JULY 24, 1941
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by Lo
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CHAPTER IX
But Gillian could not have let
Simon put that ring on her finger,
not until her hands were free of
Jaffry Clay's story. She eould not.
Tomorrow she would wear it with
pride. Tonight, when she consigned
that thing to the kindly flames, there
would be no ring of Simon's on her
finger.
It was late when Simon left Gillian
at her apartment. He said ho
was tired after the hurry and excitement
of his trip. He would go
straight home.
She gave Simon plenty of time to
be on his way, then moved out cf
the doorway and along the street.
She stood for a while across the
square front the printer}'. She
crossed the square then and opened
the door.
She went eautionstv nnctairc
ing her way.
Finding the manuscript, she laid
it on Simon's desk, pulled it from
the envelope and carried it to the
fireplace. She found a book of
matches in her pocket and struck
one and carried the flame to the
top sheet. It caught slowly, the
flame creeping over the black lines,
like the tide across, the sand, blotting
them out forever.
Faster, faster, she urged?burn
faster. Journal of My Loves?one
by one the words of the title were
eaten away, as his name had been
eaten before them.
"Thank God!" she whispered.
"Thank God. it's done now. and
nothing can ever bring it back?"
The lights went on. For a moment,
dazzled she did not realize
what had happened. She stood up,
turned slowly, to meet Simon's
startled eyes.
"Why, Gillian! Whatever are you
doing?"
"1 was burning?some rubbish."
"Oh, some odds and ends. Nothing
important."
"But why in the dark, Gillian? I
left my brief case here and remembered
when I was part way home
some things X wanted to look at."
"Oil il'f nnfHr\rt CMtion 1 '' Vw???
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hand flew to her throat, and her eyes
dilated and all her life seemed to
slop. She could not move, could
not speak, could not tear her gaze
from the envelope on Simon's desk.
From where she stood she could see
the bold letters of the label?"Journal
of My Loves." And "Jaffry
Clay" below it.
Simon walked over to the desk
and picked it up.
"You burned the story Jaffry left.
You flung it in the fire rather than
let me know and let the world know
what you really were to Jaff Clay.
I?it is hard to believe!"
She managed to speak at last.
"I've learned to take it, from you.
Now you can take it. for once and
all, from me; I burned his story,
yes! And if he'd written a thousand
like it, I'd have burned them too.
And if you think the world is any
worse off for not being able to read
the records of a small-time Don
Juan, you're making a sad mistake."
"I hate you for this," he said
quietly. "You wouldn't have gone
out of your way to lie to me, you
wouldn't have burned that manuscript,
if you were not afraid of it,
SPECIAL I
TAXPi
This is to notify all c
their taxes for the year
be paid this month to
ing the month of Aug'
All those who have no
of August, will be adv
erty sold to satisfy saic
that as many as possil
taxes and save the cosl
in each instance.
I am very sorry to tak
no choice in the matte
co-operation.
E. B.
County Ta
? w
esc hrcc
uis Arthur Cunning!
of what it might do to you. i'ou 'me.
couldn't afford to let it see the light.1 wan
could you? It accused you, didn't "}
it?" j ,f
She said, "111 go now, Simon. I? | j(
I suppose that's the only thing to ; VQU
c'?- jyou
i "What else?" He threw the empty |sha
envelope on the desk and looked j ...
forlornly at it and at her. "This!con,
| was why you would not take the ^
ring from me this afternoon. You
1 had to do this rotten thing first. nS(
Then you could have worn it with S( ?!
what you could call a clear conscionce.
You have no conscience, no ;,J '
heart, no-" |yoa
"Bitter things. Simon." Her voice] ^
was soft. "I have to go. I won't j '1"
' come back here. So it's goodby. j G
Simon." 1 '-vnt
; She could never remember what piur
Anse said when she ornnoH hoe n-ie . er.
; up the dark stairs and into the .mequiet,
comfortable room where he mesat
surrounded by his books and!
maps. I liar
j She became calmer after a little jmal
while. She sat there, weak and I wit
spent, with no strength in her, nojheli
I desire, no power to straighten out
: the tangle of her thoughts. She had 1
j lost Simon. That one thing was j 'ho
j fixed in her mind. ; irate
She said linally: "It's all over,
Anse?between Simon and me." She
laughed. "Jaffry Clay left a m.anu- ?? '
script that I read, that 1 would not : '
have Simon read?I will not say . . '
, why. Tonight I burned that manu- ?
1 script and Simon found out. The ta!f
title of the book was "Journal of My
Loves."" ' !a,M
i "You still care for Simon?you .
! know you do." i w ol
""I think I'll have to go my way jsctM
and let him go his. I-?I am not go- !n??
ing back to the printery any more.
I can't stay here, Anse. Can't we a
i go back to Rydal?" thtl
"We'll go."
"We can't start too soon to suit "
me, Anse." L *
'It \v
Jon Hillycr came to see them
after they had been at Rydal less a , ,
than a month. Gillian felt absurdly v"'.
iglad when she opened the door and :
1 saw him standing there.
T T Itr-....* SPO'
I*. QUI t,u,u OV.C ?MU, O 1 1 . \ ? lull 1
is going on in Montreal? I?I'm a w
starved lor news. I came down here vo"
I to forget all about the place, but
I'm afraid there's 110 getting back." {!lv!
"You mean it's ail over between ,2"'
'you and Killigrew?" Jon's voice was
eager, the hand that held his cigarette
trembled. "If that's so, Gillian,
you know that 1?"
"Darling Jon!" She put her hand "as
over his. f 0'
"I want only the right to protect ',ls
you. Gillian; to make you happy. }
Wouldn't you give me the chance?"I ov
"It wouldn't be fair to you. Jon.
No; that's all past and done with." .!ze
"If he comes back to you?"
"If he comes back to me or if he n
doesn't, I'll feel just the same to- Ni
wards him. I found love, and once B
you find it you never lose it.' coir
"There are things between Simon jju?
and me?" she spoke very slowly? J, !c
"that may never be cleared up. If "
he wants me he must take a great leJT
deal on trust. I think he is big yjor
enough to do that. If he really loves 122,
me enough, he will come back to in 1
sect
the
rOTICE TO i
on ]
1YERS j
Spa
con
Dur
on :
county taxpayers that ^
i 939 must absolutely ^
avoid advertising durust.
to 11
ing
it paid by the first day l,?;
ertised and their prop1
taxes. I am anxious "h?
ile take care of their
ts which will be added
SOU1
on
:e this action but have beg
:r. I ask for your full deei
Jac<
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I want him to come bacl
t him on any terms."
le told me to ask you, Giliiar
ie?he sent you here?"
m nodded. "I should have t
at first, but I had to know h
felt about it. And now I km
11 I tell him to come?"
fes, please. .Ion?tell him
e. Tell him I'll be waiting."
e came the next day, when o
e was in the cottage, and A
>k his hand and showed him
t across the fields Gillian 1
n. "If you follow that p
re bound to meet her."
e walked slowly through the 1
fields.
iliian stood still and expect
;n she saw him. She said. "I
;lad you came. Simon. I?I dc
ik I could have waited any io
i don't care what you think
Simon, hist so lone as vou 1
[ think only the best of you, (
i. I would not ask you again
rry me if 1 couldn't take ;
h a heart free from doubt,
eve in you?believe in you \\
my soul."
As you've always believed
se you love." she said, and sa
i his arms and raised her face
kiss."
hey were married three days
in the little graystone church
led where many other Mea
are her had stood before
it altar and said the words
1.
nse was there, tall and slrai
very much on parade. He lool
her in the pale green dress
e and thought that he had ne
l her lovelier than at this i
it.
eborah was there, looking al
mournful, and Jon Hillyor i
re, sharing their happiness, :
ing his own loss in seeing <
happy.
Up 1-I1PIir-vl i..lime i T?'-'111 bT,X
as a happy hour and if the gin
affry Clay and Hilary were tb
the long, white, glittering tr
It its tall cake, no one saw th
1 adore you, Gillian," Sir
ispered during Anse's lo\
ech. of which she hoard scan
ord. "Forgive me if ever I 1
I."
Maybe I am the one to ask
rness, Simon. Let us say thai
li sides all things are forge
it's the way it should be?tod;
Today and forever."
.t the bend of the road on li
n Hill where one, looking b;
the last, glimpse of Rydal,
jped the car and drew her :
arms and kissed her. He s
ling her close, looking earne
m at her, "I couldn't wait
?er for that. It's so hard to i
that we're married at last, <
i, that nothing can take you fi
OTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SAL
arth Carolina, Watauga Coun!
y virtue of the power of
tainect in that certain deed
;t executed by Mrs. Josephini
Igkins to the undersigned trus
id January 18, 1935, and c
stered in the office of the re
of deeds for Watauga cou
th Carolina, in Book IT, at j:
and default having been m
he payment of the indebtedi
ired by said deed of trust,
undersigned trustee having t
iired by the Watauga Buildin
n Association to advertise
the hereinafter described pi
'. said undersigned trustee
Mondajr, August 4, 1941, at 1:
n, sell at public auction for <
he courthouse door in Boi
th Carolina, Watauga county,
awing lands and premises, to
irst Tract: Beginning at a sr
nish oak, the Leason Hartley
ler, and runs east with the G
ican line to a spruce pine sti
side of branch; thence north
branch to a spruce pine sti
laurel on east side of brai
ice west crossing pine hill
ne road to a small chestnut,
tains 15 acres, more or less,
s of this tract are to run sr
lake full 15 acres. The same
the land deeded to Josephini
Igkins by M. C. Church and v
he Church.
econd Tract: Beginning or
te oak on east side of Boone i
r the old Baptist church and i
branch, near A. C. Gilbert's (i
th 39 east 49 poles to a birch
,tz's); thence north 34 west
is to a spruce pine stump on
. side of said branch; the
th 77 west 40 poles to a red
the east side of the Boone r<
ice with said road 49 poles to
inninc. containing 10 acres rt
less. The same being the 1
ded to Josephine V. Hodgkin:
3b Phillips and wife,
his property will be sold to s<
[he indebtedness secured by
ve described deed of trust
to satisfy a second deed of t
1 by said Building and Loan
ation, dated April 7, 1937,
>rded in the office of the re
of deeds for Watauga county
k 17, page 265.
his 3rd day of July, 1941.
W. H. GRAG1
!-4c Trus
SVERY THURSDAY?BOONE. N.
jir.e now."
| "Nothing can, Simon."
J Thcv drove into the dusk of i
I bleak and windy day.
' "Wc'l! drive until the moo:
; conies." he said gavlv. "and the:
I there's a little lost village I went t
'years ego?alone. I was happy then
iand I'd like to lake you to it."
Singing, they came to the inn am
drove into the yard and had no trou
ble finding the landlord, for he came
* fat and jolly and washing his hand
with invisible soap and water, t
' ' greet thein.
'Madame et nTsicur! You ar
old mos' welcome. An' my best room i:
ow certainly, at your disposal. We wi
j\v. go up there now and while you res
I will make ready some good sue
to per, no?"
It was a large and pleasant root
nly into which he ushered them,
use Gillian was looking at the book
the on the little table by the bed. Simo
lad looked too. "Hello," he said. "Her
ath is a copy of Jaff Clay's first poemi
and. by Jove, with his autograpl
fal- \tco'
j The innkeeper nodded delightedly
' "He stay here one time for a weel
ant t t . . , :
i uiciv jruuug ywi. nc iiii nis WJH
al|} He forgot litis hook. M'sieur an
)n i Madame Jones, he tells me. but
nt"|see his picture in that book he lef
? | Ah. they were happy those two3,1
e :so young, so much in love?Jaff. sh
(call him' an' he call her Hilary."
jib The door ciosed behind him. S
i to inon stood as if turned to stone an
you the book slid slowly from his han
I and fell to the floor. Gillian looke
'ith at him and looked away. Even sh
could not intrude upon what he fei
in in this moment. Here, in this foi
ime gotten place, he had found the trut
' to at last, the cruel truth that she ha
risked her happiness to keep fror
lat- him.
in t "I?I'm sorry, Simon. I fought a]
des ways to keep it from you. It was ai
the in his book, the story of their lov<
she that was why I burr.ed it. He turr.c
from her to me. She came to m
ght then and thai was why I'd have n
ked more to do with him. But for tiier
she it was over. She caught cold, too
ver no care of herself?and he. well voi
no- know now."
"I'm not thinking of them. Gil
loof lian," he said, his head bowed. "I'J
was never again think of thein. It's o
for- you I'm thinking?of what you die
jil- of what you suffered?"
He took her in his arms and hel
use. iher close, her wet cheeks agains
r>?5fclw.;^ "ti ??u i
? ? 77333. At was vvurrn vyiuie, OliuyXl,
iere|tho said. "I wanted you to kee
ible your faith in love and in the thing
em. you loved."
non "i have faith now. I've see
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throughout the day
refreshes with ice-co
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something that I didn't know existed ;
; in this world. It is in your heart. ,
i, Gillian. and it's a shrine at which 1 .
eon always worship now and know 1
, that no falseness can enter there.'' s
; vTHE END) 1
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h It is est totaled ttiat the average ?
! number of bacteria on a dollar bill ;
i ! is 142.000.
NOTICE OF SALE
. North Carolina, Watauga County; ;
0 County of Watauga, Plaintiff, vs.
Mrs. Minnie Jestes and husband,
j Joe Jestes.
f By virtue and in pursuance of a
j": j decree of tlie superior court made in
the above entitled cause on the 25th j
day of June. 1941. the undersigned;
commissioner appointed for the pur|pose
therein expressed it being the j
n suit to foreclose the lien held by the j
plaintiff on the land hereinafter des- j
s, scribed for the non-payment of
n taxes, will expose for sale to the;
e highest, bidder at public auction for :
5> cash on the 28th day of July, 1941.
>: at the court house door in Boone,
;N. C., at 12:00 o'clock noon the fol' '
lowing land situated in Watauga
j township of Watauga, North Caro:
lina, described as follows:
>1 j Being 35 acres adjoining W. H.
' B\ rd. For a complete description
' sec deed recorde' in Deed Book 40.
- ] at Page 450.
L' This 25th dav of June 1041.
WADE E. BROWN,
Commissioner.
d NOTICE OF SALE
d ! By virtue of the power of sale
e contained in a certain deed of trust j
It made by Ethel Boogher, Eliza Boog -
j her. Lyles Harris and wife, Jane j
h | Walker Harris, to the undersigned .
d trustee, dated November 19th, 1037.!
n and duly registered in the office of |
the Register of Deeds for Watauga j
I- County, N. C., in Book of Mortgages j
II and Deeds of Trust No. 24. at page |
ti
o PROTECT YC
n ! by becoming ;
DFINQ CTT IDHII
li i * UlVL/i 1
ASSOCI
II! TELEPHONE 24 .
? !
! j A 25 cent fee is charged upon joi
dues are in effect:
d Qua
it One to Ten Years
Two to Twenty-nine Years
P , Thirty to Fifty Years
Fifty to Sixty-five years
n
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ever. . pa
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:o if you enjoy ice-cold |a ^
You taste its quality . . .
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ii. jo wnen you pause ^
, make it the pause that
>ld Coca-Cola. YOll
D UNDER AUTHORITY OF THB COCA-COLA C<
L-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. Hickoi
PAGE SEVEP
>75. to which reference is hereby
riarle. and default having been made
n the payment of the indebtedness
veined by said deed of trust, wherejy
the power of sale therein contained
has become operative, and
-aid undersigned trustee will on
Monday, July 28th. .94!. at 12
"clock nccn. sell ai public auction.
Cor cash, at the courthouse door lit
Boone. County of Watauga, and
State of North Carolina, the following
lands and premises: A certain
tract of land lying and being in
Watauga County aforesaid, and
more particularly described as follows:
The same being situate, lying and
being in the town of Blowing Rock,
State of North Carolina, bounded
and described as follows:
Beginning at a stake on the east
side of a street in Elowing Reck and
running south 89 degrees east lt)0
ift-1 to a stone. Bobbins" N.W. corner:
then with this line north 85 degrees
eact passing Rabbins* N.E. corner.
running in all 168 feet to a
stone: then north 34 west 343 11-50
feet to a stone on the south side of
a street: then with the street south
83 .vest 242 feet to a -take at the
junction of the two streets: then
with the street 4'u degrees east 105
feet to the beginning, being the land
described in a deed from Eliza S.
Boogher to Ethel Boog'ner and Elise
Boogher, dated August 31st, 1933.
and recorded in the Registry for
Watauga County. N. C., in Boole 41,
page 624.
This sale is made pursuant to
raised bid for the above property
filed with the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Watauga County, following
sale on June 23rd, 1941. and order
of re-sale entered by said clerk.
This July 10th. 1941.
GUY M. SALES,
7-10-3c Trustee.
>UR FAMILY
i member of
/ANT BURIAL
ATION
. . BOONE, N. C.
ning, after which the following
rlerly Y early Benefit
1A At\ ct\ e\r\
.X\J .-IV .p OU.UU
.20 .80 100.00
.40 1.00 100.00
.SO 2.40 100.00
all game's
use and
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