yMarij Imlaq Taylor^ ?wc.n xnocmtn ?a?v EIGHTEENTH INSTALLMENT "Nancy Virginia," he said solemn y, "we love you and we know it sn't true. But there's a story about ?ou; to fight it, to put it down, we've rot to know the whole truth. Will rou trust an old man? Wiff you tell oe?" Nancy seemed to grow limp. 'What is the story, major?" she isked. He told her. "I'm an old tian, :hild, forgive me?Angle wouldn't epeat it. I had to. You've got to ell me the truth so I can put It lown." She opened her lips with an ef Ort. "I can't!" she said in a mothered voice. The old man stood staring in grave urprise. "I can't say anything," she said irokenly. "I?a woman can't save lereslef?I can't tell you, major? can'tt" "Then Morgan must!" said the najor. "Oh, no, no! Not that?never hat!" she wailed, clinging to his ,rm. "promise me?never that!" She had only one horrible thought, lichard had cast her out and left ler to this! She would not appeal to lim again. Major Lomax drew her hand hrough his arm; he said nothing nore. He led her, against her will, ip to his own house and opened the loor. "Angle!" he shouted. "Angie?Nan y is here to see you?keep her all light. I'll phc.ie. to her mother." But before his telephone message eached the Gordons something had lappened there which wiped out its ignificance. Mr. Gordon was away; ie had gone to Richmond on busi less for the bank, and would scarce y be back for two days. Nancy had leen absent since luncheon time. Inly Mrs. Gordon and Amanda Were it home. Mrs. Gordon was busy. She was startled by Amanda's 'Oice at the door. "Mis' Gordon!" she called excited y, "Mis' Gordon, heah come Mist' iloddy. yes m'm. sho's yo'se born? Hist' Roddy, hisse'f!" With a little cry of rapture, Mrs. lordon ran to the door. "Roddy! " He stared at her. his arm hang ng limp, and when she embraced lim he lurched away from her. "Where?whersh father?" he ask ?d thickly. "He's in Richmond, dear," she ;aught at his arm. looking up into lis face. "Why. Roddy, you're 111, ,'Our eyes are all bloodshot?take off our hat, dear!" He laughed foolishly, starting tway from her again and catching it. the door-post for support. "Whatsh til' mattersh with my lat?" he demanded, taking it off md smiling at it idfoically. "nice lid peach of a hat?" he spun it iround .on one finger, giggling sud ienly. Then he began to sing oudly. - it "Where did you get that hatsh?', "Where did you get that hatsh?', "Roddy!" his mother gave a little :ry of horror; she seized his arm ind shook him. "Look at me, Rod ,dy, dont you know me? It's moth er!" Roddy looked at her, his eyes still vacant and watery. Then he laughed wildly, keeping his feet with a lurch, and chucked her under the chin. "Th' owl Ish a baker's daughter!", he gurgled, reeled, lost his balance, and sat down suddenly and heavily on the'floor. Li , Mrs. Gordon uttered a sharp cry; 'of hbrror and dismay, and ran to1 the kitchen door. "Mandy!" she cried, "Mfandy?I come quick. I?J think Mr. Roddy's 'gone crazy.' I Amanda came, pulling ''.own her] sleeves. ' Roddy was still sitting on ] the floor, his feet spread out in i | front of him, and he was ogling them and laughing foolishly. His | face was sickly and pale, and the! long lock of his hair hung down between his glassy eyes. I "Hello, Mandy!" he said, still thickly, "hello! Where didsh you ?et heads? Haven't any business to have two heads, mus'n get drunk? they'll arres' you! Man on th' car had two heads, didn't know where hey got 'em either?must have been eslde him, but she stumbled to her , feet as Morgan entered. ! Richard took her shaking haJMjs j in both his. "Don't" be frightened,"! he said gently. j; "Aain't frightened," said Roddy , thickly, "dry?thass it. dry as dust ?an she's got water?water?" he began to sing, rocking to and fro. j, Mrs. Gordon tore her hand out of Richard's and covered her face j scbbing. "My boy's crazy," she said ; in a whisper. "I cant bear it?I i cant!" | Richard drew her gently out into the hall. ? "He's not crazy, Mrs. Gordon." he said kindly, "someone has given ? him some kind of strong drink? and it's gone to his head, that's all." . She gazed at him horrified, incred ulous. "My boy never drank!" "I Jcnow it?that's why it's af fected him so badly. He'll get over , it. Don't worry." Richard was sor-'< ry for her. She turned very white. "His fa ther!" she gasped in a frightened 1 ffhisppr "Mrs. Gordon, I'm going to take lim home. My car's outside my own loor, IH get it. Nobody need know, lot even your husbasd. Hell be all ?ight tomorrow." Without another word, Richard vent out. But when he drove his par'( iround to the Gordon's back door, Roddy. whose condition seemed to j ;et worse all the time, had to be ;oaxed into it. Richard and Aman la .managed it. Richard drove the car straight in- ? .o his garage. By that time Roddy lad sagged over and gone to sleep. Richard called to his man. "Sam! Here?you go up and tell Mammy PqJJt she can visit her cou- , sin tonight. Send her packing. Then ,ou come back here and help me . ;et this boy into the house and into ( ea. i Sam went, and, half an hour later, ( toddy Gordon was asleep in the ( oom next to -^Richard's. He slept j eavily at first, but toward midnight, , e became violently ill and Richard , Dught a hard battle with a touch , f delirium in it. ^ "Must have been soaking himself , nd got some wood alcohol, too," j tichard thought, sitting up. . j At two o'clock in the morning, | toddy was really very ilH it toqk all , tichard's Ume and skill to turn the , ide in his favor. , ( It was five o'dlock now and broad ] ly. Richard went downstairs and j lade some strong coffee. When he ] ent back to his patient. Roddy was , wake and terribly sober. He choked , own the hot coffee and wanted to , 111 himself. I "How did I get here?" he asked , DR. R. J. PEARCE Optometrist Eyes Examined? ?Glasses Fitted Thomas * Carver Building Roxboro, N. C MONDAYS ONLY 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. w? do Ufa nun YOUR CAR NEEDS A complete check-over by "ex perienced mechanics for the Summer's driving. Oil, tires, motor, body, all these need to be in tip-tope shape. Motor cars are so mechanically per fect now that when the least thing goes wrong it may mean something big, so see us today and let us do the check-over Job. Roxboro Motor Co. C. O. Crowel], Mgr. Roxboro, N. C. tfankly. Richard told him. feeellng his i>ulse. "You're better. Keep quiet, ild man. No one knows but your mother." "My mother?" Roddy groaned turning his face to the wall. Richard quieted him. He was us ing almost all his power as a doc tor and an older man to keep him juiet when old Sam called him from the stairs. "Somebody down heah. Mis!' Etlchard!" In the hall stood Nancy. She was jareheaded and she still wore the Frock in which she had gone to the Lomaxes. "Richard, where's Roddy? I must see~Ifly hrothe'j" Then, as be hesitated, she broke >ut angrily. frHe hasn't diphtheria! Mtma told me?I must see him, I've got a right to see him?where Is he?" Richard turned to the stairs. "He's up there?he's sober. You may see him." That was all; "he did not even look at her" tLs he led the way upstairs. At the door of Roddy's room Rich ard stepped back for Nancy to en ter. The girl stood still an instant, her hand pressed against her breast "Don't let Roddy frighten you." Richard managed stiffly, his voice sounding harsh. "He's been under the influence of too much liquor. He's come out of it with a headache and 'the blue devils. Don't let it frighten you." Nancy's head went up! she thought he felt that they heaped their trou bles on him?she and her brother. Richard cpened the door and she went in. She heard-hjjp close it be hind her and she seemed to hear, too, his footseps going downstairs. They sounded heavy, final, like the footsteps of a man who had too much to do to bear other people's burdens! Then her eyes cleared of the mist in them and she saw. Roddy, half dressed, sitting on the edge of his bed, reaching for one sf his boots. "I don't want to make a mess here for Richard?he's been pretty white to me." he said bitterly, "I'm going nit. In kill myself " Nancy went over and sat down on the edge of the bed beside him. "Rod." she said under her breath, with something like a gasp, "have you?been doing it again?" He turned and looked at her, ut terly uncomprehending. "What the deuce do you mean, Nance?" CONTINUED NEXT WEEK In Lovinj? Memory Of My Dear Sister It is with a sad heart I will try to write a brief sketch of my dear sister, Eva. It was on Feb. 10th, 1934, God needed another angel to fill another vacant place around the feat white throne' and he stooped iown with loving hands and pluck ed from the house of Mr. and Mrs,. J. T. Chambers their loving daugh ter. Eva was 21 years, nine months ind three days old, making her stay Mi earth very short. It is so sad to part with one so near and dear to us, but we will have to be submis sive to an all wise God who doeth ill things well, she suffered severe ly for about nine months but she fore it patiently. She was so sweet ind kind and always had a kind ivord and smile for every one, but when God called her she closed her ?yes and slipped quietly away to ler Father's house. No sunny smil? from her to greet us now, but we (lave the consolation that some time we will be with her in heaven ?nd how sweet it will be to see her ind hear her sweetly saying "I have leen waiting for you and knew you was coming." a loving one from us a gone and a vacant place in our nome which never can be filled. W? Professional Cards Dr. ROBT. E. LONG Dentist Wilburn ver Wilburn Si 8atterneld's Store Building. LET JOHN CASH Repair your shoes and repair your chairs. Under Wilburn & Satterfield. WHICH IS THE BEST 25c* MOTOR OIL? HERE ARE 3 ANSWERS! Each of these motorists tested Gulf-lube against - well known 254 oils?Read what they discovered! < "GULF-LUBETOOKME 157 MILES FARTHER BEFORE A QUART WAS CONSUMED." -\ / I "GULF-LUBE WENT 74 MILES FARTHER BEFORE I HAD TO ADD A QUART." "GULF-LUBETOOKME 226 MILES FARTHER BEFORE MYOIL-LEVEL DROPPED A QUART." IKS889 Mr. J. P. Cochrane, Waban, Mass. Mr. L. T. Law, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. T.W. Davis, Winston-Salem, N.C. ?Chevrolet owner. ? Pfwmwilli owner. ?Ford owner. Each of these motorists made two trips to some distant point FIRST TRIP ?each used one of the well-known 23c motor oils. SECOND TRIP?each used Gulf-lube. And Gulf-lube took each of them miles farther before a quart was consumed! Want to use less oil between changes? Switch to Gulf-lube?the oil that also beat 3 other famous 25c oils in AAA "high-mileage" tests at Indianapolis. Watch it cut your oil costs. 25c* a quart. *Plus tax. ? 1934, GULP REFINING CO.. PITTSBURGH. PA* GULF-LUBE...the "high mileage" motor oil deeply feel dear sister's passing is her gain while it is our loss. Tis so hard to realize she is with us no more. Her smiling face and gentle voice we miss so much. -Her' going brings to us many heartaches. Still Qcd bids Us to loolc up through our tears and say. Thy will be done. She leaves to mourn their loss her husband. Talmage Long, one child, Christine, a father and mother, Mr.' and Mrs. J. T. Chambers, five bro thers, Tom, George, Willie, Sam and Business Directory If you are in doubt as to where to And anything look oyer this list. The advertisers in this space are all reliable and you will make no mis take when you patronize them. If you do not And what you are looking for here come to The Courier office and we will give you the informa tion desired. J. T. BRADSHER Plumbing and Heating Office on Reams Avenue Phone 14 G. B. MASTEN Painting and Paperhanging Good Paint Applied By Good Painters Produces a Good Job GEO. W. KANE BUILDER - CONTRACTOR "No Job Too Big?None Too Small." Carolina Power & LisjHt Co. Home-Life Made Easiet Ask the lady who has an Electric Range. Hambrick, Austin & Thomas nnrooisTs Hollingsw'orth's Unusual Candles,] Penslar Remedies, School Books, ShaeIter's Fountain Pens. We would like to be your Druggist. | Sersreant & Clayton "The Sta-Klean Store" Phone Us Your Orders. We Deliver Promptly. HARRIS & BURNS BARGAINS Everything from head tf foot for men. women and children. "Rnxboro's Best Store" Roxboro Lumber Co. Bay It From Us And Bank The Difference "Dome Of Quality Lumber" Wilburn & Satterfield Roxbnro's Dependable Store It SOI Par Ton To Trade With Us-Try It" Clarence Chambers, all of Timber lake; six sisters, Mrs. Bossie Day and Mrs. Allie Day, Mrs. Mary Wade, all of Roxboro; Mrs. Mina Montcastle, Lynchburg ;~Misses Naomi and Lucy Chambers of Timberlake, besides a host of relatives and friends. She was laid to rest in the family ceme tery. The floral designs were so beautiful that covered the grave of one whom we loved. She was. al ways so cheerful and would greet us with a smile. We feel that she is now wearing her starry crown and is safe in the arms of Jesus. We weep for thee, dear sister, not as dead, but asleep in Jesus. We hope to meet thee some happy day when there'll no goodbyes have to be said. Written by her sister, Bessie. o In a city beautification campaign, Lansing, Mich., planted more than 5000 petunia beds last summer. A lotton cror, that is two weeks late and prospects for the smallest yield in years is reported from Har nett County. DROWNS HERSELF AND 2 CHILDREN Hi?h Point, July 12.?Mfs. Robert Glenn Smith, 23, carrying her two children, Peggy, 3 and Ray, 14 months, in her arms, stepped into 12 feet of vate.' in Freeman mill pond, seven miiJs east of here, about 8 o'clock this morning, drowning all three. The first body, that of one of the children, was not located and taken from the water until 2:30 p. m. to day. The second child's body was recovered about an hour later and that of the mother about 5:30 o'clock afttr ; Guilford county officers. High Point" firemen and High Point po licemen had joined in the search. The death of the mother ended two years' suffering with pellagra, which the neighbors said had affect ed her mind and which is believed to have caused her to walk to her death with her children this morn ing. ?ACH thought, each detail, each possibility ir'| provided for in advance, th$t the final ceremony , may be one of complete harmony. i SPENCER'S FUNERAL SERVICE SINCE 1910 NIGHT PHONE 47-D DAY PHONE 47-M AMBULANCE SERVICE "THE COST IS a MATTER OF YOUR OWN DESIRE" The Record Shows THAT BUILDING AND LOAN INVESTMENTS ARE SAFEST We Solicit Your Savings on the Weekly or Monthly Installment Plan 50 cents per week will produce $200.00 $2.50 per week will produce $1,000.00 . r* r New Se?!tes Opens Early In "July t ROXBORO BUILDING & LOAN* ASSOCIATION J. S. Walker, Sec.-Treas. - ' MEMBER FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK