Nina Tosses a Coin for a Husband. I crcapt to the point and waiting a few seconds cfnt popped the head of the Goddess. She held her arm out and I caught" it, still crouching she landed beside me. She took a few breaths and quickly came to. We now crept noiselessly forward keeping close to the ground and were soon out of danger of anyone seeing as from the other bank of the creek. I told her to rest awhile but she was too excited to under stand. Springing to her feet she ran for the boat at great speed, waving her belt above her head. I kept close to her as she reached the rushes she fell heavily unconscious dropping the stiletto. Flight Down the River. T carried her to the boat and gently handed her to Peru who plac ed her in the bunk In the small cabin forward. Rrnchon#anU his men quickly boarded and we dart ed out into the river heading for the opposite bank where the channel was wider and swifter. Leaving Nina in charge of my friend I kept the night glasses on the mouth of the creek until we were well away past IsogaC town and had also passed into the wide chan nel of the river. I saw no moving object and heard I - around the lower part of her neck so I pulled out my hunting knife and slir the neck and chest part open so as to give her fresh air. If ! she was still in a faint. I then gent | ly placed my hand on her heart | which was beating away splendidly. |T then put my car close to her head | and could hear her breathing quite 1 regularly. Well, I said, what a rumour, she Is breathing away quite splendidly, just as you would expect, an angel to do, and her heart also is moving splendidly. I am a poor doctor I raid but you are worse. Her dress was now partially dry so I threw over a light eider down quilt and we left her in her deep sleep, closed the curtains and joined the crew. Can we speak now as loud as we like the boys asked. Yes, but dont wake up all the river Just do as you wish as we shall not stop anywhere till we reach the sea. Renchorp now made up a good lunch for the boys and we all enjoyed it. And we fol lowed this up by tots and smokes I gave the crew a cigar each and told them to make merry and as long as they did not get drunk could have all the good liquor they wanted. They had done their part of the ' “Goodbye and good-luck,” said , Trader Horn as he gave the only 'woman he had ever loved to his ti best friend. )io sound, and as we moved at great ‘peed, down stream which was con tinually widening I made sail and triads sure that no dangerous craft lould follow. I was with sail and Daddies working well the swiftest boat on the river, I felt supremely o&ppy. I had won so far against the terrible' despot Isoga who I knew would not dare to follow me, and this he well knew even if his people »ad now been aroused. I told the *rew to take things easy and Ren rhoro to give them each a tot of the best brandy we had, and took one wyself on my good luck in having made such an easy capture. The Goddess I now went to see how Nina was loing and was surprised to see her Isleep in her wet clothes. Do you think she can possibly be dead he (aid, she has never breathed or knoved. What, I said, never; I (patched her closely but the light kas dim. Anyway I would do my kest to restore her. , I could not loose the neck of her Iress which was rather too tight ! TUNE IN ON ON STATION wsco GASTONIA SHELBY’S MELODY MAKERS EVERY Tuesday AND Friday ! Keeter Bi i AT 12:30 P. M. Sponsored By Betty-Jean Beauty Shoppe Central Cafe Pendleton Music Co. Jolley’s Shelby Dry Cleaners J. C. McNeely Co. R. B. Keeter Keeter Bros. carrying off of the Goddess in great: style and I was proud of them. This greatly pleased them and they com menced to sing in a low voice to the music of the Engombi which sound l ed lovely on the water. To the Sea! The wind now freshened and the ! first dawn of morning was heralded [by the twitter and moving of the birds. We. passed Angola and were now heading for the open sea car ried along at top speed by the river breese which carried us to the mouth I of the Ogowe by sunrise. Here we I were met by a host of sea birds and (other welcome visitors. The change from the river to the sea was de lightful and the boat seemed to catch the feeling of those who were aboard her and rode like a duck on the swell which increased as we neared the Ocean. I now peered into the cabin and Nina was still asleep. I pulled the curtain aside so as to give her fresh air. We passed the Vampire Island where we removed our hats as this was a white mans burial ground. I explained to Peru, but he never knew the real truth or the goddess either as to who slept there. I looked at her as she slept. No sculptor could have added to her beauty. Next we were riding the big swells and in less than an hours time we rode the breakers, then aft er a spin through calm waters we entered the beautiful hidden cove near the Whale Rock. This woke herj ladyship who peering out was sur prised to see the beautiful grove on; one hand the Ocean to the west. The Gamp. The sea birds flecked around as 1 pitched my two camping tents in the shady grove near a beautiful clear spring and we soon made a home sweet homi to be proud of. We all had a god! time for the first day and as the spot was charming we decided to sti.y for one more day before we sailed for Fernandez Vaz. The evening wiis spent in merry making during which I thought 1 would settle once and for all with Nina the question of who she liked best, but to all my questions she in sisted on refusing to make a choice. Of course, she said,'she loved us both as much as a woman could es pecially .s we both risked our lives for her, In fact she had never dreamed any man would do so much for tjpr and now she felt absolutely free she would never leave us. Gambling for a Husband. I then explained to her that she could choose without choosing. And showed her a sovereign. I then call ed Renchoro and we tossed for coins, sometimes he won, sometimes I won. I then invited her to toss the coin and after a while she manag ed it quite nicely but Insisted cm laughing but she understood what we were doing. I then told her that this was quite fair and asked her If -she was willing to toss for myself and Peru and of course she would I be the wife of whoever won for1 ever. She smiled and said If you two j men are;:,willing so am I. I led her to the camp fire and! told all hands to form a ring. I also' told Peru to come up, I explained to hirn what was going to happen, and' Renchoro explained to the rest.; The best cider down covers were brought the lanterns were all lit! and the fires replenished making! the old grove look more homelike.! Take off your hat and lay It down brother and shake. We shook hands i on the deal. I levelled out the sand! and handed the gold piece to the! smiling Goddess of high degree ! Your shout. I cried to Peru are you! ready. Amongst the murmuring and! now excited circle of men she toss ed up the piece and strange to say It fell in the sand plum up as it could possibly. No toss I cried. Peru agreed and she laughed heartily while a murmur of appreciation went round the ring. I levelled the ground off and this timfe padded It well down. She held the coin ready. Millionaire And Goddess. Your shout said Peru. I called tales. This time she made a beauti ful spin, it fell heads up. Great cheers wrent the air and re-echoed. I pretended to groan and again the noisy merriment Went round whilst the lady who. now leaning on the shoulder of her husband, was all laughter and smiles. Fate, the great master of men's destinies, had de cided. I nowr shook hands with my best mate on earth and complimented him on his Juck. And I could see he felt both grateful and happy. All he said was luck was surely in and I thank Dame Fortune with all my heart. € ordered the best we had to be brought from the locked and we drank bumpers one after another to the success of the happy pair. Music was now king. Nina sang whilst the Engombi and harp rang out to the voices of the happiest crowd on earth. We kept going all night and the sun was high when we awoke. We now had a good hear ty. meal and took our usual swim whilst. Peru's lady took her usual dive higher up the beach with sev eral of the Noombi women who had come in to enjoy the fun. We all dressed our best to celebrate this memorablp occasion. (To be Concluded.) —-- a West Shelby Items Of News Mr. and Mr*. HarrUl Hamrick Have New Son. Claude Clary Moved Here. 'Special to The Star.) Mr. Claud Clary and family from Gaffney moved on Thompson street Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ashe of Lowell spent Sunday with Mr .and Mrs. Pay Doty. Miss Mildred Ramsey who has been teaching in Taylorsville is at home for the summer. Mrs. Fannie Pruitt spent a few days the past week with her daugh ter, Mrs. Joe Isher of Blacksburg. Mrs. Lon Drewery who has been sick for the past week is improving some. Mrs. S. B. Cooper spent the past week in Lattimore with her broth er who is very sick. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Willis spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Veat Bridges of Polkville. Mrs. Arthur Anthony of Kings Mountain spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Harrill Hamrick. Mrs. Mildred Hurst of Washing ton, D. C. is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Martha Lat timore. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Akers of Greenville, S. C. spent Sunday after noon with Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ram sey. Bom May 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Harrill Hamrick a son, Lowery Dean. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Brooks and children of Mooresboro spent Wed nesday night with Nola Cooper. Little Miss Etta Parris is very sick At this writing. Mr. Norman Francis of New York is spending a few days with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Francis. Mr. Lionel Crawford of Forest City visited Mrs. C. D. Weast Sun day afternoon. Shelby Man May Get In 1932 Race Gaffney Ledger. Monroe Wilkes, of Shelby, N. C., was painfully injured early Satur day afternoon when he was struck by an automobile driven by Howard Mayberry, local negro. Mayberry stopped and took Mr. Wilkes to the city hospital, where an examination disclosed no bones were broken. He was able to leave the hospital and return to Shelby a short time later Witnesses said the accident was unavoidable on the part of May berry, as the Shelby man stepped out In front of the negro’s car at such close range that the automo bile could not be stopped in time to prevent hitting him. A fashion item relates that a transparent leather suitable for feminine wear has been Invented in England. Aha! We just knew the girls wouldn’t let themselves be beaten by a lot of mere cigars for long.—Boston Herald Nobody’s Business QEE McGEE— flat took news. . . . our little town had a nice fire one night last week when mr. bill spinks lust his ford on a side street, it was covered by 3 Insurance polic ies and 2 mortgages, he says It ketched while he was screwing up his radium rods and smoking a cig arette. he bought a fine new one the next day with a rumble seat ansoforth. . . the school trustees hell a meet ing friday night and re-elected miss Jennie veeve green to her old Job but miss cannle mae redd was post poned onner count of someboddy re ported her for not having a high moral standard In the community as she donees and runs around a right smart lnsted of doing her duty toards the church the chilliin at large, she has benn In 2 wrecks since taking up her aboard with us —at night. . . . we had a big gassoleen war In our community for a few hours sad day morning, but by the time 1 got my old moddel “t" cranked up. It had done gone back to c20. It start ed at the owl filling station who cut It to cl9 and then the Jaybird filling station cut It to cl7, and about that time—both of them run our of gassoleen and the war was called off. 1 have newer benn lucky enuff to be engaged In a price cut ting war. . . . It now looks like a chain stoar Is coming to our little town, as a man from n. y. was here resently seeing what he could rent the Jim son building at which mr. jimson busted In last yr. on account ol a caddillac which he bought at sec onthand. chain might help us to some extent on meat ansoforth. but so far—the home stoars Is letting us have stuff on creddick. and that seem cheap enuff. . . . some of the cltlsons here have resented yore last eddy torial or the return of whiskey to our mist and the wlmmen espeshally seem peeved, they say it is o. k. for the yankees up north to have whiskey w'here religion is In order, they 11 they want same, but down here think prohlblshlon should continue as hear to foar. they don’t want free option or open barrooms, and say everything la all right so long as 1 aint't against the law to shoot a bootlegger. . < . well, mr. editor—1 will close for this time, when anny more news happens, 1 will rite or foam It Into you.