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Wednesday , Evening, February 24, 1897. THE A8IJEVILLE DAILY CITIZEN. dead man's duuy."-' cffT fTS5"- iXii-''v Book or sins. cvJ'ij? rZZygSsZ; Ma Sorrow anO SONG." VB COPYRIGHT 1896 CBAWKK AAV. ,i.m;ch juti.lkn and i mkkt at last. k thr c:ib v liii-h I had chartered rat liul rj lh( approach to the Great East- r ii ti'.u iiiu at Liverpool street I had tn rilmit to mysilf that tho probability of i: T fulling in again with tho red h uri'i (1 man M-arrelr juhtitlert uio iu fit'linu ho flaiiKiiiue as I did. I ir.i not in tho gejieral way given to 1 rc s( l.tiiiiciits, Imt on thin occasion I ii It almoHt childiHhly coiifiilent about tho result of iny operations. Though I told niyeelf over and over again that I ere is nothing ko hopo destroying to ;:n ik live mind as coiupalsory inaction und tln.t it wasonly heeause I had some thii K definite with which toocoupy my Fi lf Hint I felt so hopeful, not all my philosophy could persn::d me that I si. oriel fail in bringing theenterpriM) to a siuoe.-sful termination. (,'i riouHly enough, presentimrut was for nco justified of her assurance and at h expeusn of philosophy, for as the clocks were chiming 8 and evening was beginning to close in whom should I sec step out upon the platform from a Kom ford train hut roy gentleman of the red beard and brown bag! He gave rjp his ticket and walked out of tho Million into Liverpool strict, crossed the road and went up New Broad street, and so to the hank. Then he went into a tobacconist's, whence he emerged puffing a big cigar mid proceeded up (Jheapside until he reached Foster lane, down which he turned. Hero I had to be more cautious, for on Saturday night tho side streets of the city are deserted. Kveii in the great thioughfurcs, where during the five preceding days blows have rained thick and fast, with scarce i mnineiir.'s interval, nnnn thf riimino anvils of traffic, there is a perceptililo lull, but iu the sido streets there is ab solute sileuco. When I saw the mull with the red beard and brown bag turn down Foster lane, which, as every Londoner knows, is a narrow side street at the back of tho general postoftice, I felt that it was in deed a happy thought which had pre vented me from changing my shoes when I received Grant's summons in the morning. Had I been wearing my prdinary lace ups I should have been in a dilemma, for they are not easy to re move in u hurry, anil in that deserted place the echoof iny .lowing footsteps, bad I but'U thud shod, could not have failed to reach the ear of the man I was shadowing. To have followed hiiij bold ly would have aroused his suspicions, whereas if I remained far enough behind to avoid running this risk, I incurred the greater risk of losing sight of him altogether. But for the purposes of shadowing nothing conld be better than the gutta percha soled shoes which I was wearing, and by keeping well iu the shadow and only flitting from doorway to doorway at such times as I judged it safe to uinfco a move I hoped to keep au eyo upon red leard unseen. The result justified my anticipations, for when he reached the hack of tho general postoffice ho stopped ami looked hastily up nud down tho street, as if to make sure that ho was unobserved. Not A son) was iu sight, and I need scarcely eay fhat I made of myself a very wafer and was clinging like a postage stamp to the door against which I had squared myself. Evidently reasHqrcd, he put down his bag, opened it and lifted out something that from the stiff movement of his arms appeared to he heavy. This Jiu placed upon tho gronnd, and so gingerly ftiut I distinctly heard him sigh as he flrew his hands away. Then he stood frect, puffod fiercely at his cigar until it kindled and glowed like a live coal, took it from his Hps. turned the lighted cud round to look at (t and stooped with it in his baud over the thiug upon the ground. I saw an answering spark shine out, flicker for a moment and die away and heard red beard mutter "Damnation, iielll" through his teeth. The next iu plnt)t I heard tho spurt that told of the striking pf a lucifer match and saw him toop ugaiq over the thing on the ground. A Jittlu point of light, which grew in size and brightness, shoue out Its I stood looking on, half paralyzod with horror. That he had fired the fuse of an infernal machine I had no doubt, vj for one moment my limbs absolutely refueiad to move. I tried to call out, bat pave utterance only to a silly inarticu late noise that was more like a bleat than a cry and formed neither hy my lips nor tongue, but seemed to come from the bak of my throat. The sound fpjiched tho cars of the mau with the Jiag, Jiowever, for lie came to an ereet poseH-r iu an instant, looked quickly to right and to Jeft and then walked briskly away in the opposite direction. And then the night stillness was broken by the most terrible cry I havo evnr heard a cry so terrible and un earthly that it seemed to make the blood Iu my yeius run cold, although I knew that it was from niy own lips and no other that the cry bad fallen. . That cry broke tho spell that bound me, Even while it was ringiug ji my ears I Imspcd out like a tiger athirst for blood, and, heedless of the hissing fuse, whiiip burned the faster and brighter for the wind which I made as I rushed hy it, I was after him, every drop of blood iu my body boiling with fury, every nqscle and tendon of my fingers twitch jug to grip the miscreant's throat. Had In been as fleet of foot as a grey hound be shflpld not have escaped me then, ami tlwagh he bad thrown the bag away and was now running for dear life I was upon him before he was half vay down Noble street When he beurd jwy steps, be stopped and faced round suddenly, end as he did so I struck him With my clinched list full under the jaw and with all my strength. Khali I ever feel such savage joy as thrilled me then fi I heard bis teeth snap together like the map of the toetb of an iron rattrap find feu the warm rush of bis blood up tm my band? He went down like a pole led ox, bnt fa tho next second bad staggered to bis knees And thence to bis feet Bis hand was fumbling af side pocket, whence I saw the bntt end of a involve protruding, bat before be could "author or4 r J i A DEAD MANS DI;Y.M KiOH i BOOH Of SINS. V-J1 '"Sorrow and SONG." VI Goo ano the ant." Etc. BY DODO MEAD ANO C0MO4NY. et tu i. i I i i li',r Iv 11 e l.iioi.t ugHili, vhere i: y blow had kin.x:!:i d tlm false ed lier.rd i.v.iy. ittid I promise you that aiy grip was none of the gentlest. Nor iiir the matter of that wastry language, for though I am ly habit nice of speech ind not giveu to oaths words which I have licvirusi d before, or since bubbled up in my throat mill would out though whole bench of listening bishops were by. "You bloody mounter!" I iried, und tho winds Firmed to m:l:o iron of the muscles of my arm ami granite of every Lone iu iny fist u I struck him ugaiu and again iu tho fane with all my strength. "You lull mhcreant and devil! Dy God in heaven, I'll pound the damned life out of you!" And then the solid ground siemed to itaxgir and sway beneath me, anil from the neighborhood of the general pustof hco cumo a Hidden blaze of light in which I saw it tall chimney crook in ward at tho middle, as a leg is bent at the knee, and then snap in two like a sugar stick. Thorn was a low rumble, a roar liko tho discharge of artillery, fol lowed by tho strangest ripping, rending din, as of the sudden tearing asunder of innumerable sheets of me tal. I win con scious of the falling of masonry, of a choking limy dust and then a red dark ness closed in upon nie with ucrush, and I remember no more. CHAPTER XXVI. A FT Kit TIIK i:Xi'l.osON. My next recollection was that of i.j cu ing my eyes to find mysilf lying at night in my room at Ducliiiiidiaiii stin t. I made an effort to sit up ill lied, but iny head had suddenly hcenuic curiously heavy so heavy flat lh cifnrl to raise it was alnuvt too i..i.;!i f. r me, and I was glad to fall back i:;.: n the pillow, where I luy a moment feeling more faint and f?chle than I had ever felt he fr.ro. Then there glided gi ntly into the room into my bachelor room a pleas nnt looking young vi mini in a gray dress with white ci l!;;r i.nd cuffs. "What's happened, muse J" I said, recognizing at once what she was, which Was more than could be caid of my voice, for it had become :;o thin and piping that its unfumiliurity startled me. "Oh, nothing has happened of any consequence, " she replied smilingly, "except that you havo not been very well. But you're mending now. and un- other day or two will sec you quite yourself. " "What's been the mutter with me?'' I usked. "You got u blow em the head by tho fall of a chimney, " she replied. " But; I can't let. you talk now. Jlr. Grant is joining in to sleep here tonight, as l'o promised to take a turn silting up with patient who is very ill. You can ask Mr. Grant to tell you ai.ything you wish to know in tho morning; but now yon must go to sleep. " That somuthing had h:;p;;ou(d, not withstanding her insurance to the con trary, I feU, Fare, but what that soni" lhiii:;asl did not know, i:;r (lift I rery n,ni h cure, for I felt i'; il and silly ind lnoie than inclined to follow her nh ice. This- I must in tho : ! I.av.i c'rne, for when next I opined iny eyi s rt v:n broad daylight ai:d ( r; nt v...-M :ng in his f-hn t slei vi s i- fi ;la-:s, sha ing. .')..' ho: low, niiil I was : I : " taki :i place up to o i ind lot my si un i.fti i it the general ( '. fli, e. e lla 1 - log ! arei t had I v, as ::.!! v I i :ent t l.o e:: v.la 1 I "Have l In y 'h: t hi mii't (I. j, ( : He ,i : ,a d like a ' "til ii '.:.rd, o! 1 n tied in. ! You'u' r. ' iiorr '.i ' t v a.". -"iiiullen, " I VISW: lit 1 . Low iu : tar-l-J : If e i:.t ' l;a id. i.. I. a you do know all aven't. Hut how "Mullen? Oil! T!:, :ihou! it? N i, I hey I :ire yon fi clii gV" "Like a boiled owl. Eon long have I been ill?" "Three weeks Yi u t 1 ' i;o!:ril on Ike head by a chi:oei v 1 . I .rnmctl.ing :ii :i i f tir- f com ?" To trip of md had a torn h of hraiu. " " Was there nr.isli d:. "Uaniage? I hel'ev ; Oheapsiili! pretty i:e::. I the general po'ti fii. l.i "llo'v did I ?i t !; "In fine state, ;; v ! ' ::'. ;:v, and :. kid. ' slreti th- In i b ! r. They were t.iki:.': aital vi h' ii I ei e e a1. is soon i s I i i liil l..irt t'e ..;,'.. but I said I 1 lew you and lo.d I:: : who yon wi i i and had yon l.-i. t here instead. And a bad time yi.u'v ' hud of it, I on. I tell you. I3ut now you mustn't tul!; ; iv more." 1 "Oil, I'm nil light T.!l l: , vi n there ma::v p. .iple killed?" "A r;eod in iny in the posto" not m;.:iy out' ale. Y'nusce, b'ii day, n;o-"1 of ;!:e places'wirce cept for caretakers. And no sleep. " "One n i re quest ion only. 17 one l;i:ow I was after Mi'll :'i v I ut to s any : it happem d?" "No; they thought yci wer r a: - iiiij by chance. You I t"' l tin m vim yon weic, bnt I couldn't d 11 them what bad happened, r, I i!i '.n't l.i" v.', i.'i l you couldn't speak lor j ui If, t I thought I'd bctti r say ia !l .-ig until yn wero well enough to till your own story." "And Mullen got clean s way?'' "Look here, old uuia, tl i-i v. en't do. you know. The doctor said yea v. en n't to lie allowed tc talk mora than could be helped. " "Answer me that, then, nud I'll ask no more for the present." "Yes, the ruffian got lean away, and no one Snows to this dc.y how ho oid it Do you?" "Yrs. I saw him do it. " "The deuce you did! Dot there, you shall tell me all abont it tomorrow. Have a drop of beef tea oud then by-by." Which I did. My powers of recuperation ore great, and a few days taw me comparatively well iii hoiy, ihongh l y nn mt-ana easy in niiijd. ,Uo to .this point my eaeb- 'or lai.'.a.u ; .. V. I tl .i to l::c a some w I : t p ihlic rp :tcd cud ihwiv ing euti i is . T'i bring sin h a scoun drel to justice wo.iid to doing a wrviee to the country and to huatuuity, and iu the wild scene of excitement which I knew would follow the news of his ar rest I liked to picture myself as receiv ing tho thanks of the community, and in fact being regarded Very much as the hero of the hour. But whifT I had been lying in my room, idle in body, but abnormally active in brain, the matter had presented it self me in a very different light, and I was by no means sure that were tho fuels made public I should not be look i d upon sh u knave rather than as hero. I Ivtl to ask myseM seriously whether the course Iliad taken could be juMit! ni at all, ai. i .. r, by wtta holding irotu tin i.a: ! .... ;ti; s tho snspi cion'l entertained iiloi.t tiie man with the red beard and by taking upon my self the responsibility of keeping, uu uided, an eve upon Iih movements. whs not morally in:, wi ruble for the lives which had been 1 itt iu the last terrible outruge he had effecti'd. It was quite possible that had I gone to ti e authorities I "fine the event ami informed them of iny uiuppnrtcd sus pieiou I should have been laughed at for my pains. But were I to eoniii for ward after tho event mid admit that be fore the outri'jie occurred and while ye there w as time to pn vent it I had bus pected the man with the I rmvn beg to be .lames Mullen anil vet had withheld my suspicions from the police I inigl be looked upon iih less of a fuel than scoundrel. My motives for having kept silent would be open to the worst Miterpn ta tion, and I should be everywhere tie uouneed as ao enemy of society., whosi criminal vanity had made him think In mself capable of coping single handed w ith tho greatest artist in crime of the cejitury and who-e yet more criminal greed and anxiety to secure the cntir reward for himsejf had led him to with hold from the proper aulhoritii s infor mation by nn ans of which the captun ot the areiiniurileti.r might Have lu en eft'ected and the last dreadful outrag prevented. Knowing, as I did, how uiieonlrolla bio was the feeling of the populuue regard lo the outrage, I could not din guiso from myself that a iiiaii win made such u confession as I hud ti make would, i-hculd ho bo recognized in tho streets, run a very good thane of being mobbed, if not lvnehed. Au infuriated mob is not given to make nice tifstiuctinus, and so long us it has a scapegoat on which to wreak vengeance it does i. ut w ait to inquire le.o puilicularly into the question of the scapegoat's innocence or guilt. Let the object of its wrath be not forthcoming, and let some evil or fool isli person raise the cry that this or that luckless passerby is the offender's relu tivo or liieud, or even that he has been seen coming from the offender's house or is of the same nalioiiniitv, and in nine cases out of ten the mob will "go for the luckless wight en masse. I have made a study of that wil beast which wo call "a mob" the one wild beast which civilization has given us ill exchange for tho many site has driven away and, knowing something of the creature) and its habits, I must confess that I would rather fall into the jaws lif the wild beast of the jungle than into the clutches eif the wilder beast of the city and the shun. One day one not very distant day that wild beast will turn and rend its keepers, and when once tho tiling has tasted human blood it will not he beaten back into its lair with its thirst for blood unglutted. To be mobbed or lynchi'd in a noble cause, and i:i support of a great priuci pie is nut without, its compensations, but there is no glory in being subjected to physical violence" and personal insult as uEcouudrcl and u knave. Worse, however, than tho possibility if being mobbed was the certainty of being held up in many quarters as an object fer public odium and private scorn, and the more I thought about it the less inclined did I feel to face tho cousi quences of confessing the part which I had played in tho re-cent trage dy. It was upon my own responsibility, I argued, that I had entered upon tho enterprise, und so long us I kept, within tho law it was to myself only that I was responsible for the wav iu which tho enterprise was carried on. That I had failed meant nothing more than that what had happened to those whose busi ness and whoso duty it was to have suc ceeded had happened also to me, anil after all) I left things no worse than they wero when I took tho matter up. Had it been my intention to abandon my quest I should have no choice but to acquaint New Scotland Yard with what had come to my knowledge. But as a matter of fact I was more than ever set ou bringing the miscreant, Captain Shannon, to justice, and this not mere ly for the sake of re ward or because of the craving for advc nturo which had first urgeel mi) to tho interprisp, but be cause of tho tViulhing which I entertain ed for tho monster whom 1 had with my own eyes seen ut his. hellish work.. Hence I was justified, I told myself, in keeping my information to myself, and the more so for the fact that were I to say all I knew the particulars would no doubt bo made public, und in this way ri aeh the ears of Captain Shannon, thus defeating the very end for whioh I bud made my conlV'Ssion. Into tho questions whether tho de cision to w hich I came was right or wrong and whither the arguuieuts with which I sought to square my de cision with my conscience and my sense of duty we ro. founded ou self interest and inclination rather than on reason will not here euiti r. Wln u that decision was once made, I gave no further thought to the rights or wrongs of the matter, but, dismissing every such consideration from my mind, concentrated all my energies upon the task of finding Captain shannon. And first I decided to pay a visit to bouthend, to see if tho little brown cut terwas still there, and, if not, todiscover what had become i f it. As one walks down tho High street from the station the pier lies directly iu front, running out 1 '4 mile3 to sea on its myriad slender fei t like a giant cen tiped. To the right are toe shady shrub beries and sunny grass crowned cliffs of New Southend, and to the left, with lips stooped to the water's edgo, the old town straggles away se award, a long line of picturesque, irregular buildings, some cheerful rrd, ethers warm yellow, and a few cool gray, reminding one neit a little of tome qnamt French or Belgian port blinking in the morning unliahinn And, ou; such skjes, such cloud pomp tin phgtaniry, anu atiovenii sucn sun rims and suuuetsl fciucb dance and spar klo of moving water when the tide Is in, and, more beautiful still, when the tide is out, kueh play of light and shad ow, such wonderful weullh of color ou the marshy flats hero a patch of royal purple or opnlooont green, there a rose gruy or pearly pink, with little shining pools changing from blue to silver ami silver to blue with tho parsing of every cloud I Southend is a pretty spot at any time, but after a mouth spent ou a sickbed iu a stuffy London sido street the view from the pier hill seemed to me eicep tionully beautiful. As I stood there, drinking my fill cf the sweet, strong, brackish nir and basking in the sunshine, I was conscious of being scrutiuiwd quietly, but very keenly by a man who wus lounging near tho Hoy a) hotel. There was nothing in his appearance or dress white flannel trousers and shirt, cricketing blazer and straw hat to distinguish him from the hundredi of holiday makers in like uttircwho are to be seen in aud about Southend nur ing the season, hut I recognized him at once and with some alarm as one of the cleverest officers of the detective force, and one, moreover, who had been specially toltl off to effect tbe capture of Mullen. In detective stories as iu pantouiitui no (toubt lor the same reason the pn liceuiau Is too often held up to rcoin and ridicule us an incompetent bungler, who is more dangerous to the hearts of susceptible servant girls than to law breakers and more given to deeds of prowess in connection with the contents of the pantry than in protecting the lives or properties of her majesty's Rub joets. The here) of tho detect ivo story is very often a brilliant amateur, of whom tho police are secretly jealous, notwith standing tho fact that whenever they have a difficult case they come, hut iu hand, to seek his assistance. Thin, afte a little light banter for the benefit eif tho Boswell wlio is to chronicle his mar voIoub doings and ill tho course of which, hy tho bye, tho fact that the po lice ure about to arrest the wrong man is not uiifreqneiitly elicited he rondo scends to give, the understanding be twecn him and them being that he shall do the work und thry take the credit Why the auiuteur detective should he the victim of a modesty which is not always characteristic of the auiuteur iu other professions does not transpire, but the arrangcmtiit is extremely conveu ieut to the policeman und to the author, the latter probably adopting it lest inqnisi tivo reuders should usk why, if there are such brilliant umateur detectives us au thors would have us to believe, we lieu hear of them in real life. Now, I should bo the last mau in tin world to cheapen the work of my fel low craftsmen. I hold that there in no moro uumistuknhlo mark of a mean mind than is evinced in tho desire tn extol one'self at (l.o expense of others, but noiio tho less I must cud r my pin tost against what I cannot but consider j ii unwarrantable imputation upon very deserving body of men. Detectives und policeman, taken as a .vhole, are by no means the bunglers mill ooobies that they aro made e;nt to lio in :hn pantomimes and iu the pages of di Active stories. I ilo not say that they ue all born geniuses in the detection of irimc, for genius is no commoner among letirtives tnau it is among bakers, bnuk rs, clergvmen, novelists, barristers or 'ooks. But what I do say is that thr tank and file of them are painstaking ind intelligent men, wliei do their duty o tho public conscientiously und efll- lieutly, and to dub them all duffels be aus-e now and then a detective iscaugnt nipping as unjust as In pronounce ill clergymen fools bcrause a silly srr uou is sometimes pr uchmi from a pnl- I bad managed to get nheiid of the oolice in the investigation I wus con hiding, not hecuuse of the shining abil dies with which I was endowed, for ai the reader kno.vs I had bungled mutters iiullv on more U);:ii one occasion, but eounse fate had thrown a i lew in my vay ut the start. But I have never uii- lerrated the acutenesH and astuteness of he repn si utal ires of the e riininal dei- lartment from New Scotland Yard, and it did not greatly surpriso mo to find. , 1 1 1 1 1 I coniii.enei'd operations again ut outlicnd, that, though the little brown utter was still lying off the same spot die was being closely watched by men wlnni I knew to be detectives. Whether they had discovered the re atirnship between Mullen and the own r i f tho Odd Trick mid iu following lp the clew hurl traced tho boat to out bend, or whether they were iu pos- less ion or mtornmtion uuknown tome which led them to believe tho fugitive ia l bi -n hiding in tho neighborhood, I :onld not say, but thut they wero thrre nrfiietlhe capturo of Mullen should io return to the cutter 1 made no doubt. AIul leu, however, was apparently too .varv it bird to come back to the nest mtil he had satisfied himself that no ii t bad bti u spread there to catch him, or that he hud got wind of what was ,'oing on ut .Southend seemed probable rem tho fact that he never put iu an j p: at line e there again. Nor would it iiive pi outlet n.o personally li lie had, or iu that esse I could scarcely hope to forestall the police in the matter of bis arrest. Uiiili r tho circumstances it would be in re v. uste of titr.e to stay in Southend, ii. d tho question I had now to ask iny- iclf was, "Where, then, is he likely to In?" As crime begets crime, so question n getsqui stiou. und "Where, then, is he liki ly to be?" had scurcely come to the birth before it wus itself iu travail ivilh, "Why not ou the Cuban Jueen?" J2T (TO nil CONTINUED. tier praviartl. lie Yog havo io hlen of the oxtnnt and for i f my Inve. 1 I'lnilil die lor you. lie Vers. I supiKwo so, but, dear mo, wbal a graveyard I should have If idl the luen wiio v.i ru willing to die fur mc hull been takou ill. their word ! Boston Tran- script Made Mistakes. Did They Got thlngi spelled wrong sad all mlxe p dlaplmj was poor type old tuhload -press work bad paper cheap nothing ai tt oaght to bet Wtll, take roar auxf ob of printing to T Cltlsea Company Prt itlagSbop and t Will Be Done Right. ?. 1, ttmpoitast). Tbe pries ict joint "M trSl bf Hgm,1o Racket Store News 30 South Main Street .Ashevilte. N. C. From Headquarters 120 284 Suits Men's Clothing at a big bargain. All wool Ingrain CntpH Ken nantt at 25 cents yard. Taiis fresh sample Shoes ta ins; onened now. These gooe s arc the cream of the fact ore. Pairs men and bens' Kulilxr Leggings at 25 cents. Ties is bull price. COO 220 NIW LACES. NEW HAMBURG?, At Cut Price. 50 Ikzcn fast block Hoar, seuuikss' at 10 cents or 3 for 25 cents. Yours, J. M. Stoner, Mgr. NOTICE State of North Carolina. Buncombe county. Superior court. Thomas Litta, plaint ill, against liinma Latta, defendant. Notice It dulv an pearing in the ahoveentitled action upon be affidavit ol Thomas Latta, the plaint. Il therein, that Emma Latta, the defendant therein, is a Dot-reeidcnt ol tbe S'ate of North Carolina, and cannot after due diligence, b.' found within the same, aud that said action is f ir divorce from the bonds of mntiimonv e l the plaintiff from tbe defendant, it is ordered that this notice be published in tbe Ashf ville Daily Citizen, a newspaper pub lished in the citv of Ashrville, count v ot Buncombe and State ot Nottb Carolina, for six successive weeks, commercing with Wednesday, tbe 2')tb day o( Janu ary, 1897, requiring the said defendant, Emma Latta, and she is hereby r quired to appear and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff, to b: bled in tbe above entitled action in the office of the Clerk of the Superior court ot said Buncombe county during the first three days of tbe next term hereafter of th; Superior court of said Buncombe couuty, to be held at Asheville, in raid countv, on the second Mondav in March, IN'.) 7. and tbe summons in said action shall be deemed served at the expiration of the time in this notice and in tbe order ol publication herein prescribed for publica tion, and tbe said defendant, Emma Latta, shall then be in court in said ac tion and tbe said cause shall stand regu larly lor trial. This 20th day of lauu ary, 1897. . L CATHEY. Clerk of tbe Superior Court of Buncombe County, North Carolina. Davidsou & Joms, Attornets for the plaintiff. 20d6t-wed XTOflCE OF SALE By virtue of tie ii power ot sale vested in the under signed mortgagee by a certain mortKaee executed on the 9 h dav of October, A. D., 1888 bv I. C. Reynolds end wife. Mary Reynolds, to the undersigned mortgagee, Iwhich me rtgage is dulv re corded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Buncombe couDtv, State ol North Carolina, in book of mortgages and deeds of trust No. 14, on pace KiH et see., to secure certain indebtedness as therein mentioned, default having been made in tbe pavmet.t of said indebted ness so secured, the unelersigncd mort gagee vi iM, on Monduy, the 1st day of March, A. D 1897, at 12 o'clock m.. at tbe court house door in tbe city of Ashe ville, county of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, sell at public auction to tbe highest bidder lor cosh, the follow ing described lands, ronveved to said ur. dersigned mortgagee by said mortgage. viz; A certain piece, parcel or let ol land situate, lying and being in the couuty of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, adjoining the lands of I). L. Reynolds, D. V. Smith and others and bounded and more particularly described as follows, tc-wit : Beginning on a wal nut stake, the southeast corner of a tract of land conveyed to D. L. Reynolds by I. E. Keed, and iothe line between tbe lands known as tbe Chunn and Dan 'I Reynolds land, and runs soutb one ( 1 ) deg erist seventy (70) poles to a stake at tbe fence built by Dan'I Reynolds thence soutb feveotv-two and one halt (72 6) deg west tbirtv-six (30 poles to post oak st u np and corner of tbe land known as tbe Cbunn lands ou the top of tbe rrdge; tbrnce west sixty (GU) pol s to a wbite oak st ump and stake on tbe west margin of the old Burnsville road that runs by Dan'I Reynolds' old reti derce, D. V Smith's corner; thmce north 6ftv (50) degrees west with old -Burns ville road and V . Smith s line 13 poles to stake. Smith's Jim ; thence soutb sixty (60) drgrees west with Smith's line thirty-two (32) poles io a stake in tbe Burnsville road. Smith's corner; thence north twenty-tbree (23) deg west with said road thirty-one (31 ) poles to stakr, Smith's corner; thence north seventy (70) deg east l poles- to the beginning; also 15 acres nf land pur chased of D. L. 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