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PAGE EIGHT PEOPLE NOT TALKING YET ABOUT FALL ELECTION No Interest Seems Aroused so Far Although County Campaign Ex pected to Be Bitter One. Politics is not a lest art in < abar rus but its tactics have been changed. Time was when members of the Republican and Democratic parties iu the county were hard at work pub lic’ y the summer before election but now everything is concentrated on t{le last several weeks, and the lead ers do the rest quietly but effectively. The parties will hold coventions be fore many weeks Have passed to name their candidates for county offices, but onehardly hears politics men tioned now. -It would be hard to make a guess even as to who will be the candidates, say some of the lead ers this being especially true of the] Republicans. It is generally accept-; cd as a fact that the present Demo- j erntie office holders will be candi dates and while it is rumored that i some of the former Republican offi cers are coming out again, this fact i cannot bo supported except a ruin-; or T'lie Democratic officers may have opposition but in most quarters it is fe’t their strength is too much for any opposition in their own party. ; They have served the county effi ciently. say their supporters, and as they hold the confidence of the pey p!c* they are exjiected to poll a big vofo in the primary which will name; t**e candidates. i Roth parties are at work, to be sure, but the brass hands haven t j boon called out yet amTthe movements j are rather concealed. All of which is good, say those persons who tire of long campaigns and their argu ments and controversies. WHITIX SEEKS FREEDOM BEFORE JUDGE FINLEY Man Arrested Here on Abandonment Charge Enters Habeas Corpus Be- | fore North Wilkesboro Jurist. I Charles Whifin. white man arrest ed here Tuesday by Sheriff R. V. Caldwell. Jr., on a charge of'aban donment. was carried to North YVi’.ks boro Wednesday for a habeas corpus hearing before Judge T. R. Finley. H. S. Williams, of tbe Concord bar. was retained by the defendant Tues day. and he arranged for the hearing today before Judge Finley. The party left Concord this morning about] 10 o’clock in Sheriff Caldwell’s car. and expected to be heard by Judge Finley upon their arrival iu North i Wilksboro. Whitin has been working in a cot ton mill here, it is said, and the war rant for his arrest was issued in Xorth Wilkesboro. w’here he is said to have resided at one time. Bee Demonstration Created Interest. The bee demonstration held Tues day at the farm of W. I). Sloop, at Harrisburg, created much interest, be ing attended by more than a dozen Cabarrus bee keepers and several from Mecklenburg. Hope Elias, farm agent for Meck lenburg, was among those present, he having accompanied the bee keepers from that county. The demonstration was conducted to show how bees can be transferred ’ to modern houses. —Just Around the Corner — waits LIFE in all its Beauty —and Ugliness —What did she find? j Miss Nobody —she’s somebody you’ll want to know! DON’T MISS HER THRILLING STORY Beginning Monday )o<X)oc30cx>Gocxxx30oooorx30QOQoooooodoQobbooobooooc Sugar, Coffee, Rice • V* Summer time makes large demand for sugar. We buy sugar direct from the Refinery iit big shipments for cash. We sell DOMINO FINE GRANULATED. You are suie of the best at Lowest Prices. COFEE. We buy big shipments fresh roasted, for less price. We have the Biggest Retail Coffee Business. We sell SPECIAL BRAND LOOSE RIO CARATA WHITE HOUSE. MAXWELL HOUSE, OLD TI&E KIO. Smell, see, taste our fresh coffee. ~,R IC E—You want nice Fresh Rice in Hot Summer ; lor 6 n ’ 7 iT the R '- e Mills of Louisiana, in big ! lots Don t buy old musty rice that has been carried in ! money? r °° mS ' °" ge ‘ h fresh from us f °r less Cline & Moose P. S.-We want to buy your Country Meat. I CHARLESTON AGE DOESN’T I BOTHER GANDERSBURG BAND Rural Ortliestra Continues to Play Old Time Music With Stringed ln sti unicats. Somewhere in Cabarrus County, near Gandersburg. on the I oplm Tenv Road, to he exact, is a group». of musicians who have not allowed their fancies to roam in this age o J« | and the Charleston. Instead, th ! have stuck to the good old tunes of j yesterday, and are most _ happy ; playing tlieiv string music at a go d 1 old-fashioned square dance, j That they are good you will quickly ' believe after hearing their music or i talking with someone who has. They are so - good that they were selected to broadcast tfae : r music from the ra dio broadcasting station in Charlotte last winter. • The Gandersburg Tiand, as it is known, consisting of E. P. Seaford, banjo. Walter Graham, piano, C. O. Cashion. violin. Ralph Archer, vio -In. George Andrews, violin, O. D. Pen son bass viol, and Elbert Graham, guitar, play mostly for the : r own i amusement and for the entertainment i of their'friends. During the winter ! they get together at the home of one of the members as often as three or four times a week and harmonize, to the delight of all present. The mem bers of the band live within a radius of two miles of eaeli other and dur ing the winter, when there are no .crops to- loqk after, all the musicians being farmers, they are able to meet much more frequently than in the summer. They have been pJay:ng to gether now for more than three years. Several people from Concord were invited to the home of E. I*. Seaford. last week for the most recent get-to g* cher of the band. Among the guests were two newcomers to Con cord. P. H. Chesley and Mr. Duncan, of the Concord office of Happy Valley Lake Estates. With their families, these two gentlemen enjoyed three and one-half hours of the old time songs for the stringed instruments. “I have never heard anything quite like it before, nor quite so good,” said Mr. Chesley. in speaking of the con cert. "String music is my favorite ami those fellows were just about the best I’ve ever heard.” The Lake Es tates men met Mr. Seaford on one of | their recent trips to the mountains. Mr. Seaford being one of their guests, j They began talking of music ami Mr. Seaford invited them out to his home to hear the Gandersburg Band.— Mr. Stirewalt Goes to Knoxville. Jacob Stirewalt. former superin tendent of the Brown Manufacturing Company, of Concord, left Tuesday night for Knoxville, Tenn., where he will be associated with the manage ment of the Knoxville Cotton Mill. Mrs. Stirewalt and son, Jacob, will remain in Concord for the present. During his residence in Concord Mr. Stirewalt actively participated in all phases of public life, and he has a host of friends here who regret his going. The Parks-Relk Company will dose its doors next Monday, cele brating the Fourth of July. Thi« is one of the four annual holidays cele brated by the firm, the others being Christmas, Thanksgiving and Armis tice Day. J ! STATE Y. M. C. A. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP MEET AUG. 14 and Finals of Singles and Doubles to be Played on Local Courts. The state Y. M. C. A. tennis ! champion' for 1926 will win his ! laurels on the courts of Concord. 'Sometime ago the invitation of this 'city wa« selected by the committee jin charge,as the town for the tourna ment and on the 14th of August j local tennis fans will have the op- I portunity of seeing the best players I of the state in action. The state wi’l be divided into four districts for elimination tournaments in the near future. The winner will be sent to Concord to take part in the semi-finals, and the finals, if they are victorious in the semi-finals. As a result of this arrangement only the best players in the state will play here. The local entries will be decided by a tournament to be “staged at the “Y” during the month of July. Con cord tennis players ai*e urged to practice as much as possible and to get in shape for the coining matches. It has not been decided as yet wheth er or not the Concord champions will have to compete in one of the dis trict matches to be able to play in the final matches. * One man for the singles matches and a doubles team will represent each district in the tournament. There will be. therefore, about twelve out-of-town players in addition to the single and doubles team repre senting the ('uncord Y. M. (\ A. According to plans now in the process of completion, August 14 will be the date for the singles matches, and August 15 for the doubles. Just what courts arc to be used have not as yet been announced. The “Y” court will be available, of course, and it is proable that several other courts will be secured and put in good shape for the important matches. .T. W- Denny, physical director at the “Y’’ is iu charge of the tourna ment. Mrs. Pounds Gives Bridge Parlies. Mrs. M. R. Pounds was hostess Tuesday at two bridge parties, in the morning at 10 o’clpck and in the af ternoon at 3 :30. The Pounds hdme was lovely with a profusion of garden flowers, arrang ed throughout the rooms in bowls and baskets. A delectable salad course was served at each party. At the conclusion of the* game in the morning, Mrs. C. L. Propst held high score and was presented a bridge set by the hostess. Mrs. J. L. Crow ell. ,Tr.. was given the consolation prize, which was also a bridge set. Those present were: MesUamos R. O. Litaker. L. Propst. Frank Mund. Clyde Pounds. Gilbert Hendrix. N. T. Deaton. Jr.. J. T. Yates. G. C. Fisher, •T. E. Davis, T. N. Snenoer, J. L. Crowell. Jr., C. D. Kluttz. Stowe Green. J. A. Kennett, R. V. ('aid well, Jr.. Joe Hendrix, E. B. Grady, fmd Misses May Pounds, of Florida. Julia Harry and Helen Suther. At the afternoon affair, TiTiss Mar garet Ritchie won the Irgh score prize, an attractive bridge set. while Mrs. Homer Snyder was presented the low score prize, a dainty powder nuff. The guests were: Mesdames X. K. Reid. G. M. Beaver, Neal Pharr, E. F. White. Jr.. L. A. Fisher. A. B. Pounds, Archie Pounds, W. M. Lin ker. R. E. Ridenhour. ,Tr., F. M. Youngblood, G. L. Fisher. F. A. Pounds. Ernest Querv, of Philadel phia. Homer Snyder. Ben Craven. F. C. Niblock. Robert Litaker. of Char lottesville. Va„ R. B. Black. Fnmre Corriher. Dewey J vnn and Paul Shul enberger. all of Landis, and Misses Clara Gillon, Margaret. Ritchie. Cora lee Buchanan. Kathryn Carpenter. Lethia Snyder, Maggie Barnhardt. Sue Caldwell, Grace Caldwell and Julia Arrowood. Dental Clinic Overcrowded Monday. Twenty-three children were treated and about the .same number turned away from the dental clinic in the county building on Church street i Monday, the official opening day of ♦ lie clinic. The work is already go ing bn at full speed and Dr. Adams, state dentist in clinrge, has been very busily engaged in his work since he opened his offices. The overflowing thrOng of children who visited the c’inic Monday is just an example why it is imperative that the parents of the children call at the office, or phone for appointments. The confusion caused by a large num ber of children getting there at the same time not only works a hardship on the children but also on the den tist. Parents are urged to co-oper ate in this respect so that the great est efficiency may be obtained. The treatment is open to the peo ple of the county as well as to tlie people of the city. There has been some confusion been use the people of the county were not sure that the free clinic was extended to them as well as to the people of the city, at this time. M e want to take rare of every child in the city and county,” said Dr. Buchanan this morning, “and our "oi k v\ ill be made mutJi easier as well as more'efficient if the parents of the children will eo-operate with us in making appointments.” Deeds Recorded Here Monday. The following real estate transfers were recorded by deeds filed at the court house Monday: R. A. Russell to the Hartsell Mills Co., permission to build a sewer lirie across the Russell property. The line will be built in accordance with State laws. The right of way was secured for $lO, according to the deed. M. F. Teeter to L. W. S : nelair, property in No. 4 township for S2OO. R. R. Williams to J. M. Eury for $450 property in Ward -One, this city.. S. E. Smith to R. A. Smith for SI.OO and other considerations prop erty in No. 8 township. S. E. Smith to Grace N. Smith for SI,OOO and other considerations prop erty in No. 7 township. | Miss Sara Elizabeth Harris has returned from a visit -to relatives in Spencer. THE CONCORD TIMES I RAILROAD SCHEDULE Jn Effect Jan. 30, 1926. I Northbound No 40 To New York 9:23 P. M No. i3C» To Washington 5:05 A. M INo 30 To New York 10:25 A. M 1 No! 34 To New York 4 :43 P. M No. 46 To Danville 3:15 P. M No. 12 To Richmond 7:10 p. M I No. 32 To New Y T ork 9 :03 P. M 1 No. 30 To New York 1:55 A. M, Southbound No. 45 To Charlotte 3 :45 P. M 1 No. 35 To New Orleans 9 :56 P. M 1 No. 29 To Birmingham 2 :35 A. M 1 No. 31 To Augusta 5:5l A. M j No. 33 To New Orlenus 8:15 A. M ’No. ll.To Charlotte 8:00 A. M No. 135 To Atlanta 8:37 P. M No. 37 To New Orleans 10:45 A. M jNo. 39 To Atlanta 9:50 A. M I Train No. 34 Will stop in Coneorc j to take on passengers going to Wash j ington and beyond, i Train No. 37 will stop here to dis i charge passengers coming from be j yond Washington. j All trains stop in Concord except j No. 38 northbound. Bible thought for the Day . Be Patient :—Let patience have hei perfect work, that, ye may be perfeei and entire, wanting nothing.—. Tame; 1:4. i _ I LOCAL AND OTHERWISE. ! Crowell P. Ritchie is Very ill witl ! appendicitis in the Rex Hospital ai Ra)e : gh, friends here have been ad vised. Mijs. Homer B. Bollinger has re suinejd her work at Efird’s after beiiq confined to her home on North Spriiq street by illness. Marriage license was issued here oi Monday by Register of Deeds Elliot to Joseph Henry f'arriker and Mis: Macie Taylor, both of Cabarrus. K. W. Pharr, colored* Number 1 Township, brought thev second cot ton bloom of the season into th< Tinies-Tribune offices Monday after noon. Lefty Grove, of the Philadelphii Athletics. Monday subdued the heavy hitting Yankess, hold them to nin< Slits and striking out ten of them The Athletics won 7 to 1. A cement sidewalk is being laid oi the north side of Cedar street fron the high school building to Ker street. The sidewalk is being buii under the direction of the city. No session of the recorder’s cour was held Monday. Judge A.’ B. Pal mer is out of the city and as no case: of unusual interest were docketed i was decided to postpone all cases un til Friday. Attention if, again called to th< fact that free typhoid and diptheri* vaccinations may be secured cacl Saturday at the county health de partment by the people of Coneort and Cabarrus. • • Joe. aged pet dog of R. A White died last Saturday night at the. stort where Mr. White works. .Toe wouk have been sixteen years of age ir August and for many years had been constantly with Mr. White. The “Y” swimming campaign con tinues to add new named to its lint ol non-swimmers taught to swim. Hall a dozen more were able to navigate the length ofthe pool yesterday under the instruction of Mr. Denny. Miss Mary Horton, who is recup erating from a recent operation for the removal of her tonsils, is spending several days in No. 10 township with home folks. Her condition continues to show improvement. Rev. J. B. Moose, Ph. D., profesaor of the Lutheran Synodical Seminary at Maywood, 111. will deliver the sermon at St. Johns Sunday at 11 o’clock. Holy Communion will be administered at that time. The two-.vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. MeNeely, of China Grove township, died Tuesday night of in fantile paralysis. The child was stricken last. Friday and was in a desperate condition from the first. Four horses from the stable of J. F. Cannon, entered in races in New York State, won second money in their first races last week. Each horse won second honors in the race entered, showing fine speed and stam ina. Starting Friday night, free typhoid and diphtheria vaccinations will be given to the people of Kannapolis in the Y T . M. C. A. there, according to an announcement made this morning by Dr. S. E. Buchanan, county health officer. Judge John M. Oglesby, who is now attending the bar association meeting at YY T rightsvi’.le Beach, will hold his next term of court in Mc- Dowell county. He has exchanged courts with Judge Shaw and will be in Marion, the county seat of Mc- Dowell, for two weeks. Ben Paschal, former Charlotte star, has been playing with some regular ity for the New Y T ork Yankees re cently. Ben 'has been hitting well and has aided the New York team. Babe Ruth drove out his 26th home run of the season Tuesday but is still behind his record season of 1921 The well at the Cabarrus Country Club had reached the 100-foot mark Tuesday and no big supply of water had been reached. The well was only about 35 feet before the present drilling was begun. The well is be ing cut through solid rock and is ex pected to furnish a big supply of (kme 1 * bef ° le much niore digging is ed^ y * tbre ? , ° hi,dren were trent hlm, dental c:inic at the county health department Tuesday by Dr. Adams, state dentist. From the large number who have visited the ofcees for appointments, or telephoned, it seems likely that more children will receive the free services this year than ever before in the c *itv and county. Lexington Dispatch: “Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patterson and children left Saturday for ..Concord t<x join Mr and Mrs Lewis Patterson and fami y and all go to spend a week or ten I days at Lake YY’accamnw. Mr. Char- I les Patterson, manager of the YY’est : ern Union Telegraph Company here, is on his annual vacation.” j The Gibson Mill baseball team has i arranged for games on Thursday and Friday of t'iiis week and it is very probable that they will play on Sat urday also,, though their opponents for that day have not been announced. They play Kannapolis Thursday, and the firemen from Charlotte Griday. Both games will be played at Gibson Park. DOUGHTON WARNS ABOUT CERTAIN STATE TAXES Wants All Schedule B Taxes Paid Within Time Allowed by Law to Save Penalties. R. A. Doughton, commissioner of revenue for tlie State of North Car olina, has issued a warning to the pub lic about the payment of certain tax es. It is the desire of Mr. Doughton’s department to procure payment of all Schedule R taxes within the time al lowed by law before penalties apply. The taxes are due June first and pen alties apply August first. All owners or moTor vcTiicles are also warned about securing licenses for the new year which begins July first. There will be no extension of time on the licenses after July 10th, Mr. Doughton has warned. These licenses can be secured from the lo cal branch office here at the Reid Mo tor Company or from Mr. Doughton’s office in Raleigh. June comes to a close tomorrow just at the close of another cool spell. There have been some hot days during the month but as a whole the past 30 days have been unusually cool and fires have been needed on sev eral occas : ons when unusually low temperatures prevailed. The Greensboro Patriots clinched the flag for the first half of the Pied mont League season by winning from Durham Monday while High Point was losing to Salisbury Spencer. Should Greensboro lose all of the re maining games and High Point win all of its games the Patriots would end the first half a winner. DAM NOW READY FOR WATER; CLEANING I P THE BASIN Last of Concrete Slabs For First Part of Dam Laid This Morning.—-Will Be Used Soon. The last concrete slab for half of the .impounding dam was laid this morning and th : s part of the dam will be ready for water in a day or so. The dam, to be_3s feet high per pendicularly and SO feet high in slope, will not be completed for sev eral weeks but the concrete has been laid 12 feet high pen pend icularly, so the water can be impounded should a shortage exist. The remainder of the concrete will be laid when the lam is Completed. Before any water is impounded, however, the basin of the dam is to-be cleared. This work has been started and will be completed by the time the concrete has settled. All underbrush is to be cut and the basin otherwise cleared. Instead of reqifring 30.000 cubic feet as was stated some time ago. the dam will require 30,000 cubic yards of dirt. It will impound about 400,- 000.000 gallons of water in a basin covering about 130 acres. Cold Water Creek, on which is lo cated the cify’s pump station, has been running full during the past two weeks following the rains. Chambers Creek, on which the dam is being erected, also pours into Cold Water Creek and as both creeks have been running high since the rains the city has plenty of water. CHARGE NEGRO WITH THE THEFT OF AUTOMOBILE Fuller Knox Is Said to Have Taken Car and Left it on Kannapolis Road. Fuller Knox, negro, is held in the county jaU here charged with the theft of a Ford car Sunday night. The car had been left standing in front of a store in a negro settlement of the city. YVhen the owner, a girl, stepped from the store and noticed her car was gone, police officers were notified. An investigation on Monday bv Pa trolman Victor Hold brooks led to the discovery of the car on the Kannapo lis road, it having been abandoned there when its supply of gasoline was exhausted. Patrolman Holdbrooks learned that Knox had been seen driv ing a ear here Sunday night and when questioned about the matter the negro is said to have told the owner where she could find the ear. Bridge Over Catawba River Below Charlotte Is Closed. Concord persons who will have oc casion to use highway No. 20 at any point south of Charlotte for the pres ent will be interested in the announce ment from Charlotte that the bridge over the Catawba is closed now for repairs. The closing of the bridge ne cessitates a detour on the highway be tween Charlotte and Gastonia. So long as the bridge is closed traf fic will be routed via Route No. 27 to Mount Holly and then along the route marked by detour signs to Bel mont Abbey. Traffic may follow regular Route No. 20 to a large detour sign at Big gam’s Store, six miles from Charlotte, then on Route No. 27 to Thrift. Oarriker-Taylor Wedding Here. Joseph Henry Carriker and Miss Macie-Taylor were married here on • Monday night by ’Squire G. M. Lore. Mr. Carriker is owner and manager of a store at Cabarrus and Mrs. Car riker has been working in the store for some time. The couple is well known throughout the county. Miss Irene Ridenhour and Paul Plott, were married Friday, June 25 in Chester, S. C. The only attendants w T cre Miss Pauline sister of the bride, and Gurley Plott broth er of the groom. ' t The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ridenhour. The groom is ' a w ell known young business man. The couple will make their home in Concord for the present. i"'GOLDEN CO.CO<Jn Copyright, 1924, by Harper & Brothers ‘Th® Golden Cocoon” with Helene Chadwick is a picturizatlon of this novel by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. SYNOPSIS Molly Cochran, formerly the wife of a Governor, determines to go hack to Texas to visit, in disguise, *the scenes of her former happiness. For years she has been a play writer in New York. She has been disappointed in the refusal of her husband to listen when she sought to warn him of a possible danger to him. Myron Eldredge, dramatic critic, meanwhile, has been a friend to both, and has tried to bring about a reconciliation. CHAPTER XXXl—Continued She was outrageously slim, her eyes not less blue than the flowers that bordered her way. That vio lent, headstrong Molly, and yet he had swayed her to his every pass ing whim. ... That reckless, stubborn Molly— she could see her halting in the path there with a defiant chal lenge—to demand an accounting for- the years. Rash and Insolent youth, conceiving in hot lust what maturity must forge out with grop ing Imperfection in sweat; and toil and blood. Youth mortgaging the future for the vision of the moment —nay, for a mere gesture, an out let, an expression of itself. Youth, the transcendent, the terrible, the tmreturning. . . . CHAPTER XXXn In her room at the hotel —the hotel where the alumni dance had faken place, where another would taking place soon, no doubt — *Y wish you wouldn't cry like that," he said after awhile. ; the heat was stifling, oppressive. Bhe changed her traveling suit for the lightest gown in her bag, and wandered out to one of the small, iron : railed balconies across the way; the same balcony, perhaps, where she and Arthur Bancroft had stood that night five years ago. Five years. . . . This was a night of mocking birds and magnolia blossoms—the moon a milky blossom, too, against a pall of velvet. From a tree, glistening green and blossom starred, a feathered cantatrice pourad out his soul of souls into 'he night. Ravishingly, intoler ably sweet —moonlight, blossoms, that song. . . . She ought not to have come. She was In very truth a ghost, growing more ghostlike with every moment. She was an alien on hal lowed, too familiar ground; sep arate and apart from all this trill ing, bursting ecstasy. That bird, this odor of a thousand blossoms, this soft Southern air—they brought things back too overpow erlngly. In the city one might delude oneself with work, friendship, quiet affection —a thousand incon sequent trifles. But here on her own ground, where her roots struck deep, there was no self deluding. She wanted life, love; she wanted Greg. She wanted nothing else in the world. Noth ing else would answer. He be longed to her—she to him. No stupid qulhbllngs of pride, honor, expediency, could change that. Yhat other woman—what was she to him? When two people had belonged wholly to each other, body, mind, soul, something had 4een created out of that complete possession; something eternal and indestructible. That was mar gage —the marriage of true minds. There was no other marriage. If only for a moment that bird vould be still! She put her hands iver her ears.* but the wild and piercing madness would not be (hut out It was like a cry, like I human cry, insistent and fierce, t was like the cry of her soui o Greg, so fierce, so anguished, t seemed he must hear and under tand. What were a few leagues aore or less of land and water (ptween two immortal souls? More Swimmers at “Y”. The names of fifteen new swim mers, all of whom can really swim, have been added to the ever-increasing list of those who have learned under the tutorage of J. W. Denny, at the “Y” pool, this summer. The work has been going on a little more slowly than usual the past few days. The “Y” is in receipt of a number of letters from out-of-town people who have heard of Mr. Denny’s re markable success, and who want to come here for lessons. The mem £ She turned with a sharp C on vulsive movement That cry this odor of a thousand, ten thousand blossoms —she could endure th*m no longer. She would go back She would not wait even for thn mprnlng. She ought not to Lava come. ... At the entrance to the balcony stood a bell boy in uniform-- blinking at her through the hall darkness. “Gentleman to see you, mi 1 ?? ” he mumbled and then took him self off. There appeared presently in the archway a substantial, square built figure. On his light summer coat the moonlight showed a mourning band. Molly stood frozen. Incredulous It was a trick of her overwrought senses. Greg was on his way to France. . . . She had asked a miracle, yet dared not trust its fulfillment It was Greg, hut changed —«how changed broken and older—Greg, whose face was never given to show what he felt. He stood there with his head bent a little, yet looking at her—wait ing as if for her to give him per mission to cross the threshold. She tried to speak, to call his name, but the syllable died on her lips. There were less than half a dozen steps between them, and yet moment after moment passed —other moments —and still they only went on looking at each other, as If that were the sole means of communication left be tween them. It was dreadful to see Greg like that —broken and older, his head bent. “Greg, you did hear—you cam» . . . .** She found words at last, • took a step toward him. He put out his hands as If tt ward her off. “You must hear firs! what I have to say.” He indicate] a rustic bench, but Molly move] back toward the Iron railing, stood with her hands gripping it behind her. "I see. . . ." She was surprised herself to note how casual and mat* : ter-of-fact she sounded. “You’va come to tell me that you do want your freedom, after all. But”— she glanced round still a little dazedly—“how did you know I waa here ?’* “Myron Eldredge—l wired him.” “Oh!” He came then and stood directly In front of her. But speech seemed more difficult for him than for her. When other moments had passed in silence, slje added; “You did think of away, then? I knew you would —you're so clever about such things. . . .** He made on odd, half-finished gesture of negation. “Don’t talk like that. I came to throw my self on your mercy—to beg you to forgive me. . . ." “Forgive you—l . . . ?" Molly made a faint, incredulous motion toward herself. “Yes: That day when you came —I didn’t understand. I was vi cious, brutal—mad with jealousy. 99 “You Jealous . . .?” She made another Incredulous movement. “Oh. no. I —that woman. . . .” “You needn’t have been. You know there’s never been anybody but you—there never could be. That was the one thing that hard ened my heart against you—you knew there couldn’t be._ Now 1 even ask you to forgive me. . . .” “Oh no; It Is you who must for give. . . . But how . . . ?” He touched the band of crepe on his sleeve. “My mother —she went all at once like a tree with the ax laid to the root. She told me. 1 think she wanted to tell me sooner, but she didn’t know how. . . ." • “Your mother —she told yon . . . ?” Molly was silent with the wonder of that. Then, “Oreg, you mustn’t think I’m not guilty just as guilty as you believed me— only I didn’t know it. It was my own stubborn, headstrong will. To night for the first time I’ve seen ft all clearly.” “Never mind about that After all, It wasn’t your going—or the reason given—that hurt most. It was your not letting me help you. I knew what it was like for a woman of your sort alone in a great city. I used to sit and pic ture It to myself—the hardships, privations, hunger perhaps. . . . It was torture. For years I tried to find you. Then that day when you came into my office. I thought you had what you wanted —all you wanted. ... I thought maybe you—pitied me a little. . . ■” * Molly caught his big, square hands In hers, covered them with penitent, hot kisses, with hot, reviling tears. “You’re so much bigger than I am, Greg,—always so much finer and more generous. I m ashamed to tell you—l didn’t real ize even that that was one of the ways I was hurting you. I wa3 thinking only of my own pride, my own miserable self-respect. • • • He did not say anything at a.L He pulled her head down against his breast, smoothed and stroked her hair, made awkward little cat ting motions about her shoulders. “I wish you wouldn’t cry 1 a that,” he' said after a while. bere of the Building and , Duhl J-'C gue who watched Mr. Denny " have been spreading the news their own communities, and many the applications that have been 11 ceived from near-by towns are a suit of their enthusiastic report. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cannon. M ~ , Penelope‘Cannon and Archibald * ; UI I non left Tuesday afternoon for V"! 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The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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July 1, 1926, edition 1
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