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PAGE SmTV THE MOJTOOE JOrRNAL. FRIHAY. JTAKT 21. 1921. "If loo will be good en on eh to give ae thl name of your Tt'et." he con 'duded. "I will fill In both names on my passenger manifest and send the tickets to your hotel by messenger Im mediately. Tou ran then sign the tick ets I have already eisrned them as witness and pay the messenger." "Well. I haven't encaged that valet aa yet," Webster hesan. -Whit's the mills? He's going to miss the hoat. anyhow. All I require Is a name." "That ought to he a simple request to comply with. Let me see!" "I read a book once, Mr. Webster and the valet In that bonk was railed Andrew Itowers," "fritter Is a fine old English name. Let us feck no further. Andrew liow ers It If." Thank you. All vnu have to do then Is to remember ti !;n the nnme. Andrew Bowers, to o:.e ticket. IWl forget your valet's nnme now, nnd ball everything up." ami the clerk hung up, laughing. Half Hn hour Inter a boy from the steamship office arrived with the tick ets, collected for them, and departed, leaving John Stuart Webster singu larly plensed with himself and at peace with the entire world. A "lin-ge" dinner at Antoine'a that night (Wehscr had heard of Antoine's dinners, both large and small and was resolved not to leave New Orleans un til he had visited the famous restaur ant), nnd n stroll through the plctur - esque old French quarter and along rhe levee next day, hc1ed to render his enforced stay In New Orleans delight ful. Interesting, nnd Instructive. For Sunday he planned nn early morning visit to the old French market, around which still lingers much of the pic turesque charm and rolorful romance of a day that Is done that echo of yesterdny, as It were, which has left New Orleans an Individuality as dis tinct ns that which the olden, golden, godless days have left upon San Fran cisco. ' He rose before sit o'clock, there fore; found a tail, with the driver sound asleep inside, at the curb In front of'the1iotel ; gave the latter hla Instructions, and climbed- In. Opposite Jackson Square the cloy ing sweetness of palmetto, palm, and fig burdened the nlr. Above the rumble of the taxi he could hear the distant babel of voices In the French market across the square, so he hulled the taxienh, alighted, and handed the driver a bill. ( "I want to explore this square," he said. Ho had recognized It by the heroic statue of General Jackson peep ing through the trees, "I'll walk through the square to the market, nnd you may proceed to the market and meet nie there. I-ntor we will return to the hotel." A Creole girl starry-eyed, beauti ful, rich with the glorious coloring of her race passed him bound for the cathedral neross the square, as Web ster thought, for hIio rnrrled a large prayer bonk on her arm. His glance followed the girl down the wnlk. Presently she halted. A young man rose from a bench where he evidently hnd been waiting for her, and bowed low, his hat clapped to his breast, as only a Frenchman or a Spanish grandee can bow. Webster saw the Creole girl turn to him with a little gesture of pleasure. She ex tended her hand nnd the young man kissed It with old-fashioned courtesy. John Stuart Webster with reverent and wistful eyes watched their meet ing. "Forty years old," he thought, "and I haven't spoken to a dozen women that caused me a second thought, or who weren't postmistresses' or biscuit shooters! Forty years old nnd I've never been In love! Springtime down that little path nnd Indian summer In my old fool heart. Why, I ought to be arrested for failure to live!" The lovers were walking slowly, nrn In arm, along the path by which the girl had come, so with n courtesy and gentleness thnt were Innate In him, Webster stepped out of sight be hind the statue of Old Hickory; for he did not desire, by his mere pres ence, to Intrude n discordant nott In the perfect harmony of those two Iju mnn hearts. He knew they desired that sylvan path to themselves; that evidently they Md sought their early morning tryst In the knowledge that the square was likely to be deserted nt this hour. The young man was speaking as they passed ; his voice was rich, pleas ant, vibrant with the earnestness of what he had to say: with a pretty little silver mounted walking stick he slushed at spears of grass alongside the path; the girl was crying a little. X' . 1 . 1 .1...... I 1 t.t... .... 1 1 a M .M'lllicr oi mi'iu nun bitii nun, eu iic entered a path that led from them at right angles. He had proceeded but a few feet along this trail when, through n break In the shrubbery ahead of him, he saw two men. Urief as was his glimpse of them. Webster Instantly recognized the two Central Americans he had seen In the steamship ticket office two days previous. They were not walking as walk two tuen shroud at this hour for a con stWlonnl. Neither did they walk ai walk men churchward bound. A slight, skulking air marked their prog ress, and caused Webster to wonder v Idly what they were stalking. lie turned Into the path down which the two men had passed, not with the slightest Idea of shadowing them, but because his destination lay -dn that direction. Both men had forsaken the graveled path and were walking on the soft vel vet of blue gras lawn that fringed It ! "Perhaps I'd hotter deaden my hoof heat r'.so," John Stuart Webster olllwiiilzed, and followed suit Imme IT had scarcely done so when the men ahead of hltn paused abruptly. Webster .did likewise, and responding subconsciously, perhaps. ta the re membrant of the menace In the glance f the man with the puckered eye he stepped out of sight hehlmfw broad oak tree. Through the tree and shrubbery he could still see the lovers, who had .halted and evidently were about te part. Webster saw the young man glance warily about; then, apparently satis fied there was none to spy upon them, be drew the girl gently towrrd him. tWi"Mtj Mil wiiUM Drew ths Girl Gently Toward Him. She clung to him for nearly a minute, sobbing; then" he raised her face ten derly, kissed her, pressed her from him. and walked swiftly away without looking baefc. It was a sweet and rather touching little tableai; te John Stuart Webster, Imaginative and possessed of a ro mantic streak In hla nature, It wus more than a tableau, It was a mov ing picture! "I suppose her old man objects' to the young fellow," he muttered to himself sympathetically, "and ho can't come near the house. They've met here for the fond farewell, and now the young fellow's going nut West to make his fortune, so he can come back and claim the girl. Huh! If he wants her. why the ilevll doonu't ho take her? Hello! By Judas priest! Now I know what those two paraqueols are np te. One of them Is the father of that girl. They'vo hi'!) spying on the lovers, and now they're nulng to cor ner the young follow and shingle him for his nerve." The girl had stood fur a motueut, gazing after her companion, before she tnroed with her handkorchlef to her eyes, and continued on her way to the cathedral. Webster board her sob bing an she stumbled blindly by, and he was distressed about hor, for all tho world loves a lover aud John Stuart Webster, was no exception to this universal rule. "By George, this Is pretty tough," he relloeted. 'That young fellow treated that girl with as much gNitle ns nnd courtesy as any gentleman should, nnd I'm for him ami against this Idea of corporal punishment. Ihm't you worry. Tlllle. mv dear. I'm going to horn Itjto this game myself i T'''- If It goes too far." The two dusky skulkers nhead of him, having come to nnother cross pnth, turned Into It and came out on the main path In the rear of the young man.- Webster noticed that the pair were still walking on the grass. He padded gently along behind them. The four were now rapidly ap proaching the old French market, and the steadily rising babel of voices Kpcnklng In French, Italian, Spanish, Creole patois nnd Choctaw, was suffi cient to have drowned the slight rfolse of the pursuit, even hnd the young man's mind not been upon other things, and the Interest of the two Central Americans centered upon their quarry, to the cluslon of Any tleiunht of possible Interruption. Webster felt Instinctively that the two men would rush and make n con certed nttack from the rear. He smiled. "I'll Just fool you two hombres n whole lot," ho thought, nnd stooping, picked up a small stone. On the In stant the two men. having approached within thirty feet of their qunrry, made a rush for him. Their charge was swift, but though It was, the little stone which John Stuart Webster hurled was swifter. It struck the young man fairly between the sboulderblitdes with a force suffi cient to bring him out of his senti mental reverie with a Jerk, as It were, lie whirled, saw the danger that threatened him, and sprang to meet It. "Bravo!" yelled Webster, and ran to his aid, for he had seen now that It was to be knife work. Tragedy In stead of melndrama.f The. man with the puckered eye clsea In with such eagerness It was apparent to Webster that herefcwas work to his liking. The young lnnn raised his light cane, but Pucker-eye did not hesitate. Ho merely threw up his left forearm to meet the expected Mow atmd at his hend, lunged for word and slashed viciously at the voung man's abdomen. The latter Irew back a step, doubled like a Jack knife) and brought Ms cane down victors'; acruss the knuckles of h' irsiMlant's right band. M3o U is thou, md of pig," V called pleasantly In SpauUh. "1 fl ed yon that time, didn't IT be added In English. Thought I would aim fer year head, didn't yon?" The Mow temporarily paralyzed the assassin's baud; he dropped the knife, and as he stooped to recover It with his left hand, the young man, he'ere retreating from P-ye. kicked Pucker-eye In the face and quite upset him. "Stop It !" shouted Webster. Pop-eye turned his hend at the out cry. The man he was attacking fell into the position of a swordsman en garde, and thrust viciously with the ferrule at the face of he pnp-ryed man. who. disregarding Webster's approach, seized the nine In his left hand nnd with a quick, pmwrful tng actually drew his victim toward him a foot be fore the latter let go the stick. Before he could give ground agnln Pop-eye was upon him. He grasped the young man by the latter's left arm and held him. while he drew back for the awful dlsembowlllng stroke. As bis long ami sped forward the hook of John Stuart Webster's heavy rnne dcsivnded upon that flexed arm in the crook of the elbow, snagging It cleverly. The knife never reached Its destina tion! "You would, would you?" said Web ster reproachfully, and Jerked the fel low violently around. The man he had rescued promptly struck Pop-eye a terrible blow In the face with his left hand and broke loose from the grip that had so nearly' been bis undoing; then Webster tapped the assassin a meditative tap or two on the lop of his sinful head for good measure and to awaken In htm some souse of the Im propriety and futility of resistance, after which Webster turned to dis cuss a idiullar question of ethics with Pucker-eye. The scar-cheeked men win on his knees, groping grogglly for his knife, for he hnd received a severe kick un der the chin, and for the nonce was far frem dangerous. Stooping, Web ster picked up the knife; then with knife and cane grasped In his left hand he seised Pucker-eye by the nape with his right and Jerked him to his feet. The asuassln stood glowering at him In a perfect frensy of brutish, In articulate fury. Take the knife away from tho other fetlow before he gets active again," Webster called ever his shoul der. "I'll manage this rascal. We'll march them over to the market and turn them ovtr to the police." He spoke In Spanish. Thatika, ever so much, for my life," the young man answered lightly, and In English, "but wheri I come from It Is not the fust) ion to settle these argu ments In a court of law. To call an Hirer Is coutltered unetubllke; to shoot a prtvener lu this country Is considered murder, and consequently I have but one alternative and I advise you, my geod friend, to huve a little f ths same. I'm going to run like the devil." And he did. He was In full flight before Webster could glance around, nnd In an Instant ha was lost to sight among tie trues. That advice sounds eminently fair and reasonable," Webster yelled after him, nnd was about to follow when he observed that tho young man hud abandoned his pretty little sliver chased walking stick. "That's too nice a Kttle stick to leave to these brigands," he thought, nnd forthwith possessed himself of It nnd the pop-eyed itiun's knife, after which he tarried not upon the order of his going but went, departing nt top New City Ordinances XOTll E OF TIUSTKr7S SALE Under and by virtue of a power I contained in a certain deed ot trust ' VtVlllA.1 Kv hub. E- U' .... - "' WJ UP.Q C. noilll IV A. A i . . . , , ;Kdgeworth to secure a certain note ,, AV . ... r mee,in r ! ltweii mid p-i h i'll therein mentioned, a default having I 7 . Jn. 1D tl,y 01 le l'a'" '' ' ' tuti-r aid been made In payment of said note. ' -;Ionro'. bUl m the Clerk s Ofhce on within t.iU ii.ciio of ihe ,..! unii and demand havinc b.n made bj Jar' -rd. 191. the lollowis .r--s.,t! I e pa; k. ;i t, i,, the holder of Kaid note. 1 will, on , duiances were passed and imam- 7. Thai eiery p. i - m oo. rai; any Monday, the ;st f January !'no,,,i,-v "dopted by the Board of Al-motor whieJe of a. y ki-.d or trJiuR l:i. at 1 o'clock M.. at the court-,,?,'n: . , h"rs,bak or driii g roy k m! of touse door in Monroe. X. C, offer! ,Lt """"" " "mmrau, vemcie snail K-tp to in.- nebs tf eny . . , v, j. . .nunisun, H.I- (iosi purt-a ui any trtt-t int r.-c-t for sale a two-eighths undivided in terest in and to the follow ins des cribed tract of land, which lies lowing ordii'-uncts weie unanimously Uou bv l.'ie t'itv Ol Mm roi dopied: j g. That no ,r.ii j:;v,, an I nion county. Vance township, and 1 lH,n vlio sounding of a fire , automobile or vtLicb mi pear to any adjoins the lands of Mrs.. Nancy By- 'arm. and du'-ing a lire, t!ie fircnica ; f the "Iirixe ij t::e l.ihr" .o-ts aa rum, A. I. Wen it. T. A. Kitih. and ' ,ne t"'1)' of Monioe c!..tll have tlie(io sti.ke. hit or injure t J po--. others, and hounded as follows: ; right of way over nil the streets of! 3- No r rson s'k.II turn any :i, no Beginning at a stake, formerly city, and ut ry per-ou in charge mo:le or otlvr v-hicle arm n,. t!r P. O.. Nanrr M. Bvrum's and 1 of "' carriage, w ;u- n. ac.to.iiob I" ' city of Mem on j.i.y t.t th, --iocta j Wcnu's corner, and runs thence with "r ,'"' 'r v-hic?e. i-!.;.ll immediately (,f the c.ty ex.;' v. ro a t;tis;t said Went f line S 7 E 2H chs. en. :Pn the Mtnt.!iiiK of any fire alart.i. muicc'-- -villi ..imiliir stnt. j ing a branch to a stone by a P. O.. H. ,ll(,ve nid auintnohile or oiber vchi jO.. and two hickories; "thence u'ith le to the cnr! and there let it n I division linV S 44 3-4 K. S9 poles to "1;,in ""'l ,!l' fire engine, trucks a stake by two hickories and two I. automobile and oilier (iiiveyaiic -i O.'s. LemnionJ s and Peuneger'a cor- Cl nveying fitemen, l.av. pa'scd. cr in said James M. Wt ntx old line: I 2. No person shall . t in 'lie way 1 Haiioa WOK a .1 I:.. v . a . I .... i .:. i dnv in- ,-i u au-.i'-le. ;a 1 croa 'ii ai ? tn.ter t a inib a . uilonio!,ili' oi ,1- 5 1-2 poles, croviins; Dry Hun in her venicle in front or wilhin irn Branch, to a P. 0. 8'iimp and pii'e of blocks Ik hind any fire truck, hook i stone by three sweet t ints aud two and ladder wagon, or am- oilier v. lii- lurge dogwoods, T. A. Kiich's corner; vie or conveyance being' ued bv t!ie thence with his line X. 13 1-2 E 2M Fire Department during a lire, pro- chs to a P. O.; thence X. 26 1-2 W tided this shall not apply to any coii- 8.72 chs. crossing paid Kry Kun veyance which U carr.i'ng a Ilieniau !o a pine stutnti; thence X 84 1-2 V or any person conuecied with th- 1 1-JO chs to a p n'e knot by a pine and Fir ' Dcpasim nt in said conveyance, 'three I. O.'s, the division corner; No per -on shall run any engine, j thence with the division line, X S3 train, automoliile or any kind ot a 3-8 W 91 1-4 poles to a stake and . vehicle over any lire hose or any oth ' pile of stones, Nancy M. Byrum's cor- er apparatus or cquipim ui of t'.;o jner, by a B. J. and 3 P. O.'s: thence .Department. I with said Hyrum liiA S 77 W 24 1 4. No person shall with carriave, loles to the beginning, containing wagon, autoinobile or ot'icr vehicl , uinety-two acres (92) more or less. ,or on horseback, follow the fire it- The bid of prior sale held Jan 10, Pine, truck, er any of the fire l':g!:t 1 1921. having been raised to i367.5n. Inc apparatus of the Fire Departniei.t it Is necessary that bidding start at while same Is going to a lire, utile s tgc oi t-;s ::: i.l!-i , : ; I i i -in- ! i nr. . r . or ic ' i niit .. or 'or. ! r a The young man he had saved from being butchered was rlpht. An en tnngling nlllauce with the police was, decidedly, not to John Stuart Web ster's liking, for should he unfortu nately, form such an ulllnnce, he would be haled Into court ns a witness and jierhnps miss the steamer to San Buenaventura. He hud planned to spend nn hour In the market, drink a cup of cafe nolr, smoke a cigarette, nnd return to his hotel In time for n leisurely breakfast, but his recent bout with grim reality hnd blunted the edge of romance. He ordered his driver to take him back to ., tiou'l, sirniHt Inside nnd "con rralnlated himself on his lucky es cape. Continued In next Issue. NOTICE OF SI MMON'S AMI WAB IIAXT OF ATTAi'HMIiXT. County In North Carolina. Union the Superior Court. J. I). Futeh et al, partners, trad ing as J. D. Futch & Sons, vs. D. A. Uainsoy. To 1). A. Rnmney, defendant phove nanied: -- ou will take notice here from that a summons in the above entitled action was is-mied a.';.iint you on the 16th day of December. 1!20, In the Superior Court of I'niim county, North Carolina, on a cause of action for which plaintiff claims damages in the sum of $800 for breach of warranty In the sale of a carload of oranges, said summons be ing returnable before R. W. Lem mond, clerk of euperior court of I'nlon county on the 5th day of January, 1921. Vou will also take notice that on the same date a warrant of attach ment was Ipsued against your prop erty In the Slate of Xorth Carolina, which warrant Is returnable at the time and place named for raid sum mons, when and where the defendant above-named is required to appear nnd anp'inr rr dc-vir to the com plaint filed within the time provided by law. This 3rd January. 1921. II. W. LBMMOXD. rlerk of Super ior Cmirt of Union county. North Vann A Millikea," Attorneys for Plaintiffs.. that amount Terms of sale Cash. This Jannarv 12. 1921. T. F. LIMERICK. Tmstee, said automobile or vehicle Is at lea-t two city blocks in the rear thereof. 5. No person shall enter in or i n any -part of the buildings or grounds occupied by the Fire Department, or DR. HORACE SMITH, Eye - Sight ' any manner cause or allow any Specialist, can now be found at his damage to any of the fire fighting office regularly during the entire equipment or to remove any parts. ran ana winter. Tour eves exam-.iols r equipment therefrom, nor, lft. That ; (-mobile or oi!i ai.y street in'- . rale of -;, ed l.i t:(ii r. 11. Th.it nr. ra cher eei'Mnon ; son. firm er c i r-r.y ti. h scrap, i;'ii anything i Ise w ; '. to remain up e i! longer period I'mn 12. That il si all h- tn.i:." : i,i r t any person, firm or corporal i-mi to place any g.ifiliiic innk within i li'rf ;r feet of any sidewalk or street of ili" city of Monro- or i:,on the sid-walk -r rtreels id l!.-' r.'y i ; Mon;- w.tlt out the Willi i: ' i' to s.-i' e. tho M wor. 1.1. ThM it !-nr...- person, Pri delivi r gasolii'c oline tank ly lii-a;.. .if a i-ise or oth er nitaci'iicni i.i any cui-inol ile, truck or other motor vc!m ! while said automobile, truck or oiio ; mo tor vehicle is stamiin,' on any r f lh streets or sidewalks ol" th ciiy of Monroe, wilii:. ut lu'.vii'g pi, id al! sie-fi-.;l taxes asai by the City of Monroe and receiving trie written I rninisi(n of the MAyor of tin Cny of ..lenroe. 14. No per.-rm shall sweep or plaro any trash, leaves, tin cans, bottles, or iiall .In. u: l. v. ful for corpi '.i:ion ti ct :'nii,i ,ii,y p;ls- Ined anil irlaiises fttt1 Th. t-,.i ' ride nor ottemt.l tn ri.le nn onv of;0""'' enriF. on any of the streets of everything known to the optical the fire trucks or other fire apparatus or "t the City of Monroe. Profession. Examinations free, you nor go within a city block of the Fire I ,irvi,l,'1 .,his h;i11 r.ot apply v. h- re pay for the glasses only. Broken i Station after a fire alarm is given I rsom place t n e same m a tiasii can lenses duplicated. New frames, niotintalngs, and leraples. Office In Belk-Bundy building, Monroe.NO. GORDON INSURANCE sod INVESTMENT CO. INSURANCE EXPERT? Phone Fanner & Mei-rlutata ILink BuilUii. R. H. Carren, H. D. Prncticfl Limited to Treatment of Dbieiiaca of EYE, F.Alt, XOSB AJSD TUIMUT Office Orer THE TMON DRUG COrPANV. PHONE 25S. unless he is a fireman in the regular ! or box 80 ,hiU ,h Kam' ,lo, s nl service, or has permission from the "r '!i!IV Chief of the Fire Department or oth-! hI1 the drivers of the C ty er officer of said department. 'trah ''"n',. (I. That no person ihall part or That any person violating tiny leave standing for a longer period j 'ho foregoing ordinances slinll 'i than five minutes any automoile, i guilty of a iiiisdonit anor ami puni Ti truck or other vehicle on the west 1 'd by fine of ftfiy dollars or iinpils side or Church Street between Wind-j0lird thitty days, sor and Franklin Streets, and all au-l This January 3. 1921. tomoblles parked on the east side of j J. jl. ROYTE, Clerk to the EoinI. MANY OTHERS have found an account at tliMiank very hdpft:! in nsslstliig tlie::i to get a start in the world. Why don't YOU try ii? Your income Isn't so small but you can save a par! of it. 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