THE WONDER AND THE WISH
By Helen Mar D’Auby
Said John to Bess, as they walked out,
One day in springrtime, early,
«rd like to know just all about
These little lichens, curley;
And just where all these green things
stay
To be so mighty ready,
The minute snow has gone away,
To grow up strong and steady.”
Just see those pussy-willows bright,
And green, and soft and furry,
I wonder if they slept last night,
They seem in such a hurry
To get ahead of everything
In spite of wintery weather,
And hear those robins, how they sing,
So glad to get together.
And chat about the summer time.
And plan about the making,
Of nests where cats and boys can’t
climb;
It’s quite an undertaking.
And I dont wonder they should meet
To talk the matter over.
But where they sleep and what they
eat,
With not a leaf of clover.
Or bit of fruit or any grain.
To me, it’s queer and funny,
I’d wait for softer winds and rain.
With weather warm and sunny.”
“Why John,” laughed little Bessie
then,
“How very queer you’re talking;
Why don’t you fly, now, surely when
You should, instead of walking.
Those robins, up there, in the sun
Us two, are closely eying.
And wondering why we walk or run.
Instead of gaily flying.
And pussy-willow pities us.
Our feet all dressed in leather.
And heads all wrapped, with such a
fuss
About a little weather.”
The water cups down at their feet,
NOTICE OF SALE
of Personal Property of Vass
Milling Company
By virtue of an order of the Su
perior Court, Henry P. Lane, Judge,
I will, at two o’clock on Tuesday, the
14th day of March, 1922, sell to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the Of
fice of Vass Milling Company, in Vass,
North Carolina, all office furniture
and all other personal property in
the office of said company; except the
business books, accounts, choses in
action and other evidences of indebt
edness. H. R. IHRIE,
Receiver and Referee.
Dark red, and green and yellow.
Are laughing at us, hear their sweet
Low gurgle, soft and mellow.
They like to wet their shiny throats
And let the water dimple
Against their pretty satin coats.
And think us very simple.
It’s just like' this, I do suppose,
With birds, and trees and flowers.
Their lives and thoughts nobody
knows.
Much more than they know ours.
But how I wish we really might
Make them feel half so bonny,
W’^hen springtime comes so glad and
bright.
As they make us feel, Johnny.”
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE
By virtue of the power of sale con
tained in a certain mortgage deed
to the undersigned by F. E. Steed and
wife, Mattie L. Steed, dated Nov. 8,
1919, and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds for Moore County,
in Book No. 28, at pages 515 and 516,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness thereby se
cured, I will offer and sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash,
at the Court house door, in Carthaage,
Moore County, on Monday, the 6th
day of March, 1922, at the hour of
noon, the following described real
estate, to-wit:—
Lying and being in Sandhills Town
ship, Moore County. Beginning at a
stake, Caffee’s southwest corner of
Lot No. 8; running thence S. 89.45 E.
1719 feet to a stake, Caffee’s south
east corner of Lot No. 8; thence S.
87.28 E. 283 feet to Aberdeen Creek;
thence dov/n the various courses of
said Aberdeen Creek about 662 feet
to a stake, one of Johnson’s original
corners; thence N. 86.25 W. 908 feet
to a stake, a corner of Lot No. 6 and
another of Johnson’s original corners;
thence N. 79.31 W. 1120 feet to a
stake in a new road, and thence with
said new road in a northerly direc
tion 405 feet to the beginning, con
taining 25.29 acres, more or less.
The second tract of land embraced
within said mortgage as Lot No. 9
has been released from the operation
of the said mortgage and will not be
sold. That is to say, only Lot No. 7,
as described in this notice, will be
offered for sale.
The Lot numbers referred to in this
advertisement refer to a map record
ed in Book 61 at page 600, and made
by Jas. A. Clark, C. E.
Time of sale: Monday, March 6th,
1922, h(^ur of noon.
Place of sale: Court House- door,
Carthage, N. C.
Terms of sale: Cash.
Dated this 6th day of Feb. 1922.
L. L. JOHNSON, Mortgagee.
By Johnson & Johnson, Attorneys.
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