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The Adair County news., 1922-04-11
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
ADAIR CIRCUIT COURT
OF KENTUCKY.

J. II. YOung,a aPltff s1
VS.
Fannie Hancock sc Deft
By virture of a Judgment and Order
of Sale OF Ajair Circuit Court, render
ed at the March Term, thereof, 1922,
in the above cause, for the sum of
S467 SO with interest at the rate of six
per cent from the 14th day Of March,
1922, until paid and 1886 costs herein
shall proceed to offer for sale at the
Court house door in Columbia, KY,
to the highest bidder, at Public Auc-
tion, on Monday, the 1st day of May
1922, at One o'clock, p M, or there
about (being County Court0 upon a
credit of six months, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit. A
certain tract or parcel of land lying in
Adair county, Kentucky, on the waters
of Casey Creek, and bounded and de-
srcibed as follows to-wit: Beginning
at three small white Oaks and small
Mulberry on the side of the Cliff, run
ming thence S 40 E II poles to a stake
in the middle of Casey Creek, thence
with the meanders of said Creek and
up the same N 80 ETA poles n "a E 2e
poles 70 E I6 poles N SOE 25 poles
N 5OR E 27 poles N 10 W 4 poles to a
stake in the middle of said Creek,
thence S18 W 126 poles to two hlck.
ories on a bluff, corner to Newton
WilkerSon, thence N 81 " 1873 poles tc
a stone marked c passing black oak
beech and hickory at LOG poles, thenct
S SO W SO poles to beech thence S 81
e ia poles to the beginning. But
there is excluded from the above de
scribed boundary about II acres which
has been sold off and il
bounded and described as follow
to.wit, Beginning at a persimmoI
tree in the south side of the Columbii
and Knif1ey road, thence southeas
direction to small sycamore theme
the same direction to Sycamore o.
bank of Casey Greek, thence up sait
Creek as it meanders to a stake in tn,
middle of the creek, John Arnold
corner thence 813 w to the County roa
thence S with road to place of begin
ming, Or sufficient thereof to produc
the sums of money so ordered to b
made. For the purchase price, tn
purchaser, with approved surety @
securities, must execute Bond, beal
ing legal interest from the day of sal
until paid aud having the force an
effect of a Judgment Bidders will b
prepared to comply promptly wit
these terms.
W. A. Coffey Master Commissioner.
A. G. C.
The Adair County news., 1922-04-11
COMMISSIONERS SALE.
ADAIR CIRCUIT COURT
OF KENTUCKY,

Manda Acre sc Pltff H"+
Rhoda Miller sc Deft
BY virture Of Judgment and Order
Of Sale of Adair Circuit Court, render
ed at the March Term, thereof, 1922, in
the above cause, shall proceed to Of
fer for sale at the court house door 10
Columbia, KY, to the highest bid
der. at Public Auction, on Monday, the
1st day of May 1922, at One O'Clock. p
m. ,or thereabout( (being County Court)
upon credit of six months, the follow.
ing described property towit; Three
certain tracts of land lying in Adair
county, Kentucky and bounded and
described as follows to-wit: The first
tract lies on the waters of big Clifty
Greek and beginning at black oak
and two white oaks, thence S 81 E. 104
poles to a rock; thence N 1 E 773 poles
to a white oak and black ak;thence N
SO W 1O4 poles to a white oak; thence
SIW 771 poles to the beginning.
The second tract, Beginning at a stone
William Sullivan's corner, thence
with SulliVan's lines 81 E l24 poles to
stone, said Sullivan's corner, thence
S 45 W II poles to a white Oak down
in Thomas L Blair's line; thence N SO
W 1O4 to two white Oaks and maple,
Blair's corner; thence n Z W 40 poles
to white Oak in Nancy Acres line,
Stapps corner, thence n 81 E II poles
to Maple said Acres corner; thence
n % W IS poles to two white Oaks
said Acres corner, thence n 20 E %
poles to the beginning, containing 80
acres more or less and being the same
land conveyed to G. W. Acree by
George NJ. Woford and wife by deed
dated Feb. IL, 1892 and of record in
deed book 80 page 1913 of the Adair
County Court Clerks Office. The
third tract, lies partly in Adair
and in Russell counties, and being the
same land conveyed to G. W. Acre,
by Samuel L. Williams and wife by
deed dated July 16, 1903, which deed is
of record in deed book page-of the
Russell County Court Clerks Office,
and is bounded as follows, beginning
at asmall Sycamore and Dogwood in
John Chapman's line and on branch;
thence down said Branch with its me-
anders S 80 W 81 poles 60 We poles,
SIS E 6 poles, S Al W poles, n SO W
IL poles, N IA W II poles, S 75I W
poles to where it runs into Big Clifty
Creek, thence down said Creek N 80
W 81 poles, thence N 73 W 54 poles to
a stake in Clifty, small Sycamore on
the north bank marked as pointers to
the stake and also the next corner,
thence 16 poles to white oak on the
hill side corner to Calvin Acree;
/ thence E lie poles to the beginning
containing 20 acres more or less, al
three tracts of land join and combined
as they are contain los acres more OF
less. For the purchase price, the pur
chaser, with approved surety or secur
tiles, must execute Bond, bearing le
gal interest from the day of sale unit
paid, and having the force and effec
of Judgment. Bidders will be pre-
pared to comply promptly with thes'
terms
w. A Coffey. Master Commissioner.
A. C. C.
The Adair County news., 1922-04-11
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The Primrose separator skins
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There are so many exclusive
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The Adair County news., 1922-04-11

Articles in Louisville that
tbeives can pick up must be get
ting scarce. They are now grab
bing young girls and cutting off
their hair. This they sell and
buy dope.
The Adair County news., 1922-04-11

Four men were killed as the
result of boiler explosion on a
ferryboat near Port Huron, Mich.
The Adair County news., 1922-04-11
X. S. LESTER
DENTIST
jamestown, Kentucky.
PERSONAL

Mr.. W. E. Harris returned to In
dianapolis last week.
Miss Cecil Sullivan:has about recov-
cred from a weeks illness.
Mr.. ]. R. Garnett spent few days
Of last week in Louisville.
Mr.. Geo. 1. Hammond. Louisville,
was in Columbias recently.
Mr.. Jas. III. Newman, Carrolton,
KY, was heress few.days:ago
Mr.. f. o. Stone, Danviiie, was here
few days ago, taking orders.
Mr.. Jas. H. Edwards. of Louisville,
was here a day or two last week.
Mr.J. L. Dillon, Edmonton, had busi-
ness in Columbia few days ago.
Mr.. Leon McGilton, Lexington, was
at the Jeffries Hotel a few days ago
Mrs. Virgil Collins: who has been
been quite sick, has about recovered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Taylor made a
business trip to Campbelisville Friday.
Mr.. C. C. King, travelling salesman,
out Of Louisville, was here few days
since.
-, Nj. ]. r. Higgenbotham, of Creels
boro, was here day or two Of last
week.
j Mrs. Nancy Harvey, Russell Springs
was at the Jetfries Hotel a few days
since.
~ Mr.. John Q. Alexander, Louisville,
made his regular trip to this place last
week.
Mr.. H. B. Slusher, New Albany,
Ind, was at.the.Jeffries Hotel a few
days ago.
Mr.. E NJ. Walker, of Eminence,
KY, was at the Jeffries Hotel a few
days since.
Hon. Lilburn Phelps, Louisville,
vas here a few days ago en- route to
jamestown.
Mr.. Reginald Bowen and Mr.. Robt
Hall, of Elizabethtown, we're here a
few days ago.
Mr.. W. A. Yates, who is in the ser.
vice of the government, was here .
few days since.
Mrs. AloDzoI BLACK, of Crocus, wa
here Friday, en- route to visit daugh
ter, in Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Holt, James
town, were here a few days ago, Ell
route for Louisville.
Martha Lena, the youngest child o.
Mr.. and Mrs. SamlBurdette, was verI
sick few days of last week.
DR.. J. n. Murrell and DR.. d. W
Depp are in Louisville this week, at
tending the State Dental Association
Mr.. Robt. ConoVer Memphis, is here
visiting his mother and and sisters
1t is his first visit in number o
years.
Miss Ruth Hines, of Columbia, KY.
has arrived at the Hotel Chatham
Vanderbilt Avenue at 4Sth Street
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Follis and the
little son Robert Jr., and Miss Ne
FolliS, Campbellsville, were here Sal
urday and Sunday.
Mrs. Bruce Montgomery and lite
daughter, Elizabeth, will leave tomol
row morningito spend several weeks q
Van Lear, Kentucky.
Mr.. B. F. Chewing, who spent
week with relatives and friends
Green and Taylor counties returne
home last Wednesday.
Rev. J. B. Horton, of Elizabetl
West Virginia, arrived last Tuesds
night. His wife, who was Miss Jul
Miller, has been here some time.
Miss May Feese, of Berea, is visi
ing relatives in Columbia, stopping
the home of her grandfather, Mr..
II. Pelly. She finishes at Berea Co
lege this year.
The Adair County news., 1922-04-11

We will pay SOcents for some good
corn.
Farmer Mill Co.
The Adair County news., 1922-04-11

See our 25C Enamel assortment.
DOhOney & DOhOney.
The Adair County news., 1922-04-11

L. r. CHELF, Agent
of Adair County. If you
are interested write me at
Knifley, Ky.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-08
CHAPTER vi

Martins was a typical little noun
tain store, containing a small sample
of almost everything under the sun,
and built at the forks in the road.
Bruce entered slowly, and the little
group of loungers gazed at him with
frank curiosity.
Only one of them was of a type
sufficiently distinguished so that
Bruce'S own curiosity was aroused.
This was huge, dark man who stood
alone almost at the rear of the build
ing-a veritable giant with savage,
bloodhound lips and deep-sunken eyes.
There was a quality in his posture
that attracted Bruces attention at
once. No one could look at him and
doubt that he was a power in these
mountain realms.
He was dressed much as the other
mountain men who had assembled in
the store. He wore a flannel shirt over
his gorilla chest, and corduroy trou-
sers stuffed into high, manyseamed
riding boots.
The dark eyes were full upon
Bruces face. He felt them-just as
if they had the power Of actual physic-
al impact-the instant that he was
inside the door, Nor was it the
ordinary look Of careless speculation
or friendly interest 1t was such that
no man, to whom self-respect is dear,
could possibly disregard. 1t spoke
clearly as words.
Bruce flushed, and his blood made
a curious little leap. He slowly
turned His gaze moved until it rested
full upon the mans eyes. 1t took all
of Bruces strength to hold that gaze.
The moment was charged with mys-
teriouS suspense.
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CHAPTER V

The dawn revealed a narrow road
along the bank Of Deer creek-a
brown little wanderer which, winding
here and there, did not seem to know
exactly where 1t wished to go. Bruce
didn't know which direction to take,
whether up or down the creek.
He gave the problem a moments
thought. "Take the road up the
Divide" Barney Wegan had said; and
at once Bruce knew that the course
lay up the creek, rather than down.
A divide means simply the high places
between one watershed and another,
and Of course Trails End lay some
where beyond the source of the stream.
The creek itself was apparently a
sub-tributary of the Rogue, the great
river to the south.
Bruce was In a mood to be delighted,
these early morning hours. He was on
the way to Linda; a dream was about
to come true The whole adventure
was Of the most thrilling and JOY
Gus anticipations. He did not feel
the load of his heavy suitcase. 1t
was nothing to his magnificent young
strength.
The sun rose higher and be began
to feel its power The sweat came
out on his bronze face, but he never
felt better in his life. There was but
one great need, and that was break
fast.
A man of his physique feels hunger
quickly. The sensation increased In
intensity, and the suitcase grew cor
respondingly heavy. And all at once
he stopped short In the road. The
impulse along his nerves to his leg
muscles was checked, like an cleo
tric current at the closing of switch,
and an instinct of unknown origin
struggled for expression within him
In an instant he had It, He didn't
know whence 1t came. 1t was moth
Ing he had read or that any one had
told him. 1t seemed to be rather the
result of some experience in his own
immediate life, an occurrence of SO
long ago that he had forgotten it. He
suddenly knew where he could find
his breakfast He set his suitcase
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down, and with the confidence or a
man who hears the dinner call in his
own home, he struck off into the
thickets beside the creek bed In
stinct-and really, after all, instinct
is nothing but memory-led his steps
true.
He glanced here and there, not even
wondering at the singular fact that
he did not know exactly what manner
of food he was seeking. In mo-
ment he came to growth of thorn
covered bushes, thicket that only
But it was enough for Bruce just
to stand at its edges. The bushes
were bent down with load of de-
liciOuS berries.
He wasn't in the least surprised. He
. had known that he would find them,
Always, at this season of the year, the
woods were rich with them; one only
had to slip quickly through the back
doOr-while the mothers eye was else
where-tO find enough of them not
only to pack the stomach full but to
stain and discolor most of the face.
But it seemed to him that he reached
them easier than he expected. Either
the bushes were not so tall as he re-
membered them, Or-since his first
knowledge of them--his own stature
had increased
When he had eaten the last berry
he could possibly hold, he went to
the creek to drink. He lay down be-
side still pool and the water was
cold to his lips. Then he rose at the
sound of an approaching motor car
behind him.
The driver-evidently cattleman-
stopped his car and looked at Bruce
with some curiosity. He marked the
perfectly fitting suit of dark flannel,
the trim, expensive shoes that were
already dust-stained, the silken shirt
On which a juicy berry had been
crushed. "Howdy," the man said after
the western fashion.
"HoW do you do Bruce replied.
How far to Martins store"
The man filed his pipe with great
care before he answered. Jump in
the car" he replied at last "and I'll
show you. I'm going up that way my
self"
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CHAPTER VII

Bruce couldn't mistake the cabin. At
the end of the trail he found it-a
little shack of unpainted boards with
single door and single window.
He stood a moment in the sunlight
He could not guess what was his des-
'iny behind that rude door. 1t was
a moment long waited: for one of the
few times in his life he was trembling
win excitement. He felt as if a key
long lost, was turning in the doorway
Of understanding
He walked nearer and tapped with
his knuckles on the door.
If the forests have one all-pervad-
ing quality it is silence. What sound
there is carries far and seems rather
out Of place. Bruce could picture the
whole Of the little drama that followed
his knock by just the faint sounds
inaudible in a less silent land-that
reached him from behind the door At
first it was just start; then short
exclamation in the hollow. half-whiS-
pering voice of old, old age. A mo-
ment more of silence-as if a slow
moving, aged brain were trying to
conjecture who stood outside-then
the creaking of chair as some one
rose. The last sounds were Of a
strange hobbling toward him-a rustic
of shoes half dragged on the floor and
the intermittent tapping of cane.
The face that showed so dimly in
the shadowed room looked just as
Bruce had xpected-wrinkled past
belief, lean and hawk-nosed from age.
The hand that rested on the cane was
like a birds claw, the skin blue and
hard and dry. She stood bowed over
her cane.
Yet in that first instant Bruce had
an ineXplicable impression of being in
the presence of a power. He did not
have the wave of pity with which one
usually greets the decrepit And at
first he didn't know why. But soon
he grew accustomed to the shadows
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-08
CHAPTER ~

The train came to a sliding halt
at Deer Creek, paused an innnitesimal
fraction Of a second, and rOared on In
its ceaseless journey. That infinitesi-
NAL fraction was long enough for
Bruce, poised on the bottom step Of a
sleeping car, to swing down on to the
gravel right-of-Way. His bag, hurled
by a sleepy porter, followed him.
Duncan's next impression was one
Of Infinite solitude. He hadn't read
any guidebooks about Deer Greek, and
he had expected some sort of town.
But here was one little wooden struc-
ture with only three sides,-the open
ing facing the track. 1t was evidently
the waiting room used by the noun
tain men as they waited for their
local trains.
There were no pOrters to carry his
i. bag. There were no shouting officials
His only companions were the stars
and the moon and farther up the
slope, certain tall trees that tapered
to incredible points almost In the re-
gion where the stars began.
The whole scene, for causes deeper
than any words may ever seek and re
veal, moved him past any experience
in his life. It was wholly new.
He turned about until the wind was
in his face. 1t was full Of fragrances,-
strange, indescribable smells that
seemed to call up forgotten world
They carried a message to him, but as
yet he hadn't made out its meaning
He only knew 1t was something mys-
terious and profound: great truths
that fiickered, like dim lights, In his
consciousness, but whose outline he
could not quite discern.
Perhaps there were sounds, but they
only seemed part Of the silence. The
faintest rustic In the world reached
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-09-08
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I.-At the death of his foster
father Bruce Duncan, in an eastern city,
receives q mysterious message, sent by a
Mrs. Ross, summoning him peremptorily
to southern Oregon-to meet Linda"
CHAPTER II.-Bruce has vivid but baf-
fling recollections of his childhood in an
orphanage, before his adoption by New
ton Duncan. with the girl Linda.
CHAPTER III-At his destination,
Trails End, news that message has
been sent to Bruce is received with
marked displeasure by a man introduced
TO the reader as Simon"
He blurted out his news at once.
"Old Elmira has got word down to
the settlements at last" he said.
There was no muscular response in
the larger man. Dave was plainly
disappointed. He wanted his news
to cause a stir. 1t was true, however,
that his host slowly raised his eyes
Dave glanced away.
What do you mean?" the man de-
manded.
Mean mean just what said. We
should have watched closer Bill
Young Bill, l mean-saw a city chap
just in the act of going in to see
her. He had come onto the plateaus
with his guide--Wegan was the mans
name-and Bill said he stayed a lot
longer than he would have if he hadn't
taken a message from her"
How long ago was this?"
Week ago Tuesday"
And why have you been so long
in telling me?"
When Dawes chief asked questions
III this tone, answers always came
quickly. They rolled so fast from the
mouth that they blurred and ran to-
gether. why, Simon-you amt been
where | could see you. Anyway there
was nothin' we could have done"
There wasn't, eh? / don't suppose
you ever thought that there's yet two
months before we can clinch this
thing for good, and young Folger
might say might-have kicking
about somewhere in his belongings
the very document we've all of US
been worrying about for twenty
years" Simon cursed-a single, fiay
oath. But we are yelling before
we're hurt. 1t isn't worth a cussword.
Like as not, this Wegan will never
take the trouble to hunt him up. And
If he does-well, it's nothing to worry
about, either. There is one back door
that has been opened many times to
let his people go through, and it may
easily be opened again"
Dawes eyes filed with admiration.
Then he turned and gazed out through
the window. Against the eastern sky,
already wan and pale from the en-
croaching dawn, the long ridge Of a
mountain stood in vivid and startling
silhouette The edge of 1t was curl
ously Jagged with many little upright
points.
There was only one person who
would have been greatly amazed by
that outline of the ridge; and the
years and distance had obscured her
long ago. This was a teacher at an or
phanage in a distant city, who once
had taken a crude drawing from the
hands of a child. Here was the original
at last. 1t was the same ridge,
covered with pines, that little Bruce
had drawn.
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him from the forests ABOVE or many
little winds playing running game
between the trunks, and the stir of
the Little People, moving in their mid
night occupations. Each of these
sounds had it's message for Bruce.
They all seemed to be trying to tell
him something, to make clear some
great truth that was dawning in his
consciousness.
He was not in the least afraid. He
felt at peace as never before. He
picked up his bag, and with stealing
steps approached the long slope be-
hind. The moon showed him fallen
log, and he found a comfortable seat
on the ground beside it, his back
against it's bark. Then he waited for
the dawn to come out.
The night hours passed. The sense
of peace seemed to deepen on the man.
He sat relaxed, his brown face grave,
his eyes lifted. The stars began to
dim and draw back farther into the
recesses of the sky. The round out
line Of the moon seemed less pro-
nounced And a faint ribbon of light
began to grow in the east.
1t widened The light grew. The
night wind played one more little
game between the tree trunks and
slipped away to the Home of Winds
that lies somewhere above the noun
tains The little night sounds were
slowly stilled.
Bruce closed his eyes, not knowing
why. His blood was leaping in his
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and he could see the woman's eyes.
Then he understood
They were set deep behind grizzled
brows, but they glowed like GOALS
There was no other word. They were
not the eyes of one whom time is
about to conquer Her bodily strength
was gone; any personal beauty that
she might have had was ashes long
and long ago, but some great fire
burned in her yet.
She blnked in the light. "Who is
it?" she croaked.
Bruce did not answer. He had not
prepared reply for this question. But
it was not needed. The woman leaned
forward, and a vivid light began to
dawn in her dark, furrowed face.
Even to Bruce, already succumbed
to this atmosphere OF mystery into
which his adventure had led him, that
dawning light was the single most
startling phenomenon he had ever be-
held. The witchllke face seemed to
CLEAN with white flame. AND
Bruce knew that his coming was the
answer to the prayer of whole life
time. 1t was a thought to sober him.
No small passion, no weak desire, no
prayer that time or despair could ST.
lence could effect such light as this.
Bruce" he said simply. 1t did not
even occur to him to use the surname
of Duncan. 1t was a name Of time
and sphere already forgotten. Il
don't know. what my real last name
is"
| 'Bruce-Bruce," the woman whis-
pered. She stretched a palsied hand
to him as if it would feel his flesh to
reassure her of its reality. He saw
the exultation in her wrinkled, lifted
face. "Oh, praises to His Everlasting
Name !" she cried. "Oh, Glory-Glory
to on Highn'
And this was not blasphemy. The
words came from the heart. No mat
ter how terrible the passion from
which they sprang, whether 1t was
such evil as would cast her to hell,
such a cry as this could not go un-
heard The strength seemed to go out
of her as water flows. She rocked on
her cane, and Bruce, thinking she was
about to fall, seized her shoulders.
AT last-at last" she cried. you've
come at last"
Continued Next Week