Dollar Bride
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)
(,U1J like to shoot him, but, if
■[v (iul, if it came out—poor
Vince! She —? He stopped
Toft o' his walk and stood think
„ was she worth the struggle?
The world would say "no.” His
(wn selfish ego cried, no, not
i Then he looked at the girl,
she looked like a broken lily.
\H she blood in his body surged
n mo his head; he turned hot
wit!' rage. Damn him, he should
.,,, keep her!
Nancy!” he flung himself
j,,’„a beside the girl, hot with his
ci and passion. "Nancy, I love
he cried, "I adore you!” he
, \,i her poor shaking little
• d, and covered them with
I he girl quivered at his touch.
1: hot lips on her hands sent the
['in a back to her heart. Love—
ci.o'b, agonized, denied—struggled
n her breast.
Oh, Page!” she gasped. "I—
I thought no one cared any
—I”
Nancy felt the fierce intake of
breath, she seefned to feel his
1.-VL enfolding her crushing her
; v\ild relief shot through he', a
ild thrill of happiness, of love.
Page, you mustn’t! I—oh,
i've behaved like a bad woman!'"
he wailed, "you’ve got a right
now to despise me, to think I’d
—I’d do anything when I behave
like this—why. Page 1—I’m mar
ried!”
.Married?” he snapped his fing
er?, "that for such a marriage!
I'll break it—listen to me. Nancy,
l m a lawyer. 1 11 ’ real: it—I’ll—”
"You’ll leave tlvs house, sir.
That’s what you’ll do!”
They both recoiled. Mr. Gor
don was standing in the door,
looking at them, lbs face on fire,
his eyes bloodshot, his iron gray
hair standing up in a frill on tip
of his head.
"Do you hear me, sir you’ll
leave the house.”
Roemer swung around facing
the older man, for a moment
shamed.
"Mr. Gordon, I can’t be r this!
I know the truth. Nancy told
* me—she’s been dragged into a se
P cret marriage. If it were right,
if she loved him, I— I could stand
it. As it is I’m here. I’ll always
be here, ready to serve her, to get
a divorce for her, to set her free.”
Mr. Gordon made a furious
gesture w'ith one hand. "That’s
enough! I understand. Now'
go!”
He was shaking with rage and
Nancy saw it, she looked at Roe
mcr imploringly.
"Please go now, Page!” she
pleaded.
He hesitated and then he turned,
took her hand, kissed it and went
out passing Mr. Gordon with the
air off a conquering hero.
"Good day, sir, I’m sorry you
misunderstand.”
"I don’t misunderstand, Mr.
Gordon thundered, "good day, sir,
and good riddance!”
The front door closed sharply.
Nancy drew a long breath. Mr.
Gordon came slowly into the cen
ter of the room and stood staring
at her.
Is that your idea?” he demanded
hoarsely, "to marry one man—for
money—and let -another make love
to you?”
The girl lifted her head and
looked straight into his eyes.
"You’re my father,’’ ishe said
simply, "look at me—do you be
lieve I’m like that? That I’d be so
—so base? If you do,” she cried
passionately, "I—I might as well
kill myself!”
Her father’s face worked, there
was something like tears in his
eyes.
"Nancy, my girl!” he held out
his arms.
She flung herself * into then!
with a low cry of anguish, press
ing her face against his shoulder.
"I—I loved Page!” she gasped,
i m wicked—I love him still!”
It was only two or three day
later that Nancy—unable to en
dure the wretchedness of her plight
it home—determined to go to
Angie Fuller. She could not tell
Angie anything. She must keep
her own secrets, but there was a
soft, pliant sympathy about the
girl that was like balm to a sore
heart.
Angie met Nancy in the kitch
en; she had gone there for sorn
hot water for her uncle.
"He’s got one of his awful at
tacks of gout, Nancy,” she ex
plained, flushing a little af the
sight of her visitor, "he’s as cross
as two sticks, but I’m sure he’d
like to see you.”
The old man huddled up in a
big morris chair.
“My soul!” he let his eyes rest
on the pair with a tw'inge of ap
proval as sharp as his twdnge of
gout. Where’d you drojp From
Nancy Virginia?”
Nancy smiled more naturally
than she -had for days.
“I’ve come to help imgie take
care of you,” she said.
The major chuckled. "I’ll soon
scare you off!”
Nancyr sat down on the low
stool beside the old man’s chair.
"I’ve come to thank you, ma
jor,” she said faintly, blushir g and
paling by turns, "with—all my
heart!”
"Eh?” he gave her an angry
look, his brows down, "what for?"
"For buying our house—”
He snorted. "Glad to get rid
of it then?”
She shook her head. Speech
w'as going to be very difficult.
"You’ve let us stay in it!”
The major settled back in his
chair, stut-ng hard at her quiver
ing face.
"Your father’s paying rent,” he
remarked dryly, "I’d call him a
pretty good tenant—says he’ll
make his own repairs.”
"Someone else might have turn
ed us out and—” Nancy’s voice
broke so that Angie dropped down
on the floor beside her holding
her hand. "We all love it!” she
faltered.
I----1
"I’ve come to thank you, Ma
jor,” she sad faintly, blushing und
paling.
The major stirred his tea.
"Where’s Roddy?” he ashed,
abruptly, "still doing well?”
Angie felt Nancy’s quick intike
of breath; the girl full of her own
thoughts of Roddy divined that
there was something wrong.
"I had a letter from him yes
terday,” she said hurriedly, forc
ing lightness, trying to be uncon
cerned, "he’s—he’s all right* ma
jor.”
Angie felt Nancy trembling
now, and she jumped up suddenly.
"Why there’s Dr. Morgan,
uncle,” she said, "he must have
got back—he’s been out all night.”
"Go let him in,” the major set
his cup uuivn. "Here, Nancy,
stay! I won’t be left alone wi h
a doctor. Dick’s enough to kill
me anyhow.”
But Nancy was on her feet in
-* panic.
"I’ve got to go,” she panted,
"I only came in to thank you—
to ask how you were, major!”
But he had hold of her hand
and he kept her struggling, until
the door opened for Richard.
"I want you to tell this doctor
of ours to treat an old man de
cently,” he said chuckling. "He’s
starving me to death!”
It was the first meeting since
that night -when Nancy had re
fused the offer of his name and
his home.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
The fisheries department is try
ing to save the black bass, but the
fishermen will say plenty of big
ones were on their hooks but they
got away.
Much complaint about high
prices of liquor, but the Sunday
School leaders don’t have to worry
about that.
JAN. 28: Where Is Arthur AbeieT
Is he on the Jacob Ruppert,
lrlftlng on the Bay of Whales un
ible to reach the ice wall to unload
;qutpment or to take marooned
nen aboard? Or Is he with the 43
nen on the Ice at Pressure Camp,
'our miles from the edge, where
tome of the supplies had been
lumped by tractors and dog teams
'rom the ship before the crumbling
)f the bay Ice and the great Ross
3arrler of Ice cliffs sent a million
iquare yards of the Ice sliding Into
he sea? Or Is he one of the four
nen at Little America In need of
varmth and food?
The club secre
tary, who acts as
editor of these ar
ticles, has had no
direct word from
Abele since the
day the Jacob
Ruppert reached
the Barrier In the
Bay of Whales.
(Jan. 18) He has,
however, received
jonn Muir, messages inrougn
Third Mato the Mackay Radio
md Byrd Headquarters, that every
body, ashore and afloat, is safe.
iVe have radioed to young Abele
.wtce during the past week, once
lrging him to rush his weekly
story of the exciting happenings
iown there. Then, hearing of the
terrific struggle they are having to
sstablish themselves in those awful
surroundings, we radioed him to
’orget his stories until everybody
s safe and settled.
The situation in the Bay of
Whales is an amazing one. full of
the most hazardous uncertainties.
Little America and all the surround
ing territory for hundreds of miles
Is not located on land. It is located
bn Ice, sometimes hundreds of feet
thick, and* under It is water 1600
feet deep. Every year some of this
ice breaks off but the vast bulk of
It has remained more or less sta
tionary for more than 80 years,
probably anchored to land miles
and miles away. During the past
few years a slow movement of the
Ice toward the sea has been under
fray, as Indicated by enormous pres
ure ridges which have been built
up by the irresistible push of the
slowly moving inland Ice against
the Ice near the edge of the water.
Admiral Byrd made a flight this
week (January 26) and reported
that some of these ridges extend
further than the eye can see. This
year. Antarctica Is having an un
usually warm summer. The tem
perature is hovering way up around
the freezing mark—32 degrees Fah
renheit. This Is melting the Ice
which is crumbling for countless
[square miles.
If you look at the map the Club
has sent you. you will see that this
huge Ice area Is believed to extend
all the way back to Carmen Land,
almost 500 mtles. And If the wea
ther does not get colder and freeze
It, It may all slide suddenly Into
the sea, taking Little America and
everything with It. It will almost
certainly be necessary to undertake
the cruel and superhuman task of
moving the houses, radio masts and
hundreds of tons of equipment of
Little America further back, maybe
several times, If the Admiral de
cides to go on with his plan of win
tering on the Ice with 46 men. If he
deems It too risky, or If the Jacob
Ruppert ‘Is not able to unload her
600 tons of supplies by February
10th, It may be necessary to aban
don the entire plan until next De
cember. And between Little Ameri
ca and the edge of the Ice are pres
sure ridges Impossible for the three
tractors to negotiate and almost lm
possible for the dog teanw.
The Antarctic winter Is about to
begin. The Jacob Ruppert Is a steel
ship. If she Is caught In tha Ice
when the sea freezes she will al
most certainly be squeezed so that
her plates will be crushed In. That
Is why she must get out of there
and back to New Zealand before
the freeze sets In. Admiral Byrd has
set February 10 as the deadline.
Meanwhile the good old wooden
Bear of Oakland, with an Ice-break
ing bow 26 feet thick, Is coming
south through the Ross ice pack.
The reason the Ruppert is having
difficulty unloading is that the Ice
has gone out of the Bay of Whales,
which Is nine miles wide and 20
miles long. Usually there is a great
solid ice pack at the Bay’s entrance
with occasional leads or openings
through which a ship can sneak.
This was the situation when the
Ruppert arrived. The ice kept the
sea quiet. Now, however, the ice has
broken up and so much of it has
floated out to sea that a heavy
swell has taken possession of the
bay. The ship can no longer dock
in this swell alongside the crumb
ling ice, because her sides rub
against it even when it does not
slide into the sea, and her bottom
hits submerged ice. So she is drift
ing in the Bay''" until conditions
change.
From the dally newspaper radio
dispatches from the Expedition,
which the Club Headquarters also
receives, we learn that the. day
after the ship arrived Arthur Abele
had a most thrilling adventure. He
had swung over the side of the ship
and was standing on a big ledge of
ice, with an Eskimo dog In his
arms, waiting to board the Mat
thews motor boat cruiser which was
taking men and supplies to a land
ing place further along on the Ice.
Suddenly his ledge broke off and
fell Into the sea, with him and the
dog on it. By a miracle It landed
right side up and did not capsize.
Holding the dog safely, Arthur
sprawled out on his stomach and
balanced the floating Ice cake until
Edgar Cox, steering the cruiser, ar
rived and Arthur and his pet were
hauled aboard. Here Is a paragraph
we omitted from Arthur’s story last
week:
"The tractor trip George Noville
Is planning should be a corker—
half way across the entire continent
of Antarctica, with a big American
Cletrac tractor and two smaller
French Citroen tractors. Hope I
can go with him but I probably
can’t. My job Is to stay at Little
America and learn to be an avia
tor."
since mat was written, one or
the tractors hauling great drums of
Tydol gasoline to Pressure Camp
caught fire and Its wooden body
completely burned up, and one of
the others caught fire but It was ex
tinguished by Admiral Byrd him
self.
More than five thousand people,
Including several entire school and
college geography and science
classes, Whose teachers are using
these stories as weekly lessons
have ^Ined the club by sending
self-addressed stamped envelopes to
Arthur Abele, Jr., Little America
Aviation and Exploration Club, Ho
tel Lexington, 48th Street and Lex
lngton Avenue, New York, N. Y. '
There Is no charge for Joining this !
Club, organized at Admiral Byrd’s j
request, and all members have re
ceived membership cards and a big
working map of the South Polai
region. A handsome club lapel but
ton will be sent ail members in the
near future. If you haven’t Joined
yet, the club will welcome you and
your friends
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
NEW YORK . . , Mrs. Benjamin
Harrison, 76, (above) wife of tli*
former President, is still socially ac
tive and last week was honor guest
at the New York City Women’s
Club. Mrs. Harrison was the second
wife of the former president and
niece of the first Mrs. Harrison. She
spent two years at the White House
as guest of her aunt, who died in
1892.
Ice Skating Queen
NEW YORK . . . Miss Susanna
Da vis (above) of Boston is the new
women’s figure and fancy ice skat
ing champion of the United States.
She won the title from a big field
at the national meet held here.
More Mad Monk Suits
NEW YORK . . . Princess Irina
Alcxaudrovna (above), who was
awarded damages of $126,750 in a
London libel suit against an Ameri
can Moving picture concern for the
the picture of Rasputin, the mad
monk, i§ now reported turning her
eyes toward the U. S. .for future
action against the company aaft
exhibitors here.
People used to seek to climb the
leights of ambition, but now they
eem satisfied if they keep out of
ail.
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Washington endured lonely days
and nights, but anyway he didn’t
have people coming around all the
time to sell him something.
The oat crop of Caldwell County
is reported killed and the wh“it
crop badly damaged by the recent
freezes.
The politicians eloquently advo
cate the principles of George Wash
ington, whenever the same will help
them get elected.
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WASHINGTON ... . Rumor here
has it that Major George L. Berry
(above), of Rogersville, Tenn., is
the man slated for the job as Chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee, which post is soon to be'
vacated, by Postmaster-General
James A. Farley.
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For Federal Judge
CLEVELAND , . . Judge Florence
E. Allen of the Ohio Supreme Court
(above) has been honored by Presi
dent Roosevelt, having been, nom
inated for the federal bench as judge
of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
at Cincinnati, the highest federal
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