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Legal Advertisements
" GEORGIA, Clarke County:
?9 the Superior Court of said
7 County:
.. 'The petition of William Booth,
:&ommerce, Georgia; E. H. Tho
nas, Athens, Georgia; - Hoyt
Young, Arnoldsville, Georgia; D.
L. Deadwyler, Carlton, Georgia;
Preston Whitworth, Hull, Geor
gia; John Miller, Maysville,
Georgia; Mrs. Y. D. Maddox, Jef
ferson, Georgia; Mrs. H. W, Bird
song, Athens, Georgia; Mrs. R. F.
Brooks, Sr., Lexington, Georgia;
Mrs. W. C. Groves, Comer, Geor
gia; Mrs. A. R. Bennett, Ila,
Georgia; Mrs. Hardman Jones,
Commerce, Georgia, respectfully
shows: |
1. That they desire for them
- gelves, their associates &nd suc
cessors, to be incorporated and
made a body politic as a benevo
lent and religious institutions for
the purpose of wperating a relig
jous and educational camp under
the name and style of SAREPTA
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION EN
CAMPMENT, INC.
+9 The term, for which peti
tioners desire to be incorporated,
is fifty (50) years, with the priv
ilege of renewal at the expiration
of that period.
3. The location and principal
office of the corporation shall be
on the Camp property near Neese,
Georgia.
"4 Said corporation has no cap
ital and is not organized for pe
cuniary gain, but is purely be
nevolent in character, :
_ 5. Petitioners desire to acquire
property, ceal or personal, by
purchase, by gift, by lease or
otherwise, and hold such real
estate and /or chattles, as may be
necessary for the conduct of the
business contemplated; and to
sell or encumber by mortgage,
lien, security deed or otherwise,
preperty neld in Fee Simple, but
the right to sell or encumber
* does not apply to property held
by lease.
6. The object of the proposed
corporation is to operate a camp
for the Sarepta Baptist Associa
tion of the Baptist Churches, and
at caid camp to conduct schools,
study and recreational programs.
for the benefit of the Baptist|
Churches of said Association and|
for the indivdiual members
therenf; and to carry on any !
benevolent or cleemosynary
work incident to said camp for
the benefit of said churches of
the Sarepta Baptist Association
and the members thereof.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to
be incorporated under the name
and style aforesaid with the
powers, privileges and immuni
_ties as herein set forth, as are
ffiow, or may hereafter be, allow
ed a corporation of similar char
“jacter under the laws of Georgie,
2 ABIT NIX, |
. Attorney for Petitioners.
_'ln the Superior Court of Clarke
™ County, Georgia, .
In Re: Sgrepta Baptist Associa- |
' tion Encampment, Inc.
“ .. 'The {foregoing appiication of {
~ petitioners to obtain a charter |
“{:r an eleemosynary corporation
‘ under the name of SAREPTA|
; ;B;APTIST ASSOCIATION EN
; EQAMPMENT, INC., having been
‘presented to the Court, and the
"’ ‘same having been examined, and
"§t appearing to the undersigned
Judge of said Court that the ap
1° plication is legitimately within
" “the purview and intention of the
"Jaws of this State, and it further
! ‘appearing by the certificate of
“ the Secretary of State that the
‘name of the proposed corpora
£ d¥on is not the name of any cther
-/ existing corporation registered in
‘‘the records of said Secretary of
i State;
S “IT IS ORDERED AND AD
“ JUDGED that said application be,
fsmd it is hereby granted, and
" “'daid applicants, their associates,
_ successors and assigns, are here
| ‘g'}g& incorporated as prayed in said
- petition and a charter is granted
' “unto SAREPTA BAPTIST ASSO
'CIATION ENCAMPMENT, INC,
_ with all the rights, powers, priv
ileges and immunities as prayed
. in said application and as auther
. “ized by the laws of this state.
. i, This the 4th day of November,
ey
gl g HENRY H. WEST,
~ Judge, Superior Courts,
e i Western Circuit.
U 5-12-10-26. |
. 'GEORGIA, Clarke County: ‘
" “To The Superior Court Of Said
County: i
.. e W. S. BROWN, W. A. SUTTON?
+l. MRS, MARTHA HARRISON, Hl
“ #“M. MORRIS, MRS. M. H. TAP
. PAN, H. L. WINGATE and E. S..
-+ ."PAPY, hereinafter called Appli
_.cants; bring this application for
- ‘the granting of a charter for a
. private non-profit corporation for
. educational purposes under the
laws of Georgia, and respectfully
3 ;:otw to the Court the fellowing
. cis! |
; 1. They desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to
be incorporated under the name
“of GEORGIA 4-H CL ÜB|
.* FOUNDATION, INC. The princi
“'pal office and place of: business of
#'said corporation shall be located
in Clarke County, Georgia, with
s+ the privilege of establishing
L branch offices and places of busi
+ness in such other places as may
be determined.
.. 12, The Post Office addresses of
. Applicants are as follows: W. S.
. Brown, Athens, Georgia — E. S.
. . Papy, Atlanta, Georgia — Mrs.
Martha Harrison, Athens, Geor
~ gia— W. A, Sutton, Athens, Geor
. gia — H. M. Morris, Athens, Geor
; ""ga — Mrs.” M. H. Tappan, White
lains, Georgia — H. L. Wingate,
‘Macon, Georgia. :
. . 3. The purpose and object of
~ said corporation is an educational
. One am} not for individual pecuni
© aiy gain io any of the incorpora
tors. The corporation shall have
h*‘:’ capital stock. The corporation
recreational . purposes as in the
judgment of said corporation will
best meet the needs and advance
the interests of 4-H Club work
throughout the State of Georgia, in
providing practical and experi
mental training in agriculture and
related fields for the farm youth
of the State.
4, Applicants desire the power
to receive, maintain, and hold by
bequest, devise, gift, or otherwise,
either absolutely or in trust, for
any of its purposes, any property,
both real and personal, fund or
funds, without limitation.as to
amount of value; to convey such
property and to invest and re-in
vest any principal; and to deal
with and expend the income or
principal funds of the corporation
as well as to administer any such
funds for ‘various purposes as
agreed upon by the corporation
and the agency making such funds
available to it. 1
5. Applicants desire to have the
power to buy and sell real prop
erty, or any interest therein, and
to invest as they deem necessary
any of the funds belonging to said
corporation in real or personal
property, including securities, of
such kind and character as in the
exercise of the judgment of the
officers and directors of said cor
poration may be appropriate.r Ap~
plicants also desire the power to
lease real property.
6. Applicants desire that they
be constituted the first Board of
Directors of said corporation, for
‘such tenure as shall later be pre
scribed by the by-laws of the cor
'poration and that such Board shall
be self-perpetuating, the majority
of members of said Board of Di
rectors having power to fill a
vacancy on said Board.
7. Applicants desire that any
funds belonging to the corporation
be handled by a Treasurer, which
Treasurer shall be the present
Comptroller of the University of
Georgia or his successors in office.
8. Applicants desire to have all
the powers and enjoy all the pri
vileges and immunities given tq
like corporations under the laws
of Georgia.
9. Applicants desire that the
corporation shall have an exis
tence of twenty years, unless
sooner dissolved by action of the
Board of Directors, and to have
the privilege of renewing its
charter after the expiration of
said twenty years.
WHEREFORE, Applicants prayl
to be incorporated under the name !
and style aforesaid with all thel
rights and privileges herein set
out and such additional powers
and privileges as may be neces
sary, proper, or incident to the
conduct of the business for which
Applicants are asking incorpora
tion, and as may be allowed like
corporaations under the laws of|
Georgia as they now are or may
hereafter exist.
W. M. Henderson,
Attorney for Applicants -
CHARTER APPLICATION NO.
OCTOBER TERM, 1948
CLARKE SUPERIOR COQURT
IN RE: PETITION TO INCOR
PORATE :
. GEORGIA 4-H CLUB FOUN
.~ DATION, INC.
The foregoing petition of W. S.
Brown, W. A. Sutton, Mrs. Martha
Harrison, H. M. Morris, Mrs. M.
H. Tappan, H., L. Wingate and E.
S. Papy to be incorporated under
‘the name of GEORGIA 4-H CLUB
FOUNDATION INC. read and
considered. It appearing that said
petition is within the purview and
intention of the laws applicable
thereto, and that all of said laws
have been fully complied with,
including the presentation of a
certificate from the Secretary of
State as required by Section 22-
1803 of the Code of Georgia An-
Inotated;
It is hereby Ordered, Adjudged
and Decreed that all the prayers
of said petition are granted and
said applicants and their associ
ates, successors and assigns are
hereby incorporated and made a
body politic under the name and
style of GEORGIA 4-H CLUB
FOUNDATION, INC. for and dur
ing the period of twenty (20)
years, with the privilege of re
newal at the expiration of that
time according to the laws of
Georgia, and that said corpora
tion is hereby granted and vested
with all the rights and privileges
mentioned in said petition.
The prayers of the foregoing pe
tition considered, the prayers of
the applicants are granted this
10th day of November 1948.
Henry H. West
Judge Superior Court Clarke
County
Georgia, Clarke County.
Filed in Clerk’s office, this 10th
day of Nov. 1948.
E. J. Crawford
Clerk of the Superior Court
| of said County
I, E. J. Crawford, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Clarke County,
Georgia, hereby certify that the
iforegoing 5 pages constitute a true
and correct copy of the application
for charter and the order of
|the judge of said court granting
said application for the Georgia
i4—H Club Foundation Inec. as the
same appears of file in this office.
This 10th day of Nov., 1948.
I E. J. Crawford
Clerk, Superior Court
Clarke County, Georgia
n-12-19-26-d-3p
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER '
STATE OF GEORGIA, County of
Clarke:
Because of default in the pay
ment of the indebtedness secured
by a security deed executed by
William Sewell, Sr., to Athens
Federal Savings and Loan Assc
ciation, dated October 26, 1946,
and recorded in the office of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Clarke County, Georgia, in Deed
Book 100, page 161, default hav
ing been made in the payment of
the monthly instaliments due and
payable on April 10, 1948, and
said default havnig continued for
a period of more than thirty days
-and not having been made good
in accordances with the terms and
provisions of said deed and the
lno‘re ior which same was given
to secure, the undersigned Ath
'e:;s ‘Federal Savings ‘!nd Loan
Asseciation, pursuant to said
deed and the note thereby secur
ed, has declared the entire
amount of sgfid indebtedness due
and payable and, pursuant to the
power of sale contained in said
deed, will, on the first Tuesday
in December, 1948, during the
legal hours of sale, at the court
house door in said County, sell at
auction to the highest bidder for
cash, the property described in
said deed, to-wit:
] All that tract or parcel of land,
together with all the improve
ments thereon, situate, lying and
being in the City of Athens,
Clarke County, Georgia, on the
East side of Church Sireet and
being more particularly describ
ed as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin on
the East side of Church Street
100 feet South of Reese Street,
running thence in an easterly di
rection along line of property of
Whitfield 95 feet to an iron pin;
running thence in a southerly
direction 45 feet to an, iron pin;
running thence in a westerly di
rection along line of property of
Faust 95 feet to an iron pin on
the East side of Church Street;
running thence in a northerly di
rection along the East side of
Church Street 45 feet to the be
ginning point and iron pin.
There is situate on said prop=
erty a dwelling known as No. 170
Church Street, according to the
presents system of numbering
houses in the City of Athens,
Gecrgia.
Said property will be sold and
deed executed by the undersign
ed to the purchaser and the pro
ceeds of sale applied by the un
dersigned, all as 'provided in the
said power of sale and the secu
rity deed containing said powers.
ATHENS FEDERAL SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION,
As Attorney in Fact for Wil
liamy Sewell, Sr.
Erwin, Nix & Birchmore,
Attorneys.
N 12-19-26, D 3.
GEORGIA, Clarke County:
Mrs. Anne Little, Guardian of
Mary Ann Little, James Neal
Little, Katherine Little and Vir
ginia Little, has applied to me for
a discharge from her guardian
ship of said minors and this is
therefore to notify all persons
concerned, to file their objec
tions, if any they hape, on or
before the first Monday in Dec
ember, 1948, else said Guardianl
will be discharged from her
guardianship as paplied for. |
This November 12, 1948. |
RUBY HARTMAN, Ordinary, |
Clarke County, Georgia. |
N 12-19-26, D 3.
COURT OF ORDINARY, Clarke
County, Georgia:
To any Creditors and All Parties
~at Interest:
Regarding Estate of Ada J.
Moore, formerly or Clarke Coun
ty, Georgia, . notice is hereby
given that Johnnie Johnson, the
sole heir at law of Ada J. Moore,
deceased, has filed application
with me to declare no Adminis
tration necessary.
Said application will be heard
at my office Monday, December
6th, 1948, and if no objection is
made an order willy be passed
saying no Administration neces
sary.
This November 1, 1948.
RUBY HARTMAN, Ordinary.
N 12-19-26, D 3.
GEORGIA, Clarke County:
WHEREAS The National Bank of
Athens, as Administrator of the
estate of Lee Morris, has filed its
final return as Administrator, all
persons concerned are required
to show cause at the December
Term, 1948, at the Court of Ordi
nary, why the prayers of the pe
tition should not be granted and
the Administrator discharged.
~ RUBY HARTMAN, Ordinary.
N 12-19-26, D 3.
COURT OF ORDINARY, Clarke
County, Georgiaa
To any Creditors and All Parties
at Interest:
Regarding Estate of Howell C.
Hall, formerly of R. F. D. (Ath
ens), Clarke County, Georgia,
notice is hereby given that Wor
ley E. Hall, Howell Wilkes Halil,
Emory Z. Hall, Charles E. Hall,
Luther L. Hall, David L. Hall, J.
Gilbert Hall, James Lonie Hall,
Mary L. Scarborough and Mrs.
Jessie L. Turner, the heirs, have
filde application 'with me to de
clare no Administration neces
sary. ’
Said application will be heard
at my office first Monday in
December, 1948, and if no objec
tion is made an order will be
passed saying no Administration
necessary.
- This November 12, 1948.
~ RUBY HARTMAN, Ordinary.
N 12-19-26, D 3.
GEORGIA, Clarke County:
Whereas, K. E. Lamkin, admin
istrator of Mrs. Lizzie S. .Lamkin,
represents to the Court in his
petition, duly filed and entered
on record, that he has fully ad
ministered Mrs. Lizzie S. Lam
kin's estate. This is therefore, to
cite all persons concerned, kin
dred and creditors, to show cause,
if any they can, why said admin
istrator should not be discharged
from his administration, and re
ceive letters of dismission, on the
first Monday in December, 1948.
~ This November 12, 1948,
; RUBY HARTMAN, Ordinary,
| Clarke County, Georgia.
N 12-19-26, D 3.
GEORGIA, Clarke County:
To the Superior Court of said
County, and to the Honorable
Henry H. West, Judge of said
Court: .
The petition of R. Felton Chris
tian, Mrs. Hinton D. Christian
and William P. Downs respect
fully shows: : ‘
1. That they desire for them
selves, and associates and succes
sors, to be incorporated under
lt,he, name and style of Felton
~ PEE BANNER BPRALD, AYHEND, GEORGIR
2. The object of said corpora
tion is pecuniary gain and profit.
8. Petitioners desire that said
corporation have power to con
duct a farm equipment, machin
ery and tools sales and repair
business, and also a hardware
business with the right, at whole
sale or retail or both, to buy, sell,
rent and otherwise deal in all
kinds of new and wused farm
equipment, machinery and ‘tools,
trucks, - trailers, - tractors and
tractor drawn machinery and all
kinds of parts, accessories and
quipment; and the right at
wholesale or retail or both to buy,
sell and otherwise deal in hard
ware and supplies of all kinds;
with the right to maintain and
conduct any and all such places
of business as may be suitable to
the operation of any one or more
or all of the businésses herein
;named.
It is desired that said cor
poration also have the power to
buy, sell and otherwise deal in
promissory notes and .other obli
gations. It is desired that said
corporation have power to en
gage in any one or more or. all
of the above named businesses
either for itself, or as an agent
for others. .
4, Your petitioners desire that
the shares of slock of said cor
poration be of the par value of
one hundred dollars each; that
the maximum number of shares]
which said corporation is author- |
ized to have outstanding at any
one time be one thousand shares,
of which at least two hundred
and fifty shares shall be common
stock, and any additional stock
which said corporation may ‘have'
outstanding at any time shall be |
common and preferred, either or
both, as said corporation may de
termine from time to time by
proper corporate action.
5. The amount of capital withl
which said corporation will begin
business is twenty-five Ihousand|
dollars.
6. Petitioners desire that said
corporation have existence for !
the fill period of thirty-five!
years, with the privilege of re
newals as provided by law.
7. The principal office of said
corporation is to be located in
Clarke County, Georgia; and pe
titioners also desire that said!
corporation have the privilege of
establishing branch offices and
places of business elsewhere.
8. The names and post office‘
addresses of the applicants for
‘His charter are as foilows: R.
Felton Christian, Athens, Geor-‘
gia; Mrs. Hinton D. Christian,
Athens, Georgia; William P.
Downs, Athens, Georgia, RFD 3.
9, Petitioners desire that said
corporation have all of the rights
and privlieges conferred on cor=-
porations genenrally by that Act
of the General Assembly of Geor
gia, approved January 28, 1938,
and set forth in the Acts of the
Extraordinary Session of 1937-
1938, commencing on page 238,
and commonly known as the
Corporation Act of 1938, and all
such rights, powers and privil
eges as may be lawfully enjoyed
by similar corporations.
Wherefora your petitioners
pray that .they be incorporated
under the name above stated,
with all of the rights, powers and
privileges set out above.
ERWIN, NIX & BIRCHMORE,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
In the Superior Court of Clarke
County, Georgia.
The petition of R. Felton Chris
tian, Athens, Georgia; Mrs. Hin
ton D. Christian, Athens, Geor
gia; and William P. Downs, Ath
ens, Georgia, RFD 3, being pre
sented to and examined by me
as provided by law; and it ap
pearing that the application is
legitimately within the purview
and intention of the laws of this
state; and there being presented
to me with said petition a certi
ficate from the Secretary of
)State declaring that the name of
the proposed corporation is rot
the name of any other existing
corporation registered in the rec
ords of the Secretary of State;
It is hereby ordered that the
said application be and the same
is hereby granted; and the said
applicants above named and their
associates and successors are
Lereby incorporated under the
'name of Felton Christian Equip
ment Compary for a period of
thirty-five years, with the priv
ilege of renewals as provided by
law; and with all rights, powers
and privileges set out in said
application for charter, and with
all such rights, powers and priv
ileges as are now ar may here
after be conferred by law on
| similar corvorations. c
At Chambers, Athens, Georgia,
this November 18th, 1948.
HENRY H. WEST,
Judge, Superior Court, Clarke
County, Georgia.
In the Superior Court of Clarke
County Georgia, Clerk’s Office.
The foregoing application and
order filed in office, this Novem
ber 18th, 1948,
E. J. CRAWFORD,
Clerk, Superior Court, Clarke
County, Georgia.
N 19-26, D 3-10.
GEORGIA, Clarke County: :
~ There will be sold at public
outery to the highest and best
bidder . for cash, between the
ile.e,’:d hours of sale before the
courthouse door in Athens, Ciarke
County, Georgia, on the first
‘Tuesday in December, 1948, and
each day thereafter, the following
described property, to-wit:
1 Chevrolet Pick Up Truck
1936 Model No. 6714471; 1 Set
Wateroiled Precision Reemers
Set No. 65; 2 Sheet Metal 4x4
Dipping Vats; 1 24 Drawer Lyon
Heraing Cabinet No. 72;: 1 12
Drawer Lyon Parts Cabinet No.
650; 1 Large Lyon Metal Shop
Desk No. 75: 1 Craftsman Grin
der & Buffer Wheel No. 6; 1
Craftsman Grinder & Wire Brush
No. 8; 1 Lyons Pghlgi}& e
,'fim"ka. ‘B7; 1 No. 89- g’fl— §
v Z%’ ity Londness
v BY WILLIAM IRISH -
Copyright by Williom Irish—Distributed by NEA SERVICE, INC
-—___________ P
Time, 1880 Place, New Orleans
Well-to-do Louis Durand car
ries on a correspondence court
ship with a Miss Julia Russell,
whom he has never seen. When
she finally comes from St. Louis
to marry him, he is amazed to
find her young and ravishingly
Growler; 1 No. 12-034 No. 5
Power Unit; 1 No. 2 Plier At
tachment, said property found in
the possession of Kelley Electric
Company and now located 'at 344
Oconee Street, Athens, Georgia;
Also, 1 No. 1426 Heavy Duty
Drill Press found in the posses~
sion of Clarence Fulcher and
now located at 2009 Jefferson
Road, Athens, Georgia; :
Also, 1 314 48 ‘Automatic Cross
Feed South Bend Lathe; 1 Uni
versal Model Comutators Cutter
25-029; 1 No. 23 1-H.P. High
Pressure Air Compressor; 1 No.
16-006 Armature & Starter Hol
der, found in possession of H.
Curtis Stephens and now located
at 770 West Broad Street, Ath
ens, Georgia,
Said property levied on % sat
isfy a fi. fa. in favor of The Cit
izens and Southern National Bank
against Emory Kelley Ruark is
sued from the Superior Court of
Clarke County, and levied on as
the property of Emory Kelley
Ruark, defendant in fi.-fa.
| This 12th day bf November,
1948,
‘WALTER E. JACKSON, Sheriff,
| Clarke County, Georgia.
N 12-19-26, D 3.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
All creditors of the estate of
Mrs. Susie A. Meadow, late of
Clarke County, deceased, are here
by notified to render in their de
mands to the undersigned accord
ing to law, and all persons indebt
ed to said estate are required to
make immediate ‘payment.
i November 19, 1948.
| WILLIAM K. MEADOW,
| Executor uander the Will of
‘[ Mrs. Susie A. Meadow,
434 Trust Co. of Georgia Bldg.,
\Atlanta, Georgia.
N 26, D 3-10-17-24-31.
GEORGIA, Clarke County:
J. D. Bolton, Guardian of Mil
dred Ansie Bolton McElveen, has
appiied to me for a discharge
from his guardianship of Mildred
Anise Bolton McElveen, this is
therefore to notify all persons
concerned, to file their objec
tions, if any they have, on or be
fore the first Monday in Decem
ber, 1948, else said guardian will
be discharged from his guardian
ship as applied for.
This November 12, 1948.
RUBY HARTMAN, Ordinary,
j . Clarke County, Georgia.
N 12-19-26, D 3.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
No. 10425—January Term, 1949,
Clarke Superior Court — Libel
for Divorce.
MADELYN C. BICKHAM
- Plaintiff
| versus
L. J. BICKHAM,
' defendant.
To the Defendant, L. J. Bickham,
Greeting: |
By order of the Court, you are
hereby requived, to be and ap
pear at the Superior Court of
Clarke County, on the first Mon
day in January next, to answer
the plaintiff’'s complaint for di
vorce, as, in default thereof, the
Court will procceed as to jusfice
shall ' appertain.
Witness the Honorable Henry
H. West, Judge of said Court, this
12th day of November, 1948.
E. J. CRAWFORD,
Clerk, Superior Court.
CARLISLE COBB, Attorney.
N 19-26, D 15-17.
Suit for Divorce, Clarke Superior
Court, January Term, 1949—
No, e,
HAZEL DAVIS KELLEY
VS.
ROBERT HENRY KELLEY
To Robert Henry Kelley:
You- are hereby commanded to
be and appear at the next term
of the Superior Court, January,
1949, Clarke County, Georgia, to
answer the complaint of plain
tiff, mentioned in the caption in
her suit against you for divorce.
Witness the Honorable Henry
H. West, Judge of said Court. This
18th day of November, 1938.
| B CRAWRORTY
Clerk, Superior Court.
IDORSEY DAVIS,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
‘N 19-26, D 10-17.
Tax Notice
The Third Instalilment of City Taxes is
due by December Ist, 1948.
If not paid by December Ist, 1948, pen
alties will be added according to law.
i+ A. G. SMITH, Clerk and Treasurer.
beautiful—entirely diffeernt from
what he had been led to expect.
Certain behavior of hers puzzles
him from the first but not until a
letter arrives from her supposed
sister—Miss Russell’s sister—does
he realize the woman he married
is an impostor. Before he can face
her with it, she disappears with
$50,000, withdrawn from his bank
account. The police advise him to
go to St. Louis to see what he
can find out. He does so, calls on
Julia Russell’s sister. Comparing'
notes, they realize that something
must have happened to Julia Rus-,
sell on the boat trip down to New !
Orleans.
XVIII |
He stayed the night at a hotel.
Next morning he found Bertha!
Russell, coated, gloved and bon
neted, a, spectral figure in the un
relieved black of full mourning,'
waiting for him in the open door
way of her house, when he ar
rived shortly before nine to keep'
their appointment prearranged the
night before. |
“Have you anyone-in mind?” he'
asked as they drove off. She had
given an address on entering the
carriage. |
“I made inquiries after you left
last evening. I have had someone
recommended to me. He was well
spoken of.”
They were driven downtown in
to the bustling business section,!
the strange pair that they made,!
both so tight-lipped, both sitting
so stark and straight, with not a
word between them. The carriage
stopped at last before a distinctly
ugly-looking - building, of beefy
red brick. ’
« Durand paid off the carriage
and accompanied her in, |
They had te climb stairs, there'
being no lift. At the third landing
stage they turned off down end
less reaches of arterial /passage
way. She stopped at the very last
door of all but one. |
On a shield of blown glass set !
into the door’s upper half was
painted: in rounded formation, to
make two matching arcs: \
WALTER DOWNS
PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Durand knocked for both of'
them, and a rich baritone, throb
bing with its own depth, vibrated !
“Come in.” He opened the door,!
stood inside for Bertha Russell,
and then entered behind her. ‘
The man sitting in back of a
large but very worn desk was in
his early 40’s.
“Am I speaking to Mr. Downs?”
he heard Bertha say.
“You are, madam,” he rumbled.
~ There was nothing ingratiatingl
‘about his manner. His eyes were’
the steadiest Durand had ever met. '
“There is a chair, madam.” He
had not risen. ;
She sat down, Durand remained !
standing.
' “I am Bertha Russell and this is
Mr. Louis Durand.”
He gave a curt nod, not more.
“You speak for the two of us,
Mr. Durand. That will be easiest,
1 think.”
The story seemed so old already,
so many times told. He kept his
voice low, left all emphasis out of
it.
“I corresponded with this ladys
sister, from New Orleans, where
1 was, to here, where she was. I
offered marriage, she accepted.
She left here to join me, on May
18 last. Her sister saw her off.
She never arrived. Another per
son altogether joined me in New
Orleans when the boat arrived,
managed to convince me that she
was Miss Russell’s sister in spite
of the difference in their appear
ances, and we were married. She
stole upward of $50,000 from me,
and disappeared in turn. The po
lice down there inform me that
they cannot do anything about it
for lack of proof that the originall
person I proposed marriage to was
done away with. The impersona
tion and the theft are not punish
able by law.”
Downs said only three words.
“And you want?”
“We want you to obtain proof
that a murder was committed. We
want you to obtain proof of the
murder that we both know must
have been committed. We want
you to trace and apprehend this}
woman who was a chief partici
pant in it.” He took a deep, hot
breath. “We want it punished.” ‘
Downs nodded dourly. He look
ed thoughtfully. |
“Will you take this case?” |
“I have taken it already,” Downs
answered with an impatient off
gesture of his hand. “I cannot
promise you I will succeed in sclv
ing it. I can promise you one
thing and one only: I will never
‘quit it again until I do sclve it.”
' He picked up a copy of that
'morning’s newspaper, first shook
it to spread it full, then narrowed
it once more to the span of a sin-
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gle perpendicular column.
“The boat she sailed on from
here,” he said, “was which one?”
“THE CITY 'OF NEW OR
QLEANS,” Durand and Bertha
Russell said in unison.
“By a coincidence,” bhe said,
“here it is down again, for the
company’s next sailing. It leaves
from here tomorrow, at 9 o’clock
in the forenoon.” .
He put the paper down.
“Do you proopse remaining here,
Mr. Durand?”
“I’'m returning to New Orleans
at once, now that I've put this
matter in your hands,” Durand
said.
“Good,” Downs remarked, ris~
ing and reaching for his hat.
“Then we’ll both be sailing to
gether, for I'm going down there
now and get my ticket. We will
begin by retracing her steps, mak
ing the same journey she did, on
the same boat, with the same
captain and the same crew. Some
one may have seen something,
someone may remember. Some
one must.”
(To Be Continued)
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