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• r'£" “JFTER all,” murmured Dolly
yL' /C to lier rickety pine dress-
TAg l\ er * “Christmas in the city
nff isn’t so awful!” She had
just clambered up four
OgSf flights of stairs, and
"]| jlpl* marched rather solemnly
the length of four dark
halls. All the doors were closed in the
halls; behind them she had heard
people laughing and having a good
time. In her arms she had carried a
few bundles, mostly things for sup
per. She knew no one here to whom
she could give a present if she wanted
to. She knew no one who would, by the
remotest chance, give her a present.
Well, she had wanted to leave the
country village where she had been
born and brought up. It was too dull,
much too dull for Dolly. Her parents
had begged her to stay. The old man
with whiskers who kept the country
store had shaken his head over her.
Her Uncle Jonah, a hard-headed, tight
fisted, rich old farmer had declared
she shouldn't have a penny, not a cent
of his money if she “up and kited out
to the city.” And she had retorted im
jertinently that she hoped Uncle Jonah
would have a grave large enough to
hold all his old money bags, so he
could take them right on to which
ever place he was going when he died.
Uncle Jonah somehow had not relished
this remark. He told her never to
set foot in his house again, and Dolly
flew out in a fury.
Now she dropped her bundles on
her very narrow bed, and dragged off
her hat. Her bright hqir tumbled about
her ears, her blue eyes looked tired,
her mouth sagged a bit at the corners.
She threw her coat on a chair, and
sighed. She had intended to begin at
once to cook her supper on a tiny
electric plate, then clear up the things
and go out to hunt up some fun. Some
of the girls at the store said they were
going to the “movies” and then on to
a cheap dance. They had invited her '
to come along. Dan Du«an lmd in
vited her to go out to supper with
lam, but s;ie u <1 not tell them that.
They would have thought her so dumb
not to have accepted. Dolly had liked
Dan because he looked a little like *
Roger. But he really wasn’t in the
least like hi in. She discovered tills at
their second men;lag. Dan worked at
a soda fountain and had a let of smart
cracks which soiinCk-i funny the first
time you heard them. But she ha.*
grown tired of h's humor very .soon, j
1 He was ‘ genermia enough but some- j
I thing in his too i miliar manner made !
her want to slap his face. So she had
declihed liig invitation, saying she was
going somewhere else. Da: ay was mad,
of course, and said a number of un
pleasant things about dames who
worked a guy until something better
came along.
Dolly didn’t care. Here in her small
room, with the rickety dresser and
uncomfortable chair, she began think
ing of Christmas at home. She assured
herself that she was perfectly satis
fied where she was, but it did no harm
to remember some of the fun she had
had in the square old house in the
village.
She forgot her supper; she forgot
that she was going to the “movies.”
She sat on the edge of her bed and
clasped her hands around her knees.
Her blue eyes were blind to the
cracked window shade and the dusty
looking globe of the electric light. She
saw instead the big lamp on the mijd
dle of the living room table at home.
The lamp had a cheerful yellow shade. !
Books and magazines were scattered ;
about. Her mother was wrapping up |
the last packages. Her father, in house
slippers, was smoking a pipe and read
ing the local paper. Her younger sister
was sewing on a pin cushion destined
for Dolly’s stocking. Her brother was
pacing restlessly up and down the
room urging Dolly to “get a hustle on”
and come out skating.
There were long garlands of ground
pine hung about the pictures. There
were bunches of holly pinned to the
She Dropped Her Bundles on Her Very
Narrow Bed.
curtains. There, was mistletoe. There
was a general smell of good things
which had been put away in tiie pan
try. There was, in short, a warm se
curity of home.
Then Roger had burst into the door,
bringing a cc-ld blast of wintry air.
“Come on out, Dolly,” he shouted,
“the skating’s grand. Moon’s up and
| everything.'’
“Do go, clear,” her mother had said.
“It’s a shame to stay in a night like
this. I’ll have doughnuts and hot cof
fee for you when oincome home.” S->
she had gone with RoPi*. Millions and
millions of stars in n deep blue sky.
Frost in the air and sharp shadows
cast by the bare trees on white houses.
Itoger had*laughed and joked all
the way to the pond. They had skated
around together, skimming over the
smooth surface as easily as swallows,
j Gradually they had stopped talking. It
had all been glorious and somehow {
| very sweet. Then suddenly, shyly, I
Roger laid stumbled over a few words, ;
askh’g Dolly t > marry him. She had j
loved liliii lor it, but she said “no.” I
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She said she first must try her own
life in the city. She must he inde
pendent. She could not hear the
thought of settling down in the dull
village.
“But we won’t stay here always,”
Roger had begged.
“No,” Dolly replied. And they went
home without saying another word.
“Well,” sighed Dolly aloud, “I must
get my supper.”
While she was busy heating water
for coffee, cutting and buttering bread
and washing lettuce in her sink she
heard a man’s footstep pass the door.
Why she listened at his passing she
could not guess, but when a clear
whistle broke the chill silence of the
;hall she dropped the lettuce, and with
out knowing what she was doing, she
flung open the door.
Dolly pursed her lips and whistled
' a feeble likeness to the cheery tune
; now descending the stairs. The whole
| expression of her face had changed.
;ller eyes sparkled, her face was
flushed, her very hair seemed to curl
more prettily about her ears.
The footsteps halted; the tune
stopped. Dolly kept on with her end
of it. A man was coming up the stairs.
A tall rnan with broad shoulders and
red hair. He wheeled about at the
newel post and stared at Dolly. At
this point she stopped whistling and
grinned a wide, happy youthful grin.
“I’d know that tune. Roger, If I heard
It in China !” she called out. The young
man made great haste in approaching.
He had nothing to say whatever. He
merely sent 1 is hat sailing somewhere
into the shadows and took Dolly in
his arms. Tie hugged her until she
gasped for breath.
After a while she persuaded him to
find his hat and come into her room.
“To think,” said Roger, “that I have
combed this darn city fore and aft to
find you. You know you moved a month
ago and never sent home your address.
To think I chose this house, this very
house, and have been coming in and
out of it for three days, and never
knew you were here. I’d about given
lip hope.”
Dolly twinkled at him out of her
blue eyes. Roger looked about at the
rickety dresser, the narrow bed, the
one uncomfortable chair. He said
nothing hut his voice was very tender
when he finally took her hand and j
said softly: “We can catch the nine 1
o’clock train for home, if you hurry.
I came to got you, Dolly. I could not
Jbear to think of you alone in this I
dreary hole. Your mother and father
are waiting for us. They’ve hung up
your stocking by the fireplace. Arid the
l>ond is frozen solid. Grand skating!”
Dolly found her suit ease and flung
in rer clothes. She jammed on her !
hat and caught up her coat. “Come, !
Roger, let’s go!” she said.
They went down stairs. At the foot '
a man was waiting. At the sight of
Dolly and her companion, his jaw fell.
“Merry Christmas, Danny Dugan!”
sang out Dolly, and clung more tight
ly to her escort’s arm.
Christmas night Roger and Dolly
were slowing skimming around the
pond. Q here was a moon. There was
just enough frost in the air to give
(lie landscape a silvery white look. As j
they skated in rhythm and their !
breaths mingled in a sort of frosty I
cloud, Itoger whispered, “Will you
marry me, Dolly?” “Yes,” she said.
Rets see how fast lwe can skate
around the pond and then go home to
she laughed happily—“coffee and ]
doughnuts!”
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NOTICE OF SERVICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Chatham County
vs.
Mrs. Kate Melver,
Defendant. -
The above named defendants, ex
cept those personally served m this
action, and all other persons owning
or claiming an interest in the lanci
herein referred to, will take notice
that on the 3rd day of December,
1929, an action entitled as above
was commenced in the Supeiioi
Court of Chatham County for t.ie
purpose of foreclosing tax liens ior
the taxes are for the years 192 <
on the following real estate:
100 and 6 town lots m
Haw River Township, said Coun
ty and State, and being listed to
Mrs. Kate Melver for 1927.
That they are required to appear
and answer or demur to the com
j plaint which has been filed at the
j office of the Clerk of Superior Court
lof Chatham County at Pittsboro
i North Carolina, within 30 days from
the 16th day of December, 1919, or
the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the com
plaint.
It is also ordered that all other
persons claiming an interest in the
subject matter of the said action
shall appear and present, set up and
defend their respective claims in six
months from the date of this notice,
or be forever barred and foreclosed
of any and all interest or claims in
or to the said property or proceed*
from the sale thereof.
This 16th day of December, 1929.
E. B. HATCH,
* Clerk of Superior Court.
(Till Jan. 9)
NOTICE SALE OF LANDS UNDER
EXECUTION
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY.
Howard-Bobbitt Company,
a corporation
vs.
Brook W. Lanius.
Under and by virtue of execution
issued to the undersigned Sheriff of
Chatham County by the Superior
Court of Chatham County in the
above entitled action the undersigned
Sheriff of Chatham, will on
MONDAY, JANUARY 13th, 1929,
at 2:00 o’clock P. M.
. AT THE COUTHOUSE DOOR OF
CHATHAM COUNTY IN PITTS
BORO, N. C., sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash for
the purpose of satisfying and com
plying with said execution all of the
right, title and interest and estate
of the said Brook W. Lanius in and
to the following real estate lying and
being within the corporate iimits of
the Town of Pittsboro, Center Town
ship, Chatham, North Carolina, which
is described as follows:
FIRST LOT: That certain lot on
the west side of Hillsboro Street
bound on the north by L. N. Wom
-1 ble’s store building, on the east by
Hillsboro Street, on the south by the
lot of J. W. Clark and the west by
an alley.
SECOND LOT: Those two lots on
the north side of Salisbury Street
known as the “Lanius Home Place”
which were conveyed to the late J.
C. Lanius by Mrs. A. J. Bynum et
als and for more accurate description
reference is hereby made to the title
deed by which the late J. C. Lanius
held the same.
This the 2nd day of December,
1929.
G. W. BLAIR,
Sheriff of Chatham County
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ing to help Mrs. Job remember who
sent ertgraved cards last Christmas.
—The Pathfinder.
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CHRISTMAS NEEDS
WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS
CIIfJtD 10 tb. bag 55c
i3Ull/in 25 !b. bag $1.38
MINCE MEAT, !b 19c
CRANBERRY SAUCE, 17 z. can 25c I
A'PPLE SAUCE, No. 2 can 10c
NUCOA 25c
I PEACHES, Fowler Brand 2Vo cans
JELLO, 3 packages 25c
Marshmallows, sugar puffed lb pkg. 20c
I COCOA, Hershey’s 2 y 2 lb cans 2?c
Currents, Cold Medal, lb. pkg. 2 for 35c
Toma'ces, Fresh Texas lb. 171/ 2C
GRELIN B£.AN3, Florida Fancy, lb. 15c
I iHESE PRICES GOOD UNTIL AFTER'.CHRISTMAS Ij
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NOTICE OF SERVICE
NORTH CAROLINA
CHATHAM COUNTY •
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Chatham County
vs.
G. O. Barnhardt and wife,
Mrs. G. O. Barnhardt,
Defendants
The above named defendants, ex
cept those personally served in this
action, and all other persons owning
or claiming an interest in the land
herein referred to, will take notice
that on the 3rd day of December,
1929, an action entitled as above
was 1 commenced in the Superior Court
of Chatham County for the purpose
of foreclosing tax liens for the taxes
due for the years 1927 on the fol
lowing real estate: {
One town lot in Cape Fear
Township, said County and
State, being listed to G. O.
Barnhardt for 1927.
That they are required to appear
and answer or demur to the com
plaint which has been filed at tne
office of the Clerk of Superior Court
of Chatham County at Pittsboro,
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER in^
LOWRY APPLES
per dozen, only 30c
Best apples grown. Good for children.
Not too much acid.
CALIFORNIA SEEDLESS
ORANGES, dozen 4Cc
These oranges are not processed like the j
Florid as and do not have that flat taste. F
Best Oranges grown.
Florida ORANGES, dozen ~ SC
WINESAP~APPLES, fancy, dozen 30c
BANANAS, golden fruit, 4 pounds 2-c
GRAPEFRUIT, Sealsweet, 3 for 2oc |
CrIOCALATES, Assorted sth box S i -3o
BRAZIL S. |
MIXED - NUTS, . v ! 23c
WALNUTS, Cal. Sofishell, new crop • |
PECANS, large, tb. f Z t
paper shell, new crop,
North Carolina, within
the 16th day of December
the plaintiff will apply to t 3 <
for the relief demanded i n ?k C ° Urt
plaint. ne con.
It is also ordered that all
persons claiming an interest 1 ■ ° tll€r
subject matter of the said ~ c t ln t!l
--appear and* present, set nn
fend their respective c la?m^ d ds
months from the date of th; * *
or be forever barred and n ? !c e,
of any and all interest or
or to the said property or n!? 8 ia
from the sale thereof', ‘
This 16th day of Decemhp* u
E. B. HATCH e '’ 19 23.
Clerk of Superior r
(Till Jan. 9) • i Coart
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YOUNG REPNOLDS HOME
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his home at Winston-Salem i at
serving a five months jail
• England for the killing of n I
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! mer * The Reynolds millions''
: powerless to save the youngster
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