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Ha vihjr (qualified ai-Adfnlnlstfa-
f-t the'testate of'MATTHffW J.
-L. .:2CJAY,r3EASED, late ol
..Dur!ia aSowatyNorth Carolina,
this is to notify all persona having
chdms against the estate of the
; 1J detxased'ta exhibit them to
. the unersigne44tW)tf!tfw?Narth
Carolina, on or beforeithe dfithtfay
of April, lxr4hi'iieticelI)fecl0e.rAn?lin County, on
i be pleaded in bar of their recov-,
ery. . , -. -
All persons indebted- to Mid
tate will please make immediate
. payment ' r' '
This the 20th day at April, 1945.
r ' . H. S. Kornegas; Admr; ef
-Matthew j; Kornegay.
E. WUserStevens'Attorney.
scnnroNS by publication
IS tl'.n 8UPERIOB COURT
EIATIS OF NOBTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF DUPLIN
Harold T, Woods
... vs'
JHIlto Louise Coohraa Woods -
The above named defendant,
BilUe Louise Cochran Woods, will
take notice, that an action as
' above entitled has been commen
ced in the Superior Court of Du
, plin County, State of North Caro
lina, by the plaintiff, Harold T.
Woods, to' secure 'an vabeohlte di
vorce from her on the grounds of
adultry, and the defendant will
further take notice that she is re
i quired to appear in the office of
i the Clerk of the Superior Court
'of Duplin County in Kenansville,
'North Carolina on or before the
; 12th day of June, 1945, or twenty
days thereafter 1 and answer or
I demur to the complaint which has
'been duly filed therein,1 or the
plaintiff will apply to the Court
ifov the relief demanded In the
said complaint.
. This the 9th day of May, 1945.
R. V. Webs, Clerk
Superior Court
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
TO CREDITORS
Ha vine Qualified as Adminls tra
itor of the estate of H. J. Boney.
deceased, - fate -of DupMn County,
(North Carolina, this is to notify
fall persons bavins; claims against
Ithe estate of said deceased -to ex
thibit them to the undersigned at
iJtoae Hill, North Carolina, on or
-before the 8th day of May, 1946,
or this notice will be pleaded in
: bar of their recovery.
Aft oersons indebted to said es
tate will please make immediate
MTWsC:h day of May, 1945. '
Inez Boney. Administratrix
of H. J. Beney, deceased.
NOTICE OF SUBIHONB
BY PUBLICATION
IN THE SUPERIOB COURT
BUPLLN COUNTY.
NOBTH CABOUNA,
ELIJAH EVERETTE
: "':
ELLA EVERETTE.
1 The defendant Ella Everette,
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commen
ced in the SODerior Court of
iplin County North - Carolina, by
Hha nlalntiff above named against
(the said defendant lor an" aDso-i
'lute divorce' on the grounds - of
t two years separation, and which
Ithe defendant Is interested and
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1 in the 'complaint filed -in this
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Clerk of the Superior Court of
Duplin County , at the Court' House
in Kenansville, North" Carolina,
on the 20th day of June, 1945 and
answer or demur to the petition
filed bv-aaid -action, which has
been "duty' tiled in- said action in
hhe "office of the Clerk of the Su-
or-befere.the 12th day of July,
1945, or the plaintiff will, apply
to the icourt for relief demanded
in the aid"omplalaV :'i .-'
-This 4he "21st day' of May, 1945.
R, V. Wells, Clerk,
' Superior Court
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;SJ:'. '-: CHA3PTER V3H
Do yeu'sweartto'hatTM
-a'l4wear it on njp sacred-honor,",
teaidi Sheriff IThiagan piously.
"The. express box is right ever"
Melody began. "
Melody stopped there, with all the
wind, suddenly . gone out 61 him, as
if 'he- had' been' kicked-in' the- stom
ach. B;nr horse.-He"had- eenght
1 George 'Fury's- eye," andkadt seen
there' aucivAinholyi terror tas Oeorge
Fury badneversbem pesere. 'For
-only a faction etaa JnsUnt. he
failed to understand, what . thU
meant
Then he knew what was the -matter.
He. knew why .Luke Packer's
body 'was. no longer . on the bunk.
And he knew where it must be now.
;"Ceorge' Fury had put the body of.
Lnke1Packer-onr-top"of 'to- express
hex' to tbe 'cache.
VT1 lever Is git utot nils -dam
eouatry,': Melody said, "I ain't nev
er eomtog back!"
"What?" Sheriff Thingan demand'
ed. "what? What's that got to do
with It?"
' "Well-bthlng. rsuppese, Melo
dy admitted. ,
'Don't 'you trybalktng on 'met"
Tbtagan anapped. m eyeseeeeaed
to have i drawn closer together, rand
his whole face had darkened as the
man changed. ; The dandyish white
mustache- remained foolish looking,
like something stuck there with
paste. -"Come on, coma on, come
' on have I f ot -SU nightT"
"Come on?" Melody repeated In
blank-desperation. "Come on how?"
Thingan iaitaotly looked as' ttthe
-would blowrup. ''Don't yon fool with
me!" he shouted. The close, taunt
ing opportunity had him crazy. 'Til
taarmp siaa-ihat'P fool with me I
Where la that express box?"
. Melody's words came weakly.
'wett-IH ten.you-M
"Thingan came close to him, and
thrust nastily burning eyes within a
few inches jot Melody's own. His
voice dropped -low,and -teemed to
loaf, as it vcoaveyed all the threat
4hat he knew hew to conceive.
"You said you knew where it
was," Thingan said. "Deny that.
and Z swear,. I'll kill. you where you
-stand. Yoff don't deny it, do you?"
"No," Melody - admitted. ""I
couldn't1 'hardly go ' to deny-something
whut I Juit-new spoke."
The big gap-toothed grin came
back to - Royal - Boone's crude-built
face. Because be was a blgiron
boned man, sure of his guns, and
with no imagination, he was able to
take time to taunt' Mormon Stocker.
"Still want to turn the pore Jigger
loose?"
"Nump," said Mormon Stocker.
- "TJus' punk, knows aometMn'."
i "Yump."
i . "Okay, then, we got to bang it out
f him, that's all!"
'fwas-tlunklng more of heating
SP a brander," Boone answered.
"If you want to burn somebody
with a brander," Cherry de Longpre
-flared at him like a spit-cat, "you
tcan jtry it on me, and see what it
.gets youl You three are the nearest
thing to no men at all that I ever
i saw, nd I've seen some sorry
ones!" ,
"Shut ..up!" Thingan bellowed,
turning on them all. "You jackasses
-inean-toetand-and-blabinitil the Cot-
Monr Wdeup snd take ever?' He
. spun-on Melody. '"Once and for all
--do you aim to cough up, or do we
nave to glt it out o' you?"
"111 ain't got no'sujestions.'
"Gift holt of him!" Thingan or
dered Ms deputies! He had holstered
'Wsv Colt, -tut nowl he ripped it out
Hkfein. It tama Into hir hand ra tt and
suddenly, not in a 'smooth draw, but
fta a vUlent one. "Git holt of him!
KYln-'mml Pin aim: and hog-tie "ml"
Mormon Stocker moved) sidelong,
ia m Sliding -lurch, to' get- between
-Meledy and the door. His gun also
fwesrin his hand now, thumb joint
'tamped hard down across the bam
mer. Whsrs-got i a tssggin' V string?"
Thmgan's voice craefcled.
riPHeyal Boone said, "Don't need
ltHe came fast around the table.
Hit hands weie mpty, but they
were in front tot him 1 at little, big
xoxnpetent hooks, tooieevy ta tie a
knot without fumbling, but good for
throwing a steer. -His "race- wes
daaA ugly now; but his eyes had a
happy blaze.
" In that instant the light went out.
: Mormon Stacker's gun spoke with
' m terrlflo concussion just as the ta
btar crashed. Instantly other guns
followed, expledint with red stabs of
aame as long as a man's arms. A
sudden- heU of yells, -collisions, and
smashing blows mixed in with the
gunfire ! nobody there could have
vouabed for who was near him or
what-was happening.
Somebody got the door open. The
faint light of the rising moon blinked
in the doorway as headlong figures
jammed In the frame and fought
their way out
"Then Sudden stillness, heavy with
: the-gua-smoke. closed down inside
s suddenly as the riot had-begun.
' "Outside; for a space of some min--uteat
sounded hammering boots, ran
dom expletivesTshots, a tew shouted
-eommandii' and 'at last, through a
stream of hlgb-tongued cussing, the
six-eight drum of a pony's hoofs,
busted out to a bard run. "A second
and a third pony tore away crashing
through the brushsplashing through
the creek; and hoofs rang on atone.
One cnoregun spoke, three times,
as fast arits hammer could cramp
and fall.
Then, an uneasy, winded quiet
Cherry da Longpre moved slowly,
tentatively, out of the corner into
which she had packed herself. Her
motions were creaky, as if aha had
been in one position tor a long time
- 7 1 J i' stood. Some of
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FRIDAY,
in 'her knees; they threatened to
bend both ways. She drew a deep,
quivering breath of let-down. ,
The blackness behind her van
ished with a snap and a flare as a
match was struck Immediately the
yellow candle-light welled up softly.
Cherry's chin jerked around, her
eyea astonished, ;
' The first thing she saw was Royal
Boone,, sitting against the wall. He
wasn't looking happy.' A trickle of
btood was running into his left eye
from a broken' eyebrow, and he was
fuzzily trying to rub it clear with
one straw-haired wrist His gun
hand rested on one propped-up knee,
the forty-five trailing idly.
: Cherry turned furious, tor no logi
cal' reason. "So, you brush ape,"
she prodded him, "they walked over
you, did they? Did you think a sor
ry passel of fakes like you could
stop any healthy man and boy
from"
' She saw surprise, and a pleasant
unbelief, come across Royal Boone's
rough-cut face. His dangling aix
gun straightened up and leveled
rock-steady at the point Cherry
turned and looked at the room.
Melody Jones was there. He had
found some of the overturned can
dles, and was methodically lighting
them, one by one.
Cherry looked at him, while slow
disillusionment choked her. "What
' Sheriff Roddy Thingan looked at
Cherry de Longpre with -all kinds of
benevolence.
are you doing here?" she asked him
without expression, almost without
voice.
'lighting this here candle," Mel
ody said.
"Why why didn't you slope?"
- Melody blew out his match and
looked at her sorrowfully. "I tried
to git holt of you," he told her. "I
felt all around to the dark. But I
couldn't find you. What could I
do? I couldn't hardly leave you here,
in this here mess."
Cherry's voice broke, full of hys
terical tears. "You fool you fool
you flea-brain! What could they do
to me?"
Melody looked her up and down
blankly. "Plenty," he decided.
Boots sounded outside; Sheriff
Rodrfy Thingan appeared to the door
behind her, unexpected. Beyond, she
eeuld hear Mormon Stocker to the
shadows.
" "They stomp-peded our hosses,"
he said bitterly. He was almost
whimpering. "They stomp-peded ev
ery last boss, and got plumb clear
of"
He stopped short as he saw Melo
dy. "Oh," be said faintly.
'1 got the one we need worst,"
Boone said.
George Fury was doing somewhat
better. Once outside the cabin and
into the timber, he was delayed by
no false notion that Melody Jones
would-be able to join him. Two
men escaping separately, without
any prearranged plan,' could hardly
hope to join forces In the storm of
flight and running battle to the .dark.
Mot even if one of them were not
Melody Jones.
He now set about the plan which
was already full-formed to his mind.
It was a conception of the utmost
bold desperation, only fit for rock-
bottom necessity; but he probably
didn't tobk at tt to this way. -He
probably thought of it as the only
thing left' to do. He set about it
methodically, wasting no moment
by useless hurry.
He first found an open promon
tory, from which he could study the
throw of the moonlit land. He could
not aee the cabin from here, but he
could closely judge its position.
Carefully he calculated the probable
trajectory of the bullet which had
killed Luke Packer.
When he bad placed the likely
position of the rifle within a furlong
or so, ha studied the country a long
time. He was thinking In terms of
poker now, judging percentages of
chance with the same careful ac
curacy he bad used a thousand
times when be bad ataked bis wages
on the sequence of the cards. He
was comparing probabilities Of place
with the little time he bad left try
tog to give himself the best stud
poker chances to come out, if it
were possible to come out
After a long, time he jogged off
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through the shrub, riding with one j
stirrup lest his bootless foot slip I
through the bow, and get him ,
dragged. But the route he chose,!
yielding and twisting to conform to'
the land, was aa certain as if be. r
rode a traveled trail. ; : ' I
But down below in the "cabin i
George now left behind, Melody'
Jones was making no new friends. - "
"I don't know why I'm not through- i c
with men," Cherry said bitterly. "I "
have a mighty poor opinion of worn-; . , ,
en, what few of 'em I've known. ( '
But If they don't have more sense
than the smartest man that ever j
walked, this race is in a bell of a i
fix!" '
"Well, shucks, now," Melody said.! , ,
"Shut up!" Sheriff Thingan
snapped at him. "How the devil."
he turned blankly to Roy Boone, ' . j- '
"does it come he's still here, any- '
way?" . . f
Royal Boone was getting to bis k -
feet concealing a certain grogglness ,'
by movements of great deliberation. ;
He made it end stood on spread j ,
heels, his back against the wall. ;
"He's here," he said heavily, "be- j
cause I kept him here." The dis- !
gruntled bad temper of an impact
headache put a saw edge on his j. -voice.
"While you fellers was fly
ing out of here, and leaving that old f
wild cat raise hell like he felt like. I
and shooting in the dark, and let-, r
ting off your guns, and losing our
horses it was me hung onto the
guy you really need."
"Tell 'em how you held onto him,"
Cherry said to Royal Boone.
He shoot her a glance of sheepish
hostility. "Well, I I held onto him,"
he said truculently. "He's here ain't
be? He shore is!"
"He shore is," Cherry admitted,
looking at Melody with a disgust that
was near to hatred.
A brisk heated argument now went
briefly round and round, like a bear
with a grip on its own tail, as the
peace officers sought to determine
who waa standing where when the
lights went out
The voice of Royal Boone had lift
ed to a measured roar. He had
shifted so that he had the door
braced shut with his back, "and
it ain't me that put us afoot!" he
bellowed.
"Then why," Mormon Stocker .
gritted at him, "did you give the old
moss-horn his gun back? You had
it Because you took it off him.
Where is it?"
'Roy Boone's left hand 'made a
sneak check-up of his waistband.
His lips drew back from his horse
teeth, but not i a grin; and be said
nothing.
"Shut up, you bothl" Sheriff Thin
gan snapped, coming back to the
world of immediate necessity. He
had noticed Cherry and Melody talk
ing with quick intensity; and now be
shouldered toward them " I
Mormon Stocker and Royal Boone
still scowled at each other, full of
black gripe.
"We got a chance of the biggest
law-and-order scoon thev's ever
been in this country," Roddy Thin- S
gan pleaded. "We all but got my
hands on the express box that's'
what we gotta get! What the hell ' i
does It matter about who stood
where? Are you guys crazy?" t
Sheriff Roddy Thingan came close ;
to Melody. He lowered his voice to
a soft simulation of double menace.
What was really menacing in it waa
not what he thought It was that
they now knew this man to 6e as
irresponsible of a prisoner's life as
a seven-year-old child in possession
of a bug.
"You was speaking of the express
box," he said, his held-down words
coming breathily, aa If he were
panting. 'You was saying you knew
where it was."
"Oh?"
"You spoke of you could lay hands
on it within the space of a minute.
All right boy. A minute is what
you got."
1 cain't use it" said Melody.
'You right sure," Thingan said,
with an even more ostentatious soft
ness, "you want to tangle with me?"
"Ain't sayto' that" Melody an
swered, mournfully. "But I ain't
going to help you git it; and that's a
fact"
"Work on him, Roy."
Royal Boone stepped toward Mel
ody, businesslike and unhurried. He '
blew once upon the knuckles of his j
half-closed hand; then smashed Mel- ,
ody on the mouth' with his fist 1
Melody spilled back against the
wall, hard. A last-instant turn of .
his head had saved his teeth. He
did not entirely go down. He came ,'!
off the wall with his hands In front
of him, charging Instinctively.. In- j
stantly Mormon Stocker was on Mel- !
ody's back, pinning his arms with a
hay-hook grip upon each of Melody's
elbows. Melody was not entirely
pinned, but he was impeded enough ''
to make a sucker of him. He re- r
laxed and stood up In Stocker's grip. 1
his eyes on Roddy Thingan.
Cherry de Longpre turned while, f
but she didn't say anything, A quick ..
trickle of blood ran trom the cur-
ner of Melody's mouth. By ducking ;,
his head he wiped this off on his
shoulder, but it Instantly reap
peared.
"Where la It?" Thingan asked
Melody. V
Jones said nothing.
Royal Boone stepped to again. He
'made a quick feint wllh bia left
band, and as Melody ducked,
brought up a crushing right upper
cut It looked as if it nearly tore
off Melody'a head; but Mormon -Stocker's
hold upon him kept him
from falling. A purpling split ap- ''
peared on Melody's cheek bone, and '
began to bleed, 'if
Cherry'a words jemed to choke
her, but ber voice was low. She
said, "You'll never get anywhere
Uke that." 1
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