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A GENERATION or more ago on the wilderness of the Guadalupe River in Texas, the first white woman came with her husband and children to dwell among the Indians. Shortly thereafter her husband died and she was left alone with her children. With an unwavering determination and a High-asHeaven Courage she won thru.
She was the little great-grandmother of Blanche McGarity.
During the Civil War a young man was caught as a spy and sentenced to death. During the (TStime between his P64
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capture and the execution of the death sentence, the young man had sung and danced his way so warmly into the hearts of his .captors, that his sentence was commuted and he was retained as Chief High Entertainer to the army.
He was the grandfather of Blanche Mc( iarity.
In Xew Orleans, about the same time back, a young and very beautiful girl was Queen of the Mardi Cras, and belle of the olden city.
She was the grandmother of Blanche McGarity.
For ;i generation or more the McCoys and the McGaritys, Irish both of them, have figured in the history of Texas. They have been pioneers, Irishmen, fighters, conquerors. This is the stock of which Blanche McGarity comes. Her heritage is one of determination, of indomitable grit. She has it.
"What I mil to do," says the little girl with the ingenue curls and the pioneer spirit, "I do."
I said to her
For a generation or more the McCoys and the McGaritys, Irish both of them, have figured in the history of Texas. They have been pioneers, Irishmen, fighters, c o nquerors. This is the stock of which Blanche McGarity comes. Her heritage is one of determination, of indomitable grit. She has it