THERE'S ONLY ONE
By SOPHIE KERR wWrrood
; ; ' CHAPTER TO-Continued .
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- "I think you're awfully good,"
rdd Rachel, gratefully. "Nothing!
tattled anyway. Mr. Terrifs client
- may not lika me."
. ; '(There , you are," . said Vinco.
i 'Wow everything'! fixed except this
. cranky client of yours and the coon
. r you aea him the better." .
. .'"We'll tti avr tn W nfrtia rlofet
" now If it suits you. Miss Vincent"
"if it suits Mr: Vinco to let ma,
-'V you mean;" aald RacheV -
"Go along, go' along, and let me
. know, what happen."
The meeting broke up at this and
- Curt turned to Rachel, You took
just the right line with both of them.
I'm going to wait bare to find out
. what happens." v, ..-v- '
On the way with Terrias, Rachel
felt the reality of her adventure and
began to wonder how much Peter
Payne knew, whether or not his
wife had told him about her first
child and If he knew her name.
"There's one thing I'd like to
ask," aald Rachel. "Your client
cen you suggest any way for me'
to to make the right impression on
him?"
"Be yourself and natural, that's
all. Anything phony's bound to
. seem' phony, that's my motto. I
noticed you didn't talk much there
- at Vinco s which is all to the good.
' - Let the other people do the talking,
, : only listen to what they say."
They reached a high business
building and took the elevator to
the twentieth floor and Rachel saw
that Terriss was watching her
closely. '.'Are you nervous?" he
asked, as they walked down the
long hall.
"Of course," she said. "It's too
exciting, for words. I can't believe
I'm actually doing this."
"You're all right," he said. "Here
we are."
He opened a door marked "Plant
er's Engineering Co." and gave his
name to the boy in the anteroom and
a few momenta later they were fol
lowing this boy down an inner hall
way to a door at the end. A loud
impatient voice told them to come
in and as they entered Rachel saw.
rising from behind a great flat desk,
an impressive man with a crest
of wjiite hair, his manner authority
and decision personified.
"So this is the young-'-lady," he
said. Then disregarding Terriss
; and looking at Rachel, "What is
your name, please?"
xerriss aid not permit nimseu 10
be disregarded. "This is MUs Vin
cent, Mr. Cayne."
This was the crucial moment and
Rachel held herself rigid with fear,
but Mr. Cayne gave no sign of any
recognition of the name, Neverthe.
i5"vBaihel could not speak, but
jnaged to bow naturally.
V jit Mown." he ordered. "Sit
"Tcton. Terriss. .1 suppose," turning
to Rachel, "you know what I'm
looking for?" '
Now she must speak. She pulled
herself together. "Mr. Terriss has
told me something about it. Not in
detail." t
"Mr. Cayne," said Terriss, "Miss
Vincent qualifies with me for a
chance at this. Job. She assures me
she can do the routine work of a
lady's maid and we can have soma
extra Instruction given her so that
Mrs. -Cayne will not suspicion any
thing. -. You don't want Mrs. Cayne
to know why MisS Vincent is there?
v You want her " to , feel that Miss
Vincent is a servant Just like the
' others--" '' f.ffi-yA .' r
l "I haven't aald that. I'd , engaged
Miss Vincent yet But. that's right,
, ' whoever comes . in there must be
' like the other servants fnd Mrs.
' 1 Cayne mustn't be bothered... She
isn't very, well, she's high-strung
;0' and imaginative and besides she's-.
,J she's like an impulsive child, she
- couldn't bide" her feelings, she'd be
" ' r-artaln tn tflvn th show iwit with.
l out intending it," His voice softened,
into indulgence as he spoke of Ids
wife, 'yi. u" ' ' ",fAiJf5
i rwould you like to talk to Miss
Vincent alone?" asked Terriss. 'TU
wait outside."
'That's good idea.. I won't be
long.? He nodded Terriss out and
Rachel was left facing hlnv "Now.
young lady, let's get down to brass
tacks. You can do a lady's maid's
work, can you? Where did you learn
It?" if " t
"At hoatt; taking ear 'of my Own
clothes. "I understand that this' po
sition doesn't require expert beauty
shop work.'1
"That's right" He looked Rachel
over from head to feet "I don't
know, I don't know, I've seen all
the women on Terriss' regular
staff and they're terrible, Elinor
wouldn't stand any of 'em for a split
second. Now you're a lady, any
body can see that..,1Maybe you're
too much of a lady, too pretty.
You'd have to tone that down, but
Terris said you could. This isn't
going to be easy, you know. Who
ever' s the thief he's smart, too
damned smart. It must be one of
the servants, but they've all been
with me, why, they're like friends.
It's unbelievable! "
Rachel, remembering Terriss'
warning to let other people talk, sat
silent through all this, listening and
watchful. "I wonder why he seems
lonely," she thought. "He's grand.
I like him."
Cayne broke through her thoughts.
"I suppose you don't make a hun
dred a week as a model, do you?"
"I average between forty and six
ty dollars, depending on engage
ments. It's paid by the hour."
"I told Terriss I'd pay a hundred
a week, but I don't want you to take
on this Job for the money alone. I
want some interest and I've got to
have results."
Rachel got up and stood before
him, straight and tall and earnest.
"You can pay me only what I make
at Vinco's; that would be fair, I
think, and if I do 'get results' ycu
can make up the difference. As 1
told you, I'll do my best."
"You've got spunk. Very well.
Miss Vincent it's a go. You say
you average between forty and sixty
a week. I'll pay you fifty, of course
you're getting your room and board,
too- "
Rachel felt that he would enjoy
a little bargaining. "I'm obliged to
pay half the rent of the apartment
where I'm living whether I'm thare
or not. So you can't count my room
as part of my pay."
"That's right, that's good busi
ness sense."
CHAPTER VIII
She was, then, accepted, but she
could not quite believe it She said
to Terriss as they went downstairs,
"But he didn't ask me any really
sensible questions, and he told me
nothing about what I'd have to do. I
don't understand it"
"Well. Miss Vincent, I figure it
out this way: Mr. Cayne's one of
those men who prides himself on
the way he can read character and
you made a hit with him by being
offhand and quiet. Besides, he was
pretty we! worn out seeing people
before, you and there's, always a
point where folks who're mixing
into stuff, they don't know about
give right up. See what I mean?
I Your making him that :aporting ot
ter pleased him; too, I'll tell you
the nonest truth I didn't expect he'd
take you, and I'm leery about it
myself"
"You are! Then why did yau ever
let me go talk to him? Why did you
tell him you were satisfied with
me?"
"X didn't know what else to do.
We might as well understand one
another, you seem a very .nice
young lady to me, a little smarter
than ? toe average,; but twhether
you've got any sense at all about
catching a very slick thief is some
thing I can't figure."
Rachel had been wanting to ask
a question and now she did it
"Mr. Terriss, have you any idea
who the thief is?"
"It'd be Irregular for me to sug
gest anybody but then this whole
proceeding's Irregular, to my mind.
I'm convinced It's an inside Job.
This assignment is going to be no
cinch for you, it's going to be tough
work and plenty of it"
5 ft don't mind mat" aald Rachel,
truthfully, 'I'd rather do this than
anything In the world."
Terriss favored her with a long
appraising stare and she knew she
had been overeager. "Ifs terri
bly exciting!" she added,
it The youthful phrase quieted Teir
riss's latent suspicion. "If m-r-that's
one way to look at it" be aald,
dryly. ""Now, if'you-obey orders
and take it easy and cautious, we'll
get along."
"This is another world," thought
Rachel, "another world and I must
be careful. I can't believe that I'm
soing to see my own mother my
own mother go into her house as
a servant wait on her, be her
naid. It's perfectly wild, all of it.
I must pretend I'm a servant and
be a good servant and at the same
time watcn all the other servants.
I mustn't let them know I'm work
ing for Terriss, I mustn't let Ter
riss know why I wanted to do this
work. I know he suspects there's
something special in my mind about
it. And then Annel What will she
say?"
All the way back to Vinco's she
fought the problem of whether to
tell Anne and how to tell her and
when, but she worked out no satis
factory answer. It was a relief to
see Curt Elton standing at the
door waiting for her as he had
promised, friendly, easy, somehow
he gave her confidence.
"I know it's all arranged," he
said. 'Terriss phoned Vinco. I
thought you'd come in carrying
banners and singing songs of vic
tory. What's the matter?"
"It seems so queer now I'm really
in it Maybe I've lost my nerve."
"Oh no, you haven't. Stop think
ing about how you feel and concen
trate on what you've got to do.
There's plenty of that around. Vin
co's been yelling his head off to
jet you started on an appoint
ment. Now I'm not going to bother
you, but I do want to see you when
you're all set to go into this Coyne
house. Call me up if you haven't
time for anything else, will you? I
got y:u into this and I'm going to
see you through it. And take it
easy. It's not so very important,
ycu know, iust a stunt, and you can
mil it off.''
W'licii was all ho knew about
.vliut it meant to her, Rachel
:':iouht. Even so, she found his
:rinl ci view steadying. "I'll call
(i! i:p." she promised, and went
in to p'0-"ate Vinco.
That was not hard to do, for be-
!ow his fussiness Vinco was highly
.'bassd that one of his young ladies
lad cjuplified for a difficult and un
usual task.
When she came home that night
there ware letters waiting for her,
letters from Anne, two of them,
brought in on one of the slow win
ter ships, and a letter from J3ob
Eddis. Pink was waiting, too, an
amiable agreeable Pink who had
seemingly forgotten all about their
late stiffness. It came to Rachel
suddenly that she'd have to tell
Pink what she was going to do. yes.
and she'd have to tell her about Ge
nie Moore snatching bcr white be
ret. Pink ' would never be so lilt
ing and gay if she knew of that.
Evidently Gsnic hadn't brought it
back. She put the letters aside un
opened. "Pink," she began cannily, "I'm
going to take you out to dinner,
we'll go some place where it's ex
pensive and snooty. I've got an
elegant new Job, so we'll cele
brate." i.'
"Oh, grand! I feel like a proud
party. What's the Job?"
"I'll tell you at dinner. How about
asking Tom and Rhoda Steele too,
we've done nothing for them re
cently." -
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Chi
istmas Recipes
The following Christinas recipe
were submitted by Miss Gladys Ham-
. agent; m ' '
,i. sftasnfmsksi Qmao. Halts. .V:.'1.
Marshmallows offer many possibili
ties for the last minute sweets. Co
: coamit marshmallows are made by
pipping them in slightly beaten egg
- whites then in cocoanut ' You might
like to color these with different food
colors. - , " ,
VL' "j Nut Squares -
leup sugar "Al s .
tap. vanilla - i s--- '"
I tep.'fc uLInar powder
v 1 cup m.t meats-
t eg3 , '
- m cups flour" ' ''
Mi 'tap. salt
1 egg white . K Ajk
1 cup brown sugar
Cream shortening, blend in sugar,
eggs and vanilla, add flour &n4 bak
ing powder. Pour into shcllow greas
ed cake pans. Sprinkle the nuts.
Beat egg whites stiff and Cen f!J in
the brown sugar. Spread over Ce
nuts and bake in slow oven 20 min
trtes. White Fruit Cake .
I lb. g"M white raisins (2 cur)
J'; T. i i (IY2 cups)
I I 1. c ' ' -rrics (1 cups)
'1 ' - !e (1 r-.T)
1 V;J 1 5 !
. (8 cups)
t cup 'water .
1 large rcocoanut (1 Mi cups moist
grated cocoanut)
1 lb. almonds blanched and toasted
' (8 cups)
4 cups flour '
2 tap. baking powder
Mi tsp. salt -
1 cup shortening
2 cups sugar.
8 egg whites '
Wash raisins. Shave and cut up
citron, . cherries, pineapple, orange
and lemon peel.Grate cocoanut and
cut almonds in small pieces. Line 4
bread loaf pans with 2 thicknesses
heavy plain paper and grease well.
Sift flour once before measuring and
sift again with baking powder . and
salt. Cream shortening , and ' add
sugar gradually. Add most of the
flour alternatelywith the water. Mix
fruits, nuts and cocoanut with , re
maining flour and " stir into batter.
Fold in well beaten egg whites. Bake
2Mi hours in slow oven 800 degrees
F, Amount: four 8x4 loaves. 1
ENTERTAIN, AT DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Cartwright de
l:'srhtfully entertained a few of their
friends : at dinner ' Sunday at their
i .-.a at Snow Hill. 1 The guests in-
' -' - i Mr. and Mrs W. H. Cart-
' rrrs. J. H. Harrell, Mr. and
IlUrrell, Mr.- and Mrs.
- '1, llrs, Vernon Winslow,
C rtwriRht, Miss Maude
' " 1 Crrloyn Dean Har
. . ' 3 Harrell. .
PENDER ROAD NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bassinger ami
two daughters, Frances Lane and
Irene, of Plymouth, recently visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed Lane.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Eaves and
three children, Onella, John, Jr. and
Ava Ann, from near Norfolk, Va.,
were Sunday guests of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Eaves.
Willi Lane was recently a guest
of his sister and brother-in-law, Mrs.
JJan ttassmger, and Mr. Bassinger, in
Plymouth.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Berry , and two
sons,.Edgar Young -and Dan, Mr. and
Mrs. Ribeh tellings and son, Wil
liam, Were." Sunday guests, of Mr. and
Mrs. NeiI;Spruill, at New Hope.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Eaves had
as therf gueste Sunday Mrs. J. L.
Bateman and daughter, Polly; Mrs.
Arthur Chappell and two children,
Barbara Ann and Arthur, Jr., of
Edenton; and Shelton Bateman.
The president of the Christian
Union of Bethlehem Church requests
every member of the Union to be
present Sunday night, December 12.
Those desiring to give and receive
a gift the night the Christmas tree
is held may draw names.
CHATTEL SALE
I will offer for sale
for cash the following
chattel property:
V One; Mule
Two Carts
One Farm Wagon
.One Log Wagon
. One Disc Plow.
One Riding Cultiva
tor, and all other
farming utensils that
I Have. The sale ' will
be' held at the Chas.
Wood Place on Thurs
day, Dec 16, at 10
. Perry ;
BAGLEY SWAMP
Mn and Mrs. J. V. Roach and their
daughter, Amy Vann; Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Stalling and their son, Carey,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Vick
Stallings Sunday.
Mr. an 1 Mrs. Oliver Winslow spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Butt, at New Hops.
Mrs. Mary S. Winslow, of London
Bridge, Ya., is the guest of her son
and dau ;hter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
T. R. Winslow.
Mrs. IlJwin White, Mrs. S. M.
Winslow, Mrs. D. P. Layden, Mrs.
Linwood Winslow and Mrs. Ralph
White visited Mrs. Claude Winslow
Monday afternoon.
weather above freezing, is better
than a bitter cold day for hog-killing,
he continued.
Stop feeding the hogs 24 hours be
fore they tire to be slaughtered. It
is easier to clean and dress the car
cass when the digestive tract is
empty, And when the system is not
gorged with food, the blood will
drain out more readily.
Don't overheat or excite the ani
mals before killing. Getting the hog
wrought-up produces a feverish con
dition that prevents proper bleeding
and causes the meat to sour while in
cure.
Nance said that water at a tempera
ture of 150 degrees is best. In cold
weather, add a bucket of cold water
to half a barrel of boiling water, and
this will give about the right tem
perature. A v&t sunk into the ground beside
a platform close to the ground level
provides a convenient place to scald
the carcass and scrape off the hair.
Tools that will aid in dressing tit t
carcass are: A common six or eight-f ' r
inch butcher knife, a six-inch skin-f
ning knife, a smooth steel for sharp-
enmg knives, several hog ganwreii
sticks, two bell shaped hog scrapers.
For scalding the carcass, Professor and a 28-inch meat saw.
MIM T-BEATB
EDENTON, N. C.
WE HAVE THE SHOWS
Today (Thursday) and Friday, December 9-10
SHIRLEY TEMPLE in
TBT
Ifs Hog-Killing Time
In North Carolina
"Hlog-killing time. How this ex
pression stirs the astivity of the farm
family as cold weather arrives!
It moms plenty of hard work, but
it also means fresh pork, sausage,
spare ribs, liver pudding, cracklin'
corn bread filling the smoke house,"
said Prof. E. E. Nance, of State
College.
A moderately cool day, with the
With JEAN HERSHOLT, HELEN WESTLEY, PAULINE MOORK
and THOMAS BECK
Saturday, December 10
THE THREE MESQUITEERS in
Last Chapter
"TRIGGER TRIO"
'Robinson Crusoe." First Chapter
Comedy
Tainted Stallion"
Monday and Tuesday, December 13-14
LESLIE HOWARD, JOAN BLONDELL and
HUMPHREY BOGART in
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ACT
NEWS
Wednesday, December 15 '
DOLORES DEL RIO, GEORGE SANDERS
and PETER LORRE in
"LANCER SPY"
ACT-
BANK NIGHT
Thursday, December 16
WILL ROGERS in "JUDGE PRIEST"
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