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"THE INDIAN WARWHOOP" Continued from page eight town, and was accustomed to having the reins of power in her own hands. Her mother had died when she was very' small and her father, though he , loved her dearly, had focused his at tention more on hie business than on his daughter, thus leaving her to do at she wished. So we should not be surprised if Katharine was not always a most honest, lovable girl. Her greatest desire was to be popular and to have a large number of girls at her beck and call. In this she usually succeeded, either honestly or other wise. When Marjorie had entered school, noticing her to be very quiet though very brilliant, Katherine had very soon picked her out as an easy victim. But she had been disappoint ed. Marjorie had met all of her ad vances with calm but decisive words and not only had she failed to make her one of her satellites but on the other hand several of her former chums had,forsaken her and become the friends of Harjorie. Therefore as could be expected, there did not exist the best spirit of friendship be tween them and Katherine was only awaiting the day of her revenge. Upon Helen's arrival jhe immediately began to form some plan for break ing up the friendship of these two dear Mends. Her first plan of action was to make friends with Helen. So during the first few weeks when Helen was a little lonesome, Katherine made her self extremely friendly and soofa poor, ignorant, thoughtless Helen was developing an intimate friendship with this girl. Marjorie had noticed this from the first, but disliking to in terfere with affairs of other people,, said nothing. After some time, no ticing that the friendship with Kath erine was increasing while .it seemed that Helen did not talk sp freely to her nor seem as happy when she was with her, as before, Marjorie spoke to her about it. Hut cunning {Catherine had expect ed this and had been talking much to Helen. If Helen had any- out standing fault it was jealousy. She had been accused of that from child hood. So when Katheiine began talk ing to her in a way that was intended to stir up jealousy, she was on the road to success. One day while they were talking, Marjorie and some of her friend# passed laughing and jok ing. Noticing Helen watching them with a peculiar expression she said cunningly. "Do you never feel that Marjorie cares more for her friends here than for youT She seems to think so much of them and is contin ually speaking of them. I think it is queer that I never heard her speak of you all last winter." At once Helen's jealous nature was aroused, though she tried not to show it, for she greatly valued Marjorie's love. "I never have any such thoughts," she replied honestly, "For I am sure that Marjories' love is sincere." "Oh, of course it is", replied Kath erine", 1 just happened to think of it You must never dare to mention 3t" But Helen began to* think. It seemed to her jealous soul now that Marjorie really did not seem to care for her company go much after all and she decided that maybe she was not always true to her. A little incident occurred about this time that to Helen's mind proved that Marjorie was false. One day she received a letter from her father and not having time to finish it at lunch, took it to school with her. Among the other news items which it con tained Mr Kimball mentioned the par tial failure of his business, saying that K was probable that he and Mrs. Kimball would return home soon and in that case Helen must leave Ericson. Nothing was certain of course and she was not to speak of it. Much sur prised and distressed by this news, Helen confided in Marjorie and they discussed the matter until they reach ed school. Helen was much surpris ed a few days later to hear that her father had failed and she would be compelled to leave school. She at first only denied H and hoped tlSst it would soon be hushed. But the re port became more widely spread every day and she became alarmed. Speaking of it to Katherine she ask ed if she knew who started that false rumor. Katherine, with seeming re gret, answered that she had first heard it from Anne Johnson, one of Maijoria's friends. That bras enough for Helen, Marjorie was un true, Marjorie her once dearest friend had betrayed her secret and thus begun the report. She did not out your help." Much surprised and speak of it to Marjorie, but the bar rier between the two friends was deepened. So when Marjorie spoke to her of her friendship with Katherine, Helen replied warmly, "I have no reason for disliking Katherine and until I do she shall be my friend. Furthermore I want you to understand that I am capable of chdoeing my friends with hurt at this reply, Marjorie asked - why she should speak so roughly to s hjer. Helen then told her of the { secret which she had betrayed and in- c formed her of the fact that from that r day their intimate friendship would a be a thing of the pest Poor, inno- e cent, affectionate Marjorie 1 She do- I nied the charge but this was taken | as a matter of course by Helen, and s the ties of their friendship, ao long e almost sacred in their purity, were v torn asunder because Helen failed to C note that there were several ways by o which the report might have been fc begun. e So the friendship with Marjorie * died away while the friendship with * {Catherine grew. Each day they t seemed to enjoy each other's compah- s ionship more. Thus it went on un- t til near the close of school. d But though Helen had forsaken * Marjorie she did not forsake her '' books. Free tuition at any college * In the U. S. had been offered to the student making the highest grade in 1 English; and for this Helen was work- ' ing. She worked diligently over her '? English assignments with the result t( that her grades were excellent. But a try as she might, she could not sur- 1 pass Marjorie, and there was usually n a tie between them. In this way mat- ^ ters had gone on during the entire session until now it was almost time ti for final examinations. As the time e drew very near there was much won- * der and doubt as to which would be y the winner for both girls were re- t< markably bright. Meanwhile Helen h and Marjorie were studying. Though 8 the weather was exceedingly warm e and their poor brains ached from d weariness, yet they kept at the task, h Thus things might have continued in u a straight and even path until Com- ? mencement, had not temptation, in fl the form of {Catherine La Salle 1 thrust itself in the way. But it is al- h ways the way of Satan to put tempt- ti ation before us at the time that we c are the weakest and mqst liable to e yield." Thus it was with Helen. o Among Katharine's admirers was c the secretary of the school, Jane A Grey, a good-natured but weak girl. ? Although she was usually thoroughly honest, yet so great was her desire e to be one of {Catherine's friends that e she was willing to do almost anything a to accomplish this end. Knowing all ? this, .determined to use her in the a carrying out of a plan which had en- b tered her mind. While {Catherine t! had won Helen's friendship merely h for the sake of hurting Marjorie, yet g she really liked this high-spirited girt tl and was anxious for her to take the tl honors from Marjorie. So one day, P only a few days before Anal exams -A were to begin,N {Catherine slipped * away from Helen and went to the o office of Jane Grey .Finding her alone she went in and began talking in a 7 most amiable way. After a few min- h utes she said "Jane,* I have taken a y liking to you and have decided to j< make you one of my intimate friends 1< if you wish to be one." a "Oh Katharine!" interrupted the U overjoyed Jane, "A thing I have so a long wished for. How can I ever t? thank youT" "You can very easily thank me if " you especially wish to", replied K. 0 "All the thanks I ask are that when m you typewrite the English exam, you w will make two copies and let me have ai one." I* Jane's face clouded and she seemed " to dislike the thought of doing any- ,.y thing so dishonest ni "Oh you need not worry about the hi thought of its being known, for I w shall keep it a secret apd will promise m not to even look at them if you wish A me to. There could not possibly be ol anything wrong if it was never known f< and I don't even peep at the ques- f> tiona. If you will do this for me I F will be your friend for life." m So weak, ambitious Jane promised f< and the next day a list of the English m exam questions was placed in Kath- w erine's hands. The next thing for a) her to do was to beg Helen into tak ing them, a task which she knew B would not be so easily accomplished, e1 Nevertheless she had hope. si The next morlng when Helen came ei to school she received a note from b< Katherine saying that she must see *1 her on important business at recess. So when recess came they went off fi together, nobody taking special notice al for thia was now a thing of daily oc- H currence. What took place between at these two will probably never be dt known bpt nevertheless Helen enter- fi ed school that day with a little piece of paper in her pocket, feeling as if ai it were burning a hole in it When fi she opened her books that night and tl tried to study she was so restless that n she attracted Marjorie's attention s< though she said nothing, having learn- w ed that Helen would not conflde in Is her. n At last examination day came and tl soon this long expected event was a thing of the past As Marjort* turned w in her paper there was a look of great b relief on her face, being conscious that she had done her best, while u Helen seemed more nervous and ex- w cited than ever. The next two <byrs u were days of suspense. Suspense tl both to those concerned and abo nut- u Jders, for all wer? vary aludoua to mow who would bo the fortunate me. On Marjorie's face there waa 10 sign of excitemept or anxiety, but he teemed eery calm and unconcern id. With Helen it waa different Each day she crew paler and more host-like and waa aim oat unable to it up. Mrs. Deane remarked sev ral times that Helen had been over worked by her recent hard studying. In the second day it seemed that her ver-etrained nerves could jjot be eld in check until after the great vening. Nervous spasms seemed in vitable. Finally the hour arrived nd with much difficulty Helen at ended. During the entire address he sat as one entranced, her face like hat of a corpse. Only -once or twice id she arouse and seem as one alive nd then she would look with "plead ng eyes toward the place where Miss idams, the principal, was sitting, as C she would like to rush to her side, 'his would last but a moment and hen she would suddenly fall back a her old position. Was all this due 9 overwork? At the close of the ddress, there was much agitation he audience as Miss Adams arose to ame the winner of the scholarship, ifter a few remarks she said. "Now since you all understand the srms by which this scholarship is giv n, I want each one of you to give the winner all the praise and honor that ou think due to her. I, myself, wish ? take this opportunity of offering to er my heartiest congratulations to other with the wish that she will ver prove the same honorable, in ustrious student that I have found er to be. It gives me great pleas re to bestow this honor upon? [elen Kimball." There was a death ke silence as this announcement was }ade, immediately followed by a, earty applause as Helen arose rembling and went' forward to re eive the reward- As her hand clos d over the slip of paper, she uttered ne faint cry and before aid could ome, she was lying prostrate on the oor. It is late in the afternoon. Sev ral weeks have passed since the vents related above. Upon a bed in cozy little room, laden with flow ra, lies a young girl apparently bout sixteen years of age. Standing eside the bed is another girl about lie same age. She has a letter in er hand and looks as if she has some ood news. At a glance We know liese to be Helen and Marjorie al hough Helen looks much thinner and aler because of weeks of suffering, is she epens her eyes and looks round her she meets the smiling face f Marjorie who says: "Oh please dear Helen do open our eyes and talk to me some. You aven't talked any for weeks. Surely ou know lots to tell by this time, and ist look what 1 have for you! A ?tter from your father. Do you not ish to hear what good news he has I tell you? For you know he sl ays does write such cheering let in," > "Yes, I would like very much to :ad one of dear old Daddy's letten nee more, for I feel as if he and lother are the only ones in the orld who care for me now, and I in not even worthy of their love. But efore you read it I have something tat I wish to tell you?I must tell ou. It is impossible to keep it a linute longer. For days and weeks I ive tossed upon my pillow with the eight of my sin bearing upon my lind, sometimes almost crushing me. fter I feared that I would leave this id earth forever, never having been irgiven either by you, the dearest ?iend on earth, or by my Heavenly ather. But since I have been so ercifully Spared, I must now con ies all. Bear with me until I finish y hard task and do not be too harsh ith me for old friendship's sake, is 1 I ask." ? Then Helen tol<J her pitiful story, eginning from the first, she related rery incident that had happened nee their friendship had been brok i up, and finally told of host she had ten coaxed into taking the list* of cam questions. - "Oh Marjorie!" she cried as she nished her tale. "How can you look I me with such a calm, sweet face? ow can you keep from shuddering t the sight of me? I, who have so Isgracefully taken your just honors -om you." "Dearest Helen" renlied ll*rl?rln i she wound her am* around her -iend and placed a kiss upon her dn, worn face. "This is nothing ew to me. Katharine confessed all >on after 70a were taken sick. It as she who started that awful report ist fall. She found your letter and sad it. But do you think that any ting could destroy say lore for you?" "Oh that I were as strong as you" hispered Helen, "My heart is willing ut my flesh is weak." "Marjorie, said Helen a few mln tes later, " I hare learned a lesson Inch I shall never forget Although njust criticism is hard to bear, yet ic worst thing in the whole world is ndeserred prahs," and the true friend* wound their arm* around each other in an embrace that lasted forever. MABEL CLAIRE HOGGARD, ?'14. On a sun dial in Fargo: "I count the bright hours only." NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Pursuant to and by virtue of the power and authority conferred upon me by a certain deed of trust exe cuted by A. T. Tyner and Claudie C. Tyner on the 10th day of August, 1020, and duly of record in Book 66 at Page 4S2, Register of Deed's office of Hertford County, default having been made in the payment of certain indebtedness therein set out and se cured and having been requested by the legal holder of said indebtedness to advertise and sell the land as therein provided, I shall on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1923 between the hours of 12 o'clock and 2 o'clock, p. m., in front of the post office in Ahoskie, N. C., sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash the following described land, to-wit: A certain tract of land in Ahoskie township, bounded as follows: On the East by the lands of J. B. Chamblee and John Butler; on South by White .Oak Swamp; on the West by the lands of E. W. Sessoms; on the North by the lands of J. B. Slaughter. Con taining Sixty-one acres more or less. This being the tract of land conveyed by deed from J. R. Askew and wife to A. T. Tyner. This the 24 day of January, 1923. C. W. JONES, Trustee. 2-2-23-4t. NOTICE By virtue of authority contained in a certain execution issued out of court by J. R- Garrett, Justice of the Peace, wherein A. J. Early, plaintiff and Thomas Winborne, defendant, the undersigned will, on the 3rd day of MARCH, 1028 ? At one o'clock, p. m. At J. R. Garrett's stables in the Town of Ahoskie, offer for sale the following articles of personal prop erty: One sewing machine, two barrels and contents, one keg and contents, five chairs, five bundles of slats, four bedsteads, one cross-cat saw, three cake boxes and contents, two tubs and contents, four bundles of beds and bed clothing, two tables and one crib, six bags of corn, one cook stove, ^ne set of bed springs. Or as much thereof as may be suf ficient to satisfy said execution and judgment This 6th day of February, 1928. B. SCULL, Sheriff. By O. H. BRITTON, Deputy Sheriff. BUDscribe to the Herald; do it now. e ' wmmmmmmmm NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST By virtue of the power* contained in a certain deed of trust executed on the 9th day of September, 1920, by S. W. McKeel and wife Zenobla McKeel to W. L. Curtis, Trustee, which deed of trust is recorded in the Register of Deeds Office for Hertford County, in Book 68, on page 124. The conditions contained in the said deed of trust having not been com plied with and on request of the hold er, the undersigned Trustee will therefore, on the 3rd DAY OF MARCH, 1923 Offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the U. S. Post Office in the town of Ahoskie, N. C., County fit Hertford, the following tracts of land, to-wit: 1. That certain tract of land lying and being in Hertford County, N. C., and more particularly described and defined as follows: On the South-east side of County road leading from Ahoskie to Frasiers Cross Roads and adjoining the lands of W. L. Curtis, Mrs. A. R. Minton, V. H. Garrett, A. E. Garrett and other* and containing forty (40) acre* more or less and be ing the farm known as the Minton farm purchased from E. J. Gerock by said S. W. McKeel. 2. That certain tract of land lying and being in Hertford County, Town of Ahoskie, N. C. Situate on the North aids of Main street, East side of Lloyd street and adjoining the lands of the W. A P. right-of-way, J. H. Newsome and others and contain ing one and six-tenths acres and known as the Planters Warehouse Co. warehouse property. Time of sale?March 8, 1928, be tween the hours of 12 m. and 1 o'clock p. no Place of sale?In front of the U. S. Post Office. Tonus of sals Cash. This the 1st day of February, 1928. W. I- CURTIS, Trustee. 2-2-41. DO IT NOW?SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD-fl.50 per year] u II .1 I 1) I MORE FARM IMPROVEMENTS This Bank backs the Farmers who wisely unrest in household equipment, modern machinery, silos, fertiliser, high-grade seed, pure blood stock etc. We favor the farmer that raises his own feed, and food-stuff at home and well equipped farms that makes a more enjoyable rural life as well as more profitable farming. >v ? . , ? This Bank is interested in the ^ Farmer's welfare and willing to extend liberal credit accommoda tions during tthe dull season on the anticipation of receiving your busi ness in the harvest time. Farmers-Atlantic Bank AHOSKIE, N. C. THE FARMER'S FINANCIAL HOME I I I ' I I ? I ' ? I Ml I r( ^ Notice of Sale TOWN PROPERTY WE WILL OFFER FOR SALE THE Farmers Union Brick Warehouse And Lot in the town of, Ahoskie, N. C., and on the A. C. L. Railroad and two streets, containing 3-4 acres, more or less. TIME OF SALE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1923 Between 1 and 2 o'clock p. m. ? Place of Sale?At warehouse Terms of Sale?To be announced at time of sale. ' For further information apply to the undersigned. J. J. ASKEW, Manager Ahoskie, N. C. J. K. PARKER, Chairman Directors, Murfreesboro, N. C. A . f HOW TO SAVE MONEY II SET A MINIMUM AMOUNT * Figure out to a penny the very least you will deposit each time. Make it as large as possible?then STICK TO IT! If you can deposit more, you're that much winner. Make Your First Deposit Today. We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Savings. BANK OF AHOSKIE The Bank That Haa Never Charged Any Person More Than 6 Per Cent Interest ^Ahoslrie, N. C. i ?/ SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD ONE YEAR $1.50
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