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SIXTEENTH INSTALLMENT Nancy lifted the child gentl; on his pillow. "Now—quickly don’t be frightened, take off th old sheet and put on the cleai one.” Together they slipped th child into clean things, and Nanc’ sponged her hot little face with col water. "Tony’s more quiet see. th sponging did him good,” she sail gently, but her heart beat in he throat. The child seemed to b slowly choking to death. Richard, Richard! Her hear cried again desperately. It seemei impossible that she could need hin so, but she did. At last she stopped and lookec about her. It was better! Th atmosphere had cleared, the floo was bare and clean, the bed abso lutely white and fresh. She tool hold of the sobbbing woman anc led her to the chair beside the bed Nancy ran into the outer roon and began to iron towels with fev erish energy. Would Richari never come? Perhaps Henry hac been thrown by Polestar, perhap the roads were impassble—but, no no! She would not believe it, hi would come, he must come! r Nancy laid the clean towels in , a row beside the clean basin, ready ; for the hot water that was steam liing in the kettle. Then she went ; to the bedside. The boy was very r still, his glassy eyes stared and his i parched lips were open. Was he breathing? He gasped and she drew , a long sigh of relief. [ "Don’t cry so! she checked the .[poor mother pitifully. "Don’t! . He hears you. The doctor must jget here soon now, he must!—” she - ran to the window. [ Would Richard never come? , Then, suddenly, she saw him, coming over the crest of the hill on j [foot. Of course! She ought to jhave known it; he couldn’t drive ’ [his car past that telephone pole. 1 How strong he looked, how cool. . 'And this man was her husband! It J I seemed to her that she stopped [breathing; then the child’s gasp; [ igrew suddenly audible. She ran to the door and tore it open. I "Oh, Richard, I’m afraid lie’s I dying.” she whispered, holding the !door open. He came in and shut the door [ 'With his shoulder. I "Where’s the patient? he asked briefly. "In there! she pointed to the inner room, a catch in her throat. He did not notice it. His eyes went to the room. His glance swept over the preparations with something like a flash of surprise, but he said nothing. She saw him put the frantic mother gently aside and bend over the child. Deft ly'. silently, swiftly, he made his examination, raised up, and turned to face them. I I rsancy was trying to coax me Ifrantic woman away, but she broke out in a hoarse whisper: "Bet he dyin’. doctor?” "No! Be quiet, please. Leave the room. I must be alone, I’ve | got work to do.” 1 Nancy drew the woman gently away. Mrs. Kinney droppejJ into a chair and Nancy ran back. "Here are towels, and I’ve got plenty of hot water. I can help you?” He turned from his open surgi calcase and there was no response in his face at all. "No! You ought to be at home. This is diphtheria, I’m going to put a pipe in his throat—leave me. please!” "Oh, poor child; Richard, she can’t help, you need help. Let me help you.” "No!” he motioned to the door impatience in his gesture. "Leavi the room, please!” He did not want her. He woult not let her help! She turned anc walked slowly to the door. Then she heard the woman’: voice, broken and husky. "Th’ doctor’s savin’ him,” shi ' said. "He’s like God. ain’t he! . Working ’ter save life an’ gettin’ m ■ !pay for it.” ' j Nancy made no answer. The wo !man had begun mechanically t< ■ feed the fire to keep hot wate 'ready, and the girl helped her. i "Have you had anything to eat?’ "Me eat? Fer th’ love o’ Mike however kin th’ likes of me git tim > -ter eat—an’ him so sick!” > I "Oh!” ! Nancy found a little tea, half ! loaf of dry bread, some sugar, am I she managed to spread an old cleai I napkin on the end of the tabl |Then , she sliced and toasted brea 'and made tea. A In spite of herself. Nancy watch ed Richard covertly. In the stern conflict that he waged, she had no place at all! She felt suddenly insignificant. Her very rage at his dominatioon dwindled. She was I--- — ■ "Where's tlx patient?" he asked briefly spellbound; she had never noticed before how strong he was, how powerful and deft his hands in their dangerous office. Nancy put the kettle back and dropped down on the floor beside the old stove, furious. She had gone to this man and offered to marry him. After she had refused him. she had given her self to him legally And tonight she had seen not even looked at her. Nancy could not stand it She got up and went to the door and j opened it It was pitch black cut side. She could not go; she wanted to go home—she was willing to wade through the night and the water, anything, to get away! But |she could not; there the door silent jly and turned back; she did not want to see him again, but she could not help it He had his watch in his hand and was counting the chld’s pulse. It did not matter to him whether she went or stayed—so long as she did not obstruct him in his work. The strain on her mind gave way sud denly; she felt as if she had fallen through space; she did not matter at all! She sat down, huddled on the window sill and stared out at the night. * * * Mr. Gordon, scorning to admit anxiety, sat up late, waiting for Nancy. Before the storm reached its height. Mrs. Gordon had phoned to Angie Fuller to know if Nancy had been there. Angie’s reply that she had left before the rain began, worried the poor woman. Mr. Gordon, pretending to read his newspaper, grunted. "I’ve thought for some time that my children didn’t have sense en jough to come in when it rained!’’ he growled. But all the same he sat up him self. Long after he had driven his worried wife upstairs, he tramped up and down the old room. He went to the windows and threw open the shutters. It was morning now and the rain-swept earth smelled sweet. A mackerel sky showed its golden scales all over 1 the rosy east. Mr Gordon stared down into his own garden. The ' 'Japanese quince was violently He jhad heard his old gate creak on its > hinges | "The child’s come home!” he ■ thought with sharp relief 1 j But he opened the door to Page Roemer The young man’s cloth ing was wet and muddy, but Mr. j Gordon did not see it. ■ I "Is Nancy here, Mr. Gordon?” ? Page asked anxiously. j "I believe I’ve forbidden you the house.” replied Nancy’s father. * j Page leaned against the doorpost. 1 ! "Mr. Gordon, your daughter was 1 down at the inn when the storm 5 broke yesterday afternon. She went 1 out—at its height—no one knowns where. We can’t find a trace of - her!” when was it? he asked, and why did she leave?” Page’s answers were vague, but he said that Helena Haddon and her husband were both there. Helena had been with him. leading her car to help in the search. "Go on, make what inquiries you can.” he said sharply to Page. "Try the Lomaxes, I’ve got to speak to my wife—then I’ll look myself” "I’ve been there!” Page’s face set itself, then he looked at dr. Gor don "I went to Morgan’s, but he’s out, been out all night” Mr. Gordon said nothing He shut the door in the young man’s face and went upstairs. / "Nancy was at the inn when the storm broke. The Haddons were out there; that Roemer boy’s jusi come here to tell me. Of course “INancy got but of it to shake hire off. Don’t worry Mama; I’m go- i ing to see about the telephone, our wire’s down on top of the Japanese r quince.” £ Mrs. Gordon crept out of bed t and dressed herself. She came 1 downstairs before Amanda made 1 /he coffee, and tried to set the ji breakfast table, when Amanda came out from the kitchen. ; "I’se makin’ biscuits. Mis’ Gor- < don, an’ Miss Haddon’s autermo- 1 bill’s at de gate-«-I reckon yo’ all 1 gots ter go ter de doah yo’se’f.” 1 Helena came up the path alone. J Mrs. Gordon was agitated when ihe opened the door. "Oh, Mrs. Haddon, where’s ’ Nancy?” she cried. "I came here—I hoped she’d come home,” Helena replied gently. "I’ve been nearly crazy all night,” she said weakly. "Mr. Gordon’s sure she’s stopped some where—because of the storm. Page came here a while ago.” Helena laid her hand on her ' shoulder. "Don’t worry,” she said with a sweetness that went to Mrs. Gordon’s heart. "I’m sure she’s safe—isn’t there anybody you can think of—she might know?” The poor woman forgot herself entirely. "If our phone wasn’t out of order—I’d call.-up Rchard Mor gan—she might be there, she—” she stopped short, catching herself. Helena’s long eyes glimmered - - ■■ , Mr. Gordon, scorning to admit anxiety, sat up late waiting for Nancy. under their heavy lids. So, she thought, there is something in it! She thought she knew it all now. The mystery of Polestar’s condition —discovered late the night before —had been explained just before he left the house. Henry had con fessed to Kingdon Haddon. He had also told where Morgan went. Amanda came to the door, "Mist’ Page Roemer’s outside, m’m. He’d like ter see Mis’ Haddon.” Helena leaned over and deliber ately kissed Mrs. Gordon. "He’s going with me. We’ll find her. Don’t be frightened,” she said. "I know where she is, dear boy,” she said softly to Page. "I’ve just found out—we’ll go and get her. She can’t walk home through this lire.” Page knew nothing and divined lothing beyond his own mad anxi ty. He knew that the mad infatua ion of his own passion, his blind ielief in Nancy’s love for him, had ed to this. Nancy had gone out nto the storm to escape him. He ated Morgan again, hated him with 11 his soul, because Morgan had lone what he could not do. But le followed Helena into her car. f she knew where Nancy was, he vould find her an*l—if he found ler—he would make her forgive lim. Nancy was drying her shoes b) he fire when the big car—failing o cross the stream—stopped nearb t quarter of a mile away and Pag* ind Helena took to the path ovei :he hill. Richard was still with the child Hit the crisis had passed in the light and his poor mother, in tht :ollapse of relief, was lying asleep in the floor. Nancy, shut out of he sick-room, was trying to gel eady to walk home. She was putting on the wreck; >f her shoes when there came o snock at the door. Richard him elf came to answer it. He was stil n his shirt sleeves. He had strip ped off his collar and the stronp eords in his throat showed like the scrolled muscles of an athlete. The next moment the door open ed and the broad sunshine showee her Helena and Page Roemer Helena caught at Richard’s arm. "Richard!” she cried andiously "you’re killing yourself! It’s no right—we can’t let you do it— you’re too valuable!” (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK; Roy B. Miller Now Aboard USS Portland Savannah, Ga.—R.oy B. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bachman H. Miller of China Grove, is now sta Jtioned aboard the USS. Portland, |one of the latest 10,000 ton cruis ers, according to announcement by Leut. Col. A. B. Drum, Command ling Marine Corps Recruiting Sta tion, Post Office Building, Savan |nah, Ga. j Miller ettilisted in the Marine jCorps on January 19, 193 2, and upon completion of his training at Parris Island, S. C., was assigned to duty at Headquarters Company, I Parris Island, and later transferred to the Sea School, Portsmouth, Va., from which place he was assigned to duty aboard the Cruiser Portland and promoted to the rank of Pri vate First Class. Marines aboard ship man the sec ondary batteries, or torpedo defense guns, and the anti-aircraft guns, perform guard duty, and when landing operation are necessary, are first ashore when trouble threatens. They tell us to show spring feel ing in our clothes, and it is also well here in Salisbury to show some signs of spring cleaning on our overalls. Cheap Gains Made Before Pigs Weaned - i At no time in a pig’s life will he ' make as cheap gains as when he is properly fed during the suckling 'period., | "One should be guided in feed ing spring-farrowed pigs by the use j to be made of these pigs when they are ready for slaughter,” says Earl H. Hostetler, in charge of swine research for the North Carolina Ex periment Station at State College. ' During the suckling period how ever, all pigs should be fed the same regardless of how soon they 'are to be marketed. If the sow is jto farrow two litters of pigs annu ally, she should be full fed durng .the last five or six weeks of the suckling period so that she might j supply her own body as well as that of the litter with the' necessary nutriments.” Hostetler points out that where the sow is fed by hand, the pigs should be allowed access to shelled corn in a creep in addition to what they may get from the sow’s feed. Where the sow is fed from a self feeder, the pigs may eat with her and will need no additional feed. During the period before the pigs _ are weaned, it is important for the sow and her litter to have ample and fresh, succulent grazing. This will stimulate the milk flow and en courage growth in the young pigs. The corn or other carbohydrates fed should be supplemented with an adequate supply of protein ,such as fish meal or tankage, Hostetler says. ' He also points out that spring pigs intended for sale ths fall should be continued on full feed and be pushed to gain as raipidly as possible. Those pigs intended as j breeding animals should also be full fed until they weigh about 75 pounds each, then the grain ration may be limited. The pigs intended to be kept for a home feat supply next winter should receive a limited feed until time to push them for | slaughter. j In Treasury Dep't WASHINGTON . ». . Thomas Jefferson Coolidge (above), Boston • hanker, photograpehed at his desk when he took over U. S. Treasury ‘ fiscal affairs as assistant to Seere ary Mor«ranthan. 1 Traveling Around America Photo Grace Line “THE GENTLEMAN" i T±ie wmte-neaded gentleman," El Misti, forms a stately background for Arequipa, one of the most charm ing towns in Peru. With his two brothers, the magnficent Pichu Pichu and Chachani, this sleeping volcano has been watching over Arequipa since it first came into being as a little halfway station on the old Inca trail between Cuzco and the coast. Back in those days the village was used as a resting place by Indian run ners whom the Incas dispatched to the sea to bring fresh fish to the monarchs in Cuzco. Later, when Pi zarro recognized in it an ideal place for a Spanish stronghold between the interior and the coast, it became the seat of a bishop. Today Arequipa’s chief attractions to visitors are the portal-lined plaza with the shops and cafes clustered round it, rn exceptionally beautiful Cathedral, the market place animated with colorful Indians, and above all the magnificent vistas presented bj the mountains. _ From Mollendo, port for the weeklj “Santa” cruises from New York and California to Peru and Chile, Are quipa is approached by rail over i route leading through the colorful desert of Islay across which strange crescent-shaped sand dunes have been parading mr centuries. The desert is one of the few in the world from which mow-capped mountains rise. The peculiar clearness of the desert air together with the height oi El Misti has led to its being selected by Harvard as the site of its as tronomical observatory for mapping out the stars of the southern hemi sphere, and it is said that not even in the great deserts of Africa do tht stars shine more brightly than here. For Good COAL Phone Acme Cash 123 Coal Co. M. L. JACKSON Jr., Mgr. E. CARR CHOATE DENTIST Office in Mocksville first three days of week; in Salisbury last three days of week, over Pur cell’s Drug Store, "On the Square.” PHONE 141 COMFORT I in hot weather may be had by correct plumbing C. J. W. FISHER "Your Plumber’’ 113 E. Fisher Phone 5“C Newsom & Co. 104% S. Main Street Salisbury, N. C. Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing Shoes rebuilt the better way. All kinds of harness, trunk and suitcase repairing. FAYSSOUX’S PLACE Phone 433 120 E. Innes St. Radiator Repairing CLEANING AND RECOR ING ALL MAKES ; We Sell or Trade New and Second - Eland. We Are The Oldest and Most Reliable. SEE US EAST SPENCER MOTOR CO. E. Spencer, N. C. Phone 1198-J NEW PRICES \ Dry Cleaning 50c Men’s Suits, Ladies’ Plain Dresses. Men’s Hats Cleaned and blocked.. CASH AND CARRY FARABEE BROS. 122 E. Innes Phone 243 Among the people who have been hard hit” during the depression, re some hundred thousands who iave been run over by automo liles. 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