CHAPTER VII 



Dumb Walls 



Some places fairly name themselves, 

 some are christened simply by their 

 owners, while still others have their 

 titles thrust upon them. It is to this 

 latter category that the naming of the 

 cottage Dumbiedykes must be referred. 



Away down upon the western shores 

 of the Gulf of Mexico the old town of 

 Corpus Christi lies in the sands await- 

 ing the future. It really has a past 

 that is full of interest, but the world 

 for the most part hears little and per- 

 haps cares less for the ancient settle- 

 ment. You are here upon the edge of 

 a famous cattle country, but a range 

 giving way rapidly now before the 

 advance of the man with the hoe and 

 the drainage ditch. A little way in 

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