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ICE BOUND.
Ey W CLAItK RUSSELL,
Author i-/ i /in l ' reck of the Cf >'(>1 vrnor ’
“-loch s Courtship” "My Watch Iic-
<•” • ’ Tin- Lady Mmtd " Lie.
CHAPTER VII.
I AM STARTLED BY A*DISCOVERY.
In this uneasy ponUvee, despite (In- intense
cold, 1 i-oiitiu.il-d to sleep ‘(sound! y during the
greater jiuit of the night. 1 was awakened
by a horrid dream of some giant skujx- -. talk¬
ing down tho el oja- of ice so sciivani! devour
me, and.at. up trembling with hortrr that
was in it u i.tu- in-tv-is-d by my Inability to
recollect laysi-If. and by my therefore con¬
ceiving the eimv.-’s ( hut coveml me to be the
groping of t'.,e ogre's hand over my l..ee,
I pushed tliesad away anil stood up, but
had instantly to sit again, my leys taring ter¬
ribly cramjK-d. A drink of spins lalpcd
me; luv Mood presently flowed v, i;h brisk¬
ness.
Tho moon was in the west: she !;m ! wge.
red and distorted, and shed no ! . ;. . l.ei
WNt-ctie.:. that waved in tho sea under her
like s.-v ml lengths of undulating. ird hot
wire.
It;, i ;;•» mind to lie down a - The
cold ;. : -J was cruelly sharp, and tV.r;-n !;a
«ped *r.iiii my mouth at every !r-as
though I held a tobacco pipe 1. .vi_.t my
teeth. I got upon the ice and sp - u . at
it quickly, darting searching gi.u.e - into
the gloom to left and right of tho.-.-:ting
moon; but all lay bare, bleak and black.
It seemed as if the night had only just de¬
scended, so tardy was the dawn. Outside
the slanting wall of ice that made my haven,
tho swell swept past in a gurgling, bubbling,
drowning sound, dismal and ghastly, as
though i:i truth some such ogre as 1 he mon¬
ster I had dreamed of lay suffocating there.
I welcomed the cold coloring of the i; st as if
it had been a ship. and watched the star* dy¬
ing a:;-1 the frozen shore darkening i;n-
dim ; .1 sifting dawn behind it, a. ainst
which the outline of the cliffs ran in a L.vikut
streak of ink. The rising of tho sun gave
me fresh life.
I made up my mind to climb as high as I
could, taking the oar with me to serve r.u a
pole, that I might view the ice and the oei an
round about, nnd form a Judgment of the
weather by the aspect of the sky, of which
only the western part was visible from my
low strand. But first I must break my fast.
I remember biceri. lamenting the lack of
means tq make a Lit, that I might obtain a
warm meal and a hot drink, and dry my
gloves, coat raid breeches, to which tho damp
of the salt clung tenaciously. Had this ice
been land, though the most desolate, gloomy,
KpnJsivo touid spot in the world, I had surely
something that would burn.
I sat in the boat to eat my slender repast,
Gad when it was ended I pulled the oar out of
¥he crevice, and found it would make mo a
good pole to probe my way with and support
myself by up the slop*. The boat, was now
held by tho mast, which I shook and found
very firm. I put an empty beer bottle in my
pocket, meaning to see if l could enough fill it, be if
the suow up above was sv^set to
well tasted, and then with a final look at the
boat I started.
The slope was extremely craggy, Blocks
of ice lay about, some on top of the others,
and I hwHometimes to warily walk fifty or
sixty paces round these blocks to come at a ,
part of tho slope that was smooth.
1 had come to a stand to fetch a breath,
and was moving on afresh, when, having
taken not half a dozen steps, I spied the figure
of a man. He was in a sitting posture, his
back against a rock that had concealed him.
His head was bowed, and bis knees drawn
up to a level with his chin, and his naked
hands were clasped upon his legs. His atti¬
tude was that of a person lost in thought—
very easy and calm.
I stopped as if I had been shot through the
heart. Had it been a bear or a sea lion, or
aiiy creature which mv this mind could instantly
have associated with white and sttrless
desolation, I might have been startled indeed;
but no such amazement could have possessed
mo as I now felt. It never entered into my
bead to doubt that he was alive, so natural
was his attitude, as of one lost in a mood of
tender melancholy.
I stood staring at him, myself motionless,
for some minutes, too greatly astonished and
thunderstruck to note more than that he was
a man. Then I looked about me to see if
he had companions or for some signs of a
habitation, but the ice fvas everywhere
naked. I fixed my eyes on him again. His
hair was above a foot long, black as ink,
and the blacker may be for the contrast of
the snow, llis beard and mustache, which
were also of this raven hue, fell to his girdle.
He wore a great yellow flapping hat, such (is
was in fashion among the Spaniards and
buccaneers of the South sea; but over his
oars, for the warmth of the protection, were
squares of flannel tied under his beard by a
very fine red silk handkerchief; and this,
with his hair and paid cheeks and black
shaggy eyebrows, gave him a terrible and
ghastly appearance. From his shoulders
hung a rich thick cloak, lined with red, and
the legs to the height of the knees were in¬
cased in large boots.
I continued surveying him with my heart
beating fast. Every instant I expected to see
him turn his head and start to behold me.
I coughed loudly, holding my polo in readi¬
ness for whatever might befali, but he did
not stir; I then holloaed, and was answered
by the echoes of my own voice among tho
rocks. Ilia stillness persuaded mo ho was in
one of those deep slumbers which fall upon
a man in frozen places; for 1 could not per¬
suade myself he was-dead, so living was „his
posture. thought I; I went
This will not do, so
Sfese to him and peered into liis face.
J tee-.it close to him and peered into
his face.
His eyes were fixed; they resembled glass
painted as eyes, the colors faded. He had a
broad Lc-lt round his waist, and the hilt of a
kind of cutlass peeped from under his cloak;
Otherwise he was unarmed. I thought he
brei*hed and seemed to see a mqvemeut in
pirn* blood.
Imp i-lts.-i !n the Uood produce disease*.
Bodily (Uitl uuutal health lepcnd upon *
beahhy condition of tho blood. The blood,
fiartU'iilMrly tu the spring and during the hot
summer mouiliS becomes clogged with Im¬
purities, w hich puisim Wood It and geuerats dis¬
ease. A iJWIftcB purifier, without a
particle of mineral poison In It, such as mer¬
cury or potash, 1* heiesaury to removo these
lii.purtlle* nhd to icatoro the healthy tone of
mind an i body. The lest purifier and tonio
known lotho world li tiwift's SpeclGa (8.S.S.).
In regard to Its wonderful purifying and
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Mr. Win. A. Stcbold, with Geo. P. Howell &
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of other* who may bo afflicted as 1 was, to
write fou this letter, which you can use as
my testimony in any troy you choose. I will
answer any inquiry from others in relation
to tho facts herewith stated. In February
last I suffered grhat pain and Inconvenience
from bolls, all over my neck; I could not turn
my head without acute pain and my blood
was in poor condition. After trying all til*
nstial remedies In such cases, and Analogue
relief, by the persuasion of Mr. 3. W. Fears,
Manager of your New York Office, X used one
bottle S. S. S, and I improved rapidly and
very Boon I was entirely relieved of my
job's Comforter*.” Now not a sign of my
affliction can bo seen. I fee! strong and cheer¬
ful. 8. s. S. is a fine tonio M proved In uiy
case. I sleep soundly and my y appetite appetite Is If good good-
Dr. J. N. Cheney, a w*U>]un,w« -known "1 physlotta
writes from Ellavllle, Georgia glat « "t us* g. 8. S)
in convalescent fever cases srith tk*beltr«*
suits. It will. In my Judgment, prevent sum*
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In the spring, thus preparing the bowels tot '
the strains of summer.”
Mrs. Scott Liston, 116 Zane street (Island), j
Wheeling, West Virginia, writes: “ Having
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that It beats anything I have used to cleanse
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Mr. M. a Hamlin, Winston, W. C. t write* i i
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Ordirrry's Advertisements.
/ * \<tnr \RY’S OFFICE, Spalding 1888.—E. Coun- YV.
r t\ Georgia, June 27,
li i k « id John H. Mitchell as executors of
ill Iasi will of Wm. D. Alexander, for leave dec’d,have to sell
m i application and three-fourth to me shares of
i igi fcen
i lie Capital Stock of the Savannah, Griffin
a ,d Nin th Alabama HR. Co. for distribution*
amongst the heirs of deceased.
I, -t ml persons concerned show cause before
i In- ock eourt of Ordinary first of said Monday county August by ten
uV a. m., on the in
next, in Griffin, Ga,, why such petition should
not ¥3.00 be granted. W. HAMMOND, Ordinary.
E.
/ / tRDINARF’S OFFICE, Spalding Uoun-
V ty, Georgia, June 29th, 1888.—B. and a.
Ogletree, executor of tiie last will testa
ment of L.P. Ogletree, dec’d, has made appl-
cition for leave to sell ene hundred and fifty
acres of land more or less belonging to the
estate of deceased for the payment of debts
and for distribution. Saul land North being in
Union district and bounded on the by
1'ranois Andrews, east and south by John J.
Rider and west by YV. J. Elder.
l.et all persons concerned show cause
before the Court of < Irdinary at my office in
Uriilin on the first Monday in August next
•hould by ten o’clock a. in ., why such application
not !►* granted. HAMMOND,
$6 00 E. IV. Ordinary,
Ly „ tRMNARY’S OFFICE, -Spaldins Coun-
ty, Georgia, May 26th, 1888.—Mrs.
Martha A. Darnall, administratrix of Katie
Darnall, has applied tome for letters of Dis¬
mission on the estate of Katio Darnall, late
of i-aid county, decased.
Let all persons concercrd show cause be
fore the Court Griffin, of Ordinary of said county
at my office in on t e lii ot Monday in
September, 1888, by ten o’clock, arm., why
sach letters should HAMMOND, not be granted.
$6,15 15 . W, Ordinary.
i VKDINARY’S OFFICE, Spai.dixg Coun-
Tt, Georgia, May executrix 26th, 1888,—Mrs. Thos.
Martha A. Darnall, of M.
Darnall, has applied executorship to me for letters said of dis
mission from the of estate.
Let all persons concerned show canse be¬
fore the Court of Ordinary of said county, at
my office in Griffin, on the first Monday in
September, 1888, by ten o’clock, a. in , why
ueh letters should not bo granted.
^6 15 E. YV. HAM MONO, Ordinary,
/AKDINARY’S Vy OFFICE, Spalding Coux-
ty, Georgia, July 2nd, 1888.—N. M.
Collena as administrator on estate of YVm. J.
Woodward deceased, has applied to me for
leave to sell three hundred and three and
three-fourth acres of land belonging to said
estate for the pu.pose of paying the debts
due by said estate and for the purpose of dis
tributton to-wit: the same being lot No. 22
and the West half of lot No. ten (10) lying
in Cabins distric t in said county.
Let all persons concerned show cause be
fore the Court of Ordinary of said county,
atmyottlcc in Griffin, on the first Monday
in A ugust, 1888, by ten o’clock, a. m., why
such petti',ion should not be granted.
¥6*00. E. YV- HAMMOND, Ordinary.
Rule Nisi.
B. (!. Kinard At Son
vs. -f
L J. YVard & J. YV. YVard
State of Georgia, Spalding County. In the
Superior Court, February Term, 1888.
It being represented to the Court by the
petition of B. C. Kinard & Sou that by Deed
of Mortgage, dated the Wth day of Oct. 1887.
I. ,T. Ward & J. Y\ T . Ward conveyed to the
said B. C. Kinard & Son a certain tract of
land, tewit; fifty acrc3 of land lying in Akins
District of Spalding county,Ga..bounded Bill YVise, East by as
follows; North by landsof
Jno. YVard, South by Barney Maadox and
YY’estby Zed Gardner, for the purpose of se-
enriug the payment of a promissory note
Rtade Dy the said I. J, Ward <fe J. YV. YY’ard to
the said B. C. Kinard & Son due on the 15th
day of November 1887, for the sum of Fifty
Dollars and Ninety-six cents (¥50.96), which
note is now due and unpaid.
It is ordered that the said I. J. Ward & J.
YV, Ward do pay into this Court, by the first
day of the next term the principal, interest
and costs, dne on said note or show cause,
If any they have to the contrary, or that in
default thereof foreclosure bo granted to the
. -< 1 , and that service cf this rule be according perfected
-.aid I. J. YVard & J. YV. Ward
kj law by publication in the Churns Nsws,
*r by service upon T. J. YVard & J. W. Ward
ufa cony three months prior to the next
term of this court.
JAMES 8. BOYNTON,
Judge 8.0. F. G.
Frank Flynt and Dismuke & Collens, Peti¬
tioners Alt’s.
J true copy from the Minnies of tbisCcu
YVm. M. Thomas, Clerk 8. C. 8 C.
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YY’hile looking at this my eye traced, a
little distance beyond, tho form of a ship's
spars anti rigging. Through the labyrinth of
the ice outlines I clearly made out two masts,
with two square yard* on the foremast, the
rigging perfect so far aa it went; for^tbe
figuration showed no more than half the
height of the uinsls, t he lower parts of being
apparently hidden behind the edge the
holloa.
The fabric appeared as if forme ’ ' frosted
glues. Tl.' masts had a good . d with
a seam;;:.":; cyo I took no . ,ic furni¬
ture. observing the shrouds, i..jys, backstays
and braces to be perfect. Nay, ns though the
spiritartist of this fragile, glittering jageant
had resolved to omit no detail to complete
the illusion, there stood a vnuet "ho mast¬
head, shining like a tongue of kt ainst tho
soft blue of tho sky. Come, th ght I, re¬
covering from my wonder, there is more in
this than it is possible for mo to guess by
starfli;; from a distance; so, striking my jioId
into tho snow, l made carefully toward tlio
edge of the hollow.
The craduai uufoldinir of tho Dictum urt-
pare i my mind for what I could not see til]
the brink was reached; then, looking down,
I beheld a schooner riggnfi vessel lying in a
sort of cradle of ico, stern on to the sea. A
man bulked out with frozen show, so as to
make his shape as great os a l>oar, leaned upon
tho rail with a slight upward inclination of
his bead, as though haft he wore in tho uct of look-
ifig fully up to mo. His posture was
even more life like than that of tho man un¬
der tho rock; but his garment of snow robliod
him of that reality of vitality which hail
startioil mo i:i the other, uttd the instant I saw
him I know him t»be dead, llo was the only
figure visible. Tho whole body of the vessel
was frosted by tho snow into the glassy as¬
pect of the spars and rigging, mid the sun¬
shine striking down made a beautiful pris¬
matic picture of tho silent shij>.
She was a vogy old craft. Tho snow had
molded itself upon her, and enlarged with¬
out spoiling her form. J found her age in
the structure of her bows, the head boards
of which eurvecl very low round to tho top
of tho stem, forming a kind of well there,
tho after part of which was-framed by the
forecast) - bulkhead, after fashion of
shipbuilding i.i vogue in the reign of Anne
find the lirs!. two Georges. Her topmasts
wore standing, but her jibboom was rigged
in. I could find no other evidence of her
people having snugged- her for these winter
quarters, in which she had been manifestly
lying for years anil years.
It was very evident that the schooner had
in years gone by got embayed in this ico
when it was far to tho southward, and had
in course of time been built up in it by float¬
ing masses. For how old tho ico ubout tho
poles may be, who can tell? In those sunless
worlds the frozen continents may well pos¬
sess the untiquity of the land. And w ho
shall name tho monarch who tilled the throne
of Britain when this vast field brok away
from th” main and star? <-n its stealthy
navigation sunward;
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Administratrix’ Sale.
By virtue of an order granted by ihe Court
of Ordinary of Spalding county J will sell at
public outcry to the highest bidder, before
the court house door in Griffin, on tiie ffrat
Tuesday in Angust next, during the legal
lieurs of sale, the following described prop¬
erty, to-wit hundred
Lot of laud number one a..d -i ,ty
five (165) in the Second District of l’ike
County, Georgia, adjoining landsof Abner
Moore, YY. P Hemphill and Mack and John
Barrow, belonging to the estate of Laae N.
containing Hair, late of Spalding hundred County, and two deceased, and and
two one
half (2(2 H) acre s, more nr less. Terms cash.
MRS. SALLiEP. IIAIR,
Administratrix of Isaac N. Hair, dec’d.
$ 6 . 00 .
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t«4ng Aaeney of Hearn
“ -----tborixed imti
his "breast, and 1 too* mm oy ino Mtuutder,
but in the hurry of my feelings 1 exerted
more strength than I was sensible of. I
pushed him with the; violence of sudden
trepidation; my hand siipjiedoff hi. shoulder,
and ho fell ou his side, exactly as u statue
would, preserving his po-fure as though, like
a statue, he had been chiseled out of marble
or stone.
I started liack frightened by his fall, in
which my fears found a sort of life; but it
was sobn clear to me his rigidity was that of
a man frozen to death. His very hair and
beard stood stiff, ns before, as though they
were some exquisite counterfeit in ebony.
Perfectly satisfied ttrnt he was dead, I stopped
round to tho other sido of him and set him
up as I hail found him. He was as heavy as
if he had been alive, and when I put his back
to tho rock his posture was exactly as it had
been—that of one deeply meditating.
YVho hail this man been in lifet How had
befallen into this ] stss ! How long had ho
been dead there, seated as I saw- him?
These were sjieeulations not to bo resolved
by conjecture. On looking at the rock against
which ho leaned, and observing its curvature,
it seemed to mo that it had formed wart of a
cave, or of some large deep hole of ice; nnd
this, I was sure, must have been the case—for
it is certain thut, had this body remained
long unsheltered, it must have lieen hidden
by tho suow.
I concluded then that tho unhappy man
had been east away upon this ice while it
was under bleaker heights than these paral¬
lels, and that ho had crawled into a hollow
and perished in that melancholic sitting post¬
ure.
Thinking I might find something on his
person to acquaint nnrwith his story, or that
would furnish me with some idea of the date
of his being cast away, I pulled liis cloak
aside and searched his pockets. His legs were
thickly cased in two or three pairs of breeches,
He tfcr outer pair being of a dark green doth.
also wore a handsome red waistcoat,
laced, and a stout eoat of a kind of frieze. In
his coat pocket I found a silver tobacco box,
n small glass flask fitted with a silver baml
and half full of an amber colored liquor,
hard froze; and in his waistcoat pocket a
gold watch, shaped like aji apple, the back
curiously chased and inlaid With jewels of
several kinds, forming a small letter M. Th t
hands j minted to twenty minutes after three.
A key of a strange shape and a number of
seals, trinkets, and the like were attached to
the watch.
Theso things, together with a knife, a key,
a thick plain silver ring, and some Spanish
pieces in gold and silver were what 1 found
on this man. There was nothing to teli me
who he was, nor how long ho had been on the
island.
Tho searching him was tho most disagree¬
able job I ever undertook in my life. His
iron-like rigidity made him seem to resist
me, ami tho swaying of liis back against the
rock to tho motions of my hand was so full
of life that twice I quitted him, frightened
by it. Qn touching his naked hand by acci¬
dent, I discovered that tho flesh of it moved
upon the bones as you pull a glovo off and
on. I had had enough of him, and walked
away feeling sick.
I pushed onward, stepping warily and
probing cautiously at every step, such"a and earn¬
estly peering about me, for after sight
as that dead man I was never to know what
new wonder I might stumble upon. About
a quarter of a mile on my left—that is, on
my left while I kept my face to the slope—
there was the appearance of a ravine not dis¬
cernible from where the boat lay. YV'hcn I
was within twenty feet of the summit of the
cliff, the acclivity continuing gentle to the
vgry brow, but much broken, as I have said,
I noticed this hollow, and more particularly
a small collection of ice forms, not nearly so
large as the other groups of this kind, but
most dainty and lovely, nevertheless. They
showed as the heads of trees might to my
ascent, and when I had got a little higher I
observed that they were formed upon the
hither side of the hollow, as though tho con¬
vulsion which had wrought that chasm had
tossed up those exquisite caprices of ice.
However, I was too eager to view tlxo pros¬
pect from the top of the cliff to suffer my
admiration to detain me; in a few minutes
I had gained the brow, and, clambering ou
to a mass of rock, I sent my gaze around.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FROZEN SCHOONER.
I found myself on the summit of a kind of
table Jand; vast bodies of ice, every Mock
weighing hundreds and perhaps thousands
of tons, lay scattered over it, yet for tho
space of a mile or so the character was that of
flatness. Southward the range went upward
to a coastal front of some hundred feet, with
a huddle of peaks and strange configurations
behind soaring to an elevation from the sea
line of two or three hundred feet. North¬
ward tho range sloped gradually, with such a
shelving of its hinder part that I could catch
a glimpse of a little space of the blue sea that
way. From this I perceived that whatever
thickness and surface of ice lay southward,
in tho north it was attenuated to the shajte
of a wedge, so that its extreme breadth
where it projected its capo or extremity
would not exceed a musket shot.
Being on the top of the range now, I could
plainly hear tho noises of the splitting and
internal convulsions of this vast formation.
The sounds are not describable. It was im¬
possible to fix the direction of these sounds—
the island was full of them, and always sul¬
lenly booming upon tho breeze was the voice
of the ocean swell bursting in foam against
the ice coast that confronted it.
"You may talk of the solitude of Selkirk:
but surely the spirit of loneliness .in him
could not rival the unutterable emotion of
solitariness that filled my mind as I sent my
gaze over those milesof frozen, stirless white¬
ness. He had the sight of fair pastures, of
trees making a twinkling twilight on tho
sward, of gras3y savannas and pleasant
slopes of hills; the aif was illuminated by
the glorious plumage of flying birds; the
bleat of goats broke the stillness in the val¬
leys ; there was a golden regale for his eye,
and his other senses were gratified with the
perfumes of rich flowers and engaging con¬
certs among the trembling leaves. Above
all, there was the soothing warmth of a de¬
licious climate. But out upon those heaped
and spreading plains of snow nothing stirred,
if it were not once that I was startled by a
loud report, and spied a rock about lialf a
mile away slide down the edge of the flat
cliff and tumble into the sea.
I turned my eyesjseaward.
There were a few heavy clouds in the
northeast, so steamliko that roetbought they
borrowed their complexion from the snow on
the island’s cape there. I was pretty sure,
however, that there was wind behind them,
for if the roll of the ocean did not signify
heavy weather near to, then what else it be¬
tokened I could not imagine.
I cannot express to you how the very soul
within me shrank from putting to sea in the
little boat. Yet I could not but consider
that it would be equally shocking to me to be
locked up in this slowly crumbling body of
ice—nay, tenfold more shocking—and that,
if I bad to choose between the boat and this
hideous solitude and rare starvation, 1 would
cheerfully accept fifty times over again the
perils of a navigation In my tiny ark.
This reflection comforted me somewhat,
and while I thus muted I remained standing
with my eyes upon tho little group of fanci¬
ful fanes and spires of ice on the edge of the
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
AU persons indebted to the estate of Mary j
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Rule Nisi.
Duncan,Martin & Perdue 1
V8.
YV. T. H. Taylor.
State of Georgia, Spalding County, In th*
It Superior Court, February the Term, Court 1888. ::
tti ion being of represented Martin to & Perdue by that the pe¬ by
Deed of Duncan, Mortgage, dated tho I24h
January,1887,W.T.H.Taylor conveyed.tosaid day o
Duncan, Martin & Perdue ’'a certain
of land of containing No, thirty the (30) 4lli acres District being
part lot 115 in of
Spalding Jack county, Ga., the bounded on the East
by North Crawley, on L. Starr, South West by P. Chant-
less, by P. thirty by some
of uiy own lands, said land, acree, be-
ing worth three hundred paymentof dollar*" for III*
purpose of securing the a promi*
sory note made by the said W\ T. H.TaylorfO
tho said Duncan, Martin A Perdue, the due On* on
the 1st day of Oct.,1887, for and aum -100 Doll***, of
Hundred and Forty Eight 50
principal, Is Interest dti6 and and attorneys unpaid. fees, which
amount now
It is ordered that the said W. T. H. Taylor
do pay into this Court, by th® day of the
next term tho principal, Interest ana oosts.
due on said note and mortgage or show cause
if any he has to the contrary, or that in de-
fault thereof foreeloente be granted to th#
said Duncan, Martin & Perdue of said Mort.
gage, and T.HTaylor the equity of redemption fie barred, of th*
said YV. therein forever
and that service II of this according rule be perfected on %
said YV. T. . Taylor to law.
JAMES 8. BOYNTON, V. C.
Beck <fc Judge 8. Att’ys. C.
Cleveland, Petitioners
I certify that tho foregoing Is a true copy
from the Minutes of this Court, this Febrtuy
ry ry Term, Term, 1888. 1888. Wm. M.Thomas, Thomas, C.
fcb25oamlis Clerk B,C. 8.
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