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fHE WAFisuSVILLE M0UNTAINEE5 n I I' It P5" Happiness by PEGGY O'MORE AP Newsfe turps Chapter 2ti How Kelly was downstairs. Mar tin said he refused to leave until he'd talked to her. And Arleta. af ter a little while, decided she might as well see him and have it over. "You and your aunt have to leave for the Carsons' as of now." he ordered. "Someone took a pot shot at Cal as he rounded t he low er driveway." "I'm sorry it was I'.il." Arleta said tonelessly. "but I'm not leav ing. Not yet." "Good heavens, don't you care what happens to you" Arleta stared at him a moment. "Not particularly." Ami then she changed. "Why. yes. 1 do care 1 have some work to do before I'm run off. I can do it in town as well." "Have you lost your senses"" j Kelly roared at her "U h.,t would ' Big Chips think to hear mi l.iil; like a nincompop ' t "He'd understand. You ste. 1 How, I've just read a message he i left. Big Chips did swindle the valley farmers out of their land. I think he didn't mean to. He ua. evidently gambling on souethinji taking a chance, and he wrote that that man Ace called his hand." Under the shais brow-; Kelly's eyes were the blue of the dan i.,ke at midday. "Going to show me" he asked. "Why not"" She shrugged. She brought the book down and the paptr upon w hich she had deciphered the mexaae And sud denly Kelly's head went up as though he were hearing something beyond her ken. "Come on; hop up and pack a ba. and get your aunt ready. You're getting out of here!" Arleta, silent with grief the rest of the way to the city, was surprised to find they'd driven up to a hotel. Obediently she followed her aunt into the almost deserted lobby, watched her regis ter and followed her to an ele vator, j They stepped olT on the first floor above the mezzanine and fol lowed the bell hop down two flights ' of stairs, and into a basement gar-' age where he promptly packed the ! bags into a sedan. ' "Hop in." ordered Caro Carson at the wheel. She turned to Mrs. Worthington. "You won't mind ly ing down in the rear seat for a lit tle while, will you'1 And. little' Chips, if you're good. I'll Id you kneel cm that cushion on Hie floor until we're out of town. All set.1 ' Here we go." She went smoothly out of the . garage into the street, idled along as though in no hurry, drove east, though Arleta knew the mesa was due south And then when they were well away from street lights and Caro was sure she was not being followed, she gave an "all clear". Arleta slipped over the back of! the seat to sit beside her. "This1 is the most insane procedure. 1 Would you mind telling me what goes on"" I "Didn't How tell you" "He said someone had taken a ' Last year, more than 10,000 persons were fatally burned. Many received their burns in the home some were helesbly trapped in sleeping rooms.' There is a defense against everything even fire. One protective measure is to insulate with fire proof Eagle-Picher Mineral Wool Insulation. Eagle-Picher Insulation keeps fire under control at ts origin. That's because it eliminates the flue-like effect of hollow sidewalls, which permi? TMMSprad.rapid,y throughout the house, inis holding action gives precious time in which inlT" yU- fami,y from the danger area, and for help to arrive. full details about fireproof Eagle-Picher Insulation! Ask about the Certified Job Plan. insuia"0I FOR FREE SURVEY CALL Asheville 3-0946 or Canton 22G3 EAGLE INSULATING CO. John R. Cabe 30-31 Mclntyre Bldg. Robert F. Wilson Asheville, N. C. I pot shot at Mr. Sheridan." "Someone," corrected Caro, j "took a shot at a creain-colored I ear bearing a Virginia license. And they meant business." I Arleta gave a little groan. More of the bitter heritage? I "We'll carry a story on it in the morning," Caro continued, "to let whoever tired the shot know there is mure than one cream-colored car with a Virginia license here." "But Martin drives my car." "Not at that hour of the night. Besides, our story says you and your aunt are returning to Vir ginia." "And what am I going?" Arleta I asked. "Sitting tight until the sheriff's office has a chance to investigate." , "Caro." she began thoughtfully.' I "when you write about my aunt ami me leaving for Virginia, could Mm mention I'd broken my en gagement to Mr. Sheridan?" She felt the car jerk as she spoke: then Caro looked down. Arleta was carrying, not wearing , her gloves. Her left hand was gripping her right and the dial board light showed that the ring finger was bare. "When." demanded Caro, "did that happen?'' "Night before last." she an swered. They were silent then, Arleta fighting the leaden weights which seemed to lie on her eyes and upon her spirit. And then when sne was sure she could sit upright no longer, the mesa loomed black against a star-patched sky. Only a night light hi.mprf ., i the patio end no others were turned on. Chita came to the door, her brown face warm with welcome. "You take care of them," Caro ordered confidently; 'Til be out as soon as I can." Mr. Carson returned the next morning. He brought with him a long box filled with deep yellow oseouns, oarely tipped with pink There was a card and a letter en closed rrom Cal. "Leta darling." he wrote, "I don't like Kelly's assump tion we should be kept apart for the present. I sometimes wonder if he hasn't designs upon you himself, if he wasn't instrumental in your return ing the ring, not that I con sider your action more than a gesture of justified pride. Kel ly.t.ildme the truth. I did jump to the wrong conclusion Believe me. I'm deeply sorry." Arleta looked off tn m . where yesterday's clouds had massed to march along, black shoulder to brown. She could laugh at How Kelly's having "de signs" on her. And she supposed she shouldn't blame Cal too severely Yet Kelly had said that if he were Cal he wouldn't care what her father had been. She reread the note. "Kelly told me the truth." Would she have waited for , ""'"""ic 10 leil her the truth about Cal before Tl ..Ah e - ujck mere eons ago when her aunt had spoken of "in herited tendencies." There were other assurances of his love. She felt she must lay them upon some shelf until the time came for her to make a decision. Await News of Kin " k .WW J IN THEIR New York hotel suite, Mme. Li, wife of China's acting President Li Tsung-j en. and her son, Jackson Li, await news from the Presbyterian Hospital on the con dition of the Chinese Chieftain, ii, accompanied by his family, flew to the U. S. from Hongkong for treat ment of ulcers. (International) Chapter 27 The attorney arrived the next . y : t 7 SELL YOUR TOBACCO at the DIXIE VAREHOIFSE Asheville, N. C. A Sale Every Day We Have Plenty Of Floor Space SELL HERE' FOR THE High Dollar Taft Bass, Prop. morning. For a little while Arleta sat looking out on the brilliant world of gold and purple left in the storm's wake; then she turned to the wary man. "Mr. Maine, I've learned my father was guilty of defrauding the valley farmers. I want to make restitution." "Have you any conception of what this will cost you?" he asked. Arleta's eyes were dark with thought. "Yes. fifty percent more than I possess. Having known want. even fifty percent of what was due them will be of more value now than it was four years ago. I want a list of the valley farmers, their holdings, what was due them. We'll try to repay on a percentage basis. And, Mr. .Maine, I must know how much is due the Lanes." He left, promising Hieh Plafpnn would be placed on. the market. He also promised that Arleta. dis guised, would be taken on a snoo ping trip by a discreet real estate agent, an agent who would know where to find living Quarters and orchard lands for the Martins. It was nearly four weeks when Mr. Maine came out to announce everything had been completed insular as it was possible. "The Lanes are the only claim ants left. We have a Dnssihlo nrnc. peel for you home on the high plateau. They want to pay less than what we've established as a fair price, yet " The Lanes." said Arleta thoughtfully, "claim to be the ones most deeply hurt by my father. I cant pay them off without exact ing the full price of my home, un less " She would sell her car, sell the small jewelry she owned.' When this was done, she hnH paid, insofar as she was able, every claim any person had made upon Big Chips Langtry. She had left nothing hut her personal belong ings. The Lanes had their claim measured not in dollars alone but in cents. Calvin Sheridan arrived the night this claim was met. His eyes were bright with pride as he came toward her, and Leta thought she had never seen a man so hand some. "You're Arleta again," he said, taking both of her hands. "I thought I'd lost you forever." Mr. Carson left them alone in the big room which lookprf nnf over the moon-flooded desert land. put Calvin had little thought for the view. "You're free again, Leta," he reported. "They've caught thte man who was making fr,,M t was Doakes. He's being sent to d veterans Hospital. Poor devil had some kind of complex. o it nad been Doakes. And here the monev hart Arrival . - --V4 IUU late. Yet his wife could use the fioc or iana and the comfortable cottage Mr. Maine had helped her viioose. "I think we'd hptto,. , -i... Calvin s voice broke in on her thoughts. "The Desert View Apart ments will be ready for occupancy m a couple of months. If we make a choice now you can dictate the neuors. wnat color vn. the rooms tinted, the linoleum, bath tile and that sort of thine Aid A 11 . ' i,ce wants to entertain for you, s?g you meet-" hair tossed back. "She wants to entertain for me?" "She's very anxious to be Wends, Leta," Cal said in a re Proying tone. "She feels she's misjudged you in the past and M of ih. T- SUrely' dear' after an of the other concessions you've made you can be big enough to do this. You do owe it to her, don't Calvin would take her to the mes'. Allpnn back im0 town, and Caro would relay her on out to the Carsons1," And Arlotta nooded. Then tomnrrnur hm.t t.'...r Cal said. She might' as wpll h v.n..nu watching thr headlifhttf of hl car cutting a wide swath of light on the desert floor. She'd have to the desert floor. She'd have to meet Allene sooner or later. And the Lanes had been the greatest losers iii the Langtry fiasco. "But I don't like it," she thought. "I'm heading back to meet a pr'ospect as soon as I drop you at Allene's," Calvin said as they turned up the canyon road the next day. "I'll stop by the mesa in a day or so and we'll begin to set dates." A maid came to the door. Miss Allehp hnri pnun rliiins and hadn't yet returned. Mrs Lane was in the sun room. 'Til go on," said Calvin. He did, but not far, for Arleta, stepping into the sun room, saw Allene pull a spirited chestnut mare uu beside his car and won dered if it hadn't been thus planned. Mrs. Lane was standing await Ing her attention. Arleta, turning to her, surprised an expression in the woman's eves which held her taut, questioning. If Allene's first glance had been one of black hatred, whaY was this? "Won't you sit down, Miss Chips?" asked the fretful voice. Arleta debated, then sat in the proffered chair and felt it a stool of inquisition. And as she sat on the slippery surface she tried to place Mrs. Lane. She was differ ent from most of the women with whom Arleta had associated and she couldn't define the difference. But did it matter? Allene was making a noisy entrance. "Good," said Allene in greeting think you had what it took. Trot along, Mums. I can handle this better alone. Cigarette?" Arleta shook her head and waited. This was hardly the atone ment approach. "Cal," Allene tossed the name as lightly as a glass bauble, "tells me you two are going to be mar ried next week." "I suppose," said Arleta ruiiet- ly, "that you're leading up to sometning. 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