ALL'S FAIR
By R. RAY BAKER
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. H20. by McClur Kw8!aper Syndicate)
Here's a story about a nurse who
didn't marry a patient Graduated
from Sunburn Memorial hospital In
the bl(f city, with au encmvert, berib
boneil dli.lonia, and an U. N. after her
name. Suae Howtli accepted a po
sition as superintendent of Bellevlew
hospital In the small city of Rushlng
ton. and there she met David Kllng.
j David had never bvn sick a day in
I his life, evrept with the mumps and
; measles when h was i. yn in-ster.
! Nevertheless, wtii-n he saw Suse Ilope
.well, David decided that he needed
I a nurse, not because S;ise was a nurse,
but because Suse was Suse. and her
being a nurse was just incidental.
David was proprietor of a jewelry-phonograph-sewing
machine-camera
store, and he first saw Suse when she
entered the place on business. The
business was the purchase of a sew
ing machine bndly needed at the hos
pital. Now David was a very Ingenious
young man, albeit somewhat reserved
and backward when It came to the
business of wooing. The moment he
aw Suse step Into the store the lit
tle engine that operated on his left
side began to work queerly. As he
walked toward ihf i - . l . .
tomer he wax 1 :; -
would frii.lll.Ml her. I'.,-'
seemed uniie -
to the ccn.-lll--i.iii H.; t ;
had not noticed the m. :
In stories all mir. :;r.
this one is no ev, ;:: u in !'
Sh
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06S
The season for Pumps and
Low Quarters is here and
we are prepared to supply
our customers with
High Grade Pumps and Low
Quarters at Prices Hard
to Beat
Silk Hole-Proof Hosiery
A shipment of this well known hosiery just received
Big Stock of B. V. D.
also on hand
You Will Find Our Prices Lower
Wells D. Tillery Co.
J. K. DICKENS, Manager
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Harmonious Surroundings
in the dining room - comfort, taste and
refinement - insure better digestions,
which, in turn, make for better health
and greater happiness.
The exercise of a proper amount dt care
in the selection of your
Dining Room Furniture
may mean more to you than you can
possibly know.
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Room Need
ai Good Weie
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other one .y mistake fie. U.e I .il
I'i'. so it wouldn't work. As it rmj
Jielied, mf strntry proved utmeces
s:.ry. ilum'.is to the lo.'i.lciitiil bivtiU
of the belt on jour machine."
Suse smiled. There wits a queer,
ntther mischievous twinkle in her
eyes.
"Yes. it was st r;:n-je," she admitted.
"I miipoe you figured all wus fair In
love. Well, now I'll iiiuke a confes
sion of my own. I fell in love with
you the day I stepped into your store."
"I never susin'cled it," he exclaimed.
"I didn't intend that you should."
she said. "Hut my heart whs bumping
so hard when you advanced- to wait
rn me that I feared you would hear
It. .
"I also believed that all was fair
in love," she went on after a brief
pause. "In fact, I deliberately broke
that belt so I could have you fix It."
' "I Need a Sewing Machine."
gard. Suse hud bif; eyes that usually
appeared gray, hut "at times seemed
i shaded with deep blue. She was
neither slender, short, tall nor chunky.
Her hair was light brown, and while
iit could not be called luxuriant, there
was enough of it, without paid-for ad
ditions, to be done up in a hnsiuess-
. like, nevertheless attractive, coiffure.
r "I need a sewing machine." Suse
'said, and I)avid stopped staring and j
; suddenly remembered what she was 1
' there for.
i Once out of his daze, he tried to
.cover the fact that he had been in
'one by rapid monologue, which was
i rather inane, but served to mako tip
:for the time he had consumed in srur
; lng at Suse. ',
Suse selected a machine mid paid-'
for it, requesting that it be sent to
ithe hospital, and after she left lavid
.drifted Into a waking dream. Suse
' certainly got a bargain when she ,
i bought that machine, for a young
man's heart was thrown In without
extra charge.
The apparent hopelessness of his
, dream brought David out of It. i
"I'm a gonner," he half groaned. .
"But what's the use? I don't know
her and there's no chance of getting
acquainted unless I get sick, and then j
the store would go to ruin, mid who ;
, wants to marry u bankrupt man? He-
'sides, I might as well admit that I!
haven't enough nerve tp go after her." !
However, as has been said, David i
; was an Ingenious young man, nnd it
'was not long before his brain got to
' work on a scheme which had for Its
object the forming of Suse Hopewell's
acquaintance, and, some distance in
the future, the marrying of her.
Two sewing machines were to be
delivered on the same trip, and a
short time before the driver of the
flivver called for them Duvid might
have been seen busy with a screw
driver about the mechanism of the one
ordered by the superintendent of
Bejlcvlew hospital, lie might have
been seen thus engaged, but he took
pains to make sure that ho was not.
He watched the machines leave on
the truck and with a queer glitter in
his eyes began straightening up the
phonograph record rucks.
There were no developments that
day, but the next afternoon David re
ceived a call from Helleview hospital.
"The new machine I bought of you
doesn't work," said a sweetly familiar
1 voice on the wire. "I need it right
now, so please seud some one In a hur
ry tp fix it."
Some one went In a hurry. David
u)t himself.
Suse ushered him into the presence
of the obstinate machine, and lie pro
duced a screwdriver from his tool bag
to remedy the trouble, of which he
was the cause.
"Xou won't need that," smiled Suse.
"It's something about the belt that's
wrong."
With surprise David noted that her
statement was true. Something was
wrong with the belt, and the bobbin,
which he Intended should have be
come balky, worked smoothly.
As he busied himself repairing the
belt, David managca to entice Suse
Into conversation, ami when he left
he felt that he hail tnudo some prog
ress, although he was still mystified.
The mystery was solved when lie got
back and learned that a man had been
sent out to Joseph Freedmau's home I
to repair a new machine.
"The delivery man got them mixed."
David decided;'- but he vr.is j;;:-t a"
well pleased, for the broken belt had I
served Its purpose tis effectively as
the bobbin might have dune. !
Thus did David Klinger and Suse j
Hopewell get acquainted, and, encour
aged by bis progress of the first flay.
David summoned enough courage to
Invite Suse to attend the theater with '
him.
Suse seemed to welcome his atten-
tlons, and soon be was rulling en her...
with considerable regularity. Three
months after the purchase of the sew
ing machine that hud served to guide
their destinies, they became oi mured. '
"Isn't It wonderful," be observed
one night, Vhat little things serve to
bring a man and woman together?"
"Yes," she agreed, "I once heard
of a man who met his fate just be
cause a strong wind blew a hat from
a young lady's head, and be ran after
it for her."
"That case is no stranger than
ours," said David. "Just a Utile sew
ing machine did the business. Do
you know that I fell in love with you
the day you came Into my store to buy
the machine? And do you know that
I deliberately damaged a sewing ma
chine so that I might get acquainted
with you?"
"You damaged my machine?" she
inquired, evidently perplexed.
. "Well, do. I didn't. Id(iniage4an-
QUEER METHODS OF FISHING
In Palestine They Do Not Us NeU
and Would Laugh at a Hook '
and Line.
The modern I'alitlne dweller tells
us that he would now look In vain for
boats "launching out Into the deep,"
and working nets all night In the Sea
of fialllee. Not that the tish have i
disappeared; they are to he caught!
there In millions, as also In the Jordan !
and Jabbock ; but the Arabs, less ac-j
customed to svs'etenic work than the!
Jews of old, follow easier plans thf j
siniplesi ,-.r which i. throwing poisoned
bits of r,e:il cake Iito the wrter, and
then wading in to make a collection
a custom of which no other nation li
like to rob them.
Another way of doing the work Is hj
pelting the fish wiih stones, which rac
be done very profitably when th
schools of yellow luusbt congreata
Some of the Bedouins, probably taking
example by travelers, fire charges of
small shot among them, and so get a
bag; so thick are these schools that
It is even said that a revolver bullet
has been known to kill three fish.
Hook nnd line may be found very
occasionally, hut, as a rule, when the
practices above are not resorted to,
the fishing is done by small dip nets
or large hand nets; In the former case
the fishermen, standing on the banks,
lower a kind of bird net which can be
closed by the pulling of a rope, from
racks or wooden platforms, and hauled
up at Intervals of an hour or so.
Where the hand net Is In use It Is a
kind of cross between a butterfly and
shrimp net the fisherman wades In
up to his waist with a bag on his
shoulder, and Is content to catch the
tlsh one or two at a time. The fish
of the Syrian waters are of many dif
ferent species, but few are peculiar
to the country. Exchange.
Phenomenon Caused Alarm.
It Is recorded In the Gentlemen's
Magazine that on January 3, 175d, at
four o'clock in the afternoon, at Tunin.
In Ireland, an unusual light, far above
RE
Two Car Loads of
URN1TU
Just Received
These new arrivals make
our stock one of the most
complete in the county.
Dining Room Suites
Living Room Suites
Parlor Suites
Odd Pieces of Furniture
and Home Furnishings
Come In and See Our Stock
Glover & Smith
Furniture and Undertaking
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Warning ! !
A burglary arts everybody buying
additional locks.
A fire merely arouses sympathy for
the viclim.
Yet fires are more frequent than bur
glaries and more coftly. Additional
insurance with a good sound company
like the Hartford will give you pro
tection up near the present value of
your property.
that of tb" !r!L-tiicst day, s'fruck, all
the !i-.Mers w!;u amarement. It
tli-Mi f.-el -il aw-.y I y Invisible decrees;
hiit at seven. fre;n vest to oast, a
"sun of st- :u e-rs" appeared across
th sky. midnintln like the waters of
a rippl'ier stream. A general feeling
of alarm was excited by this phe
nomenon. The streamers gradually
became d'ssohed, and flashed away
to the north, attended by a shocS
which all f. It. but which did no dam
age. Ti e iT:iir seems to have been
an example of Aurora Borealla, only
singular In Us being bright enough t4
tell upon the daylight
Work Involved In Making Rifle.
Nine hundred nnd ninety-seven cut
ting tools alone ate required la manu
facturing a modern rilie. The twist
drill Is one of the busiest of these. To
supply l,(KJt),(Mlo rilles, 94,000,000 holes
must be drilled.
Beat Them to It
I was expecting a friend to call oii
Sunday evening. I opened tlie parlor
door, and, seating myself on (lie porch,
awaited his arrival. When ha cama
we went into the parlor. Hearing a
noise, we looked around, and to my
Chagrin discovered my two pet chick
ens roostlng'on the back of a chair.
Chicago Trlbnne.
Forestalled the President.
Peggy is feeling Important these
days, having been chosen secretary of
her little church" club. She was labor
ing over the minutes of her llnst meet
lng when I suggested that she should
aiwayg begins "The meeting was call
ed to order with the president la the
chair." "But the wasn't," protested
Peggy, indignantly. "I was. I got theve
first and got the big chair and the
rest had only kindergarten seats."
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Special
Opening Night
V .4
ALTON
PACKARD
Master Cartoonist and Homerist Extraordinary
-AND-
Del Mar Ladies' Quartet
AT CHAUTAUQUA
Season Tickets - - - $2.50
Less Than the Price of Three Admissions
at Evening Performances
on is a i weive vynnaer
Packard" and furnishes Chau
tauqua this year with one of
its best entertainments on the
program.
Mr. Packard was on the Redpath
Circuit last year and the newspapers
of the cities he visited praised his
work most highly.
First Night - June 10th