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Every Cloud Has a Sliver Lining"
True Story of Marshville Folks
By UNA COVINGTON IIAKRELL
ilarshv.lle, Juu. 10. When 1 rang
l!ie bell of Ka'.e's pretty bungalow
; ihat morning, 1 was feeling parncu-
laily at peace with the world. or
once things seemed io be running
t-uioothly ui my Muull domain, an J I
meunt to enjoy the novelty while it
lasted.
I opened the door and went inside,
suspecting that Kate was in the
kitchen and did not hear my ring.
.V three year old howl creeled me,
And I plunged into the abandoned
dishpan with both hands. "What
shull we have for lunch?"
'We went to it like soldieri In a
charge. It was ten-thirty and we
planned for lunch at one as usual.
After making out the menu and or
dering i.ecessary upplies, we fell to
st Tightening the rooms, careful n!l
the time not to wake the baby. We
swept, ducted, put away thing, re
kindled the living room fire, and ar
ranged the table with Kate's best
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We have bought the entire stock of the
Monroe Union Mercantile Co.
and are now offering this Stock of Fresh
Groceries at HALF PRICE. The sale
opens January 12th, at the stand of the
Monroe Union Mercantile Co.
Come Early and Inspect this Stock.
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Office orer Waller'i Old Store.
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It's (J'lite rr -aibt" to work hard
ar.i e,!11 take i t.-if.v. II is all in
tr.. way yo look at your Job.
Attention, Auto Owners!
I will sell at a sacrifice 150 Ford Springs, good as new;
200 Springs for any car; . High Tension Magnetos,; All
Kinds Gearings; one Buick Six, newly overhauled, good as
rew; one Ford touring car, in good order, with good tires;
TresoHte Equipments for cars; four Computing Scales,
,'ood as new, and many other valuable articles, CHEAP
FOR CASH
I need Ihe Money; my creditors are pushing1 me.
B.GORDON.
Near Feright Depot Monroe, N. C.
issuing fioin somewhere iu the depth i luncheon net. adomhiR the center
of the interior. A crash of tinware ''" ,in.v 'r- We re latner
proud or our lasers ana ine results.
Then the baby woke up.
"You get him while I ?ee if the
groceries have come," I told Kate.
Of course there were no groceries!
I called the man tip. He hud started
them sometime ngi ami could not
imatdue why they were not there. 1
told ti 1 in they were not. and would
bo please do soi'iothint: about it. lie
would try.
(Meantime Junior fell out of the
bark door. Me made no sound at
first, so we were quite sure he was
killed. Fearfully we picked him up,
while Kate loudly lamented the
spanking administered a lew hours
earlier. Hut it turned out that !
had gotten a mouth full of d'rt in I
the fall and was only wait in i: to get j
rid of it before proclaiming his sor- j
came next, followed immediately by
a younger, more piercing screech
roni some outraged individual. Then
the weary tones of Kales voice say
ing something, which I ho;ie waa ap
propriate to ihe occasion!
I grinned to myself. Then 1 went
on through the house and opened the
klllllell door.
Vou can imagine the scene. You
ie held :t dozens ot ir.ucs, prona-
i 1 x j:; our own home. Kate sat in
i n.ckin- chair in the middle of the
room rocking the eight mouths old ,
.aby violently in an uttiiapt to get j
'ii i, to sleep, and that ymiug tr.ini j
.va.- sighting with eijual violence IhoJ
i. ip t.iat as ilium i to oveitake Into, j
and howling by way of keeping up)
nis ii. ! i i.uiatlou.
Juiiioi stood in the p.ihtrv door j
surrounded
nuns hii'h
ieir beaiiugs. and was hev. ling with i
be a mound of pots and row worm, lie uv.eit mug
he had jmd plucked fiom ln"til.v upon th 'in. Kate handed
ne dji'v io me aim wastiec juniors
Oieer ia-e. The dbhes, of course,
vere piled, unwashed, Upon the
lii'clien table, and tilings were In
,i in ral disorder evety where.
"Who cniumitP'd Ihe murder?' 1
nipiired from ihe dooway in a loud
voice.
Junior put brakes on a howl In
mid air so to speak, leaving his
mouth and eyes wide open in sur
prise. Tho baby squawked once
more, then lifted his head to Investi
gate in curious tsilence.
Kate drew a deep breath. "Wel
come to our happy home: inis is
tie.' first silence we have had iu three
,irs it seems to me. Why didn't
you come sooner:
"Now, see here, I warned, "I am
no wild annual trainer, so uon t try
to wish one of these vouiir hyenas
olT on tne to subdue. If you do I'll
straight hotuio!"
Kate lauched. "Don't worry. Hut
please just stand w here you are and
let them look at you as. long as they
will so they will be quiet. No! t'n-
ortuiiately you do not wear well. We
are on again: As the Da by collapsed
in tvident disappointment at what he
had seen, and resumed his hcwllng
with renewed vigor, and Kate her
rocking. "Sit down; If we had mega
phones we might talk."
Junior had discovered by this time
that it was cnly I who had come,
and in disgust began to look up nn-
u r grievance. In an effort to crawl
over ins barricade of tin ware, he
ti'pped upon a pan which promptly
threw him. He rolled over like a
ball, then, prone upon his back, be
gan a w icked pounding of his young
heels on the floor, emittinit one mad
bellow after another. I picked him
up and looked at Kate. She read
desire in my eyes.
"Please do; he needs It and I'm
busy!" she said. I placed the voune
entleman across my lap and moved
mv chair close to Kate s right hand.
"It might have better effect from
you," I said, and handed her a toy
paddle from the floor.
Well it worked; after a while that
Is. Junior was so unused to such
treatment that the novelty of the
thing appealed to him. He went off
by himself then to snob and ponder
over the ways of an evil world. The
baby at last gave up the stiuggle and
was put to bed w ith care and thanks
giving. Kate rubbed a hand across her
forehead and looked about In a dazed
way.
"Do you see. any place to sit down?
Perhaps the living room "
"Why sit down?" I asked. "That
kettle of hot water is going to waste.
Atta boy," and I led her to the
kitchen.
Well, when Kate was in suds to
her elbows, and I was relating some
choice bit of gossip while I wiped
the dishes the telephone rang. Kate
went to answer it, and was gone sev
eral minutes. When she came back
her face was positively stricken.
'Kate!I exclaimed, "what is It?
Anyboy dead?"' She shook her head.
"Worse than that!" she answered.
"Well, for pity's sake don't keep me
in suppence." "Will Is bunging home
a friend to lunch!" and she collapsed
into the rocker and closed her eyes.
I sat dumb, for once In my life.
After a bit, Kate opened her rye
and looked at nie. "Can you tell
me ' she osked slowly, "why any
Sirl will deliberately eet married?"
1 laughed then. "No, I can't. Put
that Knowledge would not help us
out a bit now. There's lunch to pet
for a ht'sband and a strange man, a
house to clean and two bablee to
look aftr. It's no time to speculat
o:i the fool ways o' womankind now.
race,
places.
rubbed the vein
and talked soothing 1
humped
;! t:;lk
to him. I tueked ihe baby under
one arm and went Into the kitchen.
Still no groceries! I called the store
again Kr yes his bov was coming
now with the tilings, lie had made a
mistake and carried them to the
wrong place. He was sorry, yes, he
would be right out.
They did finally arrive. We estab
lished Junior In one comer with sev
eral tons of toys, and put the baby
in his high chair with a zw'ihack
which he gnawed and growled over
like a puppy.
Of course the dressing went back
on tne and I had to make It over.
Kate cut her thumb and had to hunt
up bandages and salvo. Thereafter
he had to work with that thumb
stuck straight up like a flag pole.
which hampered her dreadfully.
The baby dropped his zwiback find
in his efforts to get it was In the
act of falling headlong from 1,1s chair
when Kate caught him by the tall
of his (Ire.-s. This disaster averted
we looked about for Junior. H wns
found in the pantry having a lovely
time digging In the Hour sack with
his spake.
The meal was nearly done and
Kate went to change her and the
children's dres-ses. Presently I heard
her talking to someone on the 'phone,
then she came into the living room
where I was putting on my hat and
coat.
"Your hubby Is coining to lunch,
too, so take off your wraps. We are
going to make a party of It."
And we did! Everybody had a
good time. The luncheon was good;
the children were good too, with the
exception of Junior turning over his
glass of milk and the baby getting
choked on another cwiback. The
men enjoyed It, and showed It. Will's
friend had traveled extensively, and
onld talk Interestingly. Everyone
felt free and easy.
When the men left after luncheon
we could tell from their tilt of their
cigars, and the way they walked, that
thev were well fed and content.
The wash woman came in Just
then and we bundled her Into the
kitchfn without ceremony to wash
the dishes. Iiefore she had recov
ered from her surprise she had them
washed.
"Well" said Kate, stretching out
on the living room couch and kicking
off her slippers. "All's well that ends
well!
"Yes," I responded, lapsing into a
philosophical mood now that It was
all over. "And have you ever noticed
that if you stick to your course and
go ahead with a grin it iilwavs seems
to end Well? You know," I contin
ued, grow ing entbit' iastlc, "I am
firmly converted to the adage of the
silver lining. When the situation
looks perfectly hopeless, j ud you are
about rtady to juinn in the v eil, or
do something equally us ra.-h and
undoi'.ble. It Is a blessedly comfort
ing thought that if ou will just hold
your grip the thing will pass, and
somehow everything straighten out
again."
"You are right!" exdalmH Kate
with energy. "Hut I'm wondering"
she paused, and laughed. "I'm
wondering if I could ever have held
on today If you had not come along
just when you did!"
"Hut don't you see," I pointed
out, "I did come along! Somebody
always doe come along or some
thing happens to save the situation
hefore It Is everlastingly too late.
That Is part of the silver lining."
"I see," murmured Kate and do
you know to this day she insists
on calling me "Silver lining," when
she wants to tease.
Dli. HORACE SMITH, Eye - Sight
Specialist, can now be found at his
offlcv regularly during the entire
fall and winter. Your eyes exam
ined and glasses fitted. The latest
of everything known to the optical
Profession. Examinations free, you
pny for the glasses only, Hroken
lenses duplicated. New frames,
mountalngs, and temples. 0ffic( In
Helk-Pnudy building, Monroe, N.C.
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The Music of
the Motor
Our auto repair experts know when
there's a false note In that hu mining
sound, and that false note lnenas
trouble unless it's corrected. After
we'vo repaired and adjusted your en
gine the music of your motor will be
harmonious and charming. He on the
safe side let us examine your
motor mechanism regularly.
J. H. McCLELLAN
At Secrest Motor Company.
R. H. Garren, M. D.
Practice Limited to Treatment of
Disenaea of
EYE, .EAIl. XOSE AND THROAT
Office Over
THE VXION DRUG COMPANY.
rnONE 25.
GORDON INSURANCE
and
INVESTMENT CO.
INSURANCE EXPERTS
Phone 2C3.
Farmers A Merchant linnk
Itulhibie.
JUNK
Wanted
We are always In the market for
Iron, metal of all kinda. bonea, paper,
etc. Open erery day.
Monroe Iron & Metal Co.
Near Freight Deoov.
DR. S. A. ALEXANDER
VETERINARIAN
Office Phone 11 3. Res. 53-J
In this gre,-t land of the free, most
people are slaves in one form or an
other. What's yours?
I Honest toil is a credit to anv man
I Dut somo people are opposed to the
cieun system.