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FIFTEENTH INSTALMENT
Unless the fog lifted it might met
being out all night in the cold ai
wyetched&'ess.
He turned to retrace his steps
where he had left the trap when su
denly a muffled cry broke t're s
lence. it sounded weird and uncart
ly. coming, as it did. through the sti
ling fog blanket, and Jonas felt h
skin rise In utile pi:; points I
waited for i; to be repeared.
Then :it came again?a woman
wailing voice.
For a moment he stood petrifies
ther. he went blindly forward ;
quickly as the hampering conditio!
would permit, in the direction fro
which he thought that cry came,
li vva.- not O.uciiy cttii iui hcipit
was more tike i frightened wai
hut it urged the boy on till sudden!
he pulled up sharply, only saving hin
self with difficulty as he found \
was en the river bank.
A sloping, muddy bank, broke
away by much rain and weather; hi
now the cry was nearer?almost z
his feet, it seemed-?and he answer c
it with a :-:hout. cupping his hand
round his mouth to make it carry fui
ther. , {U ,
-Hullo . . . there I"
His own sense of helplessness wa
appalling: one might as well ha*
beer imprisoned by walls as by thi
blanket of increasing darkness. H
shouted again with ail the streng.
of his young voice, and then, sue
tieniy, as :f by a miracle, the ?o
bank seemed to break for the smal
est 5ra?rti< h f a moment, like a cui
tain being slowly raised by a mod
liig hand in order to show him r.h
thing be sought.
She war in the river . . . its widt
away from him ... a half-d vow oe<
piteous thing, clinging with ira
hands to the overhanging bough of
rottir.g willow, her white face ui
turned. her flaming dark hair dan
and horrible, her mouth wide ope
as if to give utterance once more t
thav waiting cry.
^dr.as caught his breath; instinct
ively he began to tear off his coa
when the fog came silently clown agai
shutting her out. leaving him th?j*<
shivering ami heiple?s. or. the r.iudih
slippery bank;
it sc-emeti a Ifetime before "n
could nerve himself *o fresh aetfoi
Everything was unreal, uncanny; tli
silently flowing river like a haif-deo
pc-Uoiu us shake creepiiig by at h
F"" 'rp'rmil"ill
ajenssaasase PMM??fanm
jouas seemed- sn'jMenl.v to D
jinn's faro: ht-r lilun eyes; "ncr .soil?
feSTT ~ fi,-r mobile facd^~.:~"l*tifi?~ThW
?-i-n- -rjth -
plg^n ..tvoijr<f ho ji^Bny npinj?._h
h ft Miss Rosalie to die.
He was shivering from head to for
sis \\ith his v-\\ !.. ! strain ? :
wave Wsrm-ioUnnii r.tared liiLo th
; \viier v. 1 sbelVtwi=:b? crs-Of
v hat use was her life? Whs
did her happiness matter : nar a?
other's. so much more precious. shoul
he sacrificed to it?
In the few seconds of his he sits
tion it scenu-d to Jonas that he ai
gueri the whole question out with col
calculation Kef ere, with an effvu
thai seetited physical, he puile
himself together and turned deiibei
atcly away.
. .< * her die . - . nobody would eve
know.
*'I would do anything in the \vovl
for your*
Ho had told Diana that more tha
once, and he had meant it with ever
fibre of his being. He was conseiot
of a queer sense of triumph to thin
that even though Diana would neve
know, he was fulfilling his promises.
Then the cry came again: strangle
* . t.- Be -- j ?BOBz.. ^.U/\ />*
.. tti?u ncaivv;, im'ic u?pa?n-6i ?that
might have come from a chi!
or from one of the lost lambs whic
he and Shurey had sought for t<
gether one hitter March month aftt
a heavy fall of snow.
For one second still .Tonas hes
tated, standing rigid, his head crane
forward in strained attention; then h
turned back with quiet deliberatioi
scrambled down the muddy bank an
plunged into the icy river.
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CHAPTER XXIII
Anna was perturbed.
Half a dozen times she had bee
in to Diana, and found her sieepi
always in the same position, lyin
on her side, her face turned again:
the pillows, an arm flung up abov
her head.
Half a dozen times since the earl
| morning when Diana had come horn
ar.d now it was past five o'clock.
Mrs. Gladwyn had been into tl
room once before leaving for anothi
bridge evening.
"Has she been asleep all day?" si
asked.
"Yes, madam?she seems thoroug
ly worn out."
She bent a little lower over Dian
j "I suppose she's?all right?" si
asked uncertainly.
"Oh, yes, madnm -?just sleepir
i heavily," Anna said quickly, with
faint feeling of discomfort as she r
membered that once in tne past si
had been severely admonished for ai
% ministered a sleeping draught to D
ana without doctor's orders.
Mrs. Gladwyn sighed.
"She looks very like her mother,
she said. "And her mother died whe
e the Town
y )1. Ayres
I she was onifo a jdrl.** She pulled lie
in | self together and cook up her glovi
id j and handbag. *1 should let her slet
; It out." she said vaguely. "It wi
to j probably do her a lot of good."
d-; When she had gone Anna quiet!
d-; replenished the fire and vent bat
h-]to take another look at Diana,
f-! She was very pale?even her lij
lis ; and hair seemed colorless; and in sin
ic Jen alarm Anna laid a hand on O
ana's arm.
;s I: was icy coid.
For a moment she stood pefcrific
1; | with fear; hen she turned and ra
as from the room.
is "Miss Diana is ill?you must fete
>Y? a -?t nr.ro T?_nii deVIl OC
it Mrs. Glad;vyn has gone. If rtt>
? bring hci* back quickly.-'
il. The g'ul ran. returning breathlcs
ly iy.
n- "The car has just driven awav."
ic : Bill Anna was not the sort to los
her herd in a moment of emergenc\
n "'Tel? Markham to call a taxi an
U to go r.t once for Dr. Rath bone?I*
lit give him the address,
d j Sri?- had made a mental note of i
Is yesterday morning when she dispatch
- eri Diana's hitter to him. and knowir.]
that Rathbnne had attended Dian
during her illness, she thought he "ft a
s i the most suitable one to summon.
T . expedite matters,, she went dow;
is u> interview Markhajm herself,
e | But Anna's evident anxiety whip
h : peS him to -witter action,
i-; "If Dr. Rathbone is there, brin
g him back with yon. If he is not ther
I- bring the first doctor you can fine
r-ibu'i ?ioirf coiito back without sonu
v-! one, or it will he the worse for vbu.
ic: She ran hack tc Diana and pulle
the- curtains, opening both window
h wide;
h The fosr was not qu*te so bad, or.
11! could see the lights in the street Ih
a ' low row. like bleary yellow eyes, stai
; ing upwards.
^ j As Anna turned away her glanc
n i fell en the bottle she had left on he
? \ dressing table.
She caught it up, holding ii to th
light; then her face whitened, for i
^ was nearly empty.
n; Anna permitted herself the luxur
h i of one moment's emotion.
"Oh. poor lamb!" she said pitying
: ly.
"* She knew a great deal more abou
Diana than the girl had ever dreaiue
l?-knew ail about the affair with Wa
'' tern inn, and understood that it ha
j vT?C;i.ru Willi l-?i?is:n\> j^jiVySa, mi his aid
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THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E
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* National Po!ii-5<'|
_ Above i$ the interior of the A
t_nicago ?>tautum, scene ot the
t. - m&hcatvatv.f Perikeratic par
ties nation-* 1 cr.nvt ntlt>n%. Insert, vatright.
is of James K. Garfield. \jg
iscri of the former president, and
chairman of the powerful Re- w
publican Platform Committee; Mh
and left. Senator Dickinson of
Iowa, "Keynoter" who opened ^
d the G. O. P. convention.
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^ at nil events, hut si e hail r-pv^r been:1
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lv? kzukc up ner mind with regard
to Diana until now. when she believ- j
n ed that the girl had dene this delib-'
erately in a moment of overwhelm-,
ing wretchedness.
She lifted her gently, laying her!
cr flat on her barlt and began to chafei
ej.hcr cold hands.
}.| Anna had only seen Rath bone once j
j whs!! i\JV7. G!":i,.v,,r. had 22st-fei*" him j
'* after the girl's breakdown: but she
d had been impressed by his personal-j
5 ity and quiet strength, and she found i
herself almost praying (though Anna]
e considered prayer *'old fashioned rub-j
hjftH*'V that he would -c^me.
She bad always been rather con-j
temptuous of Diana's weakness, real-i
0 izing how easily, during her short life,,
1 the girl had allowed herself to be]
bandied, about, the victim first of j
i? one and then of another, in the vain, I
t unsatisfying search for something]
real and lasting, but there was only
v pity in her heart now as she tried by
every means ir. her power to rouse 1
Diana from her dreadful unconscious-1
ness.
l One of the maids came presently.)
d with soared eyes, to know if she
1- eotild do anything to help, but Anna
d shook her head. She would not ad?.
in it) if, but rsrtitt-believed the rtTne "~wsu?j
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VERY THURSDAY?-BOONE. N. Ca
J pCt Trolls /lorajn
'already past when anyone could kelp
Diana.
"Hasn't Mnikham com;* back yet?"
ishc a-ked.
\ t yet. ... I think that's a taxi
T'OV
. lore Weat.hle.vi moments. Anna
vi the door with trained eyes.
If Markham had come back alone. . . .
The door opened, and she gave a
iittW> h 01 reiief as ilathbone strode
into the room.
He came straight to the bed and
bent over the girl lying there:
Ann>i, watching his face?always
watching him, as if she felt he was
the "dv hope left to her?asked a
1 . >k% n question:
"Oh sir . . . she's not dead, is she?"
Kalhbpne shook his head.
"No . . . what is it? What have you
igiven her?"
Anna explained as we!! as she
could.
j "I only gave her four drops; she
iscen.od so worn out, and yet she
j couldn't sleep; but I left the bottle
o?i the dressing table, and the poor!
Ian - must hav e taken some more. It's
nearly empty now."
Anna turned her face away and
w. { . . and she would not have believed
it had she bcc-n told that lie:
[ tearsAvere nnt so much f.^>* herself
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LET S
CVROLE1
)ONE, NORTH CAROL]
or for Diar.a as for the broken-1
i hear:pd Took sh eliad snddrr ly sur-1
prised in Donald Kaihbone's eyes.
t IIAPTER XXIV
Diana was so used to dreams. Nearly
every night lately, half awake and
half asleep, she had imagined with;
: one part of her senses, even though!
trie other part knew it could not pos-|
;sibly be true, that she was back at;
the Creature's cottage in the little;
Iroom with its chintz wall paper and
muslin-petticoated dressing table,
with Rathbone sitting beside her.
It wasn't such a bad dream until
one quite woke up!
She wished she could make him;
smile. Down at the cottage, no matter]
how cross he had been with her, or]
how grimly he had looked at her while
she hurkd her silly little troubles at
him. in the end she had always manj
aged to make him smile before he
went away.
Diar.a said. "Thank you," in a little
j whisper and closed her eyes. The]
j rear* ce'ijdift get through if she kept,
i thorn tightly closed, and Donald hated]
Lto her cry.
] "Things always turn out badly if
! people take?what you and I might
take. . .
j Donald had said that after she had
] asked if he would let her live with
ihim. She supposed ho must have
been horribly shocked really, though
he had only looked at her with eyes
: that seemed to understand.
Funny that people, especially those
I whom the world called good people,
| should think anything physical such
a deadly sin, much worse than any,
thing else.
She moved restlessly, and Rath-J
bone spoke her name gently:
"Diana!"
Her eyes turned to his face and
(rested there for a moment. . j
i "I'm so thirsty/' she whispered.
.Her mouth felt all dry and hot.
t (CONTINUED NIC XT WS2K)
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Prevent Manure Losses
By Scattering in Summer
' , . I
Manure from the bai n lot or dairy |
shed piled out-of-doors and left un-l
covered during the summer is not
only a breeding place for troublesome
flics but loses considerable of
its plant food value. Now that the
j oppression makes it necessary to get
the most from every pound of farm
fertilizer, it might be wise to scatj
ter this manure in summer if no good
j place is available for holding it over
until next winter.
E. C. Blair, extension agronomist
at Stale College, cites the case of
ar. experiment made in another State
where barnyard manure mixed with
!b??ddinp am] left miKnf-dcors in a pile
; from April 1 Co Octoberi, lost 41
-
viction by pui
Chevrolcts si
39 the combirn
eights unde.
With more O
economy in t
J&qBm iess
r :W? TO
settle the ques
-' jP America's wo:
ment extra. L<
i xr m ,
11A *#
r COMPA1
[NA
mill I
per cent, of its nitroeen, 17 per cent.
aflfs pl'Mpisoric acid, 76 per eent.
of its potash and 57 per eent. of its
fotrtl xt'oiirhf- l^nxr. TOun?p?? .
a similar manner lost 41 per cent, of
its nitrogen. 19 per cent, of its phosphoric
acid, eight per cent, of its
potash and 49 per cent, of its total
weight.
T.osses are greatly reduced by leaving
the manure in the stables where
it is well tramped and not exposed
to the weather. The smallest losses
occur, however, when manure is not
allowed to accumulate but is spread
out over the land every few days.
This also reduced the fly population
of the farm.
Under conditions of North Carolina
agriculture it may be difficult
to find a place to spread manure in
summer but there aie always a few
places on every farm. Blair believes.
In late sp ing and early summer, the
material may go around the young
corn; after small grain, the manure
may go on the stubble land; from
August until January, the manure
may go or. sod land ready for corn
the following year and from January
until April, the manure makes
an excellent tcp-dresser tor small
grain. The garden should be covered
at this time also and the tobacco
land will need a good appUca
nun, ne ?<ija.
ASSOCIATION MEETING TO BE
HELD AT COVE CREEK CHURCH
An extra session of the association
will he held with Cove Creep Baptist
Church next Sunday, July 26th. Since
this meeting is coining so near the
time for our regular Sunday School
conference Ave are asking all the
Sunday schools to send representatives
to the meeting at Cove Creek
next Sunday. We hope to get Perry
Morgan to speak at the meeting.
?ROY DOTSON.
Though smut and rust has been
found in the small grain fields of
Piedmont Carolina, the harvest is now
in full swing with good acre yields
reported.
LEARN TO EARN AT
SMALL COST!
Beauty Culture is a Profitable
Vocation!
It means steady work and good
pay. Now you may learn nil phases
of this business in 3 months.
Graduates from this school are
qualified to open shops or accept
employment immediately atter
course is completed. Write today
for full particulars to?
MARSHALL SCHOOL OF EEAUTY
CULTURE
406 North Spruce Street
WinitoftrSalem, N. C.
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