fm-. tm 44- .r."-' ^ : FOmmrlNSTALLMCNT I sense of Isolation, evm to the ■ “■’^ _ ' man one loredT She saith to a 'X. The Aed Sea stretched like a i (jg^^ chair and lay looking np at 5 carpet under a sky studded ! the stars. For’an hour they seem- ^ ■ With. Stars. "Venus!" said Jenny,‘ed to be racing through foam Itekt^ upirards. "I always know! ‘® :lt bsl^ase of its translucence, and tt seems so much closer to the earth ttan the others. I used , ^ *0 ■ watich;tt oret the river at Llt- '3^* tie t)alts,"and' rfow I’m seeing It •tear Aden with you!" She clung- to the rail, her - f 1- enreleped in a dim blue She listened to the swish of St through the water, and Ished its trail of foam. The Bela rose like black towers, ing a stream of smoke into infinity. "What a fine sense of exhilar ation one gets on the top deck!" said Peter, turning from the rail to look at the silent Jenny. “But I wish we were haring a rbaHng storm; this is so tame. I like the fury of the sea. You’ve never been in a real storm, have you, Jenny?’’ "No, never. 1 wonder if I should mind.’’ ' "I think you wouldn’t like it, ht. It was hot in a smooth 1 you’re not attuned to wlld- ’ky way. She threw off her i ness. Your mind and your body ;-,d clutched at her throat. | “re passive.” He bent over her till her hair drifted across his mouth with a sharp fraggrance. Her face was “id his hand along the ral’ lught her fingers. “Strange, isn’t it?’’ Jenny whis pered. “Why strange?’’ "I feet 83 if we’re all alone in the night ind very far from'eve ryone. I’m rather afraid.” "Afraid of what? heart, rhythmic and never-end ing. Look at the queer glow on the horlaon!” "You never know what you are going to encounter in this re gion. I’ve seen the Red Sea churned like a mass of foaming devils, and again as calm as a pane of glass. But it’s not a patch On the China Sea, which is al ways an Ugly sight." They went down to their state room, and Jenny emerged slowly from her taffeta. “You make me think of a white peony,” said Peter, as her ruffled frock fell to her feet, “so pale, so dreamy, so fragile, as if each petal would drop off with a breath.’’ He kissed her neck and behind her ears; he ran his fingers down to her slender wrists. “And your skin is as soft as a peony petal, and your eyes are as blue as the sea cult to pick nV auttablg gltfa' tor’ a gi^irkiiMitag- man-abMl-towa. ^oiMmd And noticed tint Pet ^ wall witlfTClarersHe^lddkdd m(jj^ vf ironned tta«»:i«rek in "'^rajah' autti radUn^^ er^am-nold^l^im/n fair ahjada| Bghtef than Ver^ tanned skim There was no sign of Jenny. They found a quiet comer under the palms and ordered drinlu. Peter leaned over'the table and talked hard to Clare, whoee laabea flut tered as she listened to wlut he said. He was so absorbed-that, he bad no eyes for anyone else in the lounge. Johnny walked into the ioung and glanced in the direction of Peter and Clare. He seemed ag grieved, and Angela, watching him, felt a little syraiiathetiC'as he stood uncertainly at the doof At last he came over to her table and drowned bis' pique in one cocktail after another. A flush crept up on his face as he kept his gaze on Clare, who was chat ting in the most intimate way with Beter. . ... , T. .at noonday, and I love you very i part of the night. For a moment ' I "Where’s the lovely Mrs Rum- i ford today?” he inquired, like I one who must torment himself. “I haven’t seen her at all, An gela told him. “I was the only ■ he thought her a perfect stranger 1—so shadowy and remote! What I did she dream of all the time? I Why could he~never reach the ! core of Jenny’s thoughts? Why She shuddered and pressed ] ®i*e shut him out? He look- close to his side. There were mo-|^'i down the dim corridors of the ments when one was alone in all' future and the universe, when there was no aid, no communion, anywhere, but how could one convey this Reins- Sturdivant, Inc. THE FUNERAL HOME LICENSED EMBALMERS AMBULANCE SERVICE North Wilkesboro, N. C. Plumes 85 - 228-M wondered if he had made a mistake in taking her from her husband and home. Half of the time he was forced to com fort and reassure her, and she F-"iid for a moment of rapture with hours of futile regret. She turned to him suddenly, lu'v voice edged with pain. “You ’re thinking of the future, aren’t you, Peter?’’ “I was thinking of you.’’ "I know—the two of us to gether. How do you think it will be—afterwards, when all this is over?” "'rhis won’t come to a sudden stop. Jenny. Our happiness will continue.” “It’s peaceful here tonight, but I’m afraid of what time will do to us. Peter.” ■'Rubbish! You’re carrying your troubled self too far from home.'’ riare and Johnny went pacing !;y. Peter turned hs head to watch the sweep of the figure in violet chiffon. Her shoulders swayed as she moved: she held her chin like a bird in flight. He was now ab stracted, puffing at his cigarette. Jenny’s voice was crossing his thoughts. :FtrtH»lTzed by—i-h®- sea, Peter, it’s like a song in my one of our lot to come ashore on He caught her In his arms and tender.’’ Jenny’s head drooped against his "Perhaps she overslept—like chest with fluttering eagerness. I He kissed her throat and the blue | "ou, cheer up, Johnny! ’Things lids of her eyes and then her bad,’’ Angela remarked. mouth. The coTour stirred slowly in her creamy cheeks and her lips grew scarlet and full. “Peter, I adore you,” she whis pered, dragging herself from a deep abyss to meet his love with her own pale ardour. "But, my dear, you’re so far away.” Peter’s lips were against her mouth. “It’s like calling a ghost back to my embrace. I feel, when 1 possess you, that you’re perched on a distant mountain, looking on. Darling, wake up! Love me as I love you.” Jenny heard his words in a dream. Why did he bother to talk? It was true what he was saying—she was remote, alone on a mountain-top. She could see the bluish line of his half-closed eyes, and his hair damp on his brow. Why did she feel so sooth ed instead of the stinging pain | ! wearing! It’s just like turf, and I suggests a lawn in this dusty staring at bis colored face. Her attention wandered around the room. There was Macduff, star ing into space, and high-hatting the world with the aid of a stiff drink. And here came ' Jenny, .straying into the room with her usual lost air. Her expression in a mirror as her glance rested on Peter and Clare, was tinged with a flush of surprise, and she looked like a bird that has been winged. She moved straight over to the table, dragging a long white scarf behind her. "Peter, I overslept. I’m sorry you didn’t wake me.’’ He sprang to his feet. "You looked so exhausted, Jenny, so I just let you sleep. You didn’t mind my coming on without you, did you? I was .going back to get you for luncheon.” , "Not a scrap, Peter. Good of love? She was drifting now on : Langford.” calm watoi-8. It seemed as if she Rumford! What were back In the dhoby on thej ,^ gorgeous shade of green you’re Nile, and she felt that she must be swooning. “Jenny! Jeii;;y darling! Where are you? Oh, my love!" Peter was calling to her j from a long distance, pain in his i , voice. She could hear the swish / of the water outside the porthole. ' ' The light of ffie moon lay wan on the floor of their stateroom. Jen-}, nys eyelids lifted. She was back from the distant places and was holding Peter in her arms. How she adored Kim! He was breath ing gently and dropping off to sleep. She stroked his face like a mother with a child. “Jenny darling!’’ he murmured through sleepy lips. She lay in a trance, hour after hour, her eyes fixed on the pencil of moonlight that 1 pierced the porthole. ! * * * . i Five days later the Marenia : steamed into the wide, flat har-j hour of Bombay. The Apollo Bun-, der. gateway to India, rose mag- i nificeiit against a fleckless ! stretch of blue. A heat haze shim- ■ mered over the waters, and small ! craft sped like white-winged, l)irds to their destinations. An-1 gela stood on the top deck and watched the city taking shape at; the water’s edge. Far to the left' she could see a fringe of '^'‘eeu | but Jmnr shiMk the per- intp. the eonel note. Site nqhirded her u - - Vi - ^ ah khs^te atraiumr^ I'lUblilXijt irith Jo^B^r. Clare, iictt^. ‘T m«it he tlong.*’ Then ;to Peter,: “Yotf-irto.’: ,, ’’5% ' *'Wb’U have to again,”’'he eafil) voice: hut Jenny wm InaltenH^ Clare atrolled ^rer ttk the table. 'Thi for she announced. “1 waat'eome car ry, Johnny. ’ Wb’re enierlhg the area of atathtatioh-noir." “Sorry, I’m. lunching, here with other*." ^ .He wu staring , at her with a tr^c air. ...SecreUy Claiv hopedi that he wouldnT cut h^ia throat or J^mp. into, tike oceam. B^ld Inftht, afiefd hsMh’ hlnl a lenon. She leaned over' a&d^ parred; “All right, Johnny; it doesn’t m'atter a bit I want to go back to the boat in any event, and look up Mr. Charlton. So long. Hope you enjoy your curry.” "Damn!” muttered Johnny, and let her go. All afternoon the Marenia lay peacefully at anchor,’ with nioet of her passengers ashore. They were shopping and seeing the sights. Joan had slept all day, and wakened Just in time to have her cocktails before dinner. She was gofng to remain behind because she knew that Dick would not be leaving the boat. Three hours later she was com ing out of the bar when she saw him making for his stateroom. She knew that she was not sup posed to go near his quarters; that nothing would offend him more. It was hard to forget the sizzling words he had tossed at her for breaking in on him the night she bad bheen so drunk that she had tried to rip off her frock in the bar room. (Continued Next Week) In the spring of 1933, Allard A. Battle of Edgecombe County planted 225 Red Cedar seedlings. This winter, he had for sale 223 Christmas trees four to six feet high. I DU( OVER BilLtlOir'IN *» DetrhU, Jhn. 8. —: ChewoUrt Motor f^mpany today anntnuced Hlhtr ita'total piwtaetioa of canT and ,i*?6 IPf, nnk^ it^ths third largast year in the'Wethry of the com- paarV and its fourth year to ex- Oeed‘”MOP;OPO mtitr IM 'plitimt. '*ihw4«olWirlit 'YMmfber, , the fourth ^hest . moBth^ otliS the year, whs 116,CIS, a'hew record for,Me merntb,-- exceeding ^ the prpvlaBS high December of 1930 by more than 61,000 nnits. As-significant of the change brought about by the industry’s Koyember introduction of new models, insteed; of in January, the announcement, issued B. Coyle, preOfdhM and gOnenl. manager, stated thht prodhctlon in the fourth^ quarter" of 1985, totitniig-298,A8T nnits, was more than donble the fourth-quarter production of 1984, and set an all-time record for the final qnarter. The highest previous last quarter was 169,478 units, in the industry’s all-time peak yehr of 1929. Every quarter during 1935 showed a gain over the corre sponding period of 1934, and the final quarter was the second largest of 1935, instead of the smallest as in the preceding year. No Hrae Held For Men Struck By Automobile Gastonia, Jan. 6.—No hope was held out this afternoon for the recovery of William Green, Kings Mountain textile operative, who is in the City hospital here suffering from two broken legs. and a fractured skull suffered ■ ft MaiM: lidMseB to wed were iMuod’ during the PMt week from the office of Old WilM, regieter $t deeds, to tlte fpliowihg; Kenn^ L. RiiHir Van^.* I both i^^rth Wllkeqhorp; ‘ rlsoh 'JAimings and FlMHrHayee, both-e^HaHs Mttier IVfHKr^S: Moore, Mt. Airy, and Oertraih^ E. North WlUieet«r»$u Ralph aM Clara Cony, both of WUkeaboipe. . , -rl . No ■ enerai. hetlou Emiw teauM w the g when be was struck In Kings Mountain Saturday night by a car driven by F. F. Black of For est City. Card of Thanks We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their many kind dec(Ls and expressions of .sympathy shown to us during the illness and death of our father and grandfather. J. A. SOUTHER AND FAMILY. 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When the boat ceased throb bing at last, A.igela’s ears cou- linued to drum, a faint echo Ibat would not leave her. The chief officer came strolling >ip to her side. “Good-morning. Mrs. Wynant.’’ "Good-morning, Mr. Charlton.” "Well. It’s India at last. I must confess I like it as little as any country I know.” "I like it, nevertheless.’’ “You should see it in a ty phoon, with the water breaking acain.st the Bunder.’’ ‘‘Perhaps we shall." j "Not a chance at this time of year. Well, I’ve got to be going; I about my business.” i I Dick swung off. and Angel.i went down to the lower deck to \ get on the tender. Her fellow passengers were tired and sulky I today. There bad been a dance i the night before. She stepped ashore, and the I first of the fakirs crossed her j path, with his snake and mon-1 goose already in action. It am us-1 ed her to watch 'him, though she I I saw at once that it was the old j game. 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