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THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1933
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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TANGLED WIVES
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ir ves young, well-dressed and in
:' good looking.
J'v-U need something to drink.
-So, no. I'm all right. - ,
m going to get you a bronude.
u Uthisjaw. There was a drug
.. '. in the next block.
") t thought: I must get away from
V: She thought it so strongly there
I"' o room for her to wonder evec
!.' in the loss of memory.
2 il was raping on the glass win
f the cab. "You'll feet better as
r.ow t the cdu. Climpthin
i0un as youve Bw.
I seething.
Please don't bother.
The driver turned a roughly shaved
face toward them. . . -
ot nriitr ssiiiit aucu
"MOP at Lilt v -
She shook her head. "I won't take
- anvthinp.' .
u ,,, tlfiwin? down.
int.1 cuo - c -
il," His smile was wan
, j anxious. "I'll get them '.o mix
., . mcii.-o von feel better.
j... lht, h 1 of a jam. No wonder you
""hc did not ask what the jam was
wiU filled with dread. But her
were determined. She would
'' . nothing from him. The cab was
,V ,-red The driver leaned toward
't get right up in front of the
ticm.
"t an
CO.
tn ho vetnrninfi'. Bui. what she Would
do after she got to the hotel she
could not say. It dawned on ner men
tVio,- tVip vniinp- man she had left in the
drug store was her single link with her
past.
She drew her fox neckpiece closely
about her chin. Where had she got
m f,.v' Hpv thps were very new.
She racked her brains in order to think
where she had put them on. bne
nnr nn wmpmhpr where she had
v - -
dressed that morning. "I wonder what
my face is like,' she tuougni suuuemj.
"perhaps I'm an old woman!"
With anxious fingers she opened her
bag and found a little mirror. Her
eves, young and frightened, looked
back at her. There was not a wrinkle
was full of bright painted new cars.
She was feeling better. A clock in the
street told her that it was half-past
four. Her own watch verified the
hour.
"Through the park, Miss?
"Yes."
Where was she going? Where was
her home? Perhaps in a few minutes
it would all come back to her. hhe
" ,i u.,,.cnf cat tensely in the
cab, trying to calm, trying to be
rational, trying Mo remember Who
wa her mother? Who was her father.
"Look here," she whispered, "you must
know somebody, even if you re an
orphan. Just think of some one per
sc.n that you know.. Anybody at all
will do. Picture somebody s tace.
Thus commanded, across her MMon
floated the picture of the taxi driver.
Then the face of the man she had left
in the drug store emerged clearly in
her mind's eye. And that was all.
She began straining her eyes at
pvpi-v on,i in Die street. Surely some
one or somethiing would give her a
plnu us t.i whn she was. where she
ought to go. She seemed to know New
York, she thought with a leonng 01
gratitude. She could go to a ho.el at
least.
"Around the park again?" The cab
man questioned.
ri'nL mo t.i th. Biltmore."
She spoke with decision. She did
not know why she siud the Bnlunoro.
Hut slif ww i'l;id :hat her wits ooomed
to be seen in the soft contours of her
white face She was glad she wui
cill vniinp- She hadn't felt old.
sUw ,.nnlil nut tell much about her
irh she snent some time in
cnni imr it Then she turned her at
tention to her hand bag. She drew out
a handkerchief, k was a sheer wnn
m,,i -,.,i'V, ili.. initial T) embroidered in
1IUV 1. HIMI fc.
one corner. "II," she thought,, "stands
fm- llnnithv-in- Daisy. 1 wonder it
one of tho-c names could be mine?
Or n.li!i'' Or llrusilla ."'
It was bewildering to be able to
tlil.iL. main' mimes. It was CX-
iwiirmtinL'. She did no: believe that
any of those names belonged to her.
She returned to the exploration of
he,- bag. and drew out a black' en-
-This will do." The young mans
haml already on the latch. "Come
e But no, vou better wait here. 1 H
hring it out to you." He was forcing
i s-nile. He was suffering. She saw
.; But she did not pity him. He
w-w down the street, turned into the
llri-tore. As she saw the last of him
tliumgh the swinging doors, she was
fl, .lel with rebel. She sat parauy.c-u.
IK- was gone. She leaned forward,
u adving herself against the glass be
hid i-he driver. "Drive on," she said.
::ln,V0 on."
The man turned his head slowly,
iked at her stupidly,
"Drive on," she repeated. Go on.
His heavy jaw dropped. "Vou want
me to drive on?" .
Yes. Go on."
lie bent to his gears. "Where to .'
-Straight ahead."
he relaxed, trembling. With a
-. eeching of gears, the car crawled
hr o traffic. She watched the" door of
-hr drug store with terror. They
.passed it safely.. He. might come out
at any moment. He might run after
the cab, waving and shouting.
t.,.. ot bo ticvi rorner. Turn
luia . v. .--
left."
"No left turn, Miss."
"Then turn right. Only, turn. And
th.'n go on and I'H tell you when -to
-top."
Her fear was receding. She was
w, .k with relief and a curious sense
i triumph. The cab had turned.
he drew a long breath. The air
wa - soft and springlike. The cvenue
r
If Only She Could Get Away From Th,s Horrible Man.
LEGAL BLANKS
for
A
AT
The Mountaineer
Office
Deeds of Trust
Chattel Mortgages
Warranty Deeds
State Warrants
Civil Summons
I
ml ' Z raised gold let-
her lnonogKu,, .,
tors but so e ahone was wi.
ra.Jhc could mtrt out what
the etters wvi. - , . .
enough but whether the other wo -g-
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couia not iifiHi. , .- . i.. i,..t
Tbnro. was a card; noimiiB.-
a bill-fold and a coin; purse, fehe. saw.
,th rclKf that he nad "? "
money with hl. At
, . .i i etarvc until l una
:r:hoIanrandwh;;eVm uppol
t' Kf." . , , .Kiimois
(hi her hands wen-
i . :i- , A'nii- she sniracil uivm
anlooKeddownath.l.m
was a platinum band set with tiny dm-
.. it rru:.. .,i nn
mends. "I'm married. i
ll.,..r rl
i ii iinnvnw o us a uiuw
rem. u. ..-.-. , ... .-..
tw een the . yes. She stared at in.- .
wonderingly and whispered wi
, i... "I'm married!
unnt'iii'vin. . i. crhn
looked up. She was -.t the v. i
enhance to the B.ltmore The uni
formed hoKl doorman J- opening th
''"she took hold of her purse firmly
and prepared to get out.
"How much?" .
"Tmll.n-sivU Don't foigtt vour
LaHer bags! She was startled The
driver indicated the seat beside him
self. It was loaded down with very
fcrtV-rt-looking luggage.
She watched the doorman pull clown
two wagger looking bag of snake
skin, and an enormous hatbox of tne
vro,Tntrant material.
"Wouldn't do to go off and leave
thee," commented the doorman goou
naturedly. ,
. e nvco rot." She was con
fused by the sense of many people, the
sounds of cabs honking, ine ... ,.,.
...u: Via mnrfV. and the heipiui
attendant both bothered her, because
-I.. v,t,i tr. lnnlf at. h'r batrs, take
m wiT.ni'fl anfl pvaniinp them
TMt Ml mhiici.;i'-
ca-efullv. Surely when she read her
own 'initials they would remind her
of her name, and her part.
' cu t,iio.i nut two hills, and handed
! them to the driver. As he let his ear
move into the traffic she turned and
looked at the bags pmed on ine
walk before the hotel. .
The bore two large, prominent let
. r V
that woull lead her back to herself
or the person she had been. A bellboy
popped out of the quietly pretentious
ibi.inv.-iv. win seized them eaireny. one;
tipped lht- doorman generously, and
followed the bell hoy.
s sb. tiuiunteil the stairs she leit
sure that she would remember every
thing in n moment. Her name wa, v.
V. Miss llrusilla Vance, or - Miss Dor.
othv Vane say or or Miss Deliorah
Valentine.
! was absurd and annoying that
just the right name didn't I'omo. Slie
drew on her glove, half nervously, and
her linger struck against her wedding
ring- Instantly all her bravery fled.
Mis Drusilla Vance! Miss Dorothy
Vane!. Why, she was marrnid. She
a- Mrs. Somebody. Mrs. D .V. And
then her imagination traveled s.raight
b-.ek to the man she had left m thtt
drug store. .
Sweet, he had called her. and I'ar
ling! So that was her husband.
Her husband was a man she feared
and hated.
She shivered. "No wonder 1 lost my
mind." she said to herself half cheer
fully. "Perhaps he's saved -the mort
gage on my dea,- old home, and I've
had to marry him out of gratitude;
and on account of my conscience I've
been living with him; so now some
kind fate has made me lose my mem
ory, .so 1 won't hav any conscience
about leaving him."
Then. "Perhaps, alter all he isn't
my husband "
The slow minor strains of the string
orche'v; ra came tnun tw tea room.
Something gripped h heart. Perhaps
she wa- iruing to ri'nn-m'a'r. She knew
the sung. The words said themselves
to her in a long, sinister drawl.
Oh give me .somethiing
To remember you by!
When you are far away from me.
She was walking slowly in rhythm
to its tedious boat as she repealed
the word.--. But., they brought no fill
li,,.' vei'iilleet ions. S-! raliire t hat ft
;ong should remain when uoiinc; iKe
(id.
She moved along obscurely, bill with
ail inner dolianee. Mio was mil-
phantom and the silly 'dream would.
have to end. llailn t she showed that
ho was no pbantam by leaving her
husband ? '. ' Some v. rls wouldn't have
leen as daring. She hoped she wouldn,!
meet bin).
"U...riu!f,rt;' t,,.i t he clerk. . llw
bellboy carrying her luggage had led
he,- to the desk.
She llu-lied. U hat should slie PUl
own? .Mrs. Di'iisilla Vance.
But she couldn't. She hesitated
Not not yet." she turned to the
bellboy--"Take care of my bags for a
few nioments," she said, handing hi
a dollar. "I'll be right back,"
She had ;hought. of the long .mirror
in the ladies' room. Surely one good
look :it her face and figure would
bring back something 'important. Sh
a Iked rapidly now, leonng more riojw
tul. Wasn't there .something' uncon
sciously directing her.' Kvon if M
li-nl no nositivn recollections, was 't
- . - i - - - - .
she coming here at the bidding of sonit
hidden memory.' Mio icrvenij
hoped so.
Then the face of the only man shi
now knew Hashed before her. Th
man in the taricali. Her reverie end-
d abruptly. She turned into the
adies' room, saying fervently. "Bid
oh- perhaps perhaps after alT thut
man wastn't my husbandl''
I hen she saw herselt in the mirror
(To be Continued.)
MUST REPLANT
GARDENS NOW
FOR BEST CROPS
Karly summer gardens have been
a disappointment dlie to the pro
longed drouth occurring over most
of North Carolina for the past two
months. However, there is still the
opportunity to plant a number of veg
etables for use in late summer and
early fall.
H. H. N'iswonger. extension horti
culturist at Slate College, advises
growers to sow the seed of cabbage,
cauliflower, collard, broccoli ami cel
ery tor fall crops of these vegetables.
'1 he .Jersey Wakefield 'is a good early
cabbage of which eed may be planted
MOW.
To he successful in getting seed to
germinate. Niswonger suggests keep
ing the seed pa i t it-ally shaded during
the heat of the day- Burlap or old
sacks put over the seed lied will pre
vent the soil from drying out so rap-
VVestern Champion
I
Improve Wheat Crop
Suggests h x p e r t
Insnei-tioii of wheat tields for cer
tifier! ion tit sot'il uniler the regula
tions of .the North Carolina Crop Im
provement Association has revealed
the fact that seed wheat in this State
is badiv mixed.
YV.i need some e ireful t:inci:ii di
tion done by communities, counties
;;nd even districts, says Dr. (.onion
K M i.l.lletim. seed sneeialist at State
(vllotre "H ic .iiittreh' nossililo for
the growers of a community to test
the adapted varieties of wheat. e
I'ui'ii th.i one best suited to their com
munity and to adopt this variety as
the one lor a:l to grow. tins win
prevent mixinj; to a groat exten-. and
assure .the community of having wheal
which will tind ready favor among
the millers. It is only bv growing
pure varieties of wheat with good
mining quaiii'e. mai ine oesi granes
of Hour can he liip.de.
Ir. Middletnn selctd Ml Melds (f
wheat at random in the important
wheat growing counties of the State
tliis past spring and in-spiVcd them
for various varietal mixtures, (hit
of the od. there wen1 12 fields havii.g
over -l' ,ier cent of mixtures and the
count- in one showed ,r'ii per cent of
bearded wheat and II per cen of
smooth headed wheal. Only tw i fields
louhi he elassed as pure alt 1 of the
total. Td per cent contained sull'iee-nt
mixture to nnik ' the wheat tv'ijoe.t-'
lionably for sihmI nurnose
1 1 eor.l r.o-1 to tliis. I Ir. .1 1 1 . 1 1 c-l in
in-pee!ed l'.l other tields where .the
owin i's were -eoking to have their
v hi at eel ' ilied. (.Hi; 'of the-.:', only
one field was turned down because
of mixtures.
.. Thi provis Mi.lilleton says, that
wheat, seed rail lie kept ir'.H'ti'ify
i .'. M. ' ;' Ihe niixi'i.c occii!
litteajise :hi'eshing maeiii've'rv .-and rs
ihiiclii nery are not p.ri-pi. rly
clean inc.
cleaned.
,u;;e lleelie lii. ( llj iniia liei,s. . 'lli
, ,-v.o nlm w.ei I lie weslern w.iliieii'S
-oil cliMinpioiishlp, defeating Jane
Weiller, the title holder.
: Professor: "Why don't you answer
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111. . .11.
l'nsh- ' I did Piol - o, I shook
my head,"
"Professor: "But you -don't expect
me to hear it rattle away up here, df.
you'.'"
Four sheen growers of Cumberland
County pooled 2041 pounds of wool
and sold it for $511.50 cash.
Two little loys . were talking. One
said to the olher: "Aren't ants funny
little things? They work and work,'
and never play.''
"Oh I don': know about that- re
plied the other. "Kvery time I go
to a. picnic they are. there."
I- inn ah T 1'ii'f just ilia'oie .lottes
l.i ad n tl V. -i.it ill at' the 'opening of a
lli.wer.t-ln'Vv In the nio in ine; paper
he ".read a-- follow;: "As Mr. .lones
nioiinti-il the stag,, all eyes were -.fixed
on 'hr l.-it-fe veil nose hi4 disttlavod.
Oiily year- id' . patient cultivation
could.-have produced', an object of
hr i latiee-
"l'he blulf eheery opliinisin of the
lal-' Sejialoy" h'tyi'" said a frii-nd.
"cf,u!il not lii-ook :t winner. Onee at
a dinner a wliiner seated opposite
Sen iior li'rve -aid dolefullv. 'I have
only one friend on 'earth any dog.'
'Why. limit yon get another dog;
said '.Senator Frye."
;i'!y on the surface and will hasten
U'l i'iiiaiiat ion.
Sweet corn and snap beans planted
in early .July will 'add to the fall
1 1 s , ! 1 1 v of vegetables.
I-'or the second crop of Irish po
alo, . ee,; from the .spring 'crop .of
' ' !! h-i ;. early Rose and Hliss Tri
umph may be used if the sprouts
.-ire sliownr. A better nlan. however,
is to secin-e -ei'd of last year's rron
which has been kept in storage. In
the mountains;' the storage crop oi
Lookout .Mountain'' variety is usually
planted as a late crop.
Sprouting of seed from the spring
crop call he ha-tened liv spreading
the potatoes on the ground under a
shed or tree. Some farmers spreird
Iheni in the shade and cover thorn with
hay or straw which Is kept moist until
sprouting occurs. . In no case hoiild
ee, which -have not "s.'p.ro'uied be
planted, Niswonger says,
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Number Of Cylinders Has Nothing To
Do With Economy Of Operation!
Authority for (his statement is Mr. II. M. ( nine, Technical Engineer
for General Motors Coiporation, who said in an article in the Januan i-siie
of the Society of Automobile Engineers Journal: "Koth theor and actual
tests indicate that the four, six and eiKht of equally x.d con.truetion
should ffive the same all-over economy performance."
The ability of the FORI) MOTOR COMPANY to build quality cars
has never been questioned. The FORI) V-8 represents tfie latest tpe of
modern precision engines. A few reasones for FORI) economy are: Alum.,
num Cylinder Heads; Aluminum Pistons; High Compression; bfl.c.ent
Cooling Carburetion and Lubrication; and the V-8 type motor.
ABEL'S GARAGE
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