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I0UIS JOSEPKFVAN Derisive cackles and guffaws, of elowns broke out on all tides, a epaee was cleared round the un fortunates. . "Are you all right, CladsT" Dobbin asked. She nodded and tried to smile. "Let's get out of this." No wait! Ixreinda insisted. Perhaps she's hurt." She brushed his arm aside, only to discover that the orerthsown woman had regained her feet, and now stood snatching her partner in shrewish fury as, grinning fool ishly, he scrsaahled up. "You clumsy dumbbell!" she tormed in a rasping voice that must have carried dearly half across the room. "I hope to Gawd I got enough sense not to dance with you again when you're pickled!" , And catehing her first glimpse ; cf the man's crimson fact, Lu ' rinda yielded all at once to Deubeney's insistence. But she never quite knew how they got back to their table. EC But even with the three sides of ;he box affording their false show of privacy, it never entered Lu chtda's head to sit down and pre tend nothing had happened, the in stinct to fly at once from this theatre of disgrace waa still pre-1 dominant. Only for a moment sheand footman, ran up to her rooms rested standing while her eyes, darkly dilate, sought Daubeney. "Ton saw hhn, of course?" i Dobbin made a vague gesture of frynrpethy.. "Frightfully sorry " . Lucinda shrugged. "Don't be. It wnt your fault." "I presume we couldn?t have been mistaken . . Dobbin Ventured half hearted! y. "No; it was BeL I think I'd like to go. Let me have the car riage, check, and 111 wait in the tear." ! ' Dsoseney surrendered the paete tward slip and called for the check Bos Lucinda went out. At the street door aha Grave the I attendant the carriage check to- Kretner with a coin, please I The man "And hurry, saluted re- KpectfuOy and vanished. She hastened to the street, a -tnove which she found immediate ' treason to repent Only a few feet away Bellamy stood with an affec tionate arm round the shoulders of the door porter. A knot of grin ning bystander had already begun jto gather; Bel's derby waa periously perch tod, his overcoat donned in Mate, (was poorly settled on his should ers, though he had contrived to worry two buttons through the wrong buttonholes, and he was xphuning, unconsciously to every body within a wide radius, the personal service ha required in re turn for the ten dollar bill which be was waring beneath the porter's loose. "Now, Ilshn, Jim . . .Dolnind toy callin you Jim, do you,' oT coot? . . . Get thish straight! Mwife'a here t'night nd I, don' ;want her to know I wash here, ; ahee? If she don know I wash here, she's got notbJn' on me, noth in' tall, sheet So you don' know pie, you never heard of me, aheeT" "Yes, Mr. Druee." Sick with mortification, Lucinda turned from the sound of that bab bling voiee of a fool and heard iter own name pronounced. "The car is here, Mrs. Druee." In a wild stare she identified the lace of her chauffeur, saw that he understood the situation and was anxious to be helpfui "Wait," she quavered. . And then by a miracle of will fcower she managed to master her nerves and, putting- aside her hor ror and humiliation, took thought (quickly and clearly. "All I wan' you to do ish re- member, if Mishish Druee asks if you've seen me, you never heard of i Jne, don' know me 'tall shee, Jim, sjet what I mean? As Lucinda approached the por ter must have guessed who she iwas, for he spoke to Bellamy in a JJow voice, and the latter swung ground with startled eyes and a Pin Tour Faith te The Good Old Name of STIEFF There has never been a finer piano made and probably never will be. It is easier to own a fine Stieff Piano than you might think. Fill out this blank and mail today: Chas. M. Stieff, I at, Charlotte, N. C: Please send catalogue and prices of pianos. Name . Address Chas. M. Stieff, Inc. CHARLOTTE, N. C dropping Jaw. She closed her fingers on ids wrist and put all her strength into that grasp. "Come, Bel," she said cleurly and not unkindly. "Please don't keep dm waiting. The car is here, we're going home." For a moment the balance wav ered, then Bel's eyes 'ell, and sho knew she had won. "Oh, a'right," ho mumbled with strange docility. "Didn' know you were waitln', Linda. Get ri' in thu car be, with you in jush a min ute." "No," she said firmly "you're coming with me now." She drew him away. He yielded without remonstrance, permitted hear to lead him to the door of the car, stumbled in on his knees, and crawled up to the seat. Lucinda followed, the door closed bohind her with a clap sweeter than music in her hearing. And with Burring gears the car shot out of range of thoae leering faces. Lucinda had forgotten Dobbin as utterly as if she had never known him. Bellamy lay in a loose slouch, breathing heavily. The passing lights revealed the stupidity of his congested features. His eyes were half-closed, he seemed to be asleep. When at length the car stopped, she jumped out and, leaving Bel lamy to the care of the chauffeur The maid waiting there she dis missed for the night in half a doz en words whose decision sent ths woman from her in astonishment. Alone, her first move was to se cure the door communicating with Bel's rooms. Then she threw her self upon the bed. She heard liel maundering incoherently to his valet; the valet seemed to be try ing to make him listen to reason and failing in tho end. Thu neck of a decanter chattered against the rim of a glass, there was a lull in the murmur of voices, then a thick cry and the thud of a fail. After that the quiet was little disturbed by the valet's labors with the body of the drunkard. Eventually the man went out and closed the door. In the subsequent silence the clock chimed twelve. Lucinda rose then, and changed to her simplest street suit. For half an hour or so she was busy at desk and dressing-table, J lacking a cheque book and her ewels with other belongings in a small hand-bag. She did not fal ter once or waste a single move through indecision. Indeed, it did not once occur to her that there was anything to be dona but what she meant to do. Shortly after one ' o'clock, she left Bel snoring, crept down the stairs, and with infiinite stealth let herself out to the street. Spurred by irrational fear lest Bellamy wake up, discover her flight, and give chase, Lucinda made in haste for Fifth avenue: a cab slid up to the. curb, its driver with two fingers to his cap solicit ing a fare. Lucinda breathed the first address that came to mind "Grand Central, please" hopped in, and shrank fearfully away from the windows. At the station negro porter with a red cap opened the cab door and took possession of her single piece of luggage, and when she had paid off the taxi and looked to him in indecision, prompted her with: "Whut train was you wishin to tek, mn'm?" An instant later Lucinda was wondering why she replied: "The first train for Chicago, please." She knew no reason why she should have named Chicago rather than any other city where she waa un known and where she might count on being fre to think out in her own time and fashion. V "Inexpressibly shocked. . Arriv ing tomorrow. Will call on you ten a. m. Meanwhile Bank of Michigan will supply you with funds in any amount you may re quire if you will be pleased to iden tify yourself to Mr. Southard there." The author of this telegram, which was delivered on the morn ing of Lucinda's fifth day in Chica go, was punctual to the minute of his appointment; otherwisn M would hardly have been the recti linear gentleman of tho frock-coat school that he was. Notwithstanding that Harford Willis was pledged to a code of morals and manners vinted in the early eighteen-eighties, and so implacably antagonistic to the gen eral trend of present-day thought on the divorce question, his great affection for Lucinda predisposed him to allow that the course she had taken with Bellamy had been the onl yone his conduct had left open to he?. "My dear Lucinda," Willis intoned deliberately, "I must say you seem to be bearing up remarkably well, all things considered, re-mark-bly well "I've stopped howling and drum ming the floor with my heels," Lu cinda admitted "if that's what you mean. When I found it didn't do any good, I gave it up, and I've felt more cheerful ever since." "Cheerful!" Willis repeated in a sepulchral voice. "More like an vernu'ti tinman being who's been horribly hurt but who can't see why life should be counted a total loss for all that" "You don't think it would be worth while," Willis suggested as one in duty bound." "to forgive Bellamy, give him another chance 7" "I don't know that I've got any-' thing to forgive him, Mr. Willis. 1 Why should I forgive him for be ing true to himself? It's myself I can't forgive, because I wa silly enough to M him go on as long as I did, making me a laughing stock . . . Besides, I'm not so sure ifs good for us to be forgiven our sins; wo'ro all such vain creatures, we're too apt to take forgiveness as a license to misbehave still more. . . . Don't you see?" (Continued is Our Next Issue) MR. MORGAN AT UNION President N. C. Synod Preached Sunday Some Local ' News Item. Rev. J. I Morgan, president of the North Carolina Synod, preach ed at Union church last Sunday morning. Taking for his text: "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love where with ho loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are save:) And hath raised us up to gether, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus," Rev. Morgan delivered one of the ost powerful and soul-stirring ser mons we hnvo ever heard. It was truly a wonderful message from Go.!. Union Luther League held its rrrular devotional meeting Sunday, May 14, and nn unusually large crowd attended. The league will give an ice cream party Saturday night, May 28, in the church grove, the proceeds going for the benefit of missions. The public is cordial ly invited to attend. Rev. Jacob L. Morgan and fami ly, of Salisbury, took dinner at Un ion parsonage with Rev. Haigler and family, Sunday. Mr. Douglas Bankett who Is working in Charlotte spent the week-end here with his father, Mr. W. L. Bankett. Messrs. J. H. Barringer and Charles Lyerly have gone on a trip to Colubmia, S. C, in their big truck. They are hauling a truck load of fine cattle. The hail storm which passed thru our community or rather say thru the edue of our community- Saturday did quite a btt of dam age. It struck Mr. Robert Lentz's farm pretty severely, doing much injury to the growing crops and fruit. John Lowerly is getting ahead of the other colored farmers in this commmunity, he has been having his land prepared with a tractor. The peach crop in this commu nity is the finest we have ever seen it; there will be fruit in plenty this yea?. The wheat crop is looking much better now than it did about two weeks ago: it shows up for a pret ty fair yield. We still consider M. A. Good an's oats the finest in the state and will continue to do so 'till someone else gives us conclusivs proof to the contrary. Mr. Edgar Bankett, auto mechanic in Winston, spent the week-end here with homefolks. Messrs. M. A. Goodman, John Blackwell and some others, hsve been working the roads across their farms. This is a step in ths right direction. Good roads is something every live, up-to-date, S regressive community must have. . A. Goodman's farm roads are in the best condition of any farm roads we know of. We visited Venus' town some times called Faith Sunday after noon. There were two things we noticed about Faith: One was a man setting on his porch with a crown of red roses on his head (he must have thought he was king of Mothers' Day) and the scarcity of girls. Nothing but old ugly men around Faith; we wouldn't live in Faith very long before we began importing some pretty girls. mere will be a "big" eame of baseball on the Kesler diamond Saturday afternoon at four o'clock. The contest teas will be the heavy Loses' Wife 'and f Bmiooaire Philadelphia cU man. ft lfl p7 , ily J VTOi 7 J Li , ' 0 ,Ml jm:f; Mi U. K'? 'i- - r SALISBURY KVEWiNG POST J. BERTRAM SIMON, well-sao w n p h o to - grapher, ef Tacoms, Wash., who says that since taking Teniae with such good results now knows why everybody is prais ing this wonderful medicine. "When they told me about Tan- lac it seemed alomst too good be true, but since taking the med- id no I know for myself that all they said about It was so, J. Bertram Simon, 1031 E, St., Tacoma, Wash., a said 4rh well- known photographer. 'I suffered from rheumatism in my shoulders for ten years and at one time had to go to the hos pital. I was down in bed for months and hardly able to turn from side to side. I couldn't sleep and I don't believe I had a day free from pain. My appetite failed and I couldn't digest a thing properly. Gas made me have heartburn for hours after meals. 'In a very short time after I started taking Tanlac I actually felt like a new man. I am now entirely rid of rheumatism and my stomach is in first class condition, while I have gained ten pounds and never felt better. I have recom mended Tanlas to a number of people and I am always glad to say a good word for this reark able medicine." Tanlac is sold by all good drug- isu. Kesler nine, and Bob Sugg's speedy aggregation of high school players fro Salisbury. It will not be the regular Salisbury high school team but the majority of the players are boys who played on the. high team the first part of the season. Among those who did not play on the high team this year are Joe Goodson and Bob Ellis. Ellis play ing for Salisbury last year was what we considered the best high school first baseman in the state; and he can still deliver the goods. This game promises to be a good one, come out and see it The excitement starts at 4 o'clock. There will be an ice cream party at L. A. Kesler's next Saturday night May 20, under the auspices of the baseball club. Everybody is cordially invited to come out. Bring your girl, boys. A giant edible mushroom four feet in diameter, was found on an estate in St. Germain, France. Three Daughters whose wife. Zfflth (ritjnQ tporsri5 """" SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. The time of arrival and departure of train are published at information only, uot fuaranleed. Arrive fmm Departs to i:OU a. m. N. Y.-Uirmlnuham 2 :0 a. m. H;00 p. bi. A'vlll con. at Berber 1:40 p. m. ft. 00 a. m. liadin-Norwoud t:Z a. m. t:4a p. m. lladln and Norwood 4:46 p. m. :0 p. ra. Kiioavtlle MO t, n. 9:20 p. m. New Orleana-N. York :26 p. m. I:? a. m. Htrminaham-N. York 1 11 a. m. i it a. m. Charlotte-Wuhlngtoa (:& a. m. 5:60 a. m. New YorkAuruata S:00 a. m. N Ot a. m. Nrw York-Atlanta i:10 a. m. H.S6 a. m. Klrhmond-CharlutU 8:41 a. m. 2:80 p. m. anville-WratmlnaUr 1:40 i. m. 4:10 p. m. Wretminatrr-Hanellla 4:86 p. m. 2:00 p. ra. Charlotte via Marker 2:40 p. m. t:00 p. m. Atlanta-Richmond S:2I p. m. 8:40 p. ra. Aucueta-New York 8:80 p. m. 10:10 p. m. Atlanta-New York 10:80 p. ra. :45 p. m. Aahevlll 10:00 p. m. 11:80 a.m. A.hevllle 1:10 i. bl 8:10 a. m. N. York-New Orleana 20 a. m. 11 :4ft a. m. New Orlrana-N. Y. 11 :50 a. m. 7:811 p. m. N. Y.-New Orleans 7:4 V- m. : p. m. I)anr1U.( herlotte f 60 d. for Pullaian accommodation or Infor mation, phone No. 4. , T. J. ANDERSON. 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