The
Haunted House
By FREDERICK HART
(@, I*2l, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
“Pshaw! There’s no such thing as
a ghost!” Cordelia Davis’ voice was
defiant. “I think you're all silly to
believe such stories. There’s no more
harm In that old house than there Is
In a chicken coop."
“But Cordelia, old Bates says—”
“Oh, don’t tell me what old Bates
says! X wouldn’t believe that old rep
robate on a stack of blbles. He’s nl
ways telling the most awful whop
pers, and he tells them so often that
he thinks they are true himself. Why,
you've all heard his story about the
cattish that was so big that they had
to use a calf for bait! lie’s the worst
liar In the county I”
The object of Cordelia's outburst
of skepticism was a group of young
people who were sitting uround the
fireplace In the I)uvls country house
enjoying the heat of the flames; for
though it was early‘October there was
u chill In the air that made the crack
ling logs very comfortable.
The talk had drifted from golf and
bridge (o oulja boards and haunted
houses and some one had mentioned
the deserted house up the road, stat
ing that It was haunted, and adducing
the evidence of old Butes, the peripa
tetic gardner of the Davis menage, as
evidence In support.
A weird tale of moving lights and
hollow groans had caused the com
pany to sit n little closer around the
' fire all except Cordelia. She shout
ed hdr derision at the Idea, and over
rode the objections of the company as
she usually overrode anything that
opposed Itself to her sweet will.
"Why,” she finished, as a sort of
crusher to trample all opposition. “I
wouldn’t he afraid to spend the night
In that old place any time. I'm not
He Was Shaken for a Moment.
afraid of Bates’ groans and lights.
There never was a haunted house,
and there never can be. I’ll go there
tonight 1”
There was a chorus of protest, und
even Cordelia saw the absurdity of
the suggestion. But she was not to
be so easily turned from her position.
“Well, of course I couldn't stay all
night,” she amended. “Mother would
have a lit—hut I will do this—l’ll go
up to the house now and stay till
midnight. Mother won't be In from
the club till after then and I can
prove that right Just us well In
two hours ns ull night Now don't
try to dissuade me, for I’ve made up
my mlud. I’m going, and what’s
more, I don’t wont any of you to fol
low me and put up a crazy Joke by
making a lot of noises. I'm going
up to the house, and I’m going to
stay there till I hear the village clock
strike twelve. It Isn't far off und I'll
be perfectly safe. I Just want to
show you how foolish you are to be
lieve in ghosts and all that rot. I’m
going now—-good night I” And before
anyone could protest she was out of
the room. Looking out of the win
dow they could see her In the early
moonlight walking rapidly toward the
path that led to the haunted house,
with u shawl which she had caught
up in her progress through the hall
thrown over her head. The company
returned to their seats by the Are a
little sobered by the Incident.
“I think Cordellu’s very foolish to
rush off like that,” said Betty Sterne,
a pretty blond girl who was one of
the most popular of the guesta “She
might meet a tramp or a dog or any
thing. Don't you think some one
might go after her?”
“Whoever went after her would run
an awful risk of being eaten alive, re
torted Charles West, Betty’s suitor of
the moment. “Cordelia’s made up her
mind, and nothing we could do would
change it. It’s after ten now, any
way—she’s only got about an hour and
three-quarters. And, of course, no
body thinks for a minute that there
really is anything wrong with the
house. Cordelia got one of her crazy
impulses, ami yeu know there's bo
doing anything with her till the mood
passes. Let ljer go if she wants to.
She’ll come back übout midnight and
tell us all about It and everybody will
be happy.
So the crowd continued Its chatter,
apparently forgetful of the obstinate
Cordelia. But oue man was moody
and silent. This was Jimmy West
lake. did not like the Idea of Cor
delia's being out alone, even though
the ruined house was on her own
property and there was nothing to be
apprehended from tramps or other
prowlers of the night. His solicitude
was not entirely based on disinterest
edness; Cordelia had long ago en
tangled him In the meshes of her at
tractiveness, but he was by nature a
silent man, who did not show well In
the company of the more brilliant. If
shallower, group that surrounded Cor
delia. So he had never spoken.
As the hour wore on toward half
past eleven, Jimmy’s uneasiness in
creased. Finally he could hear it no
longer, and with a word of excuse
about going out to the garage to see
about something he had forgotten to
do to Ills car, he slipped from the
room. Once outside he headed for the
haunted house.
The broken edifice was ghostly
enough In the pale moonlight, with Its
crumbling walls, glassless windows
and shattered door. The weeds grew
rank and unkempt all about It. He
stole cautiously up the path to the
doorway, and even as his foot touched
the worn sill he heard a muffled shriek
from within. Every nerve on lire he
pished through the littered hall and
came to a door from behind which
came sobs mingled with an unearthly
clanking sound.
It was locked, hut his shoulder sunt
It crashing Inward und he found him
self In a room dusty with the accu
mulations of years, In which the
moonlight filtered dimly through dirty
panes; In one corner a huddled heap
of white whloi he knew to be Cor
delia; and across the floor something
black and shapeless was moving ac
companied by that ghostly rattle I
Jimmy’s nerve was good, but even
he was shaken for a moment. Then
reason reasserted Itself, and he kicked
savagely at the thing; It leaped away
with a snarl, and the moonlight fell on
It —a small dog with a collar from
which dangled a few feet of rusty
chain!
In his relief Jimmy laughed aloud,
and took two strides to where Cor
delia crouched, her hnnds over her
fare. At the sound of his voice she
looked up, then suddenly sprang to
her feet und threw her urms around
his neck, hiding her face on his shoul
der.
“Oh, Jimmy, Jimmy! I’m so glad
you came I I’m so glad 1 Oh, It was
dreadful! Pleuse, please take ine
away I”
Even when he explained that It was
only a dog she refused to be com
forted, shuddering against him and
begging to be taken home, lie helped
her outdoors, and in Hie open air she*
found relief In tears. Somehow Jim
my's shoulder seemed a good place ns
a repository for her grief, and she
wept unrestrainedly with his good
right arm holding her close. And as
she realized her need of him he felt
surging through him his love for her,
and then and there, on the path that
led to her house he told her all that
his heart had ached to express. Her
teurs ceased; but she did not draw
away from his protecting arm. At
the threshold of the house they
paused. From within came sounds of
laughter.
"And you were the only one to
think of coming for uie 1” murmured
Cordelia.
“I hnd to come—something made
me. I had to come because—be
cause—”
"Because what, JimmyT"
"Because of what I said before —be-
cause I love you and have always
loved you. Cordelia dear, you do
care, don’t you?"
“Oh, Jimmy, I’m so glad I was fool
ish and willful and went to thnt hor
rible house! I might' never have
known —Just think, I might never have
found out that you love me, and that
—and that I love you, Jimmy.”
GREEKS HELD BEAUTY SACRED
No Sculptor of Repute Would De
scend to Grotesqueneaa In Depict.
Ing the Human Form.
Many persons wonder why among all
the hundreds of statues of ancient
Greece there were no grotesque, ugly
or comical hits. Very rare specimens
have been found, but nearly always
these have been miniatures and evi
dently the work of Inferior artists.
The reason is that the Greeks wor
shiped beauty of line and color so
thoroughly that the creation of an
ugly representation of a hunmn being
would have been looked upon as a
profane and wicked act.
Among the few grotesque statues
known Is a little marble made In
Athens over 2,000 years agd of
a dwarf doing a dance that seems
to resemble the movements of the
cake-walk, once popular In the United
States. The little woman wears a
hobble skirt and her head, lock
ing back over her shoulder, la rather
attractive. It is thought to *be a
stptue of some well-known lonian
dw-Hrf cabaret artist made by a sculp
tor at the solicitation of a Homan friend,
or else a sutlre on a larger and per
haps very fine dancing bit done by a
rival and hated workman.
Not Alwaya Common.
“Common sense,” remarked Jud
Tunklns, “sometime# geta so scarce
that It seems like one of the oncom
numest things os egnii.’ l I
-PEARSON TRIBUNE, PEARSON, GEORGIA, APRIL 15. 1921
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Internal Medicine.
Diseases of Cheat and Stomach
Wayorohs, - Georgia.
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Devout
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PEARSON, GA
WALTER T. DICKERSON.
Attorney and Counselor at Law,*
PKARNoN and llomkkvillk, Ga.
Will be in J'earnon every Thursday and can
be found at the clerks Office.
Will practice in all courts State and Federal.
LEON A. HARGREAVES,
Attorney and Counselor,
Pearson, Georgia.
Office In the Clifford Building.
I'nmuit attention given to bugffieM In both
the stale and Federal courts.
TALMA DOE S. WINN,
Attorney and Counselor,
Pearson, Georgia.
Will do a general praetlce.
Office up stairs in the I’alfordbuilding,front
room on the U K hand side as you go up.
tIKO. 11. MINGLEDOEFF,
attorney and counselor,
Office In the New Palford Building
Pearson, Georgia
Practice In all the Courts, State and Federal
RENJ. T. ALLEN
attorney and counselor
Offices In the Allen building.
Peak son, (Jeorgia.
Will do a : neral practice Instate and Fed
erai Courts.
A ministrator’s Sale.
GEORGlA—Atkinson County.
Fndei and by virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary, granted at the February
Term, 19*21, w ill be sold before the oour£ houses
door of said c ounty. at Pearson, between the
lawful hours of sale, on the first Tuesday In
May next, the following real estate as the
property of Thomas McDonald., Sr., hereof
Atkinson county, deceased, viz:
Twelve U- acres of lot of land No. Four
hundred and thirty-two In the sth land dis
trict of Atkinson county. Georgia, bounded
on the west by laiwie of E. D. Beverly, on the
north by lands of E. D. Beverly and others
and oil the south and east by theorlsinlal
land lines. Also two hundred and forty-five
acres of lot <u land No. Four hundred and
thirty-three. In the fifth land district of At
kinson county. < leorgia, the same being the
south half of said lot of laud. Sale made for
the purpose of paying debts and distribution.
Terms made known on day of sale.
This the 4th day ol April, 1921.
Nancy McDonald, Administrator.
Fetition for Divorce.
It. H. Trowki.i, vs K ansas Mims) Tkowbll
In Atkinson Superior Court June
Term. 1921.
To the Defendant Kansas (Minima) Trowell:
It. H. Trowell, having llled his petition for
divorce agaList Kansas (Minims) Trowell. in
tills court, returnable to the June Term, 1921.
and It being made to appear that Kansas
(Mims) Trowell is a non-resident of said State
and county, nd an order having been made
for service < ’her by publication, this there
fore, is tom wiy you. KansasMlnmnj l Trowell
to be and appear at the next term of the Su
perior Court of said county of Atkinson to be
held on the fourth Monday In June, 1921,
then and Uu re to answer to the complaint.
Witness tht Hon. R. G. Dickerson. Judge
of the Superior Court, this 81 day of March.
1921.
Wtley M. Sumner, Clerk.
G. IT. Mingi.bookkk. Attorney.
CITY.CAFE.
Next door to the Pearson Gar
age. The place to get quick meals,
cigarettes, cigars an<J, tobaccos.
1. M. ALLEN, Proprietor.
x Notice of Sale.
Whereas, T. J. Douglass of At
kinson County, Georgia, by his
warranty deed dated October 21,
1919, and duly recorded in Book
Tine, Pages 159-160 of the land re
cords of Atkinson County, Georgia,
conveyed to the l’earsons-Taft
Land Credit Company, a corpora
tion, the following described real
estate in Atkinson County, Geor
gia, to wit:
Beginning at the northeast cor
ner*of lot 109 and thence run south
along the East line of said lot 1868
feet; thence West 2800 feet; thence
South 4 degrees 80 minutes,East
1572 thence West 760 feet to
a branch; thence along said branch
South 3 degrees 30 ninutes East
600 feet; thence aioQg said branch
South 18 degrees 30 minutes West
600 feet; thence South 4 degrees 30
minutes West 225 feet to South
line of said lot; Thence West
along said line 1050 feet to South
west corner of said lot and'a cer
tain branch; thence West 200 feet
along said branch and the South
origitiiai Hue of lot T 6; thence
North 48 degrees 30 minutes West
along said branch 800 feet; thence
North 23 degrees 30 minutes West
along said branc|i 1500 feet to head
of same; t hence North 53 degrees
West 1234 feet; thence Wost 1322
feet; thence South 750 feet; thence
West 880 feet to West line of lot
76; thence North along said West
line 2700 feet to Northwest corner
of said k>t; thence East along the
North line of lots 76 and 109, 9240
feet to the beginning. All iu the
Sixth Land District; containing
till) acres, more or less.
To secure the promissory note of
said T. J, Douglass for the sum of
Four Hundred Thirty-three and
fifty one hundredths ($-133.50)
dollars, payable in installments,
and in said deed provided that in
event of the default in the pay
ment of any installment of said
note said Company might declare
the unpaid balance thereof at once
due and payable and sell said laud
for the payment thereof; and
Whereas, the installment of said
note due December 1, 1920, was
not paid when due and is still un
paid and said Company lias de
clared the entire amount of said
note now due and payable;
Now, .therefore, the Pearsons
Taft Land Credit Company, under
and by virtue of the power and
authority in said Company vested
by said warranty deed, will pro
eeed to sell the above described
real estate and appurtenances
thereunto belonging at public sale
to the highest bidder for cash at
door of the Court House in the
City of Pearson, State of Georgia,
at the hour of 11 a. in., on the 3rd
day of May, 1921, for the purpose
of paying said indebtedness and
the cost of said sale.
As provided in said deed, said
sale will be subject to the rights
of the holder of that certain priu
cipal note for the sum of Flighty
Five Hundred $8500.00 (dollars
and interest thereon at six per
cent, from December, 1, 1920, de
scribed in and secured by that
certain warranty deed recorded in
Book One, pages 158 f 59 of the
I .and Records of Atkinson County.
Georgia.
In witness whereof, the said
Pearsons Taft Land Credit Comp
any has caused these presents to
be executed by its President and
its eoriwrate seal to be affixed tin
23rd day of March. 1921.
Pearsons Taft Land Credit
Company.
By Oren E. Taft, President.
Methodist Church Directory.
—i—
The following is a schedule of
services on the Pearson circuit,
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Pearson —2nd and 4th Sundays,
12:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Sunday-
School 3:30 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday 8:00 p. m.
New Providence —2nd and 4th
Sundays 3:30 p. in. Sunday-School
2:30 p. tn. ~
Wesi.ey Chapel —lst "Sunday
11:30 a. in. and Saturday night be
fore 7:30 p. m. Sunday School 3:00
p. m.
Sweetwater —Ist Sunday 3:30
p. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School
2:30 p. m.
Live Oak —3rd Sunday 11:30 a.
m. Sunday School 3:00 p. m.
Kirki-AND — 3rd Sunday 3:30 p.
m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School
2:30 p. m.
All of these services “Rain or
Shine" without the ringing of any
bells. Public cordially invited.
M. Luke. Pastor.
WHEN IN TOWN
Come Around and Inspect My Line
and Get My Prices on
NEW SPRING VOILES,
Organdies, Mercerized Ginghams, Satins, Etc.
MEN'S SUITS,
In Mohairs and Tropical Worsteds.
LATEST STYIJES OF
Ladies', Men's and Misses Slippers.
Yours to serve, H. L. LANKFORD.
PEARSONS
GENERAL REPAIR SHOP!
Rear of R. R. Depot,
PEARSON, - GEORGIA
We do all kinds of Blacksmith work, Acetylene welding
and Repair all kinds of Farming Implements, Automobiles
Gas and Steam Engines. Boilers or True to us. or anything
else you have to repair. No job too small oi* any large
enouah. We guarantee all vork.
See Us before you have Your Plumbing
done. We can Save you Money.
TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE.
I will be at the following places on
dates named below to receive Atkinson
County tax returns for the year 1921.
PLACE ROUND 1. ROUND 2". ROUND 3.
Willacoochee February 12 March 12 April 16
Pearson February 19 March 19 April 30
Axson February 26 March 25 April 23
H. W. CORBITT, T. R.
Atkinson county, Ga.
TO THE PUBLIC!
I beg to announce to the public that I have moved
to the Sutton building, where I have larger quarters,
and am better prepared to serve you in Cleaning,
Dyeing, Mending and Pressing your clothes and mak
ing them look as good as new clothes. I endeavor to
give entire satisfaction to my customers.
Yours to serve you promptly,
29-lm. LEWIS SPEED.
FARM LOANS
Made without delay at SI to 7 Per
Cent. Interest.
Loans on Improved City Property at 6 Per Cent.
t ome to see us l. A. HARGREAVES and Ji. L. LANKFORD,
Pafford IJuilding, Peakson, Georgia
INSURANCE!
Is Your Premises Insured against Fire, Lightning and
Tornade? If not, See
HARGREAVES & TYLER, Pearson, Ga.
They Represent Firstclass Companies. &
PEARSON SHOE HOSPITAL
Say, bring all of your
OLD SICK SHOES
And have them made well and good as new. Best
materials used in all work.
In MALONE BLOCK second door from South corner.
