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A new preacher will hold ser
vices at Live Oak' Grove church
Sunday , morning, August the
eighth, at eleven o'clock. Every
one is invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lupton, of
Baltimore, visited friends here last
week.
Mr. Milton Chadwick spent a
few hours in the community last
Saturday.
Mrs. J. L. Morton was on the
sick list last week. We all hope
she will soon be well again.
Mr. Ronnie Masotti and mother,
of Westfield. Mass., are here visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Masotti.
Mr. and Mrs. Eslie Fodrie and
son, Kelzie of Norfolk visited rela
tives here Saturday.
Rev. Leon Russell, pastor of
Goldsboro Methodist church, Rev.
W. D. Caviness of Morehead City
and Mr. Harold Austin of High
Point, N. C. were the dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. George Russell
last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Orysti and Mr.
Al Belashuk of New York City
have returned home after spending
two weeks here with Mr. and Mrs.
Woodrow Fodrie.
Capt. and Mrs. M. M. Pigott of
Straits visited relatives here last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Fodrie and
little son spent a while at Bogue
Sound Sunday.
Mrs. Colon Pake spent a while
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crushiel
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Chris Rogers, Jr. and little
girl, of Norfolk, spent a while last
last week with Mrs. C. S. Rogers
and family.
Mrs. Leon Fodrie visited Mrs. J.
L. Morton a while Saturday night.
Little Sandra Joe Pake was on
the sick list last week. We are .all
glad to know she is improved.
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I Mr. and Mrs. W. Kuch Williams
were in Beaufort Sunday after
noon. J. C. Adams and Douglas Wil
liams motored to Croatan Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Bradshaw
spent Monday in New Bern.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Adams, J. C.
Adams and Douglas Williams at
tended the show at Newport Sun
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashby B. Morton,
Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Ezzell and
Miss Rhetta Martin motored to
Atlantc Beach Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. George W. Ball and Miss
Lena Ball went to Newport Sunday
evening to attend the show.
Milton Taylor and Charles Ed
wards of Wire Grass passed
through Monday morning enroute
to New Bern to report at the re-
"niitine station. The boys left
from there for Fort Braeg.
Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Ezzell, f&A
Oxford, and Miss Rhetta Martin, of
Smitbfield, who have been vKiting
Mr. and Mrs. Ashby B. Morton, re
turned to Smithfield Monday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Adair and
their guest, Mrs. Odmundson of
Portsmouth were here Monday eve
ning to see Mr. and Mrs. Ashby
Morton.
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phie, a black bear, and her three
cubs had a wonderful time with
the tourists in Glacier Park until
modern civilization's, big killer
caught up with them. An automo
bile killed one of the cubs. Sophie
gathered up the little body and dis
appeared into the deep woods,
followed by the other two strange
ly subdued offspring.
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, - CHAPTER 29 , . !
f.frOU know, my dear," Lucien
I said, when once mora the
table had been cleared away and
they were preparing to listen to
some musical recordings, "you are
a most unusual girl. There Is no
one like you, Hildred." , i ; i
"On the contrary,"? she returned,
("there is nothing unusual about
'me. It Is, because I am(so very
'ordinary, Lucien, that you find me
: different" . ; , r
That may be," Lucien said.
"And it may be why I find you
not only different but so alto-
I aether lovplv. I wonder if you
; have the slightest idea how lovely
; you are, Hildred? But no, of
'course you haven't, and therein
i lies your power. For you have
power, too, my dear the power
to disturb me very much did you
know that? ' ,
He was lonldnff at her SO
stranselv now that she dropped
her own glance, forcing herself
to lauBh liffhtlv. "No. most cer
tainly 1 did not Know mat. duv
to Jimmv. Lucien. before he Eoes
off to sleep?" She was thankful
she could make this suggestion.
since it was one that would avert
what might have been said next
"Ellen will tell us when Jimmy
is ready for bed." Lucien said
now. "She always reads to. him
he loves that. He says though he
stays ud later he sleeps much bet-
tier. Jimmy has a means of getting
his own way, the little oeggan
There was real affection in his
tone, for Lucien was becoming
genuinely attaohed. to the boy, as
he had told Hildred. "I hope." she
said, "you won't spoil him too
thoroughly, Lucien."
"He deserves a bit of spoiling
but jt is Robin and Ellen who do
most of it. Though I believe Liz
does her share, too. Maybe you
are risht. Hildred. But I don't
believe it will hurt Jimmy. I
believe he has the right stuff in
him, that boy, if only given
chance.
CHAPTER 28
LONG after she went to bed
that night Hildred thought of
what Lucien had told her that he
knew he would kill himself if. she
would not help him, by marrying
him.
Randy had warned her that her
friendship with a Lanier would
lead her into trouble and she
had promised to go to him. if it
did. But she could not go to
Randy with this. She had prom
ised Lucien that she would keep
his dark secret, as he called it
Besides she and Randy were drift
ing further and further apart, it
appeared, with each new happen
ing. She could make Jimmy the
price of. a marriage; she could tell
Lucien she would mary him if he
would legally adopt the boy. That,
then, would take care of this one
important issue. But, even to give
Jimmy such security, it was a big
price to pay. For Hildred did not
want to marry Lucien.
' How she wished she had taken
Mamie's advice and had gone Only
that., one.! time Jfi visit the;- big
house, knowfng mat it ahd Its
people jwere too far separate
from her, and her kind, ever to
mix. .
She had tried to make that clear
to Lucien. But he would not listen
to her. He simply kept insisting
that she must marry him, as if it
were an obsession with him, as if
it were the one Slender thread Of
hope he had found to cling to.
And he had told her that his
mother was ready even eager
to accept her as tier daughter-in-law.
The Countess also believed
that Hildred was her son's salva
tion. So that there were the two
of them against her. It' was like a
web that would tighten until there
was no escape.
Well, she could Indeed tell
Randy now that she was headed
for that altar if against her Own
will! with another. But would It
do any good? Would It wake
Randy up?
It had not mattered to T.e
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"But see here!" He Pretended to
frown darkly upon her now. "We
are not going to spend this whole
evening discussing Jimmy. There
are other matters and persons i
wish to discuss." He switched off
the recording that he had only a
moment before turned on and
crossed the room to sit down be
side her on the divan.
Such as?" Hildred asked.
though she still felt that Jimmy
was a safe topic. .
"We might begin with your
mother," Lucien said. "I told you
I wanted to do something about
her. That something has dropped
right into my lap as you Ameri
cans would say. .
"It so happens, he explained.
"that we are to have as our house
guest next week a famous sur
geon. He comes from abroed, so
you would not know his reputa
tion. But I f;sur? you there is no
greater biain specialist in any
rounUy. And whnt I have to sug
gest, my dear, is that you allow
h'm to examine your mother."
""hit is very kind, and thought
fu'." K'lrlred spoke slowly.
' "You cannot refuse," he said, as
if reading her thoughts. "If there
is the chance that it is a brain
tumor that is troubling your
mother this man will recognize it.
Also he will operate. And since it
could be done in a hospital in
which we mother and I happen
to have a great interest you are
not to trouble yourself about the
expense."
"But I cannot let you do that for
us!" He had made it impossible
for her to accept, instead of im
possible for her to refuse.
ttVHY do you say that?"
W Now he took both her
hands in his, his dark eyes, hold
ing that deep intentness, held
hers. "Why must we go on with
pretense, my dear? You know that
you are everything to me. You
know that I am going to marry
you, Hildred.
She said. "You sound very posl
tive, Lucien. Have I nothing to
say about the matter? Please do
that she did not love him. It had
not even mattered that she had
told him she loved someone else.
Lucien was so sure he could buy
everything he wanted. He would
buy her now first with Jimmy
she saw why he had taken an in
terest in the boy, even though it
was growing into a genuine one
now next with her mother on
and on and on, so that there would
be no escaping the web.
Hildred had not said yes, but she
had not said no. There was no
need for either. Lucien took it as
an established fact that they were
betrothed. He had not asked her
if she would marry him. He had
said, "You know I am going to
marry you, Hildred." And after
wards long after they had gone
to say good-night to Jimmy and
had joined his mother and the
other guests downstairs in the big
drawing room, Lucien had be
behaved as if it were all settled.
WHEN Hildred got home from
the clinic the following day
her mother told her that she had
had a visitor. "I was that sur-
fyo1lnP
with a feather. And you nfight
know she would catch ,rhe"Vhen I
had been having my afternoon
nap, and in my old wrapper. But
she was as gracious and friendly
as could be and we had a cup of
tea ' and a piece of your cake,
Hildy dear, and a right nice little
chaC'
For the visitor had been none
other than the Countess. Yet Hil
dred was not as surprised' as she
might, have been. Was this not
another link in that tightening
Web? Also, she felt that the Coun
tess, as her son had done before
her, had come partly in order to
convince herself that Hildred's
background was what she said it
was and probably, also, to see
that it was' not too bad for the
future daughter-in-law of a
Lanier.
Her mother's gentle face wore
in expression that was slightly
troubled, even though the visit
hA been nleasant one When
- - By KalMeen Ilarrfs
not misunderstand me, I appro-1
elate the great honor of a Lanlejrl
suggesting marriage with an ordi
nary working girl like me, but f
"Now I have bungled!" BW
raised her hands to his lips in hi
dramatic fashion, then droppea!
them. "I have said as always th
wrong thing when I knew I
should not have said anything.!
perhaps, 'so soon, xet you must;
know, Hildred, that I have lovdd
you madly since that first tinted
you came here since I first saarj
you. I believe " -
"I know nothing of the klndT,
Yet she had guessed as much, she,
saw now, in those few momenta
when she had felt that tnere was
more than friendship in Lucien'
mind, in those moments of odd)
premonition. t '
"It is true I only waited untl
I was free to tell you." , ;
"Has it occurred to you, Lucien,
that although I am very fond
you, I do not love you? I am sornri
to have to say this, but it is so.lt
even happens, since I must be
perfectly fair with you, that I arm
in love with someone else."
If she expected this to be,. a
shock to Lucien she was mistake:..
He said promptly. "That need not
matter. I suppose you mean your
young doctor. But surely, my dear,
you realize how much more I can
give you than he? I am willing to
wait and believe that because
of that you will come to care for
me." 1
"I suppose' that is the foreign
way of arranging marriages." Hu
dred said. She shook her blonde
head. She felt trapped, almost
helpless, as if she knew in spite Tif
any and all her arguments and re
fusals that Lucien would, as al
ways, have his own way. "It is net
mine. You should not insist, Lu
cien. You " a
He caught her hands in .his
again this time holding them so
that she winced. "I shall not ac
cept your refusal. In fact, Hildred,
I give you fair warning that 'if
you do not. marry me, I shall kill
myself."
Hildred did not show any surprise
about such an unusual visitor, her
mother said, "You must nave
known, then, that she was coming.
You might have prepared me,
dear! And 1 do think, too, that you
mjght have prepared me for the
things the Countess told me." ii
She tried to make her tone very
casual. "What were the things,
darling? When I came in last nignt
you were wund asleep and you
were even sounder when I leit
this morning so how could I pre-
pare you for anything?" i
"I was only joking," her mother
returned, smilingly. "The Coun
tess said you did not know slje
was coming to call today. What
things did she tell me? Well, for
one, she went on at great length
saying what a lovely girl she
thought you were, which I could
agree with perfectly. And she told
me that her son also thoughtfia
great deal of you."
No more than that? Hildred
drew an inward sigh of relief.
"Well, that was about all, along
that line." Mrs. McNaughteffs
kind eyes still were a bit trour
bled; something was wrong, she
felt sure, though she did not see
what it could be. The Counters
had indeed been gracious. It had
been kind of her to make the little
call. And Hildred did not seem
upset about it, or even much sur
prised. "She talked about JimmSr.
what a fine little boy he is ana
how they enjoyed having him.
And, oh yes, she told me that
there is a famous surgeon coming
to visit them next week stve
spoke of him as If he were a very
close personal friend, and she in
sisted that she wanted me to allow
him to look me over because Tif
my spells, you know and she
made it so that 1 could not very
well refuse, though I did not like
to accept such a big favor from
her." ;
Hildred could readily undeH
stand how Lucien's mother could
make it exactly that way. i
She said, "Maybe it would
a good iaea, mumm;e.
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