ASHEBOEO, K. C FEB. t i9l
THE ASHEBORO COUTJEK, ASHEBORO, N. C
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(Ofrtrtt McCtwr KmMr SyMktlAi
There wa no question about It,
Martha - Bain was out beauttfol.
Freckles are Dot necessarily rocks wn
the road -of romance. .Neither is a
fug nose, nor striuy hair of a rimy
hue. ..But Martha hud them nil. aud
was not given a part iu Cupid's druu.a.
That Is. ahe bad no part in It until
well.'iWs was the v.uy of It:
w Pew-fled behlud the desk in Ens!
Height hotel MjwIim watched the
summer lacis woo lie suimmr lassies,
and her little he;:rj, which ie;.liy wns
very big. thumped away imtioU.'vrf
and neglected. IVili.ip.-s if sin- li:.!
obtained a polished person.-. :uy :it. a
finishing sell-,.'! :.!;, itiiailt li;.Ve iud-
herself Uteiv..ii.;' id the Knights fret;;
4 the big town ; I. it :: r; ' ta fu.ii. r . i
,.Wersd a ii.li sil,..:I ...liu-ii-... :i s;f
' : flclftLl Cor hi.; I:... i .-h-rk. spcci.ti!;
. Slow vu;ie v . tit .'in':;- it' ijue-t of
the rewie.
.-Ifert r; he; ess
When t-iie tl:
late hi the iih; ni"
had a iaiiia o in
two of thrill.
' Harold Kinsley came t Ka;;!
Heights for a rmtitii's recreation tr:.i
: Mb litem i v labors. He was tall and
allm. almost to th- point of Ittnkiitess,
and he liiti! black U.ur id K-i j lir.ivvn
eyes lioiii which a m.uI seemed to
dhloe.
When be came aloiis the heath
Martha was tinm ii;; sucks into tin!
. water for a while fox terrier to chas'.
v Harold stopped ami watched. Ktaudhr-'
r some tikttmuv i.. -1 1 : i : 1 1 the girl, so hhe
,.did. not become a ., are of bis prw
' ence.
"Cone on, Knijrht," she admonished,
and thj dog emerged from the water
'.holding a jagiced stick, wliich he,,
dropped at the girl's feet. Th. n
Knight spied Uuroid and went io him
just as a shaking spell seised him.
t( "0l, I beg your pardon." Martha es
' claimed, when alio turned aud saw
Harold brushing drops of water from
his clothes. "That Is, Knight begs
your pardon."
" i Harold laughed lightly and reaching
down, patted the torrter regardless
Of the letter's dripping skin.
' ' '4Don'i bother about the apologies,"
V ha remonstrated, "I can dry out again.
Besides, this la not my beat suit. I
have another honest,"
- -sjrroiu that time they, were friends,
(he three of them, Nearly every eve
ning " they were together, walking
aiong the tnnbark paths th the woods
of Seated In a secluded nook on the
lake shore.
.'.:.c Sometimes he talked to her of the
big town and the sights he had seen
on his travels ; at other times he read
or recited poetry.
, As , the days rolled past their rela
tions became more Intimate, and fre
quently they talked of personal things.
Thp'.nian proved fascinating beyond
her Most Imaginative dreams .f
knights, itnd she held an nUruelim fe.r
him tO 'Which none of tin- p:nr.i.;s . .
the!'., hotel, 'ho were iM.uiel In i.utie-
what .went on, .. i ..!!;! ; i
selveS,'. especiall ' !: m'.i.'iio ele
ment, which was i ... .j.-ri'.y.
One .'night lie.-: . Vnni.aV
hand and told n-v
. "Martini, m i:. : . : ". ...,:, t ..
care'. for you a i.'i. '
,Vhy?" she .-. ;, :. v. '
do Hyott. like i:.oV i I -.v I ":u
gooiooUI'v;, sun! ! . ji: t I. -,U .
f re'!sle!.V
11',' W.M Ktlent. w'i.i" ;. -.-u .!
. n i'-'JitJ s.'1 1: from ...r i
'i.Ch'ir .Ii'mV'1' "v- "' is
"";'Cii!'jf yo-i '!. i." ,;.
.ally' fi'iii '"i'-.'.v t th- : ! i
r:!flclat;;.l'Hif nt JrlH 1 l.i, . . V...:
'"hot t:Uififil from c'U'.e i . ,:h !.,.
' -hl.A"'I'b of Just ,voi:.'ili, and yo.i
ii't try.'tq be ahythia- 1 V"' 'I'1
know.j'ni rath.'i- h ,ki nf n..f;le:;.
,:r:letilarly that one on the rti i of
ii ir. nose."; ,- !
'I'iie J now ' night It was nearly a
itith Rlnce hi Urst nppcari.nee at
rie Hclgutfcr-bl nimnier was en
;y dirferent., lie answtyed tier" In
Mwyllubles and appeared wrapped
thought, , ' '
'Vhy are y'ou no very different' to
?" fhe asUetC They walked on
i!tne to the atepa'of the. hotel
via -before be anawered:, ,
I tell you. Todays I received
! ituit Elizabeth Ito. the girl I
i;e(l to marry, It coining here
. v." She expect to atay aer
y . and then 1 am to go back
. r. I hated to tell Too.", 1
i. rt him there on the atepe and
. lir bed, where Soon abe wa
in -rseif to nloep.' He went out
! k and found a bench apd
H Ida pipe for a full hour.
i Koa took the place by
ired In cloihea that were
I In atyle, ahe ewept Into
'iid Ilnrold with an ern
i k ! t, nl i'otnplnlnpd be
t r.i'uii alrendy h oo.
v ' 1 to i lit iip Ith t)i
"1 bate that girl!" amid ilartfca. tad
ah nieaat It a Banc aba broke the
point of the pea wbea abe Jabbed at
Into the potato that served aa a
holder.
atartha'a feeUaga toward Eltaabetb t
Boas were not to. proved .by aa tad- j
dent which took place the day after
the latter'a arrival. Knight, the ter
rier, liked to be friendly with alt the
gaeata, a ad be tried to be with Mis
Uoaa wbeu the latter ascended the
steps to the veranda after a walk witr
Harold alon the shore.
Did iUssJioM stoop and pat Knight
aa be frisked about herl Decidedly
she did not. Instead, she kicked him
with her dainty foot, and Knight went
away with his uil between his legs,
surprised uud mortified.
Came the day when Harold and his
briiie-to-be were to leave. Martha
U-ui'J her eyes open for a last glimpse
of liin., aud she finally spied him
through a window, coming toward the
hotel, in company with Miss Hoss.
They were talking earnestly at
least, the girl was aud Martha re
joiced that there might be some kind
of a dispute.
Slowly the sun crept out of si.Khi
behind the rim of Waiiooii lake, leav
ing a streaked blaze of blended red,
gold ajid blue. la a secluded dell,
fringed with faintly rusiliug maples,
stood a freckled-faced, pug-imsed girl,
one una r.gainst a tree, her gaze fol
lowing a little steamboat thai was
lai;lly pulling a path through the
placid water.
A slu-ill scream pierced the sky as
n seagull, circling overhead, spied a
dinner and swept down to snatch it
from the blue. The lit tie boat plugged
steadily onward, the sound of it; ex
haust carried distinctly on the clear
air. The waves lapped against the
shore at the girl's feet. Krom the
hotel came the phonographic notes of
a jazz hand melody.
The girl stooped aud patted the
head of the white dofc which stopped
snapping at a fly long enough to
caress the hand with hi tongue.
"He's gone, Knight." she said. "He's
on that boat, see?" And she turned
the animal's head toward the ferry,
wliich just then uttered a hoarse blast
and glided behind a point that shut
it from the view of the watchers.
Tears could not be kept from Mar
tha's eyes, and Knight sniffed as
though he were crying, too.
"Now you're my only Knight," she
told the dog.
Something rustled behind them and
the dog growled as he sprang toward
the sound ; but the growl was smoth
ered in his throat and his tail began
to wag furiously.
Martha looked and her eyes met
Ihn.A rt Unfklrl t.' I n Iff Vn.7
with his hands In his coat pockets, a
queer little smile curving his mouth.
For a moment Martha was too dK-
toilished for Words. J
"Why, why I thought you and Miss
Ross left on left on that boat," she
finally managed to stammer.
He reached nnd picked a leaf from
a tree, nnd crumpled" It in his hand.
"You thought right, partly," he said.
"Miss Itoss is on that boat, but we
well, we had a disagreement after she
made a show after she kicked this
little dog. and so things are not they
are different now. Von see, she's one
of the artificial kind; and I rather
prefer girls like well, the natural,
the phi io y.-s, the freckled kind."
OlS'fillllTlSI
BEG!
WITH
US
ARMISTICE DISCUSSION ARI
BRINGING OUT QUESTIONS OP
MOST VITAL INTEREST.
PMCf ITSELF IS INVOLVED
Proposed Action Towards Germany ll
Not for Purpoaa cf Trampllnj
Upon a Conquered Fos.
Paris. The armistice discussion
continues, and from it are arising
(juestions of vilal interest to peace it
self. This extension of the scope and
workinp of armistice terms may not
command itself entirely to former le
gal minds, but the arguments in tis
favor are extremely weighty.
The German attitude today nad the
difficulty of obtaining equality cf de
mobilization among the allies make3
it imperative to settle at once the
general demobilization scheme, 'and
in doing s: there will be found oppor
luatiy of starting at once and practi
cally the great peace work of dis
armament and achieving the great
peace aim fir the destruction of Ger
man militarism, indeed of the whole
principle and habit of militarism
throughout the world. In order to
do so it Is evidently necessary to make
a start with the destruction of Ger
man mlitarism.
There are various methods by which
this may be brought about, but be
fore discussing them it is well to
point out that the proposed action is
not the result of a purely pettish de
sire to trample upon conquered Ger
many, but Is really, at any rate in the
minds cf some people, due to the urg
ency of starting with a real disarma
ment of the whole world. The Germans
.can hardly complain if the beginning
it made with them.
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February Sale of
FURNITURE
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Welborn Furniture Company
High Point, N. C.
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WILI, ASK BAKER TO SEND
TtfJRTIETH TO CAMP GREENE
Washington. The entire North Car
olina delegation in Congress "will call
on Secretary Baker and urge him to
arrange to have the Tar Heel boys in
the Thirtieth division parade In Ral
eigh and demobilize in Charlotte, at
Camp Greene. The movement is be
ing supported by Senators Simmons,
and Overman and all of the house,
members from the itate.
BARON CHINDA DECLARES
ALL REPORTS ARE UNTRUkt
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who si mil-'
Paris. The Hav.as agency gives
out a statement by Viscount Chinda,
the Japanese ambassador to Great
Britain, who is now representing his
country at the peace conference here,
declaring the reports to be untrue
that Japan has exercised pressure on
China to restrain the action of the
Chinese delegates to the, conference.
"There has been no prsssuro exer-
; cised, no menace formulated, no bar
gaining done on the subject of. the
province of Shantung, or any other
Chinese territnry. No rigl't of con
trol han been sought over China, and
there has been In no degree nny am-
. bition to represent China at the peace
! cenfornce.
"Besides our relations with the
president t the Chinese republic and
the ministry is most cordial.
Our Mahogany and Walnut bed room
suits ranging in price, $150 to $500
Dining room suits in Mahogany, Walnut
and Oak, prices $75 to $500
Don't Fail to see our Splendid Line
Welborn Furniture Company
High Point, N. C.
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LOCKED UP AT ELLIS HLAND
FOrt DEPOfiTATION TO EUROPE
ROBUSTNESS
Nature has not been prodigal
with everybody in th mr.ttei
of robustness. Many, all
through life, must stand ;i?.rd
and combat co!5, c: :hc,
bronemtia or r. ;
serious pubncr.r"' : ' " : :
For nearly r. o C : . . .
A national war program for agrieul- More food must be exported than
ture. last year.
n 11
New Ynrlv. Fifty nliens. inc-lnrtinT
"1 Ind'tftri?! WorhTS of the Vorl1,
pine anarchists and other undesir-
nhls, who were brnufht here tnm Bnci
has been be':
wealciess ir.to .vrv-v.
thcos who are u
tcrtlfr Junjjt., vc?: ll.
a pic
ri. Tail let the man
il e'i" hni'y hhc.v at the
mnhi Indomitable, let
coarse ac;:res!d! ey.
Seattle od other western cit'es by
order of tho secretnrv of l-Vljor. were
looTted up In the detention pen at
Kills iKland, where they will be con
fined nwnltlng their deportitlon to
Kuropenn emintriep. The action of
Caroline Lowe, a Chicago woman at
torney. In requesting permission to
visit the aliens afUr they bad been
lodged at the Island, Is believed to
foreshadow an attempt to obtnln the
'.ens-- t2 '.iC.--'.
u 1 ionic quaiitifts cl
;.i:i value.
i tug ,
I St-rtf!-'. Sire, nf r.-&
habeas corpus proceedings.
-ii! (ind that those about him
are as ready ff ever to grept blnu 'lle
will nof be Jostled tocnuse he la not In release of aome of the number on
me way iinw many cnuepe tooinnn
players hove been bndly bruised wheo
they were holding off because they felt
a bit UrrdT And bow seldom" Is one
Injured when he hnrls himself fnl tilt
Into the opptisltlon Interference t The
same rule applies to life. ,v' , '
FOCH'8 ANNOUNCEMENT' HAS ; '
CREATED MUCH UNEASINESS.
Blnce Marshal Foch's announcement
before the ftrmlstloe commission that
' . . .. the Oermsna could tnobllxe 10D0.000
First Fresh Air Crank, '; -.', 'men In elx wee, there bas been a
' Methuselah was the first real fwdv foelln of uneasiness .expressed . fry
air crank, according to the version pre the French public. Pessimistic views
sented by Dr. Vincent T. Bowdltcb of bare been openly discussed, as also
Ronton. -The reason why Hethaselah has been apprehensions of a renewal
lived so long, he said, was that he of the German offensive. The Mwn
knew enough to get fll the fresh air papers have commented on the sltua
that be could snd to live out of doors tlon to a manner rncb aa to call fof
day and night Hippocrates, the fa; frequent blantyaMn their .pages.
mous early Greek' physician, recom- ' ' " '' "' ". " -'".''
mended fresh air as a cure for many CHINA WANTS WORLD'S AlO
diseases, end s number of ancient and , TO FREK US FROM' JAPAN."
niedleral writers ID medicine follow I ' '- ' - ' -
Ms tirK"tIon. '
Pcnjnnilti Frsnktln, In an srticl
written In 177(1, extolled the virtue of
f ; i l R'r sad f.ni lin i!7.i'd bow rtrnf It
v -s t j rol'.i g one's l!f I J living la
( i.
I Fan rrnc!sco.-"AIl Chry Is solid
for fair plsy snd ws want the world's
I1 to freo us from Japan," said Wans;
Chin Chun, member of a Chlnme mis-'
i!on, on the wy to Paris, In cotn
n'r,t!n on the published reports cf
J ; si's demands on China concern
i r f rr t tre!M.
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BcoU tii. ilowut, Blooaflc'-l, 2I.J. i'j-5
KEPT m AWAKE
Tie latiuii Tela Ix Sack aaJ
. Sides. Cardoi Gate Relief. '-.
MarksvtUe, La. Mrs. - Alice Johnson,
of this place, writea "For one' year I
tillered with an awful misery in my back
and sides. My left side was hurting me
, all the time. The misery was something
awful f - ' ' 1 ' .-" . 1 '.;
. I could not do anything, not ereo' sleep
at night-, It kept me awake most of the
flight . . . I took different medidnef , but
nothing did me any good or relieved me
until 1 took Carduf . . .
I was not abla to do any of my work
for one year and I got worse all the time,
was confined to my bed off and on. I got
so bad with my back that when I stooped
down I was not able to straighten vp
again . . . I decided I would try Cardui
t . By time 1 had taken the entire bottle
I was feeling pretty good and could
Straighten up and my pains were nearly
sllcone. -'
I shall rlwars rra! Cardui. I con
tinued t.". '1 it until 1 was itrorj and
well." If jrui silver from pnlns d;ie to
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