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large and extremely comfortable.
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a “ d roor “ fla8bed ia to
R0 f t lgbt wblcb brought out the de
. . 8 °* mahogany
a ci a bed In a far
lTw f lnd i^large bn^iri'n^ h^’
a bov roora^ w\it Ward
'
robe The north
tained additional two windows no* d through fh v’
tw-o wlth t7n d ^’ ve P wide
and hni U t° I !f 1 S Z tS
hecoud o(kout tL-^V front '
erounds msnifitnl of ° er and follow
the He^was 1 *^? , t0
the highway -“ ^
ss»-a? ,M ‘ lr
. glancing , 1M „ >na .
out, found this first im
pression changing. There would
n. ™" o a i r a ’ t l Wl a ” d , U maples d0 , Ubt crowded Bot numer close -
2“^ ll . auch c,0se ? 8 Renshaw ’ lndeed ’ that had
Sow^Tnto^S . SSUSSW
Ch6 f 881 ° ne V 1f 8rahle
tree The trees
i‘™ ong ‘he tree-tops If he
‘J r J he w,nd °ws on
the front side of his room.
Jenks threw open the door of a
second room in which could be seen
‘ be ?“ tl ’“ e ° f a «hower apparatus
. bLhl Ir 1 1 aDd rcelaln
of „ a bathtub. h P ° fittlngs
”The bathroom Is very small, sir"
the man apologetically explained,
“and there’s no window In It. It was
made two years ago, out of a big
closet. But you will be quite com
fortable.__And you wi ll always
extra linen In the closet just out
side your door, in the corridor. That
closet is the mate to this one."
Renshaw returned to the bed
room and its blazing fire. He found
that Jenks had lifted the heavy
traveling case to a small trunk
stand and was unfastening K the
straps.
■ I’ll attend to that, thanks” he
said, with a gesture of dismissal.
- Very well, sir,” Jenks turned
to go. Shall I come back at half
past seven and help you dress?”
No thanks; 111 get along.”
Jenks hesitated.
Excuse me, sir, but Mr. Camp
bell regards it as a part of my duty
to assist nny gentlemen guests of
his—-and 1 shall he very glad to do
! '7yll Thnts ling 1 ail can right, ’ sir ” but I’m
not a
gentleman guest. I'm here to stay,
and I prefer to look out for my
self. So I won’t trouble you.”
Renshaw spoke pleasantly, but
he was feeling puzzled. Standing
by the fireplace with his elbow oji
t i drifting 1 f,iT antP) past and the his (,e man’s tached face, glance he
wondered, without much interest,
why the creature was so suddenly
friendly. An liour.ago he had been
furiously resentful of the neweom
er’s presence. Now he seemed all
eagerness and deference.
“Are you planning to have break
fast up here, sir?” he respectfully
inquired.
"Good Lord, no!”
Renshaw spoke with sudden ir
ritation. Why the devil was the
fellow so persistent? Was it mere
ly because he realized that the
Pad open betrayal of his antagonism
been unwise? Or was it—the
thought stood stolidly at the en
trance of the secretary’s mind until
he finally permitted the unwelcome
visitor to enter—was it because
Jenks knew that this newcomer
was so infernally dependent on
others that even at this moment
every instinct in him wus calling
for assistance.
What’s your name? ■
ii Jenks, sir. •»
Well, Jenks, there's exactly one
thing you can do.
"Yes, sir. The man's tone was
eager.
Get out, please, and be quick
about it!”
Jenks got out. His surface dig
nity was unimpaired, but the door
closed on his exit with a tempera
mental snap.
Left alone, Renshaw dropped info
antly maxing ffre, and rested his
head against its padded back'with
a sigh of exhaustion. He was tired
—tired to the soul; but from the
°f that soul the hermit
thrush of hope sent out a solitary
note. He had put through the Plan.
He had won that little contest of
wills with Jenks, and had given
no outward sign of the effort it
cost him. Now he would rest. Of
course he ought to be unpacking,
bathing, dressed for dinner, Hi*
present duty was to relax—to let
the atmosphere of the old house
sink Into him.
< ^°.» r 1 ftb * urd be b Jenks * d ^een to lmag
CtanipbeiM Jenks and Miss
spoiled .servant was merely a
and Impersonally
resenting any newcomer, and al
ready contrite over his mistake and
anxious to make amends.
A 8 to the girl, that lovely girl
with the beautiful hair and the
P™ ud and Petfwt mouth, she was
afraid that he, Renshaw, was going
to be a nuisance. The human be
ings in Tnwno Ker, thrown togeth
er so closely as they were—the soli
tude of the place suddenly Im
pressed him; surely it was miles
away from any neighbor—those
humans must form a close corpora
tion. It was not to be wondered
at that they should resent an Intru
sion like this.
A small log, blazing on the and
irons, parted nnd dropped with a
rattle and a shower of sparks.
Renshaw did not hear it. The door
opened an inch, and some one
ueered at him through the crack.
Jf’dld f 8 «t opened not hear and the closed. sound He It made
* 'condition was
tound of well-being, new
and vastly comforting—at
peac *’ relaxed, and at last drifting
! HeVa^ lnL fl bIeS8e<1 Wt f \ a hy of the sleep sound -
nlnetrftbf’ Penetrating, of a T obviously u , 0 "’ , but a Pi dinner tremely or
1 l, r °w^h n , g 0Ut gong the Signed “* h0USe to be He heard
up I ’ ^ f
Slanced a spectacular start nnd
at the clock- on the mantel
He°'had aSf? m slenV W ”f t half ' past seven -
r
p f or liCh dinner. to unpack, As bathe he nnd dress
f . cast a last
anoetbe mirror before he went
downstairs by he was mildly surprised
the agreeable normality of the
bp ‘ , n S who looked back at him. The
el i Seeraed 8t ^
to
Anotber reflection followed the
HfWrerrifS^SifM «
arrs
entered the family. That he should
give this detail a thought was sur
Prising That he should have the
moment’s concern that now fol
owed was nothing short of amaz
«« was actually hoping that
* glr dld not ^ow, that old
Campbell p , had not told her!
The reflection, though vivid in
lts llwie Instant of life, perished al
most as soon as it was bom What
difference did it make what the girl
or aI) y one else knew or thought?
He turned off thejights, opened hts
doo r andstrode out into thehall.
Again, as in the corridor down
st alrs, he caught around a corner
tbe dutter of a disappearing bit of
white stuff—a natural enough phe
namenon ln any honse, he reflect
e d ’ ? nd interesting only because of
tbe 1 impression of flight it conveyed,
Hie attention to the incident was
fieetln - Evidently Campbell’sserv
ant8 wpre a curious lot, and the ar
kJ 8 ' f ri ; a « er in thi s isolated
i tblem an event out of
Ml Proportion to its . , Importance.
He entered the living room at ex
artly one minute before eight, and
a hlm f J la tbe ” ppned fig ! ,r thp of Jenks, df *' r felt coining behind
e to
announce dinner. Campbell and his
granddaughter were already in the
r ° om ' th r, ' at !, pr bef,>re a Prand
Plano which Renshaw, in his ab
f "is raction, first visit. had not The observed girl had during been
Pm.vmg or singing, he assumed,
though he had heard no music. Now,
s eated sMewise on the piano-stool,
she , was absently turning the sheets
on th « music rack and lending an
ear to the monologue of an old lady
«bo Sat with Campbell before the
fireplace. Her resemblance to him
Placed her as the old man’s sister,
,mf she bad entered the world ten
or twelve years later. Like Verity,
she was in full evening dress. She
wore a superb diamond-and-pearl
collar; and half a dozen diamond,
sapphire and emerald rings relent
lessly called attention to the en
iarged joints of her lingers. Her
white hair was as elaborately waved
and puffed as if she were going to
a ball. As Renshaw went toward
her he heard the conclusion of her
monologue, delivered on a high
pitched, plaintive key and without
tb ® 8 ’ gbtest P ause:
Of course you will , belittle the
matter Davy as you always do but
I\e told you before and I tell you
again that your habit ofyleaving so
many details to the servants will
eventually drive us out of house and
home as to the way they act some
of them didn’t get in till after
twelve last night though where they
could have been is more than I
know unless James drove them to
town in the service car which Verity
has expressly forbidden him to do
without permission but they never
pay any attention to what one or
ders anyway so what is the use of
giving them orders—”
Old David Campbell raised a thin
hand.
mom e nt, Kitty,” he said
good-humoredly. “Let me present
Renshaw, this lady is my sister,
Mrs. Pardee, and she’s got more
troubles than anyone fyou ever met
before. She’ll tell them all to you,
too; you may he sure of that.”
He chuckled over his own joke,
while Renshaw bowed over the
wrinkled hand that -lay in his own.
The voice of Jenks placidly re
pented the announcement of dinner,
and David Campbell offered his arm
to his sister. Renshaw hesitated.
he expected formally to escort
Miss Campbell? Or would she re
sent such an assumption on his
part? She was as proud as the
devil, that girl—every line of her
and every glance of her eyes proved
that. Also, she was really amazing
ly lovely. Feeling very unsure of
himself, he approached her and for
mally offered his arm, on which she
remotely laid a perfect hand. To
gether they walked the length of
the long room nnd, crossing the hall,
entered the dining room on its op
posite side.
Like the living room, it was large
nnd beautiful. There was spacious
ness ln all the rooms of the old
house, and « beauty of furnishing
for which the somewhat confuted
architecture of the exterior had not
prepared one. Fotfr high-backed and
carved Florentine chairs waited for
their occupants at the round table,
whose tall orange candles, aided by
the firelight, gave the big room itA
sole illumination.
Renshaw began to feel very much
as if he were in a dream. In the
In which he had anoroacheff
OwapbeH that afternoon ha would
have agreed to clean out furnace*
and work around the grounds. As
be R,l10(i committed to any
» task he was offered, however
me
nui. Yet here he was, an Intimate
part of a charming group, seated at
.tuw of old Mrs - Tarilee, and
with the beauty of Verity Campbell
opposite him on which to feed his
* yas ; vf acknowledged the beauty,
Z t r^ . e r^ ftp « t,t Itwas
-
but 11 bad no message for
T’ wnce, , looking ., ^ the
SrSSSLFTJg** across table, he
oL e8 and for
t hem - Tbpre was «
<r; m r, danc , , ' nR ,lgb ^ *■ them—
* nh’ker of sunshine on the
corners ''ll,. e of °J her * dark mouth P°°‘- quivered Also, In the
a
came. a *5 8 ,f’ Mercifully 77!' P* he S8ed was even spared as It
overhearing the comment Verity
inter 8 grandfather a little
r ‘ 8 C<mtlnued
babble babble nf of Mrs. Mr, P I ardee. a
to “Cheer cheer us up,” she murmured* S
us! That young menu
men t to gloom 1 !” The old shook
man
bis head. “I’m afraid he’s going to
set horribly on our nerves.”
He experienced anew the sensa
.. ,° n t ]' nt this lsltIon f b!
' a «l« « * had
a rend y too frequently supplied,
though their association was so
brief—an emotion of mingled ad
mI ™tion and resentment, unusual
and unsettling. To banish it, he
turned to Verity.
‘7 s M " dart ‘ e Hvoeslef having one
the family, then, ora guest. Who
ever she was, Miss Campbell liked
her. The modulations of the girl’s
voice on the three words she had
spoken made that quite clear.
When dinner was over, Campbell
ment Sty in the stiff lines of his^houl
an tJS 8tCUrdyC9mmanded
IM. But, at least. It would ell mi
nate the necessity of a general con
versation. He dropped into a chair
In a corner near the piano, and,
though he was aware of the unwls
fom into of the his black course, abyss let himself that always sink
awaited his unguarded moments
After all, had he done right to
corae here? Hadn’t he, instead,
added the capstone to the towering
structure of his misery? For he
had offered himself, Aid now It was
to ° late to retreat. Se was bought
and committed to God alone knew
what enterprise—for both Stanley
and Campbell had hinted that Ms
oew Ufa, if he entered upon It,
might hold more than the routine ° 1
possibilities I
He pulled himself present^ up in a sudden :
ascent waThappenlng to the hlm-soSe Something nl 1
wonderful^as m hou?Tf h
as mat sleen
had been flowing A stream of music had
been past him: and now as
he began to listen, it seemed to lift
him and bear him on U to another
world, a world of love and passion
and beauty. The girl was singing
-and the‘girl’s singing was unlike
any he had heard before. What she
was singing was a Russian foik
song, whose accompaniment was
like swifttv flowing water.
VThen she had finished, David
Campbell was asleep; but the piain
tive voice of Mrs. Pardee broke the
momentary stillness
“I do wish Verity that vou’d learn
SO me cheerful songs such as other
girls sing gay and bright you know
from the musical comedies there
must he cheerful music in the world
though we never hear any—”
Renshaw rose abruptly and went
to the piano,
“Thank vou verv much ” he said
“And—good-night ”
For an instant her deep eves met
his, their expression as remote as
his own
“Coed-night, Mr. Renshaw," she
Sa j f t cnsnally.
Renshaw crossed hack to the
little old lady bv the fire,
‘Tm slipping off to tnv room, he
explained. "If Mr. Campbell should
W ant roe—”
“H P won’t he’ll sleep till ten and*
then James will come in and take
him to bed how he can sleep so
much at his age T don’t know I my
self don’t average five hours a night
last night I lay awake from twelve
try five that’s how I happened to
hear those servants come In— O
In Fnnie way Renshaw sternme d
the verbal tide and made his es
cape. As he approached the door
of his room, it opened and two per
sons came out—Jenks and a wom
an. The woman was immaculate in
a white gown, white cap, and white
apron, but she was not the trim
housemaid of one’s dreams. She
was past middle»ge and inclined to
stoutness, and the expression of her
plain face was rather sour.
■ This is Annie, sir, the chamber
maid. We’ve been airing your room
and putting in fresh linen—”
Jenks spoke so quickly that Ren
straw, wbo lft his abstraction would
have passed the pair almost without
noticing them, looked at them with
closer attention. It then occurred
to him that the enterprise of chang
ing the linen In his room hardly
called for the efforts of two serv
ants, but he did not dwell on the
thought. Also, Annie was contrib
uting her modest share to the ver
bal report.
“You will always find extra tow
els on the shelf of this closet, sir, M
she said primly. “I leave the extra
supply for the floor there, because
there’s no place In the bathroom but
the one on the rack.”
« And—and excuse me, sir, but
there’s another thing.**
Jenks was speaking again, and
Annie, with fitting humility ln the
presence of her superior, moved a
little to one side.
Might I speak frankly, sir?”
Jenks was almost humble,
“Of course,” Renshaw waited
with his detached air. The man
wet his lips.
“There’s—there’s some queer
things going on in the old house,
sir. If you hear odd noises during
the night, It's best to pay no atten
tion to them. h
Renshaw frowned. “Odd noises?”
he repeated. “What kind of noises?”
“That’s all I ean«"say, sir. And
I’m exceeding my dnty, sir. In say
ing that much. But it’s well meant."
Renshaw nodded, his half-formed
interest relaxing under a memory
of certain sentences in his interview
with Campbell to which he had
GRIFFIN DAILY NEW?
tmched no gr.... importunes ut the
time. V
"All right, Jenks. Thank you,” he
said, and passed on. As he closed
his door he glanced back. Both
Jenks and Annie were standing
where he had left them, staring af
ter him. Caught In the act. they
started down the corridor and part
ed at Its end, Jenks descending the
staircase, the woman disappearing
armmd a distant corner. The flut
ter of her skirt os she went stirred
Renshaw’s memory.. Surely twice
before today be had seen the final
wMsk of that Rk,rt -
He entered his room, syil slight
ly frowning. Everything was in or
der. It was all reassuringly natural,
and yet—what the deuce was there
about Jenks’ manner that got on
one’s Imagination and made one ex
aggerate the importance of the sim
piest trifles?
He undressed slowly, but instead
of going to bed be Slipped on his
dressing gown and, after turning off
Sfowffheflm h«X heMn^hls Thwe^aSln?'his f leLed
and^iacU head at himself The
simple truth was that he did not
an ;j. e ,} ar(J t0 g0 t(1 j,efl tinder the
surface atmosphere of comfort and
normality that lay over the house.
something had been injected, some
thing intangible. Of course hts
IZ^At imagination was “ek playing tricks with
the ofhishead was
the thought of n mystery at which
both Stanley and Campbell had
hinted, nnd which, of course, had to
JM —
fne ™r?r/..r.,rr;,r;,,s Tti.fs nlerPtv thl
Larance Sl bluL on {he wall*facTna^bbn^
a elrote of Haht ft Ivf did
not roe?elv dance It did not re^rdll even him'
It rather iLawat faced and chfultve “ ’
M
he^reasonell' !l,m«' some wholfv
S^SSf He SZaSSZ
resol utet andeniMdLofhilbPvb^ vhnkofXr t^ncs^f
scenes ^ccUm 1?t
ful in the nast himse"f dld not walt^a^
now He found DeeJ^within wa^i
something ^w him thTm^
conviction w«d, wmen wMch pm wlth wun tne mo
m ents - that someUth*, was about to
na PPf n -
After an hour or two of this he
to bed ’ Simultaneously the
”, clrcl , ® vanished. But steep waa
Hi? 1 ! b0ur n c °miag, >f sleep perhaps before because dinner, of
r
household must be sleeping, he
redpf 7j! d ’ fc> r R was now well past
njiarught. Yet he began to hear
the c ” rrtdM '’ « dd grinds,
, probably,
yes
J ^ sounds to wblcb
k ad re fe rred -
« H f ,? 1 *“ ed and 8 ?' ore 8oW y t0
b hl ‘f self - The expectation that some
th “ g W ° ld<1 ' bap P en born of Jenks’
’
warning, was filling him with a sick
foreboding, was actually bringing
out perspiration upon his face. Yes,
4
4 i.
7s
V
/
It Was Merely the t^udden Appear
ance Small on Blue thf Wall Circle .Facing Him of
a of Light.
. bis . •
face , was damp , and through , his
big b°6y ran a sudden treihof. He
ground his teeth in self-disgust; but
his brain, still his alert and willing
t0 b ° Uter hU
«at be r^ T a ?, afra . [ -, d
nf nnvthw tba t m*8M happen to
». b, “ thbt ' e s 7 vpated * re 52S L
elHim. , ? ’ at J* The ast worst * he conld that could truthfully hap
pen to him had occurred two years
tion non whi'ch* which made^hlra'^ihake^ made him shake; 0 the the
wha*teY«\ t W mUht a den^d in’
wa»
noi^s He lav InXhTcorai^weralncrS^ still and listened The
big. and If ihev were chose^the^lght wh«t Tents
had meant he had
no.ses.%Sua^Vthem w r ord for them Thev were "odd”
was
what had first attracted his atten
tion. They were not footsteps. They
were, quite plainly by this time,
such sounds as might have been
made by the dragging of a heavy
body along the floor, and the? were
accompanied by what sounded like
the breathing of a huge, exhausted
animal. Yet an exhausted animal
would hardly be dragging itself
along the corridors of Tawno Ker at
twenty minutes past twelve o’clock
at night.
“There’s some queer things going
on in the old house, sir. If you hear
odd noises during the night, it Is
best to pay no attention to them.”
That was indefinite ln Itself, but
definite enough as far as he, Ren
shaw, was concerned. In different
words, but quite as plainly, Camp
bell had said the same thing. It was
not Renshaw’s business to Investi
gate odd noises at Tawno Ker. On
the contrary, It seemed plain tbat
he was expected to ignore them.
Everything would be explained to
him In due time, and ln the Inter
val If Campbell wished his assist
ance he would ask for it, Renshaw’s
present cue was discretion—which
certaily did not mean that he was
expected to get out of bed and go
chasing around In drafty corridor*
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
i Our Daily Story
V-i. . — ii — ....... .. ..... ■ ■ -
Announcing an
Engagement
By JANE OSBORN
“You’re a pretty girl Lucy "
grandmother said, regarding her
granddaughter narrowly, “and you
ougltt to have more beaux,”
, “Why, grandmother, protested
Lucy. ”1 have as many men friends
as the other girls—”
“Not enpugh, and not the sort you
wiint,” replied her grandmother.
. “The trouble with you, Lucy, Is that
you aren’t pert enough. I know
your mother would be shocked at
me for saying that. She’s so proud
to think that you men't one of
these modern flappers—smoking
cigarettes and carrying a flask and
the rest—that she Is perfectly con
tent with you the way you are—"
“Maybe you don't know,” Lucy In
terrupted proudly, “that I’ve had
three proposals this summer."
“Pooh,” said the grandmother.
“Wasn’t one of them worth consid
ering; besides it's not n good plan
to count your scalps. But, as I wa*
trying to aay, there’s a big differ
ence between . t&e , brazen 4 flapper and
a Klrl tbat u as u>e, * k ns a prim -
Men like pertness-dld when
1 was young > and 1 t> n, C ss they do
yet
Why, grandmother!
;”Take It or leave it,” said Grand
mother Mills, as she bent her iro*<
grn.v head over her colorful em
broidery stretched before her.
M I’ll probably take it," laughed
Lucy, as she rose and drew on her
coat “I generally do take your ad
vice—and profit by it. Now I’m off
to the Red Cross headquarters.
We’ve been getting some boxes
ready to send West. I’ve got to go
and help pack.”
Lucy walked slowly down the
street nnd did a deal of thinking as
she walked. She concluded that
her grandmother was right. Prob
ably she—-Lucy—was pretty, but
the men she knew didn't always
seem to find her so. There was
Radnor Jackson—Radnor was not
one of the men friends of whom
she had boasted to her grandmoth
er. There was no reason why Rad
nor shouldn’t admire her; they were
together often enough and Lucy
was always very pleasafat. But un
doubtedly she wasn’t pert enough.
The only other person at head
quarters was a meek little high
school girl who had come that af
ternoon to help her. A pale young
man came into the rooms, peered
around through his spectacles, and
asked Lucy if the boxes had been
sent West yet. Lucy recognized
him as the new minister of a nearby
country congregation. He had some
contributions to make In the way of
garments made by bis Ladles’ Aid
society.
“You were a perfect lamb." Lucy
said, clapping her hands, “to bring
those things ail the way In.” And
then putting out two Imploring
arms: “There are some things up
on that closet shelf that we want
to put in the boxeg, and I just can’t
reach them. Would you hop up on
that chair and lift them down?”
“Would I though 1” said the young
man, forgetting for the instant that
he was a clergyman ln a clerical
collar. He lingered with Lucy for
ten unnecessary minutes, and left
easting miration. hack smiles of happy ad
So far pertness had worked very
nicely. jn
the course of another bonr the
three boxes were packed nnd Lucy
and her meek Uttle assistant faced
each other wondering.
“How can we get them fastened
shut?” asked the girt. “We ought
to have a man.
‘Til get one,” said Lucy. "Walt—”
Lucy went to, the door and, glanc
ing out, espied an immaculately
dressed man of about sixty passing.
“If you can hammer a box shut,"
she said, looking pertly at him, “1
wish to goodness you would.”
Somewhat confused, the immacu
late stranger came into the head
quarters, and under Lucy's direc
tions and amidst many ill-hidden
chuckles he got the boxes ready for
shipment. Then ' he went, asking
Lucy for her name, but Dot giving
his own.
Pertness had worked so well thus
far that Lucy determined to keep it
up at least for the remainder of the
day. Just before dinner time she
telephoned to Radnor Jackson.
“Say, this is Lucy,” she said. ‘Tve
been working like a little busy bee
an d ny . Rad. and I Just feel like do
ing something thrilling. They dance
out at the Country club tonight
Won’t you take me out? ■
Two weeks later Lucy bum ln
upon her grandmother, working dlli
mm tty over her embroidery frame.
*<p ve most wonderful news,” she
aa ' d - “Radnor Jackson has asked
me to marry him and-so we’re et»
gn ged. Isn’t that wonderful?"
.- It . a . east vorv . l8f . K . tnrv
R1 * id tbe grandmother, beaming her
nnr . roV ai “Yes r should Kflv itmi
nor Jackson was w «“» w "rth your
while. Rad nor’s f ather andT have
n '^^ b '7 n frt ^ ds Hris presi,lent
° 0 1 ne maner to mm? 1 '***
. ,ght and 0rand
mother Mills found ^ excuse ’ to go to '
‘ b f ba »k that very day.
vi,!° b Cy 8 8 your grand '
cb l w k be 8ttld Extraordinarily
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charming girl,” he said, and laughed
softly to himself. "I met her a few
days ago at the Red Cross. Most
amusing Incident. But excuse me,
Mrs. Mills, if J say that no girl of
your generation would have been
quite so pert.”
And Grandmother Mills shook her
head and said: Of course not.
(Copyrfarht.)
He Would Be Impretnoe
Londoner—What do you think of
that tower tor height?
New Yorker (abroad)—Do yon
call that high? Say, In our ninety*
first floor bedrooms we have to
,0Qdg ‘ to k—P
* u> fr° m rolling W.
American farm boys have built
200,000 radio seta.
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THIRD METHODIST CHURCH
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HAS CHRISTMAS TREE
Tbe Third Methodist Christmas
tree and exercises were enjoyed
by a packed &ouse. Everybody en
joyed Col. Tom Taylor’s presen
tation of the parable of the ten
virgins and the splendid musk
led by Mote Boggs and Mrs. Opal
Pelt, interspersed with quartets
and solos of great merit. Space
forbids the mention of those who
served so well in songs and exer
cises.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the City National
Bank will be. held at 10 o’clock
a. m,, Tuesday, January 13, 1925,
for the purpose of electing offi
cers and thi transaction of. such
other business as may properly
come before them.
J. E. DRAKE. Cashier.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Merchants and
Planters Bank will be held in the
office of the bank Tuesday, Jan
uary 13, 1925, at llk^o'clock, a. m.
O. S. Tyus, Cashier.
NOTICE OF SALE.
On Tuesday, January 6, 1925,
eleven shares of the common stock
of The Brooks Bank, Brooks, Ga.,
of the par value of $100 per share
will be sold to the highest bidder
for cash. Sale to be held before
the court house of Spalding county
between legal hours of sale. Said
eleven shares of stock were pledg
ed to Savings Bank of Griffin by
Sam Boykir. to secure a dsbt.
Proceeds of sate to apply on that
debt, remainder, if any, to be paid
to representatives of his estate.
Stock to be sold represented by
certificates number 49, 68 and 60,
BECK & BECK, Attorneys
for Savings Bank of Grif
fin.
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE
In the District Court of the
United States, for the Northern
District of Georgia.
In re M. H. Kendrick, Bankrupt.
No. 10548—In Bankruptcy.
A petition for discharge having
been filed in conformity with law
by the above-named bankrupt, and
the Court having ordered that the
hearing upon said petition be had
on Jan. 31, 1926, at ten o’clock
a. m., at the United States Dis
trict Court room, in the city of
ATLANTA, Georgia, notice is
hereby given to all creditors and
other persons in interest to ap
pear at said time and place and
show cause, if any they have, why
the prayer of the bankrupt for
discharge should no be granted.
O. C. Fuller, 1 Clerk.
[lodge directory]
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WARREN LODGE
No. 20, I. O. O. F., meets everj
Monday night at 7:30 at Warrei
Lodge Hall. Visiting brothers cor
dially invited. R. A. Peel, Secre
tary; W. T. Atkinson. N. G,
MERIDIAN SUN LODGE. No. 26
F. & A. M., Regular Meetings on
the first and third Tuesday nights
in each month, at 7:00 o’clock.
John H. Rogers, W. M. Bill Wells,
Secretary. »
BEN BARROW LODGE
No. 587, F. & A. M., East Griffin.
Regular meetings first and third
Thursday nights in each month.
Next meeting January 1. Visiting
Brothers cordially invited to meet
with us at all times. J. L. Vinson,
W. M.; Clifford Grubbs, Secretary.
W. O. W.
Meets yvery Thuxsday, 7:30 p M
Sovereigns, your eemp “5 needs -
STSSL^Jff _
ail times at Slaton-Powell Cloth
Co VWttng sovereigns wel
come. r Come. L. J. Sauley, C. C.;
C. C. SUnley, Clerk,
PYTHAGORAS CHAPTER
No. 10, R. A, M. Regular meet
ing second and fourth Thursdays,
7:30 p. m. Visitors welcome. Wm
T. Atkinson, H. P.; Bill Wells
Secretory.
Funeral Directory ^
E. P- FLETCHER
Funferal Director and
Embalmer
with
Griffin Mercantile Co.
Office Phone 474 Res. Phone 481
HAISTEN BROS.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AND EMBALMERS
Griffin , and Senoia, Ga.
Office Phone 5 75. Res. Phone 68
Frank S. Pittman
Modern Funeral Home.
112 W. Taylor St.
Office Phone 822 Kes. Fnone 682
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FOR IIP!
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bath. I
Close in. Box '
FOR R
Broad. Mrs. K. M. Sa
FOR RENT: Apartnw
Hill and Oak streets.
January l. Phone 21. . m, j
MY HOME, 222 Nm igfftgK
street, for rent or sal*.
244, Griffin or West 2220
Itnta. Possession Jan. 15, J. L
Cox.
FOR SALE—Kitchen — it
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baby carriage, iron bed. £f into
ested, cal phone 894—J, ;
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FOR SALE: One new leal
belt, 18 feet by 3 inches. 1%
A. J. Mills, 327.
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FORDOR SEDAN FOR SAL*
1925 model. Brand new. News
driven. Discount worth while, b
vestigate. Phone 869.
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LOST—Black leathe*
book containing %4Q and 7
change, 2 cotton receipts
name, “Snow Hand," aqd
papers, between the Country Cb* 1
and 10th street. Return to Hits.
F. C. Hand, Phone 921-J, and i
ceive reward. ■
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WANTED: Cow peas, f? tan f— <
and Laredo Beans. H. V. Ml
Company.
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WANTED immediately,
rienced stenographer. A
and speed necessary,
with general office work
Apply at once to Box 412, Grid
fin.
1,000 BUSHELS
High grade cotton
planting, pure
Cleveland variety seed saved
white cotton only; no froet 'w
Ginned on our own private
under my personal su
Prices unsacked at gin at 'Bir
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die, Ga., $1.25 per busheL
In sacks, F, 0. B. Griffin, Ckt,
$1.50 bushel. A few
Top at same prices. ;/
m J. E. ELDER, 1
607 South Hill
Griffin, Ga.
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CENTRAL OF GEOKGtA
Arrival am) Dpeartnr* *f fV I
ger Trains At Griff)*,
The schedules are pnblkdtti
information and are not
anteed:
North
2:29 pm Atlanta-SavTi 11
4:30 am Atlania-Sav'n DJI
5:49 am Chgo-CiwCax 1121
7:17 am Chgo-St L.-*ax l-J/lpm
8.57 am Atlanta>M*eo*
12:25 pm Atlanta-Macon CAY
6:30 pm Atlanta-AIb'ny 12:3$
6:20 am Chicago-Jax 8:59
Chattanooga
From W
2:30 pm Chattanooga 9:4S
8:15 Cedartoown 5:25
SOUTHERN RAILWAY mJ|
Atlanta Point*—
5:53 pm EauC~We*t 10 Mmm
10:02 am Cl-boa-Ft V*y
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