V . . '“the realisattea of our pro- i
gram cannot be Attained in six f
months. Prom week to weak
titer* will be upa and downs but
the net result is a consistent
gain.”—President Roosevelt.
mumniiin i n.."~“Q
ALLEGHANY TIMES
IIIIIIHIIIIIIHHIIH
DEVOTED TO THE CMC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALLEGHANY AND BORDERING COUNTIES
• • • “It is the people of the
UnitedStates who have got to (
put it across and make it stick
and they are doing it.”
—General Johnson.
ALLEGHANY COUNTY, SPARTA, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 28, 1933
NO. 32
i
Katherine Edelmcm.***
y. 1 —'■■e
CHRISTMAS shoppers were mill*
tag through Main street—happy,
good-natured folks who Smiled
and exchanged cheery wishes with
each other.
v JMlt Weber, standing' near"the-en
trance of the Anchor store, grew an
gry at mmseir. wny
couldn’t he enter
Into the spirit of
the Christmas sea
son, as these peo
ple - were - doing—
why was he bitter
and peeved- at the
[whole world be
f cause Ethel Porter
’: had rudely refused
’ to go to the War
ing Christmas pais
ty with him? She
had turded. him
down at the last
audit* for Bob Fuller, His prid* was
but; end hi* heart ached a bit, too,
lor he had grown very fond. of Ethel
to the; last: few creeks. And he was ,
pretty j sure, until this evening, that
fjto had eared. •
Well, that was ell over how"! ' Bob
Fttttar would, be dancing with her to
Jdflht, end shoWiag^ier all the little
attaettbHf-that he hah hoped tolav
toh upon her* He scowled deeply as
ha thought ot this.
Two small children looked curiously
at Jack. He drew ■ back into the
shadow, growing more irritated, more
conscious of .the feet that he was so
ntterly out of tone. #ith the spirit of
. Christmas. H* felt like an alien in a
; - atoang* land .. . . „ •
Suddenly his shoulders straightened,
end e amlli eh seed the shadows from
,|Ma dace "I can’t be the only sine
With a grievance.” he muttered to
/ himself—‘‘among all these people,
there must be ethers who have had
dtoapwrfntasents. And look how they
are out to make others happy! Why
can? I do that, too?"
Tothlek wee to^nct with Jack Web
Of* 8o*a he was Inside the store,
.lushing from counter to counter, mak
ing purchases. His dark eyes glowed
with eagerness. It was a shame the
way he hag. neglected his sister Betty
and her famfty lately. He bad given
ell kls time to Ethel Porter. He had
■*v«n allowed himself to get mad at
$*tty for hinting that Ethel was not
dxaetly suited to. him, He' must try
end make amende He would see that
Betty’s children were supplied with
toys ftp a long time to comeP
The lights from a big Christmas tree
shone out into the starHt night a* he
carried his packages to the tfoor of
the bungalow. Betty showed Tier sur
prise and pleasure. u v -
“yfhj. Jack," she cried, “how—how
lovely of yon; this, mattes IJhristmas
Just perfect. And you can’t think who
has Just come to spend ‘ vhrlstmas
with n*—Gladys Dare, who used .to
live next door to us In Melvin! Gladys,
come and meet someone. Surely you
haven't forgotten Jack?”
A pretty, dark-haired girl jumped
UP from - where 'she had been playing
with Billy and Sue by the Christmas
tsen. Her eager brown eyes were
alight with pleasure. "Remember
Jack?” she echoed, as she held out .her
hand;<."as if I ever could forget the
hig boy who teased me so much, and
whs was so good to me, too." -
"Unsle Jack teases Sue and me,
feeo," Billy broke in, "but we like him
a. tot He's the moat fun. Don’t you
Bhe him?"—looking uj at Gladys A
4Uiek flush covered her face. "Why,
ef course t like him, Billy," the stam
mered.
‘Jack Weber enjoyed Christmas more
than he had ever d'«fe before. He
fi*«uit. disap
pointment «U3 be
changed Into a
thing of joy. For
the- comradeship
With Gladys, with
ills background of
gaeenorlM of child
hood yeajfs, filled
him with a strange
new happlhesa. He
thought n d w of
Bthel** behavior
wltt a-feeding of
felief; It had real
nr Been a Die*smz
disguise, for it had led him to
JHadya. y
But tt liras several days later bo
re be awakened to the true state of
feelings, and found that he loved
rs more than all the world. She
to fit into his life as If she
^hed always been there. He wondered
-how he bad gotten along before she
And when Gladys answered a Shy
“yesH to a question he asked a few
days later, he knew he was fully In
with the Joy end gladness of the
season. .
, IMS. W**t*rn Nvwapnpvr Union.
1 Problem Solved
Uncle Sofia had sent father a pipe
fier Christmas. But father never
smoked a pipe. As it came from a
leaf distance it could not be ex
atittaged. The famHy was discussing
the problem of what to do with it
ttksn fire-year-old Bobby spoke up:
“l know 1 Olve it to Skhta Clnua. H*'e
keen good to ua." t
tdm&s-sm;..
MONEY, . NEEDED IN
ROOSEVELT DRIVE
now; six billions
Chairman J°nes Declares
RFC Will NeedAnotber Bil
V lion Dollars Soon
Washington, Dec. 19.—A fore6ast
by Chairman Jones that the Recon
struction. Corporation would need
another billion dollars soon carried
estimates of future emergency re
covery expenditures to $3,470,000,000
today and ran the. total which j.hc
new Congress probably will be asked
to appropriate above billions.
The Reconstruction Corporation’s
supply of- cash is nmning: low and
its power to lend expires next month.
One of Congress*1 first jobs will v be
legislation .extending^ its life, and
proyiding it with funds to' continue
it* work'--of opening closed banks,
strengthening others and possibly to
-lend directly to industry, a course
now under consideration.
* The agency also is the instrument
by which the President’s gold-buy
ing plan operates, and for that reason
alone ifs continuation would <be nec
essary. Mr. Roosevelt has said he
would ask that its life be extended,
and a recommendation to that effect
probably will be * included in his
first message to Congress.
NEW PROJECT TO
' USE MORE POWER
* . * ■ > ■» -“r . ■ **
Roosevelt Creates Corpora
tion to Electrify Homes in
Tennessee Valley ’ .
New Project to Use More Power
Washington, Dec. 19.—The Terine
ssee Valley Authority celebrated its
six-months anniversary today, and
President Roosevelt presented it with’
a present—a, brand new corporative
designed to lend money to residents
of the valley area so they can buv
electrical equipment for homes and
farms, .
The object is to increase ‘demand
for power to be generated in the
area, while at the same time jm
proving living conditions and creat
ing business for" electrical equipment
manufacturers and retailers. ■>
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s
three .directors, who also were named
directors of ‘the corporation, where
guests of honor at a luncheon given
b the National Press Club, at which
assurance was given that the great
■Tennessee Vdlley developmfit WO'uld
hot hie allowed to become a white
elephant-' v
New Corporation.
. The new corporation, called the
Electric home and Farm Authority,
Inc. Was created by executive order
of the President, with capital-of $!,-<
000,000. The • three' directors will be
Arthur E. Morgan, chairman of the:
Tennessee Valley Authority; Har-,
court A. Morgan, a director -of the
Authority, and David E. Lilieiithal,
general councel and a director, Li
lienthal issued 'the following state
ment oh the new project:
"The object of this program is
a wider and greatly increased use
of electricity iri the homes and no
the, farms in the seven states of
the Tennessee Valley. in order to
carry out the program there must
be a broad, scale distribution of very
low cost standard quality electric
using .appliances and concurrent! a
revision downward of elecjric rates.
The new agency ic' based1 on a co
operative program in which the fed
eral government, the electric utili
ties, both -publicly and privately
owned, the electric • manufacturing
industry and dealers will partici
pate.
JOB AWAITS BILL AND
HE DOESN’T KNOW IT
Charlotte, Dec. 19. — There’s
a man named Bill in Charlotte who
thinks tha j. lunch is but A-. a
mockery for poor folk—and all the
time there’s a job waiting for him
. he doesn’t know about.
6ne of a group of *wen tempo
rarily at work cleaning in the local
Y. W. C. A. pulled out a battered
J Watch and called “Hey,' Bill, its 12
o’clock—time to eat.”
But Bill didn’j think, so. Quietly
and in a matter of fact tone, .he
replied:
"Poor people don’t eat.”—And his
broom never missed a stroke.
Another worker produced the re
mainder of a bag of biscuits. Bill
eland thm up and continued to
do likewise with the rooms. That
day he left.
Now, Y. W. C. A. officials are look
■ ing.for him, as the neateaj. workman
they've had in a ipng time.
And Bill walks |the streets, think
ing lunch timet^and maybe even
•upper time—wasn’t meant for poor
folks. *
RUSE EFFECTIVE IN
NABBING BOOTLEGGERS
Disguised Officers in Ashe
, .. ville Get in Good
Work
Asheville, Dee. 16.—A pair of rus
tic gentlemen in woods clothes, work
shirts, and heavy shoes sat on a
bench in front of the Asheville Cen
tral Police station. One was spitting
tobacco juice lavishly into the
street. The other was smoking a
corn-cob pipe. ,/'
“Howdy,” said the first, “how do
yer come on.?”
“Hello, tharsaid the second,
“how’s yer buriey terbaccy this
year?”
Just a couple of tobacco growers
discussing the buriey market now in
full swing, though*. the newspaper
reporter Who overheard the conver
sation. But he took another look.
One of the men grinned. He was
Motorcycle Officer Ralph Sluder. His
companion was Motorcycle Officer
Dennis- Hall.
“Why the masquerade, fellows?”
the reporter inquired. “Been bear
hunting or something?”
“See the Chief,” Sluder said, grin
mng. “I reckon as how we’uns ain’t
talkin’ non whatever.”
Police Chief W. J. Everetj. ex
plained. He said the police depart
ment had received a number of com
plaints about the activities of boot
leggers around the Asheville tobacco
warehouses where hundreds of farm
ers are congregating to sell their
hurley.
'We wanted to protect the farm
ers,” explained jhe chief. “There was.
a case yesterday where a farmer
sold 200 pounds of tobacco, got
drunk on bootleg liquor, and by the
time he was straightened and had
paid court costs, his money was all
gone We want to prevent such oc
currences if possible because we
know the better element among the
market visitors are opposed j.o such
practices. The boys have been dress
ing up like farmers and mingl
ing with the crowds at the ware
houses. Now the bootleggers don’t
know who is a potential customer
and who is an officer. It works, too.
We have already nabbed five boot
leggers purveying their wares—in
some instances right on the ware
house floors.”
CWA WILL CHECK ON
EMPLOYMENT WORK
CWA Will Check Employment work
Washington, Dec. 19. — The Civil
Works Administration today approv
ed employment of 1693 persons by
the United States Employment Ser
vice j.o collect and analyze informa
tion on those who have registered
with employment and reemployment
offices since July 1. The Southern
States allocations include:
South Carolina, 48; North Caro
lina, 69.
*De4t (either f^L cl
i4<Lj>py- New tfeaA_^
1?34
TTOMACH REMOVED,
MAN REGAINS HEALTH
Patient Says He Can Eat
Anything; L°ses Taste For
Alcohol and Tobacco
New York, Dec. 16 — A Chicago
special to the New York Times says:
Recovery of a man whose stomach
was removed in an operation per
formed on Nov. 2 by Dr. Karl A.
Meyer, chief surgeon of the Cook
County Hospital, was announced to
day at the hospital. The small in
testine is pe: forming the functions
of a stomach and the patient is lead
ing a normal healthy life. This was
said to be 'the first complete recov
ery from such an operation on rec
ord in the United States.
The announcement was made
when the patient, Joseph Krall, 33
years old, a macsinist, called at the
hospital today for X-ray examina
tions, which disclosed that his body
functions have returned to normal
after the operation. Krall was also
found recovering from an infecj-ion
of the partoid gland in the ? jaw
which set in after the operation.
This infection has a high post-oper
ative morality rate.
The removal of Krall’s stomach
was decided upon by Dr. Meyer
when X-ray plates showed that it
had shrunk in one-fifth its normal
size, according to Dr. Pei.er A. Rosi,
Dr. Meyer’s assistant. The shrink
age was caused by Krall’s habit of
drinking whiskey, it was said.
“I never felt better in my life,”
Krall said today at the hospital
“Foods which I could necer digest
before, such as onions, are now one
of my favorite dishes. There is
practically nothing I can’t eat, al
though I usually confine myself to
sof|. foods and rare meat. I have
lost my taste for alcohol and to
bacco.
“My only trouble if you can call
it that, is that I get awfully hungry.
My new stomach is so small that I
can digest only a small amount of
food at one time. As a result I
eat six jimes a day.”
Dr. Meyer removed the stomach
by severing the upper entrance at
the esophagus and the lower exit
at the beginning of the small intes
tine, Dr. Rosi explained. A portion
of the smaller intestine was looped
and the esophagus tube was insert
ed into it. That portion of the
small intestine now serves Krall as
a stomach and it is expected to be
come slightly enlarged in time.
The operation took one hour and
a half and twenty stiches were
needed j.o close the wound. Two
blood transfusions were made dur
ingthe operation.
Dr. Rosi said that the case is con
sidered of importance to suffers
from anemia, because in many such
cases the stomach shrinks to half
its normal size.
Gas from automobile exhaust is
taking a heavy toll among English
spparrows and pigeons, which are
rapidly disappearing from cities in
the Eastern United Stajes.
FARM NEWS
£Y W. B. COLLINS, County Agent.
Annual report of County Agent
continued from last week.
Corn
Eleven variety and one fertilizer
demonstrations were conducted1 with
com. The varieties used were Boone
County White, Clarage, Highland
King, Pennsylvania Sure Crop, Gol
den Queen, and local varieties,
Mr. W. W. Warden, Laurel Spr
ings, made the highest yield in these
demonstrations with the Boone Coun
ty White yielding 75 bushels per acre
This is the second year Mr. Warden
has planned the Boone County White
and his seed was field selected last
year, and his com ripened on time
this year. By field selecting the Boone
County White for early maturing
qualities, it should make a high yeil
ding com on productive land of the
county.
Mr. R. E. Hawthorne, Sparta, con
ducted variety demonstrations with
Highland King, Pennsylvania Sure
Crop, Golden Queen, and Clarage. Mr.
Hawthorne reported the highest yield
with the Penn. Sure Crop, with the
Golden Queen and Clarage yielding
about the same, while the Highland
King made the poorest yield, due to
the poor condition of the soil where
it was planted.
Mr. C. G. Collins, Edwards Cross
Roads, reported a yeild of 50 bushels
of Highland King per acre and 48
bushels of Clarage peracre.
Mr. Coy McCann, Roaring Gap,
reported a yield .of , 45 bushels per
acre with Highland King, and 35
bushels per acre with his local var
iety. He also stated that the High
land King ripened fully as early as
his local variety.
A very interesting demonstration
of the value of the early maturing
qualities of Oarage com was made
on the farm of Mr. H. G. Greene,
Glade Valley. A large part of Mr
Greene's corn was killed by frost on
the 15th of June. The area that was
killed by frost was planted to Clar
age com on the 17ih day of June
and the com matured before the fall
frost, making a good yield.
After checking all the variety de
monstrations conducted, the agent
found that the Highland King and
Penn. Sure Crop were the two mosj.
consisten high yielding varieties.
Where early late frosts are apt to
occur and on comparatively poor land
the Clarage has given excellent re
sults.
Due to the continued dry weather
.n the section of ^he county where
the fertiltzer demonstration was con
ducted, no fair results were obtained.
The yield from 16-4-4 fertilizer and
16% phosphate were practically the
same.
In checking up on yields of corn
the agent found that |he farmers
followed a three year crop rotation
of com, small grain, and clover,
made com yields of 35 to 50 bushels
peracre compared with the county
average of about 25 bushels per acre.
Wheat
Less than three-fourths of an acre
of wheat per farm is grown in the
county. The most of this wheat is
grown for making flour for the fam
ily. The V. P. I. and Forward var
ieties gave best results in the de
monstrations. The farmers who fol
lowed the three year crop rotation
of com, small grain, and clover, made
from 15 to 25 bushels per acre com
pared with the county average of 12
bushels per acre.
Oats
The agent has recommended sow
ing the Fulghum and Swedish var
ieties of oats. The demonstrations
conducted this year showed that the
Fulghum and Swedish varieties a
bout the same, and that they both
made a yield of 5 to 15 bushels more
per acre than the white oats made.
Rye
More abruzzi rye was grown in the
county this year than has been grown
any previous year. On comparatively
warm land, the abruzzi rye furnished
considerable grazing and made a
good yield of grain. On cold land,
the abruzzi rye winter killed and did
not give as good results as the com
mon rye.
Barley
Mr. Steve Mitchell, Stratford, con
ducted a demonstration with Tenn.
Winter and Arlington Awnless var
ietiess of barley. The yield from jhe
Arlington Awnless was 16 bushels
per acre and the Tenn. Winter was
15 bushels per acre. This barley fur
nished considerable winter and spring
grazing. The low yield was due to
late grazing.
Mr. R. E. Hawthorne, Sparta,
made 29 bushels of barley per .acre
after it afforded fine winter grazing
for his calves.
The agent found that most farmers
secured poor results with barley *hat
was sown after the middle of Sep
tember, and where barley was sown
on cold l^nd.
Alfalfa
The agent has a record of only two
farmers growing alfalfa, on about
.two acres of land. Due to poor stands
obtained and to lack of inoculation
in the soil, these fields have not
made a very satisfactory growth.
Four farmefs are making prepara
tion for growing alfalfa by sowing
sweet clover for soil inoculation.
Clover
The agent made recommendations
and assisted 54 farmers in securing
clover and grass seed at wholesale
prices. Red clover was recommended
for all hay mixtures. Alsike and
Dutch clover were recommended for
all pasture mixtures.
Lespedeza
The agent has found that Korean
lespedza has given good results in
improving poor soils and Common
lespedeza has given good results in
improving old pastures.
Fifty-one farmers sowed Common
lespedeza on pastures and for soil
improvement this year. Seventeen
farmers sowed Korean lespedeza for
soil improvement. Two thousand five
dundred pounds of lespedeza seed
were secured at wholesale prices for
the above sixty-eight farmers.
While Common lespedeza does not
re-seed very well in the county the
first year thaj. it is grown, fields
where seeds were sown in 1930 and
1931 have re-seeded the second and
third years and they now have good
t&nds.
Tennessee 76 lespedeza did not re
eed very satisfactoryly.
Kobe lespedeza re-seeded almost as
well as the Korean, and it made a
ine growth.
A number of plots of lespedeza
Sericea wer planted in the county
this year. Poor stands were obtained
on most of these plots, but where the
seed came up, the plants grew from
six to eighteen inches tall. The two
year old Lespedeza Sericea made a
growth of about three feet and made
a good crop of seed.
Pastures
A large number of farmers sowed
Common lespedeza on old pastures
or pasture improvement. Practically
every farmer was well pleased with
the results obtained from these de
nonstrations.
Mr. Van Miller, Laurel Springs,
treated one acre of old pasture with
grass seeds and 200 pounds of 16%
Phosphate. This land produced twice
as much grazing as the adjoining
land which was not treated.
Soybeans
Demonstrations were conducted
with Virginian, Yellow Mammoth,
and Hollybrook varieties. The Virgin
ian variety matured earlier and made
better quality of hay. The Yellow
mammoth was late in maturing,
made a good growth of hay, but not
as fine a quality of hay as the other
varieties. ..
Mr. R. E. Hawthorne, planted three
acres in soybeans for a soil improve
ment crop to be followed with Irish
potatoes next year.
Mr. Coy McCann planted two acres
in soybeans and cowpeas as a soil
mprovement crop to be followed with
Irish potatoes next year.
The acreage of soybeans was in
creased this year for hay for feeding
calves, sheep, and milk cows.
Field Beans
The agenj. has recommended that
farmers improve their land for grow
ing field beans. In two demonstra
ions conducted with beans grown or
improved soil, yields of 23 bushels
and 30 bushels of bird-eye beans per
acre were made. The county average
for beans is 10 bushels per acre. This
shows that high yields can be had.
when the land is made productive.
Winter Hay
On the farm of R. A. Doughton a
lemonstration was started in improv
ing meadow hay. Two acres of land
was j.reated with 500 pounds of slag
6 pounds of red clover, and 6 pound?
of timothy per acre. The grass seed
and slag were mixed together and
drilled in the land about the first
of April. A very good stand of clover
and timothy came up. It is estimated
that this treated area will product
twice as much hay next year as the
untreated adjoining land, and that
the hay will be of a much better
quality.
Irish Potatoes
The agent has recommended grow
ing more potatoes in the county as
a acsh crop, and especially growing
certified seed potatoes.
One hundred sixteen bushels of cer
tified seed potatoes were secured at
wholesale prices for farmers to plant
The Green Mountain potatoes made
a higher yield on the upland than the
Cobblers. On the low lands with a
sufficienj. amount of moisture, the
Cobblers made a yield about equal
to that of the Green Mountain.
The Katahdin potatoes made a
yield about the same as the Green
Mountain with a large percentage of
No. 1 potatoes.
The farmers who grew certified
seed potatoes made an average yield
of 49 bushels more potatoes per acre
than the average yield of potatoes
was for the county.
A LETTER FROM SUBSCRIBER
The Times has just received a let
i ter from Agnes W. Edwards of Dar
lington, Maryland, who says they
, cannot do with out ihe home paper.
I 1
“OT
HAT time is it now, Rita?"
The man hnddled betid#
her on the seat was buried
in his fur wrappings.
"Half-past eleven." The girl spoke
quietly. Her frosty' breath plumed
from her lips in the still night air.
The headlights on the car swept
around a bend. "You’ll wreck your*
self at this speed, Rita." Tha Bata’s
voice was edged with anxiety.
"We’ve got to make it, haven’t wet
I promised you we’d reach the place
before midnight, otherwise you won't
get the fortune your grandfather left
. . . funny, old eccentric that be wa&
If you don’t get the fortune ... we
can’t get married for a long while.
So . . . at least a second to twelve
. . . we’ll be parked at the curb be*
fore his house.’’
“To think you must do this instead
of me ! You’re a grand little sport,
Rita. I don’t know how to thank yon>
It will be a Happy New Year for ns
both, if we win, that’s sure.”
They slewed around another curvet
the lights seemed to climb forever,
the plunge. With deft skill Rita eon
trolled the car. They passed into a...
lonely stretch. Billy had beei
at the time of his grandfather's i
The lawyer had cabled the lostrue*
"Tell Us the Time . . . Quickly!" She
Shouted.
tions to him • home exactly by mUU
nights of, New Year’s Eve or the oi4
man’s. fortune would go to charity.
“\V’m',. why,” Itita had asked in dl*
may, "could lie -be so unreasonable?
You might have been anywhere, Billy,
anywhere! Perfectly Impossible to
get home.”
“My grandfather believed In the law
of the will; he said you could do eay»
thing if the desire were strong enougtk
What time is it now?”
“Twenty to twelve . , . and still
fortj4 miles.”
“You can’t do it.”
“1 can do it.”
Once they skidded within a hair's
breadth of.a tree trunk; another time
they, fc.11,1 around’ a corner just miss
ing a great van. "The money won’t
In its much good if we’re dead," mut
tered the man grimly. i
A quarter to twelve, ten minutes
. . . still many miles from their des
tination.
Vive it up, Rita . . . Give It upi”
He commanded. His hand clutched
her arm. She shook it off. “We’re
not finished . . . ’til we’re finished."
Her cry was a challenge blown to his
ears on the cold breath of the windL
Seven minutes to twelve. TbeBgfct
ed face of a town clock loomed *9
ahead. They streaked through the
place at break-neck speed, reached
the town limit, and tore on.
Again the car careened, slewed;
caught itself just in time. The eo
ginie roared. The passing scenery was
a blur of black. “Good old engtae,"
Rita once said.
Five minutes to twelve. They en
tered another town. “Not' arrested
ye| . . . it’s a miracle,” cried Billy.
But this time they were not so for
tunate. A policeman stood in the
street holding up his hand. Had the
street been wide Rita would have Ig
nored him, but cars were parked oh
either side; a trolley had stopped near
the officer. She simply could not
make it, without killing him. With
a grinding of brakes, a skillfully man
aged slew, she drew up beside him.
Before he could speak she leaned out.
“Tell us the time . . . quickly!” Her
anxious face with its white look of
strain startled the man. "We’ve got
to make it. Don’t keep us . . . woU
come back . . . pay anything!”
The officer drew out his watch. “It’s
exactly four minutes to eleven.”
Rita appeared to collapse, to grow
small and limp all in a moment "Havo
we been an hour out of the way?” she
gasped.
“No, lady. Likely you forgot the
time changes here. It’s exactly three
njinutes and a half to eleven.”
He let them go on with a warning
about speed.
‘‘What a corker you are, Rita. And
how my grandfather would have loved
you. Here we tire . . . all In good
time, and a lawyer standing on the
steps to see we did it Happy New
Year, darling!"
"Perhaps,” she smiled, "the time ele
ment was the trick in It. I must h*©lt
a fright.’’
"You look divine. Kiss me . . .
drat the lawyer!” She kissed him. .
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