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THE TIGER HUNT
Continued from page thirty-tkree

to a dog!" He made a low harsh
sound that was intended to be
laughter. II guess l did show her
what kind of a man l am at
that. He shook his head YEARLY
and said aloud this time, ut
shouldn't happen to a dog"
Then he turned from the path
and made his way slowly up the
river bed in the direction of the
bungalow. He would rather face
another tiger than face the sorry
scorn of Micky's eyes.
In THE safe sanctuary of his
bedroom Carton Gray sat motion
less, staring sightlessly out Of the
window at blazing sunlight. In
one hand was an untouched high
ball, in the other an unlighted
cigarette.
Presently. behind him, a door
opened, and Micky Lewis stepped
into the room. Carton Gray list
lessly turned his head. He was
not surprised to see her. He had
known she would come. Part of
her job with Enterprise Pictures
consisted of soothing upset ac-
tors. They had often joked about
it. Remembering. he smiled.
Il don't want to be soothed."
he said. And !. know you saw
the whole miserable show. / saw
you standing on the bluff"
Micky moved a few steps clos
er and looked down at him.
Il didn't come here to soothe
you" she said. Il came here to
tell you | know how much nerve
it must have taken to 60 after
that tiger alone. And / know how
much killing the tiger meant to
you - and why"
Carton Gray let out his breath.
but didn't have enough
nerve" he said. II couldn't kill
her. John Throop could have.
though, easily"
Il know" she said. He wanted
to shoot at her from where we
were. ! wouldn't let him"
Because of the cubs?"
He couldn't understand why
the cubs made any difference"
Hes a professional hunter. /"
said Carton Gray. They're sup
posed not to feel emotions like
other people"
And you're a professional
actor, said Micky. And they're
supposed not to feel emotions
like other people. either"
She came very close to him
and her eyes were intense.
But you did, Carly. You did!
l was watching. You saw her
mothering those cubs and you
felt just the way ! felt"
She dropped to her knees and
looked up at him. ''Oh, Carty!"
she whispered. I've made US
waste so much timet'
Carton Gray looked into her
a Al u
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over it, saw on the ground huge,
smudgy four-toes-and-heel pug
marks. The tracks led away from
the kill. His glance followed their
direction. A fash of yellow and
black in the sunlight caught his
eyes. He turned. In a sheltered
half-circle ofrocks. not a hundred
feet away from him, he saw the
tiger enormous. graceful even
in repose, quietly. and regally
magnificent.
Carton Gray's eyes glittered.
With a tremendous triumphant
feeling. he raised his rife.
THIS will show herp he muir
INJURED under his breath.
He steadied the rifle. lowered
his eye to the sights, aimed it at
a spot of the silky skin that in a
little while now he would present
to Micky a spot that he knew
covered the great animals heart.
He started to squeeze the trigger.
MORON just beyond the circu-
lar range of his sights stopped
him. He lifted his head to inves-
tigate and saw that two small
cubs, fuzzy bundles of black
striped gold had come up and
were nudging hungrily at their
mothers flank.
The tigress turned. looked at
the cubs, scooped one of them
gently forward with her enor-
nous paw and licked it all over.
She repeated the act with the
second, then stretched out on her
side to feed them.
Carton Gray bent to his rifle
again. but now this gesture made
him feel sick inside and ashamed.
His hands, holding the gun, sud-
denly felt dirty. He lifted the gun
off the rock. With infinite eau
ton. holding it ready in self
defense, he began backing away.
WHEN he reached the safety of
the river bank where a path ran
up the steep side of the gorge.
reaction that was almost unbear-
able came over him. He began to
tremble all over and had to fight
scalding tears of disappointment
that rose m his eyes.
II had my chance to show her
I'm not just a Hollywood phony."
he thought. Il had my chance to
show what kind of a man / am. "
In q stream of bitter profanity
he cursed himself; cursed the
tiger; cursed John Throop for
having stripped him so naked of
all pride. He cursed the softness
of his nature that had made it
impossible for him to pull the
trigger. Then. hisemotions spent.
he turned to 60 up the path.
looked UP and froze.
Standing on the top of the
escarpment, binoculars pressed
to their eyes. staring out across
the gorge at the spot where the
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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
MANTEo coLoRED NEWS

Rev. o. L. Sherrell of Raleigh
executive secretary of the Baptist
State Convention, was guest speak
err at Heaven Creek Baptist
Church Sunday. His theme, "Take
up thy bed and walk" DR.. Sherrell
was accompanied by Rev. WEIGH
of Elizabeth City.
The high school department en-
tertained the parents and teachers
with debate. "Resolved-that the
preacher was a greater asset to
the community thou the school
teacher" Those affirmative were:
Erma Daniels, Vera Simmons, Car
Ign Davenport. Those negative
were: Augusta Collins, Vivian Ber-
ry and Margaret Golden. Ruth
Bowser and jamie Pledger were
captains for the group. Prof. w. E.
Hall, room teacher, introduced
Leon Daniels, who presented each
speaker.
A meeting will be held at Free
Grace Disciple Church April 10
through April &c. This will mark
the 18th anniversary of the pas
torate. Rev. w. S. Keeyes, pastor,
and Mrs. Nora White, Saturday,
time 8 pm.
The Tents will have sale in
their behalf Easter Monday, April
10, at the Roanoke Community
Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard B. Mid
gette of Elizabeth City visited Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Pledger and
family Saturday. They were ac-
companied by Miss Shirley Moody,
who is freshman at State Teach
ers College in Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Texie Meekins, Mrs. Car
RE Green and Mrs. Cecil Daniels,
of Wanchese, also Mrs. Annie Dan
iels of Skyco, spent Thursday af-
ternoon singing and praying at the
home of Mrs. Lydia Pledger.
Mrs. Lydia Pledger returned to
the U. s. Public Health Center,
where she received a check-up on
Tuesday. She was accompanied by
her husband, George w. Pledger,
Sr. Her daughter, Miss Jamie
Pledger and son and daughter-in-
law, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Pied
ger, Jr., of Norfolk. Mr.. and Mrs
Pledger returned to Virginia We'd
nesday morning where Mr.. Pledgel
is stationed with the U.S.C.G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haywood Wise
have returned to their home in
Manteo for the summer. The Wises
have been living in Norfolk for the
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
COAST GUARD NOW
OPEN FOR RECRUITS

Were wide open for recruits"
Chief Ships Clerk John T. Mears,
Jr., Fifth Coast Guard District re-
cruiting officer, said today in Nor
folk, "but the trouble is that since
recruiting was shut down for a
couple of months recently, lots of
prospective recruits think we're
still closed"
Fright now we're looking for
men between the ages of II and 25
to join the Coast Guard. We feel
that one of our services biggest
attractions to young men is its
small size-about 10000 men all
told-which makes for a tighter
knit and more informal organiza-
ton"
He said that all new enlistments
in the Coast Guard are for pc
Rod of four years, and emphasized
that former servicemen can enlist
even if they don't fall within the
II and rs age group.
1t was also pointed out that
many ex-Coast Guard and Navy
men can join the Coast Guard with
their old rates.
"All our new recruits are sent
to the Receiving Center at Cape
May, N. j., for three months of re-
cruit training" Mears said.
Following their basic training,
according to the Coast Guard off
Ger, many recruits are assigned to
special service schools at Groton,
Conn.,, and elsewhere which lead to
petty officer ratings, including
those of engineman, radioman, cleo
tronic's technician, yeoman and
hospitalman.
Other new men are stationed
aboard Coast Guard cutters engag-
ed in offshore rescue work, weather
patrol and ice patrol, while some
men are first assigned to Coast
Guard bases, air stations and other
shore installations.
"Those who don't go directly to
service school," Mears said, shave
many chances to be sent to school
later on, or even get their rates
wherever they may be stationed"
The Coast Guards recruiting Of
fee is located in the Post Office
Building, Norfolk, Va.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
BUILDING PERMITS
IN DARE COUNTY

The following building permits
were issued from the office of the
tax supervisor of Dare County dur
ing the past week:
Atlantic Township
David Stick, to erect two one
story buildings of asbestos shin
giles and juniper paneling in Lots
No. 8 and A of Kitty Hawk Beach,
each $4,000.
Clarence L. Beacham, Jr., to
erect building of cement block
in Lot No. II of Kitty Hawk
Shores between Barney Midget
andCarl Beacham, $4,000.
P. A. Thompson, to erect one
story building of asbestos shingles
and wood paneling in Kitty Hawk
Shores, $4,000.
Mays Head Township
Benjamin H. Lauderback, to
erect a one-story building of Ger
man siding and plasterboard be-
tween C. H. HUMPHREYS and Fred
Wescott, $500.
i George L. Mann, to erect a
one-story building of asbestos shin
giles between ]. H. Reber and Hor-
ace Barnett, $1,000.
C. G. Bell, to erect a one-story
building Of asbestos shingles and
plasterboard between Dickinson
and formerly Richard Mann prop
erty, $3.50.
Mays Head Motor Court, to erect
a storage room addition to garage,
$3.50; and to erect a one-story
building of asbestos shingles and
sheetrock, $1,000.
Billie S. Smith, to erect a one
story building of cement block be-
tween C. R. Evans and lobe Saun-
ders at Whalebone Beaches, $4,000.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
MRS. PIGOTT, WANCHESE
NATIVE, DIES IN NORFOLK

Mrs. Armesia Garrison Pigott,
81, died Thursday morning at a
Norfolk hospital after a long i'll
ness.
She was a native of Dare Coun-
ty but had been living in Norfolk
and Cradock, Va, for the past %
years. She was the daughter of
the late ]. T. and Sara Daniels
Garrison and the wife of the late
]. G. Piggott.
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Frank Harrington and
Mrs. George w. Reichle of Grad
ock and Mrs. F. w. Gresham of
Norfolk; one brother, Bart Garri-
son of Wanchese; 10 grandchildren
and "a great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pigott
were conducted Saturday afternoon
at 1870 o'clock in the Wanchese
Methodist Church by the Rev. ca
w. Guthrie, pastor, assisted by theN
Rev. G. B. Lawrence, pastor of the
Wanchese Assembly of God
Church. The body lay in state two
hours prior to the services. Inter-
ment was in Garrison Cemetery
at Wancheser
United States farmers received
SAG billion for products sold dur
ing January and February this
year, about the same as in the
same period a year earlier.
Coffee and tea stains in china
cups can be removed quickly
with baking soda on a damp
cloth.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
OCRACOKE CIVIC CLUB
HOLDS APRIL MEETING
Urges Support of State-Operated
Hatteras Inlet Ferry; New
President Elected

Ocracoke, April 13.-Benjamin
O'Neal was elected president of the
Ocracoke Civic Club at its April
meeting, held Monday night at the
school library. Mr.. O'Neal is ma
tive of Ocracoke, serving in the
U. S. Coast Guard and stationed
at the Ocracoke Lifeboat Station.
Elmo Fulcher was elected vice
president; Ward Garrish, secre-
tary; and Monford Garrish, treas
urer.
The Civic Club voted to finance
spring cleanup on the harbor
shore, and discussed in general the
ever-present problem of trash dis
posal.
The club also voted to go along
with others in urging the State to
take over the operation of the Hat
teras Inlet ferry. Mr.. Boyette re-
ported on the meeting of the Sea
Level Chamber of Commerce and
it's promotion plans, which include
publicity for Ocracoke and partic-
ularly promoting the building of a
hard-surface road down Ocracoke
Island from Hatteras Inlet. Mr..
Rondthaler reported that the new
Ocracoke publicity material had
come in and was ready for distri-
button. Marvin Howard, chairman
of the July 4th Parade Committee,
stated that publicity and plans for
this were well underway and that
the P.T.A. had agreed to join the
Civic Club in sponsoring the event.
Prior to the business session,
cooks Thurmond Styron, Jim Will
liams, Robert L. Vickery, Jr., and
Kelly O'Neal, the latter serving
for Benjamin Spencer who was alb
sent because of illness at home,
served delicious and bountiful
roast turkey dinner.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
60 SECONDS OF
WISDOM
BY Fred Dodge
TEXT: 1T is much easier to be
critical than correct" -
- Disrael

Pat and Mike were hunting.
Pat saw duck far overhead,
gave it both barrels, and to his
delight saw the bird wheel over
and fall heavily to the ground.
aye sure wasted thot shot,
Pat" Mike said pityingly.
Pat was astonished. "an' how
is thot? Sure an OF got the bold,
didn't oi?" he asked.
"Yis," said Mike, "But the fall
woulda killed him."
Some folks live as though they
must pass sentence on every
thing. They stroll through life
pointing out what is wrong with
the accomplishments of others.
Ask about their achievements
and you find that they haven't
had time to create anything
themselves.
We are reminded that Addison
said, TT is ridiculous for any man
to criticize the works of another
if he has not distinguished him
self by his own performance"
Each should have opinions. We
would be shallow dishes without
them. When criticism is request
ed because we have skill that
makes our opinion of value, give
it, helpfully not habitually.
The habitual critic makes us
wonder what faults he is trying
to cover by taking pleasure in
pointing out others short-com-
ings.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation for the
many acts of kindness shown and
words of sympathy spoken during
the illness and death of Mrs. Flea
nor Gallop. Especially are we CRATE
full for the many floral tokens and
automobiles loaned for the funeral.
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
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past few years.
The officials of Free Grace Dis
ciple Church are asking all mem
bers to represent with their $500
on Easter Sunday evening at 5
o'clock. There will also be a pro-
gram.
There will be an Easter program
at Heaven Creek Baptist Church
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Births
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Mylod
Berry, a son, Mylod, Jr., at the
Albemarle H o spital, Elizabeth
City, weight 51a ID.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
GLIM p ES
T III E P A S T
By CAROLYN LLOYD
By CAROLYN LLOYD

1t was made of leghorn straw;
it had wide brim and a garland
of forget-me-nots around the
crown. 1t was the most beautiful
hat in the world-my Easter bon
net. Oh, I'm sure l had had Easter
bonnets before, and there have
been many since; but this was the
first to live in my memory. My sis
ter had one just like it, except for
the trimming. We might not have
been so thrilled that Easter had
We realized how many years to
come we were to wear those same
hats. At the end of every summer
they were carefully packed away
to be brought out early the next
spring and taken to the milliner to
be re-trimmed. We complained
about it, but deep down in our
hearts we loved those hats and
never really tired of them. can
see mine today as it looked after
the last re-trimming. The brim was
faced with pleated old rose crepe de
chine to match my Easter frock.
Old rose was the color of the
season and crepe de chine the aris-
tocrat of materials, so l felt really
elegant that Easter morning. Not
only did / have a dress that wasn't
blue (that was the color that my
mother thought went best with
freckles). l had silk stockings.
They were my first and were as
black as midnight. My costume was
completed by a pair of low-heeled
black patent leather pumps with
bows on the toes. A snapshot made
on that Easter afternoon shows
me, minus the hat, sitting on the
toprail of a fence with boy, both
of US looking all legs. He was wear
ing the latest style for young gen.
tlemen-knee length knickers and
belted coat-and my short dress
accented my black-clad legs.
There probably isn't woman on
earth who doesn't have just such
fond memories of an Easter outfit.
Other memories come crowding in,
too, at this time of year. can see
now the grass nests we children
made on the back porch for the
Easter bunny to lay her colored
eggs in. Long after the bunny had
joined Santa Claus in the realm of
wistful dreams, we still made
those nests on the Saturday night
before Easter, and Mother dutiful-
ly dyed eggs to put into them be-
fore Easter morning. Elaborate
candy eggs were still rarities, but
had they been a dime a dozen, we
would still have wanted our tradi-
tional eggs.
l can see US, too, trudging off
to Sunday School clutching our
mite boxes with pride, mingled
with relief. They represented forty
days of doing without candy or
some of other childish form of dis
sipation. We had willingly put our
pennies and nickels into the little
boxes, but there was no denying
that it was a relief to see the end
of the period Of abstinence.
This Easter morning will see the
scene repeated many times over in
many places across the land. Big
girls and little girls will go off to
church dressed in the finery that
rivals natures spring dress. Per-
haps, too, as in ages past, they will
forget that finery for a moment
when all over the Christian world
will be heard the joyous cry, "The
Lord is Risen.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
EASTER SUNRISE SERVICES
TO BE HELD IN BELHAVEN

Sunrise services will be held at
the Community House in Belhaven
on Easter morning, April Is. The
program, to include several must
cal selections and readings, will
be arranged by the First Christian
Church, and will start at 5:15 am.
The community is invited to at
tend.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16

the cry of a few birds and look
down on the valleys, sometimes
even on the tops of clouds passing
across and between the hills. It is
a time for admitting how little we
are and yet how great and to be
thankful, for just being.
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minority to what could be done
by mutual understanding and
sincere cooperation by all con-
cerned.
Make M. BERRY, JR.
2238 H, South King ST.,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
April, 1854
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16

".The first lesson in the art OF
self defense is to keep your glasses
on."-Town Journal.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16
MISS SWINDELL TO WED
HIATT CAHOON SUNDAY

Announcement has been made
by Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Linwood
Swindell of the approaching mar
riage of their daughter, Norma
Earl, to Hiatt Berry Cahoon on
Sunday, April 18 at 2:30 pm. in
Providence Methodist Church in
Swan Quarter. The Rev. A. H.
Stone, officiating.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-16

A people that values its privi-
leges above its principles soon
loses both.-President Eisenhower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-28
EoRGE PALMER
" stood in the
FEATURE FICTION
cockpit of the char


tered cabin cruiser and looked at his wife and
at the big bronzed man who stood so close
beside her on the flying bridge.
He felt a gnawing ache in his heart. They
looked so hideously well matched - she with
her blonde, almost tawny femininity accented
by her tight black bathing suit; the man,
Roger Harrison, so overpoweringly masculine.
George turned. Far away he could see the
Caribbean island of Valigera they had left.
Its green. high hills were now only darker
blue shadows against bright blue sky across
which the trade winds drove white. cream
puff clouds. He stood in the cockpit and felt
like man about to ride the Grand National
Steeplechase on a pillow horse. He was terrified.
Il was fool to bring her to Valigera!" he
thought. Il knew he was here"
His lips shaped themselves into twisted
grin. He was remembering the gray. wintry
afternoon two weeks ago when he'd come
home to their New York apartment, his pock-
cts stuffed with tropical travel folders. He'd
dumped them in his wife's lap and said,
Vacation time, Ellen! Take your pick!'
She had glanced at the folders. stared up at
him with puzzled look in her gray eyes.
But, George - why, all of sudden, do you
want to 60 to the Caribbean"
He could have told her, but it would have
been harder for him to say what had given
him the sudden courage to decide that they
must 60 to Valigera. Only by going there with
Ellen could he quiet the nagging uncertainty
which Roger had put into his marriage with
Ellen.
He had surprised too many raptured looks
on Ellen's face as she read him the letters from
Roger that came several times year. The
letters made no attempt to conceal the impu-
dent bravado of Rogers lingering love for
Ellen.
George had looked down at Ellen that win
try afternoon in New York and very gently
drawn her into his arms When they were
together like this. it seemed preposterous that
Ellen had ever given him less than the fullness
Of her love- Possibly he was being fool. But
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-04-16
Thinning Flow TO
Israel Is Decried

LONDON, (JTA)-The crisis in
immigration is the gravest danger
threatening Israel today, much
graver" even than the political and
economic difficulties of the state,
Eliahu Dobkin, member of the
Jewish Agency executive, declared
here at the closing session of the
53rd annual conference of the Brit
ish Zionist Federation.
Dobkin stressed that the further
consultation of Israel, in fact its
very existence, depends on the
renewal of immigration" He ad-
vocated offering Jewish youth the
positive" aspects of life in Israel
as an inducement to immigration,
rather than the Catastrophe"
doctrine that if they remain out
side Israel, their lot is anti-semi-
tiSm,
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1954-04-16

NEW YORK, (JTA) = Prompt
and vigorous action by the United
States to compel compliance of the
Arab-Israel armistice was urged
last week by the American Jewish
Committee in a message to Secre-
tary of State John Foster Dulles.
"Such action would prevent fur
ther bloodshed and would make it
possible to fashion an enduring
peace" the message said.
The decision to address such an
appeal to Secretary Dulles was
taken at an emergency meeting OF
the top officers of the American
Jewish Committee. The text OF
the appeal, made public by Irving
M. Engel, president of the organ
ization, emphasized that mount
ing tension in the Middle East has