THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT
But in the morning she laughed]
at her feara, for there was a letter
from Dennis, in which for the first
time he Said that he missed her?
and only God knew what an effort
it had cost him to write those words
?and asking how much longer she
meant to be 4 defitetar.
"Dreams dofi't main anything,"
Pauline tdid herself happily. "It
must have been because we had cu
cumber with the salmon for dinner."
She spent a happy day. The doc
tor said her mother wag better, and
there was a wire from her father
to say he was returning, and Paul
ine wrote a long letter to Dennis.
"It will be too wonderful, won't it?"
she wrote with trembling eager
ness. "I think I love you better
than ever I did ? if it's at all pos
sible, darling. I often wonder how
I managed ever to be happy be
fore you married me, and if any
happened that we were sep
Hed, Dennis, I should die."
OUara's face twitched as he read
her loving words, and for a mom
ent he looked away from what he
was reading, wondering why it was
he could not rid himself of the
feeling that this letter was not
really written to him at all.
He had seen Barbara every day,
but she had never again allowed
him to go to her flat, and that
morning, looking at himself in the
glass while he shaved, it seemed to
Dennis that he had aged years in
these few days.
Pauline's letter had come by the
evening post, and Dennis was
dressed to go out ? he was taking
Barbara and Stornaway to dinner.
Barbara had refused to come
alone ? "Bring Dr. Stornaway," She
had said.
"Are you never coming alone with
me again?" Dennis had asked, but
she had not replied.
He stood staring down into the
fire, smoking cigarette after ciga
rette and trying to see beyond the
immediate present. Was there to I
be any beyond? Barbara would not
tell him, and he himself could not
find the answer.
haps they would find it, or She
would find it for them. The tele- !
phone rang. Was it Barbara, to say
she could not dine with him? His
heart almost seemed to stop beat
ing as he waited, and then he
caught his breath in a great sigh
of relief as he knew it was not She. }
It was Stornaway:
"That you, CHara? I say, I'm
awfully sorry, but I can't come
along tonight, after all. I've been
sent for to go home. Old Thompson
is ill. Hope it's not leaving you in
the cart."
"No, not at all ? I've not booked
anything. I'm sorry, though."
"Liar!" he told himself cheerily
as he rang off atid went to get his
overcoat.
Dinner alone with Barbara ? he
> felt like a happy "Schoolboy as he
went downstairs and out into the
street. A whole evening alone with
her! Would she come now th^t Stor
J^way would not be there? Well,
would not tell her until she
Hed. It seemed a long time before
Tils knock on Barbara's door was
answered, and then it was Mrs.
Mellish who admitted him.
She said, "Good-evening, sir," in [
her quiet voice and led the way in
to the sitting room.
"Mrs. Stark will not keep you
long, sir." She hesitated, looking at
him with those quiet eyes that saw '
so much and betrayed So little.
"Mrs. Stark has been a little up- '
set," she added.
"Upset!"
"I expect Mrs. Stark will explain ,
to you, sir."
She went away, leaving Dennis to i
wait impatently.
When she came he saw that she
was ready, dressed and wearing a
gown he had once admired. He went
quickly to her and took her hands.
"What is it, my dear?"
She smiled. "Did Mellish tell you?
Bless her heart! She knows there Is
nobody else I should ever tell my
troubles to, Dennis." She bent and
dropped a kiss on his coat sleeve.
"Mix some cocktails, please, and 111
teU you."
She sat down by the fire and
witched him; then suddenly she
spoke. '
"I had an unexpected visitor to
day, Dennis."
"Oh!" He was not greatly inter
ested. "Who was it?"
"My husband."
The fragile Stem of the .glass he
was holding snapped suddenly be
tween Dennis O'Hara s fingers. He
had forgotten that Barbara had a
husband living.
"I thought jrou never saw him,"
he said with an effort.
"I havent? for years. -He came
this afternoon.- I had no idSji he
was. in New York."
There was a little rilence. "What
did he want?" Dennis asked jharp
ly. She lifted her beautiful eyes, i
"He asked me to go back to him." j
Dennis stood very still for a mo
ment; then he turned mechanically
again to his job.
"You like French Vermouth?" he .
said.
"Please." Then she laughed, a '
wild little ift?s& that founded in- J
finitely sad. "Make it strong, Dennis, ,
so strong that I shan't care what '
happens or what becomes of me."
She flung out her hands with a
pathetic gesture of emptiness, but
Dennis took no notice. He finished
his mixing and brought a glass to
her. As she took it he asked, "And
what did you say?"
"I told him I would think about
It." There was a long silence. "You
know he divorced me," she Said
presently.
Dennis did not answer.
Her face whitened, and she said
almost in a whisper: "It wasn't
true, Dennis, not ? not what you
Dennis was white to the lips.
She shook her head. "No? I prom
ised to write to him."
She Stood up suddenly beside
him, tall and beautiful and so ut
terly desirable, that for a moment
Dennis O'Hara closed his eyes.
Then she said, "What's the use of
hoping for anything? for us, I
mean? You know it's no use; you
know you cant do? what you think
you can."
"You mean? tell Pauline,"
"YeS."
He clenched his hands into ftstS.
"Barbara ? there must be some
other way."
"Yes." She smiled tremulously.
"You might come here secretly ? as
my lover ? and we should be happy
for the little time we could be to
gether and unhappy for the great
while when we had to be apart.
And some day it would be found
out, and then "
"I should only mind for your
O'Hara's (ace twitched as he read her loving words. He could
not rid himself of the feeling that this letter was relaly written to him.
think. But I was as tired of him
as" he was of me, so I let him think
? what..:fae liked I swear it's' the .
truth."
"There is no need. I always be
lieve you."
"Foolish Dennis!" But there were
tears in her eyes ? so often now
there seemed to be tears in her
eyes. |
"Well ? go on," Dennis said after
a moment.
She sighed and leaned her chin in
her hand.
"I've never seen him since ? well,
since then, juntil today. He was
generous ? I've always had plenty of
money. And now he wants me to
go back to him." Her eyes never
left his face. "He says he has never
cared for any woman but me,
Dennis."
"And you told him you would
think about it ? about going back to
him?"
"Yes."
"Did he give you a time limit?" i
sake."
"It wouldn't hurt me ? it wouldn't
?he. anything wnrsp than t.hf* t.hinerx
people say about me already. But
you, Dennis ? it would break your
heart."
"Am I such a weakling?"
"No, if you were it would not
matter."
He paced up and down the room (
restlessly.
"II I were an honest man I should i
go to Pauline and tell her the
truth. It would not hurt her as
much a? it will if some day she
finds out that I love you and that
I think of you every moment and
want you "
"It's because you are an honest
man that you can't tell her," Bar
bara said, and then, as he did not
answer, she took up her cloak and
held it to him.
"Let us go, Dennis ? Dr. Storna
way will be waiting."
He took the cloak from her, but
as he laid it over her shoulders he
Suddenly enfolded her with his
arms, pressing her head back against
his breast. "Barbara? kiss me " 1
Her lips moved to say no, but
Dennis silenced the word with his
own, and 8b for a long time they j
stood while Barbara gave herself ;
up wholly to the intoxication of the
moment.
"Just this once ? for the last time,"
she told herself. "Just this once ?
for the very last time."
And when at last he released her
she was1 white and shaken and
could not meet his eyes, though she
tried to laugh.
"Nobody has ever kissed me like
that, Dennis," she said faintly.
"And was It ? happiness?" he
tufted. U
"It was ? heaven," she whispered.
He told her about Stornaway as
they drove away together, her cheek
against his shoulder, her hand in
his.
"1 didn't tell you before. 1 thought
you would refuse to come."
"I ought to refuse now," she
sighed. She raised her head and
looked at him. "Dennis, this lsnt
really me at all. I used to be so
unhappy ? and now, I feel .young
and warm and without a care in
the world." But Dennis CHara's
eyes were sad as he looked away
from her, and the words of Paul
ine's letter came back to him like a
sad reproach ? "If anything happen
ed that we were separated, I should
die."
? ? ?
They spent a happy evening.
"We'll forget everything but that
we are together," Barbara said. So
they dined and danced and talked
of things that were farthest from
their hearts. It was as they were
leaving that they came face to face
with Jerry Barnet.
He had obviously been drinking,
and Barbara shivered and drew
closer to Dennis. "He pretended
not to see us," she whispered. "I
think he is a little jealous of you."
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
Patience
By A. B. O'Briant
AlaS, that youth's fond hopes should
fade,
The youth whose book Is guided o'er
And it's lip may speak it's holiest
vow, 1
With idle words that delight to pore. 1
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The youth that spent its wealth and i
bought i
The knowledge I would gain, <
111 hoard it's lesson in tny heart,*
The good which bloodshed could i
not gain.
My feet were vexed with puny Scores
To knock the fairy customs down,
With roid words that hide the en
vious thought,
All steeped in dew-drops of renown.
In earlier days and calmer hours
Too early fltteh for a calmer state,
Who this observes may in his body
find,
More moderate gifts prolonged to
wait.
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Legal Notices
Notice Sale Of Land
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon me by a
judgment of the Superior Court of
Person County, North Carolina,
made In that special proceeding en
titled T. O. Pass vs Brant Bowles
and wife, Pattie Sue Bowles, Lucy
Bowles Carver and husband, Sim
Carver, I will on Monday, March
27, 1933, at twelve o'clock noon, in
front of the courthouse door, in
Roxboro, North Carolina, Sfell to
the highest bidder, for cash, the j
land described in this petition in
said action, to- wit:
Lying and being in the County of j
Person, Roxboro Townshp, bounded
on the North by the lands of Jasper i
Clayton; on the East by the estate'
of J. A; Long; on the South by the
lands of Charlie W. Carver and on !
the West by the lanc& belonging
to the estate of J. A. Long, contain- j
Ing fifty (50) acres, more or less,
and known as the Alex Owen place. (
This February 25, 1933.
3-22 N. Lunsford, Commissioner.
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Administrator's Notice
Having qualified as administrator .
of the estate of B. P. McKinney, de- j
ceased, late of Person County, N. C., !
this1 is to notify all persons having
claims against the said estate to
exhibit them to the undersigned on
or before February 22nd, 1934, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 16th day of February, 1933.
J. L. McKinney, Administrator.
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In The Superior Court
NORTH CAROLINA,
PERSON COUNTY.
S. W. Melton, Admr. of
W. T. Humphries,
vs. a. .
Henry Humphries and
others and Madeline
Yancey, George Yan
cey, Rusaw Yancey and
Louise West, heirs at
law of W. T. Humphries
deceased.
SUMMONS
.?NOTICE i
To Rusaw Yancey, George Yan
cey, Madeline Yancey, Roy West
and Louise West, defendants above
named:
The defendants above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Person Coun
ty to sen land for assets to pay
debts of W. T. Humphries, deceased,.
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of said County, and let them take
notice that if they fail to answer
said petition within the time
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This February 3rd., 1933.
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In The Superior Court
NORTH CAROLINA,
PERSON COUNTY,
Nettie Tingtn
vs.
Jacob Tingln.
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SUMMONS.
The defendant above named will
take notice that summons In the
above entitled action was issued
against the defendant on the 6th
day of February, 1933, said action
being for an absolute divorce,
which summons is returnable before
the undersigned Clerk of the Court
at his office in Roxboro, North Car
olina, on March 10th, 1933, and the
defendant will further take notice
that he is required to appear and
answer or demur to the complaint,
which has been filed in said cause,
or the relief demanded will be grant
ed.
This the 6th day of February,
1933.
C. L. BROOKS,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION
To All To Whom These Presents
sents May Come ? Greeting:
Whereas, It appears to my Satis
faction, by duly authenticated re
cord of the proceedings for the vol
untary dissolution thereof by the
unanimous consent of all the stock
holders, deposited in my office, that
the O. & G. Corporation, a corpo
ration of this State, whose principal
office is Situated in the town of
Roxboro, County of Person, State of
North Carolina (Moe Goodman, be
ing the agent therein and in
charge thereof, upon whom process
may be served), has eomplie-d with.
the requirements of Chapter 33,
Consolidated Statutes, entitled
"Corporation*,-" preliminary to the
issuing of this Certificate of Disso
lution:
Now therefore, I, Stacey W. Wade,
Secretary of 8tate of the State of
> North Carolina, do hereby certify
I that the said corporation did, pn
| the 19th day of January, 1933, file
in my office a duly executed and
| attested consent In writing to the
j dissolution of said corporation, exe
cuted by all the stockholders there -
| of, which said consent and the re
cord of the proceedings aforesaid
are now /on file in my said office as
provided by law.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereto set my hand and affixed my
official seal at Raleigh, this 19th
day of January, 1933.
Stacey W. Wade,
3-| Secretary of State.
Executor's Notice
Having qualified as executor of
the last will and testament of L. A.
Evans, deceased, late of Person
County, N. C., this is to notify all
persons having claims against said
j estate to exhibit them to the under
signed on or before the first day of
February, 1934, or this notice will be
pleaded in T&r of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make immediate pay
ment.
This the 28th day of January, 1933.
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Having qualified as executors ol
the last will and testament of J.
Logan Garrett, deceased, late of
Person County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against the said estate to ex
hibit them to the undersigned on
or before the 25th day of January,
1934, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to gaid estate will please
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1933.
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