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2B THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT . DECEMBER 4, 1971 Love Me, Love By G'EORGE B. RUSS Part in Effie Frazier returned to her Samhain Boulevard resi dence on Friday. This was the day before she was to meet j Chad Hodges. One of Maude's girls had come to help her straighten things up, turn on the furnace, spray her favorite pine scent Air Freshner. The house had been closed for nearly a year and still bore the stale fragrance of Paul Frazier's funeral. She wasn't afraid of her husband in a jittery way but for some uncanny reason she recoiled from all the things he had lived with during the years they were married. Yet, she had come home to die and be buried beside him. In life, Paul had been her security and protector from whatever threatened her well being. Paul had been a good hus band; he had enjoyed making love to her but he had been as clumsy as a boy on his'first date. Always, she responded to his approaches, his cursory em b-. • Pail was her hushand ana she never let his desires go hungry, however, she never ap preciated his love making un less it was a time when she was thinking of Chad. These were ecstatic moments when she nearly screamed out; "Chad! Chad! I love you." For nearly twenty one years, this was her only unfaithfulness to her husband. The other men she had known had never stirred her emotions more, than surface depth. Her fftitjfiusband had been coarse .vulgar, how ever, he had s«*h to it that she was clothed, .well-fed and the roof over ifir hfead didn't leak. Then, too, she had court ed Marvin Jones, Moses Kirby and Clyde SanfMnty.! Anyone of these vjyuld have made her a good husband" but as lovers, they lacked charms - fineness. Perhaps, she had failed Paul more deeply thAL&e cared to. admit. In his v«T to become a man of affluence, she had not tried to curb his lust one iota. She had watched him destroy jfTisliealth day by day, knowing fully well that he was driving jhimsdlf to an un timely death. IJad she been guilty of encouraging his sui cide so that she would be free to get to Chad Hodges? If she were guilty, she had paid an awful price for her folly. For five long years, she had watched cancer sap the life from Paul's body. Her husband had left her a wealthy woman but a life of affluence was farthest from her befuddled brain. Now that she was help lessly alone, she wished des perately that Paul had not been so foolhardy in his pursuit of the greenback, "folding money," as he called it. Her man had been geared for making money; he knew how to earn an easy dollar from anyone; black, white, business and professional per sons; the hustler, gambler or married spouses happy to pay handsomely for a few hours in a safe redezvous for a bit of stolen pleasure. Paul's own grandma was in danger of being fleeced if she didn't walk the chalkline around her grandson. As night approached, Effie's reluctancy to sleep here grew stronger. The sprawling, nine room house Paul had left her to live in held no light of ap peal to her. Even the ex pectancy of being visited by Chad did not diminish her fears of spending the night here, therefore, she made a hurried departure before the dusty shadows of twilight lettled over the wind swept countryside. Tomorrow, she would return and wait for him -- Chad. Oh, God! If she should die before Chad arrived, she would go to Paul a disappointed, heartbroken woman. Wanting to be cloae to Chad once more before being lain to rest beside her husband was a feverish malady that she did not try to fathom. Chad was hers and she wanted to spend some time with him before she made her departure from this mean old world. God had created Chad especially for her; no matter if, in a rage of blinding anger, she had thrown him to ano ther. She was ashamed that she had made life hellish for him by forcing him to mates with the wrong woman. She wasn't sure, but she had a hunch that Gladys was no match for Chad's wonderful charms. After an absence of nearly twenty one years, how did one go about breaking the seal of a married love? Suppose Chad refused to play hookie on his wife? "Chad! Chad! Be good to me for the short time I have left to live ~ I will make it worth your while. Come to me! I want you! I need you!" Effie whispered into her gloved hands as the cab meandered through the busy five thirty traffic. "Chad!" She moaned. Saturday morning, Effie awoke to the drowsy down pour of autumn rain. Again, she moaned, "Chad! Please dont' fool me. I can't go on like this." Telling herself that all things work our proper and befitting for those whose requests are unselfish and not intended for the hurt and harm of anyone, that, her impatience was juve nile and uncalled for; and, Chad had given his solemn pro mise to come to her. These were moments of comfort where her reasoning was dis entangled; but, lqng before the hands of Maude's red kitchen clock reached the noon day hour, Effie was torn between agonizing doubt and vanishing hope. She wanted to hear Chad say once more that he was coming to see her. Really, there was no telling what the dreary, drippy, dull weather had done to his ' thinking. Several times she reached for the bright red telephone in the kitchen ®K ! each time she touched it, approaching foot steps halted her impulsive ac tion. Effie stupidly gaping at the red clock on the sunny-yellow wall when Maude called to her from the hallway; "we're leav ing, Effie -- honey." Effie wanted to yell out, "Please go!" Instead, she walk ed with Maude and the chil dren to the front door. The trio reminded Effie of three bears wearing plastic raincoats with hoods. She gave the child ren cash to spend at the store. Maude refused the money Effie offered as payment for room and board during the past week; nevertheless, she grabbed for it just before her benefactress tucked the bills inside her billfold. Effie wasn't disappointed, she had planned to make sure Maude was well paid for her services. This was one of the rules Paul had insisted on, "Always pay your way. It is Investigate our liquid assets 2 over lunch. O You'll find the Plymouth martini a sound investment. Just as your English J counterparts have. Since 1793, the British have realized all the virtues of Coates & Co.'s crisp, extra-dry 94.4 proof gin. Things are no different today. We still distill with the softest, purest different sources to pre serve our secret recipe. 1 ) , t f\ Mf mL bji Discover the gin I JN W II /jUfA H " '"it* KM that was said to be Plymouth Gin goes public. W 94 4 Proof 100% Cram Neutrol Spirits, Schenley Import* Co . N Y , N Y. ©1971 I I « .. ... (I; in \i» * « iU v^itow^teUS^w 6 'twwifiin Jin- Ira/irr's got a great right hand, lint it's hi* left (hat's liuili-tt with U.S. Saving* Itnnii». Jin- -ay- lliry makr fine Christina* gifi* and when the lli'a\ywright champ -peaks, yun'il hrttrr listen. self-respecting to pay for what you want. If needs be, pay for your love. You don't have to fawn when you meet your lover." Maude and her girls left the house and she was alone with the telephone. And within a matter of seconds, she talking to Chad. "Sorry to bother you, Chad." "No bother. I was wonder ing if you were going to chick en out." "Not me, I want to s«e you. How will you be traveling? "I'll get a cab. "Taxi fare out here is ex pensive?" "You don't think gau're worth the price?" He teased. "Chad, I will be waiting for you. The lights will be off, just open the front door and come in." "Why all the secrecy?" "If my neighbors see a light, they will come calling. We want to be alone." Two hours later Chad re membered Effie's voice over the telephone. She had un nerved him with her salty, sul try voice. "I like to sit 'n talk in the dark;" Effie's purring voice came to him in breathless waves through the darkness. Chad was noncommital - if this was what Effie wanted, he had no intention of per suading her to do otherwise." You are nice to come out here to see me. I was afraid you wouldn't cut-out on your wife." BRUNSON'S Home of Quality Products ZENITH DUNLOP TIRES MAGNAVOX FIRESTONE TIRES TAPPAN DELCO BATTERIES KITCHEN AID BRAKE SERVICE GIBSON ALIGNMENT HOOVER RETREADS Easy Terms WE SERVICE AND FINANCE WHAT WE SELL "There is always a first time for everything." Chad didn't want toa dmit the truth of the matter, but, he was restless. The drowsy rain outside the window, the cozy darkness and Effie's sultry voice drifting lazily over to him was nerve wracking. Chad, I asked you to come out here to talk with me. I'd like to have a man friend. You know a lot of church men." Effie's voice was demurring -- tantalizing. Chad relaxed in an upright position; "so, you want a fel low?" "I'm a woman." "I'll go along with that." "But you don't want to help me find one, do you?" "I'll look around for you a Mr. Birch." "Mr. Birch?" "A man friend, Mrs. Free land "Mrs. Frazier, buddy-roe." "Pardon my dust, lady." "Chad, do you think I am silly?" "Listen to the rain." "I hear it. It makes me blue. Paul 'n I used to have loads of fun on rainy nights. He was really nice to me. We did have a good life together." Effie wept softly. Ch*d felt stupidly out of place. How could Effie do this to him? "Mrs. ftaaier, I am going to have to do for you what the devil has never done." "Don't leave me now, Chad." Then she pushed him gently and he dropped once South Viets Launch New Offensive SAIGON Twenty-five thou and South Vietnamese troops hav« launched a new dry teaton offensive stretching over more than 2,000 square milei of the lower Mekong Delta, field reports said Sunday. Only light fighting was reported. Another 25,000-man South Vietnamese drive, into eastern Cambodia, ended its first week with only minor patrol clashes reported. There has been no major fighting since the cross-; border thrust began last Mon day. Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Truong, commander of Saigon forces In the Mekong Delta, said the Dew two-division drive there Is aimed at wiping out the last major enemy stronghold in the fertile rice bowl. Truong esti mated there are about 1,000 enemy troops in the area which stretches from the U Mlnh For-1 est to the Ca Mau Peninsula. Earlier Operation An earlier operation estab lished South Vietnamese control in the U Minh for the first time in the Indochina war but failed to destroy the enemy's regional headquarters. The new sweep begin last Friday but was not announced until Sunday for se curity reasons, the South Viet namese command said. It added that reconnaissance and infantry units from the 9th Division clashed with enemy troops Saturday 138 miles southwest of Saigon and killed 12. Three South Vietnamese more upon the couch. Effie's lips found his and the touch of her warm sensual mouth un strung him completely. He for got everything but the desire for more of Effie's voluptous charms. "Chad! Chad! I love you." For a long while they lay listening to the falling rain. After awhile Effie spoke. "1 didn't bring anyone with me "You'll do just fine, lady." "If I stay here tonight, do you think I'll sleep." "Yes. You'll sleep soundly lady." Chad smiled broadly In to the darkness. - Continued. i OUR 1972 CHRISTMAS SAVING I J CLUB IS NOW OPEN j IP Large Christmas bills can most certainly be upsetting unless of course, you re- Xr mf member to open a Christmas Club Account at our bank. Our 1972 Christmas Club fi is now open! Stop by today and open your Christmas Club account for next year. ft R If you save as little as SI.OO or as much as SIO.OO each week, you'll have more ft Jf than enough for a debt free Christmas next year. V I MECHANICS & FARMERS I I BANK I X DURHAM RALEI6H CHARLOTTE § The 500 Million Year Old Sneeze It's hayfever season again. Sneezing? That's nothing new. There's no pollen count available for prehistoric times, but scientists know that pollen has been around for a good long while. Gulf Research & Development Company geologists study pollen spore grains (inset) in sedimentary rocks up to 500 million years old to help them find possible .locations for new supplies of oil and gas. Pollen grains that old mean that man probably was sneezing this time of year before he shinnied down out of a tree. troops were killed and five were wounded, field reports ■aid. "We have the initiative and we want to keep it," Truong laid. "We must go where the enemy is and maintain our mo mentum. We've changed our strategy. Instead of going after their combat units, we're going after their supply and trans portation units. Without sup plies, they cannot last" In addition to the 9th Divi sion, Truong also has com mitted the 21st Infantry Divi sion to the new drive. The Wr "Wvlsion recently pulled out of Cambodia so it could take part In the delta of fensive. It was replaced across the border by South Vietnam ese rangers and armored cav alry. An operation also is under way in Cambodia south of Neak Luong in an effort to strangle North Vietnamese supply and infiltration routes leading into the delto. ~, Last spring, more than 2,200 enemy troops infiltrated from Cambodia Into the U Minh For est and additional forces have come in small groups of 20 to 30 men each. Forces Regrouped In announcing some phases of the new offensive, South Viet namese headquarters said that the earlier year-long operation in the U Mlnh had been official ly closed out and government forces regrouped for the new thrust. A communique claimed that 4,903 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops were killed in the previous drive. South Viet namese losses were reported as 490 troops killed and 1,302 wounded. In the drive into eastern Cambodia, more than ISO miles to the north, two South Viet namese paratrooper battalions were landed by helicopters in the vicinity of Dam Be, 15V4 miles north of Krek and about 20 miles from the Vietnamese border. 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