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THE "EVENING TIMES- TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 190$. - ' PAGESEVEIT ROXBORO IN THE GREAT STATE BEAUTY '!,!iss Fnalherste Leads All Coatestoals fsr the first .bttrla-tke State RALEIGH AROUSED; DURHAM ENTHUSIASTIC MIm Josephine Hear and Mis Kath- eryne Davis Holding tlie Lead in Raleigh, and Their Friends Work-1 j lnK Day and N ight For Them To- tid yot Cast to Date 384,827. Raleigh Man Bets Durham Man Raleigh Wins. The great surprise which Roxboro gave the other towns yesterday has leaders Mrs. Altcebelle Fitzgerald, had Ita effect, and today Raleigh 4s ; se is one of the favorite women of working as never before, and the jthe state nd her friends are going other towns are aroused to the high-i t0 Klve somebody a big surprise, est pitch. They have all realized that Each day brings new developments it is no play game, but a real live 'and the girls are playing for every contest for the greatest honor that; advantage. The entire state is wu ue uuuwr uu uu) wuuiau 111 ffjfir'' TODArs LEADER M DIAMOND CONTEST ill MISS RUTH FEATHERSTON 1 11 M ROXBORO Iff ' 73,839 VOTES. Jf North Carolina, and they are going brings checks and subscriptions and to fight to A finish, the people want to know who will One prominent man In Raleigh w. the prettiest woman in the state, offering to bet this moramg that tbo.Bhd who will wear that fine ring on -in rtavMt in RiUpKrti He hRri his Christmas day. Will it be Roxboro, faith on the people of Raleigh, say ing that they were arou .ed as never before, and that they would do won ders before 12 o'clock on the 24 th. "One other-man who was in the crowd was willing to place his money on Durham, at the odds of 3 to 1. Ke . was basing his figures on some inside information that every person at Trinity College was going to (ake The Evening Times, and also on a state ment made in Durham that, every ' family in Durham would -take The Times Jf necessary to win the ring for Miss Herndon. The Durham peo ple are playing a great game, but the people la Raleigh are going to be Just an game. Just what Roxboro Is going to do on that last day Is a puzzle to the other towns. " Miss Featherstone la said by one prominent Roxboro gen tleman to be "a real Tar Heel beauty Office of JOLLY-WYN XE JEWELRY CO- Jewelers., . 128 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, N. O. This Is to certify that we have this day sold to THE EVENING TIMK3 one large Diamond Ring, cash value 1260.00, to be used as a price to. be given away December 24, to the prettiest woman in North Carolina. v THE EVENING TIMES lias paid us f 250.06 for this Diamond Ring and it will be kept on display In Our store until the contest closes and by the direc tion of THE EVENING TIMES will be given to the lady whom the Judges award the largest number of votes in the contest ' Signed, , v '."".:,. , JOLLY-WYNNE JEWELRY COMPANY, ' ' fop Frank M. JoUy. STILL HOLDS - f and that every man in Roxboro Willi die game for her." At any rate the peojlle of Roxboro are now reading' The Evening Times as never before, and-they are coming o Raleigh on theMilght of the 23d with several grips full of votes for their favorite girl. - But then conies Dunn saying that the others are all mistaken and that -the' prettiest - girls in the state live in Dunn, and thai they are going to prove it by giving both their favor lies more votes than any other girl. . To the people who have been watching the contest and who-- are familiar with the people and the af fairs over the state there is one lit tle town in the contest that may "give someone (or many) a real surprise when the 24th comes That town Pine Level. .When you are picking out your winner it mignt pay you to stop when you get to Pine Level, tx cause her friends are oolng the square thing, and when tie vote Is counted you will certainly see among wuiuiuug every mum ami eacu iuhii Durham, Raleigh, Dunn, or will it be Pine Level? It is up to the frleuas of each girl to decide who shall have the honor. ; v, HOW TO SECURE VOTES. Payments on Accoant. I .45 One Month . 90 Votes 1.25 Three Months ... 250 Votes 2.50 Six Months ..... 600 Votes 8.00 One Year . .1000 Votes Payments In Advance. I .45-Ona Month 46 Votes 1.2 5 Three Months .... 1 2 5 Votes 2.60 Six Months ..... .260 Votes 5.00 One Year ...... .400 Votes 10.00 Two Years . ... .8000. Votes For New Subscribers., t .45 One Montn. 150 Votes 1.26 Three Months .. 600 Votes 2.50 SIX Months..... 1000 Votes 6.00 One Year....... 2500 Votes 10.00 Two Years 6000 Votes Contest Closes December 24. October 28, 1208. FIRST PLACE CUT THE EVENING TIMES V . -. 4 . - . - . , '- , DIAMOND RING CONTEST. , . This ballot is good tor one vote: '.-'' '. For M.. Address Good for one vote when neatly trimmed and filled out if sent to the Contest Department of THE TIMES by mail, or otherwise, before expiration of date. No ballot will be altered In any way or transferred after being received by THE EVEN ING TIMES. '! NOT GOOD AFTER DECEMBER 24, 1908. CUTHERE ROXBORO. MIbh Ruth Featherston .... DUNN. ,. MIhb Isabel Young.. ............ Miss Vlra Parker............... Miss Ethel Honey cutt.... ....... RALEIGH. Miss .Josephine Sears.......... - . . 73,539 -41-849 .ii,st,o 795, ..40,122 ..22,580 .. 3,878 .. 2.465 . 1,984 .. 3,220 fiHi, (Catherine Da via Miss Alice WUlson..., Miss Nannie Baldwin...'..., Miss Betsy Haywood....... Mrs. C J. Wall............. Miss Sadie King DURHAM. Miss Mary Herndon........ Miss Louise Troy........... Miss Willie Cox..,. Miss Irma Lyon... WOODSDALE. Mies Bessie Humphries..., .. 621 33 347 1,951 610 11,818 PINE LEVEL. Mrs. Alice Belle Fitzgerald........ 8,310 HENDERSON. Miss Mabel Kelly...... E.193 Miss Florence Currin...... ........ 2,409 Mies Emma Louise Jones...... WILSON. Miss Martha Applewhite Miss.1 Qene Kirby .............. Miss Delia May Farmer....... TRENTON. Miss Isabel Brodgen........... " OXFORD. Miss' Mamie Royster.. ........ Miss Josephine Brown FAYETTEVILLE. Miss Mary McNeil.. ........ ., 1.200 3,550 660 517 3,396 2,871 1,465 2,341 ROSALIND AT RED GATE Dy MEREDITH NICHOLSON Copyright 1907, The Bobbs-Merrill Company. - . Published Exclusively by THE EVENING TIMES. Continued From Yesterday.) "We are going away we must leave here! I can never oc you again," she whimpered. ', In the starlight tin was Helen, by every test my senses could make; but by something deeper I knew that she wan not the girl I had seen In the window at St. Agatha's. She was more dependent, less confident and poised; she stifled a sob and came close. Through the window I saw Arthur Hol brook climbing up to blow' out the last light. "I .could have watched myself, but I was afraid that sailor might come; and It was he that fired at you In the road. He had gone to Glenarm to watch you and keep you away from here. Uncle Henry came back today and sent word that he wanted to see my father, and I asked you to come to help us." "I thank you for that." "And there was another man u stranger; back there near the road; I could not make him out, but you will be. careful please! You must think very 111 of me for bringing you Into all this, danger and trouble." "I am grateful to you. Please turn all your troubles over to me." "You did what I asked you to do," nhe said, "when I had no right to ask, but I was afraid of what might hap pen here. It Is all right now and we are going away; wc must leave this place.', . . ' "But I lhall see you again." ."Nsl .You have-you have-Helen. You don't know me at all! You will find your triivtake tomorrow." She was urging me toward the stens that led up' to ths' house. The sob was still In her throat, but she was laugh- Ing, a little hysterically, In her relief tnat her father huff come off un scathed. "Then you must lut me find it out to. morrow; I will come tomorrow before you go." i -. . : "No! No! This IS good-by," she said. , "You would not be so unkind as to stay,-' when I am so troubled, and f who summons all porters and waiters there Is so much to do!" (by the pleasing name Of George? The W were at the foot of the stairway, 1 name In Itself is respectable enough; and I heard the shop donr snap shut.) nor Is Its' generic use pernicious a "Good night. Rosalind!"' . ; ' Lmatter of tawto only, But the same "Good-by: and thank you!" she I man mav be Identified otherwise by Only Om "BROMO Q&ANtNE, that Is Laxative rorno Quinbe CONTEST HERE; Z f1 j ; HAW RIVER. Miss Lorene . Spoon. 2,512 GREENVILLE. 'Miss Lillian Carr 1.970 Mis8 Helen Forbes. 1,392 1 Miss Frances , Bagwell ........ 910 I GRANITE QUARRY Miss Sadie McCanlesB, ......... j CARY. 1 Miss Norma Lynn.-,.. 1 BURLINGTON. Miss Ruth Albright... 'Mig. Helen Halt:'....... 1,267 1,017 1,103 811 1 Miss Mary Freeman............... 7S1 WASHINGTON. Miss Clougb Davenport 940 ROCKY MOUNT. Miss No Walker Miss Clyde Daugh t ridge.... ..... ROCKINGHAM. 610 813 720 631 686 620 620 680 620 Miss Bessie .Terry............... Miss Minnie Poplin.... SANFORD. Miss Rebecca Underwood....:... GRAHAM. Miss Mildred ' Futrell. ........... GOLDSBORO. Miss Estelle O'Berry ............ GREENSBORO. Miss Eugenia Patterson ., . . .". .-. WAKEFIELD Miss Mary Whitley,. ... . .-. .. HILLSBORO. Miss Mary C. Edwards.......... . ORE HILL. Miss Lillian Heritage....;....., . WAKE FOREST. Miss Hallle Powers.... .......... 987 720 whispered. CHAPTER XVII. How the Night Ended. One year ago my path was green. My footstep light, my brown serene; Alas! and could it have been so One year ago? ( There Is a love that Is to last When the hot days of youth are past; fuch love did a sweet maid bestow One year ago, . ; I took a leaflet from her braid And gave It to another maid. Love, broken should have been thy bow, One year ago. Lahdor. As my horse whlnned and I turned Into the wood a man walked boldly toward me. "My dear Donovan, I have been con soling your horse during your absence. It's a sud habit we have fallen' Into of wandering about at night. I liked your dinner, but you were rather too anxious to get rid of me. I came by boat tr;-self!" ', - Gillespie knocked the ashes from his pipe and thrust It Into his pocket I was In no frame of mind for talk with him, a fact which he seemed to sur mise. . "It's late, for a fact," he continued; "and we both ought td be In bed; but our various affairs require diligence." "What are you doing over hereTT I demanded. I was too. weary and too perplexed for his nonsense, and in no mood for confidence. I need time, Jor reflection and I had" no ' intention 6f soeVIng or of imparting Information at this Juncture, Well, to tell the truth" "You'd better!" "To tell the truth, my dear Donovan, since I left your hospitable board I have been deeply perplexed over some Important ouestions of human con .,,.. am vou Interested In human types? Have you ever noticed the man as. his proneness to consutnertbe cabinet pudding, the chocolate Ice cream and the fruit In season from the chasten ing American bill of fare, after par taking Impartially of the preliminary i flfh, flesh and fowL He is confidential I with hotel clerks, nffwdnnnte with I MM'uiiuuiaiun uu ttu Mriifjjliuiie gins j are Nellie to him. Types, my dear t Donovan" : j "That's enough! I want to know j what" you are doing!" and in my 'anger I shook him by the shoulders. J "Well, If you .-must have it, after I J started to the village t changed my mind about going, and I was anxious , to see whether Holbrook was really here; so I got a launch and came over.' t stopped at the ilartfl,but saw no one there, and I came up the creek until I grounded; then1-. I --struck In land, looking for the road. It might save us both embarrassment. Irish man, If we give notice of each othes's Intentions, particularly at night ' I hung about, thinking yoir might ap pear, and " : '.)'.':' "You are a poor liar. Buttons. ; You didn't come here alone!" and I drove my weary wits hard in an effort to ac count for his unexpected appearance. "All is lost; I am dlBcovered," ' he mocked. ' He had himself freed my horse;-1 i now took the ro'n and refastened It "to the tree. . -. ; "Well, Inexplicable Donovan!"- I laughed, pleased to find that in?, de lay annoyed hlra. I was confident that ho was not abrdad at this hour for nothing, and It again occurred to me that we were on different sides of the matter. My weariness fell from me like a cloak, as the events of the past hour flashed fresh in my mind. "Now," I said, dropping the rein and patting the horse's nose for a moment, "you may go with' me or you may sit here; but if you would avoid trouble don't try to interfere with me." I did not doubt that he had -been sent to watch me; and his immediate purpose seemed to be to detain me. "I had hooped ;ou would sit down and talk over the Monroe Doctrine, or the partition of Africa, or something equal ly Interesting," he. remarked. "You disappoint me, my dear benefactor.". And you make me very tired at the end of a tiresome day, Gillespie. Please continue to watch-my horse; I'm off." He kept at my elbow, as I expected he would, babbling away with his usual volubility In an effort, now frant enough, to hold me back; but I ig nored his talk and plunged ort through me wood toward the creek. Henry Holbrook must, I argued,, have had time .enough to get out of the creek and back to the island; but what mis chief Gillespie was furthering in his DeiiHir I could not imagine. There was a gradual rise toward the creek- and we were obliged to cling to the bushes In making our aseont. Suddenly, as I paused for breath, Gil lespie grasped my arm. 'For God's sake, stop! This is no affair of yours. On my honor there's nothing that affects you here." I will see whether there is or not!" I exclaimed, throwing him off, but he kept close beside me. , We gained the trail that ran along the creek, and I paused to listen. " " "Where's your launch?" . "Find It," he replied succinctly, v I have mv bearings pretty well, and set off toward the lake, Gillespie trudg ing behind In the narrow path. When we had gone about twenty yards a lantern glimmered below and I heard voices raised in excited colloquy. Gil lespie, started forward at a run. "Keep back! - This is my affair!" "I'm making It mine," re replied, and flung in ahead of him. I ran forward rapidly, the voices growing, louder, and soon heard men ( tumbling and falllns about in conflict. A woman's voice now rose In a sharp cry: "Let go of him! Let go of him! Gillespie flashed by me down the bank to the water's edge, where the struggle ended abruptly. I was not for behind, and I saw Henry Holbrook in the grasp of the Italian, who was explaining to the woman, who held the lantern high above her headi that he was only protecting himself. Gillespie had caught hold of the sailor, who con tinued to protest his innocence of any wish to injure Holbrook; and for a moment we peered through the dark, tsTklng account of one another, "So it's: you, Is it?" said Henry Hol brook as the Italian freed him and his eves fell on me. "I should like to know what you mean by meddling in my attain. By God, I've enough to do with my own flesh and blood without dialing with outsiders." Helen Holbrook turned swiftly and huld the lantern toward me, and when she saw me shrugged her shoulders, "You really give yourself a great deal of unnecessary concern, Mr. Don. ovn." - "You are a damned Impudent med dler!" blurted Henry Holbrook, "I have had you Watched. You you " Ho darted toward me, but the Italian again caught and held him, and an other altercation began between them. Holbrook was wrought to a high pitch of excitement and cursed everybody who had In any way Interfered with him. V - -.-. "Come, Helen." said Gillespie, step ping to the girl's side; and at this Arthur Holbrook , turned upon him viciously. "You are another meddlesome out sider. r Your father was a pig a pig, do you understand? If It hadn't been for. him I shouldn't , be here tonight camping ' out like an outlaw. And you've got no stop annoying my daugh ter!" : . Helen turned to the Italian and spoke to him rapidly In his own tongue. "You must take him away. He Is not himself. Tell him I have done the best I could. Tel! him" , She lowered her voice so that I heard no more. Holbrook was still heaping abuse upon Gillespie, who stood,, sub missively by; but Helen ran up- the bank, the lantern light flashing eerily about her. She paused.. at. the top, waiting for Gillespie, who, it was patent, had brought her to this ren desuus and who kept protecting at hsr heels. The Italian drew Hoinroox towara the boat that lay at the edge, of the lak, , He seemed to forget me in his anger against Gillespie, , and. h kept turning toward the path down Which if'rAr!rrs?.MM !. ' The Kind Yon Hare Always Bought, and which oas been ' In use f-r mr HO years, has bomo the Biffnatwe of "' T nil !. Wn imuls rniilw Mil DM ' &-?J?,f4t"7 MalppeFvtelQD since ttalrfimcy. ArvK tfAti juiow no one to deceive on In tnls. All Counterfeits, Imitations and3n8t-i-goGd"are bat r.- Experiments) tht trifle wltb ante endanger the heath of infants nd Children Experience against ISxperlicent What is CASTOR! Oastoiia is a harmless substitute for Sartor OiIt Farn goric. Drops and Soothing: Syrnps. It I Pleasant. 16 contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic inbstance. Its age to its guarantee. It destroys Worms fmd alla3 Poverishnesg. It cures liiarxhosa nd vVind Colic it relieves T fee thing Troubles, caret Constipatvau and Flatulency- It asjnilates th Food regulates the Stomach ard iJowels, jjivlng healtt-y and icatural sleep. . - Xhe Children's Panacea The Uother's Friend, GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. - THs CBHTMIfl ftOP!MNVr Tf MVRMV STIISKT MKW VOIW OlTfc A- the girl's lantern faintly twinkled. Gillespie kept on after the girl, the lantern flashing more rarely through the turn In the path, until I caught the threshing of his launch as it swung out Into the lake. I drew back, seeing nothing to gain by appealing to Holbrook in his present overwrought state. The Italian had his hands full, and was glad, I judge, to let me alone. A moment later he had pushed off his boat, and I heard the sound of oars receding toward the Is land. , . v I found my horse, led him deeper Into the wood and threw off the sad dle. Then I walked down the road un til I found a barn, and crawled into the loft and .-slept,. . CHAi'TER XVIU The Iady of the White Butterflies. Tltania: And pluck the wings from painted butterflies, : To fan the moonbeams: from his sleeping eyes: Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies, Peaseblossom: Hail, mortal! Midsummer Night's Dream. ;, The twitter of swallows in the eaves wakened me to the first light of day. dnd after I had taken a dip.' In the greek 1 still seemed to be sole proprietor or me worm, so quiei my field and woodland. I followed the lake shore to as fishermen's camp, where, in the good comradeship of out doors men the world over, I got bread arid coffee and no questions asked. I smoked a pipe with the fishermen to kill time, ancy it was still but a trifle after six o'clock when I started for Red Gate.. My mood was not for the open road, and I sought woodland paths, that I might loiter the moic. With squirrels scampering before me, and attended by bird song and the morning drum beat of the woodpecker, I strode on until I came out upon a series of rough pastures, separated by stake-and-rlder fences that crawled sinuously through tanglrs of black berries and. wild roses.: As I tramped along a cow path that traversed these pastures, the dew spurkled on the short grass, and wings whirred and dipped In salutatlom before me. My memories of the nlht vanished In the perfec tion of the day; I went forth to no renewal of acquaintance with shadows, or with the lurking figures In a dark drama, but to enchantments that were fresh whlth life and light. Barred gates separated these fallow fields, and I passed through one, crossed the In termediate pasture,-., and opened the gate of the third.- Before me lay a field of daisies, bobbing amid wild grass, the morning wind softly stirring the myriad disks, so that the whole had the effect of quiet motion. The path led on again, but more faintly here. A line of sycamores two hun dred yards to my right marked tilt? bed of the Tippecanoe; and on my left hand, beyond a walnut grove, a little filmy dust cloud hung above the hid den highway, Thu meadow was a place of utter peace; the very air spoke of holy things. 1 thrust my cap Into rrr Jacket pocket and stood watching the wind crisp the flowers. 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