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Fantastique
By MUBBELL SMITH
My journey takes me by silly, conceited crowds
of people with penetrating eyes. Along a cobble
stone street lined with cannon overlooking the sound,
horses are transporting goods.
I go across a steel bridge lined with men and boys
fishing for carp and catfish; on down a road where
a dilapidated oil mill has been abandoned by time;
across railroad tracks that stretch interminably;
over sand cliffs and through a beautiful colonial j
plantation where a loyalist sovereign once lived.
I pass green cypress drooping from weariness
laden with moss and dropping green balls.
At the edge of an enchanted forest, fascinated by
beauty, a lovely girl with blond hair, blue eyes and
.pink complexion moves directly towards me. I rec
ognize her at once as Trooper, my childhood doll.
Trooper looks charming and delightful as she takes i
my hand and leads me through strawberry Christ
mas trees and sugar-coated maples.
Although it is warm, sugar-powdered snowflakes
chew and crunch beneath our feet. Silver-rose
candy crystals dance and surround us, tingling and
shattering as they fall. We walk on through sheer
delight of beauty. <
The moon climbs and etches everything into a
silhouette of enchantment. Scintillating designs
emerge and encircle us. Chocolate-covered cherries
hang from rose-colored branches. Cotton candy
covers the shrubbery. Ice cream hills and soda pop
streams are every place.
Birds with bright red and golden feathers light
on our shoulders, sprinkling particles of stardust.
Orange and pink icicles tingle as we pass; icy notes
encircle us. Across a blue pond drops of scattered
moonlight cast long shadows of transparent clouds.
Our voices echo and reverberate through: the
magic silver-clustered forest with ringing excitement
and sensations.
We pass by glass castles tinkling in the wind with
light sounds. Candy trees are richly decorated with
bright-colored flags.
Trooper and I laugh at an almond-colored reindeer
eating brilliant red sugar drops from a silver-coated
tree. We can see high pancake mountains running
with black molasses.
We walk through tall sugar canes covered with
honey. Tulips wrapped with glittering diamonds and
lilacs drooping with glowing sapphires line the path.
Emerald green lightning bugs shimmer in the night
as the moonbeams shine on silky snowflakes.
Dawn brings a changing light of reflections from
the silver forest—red, then rose-silver. A lustrous
shooting star glistens through the sky like some
thing wet or sleek, then bursts into a thousand in
describable formations and glittering scenes.
Trooper gleefully points at a beautiful antelope
glowing of starlight, eating in a golden garden. We
watch in amazement as a giraffe, with light cream
and enfolded in orange sunbeams, rambles. about
with dignity through pale yellow fog, without touch
ing it. A gazelle glaring with turquoise and glim
mering in topaz runs by. An ostrich plumed in ruby
fire ermine struts by. We pass a Swiss chalet be
hind gooseberry bushes laden with berries.
Trooper and I stop suddenly as we see an ancient
Teutonic Gothic cathedral arching upward. We feel
tender emotions as we kiss and bid one another an
enduring farewell.
As the brightness from the silver forest dissolves,
golden drops from the sun awaken me into re
ality . . .
Once again crowds, with penetrating eyes, walk
along cobblestone streets hawking their goods.
LEGAL NOTICES
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Exe
cutor of the estate of Erv
ing D. Spivey, late of Cho
wan County, North Caro
lina, this is to notify all
persons holding claims
against the estate of said
deceased to present them
to the undersigned on or
before the 4th day of
July, 1968, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of
any recovery thereon. All
persons indebted to said
estate will please make
immediate payment.
This 4th day of January,
1968.
Erving Trotman Spivey,
Harvey McLean Spivey
Executors of the Estate of
Erving D. Spivey, De
ceased.
Jan 4 11 18 28p
Admintotrstora Notice
Having, qualified as Ad
ministrator of the estate of
Erman W: Griffin, late of
Chowan County, North Ca
rolina, this is to notify all
pyfm holding claims
against the estate of said
deosaead to present them
to the undersigned on or
before the 4th day of July,
1968, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of any re
covery thereon. All per
sona indebted to. said es
tate will please make im-
This tad day of January,
1988.
JACK W. HARRELL,
A W* ti oTbnum W*oS-
Jan 4 11 18 88
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Exe
cutors of the estate of T.
C. Roberts, late of Chowan
County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all per
sons having claims against
the estate of said deceased
to present them to the un
dersigned on or before the
11th day of July, 1968, or
this notice will be pleaded
in bar of any recovery
thereon. All persons in
debted to said estate will
please make immediate
payment.
This 4th day of January,
1968.
W. H. ROBERTS,
JOHN E. ROBERTS,
MARY R. WARREN,
Executors of the Estate of
T. C. 'Roberts, Deceased.
W. J. P. Earnhardt, Jr.
Attorney.
Jan 11 18 88 Feb 1
executor'* Notice
Having qualified as Exe
cutor of the estate at J. C.
Lane, late of Chowan
County, North Carolina,
this is to notify all per
sons holding claims against
the estate of said deceased
to present them to the un
dersigned on or before the
4th day of July, 1968, or
this notice will be pleaded
in bar of any recovery
thereon. All persctos In
debted to said estate will
please 1 made immediate
payment
This 29th day of Decam
ber, 1867.
HENRY T. LANE,
Executor of the Ertate of
J. C. Lana, Deceased.
JUJ Earnhardt Jr,
J« 4 11 J* 88-
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