C. D. RAY & SON
Oxford, N. C. ~i ? ~~
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AND HARDWARE
To Suit Every Need. ? "
It comes quick and it_0Qmes 4-igkt
when you get it at
R^Y' S
For Thy Stomach's Sake
Make Sure of your Groceries.
No other season of the year requires such careful
buying <St food-stuff as June, July and August.
A market of Fresh, Pure Foods is a wonderfully
valuable thing for a community.
We offer you such? nothing else, anytime.
Let our Ice wagon supply you with your Ice, or
call Phone 89 and get prompt service.
A. S. WIGGS
""pO be effective one's money
must be doing some sort of
service.
It can be deposited or investod for its in
come return.
? It can be used for the erection of a credit
structure against possible future need.
In any event, we shall be glad to co-operate
with you for the proper and profitable employment
of your funds.
SAFEST FOR
SAVIN**
BULL DOG DRUMMOND.
(Continued From Page-Six)
^our candor U as refreshing," be
answered genially, "as your similes
are- apt; ? I shudder to think of that
poor little !lj Mr. Peterson. especial
ly ? with joui Uin ifrur grinding Ms
pears to pieces," He held open the
door for his visitor, and followed him
Into The pag?ag?. At the OtheTWI#"
stood Denny, ostentatiously dusting >
book-shelf, and Peterson glanced at
him casually. It win characteristic
of I he tnan that no trace of annoyance
showed on his face. He might have
been an ordinary visitor taking hl?
leave.
And then suddenly from the room
outside which Denny was dusting
there came a low moaning and an In
coherent babble. A quick frown
passed over nmmmonil's ? tae?. ? antf"
-l*etei sou~Tggar9ed~ him thoughtfully
"An Invalid In the house?" he re
marked. "How Inconvenient for you f*
-Htriatd hTs~Kand for * ruom?it on the
soldiers arm. JT. <tadly fear you're |
gotng to make a fool of yourself. Audi
It will be such a pity." He turned,
toward the stairs. "Don't bother,
please ; I can find my own way out,"
THREE.
Hugh turned back Into his own
room, and lighting a particularly noisy
pipe, aat down In his own special
chair. He was under no delusions as
to the risks he was running. Und??
rating his opponent had never A
fault of his, either In the -ring or tn
France, and he had no in ten 1 1 o^ of
beginning now. The man who could
abdnct an American millionaire, and
drug him till he was little better than
a baby, and then use a thumbscrew
to enforce his wishes, was not likely
to prove over-scrupulous In the fu
ture. J
After a while be began *alf-uneon
sclously to talk aloud to himself. "Tw?
alternatives, old buck." be remarked,
stabbing the air with his pipe. "One
give the Potts bird up at Bern era
street ; two? do not. Number one ?
out of court at once. Preposterous ?
absurd. Therefore ? number two holds
oi? b*ib." in fbhk me >???,
"James," he said, as the. door op
ened, "take a piece of .paper 'and a
pencil ? if there's one with a point ?
and sit down at the table. I'm going
to think, and I'd hate to miss out any
thing."
His servant compiled, and for a
while silence reigned.
"First." remarked Drummond. "put
down ? "They know where Potts Is.'
Two ? They will fry to gat Potta.' '*
? "Yes. ?tr." ivpswered Penny writing
bus!!;.
"Three ? They will not get Potts."
Now, Jame?, you've got to do som?
thing cine, lllse and with your welV
known stealth approach the "window,
and see if the watcher (till watcheth
without"
The servant took a prolonged sur
vey, and nnmiy anm>untwi ? Uint h?
failed to see him.
"Then that proves conclusively that
he's there," said Hugh. "Write It down,
?Tames: fnn> ? Tln-ir.n tf? III, wiHiIimi
without, Potta cannot leave the house
without being seen.' Five ? 'Potts must
leave tlie house without seen.'
I want him, Jumes, I want"hlm all to
myself. He shall go to my cottage od
the river, and you shall look afWi
him."
"Yes, sir," returned James dutifully.
"And In order to get him there, \v?
must (,'ei rid of the watcher without.
How can we get rid of the bird ? liow
can we, James, I ask you? Why. by
giving Mm nothing further to watch
for. Once let him think -that Pott*
ts no longer within, unless lie's an
imbecile he will no longer remain with
out.' Now trot along over, James, and
give my compliments to Mr._ Darrvll.
Ask lilin to come in and see me for a
moment. Say I'm thinking and daren't I
move."
James rose obediently, and Drum
mond heard him cross over the pas
sage to the other suite otTooms that
lay on the same floor. Tnen he heard
the murmur of voices, 'aod shortly
afterward his servant returned.
"He Is in his bath, sir, but he'll come
over as soon as he's finished." He
delivered the message and stood wait
ing. "Anything more, sir?"
"Xes, James. I feel certain that
there'* a lot But Just to carry on
with, I'll have another glass of beer."
As the door closed, Drummond rose
and started to pace up and down the
room. The plan he had to his mind
was simple, but w*? ir man who
believed in simplicity.
"Peterson will not come himself ?
nor will our one and only Henry.
Potts has not been long In the coun
try. which is all- to the good. And If
It falls ? we shan't be any worse off
than we are now. Luck-'-that's all ;
(Hid the more you tempt her, the kind
er she Is." He was still talking gently
to himself when Peter Dai-rell strolled
Into the room.
"Can this tMng be true, old boy,"
remarked the newcomer. "I hear you're
In the throes of a braln-atorm."
"I am. Petar. I want yon to help
roe."
"Alt that I have, dear old flick. Is
yours for the asking. What can I do?"
"Well, first of all, I want you to
come along aod ?*e the household
pet." He piloted Darrell along the
passage to the American's room, and
opened the door. T%e millionaire
locked at them dazedly from the pil
lows, and Darrell stared back fn
Ht?jrtle<V aurpr^se. , . - - /
(TO BE CONTINUED) /
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