Chapter 16
Minis! strolled in a field of viol, . '
'with the Hart babies. Thor- v,-;. a
little river where a singing fish lived,
and it all was very beautiful arid
happy-.
|!ut lire engines were coming with
t trifle din of bells. She tried'to
gather up the children. They'd < an.
t:-areil! And the field turncu into a
X.•>.</ York street, .
•'Cling! Clang! Clang!” It -n lie
awakened, staring tip in the d nk.
itarn.old telephone! It spo-h-d my
lovely dream!”
"Yes? into the inr.tr a hr. at.
Mimsi? Den'; be frightened.''
-•Oh, Merle! What time is it?”
Two o’clock. I’m sorry, Xofv,
don't he frightened. Get dr s-o<l .
as you can. I’m coming 'o'take
v >u to the hospital. Trixie is worse
and wants to sop you. They u-Iopiinn
ed. It’s unusual, but—will y.-u be
ready?”
"Merle! Is it the—the end?”
"I think so, dear. I’ll come tight
Poor Trixie! With her bitterness
am) her broken illusions 'ah'! her im
petuous gleams of kindlin' . Trixie;
wi^h blue hand clutching the . he. 1 -
no, fight the black ghosts! Trixie had
wandered someway. A good girl. .Ju t
wandered.
Mimsi threw on her clothes and he
dream of the violet field tangled .x: th
the picture of Trixie wandering,
Someone said something once . . .
Oh yes. in the white church with the
white tower where Tranquility gath
ered Sunday mornings.
"Who wandercth out of the way'of
understanding—” Trixie, wanderin'?
nut of the way of understanding. With
the black ghosts . .Trixie . .
Merle put his arm around her
against the jolting of the taxi on ihc
rough pavements of East Side street <.
Far downtown they turned; tasted ‘lit:
musty tang of the East River.
Bellevue sprawled like a sulky mon
ster .-behind its high walls. They were
challenged at the gates; passed :.’'<rg
when Merle spoke, quietly. “To ypur
right.” said the guard.
Not the big, main building with
lights tv/inkling eerily. 5£ffr.s; had
heard in the hours before*''Sawn' l.fe
ran low; wondered hew many spirits
were passing from sick bodies .there
in the dark . . .
The little building toward the right;
the one with the iron bars at the win
dows. Why were there bars -at the
windows as in a prison?
Suddenly a woman’s scream pierced
the air like a dagger, dragging be
hind it howls, moans, shrieks. An in
ferno of sounds.
“It’s all right, Mimsi. I’m here—"
Bear Merle! She clung to hint as
keys turned. More keys; «rati or
bars. A white-clad interne, mutter
ing “Quiet!” Warped old corridors
a ward at the back of the building,
There was a screen around a c.t.
Mimsi didn’t know that the screen
meant death. A modicum of privacy
granted the spark of life as it flutter
ed ouc. Then she was standing im ido
the screen, and Merle kept saying,
“Steady, now. I’m here—”
Trixie seemed to be asleep. How lit
tle she looked and young. Little nr !
wasted. And waxy in the shaded light,
even her hair faded. Mimsi thought
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I't -ilvruiv.
v,;ll‘"5 «nti
nnl
wi.-i ; tirririjr; now she •
^••wcwng her .WO- Minisi kue'i
' , : ** fl«n« cevcj the
■.■month cut.
“I!,ln'1- h>''y! Say. v.luu V r
T"' . "r? Aw- " |
•* V poor -Trixie'!"
t'inlr kill. Something gotta
ami M
She W;
■'ll
■want t■
A h;
merit i
it damj
I wa
Yur k.
M'l'u ( to drop
"I" watch
wh.f pcrhrr;
v-ay fired. :
.'U', you nit-i)m
y ■’ 1 oti wanted to
> fed on?”
rdo\v of the old
1■ ed the wax
'• “Hairy rlort
icon ajLrrv.i
not yet, i
'.ISC -
.•on did it
you ili iii’t
jit1
1'irotUC a 1)1 MS'1
lace anil left
Tired. Lisle!-.
g"> me, Wi
ll h< r. Merle. She
Jerk's a nice oli",
■■'"•like'. No. filter.
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The
‘i<<e you mice
•Ml He? r
maybe New
cat: y.its can
11 chi.', - , i hey t'-ur you. You
1 ■ ■ i*»I! You hi nr ? Ne w
a •’ v -h r!a;v •. tied if i
,:a harrk-!”
i «-rre earn.- and laid his fin
! t he itruni*- n wrist. Morin
‘1 ' I, “No difference now.”
1 ■’ 'M’ark ' . lie, k millos before it
.into a: he ! it fla-ed in Trixie,
1 ‘I l”1' eye for an in tent. Sh
; ’‘lih d .-mi d, clearly, Happy da.-,
baby!" . ‘
io .n iieiri kissed and war
i:i Merle's arm i.
chapter iT
were yl-oomy day for Min.s
pa. sing. The girl; of
. ' finer- that. Trixie had
WhiT arid quarreled and
made up a . sum and
dm
There were
after Trixie?
‘he chorus, •!
danced uni]
j laughed with
i (rave her r. dice: .. huriat.
! Min:.'i -1! ••.. .! • k casket to the
cemetery; thrilled to the . majesty of
|’Ik- r roii; -e, ••{ am the Resurrection
j .nd ' Life.'' She .vent a little, but
no, for Trixie as she’d known 1
i.ini'iriiU’ly dreary; Tati!'.-; dreary.
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Sim planned'ti> stay on in the life
! Hat. It was cheap. Perhaps - he
| cf!uld get an ther -girl'to go in with
' her. At the studio Hie.-worked fever j
h!y. White was .'a hard taskmaster.
Vet when he praised in r effort? she
felt a h'.-rty triumph- that she' of’-p
mistook for happine s.
Late one aft-moon when White
was scrambling about on hi staff- id
and r he was bcralmg over her draw
ing. board, the door opened and Perry
came in. Even .before he. walked
across the great, dim room—even on
fore she saw Ids fare clearly—:-n?
felt his at,ruction. Reaching out like
a magnet; drawing her against her
will.
He stood besida her meekly, .it.-,
eyes were gray and dir turhlingly in
Stihoti TWRircl'
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”/’LL WAIT TILL
? THE
PRICE
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POWN^P-1
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> WAITING until the price
comes down is a waiting
game that doesn’t always pay
dividends. We a; advising
the1 purchase of real (’state1
j now and we’ll tell you why if
| you’ll call.
! exceptional bargain
8 room two story residence
on South l.aFayotte street,
known as the Albert Putnam
home place, fin* location for
residence or business, front
I ing Belmont Cotton Mill prop
erty 97 feet and depth of 170
, feet oh 20 foot alley, beauii
5 ful shade and our price is very
reasonable at *5.500.00. on
terms of 1- ’ cash, balance,
one and two years.
! GOOD* BUY—
5 room bouse two blocks of
square, water, bath, sewer
age, new home, nice section
and priced at $0,150.00.
For $900, terms 1-3 cash,
balance 0 and 12 months we
can sell a very desirable lot
50x125 fed in the Love prop
erty just off the Cleveland
Springs Road, joins with the
most desirable residential
property in Shelby.
BUSINESS LOT—
40x190, corner lot in good
retail and wholesale district
and the price is only $10,000.
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1 AWTH0NY&.ANTH0NY
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1 •'•' >'• uccause of dark heavy lashc*.
•lino i," in- said, “I've wanted to
' ■ you. V m know why, 1 acted like
compute cad and I've been sorry
‘■•cry tniniKe. I don’t sun:'*:*-.* you <■■ a
• • ft. But won't you try ?* If there'.;
anything I can do—or Kay!”
All the swagger gone. The faint a:r
■'i' dirr.ion, the knuWingn*:« all g n •«
Ills meekn,: •. The one thing to make
you forge, whatever he didn't \v . i>
> on to remember!
‘‘Why it’:- all right. Perry. Of
course it's a!! right. I entiles** it was
partly my fault. I’m sorry too. ,r
what 1 did.”
rid' tfhg!e i f his hand on your arm.
The in.ima-y of Ilia■■silence. A s e >11
th; t held you. A spell like th- warmth
of- thir, sparkling wire. Wipe he’d
give - yoti. This Pei ry. The tig-.v?
The tiger’.; claws?
I’m busy now. Perry. Same otl,::i
time.” lie wont, leaving the spell.
1, lay upon you as you went out V
to I tie twilight. Tutu down the avenue
from Fifty--event1’ street; walk si.MS
tle; shake it off. But tu- - 1
S| g in the f! t.
Spring when you’re ninety
Pause at Fifieth street. the
stately dory «f .he (’»lhe«'.i. . P-r
hato in there ...
Psp the great doors- fearfully le-t
Kiacorifi tliAcpvef that you’re not a
Catholic Pat once iaside—oh, the
beauty! Ilpr.ahing, overwhelming '*
t!v beauty! The lofty grandeur; the
■; !m! In the midst of th” city’s hur
ry rnd noise, the calm!
Why you could rest here: you could
throw p!f th” things that kept drag
ging you i hi way and that. Korn* -
thing.pevn« .ual in the calm. Not to
bo moved by the little affairs of men.
—the hurry and noise beating upon it.
Bontliijr liko shallow waves on t>e j
eternal hills.
Somethin* to follow you, like a
benediction . . • •
a’hc v.as rested aiul full of pcu<e
when .die went uptown. The loneliness
n; t.ji? rooms foiled t*> trouble tics .
: be rat at th» table in the kitchen ,
over a pot of tea, dreaminjt.
i The'tats at the door would he lie.'*
; ?)cr hoy; she called ‘•Come,” lustily. i
The door rWUtiK hack. It war I’tvv.
“ Minis!—’’
Shr t1 id; a stop forward. Then ids i
arm;- were it'-uumi her hungrily,
fiercely, achinp; at her shoulders,
! broakintj her waist. lhl wa • crumb r
upon her eyes, her l'!», her
i throat.
The manic of him; the temptation
• of him! Terry! lie v.w some! Why?
|dome nod portc without ? word? <ih |
I yes. She'd cried ‘‘Go Terry! Go now!” i
! ilor cry rCill echoed .... J
j He'd f'one and taken what you had i
i before he Fame. Quiet; oneness. Must |
|h . ,Vi‘Try You C ’ ithout a home. I
. Clean, void New Knjj- i
;la:d wind. It would Slow away the
j . i i your heart. The spell ’ . f
! Piny. Clow it away. VHt Tran
‘ nullity t.-morri.w. St y th< re, nitty! *
(l>i ;.,a ii tp’d ;e she went to the t
C \N PIRATE FOR <ONGRESS
I hereby announce myself a candi
date to succeed myself in Conpov.e;
from the Ninth Cori'ie- ional Dis
tvint.
I take this occasion to thank the
I)< mocrata of Cleveland county foi
their loyal support in th * past and -j
hope to receive their support in the
nrir.uiry J™ »• m,WINKLE
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Shelby to Charlotte—7, 0, 11, 1, 3, 5, 7:3C.—Charlotte to Shelby
—8.10,12,2,4,6,
Kings Mountain to Charlotte—7:30, 0:20, 11:30, 1:30, 3:30, o:30,
8.30. Direct connection made in Kings Mountain for Spartanburg
and Greenville in the morning—One hour layover in afternoons.
Bessemer City to Charlotte—7'45, 0:45, 11:1a, 1:45, 3:45,
5:45, 8:45.
Gastonia to Charlotte, leaves every hour on the hour, from 7 A.
M. to 8 P. M. Connection made there for Rock Hill, S.
Spartanburg, Greenville, Cramerton, Lineolnton and Cherry v;illc,
York and Clover, S. C.
Gastonia to Shelby—On the odd hours, making connections for
Rutherford ten, Hendersonville, Asheville and Statesville
Gastonia to Cherryvillc—3:20, 12:10, 4:10, 8:10.
Cherryvillo to Gastonia—7:15, 10, 2, 6 P. M.
Charlotte to Rock Hill—8, 10:30, 4:15.
Rock Hill to Charlotte—10:80, 1:30, 4:15.
Buss leaves Spartanburg C:15 P. M. Connections at Kings
Mountain, Charlotte.
Telephones:
Charlotte 2671, Gastonia 1051, Shelby 450 £helby to Rutherford
ton— 8 A. M. and 1 P. M. Euthcrfordton to Shelby—9:40 A. M.
& 2:15 P. M.
Shelby to Asheville—10:00 A. M 12. °
Shelby—8, 8 P ' , *.
Shelby—7:^- A 1 P.
I.incolnton—8:30. i A. M
Schedules Subject . age.
G T. .
X., -,.30 P. M.
3:00 P. M. 0:30
Asheville to
P. M.
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—POULTRY AND EGGS—
HERE ARE THE PRICES WE ARE
PAYING THIS WEEK, DELIVER AT
OUR PLANT.
HENS . 24c
TURKEYS.25c
BROILERS (Colored..38c
BROILERS (Leghorns) . 33c
EGGS . 27c
H ICE & FUEL COMP,*
SHELBY, N. C.
[>honc and gave MerlcY. number. A j
woman voicb answered. She rccog- :
sized the crisp, clipped syllables f,.r i
>1. Huer's, and hung up the rcceiv*
All alike! All playing the game
c<n. can i neat. .Wide too. Asking '
her to marry him. Merle in love with
Connie Duor asking her to marry
him. Miss Duer and her money. All
dike. Even Merle!
To Be Continued
Copyright 1920-Kings Features Syn
dicate, Inc.
MANY CLEANSING POWDERS
CONTAIN LYE; DANGEROUS
Lye, used as a household cleanser
iuid washing powder, is a fatal poison
and should he labeled such, snys Hy
i.cia. Congress is considering legis
lation to regulate the labeling anil
•ale of lye and similar poisonous
caustics.'
Thirteen States have already pass
ed s.ueh legislation, but there is need
of national legislation to protect
(Hildmi and adults. Lye is not only
a fatal poison, but will bady burn ary
-kin with which it cornea in contact.
CANCER MAY RECUR WITHIN
THREE YEARS AFTER SURGERY |
• '•• .* . ■ t I
Cancer may fecur any time withir.
three years after removal of tin i
growth. Therefore the patient should
be examined by the physician rcgula. •
iy for the first three years, advises
(Jygeia. Ary undue sysptoms should
he reported to him at once.
Early recurrences are not always
accompanied by pain, but develop
along line of the rear as nodules and
in the uxilla as enlarged glands. A
general loss of strength and weight
are further symptoms.
God give us men—men whose de
gree of humidity will not vary in
public or private.
;
FIELD SEED AND
POTATO SLIPS.
Pea*, Cane Seed, Soy
Beans of all kinds, i
Otootan, Millett and j
Sedan Grass.
I get Potato Slips
every day.
C. C. KIRBY, |
Gaffney, S. C.
A NEW CAR
You can haye a new car
so far as appearances go
with a fresh covering of
our genuine Duco. It is ap
plied under high pressure
and gives an even, glossy
surface. We have been in
the auto painting business
for a long time and we
recommend this method.
Stop in today and let us
give you an estimate of the
cost.
We also do varnish work.
WHITE'S AUTO PAINT
SHOP
Hearn Hlock. Phone 616.
sure knows how to
make ’em grow
TF you want to see what a real
A hon (>st -1 o- goodness feed can do
for a Hock of baby chicks, just give
U3 a ring and say “I want Purina
Chick Startena and Purina Poultry
Chowa for my chicks.” Purina
Chows have the stuff in ’em, and
we just want you to feed Purina
for a few weeks and then compare
your chicks with any flock in
, this part of the country I
Start them right ^
from the very begin- \
ning — and see what
even the first three
weeks will do.
-WEBB BROS.,
Phone 205. - Shelby, N. C.
Fortunate youth
THE educational opportunities for the boys and girls of
the South are keeping pace with the leadership of the
South in the economic progress of the Nation. This is seen
in the following facts:
In the last twelve years more
than $125,000,000 has been spent
for the construction of new school
buildings in the states of the South
* served by the Southern.
In 1900 there were less than
73,000 school teachers in the
states of the South served by the
Southern, and the appropriation
for education amounted to only 90
cents per person living in these
states. In 1922 the appropriation
was $6.85 per person, and the
number of trained teachers had
increased to 139,309.
Inl900only64.8percentofthechil
dren of school age in these states
attended school, while the average
for the nation as a whole was
72.4 per cent. But in 1922, the
latest year for which complete
figures are available, 81.4 per cent
of the children in the states of
the South served by the South
ern attended school, while the
average for the nation as a whole
was 81.2 per cent.
The growth in the educational
facilities of the South, as tyell as
the number of children that can^
take advantage of them, is one of
the fortunate and direct results of
the prosperity that has come to
the South.
%e Southern
The Southern Railway System has contributed to
prosperity of the South, as a tax-payer, as a large em
ployer of men and women—and as the transportation
agency which carries Southern commerce to and ^om
world markets, regularly, dependably and economically