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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. SERTFOSSi, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1938
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n .mlii) his " own ohln and
wondered K he too, had that look.
Back there In the city there waa
fighting, the 1920 brand, different
tfrom the kind he and his two com
rades had known In 1817. Then, it
.had been war cruel but well-defined.
And now? Hoodlums. Riot
iina. The vprv air charred with hys
teria, inviting a nameless kind of
tyranny. Lens hated it with every
fiber of his intelligence, throwing
all his soul into underground work
to halt the rise of the revolutlon-
A horn tooted Impatiently behind
them. The driver of an expensive
aedan was eyeing them with con
tempt Erich grinned. "He wants
niv with am. Koater."
Immediately, the seemingly rat
tletrap car whose father had been
an airolane. leaved forward. Five
minutes later they had stopped be
fore the Inn and were removing
their bottles of rum from the back
seat
They all smiled as the other car
drew p and a man, whose artoto
MMilA nMr wu lust a bit too
thin, stepped from It 1 am Herr
Frans Breuer. What kind of unk
4. that?"
The boys were gravely explaining
"Baby's" lineage when suddenly
TCrlnh saw a lovely clrl emerging
from the other door of the limou
sine. She moved ana ugnt ana
miialn mnvad with her.
He amro ached her. "It's a beau
tiful nio-M " he said awkwardly.
Her head Inclined. "Unusually
mild for March.
"Terribly mild." Her eyes were
big and a sort of dusty blue. "Uh
l want 10 apologise, wmni
We can do ninety-five. I think
vrnir hiirihAnd was annoved.
She shrugged square, slim shoul
ders. "One ougm to oe aoie to
lose sometimes. And," she added,
her voice lilting, "Herr Breuer tent
mv hnrfhnnrt. He'a lust a friend.
Covering up his exultance, Erich
found his tongue running away with
him. He told her of bis youth, of
his war record, of the lire oi ine
three comrades. They were .all
sitting at the little garden table
by then, the party including Breuer,
who, with liquor, had grown more
affable.
"We're war babiea then," Pat
aid. turnlnsr to Erich. Shs.amUed
somberly. "We're neither' flvlhgT
nor dead.
Koster cut in. "Don't say that
You and Erloh, you're both living.
You're young1, Remember that'
The moon had risen high when
they stood outside the arbor again.
Erloh watched the silver light trace
a leafy pattern over her face. "Do
you think Herr Breuera able to
drive?" he asked anxiously, -
"I think so. He drives the same,
drunk or sober." Breuer was open
ing the door of the oar.
Erich bent down and said In a
low voice, "can I phone you In the
morning and sea If you got home
an rightr x
"H you like," she said evenly.
"West end two seven nine six."
Carefully, Erich noted the num
ber on a match packet Then Breu
er's ear drove away.
Z wonder," Lens said t ha
climbed Into the front srat of
"Baby" "what aba aaaa in that
swine. Wonderful girl, eh?"
Erich yawned elaborately. "Oh,
all Hght?' No sanat in arousing
competition.
"AO Heftf r Lens restored hope
lessly at Koster. "You know, Erloh
aomattmea I think you must have
had a serious head wound that you
newer reported." . .
' The next morning dawned beau
tifully and the plum tree, blooming
m the ootntrard of the repair shop
seemed to brighten up the whole
drab world.
i was tinkering at a dlsman-
, "That alrl last night
ehaniMr. I should
known you wouldn't have the
brains to appreotato bar." Ha kissed
his finffars eostatioaUy. "Has hands,
long and slender, Uka romalne
salad. Ah Erich, you should travel
as I have. Germans dost under
stand Jove. Ttn really a Latin.
Thai's what Pat's jrotthe soul of
a South .American."
, Erich grinned but jumped up as
there waa a call from outside. A
customer. Ineradulouslyy he list
ened as Herr Schulta and his wife
began to dicker for the limousine
standing outside. Why, It was the
most expensive in the place. H It
were sold, there would be untold
riches to spend on Pat. In an in
spired voice he began to point out
the beauties of the car and five
minutes later, he was standing
there, Inarticulate, holding a check
for six thousand marks in his hand.
Koster was the first one with a
sensible suggestion. "What we
should do is to buy a taxi. It's an
income in addition to the shop and
a source of security for the three
of us."
Lens had been dreaming of the
help he could give the political
party with his share of the sale.
Bar area
"What, would you
If thaw aver
search ad his.
BlekT"
"Ob, dont know," ha said n-
oartamm .-mis mnme is
anoua-h for ma." .
There was a pause as she smiled
at nun, a ana smue. men ane rose.
"Shall we m now? I've ant to be
baok by ten. It's a sort of busi
ness appointment - Vta trying to
Bat a1ob" ' '
- Ha felt a sudden resentment stab
throueh Mm. A lousiness" appoint
ment Perhaps she was lying. Per
hapsthen the ugly thought was
blotted out She was so little. A
light wind could blow her away.
in Alfons bar, they dined and
wined royally. Erich said, as the
table was being cleared, "you're al
ways smiling. Does that mean
you're always happy?"
She nodded. "Oh yes. Tm a very
superficial and friv6lous person.
You see when I when I saw I was
going completely broke I decided
to live as I liked even if only for a
little while. I wanted to be very
gay and I was. Do you think that
sounds Irresponsible?"
Erich's throat tightened. "I think
It sounds very brave."
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Tbt evtnimg iptd on
with laughter and '
music
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Then he sighed. Loyalty to his
comrades came first. "Well, what
are we waiting for?"
Erich now proceeded to the tele
phone. But with the first sound
-Pat's votcer wild confusion over
come htm. Forgetting what he had
called for he began making sl.upld
comments about the weather.
. Her laughter trickled back to him.
"Yes, the weather it still mild and
oddly enough, I won't be busy next
Tuesday evening."
"That is odd," he mumbled. "Well,
goodbye."
"Till Tuesday evening."
Till Tuesday evening," he re
peated automatically but as the
telephone clicked he stared at it in
a daze. "What?" - Then a sudden
exaltation apread over him. He
was going to see her. She wanted
to aee him again. It was like a
miracle.
Precisely at the appointed hour
a pompous major-domo opened the
door of the three-story mansion in
which Pat lived and escorted him
to the rear of the house. She wel
comed him at the entrance of a tiny
salon and when the major-domo
had gone ahe dropped Into a chair
and laughed. "Oh dear, Ludwig
win bring people to this door. He
loves to think I still own the whole
house, though now I only rent this
little bit of It"
Shyly, Erich asked about her
childhood, her schools, her hobbles.
anything to keep the conversational
ball rolling for it was such delight
to waicn ner taoa, animaiea in
speech. -
. Than suddenly aha seemed . to
stare past him.'1 "rm thinking of how
nice it would be if we could pick
a time to be born," she said quietly.
mF& nick an an of reason and ouiet
The door was thrown open and
suddenly Lenz and Koater were in
their midst Their sallies flew. So
Erich hadn't even noticed Pat?
Hadn't even taken her address?
Just thought she was "all right,"
eh?
Erich grinned at her. "I should
have warned you about the riffraff
we'd run into here."
The evening sned on with laugh
ter and music. Erich was fingering
the keys of the piano when Lenz
quietly bid them all goodnight and
left for one of his Tate meetings.
Koster looked after him and turned
to Pat. "I worry about those two
monkeys. You see, we've been to
gether so long."
She twirled her glass. "Yes, I
envy you that When there are de
cisions to make it must be wonder
ful to have someone you can ask "
Roster's voice was gently com
pelling. "Ask us."
Her fingers tightened. Then she
took a deep breath. "It's just
another one of those things that
began with the war. There wasn't
ao much to eat you know and I
grew too fast and ate too little."
She'd begun coughing just a tiny
oit at nrat Then K naa srotten
worse, far worse. "Well, last year
k caugui up witn ma ana x took
to my bed."
Koster felt his spine crinkle. He
could almost write the denouement
himself, Tonight she had a ten
o'clock appointment That would be
Breuer. That would be the deci
sion she'd have to make. He looked
at Erich and shivered, it was
wrong, monstrous. The boy and
Pat could have been happy to
gether."
- She stood up. Tve got to go
now.
QotaMyjDrieli apptoachad. TI
OutS&?taaitantly beckoned
to a taxksab bat Pat would hav
none of that. They would walk,
It wasn't far. Erloh muttered some
thing about making bar lata foe
her uainasa" appointment but Pat
merely laughad and ohatted glibly
of all aorta of inconsequential
things. f-.'r
' On her doorstep be spoke harsh
ly. "What X hope is, you'll remem
ber it's only a business appoint
ment" i
She stared at him, then burst out
laughing. "You baby. Good heav
ens, what a baby you are." Sud
denly her arms went around him
and she brushed him a light kiss.
He stood back, startled. "That's
my ear."
Tender laughter. "The better to
hear me with. Go home Erich and
go to bed."
Walking toward his house,
Erich's spirits drooped lower and
lower. He had acted like a half
wit with his blundering accusa
tions. That had probably been a
goodbye kiss. No doubt she was
through with him.
Next morning, his gloom still
hung over him as he sat disconso
lately at his desk.
Lenz appeared and spilled some
coins on the desk. "Profits from
the first day of taxi-driving. Three
marks over and above the water
pump whtoh died and the cost of
the license and cap. Here. It's
your shift"
Erich looked at him lugubriously.
"I'm in a mess. I've completely
ruined myself with Pat. She's prob
ably used to millionaires and
counts and how they behave. I
acted like a drunken sot."
Lenz laughed. "What do you
think millionaires act like? Mil
lionaires? It's too bad, though. I
guess I should have stayed at Al
fons' to take care of you." His
voice levelled out. "That might
have been better for all of us."
Erich looked up in sharp alarm.
"What happened at your meeting?
Another riot?"
"No, but I think a couple of those
strong arm patriots followed me
home." His tone changed. "Now
look Erich, if you want to apolo
gize to Pot, send her flowers. They
cover everything. Even graves.
He slapped the taxi cap on Erich's
head. "Come on, go to work. Be
careful of that radiator. Don't
take anybody up hills "
They had reached the door and
suddenly they stopped as if a corpse
had risen before them. The taxi
was half demolished. Three tires
were slashed, the windows broken,
and one door hung loose from its
hinges. Scrawled in chalk across
the bonnet were ominous words.
THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE
IN THE NEW GERMANY ARE
RECKLESS DRIVERS.
Stupefied; they stood there as
Koster joined them.
"I did it," Lenz suddenly rasped.
"Blame me! Those men following
me home from the meeting last
night This is my contribution to
the two of you. We share and
share alike. This is what I give
for what you give me." His eyes
were stricken and "his throat
worked convulsively.
"Shut up and let's get to work,"
Koster said tersely. "Let's see 11
we can put this together again."
Lenz grasped his arm. "I'm sorry,
Otto."
Koster turned to him. Each man
had his own life to live. And Lenz'
meant that there was still fight
ing to be done, that there were
new frontiers to be reached. As
for himself, he had had the wisdom
bombed out of him and his feellnga
sewn up forever by machine gun
stitches. 'We can't blame you for
everything that happens to us," ha
said roughly.
There was a long moment, filled
with terror and pity and heart
break. Then Lens turned on hli
heel. "That's the worst of it you
can."
(The comrades hava reooiverf
their first vxvnUng from the
revolutionaries and Lena? con
tinued activities in tM oppoaing
group clearly means trouble;
Will Pat be drawn into it be
cause of her friendship with
them t Be sure to read next
tfeek's dramatic installment-)
Conference Planned
1 To Aid Farm Youths
North Carolina's biggest "farm
,crop" ia its army of young people
ywfao are now reaching maturity, aays
VI R. Harrffl, A-H Club leader at
State College. 1 ' ' , '
On the farms 'of 'tfcia State, there
, are 630 young, people between the
ages of 15 and 24 years for every
1,000 adults. Only one "other , state
hasia larger -proportion, of young
people in relation to adults. , -
what to do with ' this mass of
''re have be secured to talk with
the farm youths who attend this
session and aid them in making a de
cision. Cost of the entire- course, including
room and meals, will be only 5.
Details may be secured from county
or home agents
PAY TAXES ON "LOST" LOT
Spokane, Wash. After paying tax
es on a, piece of property for the
past five years Mrs. Belt Wilson, of
Chicago, decided to visit the. -spot
She couldn't find her , property and, as
?fun
- young people has long been a socioio-' - uit she, was given a tax refund
gical problem.1 When moreprospeind-, tlOtf award.' ,
oub conditions; wei nrevaleht. tndas-IW 1 m.T, a. , . ,. - -T V '?"-'
tries of the eity Teadfly hsorbed meat
of the overflow from the farms.
" Under norma conditions the cities
do not produce enough young , people
to take care of their labor needs; on
the .other hand, the 4 farms produce
mam' VM ' .. V. ,. 4Va
arricuHural system. . j Hence, there P.
has: been a steady - migration from
farms to cities. ' ' '"
Mow,, with unsettled economic cori-.-iX'-ions,
a larger number of farm,
"or "is are remaining at home work
'fi unpaid family laborers. Some
' :neiit the Income of the, family
j working in nearby cities and
t wiis and living in the parental
J;Trej'Sii?4?'W:
1 e Older 4 Youth Conference,
l v :'.l be held at State College,
7-11, has been designed around
b v,-h v"l tip young people
i 7 y to make an
t i s to their life's
- ? r.ri of
Where, Oh, Waere
The highly unclad state of the
African aborigines shown in the
.movie-exploration films gives us to
wonder what they do with our old
pants, etc., that are sent them from
timo to time. Arkansas. Gazette.
Oldest Political Unit In Europe -The
Swedes are an ancient race,
having lived in and ruled their coun
try for 8,000 years. They traded
with; European, African and -Asiatic
nations 3.000 years aeo. Mi klnf-
dordt of Sweden is the oldest-iioHtt'
cltinlt in Europe, with a, continu- l
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Attractive ForcK
Is As$et To Home
"We have had various kinds of
home improvement contests for
kitchens, living rooms, and general
home beautiftcation, but a porch im
provement contest is something new.
"Now, home demonstration club
women have decided that something
must be done about the porch of the
average farm home," said Gertrude
Bundy, Wayne County home agent of
the State College extension service.
"As I drove over the State this
spring attending district Federation
of Home Demonstration Club meet
ings, I noticed many improvements
in the porches of country homes."
New porch furniture has been add
ed in places. Old furniture has been
repainted, and made more comfort
able. Porch floors have been repair
ed and painted.
Porches can be made so comfort
able and attractive, Miss Bundy said,
that she hates to see new homes be
ing built without them. They lend
charm to a home, especially to a
country home, and they are useful,
too.
To make a porch more attractive,
one should avoid drab colors such as
tans, buffs, and grays. On the other
hand, a vivid orange is undesirable as
it clashes with nature. Avoid yellow
green. Use shutter green for dark
furniture. Soft greens and "off
white" are pleasant colors.
Colorful cushions, though not nec
essary, add life and cheer to the 'ap
pearance of a porch, but the colors
should be selected with care to har
monize with their surroundings.
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TO MY FRIENDS OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY:
I have made every effort to see and personally assure you all
that I will deeply appreciate your favorable consideration of my
candidacy and your vote for me as Judge of Recorder's Court, but
in many cases I have been unable to give this personal message.
And so, I take this means of reaching you, and I hope that each of
" yorTwiirtake it as a personal message.
' As most of you know, I and all my folks have always been of
Perquimans, and I have returned to my home, after practicing law
elsewhere since 1922, and have undertaken the practice of law here.
I promise that if nominated and elected to this important of
fice, I will serve with the utmost impartiality in every case coming
before me, having in mind only the best interests of the county
and of society at large.
! Y Sincerely,
- : ' GRANBERY TUCKER.
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