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PAGE TEN The Pbem Editor’s Note: TMa is the fourth and final paper which wop $5.00 as four Hi prise in the recent DAR historical contest. The pa per was written by Glenn Twid dy and follows: THE POEM There’s a pleasant little town on the coast of North Carolina called Edenton, hut I know it' best as Queen Anne’s Town. The main street runs down to the water and on the right hand side of the street is the library or what is better known as The Cupola House. Go upstairs to the third floor and go in the door on the right. There you’ll see a case holding a tattered doll with a crack down one side of the face. lam that doll. I wasn’t always so tattered and worn looking for I was once a new and beautiful doll under a Christ mas tree at a beautiful home called Hayes. I remember that Christmas morning well, and the bright, happy eyes of Hannah Johnston as she hug ged me close to her and squealed with delight. Hannah Was twelve years old then. Even at that age my 'little mistress had no extraordinary beauty about her, but she had a quiet, pleas ing face and a dignity of manner and a stateliness of carriage that very few children have. Hannah named me “Tabby,” not that I was named after anyone but because that was the first name that she thought of. That’s the only thing that I ever remember her doing on impulse, for Hannah had good, sound common sense and she usually thought things out for a long time before deciding. Hannah loved me dearly and I loved my kind, sweet mistress just as much. Instead of being put in the case where she and her sister, Anne, kept their other dolls, I had a special little cradle sitting beside her bed and sometimes I slept with her. The years during Hannah’s child hood were mostly happy ones for her and me. Os course there were times when she cried but then what little girl doesn’t cry at one time or an other? Then she would take me in her arms and pour out her grief to me and I would have to cry on the in side, all the time wearing thSt paint ed smile on my face, for whoever saw a doll cry? Then before T realized it Hannah was a grown young lady. IShe still maintained her stateliness of carriage and dignity and she Still loved me and whispered all her sorrow and happi ness into my little painted ear. Oh! How I wish I could have eased her sorrow by talking to her but of course that was impossible! And how I would have loved sharing her hap piness for then her face would light up and you almost got the impression that perhaps she was beautiful after all. It was almost another Christmas time and the Johnston (House seemed •to be in a state of frenzy. (Every one was running in and out doors and up and down stairs. Then I heard one of the maids whisper that there was to be a big Christmas Ball in the panel room in the Court House and then the door opened and in rushed Hannah, out of breath land excited. One of the maids came in and laid out a beautiful gown on the bed. Han nah and her mother had sewed for weeks on the dress. As I Watched her dress for the ball, I felt perhaps a little jealous because she seemed to lorget alt about me. 'I wanted her <WVWWVWWVWVWVWVW^VWS/VWN^V I o&w I SEVEJV STAR 1 90 Proof! | I $3*65 'GHAT \ 5 SEVEN STAI h I 4/5 Quart: 4 ******* (, 5 v.,- 90 PROO L.»* r, BLENDED WHISKEY, 62tt* NEUTRAL SPIRITS DISTILLED FROM GRAIN GOODERHAM & WORTS LIMITED. PEORIA, ILLINOIS ;v ' ‘ ■. ■■7&X&' 'i t, . • Ito come over and tuck In the little quilt she bad made for me arid say, “Tabby, I still love you,” but of course she didn’t, for what young lady would think about a doll while she was preparing for a ball ? After everyone had left (for the ball, , the room seemed so dark and lonesome, [ I lay there and thought. How gaily i everything would be decorated! Old , Sairtt Nick would come in and every j one would try to guess who he was , this year and the young ladies and j their beaux would dance and laugh . gaily! Hours later I heard carriages draw up in front of the house and the (happy laughter of HannJah 'arid (her family. A few minutes later a maid came in and turned the covers down and put another log on the fireplace and in came Hannah. I had never seen her look so radiant. After she had un dressed and prepared for bed, sh e bent over and picked me up 'and hugged me tight. She was gaily humming a tune and then she whispered into my ear, “Oh, Tabby 1 ! I had the most wonderful time and I met two of the nicest young gentlemen. Mr. James j Iredell and Sir (Nathaniel IDukenfield You should have seen how they both tried to dance with me at the same time. Oh! Tabby, they were no nice. Sir (Nathaniel is going to call on me next week. Tabby, I do hope that Mr. Iredell will call on me sometimes too.” The fireplace cast a soft, warm glow over the room and somehow as I lay beside Hannah I had a premonition that these two young men Would fall in love with her. Sir Nathaniel cam e the next week, and the next and the next. Mr. Ire dell didn't come. Then one (Sunday afternoon he came unexpectedly. He said that he wanted to Bee IMr. 'John ston but somehow I knew that he really wanted to see Hannah. It was I in the early part of April and it was, an afternoon oof premature spring. The trees had tiny green buds on them and a few early flowers were in bloom. Hannah had sat in her room most of the afternoon reading. When she saw Mr. Iredell walking toward the house, she dropped the book quickly, ran to the mirror and brush ed her hair and slowly walked down stairs. The next Sunday afternoon he came , again but this time he had no excuse, j he came to see Hannah. About a half hour after he came Sir Nathaniel f came also. I wonder how Hannah , fdt sitting there with two young ( men who were so obviously interested ■ her? They kept trying to make . conversation, not knowing exjaldtly ' what to say. ' The situation soon became a source . °f gossip for the women in Queen Anno’s Town. Which young man di 1 i y<mn g Johnston favor? I, too. I EXPOSING RACKETSTHAT ■'* GYP SERVICEMEN Mickey MacDougall, America’s fore i most gambling detective, presents an i eye-opening expose of the heartless racketeers who prey on servicemen. ! Look for this revealing feature in the March 15th issue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Magazine in Color gravure with the 1 BALTIMORE > SUNDAY AMERICAN > Order from lYour Local Newsdealer JBM CBOWJM HERALD, EPIjNTOW. W. CyraTOMDAT MARCH 12, ÜBS. ■” —i RESCUED SURVIVORS run I rinjnj^TinrLnj-Lnj-LrLj-u-j-ii-ii-ii-ii-ii-ir-ir>ririi sometimes wondered for in the past few months she had almost complete ly forgotten me The only way I could gather any news about her was through the maids as they tidied up her room. IShe was their main object of conversation. One night aa (Hannah Bat in her room, she picked me up, unfolded a piece of paper and read me a poem, a poem (that made me know Which young man she favored. Here is the poem that she read me: In what soft language shall nay soul convey Its dreams by night, and anxious cares all day, To her, the object of my fond desires To call my wife whom my proud heart aspires ? In whom each female excellence we view The just decorum of the happy few, Possessed of elegant, angelic minds, Where truth with goodness, grace (with virtue shines. May you, the dearest mistress of my love, * No more the pangs of dire affection prove, But everyday and every hour employ 'Some new occasion for a rising joy, And might the penner of this wish impart The raptuous feelings of his faithful heart, He’d hope to share the bless, which you possess And being blest, have some sweet power to bless. It was then that I knew whom Han- HAVE US FELL YOUR TANK with FUEL OIL and KEROSENE Harrell & Leary Phone 459 ■■ ■> l i*i*i*^i*i*i* A^i*i*lftW¥W‘ l *.*i» aA *^** A^*AAA * A ** A ** ‘|« * ■| , l , »* 00 th* striking hw M Air Sport Coop*, on# o-rhc Faster getaway by for—on far loss gas Now Chevrolet brings you an entirely high-compression engine*-the most . new Powerglide automatic tranxmtuion* powerful engine m the low-pike field. mmmgm With new power, new performance, new This great new povw team tmng, you wmiins economy. MORE MILES PER CrALLON OF /f *1! 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(He had loved and wooed her and won her hand. i Not long after, Hannah’s parents 1 announced the coming marriage of • their daughter, Miss Hannah John ston to Mr. James Iredell. You would have thought that the women in Queen Anne’s Town would have stop , ped their gossip then 'but they still talked about how “that poor (Sir Na thaniel Dukenfield” looked as he Walk ed down the Street. I heard the maildis discussing it one day. They also said that he would leave for England right before the wedding. Somehow I felt a little sorry for the rejected suitor. Hannah was so busy preparing for her wedding that she had little time left for me. The maids talked of how much the couple seemed to be in love. The weeks that followed were the loneliest weeks of my existence. Then one day the maids came in and Started to pack all of Hannah’s clothes. Sud (Continued on Page Fourteen) GUM POND CLUB MEETS The Gum Pond Home (Demonstra tion Club held its annual joint meet ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Evans Wednesday evening. The demonstration on Family Life Kidney Slow-Down May Bring Restless Nights When kidney function .dove down, many folk* complain of nagging backache, head aches, dizziness and loss of pep and energy. Don't suffer restless nights with these dis comforts if reduced kidney function is get ting you down—due to such common causes as stress and strain, over-exertion or ex posure to cold. Minor bladder irritations due to cold, dampness or wrong diet nsy cause getting up nights or frequent passages. Don’t neglect your kidneys if these condi tions bother you. Try Doan's Piils —a mild diuretic. Used successfully by millions for over 60 years. While often otherwise caused, it’s amazing how many times Doan’s give happy relief from these discomforts—help the 15 miles of kidney tubes and filters flush out waste. 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