, but said ljake Point: “Men is all alike. Take Alma Arhuck's husband. She wasn’t in her grave three weeks until he begin steppin’ out Of course Dad was not fiORHessed Gf a flirtatious spirit as was the unfortunate Alma's husband, but that did not alter his decision. Only Dad Marten knew the real reason. There was his failure to produce the seedless melon when he was so sure of sucs-ess. Then there was the nightmare—he was going blind. So the occulist at Chicago had assured him. It was only a matter of six mouths till total blindness would occur. Then, besides these facts, he had heard rumors, vague to be sure, but supposedly based on Information from Ella, that sheared and the wool sold, a great deni of money Is brought into Burnet County. Burnet County has a very bright future. The factory at Marble Falls, the mines around Burnet, the Granite industry, the poultry business, the farms and the ranching all will aid In the building of Burnet county. At present two highways run through Burnet county and another la being proposed. The schools in Burnet county are growing very rapidly. Ber- tram and Briggs have new school buildings and Lake Victor has voted fifteen thousand dollars in bonds to use in build- ing a school house. Bg Lois Frg. Jake was likewise experimenting with an aim of producing a seedless melon! These were the reasons for I adfs mor- bidness. One morning about two months later. I ad chamed to stop in a store for a box of matches, and it was while be was waiting for his purchases that he heard the words which spelled ruin to him. Two men, oblivious of his presence were talking. Said one, neatly spitting on the other’s toef “Have you beard the news of Jake Marten’s luck? “No. resjionded the other. Wal, returned the first, “Ella told my ol woman as how Jake's fierdttced the melon without seeds. Put one over I ad. eh? Something snnppod in Dad's brain, For a moment he was numb, then came blinding fury such as he had never previously experienced. He felt a desire to kill! Jake had stolen his discovery! Really Jake had only smteeded where Da-1 failed, but Dad refused to see this. The old I ad would have been proud and congratulated Jake, but the new Dad’s heart was too warped by hatred. He left the store without wait- ing for his purchases. As he stumbled along, be met Jake—a new Jake, The old Jake had become prematurely aged by family cares, but this .lake seemed rejuvenated, Seeing Dad, he stopped and shout- ed, “Dad! I've really produced a seedless watermelon! We’ll both be famous together. Dad! It was your idea-- he got no further for Dad ignored the proffered hand and sft d« oru All evening, and late into the night he brooded. With the coming of dawn. Dad made a resolution to steal Jake’s ae- njunta.pf how he produced the melon, for every horticulturist keeps an account of his experiments. Dad chuckled glee- fully and ruhlied his hands. Yes sir! That’s what PH do. He laughed fiendishly. The laugh was maniacal and seemed to echo and re-echo. For a moment Dad had misgivings. Had not Jake offered to share the money and fame with him? But he Ignored his conscience and made his plans, n ■ would enter Jake's house after dark. About eight. Dad arrayed himself in his black alpaca suit, his socks, the last ones Marthy had nieuded, which he had reserved to l»e “laid out in, and sallied forth. Stealthily he pntered Jakes room, and there on the desk he tiebeld the accounts. Beside them was « melon—the melon without seed ! A perfect specimen It was. For a moment fury convulsed him at sight of it. His efforts for twenty- five pars were fruitless! Jake was to blame and he should suffer. Then he remembered that Jake went to lodge on th’s night. Then, he decided. Ella should pay 1 He started toward Flla's mom with some insane idea of killing Ella, and opened the door cautiously, he peered In. A low. sweet melody fell on bis ears. He halted. The melody was a srrange, haunting one. yet it seemed vaguely familiar. Seated In a chair was Ella, holding the baby, while around her were the children. The baby, he suddenly remembered, was bti name-sake. As Ella snug, a look, most holy settled on her face, and a radiance crept into her eyes. JKe Reformation.