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NOTICE.
1v i nun: rv or a mouta(sk kx-
. i i i r - i t. nit- by tii-orjre Viiuk'h'Ii mill
M i .. V.m'iiiii. lii- ii. on Fe'u-iiai- Kill
I'.mi", r. in" iii one made 1H yean- before.
ll'xistri in llii.ik .!. pij;c 4f, Vance
p i ! : . f " . I -Ifll ell for c;ih1i Iiv public ane
thin ' tli- hi .-best bidder, nf the Cuiirt
llmi-- .lo ir in ll' iiilt rf on, N C. on
Monday, January 17, 1910,
it,.
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oli tin.- Kin' of t In- l TH Ko.lll he-
i K 1 1 1 )itnl I T ii ti hi Chapel I'hun-li in
count v. iiiljoiiiirie; the land of the
of . It Hunt. Turner H irt kinw. (Jeor;
itirill ,-iml others, l'lin-haser paying
.ih will In- ivi'ii time on the residue if
I Sale made hv consent of owner
T. T IIU'Kj?,
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NOTICE.
1V VIUTI'K OK I'OWKIt I'ON'FKKKKI)
) iipoii in.-iii n IWil of Trust executed by
Hiail-H llu w kiim imii wife. Jettic Hawkins,
II.. ..r l.-.l in Hook 21. I'jir.- K7 and 14!), de
f.i u ! t hiiviiii: been made in lln- payment of
tin- uiie. I shall sell hv pnl'lu- nurtion at
t ! 1 hi 1 1 1 1 oii.it- itoi r in V :i iK-i- ( 1 in tit v . on
Monday, January 3rd, 1910,
nt ii'oYroik M , to tin liifni't lii t for
lu-'i tin- ii i!lo , ii.LC ili-si-riliHil real estate.
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'niton Mills t o , HeuiliTHOIl, X (.' , iwHetl fo
in.- I.y M;ii. roinpan v on June 190J. has
n lost or ini.-laiil. All permnH ar notified
not to traile. Imv or negotiate for wime.
Tliis Ie-eiulur 1st, 1 !()"..
M AH)' (J. TAKUY.
Uuuriiian.
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State ( 4 North ( iiialiim PulilieHtion of
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ou are In-reili wimiHoneil to appear at
tin- tii-xt term of the Superior Court of Vanee
nimtv. North t'a.rilHia-. to be heM at the
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I '. Kitttell, l'laiMtfH'it Attarney.
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tie L. Bishop, of Waverly,
va., "and for h.'s sake I a
greedtotryit Before I had
taken 1 bottle, I felt better.
Before taking Cardui I
suffered miserably every
month and had to go to
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uuw I am a I ricrht "
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At all druggists.
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una COPYRIGHT. 1906.
'EH the coffee crips oa a De
cember morning the Rev.
Itiehanl Macmillan and Mis3
Martha, liis aunt, discussed a
problem of conscience, that sanie hard
riddle which has busied so many
tongues and pens and is known by the
name of "tainted money."
There was a certain rich man named .
Curtis Langdale. who had married
some years ago u cousin of Macmilkin'a
mother. The young clergynlan had re
ceived various small favors from Lang
dale presents at .Christinas not only
for himself, but for Aunt Martha and
for Miss Amy Branford, to whom Mac
millan was engaged. In particular
there had "been a check for $."0 every
Christmas for the last three years, since
Macmillan had be.cn pastor of the so
called Sandstone church of Southtield.
and this cheek was a contribution to
the charity fund of the church.
About a year before the date of this
uarratlve the attention of the Rev. Mr.
Macmillan had been sharply called to
the fact that Mr. Langdale was a very
modern financier, whose chief delight
and most recent form of profitable busi
ness consisted in half wrecking a bank
through connivance with some official
thereof, buying control from frightened
stockholders and then putting the bank
on its legs again.
The know ledge of this truth so af
fected the Rev. Mr. Macmillan that he
had a Berious talk with Mr. Langdale
in that gentleman's office In New York
and returned the last cheek for $o0 on
the ground that his church would be
more blessed without it. On this oc
casion Mr. Langdale, who had a genius
for dissimulation, professed to sym
pathize with Mr. Macmillan's opinion,
to be grateful for his friendly admoni
tions and in all ways very ready to
serve him should occasion arise.
And now the occasion, vaguely
prophesied by Langdale, had really
come, and In such form that Macmil
lan knew not how to deal with it; for,
in a eertaln sense, it was not his own
conscience that should render the de
cision, nor was the sacrifice his. It
was Amy Bianford's.
A in j- had just celebrated her twenty
first birthday and was certainly old
enough to be a free moral agent. She
had bc-eu left almost alone In the
world by the death of her father two
years ago and was now living with
relatives in Southfield who were In
narrow circumstances. Her father had
left considerable property, but in such
an involved condition that no income
could be extracted from it, and the
estate Itself drew nearer and nearer
to total extinction.
Mr. Macmillan was the trustee of
this property, and he had striven with
all his power to save it. He believed
himself to be a good business man; he
had confidence In the policy which he
had pursued In this matter, and yet,
almost in the moment of victory, he
found himself face to face with total
defeat. Ready money that was the
only thing that could save the day. A
few thousands in cash, not later than
Dec. 2S. would put all right: the lack
of it would mean irreparable disaster.
It was the morning of Wednesday,
Iec. 23, and Le had failed to raise the
money.
"Why don't you go to Mr. Lang
dale?" said Aunt Martha, and that re
mark had precipitated the discussion.
Now, it happened that in the news
papers of that morning there was a
particularly interesting story about
Mr. Langdale, to the effect that he had
begun his usual game upon the old
Dey Street National bank.
"ITI go and see Amy," said he. "If
anything is to be done there is no tiiua
to lose."
He found Amy engaged in a snow
ball battle with her cousin's two little
boys. The girl's cheeks were reddened
with the exercise in the crisp air; her
eyes shone with alluring tires; her lithe
form quivered with delicate ami ac
cordant energies; the exquisite beauty
of her youth seemed to transcend real
ity, and the man stood for some sec
ads unperceived. watching her with a
thrill of wonder. Rut this divine en
cEKihtsient could not endure. Surely
there was, a malign and sordid spell
upon him working against the heaven
ly powers, for as she came forward to
greet him he observed that the gown
she wore was one that she had de
spaired of repairing a year ago.
"Amy," said he, breaking suddenly
from the lighter talk. "1 want you to
read this." and he laid the newspaper
article before her. "Not all of it. The
gist is in the first three paragraphs."
She scanned them rapidly and then ,
looked up at him.
"Do you think this makes any dif
ference?" she asked, timidly trying to
read his face. "Perhaps it isn't true.
Really. I can t believe that Mr. Lang
dale would do such a thing. And, be
sides, he wouhlu't dare. He might be
sent to prison."
He seized her little mittened hand In
a tlglTt grip.
"Dear child," said he. "do you wish
me to go to Mr. Langdale?"
"Why. Richard, not if you think it's
wrong. But somehow I can't believe
he's a bad man. lie has such a fine
face! Couldn't rou that is, don't you
think that you could talk to him? HeJ
likes you so much! Don t you think
you ought to stand by him now that
his enemies are saying such hard
things of him? Terhaps you might
advise"
"Precdsely,' said he, laughing in a
tort of nervous desperation. "That's
Just what Aunt Martha said. And I'm
sure you both have exactly the same
idea. Goodby, dearest I'm going to
New York."
BY C. W HOOKE u n u
Lhortly a "ter 12 o'clock Matmil-.au
arrived at the little oOee In New York
which he had eng .ged for his conven
ience as trustee 'of Amy's tangled in
heritance. M n-.mill in was a man who
did not rei: ,h defeat or easily suc
cumb. As one of his worst adversa
ries expressed it, he "had to be killed
half a dozen times before he would
die."
A letter from the man who had thus
described hinx was waiting for him on
this; ilny. aui as he read it he mutter
ed, "This kills me for the sixth time."
It was Curtis Langdale's habit to
hinch i:i his cilice between 12' and 1.
As Maeniiilan approached . the door
of Lan.-dnLe's private oiiice he was
surprised t meet a physician with
whom he dad a slight acquaintance, a
man of some distinction in the medical
profession. Macmillan uttered a hasty
word of salutation, but the other pass
ed him without a glance.
Langdale's aversion to doctors was
well known, and Macmillan had no
thought that the visitor had come upon
a professional errand, but at sight of
Lnngchile the incredible became proba
ble. An uncanny change had taken
place in the man's aspect. The liDea
In his strong face were not only deeper,
but greatly different in their signifi
cance. He looked ill in body, as in
mind.
Surprise was instantly succeeded by
sympathy in Macmillan's mind, and
the conventional "How do you do?"
had a real import.
"Oh. I'm all right," answered Lang
dale. "Never better."
"Well, that's good news," said the
clergyman. "I was a bit anxious, hav
ing met Dr. Haywood in the hall."
"Dr. Haywood? Who's he?"
"Why, he just went out."
"No,, sir," responded Langdale; "you'll
see no doctors hfre. I can bunko my
HE FOUND AMY ENGAGED
own stomach for nothing. Do you
mean the tall man in the gray suit?"
"Yes."
"That's a seventeenth cousin of mine
from Omaha. He's looking up the fam
ily. Going to write a history of us."
Macmillan was perfectly sure that
the man was Dr. Hayward, but he
supposed that Laugdale was ashamed
of ha-ing called in a physician after
all the abuse which he had heaped
upou the profession. i
Macmillan turned to his real errand.
But he had made scarcely more than
a beginning of the story when Lang
dale suddenly recurred to their last
Interview.
"You didn't approve of me then
said he. 'What do you think of m
now
Macmillan would gladly have post
poned the orda.nl for a few minutes
ilehad decided to lay Amy's affa'ri
before Langdale as a simple matter of
business. jut as if he had been dealing
with an officer of a bank, to ask Lang
r.ale to consider it and give an answer
on the following day and. having thus
put off the decision, to lead the conver
sation to the precise point which Lang
tale had reached at a bound.
Before the two men could come to
gether upon any common ground tot
arrival of important visitors broke off
the session. Langdale excused him
self courteously and gave his hand te
Iacmillau.
"I'm glad you came to see me." he
said. "You've done me a considerabl
service." j
"Well, I really don't see"
"You have, Richard; you have In
deed. And I won't forget It. I alwaya
keep you in mind at this time of year.
Goodby. goodby."
In a daze of disappointment, perplex
ity and self reproach Macmillan de
parted. He had bungled the interview
in all ways. He had accomplished ab
solutely nothing for Ani3 for Lang
dale. for his own conscience. The ac
count of the occurrence which he gave
to Amy had no clearness to his own In-'
telligence, but seemed quite satisfacs .
tory to her.
"You must see hira again," she said. .
"You have influenced him. He feels it .
and is grateful. Of course you can't,
know just what It was that you said
that gave him light, but I am sure that
he. saw a way to carry out his plans
more honestly. That's what he meant
when he spoke of your service to him."
"Amy, that is absurd."
"But, my dear Dick, is there any oth
er possible explanation? Try to be rea
sonable. He said you had served him.
How else could you have done it?"
The next day was Thursday and busi
ness practically ceased for the week..
There was really nothing of importance
that Macmillan could do to avert the
doom that would fall on Monday, yet
he went to town about noon and forced
himself to face several discouraging and
useless interviews. At 3 o'clock he
went to his little office, beaten and dis
heartened. There was a letter on the floor, and
he recognized Langdale's envelope. It
gave him a shock, but no real hope, for
he had not even succeeded in telling
Langdale what he wanted. He would
not have been surprised to find a check
for SuO. Under the circumstances a
man of Langdale's peculiar notions o
humor might have found amusement in
such a gift.
There was a check in the envelope
but not for $50. Five thousand was
the sum! A thrill went through Mac
millan's vitals, and he unfolded the ac
eompanying letter with trembling
hands. It was very brief, as follows:
Dear Richard Inclosed you will find my
mite. In the inscrutable ways of Provi
dence even the self righteous may be
brought to repentance ana be mAle the
instruments cf good, i ii - very ; ad rou
came to see me. Cor .' C:y and w..n
Christmas wishes yovrr
CL'RTiS LANGDALE.
The awkward wording cf the letter
left some doubt as to w'.;o was the
"self righteous" and who had been
"brought to repeutan -e." but Macmil
lan was not in a crit:e 1 -"u-itive
IN A SNOWBLL BATTLE.
mood. He was merely glad and graie
ful. Thrusting the letter into hls
pocket and holding the check in hi?
hand, he stroie out to the bank just ii
tim to cash the check.
Good luck attended him at everj
step. Though the hour was so late,
he found the men of whom he went in
search, and by the strength of his new
hope h was enabled to accomplish
whatever he desired.
Among the millions of the great citj
with all their feverish desires and ri-
diversity of fortune, there was not a
man whose heart sang louder for joy
If he had been able to communicate
with Langdale and express his sense
of gratitude the day would have been
perfect, but Langdale was celebrating
Christmas in some secure retreat, no
one knew where.
On Saturday morning Macmillan
went to the city and spent an hour or
more u his office. He was at work
there and singing as he toiled when
there came a tap at the door. Mac
millan admitted a young man, whom
he presently recognized as a clerk of
Langdale's.
"Mr. Macmillan," said this man,
without so much as a bow by way of
greeting, "did 'you receive a letter
with a check In itr
"Yes," answered Macmillan cheerily;
"I received it Thursday afternoon."
The visitor moistened his lips.
"You haven't cached it yet?" lie
asked.
'But I have," was the reply. I
ceedd the money right away.
Ts yc&ug man sank down in a
chair. ,
"I'm: knocked out, I guess," he said
In a high keyed voice.. .4Tm done for
that's the truth about me;"
"Why, what's the matter?"
"I've been speculating we all do in
langdale's , shop. - We - get tips, you'
knoW-some good, some bad, but they
all foo& god. - A . fellow who. Is a sort
of ai'office-boy' there has' made over
$10,000'' -and . he laughed; .nervously.
bpft':.I'fcTi
was infr 5 oXVii money: '. There's nothing
wroug.!; But :if's : knocked- iiie; .out! -I.
don't know what . I'm "doing. I. drew
that. cHeck: of yoyrs. ..Here's Mr, IlangyJ
dale's memorandum, ";.55p4JS). Weil,. I.
couldn't see the decimal'-. poiriti" -and;
though I'd heard hi.in say ' fifty, 't drew
it for $5,000, and he sighed it."
He passed a crumpled slip of paper
to Macmillan, whose hair" had begun
to stir at the roofs. Upon the paper
were these words scriboled in pencil:
"Draw check to. order of Richard Mac
millan for $50.00," .
"Most men wouldn't write the last
two ciphers at all." said the clerk, "but
Mr. Langdale always does. So I
might have known what the amount
was. I've drawn enough checks foi
him in the last three, years."
Macmillan passed his hand along the
top of his head. .
"This is very important," he said.
"Of course it shall be rectified, but
but I'm afraid I can't command- the
money immediately. I will explain,
however, to Mr. Langdale on Monday,
and," he added, moved by the weari
ness and misery in the other's counte
nance, "I will put iu a good word for
you."
"It's kind of you to say so," respond
ed the clerk, "My namejs Tunbridge.
He rose and stretched himself like a
weary animal, then moved stiffly to
ward the door. But Macmillan called
him back and talked to him for a long
time cheerfully, so that he went away
In, better spirits. This kindness was
very 111 requited, though not willfully,
for poor Tunbridgb was wholly una
ware that he had added to Maemll
lan's burden. The fact is, however.
that he had made Macmillan see clear
ly what an egregious blind owl he had
been. Surely the feeblest perceptive
powers should have sufficed to inform
him that the check had been sent in
error. The whole tenor of the note
which accompanied it was relevant of
Langdale's design. He had malicious
ly renewed his contribution of $50 to
Macmillan's charity fund in order to
Imply that he believed the clergyman
had called upou him for the purpose of
reminding him of it.
Macmillan had spent about $2,500 of
the money iu such a way that he could
never get It back, and Amy would not
be benefited one penny unless he
should disburse about $1,500 more on
Monday, and this, of course, he could
not do. How he was to return the
$2,500 to Langdale within a reasonable
time he did not know. He had stolen
it, in effect, for the simplest common
sense should have kept him from such
frantic haste. Monday would have
served him quite as well as Thursday
for the payments aud would have
given him opportunity to assure him
self of the reality of Langdale's gen
erosity.
Mr. and Mrs. langdale returned from
a Christmas visit on Monday niorninar
and the lady went on alone ro their
home iu Larchmout. whence she tele
phoned fo her husband at his office
about 11 o'clock. The chief part of
her message was that she had found
some very pretty presents that had
been sent by Miss Amy Branford and
Miss Martha Macmillan. How did her
husband account for this? Had he
not told her of a quarrel with Mr.
Macmillan a year ago? Had he not
advised her against sending anything
to Miss Branford and Miss Macmillan?
Langdale had neglected to tell his
wife about Macmillan's call and had
willfully concealed his own malign jest
In the matter of the fifty dollar check
Now therefore he disclosed the one and
still hid the other.
."You'd better hustle around and get
them something." said he, "something
rather nice, and inveut some excuse for
I the delay."
I The incident passed from his mind
, immediately, for he was calltd to con
sider a matter of considerable gravity.
' This developed in the visit of a Mr.
i Gridley, one of the very few persons
to whom Mr. Laugdale told the truth.
1 "Well. Gridley." said he when that
I gentleman had drifted noiselessly into
the office, "have you looked him up?"
"It's Dr. Hayward. all right," re
sponded Gridley. "I took one of your
boys up there to see him. aud I've
beard from Omaha. The cousin racket
is a fake, and I don't suppose there's
any doubt that somebody has got Hay
ward to make a report on your health,
though I can't find out win it is."
"It's the Dey Street bank gang, of
course." responded Langdale. "This
accounts for the bluff that they're
making. They think I'm going to
break down. What do you think about
It?" he demanded upon a sudden Im
pulse, for he had caught a look ia the
detective's eye. "What change do you
notice in me? Come! You're a keeD
eyed chap. Tell me!"
Gridiey hesitated.
-Well, sir," he said at 'last, "aside
from your general appearance, which
Isn't what! it was, I notice a kind of
something in your speech, a sort of hes
itation. Now, there was a man I knew
who got Into a state where if he want
ed to say 'dollar he couldn't think of
the word, and sometimes he'd say any
old thing, perfectly ridiculous. I be
lieve they call It aphasia."
"Yes," said Langdale, paling, "that'a
what they call it"
An attendant enterecLybringing ilac
miilan's card.
"Here's the fellow that put us on to
Hayward," said Langdale. f I thanked
him heartily, but of course he didn't
know what I was talking about WelL
he'll have to wait now tiU Hayward
Have yon a weak throat? If so, you can
not be too 'areful. You cannot begin treat
ment ton early. Each cold makes yon more
liable to another md tbe laet is a! way tbe
harder to cure. If tod will take Chamber
lain's Congo Bemedy at the ontaet you will
be saved mach trouble. Bold by all dealer.
shows up. Tit's my first duty now.
I U give him a Jolt, and tlien he'll run
to his employers, of co'ftv and you'll
see where he goes." -. '
Langdale was waiting, ,'iuiy when
ilay ward's presence was; "made; known ,
to him. . ne- rbadv .rijja.rpa."Rrti4''C -"
cohsijstihg'of the ' figvOrdy;d'otorV-"
which he knew 'Svuld.'sjfJfcrt l-llaywrd.,
more than any - iothervut tea iiie- sound1:
The door opened: ,; :"-Utfyward-"'riVe'rjpd:"
uuiguai;? . u.reai.u .il NyeiHe. cUUlc
VFhai'-K&r -itt'-'-bfdi -'The w.6;y," the
word i- j'lle kaev 5 1 lie meaning 'as . well :
as. ever :in- his iiTeV'-Dufc aiQt' the Word.
Phautopis. -bf -words galloped ".through
his . brain, -but "6T them all x he,- .cbitld
catch' only" a "phf a'so that GrlU'ley-. hail
used; a;htV4t'-was that which he'uttejed-:
" "rerfectly. ridiculous; v. -
"1 beg your pardon." said Hay ward.
Time-time was what'Laiigdale. neeki-ed-tinie
hi vhich to triumph over, this
enemy" iu his own brain, whose state
must be concealed from this man at
all costs. V
"I was thinking about a maa who is
waiting to see ine," said Langdale,
and, to his own surprise, he now sjxike
sanely enough. "Would you mind step
ping into this other room while I see
what he wants? He's a minister and a
relative of my wife's, aud I don't like
to keep him out there with the rabble."
"Certainly." said Hayward and en
tered the adjoining room.
langdale sank into his chair and
tried to bring the word "doctor" to his
lips, but he had not succeeded when
Macmillan entered.
"Mr. Langdale," said the clergyman,
"I want to speak two words, one for
myself and one for an unfortunate
young man iu your employ, a Mr. Tuu
bridge It appears that iu drawing a
check to my order he mistook the
THE DOOR BETWEEN THE TWO ROOMS WAS Ol'EN, AND HE
DARED NOT CLOSE IT NOW.
amount. He has had great trouble and
is suffering from what I should cali
ervous prostration. Probably a little
rest will bring him round all right, ami
if I may venture to rpeak in his be
half I would urge you to grant him a
bit of- a vacation, with perh ips a
friendly word or two to start him on
his recovery."
"What did he do?" said Langiaie.
"He drew the check for five thoiv
sand"
Langdale stopped him with a ges
ture. The door between the two room 9
was open, and he dared not !o -e 't
now, and doubly be dared not iao
Hayward bear this story. Rich l una
tics throw away their money. That i.i
why they are locked up by anxious rel
atives. If Hayward should report
to the Dey street crowd they would
Withdraw even tbe proposition which
they had made.
And with that proposition L-.nrdni
was now content. He had seen the
handwriting on the wall. A man who
can't say "doctor" when he tries i In
no state for a long and bitter warfare
of wits with clever enemies. His one
Idea now was to keep his condition
from 1 1 ay ward's knowledge. But his
decision to accept the proposition of
the Dey street people he -desired Hay
ward to know ard report, for the reac
tion following a quiet tip of that kind
would help him to dispose of the stock
which he had acquired. Insiders would
then buy greedily, thinking that they
were acting ujioa stolen information.
AH this passed through Langdale'
powerful mind ia a moment
"For five thousand T he said, echoing
Macmillan's words. "WelL why not?"
yiut you told him fifty T gasped Mac
millan. Langdale langhed softly.
"Poor fellow V he said. "Poor fel
low! This Is really my fault. I've no
ticed that Tunbridge was breaking
dawn. He's done quite a number of
queer things around the shop. I ought
to have given him a vacation long ago.
Now I'll stake him to a good one. so
don't worry about him, and, as for his
tale, it's 'mere moonshine." I told him
to draw the check for $3,000. and I
signed It with great gjod'WlL I un
derstood that you -needed the money to
Read and advertise in Gold Leaf
pull Mis Bran ford's property out of
the fire, end. Lea vou kniws, I'd like to
see you 'o it. And. besides." he con
tinued, with the cxpnnIve freedom of
a man who finds that be is lying ex
ceptionally well, "beside?. I owe you
something fur yourself. Y sir; I've
never had the law laid down to me ns
-you laid it down. It mr.de me see j
.that business in the right light, and j
what with that and nil this talk In the
papers and my wife's conscience (which
she generously sharcj with ue) I've de-
cided to let the whole thing go. Those
fellows have made me a decent propo
sition, and I'm going to accept It. and
.then I'm going to take my. wife t Eu
ro. a for six months aud baxj? a idee,
qulef time. She's Iwii tagging uie to
go, and now I'm gaiitg to do it as a sort
of lelated Ci'.rimas present. Mind
you. inis is nil coiu' iemiat.
"But, my dear Lnnirdaio. all this mon-ey"-
"My dear Richard, it'n a Christmas
present to you and Amy, so say no
more about it." .--
As to any expression of gratitude
which he may have had the grace to
utter Macmillan retained only a vague
memory. He was so completely un
manned that he thought best to go to
his office and In? quiet for a few min
utes before transacting the business
which was now so easy.
He had barely had time to address
a few appropriate remarks to Amy's
picture and indite one brief letter
when a knock at the d or announced
Dr. Hayward. The distinguished phy
sician bad come to make a little ex
planation. Doubtless Mr. Macmillan
had remarked some change in Mr.
Langdale of late. Doubtless he knew
of Mr. langdale's prejudice against
doctors. Mrs. Laugdale. however, was
a very wnsible woman and had bn
reasonably anxious alnnit her husband,
f-o she hnd prevailed upon Dr. Hay
ward to depart from toe u-'tial routine
of professional life and call upon a
patient Incog.
"I'm afraid I gave Mr. Longdate a
hint." siid Macmillan. "I deeply re
gret it."
"Oh, t'iTN's all riht." replied the doc
tor. "It 'makes no difference now.
You've '" Hi" i::o!-e f ir hitn than I
could. If he s-fopa this confounded
hoand-.l and g '- awny t j Enroje he'll
lx' all right. How yo.i ever tH-THUaded
him to do it I don't know."
"I cann it understand it any more
than you can." responded Macmillau.
A Polish Custom.
Pen.i id i:id tn the rfil.isre of Po
land have n pretty ChrNtma custom
which fjord great deiiirht not only
to thnciviK. hut to the other rll-iaL-ers.
ThU called the procession
of ttie ir At CbrHtm.n flme the
iir.y i-::-k- n l.ire hollow rar. two
t three fee; ,-ftt--ri point, lighted
from the interior. Tb! I carried
doft :st X',:" ei d of a pole or nu. It
-yni!!i7i" tin- 'nr -f f ;ej hlebetn Tbe
three r.i- i:!en of the Ent Caprir
Mel-1. ior .-!!;d Baltlurzar are Imper
sonated I b'ys Other In the party
le;!r :i lii'ie puppet dow cabinet. ID'
rt hieh ore performed the drama of the
N'ativftj and other Scripture incidents
spproprki'e to the occasion. From
V'tte to fjosie nronnd the riUsce this
tr- --oti rrnd'-es In the snow at
ni-!:i irgb(- enrol, and the villager-f-nent
t!i tKjys tvitu sin.'ili coins a
'hritraa K'ft
Mit'e?oe en Apple rees.
The g-otrth cf the mist U toe or ak
I now of trx rare occurreuce. But 'A
iVr,rihe5 luxuriantly In many part of
F.ngiand on the apple trees.
M0ED4NVILLEJ00P.
Jacob ! Kchrall, 432 South St., Ianril,lll.,
writ-: "For oer eighteen roor.thal was a
eufferer from ki'Iney and bladder trouble.
Purine tbe boletiuje wn treaty! by eeveraJ
doctor and. tried aeverol diSret kidney
pilln, .Seven treekn ajjo I commenced taking
Foley Kidney I'Uin. ant am tnnj? wu-r
every day and will be ftlad to tell anyone in
terested iuttt what Foley Kidney piJU did
hr tne." Sold by all Drutnt.
F. a 50cboxof Dloodin
Y( f Bl--odQl Kidney Tmb-
lets. Tliey cure Back
ache, they remove the cause and tho
Backache is ijone, a positive euro for
Sick Kidneys. Mailed to anyone wh
his never tried Hum FKKE if vou
ct.ciose loo to pay postage and packinfr.
Address. Tfc BkwdiM CorpofUon. lktwn. Mk.
W. W. PARKER, Special Agent.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
W4ttrmt Amk ItwSrUfhl
1111 to Hr4 tod .ol4 BMutK
DtAMUND HR4M flLLv .
ynn tun u Bat SUM. Alr kaiteMs
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS CYDrmtRC
NOTICE,
BY VIKTTK OF AN Em TTloX IX MY
ha inis from th 8u-riort"ourt ol Yiiicp
County in furor of Eagtit Thomo ngHinxt
Sally A. IliiKhifi. no pi-nmnnl propfrty ln-inn
foil ml, I liar Irvietl ou nml ill wll for cnh,
by public nurtion, to t ho hinln'M bitliliT, i'
th Court Honw door in llomb-rnon, N. C .
( Vntir f'ounty ) on
Monday, January 3. 1910,
th lift rfttato of mil. I ull.v A. lliihi iu
a trnrt of 84 u reft of land Huntd jiit t
of H'iilTfoti. Vutic County, nml joining
and houmlftd bv tb lnU of Mr, i'nrter.
ntbr InmU of Mr. S.tllv I lushed, tln chil
dren of Uiorg 11. Hughes, nml Ix-iiijt tin
northern end of tly IKiwcr tract.
Thin the 1 th of PecemlMT. 1t0.
.IOH. S. KOYSTnt.
Sheriff of Vance County. X. C,
NOTICE.
Sale of Real Estate.
BY VIKTTK OF row Kit COXFKHUF.I)
upon tne by f:n order inmnif from the
Superior Court of Vimce County, iu n e
cinl proceeding then in tending entitled,
"Snllie X. 1 1 iij: hex. fiiimni1 rut ri . Ac, n
John It. IliieheH. inn I otlnTH, ' 1 gliall on
Monday, January 3rd, 1910,
sell at public miction on the premiws.in rear
of the Hi-mlerHoii Cotton Mill", near Hender
son, X. C, upon the ternin one-third canh,
balance mi n credit of twelve month, with
the option to purchaser to pay nil cash, and
subject to con tt r til u1 ion of this sale by the
coil it . t he follow itnr real est ate to wit :
V 'One bit or Jiarii-1 of land adjoining the
boiilsof S. t Hupltes. .1. W. Adams. Ib-nder-son
Cotton Mills. lr. Itoherson, Will kniulit,
mid 'Charles Hunt. Coiitaininit 14 ncres,
more or less. Said land will lie cut and sold
in tots.
The above sale will le iniide to make un
set to pny the debts due by the estate of the
late (borne U. Hughes.
This property is located near the corporate
limits of the town of llenib-rson, X. C, ulitl
an opportunity for kooi) ami sate invest
ments is offered.
This the 1st dav of Peeemlier. 1 !'..
MltS. SALl.li: A. Hl tillKS,
Administratrix of the estate of tieorKe H,
HlIK1, deceased.
A. C. Zollieoffer, Attorney.
Stop and Think
One Minnte !
What i your DweUinjr worth at
the present price of liuildin t.iatcrial
tiinl luhnr?
How much Insurance
do you curry? .
Lciivino; u total amount
not .insured r
A Kiruill Ithizo in 'iur ho us will
r;msp huii(rotrt of tiolhirn of water
il.-uimffc to your house furniture
iu n frw minutes.
Protect Your Home with Plenty of Insurance
It's Good, Safe, and Cheap, at
The Citizens Bank.
Thos. B. Bullock, ZZSZLSZZ
NOTICE.
Sale of Land.
BY VIUTI'K OP PoWKK lOM I'ltitKIt
ii (ion nit in ii rnorlK"i-'e ex-ri!t-l y
Hurwll Itidlrr February liftli. 1 !c,, rej
itere in the offlee of Itfinter of I)'l of
Vnnre County, in Morttrmre P.ook 'J'J. Vntr
52H, I uliiill !1 ,y jmlitu- ini'-leni to the
highest bidder for cah, at the Court 1 1 out
door in llendernon, Viwe County, .C.,on
Monday, January 24th. 1910,
at 12:-10 o'el.Kk I. M.. th fo!lowiriK lan.f,
eitttHte in Kittrell touxliii tjoiinij the
linn! of .1 Ahhe, l;ivi. ltoleitx and more
part ieulnrly dwrilel aa follow; begin t
tone on South eiij-of New lifiM'l, J Anhe'a
corner, and run thence !. 'J K, ilmiim to
tone H. Kidley'n corner, theriee K. K
13. H7 chain to ton; thence X. i chniti to
I). ItoliertH corner on .New Komi; thence X.
HH'i W. 14 0h chnirin to Ix-tmiitititf : contain
ing H 2-l ') ncren. S ii nic U-intt the lnni
bought by B. Hi.tl-y of T T. Hick.
Thin the j:iTl dav of ieceoiler, lt0'j
T. T. IU' K.x,
Mori ir a free.
Foley'
For Stomach Trouble, SJujgih
Liver and Habitual Corulipatlon.
It cures by aiding ail of the
digestive organs gently stimu
lates the liver and regulates the
bowels the only way that
chronic constipation can be
cured. Especiallyrecommended
for women and children.
Clears blotched complexions.
' Pleasant to take. Refusa substitutes.
For SaJe by all Drugf Uts.
A. G. Daniel.
Wblcal and Retail
Dealer In . .
Shingles, Laths, Lum
ber, Brick. Sash, Doors
and Blinds. Full stock at
Lowest Price. Opposite South
ern Grocery Company.
Henderson. N- C.