November 1, 1925 thurs da > ’ —— 0e Note in Finance r Ends His Music Hopes 11,1, D»an's I’lan for a Great %ociali«n ol Artists Gets j u , on Time, hays Okla homa PaP‘ i -.rfRU’HS HIMSELF I CREDIT: u,nie Hans on Tuneful; *i. But |)i^. ord Fol - ""hen His Notes Didn't Kins True. appeared in the ,Daily. Times of j; •• iic'i! , A!mn 1 m\;i n ettd '' iicvi* an Association t-' ,• > v . hi< li was to boa j i i»if ions Americans, ,i t:i•■!<•*«l tin' moans | ; • guide?! IlOtl’.S that ( { 1 ‘ t!i>‘ magic touch *.f i them out for tho T‘" , . iniisic-loviug public. P"’h i" tin- golden notes i j',-.,i tile throat of Alan * 4 j j,„ w !n *'.ivoted many tin 00.- T* 1 ' 'j‘‘. ,j„. .Actcise of his talents. It ~ls. that If' went away from ! ' i ''j t'i!; t at lie had been play- ; r . a minor chord, to go to * where la outlined to a group i< |daus to run the ju establishing that city as uaisit* center. »!, ' ;! fa cored few know that . . :,i \i v. York there to become a impt•—**»rio by effecting a fal e.ltose falsity at last h seems to have Lgicv. ten.+inatci the concert which he .•■•”e >•, ith iii> golden notes. were f mud to be but Letters Tell Story. story, fellow songbirds, but s.a> - easily followed by reference writ's <•! i ris which have passed tarwß •'•'•rtiM! Yew Yorkers, whom Mr. y. .i, in- his patrons there, and f>- : (ikmiiiuf-atis v.lm are still under j,. •:i i t hi' notes with the dollar art pretixed. . Tv- In- ■.■•inctnhcred that Mr. Divan. g!.-r tv,i Wishing ■ himself here as a mu* a Blaster i \tra-i.nliiiary—and his voice R- pin "suVtpie" as Abe Martin would 'ln melodious confines of his tts-iin v.lhti- notes Heated forth from j ii-ri. tiii night with care-free abandon. I «t • ’ "'.id v.-it hi< plan for a great; Jfriat! a Mists association will call for j m* «f a material character than: • Lad been uttering and! r i i. thought to lure them on that j mi-'i- tj.lgliT lie established here on . a : hrs* “-a:*-. '<•: .<■ «.t those who had come j i " to .Mr. Dwan's pleadings and : 'mi:, in a manner similar to * <•? JU:. Blakely. But Mr. Dwatr •'•'ied a glowing prospectus s " :: ‘ halite 1 pictures wan. when the. , h " :. j [i..:"' _ ' l '.' I■ i k(• I y and Mrs. John A. j oid "lit the music project, j " details, inspecting the j ''' 1 ' angle, even to the ex- j • Mr. Bob Baugh, sec-! j, ; 1 lb oilers- association, who! v. 1 , aitlmugii Mr. Dw an j "* a pleasing tenor t 0,,,. I '•".is were not all legal j(. , ! "' ! wa- reported hack to j see tilt'd that a base 'k. Ile iui'*rviewed Mr. aro \i " u Monday, the 23rd, the check he • gave me on tin* Muskogee bank was re | turned protested. Os course I was alarm-, ,ed. T asked him fjtr an explanation. That evening he called me over the phone and ’said he had received a telegram from Mr. Lydig of Muskogee saying that they had made a mistake at the bank and that there was over $3,000 there to the credit of the association. I insisted that he brinjj the telegram to me for my files j which he did the next morning badly blot ted. When my stenographer undertook ; to make a copy of the same she discovered that the name of the town from which it j j was sent as well ns date were illegible. ; i so she called up the telegraph office here j in New York and was informed that the | message came from Newark, N." .T. Os , j course I was shocked and immediately i : confronted Mr. Dwan \vith it. He first 1 ! denied it, but afterward admitted tn me j that he had forged this telegram and Jscnl it from Newark t% himself here in j New York. As you know this is a grave ; penal offense. Then tlx- statement from • ! the Okmulgee bank mine to my mind! and I examined it. and found that while lit wn#s on the bank stationery and the i body of it was typewritten, the signature !of the cashier was i:i Mr. Dwan s hand-] ! writing. Thi* he would not admit to me i tut file evidence is conclusive. | On Wednesday at midnight lie left , without toiling me, but sent a wire styy j ing he had taken the first train to Okla homa.- which I received the next morn ing. Not a word since have I heard. He , left forwarding address from the hotel to Hotel Severs. Muskogee. Yours sincerely. OLA li. CAMPBELL. Such Splendid Letters. D seems there was no end to the splen j did letters of endorsement which Mr. ! Dwau carried with him to New York and I likewise he was plentifully supplied with credit as evidenced by the following lcl - iter to Mr. Blakely front Mrs. Ida Geer I Wo’.loT. a*other prominent music patron Lwith whom T)\v;u became acquainted as ! tev he had presented liis letters, many of j which, it is fynown. were not written by ; the men whose names are given. The :**Mr. Danghton.” caahier of the Central National Bank. is purely a fictitious character, although the reason for creat ing it is not readily apparent ; here is ! Mrs. Weller's letter: Studio 25. 1425 Broadway, * New York. N. \. T. T. Blakely. Vice Pres., Association of American Artists, * Care Rotary Club. Okmulgee. Okla.. Aly dear Mr. Blakely; _ -1 am writing you. vice president of the Association of American Artists of ()k --mulgt*e. Your president. Alan Dwan. came bore to New York on April .oh. Me had a conversation regard tug your asso ciation. its ace day I introduced him to Mrs.' David Al- f len Campbell, a woman whom I felt had the ability and equipment to help pro mote such a fine plan for American Art. { Dwan rented part of lier office. We went • into the details of an organization here and lie engaged Mrs. Campbell to be manager, and I was to assist in working out plans in every way, also to be one of the artists and talk on every occasion I for the cause. Mrs. Campbell and I spent three weeks wording day and night, hearing artists | | and doing everything in our power, and I must tell you that our interest in the ; affair was all Dwan had here. _He was i of no value in any way. We did the I hard work, he signed contracts and took | the money from the artists, without out knowledge or consent. The whole scheme on his part at least, was false represen tation. After signing all the contracts aml forging signatures, as you will see on enclosed copies, he disappeared at mid- I night, leaving a telegram to Mrs. (’amp bell saying, “after careful consideration and long distance phone talks have de cided to take first train to Oklahoma. Letter following explaining details." At the hotel he left a forwarding ad dress, Hotel Severs, Muskogee. We wir ed him there, but uo answer. Also find closed a letter from Mrs. Dwau, which explains itself*- Now this man must be apprehended at once, he cannot be at large any longer. We have given all the time we can k> hear from him and he lias failed to appear anywhere. You are vice president of the associa tion and the organization must be re sponsible for bis debts contracted here, which amount to almost $2,000, not counting the guarantee given artists. He presented all kinds of letters of introduction aud recommendation to us which gave us further confidence. Thes/ letters are from; A. I). Kennedy, bind, loans and investments; T. T. Blakely. Hotary Club; Bob Davidson, president of chamber of commerce; Orlando Ifiwain, Commissioner of l’ublic Safety; Ben 11. Nicholas, Martin Bros., Grover Cleve land, Walkover Boot Shop; Rev. George S. Fulcher, First. Presbyterian ('lmrch; li. R. Fulford, Dry Goods Co.; H. B. Bruner, superintendent of public schools. He also named the following advisory board from Muskogee: L. 11. Linebaugh, 11. T. Brice, C. C. LyHick, Lida Steele, Daisy Maude Webb, E. E. Hoffman. C. M. William, D. M. Fink, Eldon J. Dick- Alt-o gave us a statement of deposits in following banks : American Natl. Okmulgee SIB,OOO Central Natl., Okmulgee 08,000 First Natl., Okmulgee 31.000 Citizens Natl. Okmulgee 30,000 First Natl., Okmulgee 22.000 Total SIOO,OOO This matter has assumed a very seri ous aspect .-is you can well see, and we feel sure it is your wish as one connect ed with the Association to protect the good name of the association aud its fine possibilities. If you deem it wise and will finance the trip, either Mrs. Camp bell or myself will come to Okmulgee and assist you in working out a plan to car ry on. The artists who signed Dwan’s contracts are some of the finest in Ameri ca and aroS, thoroughly in accord with the association ideas. | (At this point Mrs. "Weller’s letter was continued from'the second to the third page of the paper, and as the third page was not received here it is neces sary to conclude the letter and continua tion of the article here. —Editor .) ANOTHER 8100,000 FOR METHODIST ORPHANAGE 1 New Administration Building is Made i Possible by Gift of 8. C. Vann. ILaleigh News and Observer. The two hundred thousand dollar building program of the Metlndist or phanage, approved by the board of trus tees at the .Tune meeting .was supple mented yesterday by the decision of the board to devote the SIOO,OOO given to the institution several years ago by S. C. Vann, of Franklinton, with the $35.- ' 000 which has accrued, to the erection of a modern school and administration ■building. Work on the whole program, which will probably'entail the expendi ture of $350,000, will begin in tbe , spring. t The action of tbe board yesterday on 1 was with the entire approval cf Mr. ■ Vann. T!’ 0 gift was in Liberty bonds and the ijnrrease on the gift has been material. The new building will take , the place of the old Jenk’ns building [ erected more than 20 years ago, and which was doptned to go under the plans of Mr. Sears, noted landscape architect of Philadelphia, who has mapped out •the grounds and provided for the expan sion of the institution in conformity with the best principles of landscape 'archi tecture. The gift of Mr. Vann, which is one of a number he has made to the inst : - tution, is held by Joseph G. Brown, a member of the board of trustees, and A. 11. Vann, his son. Wlr'at Regions of Canada Exceed Last Record Yield. Winnipeg Manitoba. Oct. 30.—The. total wheat crop of the Canadian provinces ..of Manitoba, Saskatchew an and Alberta is/ estimated by government effieials at 425.503.1t>!) bushels, an in crease of 50.000 bushels over the rec ord 1022 yield. The three provinces now produce apprrfciimntely 05 percent of all wheat grown in the Dominion, offi cials snid. Forty-live and 50 bushel yields wore reported in a number of areas while in others the run was 00 bushels to the acre. The wheat weighed between Go and 67 pounds to the bushel and more than 00 percent of it graded No. 1 hard- Freight Riders Sue. Salisbury. Get 30.—Three men have filed suits/of SIO,OOO each against the Southern Railway Company in Superior Court here, seeking damages as a re sult of being jailed on a charge of “beat ing a ride on the tra’n without paying fare." The men said they were from Greenville. S. C. and were arrested Sun day near Salisbury by one of the South ern’s special officers. They were placed in jail until the hearing before a local magistrate who dismissed the case on the ground of u delect in the bill of in dictment. , One of >lje queerest creatures imag li able is the midwife toad. The female lays her eggs in long streamers, which the ma c collects anti wraps around his ■legs. He carries them about in tilts way until they hatch into tadpoles. Rev. Mr. Hunt, pastor of Bethel sta tion. was iq tfie city Monday. THE CONCORD TIMES ® KANNAPOLIS © © DEPARTMENT © © , ® Kannapolis, Oct.- 31. —Virginia Nolle, six-weeks-old infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Law, ; s improved following a slight indisposition at the home of Mrs. Laura Sinitth. of Oak Street, where Mrs. Law has been spending some time. The item in last week's Kannapolis news which read "Dr. and Mrs. M L. Troutman, of the Lutheran Seminary at Columbia, S. C.: Mr. Ralph Barringer, and Miss Rosalie Gillon attended the pageant, "The Way," at Sr. Janus Church, Concord, on Sunday evening." should have read thus: "I)r. and Mrs. M.- L. Troutman. Mr. Edward Trout man, of the Lutheran Theological Semi nary. Columbia, S. C.. Mr. Ralph Bar ringer, and Miss* Rosalie Gillon attended tbe pageant, "The Way.” at St. James Church. Concord, on Sunday evening.” Mrs. Baird is spending some time in Chester. S. with home folks. The friends of Mr. Walter Parham, who some time ago sustained serious in juries in a car accident will be pleased to know he is improving satisfactorily. Rev. A. V. Sherrill, of Stanley, was entertained at supper Wednesday even ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Iveever. The Sunbeam band rendered a delight ful program Sunday afternoon at the Baptist Church, Miss Pauline Tesh being in charge, together with Miss Ida Read er, who is responsible for the splendid training of this band of Sunbeams. The program and the admirable manner in which it was rendered served as an il lustration of the importance of early training, there being as a rule a marked contrast as regards readiness and grow ing efficiency between these children who are receiving training at a young and tender age and (he grownups who lacked such training. At the conclusion of the service Mrs. C. K. Turner gave a talk full of interest, and especially of encouragement, to the Sunbeams and their lender. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. .7. V. Corn will be delighted to know they have returned from Spartanburg to make their home in Kannapolis for tlie pres ent. Miss Mary Bradley Thompson and throe friends. Misses Elizabeth Leight, Margaret Spears, and Pauline Hawkins, all students at the N. C. C. W., spent the week-end w-itli Miss Thompson's father. Miss Flora Mettuoon and a number *of young people ..from the Presbyterian Church attended the Christian Endeavor convention the past week. M : ss Alma McLaurin, former Sunday school worker of the Presbyterian Church, will be the guest of Mrs. 11. D. McCVrkle tonight. Mrs. W. C. Jamison attended a recep tion in Mooresville the past week given by Mesdames Harry Mott and Eugene Fink. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hobbs’—sustained painful injuries Mon day night when a car run over his head. Mr. Hobbs liad crossed the street near tbe mill to speak to some one when the child started to follow his father, run ning into the car. * Mis Ethel Ketchie, of the North Caro lina College for Women, spent the week end with home folks. Miss Evn Goble spent Sunday in Con cord. the guest of Miss Margie Elliott. Little Eleanor Jamison. youngest child of Rev. and Mrs. W. Jamison, who has nit been well for some time, is being treated by a specialist in Char lotte. Many of the Kannapolis people are interested in the Mel Trotter meeting which will be he’d at the Y. M. <’. A. : n the near future. Accompanying Mr. Trotter will be Mr. Haimnomßree, a singer of unusual ability. Kannapolis is forunate, indeed, U) be able to secure these men. Mr. A. L. Brown left Sunday night for a busines trip to Best >n and New* York. Master Edwin and little Miss Louise Lipe entertained at an interesting Hal loween party last enevinp. Mrs, Xelia Lippard spent Sunday at Mill Bridge with her sister. Mrs..J. 11. Smith. Mrs. A. C. Lockman spent yesterday in Charlotte. J.ittle Miss' Beatrice Troutman un derwent an operation Tuesday for the removal of her tonsils, the work being done by Dr \V. R. Brandon. The CSncord-Kannapolis City Epworth League Union will licet at Mi. Olivet Thursday evening. The First Church of Kannapolis has held the banner on the score of efficiency for twojnouths. Rev. R. A. Swaringen delivered iiis farewell sermon-Sunday evening at the Methodist Church. As a token of ap preciation for the two sermons preached Sunday, which was the beginning of the new conference year and not included in the past year, there was presented to Mr.' Swaringen the sum of, forty dol lars. which was contributed by the con gregation as a freewill offering. Mr. Swaringen and family have many friends here who regret to see them leave. Mr. Swaringen lias done a great work here, both lie and Mrs. Swaringen working w ith untiring 'effort. They have done much iu building no* the local church aud have boon faithful in visiting tluir members in sickness and in health, in all things responding to duty’s call. Master H. A. Scott will undergo an operation under Dr. XV. R. Brandon Thursday for the removal of his ton sils. Mrs. Safii Query, Sam. Jr.. Mr. Grneb er and family. Misses Helen Turner, and Bessie Winwoff. and a number of others attended (lie circus iA Gharlotte Tues day. Rev. .R. A. Swarincen and family moved Tuesday to Albemarle where Mr. Swaringen begins his new pastorate. Rev. Mr. Moser and family move here today inf> the parsonage to take up the ! work left by Mr. Swariugen. They come from <’berryville. A general house warming is planned -for Mr. and Mrs. ,M(ser for Thursday night. Messrs. G. G. Allen. E. J. Sharp. H. A. Scott, A. A. Allison, and H. A. Ail red attended a banquet last evening in Salisbury with the Rotary club of that city as hosts to the men of this terri tory. ! Prof. Robertson speaks tonight in the Y. M. C. A. parlor tb a representative group of wen and women or. the school election to be held in the county on November 20th. -Tlu* Woman’s Club will ho’il its next meeting Monday night with Professor Robertson as speaker. He will lecture on a subject of bin own choosing. Ou this occasion the meeting of the club s a week early. The Cabarrus County Alumni Associa tion of the N. (’. ytate College will give a banquet at the Y. M. C. A. Thurs day evening in honor of their wives and sweethearts. Mr. Ilarr Fink, son of Mr. ami Mrw. Arthur Fiiy’k, (of Kamiap<’l’is. paid n weekvend visit to home folks. Mr. F’uk is engaged in dairly extension work in Orange county. Virginia. The remodelling on the auditorium of the Methodist Church is about com pleted and the floors are receiving the finishing touches. Lottie Richardson and Henry Middle ton, highly respected colored people of this city, were married Sunday at tin* colored liaptist Church. Middleton has for several years been in the employ v»f the Cannon Manufacturing Company. j Mr. Russell Winccoff and bride, who I recently spent some time with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winccoff. parents of the groom, have returned to West Virginia. Mr. Robert Marshall spent the week end in Charlotte. Mr. Ralph Deal spent the. week-end in Randlonian with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Rost and Mr. Ralph Barringer attended tin* Reforma tion service Sunday evening at St. An drews E. L. Church, Concord. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Rost spout tlio week-end in Concord, guests of Mr. ami Mrs. C. M. Sappeufield. M iss Thelma Horah spent the week end in Salisbury with home folks. Mr. 1,. E. Out('li is able to be at work again after being confined to his room at the Mary Ella Hall for several days by illness. Mrs. Propst and Mr. and Mrs. P. (1. Cook spent Sunday with Mrs. T. P. IffHE ISLE OF RETRIBUTION M IpLi ED ISOM MARSHALL R.W. SATT&RTieLD ©Utri.e,BßOwN BCOMPANy,H£J BEGIN HERE TODAY Ned Cornet, Lenore Hardenworth and Bess Gilbert are shipwrecked. Ned is engaged to marry Lenore. The three take refuge on an island they find occupied solely by a man named Doomsdorf and his Indian wife. Doomsdorf turns out to be a brute and takes Ned and the two girls prisoners. He tells them that they are to be his slaves. Lenore is spared hard labor, but Bess and/Ned are driven by their master until they fall unconscious. The prisoners build a cabin for themselves and, after it is finished. Doomsdorf tells Bess and Ned that he means to have them do all his winter trapping. Lenore 13 allowed to remain with the squaw to help with the housework. Ned falls into a deep crevice and expects to die. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY He did not hear it again; but the truth went home to him in one de spairing instant. Try as hard as he could, his jaws had released their hold upon the knife, and it had fal len into the depths of the crevice be low. • XXV 1 T~hESS had made good time along fg J 3 her line that day. She had not forgotten that this was the day H of her rendezvous with Ned, and by H walking swiftly, eschewing even If short rests, carrying her larger tro ll --phies into the cabin to skin rather {? than halting and thawing them out §1 over a fire, she arrived at the Forks H hut at midafternoon. She began at H once to make preparations for Ned’s H coming. She built a roaring fire in the little. § rusted stove, knowing well the bless §} lng It would be to the tired trapper. {§ coining in with his load of furs. She If started supper so that the hot meal H would be ready upon his arival. Then H she began to watch the hillside for If his coming. On the glare ice of the glacier, a s mile straight up the ridge from the M cabin, she saw figure of a man. H It was Ned. of course, taking the I path over the ice, instead of keeping to the blazed trail of his trap line. On the slight downward _ slope toward her, clearly outlined §§ against the white ice, she could see H* every step he took. |§ He was walking boldly over the if glassy surface. Didn’t he know its H terrors, the danger of slipping on H the icy shelves and falling to his f§ death, the deep crevice shunned by ff the wild creatures? She watched H every step with anxious gaze. When fg he was almost to safety she saw him H stop, draw back a few paces, and p then come forward at a leaping pace, fg What happened thereafter came y too fast for her eyes to follow. One ff instant she saw his form distinctly g as he run. The next, and the Ice lay ff white and bare in the wan light, and |l Ned had disappeared as If by a magi- H clan’s magic. For one* moment she gazed *in ff growing horror. There was no fee H promontory behind which he was H hidden, nor did he reappear again. H And peering closely, she made out a H faint, dark line, like a pencil mark p on the ice, just where Ned had dis p appeared. f| She turned Into the cabin, bent, end y added fresh fuel to the stove. Its §§ heat scorched her face, and she put H up her ttend to shield it. The cabin fg should be warm, when she brought || Ned home. She mustn’t let the cold gs creep in. She must not forget the §§ —cold, always watching for every little § opening. Perhaps he would want If food, too: she glanced into the iron y pot on the stove. Then, acting more H by instinct than by conscious §§ thought, she began to look about for E such tools as she would need in the p work to follow. There was a piece of rope, used §§ one© on a hand sled, hanging on the H wall; but it was only about eight feet §§ in length. Surely it was not long if enough to aid her, yet it was all she Moose. Mr. Soner W. Kluttz and Miss Capi- j tola Caldwell spent Sunday in Newton., Mr. Guy Ritchie, of M. P. I ? and Miss Pauline Walter, of Mont Amoena Seminary, spoilt the week-end with home folks. Mr. Paul Short, of Graham, spent the week-end in Kannapolis with friends. Mr. J. L. Kurfees, Mr. Gilbert Kur fees. and M : ss Hazel Kurfees. of Moeks ville. spent Sunday with Mr. C. C. Stenestreet and sons. Miss Geneva Gvaeber. rtf Salem Col lege. spent the week-end with home folks.> | The Ladies' Missionary Society of Kimball Memorial E. L. ChKroh will give a bazaar and noodle supper in front of (’. <». Seohle.'s shoe hospital Saturday j evening, November 3rd. from to 1> J o'clock. Everybody is welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Whitson Kimball, of Newberry. S. (’.. spent Suifday evening with Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Gillon. M’ss Lois Honeycutt is indisposed at ~ her honip in Midway. | Mr. C. E. Lowe, of Rrevard. is spend ing several days in Kannapolis. 1 Misses Gladys Wagoner. Harriet te Glass. Mary Lee Hill, and Fannie .John son have returned from the <’. E. meeting jin Greensboro. I The many friends of Mrs. John 11. j Rutledge are* glajl to sec her at home again. She has been in Washington tak ing treatment under a specialist in P.al timore. .Mrs. Rutledge’s condition is much improved. The Ladies' Missionary Society gave a Hallowe’en social at St. John’s Reforni |od Church Tuesday evening. Delicious ' refreshments were solved and all very i much enjoyed the occasion. ! Misses Lulu Relic Smith and Thelma Todd, spont the week-end in Charlotte , with Hiss Smith's mother, j Miss Selma Hugtms opened her school ■:u Patterson's Monday. October 21). j Miss Morrison Johnson spent the week- had. Next, she removed a blanket from her cot and threw it over her shoulder.* There might be need of this, too—further protection against the cold. Heretofore she had moved slowly, hardly aware of her own acts; but now she was beginning to master herself again. She mustn't linger here. She must make her spirit waken to life, her muscles spring to action. i Carrying her rope and her blanket, she went out the door, closed it behind her, and started up toward the glacier. At last she stood at the very edge of the yawning seam, staring down into the unutterable blackness below. Not even light could exist in the murky depths of the crevice, much less fragile human life. The day was not yet dead, twilight was still gray about her;’ but the crevice itself seemed full of ink clear to Its mouth. And Ned s axe, lying just at the_edge of the chasrn, showed where he had fallen. She called his name ifito the chasm depths, and some measure of self control returned to her when she heard the weird, rolling echo. And that cry did not go unheard. TO FALL MEANT TO DIE. Ned had given up but a few mo ments before Bess had come, and her full voice carried clearly Into the strange, misty realm of semi-con sciousness Into which he had drifted. And this manhood that had lately grown upon him would not let him shut his ears to this sobbing appeal. His own voice, sounding weird and hollow as the voice of the dead In that Immeasurable abyss, came back in answer. “Here I am, Bess,” he said, “You’ll have to work quick.” XXVI IT was bitter hard for Ned to figfit his way through death’s twilight. The cold Tiad hold of him, its tri umph was near, and It would not let him go without a savage battle that seemed to wrack the man In twain. He summoned every ounce of courage and determination that he had and tried to shake the frost from his brain. “You’ll have to work quick,” he warned again. Hla voice was stronger noy, but softened with a tenderness beyond her most reck less dreams. “Don’t be too hopeful —I haven’t much left in me. What can you do?” >* The girl who answered him was In no way the lost and hopeless mortal that had lain sobbing on the ice. The fighting side of her that Ned had seen so often swept swiftly Into domi nance. At once she was a cold blade, true and sure; brain and body in perfect discipline. “How far are you?” she asked. "I can’t see—” “About 10 feet—but I can’t get op without help." PAGE SEVEN end with home folks near Mooresville. Mrs. Roller Reaver will entertain the Social Hour Club Thursday afternoon at her home or. Ridge avenue. The Ladies’ Misionary Society of St. .John’s Church will give a barbecue sup per in the .*.ocial room of the church oify Thursday evening. Supper will be sery l ed '•<» cents per plate. Everybody coni'*. Miss Morrison Johnson is confined to 1 or room at the Hall by illness. Mr. Ed. Younger, who is serving in the band with Sparks’ circus, spent Sun day at the Mary Ella Hall as the” of Lis sister. Miss Stella Younger. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wampler, of Sal isbury. spout the week-end with Mr. and Mis. J. H. Wampler. Mr. and Mrs. AY. C. Graham spent Sru ; '.i\ in Concord with Mrs. C. M. Sap penfield. __ Mr. Short, formerly of Kannapolis, but new of Graham, is soon to move to Albemarle. Mix Rena Thornburg, formerly .of the Mary Ella Hall, who is now teaching in Gaston County, spent a few hours at the Hall Sunday afternoon. Mr. Ed. Dellinger has resigned his po siiion in the office of Mr. H. L. Lipe at the Cannon Mill. We regret seeing Mr. Dellinger leave Kannapolis. v Mr. and Mrs. Harry Foil, of Mt. Ideas art. spent several hours in Kannapolis Monday. , Mrs. Lois Earnhardt spent the vetfk |end out <>f town. I Mr. AY. 11. AValter is improving I’lbm I injuries received in a recent accidejut. though he is unable to be out as yet. Mrs. L. E. Rost is indisposed at this time. • Everyone at the Mary la Hall has been linking forward to * the Hallowe'en social to be given this evening under the i supervision of Mr. F. J. Sharp and Mrs. .Norfleet. Mr. Sharp is Irked by all and he does much to make tiio place home like, and all the Mary Ella people ap preciate his untiring efforts. “Can you stand up?” “Yea.” Forcing himself to the last ounce of his nerve and courage, he drew himself erect. Reaching up ward, his hands were le3S' than a yard 1 from the top of the crevice. Bess did not make the mistake of trying to reach dotvn to him. She conquered the impulse at once, real izing that any weight at all, unsup ported as she was, would draw her into the ravine. Even the rope would be of no use until had something firm to which to attach it. t 1 “I’ve dug holes mo3t of the way up.” he told her. “I might try po f climb ’em, with a little help-—” t "Are you at the bottom of the crevice?” •/< • “The bottom is hundreds of feet : below me. I’m on a ledge about three feet wide.” “Then stand still till I can really ■ help you. I can’t pull you now with out being pulled in myself, and If ' you*d fall back* you’d probably roll I off the ledge. The Ice is like glass. 1 Ned, are you good for ten minutes more—” ■ “1 don’t know-r-” 1 “It’s the only <*hance.” Again her • tone was pleading. "Keep the blood ! moving for ten minutes more, Nod. 1 Oh, tell mo you’ll try—” ’ Deep in the gloom she thought she 1 heard him laugh—only a few, little syllables, wan and strange In the silence—and It was all the answer i she needed. He would fight on for l ten'minutes more. He would strug gle against the c|>ld until she could i rescue him. “Here’s a blanjctt,” she told him ! swiftly. “Put it around, you. If ydu can. without danger of rolling off.” She dropped him the great cover ing she had brought; then in a single, deerlike motion, she leaped the nar row crevice. On the opposite side she procured Ned’s axe; then she turned, and half running, half glid ing on the Ice, sped toward the near est timber^—a number of stunted spruce two hundred yards distant at the far edge of the glacier. ' Bess had need of her woodsman’s knowledge now. Never before had her blows been so telling on the tough wood. Almost at once she had done her work and was started back with a tough pole, eigh feet long and four Inches In diameter, balanced on her sturdy shoulder. Ned was still strong enough pb an swer her call when she returned, and the dim light still permitted him to see her lay the pole she had cut as a bridge across the crevice, cutting notches in the ice to bold ft firm. Swiftly she tied one end of her rope to the pole and dropped the other to him. “Can you climb up?” sho asked him. “Just watch me,” was the answer. From that Instant, she knew that she had won. The spirit behind his words would never falter, with vic tory so near. He dug his moccasin* into the boles he had hacked in the Ice. meanwhile working upward, hand over hand. To Jail meant te die—but Ned didn't falL It was a hard fight, weakened as he was, but soon the girl’s reaching hands caught his sleeve, then his coat; finally they were fastened firm ly. lifting with all the girl’s strength, under the great arms. His hand seised the pole, and he gave a great upward lunge. And then he was tying on the Ice beside her, fighting for breath, not daring to believe that be was safe. But the usual cool, half-mirthful remark that, In many little crises, Ned bad learned to expect from Bess, was not forthcoming tonight Nor were the sounds in the twilight mere ly those of heavy breathing. The strain was over, and Bess had given way to the urge of her heart at last Her tears flowed unchecked, whether of sorrow or happiness even she did not know. The man crawled toward her, moved by an urge beyond him, and for a single moment his strong arms pressed her dose. "Don’t cry, little pal,” he told her. He a strangely boyish, happy smile, into her eyes. Very softly, reverently he kissed her wet eyelids, then stilled her trembling Bpe with his own. He smiled again, a greet good-humor tak ing hold of hint "You’re too trig a girl to cryP* (Continued in tv Next lane) ■ <2a