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CH VPTER FORTY-ONE TWO JAY BIRDS, battling des perately for a piece of gristly meat filched from a garbage can. so tkd on a gable roof near ^ J window to light it out. I he hour was approximately f> a. m. ••SV,'cc-o-c-or. sq.U'.'00-.-O-^ chirckr' - n other, and appare...t> u • ornithological insult. • bird cursed even louder. - - a and shrieking to Their wings fter lttorins they dived at each • inst against the root and -\d. the window screen. , ■For pete s sake. - nat'he teu.» iroing on?" Bdl gtowL.l. _ ^ Thev ignored htm. I Haifaiu man. much, anyway, the ja>> vu-»Jt on fighting, almost wit an his arm's reach. He up «.^> c ««*• » -'"r* springtime clatter of it that J<-i emV Tucker awoke in the next room also. Bill heard Jeremy laug.i. , -I'm betting on the blue one. Bill called. . f. • -I sav—see here, they re eo.h blue. Bill!" "That's what I know. I can t ]0«je " ' Wide awake now. the two youths put on robes an ', house slippers and came on: or. the broad seeond storv oorch f the mansion, a root less exranw ' banisters and chairs ar.i harr.n: wrnnandin* exquisite viev s ar -and :w sides ot the house. "They talked ot the birds, watch-: .s then: dy carrulous ly away. "Grand morning." Bill declared, inhaling prodigiously. "Wouldnt mind figh:ir.g mysc::.' He squared off in a mock at.acK on Jeremy, jabbing. ntu ... ■ uek ing, grinning and cut::: -: up hs\? the healthy boy ho was. Jeremy responded ir. kind, albeit, a bit Awkwardly "You ousht to box. Jeremy. Ought to know how. I wish we had »on:e gloves." "I_I say—ah. there are some. In the attic Hanging on a nail. Quite dusty, v.o Muibt. Mr. Weems said they were father's." "Let's go get 'em!" The gloves were old, none too strong now. but serviceable. Bill showed Jeremy how to get them on, began teaching him the rudi ments of self-defense. "No. when you see a chance to hit—hit! Don't swing in an arc. Jeremy. If you do, your opponent'll dart straight in and smack you down. Hit straight, hard! Like this." He demonstrated, jarring Jer emy considerably, but not painful ly. "Now get the feel of it. Try a quick, hard jab onto my chest. See how it feels." Jeremy jabbed weakly. "Come on. man, punch!" Jeremy let go. It was a good punch this time and Bi!! was jolted backward, but he took it grinning. "That's the stuff!" For a half hour they exercised, •tamping. stepping, lowing, talk I ;n<r and laughing, and striking at t uh other as only youths can. IlioVh turned pink from the exer tion and the exultation as well, j The morning airwas cool, the exei ! ci<,» invigorating. Both of them had dropped loung iv robes, skinned off pa jama tops, and were boxing naked to the waist. Slap! Smack! t<lap-slap. Tiu'v had no timed rounds, just practice ad lib. with Bill instruct in^ Then their bodies hit an table and overturned it. and all at 0V;,X they laughed and stopped to blow hard. -Round two coming up!" a voice Piey turned to see Gayle, Mr.. Merriiield. Mr. Weems and even the butler, siaring at them with ru. i> interest. Mr. Merriiield sud i'i niv laughed heartily. L«ayle, look ins;'ever* so lovely in her powder blue robe, canie out anil slapped Jeremv lightly on the back. -You're dripping!" she declared. ••Doth of you." "If any boss asked us to work this hard." Bill laughed, "we'd eomnlain to the government." Gavle observed then that Jer emv "was critically embarrassed. She looked at him an instant in ^... 7 ; _;ot!" she sud denly c\ciaimed. "You boys aren't dressed! I—1 guess I'm not used to being prudish. Hut—but look, Jer emy. you promise 1 a long time ago to "teach me to swim. Meet me at the pool in 10 minutes, will you ? She ran through the door, And r?:ll ">ushed embarrassed Mr. 1 tick er after her, then waited to talk a while" with the older men. Gayle was at the water edge when Jeremv came there. His swim trunks, dark blue, hid far less of his nakedness than his pajama rar.ts had concealed, but he was more at ease—so strangely incon sistent are human conventions. Jeremy's concern for himself was suddenly diverted, anyway, by 1 the appearance of Gayle. That levlish vouns; ladv had on the new swim suit Bill Bailey had selected ' for her. She had told no one that Dill chose it: she did not mention that now. She just smiled at Jer i emv—and waited. | The suit was extremely becom insr on her. becausc it was white. I White, under the straw-to-honey hair which the rubber bathing cap only half concealed. It clung to her like a mold. Mr. Tucker swallowed. He couldn't quite control his voice, even if he had thought of any satisfactory greeting. He couldn't get his eyes off the bright red rosette which was her suit's sole ornament, a shimmer}' rose of rubber petals in the center of her breast. It was like a crimson magnet, drawing him. He swallowed again. "You are still flashed a httle ' from boxing," she said then. "I—I say—yes! Um luihm!" That was inadequate and he knew it—no way to converse with a beautiful girl. They walked to the water at the shallow end. "Do I just hold ray oreath and junip in, Jeremy? Will Vou save me if I am about to drown?" Ho had no idea Inow to start teaching1 her. lie .-ouLln't remem ber how lie himself luu I learned to .-.\»im. lie decided it best to demon strate lirst. "No," he said, in desperate seri ousness. "No, you—I—you crawl like this first. Look, I'll do it in the pool. This is the craavl. It's a •-0°d stroke. I—sec here, I'll just do it first." -As if in relief from his embar rassment. lie turned and dived in. I hen ho really did swim graceful ly, lroni the nine-foot part of the pool down to the shallow eiul and ■ :u 1. again. He climbcd slowly back up the ladder toward her. "That looked awfully easy, Jer emy. i ou are a good teacher." And instantly she, too, dived in. Right into the deepest part. Jeremy was appalled. He under stood that she knew nothing of swimming, and yet she had mis taker: his conversation and tried instantly to emulate him! He al most cried out. H( was literally too petrified with fear to move; lie just -tood, stooping a bit. mouth open, staring. As if she were timed by machin ery, however, Gayle came to the surface, struck out down the pool in a perfect crawl, emulating hie e\ cry move, and making an exact copy 01 his "demonstration" in the water. She maintained the utmost poise and seriousness. Nor did he speak until she had finished her beautiful swim, climbed the ladder and stood near him again. She bent one knee a little in front of the other, lifted her hands ever so coy ly, and looked at him. "Now, what next, teacher? Will you teach me to dive?" Only then did Jeremy relax In a sudden laugh of exasperation. He reached out to grab her, but she dodged. She- ran, and he ran. She darted, shrieking, through tie bushes, with Jeremy in pursuit. She made for the house. Her le^s slender but strong, had the smooth co-ordination to run swiftly, but for once (perhaps for the first time) young Tucker was wrought up. He dug in. He drove his own legs, and half way across the lawn he caught her, but in that moment she tripped and both of them fell and rolled. The grass was clean and wholesome. Both of them lay thoio and laughed. And in Jeremy Tuckcr now. there was no whit of embarrassment, nothing of his scholarly reticence. They sat five minutes in the sun shine and talked, and then they walked, swinging hands together, r.an i°-,the mansi°n. They passed Bill Bailey on the porch, spoke IVm yCt SCOmed hart!ly t0 aotice Certainly they caught none of the quiet resignation in Bill's dark e\-es. Or was it, perhaps, not res ignation to tate, but a smouldering jealousy which threatened to alio beyond his control? (To Be Continued; Ki wanians Discuss Problems oi \ outh Minneapolis. June l&-—Communi ty wide y KKvanis club- dn. : .. !94 -41 • prompted today .!i an ' i ■ in un dtr-tand • u acc rd ing to Glenn I.. Cavana igh. •: Oma ha. Xeb.. chairman of the buy.-' and girls' work committee fur Kiwanis International. "Such surveys wiil reveal the cause tor juvenile crime and make ap parent remedies for assi.-tinji unem ployed youth." said the .service club leader. The youth conference.-; at the con vention were crowded by thousands of parents, educators and doctors. \vhi> were asked to keep faith with j Am tTican youth ancl provide op- ! portunity. The work with boys and girls, Mr. C.tvanaugh criti/.cd, must nut be t;ii»u:',!it of as an underprivileged id activity. "It must be remember ed that 'in per cent of our young pci .'le are normal, healthy human be;': , he continued. "Cut unless«| they are given assistance to adjust ' People prefer to go to this local institution for their home loans because the friendly, dependable service begins when you step into the office and continues until your home is completely paid for. Come in and get the details of our prompt, friendlv home financing service. Home Building & Loan Assn. Henderson Building & Loan ^SSI** W. A. Ill NT. T. CHEATHAM IRVINE B. WATKINS AL. B. WEST President Secretary President Secretary a^local>institutionJfor1local|peopli: themselves to social, economic, in- ' uubtnal and mural demands of so- [ fifty, thoy cannot be expected in the j future to take an intelligent part in ; every-day 'affairs."' Capital Gossip B.V HKNRY AVKRIIjIj. Daily Dispatch Bureau, In the Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, June 19.—Along about the middle of April the Brewers and j North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee, beaded by Colonel Edgar H. Bain. a.sKed city and county of ficials to h<> slow about issuing beer licenses, and particularly Id weed out, in accordance with the law, those licensees who have been con victed <jI liquor law violations with in the last two years. Now it is learned, from a prelimi nary survey conducted by Colonel Bain, that approximately 75 objec tionable beer outlets have been eli minated through refusal of local gov ernmental units to issue licenses. This total is said by Colonel Bain to be based on reports from about half the counties, and it is quite pos sible that the number may be larger when full reports arc available. Governor Clyde R. Iloey has had no communication from Commis sioner of Revenue Allen ,J. Maxwell, I ill from a paralytic stroke, or from | any member of the Maxwell family, indicating whether tho Commission er will or will not be able ever to re turn to his duties or. fi so. when. Maxwell continues on the "leave of absence without pay" status he requested in order to make the pri mary campaign for governor; and it seems quite likely he'll remain just that way indefinitely. CM' course, the governor could act on the general impression that Max well will never be able to go back to his post, and clear the way for quick appointment of a successor; but this is not likely. ! Ordinarily budget discussions, in I which the commissioner has been wanted to take a lcadi\t part, *do not begin before October, and there iseems no reason to give the ailing of ficial any sort of "bum's rush" in j order to name somebody to the place. Iii 1917 George Eliasson was an un-naturalized alien living in Blue field, West Virginia; but when the United States entered the World War he was one of the very first volun teers. He fought in France and after the war became a full-fledged Amer ican citizen. Now he runs a restaurant here in Raleigh—a "diner"' just across the street from the Sir Walter; but he's as belligerent as ever. "We ought to go in two years ago, we ought to go in year ago, we ought jto go in now. I'm wanting to fight more now than before." j Governor Clyde Iloey has told news men how much North Caro lina's debt will be rcducod during his administration. That's some S2G. 602,000. . Another interesting figure on the Hoey regime (though it wouldn't be very important) would be an est imate ol' the number of words he has spoken in the hundreds of addresses he's made since he became governor. He told your reporter that it's al most certain he has averaged speak ing publicly a quarter hour every day of his term; though of course there have been days on which he did not speak at all. j Giving him an average of 100 words a minute, which is being con servative, that would be 1,500 words a day for four years, or 1,401 days: making a grand total of 2,191.500 words, or enough to fill several large volumes if reduced to type. IX MEMORIAM. In the early morning hours of March the Twelfth nineteen hundred forty, God in his Divine Wisdom, Saw fit to call from this earth, to his reward in Heaven, our dear friend and Brother George A. Harris. Be it resolved that we bow in J humble submission to the Di\ ine will i of Him who doeth all things well, for we know that our loss is Heaven's i gain. That we extend to his dear Com-! panion Mrs. Lucy Boyd Harris and j children our deepest sympathies and I offer them our assistance in any way that can be made possible. That a copy of this resolution be entered on the minutes of Henderson Lodge No. 229 A. F. & A. M. a copy sent lo the Henderson Daily Dispatch, the Orphans Friend, and to the family of our departed Brother. liOBT. A. BLAYLOCK, F. E. PIN NELL, J. B. GEE, Committee. IN MEMOKIAOT. Brother R. M. Sanders. His long life in, contribution to, ;md fellowship with our order will forever be remembered by those who knew him. He was faithful to the tenets of Masonry and was a regular attendant at the lodge meetings as long as his nealth would permit. He lived in his true Masonic circle but worked and walked on the square. The beauty of his life was a goal and his manners an example. Lcl us strive to emulate his virtues and seek that enjoyable level of livelihood that was his. He has earned an honorable dis charge from our Temple to that one "not made with hands eternal in the heavens". The sling of separation is acute but the thought of his victory • >ver death is consoling. Your committee will ask thai this expression of our feeling be spread >11 the minutes of a page dedicated to his memory and a copy sent lo the family. C. E. GKEENE, H. K. MANCIUM, G. A. LOWKY, Committee. Urges War Power Sen. Claude Pepper Suggestion of Senator Claude Pep per of Florida to the Senate that President Roosevelt be granted "full war time power to prepare and defend America" is only meant for duration of present emergency, he said, lie recom mended the President be empow ered to suspend laws and govern ment regulations. Pilots of Crashed Bombers Here are the pilots of the army bombers which iollid.d ; crashed less than a block apart in Queens, N. Y.. killing th< men aboard. Left, is First Lieutenant Paul IJurlinvarn.. Ali American football star at West Point. Iiiffht, is S< ;-un ( • Richard M. By lander, oi We.itbury, L. I 88c Day SPECIALS FROM THL BARGAIN "THIRD' LARGE SELECTION OF CURTAIN > Regular 59c sell- gF% jg* '* ers. 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