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CHAPTER 44
ANOTHER NIGHT went by and
morning found Sally tense; with
an*fety- They were so tar along
thf road, .vet Ted was still In jail.
char tred w,,h V’itelli’s murder, and
seemed so little time left In
whirl) to ac t now that suspicion sur
rounded them. The first thing now
to tret Ted out so that he could
h eip them strike once nnd for aIL
So as soon ns she could get away
from the house she went to the
newspaper nnd found Hall again.
••Mr. Hall.” she said anxiously, “if
you ran help get Ted out of jail how
much money will It take—for his bail
and for a lawyer and all the ex
penses""
Hall frowned and looked out the
window at a wisp of Spanish moss
which hung from the erosA bar of a
telephone pole It seemed to help
his concentration. 'V
-Well. I’d Say at least five grand—
five thousand bucks. Miss Gwynne—
that* if 1 raw ttx it for him to get
out.”
Sally sank back Into' her chair as
If she had been struck in the face.
"Five thousand dollars . . she re
peated dully.
“Sure." Hall said. “They haven’t
had a good murder here In a long
time, and they’re probably, goln*: to
make the most of this one. City
election cornin’ off in a, little while.
The 'machine’ and the State’s attor
ney will want to make the police look
efficient as a credit to the adminis
tration Fact Is. that’s the only club
I’ve got to try to get Ted out of
jail with and get some co-operation
out of these coppers. 1 can make
them look pretty bad if 1 want to.
All I have to do Is uncover every
pifflin’ little job that’s pulled in town,
keep listin’ the unsolved burglaries
and automobile thefts, write up
every traffic ’(lx’ I can get my hands
on and start a lot of criticism by
letters to the editor of tho paper.
>.’o trouble gettin' the letters writ
ten or wrltln' ’em yourself, you
know." He smiled as if the prospect
really pleased him. "Rut I wouldn’t
want ro be Ted without at least five
grand behind me now ”
Sally thought quickly, desperately
She had $lO3 4? in the bank, saved
tince she had come to Proctor’s*
?he knew the amount to the penny,
and it was a lot short of 55.000. She
rmild kick herself now for having
bought new clothes since coming to
Florida when yie money would have
been so useful for Ted. How much
Ted had she didn't know. Certainly
not 5300 at the most. That made
about 5100. And lacked 54.000 of
being enough.
Hall spoke as If he had been read
ing her mind.
"I swear I never was so hrnVo
"T swear. I never was so broke as
lam right now.” he said. “And an
other payment due on that old car.
of mine tomorrow. I’m buyir’ a
house and lot here and it’s just
about got me down. If I had any
money, though. I wouldn’t hesitate
a minute I’d plan! it right on Tod.”
H° hooked out the window .again
at the wisp of moss which fluttered
In the hree/o from off the ocean.
"The publisher might help. 7
haven’t even told him about this j
story yet. I wanted to play along l
with Ted, dig it up and then pass
him Old Hlack Jack Proctor’s mur
derer and * swell scoop on ic silver
platter. Wouldfh’t do me a H)lt of
harm around here. Probably get
Ted a good job too. Not here, may
be but somewhere better. But if T
tflld the old man now he’d probably
pitch In and help all right. He’s
pretty good like that.”
"Then speak to him, please!
Won't you?” Sally pleaded.
“Trouble is.” said Hall, ruefully,
“he's off in Europe just now, havin'
a high old time. It would take a lot
of explainin’ by letter. Cnble’d never
to till the old boy knew what it was
ill about. Take too long. We got
tft act!”
"T can wire home, but t know I
Mnldn’t get more than a couple of
hundred at the most. Dad hasn’t a
Penny to spare. Oh. dear ...” and
she stared at the top of the desk
"■bile Hall fixed his gaze again upon
s he wisp of moss. For a moment
either spoke. They sat dejected
ond hopeless while the pleasant
ftftftan breeze and the warm,sunshine
Plftyed upon the street below them.
Suddenly Sally sat up. “There’s
6n e thing!” she exclaimed decisively.
Hall turned to her with a start.
What’s that?” he demanded.
F#ed Proctor." she said.
What you said last night Is true.
c fertainiy must have his own pri-
v * te reason far wanting to keep me
°' Tr there. I know he has. He’s
shown it often enough, and he’s been
■ ; nt|ng lately about a trip to Ha
vana and asking me to think of what
cnaages I’d make around the house
* belonged to me—”
V k s>,ook bis head and frowned,
u ,! Sally continued eagerly:
Th is is all his fault In away and I
Meeting Told Gov- fwil.l be able to deliver. INo Sales Tax For
moment Is Ready To Help The the ten- Tobacco Is Levied
' *——~ itaitive reduction; contracts, which
lut noh< ~~ "* ' reduce either acreage or poundage, or •; . . . ~
" St y qaoth, up t a 30 percent of this year’s but the prevailing opinion here is
J O,l are,” wa s ahoutad from the tfor reduction could not be announced, circulated in border counties in an
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4<*kin* .*U» Governor T t sucTZZe n S '» *•“«* C “ ollna Jr giving
is* rh#» ,cept surn plans as f lormuiatea. the impression that sales made in this
nutting th .„ .! ™ ph i Some form of ren,a;l °r betnefit pro- state will be subject to the sales tax.
°Per»t he fa,rmers w us t CK > igram will be used, he, said, with the ' h,r tv *
with the e-nwrrw.r for ctov 7. j j , ~ „ . The statement issued by Director
Auction u , g T ? r LiH financing done by the processing drt McMullan is as follows:
Flue Curehplp v which M be lovied ° n ‘-Notwithstanding advice from the
The fj' n 7\ ,°° 7 *4. „ fc’baoco after October 1. Sales Tax Division of the Department
reali Zes c ' turail AdmJUiAstrafctwv The 100 delegates a-t the meeting G s Revenue that no tax, ither whole
too low J, , fluie-<'ured jpo-ices were were e ie<»ted at county gatherings of sale or retail, applies to the sale of
and t'Up H ' year arw * aprß ' in ‘ year, growers and were supposed- leaf tobacco by the farmers in North
'" u ‘ ,nmf,n| t pledges Itself for ernp awerde to speak for them. Carolina., we hear from reliable sour
■ ' production. Jf>hn R Hutch’,nson. extension di. ces that statements are being made
. °" r we pledge you that r4 » ctor of V P. I. and D. M Wat- throughout the border counties that
W,,u evo, ‘y reß ° urC€ BJt our k t ws assistant extension director at farmers siling tobacco on North Car
that you can parity prk.es thte College, we present offi- olina warehouses doors will have to
nan \r" “ <*» *" following repres< . nt Virginia and South W three P“ ccnt sale l *•« «■> * heir
m s - ri on ’ t know what steps it 1 sales.
be necfssga,rv to take. We know Carolina. , . , , „ “This statment is entirely incorrect
5* of tho steps. If you deliver, wet r>ean 1 ‘ 0 ® chaub ' h of and such sales made by the farmers
- , , Carolina’s exetension service, presld- are n ot subject to any kind of sales?
: ed over the meeting- which was held This also applies to the sale of
at State College. cotton, peanuts and any and all other
- farm products made by the farmers at
any place in North Carolina, as the
.Jane Adda-ms of Chicago- settlement Emergency Revenue Act expressly ex-
Worker and author, among the world' 0 empts sa'es of products of farms, for
outstanding women, bom at Cedar- eats and m.nes when made by the]
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"Wfien were you planning on leaving?•» Sally asked Procter.
I don’t see any reason why he
shouldn’t furnish the money. He
can t very well refuse, it will be a
good way of bringing him out Into
the open. Don’t you see? And If
he’s as interested In me as he pre
tends it 11 be away of showing it.’’
“That’s all very well. Miss
Gwynne." Hall said, "but I wouldn’t
do it. And I know Ted wouldn’t let
you do it. Instead of gettin’ in deep
er with that scoundrel, the best
thing you could do would be to get
out of his house and keep away- from
him. My wife was sayin’ last night
she’d be glad to have you stay with
us. We— ’’
"That’s awfully nice of both of
you. Mr. Hall, but I'm going to see
this thing through. It’s got me mad
now and. poisoned darts or no darts.
I’m going to stay In that house till
I find what makes it tick.*’
"Rut I wouldn’t ask Proctor to put
HP any money.” Hall said warningly.
"I wouldn't do it."
“Well, maybe not. Rut that money
has to be raised some way- and I'm
going to see that it is."
She rose to go.
“I’ll slip out and meet you again
tonight—at eight o’clock at the same
drug store, if you like.” Sally said.
“There must be something we can
do.”
“I hope so,” Hall said, “I sure hope
so.”
“And don’t you think I can get to
see To.) tonight?”
Hall shook his head. “Course it’s
j up to you.” he said, “but I wouldn’t
K‘t the police think I was mixed up
with him yet for a while. 1f I were
you That’s what he thinks, too.”
"All right, then,” Sally said, “but
I’m going to see him soon and I'm
going to have some good news for
him. too. You wait.”
“That’s the spirit, sister,” ITall
said, clapping her on the shoulder.
At lunch Proctor said. “Well. I’ve
been down at the boat this morning.”
“Yes?”
“Just getting it in shape,” he said.
‘‘They’re going over it at the boat
yard.”
”Tt’s a beautiful boat,” Sally said
evasively.
“Yes. Yes. I’m very fond of it.
It’s one of the things I’m very fond
of. .And they are few. let me assure
you. Sally.” lie went on eating,
smiling at her from time to time as
if she amused him.
“Before we start for Havana,” he
said out of a clear sky. “you might
want some new clothes. Or would
you rather wait until we got there.
They have excellent shops In Ha
vana.”
“When were you planning on
leaving?” Sally asked casually.
“Oh—within a few days,” he re
plied. "I’d run up to New York with
you and let you outfit yourself there
—it’s just a comparatively short air
plane hop and I’m all gone on this
flying business these days—but I’m
so busy that 1 won’t be able to do
that. Os course there are fine shops
here, and in Palm Beach and Miami,
too. for that matter. I think you’ll
find my credit is good in any one of
them.”
“So you plan to start In a few
days.” Sally said.
“Yes. Os course, you've been
thinking about it?’’
I ’’Yes’’ Sallv said. “Yasi T’ve been
■ HENDERSON,. (N.C.)’ DAILY DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1933 X
■ thinking about It.”
! She did not say how.
i “That’s fine, Sally. It will be won.
» derful to get away with you for a
while. I’ve never really seen as
much of you as I’d like—and I don’t
think you really know me. Sally-.
1 sure you don’t. Away, on our
own boat, not bothered by anybody,
w’e ought to learn to understand each
other beautifully.”
"Yes,” Sally said, "we ought.”
•'Shame about Chandler,” Proctor
said. "I had rather counted on him.
He’s a genius with motors, that
young man.”
"You were Intending to take him
along?” Sally asked, trying to dis
guise her amazement
"Yes. Why not?”
"Well, no reason, of course. I Just
thought he would stay and sort of
100k t aster your things here. Your
cars." she finished weakly.
“No he’s a splendid mechanic and
just the man to have along in case
something went wrong. Rut—’’ and
Proctor sighed, "when I hired him I
had no Idea he’d turn out the way
he has. I’m sorry. We all maxe
mistakes and I guess that was mine.
I had hopes for him. I saw him as
a decided asset to my affairs. In
fact, his ability as a flyer alone
would have been sufficient. That
first plane of mine Isn’t the only one
I Intend to get. you know. 1 think
airplanes are the coming means ol
travel.”
And of ninning liquor, Sally
thought, but she said nothing.
That evening Proctor went out
again, traveling between the two cur
tained sedans. His movements these
nights were a§ mysterious, as por
tentous and as awesome as a Ror
gla’s might have been, she decided.
At a little before eight o’clock she
told Jasper she Intended to drop over
to the Florida theater to see the pic
ture and called a cab. Within 1C
minujes she was at the drug store
on Main street where she found Herb
Hall waiting in his little coupe.
Hail’s face was serious and his
manner uneasy.'
"I’ve turned somethin’ up. Miss
Gwynne,” he said. “Get in and we’ll
drive around while 1 tell you.”
They drove west, across the bridge
to Beach street, keeping to the side
of the road but always near the
lights and the other traffic.
"My police reporter stumbled onto
somethin’ this afternoon.” he said.
“The tip on Vitelli?” Sally asked.
“No. a secret report he happened
to see on a burglarlyi"
"A burglary? At. Proctor’s?”
“No, at the hospital. The fellow
In charge of the laboratory was ex
perimenting with a lot of things,
among ’em typhoid germs. He came
down the other mornin’ and found
his typhoid germs gone. Naturally
he didn’t want to make much noise
or there’d be a scandal Involvin’ the
hospital. So he made a ‘No Pub
licity’ report to the cops. When I
found it out I buzzed over and saw
him. Nice fella; 1 often play hand
ball with him at the beach. . I told
him I’d lay off the story if he told
me what he knew. Seems the burg
lar left a clue the police have get—
a little brown leather button.”
Sally gasped.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
kJLWiJ' Ui rs. -LYCcll 4JTIII ■■“
Champion Beauty Won First Start
In Competition In Fight Over Doll
Small Boy Was Victim and No w Eleanor Is Hard to Beat
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(Editor’s Note: This is the sec
ond of a series of s>x stories on
the liffe of E'eanOr Holm, world
champion swimmer, and a world
champion beauty. In them Miss
Hobn gives many valuable hints
to girlk learning to swim.)
BY JACK MARTIN
Central Press Writer
Brooklyn. N. Y., Sept. 6.—A pret
ty little girl with blonde curls was
playing quietly with hsr dolls on the
front porch of her parents’ home in
Brooklyrf, N. Y., a few years ago. The
little from next door came over
to join -her. Impishly, he seized a
particularly choice doll and started off
with it.
The pnetty little girl flew into ac
tion. Shd screamed a childish chal
lenge and her pudgy little arms be
gan working like tiny pistons. A
mother capne running to find the lit
tle boy crying bitterly, while the
pretty little girl, clutching the dis*
puted doll, stood over him, scornful
ly. The Why actually had two “shin
ers. ”
It Was Eleanor
That was Eleanor Holm’s first en
hance into competition. She was
>hat pretty little girl with blond curs
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t and she certinly won her first start.
Even then, when she was barely five,
Eleanor had that dash and fight
which wins, and which, today, has
made her a world champion swim
mer, and the unanimous choice as the
typical Aii-American Girl.
Eleanor had the will to win- in
abundance, almost since that Dec. 6,
1913, when she was born in Brook
- lyn. the daughter of Charlqjte and
? Frank Holm. Her mother says it
) rained all the- day she was born, so
i j maybe that is why she has been so
" I adept in the water ever since. Even
■ in her anlectdents, Eleanor is a ty
pical Miss America. Her mother’s
: people came from Queenstown, Ire
land, whiie her father was half Scan
dinavian and half Irish. That makes
Eleanor a pure blooded Yankee, a
! mixture of many stocks.
. j Eleanor's father was for many i
! years chief ot the Jamaica, N. Y..
t| fire department. He died in 1930, a
| year after he was retired on pension,
j Eleanor’s mother is still living, how
ever, a -weet, charming, white-hair
| ed lady who is the All-American
Girl’s closest confidante, and com
panion. Eleanor has one brother and
five sisters, She is the baby of the
family, and, strangely enough, she is
the only one who swirryj- The others
are all afraid of the water.
First Memories
When jou question Eleanor about
her earliest childhood recollections,
she says the first thing she can re
member was how nice she looked in
the mirror when she dressed up in
her big sisters’ clothes. It wasn’t that
she was a vain little tike; even in
those days she liked to pretend. And
she has been doing a good job of it
since, performing before the cameras
in Hollywood, andin the Ziegfeld
Follies.
Eleanor, baby of the family, nat
urally was a big favorite. Her broth
er and sisters called her “Little Sis
ter,” but they admit she harassed
them constantly with her clowning
and tom-boy proclivities. Her sisters
confide that she was at her worst
i when their favorite beaus called. She
tormented and hung around until they
appealed vn desperation to Mother
Holm.
The Holms lived in Columbia
Heights, Brooklyn, in those days, and
Eleanor, when she was five, started
school in Public School 142, in Henry
street, Brooklyn. From the first day
she was a favorite with the teachers.
Her blond curls her winsome loveli
PAGE THREE
ness and her vivacious personality*
won them from the start. And the
boys—they aotually lined up And
fought to see which one would carry
home her books.
Quick Student
Eleanor was a quick student, and
usually led her class. She was chosen
monitor each year, and had that hap
py faculty of being a leader without
arousing jealousies., She : played with
the boys, mostly, enjoying their ac
tive games, but she also enjoyed play
tng house with her dollies like tho
other little girls. Even in her child
ohod she was just the kind of a lit
tle girl you would like to have for a
daughter.
(Tomorrow: Eleanor learns how ta
swim, and begins winning races*
Many hints for young swimmers.)
i.
Intervention Not Contem
plated, Will Be Prepared
(Continued from Page one.)
gun range of an American destroyer,
a junta of five professional men took
charge today of the secnod revolution
born government Cuba has had in
less than a month.
This “executive commission for pro
visional government,” named ifter the
rank and file of Cuban defense forces
had driven out President de Cespedes
and his cabinet, will rule until an ac
tual revolutionary regime is establish
ed.
It members met this morning to out
line their policies to seek the return
of order, to demanded recognition by
other nations and to formulate plaits
for electing a constitutional (assembly.
Boardma.n Robinson, noted painter
'S. 57 years ago.
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