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. ...iv i iVn-NTi-lOtK Midge woke up abruptly on Mor ay morning. For a moment sne iay there be mused, her eyes going confusedly toward the door, for she half ex pected Lady Angkatell to appear. What was it Lucy had said when she came driving i” that first morning? A difficult week-end? She had been worried . . . had thought that something unpleasant might hap pen. Yes, and something unpleasant was lying now upor Midge’s heart and spirits liKe a thick black cloud. Something that she didn't want to think about—didn't want to remember. Something, surely, that frightened her. . . .Something to do with Edward. Memory came with a rush. One ugly stark word—murder! Oh, no, thought Midge, it can t be true. It’s a dream I’ve been having. John Christow, murdered, shot, lying there by the pool. Blood and blue water—like the jacket of a detective story. . . . Fantastic, unreal. . . . The sort'of toing that doesn't happen to one self. ... If we were at Ainswick, cow. It couldn’t have happened at Ainswick. The Diacjt weigni movea iruai her forehead. It settled instead in the pit of her stomach, making her feel slightly sick. It was not a dream. It was a real happening — a News of the World happening—and she and Eaward and Lucy and Henry and Henrietta were all mixed up with it . Unfair—surely unfair — since it was nothing to do with them if Gerda had shot her husband. Midge stirred uneasily. Quiei. stupid, Slightly pathetic Gerda — you couldn’t associate Gerda with melodrama—with vio lence. Gerda, surely, couldn’t shoot anybody. Again that inward uneasiness rose. No, no, one mustn’t think like that. . . . Because who else could have shot John? And Gerda had been standing there by his jty/V4r/044£ 4-engined Buccaneers NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK Direct Flights to Charleston, Savannah, Jacksonville, Miami and New Orleans with connections to all Florida and Havana You geteveryf fling when you fly National speed, comfort, convenience, courteous service. All recognized air travel cards accepted. See your travel agent or cal! 22821 IHE ONLY DOMESTIC AIRLINE OPERATINt EVERY FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK WITH 4-EN5INE0 EQUIPMENT. ui.dj with the revolver in ner hand. The revolver she had taken fiom Henry’s study. Gerda had said that she had found John dead and picked up ♦he revolver. . . Well, what else coulu she say. 'Jhe’d have to say something, poor thing. All very well iot Henrietta to defend her—to say that Gerda’s story was perfectly possible. Hen rietta hadn’t considered the im possible alternatives. Henrietta had been very odd last night. But that, of course, had been tiie shock of John • Christow’s death. Poor Henrietta—who had cared so terribly for John! Buit she would get over it in time—one got over everything. And then she would marry Ed ward and live at Ainswick—and Edward would oe happy at last. Henrietta had always loved Ed ward very deariy. It was only the aggressive, dominant personality of John Christow mat had come in the way. He had made Edward look so—so pale by comparison. It struck Midge, when she came down to breakfast that morning, that already Edward’s personali ty, freed from John Christow’s dominance, had begun to assert itself. He seemed more sure of himself, less hesitant and retiring. He was talking pleasantly to the glowering and unresponsive David. "You must come more often to Amswick, David. I d like you to feel at home there and to get to know all about the place.” Helping himself to marmalade, David said coldly: “These big estates are com pletely farcial. They should be split up.” “That won’t happen in my time, 1 hope,” said Edward, smiling. "My tenants are a contented lot." “They shouldn’t be,” said David. “No body should be con tented.” “If apes had been content with tails —” murmured Lady Angka teli from where she was standing by the sideboard, looking vaguely at a dish of kidneys. “That’s a poem I learned in the nursery, fcu* I simply canH remember how it goes on. I must have a talk with you, David, and learn all the rew ideas. As far as I can see, one must hate everybody, but at toe same time give them free medical attention and a lot of ex tra education, poor things- All tnose helpless li‘tle children herd ed into schoolhouMis every day— and cod liver oil forced down tabies’ throats whether they like i or not — such nasty-smelling stuff.” Lucy,, Midge thought, was be haying very much as usual. And Gudgeon, when she passed h.m in the hall, also looked just as usual. Life at The Hollow seemed to have resumed its normal course. With the departure of Ger cia, the whole business seemed like a dream. Then there, was a scrunch of wheels on the gravel outside and Sit Henry drew up in his car. He had stayed the night at his club and driven down early. •‘Well, dear,” scid Lucy, “was everything all right?” “Yes. The secretary was there —competent sort of girl. She took charge of things. There’s a sister, it seems. The secretary tele graphed to her.” “I knew there would be,” said Lady Angkatell. “At Tunbridge Wells?” “Bexhill, X think,” said air Henry, looking puzzled. “I daresay— ’ Lucy considered Bexhill. “Yes—quite probably." Gudgeon approached. "inspector Grange telephoned, Si- Henry. The inquest will be at 'eleven o’clock on Wednesday.” Sir Henry nodded. Lady Angka tell said: “Midge, you’d better ring up your shop.” Midge went slowly to the tele phone. Her life had a.ways been so en tirely normal and commonplace that she felt she lacked the phraseology to explain to her em ployer that after four days’ holi day she was unable to return to work owing to the fact that she was mixed up in a murder case. It did not sound credible. It did rot even feel credible. And Madame Alfrege was not a very easy person to explain things tr, at any time. Midge set her chin resolutely and picked up tne receiver. It was all just as unpleasant as she had imagined it would be. The raucous voice of her vitrolic em ployer came angrily over the wires. “What ith that. Mith Hard cathle? A death? A funeral? Do you not know very well I am short-handed. Do you think I am going to stand for these excutn eth? Oh, yeth, you are having a good time, I darethay!” Midge interrupted, speaking sharply and distinctly. “The poleeth? The poleeth, you thay?” It was almost a scream. “You are mixed up with the po leeth?” Setting her teeth. Midge contin ued to explain. Strange how sordid that woman at the other end made the whole thing seem. A vulgar police case. What alchemy there was in human beings! Edward opened the door and came in, then seeing that Midge was telephoning, he was about to go out. She stopped him. "Do stay, Edward. Please. Oh, 1 want you to.” The presence of Edward in the . :■ .. > ' ' 1 With an automatic electric water pump you can install an automatic hot water heater—and auto matic washing machine and many other appliances that make for Better Living-and think of the added convenience! See your dealer for the electric water pump to . suit your needs. TIDE WATER POWER COMPANY Serving South Eastern North Carolina ^^^^——■ AIRPORT TRANSFER IS BEING SOUGHT Commissioners To Ask Bluethenthal Formal Transfer An effort to expedite formal transfer of Bluethenthal airport from the federal government to the county was made yesterday at the New Hanover board of com missioners meeting when mem bers agreed to request R. B. Page, Wilmington publisher, to intervene. Page, it was reported, will re ceive instructions from the com missioners to confer with Senators Umstead and Hoey in Washing ton, D. C. on the transfer. Page, who earlier consented to the request provided written in structions were given him by the commissioners, would also en deavor to get action on the VHF (very high frequency) radio range at the field. Commissioner Harry Gardner made the request to the board to have Page act as representative for tile county while in Washington and to push for speedy enactment of the measure which will name the county owners of Bluethenthal. ONE DIVORCE DECREE GRANTED IN COURT AT OPENING SESSION • ] Testifying that her husband was addicted to narcotics, Maggie Wil liamson, smartly dressed brunette, was granted a divorce yesterday by a jury in Judge Leo Carr’s court in New Hanover county. It was the only civil matter to come before the opening session of the July criminal term. The woman, who said she was a beautician and the mother of a 19-vear-oid son, was granted the decree from Preston Williamson, a World War I veteran. She said that upon occasions during their 27 years of married life, spent mostly in South Carolina, he nad threatened to kill her if she di vorced him. ‘‘I don’t know where my husband is,” she related. ‘‘I heard last March that he was in California.” DIAL SYSTEM SWITCH Wrightsville Beach telephone subscribers will have new num bers for their telephones at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, as part of the switchover to the dial system at the resort, it was reported yester day. Wilmington subscribers calling Wrightsville Beach will dial 8 as before and then dial the number listed in tne new directories rath er than give the operator a num ber. The new directory has been de livered but all customers have been cautioned against using them for calling Wrightsville until after the time the exchange will go on the dial system. room gave her strength—counter acted the poison. She took her hand from where she had laid it over the receiver. “What? Yes. I am sorry, Mad am. . . . But, after all, it is hardly my fault—” The ugly raucous voice was screaming angrily: “Who are thethe friendth of yourth? What thort of people are they to have the poleeth there and a man shot? I’ve a good mind not to have you back at all! I can’t have the tone of my ethtablish ment lowered.” Midge made a few submissive noncommittal replies. She replac ed the receiver a* last, with a sign of relief. She felt sick and) shaken. “It’s the place I work,” she ex plained. “I had to let them know that I wouldn’t be ' back until Thursday because of the inquest and the—the police.” “I hope they were decent about it? What is it like, this dress shop ot yours? Is the woman who runs it pleasant and sympathetic to work for?” “I should hardly describe her as that! She’s a W'hitechapel virago with dyed hair and a voice like a corncrake.” “But, my dear Midge—” Edward’s face of consternation aimost made Midge laugh. Ke was so concerned. “But, my dear child—you can’t put up with that sort of thing. If you must have a job, you must trke one where the surroundings are harmonious and where you like the people you are working with.” Midge looked at him lor a mo ment without answering. How explain, she thought, to a person like Edward? What did Edward know of the labor market, of jobs? And suddenly a tide of bitter ness rose in her. Lucy, Henry, Ed ward—yes, even Henrietta—they were all divided from her by an impassable gulf — the gulf that separates the leisured from the working. They had no conception of the difficulties of getting a job and once you had got it, of keeping it! One might say, perhaps, that there was no need, actually, for her to earn her living. Lucy and Henry would gladly give her a home — they would with equal gladness have made her an allow ance. Edward Would also willingly have done the latter. But something in Midge rebelled against the acceptance of ease of fered her by her well-to-do rela tions. To come on rare occasions and sink into the well-ordered lux ury of Lucy’s life was delightful. She could revel i n that. But some sturdy independence of spirit held her back from accepting that life as a gift. The same feeling had pi evented her from starting a business on her own with money borrowed from relations and friends. She hed been too much i of that. She would borrow no money _ use no influence. She had found a job for herself at four pounds a week and if she had actually been given the job because Madame Alfrege hoped that Midge would bring her “smart’ friends to buy Madame Alfrege was disappoint ed. Midge stermj discouraged any such notion on the part of her friends. (To Be Continued) Matter Of Fact By Joseph And Stewart Alsop_ MEMO FOR MR. TABER WASHINGTON, July 21 — THe Congressional session * with bad auguries for the futoe. All Secretary Marshall s prestige had to be employed, Idee l majestic trip hammer, to drive into the head of Representative John Taber the urgency of Gteece’s need for aid: ?epresen af tive Clarence Brown and others 01 the extreme right have ^imultan eously unveiled a sordid little scheme to mix tax politics and foreign policy. And Secretay Marshall had hardly left *e Cam toi before members of c'™e^e!,s were hopefully hinting that Mar shall had exaggerated his grave warnings to Taber, presumably in order to paint a picture clear enough even for the myopic eyes of the great economizer. The contrast between these evi dences of fatty complacency on Capitol Hill and the true state of affairs'1 abroad is what makes Washington an fmcomfortaole place nowadays. While large num bers of members of Congress visi bly hanker to leturn to their na tive squalor of court-house gang politics, the Soviet Union has now embarked on completely open pol itical and economic warfare, and on a world scale. The Greek crisis is only one aspect of this much broader situation, of which the novel feature is the absolute lack of concealment nf Soviet purposes. Furthermore, tne grand target of the Soviet attack is the United States, the land ol the Browns and the home of the Tabers. This country’s vital interest in the dis tant Greek crisis may at first seem difficult to grasp, but the re ports from abroad of the Soviet methods of dealing with the Mar shall plan should be sufficient to make Soviet purposes completely clear to all- The Soviet press, the Communi3t press in Europe, and the Soviet diplomats seeking to dissuade other .nations from par ticipation in the Paris meeting on the Marshall plan, have all frank ly dealt with this country- as the rival that must be pulled down. Three main points have been made. i? lrst, 111 iiuwuig uiuuie iu uic influence of the Browns and Tab ers, they have warned all those Luerested in Secretary Marshall's offer that our Congress will never piovide funds for European, recon struction. The niggardliness of Congress with foreign aid and its extreme conservatism, are both being used as bogies to convince Europe that the Marshall plan will Union’s representatives and jour nalistic voices, to stick with the Soviets, who need western Eu rope's manufactured goods and can pay in food and raw materials. Second, they hatfe also said that! if the Marshall plan works at all, it will become an engine of Ameri can economic imperialism in Eu rope. And third, they have hinted with amazing frankness, in more than one European capitol, that Ameri can may be militarily strong today, but that in ten years Soviet re search will have mastered all the new weapons. At that time, it is suggested, non-cooperators will have dire reasons to regret their error. At the same time, Secretary Marshall’s bold initiative has forced the Soviets to make certain concessions, both in their own zone of Europe and elsewhere. One such was the last-minute promise to the British trade-ne gotiators, personally dictated by Stalin, to supply Britain will a mil lion tons of wheat in excnange for manufactured goods next year. Without this, the anti-American, pro-Soviet element of the British left would have had to shut up shop for good. Almost more signif icant were the earher promises to deliver 40,000 tons of grain to Fin land and 80,000 to relieve the dreadful starvation of Romania. These deliveries are to be imme diate, despite the low level of ra tions in Russia. Arid besides making conces sions, the Soviets have also been forced to move into new and much more aggressive positions. This is the true meaning of the extraor dinary Czechoslovak episode. The Communists now control the Czech government as the largest parliamentary party, but they have been losing ground for months with the electorate. The average Czech wishes to maintain relations with the West. Thus even the Communists in the cabinet of Ptemier Klement Gottwald at first did not object to sending, an observer to the Paris meeting. Then Gottwald was summoned tn the Kremlin, and told off with ruthless brutality, probably at the very moment while his hapless foreign minister, the non-Commu n:st Jan Masaryk, was informing an American journalist by tele phone from Moscow that a Czech would still go vo laris. Gottwald relayed the orders to Prague by telephone, and the cabinet bowed before the necessity of a com mand from on high. But through out Czechoslovakia as a whole, ac cording to reliable dispatches, this evidence of absolute subservience has left a feeling or bitterness and humiliation unparalleled since the tragic time of Munich. This can have only one mean ing. If the Communists are to re tain control of tne government at the elections next year, they must use in Czechoslovakia the same tactics that put Hungary in their hands. An. open attack on the rela tively free Czech government will be aggression w.tn a vengeance. But these are developments which must be expected, when all out political and economic warfare is being waged. In the long run, they will only be serious if com placency and ignorance prevent recognition of the political and economic warfare, and abort the obviously necessary counter-meas ures. Copyright, 1947, New York Tri bune, Inc. In Egypt the bull was so sac red that its birthday was cele brated. and after its death it was mummified and buried in a rock-tomb, according to the En cyclopedia Britannica. The silo gives from 25 to 30 per cent more feeding value to the corn crop than. when it is har I vested and fed as grain and fod | der. NEGRO GETS 10 -12 YEAR PRISON TERM Stiffest Sentence Of Day Went To Charlie Kelly Yesterday In Court Ten to 12 years in state’s prison, by far the stiffesst sentence of the day, yesterday went to Charlie Kelly. 21-ycar-old Negro, on charg es of highway robbery and assault with intent to kill. Judge Leo Carr passed out the sentence after the pint-sized youth pleaded guilty and after two wit nesses had testified that the de fendant held them up at the point of a pistol the night of May 30 following a gambling game in a Wilmington shoe shine parlor. Declaring that he still carried a bullet in his side as the result of the stickup. Josh Jackson, 33, Ne gro, told of handing over $L50 to Kelly. Willie Robinson, 24, Negro, said that the defendant took about $11 from him but overlooked $40 that he had concealed in his wallet. Verdell Kee, 18, Negress, drew 12 months in state’s prison. She pleaded guilty to taking about $2,000 in jewelry from the home of Mrs. Beverely Moore at Wrights ville where the girl was employed as a domestic for four days July 7. Jo Hicks, the girl’s mother, and Carrie Howard, her ■ step mother, testified in behalf of the defendant. Lee Tart, Negro, broke mio a marine sergeant’s room at Caro lina Beach and carried away all the man’s clothes and money leav ing him with only his bathing trunks, Police Officer Floyd Whit man testified. Tart drew two years on the coun ty road after police testified he had been convicted twice previ ously in county court. Clothes and cash valued at more than $50 were taken, Whitman said. The j sergeant did not appear in court, Solicitor Moore explained, as he had been instructed the case would not be tried until today. John Davis, 17, Negro, was turned over to the probation of ficer for investigation on a charge of larcenv and receiving and break ing and entering. Elizabeth Frank, Negress, operator of a store near Wrightsvi’le, said the youth broke into her establishment and took one package of cigarettes and a half dozen bottles of beer. Backache Whipped By Man and Wife If you suffer from Backache, Leg or Rheu matic pains, Nervousness, Swollen Ankles, Burning Passages, Bladder Weakness, or Oettlng Up Nights, due to non-organic and non-systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles, you may easily enjoy the delightful benefits experienced by thousands whr have de pended on Cystex for such troubles. The fol lowing letter from a well-known Massachu setts housewife is typical of those received from Cystex users all over the world: ‘‘I was so laid up with pains in my back, legs and arms that I was miserable. Finally I decided to try your Cystex. In a couple of weeks I was like a new person, the pains had left and I could walk anywhere. My husband had pains in his arms, took Cystex and the pains left.” Trial Offer: To prove what Cystex may do to bring you Joyous help from the pains and distress due to above mentioned Kidney and Bladder troubles, get Cystex from your druggist and give it a fair trial exactly according to the simple directions. Unless completely satisfied and delighted with your rapid improvement, vour money back is guaranteed. So don't suffer another day without trying Cystex. JUDGE CARR SEES NEED FOR CLOSER COUNTY Inspect,,j . More tijr-e on the insD.... ! institutions, operation, , ,'°n ol ments and the general con?8'' county government was , ol by Julge Leo Carr ves r ' ' his instructions to the v„ ^ 'R over county grand Jury * H=’. July term got under w'av S ' < At the same time, he violation of gambling ,aw? “-H be carefully considered"? time should be spent 0" ments, he declared that he ... lc’ times thought that mor 0n> should be spent on making * t;,r-» mendations.’’ f reco:''.' The court pointed out that the duty of jurors to de’. ' ' “if officers are performing?1"" duty well. ’ 8 'ttoii He pointed out that school, school buses of the county L be inspected as well as : ^ and inspection of the county 7? and courthouse offices. IBr°> Those serving on the Grand ; , are J. D. Bordeaux, L t r ^ foreman, john Tin<ja w mUossi ler, F. H. Parker. Abram? mo.i, Elmore T. Hinnant Ta * J. Darby. W. L. Wood. Jr A 1’ Clemmons, H. E. Canady ? Moskowitz, J. L. White «.'• Pulliam, S. L. Marbu? !s? “ foreman, B. I. Morris r c ? Keithan and Walter Goody in' “ Russell Pyle was sworn 'a „ special officer tr the jury, 1 Millions of trees are raised VM. ly for local markets and for port at nurseries in Canaserat. Valley, N. Y famed as a S for fiuit and Ornamental trc, culture. NOTICE! PLUMBING, HEATING l AIR CONDITIONING EXAMINATIONS The State Board of Examiner* of Plumbing and Heating Con tractors will hold a series « examinations on August 12, 13 and 14, in Page Hall, State, Col lege, Raleigh. The Heating Examination will begin promptly at 8 a.m., Aug ust 12. The Plumbing and Air Conditioning examinations will begin at 1 p.m August 13. The pnblic is invited to review the manner in which these exami nations are given. Applications for examination must be filed in the office ol the Executive Secretary not later than midnight, August 2. For information and applica tion blanks, write to IV. F. Mor rison, executive secretary, Box 110, Raleigh. Our BUSINESS is making friends, through the best possible service for Lincoln and Mercury owners. That’s why we’ve invested heavily in providing efficient and modern sen-ice facilities—to give you the kind of service you have every right to expect. 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