~Tvol. xxvh. <1 Iyadkinvili^e, Yadkin co., n. ;.£ Thursday, February
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An
Adventure
Romance
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Ey Georgs Agnew ChBrnb- * j
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Copyright, The Bobbs-Merhll Com.
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SYNOPSIS.
PART I.—Robert ITervey Randolph,
young New York man-about-town, leaves
the home of his sweetheart, Madge Van
Teller, chagrined because of her refusal
of his proi>osal of marriage. His iucome,
HA,001 a year, which he must surrender
if a certain Miss Imogen Pamela Thorn
ton (whom he has seen only as a small
girl rten years before) is found, m not
considered by the girl of his heart ade
quate to modem needs. In a “don't care"
moo4 Randolph enters a taxi, unsedn by
the driver, and is driver to the stage
door > of a theater. A man he 1-aows,
Duke Beamer, induces a girl to entet the
. cab. Beamer, attempting to follow. Is
pushed back by Randolph and the cab
moves on. His new acquaintance teils
Randolph 'she is a chorus girl, and has
lost her position. She is in distress, e/en
hur.gTy, and he takes her to his apart
ment. There, after lunch, a chance re
mark convinces him the girl is the alias
ing Pamela Thornton. He docs not tell
her qf her good fortune, but secures her
promise to stay in the flat until thq
morning, and leaves her. In a whimsical
mood, also realizing that the girl's > jp
pearance has left him practically penni
less, he bribes the taxi driver to le< urn
take his job, and leaving word who the
legal representative of the Thornto es
tate where he can find Pamela, t-.i. ...s up
his new duties under the narn of mm
Hervey.” He loves the girl, but his pintin
forbids him approaching her under their
changed conditions.
PART II.—One evening he is engaged
by Beacher Tremont, notorious profligate,
to drive him and Madge Van Tellier to a
hostelry known as “Greenwood.'’ Aware
of the evil nature of the place, Randolph
•drives the pair to Greenwood cemetery.
Infuriated, Readier gets out of the cab
«.nd Randolph leaves him there, taking
the girl (who has awakened to a realiza
tion of her folly) to her home. Madge
recognizes him.
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Slumber meant nothing in Pamela's
»ife. That statement should he taken
act in the sense of the comtno^ -slang
of the vulgar, but at its literal face
value. What is meant is that when
tins young lady slept, it was like tak
ing a chunk bodily out of life and
putting it in warm storage. As a con
sequence, when the old-fashioned clock
on the mantel burred a warning that
it wqs thinking of striking tlie hour
of nine in about two minutes, she
opened her eyes and wondered through
what magic night had been suddenly
replaced by broad.and smiling day.
Not for long did that life-long and
. accustomed miracle hold her attention,
for scarcely had it occurred, through
force of habit, to her awakening
thought than her startled eyes foil up
on the tall, stooped, gray-lieaded figure
of a man, clad in livery, and standing
unstably poised in 1 lie doorway of the
room. Ills eyes*, naturally deep-set,
/actually protruded from his face as
though they were determined to come
half1"-0,Y jt ~ co*' T, imela\s
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*He-hello," Stammered i"»e Young
;• Lady.
Orbs. ITe looked like a sc man raven
which has carelessly-alight 1 on a live
wire.
“lie-hello!” stammered the young
lady.
“Cood-morning, miss,” s: id Tom ln
son, in sepulchral and censorious
tcnes. “Where is Master lobert?”
“You mean Mr. ltando >h?” asked
Pamela, a little hreatkles >y.
The old man steadied himself by
seizing the door-jamb and >owed con
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ply, “The Iasi time
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I telling me who you'
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IEkimeli Thornton?”
■denly straigh' ened
ftr i erts.
Ila, gazing at him
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| 'm-. old man. *Tm
ft me for saying so,”
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L n time in the old
I- lake you on my
■ worry you have
ftto Pamela’s ey<s.
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prl! She said she
c }n re for long
f into Pamela’s eyes
Lr>, but, in spite of
lit she was crying
f'” she sobbed,
ti Ids head up and
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1'itiian s weeping.
[it she must ’ave
you wouldn’t be
you have your
iffed Pamela, and
n the clock. “No,
for herself. “You
ly pro-promised to
your bath ready,
mlinson, and with
r Pamela was en
"-breakfast. placed
>efore the couch,
iidly fire in tlie big
nt being a mind
e to surmise that
, in the vain hope
vouhi wop in, with
(Christinas, and
eai, banish'ahbaby
hanging round.
11 toying with her
veil ring and Tqm
;, in deep, respect
niton will see you.
itting-room.”
icr egg-spoon and |
e fire, just in time
■ised, pink-cheeked,
aded little gentle
used but alert, in
like a bird about
;ie if she were the
he asked, in a pe
•r bet twice,
i Milyuns,” eontin
d the brirrl,+
t ,«oe expectantly. t
iered her brows in an j
: that expectancy 1
d.,
. she asked doubtfully, •
total reservation against
|’vcy Randolph for out- !
litions of childhood by
oier Christmas in this
.“Won’t you sit down?’”
k
.hung poised for a sec
| then advanced on the
|r,- sat down on one end
R his hand at the other.
Red in and out, bearing
lay away. Pamela ae
^uns’ silent invitation
;self, but tentatively, as
flld only stay for a min
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mm
(f comfortable, my I
ilyuns; “I’m going to
irae time.”
d Pam ; “not here. I
at for six minutes
I <#ily pro-promised
ten.” Her eyes vvan
antly, half wistfully
nlled.
t that,” he said. “I’m
imeraber me. If you !
s Imogen e Pamela
— to take you on my j
y years ago.”
no longer be startled
jements.
Tomlinson .said this
^marked. “Ever since
body I meet seems to
sal name. I don’t un
me,” said Mr. Milyune,
understand a lot more
drew a slip from his
do answer me careful
1
iy. Tell ■ the'addresses of the first
four *?!;• s y-a and Maggie lived' In
after your father died.”
“f ean\ pr the first,” «aid
I’nu, but. : f:or a second’s thought,'
rattled oi t w t ames of three streets,
and Joe.!., ; addresses approximately
hy <fe:;cTi'. •; nearby corners, proml
hf to a a ds mind for one r<v non
Phose are the ixt
ij.reo,” ; said. “After that ve
went—”
■'last .’yens v/as satisfied.
. “Thh.t’s h -..a. alith n ;
b ar. I'm .>nyfnco-:l-that you are the
person "for whom tire firm of Miiyuns.
Ifranch & Mil.vnns has been searching
for years.' I;o you remember your
gt'eat-oaehr Asa Thornton?”
“f es.'hsi! ! Pamela, a vague-wonder
md terror in her eyes; “but I didn’t
know be was real.”
‘‘Didn't i;::c\v lie was real!’” ex
claimed Mr. ?I'ilyuns, “What do you
moan ?’
‘ M. ."g.o red to say,” explained
I'amHr. “ e you’re not good, yoni
grrat-mr-’e Asa Thornton, will catch
yfu. ; i! he 1 nmn't ent his finger nails
since yoyv poor father married your
dear iru iher.’” Pamela shuddered.
’ iT. tinve to forget ail that,” said
Mr. ?I 1 .vuns soberly. “Before your
great-unde died, he repented very ef
■'•lively of the way he treated your
',!rh* i*, ami .!-ft you, an income of ten
■h-uisand Uoihu:- a year.”
Pamela sat up very straight, and
dieu s; ok slowly into the pillows at
her'bach.
“ ‘Ten — thousand — dollars — a—
y< ;i»l -■ o r epeated slowly.
Ivi-r.^ Miiyur.s nodded.
"I'eyhiiiing with today. There is no
eccnn.nlalion waiting for you. be
ciiua-v hy the terms of the will, Mr.
Ii:111d:c: ■ h was {>.11 owed the entire in
c>.me up to such time as you should be
<£iTen — Thousand — Dollars — a. —
Year!"' She Repeated Slowly.
discovered. That provision was quite
natural, if you will remember that Mr.
Asa Thornton had beegi searching for
you unsuccessfully for some months be
fore he died.”
Pamela sat up 'Straight again.
“T want understand
... v.L.il '<t KUvlCltA u-eu*^ .u
creg^fcd Mr. Milyuns’ admiration, al
ready decidedly on the upgrade. “You
mean that, with my appearance, Mr.
Randolph's entire income completely
Mr. Milyuns nodded.
“You have guessed it in one,” he
said flippantly.
“I don't need ten thousand dollars
a year,” said Pamela promptly. “You
^'iir please tell Mr. Randolph that I
shalltake lm’f.”
Mr. MilfuftS femi! d.
‘Til try to carry out your orders,”
he said blandly, “but I’ll have.-to find
Mr. Randolph first.* Let me add that
you apparently don’t know, the'young
gen deman very well.”
“What do you mean by that?” asked
,Pam.
“Well,” said Mr. Milyuns, taking an
other scrap of paper from his pocket
and handing it to her, “read tiha . It
was left at my house this morn fog by
a taxi-cabman, svho didn’t wait for an
answer. You see that Mr. Randolph
has handed over to you in per ' uity
this apartment, Tomlinson, and the
ether fixings. It doesn’t look vei inch
as though he Intended to come k in
the near future.”
“But I want him to!” erie" ‘am.
“I—I’ve been expecting him. 1 idn't
half—ljalf thank him for— r—”
Tears of disappointment cloggi Ler
throat.
“There, there!” said Mr. M uns.
leaning over and patting her 1 «*i “I
understand just how you feei. hi ause
Bob is one of the straiglitest, op nest,
most lovable young devils . tha ever
went his own way through a clc . hted
world.”
Pamela nodded her head 1 and
down in silent confirmnth n • all
those kind words.' She bee like
Mr. Milyuns. Stfe raised ok - ves
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One Ford car with a piston rin M
J Two rear wheels and one fr<
Has no lenders, seat made of p ’
j Burns lots of gas and darn hi
I Carburator busted half way tin
j] * ; Engine* a-missing, bits on tw\
Three yearsrt)ld and four in the
Has shock absorbers an’ even
Ten spokes missing, front aule
Tires all punctured, not wort ■ w
Get’er started, it’ll r.uo like the ; • 'll
It will burn either oil or tuba :eo
\ If you want this car apply wbhiu;
| It’s a heliuvagood Ford for the -
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to ills face.
“Won’t you please find Mm for me?”
“My dear,” sail Mr. AliLyuns, so
promptly that if site had asked for the
tiouse and lot on <! e north .vest corner
of Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh
street., lie would have premised it to
her-he fore he could stop himself. “1 will,
f haven’t proved myself much good at
'he same, but Fi! iia-1 Bob for you if I
.ve in si.nvt a detective agem-y of my •
wn. in tlie meantime, what are you
-'omy to do? 1 suggest that you aveepr
hese premises until the truant turns
up—-only, of course, we must get you
i companion.”
“’A companion?’ ” asked Miss
Ihomton. “Fut I have that already.
Tomlinson is a dear.”
“Tomlin.son is splendid in bis way,”
adnu-vted Mr. Milyuns, “hut he isn’t
finite a woman. You can * live here
hrpnroned by a mere male.”
“Fan’t I?” said Miss Thorn.on, with
> new edge to her voice and som<-tidm.
her eyes that made them look as
hough they were passing in revive,
»*1 the unchaperoned years since fi vi
he made her debut os an independent
a-uHery-maid at Mrs. Blunkum’s U ed
i-ouse. “I shall change nothing here.”
yhe concluded. “When Randy—Mr
Rudolph comes back, he shan’t find j
‘us T’V^ce cluttered with fernab s.”
Air. vons turned on her a yaw !
not \\as wjtjj adniirafi • nvl
; ro»4isa.tlon ty.t hl. was , .p,
;r. bil.bg oli H!i.? tilljn he (,w,p] , • i
lie decided to si'Ies,.
“(’a,) you be in this ‘ e „„ ,
, , afternoon?’ .
ed. I
“Oh, ves,” said Pamela. . , i
jy glancing ar the door and hr t.'' fw
x half-formed intention to w
iwtpl niglu and day until
tdr Robert Hervey Raudo’ nn.jve<j‘. '
•idI be in. Why?”
“firs, Milyuns am* n:y ,1,,,,,^, f
Rileen will call <** yv !t nt ::pr,n f.v'e"
explained Air. Mil/ Uns. "Just cite
more matter c.nd. 'i must g<1;- •. CC3S..
turned. "Venv .'income amounts to
something over eight hundred dollars
a month, t shall pay it in advance:
until you yet settled and have a j
chance to ti/ch nj,."
“Please feend me only half,” said
Pamela, as slip rose to say good-by.
Mr. Milyuns took her hand, dropped
it. and staged toward the door; but
before lie. got there, lie stopped and
turned.
“My dear,” lie said, losing for thn i
moment his bfrdlii.e,
don’t want you to think of me as jin t j
your banker. I knew your father ami
you;’ mother, and their fathers and
mothers before them. I am fond, by !
” old usage, of every drop of blood that j
runs ii; your veins. You won’t fo_ get
thn^ Will vrvyj” ~
Pamela stared at him, sw6pt fo.vard
.. iliui, threvy her arms round his neck,
hugged him, dropped her face on liis
shoulder and wept. Mr. Borden Mil
yuns stood very- erect, his bald head
held high, his pink cheeks puffed out,
and liis eyelids blinking at the rate of
fifteen to the dozen in a vain effort to
fan back an amazing lachrymatory in
undation.
“There, there!” he said, petting Pam
ela on the back. “Who would have
thought it, you adorable, lonely little
girl ?”
Pamela throw up her head anu
smiled through the'sudden sum uer
shower.
“I know it was ridicu! »us’” she lid,
“But I couldn’t help it. You mad< me
like you all of a sudden and I just md
to, because you’ve had t hath and rou
look so clean inside and out.” She
kissed him as she broke away.
“I see; I see," said the astourded
• Mr. Milyuns, and beat it.
At two minutes after five the doo»
bell rang again. In spite of the fact
| that it was almost exactly the hour
i which Mr. Milyuns had set for the ar
! rival of his wife and ’ or, Pamela
! couldn’t help hoping—hat in vain. U
I was with a slightly re f .ned air that
; she received Mrs. and Miss Milyuns
! instead of Mr. Robert Randolph,
i Mrs. Milyuns flew to her. ‘set hands
j on her shoulders, searched her face
! with eager shrewd eyes, and said:
“Borden indeed told me the truth
about you, my dear May I kiss you?"
(To be cominntd).
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3rscd:i.-'j ’ » i T: ~... dshcd'*
V7it»> C» .... r ..rt.on Aocdwt J
Co' ■■■•* and £nc*v:
Although ■ . :’t d ' 'S ;'-:e . - - v- |
pro!e>*ted h,v .».i.e'v heather- that t;:- ' •
can stand a efit dcai i f ('ary id
weather , '• *• ■<■(!'r?u' hi rue- frvu.-?t !
furnish"*!. t r'tooiian fruits l&y co-Hi',
winter ‘a|u■■ ? a gn »w •• *.,*•. I tl n . !
have ■ (!:•;. a •'■or t=n which to rO'.st. •
The • . , a4table shed or- haiitlttbr Jj
should h u: available for the fowls r
before the e« is*B ^ w%«. Rw*]
buildiii £.*,.ty h quite simple in eon-j
structic .• ■ •'id much less expensive)}
than one f<f be®s.
BLACKS ) IS MOST DEADLY
Cases of «rf •action Are Few Whe.^
Turkeys /.re Given Frse Raage
at AH Seasons,
Of the infectious diseases/ of tan
key s, Iiitt' khead is \he moot ‘ desArue
tlve. It in- uotabie-i thafe whenever the
climate d.Trt range fboudStionS are such
as to permit of Mae turkeys *forating
for most of their feed* from the time
they are hatched. until they are mar
keted, cases of fblackhead 'are infre
quent.. N<-\ xw&l ‘ ive cure for ^lack
head haf h en/found. hut free, ranee
and cure not to overfeed are wry im
portant factcw?, in raising turkeys sue
i;ess fliljLJg.
GOWiTEJl/HAY BEST FOR COW?
Hvoj^./Has but Little Standing in C
' Markets on Account cf Diffi- '
cuity in Curing. >
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Co rp'.'-i hay is said by special irfs oj
the United .Stale. parti nt of A
i*:?n:hire to be, better suited ft^ fe • .
log to cows than to horses iv-t?
tie account and partly hue *e o •. •
dli u-tilty often experienced in pv ' ~
ly curing the large growth of sum. ..
,1c it vines and its coarseness and, nn
i omiess in quality, cowpea hay ha
1 i't little standing in the city mar
kets.
CAM.’AISS FOR BETTER SIRES
Wlore ,.i orsons Have _
to firmed /jI' Live Stock to Pure
br 1 Siros Only,
h / bettei * res upai n re ■ 11
■ ♦ 0 mark. This i,
- 3,000 person
;igree ’ g to bread all dv.
Siock !c>'pt • heir farms to pun
hi• d ire ' o 1 •! is .-'no 'if the re'
suits • 11 i 1 ccomplisiietl. by ?'
Unite S at « rtraent of Agricd
rure, •o- \ or. with the s-tan ■
and unity • •, in a syst-'-iai?
cam I' ..i h ! rdy It v.oii'iT".
to , v: .: f .oeru'H-—espe. in?
scrnl adieu! lie Unite'
State ml ov '.ers V,:’ V
cbissi T 1 k and poultry or
co-op .: in -j • '. * effort which even
tuall; ‘ill higher qualify av
erage • Hi ry's live stock.
V ET 0 1JCTS TO CITY
Obje :i 1( Soads Should Be
t .ne.L isr to Get Best
r r or C "os.
Si?' > the ■ ' public roads is
prim- ’y 5- tra?i«»portation of
•’Plrnr rodu d 'arm nets ssixles.
the t -) in c ' them shouid be
to s< o th; bu dness of the r.a
icn. " whi ore than one-half if
mi . at. -li.id- sho" i f-y nj.a
-r.r ‘a tlx dm sys
jte.u: : - s ates.
Th at the road, instead
of !>• g fr; farm to one market,
oi. I. • ;.i y farms to many mar
kets. I - - .p. quick delivery to
r.nlp- jy poi such system wil* en
able he a *r to have pcce.-v to
an .vo irk*ts and thus o’- aTl
rime :.i..the bes,f 'prices fn~ !?•>
jiiod
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i'leiroe U: r ;vc
Chu ' s ?\ ~
Editor 1 i RippU
Will : plensi -v v d stat
es *ri 1154 . . ■ -sue
of . ' Hippie coiu;. «v g Ger
many (7* e ehu:\ \ p is p
mistake « the chine w:i be
moved e- - here aed *jH re
tina the ,irne and ;o place
where it I: . formerly i ve.
Signed,
Members of Harmony Grove
Month.]* Meeting
('Me ate printing die above
letter siy i d by certain members
of Harwonv Grove Monthly
Meting just as it came to us.
The article referred to was a
local news item a brut lie new .
church being buiii pot w- t cf
town. It was oiu information
that it was to be moved, bet if
this is not ihe c«.-e vye e giad
to make the co/rechou.) Editor.
iSTRYC ... .
> TO DESTRC' . SB1TS
fOood Lively Machine Gtm is
Harmless in OoiTiparieca
Record of 1,000 Animals to Ofvr Ounca
of Poison Made* in Gooding Coun
ty, Idaho—Campaigns in Qt-h
er Western States.
OPrepare-l by the T.'i itod States Depart
ment cl -i.itricultur<e.)
a pood t;v:-ly m* ii.ue gun is harta
less when compared to strychnine—
at leu>t when it is used to extermi
nate rabbits.. In L ncoln county, Ida
ho, the farmers, working in co-opera
tion with the* biological survey, linked
Stales Department of Agriculture, re
port that one ounce of,the poison killed
400 rabbits. Fanners in Gooding coun
ty did even better with their poison
arid averaged l.OtKI rabbits r<» the
ounce. Minidoka county, conducting
a poison campaign under the direction
1 of the bureau, killed 40,000 rabbits.
These figures are illustrative of the
work that has been done under gov
ernment direction in exterminating
rabbits in the western states, where
they are so plentiful as to be extreme
ly destructive to orchards and crops.
Large-scale campaigns were organized
!n Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada,
Ltsh and Arizona under the .leader
ship of Department of Agriculture rep
resentatives and along co-operative
Ones in which the state governments,
the state exlmtskm service, pud the
land owners assumed a share of the
| *v-;>i osibih It: a-. : tion to the poi
j SO. . ' metii . at rabbit -drives
were conducted, seme of w.h!^h re
sulted in. thv-, killing of as many as
10,000 rabbits. . •
The represent a ri.es of the bureau
of biological- survey eVnpfrasize the fact
that, in the West, the .rabbit is a seri
ous menace. Rah) its often devastate
large fields nf grain and <U>s' -val
nnK!o 0rcJ| ,’s an(| vu * •••'
«■ 4.
- •. pre
senting the work and savings ©f>a life
time, and which constitute lie- y(>ie
support of the owner, have been •,au
pletely destroyed in a single nigi, by
jack rabbits.
SUPERIOR BRACE FOR FENCE
Tirrbers F rmiy Mortised Iff Afford
'Great leiistance to tte^rvy '
Strain ef Wires. .
The c n.-:l ?<• strr.in'of r* wire fence
soon p- i<: e posts over. This is es
pecial! r.bp.e, ing when the,'fence is
built' e < urve. Her Is a’rail brace
tbs* i great resistance to the
destr. r force*.of tbe wireSJ bit. is
placef irs-Pes above, fehOv«urfaee of
the - i, .mil is mortised into the
if •'<:> a & BraCvio Ac,amat £ash
> ^"'mbeta Firmly tVIort’se'd
!< i Fence* !s Etren^thsned
^ • Put 1 of the Wire.
[>ok . f^e-ijinirtor inch u: c.-ieh
ei:d ?»»v;!s t:i* .<.*? a rod :j]#art,
a.nd ' • 7 inches in dhunouv. so
that n-' ■ ' hy 4 inh’ie.*. l:y 1!» feet
wiil '■ he'- v:. ho i stThe
po- 1 r»; ion' Teosot 'd, -iiul
vhc ■»•;'<! :: orndy sot in he’
thr 1 <?••,»}>. The j.'VmVo.’.; v-iU
On: in-' t;.e wire.