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Coming as a complete surprise,
to their friends here is the an
nouncement of the marriage of
Miss Willie B. Sloafi of Auburn,
Ga. to Melon C- Whitner of
Hickory, which was solemlxed at
Independence, Va., June 14,
Rev. Poole' officiating.
Mrs. Whitner has been mana
ger of the Western vUnion Tele
graph office here for the past
two years. The, groom is an ln
speefcr for the Western Elec
tric Co., and has been located In
Elkln for the past several
months. Both have a wide circle
of friends. !
Following a. brief honeyAoon
through Western North Carolina
and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs.
Whitner will be at home at the
Sopier's home on Bridge Street.
Another step in building the
bepf cattle industry of Jackson
county was made recently when
Tyra Davis purchased a pure
bred Shorthorn bull.
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• "Dearie, you could go to the
minister's funeral in them," the
clerk assured her. They parted
I with the Impression in both
young hearts that they could
have loved each other if life had
not held so- many other inter-'
3StS.
It was pleasant to be clad in
| her own garments now, though
' she had to carry Margaret's out-'
fit in a box, as well as her own
additional purchases, packed in
the new suitcase. ■ |.
Last of all she visited the
ihips beauty parlor "Dye my
hair black." she said. |
The subsequent effect was not
ba dbut she surveyed it with
more approval than it w"arrant-j
ed. It not only changed her
Treatly, but it crystallized in her
mind a half formed plan to a-'
bandon the farm hibernation she,
had considered, and tT remain in
the city and get some work.
Back in her hotel rooms once
more, she looked at her wrist
watfch. Quarter-past four. In less
than two hours Hamilton would
be calling for heV. She wondered
what he would think of the dy
ed hair, and Immediately realiz
ed exactly what he would think
of it. He would not like it. She
wonld put on her hat to avoid!
giving him too sudden a shockj
There was a tap on the door.'
and she hastened to open. it. Al
most before she could do so. it
was flung open and Hamilton
hurried into the room.
"Don't be worried" he said.!
trying to speak naturally, and
even producing a fair imitation
lof his characteristic smile. "He's
clown there."
"He? Who?' '
Hut she knew.
"The man you spoke of last
night. At least I'm pretty sure
it's the same man. He fits the
description, and he's asking at
the desk for Miss Berson. He de
scribed you to a dot, and Robin
son immediately made the
NOTICE
Carolina, Surry County
In Superior Court
The Federal Land Bank of Co
, lumbia. Plaintiff,
vs.
A. P. Whitaker and wife M. E.
Whitaker, and Paul Whitaker,!
and Others, Defendants.
The defendant Paul P Whit
aker. above named, will take
notice that an action as above en
titled has been commenced • in 1
the Superior Court of Surry
County to foreclose a certain!
mortgage on lands situated inj
Elkin Township, county of Surry
State of North Carolina, execut
ed by A. P. Whitaker and wife
M. E. Whitaker in favor of the
' plaintiff on the 18th day of De
■ cember, 1923, recorded In book
of Mortgages 91 at page 65 de
fault having been made by the
defendants in the payment of
certain installments secured by
the said mortgage and in fail
ure to pay the taxes on the lands
as provided in the said mortgage
and the said defendant, Paul P.
Whitaker will further take no
tice that he is required to ap
pear before the Cierk of the
Superior Court of Surry County
at his office in Dobson, N. C.
within 30 days after the comple
tion of service of summons by
' m this publication and answer the
complaint which has been filed
in the office of said Clerk, or
demur thereto, within the said
time above specified, or the
Plaintiff will aply to the court
for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This July 1. 1930.
F. T. Llewellyn, Clerk of
Superior Court of Surry County.
July 3-10-17-24
Notice Of Administration
North Carolina
Surry County
Having qualified as executors
of the estate of L. J. Bray, de
ceased. this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the
said estate to present them to
the undersigned for payment on
or before July 2, 1931, or t|»is
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons In
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This July 2, 1930. ~
Ahram O. Bray
John D. Berry, Executors,
Estate of L. J. Bray, deceased
f July 10-17-24-81
j bright suggestion that it might
be Miss rarsons, Fortuniately I
was prosing the desk and heard
him. so I didn't stop for the ele
vator, but sprinted up the stair
case to warn you." y
She caught up her coat and
I hurled Into the bedroom for the
suitcase she had not yet un
i packed. *
i "Let's go." she called back as
she hurriedly added to It the
I garments of the night before.
' "We can slip out the back way."j
The room telephone tinkled, i
but she was already In the hall.
' almost running. He took the suit
case and kept close by her side,
, walking with long strides. His
! manner was normal now, and lie
'• spoke so casually that her
i nerves relaxed.
I "Better go down the back
I steps," he advised her, as she
turned toward the service f\c-\
vator.
i "Of course. I didn't think . ."
He led the way and she fol
lowed him.
Hamilton picked up a taxicab.
"Up into Central Park," he
told the driver. "Make good time
and keep going till I tell you to
stop." As the cab started he
turned to his silent companion!
; and was shocked by her pallor.
"There's nothing to worry a
bout now," he hastily reminded
her. She broke out with a des
peration tlmt horrified himt
I "Perhaps not .. . till the next
; time! But I can't keep this sort
' of thing up— running from place
to place, h'lding , . or trying to
hide . . as if I were a criminal."
I can't endure it any longer."
"Of course you can't . . and
you're not going to." He spoke
sothingly, as he would to a child
"As soon as we get to the. park
! I'll tell you how we can avoid
! ?ny more running and hiding.
But .iust now I want you to re
lax. There's absolutely nothing
to be worried about, and there
| isn't going to be any more wor
ry for you In the future."
She sighed, plainly
ed: but the quiet assurance of
his manner had its usual effect,
nnd he was relieved to see her
look of high nervous tension
give way to one that merely ex
pressed utter hopelessness. Both
l were silent while the cab made
: its swift teay -up Fifth Avenue:
When it entered the park Hamil
ton gave the driver another or
' . 'ler" •
"There's a quiet little corner
up at the northern end. where
! we can talk," he explained to
I Eve. "I've gone there several
times lately to think things ov
er. 1 ' ..
When they reached the quiet
1 corner he paid the chauffeur
while Eve glanced around with
out Interest. She had. Indeed, a
look that alarmed him —some-
; thing of the look of an exhaust
ed swimmer, ready to go down
He led her to a bench and sat
sat down besideM»er.
"I expected something like
this Eve," he began casually. It
was the third time he had used
the name, but neither of them
was conscious of this. "I don't
know why I expected It," he
went on. "but I did. Perhaps I
had what's called a 'hunch'.
Perhaps I merely reasoned that
your large friend's next move
would be to &et professional
help and track you. Anyway, I
was sure something was coming
and I got ready for It. That's
why I told you there would be
no more of It. There* won't be if
you will trust me and do what I
suggest."
She replied only with a ges
ture. but It was a gesture ex
pressing such despair that it
made his throat ache. She mere-
Iv raised her right hand, which
lay in her lap, and dropped it
again as if the effort had been
to much "'for her: "but there was
eloquence in the simple action.
It implied that she had come to
the end of things. He had to
wait a moment before he conld
go on.
"I'll put my plan before you,"
, he said at last, "and I want you
to hear it all before you speak.
You can't continue like this. You
see that yourself clearly enough.
The time has come when you
must give someone else the right
to protect you. So I want you to
I go through a marriage ceremony
with me. Eve. and I want you to
do It right now.
> "Of course it will be. only a
matter of form," he hurried on.
..That goes without saying. But
it wil Igive me the legal right to
stand between you and the
world. You can drop all your
troubles on my shoulders and
forget them; and if any large
stranger comes looking for you
he'll find me ready to tell him
where he gets off. By meeting
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him too. I may find out who
■you are and all about you; even-|
tually, as soon as you're willing
to we'll get in touch with your
family, or with your friends if
you have no family."
She seemed stunned, and lift
was not surprised. But she asked
a question that made his eyes
kindle. She was actually consid
ering his suggestion: "Would
1 such a marriage be legal? We
don't even know my name,
j "Probably it wouldn't be legal
lin'your present condition. But it!
doesn't matter whether it's legal
or not, since it's merely bluff
for present use. The persistent
gentleman who Is dogging you
won't konw it isn't legal, any
more than he knows "of the
other complicatons. I will make
him or any one else who is in
toro:t:d in you, deal with me as
▼our husband, until you meet
some one in whom you have
more faith. When yon are your
self again, and all this trouble
Is past. I shall ask yon to real
ly marry me, and If you consent
we'll have another ceremony.
If you don't, we can have this
little bond nullified very easily
as a simpl* matter of expediency
!in the usual conditions existing
when it w»« made. A.nd all my
life, even if I nevif r sec you a
gain." he added simply "I shall
'»f> happy because I was able to
bo of us" to you."
He stopped now, so definitely
i.hat knew he was waiting
for an answer; but she merely j
' •rented that tragic gesture of ;
her ungloved hand. He took the,
hand and held it..
"I know all about you," she
1 muvmbred;
I "Of course you do. I saw to
it that you knew all about me,
: for I was sure something like
this would happen.*'
He thought he was following
; the workings of her mind, but
> her next remark surprised liim.
"You don't know anything at
all about me. Why!" she broke
- out, "I may be a criminal . . . .
■ an adventuress! I may be any
. thing! It will be taking advant
-1 age of my one friend. It may
i out you into a position that is
• simply* horrible."
"See rere." he said. "I won't
i have a moment of peace till I've
safe-guarded you. Let's stop
talking and go and be married."
To his Incredulous delight
she rose as If the matter were
Fettled.
"But I've warned you," she
reminded him as they walked
to the nearest roadwfcy.
"And I think" she added, "I
shall despise myself for letting
you do this."
They fololwed the roadway,
walking several minutes before
they found an empty cab to take
them to the marriage license
bureau. There, after the per
functory details were over, Eric
asked Eve:
"Which shall It be—the jus
tice or the clergyman? As it's
only an affair of form, I sup
pose it doesn't matter, though I
think the celrgyman would, be
better for our purpose."
"I think so too," she agreed,
almost Inaudibly. After that she
did not speak until they reached
the East Side of the license bur
eau.
The clergyman filled in the
marriage certificate and offered
it to Eve who took It and held
It vaguely, as if she did not
know what to do with It.
"Put it in your handbag,"
Hamilton suggested, and she fol
lowed the suggestion as mechan
ically as she had followed the
others.
As thqy descepded the steps
leading to the street, Hamilton
pnt the soft pedal on himself
with a "firm foot. This was the
big hour of his life. But it was
i not the big hour in the life of
the silent girl beside him, who
i still looked like one in a dream,
i He steadied his racing puises.
stopped a taxicab, and spoke his
first words since the ceremony:
"It's a case of 'home James,'
isn't it? I..mean." he £ded as he
saw her inoulrlng look, "we'd
better go right back to the Gar
land and meets what's there,
hadn't we?",
Her silence seemed an \c
oulescence to the plan and he
gave the cabman the direction.
They entered the hotel lobby, and
a large man who had been seat
ed in a lounging chair near the
entrance, quietly smoking a ci
gar that looked as if it had been
made especially for him, rose
and came to meet with an aJlr of
asurance.
Eve stopped, but Hamilton,
with a murmured "One moment
please." swept her past the
large man and into the elevator
! a few feet farther on.
"Go upstairs, he said
quietly. He put her suitcase In
the elevator, gave the starting
signal to the operator, and, as
the car began its ascent, turned
back to the caller whose look of
asuranee had given way to ope
of stunned surprise.
"My wife is" very tired," Eric
courteously explained. "She has
been shopping all ' day, so I'm
sure you will excuse her. Per
haps you will come in here," he
, wertt on, leading the way to the;
I writing room, "and let me a£t|
for her in any matter that in-!
Cerests you." I
"My name is Henderson,"
stranger briefly announcfed;
; "Samuel Henderson; and I'm
from Chicago."
Continued Next Week
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breast bone. The vent is small
and yellow and the abdomen is
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