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■a m«iit8 iMilcIf the dn»t of th* #ii-_
^ had iMdere^ Indescrl^bly fonV
me ,lttlr was matted, bis face
was amtered, bis shoes Were so4-
deoittidl when he stef^ed they
oossei a sticky liquid' the «olor
of tof. Ho had, it seemed, been
ViHAI«
W^-^ When Flak caneeM their see-
of hoursT when the tired . heart tools: they filled threads and piang^’into h lake of oil, then
would cease to fnncUom - Olo^ sockeU with mud and grit. Mar rolled 111 dirt, for he reeked with
end reserratlon Gloria went to was In no pain; further stimii^ ,jg„nt d«yii«! The Homestake
onu lemwTMioa was full of them. “
, . , * • ai * 1 rocking upon the throroold; tne
Of his eyes glared Idly as
alow hold of Fisk. H© went out vi- „v-,« ho,i.
bed* There seemed to he noth-
lac serloiialy wrong with her and
>n tact there was nothing the
matter—except a broken heart.
Raoehorsee are like that—thv
will run until their hearts break,
until there Is not another gallop
In them; and Gloria was from
thoroughbred stock. The desert
bad beaten her. *
A few days later Fisk wired to
the port for the best doctor avail
able, and the latter came up rn
a special locomotive. What the
doctor said drove out of the hus
band’s mind all thoughts of oil,
of fishing Jobs, of Homestake
Number One. A nurse was se
cured as quickly as possible and
meantime the physician stayed
on.
Fisk did not return to the well;
he hung about the house, a
dumb figure of suspense. Gloria
no longer knew him and that was
terrifying. He was like a fright
ened child, deserted and alone.
Every whisper that Issued from
her lips was like a knife-thrust.
He did not sleep; his eyes grew
bloodshot from the tears that
came whenever he left the sick
room.
The doctor and the nurse
watched him covertly and more
than once they found him mutter
ing words as senseless as those
that fell from the sick wife's
lips. He wildly cursed himself
and the desert.
Nature finally exacted toll for
the way he had cheated'‘her, and
although he ached intoleraibly for
sleep, he arrived at a condition
where he could not close his eyes;
when he lay down his brain began
to race and black fancies drove
him sighing out of his bed.
One morning when the brazen
sun rose over the hills and began
again to pour its hatred into'the
alley, the doctor told him as
gently as possible that the e«d
was near and that he mast pre
pare himself. It was merely a
question of time now, a questiou'
lants were usrfeM, they would
merely serve to hasten that Ine-
vitable moment when the weight
of her lungs would prove too
of her lungs would prove he flied his
heAvv for her feobl© breath to *1, 4 i« . room dOori \^he tnea to TOlce a
heavy her nurse that it was ne- the dust was thick
Donald groaned. If only she ’‘.k ? t. Ws throat and he failed.
,. . ATtrsii^h to rocosnize after th^ job. Company af- mvknroas»hpii . him.
wcmld revive enough to recognize
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him, to give him one word, one
look! He would know then that
she forgave him. But for her to
slip away without even a smile, a
kiss—God, no!
“It Isn’t a case where any sort
of medicine can do much good,’’
the doctor explained. “I’ve had
other cases like it. Nothing or
ganically wrong, but—you under
stand! It's the country. I guess.
The heat or the monotony or—
hope deferred, maybe. We have
a lot of It down here. It your
well had come in. I’m sure she’d
have rallied.” He said, “sure
she’d have rallied.”
The husband sat most of that
day in a trance waiting for his
hideous dream to end. Some-
time.s he bowed his head in his
hands, but the other watchers
could not tell whether it was
tears or sweat that ran down be
tween his fingers. They fancied
it must bo the latter, however,
for his grief was too abysmal for
tears.
Late In the afternoon Fisk
hoard the little brown Goya cliil-
dron playing in the road. They
wero laughing! He groaned aloud.
Children, Gloria and ho had
wanted chilflren but there again
the desert had thwarted them.
This was no country for white
women. man might as well
lock his wife in a furnace and
expect her to bear children.
So Gloria was dying! And he
had killed her! He |ro^o and
creaked about the house, wring
ing his hands. His mental numb
ness was wearing off now and
agony consumed him. His mind
was galloping, running aw'ay, and
he talked incessantly, but with a
thick tongue and without finish
ing his sentences. Yes. He had
killed her! He had staked her
out on the blistering desert as the
Apaches staked out their pris
oners. leaving the sun to wreak
its torture.
What was that the doctor had
said? It Homestake had come in
she would have lived? Oh, there
■ were devils in this valley! They
proceed, even If girl wives died
and their husbands went crazy
with grief. Companies were like
that—soulless and unfeeling—
just Ijke devils—great Jokes on
company managers, wasn’t It?
They iptat in their lives, they
sweated their souls whtte, and
got—this. Damn all companies!
The car shot away and went
rocking, pitching down the road.
McKay and his men were
asleep when their employer ar
rived; he did not awaken them.
The desert Tnoon was bright
enough to read by, so he flung
The doctor approached ^ him,
laid *a hand upon his greasy
sleeve, and spoke In a low tone:
“SHie Is—asleep!”
Fisk flung off the grasp, lifted
his, arms on high and uttered a
cry of despair. “Gloria! Gloria
—’’ He clenched his -grimy fists
and shook them, he began to
curse in a hoarse, horrible,
croaking voice.
“Hush!” :The doctor seized
him again, struggled with him.
“Man! You don’t understand.
She’s asleep! She’s better!”
Fisk comprehended nothing at
first except th’e bharp adjnoni-
'?r*V
— = tlori for silence; that was all his
himself out of the car and picked compass.
Kia woty olifinfv whora thA .
his way to the shanty where the
nitroglycerine was stored. The
explosive was just as he had left
it three weeks before; he carried
it out into the light and poured
it into the long tin container de
signed for lowering into the well.
He worked swiftly and with no
mo.re caution than if he were
handling so much lubricating
oil. The torpedoes, when tilled,
he carried in upon the derrick
floor; then he ran a thin manila
line through a block, and the end
of this he made fast to the first
cartridge.
So! Those little devils would
drop his tools, would they? They’d
wreck the well, bankrupt the
company, and make him lose his
boat, eh? Murderers, that's
what they wire. They had mur
dered Gloria. By heaven! two
could play at that game!
He let the long, shiny torpedo
slip quietly into the casing mouth
so as not to give them warning
of what he had in mind.
McKay and his crew were
awakened by a peculiar sensa
tion: it was as if their beds had
been lifted a few inches by the
upward thrust of a thickly pad
ded piston and then dropped.
“Hey! Who kicked my bunk?
inquired the driller as he sat up.
A startled voice answered him.
“That’s funny! Me too. Did you
fellows hear anything?’’
One man had, another had not.
earth-
- Somebody suggested an
were in the air. in the dagger —anything was likely to
points that armed the cacti and
the blood-liushes. Yes. and oth
er demons were in the rocks be
neath the hills. These latter
were the worst, for they collect
ed in the bottom of oil wells and
cut caltles: they defected fishing
It’s more sensible to keep well
than to wait until you are ill and
then try to g*t •well
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They were arguing stupidly in
the dark when McKay spoke
with all trace of sleepine.ss .gone
from his voice:
“Hark! .... My God. listen!"
.An instant, then he was out
niwn the floor and the others
had followed him. They stood
strained, alert. At first the hush
of the desert was as complete as
that of a tomb; then from .some
where came a long, singing exha
lation. not unlike breath issuing
from the lungs of a wounded
giant. It was an eery, penetrat
ing sound, close yet far away;
It came from nowhere
erywhere, and It raised the hair
upon the necks of the listeners.
Together they tumbled out of the
shanty.
There was nothing in siglit ex
cept the Homestake derrick, a
gaunt skeleton silvered by the
moon, nevertheless that sight
grew, second by second, and as
it contimiod, it changed into a
whistling moan, indescribably
hlood-curdeling. The men rea-
lifled finally that it came from
the well. And yet that was im
possible! The soil beneath their
feet was trembling now; from the
casing mouth ■ issued a vibrating
nimble, a rasping, gasping, gurg
ling roar.
Then before their staring eyes
an amazing thing took place.
Homestake Number One vomited
into the night a geyser of black
mud and water and broken stone.
The burden came with a great
retching, as if coughed out from
tlie very vitals of the earth, but
oddly enough, instead of dimin
ishing, the jet mounted higher,
moment by moment, along with
the pitch of the second that came
with it. It sprayed up, in), climb
ing the eighty-foot derriA section
by section, until the crown block
was hidden. It stood there final
ly. a tremendous fountain belch
ing its rage up towards the empty
>=kv TheD? was the rush of
m='nv waters; the desert was
drowned beneath n deluge; there
came a raw, penetrating odor of
gas and petroleum.
Homestead Number One had
come in.
The valley Hung off its suffo
cating shroud of heat; for a few
hours at least there was reapite.
In the living room of the Fisk
home the doctor and tha nurse
were Ulklng quietly, soberly; oc
casionally they stopped and lis
tened. for out of the night came
a monotonous note like the
hoarse blast of a siren many
miles away. Finally through this
IrrlUtlng' monotone came anoth
er sound, the apiffoachtng rattle
,ot a rlchoty automobile. 'Hie ,,
lllnmlnated .hr ^
“The change came an hour
ago. She has a chance. Heaven
only knows what happened—’’
There was a breathless pase
while Donald Fisk slowly groped
his way up out of utter blackness.
In the silence could be heard that
same faint monotone. It sound
ed like the distress signal of
some distant liner, the whistle
rope of which had been tied
down.
“It was'a miracle, Mr. Fisk!”
the nurse piously asserted.
“Strength came to her out of no
where. She began to breathe
more easily, her heart ^ew
stronger—’’
“It was the well! She was
waiting—waiting. It came in an
hour ago! Don’t you hear it?”
“Quiet! Not so loud.”
But the husband was deaf to
caution. “Her soul was waiting,
hovering—she wouldn’t leave me
as long as there was hope—’’ A
convulsion racked the oil-soaked
figure. “Homestake came in like
a lion, like a thousand lions,
roaring, belching—’’ His voice
broke, he choked. “It’s the big
gest well in the country. Twen
ty thousand barrels a day or
more. My head’s splitting from
the noise. It drowned me—de
feated me! M’hen I saw it was oil
I—1 cursed God!” The speaker
turned, lurched blindly to the
wall, and, resting his head in his
hands, began to sob like a little
boy. “I stood there with ray
face to the'sky and cursed God!”
Towards morning Gloria stir
red. opened her eyes, listened,
tlien smiled contentedly at her
husband. He had to bow his
head close to catch her whisper
ed words: “Our boat! I was so
tired! I though I couldn't wait
any longer. Then—I heard it
coming in—our ship!”
"Yes, dear.” He presed his
hungry lips to her cheek. “You
wailed, and our ship came in.”
THE END.
Twelve DilbUn county farmers
recently co-operated to order 225
fruit and nut trees to be planted
from ev- about their homes.
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More than 60,000 of the motor
vehicle accidents which are kill
ing and injuring nearly a million
people each year in the United
States result from the efforts of
one of the cars Involved to make
a left turn at a street intersec
tion.
Safety In the execution of a
left turn requires vigilance and
care upon the part of the driver.
Federal Agoicy Meeting
To Be Held Dec. 18
There will be a Coordination
Meeting of the heads of the vari
ous Federal Agencies, including
*y)th the permanent and the
emergency agencies, held next
Wednesday, December 18, in the
Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, North
Carolina, beginning at nine o’
clock in the morning and lasting
through the greater part of the
day.
Invitations have been extended
to the United States Senators
and Members of Congress, as well
as to the Governor and other pro
minent State officials to attend
this meeting. A represthtative
from the National Emergency
Council in Washington will also
be present.
The heads of the various Fed
eral agencies will submit reports
outlining the accomplishments
and indicating in what manner
they have been and may be of
service to the citizens of North
Carolina.
laindon In Race’?
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 13.—The
Alf M. Landon for presidebt forc
es cast a friendly glance today at
the 52 delegates Ohio will send
to the Republican national con
vention next year. F)'iends of the
Kansas governor requested Secre
tary of State George S. Myers to
forward to Landon information
regarding the requirements for
entering Ohio’s presidential pref
erence primary next May.
In today’s safety lesson, shown
above, the essential steps are
clearly illustVated. 'When pre
paring to turn left at an inter
section make sure to:
1. Move to the center -of
traffic lane well before reaching
the corner and signal your inten
tions to other drivers.
2. Look out ahead, to the
right, left and rear for approach
ing traffic.
3. Allow all other traffic to
clear safely before attempting to
proceed.
4. Make the turn wide of the
center of the intersecting streets.
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—the window box, the spring house, and cellar-cold room into a
modern. Electric Refrigerator—the broom and feather cluster mto
an electric Vacuum Cleaner . .. and he is ready for any and every
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, Under and 1»y ylrtne w nh'
d«r of the. Superior Cioart
Wllkea Coanty, made in the *a
oial proceeding entitled WnalN
Haskett Adalntotratof of J.rJ
MeEwen,( deceased vs Mryi,B4
MoBwen and others, heirs at
of I. B. McBwen, deceaaed,
ieame bhihg Nnmher 146 on
Proceeding Docket No.^
and«Blgn«
..,Jp%Ahner will, on
tbi^ lYth of Decemher 19l
at 16 o’clock a.' m. otter tor «al|
at the Conrthouse door In ,
kaehoro. North Carolina, to
highest bidder for cash,
(j)9Ctaip tract of land lying
being in Wilkesboro Town
Wilkes Coanty, adjoining
lands, of- Berl, Anderson and '
H. fji Greene heirs and other^j
the public road from M^kesh"
N. C. to Ferguson, N,. C.,
more particularly described
fOllowa, to-wit:.
Beginning at a sUkeineaik,.
rock on the west side of Tu
mile .branch, where ' w' brlL
crosses said branch, and runiHo,
up and with the branch, a sonik-,
east course, 40 poles to a
on, the Ihank of said brans
thence south 120 poles to a
pie, now a stake In th^ Jol
Brown old line; thence esK wit!
said'line 58 poles to a maple on]
the top of Owens Knob, the oiSr/
ner of the old John Brown i. ^
thence north with said Job
Brown line 140 poles to a gdtj
corner in said. line,' at a brans
thence northwestwardly with ti
branch as It meanders, to a bl^
at the mouth of the , braz
where It empties into the Yh
River, formerly a Walnut
called for In the Grant of Oct
er 23, 1782, from the State
North Carolina to John Brow*
thence south 30 poles to a stat
on the south side of the Wllkesl
boro-Perguson road; thence wltll
the said road south 69 degrees!
west 58 poles to the beginning,I
estimated to contain 59 1-2 acres]
more or less.
This 16th day of Novembef
1935.
FRANK D. HACKETT,
12-16-41. Commissioner.
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HEN kklnsyi function b*dly
.. you suffer » rugging beckjcne,
with diiiiness, burning, jesnfy or loo
frequent urination and getting up at
night; when you feel tired, nervow,
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Dm'i arc especially for peony
working kidoeyr. h^ioos of -
aft used every year. They are f
mended the country over. Ant yot*
nei^ibori
Reddy Kilowai
Gift Suggestions
K^lvinators
Electric Ranges
Electric Water
Heaters
Vacuum Cleaners
Electric Churns
Oven Cookers
Electric Mixers
Toasters
Corn Poppers
Automatic Botth
Warmers
Floor Lamps
Table Lamps
Pin-It-Up Lamps
Ironers
Automatic T oastert,
with HostessJSra^
Electric Water iSetth
Hot Plates
Heating Pads
Reflector Heaters
Waffle Irons
Percolators
Electric Irons
Smokemasters
Soldering Irons
Coffee Makers
Sunlamps
Sewing Machine
Motors
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