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SIXTH INSTALMENT
'But now. l*ssin, foe," she ve-umed
s.*r;ously. "here'? what i want
to ask yoi: Could anyone why. wasn't
"i .rn to be a lady?now. f* rinstar.ee.
like niOr^mv mother talks a lot about
n y gsandmother Pcthgridge. but?
E ,:i m\ mother"?she hesitated?
", oil wofflpii't snv she was always
puttiii* others first, and tbinkin-ger
an' seivin-y.tr others before she does
herself. You couldn't?honest!?say
that, Joe. So that?" Again she
paused. "An 'Lixab^th positively is
net a lady!" she admitted regretfully.
"Well, anyway. I do not think
l.:-'. i-- a iady?not yet. anyway. But
J'k do you think?'
Again she floundered. "I guess I
. 'iiMn't!" she -aid hastily, shrinking
rack, gallant, and he saw she was
trying t-? save his feelings. "You
?k.n*t have to tell me, Joe," she said.
"Maggie, 1 not only believe y??u
couid. but i Deiic-Vf you viii:
"Well, if you say so," she almost
sang, unci she rattled joyously away.
On the next Sunday he went to
e her.
He reached the -Johnson cottage in
'he neighborhood of three o'clock.
He had to waif a few. cold, wet.
silent minutes before footsteps, audibly
approaching thiough the house,
ratifie d him that it had been heard.
Mis< Klisabeth Johnsrin admitted
him. For war.I of any guidance.-?for
Liz. after a {shout of "Maggie! Man
here!" had almost immediately disappeared
into what later proved rv?
L her bedroom door,?.Joe had followed
the little hall into an empty
' ininc roon; smelling of rotting apples
and dust, and had put his head
? 'r. at the kitchen doorway
.Ma .Johnson, a heavy, woollen k<
tv-"no tied about her ample.form with
1 aggied tassels, was in the rocker.
At the sink stood a nondescript,
foiloiu little figure that Joe could
not tor some minutes at all identify
with the gallant hitture he had formed
of Maggie's father.
Behind the table and between the
sink and The sto\i- was Maggie. She
d"i?ked at hup and said delightedly:
'Wells what do you know! i nevei
beard you ring. If it isn't Joe Grant!
Mujujrif." Joe said, grinning:.
"Tbia rs nu mother, make* you a<
quoin ted with my father; IV?p. thi^
Ma was evidently not tavoxiyajijy
jujuuBji; mil pre s few??!?
"I didn't know you expected >i
taller, Maggie."
"I didn't. -Ma. Sil down, Joe Vdu
don't* have to finish those if yon
iidn't want to. Pa. I hate to haw yon
?take oft your apron."
"Sometimes--my father -kinclei
helps me, .Ice," she stammered, will
hot gallant Utile smile.
"r don't mind vvipin' 'em one hit
Maggie," her father's mild voire said
surprisedly.
help you." said .loe. putting
his hat and coat on a chair in the
corner of the kitchen and . helninti
|j himself to a. dish towel.
/"When wc haven't a maiu we ea1
oat here. I'm one that's always had,'
'said Mrs. Johnson, dpn't cor.it
^uEE^. very easy for me to put up with thh
'!o\vn a Vhair. ami
cleared his throat, aiv.j said politely
could Map'jrioV:"?||| "ot xvit;l
'Why, 1 Slvchi* ;u> objections.*
Fl.Mfc' &*S$>7: sat.! ^|gyntrd!y, *f
icr a niomej'.l. "Maggie i: a t nothing
hut a ahilil. i\y? Giant. an' her fa
ait ! Ulojf i Van: her to get n<
.silly notions into hcv head."
"TenVnT*avily? loiup'rarily * sh'e' has
Trj^k? - accepted a position in a?well. ?gp
fire-and-*en." said Ala.
"I -yovk there.-'myself, yo^krow
'Tvc no douor vou do! An* f*v<
no doubt it's a veal nice place an* al
fc&W . that." conceded Ma loftily. "But v
lsn*t sort of place. To pu
r; the \vnol-. thine- in to a nutshell?*
Mrs. -Tohnson was resi'mung ; briskly
when doe's opportunity to discovei
SsKS whether she was really capable oi
this elision was destroyed by -Mag
[-' ' trie's ahiaipt re-??tuu:ce into tin
BO? - kitchen, and in anothci mimic t r.r;
were V> uI. in the dull. cold, whitn
EasjKS?8| Sunday street, and she was daiK-int
along at his ide. ->./ gjlg - , f
"Want to go to a m?,wc, Maggie?'
"Oh. I'd love it!"
"How abouv The Highwayman?"
"Oh. Toe. ?v>' That's a sixty-cdir
show There are Jots of niee 1HU<
ones over on Chelsea Avenue her;
fo r i>ve fl ty- f i ve.
They were at the window, he pu'
dow n his money. But there wer<
nothing left or, this Sunday after
noon but lodges at a dollar a chair
Maggie's face fell, and immediate
iv her eyes Widened and she cauirh
;V .at bis arm. S&Y/i
1 '49 y i. . '.~?V V * . i T, V ' ??
nng^M i ur <x iuim. i VMi uvitais
But ho s&w her ifive a little boiinct
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f '.'f sheer excitement and felicity a>
hey went in past the mirrors ami
marble column.- ami red boundary
opes, and he thoumt it v.-a>. Theii
; coats wove in the very front of tin
balcony?deep, comfortable seats,
with \cids arms
It was pleasant. somehow, to hi;yt
that earnest little fragrant i>aoy face
come close to his in the dark, ami
that fur./.y aureole of gold brush
his check, ami that eager little whisper
reach his ears.
loo kept his handsome head
close to her.--, and leaned H5| sin.ul
dor even closer.
Her fate was beaming with satis
(action and wet with tears when they
came out into the chilly dusk.
In pitting he presented her with
.111 enormous box of sweets
"Oh. Joe Grant! Oh. Joe?two
I pounds! Oh. thank you?thank you.
"Oh, hush." he said. "Mow you run
:i am! I'll watch you until you're inside
the door."
She fled up the path, tlied the
knob of the porch door, called a joyous
"Goodnight and thank you!" in:
to the dark, was silhouetted against
, a gush of red light, and then was
gone.
Joe walked two Mocks to his car,
raging at himself.
"Gosh, whet a fooi I am! What
on earth did 1 do that for?*!
Millicer.t Russell, sitting next to
him ai dinner, was a pretty girl.
Kruiri a point an inch or two below
her armpits, to a point an inch 01
i tsvo above her 'knees, she was packed
into a tube of suangled satin. Hc?,
arms wove heavy with links of gold
and platinum, her legs looked bare
if they were not actually bare,1 hei
[feet were elevated dizzily upon pin
naeles of gold leather. Her cheek:
were smoothly and brilliantly rougec
her lips stiff with grouse, her eye
blows.shaved inte two startling, ink?
arcs. Millicents' breath was thick oi
) alcohol and nicotine, her evelids. cfll
..... i . :?i. 1.1 ..a i..,\ j
fatijruo and boredom, ami .-he ha<
no ino-v hair than he) hunker ha*!.
"1 thought you had-, to -too pcis
<>\ to ?et a dip like that !" said doe
! "Isn't adorable? They call i\
the cocottofcsSj Millfcent :dd him en
rhusiastically.
"It's Jt crown of glory. It' I won
; a girl," 1 oo saiti. with sudden fire
"I'd have hair. Beautiful braids am
curls and masses?o? hair. It's pret
I yijaV rin- wovd, 'oe. and' Pit hi
i. \.iur little ov.'ered wagon," surest
! vl Miliiceni in an odd tone, and wit!
a laving little laugh
i "Nothing doing. i'tii in en!!,"' .Toi
II hn?\yer<".!.
!. "YiiiiV" not ?*> coll! You're work
tin* yc.ii an awful lot, Joe
i [Yon tbuik I'm crazy, saying this
|7 iVrhr.v: I am But"?her voice v*a
. uuskv?'"but i like you on awful lot
1; Joe." fjgg
Girls always said that to him, am
' presumably to .all the other fellows
when nr. evening had reached ahou
iliii? point. Joe reflected. That wa
the way persons got engaged, no wa
: dilVH.
Miiliccm was trying: it rmw. U:gh
1 here, at the Carter's hot, crowded
u stupid party, MilliC<jm? Russhil wa
htrving to land him.
"Nothing stirring:," he said brief
!;ly. "Conie on, let!& dance."
Millicent raised the heavy eyelid
jiooktd at him with superb insolence
1; Who's the other wjynVan. Joe'?
? she drawled theatrically. *4God, yo
'i are a br^tSs"
''There Lsn't . n\ othe. yyoiuao!
lie believed it. Vet, even now, who
his face was close to Yiiiiiceiv
: eariedj^perfumed bobbed head, h
, had a sudden memory of .Magtrb
5; childlike and eager. in a sleazy littl
? "faded whiie dress, with a mop of In
ing gold tumbling upon her sma
. shoulders.
Sunday night. It was an actual rc
-J lief tv- think thai tomorrow woul
< Moitdiiy, and he would be back i
tv 'the clean busy stir of the Mack agaii
t; He told himself, when Monday a:
"''.rived, and he reached the store t
.j iind a demurely radiant Maggie prc'i
i j tjer and more ehdeaiinglv prop: it
Eilar.v in her manner toward him tha
-[ eVer that this nonsense must sib}
Therefore^? it was with a real surpris
".that he heard himself saying to hei
'.late oil Tuesday afternoon:
i'j '"What you doing tonight. Maj
. j ;giy-?. '* W V ??
school/; she answered, -co1
i otiv and breath beginning their ytsiui
a?celointion instantly,
t; "Night school! 1 didn't know yo:
went to night school!"
"Why-?why, hut you told me t<>'
she accused him. reproachfully.
"I?when did T? How do yo
i) mean?":
-j "Before Christmas. Just after w
.' r,. ^t iotu v??. ?:0;.i
fiie, you oujrht to ko to ni^ht school!
t| 'Did I?" He was stricken.- "Whj
?1" you study?" he asked.
' Political economy . aim Freavn.
she answered bravely.
9'. "That's a darn Rood choice!** Jo
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"THE MATTER / y TO A
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THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV
' | assured her. "If you ever go abroad.'
yor. lot;*' want, to be ^MDarffisedj
I about pronouncing words."
} 'Maggie"* come u bat^h voice
ijvi'iu upstair- at this point. "Mitggtc;
1 Johnson! Wnatjs haupened >on dowri
I there in the stockroom? Start ypufj
trotters up here with, tbvm feJayj
j niedalliuns
> "Oh. nely Nelly!" Maggie ej; = i
; iated. sekirg the green cards" upotsj
J which the meilalion- were stil. rie-l i
' and 'icchig wildly from -foe's too so-;
. ^active neigh-bom hood. "She sent mo;
I ( down for rheni fifteen minutes ago."j
.! She left Joe very thoughtful. H?|
'took ?n opportunity, when they;
. j chanced to t o entering the autor.ir'
I toeetheir for a late luncheon, to sayl
'j deliberately:
"Look here. .Maggie. I've got some-'
J thing on my mind t?? say to you, and!
jjbv Ueorgc. t'm going: to spy it I
r want t ? warn you. Don't waste time,
j at seventeen, taking any crush too
'i seriously."
"Who do you think 1 have go.
crash or, Joe?"
"i know damn well whom yoi?*>e|
'got a crush or.!" Joe giowled.
"Is zat so?" Maggie asked, flush-1
ing. "Suppose the person I bar! a;
J crush on had a crush on me?" she
1 asked. i
** A n<>v?')ii ' niiirli; lil>> vnu ^ lot
' mm. an(* v"'sh for all sorts of;
i good things for you." Joe said ra
'jther slowly. "Without?without. .1
; say. having a crush on you!"
'"Well, that'd he er.ough for hie, {
'she answered, still in the same au-j
} dacious, high-spirited keyv "I don't j
want any kissin*. an* as for pettin j
i parties."
I "Now look here, you little idiot.' !
j he said, half angry and half laugh !
; ing. "don't you think you can get.
I away with that sort of thing! When
your hour strikes, my dear, you won'tbe
so suit? you can gel what you;
want. You'll he sick for more than!
kisses, then, Maggie, and afraid to!
j take them. The whole world will turn
j itself into sort of a blur, with a man
.1 in the center, and when he speak-!
, you'll answer, antl you'll say what!
' he wants you to say, too. Don't fooij
" yourself. You and I are friends?
friends -friends?I was down and
out when we first began to talk to- j
j gather, and you gave me a right
steer and it kind of made you like
me. T like you- -1 love you?1 think
. you're a perfectly keen Kid. But thai
kind of here's different. You're too
young to know anything about it.
j Believe me. it's got a lot of pain in
it, and it leaver a sear?you don't
get over it?"
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
1 DEPUTY COLLECTOR WILL
ASSIST IN INCOME RETURNS
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For the convenience of those who
j are required by law to file Federal
! Income Tax returns, W. M. Thomas.
" deputy collector of Internal Revenue,
1 ,.-;n ?>*? . _.i ty_
on February L2-1S to assist taxpay"
j <JVs in pro paring: their returns. No
charge will be made for this service.
The matter of filing: your income tax
h j<vet urns should he tfiven immediate
attention, in order to avoid penalty
11 Uttd interest. . .._.Ty7i^r
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, Mrs! John TV. Brown, Sr., 103 North
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without help. I also suffered from
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tj buck and hips I couldn't srli down, eel
up or turn over in bed without help
u I also suffered from colitis and neu
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It seems almost unbelievable what
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u' could feel the pains gradually leavj
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e 1 hardly notice them at all. The
r. Savgoii Pills straightened out my co
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EfiY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C.
Weather Report for
Month of January
T. r". Wtfghi, oheCixcr nt thej
local weather bureau, ha? prepared}
a report of ternpe rat iocs, etc.. cov-j
07iu.tr the mouth of January. Twenty-:
ty-three days of the thirty-one wit-;
uessed mercuiy hover at and below],
the freezing point, which is looked
on as a fairly chilly record for the
"Sunny South." Hie report in full
follows:
Average maximum temperature,
12 degrees.
Avorage minimum temperature. -1
degrees.
Average temperature, 32 degrees.
Average daily range in tempera
a re, I 8 dc grees.
Greatest daily range in tempera-!
ture, 4?*i degrees: date, 2nd.
Average temperature at 0 p. in.;}
(time of observation), 36 degrees. :
Highest temperature reached. 58{
dog re cs; date, 30th !
prees: date. iGth.
Number inches of rainfall (includ-j
ing melted snow). 2.75 inches.
Number inches of snowfall, S.
Greatest rainfall in 2-1 hours. 1. 3;
inches: date, ftth.
Number of dftys with 0 01 inch or]
tiorc rainfall, 0. !
Number of clear days. 16.
Xlimber of cloudy days, 3.
Number of partly cloudy days, 12.
Number of days with freezing temperature.
2.".
Direction of prevailing wind, west.
Date of heavy frost. 11th.
Pates of light frost. -Ith. 22nd,
2 Ph. 3<?th.
Dates of fogs, 5th, 18tb.
Other phenomena described as follows:
Solar Malos. 4th. 0th, llfh,
Dih. 16th, 17th. 20th, 23rd. 2Gth:;
lunar halos. 10th. 10th; rainbow,*
27th: high winds. 0th, 21st, 31st.
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Church Announcements :
ADVENT CHRISTIAN
KF.V. S. E. C.KAGG. Pastor
Sunday School each Sunday at j
9:15. Morning service. at 11 o'clock.;
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FIRST BAPTIST
REV. P. A. HICKS, Pastor
Sunday School 9:15 a. in., J. T. C. ;
Wright, .superintendent. Preaching;
at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m- B. Y. U. U.*s]
0 p. in. Brotherhood 6:00 p. in- Mid-J
week prayer service on Wednesday.* i
at 7 :?10 p. m.
Choii practice on Friday. 7 p. hi- | \
METHODIST CHURCH
DR. O. CHANDLER, Pastor i
Sunday School, 9:45 a. nt., I. D.;
Rankin, Superintendent.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. ,
by Dr. Chandler. !,
Epvvorth League, C:15 p. 117. J
Prayer meeting on Wednesday at
7 p. m.
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LUTHERAN CHURCHES
St. Mark#, BaPcy'a Camp f
Pi caching service the first Sunday ,
of each month at J1 a- m. Sunday ,
Virgil Uradshaw, acting: superintendent
Grace East Boone
Service every second and fourth
Sunday at 11 a. in., and every first
and third Sunday at S p. in. Sunday ,
School every Sunday at 9:15 a. m..
Professor G. L. Sawyer, superintendent
Luther League meets every
School every Sunday at 9:15 a. m.;
Sunday at 7 p- m. Vesper service at
7 o'clock p. m.
Holy Communion Congregation
Clark's Creek
Preaching service the third Sunday
of each month at 11 a. m. Sunday
School every Sunday at 9:15 a. m.;
Perry Townsend, Superintendent.
Banner Elk Station
Service every fourth Sunday at 3;
o'clock p. m.
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TRIBUIORS FOR WATAUGA COUIS
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WATAUGA CHARGE
ftKV. R. M. WEl.MaN, Pastbi
Henson's Chapel?Second a n '?
Fourth Sundays. 11 a. w, Sunday
School at h:55, J F. Horton. superintendent..
Epworth League, B p. m.
Valle Ci*uc is?Preaching every
First and Third Sunday at 11 a. ni
Sunday School 10 a. ni., J. M. ShuU,
superintendent. Epworth L?-ague evcrv
\\ ednesday night.
Mabel?Preaching every Second
and Fourth Sunday at 3 p. m. Sun
lay School 10 a. m.. Robert Castle,
superintendent.
Saler.i?Preaching every tirsl Sunlav
at *'J p. ni.
FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
0 Lord our Father, we commend
le thy projecting care and compas-ion
the men and women suffering
distress and anxiety through lack of
r.ork; support and strengthen them,
kve beseech thee, and so prosper the
counsel of those engaged in the or
deling of industrial life that thy
people may be set free from want
ind fear, and may be enabled to labor
in security for the relief of their
necessities and for the well-being of
jui people, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our most sincere
thanks to the many friends and
neighbors for their untiring ~ attention
and help through the sickness
and death of our dear wife and
mother. May the richest blessings of
Heaven abide with each.
Will Coffey and Children.
TOKEN OF THANKS
I wish to thank the Daughters of
Confederacy for the nice box of
fruits, cakes and candies I received
from them at Christmas. At any time
1 am ready and willing to help the
Daughters in any way I can.
Respectfully yours,
E. J. NOfclUS.
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