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REVELATION ding through the dry leaves. Almost at onc e, Bingham barked. “See!” said Elmo. “I tell you this a good night! Hold him, boys and girls!” he said, and he jumped across the ditch. The ringtail was high in the tree, looking down with his sharp head, balancing, searching for a limb to jump to. “Shoot that rascal!” said Elmo. I held the gun on. him. “Can you hold the light a little lower?” I said. Elmo was behind me with the flashlight. The .22 cracked in the damp air. The ringtail quivered and fell, trailing its long tapering \\ black and white tail through the branches. Elmo held the ringtail above the dogs’ heads, teasing them. “Ha! No you don’t get this little animal you devils.” He quickly skinned the ringtail. He stood up and held the soft pelt that folded easily in his palm. “How much you think we get for this?” he asked. “I hear they paying $3.50 and $4.00 in Fredericksburg,” I said. “Chingaa, let’s go huntin’,” said Elmo. He slipped the hide into his coat pocket and picked up the axe and lantern. The ringed tail hung out his coat, swinging with his movement and the wind. At this rate, I thought, we’ll have something to tell them at the house. I was working up a sweat and feeling good. “It’s clouding over,” I said. “The varmints should really be out later on.” We walked through the low shinoak, Elmo ahead of me with the lantern, and with me turning on the flash light now and then to see where we were going. While we were still fresh, still pleased from the ringtail, at just the right moment, with the rhythm of a good hunt, the dogs barked again. They were right at hand. LEGALS THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TRAVIS In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas Notice is hereby given as follows: TO: Fannie Diamond, C. H. Diamond, Joe Carrington, Joseph Carrington, Elwood Carrington, Alfreda Carrington Nuels, and husband Otis Nuels, Agnes Carrington. Tanksley, and husband Elijah Tanksley, J. L. Joseph, John Turner, Lena H. Johnson, Eliza Robertson, and the unknown owner or owners of the property hereinafter described or any interest therein; the heirs and legal representatives and the unknown heirs and legal representatives of each of the above named and mentioned persons who may be deceased; and the corporate officers, trustees, receivers and stockholders of any of the above named or mentioned parties which may be corporations, defunct or otherwise, together with the successors, heirs and assigns of such corporate officers, trustees, receivers, and stockholders, and any and all persons, including adverse claimants, owning or having or claiming any legal or equitable interest in or lien upon the following described property delinquent to Plaintiff herein, for taxes, to-wit: All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land lying and being situated in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, known and described as follows to wit: The Mass subdivision of 252 acres of the George W. Spear League in Travis County, Texas, according to the map or plat of said resubdivision recorded in Volume X, page 103 of the Deed. Records of Travis County, Texas, being the same property conveyed by Mary Elizabeth Brown to Joe Carrington by deed dated February 25, 1902, recorded in Volume 183, page 204 of the Deed Records of Travis County, Texas. Which said property is delinquent to Plaintiff for taxes in the following amounts: $119.41, exclusive of interest, penalties and “No!” I said, hardly believing it. Elmo held out his hand. ” ‘s armadillo?” The dogs were right on something, snapping at it and just missing. But the barks remained steady and clear; they didn’t go underground as they do when the dogs chase an armadillo in a hole. “No!” said Elmo. “I bet ‘s a big coon!” he ran. I heard him curse when he got there, saying, “GOT-damn!” “What’s the matter?” I yelled. “Damn possum!” Elmo said. I ran to the spot. The dogs were jumping around under a scrawny live oak. On a limb only a little higher than Elmo’s head was a humped-up possum, looking like it was cold and sleepy; it looked sullen over the intrusion. But it wasn’t going anywhere. It blinked in the light. Loose hairs stuck out from its thin grey coat. It was a nuisance and a waste of time. “Damn silly possum,” Elmo mocked. Possum hides were bringing 50 cents. But we went ahead to kill it. I raised the gun. “Can’t kill no possum with a bullet!” Elmo said. “Sure you can,” I. said. “Why not?” “Because a possum ain’t got sense enough to die.” He was walking over to a stick. He picked it up and whacked it across his thigh. The rotten end flew off, and Elmo advanced on the possum, holding the stick firmly in his hand and out from his body. He gritted his teeth and raised the stick and cracked the possum across the skull. The possum moved slowly to one side of the limb. It slipped off, but still clung to the underside with its claWs. The hairless tail curled around the I i m b, moving in rhythmic mechanical coils like a snake dying. The possum’s teeth were bared and from them slipped a thin grinning growl. Elmo hit the possum with the stick again, a short sharp blow, costs, ‘and there is included in this suit in addition to the taxes all said interest, penalties and costs thereon allowed by law up to and including the day of judgment herein. You are hereby notified that suit has been brought by the City of Austin as Plaintiff, against the aboved named persons, and the State of Texas and the County of Travis and the Austin Independent School District, as defendants, by petition filed on the 18th day of June, 1957, in a certain suit styled City of Austin vs. Fannie Diamond, et al, for collection of taxes on said property and that suit is now pending in the District Court of Travis County 53rd Judicial District, and the file number of said suit is 107,210, that the names of all taxing units which assess and collect taxes on the property hereinabove described not made parties to this suit are, NONE. Plaintiffs and all other taxing units who may set up their tax claims seek recovery of delinquent ad valorem taxes on the property hereinabove described, and in addition to the taxes all interest, penalties, and costs allowed by law thereon up to and including the day of judgment herein, and the establishment and foreclosure of liens, if any, securing the payment of same, as provided by law. All parties to this suit, including Plaintiffs, Defendants, and Intervenors, shall take notice that claims not only for any taxes which were delinquent on said property at the time of this suit was filed but all taxes becoming delinquent thereon at any time the…eafter up to the day of judgment, including all interest, penalties and costs allowed by law thereon, may, upon request therefor, be recovered herein without further citation or notice to any parties herein, and all said parties shall take notice of and plead and answer to all claims and pleadings now on file and which may hereafter be filed in said cause by all other parties herein, and all of those taxing units above named who may intervene herein and set up their respective tax claims against said property. You are hereby commanded to appear and defend such suit on the first Monday after the exfrom and after the date of issuance hereof, the same being the 2nd day of September,. A. D., 1957 \(which is the return day of able District Court, 53rd Judicial District of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse thereof, then and there to show cause why judgment shall not be rendered for such taxes, penalties, interests and costs, and condemning said property and ordering foreclosure of the constitutional and statutory tax liens thereon for taxc s due the Plaintiff and the taxing units parties hereto, and those who may intervene herein, together with all interest, penalties and costs allowed by’ law up to and including the day of judgment herein, and all costs of this suit. Issued and given .under my hand and seal of said court in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, this the 18th day of July, A. D., 1957. 0. T. MARTIN, JR. Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO Lloyd Hampton, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are hereby commanded to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of the ‘first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof; that is to say, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday ,rthe 2nd day of September, 1957, and answer the First Amended Original Petition of plaintiff in Cause Number 105.244, in which Henrietta Armijo Hampton is Plaintiff and Lloyd Hampton is defendant, filed in said Court on the 15th day of July, 1957, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties; Plaintiff alleges cruel treatment on the part of defendant towards her of such a nature as to render their further living together as husband and wife altogether insupportable; plaintiff further alleges that community property consisting of wages, furniture and a stove exists and that five minor children born of said union now reside with Plaintiff.. who is the proper person to be awarded their custody and for which she prays judgment; Plaintiff further prays for $250.00 per month child support and for relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from Plaintiff’s Original Petition on file in this office and to \\which reference is here made; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. Witness, 0. T. Martin, Jr., Clerk of the District Courts of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 15th day of July, 1957. 0. T. MARTIN, JR, Clerk of the District Courts, Travis County, Texas By GEO. W. BICKLER, Deputy CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS TO Vilma Anida Zabala, Defendant, in the hereinafter styled and numbered cause: You are hereby commanded to to appear before the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas, to be held at the courthouse of said county in the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, at or before 10 o’clock A. M. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance hereof; that is to say, at or before, 10 o’clock A. M. of Monday the 26th day of August, 1957, and answer the petition of plaintiff in. Cause Number 107,470, in which German Jose Zabala is Plaintiff and Vilma Anidia Zabala is defendant, filed in said Court on the 9th day of July, 1957, and the nature of which said suit is as follows: Being an action and prayer for judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant for decree of divorce dissolving the bonds cf matrimony heretofore and now existing between said parties; Plaintiff alleges cruel treatment on the part of defendant towards him of such a nature as to render their further living together as husband and wife altogether insupportable; Plaintiff further alleges that two children were born of said union; that said children are now living with defendant who is the proper person to have the care, custody and control of said children and that plaintiff will contribute a reasonable weekly sum toward the support of said children until they reach the age of 18 years; Plaintiff further prays for relief, general and special; All of which more fully appears from Plaintiff’s Original Petition on file in this office and to which reference is here made; If this citation is not served within 90 days after date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved. Witness, 0. T. Martin, Jr., Clerk of the District Court of Travis County, Texas. Issued and given under my hand and the seal of said Court at office in the City of Austin, this the 1\(ith day of July, 1957. , 0. T. MARTIN, JR.. Clerk of the District Courts, ‘ Travis County, Texas By GEO. W. BICKLER, Deputy. SHERIFF’S SALE BY VIRTUE of a certain Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the 53rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas, on the 2nd day of July 1957, in a certain Cause No. 106, 060, wherein Lois D. Thrasher, a feme sole is Plaintiff, and Jesus G. Sosa, is Defendant, in favor of the said Plaintiff for the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Sixty one and interest thereon at the rate of 6 percentum per annum from the 13th day of May 1957, together with all costs of suit, that being the amount of a judgment recovered by the said Lois D. Thfasher, a feme sole, Plaintiff, in the 53rd Judicial District Court of Travis County, against the Defendant Jesus G. Sosa, and for the foreclosure of Vendor’s Lien against Defendants, Jesus G. Sosa and wife, Juana Sosa, R. 0. Davis Inc., the City of Austin and Associates Investment Company. I, on the 3rd day of July 1957, at 2:42 o’clock P.M., have levied upon, and will, on the 6th day of August, 1957, that being the first Tuesday in said month, at the Courthouse door in the City of Austin, within legal hours, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of all of the within named Defendants, as the same existed. on the 21st day of January, 1952, in and to the following described property levied upon, to-wit: One acre of land out of that certain 110.57 acre tract of land out of the Santiago del Valle