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rrulse around the .tli- ? .-.v <".f
? Marenla" h/lnGnVv^mtrM" f?maint".
f?iH9enK?r3 for ad\enturt ^ f.-Uu
eutert&lnlns ? ? ? ?.n<l L**;*
io ''Gmnd llftWl ti _ . nJ ;in?l,
offer a study tn human jic jo,.a
fftaeUons wnlt li ,rum? charac^rs rue
lhcir s?ouis. . . fionr Scot'.'?
?bMrd the Khip: ?lao?Tu-f. cl?Ali,jS
n an, single, of >vldu" JT thr;
Mudge, achocl t?..tat;!, spe uhfu!
?avings of 20 >^rs. A?e^J'(;iin,l,11>
wife of Lo\at, ?'ST'" ? *n? pTjT.rri
flrst officer; Clare, a
oacc; Joan, a dissipatedfl..jn?*
run-away wife, and letm. , hiw
gST- ^K'oo OSP>vW'l tub:
story: ..... |
Tenth Instalment
They dined together. Angela sr
the highest spirits. Her wit flashei
at the tip of her tongue; her lau*.i
ter rang like the thin rmniiiiil "
bells. . .
?'You're very bright lomg.u.
Macduff told her.
"Ye?. I've had new.- iron) !? '? '
today."
"Oh, that's it!" His manner ?.?:
flashed. "It must have bcen ciK<-"
ful."
She laughed behind ln-r ^.ham
pagne glass. "It was aoinetiyttu
didn't expect," she said. .
They strolled out of tuc mian.;
room and took two rickshah;? J>
Jade Street. At last they v.cnl mJ
the tiniest and blackest of all t'1
shops, anil a wrinkled olcl l.hiu?*??
fame forward to as!; in a squeai:
voicc, what they wanted. Sl.c *>
plained that she wanted a jad'.*
bracelet, very rsre, very choice, In
jnan studied .her _ with .attention
then he closed h:s Lluittrrs
bolted his door.
"I show you something verv rar.
missie," he said, iuoving majestic*
ally through the small square of Tfa
shop. He pried at the tirawi r or .*
lacquer chest, which sprang <}><.
a;:d revealed ar. inner comp.rtrr.fr.:,
Angela fancied she cau&'ht a ?
'n the whites of his eyes. Hi< ti?>
^ers moved mysteriously at in** 1>jc:.
o* ike c iCit. prossiWj,, ok
springs till he reached a long b!ac.
case. From its velvet folds, whirh
seemed to hold th?i dust and <n3i
odor of centuries, be drew out :.
bracelet and strapendcd it with .
clash before her t
"Ah!" she exclaimed, hi admin,
tion. "That? it"'
Macduff was mij&V^fcd. Ile too??
the bracelet hi his hand and passed
i; through hi-? augers, bluntly, with
out the carcssing fondness o i t!i<*
?"!iir.?s?. I'ive carved lludd'd$s o:
dark jut''* V*re strttti** t??.*'etber o;<
an intric^tf ;iJver chain. An elo
quent bracelet, a bracelet one would
remember. She could not have
dreamed of,a better choice. The
merchant named his price. It was
absurdly high and twice the vn!u
of the trinket. She did not care.
'"I want it," she said to Macduff,
"and I won't haggle .:t a?!,"
"Arc you glad to bt jo;;i?.v?&r?i
bound?" Macduff enquired. She di?J
not answer.
"Angela, I asked >\>u a question."
"I know, Macduff. Forgive int.
hut I'm wondering whether Tk,
g!ad or not."
"What happened, Angela? I know
that something hit you hard."'
"How clever of you!"
"I thought you'd be glad to get
back to your husband andjiome."
"I'm not going back flFir-y hus
band." She spoke as calmly as it
she were flicking a speck of dust
from her clothes.
Macduff looked at her suddenly:
?nd dropped his pipe from his
mouth. "You're not going back to
your husband?" he repeated, stu
pidly.
*'No. He doesn't want me back.
He wants a divorce."
"And you're going to give it to
him?" His voice rose from its deep
'i rumble to a peak of surprise.
"Why not? You see, he's fallen
in love with a girl of seventeen, and
jrouth must be served."
"Well, I'm damned!" Gently he
touched the back of her idle hand.
"I'm double damned! The swine!"
"Hush, _ Macduff." Her fingers
covered his lips.
"The bracelet, then? I'm sure it
had something to do with your
news."
"Yes," said Angela, simply.
"Lovat wanted the bracelet for the
girl he loves."
''Angela, you're a fool!" said Mac
fluff, suddenly.
"Yes, I'm afraid I am, a miser
able fool. But let's move on.
It was one of the red-letter days
in Miss Mudge's life. When they
were back on the Marenia, she looked
op Mr. Charlton, feeling that her
pleasure was something she must
?hare with him.
"I wonder if I shall be able to set
tle down when I get home," she
was saying. "I've always thought
to planted in one spot."
I shouldn't suspect that from
mowing you, Miss Mudge."
His voice was teasing, but it
Mised over her like a caressing 1
Wind,
"Why not?"
^ can't believe you'd bang the
'??or shut on adventure. If you were
wktt sort, you wouldn't have come
thw trip around the world."
I think you're discovering things
?kout me that I didn't know myseff.
U ul, yen see, there hasn't been much
chance for nie to do anything but
stay put."
i She leaned against his sleeve, her
! quaint, small face thrust up into his.
j Dick feared that she wanted to be
j kissed, that she wanted very badly
I to be kissed by him, yet did not
j know it. He held her hand and felt
lit burning in his cool clasp. Miss
j Mudge caught fire under hi- touch
; until all of a sudden he was holding
her, shaking, in his arms. O God!
lie thought. Though he hated tears,
he \vas moved by the desperate note
of hysteria in her voicc. She shud
dered and clung to him. He was
ihoiked by the fervor of her eui
br?re.
?c t*.
"I'm to ashamed!" ?he murmured
.nt.' his ear.
"Ah, don't say that. It's stupid
for a woman to be ashamed of her
reelings. Thej-'re really the most
.-harming thing ab->ut her."
"But I wouldn't do this in
Ohotilo." Miss Mudge went on. "J
-IlUc
"Ah!" she exclaimed in admiration.
"That's it!"
'A i.u must !org<-t about Oh?nio.
would::'! be so abandoned."
Dick laughed.
You're very far fr??m there now.
and you must know by this time
that there's a broader, freer world
than thstt."
?\ti.:s Aludgc listened, entranced.
I crhaps it was true. His words
sank sweetly into her consciousness.
Suddenly she buried her face in his
collar.
' Mr. Charlton!" she mumbled.
My dear I" said Dick, catching
her in a firm and sustaining grip
jjid laughing at himself for a fool.
He turned her face up, dripping with
tear*, lie saw her drcnched eyeJ
and the eager, tremulous curve of
j r "PS- Mending over, he kissed
her so slowly and thoroughly that
she tainted against his chest. With
a quick surge of concern he put her
uack in her chair and bent over her
wondering what he could do to re
vive her, but he saw that her hys
teria had been wiped out in a deadly
wave of inertia.
After a while she got up and
scuttled along deck without a word
?a ridiculous figure, with ridiculous
skirts, flying towards the compan
ion way. She had called him Mr.
Charlton, even when he had kissed
ner. Dick wiped the sweat from his
brow. i\ever again! He regretted
everytumg that had happened, every
thing from the very beginning. This
had been different from all his other
experiences; it left him with a self
thin?St* t was stranKely touched,
pin?w"? Edge's lonely
itJh< was steaming across
holing ac Wli . ^cr ^homeward
bound pennant flying from the mast.
Captain Baring was having a cock
t31' party in his quarters.
Miss Mudge was talking to Dick
, H,er sparrow f?ce was'
glow, and she was drawing on a
cigarette in the ridiculous, inade
S Way ihe had" Thc chief
rasseH T?* t0 be rather emb?
rassed for once in his life. The,
roster girl, who had been drinkingf
cocktail after cocktail with her at-'
^ent.on fastened on him, was reeling
over in their direction now Her
z?r?i wa,s ?iass"
tween'th j SaW 8teP be
U L cim M CaVvh MiSS Mud?C
- sk?uMer. Heavens! Was
she going to make a scene' Sh*!
"hat i, Wis all nJ00'lnkn.02m/
Urwa?,f lnd
fisffiS8 ? M
laughing at yotl Y j *He 3
yo" ?" <ht deck at Yokohama!
after you had thrown yourself into
hfis army I saw you faint, you silly
little crow. You didn't sec me ih
the beach chair, did you? Why did
you ever leave Ohonto, or wherever
"it is you come from? Why did you
ev^r think you could come around
the world and behave like anyone
else? Don't you know you're a
sketch.1 lake a look at yourself!"
Joaii threw back her head and
laughed. Dick trird to intervene,
but she pushed him off and took
firmer hold of Miss Mudge, on
whose t2.ee a slow realization was
dawning:.
"You think because Dick dances
with you that he's in love with you
and not with me. Well, he's laugh
tig at you .rip his sleeve. Everybody
knows he's making fun of you, hut
you're to.' simple to know it. . He
knows you're forty -three and never
lu-d another ljtruj in your life."
('Stop her, stop her, peine one;'
Angela was murmuring through
pale lips, but everyone seemed to
lie rooted to the spot.) "He knows
you say your prayer- at night ami
hi'In to support the minions, lie
irrows you're a Dry who's cheating,
i silly little school-teacher trying fo
he a sport, smoking c*".?aretres,, paint
ing your face like Iiarl-?t. swiping
it a drink?yes, an'I no doubt sleep
n* with him, too."
".Stop it, Joan! You're mad."
Dick was towering over her in
fury. He caught her by the
arm?. She pulled herjeif free and
?!:ipped his face.
"Dnu": speak to me! I haven't
i.nkhed with her yet. She weirs
cotton nightgowns with nrrks lik*
'.his. tj< an gestured fro: : '.houl.-ler
t ' chin.; She sleep.; w.'tli curlers
i i her haijr. I've '?ecn 1:t. on her
way to ihe bat!:. w.\j- her
i-h-'ses, for iv: r ? 'vy wight spoil
j hi.'T appears::?:??. Jlnnins 'into chairs.
Kails over t;.'.)'ea. i hatters, cii.utc:?.
chatters, Jo < vc:> .*uf: who wili iistca
i > h(r. All ' ?hor.to and th.?
, v onderliil ,. ^ ? she teaches,
i '.'\vo:id<-rnii: "J ihe world is
i ill o: giam i?r. . . . Oh, i've hoard
:.?V by she r.our. Loses h'-r mp.iev
Monte C:,r!o. i">::.hs Dick's Sir
Caluhad. Ha!; \ b D: k-go->d
i t^ her.' JHck's good t-> her bsear.se
j everyone 01: the b.nt k:t >'.v?t*she's
j!'.-ed up her savings and can't go
;?-ihore. Dick's sorr; Cot hei&Dicfc's
i:iad with nie. 'Jttlc ^chocy.
icarhers ^hould s;ay ct hotne and
h-ep their pennies in their cotton
.stockings. . . . Shouldn't b? a nuis
ance to grown-ups. . . . Shouldn't
t'.ink that a Spanish shawl will
make them fit to kis*. . . ? Poor
little Miss Mudge."
"'You think he's m love with you
and not with met"
Everyone tried not to look at Miss
Mudge. At first her cheeks had
burned. Now they were ghastly
pale, except for the dots of rouge,
high up on \ her cheeks, that made
her look like a wax model. Once
she had raised her hand to protest.
Then it had fallen limply. What
was the use? Captain Baring stood
as if he were carved in rock. He
regarded a drunken woman as the
final debasement of human nature.
Hell of a mess for Charlton to get
into! His favorite officer, and he
wasn't a fool with women, either.
He'd have to haul him over (lie
coals, though it probably wasn't his
fault at all. Dick had been cold'to
more attractive women than Miss
Mudge. The captain knew all about
him. But a scene like this?before
passengers! It wouldn't do.
The chief officer had turned his
back and was hastily swallowing a
drink." Angela and Macduff stood
in appalled silence. No one knew
what tack to take, but Miss Mudge
herself took hold of the situation.
Ignoring them all, she put her arm
around Joan's drooping shoulders
and said in a clear. Hitch voice:
"Come on, you foolish child. Come
down with me."
Conlinaed Next !ssty Y
lfOTIOB OF SALE OF LAND
BT OOXMISIOKBR OF COURT
' Under and by virtue of the authori
ty contained in a judgment of the Su
uoiv* Court of Jackson County, ren- j
cfeird in an action therein pending en
titled "RuthStewart Brown and hev
lltaband, Fred Brown, v*. Mrs. Alvjn
Mmrart, Howard Stewart, Harley
fttowaxt, Annie Stewart Bryaon and
JJrytton, J. M.
Moss and his wife, Rutha Jane Moss"'
the undersigned will, on the first Mon
day in April, it being the 6th da^ of
April, 1936, at 12:00 o'eloek,Nooii, at
the front door of the Court House
'.n the town of Sylva, Jackson Co.,
N. C., offer for sale and sell to ttyp
highest bidder for cash, for the pur
I pose of division the following des
cribed tract of land, to-wist:
! All that certain piece or parcel of
' <?Ad Mtawte, lying and bqpg in lioaa
tain Towndhip, Jackson County, State
of North Carolina, adjoining the lands
of Chartie Norm, John A. Stewart,
A. C. Edwards, Rutha Jane Moss and
o tiers, and bounded and more particu
larly described as follows:
BEGINNING on a rock, Charlie
Norris' corner and in the hne of J. N.
^usngaroer between the road and the
branch and runa thence S. 41%
dcg. W., 16 1-4 poles to & stqke:
thence 8. 43 dog. W, 18 poi* fe a
stake, t&eiice 3. 80 d?g. W., 20 poles
to a stake: thc&ce S. 63 deg. W., 3?
poles to ? Spanish-oak stamp on. top
jT the Kill;" thenee S. 46 deg. W.13
poles to a dt&kc in J? A> SteWBrt s
line, and running with the public road
to this stake; thence N. 27 deg. W.f
rA poles to stake; thence N. 5% de?.
W., 75 poles to a stake in Abb Ed
wards' line; thence S. 80 deg E. 2^
poles fco a chestnut; thence N. 79 deg.
ii, o0 poles to a Spanish-oak; Whence
S. 2 deg. W., 50 poles to a stake;
'.hence S. 47l/z deg. E.f 8 poles ifco n
Spanish-oak; thence N. 43 deg. W., 60
poles to a bljaek-oak, old comer down;
qhence S. 27 deg E., 39po!ea to a roek;
thence S. 14 deg. E., 20 poles to a
Spanish-oak; thence N. 57V? deg., 4
j-4 poles to a rock; thence S. 27 deg.,
3 poles to the Beginning,containing
41 acres more or less.
The bidder -will be required to pay
i0% of his bid in cash at the (time
of the bid, as an evidence of good
faith.
W. R. SHERRILL,
Commissioner of Court.
This the 5th day of March, 1936.
ADMINISTBATBIZ NOTICE
Having qualified as administratrix of
uie estate of C. J. Crisp, late of the
county of Jackson, state of North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
Living claims against said estate to
exhibit them to the undersigned at
tfylva, N. C. before March 12, 1937,
:.r this notice will be plead in bar of
their recoveiy.
ASi persons indebted to said e&fcate
will please make immediate settk
menu x
This March 12,1936. *
MYRA CRISP LOFT IS,
Administratrix of nhe estate ol
C. J. Crisp, deceased.
b 12 6ts.
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the author
ity contained in a certain deed of
i rust executed by Cyras H. Nicihiolsou
and W. H. Smith to W. B. Davis,
Trustee, for W. P. Robinson, dated
July 20th, 1926, and recorded in Book
Jo. 101, at Page 11 et seq., Registry
*1 Jackson County, N. C., default
having been made in the payment of
he indebtedness thereby secured, thp
undersigned Trustee will offer for eaic
?t public auction for cash, in front of
pie Jackson County Court House
l^oor on Monday, April 6, 1936, at
l2:00t Nboo, ill thoae oertain tmtiU,
pieces, paxatls of land situate, lying
and being in River Township, Jack
son County, North Carolina, bring tho
lands purchased by W. P. Rdbinsen
from Messrs. J. M. Bnm, W. P.
Wood, J R Long, O W. Nicholson, and
J. M. Moore and including all the
aadb sold to Cyrus H. NLooison an i
W. H. Smith by W. P. Robinson, con
taining 223 aores more or lea;, the
same being more fully described in a
deed duly registered in Book 90, at
page 117, Jackson County Registry,
leferenco to which is hereby made for
the benefiift of those seeking inform
ation
The highest bidder at this sale will
be required to pay dt the sale 10 pei
ocnt cash of the amoant of his bid to
('ae Clerk of the Superior Court '.o1
lriaramtee his good faith. i
These lands are sold to satisfy said J
'leed of trust, and the cost and ex-1
penses of tins sale.
Done this the 7th day of March,
1936.
W. B. DAVIS, Trustee
By W. R. Shenill, Attorney.
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA,
JACKSON COUNTY
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
County of Jackson
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VS.
Mrs Julia Dills (widow); Delos Dills;
and wife, Mrs. Delos Dills,
Roy Stephens (widower); Harley Nor
ris and wife, Berth? Norris; and T. j
W. Aibe, guardian for ,
BUphMU and Bunvan D\\\v J*5*'
rIhc defendant, i>0j ^J*v
will take notice that m
titled m above, has Wn C<J^,
in "the Superior Court ot u \
County, North Carolina, fot ^ \
pose of foreclosure of ti y\$ \
certiftcate, and the detou^,** \
further take notice that tV\ ^
quired to appear at t\io (%, y ^.
Clerk of the S?l?rior Conn vj
County in the Court Uou',> in y'
"KortE Carolina, on the .
May, 1936, sjul aiwm oriujj
the complaint in "aid a&i<m, t, ?.
plaintiff will apply \o tV (f?ir...
tba relief demanded in m'uI
Thi* ttu* 9th <lav ?f Ma A
D\\* M. A1-1ASUS,
fMrrk Superior Court. .WV??r,{(,/?
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