SEPTEMBER 26 1940 THUND CHAPTER V ! a SYNOPSIS?Len Rollins, tennis ! ^ ace, is torn between two desires. | '' He dreams of going to Europe Ic with the Davis team to help win : " the cup for America; and he is in '' love with the rich Grace Worthington, who is willing to defy her : family and marry him if he will y give ud tennis. Fate seems to decide the matter for hiin. when in a match game he injures an jj ankle so seriously that the doc- 9 tors sav he can never play again. " He eets a job at Talbot's sport- ? ing goods shop?selling tennis 11 equipment, and he and Grace are married and live blissfully on the 9 salary he earns as salesman in a 11 sporting goods shop. As his ankle heals he is tempted to return to ri the courts. He has agreed to play 11 m a tournament on tile ounclay . ' Grace's family invites them both to the country for a week-end. Grace goes alone. i He could not sleep Saturday s night. Sunday morning he tried to i read but Grace's condemning eyes ^ were on every page. He threw tiebook from him and turned on the ? radio. But the music failed to soothe him. He kept wishing that Grace were present so he could have 1-1 it out with Iter and have the sub- J.' ject finally decided. He thought of i; telephoning her. but decided against c it; doing that would make him ap- s' pear guilty. Appear guilty? Good ^ God, he was guilty! Guilty as ncit' a It was an easy victory. So much si easier, he reflected as he took his ? shower, than would bo his conquest , j over Grace. With her, he wasn't h even sure? o He stayed at home all of Sunday c: evening, but she did not return. ^ Finally he went to bed and fell into ;] a restless, troubled sleep. n When he arrived home from work ' the next day she was there. And ^ - AwuiiMiu wii^vtc was wiiii nor. ,\ "Hello." Her voice and the lips 11 she raised to his were cool. "Dick drove me in from Ensthampton. I made him stay to dinner." b Lett shook hands willi Whyte. s "Of course. Glad to see you." c Studying Richard Whyte seated in the big chair near the window, Len a was more acutely aware than ever t< before of the other's good looks, e his poise, his social grace. si "I hear you're doing awfully P well," Wythe said. "Cracking the l< business world the way you used to w crack a tennis ball." Lcn could not explain to himself * just why he resented Whyte. There was something in his tone, perhaps. ' "I've had one or two good breaks, ? I guess," hi' replied with a smile. ' Grace said: "But lie's still a ten- ,, nis player at heart and not a business man, Dick. Aren't you, dar- 5 img?" Len bit his lip. What the devil was Grace doing?making sport of . him before this other man. He was !| in the wrong; he knew that. But : lied been wrong before about things " and she'd never acted this way. Was \ this her idea of punishing him? Conversation during the simple dinner was for the most part friendlv but cool and restrained. At last si mey nciu ctgaretics una conee ill me o' living room. Then Whyte took his c; leave. He thanked them for their t! hospitality, complimented them on n the charm of the apartment and h hoped they'd be out at Easthamp- n ton very soon. h Grace walked from the foyer back d into the living room and switched v. on the radio. She sat in the big r> chair which Whyte had recently va- s; cated. For some reason this both- h efed Len. But he kept his voice level, unexcited, when he spoke. a "I want you to know," he said, li "why I didn't tell you about my be- si ing scheduled to play yesterday aft- V> ernoon. I meant to tell you that same evening you told me about h the invitation to Easthampton. I S let you know frankly and honestly F how I felt about going out there, c Then later I realized that if I men- fi tioned anything about tennis it o would appear?" She nodded without interest, made no reply. E "All right," he went on. "all right, y So you don't believe me?" X She leaned forward in her chair. r> "No. Absolutely not." E He felt anger surging through, him p and groped for something to say that would hurt her. "You're lean- ti ing backward just because of your " silly prejudice toward something I y once loved as much as?". He didn't I' finish the sentence, in his own surprise and discomfort at the words v he had spoken. " Tears came into her eyes. He ti jumped up and switched off the ti radio. "Now we'll settle this thing h once and for all," he shouted. But s 1 11-.. J t- *1 one 11JSC UIIU VV dlfVLU 11UJII ;uc XUUU1. II He followed her. She went into the bathroom, slammed and locked the t door. s He went back into the living ii room. He couldn't remember when t he'd ever been so angry about any- p thing. Dam women anyway with v their narrow, single-track minds! Why he had ever married was more g than he could understand. Throw- t ing freedom away in exchange for? i what? Why, for practically every- 1 thing he wanted to do he had to v question himself first: "Will it be v >ER from _ T ST. ncent Richan 11 right with Grace?" or "Will j v trace be willing?" or say. I'd bet- a er make sure Grace hasn't made r tlier plans." That's the way it1 ent constantly. Grace this. Grace j ii hat. Grace the other thing. Grace? i n What the devil was she doing in j a here? She wouldn't be a little fool. : k )f course not. An argument?sure. | tut she wouldn't?Bathroom. The . v .-ord bothered him. He didn't like j v t. It made him think of razor i v lades and iodine. Only yesterday j h i the oaper he had read?he was ! t t the bathroom door knocking on ! ii loudly. ' s "Are you all right?" He rattled p he knob. "I'll smash the door down c you don't answer." j n "I'm all right." came in a small j o lumen voice. c "Then op- 11 the door or I'll?he : o hrew himself against it. 11 The lock turned over. He twisted he knob. Opened the door. v A great and overwhelming relief 1 looded him. There was neither a ar.or blade nor iodine bottle in v ight. She was merely sitting on 1 he block and white hamper, sob- c ing quietly. It was stock checking time at the <hop and Len was counting and rc- ^ rranging equipment. ' Perched ten feet above the floor } e took thi boxes Weir handed up j a him, stacking them on the slock ' aom shelves Another row and the ' idder would have to be moved. He I onsidered changing it even before ' larting the next shelf, but decided s 1 reach the distance. By stretching, j rnt fully extended, he could man- 1 ge. The first box was placed. The reond one slid as he tried to put it n top of the first. It hardened even before he had v inic to prepare himself, to regain '' is equilibrium. The sharp intake c f Weir's breath and his own short I ry were simultaneous with the v rrnping of the ladder as it went " ut from under him. One thought | ashed penetratingly clear in i.is * lind as he felt himself whirling trough spare?the ankle! His ands flayed for something to hold 1 j; his feet, legs and body prepared ? u msolvos for the shock they knew utsi come on collision with the n ard cement of the stock room floor. s, And then miraculously he was ? landing there, shaken, wliite-facod, ' rcathlessly amazed that he was afe. and Weir was inquiring soliitously if he was hurt. Ke shook his hoad, still puzzled t the marvel that he had managed q i land upright. That he had land- b d. the full weight and force of his v ix feet and one hundred and eighty s oimds, almost upon the weak left t: lot And the ankle had not given 11 ray! . p Unbelievingly, his breathing not et regular, he trotted around, ex- f: erimcnting. Why, the ankle felt ti ine! Showed not the least bit of o train under the terrific jolt it had ti jsi withstood. h "That.the foot that was injured?" b k'eir queried, his voicfc a little il trained, his face flushed from the right of having seen young Rollins onie hurtling through space. 1; Len nodded. "Yes. Funny, isn't b .'? They told mc if anything like o lis ever happened it would?but n .'s funny. Very damn' funny! 1 Si render"?he shrugged. "Shall? = riall we finish up'.'" I Dr. Leouold Weingrat was a I riort, totally bald man with largo tvlish eyes. The specialist listened arefuil" while Len told him everylirtg: about the accident, the retoval of the bandages, what the ospital doctors had said about his ever being able to play again, of is fall from the ladder. Not once id Dr. Weingrat interrupt, but hen Len had finished speaking he odded thoughtfully. "So-o-o?" he aid, then ordered Len to take off is shoe and sock. The doctor placed the foot up on n ottoman under a dazzling white ght. His fingers moved swiftly, jrely, over the skin and flesh and one. He slapped gently, twisted. Hurt?" he grunted. Len shook his ead. "That. Another twist. "That?" till another twist, the other way. 'ive minutes of this, then he growld. "We'll X-rav it?that is best. So ir?" he shrugged his heavy shoul- = ers. "So far?what. Doctor?" "All right. Perfectl" all right, tut I can't be sure, young man? et." He wagged a finger. "But m not often wrong, young man. lo. not often." He crossed the room nd wheeled the X-ray machine into osition. Four pictures were taken -one from each side, one from the op and another from the bottom. Come tomorrow at this time," Dr. Veingrat said unemotionally, "and '11 let you know." "So," Dr. Weingrat greeted Len /hen he was ushered in next day. on time, eh? Sit down." He came j Len with pieces of something " hat looked like photograph film in = is hand. Then punctuated his peech with flourishes of the hand hat held the X-ray revelations. "Young man," his voice was gruff, ut kind. "Your case is a very trange one. There is a small bone n the ankle?" there followed a deailed scientific and technical ex.lanation which I.cn somehow surived. . . and therefore," Dr. Wein;rat concluded, while Len hung ireathlessly on every terse word as t came from the specialist's thick ips, "there is no reason, none at all. irhy you shouldn't play tennis if you cant to. That ankle you need never WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE ANDS ds*^-~-'C3 /orry about again. It is as strong s?well, strong as that of a voung erst!" The room was spinning. Len. try ag to keep his voice from cracking, rserely said. "I'll leave my name and ddress with the nurse so you'l! now where to send the bill. And then, in a daze he found his /ay out into the street. People /ere passing by and automobiles /ere humming along Park Avenue, asing themselves in the ramp that an around the Grand Central buildng. But Len was not entirely concious of his surroundings. The cople. the traffic, the sounds of the ity. the heat of the day. his own loving body were vague. He was n a court, wide with perfectlyhalked lines running parallel ar.u thers intersecting at given His ances. And over green grass gleaming .kite-clad figures were swinging acquets as a white ball flew over correctly sloping net. and there as applause that sounded like rain anting heavily on a tin roof. And me of the playtis was himself. During the next month Len playid .it different clubs against men vho were ranked in the first ten. 'o; notch competition brought back lis game. He was. in fact, better iian h. had ever been before. Since lis enforced retirement his stroking nd scrvic. appeared to have improved both in power and skill- The icwspapers gave him columns of pace and mentioned him frequently n connection with the Davis Crr'earn. There was a change in his roiaionship1 to Grace?subtle, but defi:itc. She dined alone now when he . as late, instead of waiting for him rid often was not home when he ame in. No longer did she storm or dead with him about running of: reek-ends leaving her alone. It l emed. alter that first stormy scene hen ho had told her about Dr. Vcingrafs diagnosis, that she had esigr.cd herself to the inevitable. But it was Frank Wheatloy who irsl opened Lon's eyes and then .en blamed Grace and not himself. Ie went dirertlv brun.. fnllnnnna ' ' " ???*-> M latch to have it out with her. but he was not there. By the time she id arrive, he had exaggerated the ruth a hundredfold. (Continued Next Week) QUOTA UNDER 13.000 Raleigh.?North Carolina's initial iuota under the military draft will ie approximately 13,000 men, less whatever credits are granted this tate for men already in the naion's armed forces, including the ational guard, an unofficial comutation shows. Tentative plans now call for a irst draft of about 400,000 men from he nation as a whole. State draft fficials have not been notified as a what credit this state will receive or volunteers in the armed forces, ul North Carolina is near the top in he number of volunteers furnished. Before pullets are moved to the lying house, the structure should c cleaned and disinfected thorughly, says C. F. Parrish, poultrylan of the State College extension ervice. ~ r ?<r Wj NO "POP-UPS" Johnny's likely to hit one out 01 the orchard every time lie comes to bat?he drinks lots of milk, that's the reason! New River Dairy Grade "A" Health Food Phone 130-J Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on Genuine Bismarex and refuse other so-called Antacid Powders recommenmended to be "just as good." Bismarex is sold in Watauga county only at BOONE DRUG CO. The REXALL Store BOONE DRUG CO. The KexaU Store '.RY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C Riding "Lionback" World's Fair, N. Y.?Ruby Mercer. formerly wilh Ihe Metropoliian Opera, startled animal trainers when she went into cages with lions and tigers and handled them j belter than men who had been working with them for years. She seems to have "Jerry." Frank Buck's King of Beasts, willing to do anything she wants. But if "lionback" riding becomes fashionable?excuse us! PREMIUMLIST AT RECENT FAIR (Continued front nage sixl Dairy calf?Dor. Horton. Rant. Hampshire over 1 year?1 Wilson Norris: 2. Shipley Farm. Ram. under 1 year?Wilson Norris: 2. Shipley Farm. Ewe. undv r 1 year?!. Shipley Farm; 2. Shipley I'Yrm. Ewe. over 1 year?1. Shipley Farm; 2. Shipley Farm. Boar, any age?J. A. S. T. C.; 2 Ralph Wilson. Sow. any age?1. Ralph Wilson; 2 Tom Wilson. Market hog, under 6 months?1 Fov Parker. 4-H P.aby Beeves Hcavvweight?1. Earl Edmisten; 2 John Edmisten: 3. Council! Honson: 4. Councill Honson: .i Asa L. Reese: 6. Frank Mast; 7. Gone Reese; 3. Russell Hodges. Medium weight?1. James Dug ger: 2. Mack Greene: 3. Gilbert Edmisten: Billy Farthing; 5. Scot More'::; fi. Maston Hodges. Light weight?1. Ber! Greene: 2 Cyrus Greene: 3. Russell Hodges; ! boo ? W ? pa?i j sassB[Q aivaaoow sseoijm ifwg ?epsjni[x puu AopsanpoM s.twa mbio THI?X uiujattoj^ jprea BJOULTOJI JOAO UIOOH aoWBUTrjaxsi uaapojv ajaiduuao sohsuio to fcBM <"0 Ptrs 60/Cg ocfj ! JO UOn?U(UI-BX3 aif) U} JKJlUJOOdg J?|X)OUKr)(lo NVKTKIAV 3 3 Ha pauiuiexg " -. '.. " - ' b JHErad&aR 1 1 Wood's Pedigree SEED GRAINS Increase Yields 15 to 25% CERESAN TREATED FREE Grown from the highest producing Certified seed. Carefully inspected by Crop Improvement Association. Germinate over 90%. WOOD'S Pedigree Redlmrt S Wheat made record yield of 48 bus. per aero in a Southern Experiment Station test. Heaviest yielding and earliest maturing wheat in tests from Virginia to Georgia. ^WOOD'S Pedigree Leo 5 Oatn Heaviest yielding oat for grain, hay, or winter pasture. Yielded 95 bus. per acre iu a State test ! WOOD'S Pedigree Beardless Barley Yielded 62 bus. per acre in a State Experiment Station test. WOOD'S Pedigree Abruzzi Itye Made highest yield on record (67.2 bu. per acre) in an Ex. Station test. Ask your locnl dealer for thuin. Write for Wood's FALL CATALOG Illustrating fall seeds. .Hailed Free I > St, __ - -- , Berl Greene: 5. Baker Edmistepj 6.1 ; Lawrence Wilson: 7. Maston Hodges: J 8. Loy Isaacs. Get-of-sire?1. John Dugger; 2. Wiley Perry; 3. Dr. H. 3. Perry: 4. John Dugger. Champion?!. Jimniic Bugger: 2 ; Earl Edmisten: 3. John Edmisten: 4. , Mack Greene: 5. Berl Greene: 6. Cyi rus Greene. Feeder steers?1. Clint Ward; 2. j Carl Kahnle: 3. R. T. Palmer. NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION North Carolina, Watauga County; in the Superior Court. Before the Clerk. Albert Watson vs. J. A. Sprolcs. The defendant abov: named will take notice that a summons in the above entitled action was issued against said defendant on the Vt.i day of September, 1940. by the clerk of the superior court of Watauga County. N. C, for the sum of 82.000.00 due said plaintiff by reason of the said Albert Watson, plaintiff, having to pay off a number of notes as surety for the said J. A. Sprolcs. | defendant, and from open accounts j which the said Albert Watson lias against the said J. A. Sproles, which summons is returnable before said clerk of the superior court of Wat- j ; ciu?ii cuunty, ai ms mi ice in saia j county on the 21st day of Octobe r.! ! 1940. 'Hie defendant will also take | ! notice that a warrant of attachment j 1 was issued by said clerk of the su| perior court on the Tih day of Sep- j : j terr.bcr, 1940. against the property j 'of said defendant, which warrant is! I returnable before said clerk of the j j superior court, at the time and place \ ' above named for the return of the j t summons, when and where the de- ; | fendant is required to appear and j 'answer or demur to the complaint,; ; or the relief demanded will be j granted. This 7th day of Sentember. 1910.' A. E. SOUTH, i 9-14-4e Clerk Superior; Court. ; The World's Ne< \ The Christian S ? An International is Truthful?Constructive?Un ft ism ? Editorials Arc Timely Features, Together with the 'ft the Monitor an Ideal Ncvspap The Christian Scien One, Norway Street, ft Price $12.00 Yearly Saturday Issue, including Ma $ Introductory Offer, X Name ft Address $ SAMPLE COPY THE REINS-STUR1 ASSOCIA1 TELEPHONE 21 . PROTECTION FC Joining Fee 25c Each Men as Foil Qua One to Ten Years Ten to Twenty-nine Years 1 Thirty to Fifty Years .< Fifty to Sixty-five Years < WATAUGA INSU All Kinds c I We Are Glad E. A. GAULTNEY Northwestern BOON* 1 i i m'suses H^df the Here are some of th which account ructions. t Hot; u? iW receiver _ r i Mtkrovgk It n surprising. F ; to!kit&. hang up the receiver u Whenever you do thi until you remember "trouble man" is sent Then there are n LW operator on the line, jii |B| the operator gets no si ' ' the line move the rec Donotjiafr the slowly; but if you are receiver hock. If you ait veil! disconnect you. return of its own accor Many people havi them over the telcphoi phones instead of into keep the lips about a : directly into it in a nai Talk into.natal. the licifphcne.' stand you. One of the most H twisted receiver and tr of kinks will avoid iro Telephone attacf Many of the devices so of the telephone. Not struments unless apprt i>onotmiicnothe Party-line users ft an<* ol,iev? on from the hook before i ^3re aV? ^-in^Ttlef-hoie af.txh- A _ Southern Belli PAGE SEVEN ? 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V XV . * , A A\! r>rr?? ir*r?T ** xS DIVANT BURIAL riON, Inc. . . BOONE, N. C. >R THE FAMILY iber . . . Dues Thereafter lows: rterly Yearly Benefit 10 " to' ? 50.00 20 so 100.00 10 1 60 100.00 30 2.40 100.00 RANCE AGENCY >1 Insurance to Serve You GORDON H. WINKLER Bank Building n. c. TELEPHONE e common mis-uses of the telephone for a large portion of service interar example, how many people forget to hen they finish a telephone conversation, s you put your telephone out of order to replace the receiver or a telephone out to tell you. ran.y who, when they wish to recall the Sgle the receiver hook When this is done gnal at all. To get the operator back on reiver hook up and down several times using a dial telephone never touch the move it at all either intentionally or not Also when dialing a number let the dial d. Don't try to hurry it. e difficulty in making others understand r?e, simply because they talk at their tclethem. When speaking over the telephone n inch from the mouthpiece and speak rural tone of volCt* and ncnrvlp **'511 Iin/lor. r?t? ..... ? common causes of telephone trouble is , ansmitter cords. Keeping these cords free uble on your line. intents are another source of trouble. Id hinder or interfere with the operation hing should be attached to telephone in)ved by the Telephone Company, equently cause annoyance to themselves ic line with them by lifting the receiver the bell stops ringing. When you do this c party on the line with you to ring, hese mis-uses of the telephone will result in tciory and dependable telephone service. ELEPHQNE AND TELEGRAPH CO. mcoaroiATiD

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