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By Grace Livingston Hill
FIFTH INSTALLMENT
When the wealth? roster par
cats of Marjorte Wrifcerill both
die 9ha finds a letter teOtaff
that she has a twin sister, that
she was adopted when her own
parents couldn't afford to sup
port both of them and that her
real is Cwotbr Gay.
Alone in the world, bnt with a
fortune of her own, She con
sider* looking: up her own fam
ily whom she has never seen.
A neighbor, Evan Rower, trim
to argue her oat of it and tells
her he loves her and adcs her
to marry him. She promises to
think it over bnt decides first
to see her family. She goes to
their address, finds that they
are destitute. Her sister treats
her like an enemy and resents
her offer of help, but finally,
after many explanations, agrees
to take money to buy coal and
food in order to save her
mother's life. Her father comes
in sick and hungry but hurries
to the cellar to build a fire and
get the house warm. Her
brother Ted comes in, is resent
ful of her being there at first,
but when he finds all that she
has done both he and Betty de
cide they like their new sister.
He studied her for an instant
and then he said gravely:
"But we can't live off cf you!
It's great of you to help us out a
little until we get on our feet, but
we can't keep on letting you feed
us. Perhaps I can get a job soon
and pay you back."
The brightness went out of
Marjorie's face.
"Listen, Ted. if I had lived
here, and you had plenty,
wouldn't you have shared it with
me?"
"Of course!" said Ted crossly,
"but that's different! I'm a fel
la!"
"Well, that's all right, 'fella,'
dear, but it isn't different. I'm a
part of this family, unless you
throw me out, and what's mine
is yours. And now, come, I'd like
to say a word about what you did
to me when you first came in.
You took that cup of tickets
away and told me they wouldn't
interest me. But they do interest
me very much. They're pawn
tickets, aren't they? Well, what
are we going to do about them,
Ted? Are those Mother's things
that she's fond of? Oughtn't we
to go and get them?"
"They're her things. They're
all the things she has. And she
couldn't get new things even if
she did want them. She can't get
these either," he added deject
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edly. "I tell you it costs a lot of
money."
"Yes. but how much, Ted?"
persisted Marjorie.
"It isn't your responsibility,"
said Ted doggedly. "It's mine, I
pawned them."
"Now look here, Ted. you just
stop pushing me out of the fam
ily like that. Now you reach up
to that top shelf and take down
that teacup and we'll add those
tickets up and see what it comes
to. Please!"
Half shameuly Ted did her
bidding.
They got out the tickets and
Marjorie added them all up, a
pitifully small sum, it seemed to
the girl, to represent the house
hold goods of a'home, but to the
boy it seemed a breath-taking
fortune.
"Is that all!" said Marjorie
when he handed her the sum
"Why, I can give you that right
away."
"But I can't bring them till
after five," said Ted. "That will
be after dark too. The neighbors
are so curious. Mother hates
that! Having them all find out
just what we've got and what we
haven't. You know we used to
have a nice home over in a sub
urb on the other side of the city.
Nice big house, built of stone.
Plenty of room. We each had a
room to ourselves, and there was
a garage and a big garden, and
flowers and fruit trees. It was a
swell place. And Dad had a po
sition with a good salary. That
was before the depression, you
know." ,
"Oh. my dear!" said Marjorie,
quite honestly crying now, "My
dear! I'm so sorry you've been go
ing through ?dl that!"
"Well, don't bawl!" said Ted
crossly, brushing his hand over
his own eyes. "I can't stand
bawling! I just told ya because
I thought you'd wanta know. We
haven't always been down and
out this way. We had a swell
home!"
"Well, now let's make this one
as cheerful as we can before ev
ening," said Marjorie, taking a
deep breath. "I'll get the mon
ey!"
She went into the parlor to her
handbag that she had left on the
bare little high mantel shelf and
brought back a roll of bills that
made Ted's eyes open wide.
"I put in a little extra," said
sister smiling. "I thought per
haps you'd think of something we
need that I've forgotten."
"Gosh!" said Ted gazing down
at the roll of bills in his hand.
Don't know's I can trust myself
out alone. I might get held up
carrying all this wealth."
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The boy grinned.
"I can see where you're going
to spoil us for living again when
you're gone."
"Gone!" said Marjorie with dis
may in her voice. "Do you want
me to go?"
"No, not on yer life: But
you're not going to stick around
these diggings. Not with the
home you've been used to! -Say!"
he added irrelevantly, "you look
a lot like Betts, and yet you don't
I could tell you apart already!
You don't look quite so frowsy as
Betty, and you've got a cute little
quirk in the corners of your
mouth. Maybe Betty would look
like that too if she hadn't had to
work so hard, and have such a>
lot of trouble."
"You're sweet!" said Marjorie,,
and suddenly reached up with a
quick motion and kissed her new
brother on his lean hard young
check
Then he turned sharply away
toward the window and she saw
him brush his hand across his
eyes, and swallow hard.
"You're awright," he said
grudgingly.
"Thanks awfully!" said Mar
jorie, trying to enter into his
spirit. "But who is that coming
in the door?"
"That's Bud," said Ted, peering
through the crack into the hall
"Hey, Kid! Hush up there! Dad
and Muth's asleep!"
A boy about ten came panting
into the room, so out of breath
he could scarcely articulate.
-•'They—sent me—ta tell ya—!"
he panted. "You gotta tome right
away an' get the kids. Bonnie's
got a fever —an' she wouldn't
eat her cereal—an' she is crying
for Betty—an' Sunny is yellin* his
head off!"
"Okay, you come with me. Kid.
We'll get 'em," said Ted, "but I
don't know what we'll do with
'em here. Gosh, can you beat it?"
He cast an apologetic eye at the
new sister.
"What is it?" she asked puz
zled. "Who are they?"
"The kids!" answered the
brother in astonishment. "Didn't
you know about them?"
"No!" said Marjorie. "Oh. I
remember, Betty said something
when I first came about taking
the children somewhere, but I
had forgotten about it. I didn't
realize there were more of us."
"Two besides Bud!" said Ted
lifting his chin maturely and
sighing. "I don't know how we're
going to make the grade with any
more sick folks."
Marjorie gave a little gasp of
amazement and then her soft lips
set firmly.
"We'll manage!" she said. "I'll
go with you to get them. I can
carry one of them."
They talked along almost a
block before Marjorie spoke again
and a great shyness was possess
ing Ted.
Then they arrived at the
neighborhood creche and Ted led
the way in.
About that time back at Mar
jorie's home in Chicago Evan
Bower was standing at the front
door impatiently ringing) the
doorbell.
Since he had left her, Evan
Brower had been vaguely disturb
ed by Marjorie's attitude, and
wished he had stayed, in spite of
her request that he go and let her
think things over. He should
have reasoned with nci ligiil
then and there.
He had never considered Mar
jorie Wetherill impulsive before,
but now he recalled a certain look
in her eyes as she had spoken of
her own people, that smacked of
fanaticism.
Also, she was young and utter
ly without experience in financial
afiairs, and here she was sudden
ly left with a fairly large fortune,
and menaced by a family of un
known quantity and quality.
These thoughts had been mill
ing about in his brain all day as
he drove from one appointment
to the other and then back to his
home city, coming straight out to
Wetherill's instead of going to the
office first.
He walked around the house to
the garage where he found the
chauffeur out washing the car.
"What is the reason I cannot
get any answer to my ring?" he
asked severely. He was the kind
of young man who always requir
ed perfect service, and usually got
it.
The chauffeur looked up from
his work deferentially, recogniz
ing a friend of the family.
"Why, sir, they're all away for
the holidays. Miss Wetherill went
last night and gave all the ser
vants a holiday while she is gone.
Very kind of her. sir. She's al
ways kind."
"Indeed!" said Evan Brower as
jf it were somehow the Vihauf
feur's fault.
"You don't know where she's
gone? Haven't you her address?"
"No, sir. I haven't."
Evan Brower frowned. This
was really serious. What a fool
he had been not to make Mar
jorie sit down and listen to him
the other night!
Evan Brower got into his car
and drove away in much dissat
isfaction.
So! She had gone. Headstrong
little girl! Impetuous! He hadn't
thought she was like that. If he
married her, and he had practi
cally committed himself to that
course, he would certainly have
to tram that out of her.
Marjorie had slipped neatly
through his fingers and gone her
own way in spite of his protests.
He would try the letter carrier
and post office of course, though
they were not supposed to give
such information.
But the post office when con
sulted said they were to hold all
mail for further orders. She had
left no address.
Well, somehow he must get in
touch with her.
So he went his way, and made
his plans for going after Mar
jorie when the right moment
should come, and that would be
the first minute he knew where
.to find her.
, , ■ -
He went out and bought ft de
lightful Christmas gift for her.
He even went so far as to look
at engagement rings.
The more he thought about it
the more his thoughts became
intrigued with the girl who was
so sweet and unspoiled. How
easily she could be molded to fit
the environment in which she
would live if she were his wife.
Then, he reflected, Marjorie
had always been fond of his
company, had been ready to ac
cept his invitations alwayri. al
though until recently he had
taken her out very little. There
was no reason thinkable why she
should not want to marry him.
And it was quite the appro
priate thing for him to marry
| her. More and more as he turn
ed it over in his mind his com
mon sense as well as his inclina
jtion approved the plan. And it
I was comfortable to think of the
'girl of his choice as being utterly
1 unspoiled by contact with the
i world. There had been no other
!man in her life, he was sure of
that. He would not have to wor
ry about any youthful indiscre
tions. Innocent and lovely, that
was what she was, and very like
ly he had been the ideal mai. in
her eyes.
Not that he had always had
one ideal of womanhood, himself;
but of course men were different.
It was man's part to chose, and
naturally, he had considered other
girls, but had never been quite
satisfied.
He began &> think back to his
first consciousness of Marjorie,
when she had come home from
college after graduation.
He remembered her as she sat
in church, across the aisle, a row
in front of where he was sitting
with his mother. He had been
struck with her beauty then, and
wondered that he had never seen
it before.
He had watched her during the
service, as she gave attention to
the sermon; her sweet seriousness
attracted him strongly.
This difference they had had
the last time he had talked with
her, about hunting up her own
people, had been the first unwise
decision he had ever seen her
make.
In the meantime his mind was
making itself up very definitely
that Marjorie was desirable. The
more so as he discovered through
an old friend and confidante of
the Wetherill family that an un
usually large number of shares of
very valuable stock were a part
of the Wetherill • estate which
Marjorie had inherited. Marjorie
had a iot oi money and needed
the right man* to look after it.
And he was convinced that he
was the right man.
That was the day he selected
the great blue diamond engage
ment ring.
But Marjorie was walking along
a sordid back street holding the
thin cold hand of a little new
brother who was crying.
Marjorie suddenly swooped
down and swept the youngster
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had much to do with children be
fore, but she was quite strong
and held him firmly.
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NOTICE!
Elkin Masonic Lodge No. 454,
meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
nights at 7:30. All members re
quested'to be present. Signed:
Secretary of Lodge. tfc
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as Executor of
the last Will of W. S. Cough, de
ceased, notice is hereby given to
all persons holding claims against
the estate of said deceased to
present same properly verified, to
the undersigned, at Yadkinville,
N. C., on or before the 16th day
of February, 1940, or this notice
will be plead in bar of recovery.
All persons indebted to said es
tate wilt please call on the un
dersigned and make settlement
without delay.
This the 16th day of February,
1939
DAVID L. KELLY,
Executor of W. S. Gough, Dec'd.
3-30 Yadkinville, N. C.
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Surry County.
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in those
certain Deeds of Trust executed
by the Brewer Hotel Company.
Inc., on July 1, 1928, and record
ed in Book 107, page 122 and
Book 107, page 133 in the Office
of the Register of Deeds, of Sur
ry County, North Carolina, and
the undersigned W. M. Allen hav
ing been substituted as trustee in
said deeds of trust, see Substitu
tion of Trustee recorded in the
Office of Register of Deeds of
Surry County, North Carolina, on
March 7, 1939, which instrument
substituted W. M. Allen as trustee
in the place and stead of Virginia
Trust Company, ih e original
named trustee, and giving and
granting unto the said W. M. Al
len, as Trustee, all of the powers,
authority, and duty as if he had
been named trustee in the orig
jnoj instruments.
THAT WHEREAS default has
been made in the payment of the
notes/or bonds secured by said
deeds of trust and demand hav
ing been made upon the trustee
to sell the property described in
said deeds of trust, therefore, the
undersigned substituted trustee
will on April 14, 1939, at 2 o'clock
P. M. on the premises of the
Brewer Hotel Company, Inc., at
> '
Hotel Skin, in Klkln, Surry
County. North Carolina, sell at
public auction to the last and
highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing described property, to-wit:
FIRST: All that certain lot,
piece or parcel of land, lying and
being situate in the Town of Elk
ln, with the hotel'building and all
other improvements thereon, at
the northwest corner of Bridge
and Market Streets, and being
bounded and filrther described as
follows: Commencing at said]
corner and running thence in a
northerly direction, along the
western line of Bridge Street, the
distance of 115 feet: thence at
right angles westwardly the dis
tance of 100 feet to an alley:
thence with the Eastern line of
said alley, in a southerly direc
tion, along the line parallel with
Bridge Street, the distance of 115
feet to the Northern line of Mar
ket street, and thence with
the Northern line of Market
Street, in an easterly direction,
the distance of 100 feet to the
point of beginning.
SECOND: All that certain lot.
piece or parcel of land, lying and
being situate in the Town of
Elkin. N. C., on the northern line
of Market Street, and being sep
arated from the lot above men
tioned by said alley, and being
bounded and further described as
follows: Beginning at the point of
intersection of the West Jine of
said alley with the northern line
of Market Street, and thence ex
tending northwardly, along the
Western line of said alley, the
distance of 100 feet, to the south
ern line of another alley, and
thence extending Westwardly,
along the Southern line of &aid
last mentioned alley, the distance
of 40 feet, and thence at right
angles southwardly the distance
of 100 feet to the northern line of
Market Street and thence east
wardly, along the northern line of
Market Street, the distance of 40
feet, to the point of beginning:
being the same parcels of real es
tate conveyed to the said Brewer
Hotel Company, Inc., by Elkin
Hotel Company, Inc., by deed
dated July 7th, 1926, and of rec
ord in office of Register of Surry
County, N. C., in Book 103, p. 567.
THIRD: Together with all and
every the furniture, fixtures and
equipment, now or at any time
hereafter placed or installed in
the said hotel building, or in any
of its outhouses, and used or in
tended for use in and about the
operation and maintenance of
said hotel.
Inventory of the furniture, fix
tures and equipment to be sold is
on file in the office of W. M. Al
len, in Elkin, North Carolina to
which any aerson interested may
Thursday, March 30, 1939
have reference by calling at aaid
office; also copies of said inven
tory of the furniture, fixtures
and equipment will be available
on the day of sale for the bene
fit of persons interested or pur
chasers.
This the 14th day of March,
IQIO
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4-6 Substituted Trustee.
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