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The Journey Home (tjj|) pOpKIN CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX DON WAS rubbing his thumbs, rubbing them hard, as though this time he meant to rip flesh from the bones. For a long while, she just sat and stared until she could stand it no longer: "Stop that!" she cried. "I can't bear what you're doing." She covered her eyes. Through her muflting sleeve, once more she begged: "Oh, please step." "You wanted it, baby. A story to tell the IFs and their friends at bars. 'I met a war hero on the Florida train. He told me what it was like to bomb cities." " She had started to cry. She was shaking all over with big wrench ing sobs. His insides were churning so terribly that he saw only a blur of raspberry and gold. It took minutes before he became aware of how bitterly she was weeping and at first he was startled, then bailled ana then he felt sorry for her and remorseful that he had hurt someone he'd liked. He inched slowly toward her until he could smell the Chanel Number Five. His arms went around her small, quiv ering body. She snuggled against him, her head on tile blue of the Unit Citation. He kissed tier lips. She lay pas sive, not responding or rejecting. He bent down again. His hand moved over her shoulder. His fin gertips sank into softness. His whole body tingled, every nerve pushing, demanding, lie turned her to him and crushed her mouth with his own. She wriggled convulsively in his arms as though site hn< ! just awakened. Her eyes opened wide. Her hands pushed, thumped his chest. He caught her wiists, gripped them tightly. She struggled, cried: "Stop." He let go her hands. She rubbed her wrists on the rough wool of her skirt. She was frightened. He saw it in her eyes, in every line of her features, in her trembling and it left tlim per plexed and dismayed. She moved toward the bell but ton, keeping her eyes 011 his face. He got to his feet. "You won't have to call help." The clos'ng door snapped at his heels. Dr. Pock fell in with Coibctt on tiro platform of the Savannah train shed, his arthritic limp not <i'.:le in step with the airmail's long stride. "Have a good after noon?" lie inquired sociably. Corbett threw down Ins half smoked cigaret. On the black pavement it glowed like a coal. Dr. Peek glanced at him curious ly and then side-stepped behind him and stamped out the ember. "I nnssed you." lie said. "We had quite a session in the lounge. Senator Hastings. An old goat r.imed Voorlices. Brass Castings. Knuchmoyer, the publisher , . . Know he was with us?" f.'orbett didn't and lie shook his head "no." Another time, another place, the chance of a contact with the head of the Rauchmeycr newspaper chain might have meant somethtng. Now It was merely Intrusion. Like the talka tive presence of the stocky, spec tacled man shuttling beside him. "Big shots on this train." The doctor panted % little with the effort of keeping step. "Ordinarily they give me the pip. But when they let their hair down, X got a great kick out of listening to them. Learned how America's thinking - or isn't." He caught Corbett's arm at the elbow. "Not so fast, if you please. This is r.o way to get to New York." He chortled. "They've certainly fought a .ough war from those Florida cabanas. Their hindsight is staggering." Corbett yanked his arm tree, pulled out his tlaccid cigaret pack age, removed the last smoke, crushed the wrapping and hurled it away. The doctor kept still, watching his face while he took the first puds. Then lie asked: "Have you had your dinner?" Corbett growled: "No." "Then, why not? Make a dash for the diner." Dr. Peck slopped under a bulb, pulled out a lound platinum watch, snapped its ease open, held it up to the light, "l m probably the last man in the coun try who uses a turnip." lie whis tled. "Ton minutes to eight. We're | more than an hour and a quarter off schedule. Might make up some time overnight." He put the watch hack ill his vest pocket. "They [may still he serving. Why don't you try?" Cnrhctt muttered: "No. thanks," said he'd rather keep walking. The doelor glanced at linn quiz zically. "See here?" Ho seemed embarrassed. "I've already eaten hut I'd he glad to go in with you. Have you as my guest." "I've got money. I just am not hungry." It sounded ungracious, he knew, hut even the best of them couldn't get over the notion that a serviceman always expected a handout. Dr. Peck cleared his throat as though he hail read Corbett's thoughts. "But you'll he hungry. There's a long night ahead. Do I see a cart up there liy the coaches? They sell some fool. I believe. Sandwiches. Milk. Fruit. How about it?" "I'm not hungry." he repeated. He moved toward the train. Dr. Peck edged around to the inside before Corbett could start up the steps. "Oh, don't go in yet. It's a balmy spring night Feels like May. Oct all you can of this air. I hear I hoy have snow 111 New York." Without deliberate rude ness Corbett couldn't push him aside to get on. "Savannah's beau tiful. Ever been there? Old south. Gracious, friendly. Of course you never can judge a place from its train yards, if it weren't so dark, I'd show you a he!!-holc. Bight by these tracks. Frogtown. one of the places where their colored folk live. Sometimes, I've thought it would be a Godsend If someone had blasted our slums off the map the way they did London's." Corbett's teeth clamped on his cigaret. He coughed when the smoke filled his throat. "You haven't caught cold?" This was his chance. He growled: "Maybe. I'd better fo on." Dr. Teck held his arm. "I wouldn't. Get all the fresh air you can." He paused, catching his breath. "My. do you realize be fore we wake up. they'll be turn ing on steam?" He stopped brisk ly aside to avoid humping into a crouching figure. A man was bent double alongside the wheels. "What's that for. do you know?" Cot belt shrugged. Dr. IVek tapped the- man on the shoulder. A brown, tired face turned up. "Cap. what do they call what you're doing ?" "Checkiit' juhnal boxes." "Is that so?" t"he doctor laughed. "I know just as ti>u< h as I did." The man grunted: "Grease on the axles. Cain't run thout grease." "True enough" The doctor moved on. "Have you ever thought" ? His manner was reflec tive?"how much we're at the mercy ot human capacity All these lives on this train?It one man's too tired or too careless?" He stopped, glanced at Coibett's grim profile and took a tresh tack. "Say. I sat with an odd lit tle fellow at dinner. One ot those queer characters you don't often meet. Picks horses, makes <1 pro fession ot following the races. You'd have found turn amusing." He saw I'orlvtt's jaw tighten and hurried to ad I. "I don't want you to think that I personally spend much time at the track." He paused for a moment before ne started again. "Well, my stiangc dinner put tiler paid much mmc attention to my watch than to me. Asked mo lor the lime seven*' tunes. Asked to git a look at the ease. Probably figuring what :t would hock lor. if 1 wore careless enough to leave it m his reach." He paused once more, to see whether I Ins line would draw bet ter conversational results and when it didn't, he walked a lew* steps beside Corbet t and then, clearing his throat lirst. he asked quietly: "Are we getting you down?" He slanted a long, search ing look up through the murk of the train shed, hunting a dicker of assent or dissent, and then he went on: "It's unfortunate, it's much toe had that you're getting your tir.-t eyeful and earful?and bellyful, too?of t lie folk back home on tins sort of train. This isn't all of America, believe me, it isn't." "I knew." Corbet t grunted. "That's what you said this inorn ing." "Did 1 ? Well, lot mc say it ngnut and again." He paused, breathing 111. to get wind for em phasis. 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Phone 411 || Work Begun Oil Room In Schools Institute Will Be Enlarged In Time For Fall Opening Work was began today on an ad dition to Henderson Institute, col ored high school for Henderson and Vance county, which is intended to afford partial relict in tlie effort to locate quarter.- to accommodate during tlu coming hoi year near ly one thousand Xegr>> school chil dren burned out of a building i> a fire a month ago. The new wing at the institute will .pi ovule three class r> onts. and alter permanent new scluol buildings have bent provided, will become a voca tional department for the colored high school. Superintendent E. M. Kollins said. This will not salve the problem arising from the tire emergency, he wever. Plans are under consider ation the superintendent said, for other facilities. Three rooms are to be made from space .n Fulton hull at the institute Already two additional rooms have loon ptovided at the institute, and two i thors in the colored Episcopal church on Andrews avenue to ac commodate the first three grades. By running double sessions daily, these seven rooms would furnish a total of 14 n onts. Nine rooms presently available in Henderson Institute, p.us ine three new ones to be .'oastmeted, would make a total of It! rooms there, and by double sessions daily this would be 124 rooms. It is proposed to run the high school grades at the institute to 12:3(1 p. m.. daily. This department lust year had an cm ailment of 41S ;? d an average daily attendance oi | 207. All grades trom the ft urth j through the seventh would attend classes from 12:30 p m to 4 p. m. . Central grade scho last year had , nr. enrollment of 003 and a daily ' average attendance o: around 300. These are tentative plans. Mr Kollins said. Bui :f provision is made for class room nu-ilities. no fur niture. such as dc.- .s. chairs and I tallies are available aiul cannot be ; had. !u added Temporary desk and ? seating arrangements will have to be made, the suporintu dent stated. REV. M INNIS TO AID EVANGE1ST Rev. W. 1). Mcli ? i.-. pastor of the First Prcsbylerian church in Hen derson. will asist Rev. 1 IV. Young ] o Sou all in a series of religion services this week at tin- Oak Hill Presbyterian church near Oxford. Servi.Ts will be hi Id each evening ? I, S'lndav night J IINSURE J | CANNING 1 ?LSUCCESSlJ r And follow inatructionaUe tbe Ball Blue Book. To get your <*>p r ?end 10c with your name and addreiui to-* 1AU IROlHflK COMPANY, MuncW, In*! 1 I TAXI CALL 366 LOUGHLIN W CITY TAXI BAGS WANTED ? FLOUR HAGS ? SUGAR HAGS ? FERTILIZER BAGS ? AND OTHERS, EXCEPT BURLAP ALL BAGS MUST TiN IN GOOD CONDITION Write Or Deliver To INDUSTHIAL PRODUCTS 407 WEST PEACE ST. RALEIGH. N. C. SOME PREFER 'EM BRUNETTE THE TROPHY AND TITIE "Miss Santa Monica" is awarded to Mary Jo Devl-n, 18, by Governor Earl Warren, after the brunette beauty was declared winner of the grand prize in Santa Monica's first annual beauty pageant. Jn the group are (1. to r.): actor Leo Carrillo. Miss Devlin, Gov. Warien. and Marsha Gayle, blonde runner-up. (ftifcrnaticmal) Escapee Taken Here Had Crime Record In Interim After 1" years of freedom follow ing escape from State prison while < serving 22 to 30 years sentence for murder. Gurney Hinnuni. alias F^sau L'hillase. colored, was arrested at j Lis home < n Charles street extension j Sunday afternoon about I o'clock by Police Sergeant Henry Hamm and State Highway Patrolman M. H.I, Bvnum. of Louisburg. C'hillase was tried tn poli.'o court here last Mindav for non-support ?nd also for aiding and abetting big- | amy and was ordered to report to superior court. During the 1" year* following his escape. Chillasc haii boon arrested several other times and once served a road sentence in Franklin coun ty in an assault charge. He escaped from a prison ward it. the State Sanatorium on Novem ber 19. 1929. having served only two years of his term at that time. He was sentenced in Johnston coun ty in 1927 for the murder of his brother-in-law. Chillase was recognized from a photograph recently scut out by the Bureau of Identification of the State Penal Division and officers arrested him here yesterday and sent him back to finish out his sentence. Chil lase had been working here with a bagging company. J. E. SOWELL DIES AT RALEIGH HOME J. E. Sowell. of 2213 Crestcn road Raleigh, died at Mary Elizabeth hos pital in Raleigh Sunday night about 10 o'clock after an illness of sev eral weeKS. He was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Rufus Daniel. Mrs. W. T. Nuckles and Mrs. Nannie Ellington, all of Hen derson. He had visited in the home of Mrs. Dn.iel here recenty and had many friends in the city. 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County and Municipal Bonds 159.595.27 Other Bonds 360.000.00 Corporate Stocks -1.505.00 Banking Premises Owned 8 08,000.00 Loss Reserve for Depreciation 8.820.00 50.180.00 Furniture and Fixtures 14,248.25 Less Reserve for Depreciation 4,704.20 0,544.05 Other Real Estate Owned 2.00 Cash on Hand and due from Banks 1,225,717.00 Other Assets 106.607.51 TOTAL .$0,012,528.25 LIABILITIES Capital Stock. Preferred 50,000.00 Capital'Stock. Common 125,000.00 Surplus 200,000.00 Undivided Profits 239,210.81 Reserve for Preferred Stock Retirement 50,000.00 Reserve for Preferred Stock Dividend 750.00 Reserve for Taxes, Federal Deposit Insurance & Other Expenses 35,950.15 700,910.96 Other Liabilities 43,256.24 Deposits 9.169,371.05 TOTAL .$9,013,538.25 The Above Statement Does Not Include Assets Of Our Trust Department These Experienced Business Men Direct The Affairs Of This Bank OFFICERS DIRECTORS W. A. Hunt, Chairman of the Board W. A. Hunt, Chairman of the Board J. B. Owen, President M. Y. Cooper J. W. Jenkins J. C. Gardner. Vice-President St Cashier J. C. Cooper u v , Jno. L. Wester, Asst. Cashier 8t Secretary D. T. Dickie , ? John B, Crudup, Mgr. Installment Loan Dept. J. C. Gardner B- Owen 6. C. Wells, Mgr. Insurance Dept. L. 11 Hnrvin. Jr. E. F. Parham Perry arid Kittrell, General Counsel Thos. O. Homer li h. Perry
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