tenth installment I
Ruth felt that the onty definite'
result or consulting a lawyer would
be to put Snavely in a fury. After
all, a lawyer coudnt change any
thing; she had her interest in the
ranch and 8navely his. She supposed
that Snavely thought himself to have
once been cheated by the law and
tnat to him it represented civiliza
tion in much the same- way that
barbed wire did. I
Snavely had left for Palo Verde
immediately after breakfast in search
of Mexicans. Now Ruth and Ann
were catching their horses while
David watched from the top of the
corral gate.
Before he left, Snavely had or
dered Ann to ride the south pasture
and Ruth had quietly determined
to go along. The south pasture con
tained the only water-filled pond
and consequently all of the cattle, I
except those which watered at the
corral troughs on the home ranch
Ruth wanted to see If the feed in
-the south pasture was as nearly
?me as Snavely had said. 1
Wr he little party had reached the
inclined road which led down into !
the gulch when Ruth spurred Bris- j
ket to the side of the big roan. She
pointed to the trail which led along
the southern bank of the gulch.
"Don't we want to go this way
Ann?" i
Ann shook her head. "You-all kin
?o "round? I got to go through. This
here's the naturalest way to go." j
Ruth hesitated, then followed Ann.
She did not know whether or not
she was afraid to pass the brown
boulder which squatted so nakedly
in the barren sand. She supposed
she would scream if she heard? |
anything. ... As they reached the 1
floor of the gulch the roots of her j
hair began to tingle. Ahead, Ann I
was sitting very straight in her sad
dle. The horses plodded stoily
through the sand, yet thet^Shed I
to approach the boulder wWi incred
ible speed. Ruth's hand gripped her
saddle horn, her shoulders were
hunched as though expecting a !
Wow. All about was the bright, j
hot silence of the morning ? a still
ness somehow more terriflying than
the shadow-filled evening when I
she had first come through the
gulch. Ann was passing the boul
der; Ruth could see the first slight
relaxing of the great body; then it !
suddenly grew tense, and Ann rein- j
ed her horse to a dead stop. Ruth !
and David also stopped. Ann re- j
mained motionless, her head set rig
idly. Ruth held her breath and lis- !
tened. She heard nothing. She al
lowed Brisket to take a few steps
nearer the roan, then stopped him.
She could hear something now, a
low whispering guttural voice, ' so \
faint that she coujd almost imagine j
she heard nothing. For perhaps a I
minute she listened, before Ann j
nodded as though in reply and urged 1
her horse forward. Ruth -heard noth
ing as she passed the rock, except |
perhaps a dry rustling as of brush
ed leaves, but of course there were I
no leaves, only sand, empty sand;
and the banded walls of the gulch
far to the right and left.
When they were out of the gulch
and had turned southward, Ruth
spoke to Ann. "Did it speak in
^Spanish?"
' "Apache."
That was all Ruth could bring
herself to ask and the only word
Ann had ever said about the voice.
During the whole of the ride Ann
made no comment. Even when they
were returning, and Ruth remark
ed that the quick growing billows
of clouds above the western moun
tains might mean rain, the Indian
woman only nodded. The mother
and son rode around the gulch, but
the giantess went through.
Ruth and David had been in the
old adobe for some time when Ann
passed and entered the ranch house.
Although it was hardly mid-after
noon the sun had already set behind
the black mountain range of clouds.
A cold wind blew, slowing gaining
in strength, driving swirls of dust
which flew like frightened shapes
before it.
Ann entered the kitchen and made
the Are. She put on a kettle of
water and a pot. Prom time to time
as she mixed dough for the tortillas,
she licked her lips. She had made
six lumps and had begun to flatten
the flrst by slapping it in her huge
hands when she threw down the
dough with a frenzied gesture and
almost ran into Snavely's room. She
did not pause but took hold of the!
nearest corner of the old carpet and
flung It violently back. On her
knees, she peered closely at the
cracks in the floor, testing the
boards with an occasional thump
of her great fist At length she
found what she sought; with her
nails in the crack she pulled up
two short boards, tossed them aside,
and thrust her arm into the open
ing. ?he brought up a tin cash box
which Mi heavily as she dropped tt
beside the hole. Then a wolfish grin
twisted her lips and she withdrew
a quart bottle filled with white
liquid. "Here you is ? jest like th'
voicd say," she rumbled
When Ruth brought her son Into
the ranch house Ann was In the
j kitchen, the last of the tortillas
! crisply browning on top of the
stove. The girl received the sur
prise of her life when Ann looked
1 at her with a broad grin, "Well,
, howdy, folks? set down; th* eats 'er
| comin\"
| "Why, Ann?"
"What's th' matter, white girl ?
skeered o' somepin' ag'in?" Ann ;
laughed, the full-throated, primitive
laugh of the negro. She snatched
the burning tortilla from the stove ;
and flung it toward the table.
"Miss An's funny!" David's little
voice was filled with questioning
delight.
Ruth said nothing but seated her
self at the kitchen table.
"Now fer a feed," grunted Ann.
Her chair squeaked dangerously as
she slid into it. "Here, white girl,"
she invited, holding out a pot, "slop
yerse'f a plat o' beans."
There was no spoon in the pot
and Ruth poured out the beans.. She
couldn't understand what had hap
pened to Ann, but something warn
ed her not to ask for a spoon.
"Ann," said the girl, "it's begin
1ns: to rain and the wind is much
stronger ? do you suppose we ought
to go to the barn and see if every
thing's shut tight? Is the windmill
shut off?"
For a second Ann appaered to
consider the matter, then she grin
ned and waved her arm aimlessly.
"Let 'er rain ? cant do nothin'
?obut it!" She began to sing, beat
ing the table with her cup:
? "A man kin sow corn,
A man kin sow oats,
A man kit git chillen,
A man kin raise shoats,
A man kin make one thing,
A man kin make two ?
But hit rains, dear Lord,_
Like hit wants to do!"
The cup broke and Ann settled
back in her chair, holding a bit of
the porcelain handle between her
big fingers and laughing ? deep,
gurgling laughter.
David looked questioningly at his
mother. Ruth had an idea. "Ann's a
great old sport, isn't she?" And she
lauehed until David joined uncer
tainly. "Sing some more, Ann," she
cried, patting the huge knee which
had slid to press her own. She
knew that Ann must be drunk, but
where she ha4 obtained the liquor
was a mystery.
Ann immediately obliged with a
song which was evidently a relic of |
the days when she "run a dance
hall down in Texas." Terrified as
she was, the girl found time to hope
that parts of the song would not
linger in David's brain. She ap
plauded vigorously. "That's fine!"
And leaning forward confidently,
"When the cat's away, Ann? you
know!" She finished with a wink.
But at the allusion to Snavely's
absence the giantess ceased to grin
and looked steadily at Ruth. "Aw
hell!" she said fiercely, "you're
playln' a game! What "re you up
to, huh?"
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AJMU, UUUllUg, aucwci CU SVUkU j
airily. "If .you want to be a pig, all
right ? I just thought you might
give me a drink, that's all."
"Aw now. honey! Shorely, shorely
you kin have a drink ? big drink."
Ann rose and went to the flour bin
where she puleld out a bottle, half
full, and shoved It toward Ruth.
"Go to It, kiddo!"
Ruth took out the cork and put
the mouth of the bottle to her nose.
"What is this, Ann?"
"Gawd love us!" she said einlo- j
sively, "wheite was you raised? That
there's mescal ? dynamite, that's !
what it is ? make it out cactus, the;
greasers do, and it shorely has its
prickles left. I've seen a man stand
to th' bar an' drink Ave whiskv
glasses of it durin' "bout half an
hour, then maybe he'd go an' set
with the boys and girls an* he'd
be cold sober? like what I am -now
?he'd be cold sober, just funnin' a
little maybe, fer 'bout an hour an'
then" ? Ann leaned worward drama
tically ? "an* then he'd get up to
take a little walk, an' he take two
steps an' fall flat on his face! That's
how it hits you."
Ruth eyed the half -filled bottle
and wondered when Ann had begun.
"I ? I dont think I want any right
now ? later.""
Ann's great fist crashed on the
table. "Yuh ast fer a drink, go
ahead! Ain't I fllttin' company fer
yuh?" she snarled.
Ruth slowly poured some of the
liquor in her cup. At that moment
the room went vivid with lighting
and the very earth leaped with the j
detonation of thunder. "Ann!" cried ;
the girl, "how about Sugarfoot?"
The giantess got to her feet, deep
ly concerned. "Pore little Sugarfoot
? pore little lamb. . .**. She went
out of the room muttering dolefully.
- Ruth hid the bottle behind the
kitchen door and going into the sit
ting room lit the lamp. The rain
beating against the^ window was
running under the sill and down''
the wall. Ruth could think of noth- 1 1
lng better to do, so she and David i
began stuffing paper in the crack. ' <
They turned at a low laugh and |<
saw the giantess filling the door- ; j
way; her head bent forward so as ]
not to bump the lintel. "You i
couldnt guess," she whispered, com- j <
ing into the room, "he's done crawl- <
ed in mammy's bed an' shut his1'
little eyes. He ain't gettln' in nO|
storm!" f j ,
Ruth smiled and looking about, ' 1
picked up an ore specimen. "Where'd 1
they get this, Ann?" |<
"Huh? I doan know ? been here 1
longer'n what I have ? " Her eyes :
fell on the equi bow hanging above '
he shelf. "Hie re's ? weapon for]
ruh!" She snatched down the bow. '
'Gawd! them flimsy men ? I seen
wo of 'em trying this bow? |
:ouldn't hardly bend it, they could
i*t ? an' as fej'shootin'! Hell ? ain't
10 man here 1x>uts can draw arrow
o this bow. Look at me!" She
(erked an arrow from the quiver
md placing it on the string drew It
slowly, easily back. The tough wood
creaked and the sinews of her great
wrist stood out like rods as the long i
Iron wood head of the arrow came
bo the hand on the bow. For a mom
ent she held it so, and her eyes
sought Ruth's in satisfaction. She
swerved slightly, the string twanged
Like a taut wire and the three-foot
arrow, with a his and a click, pass
ed through the panel of the kitchen
door and stopped with a thud some
where beyond.
For a moment there came into
Ann's face a look of soberness; as
though half ashamed, she hung the
bow back on the wall. But as she
was lowering her arms she paused,
took an uncertain step, and turn
ing, slouched heavily against the
wall. Ruth hugged David closer.
Ann's head drooped upon her breast;
her eyes were closed. Slowly they
opened and the face turned Into
the face of an uncontrollable beast.
The bright, unintelligent eyes fo
cused upon Ruth's faoe, the lower
lip, hanging away from the teeth,
twitched, then formed words,
"What's th' time?" j
Ruth glanced at the clock. "It,
says six-twenty:" .
"Great Gawd!" Ann sprang to her
full height "Why didn't yuh say
when it was six o'clock? I'm label" |
With a bound, Ann reached thei
front door and disappeared into the1
roaring storm.
Ruth snatched up David and ran
out of the back door toward the old
adobe. By the lightning she saw
Ann running toward the road which
led into the gulch. The bottle glint
ed in her hand.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
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Expermient station bulletin 290,
"Capons andCaponlzing," is an in
teresting new bulletin just prepared
by the poultry department at State
college and is available free of
charge to poultry growers of North
Carolina.
N. & W. Continues
Low Rates To A
Century of Progress
With definite assurance that the
Chicago World's Fair will continue j
operation until November 12, and
not close the end of this month '
as was first planned, the Norfolk
and Western Railway today an
nounced that its low round-trip
rates to Chicago will continue in
effect until the exposition closes.
The low rates, which include re
ductions as high as nearly 50 per
cent from the regular fares, are of
several classes. The first group, de- I
signated as 16-day fares, will bel
sold on the basis of one fare plusi
25 cents. These tickets will.be good
in both coaches or Pullman cars.
The second group is an 18-day fare,
good in coaches only, and sold at |
the rate of 75 per cent of the one- I
way fare. A 30-day fare, good in j
coaches or Pullman, will be sold at I
one-way rates plus one-third. A
reason ticket, good in coaches or|
Pullman, is offered at one-way fare
plus one-half. There also will be
special fares for parties of 25 or
more persons, in this connection
the railway announced a reduction
of 25 per cent in round -trip Pullman
rates where tickets are good In Pull
man cars.
In addition to the foregoing, the
Norfolk and Western is selling low
price "visits" covering all expenses
in Chicago except meals. The "vis
its" will allow stayb In Chicago of
from one to five days or more. Hie
"visit" fares include taxi fare to and
from station and hotel, lodging, and
admission to the exposition grounds.
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Before Christmas, Too
Boys in the civilian conservation
corps will receive several million
dollars worth of winter clothing
with the complments of their uncle
Sam ? which will be good for the
boys and help to supply a market
for the sale of large quantities of
clothing. These purchases will be
supplemented by tremendous orders
for stoves, lumber and other building
material, hardware and piping for
plumbing.
Coming Attractions At The Palace
LATEST EDITION
OF SCAN DALS
IS NEW SHOW i
Irving N. Lewis and his Scandals I
will open a one day engagement at |
the Palace Theatre on Thursday of
this week, Oct. 26th. One morning
matinee 10:30 a. m., two night per
formances, 7:15-8:45 p. m.
As a presentation it offers many
new novelties and up to the min
ute vod-vil. "Scandals" has been
pronounced by press and public to
be superior to anything of Its kind
cn the road today, and well may it
be said that no expense has been
spared to make it so ? with plenty
of special scenery and electrical ef
fects, goregous costtknes and an en
semble of pretty girls.
Heading the list is Mr. Lewis him
self. He needs no Introduction to
millions of theatre-goers.
Harry Hoyt, that likable master
of ceremonies and golden-voiced
tenor, direct from Chicago.
Frankie and Gladys Harris in a
study in black and tan.
Suzzane and Everose in some
thing new, hot, and different.
Rose Sydell, that little atom of i
animation and ' sauciness. Mable
Harrel, the Boop-boop-adoop girl.
Virginia Lee, that sensational acro
batic dancer. Billie Starr, the danc
ing streak lightning. Harry and La
Vaughn, and the syncopaters, stage
band deluxe, making in all a fast
stepping presentation act from start
to finish.
NEW ZANE GRtY
FILM PORTRAYS
HISTORIC FEUD
Abounding in historic feuds be
tween cattlemen, the rugged West
furnished Zane Grey with one of its
most spectacular struggles for "To
The Last Man," which Paramount
has just filmed. The picture is com
ing on Saturday, Oct. 28th, to the
Palace Theatre.
The imposing al-star cast features
Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, I
Buster Crab be. Jack LaRue, and j
Irving Lewis' Scandals
PALACE THEATRE
Thursday (only) Oct. 26th
Morning Mat. 10:30. Adm. 10-25c
No Afternoon Matinee.
Evening Perf. 7:15-8:45. Adm. 15-35c
Noah Beery. The company of more
than 150 players was sent to the
actual location of Zane Grey's story,
where it remained for several weeks
in order to provide the picture with
the necessary tone of realism.
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CROSBY HEADS
ALL-STAR CAST
OF FILMUSICAL
Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Skeets
Gallagher, Judith Allen, Harry
Green, Lilyan Tashman and Ned
Sparks head the star-packed cast
of Paramount's sensational musi
can comedy smash, "Too Much
Harmony," which comes to the
Palace Theatre on Monday and
Tuesday, Oct. 30th and 31st.
The film centers around the on
and-off stage activities of a group
of show people. Interspersed in the
action are eight brand new hit
tunes, and several lavish produc
tion numbers, with a huge chorus of
Hollywood's foremost beauties.
Crosby has the stellar role of
Friday (,Unly) October 27 th
NO SECRET HE MIGHT WANT TO
KEEP FROM HER WAS BIGGER
THAN HER
LOVE FOR
HIM ? ? ?
The charm of "Smilin* \
Through"! The sweep of
r Gmarron"! The epic great
ness of "The Covered Wagon"'
The glory of ALL of these .
woven into one mighty story*:
k
jl As this picture sommoriz
?s In stirring panorama
th? life of its heroine,
so does It summarize ail
that MARY PJCKFORD
bos meant to the fans
of America f
Matinee and Evening Performances
> '
Eddie Bronson, musical comedy
star who falls In love with Judith
Allen when he discovers her doing
a small-time vaudeville act in the
west. He brings her to Broadway
for a big role in his new show, and
then the fun begins. For along with
her comes her fiancee, Jack Oakie,
and Skeels Gallagher. The film
comes to a highly amusing conclu
sion when Oakie impersonates a
Texas millionaire, in order to alien
ate the affections of Crosby's schem
ing fiancee so that Bing and Ju
dith can get together.
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2 Academy Winners
Help to Make 'Secrets'
Two doube-winners before the Acad
emy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences and two runners-up work
ed with Mary Pickford making "Se
crets,," which comes to the Palace
Theatre on Friday, Oct. 27th.
The double-winners are Frank
Borzage and Frances Marion, the
former for direction of "Bad Girl"
and "Seventh Heaven" and the lat
ter for scrips of "The Champ" and
'"The Big House." The runners-up
'are Ray June, cameraman, and
Richard Day, art director.
In front of the cameras was an
other all-star cast. Miss Pickford'sl
leading man was Leslie Howard and
the other girl, Mona Marls. Others
are: C. Aubrey Smitfc, Blanche Fred
erlci, Doris Lloyd, Herbert Evans,
Ned Sparks and Jerry Stewart.
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MUSICAL OFFERS
PEP AND TUNES
LONG STAR UST
Eight New Hit Tunes Feature Com
edy With Bing Crosby; Oakie
Gallagher in "Too Much i
Harmony"
AT PALACE MONDAY-TUESDAY
Paramount 's "Too Much Har
mony," the first musical hit of the
new 1933-34 season, makes It first
local appearance on Monday and .
Tuesday, Oct. 30-31st, at the Palace !
Theatre. In the stellar role is Blng
Crosby, who was most recently seen
in Paramount's "Big Broadcast"
and "College Humor."
In supporting roles are Jack
Oakie and Skeets Gallagher, the
famous comedy team who wowed
audiences in "Close Harmony" sev
eral years ago; Judith Allen, Cecil
B. DeMille's new screen find; Harry i
Green, famous stage and screen
dialectic funster; Lilyan Tashman i
and Ned Sparks. Direction was by
Ed wan Sutherland, who also, mega- :
phoned "Whoopee."
The story, moving In and out of
a theatrical atmosphere, relates the
adventures of a group of show peo
ple rehearsing for a forthcoming
musical comedy. Bing Crosby, star
of the show, is engaged to the fas
cinating gold-digger, Lilyan Tash
man. He meets Judith Allen while
cn a trip in the West, thinks she
has great stage possibilities and
makes her a member of the show,
and promptly falls in love with
her. The situation becomes embar
rassing when he discovers that Ju
dith is virtually engaged to Jack
Oakie, part of her act. Oakie and
Crosby come to blows, then to an
understanding, and the final scenes
end the novel plot in unusual and
satisfactory fashion.
Eight new song hits by Arthur
Johnston and Sam Coslow are in
troduced in the film. They are
"Thanks," "Buckin' the Wind,"
"Cradle Me with a Hot-Cha Lulla
by," "Black Moonlight," "Boo-Boo
Boo," "The Day You Came Along,"
"Hie Two Aristocrats" and "I Guess
It Had To Be That Way."
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There is a good local demand for
all seed Abruzzi rye harvested in
Northampton County last spring.
One grower reports selling 500 bu
shels of seed last week to local
farmers.
MONDAY and TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30-3 1ST
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DANCING . . . Tempestuous . . . Original I SONGS . . . Blazing . . . Haunting I
STARS . . . Romantic . ?. Crazy Funny I GIRLS . . . Hot-cha Honies!
with the star of __
'College Humor' mm** Jt
and 'Big Broadcast ' U H V
CROSBY
Teaming together again . ?
those 'Close Harmony' boys f
JACK OAKIE
Skeets GALLAGHER
with *
JUDITH ALLEN
HARRY GREENj
LILYAN TASHMAN
and NED SPARKS
I THEATRE y j
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Morning Mat. Monday 1 0:30 a. m. Afternoon Mat. Mon. 3:15 p. m.