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THE MEXiA DAILY MfiXiA. MAS, MtlttSBAV, BEc, SIX Letters to fJear Santa Clans. 1 ahi a big girl eight years old. 1 haVe been a good girl. I want a bicycle for Christmas.

1 have a little who is three years old. She wants a tri- cycie'and Don't fofgeY mother and daddy and all. the Other little boys and gifts. Carol Ann Robertson 902 Main Dear Santa, I Want a' fpotbnl! helmet, Davy Crockett set, Fort Set, Army set, electric football set, repeating machine gun, football jersey with number 12 ori it, and a II. S.

Marine And lots of fireworks. Dennfe Ray Hrndricks 9(33 N. Red River i. Dear Santa, I am a little boy years old. 1 have tried to be real good.

I help i mother and daddy all I cn-a. Santa, 1 would like for you to bring mo a pair of cowboy boots a trailer truck, also some fruits, nuts and candy. And please remember my sisters, Barbara and Rita. Your little friend, Txmy Richflifdsoh 502 S. Kaufman a a Dear Santa Glaus, I ani nine years old.

I vvould like for you to bring me a record player and some good records. Sandra Housewright 19 Sanclford St. Dear Sanla Claus, I will be six years old in March and I've tried to be a good boy all yenr. I go to Sunday school all time. Please bring me a bicycle, a big drum, a record player, All Day Tedsy and Evirv DSy Day of tht By Lee Wells Copyright 1935, by Lee Wells.

Distributed by Service, Int. XXIX TEX DARROW came in. Dan lyatched him through the bar rflirror nott mmc'thing in the man's altitude made him alert. There was something of suppressed excitement in tho quirk cut of UK- oi.i-k eyes. He saw nt the f.ir end of the bar tfriH stickler ly veerej oil to join the breed.

I He spoke to Ju.ircv. lip? baroly moving Dan the breed's red' rimmed blue eyes widt-n and I then Tex cfiihfi-d ths? rhhn's arm in ,1 warning Ju.irez cut a quick glance tov.avd and then assumed a casiol air i lalse as a sleeping rattler's. 1 Dan waited, ferlin.a the mount' ing tension in the r-mtn. It was- nothing tangible, simply a hunch so.strong tt.at he finally turned Irom the bni and outside Somethms: important stirred among those 01 that concerned looked across tho street at the stable. He saw Hiatt come to one of the dusty ollice windows ami look out on the slrcet.

nls hands shoved in his pockets. Dan knrw relief. Whatever went on at the bar did not involve Hiatt, for (here the man stood obviously thinking over Dan's proposition Relieved. Dan's gaxe idly turned toward the Squaw Creek Road. A single speck broke the uhjte expanse of snow, Vivian McLear working her way toward the village.

A to his right caught his attention. A bearlike figure crossed the street and stood swaying at the foot of the Wyoming Bar steps. Dan stared in surprise. It was the first he had seen of the big blacksmith since the bandits had come to the denly Dan wondered where Hint! "was. Perhaps.

1.1 some the I gang learned that the man might; turn against them. i i He crossed the street to the store. Ernine and Vir wfere alone in the buij.lmg Vic looked up box he had Brought from the str.rcroom. and cor.ii.-v.ic-d checkina i the invoice. Dnn wa'ked itp to the counter 10 Ernine.

HiattV" town. George stood spread-legged, lav, somethirm ftarin 'P at tfl saloon, his bul- tlT-m nil Sud- i et head hunched betwven his She looked 'threw a quick lather. uo. surprised. elano.

wide shoulders. He clutched a dirty blanket about him. one end trailing in the snow. He wore no hat and his wiry hair stood stifl and wild. Drunk, Dan knew, and some impulse had sent him wandering the streets.

It had happened before, and people stayed out of George's way. He was unpredictable, mean. If he was spoken to, he might pay no attention or, again, he might fell the speaker with a blow of his mighty fist. t)an straightened, remembering the at her i tension among the outlaws. If George wandered in there now.

don't know, Dan. What con- ihis belligerence might set off a cern is it of mine?" I powder keg. spoke in a quids whisper talked to me, kncuv Where is he" DAN jumped dosvn the steps thinking he might head George Apain she glanced at her fatr i oil. But the big blacksmith sud- the br.c!; of t'le store, denly mounted the steps -of 'he proved in his work "He won: saloon and weaved across the til the-livery stable rr.i:iu*,e.- to the door. Dan called hi? i r.arr.e but George paid no atten- I and the store i tion- Georgs disappeared inside.

He.r.'Jir.c dut on porch arui Dan followed him. George- lincl trailed his blanket across the room to the bar. The i.utlaws made way for him. Dan saw Egan nudge Juarez and grin. The rest watched amusedly.

Dan walked swiftly to the bar. He could see George's face fleeted in the nirror. The bit lips were moist and slack, and the lines of his face had deep- nneci. dulling his expression. His eyes glared, barely In focus and his low forehead was deeply creased by a dark frown.

Dan eased in beside him. George slowly turned and stared owlishly at Dan. His frown deepened and his voice rumbled from his chest. "Leave me alone." Dan hesitated. He might be able to argue George into leaving, but he gambled on trouble.

He looked over his shoulder and saw Darrow watching intently, mean eyes alight. Bruhn saw only the cards spread on the table before him. Don licked his lips and pressed a bottle on George. "It's a lot better at home. You know that." THE i hand petulantly swept the bottle aside.

George's head hung low and only his elbows hooked on the bar supported his immense weight. Suddenly George's head lifted. His lips were no longer slack, though his voice was slurred. "You try to steal her. I seen you." "George, you're out of your head." "Seen you," George repeated and he straightened, swung half around.

"You'n Vivian. You wanta take her. but I ain't going to let you. Viviaa's too pretty girl. You don't touch her no more." He lunged for Dan.

big hands outspread, the fingers taloned. He moved fast for so big and drunken a man and Dan barely avoided the bear hug i tried to clamp on him. Now. his riding him, the drunkenness seemed to fall away from George, except for the murky light in the bloodshot eyes. He wheeled, big arm swinging and Ten ducked This was the thing he feared (To Be Continued) liilEARL tion finally caught up with -him ifi the Army.

At first assigned to Field Artillery, Manson was Spotted by someofie who tenTernftsfed him, nVid" the actor fdiind nimlelf transefeh-cd tb a rnfetiicSl urtit. fhe.w6-fk ihiS tmrf the field of facia! prostrTetics with a -goal of helping soldiefs so badly disfigured that plaslic stir- gcry probably could not restore them to normalcy. Mafhott spefli rnbsi of his Afrriy I time with this unit in Algiers ahd even rhotfed into form of medical journalism. He became an expert medical and a member of the editorial staff of of the Army's Medical Bulletin of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. He say's he's siill interested in being art actor despite his meetings with other types of work.

But he thinks that his desired i profession can combine well with his scientific work to help him get roles because of the current film ahd TV taste for medical and scientific themes. and sonic cars. Bring my sister Kathy a doll and table and chairs. I Bring my brother David a cowboy outfit and some balls. We will be I looking for you Christmas eve.

i Bring Mummy and Daddy some- I thing nice. Buddy, David, and Kathy Johnson Shiloh Road Dear Santa Clans. We are two little sisters, five and six years old, and have been fairly good, so mother says. Vicki (I am six) wants a baby doll, typewriter, cowgirl suit, and some new pajamas. Anne wants a "love me volleyball, some lounging pajamas, and a jumping rope.

We hope to see you Christmas nite. Vicki and Anne Adams 1 317 Kennedy St. P.S. Sonny (our brother) said i he would write his letter later! i Dear Santa Clans, i I want one pair of guns. I want an airplane.

I want a ball glove. I want a pump gun. i Thank you, Bill Ward Rt. 4, Mexia HOLLYWOOD TOYS buy Yours at Karner-PhillipS Gift Shop tion picture debut in Universal- International's ''The Creature Walks Among Us, 1 He found he was cast as a roentgenologist, or X-ray expert. For a guy who holds no degree in any department of science, i Manson seems to run into some branch of science no matter what he does.

This applies to professional, civilian and military aspects of his life. And the whole thing adds up to a fair amount of practical experience. Hanson's first brush with Ihirigs on a scientific level came before World War II when he was on the New York stage. He became interested in the field of psychodrama and spent many hours working with the psychiatric staff I at Bellevue Hospital. i "This was really inieresling," he recalled.

"It's a form psych- iatric therapy in which mental patients are encouraged to act out their conflicts just as if they were actors and on a stage." His "thousand faces" reputa- BRADLEY Attorneys-At-LaW Bradloy Building J'hone 111 Grbesbeck "I just you fpfks to sea the hand your call Ictised up!" Now Buying Old Cars To Junk Bought by Weight! Must have certificate of Title! Reed Supply Co. 205 W. Thus Ph. GY6-3841 OUR BOARDING HOUSE with MAJOR HOOPLE HOLLYWOOD (UP) Manson, once known as "the man with a thousand faces" be- cause of his expert facial makeup as a character actor, seems unable to escape the world of, science. This time it's X-rays.

Manson, a New York stage actor came to make his mo- Mexia Daily News Published by the News Publishing BI.AKK SMITH JOHN MOSS, editor: MRS. TOM II. TKUELQVE. busings Diana- eer ami ai-countant CHAS. NV MKASELS.

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