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By C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON,
' Authors of "C4# Llflhtnlntf Conductor," "Ro?c? , ;>
mary In Search of a lather," tie. J* ->? <??$ I
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< COPYRIGHT. 1907. BY McCLURE. PHILLIPS I* CO.
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grotf] i* I rov. u obiil.rU i-l !:-ler1ti?
u ? ;i us
arl' i p. (i ,,i t|i. iif. 'it the U>t
red i..ys ??.* mii ! nml bold tin in '.lash
atone. the bi'ov, w'n caiijitii ami riwj
where ije sua touoUcl it, iil'.ie^t?'l?-n
llnli lcftj. whom h;- liuieh aililik. 1 for!
her ?hjicU us wt|L|il l^Hiniy, tliut alui !
Her ? eigth v,oaM bo but hi
that at II i n r to the hot sea, whlel
were i'.-i.! to arty lag far l" avlcf lands
than that oi' ? uy up tbo steeii niouu
taiu toad to Ar!.'itoiii,;i'u in Mi''
sen on of July an i AufiUM, When many
uue to ri > 1
itfons, btlt :)it' girl sail ilililgly la
' a Mo t tiu?t i.lt ! walMiu'.. flml th(
,
her ui r.ior. fur her i.mitui *s .and en ,
faae WW plum sir . 1 ij, gray,
wlii. i, did not U< lU.' dust, and,
i t jacket wuru
well lu.ido Usui j r little hut Juuu- i
: dangerously j
boeondug .-she ens
Jn up arance ft? siTi > of the Indies i
there wn. an air ulxiiit her?uo; he
but. It meant (lUiunflioD And then, u> !
she Wi i I.j i, it v. ? in ; "si lug "a*
it*-? i Mh. ' co ' I sprite
Hhae-Jan so i etilfj. (Use had learned
'tared -i i;SMWtiOU, I oc#u slaej? she'
-- wa# :i child - ho bad token s a Interest |
In Rbuetian Id. r, iTnd Mteruture.
And tbi-i seemed strange'u> Win?that
bo dainty si lUdy Uould have learned
audi a.hius'tag ter I''- it*. boeaaie
the i .o of mo l Ouutvl found It
?X'.< d\ely ? tilt ? s s difficult as
Ubngartaji and ?;.?< cuiptsh lute flcr
men lo male' it even aiofc dUjeuH
perhat i. Hut this XluglisU i-'U'l hi'd
she I I picked It up en .ly. and the
Jlptug uura'" heart warn., d to her
when ho jut ? 1 Id ttia.t music audi
iSbuetiau poctr; 1 I
This w: -t: ? I 1 " e.eh. I'hie won .
him wholly, and without s Abhor fur
ther to ami ie or at >; lit fir his ud
trll ration tl driver of the fir: t car
riage found hlm-s lf bestowing oonfl
deir "s Upon his gri. ioi"- companion
as they slowly t .unfed up the winding
reed,,the rt 'us i ? d ov?f his arm.
p' He lob.l her of his life?how he had
not alv.i 's lived Idown there in the
r valley and driven! tourists for a living.
tUe king'.) Up-.-, r. n the cmj.iT
or'u U. \va li';-.o i. "U who
?uiii it: I
lie was ?! I?U ladle*
would lie ' \ - nl'U li'.-r l'iT a few
/J*!TS t *' V 1. " I'd "1 1 ??
< . .'Hi .. in. i- ? comfortable
< . : i ? ; lit n cro'. !
i .k1 then, usIJet , Bftev the i
i i ui|/l t Ke strangers IiikI
fei* ' : t ? . by the Cr-I flnv
n : r'i- mother rrtrw
t Oh. yes.
tut f . i i'i' i . . tea root to love
iu I (V o: to '.I'i:,'
:? "t down below.
r In
_r i '.(it 'fin ' . bo
Yen .10 was suddenly
s
o lib ii the r or lio* ?????? I to
.1 his ? unit t o grew
/ ,
? se ? f - V" echoed the
i iier iir- i... l.i 'ti?u. "What
i. ?"?ii." that jour mother
* i." tli- man Kiiiti. iii'i'cj, n little
. ? 1 v.m but K 'lng to say that
Oi i. high ii' llllty of ('.Iffereut ba
?IllcbMllfii'U, though buiuII, Is
"l .ii* j our ?inperor 1 ??. a here?" ask
ed the jYhui;; lady.
"It ii .v in;." answered Alois jiinu
ttly "it maj lie. Our emperor has been
10! ><?t | lares."
1. '. 'i on suited and put no
? ly th<filial (1 on, the two enr
i eoutnthing the English girl's
, a mi .die ugedj companion, a
'i i U1 ; 1 a reasonable supply
> i tol.ii) up 11 bind, the har
n . hip 11 whit a l'n fut sound, as of
'i '?"? nt lii: I tiny cat mo to the Inn, n
t J ? use. hull' of atone, half of rich
i .hi shingle . a huge picture crowd
' Itb > i hp. of upeclal Importance
to * i u i.ii ui pulutcd lu ouce crude,
n I . d, colons ou a swinging sign.
'?araotoi iodoling cry from
A - i-ut forth before the highest turn
' ' i i it mi reached brought nn
;; ii : v t i iitto capped old
# t j the ?: ? \ 'i bun It was the
e : Of the travelers who nsltod, j
i u I . m; ; ci ting In Ithaetlan,
r the hi e si.it of rooms which Frnu
YorYttu wmH! give.
i ad, r! ' I h ate of the delight
k lo.i: ! tic ted. Surprised slio
< ill,, win. even startled and eer
t-.t i.. . e on.sod. for an lustunt she
t ? lj Itirti liefore replying;
, , , her i .oc! . ? Was partly explained
Ui>! not rufortimutely her heat j
* ' ? ? ? four of the bed
wt tie choicest view and the
? l1 .vale alii' ;g n> m the Inn pos- '
i: the 1. lies would put up
v. iaid host she would gladly 1
? do them. Was it but tor the
ir : nr.til ni :HUl (A rata
i 1 ? f... lo i ted licMoutO Well,
i'! 1 Indies Woe id graei asly enter
e free; what she had to offer
\ lil I e;h oted.
del en a i l presently wroie
' Ir i) til.-; as Iiinly Mowbray. Miss
i;, Miss Manchester and mai l.
An I; ir hiti when the newcomers? '
or tin 1 ?' 1 o de tonypa
i.ov to h d hi . er !a a
. ner luudOy but efclUfully
; e tilt! ??. rd i
?* i "111 1-1. lieu 1J
' i Vut-vi:; >:] v the RtUl
I ' of Irn It'll 1
t ah th-'v vfivn't a
? t ? 've toi.l U? you have
i-> ti: ? tl.< for obaujois buut
Miirt i: tot that ntii nisb the
" t' limst li of Xe ed!es, oul)# to
. ti 1,'n at errvrta, that they
. . ,a ? out k;<? thi evening.
;i i . . U;,luufjig io a little
vhui liioiit . .Oi l if t'.'J. (JO to elicit
"Ut . it , lOJotis fflfcy
.it >>.. ? v i> tu a kind of
? i;n? i m iUtd?f(||Ci. very early,
; icy ata i. ItU e^pt. r to tc there. jou
l??- .? tii? .? 'v .. .
i.oUlt- p., ..?? v i. . '!>}' ;..e eoi.-t. at
ly In he h..Iof cioppin.; at the hut
iu l.u? v. :her. But they are ' ery
eounMOrate, They nluays let me
1 know their plaua beforehand." '
"If they're away so mtieli I think It
a little bel&rh in them to keep' your
tt.e nrl'vta aitthw: room whets vtu
might need It for other*," remarked '
the girl.
"Oh, hut gracious fraulelu, you mu*t
not *ay that!" cried the old woman,
looking a* uiuch allocked u* If her
young guest hud broken one of the
commandment*.
The girl laughed. "Why not?" she
Inquired. "Are the gentlemen of such i
Importance that they mustn't he crit
icised by stranger*';"
Frnu Yorvan was embarrassed.
"They tire excellent patrons of mine,
gracious fraue lu; that Is all I meant,"
said she. "I cannot liear that unjust
things should he thought of such?good '
gentlemen."
"I was only Joking." the girl reas- !
sure 1 her. "We ere perfectly satisfied
with this room, whU U you have made
moot comfortnhie. A111 care for I* that |
the fatuous wnlks In the neighborhood j
shall not be prlx.i u. I may at least :
walk as much as I like and com cllrat 1
a II:tie, I and my friend, Miss Man
el: 'lef, who Is a tl ill; niDuntaiueor"'
this ehe thtcw a glance at the i
The landlady s hospitable smile re
turned. "No, . . u? f . iiu-ix You
ui free to wander : i you wlU, hut dc
fi'? 11 ~51 to he do ua with. It Mulder, ami
t<! euro }? Ada not utrny into Wife
8? BttBh rsyuu u 'it I<e i; tamo fui
"livea Wi' piovm. i lirtrdlj Iftflj
Ui i ? ;d us I; 11 as-that'
'at- i /.the fft'i, who *? I umch
vet. nthm than the two .-Mora of the
pari.-. "fttrt plea u :.>? n* early to
mowow morning. My file:.! 1 Mir-i 5Jun?
ebe: T nr.il I woo. I like lo ' nve bienUi
fii-1 1 d Ik? r?-:i?iy for a start by 8
A la til ?> p 1 fecinres of the lady
In 1 lock quivered, noil, though she said
Boh'-, tux, l-'rau Yorvan pitied her.
" . oai I y.'.i nc - h lu any ease to
h e n guide J" . i. toil. "I could en
? you uu lulelili. ut young man
who*?
I ank you, n ' broke la the girl
il: iih ly. "A guidebook Is prefern
hle to u guide for what we mean to do.
Yi >1 . .'L atte pt any places which
Hi - l- ? ?!; 1 .1, ? ute iTe for aiua
ti i*s. But what au excellent engrav
tr : that Is over the? fireplace, with the
Ch.i "Din horns ai.ovo It! Isn't that a
rait of your > .petcor v. hen he was
u boy'f"
?
p!i I "Aeh, I had meant to cany It
<wr.y," f ho tuuttered.
The gtrlV quick ears caught the
woi : "Why ould you enrry It
nweyV font you love the emperor
t;,..t you v, , i put hie face out of
"Not love I'nsvr .Leo?" cried the old
won.au, horrific I. "Why, wo worship
him, gracious frauh iu. ?Ye would die
for hlin any day, all of us mountain
people?and, yes, nil lthaetiaus, I be
lle? I euuld not let yon go back to
y< l.r own lei I with the i.l i that we
i!i> i. ; love tli.' noblest c peror coun
try ever had. As for what I said
ul.eltt the j- ami., I didn't IcuoW that
1 spoke aloi: I, 1 o n so i; U to mum
Ming to my ill' iiice 1 1 an to grow
deaf anil old. But of court o 1 w i bed
it put nvtay only because it Is siicli a
popr thing. It does I'm r T.i i no sort
of jusfi. o. You y ou would not recog
nise hlfti fro: i that picture If you were
to see Mot now."
Willi this exi use Fran Yorvan hur
ried out to fetch another dish, which
she said must be ready; to cool her
hot face and to scold herself for her
stupidity nil the wny downstairs.
She was gone some time, nnd the
girl, who had no doubt unwittingly
occasioned the old woman's uneasiness,
took advantage of her absence to
laugh?excited, happy laughter.
"Poor, transparent old dear! So j
pi .' ir;l ami proud or her great secret,
which she thinks _ she's keeping so ?
well!" she exclaimed. "I'm sure she |
doesn't (1 leant that she's as easy to
read as a I ooU with big, big print. !
She's in a e l fright now lest we la
convenient foreigners should chance
upon her grand gentlemen tomorrow, '
reec 7.e one of them from the por
tra! and spoil hi; precious lueognito."
?Then?you think that he Is really '
here?lu this out of the way aerie?"
half will'-; -ltd the grand duchess.
"X feel : are he is," answered Prin
ce'- s Virginia.
F?-r u : ;ueiit tb- t; v.as silence. '
T s .11 (he grand duimc s, with an
aft of r - igi.aitlou, "well, I suppose we
uU1 le .<?. - !:u-e we have come to
tlhaetl.i for the purpose of? Pear me!
I can i K ely bring myself to say It"
"You i my Fay it since our dear old i
lwn. of a Letitl i lvpous all about It I
and U la with us," returned Virginia.
"Eat?but X truly didn't expect to Cud
him here. One knows he comes somc
titui -? it's Nviii In the papers?but this
lime they had it that he'd gone to make
a week's vh it to poilr old General voa
Bcr-iok at i e l?at' of Molina, and {
thought W. re we v.eaVto Kiouhufg
'.with ail out* pi >>ty letters of introduc
tion, as he v : tr* y from the palace
tb?i*c. ii woulvM ?v Uyiiic to oce up U?u
liiue w nil a visit to Allelietilgcu. I
d ?'t v.,ut ; u and LetUIrr to think
that 1 was ;??? ; inf.king cat paws of
; i both nud forcing -you without
l noWltir to to p me unearth hhn In his
h !, as lie i here"
"1 ??i -t he Uii t." sugg< ted the
gtti, ! i. Khets. "1 don't see that you
have much ground , ir fancying sa"
"Oh, general!" echoed Virginia seorn
, fully. "It's Instinct that I upon, not
ground that woman's Tate when she
! saw foreign tourists at her door out of
season when she had a right to think
. she v as safe from luwis! >u; her stam
, 'ce 'ng shop? he N t loo ns hair .* f
en; her wish to get rl?l of us; Iter
t., S Uult Klie Couldn't pOKklbl.V da so
without Ui.il.iu_' matters worse; the
way she talks of her "four gentlemen?
her horror at my lose majesty: her eou
f" Ion about the i irtralt-; her wish to
Inijire It upon its that I'user Is-o Is
ijutlo <haugi:l. ! i-tltict outrht to be
a-dunned if It couldn't p'a.w^Jetectlve j
hi far us that. I~.tr of course we may !
t tee hli. . If Mo can help It. we .
m.i:. lie won't like la-lust run to,
by to :; !, t.: When lie Is a: aiming
e!f, r.n-1 ijurliOpe the trusty land- ;
will f iI he/Intelligent young, j
'r> wliitni 1 ref: i"t to warn htm, so '
.' lie i'!i he tun kn-ir out of
...
? , ? i Uu .'to may semi." wild
s-'ah l O'J ;U . -'"1 dou't think
. tovkieutc wills a me.'ling here. Yon
ito'i* .t no pretty tire. en. I I
'1 li te hi:a to see you first Whoa j
Ji ok youi bo#, slat e to j-nun tabid i
t" rati" h thspeti.'s upon lUsfealitigs hi!
"(.!;?? Prsi H i ting t'? on the ltnces
i '.<1 Vir 'nil.
i d in cu. panlon. ,
prt ? 1 ISueilkker to
tv ly !??! ? t -111"! Jl.Vht things'!
nS loa't le n'a&uio. ray poor dear
' ah. otuty!.' HiiV,- . Jl.: Virginia 1
? f ? ' ? v . '?! hat ? lv
In. ? dan Vo l needn't y> dowi
m
i.;r tinin rn ug hack. Surely yon1
i ii'i uu. I:, .eker says you can. 1.
t i i antes y< ,11 be at the top of tin ;
I" V ? u p.ay as well tell i je that I'll be
til sy grave. It ainounl/ t > tile same!
" i I'M Manchester, who!
w:;.'. la the : p'.ere of happk-r-duties, i
!? s Ma Port, .an an ! hail been i
-..e j" -? ?" girt in' s. "I can't look
Tt I i ;: 1't 1 >k up, because I keep
I ukli of the unspeakable things be
. i or I t lay breath and have
> . ;> ? l i :.y b.
coiapa live!.- comfortable here for
?s to.:.- ; l:"t, as to stirring either
, the. o'u'no use dreaming of It."
it, > I'll n.-slje an I leal hermit
i sal' VI: ? Inla. "You've exactly
the right f iti as for that profession?;
; ?are, j 11 'voleht. But you're not ?
really afraid now?"
"Not i: -h. It ting down," admit-;
: 1 Miss forttuiiu, slowly regain!..;,j
In r natural r.
"i ? you till- . t' a, do :r, that you'd
relapse an I d e you." head or any
thing if I j' strolledvon alone to the
'A u rcvotir."
top of the < ?; fof the view which the
guidebook Fuys is so Sue n nd then
con ?? 1 k (.? or;; nine a relief expedl
i'o 1 i a'.-out" half an bout or so?" j
?'?No-it,'' saidi Mi a Port man; "t sup-!
j> e I can hear it. 1 may as well ac
. ? > m n.. . to loiieftiiess. as I am
to , ..; ii y remaining year.-hj
on this i po ? -Put I nut Hut pt ail sure
tHa Uutile ,i wou'nl approve'?
.
wouldn't i. !:nl. Khe knows I've n Rood i
' 6e 1 an I- ? ffdlly?a good heart.'
Men, I el: ill hare only myself to
look after, and one really doesn't need
c em : In ;? ; to unike an early
i hi on a mountain view."
"Dearest prime.I'm not so sure of
:!n,t in i ard to this mountain view." j
"Mi s Mowbray, please, you're very
. it '. '*? 1 -ft ? out
in lo< k for the n. >nnlain view ypu rt
io'r to. Tou in Ju't think it. ' 1 don't
know where his lair Is. but It's prob-.
hly > Ik ffotn hero, and if I iJK-w i;
uoa Vi't li. i '.. ..i th.ro. That word.I
lo tni pen nop fort, and. an.. wa ? I'm
? oaes at Krcnburg, to you tee
"My 'dear, as If 1 co; d taryc sns-.
. -fed j< w >.ldsearch for hi .! You
?
glto . t ' .tmr who vri nee to have
a it .. in prlii i for hi consort a ,
< ham ? to t 1 in loVe wi.'h horMlf."
"If ho wi.i If It can be so. But.
what do Ueleii Mowbray aud I.ctitia
Manchester know about the love affairs
of emperors aud p.-Iucessesi Au re
voir, dear friend; I'm going. By and
liy, If jou L.'.ve con i--e to lift you.-;
c 1* roB'll - cc Pie v -.rlr. ; a hull" or
'
emef flag ut the rock corner ui> there."
Virginia took the aliieustock which she
hud laid down uud begun picking her
way daintily, yet plucklly, toward the
col which she had named us her goal.
There was another route to It. leading
on to the highest peak of the Sclnieo
horn, only to lie dared hy experienced
climbers, hut the way by which the
girl and her companion had set out
' 'om A1U helllgeu nearly four hour*
. :? > was uter- fatiguing. u.?ver dau
g.. ' ai d Virginia knew that Ml.?
I'ottmuu was tnite and uot half a.
nun i fi ghteue l as she preCbudcd.
1 s bad started at 8. Just as the
Sep- .her sun hud*began to draw the
til-** chill out of the k n mountain
oi.'. mid now ifc was close upou 12.
r tov 11 of
f ,i tin us -you come in froth <5er
a. I >:? Pot .."1 lo ? ?
? ??? ? the thrown canvas
}>,, lj. ki.4 U'sUscl for tils? first I
ti . ?. iUtrliflK':; fctOIV.l <111 ftdi*
V u . '1.
! s. j1 still a Jul lc-il^l wistfully
? J. ?? t : ' i i 1 f 1!J* a
over a k?U'! of forrniilaiilu
i.o rut.}' frl: mixing hi gJoi earnest
: ? i i! y. u if tl?' tiling could
I gi all >lt ? ' I 1* done in ten
i'lUt . an ! t j Ink -would be
. ? > Virginia was
"i U ' i.enr 1 in will 1 e eating her
l I :c i i;d won't miss
r L, ; : ! ; one," she
-v. I sni.l half
;? * . ran almost anjfc
,i< ? an argument."
r rac ? j' . a the girl liad
s ; ' ? \\u l -e at into, but
?. n The hid ? e ? Tway?a, way
m :i < 1( ' f more dif
It. than i'lio h I fancied?she wah
i. ?: is o.' a ot; 'ii slitting of (he
ft. Khe e -u some qualms of
sympathy with the sentiments and-in
to- 3J1 Tor iii-t had expressed
l '? -if Kv.ek by
'
he? - ? l;>:, to toco lucved. especial
ly when belt;;: conquered meant turn
ing ?? ard cr oniethlng like it, and
r'w M-ra: . on obstinately, her
< brriiii her heart thumping
and her Hps 1 leased together.
What a grim. remoiseles-; giant the
iv.w: rain W; i. i" -1 what a nie:-A,crecp
? fly upon l! , ye : shoulder she! Lit
ill i.::>?<! ' c !d r. ? re rru tjlv.it she
' i:
vi f.-art In ' the intention of tnmryi
-lug, Her. I would thwart that iui- ,
per la 1 tub-- : -i without a qualm nor
. trn a r ? if the poor little prineessS
to. '< ! overs 1 - crci-l shoulder and fell
in a small, c-rs. died lieirp wi.hont ever
: ivlrg I. -ri ? upon the face of the
ghae.fhtn empeipr. -
Thou fltere came a later moment
hen, like Mi ; r ? tman. whom she so
recently i.; , 11 . scorn, the princess
that ?> e< u! 1 r : her go on cor go
b-ef s' e w - . horril ly homesiefe. She
? .tot a hi r i ui d the garden r.t
?t; .-at. it ami vKv.it hard.y have
tli.-ewn a g;. o i f interest at Leo
I ' I ; apnt red before !r; r
ej T'-. e \ . e tears la those eyes.
she - .. 1 i.;r? the xj--.uatr.ln.and
ail Kh if.ia v. ir'i her whole strength
v o.i . i ? i. .-sterl-w-. distance
or. uud the comer of the plateau ther ?
came the t otird of a man's voice clr&r i
fully yodeling.
Nov . ! i , ?1 been i-'- welcome i
or ii :-i. I : .. nv. it." It v as to Vir- |
'
?V call ? la ij>:" rtrst in Kug!:-'.i and
tli a. 011 i . .'. light, in Hint iaa.
The j* ruptly etoi p ??!, and a
nam up. 1 round a corner of rock
beyond tlie green plateau. The sun
rfioae i'l hi = qyc . anil he shade 1 them
with hi-. |: :ul to >oii np at her. Tlr
. ni l star ' 'iop<fuUy, expo ;>utlsj"- A 1
aneo uhotogr. pi. d a tail figure in a '
a*, ay ec t p tvi. lit' I v.it'.i aoe it a
s ift green cap of felt short trousers.
liie -e 1 ..ana ... ? . n.i p> a. i t, hut
ev'detp" a mourn.*, hi cuo, a snide or
a chamois hunter perhaps?it 8)1;
events, era capable of coifing to her
rescue. The* things Bhe saw and i
thought la a i'oeliviiud then the i re - n
lu -I ' It;?1 sha i hi ej v< tiro; l.
? iau . . of his race.
It was the enipei" .
Ajno.neut i o e had felt that she
uun.il ! look a. Jli.n v.iill iudlOV
iii 1 would t> taor ufa tUne*. uv. > pre- !
for a jjtopse of r 'dear old lion-? tit,,
liar pion Court. ? "h an easy way t? !
fcuch J'.. I oi everytheg \txyf,l
changed. ') ? no longer /any j
th i: . He ' thare. H" ' ts . Jin- j
lag lie) ? hi power 1; :her than,
hi . In*1 arm . ! this u- tlioii ,'lrn en
count: and v. o M : *t have taken the
trouble to 1 ...ring L ? to inn* litre If
tlie i.v oting m e to end Hi Jruoitilny i
or disasicv.
lie had run across ibe phiteau. Now
the nailed 1 oots were ringing on rock, j
Slie could pare down upon his boa!.
k a was so ( 'n o to her. lie was look- h
'us U3. '? " " -
1
better thau all the pictures! And the
eyes?
Virginia was suddenly and wildly
happy. She could have suug for Joy,
A, _.
Stld (foi/'u V.,c steeply stoptng rock.
a tser ? of trt !. 11, loving lff-r bead
a lb; U . ! r scant fo dUeld as
web. to hold o... :?.,'e;l
and sloping rock.?
If ? ?? t? ' t > e-unjf forward
i ? ' v ? , ' p: ?. 1 ably
li:i\ i i. tile til tow ledge oil
wjilch l,o t :? i awl gone bounding
"
(JkV.ih. but ha did catch her and broke
til f. 11, thai 1 ! <'ed-ti ttly be
ck h biiu and i t!i v n nee of being on
her '? .jecsif
41 *r r.i.t- it b il 1 la narrow es
cape. but the i 15 arms were so
sf: ? :-f 1 b'... ..it iy that Vir
gin! re r ed 1' e dnug< r She
had pass*.!. It t hi So l.i^vWable
now t . t be i. b tn\? d her thai
tfc"-'e wire It v>r thoughts for no
d> . i. Was it not
th i . i .. < : i by destiny,
tvl: if this ti.i udt been meant
since the b nr ' her bisth it might
c:i >. have l ?<. i e mere tourist
sent by G' ok?
All her life had ' at led np to this mo
ment. Cud i. eft hat of green felt
adorn I with t i 1 ? ird of a chamois
was the fai ? she h .1 seen in dreams."
A darli, in ...? j ;ng face it was,
with m< :e of Jiars than Apollo" to Its
liuer. yet to her move desijrtjile than all
the ideal < f all the sculptor? since the
world be n. t o was dressed as a
chairs 1 s hunt, , a., 1 there was nothing
in tl.e well . l. ..Imost shabby,
clothe to dK,h the wearer from
the < vi o he to represent, but as
easily might the eagle, tp which In her
h: rt si 111 n, 1 him, try to pass for a
bmny. t. v.l ; .1 is man for a peas
ant. P ?thought the princess.
[t6 be crxrr?VEr>.)
30 Days' Trial $1.60 is the offer on /'
Plneules. Relieves, Back ache, Lame
Back, Hheumatlc pains. 1: st on sale (
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JuhnsMSi County f Court
B. I . I,w, et .
vs
R. O. Lee
T,i e delVndSht above uaiueii wu take
nt':iiv that aa action <?? ?-le'. a> above
lias is-ei, commenced in tbr Superior
Court ?-!'MphustOH < tvuut) to sell for
partition Piju ir- i i laud .-imato i end
locatuij in M lo;v '1 ivi.shi iiud being
a tract in wljfch siid defendant is in
b rested, said defendant. will farther take
notice that lie is reputed t<i appear at
lire, file, tli I 'em . il. i.-ricr ?
Co',; >t rr: .l.-ht.rt Hi un'.v . -i.tui lay.
Ap u 18th, 1!m s ut the Court House
in said col. tv ahd : Iiswer or tieiuur to
the iVmpiuint in s- d actipit, or the
phiuitiil will apt v io the conn for the
relief demon : >tl in said complaint.
W. S. Su.VENs.
Clerk .Sup-iior Court.
Weiloiis 4 .ty-rgan.
.ittornet s id? l'l i.ntlii,
cXTu JTiaMUA tl?S s x LI.
Novell I'aiidLIXA i Is: i if fnij ? rii r
Johnston Col'Nlv ( Court .Xlin.ii term
VMS.
L. 11. ltichaydsoi.
vs. ?
M B. Sixundt-:-& Ali O N. fanmlep .
B.v virtue ofau ore or of tin- Supm ior
Court < f 3nl i st< t County imtdV <u this
e*tis> at tin Unroll term t>'' s-aW Court,
xve. the nude rai trued C< luuiisei' >to r- w ill
soil, o.i the 25th ilny ? i April. 1908 ftt 12
o'clock M x' i in i-o'irt-biHis door jn
the Toyi. o K> ? i lit4 ? i?<. by ? tj,. auc.
lion for ? t*k tic huiPtxnis: c\-s< ribcil lots
ami 'amis: -
The first lot or purer! o? lard Istlug ft
: xxx II lot in tile Fount ui Jerome, in
; nltth Tuwm-wp. m tin- County ol
J* u.stiyi .o.tl Mate ot North Carolina,
an t be in )r lot No. ?> in block "ti, in the
t'e'ily IN arc, division ?| law's, eojitain
intr 110 'X eU." t< nether xvith the butld
lli-S aiulaUll tliHeois.
Tin Mr .nil ; 11 or pnl m l o'intifi is
nlso in Btntlnb l"< tvnstip, in the satrl
('. unt.v ntiil .M.-rtt a?i ? ine the U .iild
and Oodxx in lat.iis. ami begin* ot a pine
i n e'lly kuoxvu as t ? litmy (>ei orl
con or. now I. lie to twin's coiner, ntni
i nits iv th this ! lie 8. 44 E. >' ? !>I' ,1,1
: strike nwjt n stuit y: tl,< i1 X 1 . 13
poiei to a xt : t ? e. ? 5 li . 7 Jo
poles to a dwliil pine; t?ni \ 12 1 2 K.
;tfi jail* s lo a stu Ke; t Ircnee N 7 1-2 XX" it
j| . to IX H?i>; the: 1 ti, IS XV. : 1
pi lestoapopla in thu head of i le ou'li;
thence HI 1-3 V t." 1 2 poles to a
stake; tli'ii e S. 11 1-2 W. ?hi'mli-to
the bejriin'itng, eintnlnicg t wen./-sex-en
(37) ncri s inoru or lest.
'flits in ml is soM by order of the Court
to mike assets to satis'v a iudgnimt
lemjei m: in this c uisU. The tlu ls per
fect Tin- saiewill bo absolute. and no
by bidding
This the 21st day of March, ltKM*.
E. S. Aiicll.
J. A Winovi.
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