#PENN\PRINCESS
J by?anna qp?CLustin?wneaserv**
UBT.IN HKKK TODAY
Ver* Cameron, plain but ef- i
tic-lent private secretary, con- j
sent* to let Jerry Mackiyn, ad- '
v*>riIslns manager for Peach |
it loom Cosmetics. transform her
Into a beauty through the use
uf the company cosmetics. She
>?>nsents only after she falls in- .
stantly in love with u man who T
ignores her.
Jerry proposes to use her j
photographs in the company's
advertising booklets. In trans
forming her. the beauty spe
cialist copies a picture Jerry
finds in his desk. Vera wants to
be beautiful so she can spend
her vacation at I^ake Mlnneton
ku and meet the man she loves,
Krhuyler Smythe.
At Minnctonka, Schuyler and
other guests mlatuke her for the
ex-princess. Vivian Crandall. j
who, after a divorce In Paris, j
has disappeared. Vera's at- {
tempts to ronvlnce people of her I
true identity fall, and Bhp puts |
further coufesMion from her 1
. when she realizes Schuyler Is in |
A love with the girl he thinks she
T is.
?Nan Fosdlck. who It is rum- j
ored Schuyler Is engaged to for
?her money, begs Vee-Vee to |
leave the hotel, saying Schuyler '
loved her before Vera came. Nan j
and Mrs. Bannister, another |
guest, go to the city and Vera j
know* thev will notify the Cran
dalls. That night, Schuyler and
Vera go to the end of the pier i
to be alone and Vera determines <
to confess to him. He tells |
Vera of his love for her. Vera
puts off confession and begs
him to tell her or his boyhood. '
When he admlte he Is a secre
tary, she asks him If he would
love her any less if he learned
She was a nobody, without
money. A bell-boy appears, sum- .
monlng Vera to meet two men .
w|io await her at the hotel.
Schuyler says he will not let
them take her away, that she 1
rau?t marry him tonight.
NOW OO ON WITH THK HTORY
CHAPTER XXVII
'"Row can we get away?" Vee-1
Vee's teeth chattered with fear and
excitement. "Your car is In the
hotel garage, out of commis
sion?"
"Listen!" he commended sharp
)y. "Run along the shore road
till you come to that little clump
of three birches where I got that
J birch bark for you yesterday. Hide
among the trees until you aee a
car coming. I'll blow a signal on
the horn?one long and one short
honk. Understand?"
"But where will you get the
car?" Vee-Vee protested, seizing
his arm as he was starting down
tJthe steps.
J "Steal It and notify the hotel In
the morning where they can pick
It up," Schuyler retorted grimly.
"I'm not going to let anything
?tand in my way. That scoundrel
Thurston had my car tampered
with, and I'll take his car to get
away in if I can find it. He us
ually keeps It waltiug at the rear
entrance. Now?run along and
be sure it's me before you run out
into the road. Darling! Kiss me,
. fco that I'll know It's real?that
we're actally going to be mar-!
rled."
"No! We?we must hurry!"
While she waited In the sheltor1
of the little clump of birches near
the lake shore road, her heurt was
beating so fast with excitement I
that she could not think. She
C9uld only pray wordlessly, pray
that Schuyler would not repudiate;
her as an importer and a love-'
thief?
A roadate** which she recog-'
nl*ed as belonging to Thurston,I
the Hotel manager, came suddenly.
Ihto view around the curve or thoj
road. Vee-Vee crouched behind a
tree until the reassuring signal j
came?one long hoot or the horn,
followed by a short one. She scur-;
I rled across the road, and was In'
I the car bfeore It had come to aj
| fall s?op.
r "Got It?Thurston's car! "I
Schuyler exulted. "I should have
taken a closed car If one had been
handy. Fortunately tor me.
I Thurston leaves his keys in his
Ikfpr. l warned him once that It'
danKerou* business, but he i
^nlughed at me. said there were noi
thieves at the Mlnnetonka. He'll
laugh on the other side or his
mouth, until he hears rrom me in
the morning. Do him good to;
rorry a little," h? added, with a
?Hurt laugh that Jangled on Vee-1
Vee'i overwrought nerve*.
. She said nothing, but huddled'
lo# In her half of the seat, wrap-j
ping the whUe Spanish shawl
about her head and shoulders, to'
protect the carefully set wave in [
htr copper-colored hair from the
menace of the wind.
? I believe we're being fol-l
lowed." Schuyler said suddenly.!
after a pause during which he had ,
Increased the speed of the car to
40 miles an hour. "Look over your I
shoulder, darling."
Vee-Vee obey??i. "There's a carl
behind us, but of course they may
nbt be following us," she reported,
Urylhg to keep panic out of'her
itolce.
"I'll loie them, whoever they
life/' Schuyler promised her
^?Tlie speedometer climbed from,
40 to 45, hung there a moment
Ulep wavered drunkenly to 60.
Vee-Vee glanced over her should
?r fearfully. a? the mr swung at
? perilous angle In taking the!
thru rrom the lake road to the
highway
"I think we're lost them. If
they were following us," she cried
? Schuyler abov* the whistle of
BE ?"* the ham of the mo
"Where are you taking m
asked. . |
IT'Ae far ah I can 4rlve before
ftlfce o'clock In tfc* morning," 1
icheyler answered "I'll ^ ^
maks Connecticut-easier to get1
E
"How ran tee get a way?" Vee-Vee's teeth chattered with fear and exeitemcnt.
a marriage -license In that state
than in New York State."
"Schuyler." aho began. de?
Iperatety taking her courage lntol
her hand*. I've got something to;
tell you- Ploase slow down! I
can't talk against the nirine and
the wind."
"Afraid of me?" She could see
hift smile in the light from the
tiny electric globe set in the dash
board. 1 ?
"Yes." she answered, shivering.
"Won't you please turn into the
first lane that we come to. so that
we can talk unobserved? Please.
Schuyler! Ic'a vitally Important."
"If you're going to a?k me to
take you back to that hotel, where
.those d? detective* are waiting
.to take you home, I can tell you
now that I won't do It!" Sehuyler
shouted at her. "I love you and
you love me. and nothing i* going
to come between us again. Do you
hear?"
"Are you trying to prove that
you are a masterful man?" she
laughed shakily. "I don't want
you to take me back-to-Ohe hotel.
1 want to get aa far away as I
can. but flrat I have to tell you?
the truth. Then, if you atill want
me. I aball be happy to marry
you."
"Nothing you can tell me can
make me change my mind,"
Schuyler assured her. but he
slowed the car to a ban* IB miles
an hour, leaning out to search for
a' lane turning off the main road.
"There's a farmhouse ahead. See
the lights?" Vee-Vee pointed to
the right. "There must be a pri
?ate road leading to It. Yes. here |
U la. Please turn In."
"1 fall to soe why we should;
waste time in talk, when It Is of |
sJch vital importance to gat
clear away." Schuyler grumbled mm
he obeyed. "See any car down the
road?"
?"No." Vee-Vee shook her head.
"There'a a car going toward Mtn
notonka but none coming from
It."
"Now what In this terrible
truth that you have to tell me?"]
Schuyler smiled. a* he cut off the
engine. "I believe," he laughed |
exultingly, ' that my little prin
t-eon Just wants to be kissed. I'll,
bet many a girl has been kissed '
In this lane My darling!!'
"No." Vee-Vee cried out sharp
ly. "Not?yet. Please! Schuyl-|
er?" her hand went to her throat |
?"I've tried to tell you so many
times, but you wouldn't list ?mi.
Tonight, dear. I asked you If you
wouldn't be glad If the girl you
love came to you as poor a* you
are so that you could work toaeth- .
er?"
"Do you mean." lie Interrupted .
her sharply, "that you're let that
d? prince get hold of all yourj
money? The papers said your;
father had protected your money (
when the marriage settlement wa*
made?"
"Oh. you make It so hard!" she
wailed. "1 don't know where to
begin or how to convince you."
Sho beat upon her breast with a
clenched hand?and received the'
answer, for the crackle of folded
paper came to her faintly. Jerry's;
letter! The latter that explained
the whole miserable business was
tinked away beneath the tight bo- j
dice of her evening dross. She
pushed aside the folds of the
Spanish shawl and groped for the
letter. Her fingers felt Icy agaitiftt
the warm flesh of her bosom.
"Have you some ldldtlc Idea of
testing my love by telling me that
you are |>oor?" Schuyler demand
ed In an odd voice. Then h?*
seemed to pull himself together,
laughed Indulgently. "Darling. 1
'don't give a d? about your pre-1
? clou* money. If you've lo?t 4o
million dollar* In (our yearn of be- |
lug a princess, why. all the better |
?for me. I mean. I ran have thei
pleasure of showing you how thC(
backbone of America live*!" Ho
I laughed again, but ihere !????? rm>d *??}
| be I It t It* g?-ntiin?- pletnure behind
I "Don't laugh!" *he cried out of
her palu. "I haven't been trying
to t? tl you that I've lost 40 mil
llnn dollars, but?" ?
"I knew you were juat trying to
teat me," he laug'ied with more
assurance. "Hut I don't think
you nhow mu. h tru?t of the man
who haw loved you for five
yeara?"
"That'a Juat It!" We-Vet erl? ?l.
"You haven't loved ino ft?r five,
yeara, for you had never *?,**n me
befor? tu your life when I wulk.il
into the Mlnnetonku dining room
on Sunday. You did not ae?* me at
1'alm Beach?"
"Are you trying to tell me tint
you think 1 rnadr up a fairy a'ory!
to tickle your vanity and to fur-J
ther my ?uH with yon?" Schuyler
Stuytho demanded vlob ntly. Then,
as suddenly as it had liapp?-u?d l?e- ;
fore, hi* voice changed, became,
low and rich with love: :'Oh. my ?
darling! Ikin't let'* quarrel now.
Just when I have won you. You
may thluk I am a romantic fool
J to have cherished a dream all
i these five years*, hut you can't
1 quarrel with me for that, even if
J you have forgotten that 1 danced
with you "
"I haven't forgotten, berause I
was not there. Schuyler. I have
never been in Palm Ilea eh iu my
i life. 1 was not married to Prtnco
Ivan I'olaxkl?"
"Have you gone cmaty?" Schuy-'
ler demanded. aetiing her
clenched hand* and bending over
h?-r.
i "Ever hInee Sunday nlsht I've
i
felt that either I was crazy or that
the guest* of the Miunetonku
,were," Vcc-Vee told liiui. "Schuy
ler. ilidu't It occur to you that 1
nilKht be telling the truth wh*n I
Mid that my mime wan Veru Vic
toria Cameron?" It ??? out at last,
and the could ?nik back against
the cushion* of the car.' sobbinc
with relief a* *?>ll a* fear.
"What d?? you niHun?*' Schuy
ler's hands relaxed. allow?sl her to
drag her own hands away. "Is
thk another bright scheme to test
my love? I've heard that you love
dratnath*. lint this i* hardly the
lime or the place
"Can": >ou believe me?" she
shrilled at hint >'i desperation. "I
???!? you I'm :???? \ ivtau Crandall!
1 have never even ???????. her In my
life, had scarcely heard of h-r mi
it' Siind.4-. wImm ?\?r>'*ti insisted
r?n mistaking me for her
"1 don't believe it!" Schuyler's
voice was suddenly shout mi; in her
ear. "I tell you 1 don't believe it!
I'm not such a fool as \ou think'
It's a great scheme to ditch a mall
you ate tired of playing with, but
it won't work. I'rlncvss Vivian*
J lift using me as a tool to escap<
those detectives your purents had
put ou your trail! Well. I'm not a
? mail to b?- trifled with! I'll k??p
? you until you'll bo glad to marry
! hi** to b*ve >our precious rtjrttf*
i tlou.
(To IU* ?'out inu?i|) ' ' "o
-Stings
Soothed and healed
by applying gently
visas
? 21 Mxlion Jars UscdYeablv
Announcement
We will have with um on
Monday, August 20
A salesman from .New York City with u
Beautiful Line of
Diamonds and Mountings
So before you go away bring us your old
Jewelry to be turned into a beautiful, modern^
artistic piece of jewelry, designed by a master
craftsman in the jewelry industry and at a
very moderate price. Drop in with these old
trinkets Monday and let us tell you just how
they may be used in the new design. When you
are away you will enjoy the happy anticipa
tion of receiving, upon your return, a modern
piece of jewelry that will be the delight and
admiration of yourself and friends.
BRIGHT JEWELRY CO.
GILBERT JAMES, Mgr.
Mrt'llEKSON BROS.
auto supply <:o.
Cor. Colonial ,\v. & Martin St.
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Itolirr lli'iiiltiu
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-She Was Beautiful
and Winsome
The only woman aboard a hell.ship. And what a
motley crow, captained by a brute incarnate with a
fiend for a first mate! You'll thrill at the tense,
powerful scenes in this sensational drama;
"THE BLOOD SHIP"
The- Mighli<>Ht of All Sou Dritmux. Minn u Mciil,
t
Bui Not "The HI 1 Ship." Slir will In- uiidcrway:
Hobart Bosworth MONDAY
TUESDAY
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CAROLINA
T O I) A Y
lloot (.ill-Oil
'With Comeflim N'Etvryihing" "THE TEXAS STREAK'
Elizabeth City's Most Elaborate Array of
Real Quality Luggage
Ideal for College Boys and Girls
We invite your attention to the largest display of Luggage ever shown in Elizabeth
City. It awaits your attention in our big south show window. We think you'll agree that
it's the mast elaborate display of luggage ever shown in Elizabeth City. We invite you to
come and see it. The line includes suit cases, hat boxes, week-end bags, hand bags and
tnnlES. ' ? ??
SEE OUR BIG WINDOW DISPLAY
Quinn Furniture Co.
\f7 btilhur
quali'y diimmdt net h*
significant Traub Orange
Blossom mountings Wed
ding ring* to match. ^
Louis Selig
<Jt AI.ITt SIM K I
NOTICE!
An Orduiiiuiiw Ululating
Anlonioliil*' Driver*.
UK IT ORDAINED. that each
and ? very p< rson, living within
, tin* Corporate Iitnitk of Elizabeth
ICily, or within two hundred yards
(of Hi.' boundaries thereof, desirV
i tug to drive a Motor Vehicle of
'any Iclnd within the said Corpor- ?
ate limits, nhall hi f??r*? driving or ?
operating niti?l vehicle within the
Hit id City limits, apply to the Aud
itor of liu- Hoard of Aldermen of
!the City of Kllzahi'th City, to se
curo an annual Drive r's Permit,
[or I.irt nse which shall bo issued,
[subject to the r^ihH and regula
|lions prescribed hy tho said Hoard
of Aldermen, for which applicant
! shall pay lo the i-ald City, the
I sum of (INK DOLLAR for each
(Driver's Permit, which ho nhall
I ko? p in iiis possession at all times mj
'for tin* Inspection of the properly ]
(constituted officers of t-ho City.
That each owner of a motor ve
hicle living within tho Corporate .
limits of Elizabeth City, or with
in two hundred yards of tho boun
daries thereof, desiring to drive a
Motor Vehicle of any kind within
tho said Corporate limits, shall be
fore driving or operating said ve- 1
hlcle within the said City limit*,
apply to tin* Auditor of the Hoard
of Aldermen of the City of Ellsa- i
heth City to secure an annual il?
censo Tag or Hate, for which he
shall pay the sum ?>f ONE DOL-?
LA It ami the same shall be dis
played at all times on the front
of his car.
Said Driver's Permit and Li
cense Tag*or Plate, shall run Ilka
other City Licenses, from Septem
ber 1st until :tlst of the follow
ing August of each year; Provid
ed. that any person living outside
(of the two hundred yard limit,- ~
whose business or occupation,
keep* him or her permanent)/
within the City nnd who keepa
)and drlvcs^iis or her motor ve
; hlcle on the streets of Elizabeth
City doing business shall be sub
ject to the same rules and regu
lations ami lie r> quired to pro
cure name Driver's Permit and Li
cense Tag as person living In
) Elizabeth City: Provided further,
.that the said Auditor shall not Is
isue a Driver's Permit to any per
I son until he or she has reached
tils or li*r Sixteenth birthday and
shall bo otherwise qualified and
fit to drive iind operate said ve- i
hide; Provided further that In
case said Auditor In uncertain
about the age of the applicant, ha
can require him or her to make i
oath ?h to ills or her age. *3
Any person violating any pro
vision of this ordinance, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
upon conviction, pay a fine of
FIVE DOLLARS for each offense
and any person who drives or op
erates such motor driven vehicle,
shall h<> guilty of a separate of
fense. for each day or part of day,
that he or she drives or operatea
said vehicle without said Driver's
Permit and License Plate,
In forcn from and after ratifica
tion.
Hntifled this If.th day of Aug
ust. l'Jil.
J II. SNOWDEN,
City Clerk.
NOTICE!
(lily Limine mid Automo
bile I'erinit* l)uri
All City automobile licenses will
be due on .Thursday, September
1st. and to avoid a rush, I shall
begin selling same on Wednesday*
August 24th. Mlauks for making
application for other licenses may
be obtained at this office.
Automobile Owners are remind
ed that they must procure their
driving permits and license plates,
ion acjitiiiibtr. 1*L ox?before. Ne*_
jpermits may be obtained without
? xh initiation upon presentation of
tho old ones, together with fee of
? |1 00 each. v
J H. SNOWDEN,
City Clerk.
NOTICE!
The butchers* unci fnh
?talk ill llie Cil) Market
will Ite reuleil on Monday,
AiikiikI 2^ii<I. ul 3 o'clock.
J. H. SNOWDEN,
Cliy Clerk.