PAGE TWO SOCIAL & PERSONAL Birth o'clock, when Miss TXdlie Fowlkes oc eanic the bride of Mr. Howard Hardin, of Brevard. Rev. H. G. Hardin, pastor of the Methodist Church, officiated. Mrs. Hardin is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. IX B. Fowlkes, of this city and is a young lady of fine character and is very popular with a wide circle of friends. Mr. Hardin is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. I?. Hardin, of Brevard N\ C„ and hflSds a responsible position with Mr. I'. S. Cecil, contractor, of Spar tanburg, S. C. The wedding was witnessed by Misses Zue Yerton. Margaret Fowlkes and Mr. ]>. B. Fowlkes and Mr. Yates Bollinger. Immediately after the wedding the bride and groom left for,a short wedding trip, after which they will make their home in Spartanburg. S. C. ■ Ea rnha rri t - Furr. A beautiful but quiet marriage was performed on Sunday evening at 3 :30 o’clock, November 18. 1023. The con tracting parties were Mr. John H. Earn hardt and Mrs. Effie May Furr. They motored to Lutheran Chapel parsonage. China Grove, where the vows were made in tiie presence of a few special friends, Rev. C. A. Brown, pastor of the groom, officiating. Mr. Earnhardt is a successful farmer of No. 4 township, Cabarrus county, and is widely known as an honest, Upright man. Mrs. Earnhardt is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Barbee, of Cabarrus, and is a young woman of pleasing man ner and accomplishment. Their many friends wish for them a long, happy and prosperous life. X. Penninger- Me Amilty? Miss Ora ay Ellis McAnulty. of Mt. Pleasant, and Mr. John C. Penninger. of Harrisburg, motored to York, S. (’.* Sat urday. November 17th, li>23, and were married. Mrs. Penninger is the second daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John - McAnulty, of Mt. Pleasant. She is a graduate of Mont Anioena Seminary, and .is a young wo man of lovable disposition and charming personality. For the last three years she has been a successful teacher of Cabar rus county schools. Mr. Penninger is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Penninger. and is a successful farmer of Harrisburg. Friends of both Mr. ttnd Mrs. Penninger wish them a happy and prosperous life. A FRIEND. North Carolina Club Meeting of Western Maryland College. I)r. and Mrs. A. N. Ward delightfully entertained the North Carolina Club at their home Wednesday evening, November Uth. The first *part of the- evening was spent in transacting the business of the club. Among other things the secretary report ed tI)C receipt of some sheet music which was sent to the club by an unknown friend. It was a surprise and quite a pleasant one. We extend our thanks to the giver. • We were glad to have Rev. and Mrs. Sanders and sou, William, formerly of Texas, and Miss Sallie Lou Pickens, of South Carolina, join our club. The social 'part of the program, which the hostess had charge of. was a pleasant one. She read a list of the names of for mer North Carolina students who at tended or graduated from Western Mary land College, and the years they attend ed. The life of each in college and after leaving college was discussed by those who knew them. Mrs. Ward's brief study of these characters shows that the North Carolina type of student is one of good character and one to be desired. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing games and singing songs. The hostess then served refreshments. The Seminary students of the club in vited us to meet with them at the next meeting. This invitation was gladly ac • UP ETHEL V. BLACKWELDF.It. Reporter. Entertains Methodist Ministers. Dr. T. F. Marr, presiding elder of the Salisbury district, and the Methodist ministers of the city 'were entertained last Saturday evening at a 0 o'clock dinner by Mr. D. B. Coltrane, at his home on North Union Street. In addition to Dr. Marr. Mr. Col trune's guests were: Rev. W. At Jen ins. pastor of Central Church; Rev. Sey mour Taylor, Concord circuit: Rev. Eb enezer Meyers, pastor of Westford; Rev. J. Frank Armstrong, pastor of Forest Hill: Rev. L. A. Falls, pastor of Ep worth; Rev. C. It*. Allison, pastor of Kerr Street, and Rev. A. C, Tippet, pas tor of Harjnony. | Cau We-Allman. ! Saturday afternoon Rev. .C. Lyer ly united in marriage Mr. Sidney .Catible and Miss Essie Allman. These voting people are from western Stanley and formerly attended the Bear Creek Reformed Church- They will make their home with the bride : s motho'r. * Pastor Pounded. Rev. Lawrence Little and wife were ! given a “pounding’’ Monday night \(t whicl* time the pantry of the pastor wasK, filled with about everything needed in I this line for housekeeping. The pound -1 ing was given .under the auspices of the I Senior Christftn Endeavor Soeiety of the Methodist Protestant Church and was a success. About 50 people were present, all of whom contributed. Mr. and Mrs. Little on Monday afternoon had moved a few necessary things from Davidson for housekeeping into the par sonage. and had gone to the home of Mr. and Mrs. IX A. McLaurin. When ev erything was in readiness they were no i tified to eome to the parsonage with the result that a large table in the dining room was filled with edibles. Mr. and Mrs. Little expressed appreciation of the substantial manifestation of the Chris tian fellowship of those present, several •selections were sung and the benediction pronounced. Aside from the pounding several ar ticles of furniture had been added, to those already in the parsonage, and dur ing the month that Mr. Little is to sup ply the church lie and Mrs. Little will occupy the parsonage until a regular pas * tor has been secured. Auxiliary Meeting. The regular November meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary was held on Monday evening with Misses Lou and Adtlie White, at their home on Frank lin Avenue. A number of routine matters were disr j cussed and acted upon at the meetiug and 'special business transacted included the; pledging of SSO to the Memorial Chimes Fund being raised by the War Mothers. Musical Acecmpar.rment for “The Life of Christ.” The “following will be the musical pro ' gram for the showing of the picture " v rhe Life of Christ.” at the Y. M. C. A. next Saturday afternoon and evening: Largo. While Shepherds Watcher, i Holy Night. Peaceful Night (vocal if possible). War March of the Priests. Angels’ Serenade. <>. For the Wings of a • Dove. Pass Me Not. O Gentle Savior (vocal • if possible). l’leyel's Hymn. ~ The Palms (vocal, if possible). Lost Chord. Calvary. Kindly Light (vocal if possible). Nearer My God, to Thee. PERSONALS. Miss Martha Creighton, district home demonstration agent with headquarters in Charlotte, spent Wednesday in Con cord. the guest of Miss Cathleen "Wil son. m m m Mrs. Bessie McConnell returned yes terday afternoon from Charlotte, where she spent several days, the guest of Mrs. J. Mr Yanhoy. • m m Mrs. C. T. Harris and Mrs. Mattie Lee Cannon spent yesterday afternoon in Charlotte. « • m Miss Annie Hudson, of Montreat, ie tin* guest here of Miss May White, at her home on Franklin Avenue. _ w -a Mrs. C. W. Byrd and Mrs. -W. M. Sherrill and daughter. Ellen, spent yes terday-afternoon in Charlotte. Dr. and Mrs. It. C. Anderson, of Mon treat. spent yesterday afternoon and last night here with friends. They were en route to Charlotte to visit friends. * m m Mr. Vernon Bromley and Mr. Knight, of the Belk Store in Greenville, S. C., are spending the day here on business. Mrs. W. A. Foil spent yesterday in Charlotte with Mr. - Foil who is recupe rating from a recent operation in the Charlotte Sanatorium. • m m Mr. and Mrs., Peter E. King, of Tur key. are expected to arrive in Concord tomorrow morning to spend several weeks with relatives. * • « Mrs. J. M. Hendrix and Mrs. Gilbert Hendrix spent Tuesday in Cbarlatte. guests of Mrs. J. C. Springs, daughter of the former. •m • m Mr. Oliu Hoover, of Asheville, is spending several days here with his moth er, Mrs. D. R. Hoover. • • • Mr. J. B. Alexander, of Mooresville, spent Monday afternoon in Concord with relatives and friends. • • 9 Mrs. Macßae, of Chapel Hill. is spending some time here at the home of her sow Mr. Cameron Macßae. » • * Misses Cat-fit* GaYmon and Katie Fish er spent Monday afternoon in Charlotte with friends. *_• * * Mrs. Annie Baird left' Monday for York. S. C., being called there by tiie ill ness of her brother. ' w m n Mrs. John Iv. Patterson left Tues day for Rocky Mount to spend two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. George R. Ed wards. • • • Miss Estelle Crowell has returned to New York City after spending some time here with relatives. • • • Mrs. Jesse C. Fisher left Tues day for Whiteville to attend the fun eral of her cousin, E. F. Powell. < • m Tuesday’s Salisbury Post: Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Goodson. of Concord. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Goodson, of Greensboro, the Rev. Dr. W. B. Duttera, Mr. and Mrs. W. R, Walton and daughter, Frances, were luncheon guests of Mrs. Alexander Parker Sunday at the radkiu Hotel. • • • Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Miller have re turned frprn their wedding trip and are making their, home in this city. Mr. A. W. Harry, of the Belk store in Salisbury, spent Tuesday in Concord on business. m m m Mrs. Mattie Lrt 1 Cannon, who was the guest of Mrs. Zeb , Moore. is now the guest of Mrs. A. R. Howard. • • M iss Wall and Mr. Joe Gudger, of the Belk store in Albemarle, were busi ness visitors- in Concord Tuesday. Mr. Ralph Odell, of New York City, is spending several days here at the home of him father, Mr. W. R. Odell. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sherrill spent Wed nesday in Charlotte with relatives and friends. * « • Mr. C. E. Lowe and- little daughter, of Brevard, passed through the city Tues day on their way home from a visit to friends and relatives at Kannapolis. FILLS GUY RUDISILL’S BACK FULL OF SHOT Henry Seagle. Catawba County Farmer, Had Ordered Kudisill Off His Prem ises. Hickory, Nov. 20.—Guy Rudisill. 2(5, is in a local hospital as a result of gun shot wounds inflicted in his back by Henry Seagle at the latter’s home in the upper edge of Catawba county early Monday morning and Seagle is being held, in Newton jail. Numerous shot penetrated Rtulisill’s back, some lodg ing in his kidneys. The shooting occurred after Rudisill and Lee Huffman, another young man. had gone to Seagle’s home and demand ed that Lon Lynn, well-known as star witness in the Glenn Lippard murder trial, come to the door. She came out side and was told, according to Seagle. who is her father-in-law. that the men had st warrant for her. Lott Lynn’s mother, not believing the visitors, gbt in a sc'iiffle with * them, stnd Seagle came out and ordered them away from the place. It was said that Huffman cursed him. that the pair, refused to depart and that Seagle th<;n emptied his shotgun in Rudisill’s back. The wounded man was rushed’ to a hospital here and Seagle held. Rudisill may recover. It is claimed that men have infested the Seagle premises ever since Lou Lynn, who has spent several years at Xamareand. was discharged. A Voice From Home. The mere presence of the women who serve in tin* canteens in France, wo men of gentle nurture who submit with enthusiasm to every kind of discomfort, turning their hand to any sort of labor, always gentle and kind and inde fatigable. is in inspiration to the young soldiers. They represent home and all that is sacred in home ties. Often, says E- H. Sothern in Scribner's, the tongue tied warrior will sit and stare at the smiling canteen worker by the hour with a loving hunger in his heart. “Can I do anything for you?” said it woman to one of these lonely ones one day. The soldier had approached the coun ter where the ruddy-cheeked lady was dispensing sandwiches and hot choco late. and with several , other fighting men was gazing on her. with wide eyes. “Can 1 do anything for you?” “No, lady," said the shy son of Mars, “I just,wanted to hear you talk.” $200,000 Worth of Cotton Burns in Goldsboro. Golrtebpro. Nov. 21. —Fire of unde termined origin early this morning de stroyed a large storage warehouse here containing between 1,000 and 1.200 bales of cotton, causing an estimated loss of more than a quarter million dollars. The structure was the property of the North Carolina Tobacco Growers' Co operavtie Marketing Association and was rented for storage purposes by B. G. Thompson, local cotton trader, own er of the cotton. Banish Fear and Live Long. By Royal Hr Copeland, M- D. Wo get all fussed tip over trifling things. Instead of hooping away, or tak ing flight, we sit down and listen to the gnssin of some social hawk. Perhaps we join in the flight of the hawk who goes soaring in great circles over the neigh borhood seeking to discover everything going on in the community. We watch the hawk, in sudden swoop to catch in bill and talons some helpless social rab bit or chicken. When the hawk’s work is finished there is left nothing but bones and tendons. We live in fear of the social hawks. We do this, that and the other thing for fear we may be swooped down upon if we do not conform to the hawk rule. Fear ik the curse ofall existence., is a bane of animal life as it is of human life. But animals deal with this problem better than we do. Most M them run away from terrifying things. We human beings are afraid, but also we are afraid to run. Rcause we are afraid we cringe, we hold our natural impulses in subjection, we suffer such shock of our delicate nerves that all our functions are dis til rbed. bird laughs at the thing he fears. •He flies over if—he rises above it. Fear produces disease. No man is normal who is afraid. His digestion will not proceed. His sleep is disturbed These disturbances in their turn cause trouble. Stand a lot of dominoes on end. Strike the first of the, row and. one by one, the whole lot is thrown down. Fear strikes the first blow which ends when health is impaired and vitality is gone. Go forward, keen eyed and unafraid. Fearlessness will add years to your life. The Latest. Contributed.' “Don’t Prindell me!” “Aw, Dwan!” A cross said to be the highest in the world is that on the spire of the new Chicago Temple. Towering 500 feet above the ground, the cross, twelve feet high and ’six feet wide, appears but a few inches in dimensions. Great flood lights will illumniate it by night while (the reflection ot the sun upon the gold leaf-covered arms will make it visible for miles in the daytime. Mirandy: “Don’t you gamble on no boss races.” Julius: “But if Ah wins, Ah buys yuh a new ruby brooch.” Mirandy: “Yas, an’ if you loses Ah buys me a new washtub.” THE CONCORD TIMES REPORT OF GINNING GIVES STRENGTH TO , SMALL CROP REPORT Prior to November 14th Only 8,368,683 Running Bales Had Been Ginned in the United States. 833,791 BALES IN i NORTH CAROLINA The Total For This Year Shows a Decrease When Compared With Figures for Last Year’s Crop. ■Washington, Nov. 21. —Cotton ginned prior to November 14 totalled 8.368,683 running bales, including 212,883 round bales counted as half bales, 13,084 bales of American’ Egyptian and 654"%a1es of Sea Island, compared with 8.8?> < «).078 run ning bales, inclndTng 151,534 round bales, 17,715 bales of American Egyptian and 7,704 boles, of Sea Island to that date last year, the census bureau announced today. Nortfo Carolina ginnings were 833,701 bales. The revised total of cot ton ginned prior to November 1 was an nounced as 7,5(15,860 bales* and the num ber of ginneries operated prior to that date as 14.802. Cotton Market Affected. New York. Nov. 21. —The census re port showing 8.368,683 bales of cotton ginned to November 14th, compared with 8,86!).078 last year was evidently re garded ai< tending to confiign reduced es timates of the yield. There was active realizing on the publication cf the figures which were about in line with bullish expectations, but it was readily ab sorbed by covering, rebuying and recent selling, and a more active demand, par ticularly for January. The market op ened barely steady at a decline of one point on May but generally 5 to 18 points higher, as the active months, and soon showed net advances of 35 t > 40 point-; with December selling at 35.1’ and March to 34.00. Tip* advance on the light ginning fig ures was estimated by the firm showing of Liverpool, which reported that spin tiers were calling in that market. Cotton futures opened barely steady: December .‘>4.1)8; January 34.45; Match 34.70; May 34.78; July 34.25. EVIDENCE OF A XEGKO KLU KLAN IS SEEN In Killing of Women—Negro Popula tion is Taking the Klan Lingo. Raleigh, Nov. 20. —Evidences that the black Ku Klux Klan lias arrived and s already at its bloody business are al most accepted and Raleigh’s street murders and nqpr-assassinations seem less mysterious than they have hitherto appeared- Nobody -hero is especially excited about if. For the present the violence \akes the form of shooting negro women known as "white men’s” women. The black klan has undertaken no reprisals against the white men. though injuries liave been inflicted as an incident to the shooting. The negro population talks the klan now. Its lingo is that of the white klan. It wishes no prosecution of negroes who have killed women and when white em ployers argue with the black emloyed that killing a woman for this sin against her own and the white race isn’t justi fied. the klan reason for heating block tders is advanced. Whatever form the 'dan has taken, its method of execution is khi cherish and its argument savors of che school of thtj invisible empire. The admission by many negroes that there is an organization of blacks executing women sinners isn’t consider ed sufficient to establish the suspicion which has been growing.‘An effort Was being made today to get till the bullets found and compare them to show the unity of action. All the scant, evidence picked up about the killings and un successful attempts at murder iw>ints to the same nian. The black klan does not ippear to have donned hood or moved in drives. It has worked in its own way, if it is a klan as blacks do say. The police are entertaining this theory and it has impressed the newspaper men as plausible, if almost impossible. Guilty of Incendiarism. Salisbury, Nov. 20.—William Chnnn. an o’d Salisbury negro, was today given 10 years in Rowan superior court for burning a barn near Rockwell sevu-ul weeks ago. Chunn is alleged to have burned the barn because the owner had him arrested for tin* theft of a set of harness. The barn burned the same day Chunn got out of jail on bond, and there was testimony that Chunn had another negro take him to the neighbor hood of the barn a short while before it burned. Two Years For Auto t Thief. Salisbury. Nov. 30. —Jack Boyden. a white youtlf'today got >wo years for the theft of an automobile.* Officers who were watching Boyden on account of bis queer actions saw him get in a car and start off with it- They immediately arrested him. Judge George H. Brown is presiding over this term of court in place of Judge B. F. Long, who was unable to be here’. Coolidge Offers Chair to the Newspaper Men- Washington. Nov. 20- President Coolidge offered the presidential chair today to newspaper correspondents at tending his Tuesday’s press conference, but made it plain that the offer was’jtt open to all comers. The chief executive laughingly greet ed the newspaper men when they en tered his office with this observation. "I notice that some of you prcfei* to sit during our conference. You ate wel come to the use of my chair at any time.” "Are you extending tffe same invita tion to everyone?” asked ..one cor respondent. "No. not all,” Mr. Coolidge quickly replied with a smile. Character writes its name on a man’s face in indelible ink. IfTHE ISLE OF RETRIBUTION I 1 jBtA EDISON MARSHALL BEGIN HERE TOD AX Bess Gilbert, Ned Cornet and the latter's fiancee, Lenore Harden worth, are shipwrecked. They take refuge on an Island where they find a man named Doomsdolrf, who promptly makes the three hfe pris oners. He tells them that* the only otlmr inhabitant of the .island is his Indian wife. * , The prisoners are allowed to build a cabin for themselves. Lenore is not inclined to labor so she flatters Doomsdorf and he allows her to re main with the squaw while he drives Bess and Ned until they fall unconscious. Bess and Ned are given different trapping routes. Together they plan an escape from the Island and. through Lenore’s treachery, Doona|3- dorf hears of their arrangements. He follows them out on the ice and forces them back toward his cabin. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY They walked almost in silence, Ned in front, thfti Bess, their captor bringing up the rear; a strange death march over those frozen seas. The Ale trudged on. Ned led the way unguided. The hours passed. The dim shadow of the shore crags strengthened. And another twilight was laying it/ first shadows on the snow as they stepped upon the snowy beach. It was at this point that Bess sud denly experienced an inexplicable quickening of her pulse, an untraced but breathless excitement that was wholly apart from the fact that she mag nearing the cabin of her destiny. The air itself seemed curiously hushed, electric, as if a great storm were gathering; the moment was poignant with a breathless suspense. She could not have told why. A moment latef Ned turned to her. ostensibly to help her up the steep slope of the beach. She saw with amazement that his face was stark white and that ,his eyes glowed like live coals. Yet no message was con veyed to Doomsdorf, tramping be hind. It was only her own closeness to him, her love jthat brought her soul to his, that told her of some far reaching and terrific crisis that was at hand at last. “Walk exactly in my steps!" he whispered under his breath. It was only the faintest wisp of sound, no louder than his own breathing; yet Bess caught every word. She did not have to be told that there was Infinite urgency behind the command. Her nerves seemed to leap and twitch; yet outwardly there was no visible sign that a message had been passed between them. , Now Ned was leading up/toward the shore crags, into « little pass be tween the rocks that was the natnral egress from the-be»eft "on to the bills behind. He walked easily, one stbp after another in regular cadence: only his glowing eyes could have told that this instant had. by light or circumstances beyond Bess’ ken, become the most crucial in his life. And it was a strange and ironic thing that the knowledge he relied on now, the facility that might turn defeat into victory, was not some finesse gained in his years of civil ized living, no cultural growth from some great university far to the south, but merely one of the basic tricks of a humble trade. Doomsdorf had told him, once, that a good trapper must learn to mark his sets. Any square yard of ter ritory must be Sf> identified, in the mind’s eyes, that the trapper can return, days later, walk straight to it and knoy its every detail. Ned Cornet had learned his trade. He was a trapper; and he knew this snowy pass as an artist knows his canvas. He stepped boldly through. Bess walked just behind, stepping . exactly in his tracks. Her heart raced. It was not merely because the full truth was hidden from her that she walked straight and un afraid. She would always follow bravely where Ned led. Now both of them passed through the little, narrow gap between lofty, snow DINNER STORIES Wonder Why. Guest: “i shall speak to the bell cap tain about you. You should always knock before entering a room. Why, I might have been dressing. ’ Bellboy: “Oh, I knew you weren't, 'ma’am; I always look through the key hole first.” “Eliza,” said a friend of the family to the old colored washerwoman, “have you seen Miss Edith’s fiance?” Eliza pondered for a montent, then bent over the laundry tubs once more. “No ma’am,” she said, “it ain’t been in the wash yet.” A Lost Race. “Oh, yes,” Mrs. Smith told “my husband is an enthusiastic archaeologist. And I never knew it till yesterday. I found in his desk some queer looking tickets with the inscription. ‘Mudhorse, 8 to I,' and when I asked him what they were he explained to me that they were relicts of a lost race. Isn’t it in teresting?” i Identified. Murphy: “Moike. I heard somebody ye know say some nice things about ye the other day.” Doran : “Was it flattery ?” Murphy: "NNo. Hogan.” A Yale Record. Vassal* ’2s—“Oh, -dear; I just can’t adjust my cirrieulum 1” Yale *25-—"That’s all right. It doesn’t show any.” ’ First Spasm. - A fcweet young thing was promenad- f ing on the beach in her handsome suit, when she was accosted by her bashful sweetheart, and after a short ! swept cfags. Doomsdorf trudged just behind. Then something sharp and calami tous as a lightning bolt seemed to strike the pass. There was a loud ring and clang of metal, the sharp crack of a snowshoe frame broken to kindling, and then, obliterating both, a wild bellow Os human agony like that of a mighty grizzly wound ed to the death. Ned end Bess had passed in safety, but Doomsdorf had stepped squarely into the great bear trap that Ned had set the evening before. The cruel jaws snapped with a clang of iron and the crunch of flesh. The shock, more than any hu man frame could endure, hurled Doomsdorf to his knees; yet so mighty was his physical stamina that he was able to retain his grip on his rifle. And the instant that he went dwon Ned turned, leaping with savago fury to strike out bis hated life before he could rise agafn. He was upon him before -Dooms dorf could raise his rifle. As he sprang he drew his knife from Its DOOMSDORT STEPPED SQUARELY INTO THE GREAT BEAR TRAP. sheath, and cut a white path through the gathering dusk. And now their arms went about each other in a final struggle for mastery. Caught though he was in the trap, Doomsdorf was not beaten yet. He met that attack with incredible power. His great hairy hand caught Ned’s arm as it descended, , and though he could not hold it, he forced him to drop the blade. With the other he reached for his enemy’s throat. This was the final conflict; yet of such might were these contestants, so terrible the fury of their on slaughts, that both knew at once that the fight was one of seconds. These two might men gave all they had. The clutched and closed at Ned’s thrdat. The right hand of the latter, from which the blade had fallen, tugged at the pistol butt at Doomsdorf’s holster. Bess leaped in, like a she-wolf, in defense of her cubs, but one great sweep of Doomsdorfs arm hurled her unconscious in the snow. There were to be no outside forces influ encing v this battle. Tha/trap at Doomsdorf’s foot was Ned’s only ad vantage; and he had decoyed his enemy into it by his own cunning. It was man tc naan at last; a cruel war settled for good and all It could endure but an instant more. Already those iron fingers crushing out Ned’s life. So closely matched were the two foes, so terrible their strength, that their bodies scarcely moved at all; each held the other in an iron embrace, Ned tugging with his left hand at the fingers that clutched his throat, Doomsdorf trying to prevent his foe conversation, she said: “Simon, dear, let us sit down under the pier by the shore where no one will hear us," and so they went. After a short period she put her arms around his waist, and, while he was playing in the sand, she said. “Kiss me, Simon.” whereupon the young man shyly looked at her and said, “I can’t, dear ; I’ve got >a»d in m.v mouth.” Then an unknown voice from above them suddenly yelled, “Swallow u it, you need some in your system.” Jerome —George burned a hole in hie pants. Billy—Did he carry any insurance? Jerome —No. His coat tail covered the loss. He’s Qualified. Manager—We want a man for our in formation bureau. He must be wide awake and aceustomed to complaints. Applicant—That’s me. I’m the fath er of twins. At the Navy Crew Race. Biddie—l suppose you have been in the navy so- long you are accustomed to sea legs? Middie—Lady, 1 wasn’t even look ing. “Are you not working?” The boss inquired. “No,” said the po^t; “I’m inspired.” “iso am I,” the boss replied; “You’re fired.” See the Q. M. •’ Rastus—Ah can’t get dis spot off’u yo’ trousers. Student—Have you tfied gasoline? Rastus—Yas, guh. Student—Have you tried ammonia? , Rastus—Now, sub, but I’m almost feure dey’U St. And Only Then. 'Wei! i rofessor,” inquired the young Thursday, November 22 iqv from drawing the pi.toi that he * at his belt and turning ,» ore him. ing u again* had become* lively quo t'°* 11 Which would together in the snow, utterlv &y motionless, for all human „!? see, their faces white wi C ° Ul{J •very muscle exerting j ts fine pressure. Eve? 'SJZo £ linger aciosed more tightly ~, v . throat; ever Ned’s right hand a ‘ slowly .t the pistol a, iTmVoS Neither the gun nor the strangling more" *0 in a mom ti more. The strain Itself would too. shatter and destroy their mortal hearts. The night seemed falling before Ned’s eves - hM n ier, snowy world was Sk £,th nearing shadow of death. But the pistol was free of the holster now and h e was trying to turn it m his nana It took all the strength of his m*. maining consciousness to exert a last, vital ounce of pressure. Then there was a curious low sound, muf fled and dull as sounds heard in a dream. And dreams passed over him like waves over water, as he relax<3 ?h breathin S ln great sobs, in the reddened drifts. Bess emerging into consciousness crawled slowly toward him. He felt the blessing of her nearing presence dor? Ih i blS i half ' slee P’ B “t Dooms e mas - er , lay curiously inert, his foot still held by the cruel jaws of iron. A great beast-of-prey had fallen in the trap; and the killer gun bad sped a bullet, ranging up ward and shattering his wild heart • • * All this was just a page in Hell Island’s history. She had had one dynasty a thousand thousand years before ever Doomsdorf made his first track In her spotless snows; and all that had been done and endured was not more than a ripple in the tides thnt beat upon her shores. With & new spring she came into her own again. Spring brought the Intrepid sputtering through the new pas sages between the floes; and th e old island kings returned to rule before ever the masts of the little craft had faded and vanished in th e haze. The Intrepid had taken cargo other than the usyal 'bales of furs. The sounds of human voices were no more to be heard in the silences, and the wolf was no longer tear and wonder at his heart, by the sight of a tali living form on the game trails. The traps were moss-covered and lost, and the wind might rage the night through at the cabin win dow, and no one would hear and no one would be afraid. The savage powers of the wild held undisputed sway once more, not again to be set at naught by these self-knowing mortals with a law un to themselves. Henceforth all law was that of the wild, never to be .questioned or disobeyed. ' Even th« squaw-had gone on the Intrepid to join her people in a dis tant tribe. But there Is no need to follow her, or the three that had taken ship With her. On the head long journey south to spread the word of their rescue, of their halting at the first port to send word and to learn that the occupants of the sec ond lifeboat had been rescued frorr Tzar Island months before, of God frey Cornet’s glory at the sight ol his son’s face and the knowledge of the choice he had made, of the light and shadow of their life trails in the cities of men, there is nothing that need be further scrutnized. To Hell Island they were forgotten. The windy snow fields knew them no more. Yet for all they were bitterly cruel, thfe wilds had been kind, too. They had shown the gold from the dross. They had revealed to Ned the way of happiness—and it led him straight into Bess’ arms. There he could rest at the end of his day’s toil, there he found not only love and life, but the sustenance of his spirit, the soul of strength by which he might stand erect and face the light. Thus they had found a safe harbor where the Arctic wind might never chill them: a hearth where such ter ror as dwelt In the dark outside could*not come in. THE END musician, “how do my <* )mi*‘■ -1 please you?” ... “Why. I think,” responded ilm man, “that they may perhap" be P***'' when Mozart. Haydn. 11 * Meyerbeer have been forgotten “Really?” exclaimed the yang 1:1 ■-* cian in ectasy. “Ceutainly; but not fib 11 r!: marked the other. Let It Soak In. When the colored couple we- - married and the clergyman i*e.n. • words, "love, lioner and '’ ■ 1 bridegroom interrupted: “Read dat ag’in. pah-on: r ■ • oneet mo', .so's tfelady kin k"f< • solemnity of de meaniu . I married befo'.” Double Disappointment. -Rural Magistrate: “I’ll hat'* ve a dollar, Jeff. - ' Jeff: “I'll have to borrow it ' ? Judge.” l£aral Magistrate—" . It was only to gif a dollar ' ' fining ye. Git out! W* an » anyway.” A group of negroes were at ■ ' nal station Sunday morning. I few departing brethren gv 1 trainmen noticed one n