THE NEWS-RECORD, MARSHALL, N. C. C CHAPTER XII. Continued , 14 "Oh, gee!" he gasped, recovering himself. "Who'd think Penile'd strlng you like thatr At the words, the child's fear was swallowed up In recurring anger. Her beloved Penzle had been criticized. . "Don't you dure talk 'bout Penzle," lie flashed. "Get outa here, you nlxy stiff! Get euta " She dashed toward him with outllung arms, as one might to frighten fl small animal ; then stopping so abruptly that she swayed dizzily for a moment. "Excuse me," she muttered. "0 Lordl" Shu turned and flew Into the house, bang ing the kitchen door behind ber. The minutes that supervened were troubled by a thuddy thumping, as of a drum gone wrong. When Lettle reappeared she was carrying an armful of boards, a to mato can of old rescued nails, and a hatchet with a notched blade. The household did not possess a hammer, an Implement too highly specialized to be afforded; the hatchet bad squeezed in by Its diversity of service. Frank Bosley was still there, sitting on a small stump, smoking a cigarette. He watched lazily while Lettle spread her materials down on the walk. "What's the nifty notion?" he drawled. She gave him a brief glance. "You here yet?" "Sure, and talking. I asked, what you making?" "I'm going to make a coop for She broke off and sat back on her heels, considering. "For the pepper-and-salt ship wreck?" he put In helpfully. " 'Tain't a shipwreck," defended Lettle. "It's a Plymouth Rock, guar anteed, and It's going to be a good one. I gotta name her." She reflect ed deeply, trying out names sound lessly, with Hps moving. "I'll call her Bonnie Geraldine," she said aloud. This decision, honoring the two daughters of Mrs. Weatherstone, was the highest kind of tribute, being spontaneous and given without Inten tion of flattery. The young ladles were only names to Lettle, who had , no more thought of ever seeing a Weatherstone than she had of glimps ing the North pole, rising out of Its cake of Ice and bearing aloft the flags jf the various nations that have dis covered It "Better call It the Calico Curiosity," he suggested between slow puffs. Lettle bit her Hps till the color left rtipm Taklnar uo two nieces of board, she propped them together to see If they would form the conventional rnhle roof of a chicken coop." They , would not. With a sigh she discarded one and took up another. Ton can't do It," observed the man. "Ton don't know how." . "Why don't you help me, then?" I? Child, I have better things to do." . "Tps. vou have!" she retorted. "Such as slinking In the basement door tn see the cross-eyed man!" With his finger on the clasp of his cigarette case, he paused. Lettle, watching him calmly, was quick to tee that her shot had told. "And the little mnn that carries 'a cane." she continued. . "if T wan In vour nlace." Lettle pro- ceeded with relish, "I wouldn't leave mv machine In the same spot all time. It's kinder notlc'ble, 'tween them two eucalyptus trees on Everldge street, and Here, Bonnie Geraldine," she eommanded. turning to her new acqul ltlon, "stop flopping 'round so. That dog ain't going to hurt you. Here, rood old Fil. treat her decent, can't you? Ton gotta get 'qualnted and be friends. How can I love you botn ir She heard steps behind her. Switch Ing about, she encountered the white anger of Frank Bosley. "Tou Imn of satan!" he growled. Wnid vmir tonzue in your head If you don't know how to use It You hain't never seen me In any such nlnre. If you want to play safe, you won't get me mixed with somebody else and go blabbing." , ' Tattle stood ud and confronted him " coolly, thin shoulders thrown back, dark eyes undaunted. . if it wasn't you what're you eet ting so mad for? How do you know t nin't nratslnz you?" "I don't care what way 'tis. Who- ever von saw. 'twan t me. D'you un derstand? Yon needn't get me mixed no with anybody else." "I hain't got you mixed up, Mr. Frank Bosley. I got your number, and I know a lot I hain't told. I seen - vou three fellers more'n once : . and v way yon slink, I know you're 'shamed of something. All is, If you want me to keep still, you get outa here and twn iviv from tTncle Jerry." - - With an assumption of recovered ' composure, be returned to the stump, , tnnb imt another clirarette. struck a match, and contemplated the child Wltn weil-simuiaiea maiperence. Don't worry, snltflre." - Lettle was immensely disappointed. She bad thought she was making headway. ' and here she ' was back where she had been in the first place. It took scarcely 'ten seconds for her antrer to rise.; ' , , - "Get outa here," she shrieked. "Get out and keep out" "Dry up," he retorted. , 'Tve heard nmie-h from you. voune lady. I didn't come here to be sassed. I came to see your uncle Jerry. " and . right here I slay t"l he comes." "I'o, you d.nTt; no, you don't" Florence Bingham Livingston Copyright b George H. Dona Company or Til . Oh, by Jingoes, there I go again I Excuse me, I gotta. Hinrk curls lashing- her thin shoul ders, she sprinted to the steps and clipped Into the kitchen. The wooiien tattoo began again ana , conunuea steadily for some time. When It finally ceased, Lettle came back wear ii and threw herself down on the walk. Turning all the na ls out of the tin can, she proceeds! to sort thorn according to their degree of curvature, few of them being strn'-'u. rtnnnle Geraldine." she said so.ty. "vou sit right still. You're going to be well pretty soon." Slie threw a nail back Into the can, as being De yond her skill In driving. She looked up at Bosley. "I really wish you d go home, sne nrd. in a voice of great reasonable ness. "We don't want you here; hon est, none of us do. We don t tnink you're a good friend for Uncle Jerry and" An Insolent laugh Interrupted her plea. "I mean it." she continued, witn srowlnir vehemence. "We don't like you to come here. Please so away." "Drv ud. you little fool. I'm urea of your patter. Ah, there you are. Winston. Sav. old man. I thought you'd never come. How does It look?" Jerry Winston walked Into the yara. "Pretty good, I guess. Lets get somewhere and talk It over." Lettle had risen and was watching them anxiously, her large eyes wid ening as her dismay Increased. 'Come on over to my house, sug gested Frank Bosley. "All right." Lettle stepped forward. "Uncle Jerry," she begged, "don't go with that man. Penzle doesn't like It." Jerrv Winston fixed her with a look such as she had never before received "Uncle Jerry," She Begged, "Dont Go With That Man." from Mm. "Keep still. Lettle, and mind your own business." "But, Uncle Jerry," she gaspea, 'you mustn't. It's making her un- hnnnv. Oh. Dlease don't." "T.Pttlp" he returned. In a tone that pierced her heart, "you 'tend to your own business. I tell you. You're mak ing a big mistake. I choose my own friends, and I cboose good ones. too. nh oh oh !" she screamed, wring ing her hands In agony. "I can't have It I can't stand it. : it mases ner no nnhannv. Oh. Uncle Jerry, you got me going. Come back, or I'll" She reached over and gathered up a nana fnt nf nails: then dronned her hand. The nails fell with a Jangle on the board walk. 1 RhP was alone. Uncle Jerry had gone with Frank Bosley. During the moment that she realised her raiiure tn - f mat rate this frlendshlD. her breath stopped, from the most acute despair. Then her anger rose, mount- lng to rage against Uncle Jerry, against Frank Bosley. "I'll show him : I'll show him !" she iul In a fnrv (In mad ImnillsR she tore around the , house then whirled and tore back again. "O Trrt" ke aroaned. "why can't I re member? j gotta remember, 'cause I gotta stay with penzie.- A min aha netted Into the kitchen and reached for the toy rolling-pin. Vicious blows rained on the board blows of rage against the two men, blows of exasperation over her fail ure, blows ef wild wrath against her own temper. Tiptii. von shan't have me. Yon shan't; you shan't Devil, do you bear? xou snan. r nave me r nm and over she uttered this defl a nee, and with every word she struck the gong till the heavy board swung against tne wau. . "O Penzle," she sobbed .brokenly, Tm trying rm trying. Honest, On and on she pounded, ber emo tion reaching frency. a frenzy like that nf the worn D'ner who dances till he f,."s. Her arm ached, but her energy . 13 not rt ax. L.M blood wet cieer, like a great wave, leaving her head cold. Then another great wave that flooded her with heat rolled over her, shut off her breath, receded 1 A black wave I she was still lying there on the floor hpnpath the temper gong when Mrs. Penfleld came In her face white In Its frame of black curls, her , right hand llmD on the rolling pin that had come down with her on Its broken string. CHAPTER XIII Calamity Coal Oil. The days of Lorene Percy's engage ment had been stormy ones In her home, but through neighborly persua sion and Intercession, Mrs. Percy bad raised no permanent obstacle. ' Lo rene's friends felt certain that her re lease from home rule, was assured. It was the evening before the Mar riage ceremony. All the little Ten fields had long since retired to their sleeping-boxes; and that they might not be disturbed by the light, Mrs. Penfleld was sewing In the kitchen. It was late and she was very tired. Twice she had caught herself nap ping and had gone to the back door to breathe In the fresh air and get thor oughly awake again. The moon was full; the sky was Intensely blue ex cept where quills of white cloud were laid across It ; the back yard was filled with soft radiance that transformed the ugly clothes-poles Into slender shafts of light "What a beautiful world It Is!" she said to herself. "And we all go so fast that we don't har tfne to look at It the way It Is. I wonder why we get fretted up over a lot of pesky de tails that we forget all about In a week, when the universe la calm and hnppy. Looks like we ain't In har- tTiony with It I wish I had time- No. I don't What I wish Is that I can stay awake and sew an overcoat" Resolutely she went back to her t chair and fitted sections of the coat together. J Footsteps sounded on the . board walk. There was a quick knock. The door opened. j "Oh, I knew something would hap pen. I just knew It would. And It has. Oh oh !" , I Sirs. Penfleld sprang to her feet The voice was familiar, but she would hardly have recognized, with- out this evidence, the figure that con fronted her. , "Lorene !" she gasped. "Look at nie!" cried the girl, ner tragic tone emphasized her ludicrous appearance. Her face and bands were covered with fine soot, la flecks. In strpnks: her fair hair was curiously I darkened, as If a thin black veil had been drawn over It; her light blue house dress looked greasy and soiled. Why, my dear. I can see you ve had a little accident," said Mrs. Pea- field briskly, "but 'twon't take long to get you washed up again. I'll help you. Oil heater, I s'pose." The girl nodded. , "My Mrs. Percy lighted It and put It In my room. I was going to pack. She said I'd take cold if the room wasn't warmed. And and when I went in a few minutes later. couldn't see. The air was full of black soot everywhere clouds of It Oh, dear; oh, dear, what can I dot" Why, Lorene, I'll help. We " Mrs. Penzle," shrieked the girt. wringing her hands In distress, "you don't understand. Everything Is ru ined." ; i "Ev'rythlngr "Yes, everything. All my 'clothes I I had them all laid out, ready to pack- on the bed, the chairs. The clothes press was open. They're all black, sticky, spo-olled." She threw herself on the wash bench and broke Into wild sobbing. "Why, by the time I'd been In there two minutes look at me!" : Oh, my dear." begged Mrs. Pea- field, "don't cryv We've got to think of something." ." We can't" walled the girl. "There Isn't anything to be-begln on. They were all there everything I own la the world, everything I've been saving forall these mo-months." She lifted her bead and looked at Mrs. Penfleld with streaming eyes. "Yes, I suppose they can be el-cleaned, but there lstil time before tomorrow. There Isn't tl-tl-tlrae." Her vo'ce broke. "Dlck has his leave of absence and the tie- tickets and all the de-detalls arranged. We can't put It off and and we cant I can't be m-m-marrled like this, can I?" She threw out her arms in a ges ture of hopelessness. :. - i " 1 Mrs. Penfleld could not restrain a smile as she gazed at the forlorn bride-elect huddled on the' wash bench, too abject to realize her own appearance at the moment or to care about It compared with the greater calamity ait home. - "What can I do, Mrs. Penzle? J can't ask Dick to take me like this." "No, dear, you aren't going to." Mrs. Penfleld put her bsnds on the girl's shoulders and gave her a gentle shahs that was half reproof and half caress. "Grab your nerve, Lorene, and we'll work a way out of this. ,8o long as there ain't nothing more vital In the path than soot and cinders, T predict you're going to be married tomorrow noon, as scheduled and all fresh and dainty, too. You left your windows open, didn't you 7 , , ,; , ; "Oh, yes, but" , - "Then the air must be clear by tills time. ' Til turn out the', lamp, sr. we'll go right, over and see hw tl" lOOk." - ' ' : ' , , fro S3 cojmNurtfci imVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SiindaySchool T Lesson '.- (Br RKV. P. B. riTZWATKR. D. D., Teacher of Engllah Bible In the Moody Bible Inetltute ot Chicago.) Caprrifbt, ' Waatara Nawipapat Cntaa. LESSON FOR JULY 15 - 8IM0N PETER LESSON TEXT Matthew 11:11-11: John 11.15-7. OOLDEN TEXT "Lord, Thou knoweit all thlngi; Thou knoweit that I love Thee." John H:1T. ' REFERENCE MATERIAL John 1:16-41; John 18:10-11; 0;1-10; Il:-H: Acta 1:1-5. - . ... PRIMART TOPIC Peter, the Helper ot Jeaua. JUNIOR TOPIC The Leader of the TW6iV. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC Peter's Failure! and Succeaaea. YOUNQ PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Peter's Weakneaaea and Strength. 1. His Name. (John 1:42). . The name which he bore when In troduced to Christ was Simon, which means "hearing." But Jesus gsve him a new name "Peter," which means "rock." This showed what he was to become. . - II. Hie Call. (John 1:41, 42). His brother Andrew brought him to Christ. This brought him Into fellow ship 'with the Lord. From ordinary dlsclpleshlp he was called to special ministry (Luke 5:10). From being a fisherman ha was called to catch men. III. Peter's Character. L Sincere. What Peter was at heart could be read on his face. He was free from duplicity. People could understand him. Because of this characteristic they could tell when he was lying. Yet even when people knew he was In error they could be lieve In him. He seems to have been Ignorant of the word "diplomacy." 2. Prompt He had the ability to decide and act quickly, as the occa sion demanded. This made him a real leader. His action at the empty tomb was an example of his promptitude. John outran Peter, hut Peter was the flrat to enter the tomb. When Corne lius sent for him at Joppa he respond- r ed without delay. 3. Courageous. While Peter played the coward sometimes, he was for the most part a brave man. No doubt it was through cowardice that he denied the Lord, but It was his courage that brought him to follow the Lord Into the palace of the high priest. 4. Intense, He reit Keenly anu acted with vigor. Whether right or wrong, what he did be did with all his might. When he preached It was with passion. No finer example of 'burning eloquence can be found than hie Pentecostal sermon. IV. Peter's Confession of Christ (Matt. 10:13-18. 21-23). The disciples had been with the Lord for several years. They had heard His mighty words and seen His mighty works. Various opinions were extant about Him. It was now neces sary for them to have a definite con ception of Him. The Master-Teacher knew the necessity of having the dis ciples get the right conception of Him self. J 1. What It Was (v. 16). It involved His Messlahshlp "The Christ." ' and deity "Son of the living God." This Is the burning question today. Those who have the right , conception of Christ's person and mission have no trouble In the realms of science, philos ophy or ethics. 2. Christ's Commendation (v. 17). He pronounced him blessed. Truly he was blessed, for he both possessed and confessed the Christ The evidence that Peter was blessed was that he was In spiritual touch with the Father tn Heaven. 8. Peter's Blessing (v. 18). Christ declared that he should be the founda tion stone In His church. , Christ Is the chief cornerstone on which the church Is built Christ's person and Messlah ahin toaa confessed by Peter, and on this rock Is laid the foundation of iiwiatlea and uroDbets (Eph, 2:201. All believers are living stones of this timiaa fl Peter 2:5). V. Peter's Restoration (JohnZi:io- Peter trrlevouslr Islnned In denying . innl hut ti maria a confession. shedding bitter tears of"feaItenc over his sin and folly. The Lord tenderly ioit with His erring disciple and re stored him. In this restoration He hr mi trM tn Peter's mind the essential qualification for his ministry. Love is the nre-eminent gin lor uiirist s serv Ice. To Impress this upon him, he thro times asked the question, "Lovest thou me?" . Three .classes or people were to be served:- CD . Those be ginning the Christian life "Feed my lambs." (2) ' The mature Christians1 "Shepherd my sheep." The shepherd needs to protect and feed the sheep. Love Is the one essential equipment for this service. (3) The aged Chris tians "Feed my . sheep." Love Is needed In dealing with the fathers and mothers In Israel. , s - :" -. Injurlea. ' . Rather wink at small Injuries than to be too forward t avenge them. He that to destroy s single bee should throw down the hive, instead of one enemy, would make a thousand. ' Trust" In the Lord. Trust In the Lord and do good: so Shalt thou dwell In the land, and verily thou ahalt be fed. Pa 37:3. The etudsnt . Don't despair of a student If he bai one clear Uea. nmnions. , 3 YEARS WITHOUT WORD WINS WIFE A DIVORCE Sat Opposite Husband Every Day at Luncheon Sh3 Says Cruel, Says Court ' ' London. A 'wife who saldthnt her huuliund bad not spoken to her for three years nni two months, although they sat opposite each other every duy at their mlddny meul, was granted a decree nisi of divorce in the courts last week, the Judge holding that this unusual conduct amounted' to cruelty mil desertion. The wife, Mrs. Ada Diver, said she wis raurrled In lS'.n) and that she and her husband were quite happy until 11)20, when she hud a nervous break down and went to stuy at her mother's house for a fe weeks. . For twelve months after that they lived In the same house and had one tueul, luncheon, together each day, but did not speuk. She left him, but retun ed In a short time, and though her husband then slept elsewhere, be . still came home tor luncheon and continued doing so until last week, though refusing to speak a word to his wife, Jlie silence being maintained altogether for more than three years, she said. Runaway Tricks Police; . Thieves Get Diamonds New York. After frightening a horse to divert ' attention from themselves, two bandits recently smashed a window In the Rundback Jewelry store, 2232 Third avenue, fired a bullet at one of the proprietors' and fled In a taxlcab with a tray J diamonds valued at $40,000. The robbery happened shortly after 9 o'clock, when the streets of Harlem were filled with Saturday night Bhoppers. The store has been robbed twice In the last year and, although the loss In each Instance was not great Patrolman John Lloyd of the Eust One Hundred and. Twenty-sixth Street station has tlnce kept a careful watch on the place. Just before the robbery, a horse hired from a livery stable at 845 East One Hundred and Third street bolted, nnd the policeman ran after It A mo ment later came the crash of glass as the store window was smashed. Persons who happened to be tn the block between One Hundred and Twenty-first and One Hundred nnd Twenty second street sold they saw two young men leap from a taxlcab at the curb Just as the policeman raced after the horse. One of them hurled a brick through the show window and the other quickly reached through, taking out one of several trays of gems. John Rundback who owns the store with his mother and his brother, Edward, rushed to the doorway nnd one of the bandits fired at him, but the bullet went wild. The two robbers then Jumped Into the tnxlcab, which was a few feet awny, and drove out of sight before Policeman Lloyd had finished calming the frightened horse two blocks dis tant. No one could be found who eould account for the animal running away, but the police believe some one In league with the bandits was respon slble. Disease Makes Her Talk Almost Continuously Parsons. Kan. Talking almost con tlnuoualy since last Thanksgiving, and still going strong, Is the unique record of Miss Mildred Spencer, twenty- year-old schoolma'am of this city. . Miss " Spencer, while visiting her home In Baldwin for the Thanksgiv lng vacation, prattled Incessantly of "cabbages and kings," but the family thought she was only overjoyed to re turn. But ' when she awakened ber mother night after night to continue the talk-fest, the famll became alarmed, i Several weeks ago the patient was brought to a local sanitarium, where physicians diagnosed her malady as "talking sickness." , - Miss Spencer Is i widely read and has a wealth of material upon wbicn to enlighten Attendants. She rarely repeats herself. A cure within a few weeks Is prom ised by physicians. Arrested for SDeedinrj. v ; Has Latest in Alibis - Woddlawn, Cal. J. R. Lemon of Sac ramento has been awarded first honors for offering alibis In the local Justice imirt- : : when I mon was overhauled by Of ficer George Sharpneck recently he was dolne 45 miles an hour. . Lemon wrote to Justice of the Feace w. H. Scott as follows: - "I could not help my speed for the suction of a passenger train passing through Davis drew me along. ;' " ..... ' , . ' . ''"' 'v t..... . .. J Child Found Lunching ; ' ! on a Stick of Dynamite Mrs! C B. Brewer of Kansas City, Kan., was amazed to find her three-year-old daughter seat ed on the step o a rear porch complacently chewing on a half pound stick of dynamite. She separated the baby from Its "lunch" and called the police. Other children, who had been playing In the yard, explained that the baby found the ex plosive' In a bunch of wire. 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THING OF MOST IMPORTANCE Idle to Think Woman Would Look at Her Teeth When Her Hair Was In Consideration. The dentist was busy filling a young ' woman's teeth. When he had finished the first tooth he handed ner a mirror that she might see the result for her self. Then he continued his task, each time handing her the mirror after tooth had been filled. Finally, wlaen his task was completed and she had handed back the mirror with thanks, he asked: - "Well, Mrs. Danforthhow do thej look to youT ; . "Look to met "Why, I haven't sees them yet 1" she exclaimed. "i mean the teeth I have Just filled," said the dentist, thinking she had no) understood.. "Oh, I forgot about the teeth," shi replied as she reached for the mirror "What did you look at each time, thenr - queried the dentist, wonder lngly. i ; "Why, my hair of course, Harper"! Magazine. . Everybody Knows How. "Have you ever noticed?" asks tin Maryvllle (Mo.) Democrat-Forum, "hos everybody knows how, everybody elst should do something?" - 1 wis. " warX W.