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: 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
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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
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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
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DetrhU, Jhn. 8. —: ChewoUrt
Motor f^mpany today anntnuced
Hlhtr ita'total piwtaetioa of canT
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IPf, nnk^ it^ths third largast
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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.
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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
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Ralph aM Clara Cony, both
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when be was struck In Kings
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—.Malabar Hill, overhanging
Bombay.
The ship heaved and turned to
a peaceful anchorage. A tender
came puffing importantly to her
side. 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. The snake was not killed, j
but was popped surreptitiously j
into the sack for further use.
Angela sauntered under her {
parasol, alive to the drama a-1
round her. When she had had i
enough, she took a car and drove
to the Towers of Silence. There,
from the Hanging Gardens, she
could see the roofs of Bombay,
flat and White, stretching along
the ocean front. The Marenia was
a dot in th« distance.
. Angela thought of Lovat. What
could she get him that wnuid in
terest him at all? Something for
his own adornment would please
him most, although It was dllfi-
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