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>*? r ; . ? ? . ? v? ? . . ; ? ? ? ?? T^flf2 * * * ? <? - nr i_i tz * * 1 n c t7 ? ? ? ? ? ??? Ww 0 Princess Vir^inis i| ? :!I!I j: 8y C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON, U ,1 ! ! i .1 ! ! Authors of**IW Lightning Conductor." "Ro?e- <; ,2 mm In Search of a Father.** Etc. > > 44 ! X COPYRICHT? igo7- BY McCLURE, PHILLIPS I* CO. ?r^ ^ gCHAPTEE FOUR * O she had gone od ber >f knees to liiui after all ? ' or uluiost. She wus glad ' ? iMJ ber mother did not know, and she hoped that be did not feel the pulsing of the blood In her lingers us be took her band and lifted her to her feet. There was shame In tills tempest that swept through her veins becuuse he did not share it, for to her, though this meeting was an epoch, to him it was no more than a trivial incident. She would have keyed Ills emotions to hers if she could, but since she hud had years of preparation, he a single moment, perhups she might have been consoled for the disparity could she have read his eyes. They said. If she had known, "Is the sky raining god desses today?" Now, what were to lie her llrst words to blm? Dimly she felt that If she were to profit by this wonderful chance to know the man aud not the emperor ?this chance which might be lost In a few momenta unless her wit la-friend ed her?those words should lie Is-youd the common. Khe should la- able to marshal her sentences as a general marshals his buttallons, with a plan of campaign for each. A ! [ilrlt monitor ?a matchmaking monitor wlils|>ercd these wis# advices In licr < ar, yet she was powerless to prollt by them. I.Ike n schoolgirl about to 1 j i . ji in I neil for u scholnrshlp, know l:i;t that nil the future ml^ht dc|M>ml upon an hour of the present, the dire r v! to lie resourceful, to lie brilliant, left bor dumb. Ilow many times hud site not thought of her first conversation with I<eopold of Ithnetia, planning the tlrst words, the tlrst looks, which must make him know that she was different from any other girl he had over met! Yet here she stood, speechless, epigrams turning tall'and racing away from her like a troop of playful colts refusing to lie caught. And so It was the emperor who spoke before Virginia's savoir fa Ire ciupe back. "I hope you're not hurt?" asked the | chamois hunter In the patois dear to , the heart of lthaetlan mountain folk. | She had been glad before, now she . was thankful, that she had spent many J weeks and months In loving study of / the tongue which was Leopold's. It was uot the metier of a chamois hunt- ' er to s|a>ak Knglish, though the em- I jieror was said to know the language well, and she rejoiced In her ability to auswcr the chamois hunter us he would be answered, keeping up the play. "1 am hurt only In the pride that \ comes before a fall." she replied, fori' j Ing a laugh. "Thank you many times . for saving me." "1 feared that 1 frightened you anil ? made you lose your footing," the chain ! ols hunter answered. "1 think, on the contrary, if It hadn't been for you 1 should have lost my life," said Virginia. "There should tie a sign put up on that tempting pla teau, 'All Except Suicides Beware.' " "The necessity never occurred to us, my mates and me," returned the man In the gray coat passemolled with green. "Until you came, gna' frauleln, no tourist that I know of has found It J tempting." ^ Virginia s eyes lit with a suddeu ? spark. The spirit monitor?that match making monitor came back and dared her to n frolic, such a frolic, she ! thought, as no girl on earth liad ever had or would have after her. And site ! could show this grave soldier-hero of hers something new In life?something quite new?which It would not harm hint to know. Then, let come what would out of this adventure, at worst she should always have an Olympian episode to remember. "Until I came?" she caught up lita words, standing carefully on the spot where he had placed her. "But I am uo tourist. I am an explorer." He lifted level, dark eyebrows, smil ing faintly, and when he smiled half his austerity was gone. go beautiful a girl as this need not rise beyond agreeable commonplaces of mind and speech to please a man. in deed. this particular chamois hunter expected no more than good looks, a good heart and a nice manner from women. Yet this !>oauty bade fair, It seemed, to hold surprises in reserve. "I have brought down noble game today," he said to himself, and aloud: "I know the Schneehorn well and love It well. Still I can't see what rewards It has for the explorer?unless, gna' fraulein, you are a climber or a geolo gist." "I'm neither, yet I think I hnve seen something, a most rare thing, I've wanted all my life to see." The young man's face confessed curi osity. "Indeed! A rare thing that lives here on the mountain?" "1 am not sure if it lives here. I should like to find out," replied the girl "Might one inquire the name of tbla rare thing?" asked the chamois hunter "I'erhrips if I knew it might turn out that I could help you in the search. But, first, if yru'd let me lead you t? me pinii'uu. wnere l tmnk you were golug. Here your bead might still grow u little Kldily, aud It's uot well to keep you stundlUK. K?a' frauleln, ou such a spot. You've passed all the worst uow. The rest Is easy." She gave lilio her baud, pleasing her self by fancying the act a kind of alle Kory. as she let hlin lend her to safe and pleasant places on a higher, sun uier level. "Perhaps the rare thing grows here," the chuuiols hunter went on, looking about the green plateau with a new In terest. "I think not," Virginia answered, shaking her bend, "it would thrive lietter nearer the mountain top In a more hidden place than this. It docs not love tourists." "Nor do 1, In truth." smiled the chamois huuter. "You took me for one." "Pardon, gnu' frauleln?not the kind of tourist we both mean." "Thank you." "liut you have uot said If 1 might help you lu your search. This Is a wild region for a young lady to be exploring lu nloue." "I feel sure," responded the princess graciously, "that If you really would you could help me as well as any one In Ithaetia." "You are kind Indeed to say so. though I don't know how 1 have de served the compliment." "Did It sound like n cotnullmentl Well, leave It ho. I mount Itecause you ure nt home In these high alti tudes, and the rare thiug I speak of Is n plant that grows In high places. It Is said to lie found only In Ithaetian mountains, though 1 have never heard of any one who has tieen able to track It down." "Is It otir pink Ithnettan edelweiss, of which we are so proud'/ Because If It is and you will trust me I know ex actly where to take you to tlnd It. With my help you could climb there from here In a few moments." She shook her head again, smiling In scrutably. "Thank you. It's not the pink edelweiss. The scientific, the eso teric name I've promised that I'll tell to no one, but the common people in my native country who have heard of it would call the plant edelmann." "You have already seen It on the mountain, but not growing?" "Some chamois hunter, like yourself, had dropped It perhaps, not kuowlng what Its value was. It's a great deal to have had one glimpse?worth run ning Into danger for." "Perhaps, gna' frnulein, you don't realize to the full the danger you did run. No chance was worth it, believe ine." "You, a chamois hunter, say thut?" "Hut I'm a man. You ore a woman, aud women should keep to beaten paths and safety." The princess laughed. "I shouldn't wonder." said she. "tf that's a lihao tian theory", a Ithaetian man's theory. I've heard your emperor holds It." "Who told you that, gna' frnulctn?" He gave her a sharp glance, but ber gray eyes looked innocent of guile and were therefore at their most danger ous. "Oh. many people have told me. Cats may look at kings, and the most lnslgnlllcunt persons may talk of em perors I've heard many things of yours." "(?nod things or bud?" "No doubt such things as he truly deserves Now. can you guess which? Hut perhaps I would tell you without your guessing If I were not so very. very Hungry She glanceu nt the pocket of his font, from which |>ro tt'n tied ii generous buiicli of black bread and hum. thrust In probably at the instant when she hail called fur help. "I can't help seeing that you have your lunchooii with you. Do you want it all"? she carefully ignored the contents of her rucksack, which she could not well have forgotten?"or would you share It?" The chamois hunter looked surprised, though not displeased: lint. then, this | was his first experience of a feminine explorer, and he quickly rose to the oc j caslon. "There Is more, much more bread and bueon. where this came from." he replied. "Will you be graciously pleased to accept something of our best?" "If you please, then I. too. shall be pleased." she said. Guiltily she re metnltered Miss Portman, but the dear I.etltia could not be considered now. If she were alarmed, she should be well consoled later. "I and some friends of mine have a ?a sort of hut round the corner from this plateau and a short distance on," announced the chamois hunter, with a I gesture that gave the direction. "No womau has ever been our guest, but I Invite you to visit It and lunch there, or. If you prefer, remain here and lti a few minutes I will bring sueli food as we can offer. At best It's not much to boast of. We chamois hunters arc poor men, living roughly." The princess smiled. Imprisoning each new thought of mischief whlcli flew Into her mind like a trapped bird i "I've heard you're rich In hospitality,' she said. "I'll go with you to youi i hut, for It will be a chance to prov* i' the saying." I i ne eye* of the Hunter?dork, lirli llant aud keen a* the eagle's to which she compared him pierced her*. "You have no fear?" he asked "You are a jonus; girl, alooe. save for me. !u a desolate place. Kor all you kuow, my mates aud I may be a baud of brig and*." "Baedck-r doesn't mention the ex Isteuce of brigands In these days among the Ithaetlan Alps." replied Virginia, with quaint dryness. "I've always found him trustworthy. Be sides, I've great faith In the chivalry of Ithaetlan men, and If you knew how hungry I am you wouldn't keep me waiting for talk of brigands. Bread and butter are far more to the point" "Even search for the rare edelmann may wait?" "Yes; the edelmann may wait?on me." The last two words she dared but to whisper. "You must pardon my going first" said the man with the bare brown knees. "The way la too narrow for politeness " id < *..* rh?: vs? home had such courteous manners as yours." Virginia patronized him pret tily. "You ithaetlan* need not go to court, I see, for lessons In behavior." "The mountains teach us something, maybe." "Something of their greatness, which we should all do well to learn. But have you never lived In a town?" "A man of nty sort exists In a town; he lives In the mountains." With this diplomatic response the tall figure swung round n corner formed by a ' bowlder of rock, and Virginia gave a little cry of surprise, The hut of which the chamois hunter had spoken was revealed by the turn, and It was or nil unexpected anil striding descrip tion. Instead of the humble erection < of stones and wood which she had ! counted on, the rocky side of the mountain Itself had been coaxed to give her sons a shelter. A doorway and large square openings ' for windows had been cut In the red veined, purplish browu porphyry, while a heavy slab of oak and wooden frames ' filled full of glittering bottle glass pro tected such rooms ns might have been hollowed out within from storm or cold. Even had Virginia been Ignorant of her host's Identity she would have been wise enough to guess that here was no semmhutte, or ordinary abode of common |>eiisants who hunt the cham ois for a precarious livelihood. The work of hewing out In the solid rock a habitation such as this must have cost more than most Uhaetlnn chamois hunters would save In many a year. IJut her wisdom also counseled her to express no further surprise after her first exclamation. "My mates are away for the time, though they may come back by and by," the man explained, holding the heavy oaken door that she might pass Into the room within, and, though she was not Invited to further exploration, she was able to see by the several j doorways cut In the rock walls that this wus not the sole accommodation the strange house could boast. On the rock floor rugs of deer and chamois skin were spread. In a rack of oak ornamented with splendid ant lers and studded with the sharp point ed horns of the chamois were suspend ed guns of modern make and brightly | [M>lished, formidable hunting knives. The table in the center of the room had been carved with admirable skill, and the half dozen chairs were oddly fash I loued of stags' antlers shaped to hold fur cushioned wooden seats. A carved dresser of black oak held a store of the coarse blue, red and green china made ! by peasants In the valley below, through w hich Virginia had driven yes terday, and these bright colored dishes were eked out with platters and great tankards of old pewter, while In the deep fireplace a gypsy kettle swung over a bed of fragrant pine wood em tiers. i "This Is a delightful place?fit for a king or even for un emperor," said Virginia when the bare kneed chamois hunter had offered her n chair near the fire and crossed the room to open the ; closed cupboard uuder the dresser shelves. lie was stooping as she spoke, but at her last words looked around over his shoulder We mountain men aren t afraid of a little work when It's for our own com fort." he replied, "and most of the things you see here are homemade dur ing the long winters." "Then you are all very clever ludeed. But this place is interesting. Tell me. has the emperor ever been your guest | here? I've read?let me see. could It have iH-en in the guidebook or In some paper??that he comes occasionally to this northern rauge of mountains." "Oh, yes; the emperor has been at our hut several times. He's good enough to approve it." the host unswered calm ly. laying a loaf of black bread, a fine seeded cheese aud a kuuckle of ham 011 i the table. He then glanced at his ! guest, expecting her to come forward, but she sat still on her throne of ant lers, her small feet In their sensible mountain boots daintily crossed under the short tweed skirt. "1 hear he also Is a good chamois hunter," she carelessly went on. "But that perhaps Is only the flattery which makes the atmosphere of royalty. No doubt you. for Instance, could really give him many points In chamois hunt 1 lug." The young man smiled. "The em peror's not a bad shot." "For an amateur. But you're a pro 1 fessional. 1 wager now that you would not for the woMd change places with the emperor." How the chamois hunter laughed at : this aud Bhowed bis white t?eth! There ' were those In the towns he scorned who would have been astonished at his light hearted mirth. "Change places with the emperor' ? Not uuless I were obliged, gna' frau llela uot aow. at uH events." with a complimentsr.v low and glntne "Thank you. You're a courtier And that reminds me of another thing '"cy say of hlui In my eouDtry. The story Is that he dislikes the society of women Hut perha(is It la that he doesn't uuderatand them." "It Is possible, lady. Hut I never beard that they were so difficult of comprehension " "Ah. that shows bow little you 'hamoia hunters have had time to 'earn. Why. we cnu't even understand ourselves or know what we're most likely to do uext. and yet?a very odd thing?we have no difficulty In reading one another and kuowing all each oth er's weaknesses." "That would seem to soy that a man should get a woman to choose his wife for him." ' I'm not so sure It would be wise, yet your emperor, we bear, will let the chancellor choose his." "Ah, were you told this also In your country?" "Yes. for the gossip is that she's an Krigllsh princess. NBw, what's the good of lahirg a powerful emperor If he can't even pick out a wife to please his owu taste?" "I know nothing about such high matters, gna' frauleln, hut 1 fancied that royal folk took wives to please their people rather than themselves. It's their duty to marry, you know. And If the lady be of royal blood, vir tuous, of the right religion, not too sharp tempered and pleasant to look ut, why, those are the principal things to consider, I should suppose." "So should I not suppose If 1 were a man and eui|>eror. I should want the pleasure of falling in love." "Safer not. gna' frnulein. He might fall in love with the wrong woman." And the chamois hunter looked with half shamed Intentness Into his guest's sweet eyes. She blushed uuder his gaze and was so conscious of the hot color that she retorted at random. "1 doubt If be could fall in love. A mau who would let his chancellor choose for him?he can have no warm blood in his veins." "There I thlnU you wrong him. lady," the answer came quickly. "The em peror is?a man. But It may be he has found other interests in his life more Important than woman." "Bringing down chamois, for In stance. You would sympathize there " "Chamois give good sport. They're hard to find?harder still to hit when you have found them." "So are the best types of women? those who. like the chamois and the plant I spoke of, live only in high places. Oh. for the sake of my sex I do hope that some day your emperor will change his mind?that a woman will make him change it!" "Perhaps a woman has already." Virginia grew pale. Was she too late, or was this a concealed compli ment u hlch the chamois hunter did uot guess she had the clew to tind? She could uot answer. The sileuce be tween the two became electrical, and the young man broke it at last with some slight signs of confusion. "It's a pity," said he. "that our em peror can't hear you. lie might be converted to your views." "Or he might clap me into prison for ieze majesty." "He wouldn't do that, gna' fraulein. If lie's anything like me." "Anything you like! Why. now you ; put me in mind of it, he's not unlike you in apiiearance, 1 mean, judging ? by his portraits." "You have seen his portraits?" "Yes. I've seen some. I really think 1 you must be n little like bim, only browner and taller perhaps. Yet I'm glad tlat you're a chamois hunter and not an emperor?almost as glad as you can lie." "Will you tell me why, lady?" "Oh. for one reason, because 1 couldn't possibly ask him, if he were here in your place, what I'm going to ask of you. You've very kindly laid the bread and hum ready, but you for got to cut them." "A thousand pardons. Our talk has 1 set my wits woolgathering. My mind should have been on my manners lu | stead of on such furotf things as em perors and their love affairs." lie began hewing at the big loaf as ?if i. ?/v it ii h im i* ?iii ruruij iu i f > <>iii|uui vu. Anil there were few iu Rhaetia who I hail ever seeu those dark eyes so bright "1 like bum and bread cut thin. | lilease." said the princess "There; i that's better I'll sit here If you'll bring the things to ine, for I find that j I'tn tired, ami yon are very kind." "A draft of our Rhaetia n beer will do you more pood than anything," bur gested the hunter, taking up the plate of bread and haul lie had tried hard to cut according to her taste, placing it in her lap and going back to draw a tank ard of foaming amber liquid from a quaint hogshead in a corner. But Virginia waved the froth crown ed pewter away with a smile and a pretty gesture. "My head has already proved not strong enough for your mountains. I'm sure it Isn't strong j enough for your beer. Have you some nice cold water?" The young man laughed and shrug | ged his shoulders, "our water here is j tit only for the outside of the body," he explained. "To us that's no great ' deprivation, as we're all true Rhae tians for our beer. But now on your account I'm sorry." "Perhaps you have some milk?" sug gested Virginia. "I love milk. And 1 could scarcely count the cows, they were so many, as I came up the moan tain from Alleheillgeu." "It's true there are plenty of cows , about," replied tier host, "and 1 could | easily catch one. But if I fetch the t>east here can you milk it?" "Dear me, no! Surely you, a great strong man, would never stand by and let a weak girl do that? Oh, I almost tiish I hadn't thought of the milk U j much!" "You shall have the milk, lady." re turned the chamois hunter. "I"? "How good you are!" exclaimed the ' princess. "It will lie more thnu nice of j you. Hut?I don't want you to think that I'm giving you all this trouble for nothing. Here's something Just to show that 1 appreciate It and to re member me by." She would not look up. though she longed to see what expression the dark face wore, but kept her eyes upon her hand, from which she slowly withdrew a ring. It fitted tightly, for she had bad It made years ago. before her slender fingers had finished grow ing When at last she had pulled off the Jeweled circlet of gold she held It up temptingly "What 1 have done and anything 1 may yet do Is a pleasure." said the hunter. "Ilut. after all, you have learn ed little of Itbaetln if you think that we mountain men ever take payment from those to whom we've been able to show hospitality." "Ah. but I'm not talking of pay ment." pleaded the princess. "I wish only to lie sure that you mayn't forget the first woman who. you tell me. has ever entered this door." The young man looked at the door, not at the girl "It Is Impossible that I should forget." said he. almost stiffly. "Still. It will hurt me If you refuse my ring." went on Virginia. "Please j at least come and see what it's like." lie obeyed, and as she still held up | the ring he took It from her that he j might examine It more closely. "The crest of Rbaetla!" he exclaim ed as his eyes fell upon a shield of | black and green enamel set with small but exceedingly brilliant white dia moiuls. "How curious! I've been woudcring that you should speak our language so well"? "It's not curious at all really, but very simple," said Virginia. "Now," with a faint tremor In her voice "press the spring on the left side of the shield, and when you've seen what's underneath I think you'll feel that you can't loyally refuse to accept my little offering." The bronze forefinger found a pin's point protuberance of gold. and. press ing sharply, the shield tiew up to re veal a tiny but exquisitely painted miniature of Leopold 1. of Rhaetla. The chamois hunter stared at It and did not s|M- k. but the blood came up to his brown forehead. "You're surprised?" asked Virginia. "I am surprised because I'd bee: led to suppose that you thought poorly of our emperor " "Poorly! Now. what could have given vou that Impression?" "Why. you made fun of his opinion of women." "Who am I. pray, to 'make fun' of an emperor's opinion, even In a mat ter he would consider so unimportant? On the contrary. 1 confess that I, like most other girls 1 know, am deeply interested In your great Leopold If only because I ?we?would be charita bly minded and teach him better. As for the ring, they sell things more or less of this sort In several of the Rhaetlnn cities I've passed through on my way here. Didn't you know that?" "No. lady. I have never seen one like It." "And. as for ray knowledge of Rhae tian. I've always been interested in the study of languages. Languages are fascinating to conquer, and then the literature of your country is so splendid one must be able to read it at first hand Now. you'll have to say 'Yes' to the ring, won't you, and keep It for your emperor's sake. If not for mine?" "May 1 uot keep it for yours as well?" "Yes. If you please And?about the milk?" The chamois hunter caught up a gaudy jug and without further words went out. When he had gone the princess rose, and, taking the knife he had used to cut the bread and ham, she kissed the handle on the place where his fingers had grasped It. "You're a very silly girl. Virginia, uiy dear." she said "Rut. oh. how you do love him! How he Is worth loving, anil what a glorious hour you're hav ing!" For ton minutes she sat alone, per haps more. Then the door was fluug open and her host fluug himself in. no longer with the gay air which had sat like a cloak upon him. Imt hot and sulky, the jug in his hand as empty as when he had gone out "1 have failed." he said gloomily?"I have failed, though I promised you the milk." "Couldn't you find a cow?" asked Virginia. "Oh. yes. I found one. more than one, and caught them too. I even forced them to stand still and grasped them by their udders, but not a drop of milk would come down Abomina ble brutes! I would gladly have killed them, but that would have given you no milk." For her life the princess could not help laughing, his air was so desperate If only those cows could have known who he was and appreciated the honor! "Pray, pray don't mind," she begged. "You have done more than most men could have done After all. I'll have | a glass of Rbaetian beer with you to l drink your health and that of your em peror. I wonder, by the bye. if he, who prides himself on doing all things well, can milk a cow." "]f not. he should learn," said the chamois hunter viciously. "There's no knowing. It seems, when one may need the strangest accomplishments and be humiliated for lack of them." "No. not humiliated." Virginia as I sured him. "It's always Instructive to And out one's limitations. And you have been most good to me. See. while you were gone I ate the slice of bread und ham you cut. and never did a meal ' Ufte betid. ini-ny iniugs to u? wmcn l~ve you leave undone I've trespassed on you too loug." "Indeed, laily. It seems scarcely a moment si lice you came, aud I have no work to do." the chamois hunter In sisted. "But I've n friend waiting for me on the mountain," the princess confessed. "Luckily she had her lunch and will have eaten It. and ber guidebook must have kept her happy for awhile, but by this time I'm afraid she's anx ious and would be coming In search of me If she dared to stir. 1 must go. Will you tell me by what name I shall remember my rescuer when I recall this day ?' "They named me for the emperor." "They were wise. It suits you. Then I shall think of you as Leopold. Leo pold what? But, no; don't tell me the other name. It can't be good enough to match the first, for, do you know, 1 admire the name of Leopold more than any other I've ever heard? So, Leo pold, will you shake hands for good byr The strong hand came out eagerly and pressed hers. "Thank you, gna' frauleln, but It's not goodby yet. You must let me help you back by the way you came and down the mountain." "Will you really? I dared not ask as much for fear. In spite of your kind hospitality, you were, like your noble namesake, n hater of women." "That's too hard a word even for an emperor, lady, while, as for me. If X ever said to myself 'No woman can be of much good to a man as a real com panion' I'm ready to unsay It." "I'm glad. Then you shall come with me aud help me, and you shall help my friend, who Is so good and so strongmlnded that perhaps she may make you think even better of our sex. If you will you shall be our guide down to Allehelligen, where we've been staying at the Inn since last night. Besides all that, If you wish to be very good you may carry our cloaks and rucksacks, which seem so heavy to us, but will be nothing for your strong shoulders." [to be continued.) Man Zan Pile Remedy oomes ready to use, In a collapsible tube, with noz zle. One application soothes and heals, reduces inflammation and re lieves soreness and itching. Price 50c. Sold by Hood Bros. NOTICE. North Carolina, I In the Superior .Johnston County j Court. B. B. Lee, et als vs E. O. Lee The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above lias been commenced in the Superior Court of Johnston county to sell for partition 35 acres of land situated and located in Meadow Township and being a tract in which said defendant is in terested, said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Johnston county on Saturday, April 18th, lfb8 at the Court House in said county and answer or demur to the Complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint. W. S. STEVENS, Clerk Superior Court. Wellons & Morgan, Attorneys for Plainttff. COMMISSIONERS SALE. North Carolina i In the Superior Johnston County f Court. March Term 1908. L. B. Richardson vs. M. B. Saunders & Anna N. Saunders. By virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Johnston County made in this cause at the March term of said Court, we, the undersigned Commissioners, will sell, on the 25th day of April, 1908 at 12 o'clock M. at the court-house door in the Town oi Smithfield, by public auc tion for cash, the following described lots and ands: Tlie first lot or parcel of land being a town lot in the Town of Jerome, in lleulah Township, in the County of Johnston n,.d State of North Carolina, and being lot No. 2 in block "li," in the Polly Pcarce division of lands, contain ing 140 'X 50.' together with the build ings situated thereon. The second tract or parcel of land is also in Beulah Township, in the said County and State, adjoining the Ueiald and Godwin lands, and begins at a pine formerly known as the Henry Gerald corner, now Gillie Godwin's corner, and runs w th this line S. 44-.?4 E. 8S poles to a stake near a spring; thence N 4s) K. 12 poles to a stake; thence N. 85 K 87 1-5 poles to a dead pine; thence 12 1 2 E. 86 poles to a stake; thence N 7 1-2 W 6 poles to a stake; thence N. 18 W. 16 poles to a popla r in the head of a branch; thence S. 61 1-2 W. 47 1 2 poles to a stake; thence S. 11 1-2 W. 46 poles to the beginning, containing twenty-seven (27) acres more or less. This laud is sold by order of the Court to make assets to satisfy a judgment rendered in this cause. The title Is per fect. The salewill be absolute, and no by bidding. This the 21st day of March, 11)08. E. S. AHKLL. J. A. Wkllons. Commissioners. NOTICE OF SALE. By virtue of the powers contained In a mortgage deed executed on the 16th day of April, 1896, by E. Creech, Laura Creech. J. B. Creech and Sally Cieecb, to C. K. Adams & Co. and the same, on the 3rd day of April. 1897, was duly transferred, assigned and conveyed to J. W. Sanders, The said J.IV, Sanders as assignee of said Mor tagees, will,on Saturday the 2, of May, 1906, at 12 o'clock M..sell at public auction for cash.at the court house door in the town of Smith field, the following described lots and land: Lying and being in Ingram's Township, in the county of Johnston and State of North Carolina, and in the town of Four Oaks. ?nd adjoining the lots of J. T. Cole, J. W. Sanders and others, and known as the barroom lot owned by the late N. T. Cole, and purchaeed by him and J. W. Keen from I). W. Adams. It is further known as part of lot No. 5 in block Q. ih the plot of the town of Four Oaks. N. C. The aforesaia mortgage deed is duly record ed In the Registry oi Johnston county, in book No. 6. page 200. This the Sod day of April, 1906. J. W. Sanders. MurttfJf* Ly Ed.?. Abe'..,Att'y.
The Smithfield Herald (Smithfield, N.C.)
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April 17, 1908, edition 1
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