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THERE'S ONLY ONE
By SOPHIE KERR t
C Sophie Kerr Underwood.
WNtl Service.
CHAPTER 1
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"This room might be a man's of
fice, -stripped like this,", said Anne
Vincent from the flat desk where
she was ostentatiously busy with a
pile of bills and a check-book.
"But think how feminine it is with
rugs and the curtains and the cre
tonne covers and the china dingbats
on the mantelshelf,", said Rachel;
aaaing, as she stuffed . two more
packages into the boxed Window-
seat, "Do you think I've used
enough mothballs? Remember how
the mice made nests in here last
Both women had sp&ken louder
than was necessary and there was
the tension of a topic avoided in
, -their voices. The living room of the
-cottage was bare except for the fur
niture, even the bookshelves had
been emptied and the pictures
taken down.
Anne twisted about to look at
Rachel's packing. "You put in the
whole two boxes? That'll surely be
enough. It was Mrs, Kr eel's fault
the mice, I mean."
"Poisonous woman!" said Rachel
and banged down the lid of the win
dow seat "Every time I see her
aifd that squabby sister of hers walk
by I want to rush out and beat
them with my tennis racquet!" Her
work finished, she rose and
stretched her tall young slender
ness, pulled her white sweater down
and adjusted her belt She watched
Anne from the corners of her eyes. I
At last she went over to the desk
and sat on the edge of it "Aren't
you almost done?"
"There are ever so many more."
"Are you checking every item?"
"Yes, of course. Why don't you
take a last swim? Where's Bob? I
thought he asked you to go out in
his boat?"
Rachel swung her feet obstinately.
"You're stalling, mother. You want
to get away without telling me a
thing. It's no use. Bob's gone out
alone and I'm not having a swim.
You can just come out of that mess
of eggs and potatoes and cords of
wood and talk."
"Rachel, I've always told you that
when you were twenty-one, if you
wanted to hear or before, if there
was good reason "
"There's plenty good reason,
You're going abroad and Great-aunt
Helene mayhang on to you for
lay more than six months
Join me: You know that."
I evade. It's only another
I Tin twenty-one and I'm
datura and sensible now as
then. The way you act
aning to feel as if there was
tig perfectly rotten"
Anne Vincent's protesting hand
, stopped her. "Darling, no! Don't
say such things. There's nothing
rotten or foul or poisonous or any
other of your favorite bad adjec
tives about it really. Give you
my word."
"Then why do you want to hold
out , on me?"
"Maybe I'm a little jealous."
"Mother, darling Iamb, don't be
ridick. Jealous of what?"
Anne's grasp, tightened.- Tm
afraid I'm jealous of your interest
In your real mother, Rachel. I'd
like you not to think of her."
"But I don't think of her at my
mother. I don't She's never thought
of me as her child, that's evident
enough. She was glad to get rid of
me. Wasn't she?
"I can't answer yes or no; It's
not as simple as that' Anne eon1
sidered the sea a moment longer,
wondering, doubting, uncertain. If
she could only understand Rachel's
urgency! Then she resolved. "I see
I'll have to explain things, I don't
want you to be getting strange no
tions. Let's go down to the beach;
It's so dreary here with everything
packed."
They linked arms as they stepped
ft the terrace before the low shin-
glo house which had been their
home for ten summers. It was the
last but one of the straggling village
street there was only the roadway
between it and the dunes. The sin
gle house beyond theirs was an ugly
square high-elbowed thing with stilt
shell-bordered walks, and a gypsy
kettle, on a tripod painted a flaming
red and filled with clashing magenta
geraniums, beside the front door.
As Anne and Rachel crossed the
road this front door opened swiftly
and a little anxious man hailed
them.
"You be out some time, Mis' Vin
cent?" "I don't know exactly, Mr.
Kreel," said Anne, "but you can go
in and turn on the radio."
"Thank you, ma'am. There's a
program offerin' a nice book of pho
tographs and a tube of cold cream
am to get and if there's any new
contests I want to try 'em." He ex
plained breathlessly and was inside
their house with the last word.
"Couldn't we leave the house open
and the electricity on so he can
have the radio after we're gone?
It's so mean of Mrs. Kreel to lock
theirs up except when she wants to
hear something herself, I'd like to
get round her somehow."
"I suppose we could. He has such
fun writing for samples and enter
ing ail the contests, it's pathetic."
"Do let's do it, mother."
"All right my dear, the electric
ity won't cost much. And if the
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"It Most Have Been Tragic
weather's very cold he can build a
fire. I'll give him written permis
sion." They had reached the beach, a
half-circle .of sand scooped in be
tween points of rock which went far
enough out on each side to break
the sweep and drag of the waves.
The Vincents' bathing house lay so
unobtrusively back among the
dunes that this little scallop shell
of quiet and peace seemed never to
have known man's trespass, yet it
had been a favorite haven of rum
runners during the latter half of the
great prohibition farce. Now those
days were over and the village and
summer people found the larger
beach below the town -more con
venient for bathing, so this one had
come to be Rachel and Anne Vin
cent's exclusive property, their out
door living room and extension of
summer days. '
They sat down facing the sea,
their backs against the length of
pale water washed Norwegian fir
which once held the mainsail of a
skimming saucy clipper. Anne, un
easy, disturbed, made a most un
characteristic fuss in settling her
self, while Rachel watched her with
growing impatience.
:n 1t can't be as dreadful as you're
making out" said Rachel at last,
half laughing,, but with nervous ex
citement beneath.
Anne pulled her wits together.
"If s not dreadful at all, I simply
don't know where to start"
"Tell me her name. I don't even
know her name. I've always rather
hoped it was Rachel, like mine."
"Oh, Rachel, darling, have you
been thinking about her so much!
Why didn't you tell me? I" she
caught back her emotion, took an
easier tone: "Rachel, your mother's
name was Elinor, Elinor Malloy.
She was only about eighteen when
you were born, she wasn't throueh
high school when she was married.
And your father's name was Edwin
Malloy. They were just a couple of
youngsters who ran off and got mar
ried without knowing one another,
without thinking about it"
"A sort of joke, I suppose."
"Don't be bitter. They were so
young, they had no idea, they didn't
realize but I'll have to go back and
begin properly. I never saw your
father, but your mother was one of
the loveliest, no, she was absolutely
the loveliest creature I ever laid my
eyes on. She didn't seem quite real,
she was so lovely."
"Was she light or dark?"
."Very fair skin, very dark hair,
very blue eyes. Everything in her
appearance was accented and dis
tinct and yet there was a complete
fusion so that her beauty stood clear
and perfect. She's only let's see
she's only thirty-eight years old.
Rachel, now, nine years younger
than L And she's still beautiful,
but in a different way."
"How do you know? I thought you
said you'd only seen her once, years
ago."
"Her pictures come out in the
newspapers now andthen, the so
ciety columns "
"They do! Oh, mother, who is
she? Have I seen her pictures?"
"She's I Mrs. Peter Holbrook
Cayne."
"She's married someone else?"
"Rachel, darling, I want to get
through this as quickly as I can and
afterward I'll answer your ques
tions. You must try to understand
about her. Your grandfather her
father died and left your grand
mother with very little money and
this child to take care of and life
was very hard and meager for
both of them. Uncertain, too, in
secure. Mrs. Rhodes"
"But who's Mrs. Rhodes?"
"Your grandmother, Elinor's
mother. Did I forget to say her
name? I'm mixing this up dread
fully." "No, no, I've got it straight. My
mother was Elinor Rhodes and she
married Edwin Malloy."
"Yes, that's right. Mrs. Rhodes
did fine sewing and embroidery for
her friends to help along, mono
grams on table linen and that sort
of thing, it didn't amount to much
and she must have been very anx
ious about Elinor. There seems to
have been no one who took any in
terest, or perhaps she was proud
and shy. She kept her daughter
with her and sent her to school. And
one day Elinor came in with Edwin
Malloy he was a young clerk in the
corner drugstore and she had mar
ried.him. Now remember, Rachel,
I'm simply telling you the story I
heard. I never met Mrs. Rhodes.
Even so, I can understand what a
shock this marriage was for her. If
she'd had the means she probably
would have had it annulled, because
Elinor had lied about her age. But
she could do nothing, so she took
them into their cramped apartment
to live with her. And from the
first they weren't happy, nothing
went right Your father was appar
ently just a good-natured, good-looking
boy with almost no. education
and no family, he made very little
money, he - wasn't ambitious, he
wasn't clever. Mrs. Rhodes detest
ed him and kept lamenting the mar
riage all the time, and there was
Elinor herself with her beauty and
her youth and her pliable unformed
nature you can see them, can't
you?"
"Yes. It must have been tragic.
For all of them."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
PENDER ROAD NEWS
Mrs. T. M. Farmer has returned
home from Norfolk, where she visit
ed her sons, Alec and Thomas M.
Farmer. ' '.",
H Mrs. V. L. Proctor and daughter,
Mary, returned Tuesday from a visit
to Mrs. W. W. Hanbury, in Norfolk.
The Christian Roanoke Union met
at Coinjock Christian Church the
fifth Sunday in . August; ' Those from
Bethlehem Christian Church attend
ing were Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Berry
and two sons, Edgar Young and Dan,
Mrs. B. A. Berry, Mr. and Mrs.
John Corprew and son, William, Mr.
and, Mrs. George Bateman and child-
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.'.. in Hertford and Perquimans County to' visit our store and see
for themselves that we have thfi he,lnw f&ivr h'ha'-fnrt i
: , any town . with a population under 2,000. ,
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"THE DRUGGIST"-to the immunity U C V i
ren, Wade, Grant and Pauline and
Mrs, Luna Bateman.
Reuben Stallings was a visitor
Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Briggs. William Stallings is
spending the week with his aunt,
Mrs. Willie Briggs.
Mrs. Homer Darian and son, Frank
of Philadelphia, Pa., and Joe RemD-
son, of Norfolk are visiting Mrs. S.
i. uuuipner.
Mr, and Mrs. T. T. Harrell and
daughter, Juanita, of near Norfolk,
Mr. and Mrs, Carlton Cannon and
two children, Cornelia and Mary
Annette, of Hertford, visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Harrell Sunday after
noon. Mrs. J. Ed Lane is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Grace White at Man
teo. While there she will attend the
pageant at Fort Raleigh.
Mrs. J. E. Eaves visited Mrs. Fan
nie Corprew at Bethel Saturday
afternoon.
CHAPANOKE NEWS
Mrs. Lillie Mae Madrid, of Florida
has returned to her home after a
pleasant visit with her uncle, J. C.
Whitend Mrs. Lowe.
Mrs. George Alexander and child
ren and Mr. and. Mrs. Walter Deal
attended the circus in Elizabeth City
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. C. Wilson and children,
Susie Mae, Calvin, and Curtis, at
tended the circus Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bray were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Alex
ander Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom White and Mrs.
H. C. West attended the pageant at
Manteo Sunuay nignt.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Baker of
New York, are spending some time
with Mr. Baker's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harrison Baker.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Alexander,
Mrs. Viola Alexander, Susie Fields,
Mattie Meade, George Viola James
Alexander and Susie Mae Wilson
spent Saturday at Nags Head.
Mrs. J. C. Wilson, Misses Ruth
Roberts and Louise Wilson were
in Elizabeth City Friday afternoon.
Crawford Wilson was a Hertford
visitor on Tuesday.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the revival services at Oak
Grove this week. Afternoon at 3
o'clock and 7:45 in the evening.
J. C. Wilso? was in Elizabeth City
Monday on business.
Miss Janet Quincy has returned
from a. visit with relatives in Nor
folk, Va.
Mrs. Kate Jackson has returned
after a visit with her daughter in
Elizabeth City.
Mr. and Mrs. John Asbell were
visitors in Hertford Tuesday even
ing. Mr. and Mrs. John Symons and
Mrs. W. H. Elliott spent Sunday at
Nags Head.
Those attending the "Lost Colonv"
at Roanoke Island from here Sunday
were Tim Trueblood, Bill Trueblood,
Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt Stallings and
Miss Waverley D'Orsey.
Mrs. John Asbell, Mrs. P. L. Grif
fin, and Mrs. Irma D'Orsey were in
Hertford Saturday night.
WHITESTON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Vann Spivey, of
nicKory, va., are guests of Mrs.
Spivey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ulys
ses winsiow.
Emmett Winsiow and two friends
from Washington, Dy C, spent part
of last week with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ulysses Winsiow.
Mrs. Jesse Osborne and her son,
Jesse, Jr., of Greensboro, are visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Henry E. Wins
iow. Allen White, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
accompanied by Marvin Lindley and
three other friends, arrived Tuesday
of last week for several weeks' visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Er
nest White. Mr. White and his
guests left Tuesday of this week for
onow oamp, where they will visit
Mr. Lindley's parents for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lan and .T
L. Lane left Tuesday morning for
rmiaaeipnia, fa., to attend the World
Conference being held there at this
time. They expect to be tmnp sever
al days, and will visit a brother,
k. a. Lane, in Wi minirton. F)p1 w
fore returning home.
Mrs. Paul R. Fisher and two sons,
or uoylestown, Pa., are visiting rel
atives here and in Elizabeth City
for several weeks.
Elsbury Lane and Russell Baker
fpent Sunday afternoon at Nags
Head and attended the pageant at
Fort Raleigh Sunday night.
Miss Eleanor Winsiow returned to
her home near Cross Roads Monday,
after a week's visit with her cousin,
Miss Winnie Winsiow.
Miss Alma Winsiow, from near
Cross Roads, Karie Lee Belch and
Austin Smith, from near Greenville,
visited Misses Winnie and Eleanor
Winsiow Saturday evening.
Burnette Winsiow and Miriam
Lane, of Hertford, spent the week
end here with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Winsiow and Mr. and
J. T. Lane, respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Winsiow and
son, Donald, of Norfolk, Va., were
recent visitors of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie E. Winsiow.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Gullipher, of
Merry Hill, were week-end guest:
of Mrs. Cullipher's parents, Mr. ana
Mrs. S. N. Riddick.
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Fall cleaning, which includes paint
ing, is being done at the store of J.
C. Blanchard & Co., where they ore
getting ready to show the new fail
goods which are coming in now.
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