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JUNE 13. 1940 yfc*?! CHAPTER V j. SYNOPSIS Janet Phillips !' finds herself left out of things j I when her wealthier friends in Bay I City come home from their finishing schools and colle"es. Priscilla m Leigh?at the moment interested 8 in Janet's old friend Gordon Key ?is making herself disagreeable. Jim Phillips. Janet's brother, has just met red-headed, wealthy Helen Sanders through pampered Howard Leigh. Jim is subbing as golf pro for the summer and offers to give Miss Sanders lessons. Although he doesn't like her, he is j fascinated. Meanwhile, Janet has , returned home from her sister Beatrice's apartment, wondering if, after all, love means little and " money everything. She complains of their lack of funds to her mother, pointing out Mrs. Leigh's and "how she has got on." , wiiu iw a;. Mdcux^ uu WI1 inio ner lovely pointed face and it seemed i tc be wiped quite free of sophistication and affectation. He had not i until then realized that she was < very young, much younger than her : pose. "You forgive me?" ' "Certainly!" Again she laid her hand on his ann and he learned that ecstasy can cut like a knife. "Will you ! dance the next dance with me?" she i asked softly. i "I'll be delighted," he stammered, "only I warn you I'm an awful dub | cn the dance floor. I'm no lady's i man." "Perhaps that's why I like you 1 so much. Nothing m his experience had 6 prepared him for the rapturous I emotions which surged through him at the feel of her supple flagrant 1 body. Once when lie bent his head i a little bronze curl brushed his i I , cheek, thrilling him from head to t foot. He hod a v.'ay Ward desire to press his lips to the seductive hob lew in the slender ivory column of < her throat. I "Yon dance beautifully," murmured Miss Sanders when Ihe music c fended. i He still did not trust himself to speak. Howard Leigh was coining I toward them with a scowl and still i Jim said nothing. i I'll see you in the morning," she asked, "for our first lesson?" Jim swallowed iiard. "Yes." lie ' L raid unsteadily, although he knew that the first lessen was behind I 11 them. It was no) apparent on the surface that Jane! Phillips no longc-r : occupied the same position in reotnr-t t n Vi.in crunol ,.,1,;?U x had once held. She did not suffer i for jack of partners at the dance that : night. \ Gordon did not look happy. In spite of his mother's persuasions, ' Gordon had never liked Priscilla. Even when it was her whim to bo ; 1 amiable, he never knew what inln- 1 ute she might turn upon him. Janet i understood the distressed pucker be- 1 p tween his eyes and why in spite of i himself he glanced longingly at her from across Priscilla's sleek blond 1 head. When some one cut in on him < t1 he could not resist the temptation to i tap Janet's partner on the shoulder. "Hello. Gordon," said Janet. Gordon drew a breath of relief as j his arms closed about her. It was as if he had escaped unpredictable I perils and rediscovered security. < Involuntarily Janet's voice took j on a soothing note. < "You mustn't feel conscicncestricken about me, Gordon,7' she i said gently. "I feel terrible about letting you down!" cried Gordon in a choked 1 I Janet still found herself in the ' anomalous position of defending him \ from herself. "It isn't as though we j were ever formally engaged, or as c if you had jilted me at. the altar," c she said kindly. f "I wouldn't have hurt you for the : world. My one consolation is that you're too good for me," he said 1 with a mournful smite. \ It was Janet's cue to bolster up r his self-esteem by a denial of his I statement, but she had a sudden vis- < ion of truth. "Yes," she said, "I i arn." t She wished some one would cut in, but her friends were too tactful, i She muttered an excuse when the c music stopped and escaped to the t dressing room. ( i She arrived at the ballroom to 1 find that her partner for the next t dance had looked everywhere for her before retiring in dudgeon to the bar. Had Janet followed her ' inclination she would have hunted up Jim and asked him to take her j home. She felt sure he was bored < to death and eager for an excuse fn em Vi?t nt I'nat mnroeni a nnnr\1n drifted by her on the dance floor, i I npr tr j? heiu3 mr 1 fll to much i - ?! FORTOCW HOUSE \me?tlh OF HAZARDS r#*I3 By Mac Arthur j ;s WAi . H2* '* Pue'h 5m Janet could scarcely believe her! ?yes. From the rapt expression on! his rugged lace, her brother v. ith' Miss Helen Sanders in his arms was anything but bored. "Oh, no!" Janet cried. She did not realize she had spoken aloud until some one who had come up behind her addressed her. "Shall we finish this dance?" She turned sharply. Tony Ryan stood at her elbow. Evidently he had only that moment arrived. She intended to make an excuse for not dancing with him. However, he gave her no chance to do anything pf the kind. He merely put out his arms and danced off with her as if i He believed any girl would feel flat- j tered to be singled out by the fa- ! aiouns Tony Ryan. Janet was glad when the musicended. glad when Priscilla came skating across tHp room ? ...v. ivwni i\-? i J- j her prior claim to the visiting cele- j lirity. glad when everybody crowd-! ed around Tony Ryan so that Janet I was edged to the extreme rim of the I group and finally extricated from it entirely by Ted Hughes with whom she had the next dance. I The iast dance of the evening was the only one in which no cutins were allowed. Every one was supposed lo dance it with his escort, but Janet had not seen Jim for an hour. She had a notion lie was lurking outside with a cigarette. However, she made a circuit of the veranda without locating him. She was I perched on the porch railing star- i ing somberly at the setting moon, when Tonj Ryan again came up belinri her. "Want to dance?" he asked. "Mo," said J.mel without turning lor head. There was an interval of silence which Janet found trying. In the nd it was she who broke what had jcgun to seem a contest between heir wills. "It must be nice to return to the ilri home town in the iolc of conliiermg hero." she remarked in a igiu. disdainful voice. He laughed. "It's a complex. I upposc. 1 could never convince nyself that 1 had outgrown Shanty fown until I came back here and tad the seal of approval put upon lie by the elite of Bay City. Queer, sn't it?" She gave him a grudging glance. 'That at lens! noeHti'f I uiy longer." I always gut what I go after,' to said quietly. "Modest, aren't you'' ' "No, just sure of myself. There's j difference. "Who am I to fake exception to four pride in your accomplishments," she inquired bitterly. "You ire on your way up, I am on my vay out." He stared at. her curicusly. 'Yes?" She shrugged her shoulders. "As ,ou may know, a generation ago my amily was prominent locally. Now ny mother works in a store and so I shall when I finish my course in Interior decorating." He was studying the dead end or i.is cigarette. "If you're an expert in interior decorating, I might have t job for you?" "A job?" "Perhaps you aren't interested in iobs." "Oh, yes," said Janet with a hostile smile, "I'm interested in any :hance to earn money. It's so lmiortant to make money. Nothing flse matters." i ve bought the old Radelifie nansion." "My grandfather's house!" "1 signed the papers a couple of ours ago." "But," cried Janet breathlessly, 'it's dreadfully run down. That's vhy mother let the property go iraclically for back taxes. We nuldn't afford to live there and no me would rent it. People don't care or those huge, old-fashioned places my more." "I do," said Tony Ryan. "It's ike this." he explained. "When I vas a ragged alley rat I promised nyself that some day I'd buy the test of everything. At that time the ild Radcliffe mansion represented r\y idea of the most elegant thing if its kind." "It broke mother's heart to give jp the place," said Janet icily. "It's me of the few times I ever saw her -ry. Since then I've gone blocks out >f my way not to pass the house. ;t isn't pleasant to be reminded that he glories of your past are past." "If it would be painful, forget it." "Don't be ridiculous." said Janet. 'Paupers cannot afford sentiment." "That's settled then? Shall we fix i day to go out and look things >ver? Tomorrow?" "If you like." "I'll pick you up at two at your wme." S.MILIER--I CAN'T SAYf. *CW, Rur IT'S ALL SET Tr?'~ < AT TWO-TI'IRTY **&. MugpitYs^ WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY !P*g 'j She gave him a curious glance. 8 "Won't you rattle around like a g marble, alone in that huge place?" 1 He shook his head. "Of course I ? shan't live there long alone," he | said. She stared. "You're going to be | married?'' "Naturally," he said, "one can't I select a wife an quickly as a bourse.." I "You haven't selected one yet!" I cried Janet in a dismayed voice. J He grinned. "All I know is that ! she'll have to be out of the top 1 drawer." Janet decided she hated him. "Locally you'll find Priscilla Leigh our highest priced article," she remark- W cd disdainfully. ar "So she's given me to under ah stand," said Tony Ryan. kr is So far as Bernire and Bill Carter m; v.cre concerned, the party at Lou ih Fletcher's that same evening was N; 1 not a success. They ran the rado wi end danced and made a nrr>:.t rioai! of noiso. The people in the adjoining apartment knocked on the wail, but no one paid any attention. They were a quiet middle-aged couple and did not belong to "The Bunch," I: as Bernice's friends called them- mcl soloes. _ The Shcltons were middle-aged loo. "But m c don't let it gel us ' :r! down!" cried May, shrieking with biri laughter when Guy draped a tapes try from the wall about his shoulders and pretended to be a bullfighter in action. j Guy was screamingly tunny, or so Bernice thought, but Bill sat in I the corner and sulked just as she had expected him io do. T She went over to Bill. "Ready to of ; go?" 1-3 "What do you thi'fk?" he asked, w:' He did not trouble himself to tell t'igi the Fletchers he had enjoyed the i party, Bernice seethed with anger. P;>g "I hope you're satisfied," she said .< When they were alone in thetr own del? apari nicnt. pay Bill stalked into the dressing ed i loom and began to hunt for his pa- oiai jamas. "If 1 refuse to go to their the darned parties, you're sore. If 1 Mini give ill and go, you're sore. It's got at so it's hell around here any way you cou take it." at "If you could manage," cried the Berhice in a choked voice, "we'd des> never have any lriends." T Bill let down the in-a-door bed COlt with an angry thud. "Can't you see low that this sort of thing is playing the F devil with us?" he asked. slui When Bill's voice quivered like twe that the hard core of defiance in Cre Bernice's heart gave way. Site was the never able to resist his tenderness, whi "li I weren't crazy about you 1 a n wouldn't c3re what you did," lie said pole unsteadily. a bi "I know," whispered Bernice. pim "I hud something to toll you when thei I came home," said Bill, "only you gun weren't in a retentive Pnmnr " - - ? They wore silting on the edge of wes the bed. He still had his arm about gun her and Bernice's head was cuddled east against his shoulder. Hill (Continued Next Week) pole pole DYNAMITERS OF STREAM a hi GIVEN ROAD SENTENCES chei ? the Ashevillo, June 12?From prose- pole cution reports received by the Ashe- side ville division of game and inland witl fisheries, Jack Williams, Malcolm whi Ellis, Leonard Curtis and James sou! Dotson, all of Black Mountain, were slat each given four months on the Si county roads by Judge J. P. Kitchen blac of the Buncombe county court, for ccrr dynamiting lish in the North Fork said of Swannanoa river. sprt These men were apprehended on the May 23 by E. F. Sorrells, Buncombe, wes county ?ame and fish protector, as.- si ah sisxed by Sheriff Lawrence Brown leIt and others it 11 An interesting angle of the case corr was that upon hearing of the arrest, polt the Buncombe County Hunters and T Fishers Association obtained two slur lawyers to help the state in prose- cast cuting the case The penalty is tin-j Shu usually severe considering past cases Har but Judge Kitchen realizes that this ] grcc nrapfifo to -->* 41? ? ? - " " c?u -jhw yi mr most v;cicus iner violations of sportsmanship and says ehe: that he is determined to break it up. norl The state game and fish department the? is also doing everything it can to the; eradicate this violation of the fish thei laws. soui east ACCIDENTS said ..lore tlian 2,000,000 members of pole rural organizations have actively east enlisted in the war against rural ac- pole cidents, which have not decreased crs; in proportion to the decline in nr- stak ban areas. trac sout It is reported that during the first lion 15 days of April the automotive T registrations in principal cities ex- T ceeded the April, 193S,1 mark by approximately 33 per cent. i *>'13 /JUVUOR, RUN OVERTO MRS. SMITHS / AND TELL HER THAT YOUR DAD HAS AbRE I TO HELP ME HANO THE WASH... ALSO INF ( HER ?=> TO WHERE WE'RE ALL MEETING.... \ 1U TUT- mCAM UUIII. r . -" IT- ?? . ... . ..b- intrMi imc 6ANQ ERQWV OUR gRlP<3E ClUB ( '-"J * THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C. Allied Chief Paris. Trance?General Maxlne ' eygand. now chief of fhe allied '1 mies. who is working desper- I1 = ? l0. s.le.m. *'10. onrushing blitz- | < icg 01 -tt.aoipn rimer's army. He )" a general of the old school of | ^ anouver which prevailed untii i 1 e World War and which the izis have forced upon the French -M ith their mechanical attack. c : =. -0 ACE HOSPITAL HAS SIX BIRTHS IN MAY a 1( tanner Elk. June 9?During lie: n nth of May the Grace hospital ; r entered into the records the Sl Lhs of six children, all boys. No 1 Lhs were recorded after the 13th. r r; LEGAL NOTICES S t; = L NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND ti ur.-uant to the terms of a deed g irust executed 2nd day of April. T 3? by Charles H. McLean and h e. Leah' McLean, to the under- B ted trustee, which deed of trust L ecorded in Book of Deeds 26, e 187 of the office of the register Jecds of Watauga county. N. C., 5ault having been made in the = ment of the indebtedness secur- N H.on.iv- J - ' ' ? * nm ivi gtCRnXTiu uaving neon :lo on the trustee for foreclosure. ] undersigned trustee will, on iday. tin- 8th any of July, 1940, 12 o'clock m., in front of the rt house door of Watauga county. Boone, N. C.. expose Id sale to V' highest bidder the following t riiied tracts of land, to wit: , he three tracts lying in Watauga "] nty, N. C., and described as fol- J! s: J* irst Tract: Beginning at a pine . np and pointers on the ridge heen Yadkin River and Buffalo SI el;: thence north 3(1 west with 1:1 top of sttid ridge 51 poles to a te pine; thence west 20 poles to , taplc; thence north 35 west 111 1 !S to a white pine and tnapie near al aneh; thence north 3V poles to a ' and rock on While Rock Ridge: ln ice west CO poles to a S. O. and JV t; thence north 38 poles to a ; on thi' ridge; thence north 26 . . t 56 poles to a chestnut oak and . on top fit the ridge; thence 28 noles to a hickory on Rich ^ side; thence south 5(1 east 3D . s to a chestnut; thence north 60 s to a maple on the west side of ranch; then north 37 poles to a V itnut stump on the south side of * road; thence scutli -15 north 23 rl ;s to a white pine on the norm " of a knob; thence east 55 north S i the top of the ridge 120 poles to te oak; H. Story's corner; thence P' is 9 west 224 poles to the first ' ion. scond Tract. Beginning on a , :kgurr.. Eiizaheth Story's south lcr, and runs north 35 west with Story's line 125 poles to a -. ice omc and dogwood, corner of 11: Flat Branch tract; then south it i ; t with a line of it 154 poles to a | e in the line of the Walter Trip- j tract; then north with a line of p J4 poles to a stake and pointers, ler of it; then north 20 east 64 _ is to the first station, hird Tract; Beginning at a pine np and pointers and runs s. 8.28 with the top of the ridge and ler 50 poles to a chestnut, J. E. rison corner; then north 82 dels north 42 poles to a black gun1.; ice west 16 west 13 poles to a itnut and laurel: thence south 13 :h 3G poles to three chestnuts; ice north 40 west 36 poles to a >tnut oak on top of the ridge, ice north. 20 east 13 poles to a wood on top of said ridge; then 70 poles to a chestnut on top of ridge; ther.c-e south 60 east 20 s to a black gum: then north 31 . crossing Flat Branch at 24 s, 45 poles to a stake and pointthence west 104 poles to a :e in the line of the Flat Branch t, as above described: thence :h 9 west 75 poles to first sta erms of sale: Cash, his June I, 1940. HAL B. ADAMS. -4c Trustee-. ~x~l f \~XHcUi YOO \ =Eo\ / 6IRLS. WOOlD ORM I { ENJOY WATCH I NO y \THIS;-- ,, It is reported that the allies have dered 8.000 planes from American tctories for delivery next fall. "LEGAL NOTICES OTICE OF TAX FORECLOSURE SALE That whereas Adam Hollar, a taxaver of Watauga township in Watuga county, State of North Carona. was and is delinquent in the ayment of his taxes for the vears 929. 1930, 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 935. 1935 add 1937. and that wheres W. H. Hollar of said county and late, paid said taxes to the tax collator of Watauga county. N. C.. and jie tax sale certificates were duly ssigned to said W. H. Hollar, and lat whereas judgment was rendered n the 4th day of May, 1940, in the iipezior court of said count?*, declarlg the said taxes and suiu tax sale ertificates a prior lien on the lands ereinafter described in favor of the aid W. H. Hollar, in the sum of 53.02, and the costs of said action |aving been advanced by said W. H. foliar and it appearing that the unersigned has been appointed comlissioner to make sale of said lands s oi foreclosure mortgage. Now, hereforc. by virtue of the power ested in the undersigned by said ndgment. this is to notify till perons interested that the undersigned ommissloner will sell to the highst ldrier for cosh in hand the followtg described lands, situate in Watuga township, and bounded as fol>ws: Beginning on a chestnut tree ear W. H. Hollars home, then up ith the creek, to the mouth of a ranch, then with the branch a outheast course to the point of a idge; then with the meanders of the idge to the old line: then with the Id line to a stake in I. G. Cook's ne; then with Cook's line to a pruce pine: then to the beginningaid lands will be sold to satisfy the axes, interests and cos's of sale, .et the owner of said lands take note of this sale or his right to reeinption will be forever foreclosed, his sale will be had at the courtouse door of Watauga county at 0011c, N. C? 011 the Sth day of July, 340, at 12 o'clock M. This 25th dav of May, 1940. W. R. LOVILL, 30-4p Commissioner. OTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE North Carolina, Watauga CountyPursuant to the power and aulorty contained in that certain deed E trust dated February 15. 1930, teemed by D. J. Boyden and wife, uciile K. Boyden, to Charles T. immerman, trustee, which said cd of trust is duly recorded in the fice of the register of deeds for 'atauga county, North Carolina, in ook "G, at page 21, and default havg been made in the payment of the lid note therein secured, and denial of foreclosure having been ado by II. E. Porrv, the owner and jlder of the note secured, the untrsigned trustee will offer for .sale public auction to the highest bidtr for cash at the courthouse door Boone, North Carolina, at 12:00 ton on the 17th day of June, 1040, ie following described real estate: Beginning on a stake, I.. P. Hen!e's northeast corner oil the south de of the Turnpike road and runs lUth 55 degrees cast 90 feet to a one at Mrs. Purden's road; thence mill 9 degrees east 150 feet to a one on the west bank of said road; icnce south 79 degrees west 131 et to a stone; thence north 55 detees west 114 feet to a stake. L. P. enkle's southeast corner; thence ith the said Henkles line north "/j degrees east 210 l'eet to the beinning. containing 'a acre, more or ss, and being known as the 73 low ig Rock Stable I.ot,," and aiso be ig the same lands convoyed by sod to D. J. Boyden on the 17th ay of September, 1920, by W. T. htherspoon and wife, which deed of record in the registry of Watjga county, in Book 8. ., page 386. This 16th day of May, 1940. CHARLES T. ZIMMERMAN. Trustee. rivelte & Holshouser, Attorneys. 5-23-4c , \TU ADS ARE NEWS Printed In Big Type \ 1 > ) -AMD / - HE'S TRYING ) TO oo isaw SH??T?~^, PAGE SEVEN r LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF CAVEAT OF WILL North Carolina, Watauga County; In the Superior Court; Before the Clerk. In the matter o?: The Will of E'ilrct Greene, deceased. To J. J. Greene. J. G. Greene. Florence Greene irivette and husr banc. C. E. Trivette: I You and each of you as persons interested in the estate of the late I EH'nu Greene are hereby notified that Cier.ard Grc-ene, having entered a caveat to the probate of the paper writing purporting to be the will of Elihu Greene ar.d having filed the bond required by law and the ease having been transferred to the superior court for trial at term, and an order having been entered for citation to issue to ail the interested parties, you will appear at the September term, 1940, of Watauga county superior court, which said term convenes on trie 16th day of September. 1940, ano make yourselves parties to said proceeding if you choose. This 14th day of Mav, 1940. A. E. SOUTH, , Clerk Superior Cour: for Watauga County. North Carolina. 5-23-4p ! NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE OF REAL ESTATE North Carolina. Watauga County. Pursuant to the- power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust dated March 15, 1938. executed by Donald J. Boyden and wife, Lucille K. Boyden. to J. E. Holshouser, trustee, which said deed of trust is duly recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Watauga county. North Carolina, m Book 33. at page- 2ft, and default having been made in the payment of the said note therein secured and demand of foreclosure having been made by Richard G. Finley, the owner and holder c? the note secured, the undersigned trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Boone. North Carolina. | at 52:00 noon on the 17th day of June, 1940. the following described real estate: First Lot: Lying and being in the town of Blowing Rock, beginning on a stake on the south side of the Turnpike road opposite the Blowing Rock Hotel lot and running thence southeast with the Turnpike road 132 feet to a slake in the street (net opened); thence southwest with the said street to the corner of the Gore lot, known and designated as Let No. 23; thence south 77 west ibO feel to a stake; thence north 13 west 148.5 feet to the point of beginning, and being known and designated as Lot No. C5 on the plat made by S. M. Clarke in 1887. Second I.ot: Adjoining the above lot and beginning on the northwest corner of the above said lot, anil running thence with the Turnpike road 123 7-10 feet tu a stake in the intersection of 'the Turnpike road and Rock street; thence with Rock street 222 7 111 feet to a stake; | thence south 77 west 100 feet to a stake, corner of above lot; thence [north 13 west with the line of the above lot 143 5-JO feel to the point lot beginning, and being Lot No. f>4 I on the iii'it made by S. M. Clarke in 1887. I This 16th dav of May. 1940. | J. E. HOLSHOUSER, J 5-23-lc Trustee. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE S SALE OF REAL ESTATE North Carolina. Watauga County. Pursuant to the power and authority contained in that certain deed of trust dated March 15, 1938, executed by Donald J. Boyden and wife. Lucille K. Boyden, to J. E. Kolshouser. trustee, which said deed of trust is duly recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Watauga county. North Carolina, in Book 33, at page 27, and default having been made in the payment of the said note therein secured. uuu ciemunu or foreclosure r.aving boon made by Miss Jessie Burgess, the owner ancl holder of the note secured, the undersigned trustee will offer for sale at public auction to the 1 highest bidder for cash, at the courthouse door tit Boone, North Caro| lira, at 12:00 noon, on the 17th day of June, 1940, the following described real estate: Lot known as the tennis court lot, beginning on a siake on the west side of Spring street, and runs north 1 degrees and 45 minutes east 148.5 feet to a stoke at the junction of chestnut street with spring street; thence south 75 degrees west 66 feet to a stake on the south side of Spring street: thence north 47 degrees west 2'J feet, more or less, to a slake; thence south 57 degrees east 129 feet to a stake in the Turn ptke road: thence south 80 degrees east fiG feet, more or less, to the beginning, and being a part of Lot Ino. 2 in the plat made by S. M. Clarke in 1887. This 16th day of May, 1940. i J. E. HOESHOUSER, 15-23-4o Trustee. I The Chautauqua Institute was es| tablished in 1874.
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