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BEGIN HERE TODAY PETER LYSTER has lost his memory from shell-shock on the Western Front. Upon return to London from France he fails t » recognize NAN MARRABY. the girl to shorn he became engaged before leaving for France. Nan has re turned to her home, but is still in touch with her friend JOAN ENDICOTT, whose husband is spending a few days in London on leave. Nan meets JOHN ARNOTT. a fellow of ficer with Peter, whs inform hrr that, he is spending a few days at (he hots? of his widowed sister and (ha* Drier is with him. Nan is follow. of Xrnot t's sister and nn'wyrd by the at tentions of HARLEY SFFTO'N, a me try . Jetder w ho has been vi ;t. . ; her father. Kefton has r*ow eon • to visit Nan. IV tells h tl.;,: ;• I - though he and Peter were great friends. Peter failed to r cognire h?m when th?y net 01 the road nearby. Nan turns In i bis < d vanecs. until h< b-rohi > at a • I end indicates that her IVl'cr is his debtor and that IV,cr a’ > owes him a great sum of mono'-. Nan becomes enraged and cries “It’s a lie. a lit NOW GO ON WITH THE STOIO Sefton laughed sir. erdigly. “You’re a plue.ky champion," he said. “The more so ns the man you ' are defending is nothing to you." j He watched her closely as h* spoke, and it gave him a sort of s'n' isfaction to see the color die Tr mi her face, to see the proud pjiiae of her head falter. “There tire some people whom one defends instinct vely from such a man as you," she retorted. "I wonder you arc not ashamed to stand there and tell such abominable lie . Mr. Lyster is nothing to me any more, hut—” , ftoftrm lnniyhotl “Or is it that you arc. nothin;' to him?’’ ho asked insolently. Nan’s eyes blazed. “Oh, if I wore a man I'd 1 line o you within an inch of your life!’’- • said passonately. “To dare to c ■ v > here and offer me yonr friendship and then insult me like this!” She walked past him to the d or. Sefton watched her. “What are you going to do'.’’’ In asked. “I am going to fetch my fath->r and ask him to turn you out of the house,” she answered. Sefton laughed. “Do. by all means' but I’m afraid; lie won’t oblige you.” There was a note of certainty in his voice that arrested Nan’s ait,a tion. Slie looked back at h m. Sefton was leaning over a chair back, tapping the ’heel of Ids boot with a riding-crop lie carried. “You will find your father v-oiild' infinitely prefer that 1 i ina n," I e said eoollv. Nan’s blue eyes search his faV'O; she caught her breath. "I suppose you w II V telling me next that my father e ves von money as well?" she sad scornfully “It would b> no mo:'' than the truth," he answered. lie raised himself ic’.M -n’v from Hs stooping position, a I c 'otsing the room to who*- ■ sh" stood - e'r '< h ed a hand above hr head no I shut the door. “Look here, Misn Marrn'by,” h • said more gently. ‘'I’m not out to quarrel with yon I admite von more than any woman I've nu t in till my life, and—” “Thank you.” said Nan far re! lv. “Your admiration an honor wich 1 c»t> do without.” ITe smiled. “Very well, lor it go at ui.it. ' on don’t like hve for some reason, but I a sure you that I can be a vevy good friend to you and vour famih. if you will allow ivu\ My t>u -in -s I suproso, you despise—most women do. I bo’i.ve—but I’m what you might call an unfortunate nr *-tv If your father was not borrow nr. money from me he would hr borrow ing it from somcbody else, anil 1 daresay I am treating bin better than a good many people might in tha same eirCumstances. With re gard to Lyster—’’ “I don’t wish to listen to you I believe you're lying—I don’t believe my father ever borrowed a penny from you in h:s life, or from anybody else—” She faced him proudly, but her beart was beating with unformed fear. Fofton shrugged his shoulders. “Very well—go and ask him 1 will come with you, if you like ” lie stood aside from the door, opened it, and looked at her. “Weil? Shsll we go and ask him?” “No,” said Nan. Her courage seemed to have de aertad her, though she did not show it, she; was afraid of this man; it acemcd to her that there was some underlying motive i:i all he was say ing—that he was just leading up to a point which had b on forming in his mind ever since their meeting in the train. Sefton shut the door aga.n and w*1k'»d over to the fireplace. “Will you listen to me for a pio inent?” he said, presently. He did not wait for her to speak, he went on: “Many a man pel- i:.t< mv, t!ifpuM'!’< h<> fa.:it, of his own. There is no disgrace in . gi ftihir- into diff, trliif . ns you would know, if you find sioii tin- rjtn brought uhout by t hi-. ih'i'Uj'. vir, a* I have, Yuur fathe r has' l-< (■ Unfortunate! I am • g you n.) t or1 than the iruth. Mi. s Mail'd v. vvii'ui I ay tint I liuv: saved b in from absolute ruin. I! i a weak mao but I suppose you ko'i.vv that. 1 ndvar red him inn no', which would t ilo him over a temporal". embarrassment—that is alt” Nun looked up then h r ryes were liner. ‘'At a bi n lrcd. ji r ■ nt ? sir* a led. rutt i.'U'ly. “That, is beside the po ut,” hei'nh - ' "I, "<>■■ ■ her t "> Ut, for a isiet :n i,o.e ■•0! 'ye. . . . If .:, v.“jt!i re >'r spvati-i; to her fi t r. 'I refuse to dis ii- hint with you I ri fuse to allow bis n■ init- to hr mentiont d. You pretended to tie ti ft i- lid of Id " He raised his brows. "if I.ystrr has p'iiy.d the tr.amf 1 must have told you what I vva-,” he t id. “l.y I t I - a va ry average i' an, though I don’t eifeprei 1 tun “''ii 1 to ’t Iv:nt ko? K rent v.iih you.” convince yea tort lie is. I! d\>re you knew IVat he went the pace ry much as. t he averajf ■ man v. i'.h no tii to steady him does ••• ■ the wicy. I'm not quarr litis with him for t'mt — but he owes nv - fni itcy ■ - -nore money than he cany repay at ;t< eat. anyway. And the qu-, i m i. am 1 to ask him for it or nv V Nan did not under: tand wirf. lie .me ant. S' ft on went on: ‘‘Lyster is sufferin'' <Viotn -Toss of ni'bnoi y - so he says . . “lie is. How dare von su;?:t< t any thin# c h e?"1 “Very will, then, lie is. Hut with the other case, of which I told ; ou in mv mind 1 am naturally rather ruspiiiotts. I met Hy-.tcr yesterday down the road, and In' did not know me.” lie rhruifttcd hi., shoulders. “Welt _'<e. owes me money ... if he has lost his momory, h > ha - prob ably forgotten that he owes me mon y. This is what 1 wished to Ilk >• r. 11 r ; dvice about- am 1 III !• ii goit r.- .ts with ytm." He 'had mow<1 closer to her again now; his head was craned forward in a peculiarly cogor- fashion. Nan ft II hack from him. "J don't !•;’ <>•.• what you moan." -he said hreathle . I;.\ He laughed unpleasantly. "1 ('link you do; However, perhaps it i i rather early days yet for' mo to explain, swung, that this is only the third time we have met." He took up his hat and the r.ding whin from (he table. ‘ I w.sh you good-day," ho raid. The gate creak'd pwtcstingly as l e hut, it. and then all was silence. Nan stood where lie had left her. h r hands grasping' the chair-back. Sh > felt e if th > aft in on had been a had dream. No wonder the boy had not 1 kod kef ton: to wonder her own instinct had wi r ed her against him. And h'r father and Peter both fil'd him money! "I don’t bell *ve *t!” t he a-.id aloud. “A wan like that would ay any thing. I don't believe t!" She begi n mechanically to clear • v.: v the tea-things. She carried Tern old to the lit. 1-• maid, who was training her oy..; hy the twilight ti.rfd u noveletee; then she. opened tic side door and went but into the garden, I V-- ho; dtv k yet. A breath of cool air stirred the trees and fanned Nam hot face. The words Soft oil had spoken to her burned her heart. No man had ever dared speak so to her before. “And I’ve never been afraid of ahvono in ail my l'f«," she told her self, tremh’ing. "What has happen ed to lie?” She hid even teen afraid to go to Inr father and ti ll him what had oc ru rpl; xvfiV .was this? Iteep down in he- heart she knew; knew that though she had called Sefton a liar and ref i s I to believe what he had ■•.•■id, ict.M '<r had told her that he I had spok"n 'h- t cl . JN tin ! :•<! never l> < n on ntieeuonate te-rms with her fa her. She' krv'w that, no matter how ■ deeply involved hr might lie, he . would never make a c-.mf dilate of her. And now the m irteong figure of Hi" V' y Softo > had stepped hi. Whet had hr meant when he said that i1 rested v.itli Item whether or not hr asked IVter to repay the v.tmey he l ad l>.moved? Kph had not the faintest ielen ehe: walked up end elown in the dus ky garden racking her trains for a i so^ition. What had Iv meant lr, !,i tiny 'that j Peter was sha.jhm.itur.? -he remem ' he i d. her own eteJiihts and fear i. tabr h d ..her h at t. Flie w irend the irate, and for a moment le an si tor it, look:ny down t’ r load tee the. V Ihitre ti -vo.id, '.v.hor ■ a few light tv'nkl ed fa'ntly through t’.e elnrkne-'S. P f; r! What v.a.. 1 -d. n r now? .ft elou y ,)'■ \r; ; >iste;r n>‘ -> air tin n hot' mind; Arnott had said that she was • ore- of tho host -•oron'isiner Peter pot to like her, and then to lei vo her. . . Unehase io'u.dy Nan figured the *ing which slut wore at her nock; she h id always fe lt: that she got courage from touching it. but. ton: got it left her cold. “YenYe got no pluck, my girl," she told her: elf fiercely. She clutch ed her hands on th" cold iron spikes at the top of th" gate till they hurt her soft flesh. "Nan Nan. . ." One eif the boys called from -the house behind her. (To He Continued) DO IT TODAY— Injure your automobile today—tomorrow may be too late. Cars burn up every day. Cars are stol en every day We write Auto, Fire and Theft In surance. Be on the safe side. DO IT TODAY— —Insurance Department— Cleveland Bank & Trust Co. The Talk Of The Town “THE PARAGON” Say folks, drop by and look over our brand new furni- I time displays. You’ll be sur- 1 prised. Really it’s Rig Town Stuff. Help us out with a [ visit. You don’t have to buy. Just come to sec. THANK YOU THE PARAGON Shelby’s- Leading Furniture Dealers and Undertakers. Change Your Seat Your toilet seat! When did you change It? Last year? Year before last? When? Ten t > one you’ve put it off, like ou put off having your den tist clean your teeth. Don’t wait. Change your j scat n ny. An old seat can j .collect a million disease germs ! in a year or two. You may be careful. You may scrub the seat. But cracks and crevices soak themselves full of germs. i The only way to get rid of germs—to have everything clean and fine—is to get rid j of the old seat. Burn it. Re- 1 place it with a new one. See us about a new seat while the “change” is or your mind. Shelby Plumbing Co. GRAHAM STREET J McNEELY’S - Specials For Saturday SPRING DRESSES SPRING COATS $16.75 $29.75 “Genuine McNeely Values 50 Beautiful new Spring Dresses, latest styles, latest color ings, latest mate* ials. \vc are showing these models in Printed Crepes, Flat Crepes, Georgettes and Flannels, in the new hues of the period - Dogwood Green, Watermelon, Coral, Gray, Tan, Rosewood and Pensacola Blue. OFFERED SATURDAY AT THE PHENOMENAL PRICE OF $16.75 SPRING COATS ^ Attractive group ef new spring coats, offered Saturday at $29.75. Colors: Gray, Tan, Light Blue, Rosewood, Navy and Mixtures. Ail Crepe lined. J. €. McNeely Company SHELBY, N. C. S i YLE-QUALITY-SERVICE Education Does Not Always Spell Success Says He Mr. Elliott Thinks Vacation is Time to Steal and Smoke. Discuss0* Eight Months School. (By J. C. Elliott for The Star.) We note in The Star, under tne caption “Dover, Falls 'arid Newton, Urge Eight Months School System.'’ This question is popular with teach ers school board, etc., interested in a lrage school fund. Education begins at the dawn of life and extends far 'nto mature age. It covers all that chil dren should know for their well-being in all the affairs of life. A child under favorable conditions learns more in the first 7 years of life than the like period afterwards. They then begin to compare cause and effect, and can ask questions that the best scholars can not answer. Their education should not stop any day in any year. Text bocks at school are to enable them to carry on their education and gain knowl edge useful to them. In school age they should work and play, and study school books every day. Reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar and geography, lay the foundation for any subject they may ever care to study. History may be read at leisure, enough to see the errors, mistakes and super stitions of their ancestors, so they may avoid them. Few of the most use ful people are literary or classical scholars. Mr. Dover, one of Cleveland county’s most successful business men only attended school eight months had he gone four years through high school and four years through col lege, he might have been a teacher, teaching boys how to keep clean hands and beating the world out of a lazy living or he might have been a petti fogger lawyer or a seedy politi cian or a statesman without a regular job. But the man that can mak” a good mouse-trap is more useful than all of them. Henry Ford the mow successful business man in all history was less than a high school scholar and knew little of ancient history but he is a gceai maker of modera history. When he was. contesting a senatorial election he had been cheated out of the lawyers had much fun exposing hi> ignorance. He cornu not tell the cause of the war of 1312 —with England. Answering that he had not studied much history. Had he been aide to answer chat question he would have known lrs. about automo biles and more people would •still be walking. They say country chiloren should have the same schooling as in the towns and cotton mills where chil dren are not allowed to work until they are 14 years old the few h.iuis they are given in school is all. *;;t‘ time they are .out of • mischiet. \\ hie country children are put to work at school ago. If I was operating a cot ton mill, With congregated idle chil dren I would favor a 12 monte school of ten hours a day six day ' a week an.I not give them four months vacation to smoke cigarettes and plan to rob stores. Children not put to work under 14 years will never learn to love it and will contrive to live with out it. But the slogan is high schools and the tall brick buildings are going up on borrowed money at any cost. And children are loaded down with books that lead away from useful work. Engineer Dreads Grade Crossings As II-1 Approaches One, Deep Down la Feeling of Apprehension Asheville,—How does it feel to sit in a cab of a locomotive, and watch it go charging down upon a helpless au tomobile at a grade crossing? That question has been asked a great many times and different, engi neers, giving their own personal re actions, have offered totally differ onts answers. All, however, have managed to express something of the hororr, the feeling of helplessness, that comes when tons of angry steel jr,, hurtling stubbornly along, in spite of brakes and screeching rails, to crash into some car. One engineer, here recently, sighed deeply when the subject was brought to his attention, and stated that he never blew for a grade crossing but that deep down ,n his heart there wa- hot a feeding of apprehension— a feeding that perhaps some fool au tomobile driver would take a chance —would try to beat the flying loco motive over the grade crossing, and that grim tragedy would stalk into the little drama. The nerve strain, made more in ten e by the increase in motor traffic on the roads, is felt keenly by the men beh.nd the throttle of the loco motives. that mu v.v5 made plain. The feeling that eerhaps at the next crossing would eonm that staggering accident which almost all engineers dread almost worse than death itself, the slaughter of innocent persists through lack of vigilance on the part of th ' driver! The majority of drivers are be coming more careful. That was the observation of one engineer who had spent many years vvath his gaze g’u d to th' shining rails ahead of his flying engine. But the vast in cre.ce in the number of drivers causes the jnenae ' of the grade cros*" ! ings to increase rather than dimin ' idi and ti -re is often a prayer of 11 smkful; e-'s from the man at the ■throttle when an underpass or an i overead bridge divided the grades cud removes another death trap from : daily grind. And that'- the story of the An • inoe anti the saving of her men ‘Tom. graves in mid-Atlantic as Michael Matthews, of the furnace i room, told at to me. WHEIIE SAVINGS ARE GREATEST MASONIC TEMPI.E BUI DING. SHEI.BY, N. C. Th" Only Difference Is Important! A merchant in New York, tvho, like ourselves, does not believe that so-called “sales" safeguard the interests of the public, says that “the only difference, in our opin ion, between an ordinary every-r’ y hold-up and a reduction sale is, that in the first you pull a gun on a stranger whereas in the second you pull it on a friend.” “What a store loses in a sale," this merchant says, “is paid for by the excessive prices charged regular patrons. We simply don’t do business that way.” Nor do wel Smart Coats! Low Prices! Nation-Wide Savings Here At these low prices wifi be found displays of Coats in our R e a d y -1 o-W’ear Department which will prove a revelation of the Buying Power of this coun try-wide organization of Depart ment Stores. There are models, fabrics, and colors to satisfy prac tically every taste. Buy here and save! Priced from $9.99 to $19.75 New Silk Frocks for Spring The Loveliest Styles Imaginable Styles for the Woman and Miss In new Dresses the style lines express grace —the colors are unusually ap pealing — the materials shimmering in silken beau ty ancl our prices are rea sonable! Flares and Frills! New Materials Make a special trip to this *tore right away to see these Dresses. It will be well worth your while and we know they will interest you! One grouo prtced at Other Models from $14.75 to $39.75 >' HEHE savings are greatest
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