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RED I MADE A DISCOVERY By GEORGE PRENTISS, Jr. <? by W. G. Chapman.) t r y^RISONERS' Reformation bo IJclety!" growled "Red" Lnnagan. glancing bitterly after the secretary, Mrs. Hubert, as she swept majestically away, her silken garments trailing audibly along the floor. "Red" felt aggrieved In his Inmost soul. Two weeks before he had coiue out of state's prison; ufter serving a term of two years for grnnd larceny. He had really meant to run straight after marrying Lizzie, but It was hard for the ex-Jailbird to get a position, and harder still to keep It, with the police always hounding one. So "Red" had fallen. The temptation was a atrone one. for they were both starv ing. He had gone to the penitentiary, and he had never seen Lizzie since the day he was sentenced. When he came out lie realized that all efforts to find her were doomed to disappointment. I.lzxle had disappeared, and It was evident that she would never return to him. She had been a servant, but bred In a community of decent country people, she had no use for a Jailbird, even though he had stolen to assist her. Embittered and hopeless, ''lied" had drifted Into the Prisoners' Reformation society rooms on the RowOr.v, where he had heard Mrs. Hubert, assisted by a parson, hold forth upon the right of the criminal to redeem himself. The discourse seemed to "Red" so preposterously untrue to life that he could not restrain his Indignation. When Mrs. Hubert stepped, smiling, down from the platform, he approached her, "Say! That's fine dope you been giving us," he sneered. "Maybe It didn't occur to you that a mau can't get a Job, nor yet hold a Job when he's been In the penitentiary." Mrs. Hubert, sympathetic, turned "Red" over to the committee. The committee invesigated his case and nnouncd that he could get a position of trust, to run errands for a More, at fifteen dollars a week. "What about a raise?" sneered "Red" bitterly. He, who had handled thousands, felt the temptations to honesty miserably Inadequate. "Say," he bawled, "could any of you support a wife on fifteen a week? Honest, could you?" They had not known "Red" was married. The committee Investigated that, delaying as committees do. "Red" told them that if they could find his wife he d try to run straight on fifteen dollars. It was a pathetic offer and significant of "Red's" real desire to reform. Thereafter Mrs. Hubert took the esse In hand and told "Ited." with much smiling and bland patronage. that when he had proved his manhood the committee would find his wife for him. So for n whole month "Tied" wvrzea at his Job. gradually losing the fight against embittered loneliness. One night he fell. Ike Williams, an old crony, who had himself been a "victim" of the society, as he expressed It, lured "Red" Into an old haunt, A favorite stimulant finding its way Into the somewhat cramped recesses of the ex-convlct, stimulated his Imagination. *!Ttnd your wife!" exclaimed rke In astonished contempt. "Why, don't you know It's a game with them folks, Bed?' " "What's a game?' demanded "Red" ferociously. "Why, playing with us and writing reports about us for their clubs. You and me's Just cases to her. She'll never find your wife; It's part of the game, them promises. Rich as a miser, that old woman Is, and as for Jewel#- -say! You been to her house?" "On<#?when I first come out," anawered "Red" miserably. "There's half a million dollars in diamonds waiting there for anyone what wanted 'em," said Ike Impressively. And therewith he made a proposition which fell upon "Ited'# ears as sweetly as manna on tbe parched tongues of the desert wanderers. "Red" went home and thought,- and all hlg anger and resentment paved the way for his acceptance. That rich Old woman with the Fifth avenue house and the diamond necklace while he^ "Red," worked for fifteen dollars a week I And Lizzie, whom she was to discover for him as soon as he had made a man of himself! He would how her what sort of a man he was. He talked the situation over with Ike. During the course of his single visit to the house "Red" had, with a true craftsman's eye, summed up the architectural features. To ascend to the second story by means of the ornamental column would not be difficult. He could enter one of the French windows. Ike knew the upper floors?he had gone there In the guise of a gas Inspector. If "Red" could get the necklace, Ike could catch It from hla hand* In the court below and hold any Intruders at bay while "Red" made his getaway along the covered courtway. "Red" was at the appointed place. He and Ike had worked their way Into the grounds through the basement of the unoccupied house next door. Ike was waiting below, and "Red" had shinned up the column and stood Irresolutely upon the porch out ++ + { -5- -fr -5- > > < * * :< >; < 1 A. A. Ml ' ENGINEERI ;; SURVEYING ENGINEE: ;; VALUATIONS DE w < f JI Orders taken for j :; TRYON, N. c. < t % % t1 num 11 t t t l l l t . L. J. PETTIJOHN An especially posed portrait of L. J. Pettljohn, member of the federal farm loan board. to the right to reach the old woman'a bedroom. Hut his head had never been very good for second story work, und he hesitated an Instant before he threw up the window and stepped lnsida As he did so the burglar alarm rung loudly through the house. ' Red" was hnlf along the passage. To go back to that window would be fatal. The unexpected alarm struck terror Into "Red's"' heart, but he kept hls/feead well enough not to yield to file Instinct to run for safety and be caught. An open closet with a lot of clothing hanging In It attracted his notice. He plungbd Inside and pulled the door tight after him. There he crouched minute after minute, trembling in fear of capture. He could hear nothing inside, for as the doer fitted tightly, he did not know whether he was being pursued; but It wan growing uncomfortably hot. Perhaps "Red" waited there twenty minutes. At last, when he could endure the heat no longer, be opened the door cautiously. Instantly a cloud of smoke rushed In. "Red" plunged into the passage, to find the smoke whirling down it. He heard confusedly thej cries of people in the street below. ' lie rushed to the window through which lie had climbed. Looking down into the street across the garden, be saw that fire line bad been formed. He saw the men affixing ladders; he saw the smoke-shrouded building. Flames were bursting from every window, except those of the wing In which he was trapped, and he did not know the way out. In mad terror he broke along the , ; corridor, plunging Into room after ' room, only to recoil, baffled, before the forty feet of vertical wall that overlooked the garden. "Bed" tried to collect his thoughts. Yes, he saw the situation now. He j must reach the front of the house, where the firemen had erected the i ladders. He turned back and raced t toward a swing door, which seemed | IU Oilui vix Uiv ivoiuruuu Br\ttvn irvitl j the servants' quarters. He passed an open door?somebody stood there in the curling smoke, with arms outstretched, reeling, groping, sobbing. . . . 'Red" did not hesitate an Instant He tore off his coat and wrapped It about the girl. He snatched a blanket from the bed and placed It about her, covering her from head to foot Then, carrying her In his arms without much difficulty, he turned to find that the whole wing had grown a fiery helL And ''Red" burst into the furnace. Tongues of flame caught at him, the blinding smoke seemed a contrivance to drive him Into that seething, molts? chaos of fallen timbers land corroded metal, which had once been an elevator shaft, up which the fire tongues burst with yellow and red banners. They drew at "Red" Ilka beaits with hungry maws. But ha evaded them. And now he was pantI J _ _ V. I _ 1 1 rng uuuei iiib uururu at a wiuuuw, looking down Into the street, and behind him the tongues were uncoiling. The mob saw him. They yelled. The firemen had left the wall, for It I was thought pll the Inmates were rescued. The hose was playing upon the buildings right and left?no chance to save that one. A brawny fireman leaped for the ladder, followed by two more. The structure was within "Red's" grasp, but he was too faint to feel for It, too weak to use It. He clung to the window frame and held the girl out toward the mob. "For God's sake I" he babbled. *7 didn't get the necklace. Lemme die, but?" The safety of this girl seemed the only thing In life to "Red." He had forgotten all about his fears. Death was Imminent now, the tongues of fire were licking hungrily at his face. "Red" passed his hand over his singed pate and laughed weakly. "I guess they've?copped me again," he muttered, and, handing the girl te the nearest fireman, fell fainting back toward the flames. It was In the very nick of time that the second fireman dragged "Red" out and down the ladder to the cheering crowd below. "Who Is he?" the people asked each other, as they pressed round him. "My husband," were the words that fell upon "Red's" ears. He opened his eyes. Over him kneeled the girl he had saved, and he recognized Llrele looking at him with a new tenderness In her eyes. 1 ERRICK Ijl NG SERVICE ;; "? RING DESIGNING !: LAFTING LANDSCAPING ;; [aps i: ? signs- show cards, etc. <| PHONE 130 :: * THE POLK COUNTY NI ?? COTTON The Department of Commerce, through the- Bureau of the Census, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties, in North Carolina, for the crops of 1926 and ' 1925. The total for the state "was madie public Wednesday, December 8th. (Quantities are in running bales counting round as naif bales. Linters are not included.) County 1926 1925 Alamance 1,710 1,521 Anson ' 29,929 22,785 Beaufort 9,927 7,641 Bertie 11,228 13,211 Bladen 10,611 7,095 jCabarru8 15,169 12,929 4.228 4,024 V/aaiucu Catawba 12,361 10,541 Chatham 7,666 10,169 Chowan 7,163 5,288 [Cleveland 37,607 35,399 Columbus 2,048 9S5 Craven 2,943 2,602 Cunlberlapd 29,242 28,435 Davidson 1,753 1,958 Davie , 3,746 3,829 Duplin .1 14,423 12.529 Durham 1,353 2,217 Edgecombe 30,215 35,278 Franklin 20,241 28,698 Gaston 9,930 7,861 Gates 5,335 6,335 Granville 1,838 3,882 Greene 10,820 10,677 Halifax 38,096 46,743 Harnett 46,422 46,368 Hortford 6,723 7,410 Hoko | 16,572 18,083 Iridell 18,046 15,078 Johnsoton 63,376 67,839 Jones 2,493 j 1.862 Dee 9.230 11,627 Lenoir 12,658 12,S4? Martin 5,882 6,74o Mecklenburg 23,800 20,193 *" * *8 0 07 Z. QOa .Montgomery u,o?i Moorw 8,145 8,001 Nash 89.526 50,649 Northhampton 27,588 32,017 i Onslow 8,350 1,835 Orange 1,172 1,615 Pamlico 1,691 1,772 Pasquotank 8,711 2,918 Pender 1,748 1,282 Why's and < Ab< i Ljjjf J Jersey Sweet Milk. Sweet Cream, Double Str One-half of 1-* Per Cent Flavor?the Kind Every Bite a Deli TRYON E *******+++****+*+**+****++4 | " Vibrat BEYOND *' ?' !! The smoothness and quietness J) of the Greatest Buick Eyer Built defy description. This ?> remarkable* new mothj car is . vibratlonless beyond belief. || We hope someone else tells || you that some other car also is * ? I ? The Greatesl ? ?? ? J | WHEN BETTER At O BUILT. BUICK W] O ? O ? ? " | rorest uity j FOREST CI | AGENTS FOR TRYON, C( SWS, TRYON, N. C., THURSDAY pf! a> REPORT " Perlquimans 8,1-18 7,190 Pitt 23,133 22,552 Polk 1,482 3,357 Randolph 1,44 1,723 Richmond 21,435 18,577 Robeson 01,064 58,685 Rowan 13,451 14,311 Rutherford S.932 12,160 Sampson 38,949 39,150 Scotland 32,860 29,078 Stanly 12,368 9,038 Union ?'8,475 28,119 Vance 4.S37 8,543 Wake 33,017 47,090 Warren 12.675 18,914 Washington 985 1,089 Wayne 34,140 34,770 Wayson ; 25,918 27,701 All others 3.S51 5,327 | Much cotton is now in fields as | compared with clean rictus a jem ago. . ??????? Fire Starts Easily From Candles On Xmas Trees Many fires are caused by candles on Christmas trees. The tree should be fastened firmly, so that it cannot be upset, and should not be decorated with paper, cotton or other inflammable material. Cotton, which is" used to represent frost or snow, catches fire' very easily. The same effect can be secured by the use of asbestos or mineral wool, which !s safe. The candles should be placed on the tree so that they can not net fire to branches above them, and should not be lighted by children. Before the gifts are distributed candles should be extinguished. Electricity is much safer than candles for lighting Christmas trees. Doors should remain closed while the candles are burning, because of the danger from drafts swaying the branches or blowing curtains against the tree. The floor under the tree should be protected by a piece *f zinc or iron. A diary Is sometimes allowable, an | autobiography almost never.?Philip I Guedalla. )ther Why's lut irr > !> ??i?M? Sweet Butter, ength. Sugar. Chalmers A A Gelatine. I You Like Best ight )RUG CO. ?*74 | H?4M!*4,4*4?4,4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4*4?4*4?4?4?4?4*4*4*4,4* 4? :ionless | BELIEF" 4 4 <i? vibrationless. For then you may be induced to drive the two .. 1 care, and compare them. And you will better appreciate V the amazing smoothness, at every speed, which now be- ? longs to Buick. ? : Ever Built I .'TOMOBILES AH f ILL BUILD THKW f " Motor Co. f ITY, N. C. )LUMBUS AND SALUDA. ]\ 4 ? f, DECEMBER 28. 1926. fjj Farm Briefs ;! / The cotton farmer who has his 1' food and feedstuffs in his pantry and < i barns will be the one who will have 1!' a happy Christmas this year. \ | 11 < i Thirfty farmers are strengthening '1 their terraces and otherwise improv- < i ing their fields this winter. J ] | ? I Better balanced farming wllj re- ' 1 duce cotton acreage by thirty percent 4 next year and will place North Caro- } Una farming on a business basil. ? Plant a bushel of black walnut ^ seed this fall. The wood is one of f the two finest cabinet woods knowft. f to the world. The logs or stumps X have a value of from $150 to $200 per t thousand feet. * Swap the cotton seed for meal and I use the meal for cattle feed and fer- f tilizer. 4, I Farmers in Rutherford County are j | setting many peach trees this fall. J G. W. Willis is getting 4,767 trees; , 1 Chas. W. Swofford and A. C. Swof- * ford are setting 1,000 each and F. E. " White is setting 1,000. J PEOPLES BAN Member Am Tryoi H-l 4 % Interest On Sc ++4 * 4 Capital $25,000 Surf No loans are Off i G. H. HOLMES, President J. T- WALDROP, Vice President. WALTER JONES, Vice President. W. F. LITTLE, Active Vice President. J-*************************** t Giv< AC + + * + + + + I $ 4> * * i * * yPKr^ I ^\^ss*" v% ^ ? f i i I + t V ! Deliver* | Balance In f The equipment includ TT7 tn ? - x wiper, Dash Light ai I You can trade your o I ALL MODELS IN C( 1. H. 5 1 Phone 106 ? ? T + { +++++++++++< + { ++++++++<.+<.4.4 1 The gird Mountain Nuscry will U> known here. I N. oa The Hub City Nursery, .grated and I after as ned fcy H- M. Gentry, located on the A?heville Spartanburg High?W. mil" "orlh ** ern Shops. L. M. GENTR I LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Associated Willi I _ A. A. MERRICK, ; Engineering Concern. P. 0. Box 183 I Spartanburg, 5. c. I J ;ay you saw it in the polk < ? - "1A-Mt l'ofl IK AND TRUST OOMPH erican Bankers Association I i, North Carolina I ivings Accounts Compounded Quarterfl )lus over $7,000 Resources over $300,00^| made by this bank to any of it's I icers or Directors. W.B^VE^ l i ,B > < v ? * * *1* *fr < > II V TS T vVv IIW ifcT M B JB /t^\ %rZJ<wm J^A. FV-J Ml $210.46 I i I > This Tudor Sedan I Monthly Installments I les Holly Hot Plate, Vaporizer, WindshieWj id Rear Vision Mirror. Id car on the down payment. 3L0RS ON DISPLAY, COME IN T0DAl STACKHOUSE I Tryon, N*c' I ??1
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