PAGE 2 Si Eighth Instalment Diana, In love with a married' man, Dennis Waterman, has a nerv. l ous collaps as a result of the gay I life of London society. Her aunt, Mrs. Gladwyn, takes her to a doctor, who orders her to the country for a rest. Dr. Rathbone has a country home nearby. Dennis calls at 'the cottage, then goes away for a long trip. He writes from America that he is there with Linda, his wife. Diana finds herself becoming more and more interested in Dr. Rothbone, and questions her nurse, Miss Starling, about him. She also question Jonas, a farm boy of the neighborhood, about a woman who lives in Dr. Rathbone's house. Her name is Rosalie. Then Diana meets Rosalie in the woods; she acts strangely and leaves Diana puzzled. Soon after the meeting in the woods with Rosalie, Dr. Rathbone calls again at Diana's cottage. Now Go On With The Story "On the contrary, I am quite sure that you will never forget and that you will often think about it, and perhaps sometimes when you begin to feel tired and bored to death with an eternal round of so-called 'gaiety' you will come back?even if only out of curiosity?and spend a couple of days with Miss Starling." She made a little grimace. j "She might not want me." j"I am sure she will. Miss Star- i ling has a great affection for you, ^ though you may not believe it." ^ "That's a change," Diana said sarcastically, "for someone to have t a great affection for me." They were at the cottage gate now. She led the way into the cot- u tage. Jenny met them in the narrow n hall. e '"There's a telegram for you, miss, on the table in the parlor." r "Thank you." Diana threw her hat down onto a chair and went into the sitting p room. t The yellow envelope lay on the polished table, and she took it up, f tearing open the flap with nervous ^ fingers. "Both sailing Aquitanla tenth." Love. DENNIS." a Rathbone had followed her into the room and saw the cable in her hand. v "Not bad news, I hope?" he ask- r ed. s Diana laughed a little uncertain, c ly. "No, very good news," she said. i "That's splendid." Diana folded the message across and across, keeping it in her hand. ( Tomorrow was the tenth: in a 3 week's time Dennis would be home, v The cablegram slipped from her a fingers to the floor, and Rathbone stooped and recovered it. r ''I suppose he is on his way home," he said quietly. p She looked up, a hard light In a her eves. s "Yes, on the Aquitanla." y "And so it will really be good- y bye?" The colour rose quickly in her c face and died down again. p "I don't know . . . "there's nothing e settled . . . anyway, I don't see why v, you should be interested. o "I am interested because I like v We represent I Old Fh Casualty | Comp Of Established strength and . nnnriin iiiniiniui uii iHDunnm R. T. WATSON, President; Warrenb FIRE LIFE | i1 "Consult your Imuran "i your Doctor J_ % l. --- ._w__ .... . Warren tc ADEM RUBY M.AYR I Will Play Abroad [!| gSH J^wB %-S H8p^w?i?888M^3SwjSw88L'y^?wSp88S5?8asgSg38?^^^^>.v^& ^H|||ji^^^^^mTO^^^S^^wR^Wg>Sj^^w,.lv''Xiana." "I know that, but all the same? :'s rather?cheap, isntt it??to reach to me when everyone says hat you?that you " She stammered and broke off, and tathbone took up the words for ier. "When everyone says that I have i woman living in my house?is hat what you want to say?" She stired at him with eyes that pere pathetic in spite of their al nost imjolent defiance, but before he coull speak he said in a voice >f steel: "It is indeed time you and I said food-bye, Diana. "What, do you mean?" "Only that as I have done all I :an do for you?all that, I am sure rou wish me to do for you, there vill be no need for me to see you my mo::e." She caught her breath. "You nean . . . never?" "Never is a long day. It is quite possible that we may run across one mother sometimes: the world is not uch a big place. Anyway, I wish ou all the happiness you can wish ourself." "But you don't think I deserve it, ir that I shall get it?" she burst out >assionately. "And you don't care, ither, in spite of what you said hen I was ill. You treat me like an rdinary patient now you think I'm ?ell again. You promised to teach if ; only strong re and 1 r Insurance anies reputation for [ Just Dealings HE & B0MDIN6 GO. PAUL B. EXA Manager on, N. C. LIABILITY BONDS oe Agent u yon would on Lawyer." n, K. G. me to skate, but you've never said another word about it." h "Isn't there someone else tetter qualified for that privilege than I ri am?" e: She ignored him. She went on d with a breathless rush. C ''You said you were my friend, 11 and now you calmly say to your, self, "Thank God there'll be no need ? for me to see her again. . . 'Good- Tl bye and good riddance,' that's what you really mean. It's always what sI happens to me when I really like anybody?they always go away and E leave me. I suppose it will be the d same all my life. I was a fool to u ' ?? - ?JiWrt-onf fpftm f' I tnillK you were tuiy uuicicwu | the rest. When you went to Pkris (you promised to come and see me " directly you got back. . . . You never n came?you never would have come J1 if I hadn't met you in the woods this morning. ... I don't know why 1 you've come now. I stayed] out pur- 0 posely because I thought you 1 shouldn't have to see me against 0 your will. You don't think .1 want e to see ycu if you don't want to see v me, do you?" . S( Neither of them was aware that the moment was not without its c humorous side. He looked so much older than she, and their relation- c ship had been almost one of formality, she a sick child, not knowing h what she wanted of life?perhaps wanting nothing?and he a worldweary man who had merely done d his duty by healing her against her 0 wish or desire. a Diana went on, her voice raised d a little: t> "Well( why don't you go? I don't 0 want you to stay. As you say, you've u .... T done everytmng i can possmiy wish you to do for me-?you've done what your job Is?more than you are paid s to do, I suppose." w He let the childish Insult pass, h and she broke off for an instant, a biting her lip hard to hide its A trembling, only to rush on again: "Why didn't you let me die? I f< didn't want to get well. . . . I'm P no good to anyone?there's no place k in the world where I seem to be v really wanted." And then, as if suddenly realiz- ? ing how far she had lost her selfcontrol, she hid her face in her & hands. = Rathbone walked over to the window, standing with his back to her, as he said: "You seem very determined to ijake up all my sins of omission, but don't you think you are a little to blame too? If you had had any? any real regard for me, would you have gone prying into my private life?hoping to discover seme ftretched secret which you could triumphantly broadcast among your friends when you got back to town? If that is your idea of friendship, it is not mine." And then for some moments neither of them spoke, till at last Rathbone turned again. "Forgive me for that, Diana. I c?ideDn Don't let th tal IT wasn't much use to j weevils are going to gel indicate that the weevil year. The warm winter, the possibility of a wet s very heavy infestation. A late crop won't stanc can set your crop ahead c be reasonably siafe. If there is one thing tha up and push it right past tl Nitrate. Nothing takes its cotton. While 200 pounds i 100 pounds per acre right may prove enough. If no with 50 to 100 pounds moi Be sure you get Chih to your dealer. He has it or See him now I TWO KINDS Both are natural CHILEAN EDUCATIONAL /ggjj Raleigh, ^CjCE THE WARREN REC ave no earthly right to talk to you Ice this. It's absurd for me to be tigry with you?or with anyone. My fe is as I have made it; yours will i as you make it; so try and build out of seme thing solid that will and firmly through the bad days s well as ithe good. Good-bye." She felt him come close to her, !lt his hand for a moment on her loulder, heard him say again, Good-bye. ... Be happy." And ien he was gone. CHAPTER Xin During the next week quite a lot appened. In the first place Diana's car arived, and (there was the renewed scitement of driving it once more; riving it at terrific speed with the reature silent and 'terrified beside er. "YouH break your neck," she asped once, and Diana laughed Lucklessly. "That would save a lot of trouble," iie said flippantly. Then a second cable came rrom >ennis Waterman to say that his eparture from America had been navoidably postponed for another srtnight. "Linda, of course," Diana 'told erself, but she did not care much; othing seemed of great moment 11st then. Miss Starling was going up to ondon that evening rto a lecture n something or other. She had told >inna all about it, but the girl had nly listened half-heartedly, wondring why people should trouble to raste a railway fare on anything n dull. She had offered to drive the ireature up to town in the car but er refusal had been quick and deIded. "No, thank you; besides, I shall ave to come back: by train." So it meant an evening alone. Diana leaned on the gate and ecided that after all she hated the ountry. It would be fun to get into n evening frock once more and ance at the Savoy or Ciro's; fun 3 drive home In the early hours f the morning tlirough brilliantly t and almost deserted streets: ondon was a wonder city at night. Did Rathbone ever take Rosalie omething-or-other to London? Or fas it his idea or nappiness aiways 3 keep her down in the country nd walk hand hi hand with her tirough lanes and woods? Diana had not seen either of them ar more than a week, and she susected that they were deliberately eeping to the other side of the illage. She sighed and made a little rimace. Well, let them . , . Rathbone must e missing her just a little, seeing falotaDs H TRADE MARK RES. For lazy liver, stomach and kidneys, biliousness, indi gesticn, constipation, headache, colds and fever. 1(V and ZBf! at dealers* e weevils ke your crop Dlant cotton if the boll : most of it. All reports s mean business this the late damp spring, ummer, all point to a 1 much chance. If you if the weevils, you will t will pick your cotton le weevils, it is Chilean i place for side-dressing vould be better, put on : after chopping. That t you can come along re later in the summer, jan. Specify Chilean can get it immediately. 100 L*' BA?S mm 200 LB. BAGS r* URATE x>, BUREAU, INC. W North Carolina :ord - Spry at Eighty jiftlKJBtj lidwin Markham, famous poet, | celebrated his eightieth birthday re'ceritly by reading from his poems be-1 (fore an audience which packed New York's largest concert halL thai; she missed him so terribly. . . . "inn Kannv." That was the last thing he had said to her, and since then she had been more miserable than ever in her life before. The Creature came out of the house. "I'll drive you to the station," Diana said quickly. It would be something to do?something to help pass the time. "Don't drive too quickly, then," Miss Starling said nervously. She sat with one hand tightly holding the door handle during the short drive, and Diana was highly amused. Diana stood on the little country platform till the train went puffing slowly Londonwards, then she turned dispiritedly away. The evening lay before her, long and lonely. And the thought came to her: "If Donald were only here." Funny she should think of Rathbone by his Christian name: she could not remember that she had ever done so befoi-e. Well, he had more than once called her Diana. "If Donald were here . . Why not? . . . Slie felt her pulses Jerking with. scringe exciwraicui/. Why not drive over and see him? Diana caught up a woollen, jersey D*. K. H. Patterson fyt Sigkt A ptcufijt Hkkdrmoo. N.O. l ^ I TXT1 11 ^ J They A 1 The two strongest lii must be his thrift an If he is industrious h< ly and persistently. 1 in investments or goi means for carrying < COULDN,T Planning so means y< and children; a rese arise. Arrange to ke< you at interest in ou Start a Savin; Citis I Warrenton, North Carolina from the coat rack and slipped It over her silk frock before she stole .softly out and through the garden. The big gates of Rathbone's grounds were shut, and she had to stop and get out in order to open one of them. Diana went up to the big front door. It was open, and beyond she caught an attractive glimpse of a wide hall and some bits of old furniture .and shining brass. So this was where Rathbone lived. Diana stepped onto the side mat and knocked with her knuckles on the door paneL Was everybody dead or asleep? She knocked again and was conscious of a light movement in the dimly lit hall. Somebody at last! She took another step forward ready to speak, and at the same moment, Nero, the bis Alsatian, came running down the stairs, and then after the barest hesitation, he moved slowly towards her, walking' on tiptoe. Diana spoke his name at once, confident that he would recognize her. 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