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PAGE SIX SLUMBER By AUBB SYNOPSIS?Strange friends they were young isa Aiaitiana. wnose fathers had followed the sea from New England, hut who had started north to make his fortune when the first news of the Yukon gold find in '97 found him stranded on the Pacific coast: and Speed Malone, urhn told little enough of his past but admitted to a knowledge of all the gold camps. With ten dollars? haif of Maitland's total wealth? Speed gets into a game of Solo, and seems to be winning. SECOND INSTALLMENT Ma it land knew nothing of the gam but was fascinated by the movemen of his companion's hands while deal ing. The fingers that moved so sup plely over the keys of an accordion seemed to lure music of another kirn from the smooth cards, as he riff let and snapped them into place and sho' them out with clean precision, drop ping the last of the round and th< three cards of the widow almost h one gesture. He won the next bid with a hear SOlo This time his opponents di< not conceal their conviction that th game was unsound. But before the; had recovered from that certainty, h had made his point by a shrewd han dlillP nf 'mi? mivle autaa - ?.? 0 ? ? -"W otVWb Oin^ci took a firmer grip on their cigar and settled into the game. Stakes began to climb. Frog bid vanished. Onlookers edged in froii other groups to watch the play? among them a burly red-faced mai who stood obscurely at the rim of th circle with his eyes fixed intently o; Speed's face and hands. The gambie remained calm and composed ;is ; deacon, playing" good hands and ba< with equal vievoutness?or rather ma king bad ones good, for the card were running hard against him. Would lit" surprise me a whole lo to hear you'd played this game afore, the man declared, as lie lit a ciga before picking up a new band. Speed was busy arranging his card WAWAWAVAVWA^W . | SPOTLESS! ; $ When we return a man's < jC suit that me have clean- J ed and pressed, you may fast.. .a _5_ root sssursd thst it lis i exactly "'spotless." Call ! ^ 68 for a pick-up truck. | 5 The prices are reasoria- 1 ^ ble. i 'f GREENES f- i c * m r n p L, n 11 1L I\ o . ^ PHONE 68 v.v.v.v.v.-.v.v.-.v.v.w.v. TO NEW Of THIS C( The Watauga Cou to welcome you to rwomU/we +! ?? Jlli-IilUCIO Wi lino IJ courteous and will 1 ' m every way poss patronage. WATAUGA . BA1 BOON Deposits Insured up to ?! Insurance \ ==""" ? ING GOLD I!? t h lEY BOYD * IV o and did not answer. When ne raised g his eyes it was in a preoccupied way 0 in Maitland's direction, but they rest- j, cd instead on someone else in the ^ crowd. One of his eyelids flickered slightly as if to evade a wreath of c cigarette smoke. From the fold he c had collected, he transferred two f landfills to his pockets. The remain- v der of the pile he pushed out to the r center. s This stack says I don't take a a trick.'' he observed. "I'm goin* 'mis- t ere.'" t Had Maitland been watching close- v ly, he would have noticed a slight j c shifting on the part of the red-faced t man among the spectators. He might q . have remembered that skill in this q - game was one of the few identifying , traits of the bandit, Buck Solo if he ^ 1 had not believed the bandit to be a s j | captive in the Okanagans. He might q r h.ivf noticed too that in a lazv UD -1 ward glance that seemed to take cog- ^ ? | nizance of nothing, this fact had been i; caught and registered by the man un; dor observation. But no one's attent: tion is sharpened by watching a game 11 he does not understand, and Malt- ^ e land's interest had begun to stray, j. y He elbowed bis way out of the circle e to ramble over the ship. Most of the passengers having choss en a position amidships, he found that ^ s | the crowd thinned as he went forward I of the main cabin. At the forward s j i ail a lookout stood alone, peering in- ^ 11 i to the blanket of mist ahead. They . -' were now in the outer waters of the Sound: the traffic had dwindled and * e the hooting of sirens was muffled in ti far distance r 'How does she lie?" he asked the x lookout. ^ I i "Off Port Townserid." the man said, ^ - without turning. s The boy stood by the rail awhile. eyeing tnc ami IVdlh water -be?^w, t ' and that gray essence-of things un" forseen tlirough which the steamer * r was cleaving her blinded course. , He was not conscious of a contra- ! s. diction in his advice to the Western ; er about gambling, although it ran deeper than his mere presence on the ' George E. Starr. Men of his name y and hlocd had raced for cargoes in W 11'O days of the clipper ships, and jj later plunged the winnings into deep- * V i bottomed carriers to lose them fi- ! Jj nally in wilder games of chance with , |b the sea. His father had gone down in J , a storm with two of their ships. This . tragedy had caused his mother's ! , death when he was born. The rem'm onnt of the original stakes left in play . ? had been involved by a defect in the . Jb \ underwriting of the lost cargoes. , J His earliest memory was of a small | y I schooner which his grandfather had;. ? managed U> salvage out of the gen- t oral wreck, b^rom the old he had ? earned, along with a knowledge of ships and water. After his grainiia>a ther's death, he had found employ- . nient with a firm of underwriters' ? agents, reporting on wrecks and sal- J ? va-c. It had led him Into the study , of admiralty law?a vocation his sea> going father would not have ;4d ?J UrffH - _ ?Jl;Z&fLi'Jli?-'"fill ? He was sent west to investigate j j o a wreck off the Farra Hones, near San j j ^ ; Francisco his first important com-!, ^ mission. But he had found the own-J != . crs in a position rather like that of; " his own people when they crashed. 1= His sympathy and the rights of the ( ? case were with the stranded adven- , J turers as against the bankers. He 1 had wired a report as fair to both t 2 ; sides as he could make it. - The return wire had virtually ac- , <j ; = 1 MEMBERS ! IMMUNITY i ( nty Bank is pleased j this community. The C ar.k are capable and j je happy to assist you -C ible. We solicit your F l COUNTY" * ,TT/ Mrv * E . N. C. ^ a s >,000 by the Federal Deposit Corporation. c ???I????? VAT AUG A DEMOCRAT?EVER^ used him of being nought by the l ~ wncrs. In a gust of anger he had I esigned. though the whole structure f his plans went foundering on that eef. He was unwilling to return home ill he bad regained his footing, but is career was not an easy wreck +o slvage. Jobless, and with his small capital Swindling, he had been roving the k'harves of that misty western port f adventure when the news of the ;old strike on Bonanza Creek burst >n the world like a rocket?promising tim a means of recovering more than te had lost. "If you wasnt' a gambler, But . . Jorr.ething the Westerner had said recurred to him now. He had been careul in buying his outfit, weighing the aiue of every purchase against itis osources. His having drawn a pasage on this derelict side-wheeler was i queer mischance, but he believed he old tub was a little stauncher han she looked. Whether it was a vild gamble depended rather, he beieved, on himself. The pistol shot that cut the thread if his revery came from the region f the ship where he had left his pack, is he turned, he obtained a sheer iew of the ships' side, and saw, harply outlined in the fog. the figure f a burly, red-faced man who was ! eering over the rail with a smoking j ~ evolve- in his hand. j ^ Someone touched his elbow. ^ "Man shot your pardner," a voice aid. "He's overboard." j y He picket! up the words on the wing j ^ .nd shredded them for sense. A hand- i ul of cards held by one of the watch- j ^ rs at the rail gave him the inkling j f an answer A gamblers' quarrel? t) luick enough a shot, a rush ... ? , ^ !e had often seen men take that j t, lunge for much less, but this man?? j Heads were craned back toward the j dank space the ship was leaving, j ? Wounded ? Probably not much of a j Q iwimmer, if he came from inland. The s >oats would be slow ..." Mait land's leap from the rail was ^ 10 swift that the engines were not L eversed for a minute nftcr he dived. ^ Vhen he came to the surfe^e, hardly & mowing in that gray murk whether jj ic was breathing fog or sea, the teanier was out of sight. r Una me no see through tne oiur or 0 ipray and fog, he paused to listen j. or a cry. Relaxing was an effort; he cold brine had teeth of fire. Soon J f ic caught a splashing sound not far ihea.l, Swiftly as he went, the sound j eceded. He stopped again. Heating a H sound once more, he shouted. ;3 There was no answer, and he kept f >11, losing count o: the space he was i u cutting between himself and the stea- J s v,er. The gambler, if the sound he j v xeard was his .swimming, might oilier be trying to make his way ashore j i >r might have lost his bearings in the f og. it seemed more probable that hej ^ tad drowned. He halted to tread the water in the | cy swell an?i shouted. The cry rasped j n his throat. This time he seemed t.oj tear art answer, but. in the same in-! * it ant his body was pierced by a sear-j a ng stab The muscles of his back j *n wisded in a paralyzing knot that, stopped his breath. Though Ute cramp jf v:is unbreakable, he fought it witii; ?very reserve of will, as it dragged v iim down, impotent, into shadowed, v jwirling, freezing depths. His lungs i teaved; drums roared in his cars; his t teart seemed to wedge in his throat, t Shadows dissolved around him into I nisty daylight. Something was sup- \ porting him, choked and numb. on the I summit of a swaying world of waters. and lie heard a voice saying be- t Lween. breaths. j "Well, I'll be doggoned. So it's you t . you ornery young son of a sea c log. I^ast dive most got me . . . wind- o 2d . . . Reckoned you was the dep- t Jty" a Even the sight of the gambler's a hipping face failed to make uiia clear. s Don't figure I coulcl swin-. ye v .shore," the voice continued. "And 'm locoed if I call that boat." Yet s REPORT OF THE CO PEOPLES UNDU \t Boone, North Carolina, to the t Close of Business on the 4 RESOURCES Due from Approved Depository B Dash Items (Held Over 24 Hours). Dther Stocks and Bonds ..cans and Discounts rurniture, Fixtures and Equiprner Dther Real Estate Accounts and Notes Receivable of Dther Assets Expenses TOTAL RESOURCES LIABILITIES AND CAPITA ully faid Investment Certificates tills Payable Capital Stock?Common Individed Profits TOTAL LIABILITIES AND C TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, lounty of Watauga, ss. G. D. Brinkley, Cashier, Wade fannoy, Director of the Peoples Ir ippeared before me this day, and, 1 elf, says that the foregoing report :dge and belief. G. D. WAD] R. H. >worn to and subscribed before me (SEAL) A. E. SOU* " THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. />! Ir\Un R?if?nan Frk I i vui- cvuii x#uvu?ii ? v Rule Canada jme up | we Commoner Named Governor 1 By King George. ? ad< JB&. Jjjfjj LONDON.?Col. John Buchan (above) has been named Governor General of Canada by King George, Lo succeed Lord Bess borough, who is retiriiur. Col. Buchan is the first commoner ever named to the post. H lis was exactly what Maitland heard B im do a few moments later, "but lere was no answer. Maitland knew too well the disadanlage of a buoy as a refuge for rowiling men in a fog. Passing ships ive it as wide a berth as possible, t'.ith this thought he realized the full ony of what had happened. His atfcmpted rescue was worse than use\ss; he was actually dragging down he man he had tried to save. That inal detail struck him as unfair. He tried to wrench himself free. Jul though the gambler's hold wavrcd, he could not loosen it. When he truggled to speak the arm only ripped him tighter. Then everything vas drenched in a fantastic ether, tirough which floated images of boycod things long forgotten, and he ? ank into a billowing haze of dark- B He was recalled to semi-conscious- 9j less i c the last time by what sound- fl <1 like .< cry from the other: then he jH leard waves slapping against the hoi- i aw prow ol' a small boat, and the j amiliar creak and thump of oarlocks.! When ho opened his eyes, the gam-1 ?lcr was sitting at a table with a] teammg cup in one hand and a cig- { rette in the other, watching him. He ound himself swathed in blankets in j dim enclosure The floor rolled lightly and at first he did not know j whether ho was dizzy or at soa. Before he Sad time to observe more |? ho gambler was handing him a cup- m til of hot wine with the cheerful sug- ? ; es lion, rj "Hoist yourself round this." W The drink helped clear his head. "Whores' Hie steamer?" he asked, fl "Hell and gone by now," said Ma- B ?rtc, watching the boys* face darken B ,nd then light again with an illusory Jjj Lope. Maitland stretched himself pain- Q ully. "Whose boat is this?" "Some frog fisherman from Seattle 9 vaS iu-miin* for iiie halibut banks so vhen the fog stopped him. He milledH a close to the buoy to be clear of j R he shippiu' track. Mow he says he'll j S ako us ashore when he gets a wind. S )on't reckon he'll get one for a piece, B rut it won't hurt ye none to thaw the B iody for a while." A dark wavering in a shaft of light fj hat fell into the cabin from the cock. ?it caused him to look up. Through he aperture a pair of heavy sea boots ame into view, followed by a pair f corduroy trousers, a biue, close-fiting jersey with shrunken sleeves and . plump and swarthy face, bluish round the chin where the beard was haven and topped by a black cap /ith a shining visor. "How does she blow. Boss?" asked Speed, as the man. entered. NDITICN OF THE STRIAL BANK Commissioner of Banks, At the th day of March, 1935: AMOUNT anks $ 319.27 - 199.13 _ _ 1,268.00 77,255.37 it 250.00 500.00 Insurance _ 1,000.00 210.00 _... 317.95 $81,319.72 IT" AMOUNT ...$ 5.000.00 14 450 30 - Z.i 25^666.66 36,863.33 :APITAL $81,319.72 E. Brown, Director, and R. H. tdustrial Bank, each personally >eing duly sworn, each for himis true to the best of his knowlBRINKLEY, Cashier E E. BROWN, Director VANNOY, Director, this the 16th day of April, 1935. ITH, Clerk Superior Court. ( -A Ze win' he draw ver' slow. I take ? i ashore, feefteen dollar. -Non?** No." was the gambler's dry com:it. "With the price of wind goin" this way 1 reckon we'll stay where set."' the fisherman sprayed his hands. l!) hl.loiM mini ? T mot 741 foo. ! ?en" one, two, zree day. B'en," he ied in a quieter tone. "I tek you to Seattle, fcelty dollar." 'Go on, you horse thief," Speed 3 we red good-humoredly. "You've t chuck enough in this wagon to e us to the fishbanks and back, and wouldn't cost you five dollars. How*ir, we ain't goin' to Seattle, or fish- neither." CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) NORTH Ct FARM have alway SATISFACTION AT by u si Interne Lime 1 VT* * r erui THEY HAVE PR SUPERIC SEED OATS, GENUINE EH AND ALL KINDS OF PI CAN USE SOME NO. 1 FOR SAL Edminsti BOONE, Want to know the beat 955 tire to buy ? Tsik to users of this great new "G-3" Goodyear AllWeather. Many say that "43% more nonskid mileage" understates the truth. They praise also the "G-3V* quicker-stopping grip. Ask them ?they'll CAR HEATERS REMOVED for Summer Storage Radiators Drained, Flushed, Refilled! NEW GOODYEAR RADIATOR HOSE INSTALLED! WE WILL CALL FC YOUR FOR TIRE OR BATTERY SE1 tion, Oil Change, or Brake I HODGES BOONE, NORT: r i m ii>iw m i ii ii i ?! i i ?iihii> ?n i miaimii ?i i i 111 ni> i.i APRIL 18. 1935 51.50 PACKAGE, now $1.00 $1.00 PACKAGE, now 60c nnnNF nci in ro .WV/iTU a-r*% vv? The RF.XALL Store Democrat Ads Pay IROLINA IERS s found HARVEST TIME "g itioiial Filler izers OVEN THEIR 3RITY ENEZER ONION SETS, LA NTS IN SEASON! POTATOES AT 35c. E BY in Bros. N. C. Look I NO Extra Cost 43% More Non-Skid MUeg age. Quicker-Stopping Grip. Blowout Protection in fe EVERY Ply. Guarantee against road hazards. Guarantee against defects I for life. Our own guarantee and year round service. B SPRING TONICS I I for 11 YOUR CAR! II ?Oil Changed ?Summer Lubricants in Transmission and Differential ?Radiator Flushed ?Specialized Lubrication 11 )R AND DELIVER ! CAR tVICE, Specialized Lubrica- I adjustment. Telephone Us! I TIRE CO. I H CAROLINA
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