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SYNOPSIS
Tom Bilbeck is the iiiaviTjtoE >{? is
n fat newspaper writer who drives a
tumble-down ear he calls ([rami- i
motlier He ? :-n love wit h >
Maryella, his rival being Jim Coop-j
er. The three are members of an
amateur dramatic group. Plans for.
a play at the Old Soldiers' Home are
under way. Grandmother Page ha>
engine trouble while Maryella is out
driving with Bilbeck, and Cooper,
passing in a big roadster, taunts him.
After Maryella Has left Bilbeck is
able to start his car again.
The amateur player^ are to give
1 Pygmalion ami Galatea a: the Oiu
Soldiers' Homo* In their version
Bilbeck is to act as the statue, and;
Maryella despairs when she discovers
his how legs. Mrs. Hemmingway!
later flatters Bilbeck and talks toj
him about the play. Bilbeck pats her
band, only to find a rough hand j
grasping him by the shoulder and
lifting him out of his seat.
The players arrive at the Old
Soldier's* Home, being greeted
j royally and meeting Pi Ik Henr.
aether and others. The play at j
} 4L.. 1- * *
mi- uome is interrupted because j
of a fire, the players and veterans
escaping.
CHAPTER Vlil
Help!"
Mrs. Hemmingway refused to vclire
until her husband came. 1 of-.
fered to sit tip with hev, but she de
ehned vehemently.
"You know what John would
Ihir.k it he found you and me sitting
up alone together," she explained.
! agreed with her heartily, so we
fixed a good warm tire in the stove
and left her alone to welcome hei
spouse. It would be only a few*
hours until morning, and 1 did not
bother to undress, but threw myself
exhausted; on my cot.
! did not sleep. however. The
storm outside was making a continuous
racket around the eaves and
corners of the building that nearly!
oYowncri the wdrroTuaiiv snores of the :
veterans?
The excitement of the evening;
' 1,?TJ.VSV -
sini Kept my hlonef racing atp my
nerves at high tensions I listened,
for the opening of the doer which!
would indicate that Mr. Hemming-;
way had arrived.
The sonorous slumbers of our
country's ex-defenders lagan to fray
n'fy tviSi'jjcVWhat right had ev cry
hotly to sleep while I struggled in
vain to woo Morpheus?
T might have become accus'.ome !
i to a regular snore, hut there was
L one?Comrade Pilk Uenwether. for
a dollar?who gurgled in his sleep.
The exasperating' part about it was
that he didn't do it all the time
Only occasionally-above the diapason
of his fellows cat^e this unearthly
gurgle, as if dishwater were disappearing
down a sink.
I tried to calculate the interval
between explosions, and finally]]
thought I had him timed to twenty-1
right seconds. Then he fooled me j
by missing on one cylinder and re- i
maining quiet a full minute. It was.
almost. a relief when lie burst forth;
again.
Something had disarranged his
timer, for he became erratic from
now on. sometimes firing twice in
succession and sometimes failing mc
ior two and thyee revolutions at a,
time. His compression was wonder-1
ful. The trouble was in his spark. !
At last niy brain grew curdled
with futile exasperation. I may'
have dozed, or possibly ) had afever
delirium. 1 don't know. Anyway,
it was not a refreshing sleep!
tnat^caThe^UJ^lne uno :itrwas crown edi
with nightmares.
Suddenly I opened my eyes and'
listened intently to a new sound
that had been beating against my
eardrums for several minutes dm* .
ing my doze. A series of irregular.
tappings, accompanied by a low
moaning, became audible above the
steady roar of the storm. My relaxed
nerves became alert odbe
i more.
What was it? 1
The irregular thumping* was rew
? peated. It sounded far away, and
* yet strangely r.car, as if it might be
in the walls of the building. Was ;t
a spirit rapping?
i had-nevC-i* bqheved in such!
things, but then I had never had
33* nmn f nf nnv kind fn Cf\r% vinno tt?q
One hair-raising: supernatural incident
will make a spiritualist of anyPINKY
DINKY
| y ^ iiluS7RAI?y SV, FKA1
body.
A sudden sound of some one
strangrlinir made me sit un in Led.
1 his last was in the room, so I soon
;Widnd that 't \\ six >r. v- .fi-jond. H?~-l
eccentric snorer. who quite bv accident.
had hit upon a new speciality.
Hat the thnmpings and nioanings
c-ntir-ued. 1 threw off the covers
and got out of bed. detei mined to investigate.
I had no matches?-there
were no pockets in my tights; hut 1
felt my way to the door, barking my
shins only once on an iron cot.
Faintly came a cry for help.
! made haste. I am a chivalrous
fool; n'> one ever yells for assistance
without getting it from me. I
rush in blindly where even angleis
would pause to nut on goloshes.
] stumbled down the stairs. Came
acain the faint crv's"Hoip!"
It was Mrs. ITemmingway's voice.
I peered in at the door of the
great living room, which was faintly
illuminated by a single oil lain}) on
the table?the electric current was
supplied only until one o'clock. I
discovered later. The room was chill
?~ ?
> mi cm.- |?fiift:uimjr com o: o winter's
morning when the tires have
reached their lowest ebb.
Mrs. lleminingvay was walking:
i;p and down frantically screaming.
'Help!" every time the thumping
and moaning: would reoccur.
Suddenly she saw me as 1 advanced
out of the darkness. As she
The outer door was flung Violently o
flakes. . . . With the
did an almost inarticulate cry of
desperate fear escaped her lips and
she pitched forward.
l jumped quickly enough to catch
her. She had fainted.
While I looked around anxiously
for a place to deposit her at full
length I became aware of a new
sound?a rapping at the front door.
1 was- too busy to bother about it
tl en. 1 picked up Mrs. Hemmingway
bodily and started for the table
where the lamp was. Jn the absence
of a couch 1 could put. her on that.
1 had nearly reached it when the
outer door was Tlunjr violently-optm,
admitting a swirl of flying flakes.
With them came a gentleman who
strode in unannounced. He was
wearing a derby hat tied onto his
head with a muffler, and was otherwise
ineffectually bundled against
the storm in a black broadcloth
overcoat with the collar turned up.
On his feet were a pair of snowshoes.
"Good heavens!'* I exclaimed.
"Who are you?"
John llemrningway. Cu.i found
vol.he growled, stepping toward
me with upraised fist and tripping
over his own snowshoes. which he
liCrt rt h?>-l at.
That gave me a second to place
my burden on the long table before
he could reach me. Just in time 1
straighthed #up to find myself in his
grasp.
We wrestled hack and forth silently.
Twice he kicked me in my
bruished shin with his snowshoes.
The only way 1 could prevent a repetition
of those tactics was to stand
on the broad webbing of the shoes
myself. As 1 weighed something
over two hundred 1 effectually anchored
him to the floor.
While we stood embracing one
another ia a deadlock a low moan
escaped the lips of Mrs. Kemmingway.
!| //SAY, POP AN' AAOM^THE (SANG
wf MEETING EVERV0OOY "TODAY. Hf
\jlV DUG AN "TUBBY BIGG'S CUODCES R
7? YAKI HORN. RED ROGEN i
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THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVI
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! "Hadn't you better take care of
your wife?" I panted, apprehensive
| lest she t oll off the rible.
ou seem to be able and willing
the*/' W. hissw|-vi-n'lic.tivfilv"Vou
honie-\vreciter.''
"You're mistaken," returned \
, hastily.
j "Of course," he sneered. "1 didn't
walk in just now and find her in 1
your arms at four o'clock in the'
morning! 1 only thought it was you!!
In reality it was some one else and j
you were up in your own rooni last,
a: !? c p!"
To emphasise his remarks he haul
: ed off with his right arm, which I '
had carelessly allowed to" escape me,<
land belted me energetically in the {
ear.
1 don't know what might have!
hi'Mivned further between us had!
v.c not been separated by a willing ,
assortment of half-drcssed old gen- ^ ,
' idem en.
"Stop this racket!" shouted the i
sheriff, displaying his star conspieu-j
ously. "1 represent the law and or
; der around here and I'm going to J
have peace!"
I was dragged off from Hern;
ming way's snow-shoesj We stood
' glaring at one another. It is impossible
instantly to forget a ringing
blow on the ear, I find, even if it is
delivered by a very good friend. On
, his side I suppose that his resentment
toward ' me was at least par;
lially justified by appearances. It
pen, admitting a swirl of flying
m came a gentleman
'was justified by appearances. It
was hard to think of those thimrs'
just then, however, ami as a matter j
j ot fact, I didn't.
1 "Good morning, Mr. Hemming-,
1 way," greeted Jim Cooper, arriving j
I iii what i thought at first was an!
! abbreviated sleeping garment, but j
j which 1 later discovered was hi
: Greek tunic. "Glad you got here at
j last. Why?what the deuce??"
His ,glance had rested on the pros-,
! irate form of Mrs. Hemmingway.
"Mrs. Hemmingway fainted," I
" explained.
j **0hj, 1 s<?e," he considered thought- ;
I fully. "I suppose it's all for the best.
; 1 imagine that is the only way any
one could get any rest in this insti-1
; tution."
S Evidently Jim had noticed the
j snoring too.
Mrs. Hemmingway opened her
beautiful blue eyes.
; "Oh. John!" she exclaimed joy- j
; fully as she recognized her husband j
I even in a derby hat and snowshoos. j
He made no move to respond tp
the- entreaty in tier voice.
"Why, what's the matter?" she1
j pleaded.
"You know very well," re return j
ed savagely. "When I arrived I j
find you in Tom Bilbcck's arms." i
'Me?" she said interrogatively, j
"Impossible. It must have beer. j
Mary ell a you saw."
"It was not," hastily disclaimed a r
voice in the rear of the group.
My heart sank. i was in hopes!
that 1 would he spared Maryella's
participation in this scene.
j don't know what happened."}
Mrs. Hemmingway went on. slightly j
J bewildered, "but I'm sure that J can}
. explain everything:.''
While they were talking the floor
j trembled violently and there was a j
J muffled crash beneath us. Soon fol-1
lowed a prolonged breaking ?>t":
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RES EARS J / PIMKY, \
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Mrs. Kathcrinc King Fogarty o
Tort Wortb, Tex., is suing GeneTunncy
for alleged breach of prom*,
isc. She asks $500,001)1 ::las
; as if a brick chimney had fallen
through a skylight.
(Continued Next Week)
It Carries a Threat.?-Jack: So
your father demurred at first because
he didn't want to lose, you.
Ethel: Ves> but 1 won his consent.
T told him that ho need net lose me:
wo could live with him, so he would
not. only have me bdt a son-in-law i >
boot.
Jack: H'm 1 I don t like the expression,
"to boot."
THOMAS GREER
The subject of this sketch was the
son of Elijah and Sallie Greer, and
was bom near Elk land. X. C\, .Januaiy
7. IS 11. and died at his Home in
ZlonvUle; September 1. 1 : :? S. the
time of his sojourn here beinjr s i
years. 7 months and :!* days. 11 *.
v.as married October ft. i870 to MiMollie
Hied so To this union \y<
born four chilclw n, two , ms ahd two
daughters. X. J. Greer a: i E. '
Greer. the la tter the present county
treasurer. Mrs. I.illie Thomas am
Mif-"- mnrie Greer, the tuosont postmistress
at Zionvi'kn He professor
faith in Christ in '-arty life, and joined
the Christian church, and remain
ed a member of this body until
death. This writer is informed that
he was in the Civil war. serving'
\ , as private in Company H. Ill
Uojriinent. Tennessee Infantry. Hi
and his familv coim*
about 1000, where the family now
lives. Uncle Tote, l>y which ttasvu
the people knew him. is sadly nuskcit
in this community: we think oi hin
oii the little farm at work, attending
?.o the various duties of the day; \vc
think of Him at the p<?st<tffive, his.
kindly smile, his pleasing way of
sewing the public: we also think of
his kindness to the children and
how he loved them all. lie was in
high spirits when he could take bis
little grandchildren for a btfgje& ride
to the mill and other places; and
the children always seemed happy in
his company. He was a good father
and advised his children right; he
was a groat reader and kept himself
well informed and was an authority
on many subjects of vital interest.
He leaves a wife -and two son.and
two daughters and a host of
grandchildren to morn their loss. We
believe this world was made belter
by his sojourn here. The filth Commandment
says to honor thy father
and thy mother. We may do so by
preparing to meet those of them
that are gone, fo\ they cannot corny
lini'lf tr? iic
R C. EGGER-.
I onral Advertisempnk I
uu^UI nil t vi iivviiiuiiiu
Advertisements appearing under I
this heading are payable strictly |
in advance. This rule applies to
all. Please do not ask the publish- J
ers to deviate.
NOTICE Oi ADMINISTRATION
The undersigned having qualifier
as administrator of the estate of IT
t . Miller, deceased, all persons ir.
(ii-hted to said estate will pleast
come forward and make immediate
settlement. All persons having
claims against said estate will pleas*
present them to the undersigned 01
01 before the Sth day of May. 11*30
or this notice will be pleaded in Kai
of their recovery.
Tfiisr 8th day 01 May, 1 ??&.
McCOY MILLER.
R. P. MILLER.
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erybody;
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' PARENTS \ I RO
5EEM TO ) \ P<
BE aiice fl/ /^-yv \
NOTSCE OF SUMMONS AND WARRANT
OF ATTACHMENT
North Carolina, Watauga County?j
Superior Court; Before
the Clcik
; Sarah E. Ellison, administrali ix
Fied Ellison, deceased, vs. K. M.|
; Martin. j
The defendant above named will j
i take notice that a summons in the)
? ahfjvo entitled action was issued
I against the said defendant ca th<
| the 1 OtK-/lay of A-:jE-1
, South, clerk of the superior court of
! Watauga county, returnable on the1
lorn day pi .June, tp^y, ana also I
thai a warrant of attachment was is-j
sued at the same tme and place by I
itse n r i
<>, Wataaga county against the pronely
of the defendant above iiam
also returnable on the H)th day of
June. 1029, and the defendant will
take notice that he is required to appear
at the office of the clerk of the
superior court in Boone, Watauga
county. North Carolina, on or before
the 10th ti;:;. of June. 1929, and
answer or demur to the complaint
v. J'fcii tViv plustiilff ha.- filed in raid
Taction or the relief therein prayed
; for will be granted.
! Given under my hand and seal, this
| lu*h day o Vfav, 1929.
A. K. SOUTH.
5-1(5-4 Clerk Superior Court.
j NOTICE OF COMMISSIONER'S
SALE
j By virtue of a Mugwiiut of fore-j
j closure in an action now pending inJ
j the superior court t>f Watauga coun[
ty entitled federal Land Bank of
I Columbia, plaintiff vs. P. .M. McGini
nis and wife,, F. M. McGinnis, T. F.
j Yates, F. P. Chappell. E. M. Harman.
jj. J. Mast and the Valle Crucis Xajtional
Farm Loan Association, defendants,
dated C>th day of May,
j lf*20. appointing the undersigned as
commissioner. I wil! on Monday. -July
1 ! 02,at the courthouse door m
Watauga county between the hours
of 10 a. m. and *2 p. m. sell to the
highest bidder for cash the following
described real estate, to-wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or
'tract of land containing 2 LI !->!
: acres, more or less, situate, lying and
| being oh the Banner ElkCBeech Mt.
, road about 5- miles west from the I
town of Valle Crucis in Shawnee.,
haw township. county of Watauga,
state of North Carolina, haying s?ch|
hope, metes, courses and distances!
j as will mot'1 fully appear by refer-1
i ence to a plat thereof made by L. M.j
Trivett. C. S., .1 artunry 2R. ItHh. and
j lu-ing boo mice on the north by the j
I; lends of the Whiting Lumber Co.;
! "Q the by th land ; of the
Whiting Lum'p'O" Co. and the Yates
'! heirs: on Cue south bv the land- of
Ward & Shull; on the west 1?\ the
; lands of Farlhlng Brothers. Gwvn &
I I? ii v ;?twl flw. WlofO-. 1 r.. '
i'ThiS being the same 1 ruvV of land
;in j''t'?fovo conveyed to the said P.
M. Mc'Gitinins in two tract?. Tract
11 one conveyed to the said P. M. Mc-:|
' | Girihis hy Luther Mosteller and wife,!
'1 .Sarah .1. Mosteller by deed dated1
! 1'-Mb day of May. 100". and recorded
in the office of the register of deed>:
i 1 for Watauga county in Book 3. page j
. j 255. Tract two conveyed to the said!
' j P. M. McGirinis hy F M. McGinnis, j
(deed dated 25th day of February.;
51 11)19, arid recorded in the office of |
i; the i ogsjjter of deeds for Watauga j
county in hook 22, page 177.
Purchaser at said sale will be r;?-1
| quired to deposit a certified chocix!
for the sum of $50.00 on day of sale.!
This 31st day of May, 1029.
T. K. BINGHAM, Commissioner.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
By virtue of the power of sale ;
contained in a certain deed of trust j
executed to the undersigned trustee I
on the 2&fch day of July. 1928, which
said deed of trust is recorded in the
office of the register of deeds for
Watauga county in Book 12 at page
5 it 1 hy Flosr, Eggcrs and wife, Bes
sic Eggers. to secure the payment of i
the sum of $54?>.00 to the Taylor J
Motor Company and default having,
j been made in the payment of said {
| sum as in said deed of trust pro-j
j video. I will on Saturday, June 22,
! 929, at the courthouse door of Wat-}
juiga county between the hours of j
10 a. m. and 2 p. ni.. sell to the j
highest bidder for cash the follow- i
ing described real estate, to-wit
All of two certain tracts of land, j
| lying and being in Beaver Dam:
j town'hip. county of Wataugo. state
r { yf -?.vVth 'v nVunna,:
j j laining 25 acres, more or less, and |
i ?V11I j. IIU'H jitu ilLlimMX UCS^l'l ifgU |
, in a deed from Julia Flannery to.
I Floss Eggers and wife, Bessie E^- J
gers and Owen Baidley, which deed J
i is dated February 18, 1928, and rerj
corded in the office of the register j
of deeds for Watauga county inj
Book Jo at nage 575, to which deed.
and the registration thereof refer- i
: c-nce is hereby made for a moire eovn
nleje description of savne
Tract 2, containing 51 acres, more
*| or less, and being more particularly ]
described in a deed from G. W_ Egri
gors and wife to Floss Eggers and
' wife, Bessie Eggers, which said deed
is recorded in the office of the rcg*
ister of deeds for Watauga county :i> |
Book J5, page 577. to which deed
and the registration thereof reference
is hereby made for a more
complete description of same.
This 21st day of Ma v. 1929.
j * T. E." BINGHAM, Trustee.
ET ME \
> A FEW \ /A/AW
-T*'CKS/
DR THEM, )
>lNKYa y
is a Prescription for
COLDS, GRIPPE, FLUE, DENGUE.
BILIOUS FEVER AND MALARIA.
I". is the most speedy remedy known.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
lhe undersigned W. \\. llampt i\
and A. F. -Hampton having .'..qualified
as administrators of Wiiiam F.
Hampton, deceased, notice is hereby
given *oi all who have claims against
said estate to present same within
one year from the date of th'r* notii
otherwise ihK notice - wfH --.be _
pleaded in 'bar of recovery. All those
'a ho are indebted to said estate v .
please come forward and make i n
mediate settlement.
This 7th dav of .\iav, 1921'.
w \v; HAMPTON,
A. V. HAMPTON.
Admihistratans, \Ym. F. Fiampbi
WHAT DR. CALDWELL
LEARNED IN 47 \
i YEARS PRACTICE j
A physician watched the results of
ronstipalion for <u years, ami believed
lhat no matter how careful people are of
their health, diet and exercise, const)pa
tion will occur from time to time. Of
tiexi importance, then, is how t<5 treat
it when it comes. Dr. Caldwell always
was in favor of ?iettin?r close to nt?ju?e
us possible, hence his remedy for cpiistiJ>alion,
known as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
pepsin, is a mild vegetable compoun i.
It caii not harm the system ar.?! is not
habit forming. Syrup Pepsin is pleasanttastinir.
and vounsrsters love i?
Dr. Caldwell did not appfovo ? f
drastic physics and purses. He did ::ot
believe they were good for anybody'*
system, in a practice of 47 year.* he
never saw any reason tor their use when
Syrup Pepsiu will empty f,lie bowels just
as promptly.
Do not let a day fjo by without a
howel movement. Do not sit and hope,
bat fro to the nearest druggist. and yet.
or.e of the yenerous l>ottles of Dr.
wcll's Syrup Pepsin, or write ''Syrup
Pepsin," Dept.. TIP, Monti cello, Illinois,
(or free trial baule.
John E. Brown t. E. einoham
Brown & Bingham
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