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GLOVER FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING LICENSED EMBALMER Roanoke Rapids. Day Phone 506 - N.C. Night Phone 540 VIOLETS! The dainty "woodsy" odor of rirl rTP .1 a viullij is me muu un iversally pleasing to people of REFINEMENT AND BREEDING At this season of the year when the FRESH BLOSSOMS ARE RARE AND EXPENSIVE WE OFFER A Delightful Substitute In Hudnut's Violet perfume and toilet water. We have i Ml lire of other CHOICE PERFUMES ROSEMARY DRUG COMPANY vJ I U-atf I- V. 1 VV-VY ' ,-w ji , .DVv ! "V VA-ri -.",." . .N s 1 N S A A A V 1? A A A f f uiuimnn uwuaniniW .."IIUIiuiiii1!; r Travel Joys r come to those who have the money to make leisurely trips. Why don't you plan to see something of the country this year? It's mighty good coun try to get acquainted with! Start a Travel Savings Account With Us This Week 1 he First National Bank ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. lannnnnniila Buyers Choose the Store That Advertises Most people pass right by the store that's behind the times and patronize the modern, up-to-date store where ail the latest and best methods of doing business are in use. The store that is up-to-date is the one that advertises. The very atmosphere about the store is reflected in the announcements, for advertising sug gests modern methods progress, good merchandise and a cheerfulness in making suggestions for the busy buyer who hadn't time enough to try to think what is needed. Then again, the merchant who advertises sells so much goods that he can afford to sell cheaper than others and still make money. I RUBBER vj ROSEMARY, N. C. Rubber Goods of All Kinds It's not economy to do without rubber gloves. Washing dishes, scrubbing floors, cleaning the woodworK all these irhsome tasKs can be accomplished without injury to your hands tf you get a pair of our rubber gloves. We also have the latest and most Improved styles of fountain and combination syringes hot water bottles medicinal atomizers com plexion brushes-bath spray s sanitary aprons and belts nipples paciiiers etc. We buy only the best rubber goods procur-cJslc-rr.d sell them M lowwt prices. Roanoke Pharmacy Company! Pre t crip tion Druggists AWC My iTIafl'.- REX BEA4 dramatic cricket," declared Bob. Adoree began to undo the buttons lit her bark, liut Hoi) seltwl tier hands. "Let (to. I'll blow up If I see that creature," she exclaimed, lu a kind of lubdued shout. Argument proved vain until I.orelel told her firmly: "You owe It to your self, dear. And we won't let you no." The dancer ceased her struggles, her brows puckered. "Herlously, now, I.orelel hna told me everything, and I want Campbell to ackuowledKe hla nilsttike," salil Hob. "The public Iiiim swallowed that royalty boax, but there's no use deceiving him." Hecplte her show of bravery Adoree was panlc-atrlcken when the bell ranjj and Bob went to the door to explain the chanee of plan and Invite l'ope In. HON 7M Spend Your Men 4XTJ 1 With your home merchants. They help pay the taxes, keep up the schools, build roads, and make this a com munity worthwhile. You will find the advertising of the best ones in this paper. DON'T FORGET US When you need any thing in the line of neat and attractive Printing. Roanoke Rapids Power Company Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Save Your Money by Buying n Building Lot on EASY PAYMENTS - Electrical Power for all Purposes at Low Rates WE RENT DIRECT WATER POWER AT $15.00 Per HORSE POWER Per YEAR awani all over tue pond. They awaiu all their fat off, and I had the pond dredued and never found an egg." Miss Demorest rlfrrled audibly; the bad lost all Interest in her food; aba was tingling with excitement. "Why didn't you feme thetu In?" aba asked. l'ope eyed her for a fleeting Instant, then big guze wavered. "I fenced in the whole pond to begin With. It nearly broke me." "A duck shouldn't have much water. What kind were they?" "I'lynuiuth Hocks, or Ilolstelua, or Jersey Miles anyhow they were white." "White IVkltia!" The critic frowned argiimentatlvely. "What Is a duck for If be lsu't to awlin? What la bis ubject? We had six on my father's farm, and they Bwam all the time. Of course, six Isn't many, but" "Naturally they didn't do well " Bob Wharton signaled frantically to bis wife, but there was uo stopping the discussion that bad begun to rage back and forth. It lasted until the conclu sion of the meal, and It was only with an effort that Adoree tore herself away. She was in her element, and In a little time had won the critic's undivided at tention; he listened with absorption; be even made occasional notes. As the two girls dressed hurriedly for the theater, Adoree confessed: "(lolly! I'm glad I stayed. He's not bright; he's perfectly silly about Borne things, arid yet he's the most interest ing talker I ever heard. And can't be play a piano?" CHAPTER XVII. "That Viper?" She Cried. He entered the living room with a hand extended and a smile upon M Hps, then halted ;is if frozen, liy the time he had been Introduced to Adoree he had burst Into u gentle perspiration. As for Miss Demorest. ie took a grim delight In his discomfort, and pro pared to liln:t him with sarcasm, to wither lilwi with her coutenpt wheu the moment came. .Meanwhile she lis tened as the two men talked, turning up her nose w hen l'ope scored liroad way with his usual bitterness. ''He thinks that's smart," she re flected; but she. too. detested the (ireat Trite Way, and his words expressed her own distaste so aptly th-tt slip could think of no argument suMtclc'itly biting to confound him. S.io delib erately framed a stinging reference to his pose in the matter of dress, tlioug'i lu frankness she hud to admit tl.at he wore his gray sweater vest wit'j an air of genuine comfort anl unconscious ness.. Pope was noticeably ill at ease. He was conscious of Miss Demorest's hos tile eyes, and the pointed manner in which she Ignored his presence was dis quieting. Itob appeared to en'ov his lack of repose, and offered no relief. At last Pope turned to the piano and flut tered through the stack of sheet music he found there. "Do you play?" Inquired Bob. "Yes. Why?" "You look as If you did you're kind of badly nourished. Know any rag time?" The musician groaned. After a mo ment he murmured, "I improvise a good deal." The Instrument, perhap for the first time lu Its life, began to vibrate and ring to something besides the claptrap musle of the day. Once he had found n means of occupying himself, Pope surrendered to hi Im pulse and In a measure forgot his Bur roundlngs. A short time later Lorelei turned from the kitchenette to find Adoree Demorest poised, a salad-howl In one hand, a wooden bmkhi gripped In the other, on her face a rapt expression of beatitude. "Have you rubbed the dish with gar lic?" Inquired Lorelei. ' Adoree roused herself slowly. "I.ordy!" she whispered. "I'd give bolli legs to the knee and one eye If I could plijy like that. The menu little shrill p!" The embers of her resentment were still glowing when l!ie four till illy scat ihI themselves at the table. A furtive glance In Pixie's direction showed that he was studiously axoiillng her eves; die prepared omv more (o begin the process of Haying him. "You've been away for some time, haven't you?" Hob was asking. Pope noddcik "I hate New York. I went as far away as 1 could get. and 1 I managed to return Just two Jumps ahead of the sheriff. It will take me six months to pay my debts. I to a grand little business man." "What was it this time? Mining?" "No. Poultry." Adoree pricked up ber ears. "You went West, eh?" pursued Bob. "No. East Long Island. I saw a great opportunity 'to make money; so I found a farm on a lake, bought It, and went to raising ducks." "DucksT breathlessly exclaimed Miss Demorest; bat her Interruption went unnoticed. ' Campbell Pope's features shone with the gentle light" of a pleasurable re membrance. "It was lovely and quiet out there. The local Inhabitants were , shy but friendly; they did me no harm. 1 Bat It was no place for ducks; they nannthnl Wharton arrived In New York at five o'clock and went directly to Merkle's bank. At eight o'clock Jarvls Hammon died. During the afternoon and evening other financiers, summoned hurriedly from New Eng land shores and Adirondack camps, were busied in preparations for the struggle they expected on the morrow. During the closing hours of the market prices had slumped to an alarming de gree; a terrific raid on metal stocks had begun, and conditions were ripe for a panic. Ilnmmnn had hulked large in the steel world, and his position In circles of high finance had become prominent; but alive he could never have worked cue-half the havoc caused by his sud den death. That persistent rumor of suicide argued. In the public mind, the existence of serious money troubles, and gave significance to the rumor that for some time past had disturbed the Hrveet. Ha uimou's enemies summoned their forces for a crushing assault. In this emergency Hob's father found himself the ral head of those vast en terprises In which he had been an as sociate, and until a late hour that night he was forced to remain In consultation with men who cauie and went with consternation written upon their faces. The amazing transformation which followed the birth of the glaut steel trust had raised many men from well to-do obscurity Into prominence ami undreamed-of wealth. Since then the alder members of the original clique had withdrawn one by one from active affairs, aud of the younger men only Wharton and nammon had remulned. Equally these two bad figured In what was perhaps the most remarkable chap ter of American financial history. Both had been vigorous, self-made, practical n.ei. But the outcome had affected them quite differently. Rlchos had turned Jarvls Hammon's mind Into new channels; they had opened strange pathways and projected him Into a life that was In every way foreign to his early teachings. IJis duties kept him in New York, while Wharton's had held him In his old home. Hammon bad become a great financier; Wharton had remained the practical operating expert, and, owlng to the exactions of his position, he had become linked more closely than ever to business detail. At the same time he bad become more and more unapproachable. Unlimited power had forced him Into the peculiar Isola tion of a chief executive; he had grown hard, suspicious, arbitrary. Even to his son he had been for years a remote being. It was not until the last conference had broken up, not until the last forces had been disposed for the coming bat tle, that be spoke to Merkle of Rob's marriage. Merkle told him what he knew, and the old man listened silent ly. Then he drove to the Elegancla. Bob and I-orelel had Just returned from the theater, much, be It said, against the bridegroom's wishes. Bob bud lieen eager to begin the celebration : of his niarriave In a fitting manner, and It had required the shock of Hammon's I death added to 1Orelel's entreaties to dissuade him from a night of hilarity. He was flushed with drink, and lu con sequence more than a little resentful when she Insisted upon spending an other night In the Modest little home. "Say! I'm not used to this kind of a place," he argued. "I'm not a cave dweller, It's a lovely flat for a mur derbut lt'a no place to live." "Don't le silly," she told blm. "We acted on Impulse; we can't change everything at a moment's notice." "But people take trips when they et married." - "I can't quit the now without two weeks' notice." "Two weeks?" He was aghast. "Two minutes. Two seconds. I won't have you dodging around stage doors." "Bergman won't let me go; It wouldn't be right to ask him." But Bob was Insistent "I Intend to cure yon of the work habit. You must tsrn to scorn It Look at me. I'm an example of the unearned increment. We'll kiss tiiis dinky flat a fond fare well It's impossible, really I refuse to share such a dark secret with you. Tomorrow we leave it for the third and last time. What d'yoti say to the sunny side of the Ritz nntll we decide where we want to travel?" Just then the apartment bell ran?;. Bob went to the door. He returned with his father at bis heels. Mr. Whar ton trumped in grimly, nodded at his daughter-in-law, who had risen at th first sound of his voice, then ran hli eyes swiftly over the surroundings. "I hear you've made a fool of your self again," he began, showing his teeth in a faint smile. "Have you given up your apartment at the Charle voix?" "Not yet," said Bob. "We're consid ering a suite at the liltz for a few days." "Indeed. You're going back to the Charlevoix tonight." Lorelei started. She had expected opposition, but was unprepared for anything so blunt and businesslike. "I think you aud Bob can talk more free ly If 1 leave you alone," she said. Ilanulbal Wharton replied shortly: "No, don't leave. I'll talk freer with you here." It iqipeareil, however, that Hubert stood lu no awe of his father's unger; be said lightly: "They never come back, dad. I'm a regular married man. I.orelel Is my royal consort, my yoke male, my rib. We'll have to scratch the Charlevoix." This levity left the caller unmoved; to Lorelei he explained: "I want no notoriety, so all we need talk alsiut Is terms. Vou'll fare better by dealing directly with me than through lawyers - I'll fight a lawsuit so let's get down to business. You should realize, however, that these set tlements are never as large as they're advertised. I'll pay you ten thousand dollars and stand the costs of the di vorce proceedings." "You are making a mistake," she told hiui, quietly. "Not at all! Not at nV." Mr. Whar ton exclaimed, Irritably. "I know real sentiment when 1 see it, and I'll foot the bill for this counterfeit, but I'm too tired to argue." Lorelei was standing very white and still; now she said, "Don't you think you'd better go?" The elder man laid aside his hat and gloves, then spoke with snarling delib eration. "I'll go when I choose. No high and mighty airs with me, If you please." After a curious scrutiny of them both he asked bis sou: "You don't really Imagine that she married you for anything except your money, do you ?" "I flattered myself " Bob began, stltHy. "Bah! You're drunk." s "Moderately, perhaps or let us say that I am In an unnaturally argumenta tive mood. I take issue with yon. You Bee, dad, I've been crazy about I.orelel ever since I first saw her, and " "To be sure, (hat's quite natural. But why lu hell did you marry ber? That wasn't necessary, was It?" Lorelei uttered a sharp cry. Bob rose; his eyes were bright and hard. Mr. Wharton merely arched his shargy brows, inquiring quickly of the bride: "What's the mallei ? 1 slate the ease correctly, do I not?" "No!" gaspeil I.orelel. "Let's talk plainly " "That's a lilt too plain, even from you, dad," Bob cried, angrily. "It's time for plain speaking. You got drunk, anil she trapped you. I'm here to get you out of the trap." Ad- "You're Going Back to the Charlevoix Toniflht." dressing himself to Lorelei, he said: "Ten thousand dollars will buy a lot of clothes. I believe that's the amount Mvrkle offered you, isn't It?" "Merkle? What are you talking about?" Bob demanded. "Did Mr. Merkle tell you how and why he came to make that offer?" askeil Lorelei, Indignantly. "No. Bui he ofTi-m! it, did h "tr "Yes, ami 1 refused It. Ask him why?" "We don't seem to be getting along very well," Bob Interposed. "Lwlel Is my wife and your daughter-in-law. What's more. I love her; so I guess that ends the Reno chatter." He crossed to Lorelei's side and emfrcled her with his arm. "There's no price tag on this marriage, dad, and you'll regret what you've said." Wharton senior shrugged wearily. "Ton fr'.i hiru, miss; maybe he'll be lieve you." "Tell him what?" asked Lorelei. Has Your Cofne in cni n i . renew 11 next bubscnption t!me yoa are Expired? mtowa
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