SIX
AWAK1
By Elinore Barry
FIRST INSTALMENT
Even before she opened her eyes,
Joyce was aware of being in a strange
place. For the moment, however, she
was still too drowsy to make any
effort to move. A ache throbbed in
her head. Her whole body felt heavy,
weighed down by an insistent lassitude.
Then other sensations asserted
themselves. Her fingers, moving languidly,
sent to her drowsy brain the
message of some sort of cool silken
material under their sensitive tips.
She kept her eyes shut while she
tried to think things out. She remembered
perfectly now. . . . She was in
a taxi going ic the Hotel Blackstone
in Chicago. It was sleeting, and in
the traffic another machine skidded
suddenly and crashed into them.
And then they had brought her?
where?
It didn't smell in the least like a
hospital. And the bed was softer
tbau any cot she had ever felt.
Suddenly she was afraid to open
linr rnninlfltnl,
she lay tingling with curiosity, filled
at the s-ame time with a foreboding
of some strange, frightening revelation
to come.
Where could she be?
At last she could stand the uncertainty
no longer. Wi hout 'moving
s>\\c jpened her eyes and stared
straight ahead of her. Her first look
showed a cluster of large oranges
hanging like gdden halls in the sunshine
against a background of cloudless
blue sky.
Oranges! She had never seen oranges
actually growing. Still without
moving she volh-d her eyes from
one side to the other. They traveled
up the bed to her hands, lying inert
on the satin cover. Suddenly she became
aware of three separate facts
so startling it) theii significance that
they set hei heart to pumping and
p. \ -.1 \7.?d her muse' >3.
Shg . >1.1 iu'vau:;tel^ vyhich shock
'.__. vvas the first to register; \\u> cm tic
"of tiny aruriumls ;;n .thS-th'Vd finger,
g..-i=r^r;of Jlfi.i:Jef.t.hand; the rumpled cdndltion
of the other sfdo'
the cheerful masculine whistle coming
f'-om somewhere in the house
efa'se Behind her!
A hot wave flooded ner tace and
neck. But gradually her heart quieted
down. She frlnxed a trifle, breath
eel. deeply, and tried to Bring- her
whirling Drain unci, to ret "!
"It's the most incredible thing 1
ever . . . ever heard!" she though!,
desperately, fighting against a feeling
of faint ness. "It must be a had
dream! . . I land in Chicago in S.ixernhtr
on a dark, eold, snowy Otternoon;
get in a taxi . . . something
bumps into the tax: and ... I wake
up the next morning and find that
it's summertime, and that . . . I'm
married! I low could it have happen
d. How could it h-ive happened'.'
How?V
The whistle - e.met! te come a !ittu
neas.-r. Joyce clutched at the hedeifitkoC
>1 ? uurtSnni,, tOti-J
--> ,?? vm
of tt- rov. If it were not it dream
new, t'p's instant, liter, \ylta had happen.'.!
while she tta* unconscious?
Suddenly a uienh one bell rang.;
The whittling stopped abruptly. She
heard the click of the receiver being
lifted . . . ihen "Yes?" it., a deep.,
pha^ant voice. She listened tensely.
"Oh, taurine? Hello' . . . She's
still asleep. I think. No. Doe says it's
nothing serious, hut it sure was iucky
it wasn't worse. . . . Yes, you 're absolutely
right?What'.' . . . Well. 1
ask her last month not to ride that
brute, but you know how she is. . , .
I'm leaving in a few minutes. . . .
Yes. Got to go to Chicago for a conference.
. . . Come over sometime today
and sec how she is, will you?
1 hate to go off like this hut I'm just
going to have time to make the date.
It's something I can't sidestep. . . .
Yeah? Well, teii Paul to be a guod
boy while I'm away. So lone, l.aurine.
So you all in 'bout two or tfn-e?
weeks."
Click. Steps across the floor.
The sound of steps approaching
the bed 3et her pulses hammering.
Cuiiosity and fear mingled in her
f-~> - 'ir rro ?c 1 C?U _ ?
? ?r%o ?.-? iiuc luua.u ujj. one w?a
so frignieneu mmv it did,, no? orcur
to her to pretend to be asleep.
She saw a man of medium height
, . . thirtyish . . . ruddy . . . blue eyes
and blue tie . . . tan face end tan suit
. . . light brown hair, combed back
smoothly . . . face rather wide across
the jaw . . . short nose . . . mouth
cut in; clean curves like a girl's . . .
Nothing villainous in the appearance
of the man.
"Hello, honey! How do yon feel
p- this morning?" He was smiling down
at her with complete kindliness.
Joyce swallowed hard, unable to
answer. Under the sheet she clenched
her hands, trying to still the trem*?.
bling of her body.
A worried i?ro?. dhnrned the smile
i': of the man's face. He sat down on
the side of the bed and leaned toward
f' her, petting his hand3 or. her shooli
ders.
VISED
VOMA1S \
)
"Why, what's the matter, dear?
, Head pretty bad? Oh, I say, did I '
' hurt you? You poor kid!" '
He drew back a "little. Joyce had *
I involuntarily flinched when his hands 1
; touched her.
The thought flashed into Joyce's '
confused mind that if he fancied she t
were really ill, he might after all not 1
go away. And she must have time to (
recover from the shock and decide '
what to do. She must be left alone. y
She would have to speak; everything :
depended on her making this effort. 5
"Oh, I'm . . . I'm all right," she
stammered hardly above a whisper. '
A look of relief came into the face 1
above her. "Whew, but you gave me *
a scare. Frills." he exclaimed. "Sure (
you're ai'J right? Doc's coming over '
today to take another look at you. 1
Better stay in bed and git a rest. If *
you're really all right, I've got to *
dash to the city to get my train for
Chicago. But I won't go if you're not. c
You don't seem just right."
,:Oh, m?, really, I'm all right." she *
said hastily. "I just have a head- *
ache. It'll be all right." ?
"You're sure? . . . Good! . . . Well. 11
good bye, honey. Take care of your- 3
self. You can always reach ine at the c
Blackstoite, you know. I'll expect to 0
hear from you.'*
He leaned over, took her face bei
?...Ann t. 1- - r: 1 ^ ? '
i??n ma ittr$e iirin nanus unu j *
kissed her. After ho had kissed her |1
twice, while Joyce tried furiously to recall
the hlush she felt burning h'ir 1
face, he added, hesitatingly. "Look x
hove. Frills. I wish you'l ... go a c
little easy while I'm away, will you.
I'll be worried about you all the time f
if 1 think you're . . . pulling any more 1
reckless stunts, you know. And?"
"Oh, no, don't worry about roe!"
int rrupted Joyce, wishing he would
stop kissing her and go away. "I
Won't do a thing, I ... 1 know I'm
11going to fftjel like being very quiet
for . . . for awhile."
| This sort of answer was evidently
JrUnexoected, Joyce decided* when she
saw tin surprise in his face mingled
lAyith relief, in speaking cfcrc, hi?
voice had revealed a note of apprejhension,
as it he were aTruiu Of th^'
J way his words would be received.
'"What sort of disposition can I have
had?" she wondered.
I "Well, good bye. honey," he said
rtnc? vnrtva o?A i-?oc-5-r.o>. V%ev ? ? >!? V.*
up; -'I've got to hop off. I'll
I wire today from ^ompwhtiT?slang
i the line.'7
Joyce lay and listened :o his steps
| receding inside the house. Then she
. drew a long breath and sat up sud|
denly. "So that's my husband. He
has a very nice voice, and I don't
feel exactly afraid of him. I think he
lias a?a kind, pleasant look on his
face- "
Her thoughts paused in confusion.
What did it mean?
Gradually her senses dizzy panic
gave way to puzzled curiosity. Lyjing
there in the sweet scanted sun;
shine her mind grew clearer and she
I ivied to fathom the situation tinzmonallv.
But i: was no use; the pieculu't
fit; she had noikiiig to go
j on. . . .
i Swinging her fee? over the side of
; the bed, she found a pair of high1
heeled satin bedroom slippers which
.she put on. and then stood up and
sretched cautiously. She felt somewhat
stiff and lame, especially all
down the side, shoulder, elbow and
[knee.
j "Ouch! That must be the side I
1 i\r\ Tr. y -?
?. ~... -v w iSTiifv mat i always
wanted to learn to ride horseback
and now I've done it and had a bad
fall besides?land 1 don't know a
thing about it!"
She went over to the big window
of the sleeping porch and stood for
! a few moments in the warm sunJ
shine, gazing out eagerly. Beneath
jher lay a terraced garden, full of a
blaze of flowers, A high hedge surrounded
the graden, down one side
of which grew a row o? slender Italian
cypresses, stiff and dark and theatrical
looking. Beyond the hedge
stretched a huge orchard of fruit
trees. Joyce stared down at it in
amazement- She had never seen such
an enormous orchard in her life.
The rows of white-blossomed trees
j seemed to run out tor nines and
j miles over a flat valley, like a drift
: of snow across a huge plain. Along
! the farther horizon undulated a line
| of strange* puckery, treeless hills
! acrainst th*? ikv A? >??*- rrlo-r?^~ I
lowed them to the right, she saw that
beyond the low hills rose high mountains.
She turned reluctantly away from
the view of the sunny garden and
the open country, and entered the
house. She found a large bedroom
with flowered cretonne curtains arid
cushions . . . ivory-tinted wicker furniture
... a little pile of silk underclothes
at the foot of the big smooth
bed . . . luxurious dressing table with
a low seat in front ox it. . . o. partly
open door at the right giving her a
glimpse into a closet full of clothes
... at the left a wide-open door into
WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVER"}
a spacious white t.iled bathroom.
Suddenly. a? she stood motionless |
un the threshold, feeling like ail intruder
entering some one else's bedroom,
she caught sight of a girl with
short wavy hair, clad in a delectable
mauve pyjania suit. With a gasp of E
surprise she realized it was her own
mage reflected in one of the two
full length mirrors which flanked the
Iressing table!
Well! . . - She moved hastily up
close to the mirror and examined P
lerself with interest. Fascinated, she t!
rxamitied her face mere rlnsely and P
rniiled suddenly with pleased sur-is
?rise at the image in the glass. "You
ook really a whole lot . . prettier P
han you ever did in Philadelphia, I 1
bust admit! The bathroom was an- '
>ther exciting discovery. It was a l)
arge, squre room, elaborately tiled, ?
vitii magnificently modern fittings
md fixtures. Joyce gasped with plea- 1
;ure as she looked.
Through the big open window at
;he left, the sun was streaming in. L
oringing with it that indescribably
sweet odor which had greeted Joyce *
>n her waking. Part of it must come J*
:rom those acres of trees in bloom 0
seyuilu the garden, part of it from -f
ne waxen blossoms of the orange
ree. c
In spite of the mystery, in spite ,J
the complications she was about *
o meet, it was impossible, after a .
wo-year-long- diet of Mrs. Lowrie^s l'
carding house, for Joyce not to feel f
thrill of pleasure at finding herself e
n these lovely surroundings. With *
little hop of sheer excitement, she I1
rossed hie big bathroom and pushed 11
pen another door which she noticed
tood just slightly ajar.
"Oh? His ... his dressing room,!11
suppose/' she murmured, hesitat-j "
ng on the threshold. She enteredj*
hy]y, crossed to the dre?.?*gr; and took j
rom it a large photograph in a hea- J'
y silver frame. Her own face smiled
ut at her.
It was her own; but Joyce felt, a
levcrtheless. that she must be look- 11
ng at her double. "Of course, it's re
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THURSDAY? BOONE, N. C.
INIQUE DOME ;
AT WORLD'S FAIR~
<
luilt Like a Suspension Bridge, It ]
Will Surprise Visitors at Cen- ,
tury of Progress Event in s
City of Chicago
?
Chicago.?The Travel, and Trans- t
ort Dome, which is nearing complc- ^
ion on the Century of Progress Ex- s
osition grounds is one of the most ^
tavtling structure ever cc!bee?ved. f
Leaders of the non-competitive, j
aid-for-m-advance exposition be- r
eve it and the "sky ride" will be j
he most discussed architectural surrises
at the "World's Fair," which s
pens 14 weeks from Friday. I
The travel and transportation area (
overs 75 acre*- One of its many j
uildings cost $1,000,000 and is only !
emporary. Another cost $750,000, a
hird $400,000.
The center of the area is the dome.'
t is the first dome ever constructed i
n the pinnacle of a suspension
ridge. The interior diameter is 310
eet, clear of any obstrucion because
he roof is suspended from outside
ables. It is called "the dome thai i.
. . . - i
reaines oecause it expanas or con-ij
racks as the temperature varies. | *
By June 1 the dome and its re- j \
ated buildings will contain a hisory
of transportation complete in1 \
very detail from birch bark canoes '
o rocket and multi-motored air-1
lanes. There also will be a glimpse j
tito the future. i ?
The fair, celebrating an unprcce-1 <
ented 100 years of human advance- t
lent, is divided into three major di- :
I
ouched a lot. and the. shorn hair and ?i
he pearls and the evening gown I
pake a difference. But I . . . don't;;
now . . . there's something so as- j.
urod and sophisticated and daring <
bout it that it doesn't look like me, I
iOt like Joyce Ashton. . . ?
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
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portation, science am1 agriculture.
Less than a mile ,'rom the dome '
rands an exact reproduction of old
i"orl Dearborn. In the history of the "
og fort, and the nearby modern ex- 8
libits is a contrast which explains ?
why transportation was consitJ?red 1
o important.
1/ a man had traveled from the ^
:ite of Detroit to the site of Chicago
in the year one, it would have
aken him from 12 to 25 days by the
ipoediest method then known. Approximately
1,800 years later, solIier3
came here from De'roit to build
"ort Dearborn. Transportation had
lot advanced. .The trip required as
ong as it ever had.
Soon after that, mankind begun to
peed up. Now a person may leave
letroit in the morning, fly to any
Chicago airport, transfer to an amphibian
plane, fly to the exposition
trouiui- and return to Detroit by
iightfall.
"That," said Chief Harry C. Wanler
of the basic sciences division tolay,
"is an example of how the world
las progressed in the last 100 years
is contrasted to the tedious progress
>f former centuries."
As in -other exposition divisions,
action will be the keynote of the
transportation exhibits. Even the bat:ered
old automobile of 1005 will be
r. action.
'UBLIC SCHOOL PROJECTS ARE
COMPLETED IN S69 COUNTIES
Raleigh, N. C.?Public school projects
numbering 869 and costing $517362
have been completed in 66 counties
of the SL&ie as a part of the
.vork relief program of the State,
.he Governor's Office of Relief reports.
This school work, all approved in
advance by the State Superintendent
'it Public Instruction, jnveivpH construction
of building*, additions to
buildings, construction of gymnasiuiiia
and physical education rooms,
painting, repairing, planting, level
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199 Six goes more vci
on a filling of oil
UPE car oil the road.
MBLE SEAT ber, it's a Chevr,
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?g and beautifying grounds, digging
rells, improving bus routes, contraction
bus waiting' rooms for cbilrcn,
and other projects. Local communities
have provided the materials
nd equipment for the work, the cvst
f labor alone coming from the reief
funds.
Watauga County has completed no
rojects, the report, shows.
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up trouble like that, gently, harmlessly,
in a hurry. The difference it
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Dr. Caldwell studied constipation
for over forty-seven years. This long
experience enabled him to make his
prescription just what men, women,
old people and children need to make
their bowels help themselves. Its
natural, mild, thorough action aDd
its plcasanl taste commend it to
everyone. That's why "Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin," as it is called, is the
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