c>l Preak of
Fortune
By RALPH HAMILTON
^CoprrMBililf, br th* W?at*rs N?*?
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"A penny forsflgltefrlhouchts, Wil
bur,** spoke' pr?ttyWS^teMl^oni an^
the somber face of Wilrn?sj*^^evl
dencing a mood of profoun<rS?ffl!|5i|^
tlon, brightened up magically, as^ft
always did when this charming girl
was beside him.
"Am I sure of the compensation of
fered?" challenged the young man
lightly.
"There!" and Erna pressed an old
battered copper coin into his hand. ]
"Now confess, sir! Not only do I re
ward you with the conventional pen
ny. but I present what may be a rare
coin."
"So rare and old that Its inscrip
tion is fairly undecipherable," replied
Wilbur. "It seems to wear the green
and grime of the centuries."
"I found It among a lot of relics of
the olden, olden time that poor dear
grandfather so cherished,*' explained
Erna. "He also left some old pieces
of deHtWftfe and ancient firearms.
"I shall keep the coin always. Krna,"
sakl Wilbur. "I hope it will be a
guardian of good fortune."
"Hut what about the pay?" inquired
Ernn. archly. "I bought your thoughts
?what were they?"
"Well, Erna," answered "Wilbur, his
glance softening and replete with
sentiment, "I was thinking how dear
ly I loved you when I cane horjje for
the holiday vacation."
Erna's fair golden head dropped,
but she drew nearer to him on the
porch seat.
"And how much more I. love you
now." continued Wilbur seriously.
"And when I come home next summer
I hope I can add td it all by asking
you to become my wife."
"I hope so," said Erna spontaneous
ly. lifting her clear, honest eyes to
meet his own, "but you must not think
of that until your are sure that little
r.va and I will not t>e a burden to
y u. All grandfather has left us Is
t" \* little place, and some money Is
o on that."
"i Impe to be able to clear up every
thiTt? and more," spoke Wilbur confi
dently. "Send your sweet, best wishes
after me when I go back to work in
the city, that I may find some way of
earning more money than I do now."
"Re patient, dear," soot lied Erna en
couragingly. "Our ship is sure to
come In some day, and it will be the
more precious for the vnMug."
Wilbur was employed in a broker
age office. Opportunity came to him
through this business connection of
making money, bul he had no capital
to invest. About two weeks after his
return to the city a close friend,
Paul Warfield, dropped into his room
at 1j - boarding house.
"I jvlsh I had a thousand dol'ars,
Wilbur," he said. "I've got a tip that
would make mo a fortune In a month."
Wilbur smiled incredulously. He
had always ?:ept away from tips and
speculative' proposition? generally,
arfd. besides, he realized that War
fteld was a good ileal of. a dreamer.
"Don't laugh at me. Wilbur," said
Paul. "This is no wild fantasy, but
a vurc thing."
"Some stock on the booiu^jeh?"
"Nothing, of the sort. It's a sure
prospect, with a sound, substantial
basis. It's land?land that never de
cays, never burns up, never wears
our. Wall street can't play with it.
po?e?" intimated Wilbur quizzically.
"No, Wilbur, It's an elght-ncrc strip
and last week on the next forty a
prospector made a strike^ He sealed
the well, and Is trying to keep his
discovery quiet until he can Interest
some capitalist to buy up all the other
land In the vicinity. The very choic
est Is the piece I have a chance to
buy. My oJd aunt is willing to In
vest half of the money required.
Couldn't you raise the other five hun
dred In some way. Wllbur?"%*
"Oh, yes, sure; certainly!" derided
Wllbifr. "See," and he emptied his
pocket of the few coins It held. "1
might buy a hundredth part of an
acre," and Just then one of the coins
slipped through his ciireless finger?
and rolled against Paul's foot.
The latter picked It up to restore It
to Its owner. Then with a profound
stare and a voluble: "Hello! Where
did you ever get that?" He held close
to the light the copper penny Erna
Barton had given to Wilbur. Hp
ruhbed It, took xjut a magnifying glass
and added: "Say. did you know *hat
you have a treasure?"
"What do you mean?" questioned
Wilbur.
"Why. that this Is ap Clrencestet
penny of the period of King Stephen
probably one of the rarest coins In
the world, centuries old. Will you let
me take It to an old collector 1
know? I'll he back In an hour."
The hour was Just up when Paul
exalted and brenthless. returned. "One
rtf the only two known!" he fairly
shouted. "The other Is in the Brit
ish museum. I have an offer of sli
hundred dollars."
"Take It!" cried Wilbur Impulsive
ly. "and use five hundred dollars of It
for your wonderful speculation."
Which turned out Just as Paul had
predicted. Thrro was a later division
of rwonty thousand dollars' profits
and Wllhtir Gray went back to his na
tlve village to make Krna Barton the
happiest girl In the world.
Kiln-Dried
Kinstoiy, N. C., R. F. D.
March 17, 1919
American Limestone Company,
Knoxville, Tennessee-/
Dear Sirs:
Please ship us at oncfe, at Dawson, N. C. one car
MASCOT '"SPECIAL" in 100 pound paper bags.
You will have to prepay freight, as Dawson is a pre
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We are selling this car to the same people who
used the car last yeat. It wqs the yery first lime- '
stone ever used in /this neighborhood. Everyone
seems to have been pleased.
We used a fevr tons of it on our own farm and
are pleased wjth results.
Yours truly,
Signed J. H. Mewborn -v Co.
MASCOT - Bone Dry
Finely Pulverized - Readily Available
American Limestone Company
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APPLICATION FOR PARDON OF
RUPERT MEDLIN.
Application will be made to the Gor^
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of Rupert Mediin, convicted u/tha May
Term. 1919. of Franklin Cpffnty Super- j
ior Court for the crim^6f simple as- I
sault and sentencei-ro the County jail j
for a term of tjlh'fy days. All per
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protests to the Governor without de
Uy. This the 22nd dav of Septem
ber. 191?.
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