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fMHNIlBAlt MWXAWmttWKHiY./ bas JRTH INSTALLMENT , dry little laugh which bad In Ujln the buokboaixl for the jjs' something of the sound of crum-gage. Snarely pursed his lips thought-i pled paper. “The old place has! “Oh, bat that wasn't neces-t ^-■;Ailly. then shook his head. "No— seen its best days, lady, but it’s sary," said the girl. ."We could ^410 use to see any more lawyers an we got. There’s two rooms' get along until to-morrow—it’s that’s as good—jpst about—as j such an awful trip in the dark.” they ever was. Your brother has Snavely shrugged. She 11 be slept there—it’s plenty comfort able—Jest a little mite dirty right now.” "But it’s full of great cracks —one of those walls might—” —they’lb jest gouge, us, stir up . BometMn’ so*a they’d have to be to straighten it out ag’in. No'hse in that. You’ve seen your * lairyer an’ you’ve got the will. The will’s what counts—jest as long as I recognize it as bein’ what it says it is, there’s no need aessln' around with law.” A gfuoer light came into his eyes and his voice took on a curious fepliow lift and fall. ‘All right,” said the girl Wichly. She was glad to settle all conversation relative to the ft.w. ”l’m mighty sorry I didn’t know you was coming,” remark ed Snavely. “Me an' Ann ain’t exactly fixed for company. But Fll be seein’ what I can do. Be tween now an' supper I'll just fixin’ up the place out back in the old house.” “That old ruin? But—it's fall ing to pieces!” For an Instant the man’s body tensed, then he laughed—a thin, back in a couple of hours. Snavely sat near the fireplace, half facing the man and woman who were seated near the cot. His attitude was that of one who la this _ S retreat, a dirt tuA. Ton wn’ dig'a-basin In the grtmnd where a gully runs. When It reins the water comee down the gully an' fills the pond. We got plenty of them ponds but they’re so silt ed up an’ shallow they don't hold water long an’- it don’t rain any ways. It rained just enough last winter to fill the biggest pond on the place; that an’ the well here, is all tke water we got. There’s four other .-ponds but they’re powder dry. Xn’ all the grass la sunburned an' wlspy-llke.” ^ “Mr. Snavely,” asked Warren, "perhaps we should wait until tomorrow to see the books—but could yon give an idea of tht earnings r' Snavely observed the young man for a moment. “Yes, Mr. Warren, I can. There ain’t any one 01 Lnose waus migai,— , ««« ^ av *‘No, no. Nothing ever falls In waiting to be asked foolish ques-j earnings. You can see the boote this country without there’s ajtions—as though he were about rain or a big wind. When it j to be quizzed by a pair of chil- storms, ym can come in here in j dren. Ruth's first question chang- case anything wants to fall. ' ed this attitude. Otherwise, you’ll be plenty sate. | “Who is We don’t have more’n a couple | “No, by God!” "fhe man thrust of storms a >ear anyways.” Ihis-body forward and his hands After suppei the adobe itself | gripped the arms of the chair as was visited. Huge nad dismal the if he were about to spring to his feet. His pale eyes glittered. great bulk towered above them in the night. Yet, once Inside, the walls looked quite safe by the light of the oil lamp on the NOnCB .Notice la hereby given that the « '■Bderslgned has qualified as Ad- I wflnistrator of Joel Minton, De- 'Wased, and that all persons hav ing claims against the Estate of “She’s nothin’ to me! Do you get that? She’s a nigger half- , breed I’m hirin’ to take care of table. The adjoining rooms were i the house an’ help on the place, certainly more spacious and con- j Anybody says different is a—” veniently arranged than anything i he paused. in the ranch house. As Snavely | "i was only going to ask what had said, the place was dirty. | you have just told us, Mr. Snave- But the dirt was the dirt of | ly.” The girl’s heart was in her earth—clean, dry dust. Ann, the ^ throat. giantess, had just finished ar- Snavely settled back in his ranging the bedclothes on three canvas cots. Ann had picked up a lighted lantern, left the room and took the path w-hich led to the barn. any time you' want—they ain't, complicated, neither. We sell twice a year, after the fall an’ spring round-ups. An’ -we buy Ann—is she your—” twice a year—stock up the com- ' missary. Grey took his share of last fall’s sale with him—an’ some of mine too, if it comes to that. This spring 1 sold *11 I could an’ got enough to a little more’n stock up the commissary. If you folks aim to stay on I reckon I’ll have to go to town again before fall.” Snavely spoke as though nothing could be more distasteful than going to town. "But. Mr. Snavely,” asked the girl, “isn’t there any money?” Snavely stood up and took an old daybook from the mantel. Slowly he turned the pages, wet ting his thumb at every page. He looked up. There’s a hundred an’ a queer! £ifty-one dollars an’ eight cents blood, 11 of pardnership money in the chair and his fingers strayed to his forehead. After a moment he spoke casually. “Abb’s creature. Strange. Her men tetoiiic WC "ISf, know how lets to fttte ■'But theft is one very wise old man. He Is medicine man. He "take thd women and the little children away. Ho lead them in these mountains when the young men try to fight. But very quick the bad Indian are on the trait When the wise old man come to the big arroyo with the women and the little children he look back. He see the bad Indian fol low. Where the trail leave the arroyo he stop. The wise old man say to the women and the little children, 'You must go on. Go in the still places of the niiountalns and wait. You must stay four days. Then go back Into the valley and make again the vlilage aid the field.' "The wise old medicine man iTO back In the arroyo and wait tor the bad Indian by the big i«ock. He take a little breeze he find playing by the big rock. He make this little breeze Into a soft whisper. Then he do other things that medicine man can do. When all Is ready he lay down by the big rock and let bis life go away. “The bad Indian come to the arroyo. The chief try to step over the deed old man. But he stop. Into his ear there come a little whisper. All the bad Indian hear the whisper. It tell them things and they are much afraid. They go out of the San Jorge Valley and they do never come back. "Always there Is the little breeze In the arroyo. Sometime It whisper. More I do not know!” Beneath the legend Harry NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. reckon. Her father was a heavy- I bank.” Joel Mlnton!®Deceaiet lantern swinging In long arcs I weight nigger prize fighter an’ ^ . — ' arm hor mnTnmv wa.fl an Aoacho li© r6turD0Q it to tH6 mantel, re Bed to present them within one year from the date of this no tice, otherwise, said notice will be plead in bar of any payment thereon. All persons who owe the ■aid estate are requested to make Immediate settlement. This 20th day of July, 1933. t«.28-6t. E. R. MINTON, Admr. of Joel Minton, Deceased. ^ Jones and Brown, Attys. from her arm Back in the living room of the ranch house. Suavely remarked that he had sent Ann to the gate NOTICE OF SALE OF REAT ESTATE NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. By virtue of a pC'Wer contained in a certain ^ed of tru.st executed by C. R. Triplett (.single), to the ■ndersigned trust"e for the Bank of North Wilkesboro, said deed of trust being recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Wilkes county, in Book 165, page 111. and terms of said deed of trust have not been complied with and demand made on said trustee for sale, I will on Tnur^ay September 14. 1933, at one o’clock p. ni., at the court house door in Wilkesboro, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, the following tracts of land, to-wit: Beginning at the mouth of Cop peras Rock branch where said branch flows into Lewis Fork creek; thence up Lewis Fork creek and with said creek to A. J. Prof- Jit’s corner; thence with A- J. Soffit’s line to a poplar comer; thence with A. J. Proffit’s line to a sourwood in A. J. Proffit’s lim; thence with A. J. Proffit’s line ai.d re-I pa tiently- for more questions. “Mr. Snavely,” said Warren, “when we were coming along the road shortly before we saw the house, we heard a—well, we had a queer sensation, as If some one who was very close by spoke to us—” “You did?” Snavely. leaned forward and watched Warren’s face keenly. “Was it by a big her mammy was an Apache he returned It to the mantel squaw. ‘Big’ Jackson, her daddy, 1 seated himself and waited was born a slave. He was in the army durin’ the Indian trouble in this country-—stationed at San Carlos. I reclcon Ann’s the result of a raid on some Apache By vi.rtue"^e power of i tillage Mostly she’s called 'In- sale^contained in a certain deed of; *'an Ann—you can see she fa- trust, executed to me on the 4th | vors her mammy s folks — da? of March, 1933, to satisfy a | straight hair an’ that Indian c?itain note, the terms of w^ch | face. Must have got her size an’ having not been complied with,, golor more from her daddy, said note and deed of tmst having, along ] rock down in the gulch?” ^een executed by R.\\ St. John I towns-this here civiliza- “Yes-yes, that’s where It was. selt fo^^’eash at public auction to | tion. Down in Texas she run a j At least that’s where wo thought the highest bidder at the court- , dance hall an’ saloon, but she got we heard the whisper It was house door in Wilkesboro, N. C., | in trouble an’ drifted out this on the 11th day of September, | i') seen her before, an’ 1933. at 12 o’clock M., the ^llow- j j j-ana onto her in town ing tract of land, i'and«' of i broke an’ look- county, adjoining the lands ot • . York Hayes and others: I for ® J®"- That was just after Beginning on a small black oak,! your brother went to Mexico.” running south to a stake; thence | Snavely paused, his eyes on the west to a chestnut; thence north girlfs face. “So—I hires fier. to a hickory: thence east to the j fgn beginning, containing 50 acres, There’s nothin’ been spoken just a few lands ofS'orTH\"yes DS^^^ about Ann. She jest can’t I from our ears. We were Under and by virtue of flower contained in a certain deed of trust rather weird.” “Tell me about it—what did It say?” “It’s hard to describe. We stopped at the rock a moment, and when we were leaving, this voice told us to—to go back. The unaccountable thing about it was that the words seemed to have inches This Aug. 11, 1933. EUGENE TRIVETTE, | ^„ 9-4-4t Tru.stee. | P. E. Brown’s line to a ’ocust; thence with the line of the Lindsay JTriplett 40-acre tract to the top of a knob; thence with the line of grant from the state of North Carolina to C. R. Triplett, being firant No. 9379, to P. E. Brown’s Lne; thence v;:th P. E- Brown’s line to a flat rock on top of the ridge, being the corner of C. R. Triplett, J. A. Eller and P. E. Brown; thence with J. A. Eller’s Bne to Copperas Rock branch with 1 S. Trijdett’s line to the begin ning, containing 100 acres more or Ins Exception about 1-10 acre deeded by C. R. 'Triplett to J. A. Eller. This 12th day of August. 1933- J. M. BROWN, Triistee for Bank of North Wil kwl^cro. Aug 14-22-28. Sept 5-12 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE *• Default having been made in the payment of' the inJebtediiess ••cured by that certain deed of tm«t to me as Trustee for Jef ferson St‘«udard Life Insurance Company by J. B. Noriis and wife, Ethel Hlil Norris, on the yJSth day cf July, 19-31, and re- •orded In the office of the IIeg- later of Deeds of WUke.s County In Book 159, at page 438, I will, neder and ty virtue of the power «( aale contained In said deed of Imzt, and at the request of the •Wtui que trust, and for the pur- •080 of discharging the debt se- •ned by said deed of trust, pro- mmd to sell to the highest bid- Aer, for cash, at the courtnouse Aoo’r In WUkeaboro, Wilkes coun ty, North Carolina, at 12:00 •'clock M-, on Wednesday, Sep tember 6, 1933, lying and being te the Town of North Wllkos- hoi-o, N. C. , , Beginning at a stake at the northeast Intersection of Sixth tenet and "F” street, and run- •tng thence N. 27 degrees 27 minutes W. along the eastern margin of Sixth Street 140 feet to a stake in the Southern mar gin of a twenty-foot alley; thence K. «2 degrees 33 minutes E. •long the Southern margin of •aid alley 150 teet to a aUke; thence S. 27 degrees 27 minutes B. 140 feet to a stake la the northern margin of "F” street; tbence S. 62 degrees 33 minutes V. along-the northern margin of “F” street 150 feet to the point •f beginning. , Thin 4th day of- Augaat, 19»t. JULIAN PRlCBt l-2^4t. Tlrwitee. I^h, Whwte* * Hadgina. Attya., Greensboro, K. C. rather .son and other.s.‘' See deed book No. j stand bein’ in town—spends | tired and a bit unstrung, though, 20, at page 112. i most of her time in jail when she | perhaps our imaginations ’ “ ' * is in town. It ain’t her fault—j Snavely frowned and shook folks give her liquor, you ' his head. “No—you heard it all sec, in’ when she’s drunk she’s a ! right.” I God-a-mighty terror.” I “How much do you suppose North Carolina. Wilkes County. ! she weighs? ” asked Warren. By virtue of a power contain d “Close to three hundred. I in a certain deed of trust itveculed reckon—solid as a rock. She’s bv T- M. Hawkins and wife. Mar- | powerful. You’ll look a long tha A. Hawkins, to the undersi^-^ before you find a man as ed trustee for the Bank of North , ^ , . , ,, Wilkesboro, said de-Kl of trust be- strong a.s what Ann is. NOTICE j “But what Is—who was It and I how in the world was it done? ; Why was It done?” Snavely thought a raonmnt. I "Oh, it’s a superstition—I guess you’dd call It.” I “I wouldn’t!" breathed the I girl, with a shiver. i’,;rrecord;dVnBo“ok'l65,pagel7'7.| “ni subscribe to that.” said i “But we heard something,” Wilkes county registry, and the Warren. “What kind of trouble | said Warren, terms of said deed of trust have j did she get into down in Texas! Snavely rose and entered his not been complied with and demand i she just prove too destruc- j bedroom. In a moment he return made o.i th° sa-d trustee for sale, Uj.yp ball?” I wdll. on Thursday the 14th ^ “Well, no. She killed a man- of September, 193S, at 1:1d o'clock I * x.. * ^ *u .•*u ^ p. m. at the courthouse door in |death nith a chair. Wilkesboro, N. C., offer for sale 1 But it was his fault.” Snavely to the highe.st bidder, for cash. | paused. “He wasn’t no small the following tracts of land, to. | man, neither.” he added as an 'vil: ' interesting afterthought. ** ^ 9uite some time the con- No V/™nni’nesou?h 43'versa tion hung fire. Snavely sat dians come up in this neighbor-] etore building 6 inches; thrace ner of Lot No. 6; thence west I Ruth began by asking about | brother got one old I Vannov’s lot 26 27 1-2 poles to a sourwood, corner the ranch. To all ot her ques-j who’d had education, to come up! gtakg. thence northward- of Lot No. 7 and B; thence north; tions Snavely returned prompt i to the house an’ tell about the . ,g jn-Vog fn’a stake in the line 7.; 4.=; pusi 14 rmles and 2. was I legend. I was right here when ■ between said Vannoy’s and ^ins’; ed and gave the girl a sheet of paper In her brother’s hand writing. “Your brother was al ways interested in legends an’ things about this country. He used to try to find somebody who said they'd' heard the voice, but he had poor luck. Then some In- executed by T. C. Caudill and wife, Cassie Caudill, to the undersigned trustee for the Bank of North Wilkesboro, said deed of trust be ing recorded in Book 166, page 183, Wilkes county registry, and the terms of said deed of trust have not been complied \rith and de mand made on the said trustee for sale, I will, on Thursday, the 14th day of September, 1933, at one o’clock p. m., at the courthouse door in Wilkesboro, N- C., offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the following tracts of real estate, to-wit: First Tract. Adjoming the lands of Vannoy and McNeill and F. C. Forester and others and bounded as follows: Beginning on a stake on the west side of 10th street, 26 feet south ward of the-southwest comer of C and 10th streets and running south 62 degrees 33 west parallel with C street 105 feet to a stalje; thence south 27 degrees 27 mm- utes east along the east side of N. H. Forester's line; thence north 62 degrees 33’ east 106 feet with F. C. Forester’s line to the west side of 10th street; thence north 27 dfgrees 27 minutes west along the west side of 10th street, 25 feet to the beginning, containing 2625 square feet. Said land be ing described as Lot 11 in Block 36 on tlm map of North Wilkes boro,'N. C. , .. . Second Tract; Being described as follows in the deed made to S. R. Joines by J. C. Reins, dated Sept. 1, 1909, registered in the of fice of the register of deeds of Wilkes county m Book 87 of Deeds on page 227. and bounded as fol lows, to-wit: Bounded on the south by W. W. Vannoy’s estate; on the north by S. R. Joines; on the cast by Tenth street, between “B” and “C streets and more fully described as follows: Beginning in the center of the brick wall on the north side of the brick store building, belonging to W. W. Vannoy’s estate on the west side of Tenth street; thence run ning westwardly with the center of said brick wall 60 feet to the west end of said wall; thence southwardly with west end of said tmllkn Imve nMi Hie der bt gtthii M a oonncil plmoei 'Tbey that when the Aeed is great ||lie tolce 'will advise tftm.” “What do you think nowr’ For the first time Snavely had aeked. a quesUon. Neither the girl nor her husband found ap answer. “Can you tell us any morel'’ asked Warren at last. (Continued next week) Young Roosevlet In Spam Madrid, Aug- 10—Franklin D- RooKvelt. Jr., and bis party ar rived here today wi a tour of Spain. 'The president’s son paid his respects to Ambassador Claude TBrberft, -JLiig 8.—^nfiniodr «■' Dr. SaanfiLN. Harrell, 'IsflKno pbysi^n who disappeared^ Sun*' day morning, was found last night in Tsr river near here. ^An inquest was deemed not necessary. The 60-year-old physician had been in 111 health for over a year and when he disappeared from : his. home early Sunday a . search was begun. The river was dragged re peatedly and last night Tom Nicholson,, one of the searchers, found the body. Fflm Star to Got Divorce Reno, Nev., Aug. 11.—^The mar riage of Carole Lombard, blonde G. Bowers and accepted an invita-:film star, and debonair William ;tion to remain overnight at embassy the Powell, also of the movies, will end ip the Nevada courts this week. •^Ses GuhcJ i c£sdurjc'ltuces Mi/erca\^crurlicfiKS..flleife^tlire Tire Prices Are Going Up Buy FIRESTONES Now! DICK’S SERVICE STATIONS “ALL OVER TOWN” !x^i i 6 degrees 45 ®ast 14 poles ^(1 22, pessimistic answers links to a stake; thence north 6.11 east 8 poles to a hickory; thence north 32 poles east 19 1-4 poles to an old pine corner in R. N. Hack- ett’s line; thence south 22 degrees 30 west 28 poles to the beginning, containing 20 acres, more or less. Exceptions: 2 lots sold to E- C. Woodie and one lot to Commodore Miller on the south side of the | Boone Trail; also except that parti of the above tract which is located on the North side of the Boone Trail. This 12th day of August, 1933. J. M. BROWN, Trustee for Bank of North Wilkes boro. Aug 14-22-28. Sept 5-12 soon evident that there would be | your brother took down what the no need of any one working out old buck said.” the exact value of three-quarters i The girl read aloud from the of forty thousand dollars. ! paper: 'But couldn’t we get some “The Legend of the Voice what we new cattle if that's need?” asked the girl. “We could If we had the mon ey. But it wouldn’t be oo use— not enough water for more stock. We’ve got some water, but it ain’t close enough to where the feed is.” "How could w.e get more wat ering places?” “Havin’ it rain would help. In “In the long ago days a tribe ot good Indian live in the San Jorge Valley. They grow what thence westwardly with said line 76 feet to the corner of said lot on Tenth street: thence southwardly with Tenth street 12 inches to the point of beginning, being one-half of the north side wall of the brick wall belonging to estate of W. W. Vannoy, deceased, and to be used a party wall and the land as i thereat and kill nothing. They ’ above'described. I ...... cnbed wall was deeded to J. O. Reins on the 8th day of October, 1902, by W. W. Vannoy and wife, S. E. Vannoy. , This 12th day of August, 1933. J. M. BROWN, Trustee. Aug 14-22-28. Sept 6-12 do never fight other Indian for so long they forget how It is. “One time some bad Indian come quick from the north. These Indian kill what they eat and fight much. All the village and all the field of the good In- Ve have ih RiCHT ROOF ot m€AU bjuiMinja Wa sell Carey Shingles and Roll Roofings in o wide variety of weights and colors, so you con select exactly the right roof for any building, new or old. Every type insures that fine appearance and extra long wear which hove been the mark of^ Carey Roofs for over 60 years. And best of oil, our prices will save money for you. Let ui prove it by a free estimate. Wilkesboro Mfg. Co. t MR. BROAD OF WALL STREET By Charles McManus O'O Vou CrO TO the opera H005E L.At.T NI&HT? No' WHAT VUAt> THERE” \ ' I •’AAOE mV 0E60T AS A siNCEa vc«,* t SANG A SAD BALLAD* VJiTH GREAT EXPRESSi6n, E’’4MV ONE. 5VAS NONi-D. ONE MAN IN the aowENCE tried to i-AMttklT &UICIOE ' — HE at Tvaica. V^T OOLL6TS vJ^rt-T-CD ftlCHT PAST
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