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Jenny colored in distress. "I for- I
|OLt BU6 Baiu.
The old woman made a tound like
mirth. "No matter," she decided.
"Time enough for them, another
day."
She did not then ask any question,
or offer any least Instruction,
finding a deep pleasure in watching j
this unfolding of the girl into the j
woman; in watching the birth in j
Jenny of that teeming ardor, frank !
and tender and unashamed, which |
a girl learns by and by to conceal
and to control, but which may be
at first as apparent as the blush on J
a rose.
And during the next two years, !
while Jenny came to maturity, as a
stream rushes to the sea, Marm
pierce still held silent; but she was
not blind. She knew that the girl j
slipped away on every occasion on
the chance of seeing Will Jenny
gave the young man that deep and !
boundless affection of which only a j
child is capable; and Marm Pierce I
watched her tenderly, ready with j
the sympathy and comfort which, I
she began to perceive, would be i
needed by and by.
For Will was a man, and flushed
with the prfJe of first mar hood;
and in his eyes Jenny was still no :
more than a child. An adoring child, ,
who came to watch him fish, and
lay prone on her stomach behind
him so as not to affright the trout, j
while he crept near to drop his line
into the pool; or she might appear
behind him in the hayfield while he 1
worked, or in the garden where he
was busy digging the roots on some
crisp day in fall; or she came to
help him pick apples in the orchard
below the house. It mattered not j
what the occasion, she drew near j
him when she could, asking nothJug,
demanding nothing, content to i
near him, and to watch him, j
and to hear his tones when he I
spoke to her. i
She worshiped him, and Will, not '
hltnrt was nleased and at the Same ,1
time amused by her adoration. And
Marm Pierce, watching them, hoped
one thing and feared another. There 1
was In Jenny no coquetry at all; j
she had no instinctive knowledge i
of the arts and graces which might j
have persuaded Will to see that she 1
was not the child he thought her.
Her hair as often as not hung In
a heavy braid between her shoul- 1
ders, her sun-bonnet was worn with
out artifice, her dresses were rough
and old and fit for hard usage.
When she traversed the shadowed
forests, she went easily and smoothly
as a wild thing; but otherwise
her movements had still the awkwardness
of strength not yet controlled,
of bone and muscle not yet
In full co-ordination. Her very steadiness
and serenity must make her
In Will's eyes, the old woman considered,
sexless, like a boy; Jenny
had none of the shynesses, the
withdrawals, the reluctances of a
girl.
Marm Pierce came to be troubled
by the matter by and by, and
she made an occasion to see old
Enoch, Will's father, and speak of
It with him. These two were of
the same generation, Marm Pierce
only a little the older; for Enoch,
as is apt to be the case hereabouts,
had married late, and Will was his j
only child.
But Enoch was older than his |
years and Marm Pierce younger
than hers. Vigorous enough to do
any work that needed doing around
the farm, he was apt between these
physical activities to sit with vacant
eyes, staring at nothing, in the
patient apathy of age.
Marm Pierce laid her concern before
him, spoke to him of Jenny and
of Will. "I dunno what to think,"
she confessed. "Seems like If either
one of 'em had any git up and git,
they'd have found out what was
the matter with them by now. But
Jenny, he's the first boy she ever !
knowed; and Will don't act like
he'd had much to do with girls."
"Will's a good, steady boy,"
Enoch assented. "He stays close
to home."
Marm Pierce thought with some
impatience that Enoch had probably
not even heard what sne said.
"Jenny don't know the meaning
of it," she told him stoutly. "Don't
know what's the matter with her.
She's hungry for him, but Just seeing
him and being with him la
enough to keep her satisfied. She
dont know what It la she's hungry
for. Like as not she won't ever
find out, only If the time comes
when she can't see him, then she'll
be plain starved . .
And she urged, honestly troubled:
"Can't you have a notion of something
to do about it? Will's as
dumb as she Is. He acta like she
was a boy; and I doubt if it ever
struck her that he's a man!"
~ I
But to confess her perplexities to
Enoch proved of no use or avail.
Her doubts and fears rebounded
from his passive silence. He appeared
to listen without hearing;
had nothing useful to say.
This was in midsummer; and In
November of that year, Will went
away to Augusta. Enoch had a
woman to keep house, and the old
man could manage what chores
needed to be done around the farm
in winter time. Will had cut and
fitted a plentiful supply of wood to
last till spring; the roots were In
the cellar, salt pork in the jars. A
man came through the neighborhood
seeking good stout fellows for
a construction job, offering good
pay; he stopped at Enoch's house at
noon one day?and after breakfast
the next morning, Will, with a
high sense of adventure, departed
into the outer world.
It was two or three days before
Jenny knew that he had gone. Then
Bart Carey stopped at the house
one morning and told them the
news.
"The fellow wanted me to go
along, too," he said. "Good pay
and all that. But I got to stay here
and look out for the place. I
couldn't go and leave Amy by herself.
"But Will, he went the next morning.
'Lowed to be back in April,
or maybe May."
Marm Pierce, seeing Jenny's
white lips and rigid face and tortured
eyes, got Bart out of the
house as quickly as possible; and
once the door was closed upon him,
she turned to catch Jenny in her
arms and hold her close and tenderly,
"Cry it out, Jenny," she urged
iiTKnf'il moIra vnn fp/?l hpt- i
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ter, child. You go on and cry!"
Jenny whimpered, bewildered,
half-terrified as though by some
thing she could not clearly sec
"But Granny, I feel sic';! I'm nl'
aching and hot and empty 1 Granny
what's the matter with me?"
"The same that's been the mat
ter with every woman that ever
loved a man," said old Marm I'l^Tce,
Strangely gentle.
"Love him?" Jenny whispered, her
eyes wide. "Do I love Will?"
"He's a dumb Idiot to go away,"
Marm Pierce exclaimed, in rising
anger. "But men are a dumb lot,
Jenny. He's no worse than the rest,
likely."
She chuckled, fondly. "Yes, that's
it, Jenny," she said. "Only you've
come to it younger than most Cry,
child. That will ease you. And?
he'll be back in May."
CHAPTER II
WILL FERRIN came back to
Hostile Valley before May;
but not to stay. Old Enoch, Will's
father, endured the winter; but the
treacherous enticements of first
spring betrayed him. When the
drifts were shrinking, and the brook
shook off its bonds and went roaring
down the gorge, and the soft
rains came, Enoch caught one day
a cold that within 48 hours was
much more than a cold. Will, summoned
in haste from Augusta, arrived
too late to see his father die.
He stayed to see the old man
laid away in the small family burying
ground hidden in the border of
the spruce woods above the house.
Jenny went to the brief services,
standing in the background of the
little group around the grave. Marin
Pierce had stayed at home. They
had no conveyance readily available;
and the walk around by the
road was long, and the way through
the woods was too arduous for her.
But Jenny saw Will, and watched
him, her eyes hovering about him
tenderly; and afterward, when the
others began to move away, she
came to his side.
"I'm awful sorry about your pa,
Will," she said.
Will Ferrln nodded. He was older,
aged as much by his father's
death as by these months away
from home; his lips were white and
hard compressed just now, and his
eyes were steady and a little
frightened, as though he were faintly
afraid to face the world, as he
now must, without his father's
strength behind him.
"I wlsh't I'd been to home," he
said grievously. "Might be It
wouldn't have happened, with me
here to do the chores."
"Now don't you. Will," she whispered,
comfortingly. "Granny says
old fofks are like as not to die in
the spring; and he was old, and
tired." And she said softly; "It's
good to know you'll be here now."
He looked at her in faint surprise.
"Why, I'm going back," he
told her. "I've got a good Job,
while It lasts; and good pay. I 'low
to let the farm lav idle this sum
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mer; come back next year when j |
this Job's done, with the money I've
saved." j .
"I guess the farm'U miss you," j j
she said, not urgently, yet with a ]
rueful note in her voice. "Farms , ]
need taking care of, and tending. I
Granny says a piece of land willj ,
go back to woods mighty quick, If ! <
you let it be."
Then they came down toward the j J
house together, while friends ,
stayed behind to do what must still . j
be done by the grave; and Will j
spoke as they walked slde-by-side. j
"I can bring the farm back, an-1
other year," he said. "But looks
like I ought to hang onto this job, 1
long as I can. It's a dam they're 1
building over there, and a power '
plant and all."
She made no open effort to die- ,
suade him. He said, with some (
blundering perception of the change .
in her: "You've growed a heap, j
Jenny." I
She shook her head. "No, Will, .
I'm no bigger than I was."
He protested, smilingly: "Sho, ,
young one. You'll be a grown wo- ,
man, first thing you know."
"Some ways," she confessed, "I'm j
a woman now." She watched him ,
hopefully; but he did not speak, ,
and she asked: "You aim to stay ,
I any time at all?" !
"I 'low to leave first thing In the ,
I morning," he returned. They were
come to the house. "So I don't i
know's I'll see you again, before. ,
j Nice of you to come over, Jenny.
| Pa, he always liked you."
! Jenny nodded, not trusting her- '
f self to speak; she turned away.
So the Ferrin place on the slopes i
above Carey's brook was deserted
all that summer, and the next win- <
ter, too; and for Jenny, with Will |
gone, Hostile Valley became a
' dreary solitude. The girl came '
I wnmnnhnnd thp rhflnce I .
, on 111 iw nw^v.?.??_ , ? 0- j ,
[ was manifest to the rudest eye. j
Uncle Win Haven, returning on one ;
of his Infrequent visits to the Val- ,
ley, met her one day when she i
went to feed the hens, and chucked
her under the chin and told her she |
was a fine wench now, and would1 <
have kissed her, but Jenny turned |
her head aside. Back Indoors, shei
told Marm Pierce that Uncle Win I
I was about; and the old woman said .
| crisply:
"You keep away from him, Jenny.
He'll get sick of It mighty soon."
The old man stayed In the neigh- ]
! borhood for a while, lodging with
Bart Carey; and Amy, Bart's sis- ,
ter, came to Marm Pierce one night
for sanctuary. I
Bart protested: "Ma'am, I'm sorry
for her. I want to?kind of com- 1
Tort her. I'd marry Jen In a minute E
S she'd have me. Guess she knows T
It, too."
"Well, she won't," the old w?- a
| man told blm. "Don't you see she 0
wants to cry now? You go along <j
and get out of here." 1
And she bundled him unceremo- f
ulously through the door. Bart, out- e
side, climbed Into bis buggy, won- j
dered at the sudden flooding ardor j
which had made him speak so open- | c
j ly. He had no least mind to marry, j ,
j had not contemplated doing so; yet I g
there had been In Jenny's eyes just j j
now something so broken with long- j
Ing and deep hunger that he had : c
been swept Into a folly of words, 1g
into an unaccustomed forgetfulness, 1 {
eager to assuage her grief. Will, j
be thought, was blind and dumb ! r
and blamable; he had a quixotic lm- j)
pulse to go thrash the other man
for falling to see that Jenny loved ! j
! him, for failing to understand. ]
Jenny, alone with her grandmoth- j
er, wept long weary tears, till she j i
slept at last from very pain and (
deep fatigue; and old Marm Pierce j,
sat by her long, that night, brood- j j
in? over the hurt child, tender and ;,
fond. Already she hated Huldy Ferrln
for hurting Jenny so.
But when Jenny woke in the
morning It was composedly. She
was older; older even to her grandmother's
accustomed eyes. But there
was no longer any panic of be- |
j reavement In her, nor any vehe- !
| mence of outcry at the blow that
had struck so shrewdly home. Her
world might lie broken at her feet; j
but her head still was high. She j
went calmly about the common |
| daily tasks, which can so often by j
I their familiar monotony bring com- j
fort to a distracted mind; and she
and Marm Pierce spoke not at all
of Will that day or the next. When
they did, at last. It was Marm Pierce j
who asked the question, Jenny who ;
answered her. j
"He's married, Granny," she said,
In a tone of finality. "That's all
there Is to It, or ever can be. I
didn't grow up soon enough for him,
that's all 1"
"You'll have a main of men to
pick and choose from, Jenny,"
Marm Pierce told her stoutly. "Any |
man with sense . .
Jenny smiled faintly. "Like
Bart?" she suggested, amused.
"Well, there'll be others," the older
woman insisted. "Wait and see."
So they spoke no more of Will for
a while thereafter; but a week after
Will's homecoming, on a Sunday afternoon,
the old car In which he
had returned from Augusta came
bouncing in from the main road
and stopped In the yard by the doorstep:
and Huldy and then Will descended.
Marm Pierce and Jenny were In
the kitchen, and the old woman
would have protected Jenny from
this encounter, but the girl went
bravely to the door and opened It
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ind stepped out upon the porch fo J
greet them.
"Aft'noon, Mis' Ferrln," she said. j
'Hello, Will. It's neighborly of you1
to come over. Granny and me, we'd
lave come to see you, before now,
t>ut Granny can't walk so far."
Huldy smiled, a slow, deep smile,
with slumber-lidded eyes. Will said:
"We come to say much obliged to
jou, Jenny, for fixing up the house)
and all." He touched Huldy's arm, j
proudly. "Huldy's a housekeeper
her own self; but she ain't found a
speck of dust anywhere."
"Come In and set," old Marm
Pierce invited briskly, and they
did come In. Huldy moved Indifferent
to her surroundings; yet even
Jenny was conscious that there was
a powerful disturbance In the very
air about this woman. She had
not, the other night, seen Huldy
clearly; she saw now that Will's
wife was beyond question beautiful,
as a flame Is beautiful. Hair
black as Ink; and black eyes halfveiled
yet bright and warm; and
her cheek a fine brown from long
acquaintance with the sun. Jenny
would wonder at the other's beauty,
and at the same time fear It and
shrink from It with an Instinctive
alarm. Without knowing why, she
wished to draw away from Huldy;
and as though In proof of herself
that she had no such desire, she"
spoke to the woman.
"Take off your coat," she said, j
"Ton and Will, you'll have to stayi
and visit; stay to supper."
Huldy smiled with faint amusement,
yet obeyed; and Will sat |
down and talked In the old friendly i
fashion for a while; of his long absence,
and his work in Augusta.
"I done well there," he said.
"Saved good money. But I'm glad
to be back, just the same."
He looked at Huldy proudly.
'Huldy, here, she had so many beaus
after her all the time, when I
Snally talked her Into marrying me,
1 fetched her away from them
quick's I could. Dunno how I ever
got her, but I aim to keep her now."
Marm Pierce made a noncommittal
sound; and Jenny said politely:
"I hope you'll like, here, Mis'
Ferrln!"
Huldy looked at her husband. "I'd
like being anywhere with Will, she
said in slow deep tones. "I like big
men!"
The two other women were un
comfortable; but Will was not. Hei
beamed, and talked on, contentedly;
but Huldy in the end would not'
stay to supper.
"I've got beans on the stove," she
reminded Will. "We'd best get
along." And as they said good-by,
she explained to Jenny: "You cant
lot ever come home at all. You I
rait and see . .
She was, all next day, very busy '
,nd completely happy in the home 1
f this man whom she loved. The I
luestion whether Will would arrive
n the morning or afternoon per- I
ilexed her; but she prepared for
Ither contingency, by putting on i
he fowl to boll till It was done, I
eaving it then in .the rich stew i
if its own fat so that it might be I
rarmed readily and served quickly. ;
she had brought a pie made of
lueberries which she herself had 1
(reserved the year before, and she ]
ooked doughnuts all morning, and 11
lad biscuits ready to pop into the j
iven; and she kept the stove hot all !
lay so that the oven should be
eady to receive them, the minute
Vlll appeared.
She ironed the lace curtains and
lung them again at the windows,
fhey needed washing, she decided; j
>ut that must wait another day.
ind In the afternoon, when everyhing
was ready and still Will had
tot appeared, she wandered happiy
through the empty rooms, faniliar
to her now; and she moved J
i picture on the mantel, a lamp j
lpon the table, a fire iron on the I
..... I
leartn witn tnose mtie proprietary j
jestures which a woman likes to
:ake in the house she loves. The
dtchen was baking hot, so she
:hrew the door wide, and opened
windows, and let the fresh cool air
yt June blow through the place.
Then on a new Inspiration she went
Into the orchard where the buds on j,
the apple trees were just bursting, <
and brought an armful of sprays of
bloom and arranged them in a vase
an the table. She was forever finding
forgotten details, or doing over
again things she had done a dozen
times before. She tested the tenderness
of the fowl a dozen times; she
wished to warm the blueberry
pie, and was In an agony of Indecision
lest If his arrival be delayed
It become too dry. She set the
table, and reset K, and thought the |
butter was softening, and put It In ,'
cold water until It was hard and !
firm. She discovered a bit of wall j
paper that was loose, and made
flour-and-water glue and fastened It!
down. The day seemed at once j
breathlessly short and torturlngly :
long.
And the sun crossed the Valley,
and began to slip down the western
sky, and still Will had not come.
She would not even entertain the
thought that he might not come at
all tonight Yet since he was surely
coming, then he would soon be j
here; and Impatience and a dell- j
clous terror began to possess her.
Then suddenly the sun was gone,
and the Valley was a pool of dusk
which rose like a rising tide to!
cloak the orchard, to touch the
foundations of the house. She
lighted a lamp, long since cleaned
and trimmed and freshly filled with
:arolina
oil; she tried the lampoon the table,
on the shelf above the stove. There
were still shadows, and she wished
no shadows here; and In the end
she lighted other lamps, and set
them in the dining room as well as
kitchen.
She had not thought how Will
would come, whether afoot, or In a
team. She left the kitchen door
open, so that he might see his welcome
waiting; she put the stew on,
and took It off again, and she put
fresh wood on the fire till the stove
was red hot, with a glowing spot
upon its dark fresh-polished surface.
Then suddenly he was here.
Jenny did not at first realize that
Will had come, because she had
not imagined him as coming In this
fashion. A car drove Into the yard
and stopped; and Jenny heard It
almost Inattentively, saw Its headlights
fade as the engine died, till
it sat In darkness there, where the
lamplight shone through the open
door in a widening rectangle. And
then suddenly she heard his voice,
his well-remembered tones.
She wished to go to the door to
greet him, and could not. Paralysis
suddenly laid bold on her; she
Hoirori wflriiv into a corner, as far
as possible from the door, and stood
there, her hands outspread, her
wide eyes shining, her cheeks pale.
She stared at the door with an Incredible
fixity, waiting, not breathing;
her breast ached from the
pounding of her heart, vibrated like
the taut head of a beaten drum.
He came In and looked around;
and at first, since she was so still,
he did not see her. But then his
puzzled eyes found her, and the
quick welcoming light In them gave
her courage.
"It's me, Will," she said. "Come
In. All's ready for you here. Welcome
home."
"Jenny?" he cried. "Why, Jen,
I take this neighborly of you folks.
Where's Granny?"
"Home," she told him.
"Tou do all this?" he asked, delightedly.
"I didn't want you coming to a
cold empty house," she said. "Supper's
all ready; or it can be In ten
minutes. Chicken stew, and doughnuts,
and blueberry pie; and there
are biscuits ready to bake, and the
oven's hot." She moved toward
him, finding her limbs at last answering
her will. "Come in, Will.
Take off your hat," she bade him.
"Set down and I'll . ."
The word died In her throat. For
behind Will, in the open door, a
woman had appeared. Jenny saw
her, and she stared; and the woman
smiled. Then Will, perceiving by
Jenny's countenance what had
happened, turned, and took this
womftn gently by the arm and drew
Her into the kitchen to stand there
Heside him.
"Jenny," he said proudly, "this
Here's my wife. This is Huldy."
Dreadful aching agony of emptiness;
.strength draining sickenlngly
iway.
"Huldy," said Will, "Jenny's come
ind made all ready for us. I told
pou that folks was friendly here."
Huldy smiled; something in her
faint mirth at once Insolent and
provocative, at once arrogant and
acquiescent.
"She looks mighty friendly to
you, Will," she said, a barb In the
words.
"Why, she Is," Will declared,
blindly content. "Always was. She
wa'n't but a young one when I see
her the last time, the time Pa died."
He turned to Jenny. "Yo're real
grown up now, Jenny," he said.
The word somehow lent Jenny
strength. Her spine stiffened and
her pulse slowed and her tone was
calm. "You come In' and set, Mis'
Ferrin," she said equably. "I
guess yo're tired. You make yourself
to home, and I'll get supper on."
But when this task was done, she
would not stay to eat with them.
Valor would not sustain her so far.
"It's late, Will," she explained. "If
you'd come earlier, I might stay
and wash dishes; but Granny will
be wondering about me now."
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
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NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
FOR TAXES BRUNSWICK
COUNTY
(Continued from Page 9)
home ? 13.25
Babson, S. K? 17 acres New
Home 11.49
Babson, Mrs. S. K. 2 acres
Formy Duval 1.55
Babson, W. A., 4% acres home,
500 acres Horespen. y. acre
Babson. 18 acres W. M. Smith 16.37
Babson, W. R.. 2 acres home _ 9.06
Babson, W. W? 2 acres M. F.
Babson 8.36
Baines, G. W., 1 acre woods.
1 acre R. Babson woods 4.56
Bear, Mrs. H. C. 210 acres wds. 11.69
Bellamy, Mrs. Ethllnd, 41 acres
home. Bear land 14.85
Bennett, Mrs. G. A., 100 acres
home ? 11.31
Bennett, G. F.. 30 acres home.. 11.45
Bennett, H. C., 52 acres Bay
and woods ..?? 9.13
Bennett, J. Marion, 14 acres
home, 22 acres S. J. Bennett 16.25
Bennett. N. B., est. 30 acres
home. 30 acres bay 22.72
Bennett, S. W., 12 acres Bell
Swamp ? ? 5.05
Benton. Dolly, 50 acres woods.. 4.90
Best. Mrs Kate 15 acres words ' 2.56
Brady. B. L. & Bros., 20 acres
woods ..... 2.87
Brady, B. Leroy, 91 acres home.
100 acres woods __ 19.30
Brady, E. P., 75 acres woods.. 8.02
Brady, H. G., 91 acres home.. 21.70
Brady, P. E? 75 acres woods.. 13.26
Brady, Mrs. R. A. 20 acres
woods 2.25
Brock, Mrs. Joe, 15 acres
woods - 2.49
Brooks, J. W? 50 acres Horespen
Bay, 1 acre G. W. B.
and Store site, 213-16 acres
Chas. Babson, 520 acres W.
A Long ? 58.96
WED
I Butler. J. G. estate 175 acres
Overflow 7.64
I Canady, W. S., 55 acres home 14.38
Carlisle, Mrs. Ada, 6 acres home,
4 acres Old Bay, 2 acres
J. J. Long ? 5.52
Carlisle, Dan, 13 acres home .. 7.34
Carlisle, D. C? 8 acres home.. 7.30
Carlisle, J. C., 15 acres home.. 6.42
Carlisle, John W. est. 12 acres
home ? 6.30
Carlisle, M. C., 25 acres home.. 18.68
Clayton. J. E., 200 Reedy Branch,
150 acres Rutford Bay 43.89
Clewis, Butler, 8 acres home .. 2.46
Cliff. B. B., 2 acres home .... 5.51
Cliff, Mrs. B. B.. 2 acres home,
1 5-8 acres Long 5.45
j Cliff, D. R., 2 acres home 4.64
Cliff, E. M., 3% acres home.... 8.00
Cliff, Mrs. Winnie, 20 acres
W. M. Smith 4.78
Coleman, Mrs. A. A., 33 acres
woods, A. P. C. est.. 714 acres
Atkins, 2% acres Littlefield .. 7.77
Coleman, A. D., 5 acres home,
22 6-10 acres old home 11.89
Coleman, Mrs. A. M., 20 acres
home 4.96
Coleman, B. C, 22 acres home.. 16.44
Coleman, B. H? 9 acres home,
6 acres B. C. Coleman 7.65
Coleman, H. A., 32 acres L. F.
Coleman estate 12.97
Coleman, R. B? 20 acres A. P.
Coleman, 47 acres Coleman
and Coleman 16.12
Coleman, Mrs. S. C., 23 acres
woods 2.44
Coleman, V. G., 6 acres home 3.03
Cox, J. H., 95 acres home 18.01
Duncan, E. C., 45 acres home.. 14.97
Duncan, Mrs. Edna, 13 acres
M. E. S. estate 2.18
Dutton, F. R. and J. H., 40 acres
home, 85 acres Overflow 34.81
Dutton, W. J., 23 acres swamp 2.08
Edwards, Miss C. L., 40 acres
W. Edwards 2 87
Edwards, G. B. estate, 525 acres
home and woods 29.14
Edwards, J. B? est.. 180 acres
woods. 41 acres McKeithan.. 13.08
Edwards, J. F? 48 acres home,
40 acres woods 10 52
Edwards. Ralph M., 46 acres
home, 3714 acres H. C. Bear.
21 acrss R. Edwards, 17 acres
Alligator, 60 acres Ward,
71 acres Q. A. Simmons 30.69
Evans, A. S? est, 9614 acres
woods __ 10.86
Evans, Mrs. C. M? 23 acres
home 7.71
Evans, D. A., 10 acres woods,
10 acres home 10 H
Evans. Mrs. D. M? 25 acres'
home, 20 acres woods 775
Evans, Mrs. Emma, 50 acres
J" 4.12
wuuua ??
Evans, E. E., 50 acres home.
9 4-10 acres Ben Long- 13.94
Evans, J. E.. 20 acres woods.. 4.81
Evans, J. W.. 17 7-10 acres home
87 acres woods 15.46
Evans. Lonnie, 2 acres home.... 11.50
Evans, M. R., 18 acres home,
2 acres woods '. 7.66
Evans, S. R., Ill acres home.
50 acres old home ? 30.10
Evans, W. B., 14 acres home .. 8.86
Formy Duval. Mrs. Blantie, 22
acres home - 17.86
Formy Duval, O. P., 58 acres
home ? 17.44
Formy Duval. P. D? 8 acres
home - 15.77
Formy Duval, T. P., 75 acres
Overflow 5.68
I Gore, B. G., 62 acres home, 100
acres Skipper, 17 acres Pierce,
1 acre S. House 36.53
Gore, Charlie. 25 acres home.... 11.04
Gore, Mrs. Ethlyn, 13 acres
home. 12 acres Mrs. E. R. B. 9.33
Gore, Hattie and Louise. 25 acres
woods ... 2.96
Gore, L. E., 14 acres woods .. 4.34
Gore. W. P., estate, 10 acres
Coleman 1.62
Gore, Youth, 47 acres home .... 14.10
Gray, J. B.. '60 acres home. 4
acres C. Sorsen, 7 acres Best 35.91
Grice, P. G.. 4 acres home, 6
acres woods 7.57
Herring. Mrs. L. A. 13 acres
Horsepen, 21% acres home.. 5.00
Hewett, Mrs. L. H., 18 acres
woods 2.40
Hewett, W. J., 18 acres home,
6 acres woods, 79 acres E.
Holden 28.70
Holmes, Jas., 450 acres Caw
Caw, 150 acres Brooks woods 13.48
Hughes, C. P. 60 acres home _ 16.88
Hughes, H. M., 35 acres home.. 6.72
Hughes, L. H. 11 acres M.
Coleman, 5 acres B. C. Coleman,
7 acres home 15.92
Inman, Austin 15 acres home,
bal. _ 6.69
Inman, D. L.. 36 acres home ? 16.25
Inman, H. B? 7% acres J. A.
I. home 16.18
Inman, John A., 15 acres home 8.47
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i.'llimil, *>113. J. A.t XI ituies, xwubit
Field 3.65
Inman. Jarvis B.. 4 acres
woods 4.63
Inman, Jesse L.. 12 acres farm,
17 acres woods, 13% acres
J. R. estate 14.26
Inman, J. O. estate, 262 acres
home 27.58
Inman, L. J., 10 acres home 11.41
Inman, L. N. 6 acres, J. I.
estate 4.16
Inman. Miss Rosie E., 20 acres
R. P. Inman 2.25
Inman, Stephens A., 8 acres
woods 2.00
Inman, Mrs. Velma B., 13 acres
M. E. S. estate 1.41
Inman, W. H., 18 acres Inman 2.12
Inman, W. L., 125 acres home.. 24.66
I Inman. W. T., 3 acres Point
Field 1.71
Jenrette, C. H., 100 acres I.
Jenrette _ 17.73
Jenrette, Isaac, 25 acres home
and woods, 3 acres Long, 357
acres Overflow, 47 acres farm
and woods ? 41.46
I Jenrette, John, 100 acres home,
200 acres Overflow 32.42
Jenrette, Mrs. John, 100 acres
Evans, 50 acres West Ash 35.01
Jenrette, J. I., 81 acres home.. 27.77
Jenrette, W. R., 75 acres home 22.35
Jenrette, W. Kimball, 100 acres
Overflow 6.46
Jones, G. E. and G. O., 67%
acres home 14.52
Jones, L. F? and J. P., 10 acres
home, 3 acres swamp 9.04
Jones, M. J., 4 9-10 acres home 8.58
Kelly, Mrs. J. L? 20 acres wds. 2.56
King, C. H., 3 acres home, 3
acres John Evans, 24 acres
wooas. a acres r?. Simmons 10.38
I King, D. Fred, 3 9-16 acres C.
B. Inman <_ 6.06
King. Elroy, 1 acre home 8.61
King, Jack, 4 acres home, 10
acres Inman 8.3!
King, J. B., 180 acres home,
30 acres woods 27.33
King, J. D., 51-8 acres home,
50 acres Dead River, 1-8 acres
Artesian Well, 50 acres Buzzard
Bay - 36.41
King, J. F? est., 25 acres Jennis
1.71
King, Jas. W., 66 acres home,
35 acres Milllgan 21.91
King, M. K. 35 acres J. W.
King estate, % acre D. F.
King home 23.55
King, N. M? 188 acres home.. 17.01
King, W. H., Vi acre home, 8
acres farm and woods 7.54
King, Wm. M., 6 acres home.. 14.10
King, Z. H., 4 acres home 4.54
Little. Mrs. Annie, 44 acres
woods T 3.53
Little, Mrs. A. J? est., 100
acres home 9.90
Little. A. V., 44 1-9 acres R.
Little estate 2.31
Little, B? 228 acres home, 75
acres Myrtle Head 29.55
Little, Carson F., 60 acres home 13.55
Little, C. P., 15 acres Benton 6.25
Little, Ezekiel est., 270 acres
woods 13.64
Little, J. Batie, 70 acres home,
60 acres woods ? 16.61
Little. Miss Nellie, 44 acres R.
Little ? 4.21
Little, Phenie, 44 acres, Rufus
Little 3.74
Long, B. F., 74 acres S. Long 11.24
' Long, D. B., 23 acres home, 15
acres Long. 27 acres, W. R.
I Coleman, 250 acres Old home. 38.1!
! Long, E. V., 8 acres home 5.01
I Long, G. C.. 85 acres home, 30
I acres Overflow, 30 acres A.
S. estate 21.2!
[ Long, H. H., 58 acres home, 6
acres woods 14.04
I Long. Henry P., 27% acres
home 11.61
Long, J. B., 97% acres farm,
2 acres Jenrette, 20 acres J.
W. Long 15.21
[ Long, J. M., 79 acres home ? 12.5!
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Long, J. O., 10 ae.eg ho^^B
, Long, J. P., estiito :;i, ^
Bretty Bay * '** ^^^B
Long. Marshall, r, ao>. p
Ridge *
1 Long, O. W? SS>v acres i^I
Long, R. 1. 6b aer horr,e *
i acres woods ' **
I Long, XV. A? 16", acres h,~;- M
; Long, XV. R., i2 acres, 'Mffi.
50 acres J. P. Long, uo
Overflow ^^B
i Ludlum. Albert, 16
Ludlum, Mrs. Alice. ? (M
l home ,.
;1 Ludlum. Mrs. A. XI.. l; ac'rM
old home ?
1 Ludlum, Ben, 100 acres 0;,j~ U|B
home
. Ludlum, J. K., 11 r, ac res hoii;
i Ludlum, Jesse L , 23 ac res hoc,
20 acres Harrell w- I
I Ludlum. J. R-, 30 acres home !<
Ludlum. Mrs. LeH, 50 acres
home - _ . ^^B
McArthur, J. H., 90 acres s j (
King - ?
l McCumbee. Ham.lton, 20 acres '3B
old home ? ,rB
I McCumbee, Mrs. M. I., Ill; ar.
res home, 36 acres F,. D. Mil."
McCumbee, W. A., 3', acres
home ? - -,^^B
McCumbee, W. R., 20 acres"
home ,.?-.... ......... ? ...?,
McKeithan, XX. C., 9 acres, H.
A. Coleman
McKeithan, H. XV.. 91-3 acres
woods ? _
McKeithan, J. A., 11 acres E. '
MlHigan, 3 acres Mrs. A
Simmons ~ - - ?__ uv^B
McKeithan. J. !>., 215 acres Over.
flow ;s^B
Milliken. Klda. 47 acres home , w^B
Milliken, E. D., 33 acres home lu^H
Milliken, M. C., 20 acres home i|*^B
Milliken, Mrs. R. S.. 4 acres ^B
home ?-? . ?
AimiKen, Mrs. uoxie, 92 acres 1
farm and woods ?.
Milliken. W. S., 16 acres "homi *
Mlntz, Claudius, 24 acre? home
160 acres Alligator, 13 acrei
B. J. Mintz res ,.B
Mintz, F. B? 61 acres M i y ,JB
Mintz, G. Wallace, 25 acres
home ? ,
Mintz and Mintz, 6 acres woods H
104 acres Bear. 50 acres Bit
Neck, 320 acres Alligator
Mlntz. M. N"? 54U acres home
Mintz. O. R., 35 acres home K B
acres M. & M. ,-.B
! Parker, M. G., 101 acres home I
15 acres McMamug B
I Phelps. A. E., Estate., 50 acres I
A. P. estate
! Phelps, M. A., 30 acres home ~ it;,;
! Pierce, A. C., 6 acres home H
12 acres woods
Piver. R. C., 49Vh acres farm I
and woods, 42 acres home, m
acres R. W. Andrews, p.
acre Church site, 10 acres
swamp ul
! Pope, Mrs. E. F., 22 acres wife. j;?B
Price, Eee, 5'i acres home, *"
4fi acres J. R. Inman estate,
5 acres J. A. Inman est. ... ^B
Pruitt. h. M., 23 acres home . ;jiB
Pruitt. O. D., 23 acres home ltliB
Pruitt. O. I... 73 acres home. . 1)qB
Ray. Mrs. Bessie, 30 acres
home 1(3 B
Ray, Seymour, 3o acres li. J.
Jenrette, 100 acres Overflow linfl
Reeves, W. H., 100 acres Overflow
? 41! B
Ross, David, 1 acre home. bal. ;?:
Ross. S. C? 17 acres home, 12
acres swamp lltt^B
Russ. A. J.. 83 acres home .... CiH
I Russ. C. G.. 27'?i acres woods StlH
Russ. J. J? 50 acres farm and
woods. 48 acres home 143 B
Russell, O. V., 482 acres Deep
Neck Woods 13 4! ^B
Scott, Robt. M? 1 aire 0.
Swamp ? ? 111 B
Severine. Frank, 8 acres home 7 74
Simmons, B. G. 30'- acres home
23 acres R. E. Flynn !!<4 H
I Simmons, G. C? 14 acres home. H
bi t Ut
Simmons, G. W. \.. 10 acres
home, 6 acres Inman 11.71
I Simmons. J. V.. 32 acres home.
j 175 acres Whaley ? HO H
I Simmons, Eon R.. 20 acres h. 12KB
Simmons. .Mrs. .Maggie i.ong,
20 acres farm and wood* . 4S2
Simmons. R. XI.. 18 acres home,
16 acres Hit
Simmons, R. P.. 16 acres home lit
Simmons. XV. V.. 14 acres home,
10% acres H. Smith . IfS
Smith, A. J., 7% acres home.
18% acres A. D. S. est. _... Ill
Smith, Mrs. Bessie, 11, acres
home
Smith, B. L., 21 acres old home
81 acres XV. XX". Smith. 128
acres woods and Overflow ... WO)
Smith. Cordie, 9 acres XL E.
S. estate !fl
Smith, Dorcey C., 47 acres home.
68 acres woods - . 23.M
Smith, E. B., 8',4 acres home . (?
Smith, E. C? est. 60 acres Overflow,
SO acres Rhodes 123
Smith, E. D., 43 acres .T. D
Ludlum 13!
' Smith, E. G., Jr., 14 a^res wda. S<J
Smith, E. L., 22 acres home 13N
Smith, P. M? 30 acres home
and woods, 10 acres old home 13.21
Smith, Grady, 18 acres home 131.
Smith, G. v.. 60 acres XV. A.
Long, 15 acres Home, 50 acres
t t rr qmith r acres William
son. 80 acres Overflow M
Smith, H. W.. 12 acres home,
12 acres Old Bay, 25 acres
woods. 103 acres Nap Bay,
90 acres Polly Bridge 1?:!
Smith, J. G? 9 acres home, 1
acre Hickman, 3 9-10 acres B.
I Smith estate ..._ Jfj
Smith, Lacy. 28?i acres home
Smith, Miss Lovie, 9 acres M.
E. S. estate *?'
< Smith, M. B., 17 acres >f. E ...
S. land "
' Smith, Olen. 12 acres home
Smith, O. H.. 13'? acres home
Smith. Mrs. R. 0. 9 acres Overflow
?
! Smith, S. L? 50 acres home.
118 acres land, 30 acres wds. 1!"
I Smith, T. R.. 96 acres old home.
11 acres woods. 50 acres T.
> land - '
Smith, T. S? 11 acres home
- Smith, Wm. A.. Sr.. 93 acres
I home. 50 acres Sheep Pt.. ?- (j5
I acres woods hS
Smith, Winson, 9 acres home_ 1'"
Smith, W. D? 18 acres home, 63
I acres woods ? 11
Stanley. Byron, 7 acres home. ,
i 6 acres C. L. Stanley
i Stanley. C. L? 40 acres heme. !
Stanley, H. V., 10 acres home. ?
I 20 acres Overflow ?
Stanley, J. W. 30 acres home. ?
I 100 acres OverflowStanley,
Mrs. M. F? 51 acres .
Edwards - - ?'r;
Stanley, O. L? 28 acres home
. " ? ? ,)0 ?? home
Stanley, w. i_>., nr., ?...
Stanley, W. D., Jr., 9 ac. home >v
I Stevens. Mrs. L. J.. 77 arres
home Mfi
I Stout. Mrs. R. U 8 arres home <"
Sommersett, Sam est. 10 acres
home - ? "
| Tally, W. M? 100 arres Over- .
' now, 117 acres Stanley est.
. Ward, Geo. B., 60 acres farm
and woods, 1 acre school house l*
Ward, G. B., 100 acres home. t
acres Big Bay J,
Watts, P. G.. IfU acres home.
I Watts, M. B., 1 acre Duval ..
farm 5 I
> Watts, Mrs. M. I.. 1 acre home,
? acres Formv Duval ' I
White, W. J. 24 acres farm ,.
and woods. 280 acres home.. >?:
Wright, H. L? 100 acres home..
Wright. Mrs. H. L? 35 acres .
Overflow, 10 acres woods - I
I WACCAMAW TOWNSHIP (Colored I
, _ REAL ESTATE I
> Brown, J. B? and L. H. MW, . .. I
lowe, 120 acres Wash Evans I
1 Brown, J. B? 21 acres home. 25
acres A. J. Marlowe, 2 acres
_ B. F. Babson - I
I Bowens, Henry, 21V, ac. home.
James, Mrs. Bessie 2 acre- oM 531
! King, Lewis, 6 acres home. 30 I
i acres Formy Duval, 45 acres
B. B. Cliff 15 I
Marlowe, Thos,, est. 67 acres
,,Thos- M. estate - 594 I
Marshburn, Frank, 11 acres n.
) Marshburn, D. J.. 13 acres n.
, Pirford, Cary, 101 acres home
3 acres old home, 6 acres * ?1 I
_ 50 acres woods - " n (ij I
Stanley, N. A., 50 acres home ?
? Washington, Henry, 3 acres was.
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