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zach season sees a growth IN
II the popularity OF the hot
sandwich. For a lunch which
must be quickly gotten together
for an Observation-Disclosures bite, or
for afternoon tea the hot sana'
witch is altogether suitable. IL
may even appear at breakfast IL
charming negligee Of hot toasted
rolls is selected.
On the list of suitable materials
from which hot sandwiches are
to be made, one finds chicken, or
other fowl or game, eggs, cheese
bacon. ham. oyster. lopster'
mushrooms, kidneys, beans, pea
nut butter, figs, and even such
sweets as nlarmalades and MARSH.
mallows. Salad dressing, chill
sause or sauces made OF canned
soups or stock are not, always
essential but are frequently desir-.
able. ~
From the above ingredients It,
is always possible to select
hearty combination which, with.
hot well-buttered toast and h0S
coffee. gives satisfying meal
The salad or green vegetable, pArt
of the menu may often be tf1FE
cluded between the layers OF toast
The familiar and long popular
club sandwich is evidence that
such combinations have met and
satisfied the public appetite.
The two following sandwiches
have been selected as being
slightly different from showing
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nHAT heredity plays odd tricks
i upon us is the point which
is brought out in the Incredibly
VS.. environment" arguments pre-
scented by Mrs. Gladys b. Will
son, of Clinton. Nd. who is to-.
day awarded copy of Harold
Bell Wright's novel, ~ Son of
His Father" for her letter on the
subject.
Beginning with the grandfather
three generations removed. Mrs.
Wilson recites story of repeated
generations who worshiped the
God Bacchus with all of the de-
youtness of heather Chinese.
And suddenly, the love for John
Barleycorn ceases entirely in the
direct line of the aforementioned
ancestors, so much so in fact,
that the is living heirs to the
taste for liquor, never touch it in
any form
But read Mrs Wilson's letter
which is argument enough against
heredity to almost cinch the argtl-
ment in favor of environment
when my paternal grandfather,
thrice removed, wasn't getting
religion at a camp meeting, which
he faithfully did at each recur.
ring opportunity, he was either
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her desk. That would give her
a good excuse TO SO into his Of.
flee. She picked Ii up and opened
The door OF his office
He looked up and as his gray
eyes met hers something in her
seemed to melt. She Ionged to.
her head down on the shoulder
any cry and CRY Not because.
Mrs. Dexter had SeoIded her not
+ because Miss Brown and Miss
MinnicI had snubbed her but be-
cause he himself wes SO cold and
un1rienal- toward her.
Isllsst was why she wanted @
But she faced hi1r steady eyed
And when she spoke TO him. her
voice was steady too.
3 I've lust had this setter from
your mother AIR. Manners she
said, She wants me to come to
dinner next yyednestiay
CHAPTER NXNI
John Manners read me little
note and handed Il back 70 her.
She waited for him To make
some answer. hut he Glidiiat say
WOrdjust sat looking at her
with gray eyes. as If he were
trying to figure her out The
silence in the room fairly
Numbered.
Wen. Mary Rose ventured ait
last, shall / go?'
He raised his dark brows the
fraction OF an inch. WHY ask
me? It's entirely up to YOU he
said indffferently She's asked
you to have dinner with her.
Suit yourself: go IL you want to
don't go il YOU don't want to-"
His tone limited that 1t made
no difference to him what she
did. ever again. Not that it was
rude or terse. It was worse. 1t
was coldly polite.
Hes heard about the Dexter
business. tool" Mary Rose told
herself, with dreadful sinking
of the heart.
And almost without knowing
what she was doing she was talk
ing to him about it.
Angry
Il got into a dreadful snarl
with Mrs. Hilary Dexter this
morning. she began breathlessly.
I suppose you've heard about
it?''
lie shook his head. mo,
hadn't heard about it. he said
shortly. What was it?'
Mary Rose gave a gasp of sur
prise. If he hadn't heard about
this awful Dexter business. what
was the matter with him? For it
was as plain as a pikestaff that
he was angry with her about
something and that he was sulk-
ing after the fashion of the Eter-
nal Masculine, when he is dis
pleased.
ITO be continued
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To DR.. w. b. Caldwell, of Mon
ticello, Ill.,, a practicing physician
for AZ years, 1t seemed cruel that
so many constipated infants lnd
children had to be kept constantly
stirred up and half sick by tax
ing cathartic pills, tablets, salts,
calonel and nasty oils.
While lie knew that constipation
was the cause of nearly all chfl-
dren's little ills, he did not believe
that sickening purge" or phys;
ics WAS necessary
In Or. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsi
he discovered Il laxative which hel
TO establish natural bowel "regtllY
ity even if the child is chronica
DR.. Caldwell's Syr
Pepsin not only causes gentle
easy bowel movement. but, best os
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Then Phyllis Read Of His Engagement to
His Employers Daughter.

something about next week" as
she opened the door that led to-
the staircase.
rive just heard something
know whether to believe 1t or
not" he said to FIossie. as soon
as the door had closed behind
her.
Flossie looked up at him with
eyes that were ike dewy violets.
What did yOu hear, honey
boy?" she asked clinging 10 him
with heavy sweetness. This wild
story that she's been chasing
around with Mr.. Dexter"
Sam nodded. tD'you think it's
true?''
I'm afraid it Isl F'lossie an
swered, without a culver Of an
eyelash. TITS terrible, isn't 1t
And, oh, Sam, do we have to get
married next week? Let's put It
off a little while until can get
some buds. And, besides, I've al
ways wanted to be a Christmas
bride, and wear wreath OF
mistletoe instead of orange bios
SONS! Can't we be married at
Christmas?
She cuddled closer to him, and
he held her tight. "All right.
he yielded, but don't change
your mind again. Promise.
Flossie promised him with a
dizzy kiss.
She knew that when Christmas
GANG she could put off the we'd
ding until June, and SO on
MUCH as she cared for Sam.
there was plenty of time to marry
him.
Plenty of time to scrub floors
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She Tried to Forget Her Misery
and Walked for Hours

ssEl
speak to her, and when they
were gone she sat, silent as an
idol with her eyes fixed on the
door through when they had dis
ppeHred. AZ lsiaap rose in her
throat
For q yesr the three Of them
had had lunch together three or
four times week. And Mary
R0ae had enjoyed II. She had
enjoyed them She had almost
4 no friends outside the office ex-s
cent Tom Fitzr0y.
DIV can they believe that I'd
Z troll around after Dexter she
wondered with dull anger They
igllt know by this time that
tiii not that kind sOf girl
wouldn't believe such a story
bout hem + know.
hut was she so sure that she
q wouldn't? AREN'T we all too
ready 10 believe the Ill that we
hear about our friends? Mary
Rose wondered about it, as she
sat there alone, with tears gather
ing IN her Mistful blue eyes.
Would John Manners believe
the story when he heard it. as
he would hear. IL he hadn't al
ready?
Not if he loves me, she told
herself, mot il he loves me.
AT that instant, the door open
ed and he came in. He gave her
a short nod and passed on into
his private Office.
For q moment more she sat
where she was Then she shook
herself and got up. i can't stand
this much longer, she thought.
i've got to know why he treats
me like this
Her eyes fell on his mothers
letter TO her. still lying open on
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and iron shirts and cook meals
In a. fouT-room cottage or q two.
room flat. Plenty Of time to
drudge and scrimp and save.
Plenty of Time TO steam the color
and the beauty out Of her face
over a wasf1tub or a preserving
kettle. Life was short and nlars
riaEe was long,
But did she care for Sam, as q
matter Of fact. More than ever
she would care for any one. no
, doubt. She bent her head hack
Tor another kiss, and felt sam
trembIe with her nearness and
warmth, and the sweetness Df her
surrender to hinl-or what
thought was her surrende
Listen, darling" he said I'd
her l1uskily, his lips against her
scented hair, IT know Mary Be18ess
is your sister but ifs were YOU
I'd keep away froHa her while
this Dexter trouble 81 boiling. Yen
don't want to be dragged Tito II.
do you? I'm sure surprised al
her. She's the last person 7oll
earth I'd think would have Ease
on q married man u ssts
You never can tell about ped.
pie, can your Flossis asked
dreamily Who'd ever think
that Dexter'd go off his trolley
about a girI2"
Silent As Idol
Miss Minnick and Miss Brown
were getting ready to go out for
their lunch when Mary Rose went
back to her own desk. Out of
the corner of her eye she watched
them putting away their papers
and closing down their type.
WRITER'S
They did not look her way or
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: { S *
your she. begged, her voice thick
with tears. Let Them think it
was you for al while xviii you?
Just for little Mhile?o
The older girl looked down at.
her in puzzled silence
You know, Sam n never marry
me IL he finds I've been chasing
around with Dexter F1ossie ca
planned jerkily. You know he
won the's SO narrow! He'd just
quit his job and beat II! And
I'd never see him again Her
sobs broke out again.
Mary Rose thought 1t over.
4 it was not going to be easy to
take the blame that was FIossie $.
Size had had a taste OF Il this
1Itetliing and It had been hard 10
swallow.
And yet
And yet IL Sam Jessup took II
into his head not TO marry FiOs-
sic. Mary Rose was afraid to
think what might becon1e g s her.
Demands Proof
With her craving for luxury.
for fun, for the admiration .cf
men, where would she go2 what
would she do? Mary Hose re-
nlembered how she had looked
that morning weeks ago when she
had come home at dawn, dizzy
from too much liquor. Loose
Tipped and sensuous and weak!
The only safety for FIossie was
marriage.
Mary Rose made up her mind.
like lightning.
IAN right. she said briskIy,.
"IIl let 'em all think what they
please. Only you're to keep your
word. You'll really marry Sam
Jessup? On your word of honor"
Cross nv heart. / hone e
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cacies, was pronounced, constant,
and enduring to the end.
''Of my great grandfather, it is
reliably affirmed that his anti.
pathv to mere milk and water
manifested itself early. Truth
fully can it be said of him that
from his sugar-and.whiskey
rated-rag-nipple days of cradle.
dom, until, so years later, and.
abed, he coaxed lust a wee nip
more" out of the hands of his
weeping relatives, he steadfastly
saw to it that the family's tradi-
tional e-Volsteadean pre-eml-
nence suffered no abatement or OBJ
security by any personal neglect OF
his
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Heredity Sometimes Plays Odd Tricks On Us

my grandfather's chief claim
to hereditary distinction lay in
that, for 40 years, he distilled
spirituous liquors, and, incidentally,
sold to his religious neighbors
what he couldn't conveniently
instifl himself! When he gave up
the bottle at the ripe old age Of
81, somehow nobody thought 10
pick it up.
Now by every supposed law
of hereditary transmission. his de-
scendants, of whom there are
Is living. ought to have nighr
acquaintance at least with Mr..
Bacchus, especially those who live
in the free State of Maryland:
yet Mr.. Wayne Wheeler is no
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getting gloriously drunk, Or
thunderously sobered up.
His son, who was my great
great-grandfather, proudly main
tanned the family's bibulous pres
: tige for more than generation
by daily putting vast quantities
of old Virginia apple jack into
bay window storage, and thereby
removing considerable temptation
from the eyes OF his thirsty neigh.
bors. His untimely death at the
tender age OF 20 took out OF this
vale of sorrow one whose affinity,
inherited or otherwise, for cider,
wine. whisky, brandy, and other
moist products and forbidden deli.
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TRY THE TIMES
D ALLY
SIX

/. SCIENCE. Can tissue con-
tinue to live when severed from
the body?
2. LAW. What is the purpose
of law"
8. CIyIcs. why is the death.
rate in cities usually smaller than
the rural death-rate?
4. ART. What artist introduced
Cubism?
5. MUSIC. Who is considered
the greatest tenor OF our time?
s s. HEALTH. What method ~
employed to revive persons suf-
!, located in mines or apparently
killed by electricity?
Answers
/. 81 I.ITERATURE. Walt Whit.
man u819.1S92l.
{ e.. HISTORY. Henry Morgan,
+. an English buccaneer.
g. GEOGRAPHY. Russia, the
United States, ana Canada.
n 4. BUSINESS. New York city.
II s. MANKIND. About $4,000
900.
6. HUMAN NATURE. DIR. Ben.
jamin Rush. Q745-IS13.
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drier-perhaps not as dry. Still, [
hate to think of what we might
have become, given fair pre-
prohibition chance, particularly
in the light of certain hitherto
suppressed hankerings seemingly
resident in my own subconscious
complex
Whether regular subscribers or
not. all readers of The Times are
invited to discuss the subject of
heredity. A copy Of "A Son of
His Father" Harold Bell Wright's
new novel, will be given every day
for the best personal experience
on this subject. Address your
opinions to the Heredity Editor.
Washington Times. Write ON one
side of the paper only.
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W HEN DID 1T
HAPPEN AND
WHERE

WHEN was Captain Kidd, the
w pirate arrested in Boston?
2.fWhen were Rembrandt's
paintings of the life of Christ ex.
ecuted?
3. When did Massilon, the cele-
brated French orator, become a
court preacher?
4. When was the German epic
poem, the "Nibelungenlied," writ
ten?
5. When was Richard Olney
United States Secretary of State?
Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow,
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Read This First

FLOSSIE and MARY IkO SE
MIDDLETON are two pretty
sisters, the daughters OF y
widowed mother. They work
for the Dexter Automobile
Company.
Mary Rose Is secretary to
the sales manage JOHN
~ Ann u eS, and Is in love with
him. He Is engaged TO an
slleleess DORIS HING Be-
Cause Of her ceiling Tor lIllll,
nv Nose rep tedly refuses
to 1llatFy IDM FITZi4OY, 3 ..
young doctor.
lQssIe. e. born rai1lp. works
IN the filing Departments Mary
le0se discovers that she s. car
Kying on q secret filtration
with the pres dent Of the CONF
I,aIlys 4 ~! lJls llsA = ksIt, ~
t.l0ugH snes9 engaged 20 MS
Secref1Fys SAM less Y -
Dexter, = married man. gives.
ilef. seEera presents, among
them z gold vanity ease. When
AaIy Rose 6c0lds her about
!eetlllg INN make love 70 her,
lossse nectatse q. 2 Dexter.
Z wound qIVorce his vie and
ll..'aEs'y her She Z lct him
II
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ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions

4. Sacramento CAL, became a
city In 1868.
2. Baltazarina, the celebrated
Violinist, lived in the. sixteenth
century.
3. John M. Harlan was Asso-
ciate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court from 1877 10 l9l1.
4. Sir Henry Irving, the great
English actor, vas knighted in
H.. The Kingdom of Judah was
oyerthrpwn by Nebuchadnezzar in
5g6 q. G.
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ENLs0SST IL s face cleared and soft
ened might have lxIlown
hes protect me from that womang'
she said, trisItnpflan tls.
Blow 10 Pride
He Wasn't protecting ron. He
was protecting himself Mary
Rose told her bluntly He sQas
So afraid She was going to divorce
him 4 id sIse would thai
he almost died OF right. He got
on his knees to her to believe his
lies: lie said hold never look at
another woman in all his lIfa,,''
Fiossie blinked at her as ,ff
sudden light had fIared IN her
face Say that again.. he said
TO you mean that Dex told her
he Still has a crush on herr Why,
he told me- =
She sat down, suddenly, on
stool beside the table. and put her
bright head down on her hands
81 don't understand, she NUT
tered, and burst into tears Of
fury.
She sat that way for long
time and Mary Rose stood watch
ing her and not saying word.
She knew that Flossie had to
take this blow to her pride,
alone.
After what seemed an eternity,
Flossie raised her lovely head.
TEL rue what happened this
morning" she said jerkily.
Mary Rose told her the whole
thing from beginning to end.
"And it's just as I told you.
F1ossie," she finished, solemnly,
Mine times out--of ten, a man
will play around with other woTI1-
en-, but his wife's always first,
when it comes to a showdown.
But Flossie had ceased listening.
She was looking out of the win
dow, with half-shut, calculating
eyes. Suddenly she turned them
to her sister.
Takes Blame
''I can't work here any more,
can I?' she asked. You say the
door was open and the whole Of
flee heard what Mrs. Dexter
said"
Suddenly she put her two hands
to her breast, az a sudden dread
full thought struck her. SANS
downstairs" she cried. "I'll bet
Miss Minnick and the rest of 'em
are telling him the whole story
Yes. but all they heard was
her bawling me out" Mary Rose
answered, Iapsing into Flossie's
slang. Il firalIy had sense
enough to get up and shut the
door when ! realized that they
We're all listening to the excite
Dient. can tell from the way
they look at me that they think
was with Dexter last night, in
stead of you,
And then suddenly Flossie was
clinging to her and sobbing
against her shoulder. "Oh, Mary
Rose, you won't tell on me, will
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Mother! is
Cruel to ''Physic
Your Child

all. it never gripes, sickens or up
sets the most delicate system. Bs
sides. 1t Is absolutely harmless, and
so pleasant that even Il cross, few
erish, bilious, sick child gladly takes
1t.
Buy large 6O-cent bottle at airy
store that sells medicine and Just
see for Yourself ~
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Who Said It

~ woman is only a woman. but
good cigar is q slliOke. =
This is the smokers idea. as
kipling saw It In Be Betrothed. Z"
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die, F'Iossie answered, wiping
her eyes with small handker-
chief covered with strong per-
But Mary Rose wanted more
proof than that.
She knew that Flossie would
promise anything to gain her
point, and later would break that
promise without a thought. She
was not to be trusted and that
was all there was TO it.
All right. but want to hear
you tell him you'll marry him,
Mary Rose said stub b or nj ".
You've broken your word TO me.
before. YOU know"
Flossie flushed. All right, Ill
go downstairs and get him., she
answered nnRraciously.
But at that monent Sam walked
into the room. The minute she
saw his face Mary Rose knew
that he had heard the story of
Mrs. Dexter's visit to her hus-
bands office. For the look he
gave her was full Of curious won.
der.
1--WE been talking to Flossie.
Sam. and she wants to tell you
something. she said to him. and
they both waited for F1ossie to
speak.
Dizzy Kiss
But with a little rush, the girl
was in his arms, dragging his
head down to hers, and kissing
him all over his face.
Sam, Sam Sam" she soIlled
I'm so sorry I-said I wouldn't
marry you. You know / will,
don't, you, dear? Any time you
ask me tor
Mary Rose heard Sam murmur
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This Day il Our HistOru

This il anniversary the renouncing England in I7s4
sovereignty the American Colonies By Der OBJ
stac trying enforce taxation without representation she lost
The greatest empire III the new world
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Venice's Council of Ten

THE ancient Republic ruled for nearly 500 years
by the Council secret tribunal which was Instituted
in 1910 continued in power until Republic fall IN 1897
Evening star., 1926-06-10
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE BRICK
nU, GTp IN NJ -1Iyu rer

BY virtue Of = certain deed of trust. dated
March 30. 1925. being instrument No. l33
recorded Aprii 15. 1925. among the land
records of the District of Columbia. and at
the request of the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustees will sell at public auc-
ton. In front Of the premises. on WEDNES-
Al 1925. AT FOUR p. NJ. the foilowing Dc.
scribed land and premises; situate In the
being the lt feet inches front next M north 9,,s1
depth of lot in Todd and Pepper's subdi-
vision OF square 525 as per plat recorded IN
Office OF the surveyor fors the District OF
Columbia.
Terms: Sold subject to a prior deed OF
trust for 81 10000. further particulars OF
which will he announced at time OF sale
the purchase price above said trust 10 ne
paid in cash. A deposit OF $4,000 REQUIRED.
Convpyapcing recording and revenue starnrs
AT purchasers cost. Terms to he compled
with within thirty days. otherwise deros't
forfeited and the property may be advertised
and reso'd at the discretion NJ the srustses.
ROBERT L. EVANS.
r. ". HARRIS.
xA5-d&ds.exSu TnnAAsA
Evening star., 1926-06-10
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
THos. j. OWEN 4 son. AUCTIoNEERs.
Trustees Sale of Valuable Brick
and Stone Office Building, Be-
ing Premises 1873 B St. Sc,
Opposite the Congressional
Library.

By virtue OF a certain deed OF trust duly
recorded in I.iher No. 535l. folio 359 ct SEQ.
of the land records of the District OF Coh.n-
hia. and at the request OF the party secured
thereby the undersigned trustees will sell at
public auction. in front of the premises. on
THURSDAY. THE TENTH DAY OF June.
AD 1926 AT FOTR THIRTY O'CLOCK
Pm. the following described land and prem
ises. situate in the District of Columbia.
and designated and being lot 81 IN the
Metr1politan Life Insurance Comnanys com
hination of parts of lots III square 1:}.,, as
per plat recorded IN Liber No. "6. folio IN /.
of the records of the oftire of the surveyor
Of the District of Columbia.
Terms Sold subject to prior deed OF
trust for 5000. further particulars of
which will he announced at time OF sale. the
purchase price above said trust 10 he paid
one-half cash and the remainder IN one wear.
with interest at so. deposit OF 5000
required. COnyeyancIng. recording and reve-
nue. stamps at purchasers cost. Terms to
he complied with within thirty days. other
wise deposit forfeited and the property may
ne advertised and resold at the discretion OF
the trustees.
WILLIAM II. LANHAM.
F. LODGE HILL.
m~9a d&ds .exSu&hol Trustees,
Evening star., 1926-06-10
THos. J. OWEN & son. AUcTIoNEERe
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IN
PROVED REAL ESTATE. 40. 1928

HOLM FAD PLACE NV.
October |. 1928 recorded among the lard
records of the District of Columbia in Lihsr
SOIL at folio .33 et SEQ, and at the request
trustee will sell a, pnhlc auction in front
EIvE EENTa acI PAY ofr or io,ia 1ass: At
Washington District OF Columbia and dess-
mated az and being part Of lot numbered
fifteen tI5' in block numbered forty three
f3i in "Holmead Manor" per plat
District OF Columbia in Liher Governor Shar-
herd at folios If6 and 161: being the north
I6 feet inches OF said lot fronting m HoI-
mead avenue and running hack At right
IS feet Of said lot subject to the condition
that the east feet ny the width of said
part OF said lot To he maintained n.y.
vate alley for the mutual use Of the owners
t41l in said block: said propertv heirg
known for purposes Of assessment and taxa
tnn as lot Si4 in square 1884. together with
the improvements.
Terms of sale Onp-thrd OF tho purchase
money 10 be paid In cash. balance in two
equal lnstallments. PAYABLE IN and two
wears. with interest at six per centum rer
annum. payable semi annually. from day ~
sale secured hy decd of trust uron the prop
erty sold. or al cash. AT the ontIon Of the
purchaser A deposit of S50Oon will he re-
ouiyed at time of sale All conveyanctnE re-
with within 40 DAYS from day Of sale
otherwise the trustee reserves the right ~
defauitinr purchaser. after FIVE days' advsr-
tsement of such resale in some newspaper
nuhlished IN Washington. n c.
THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST
Ry ALFRED H. LAWSON
Jea-d&ds.exSu Real Estate Office