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THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1933
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S, C,
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PAGE SEVEN
Lindberghs To Give
Home To Children
I'RESENT TIRE I’RICES' '
STILL BELOW 192G
y
WA N T S
'Mountain Estate of Famous Fly-j
ers Deeded To Corporation for
Welfare Center.’- .
“Since 1920 the trend of tire price5<
has been steadily dow-nward and they!
are still 55 per cent below the point'
at which they were nine years ago.i.' ’ ’I**
yven with the two recent increases
^ ' this year,” safd R. P. Chapman, mana.
Jersey City, N. J., June 23,—Colonel ger of McDaniel Vulcanizing Work.s,
and*^ Mrs. Charles A. Lindbesgh will local Goodyear dealers.
•give up their Sourland mountain home “But with the upward movement of
^near Hopewell, from which their first- genjral commodity prjce.s.
FOR J^.\LE—Pure Poland-China pi^s,
or will exchange for field peas. W.
6-29-5tp
FOR S.\LE-i-Plenty of cabbage and
collard planCs. See John T. Blakely^
phone l’92-J or 1.36. tf
SIXTFE.NTH INSTALL.MENT 1 There in an opening between clumps 1
The sto'.y so far; Joyce Ashton,:of oak trees about sixty yards away, plcase.
sharp
tp’es may
raw- mate-
born son was kidnaped in March, 19.12, fj-ju] pcices, especially cotton^and crude
and it will become a children’s wel-J i-ubber which have shown
fare,center, j . creases since .\pri
Incorporatioiji papers for “High higher.
“Oh. this IS all so fantastic! Piec.'e. Field,” the cor^ioration which will op- any rate, tire prices are about
tar; Joyce Ashton,:oi oaK trees aoout sixty yarns away, i'*case. don’t begin a fight u.ec it, erte athe property, were filet! today the same level as they were a year
poor stenographer, irt a skiddirg taxi-ion the trail they had just left, rode i when neither of you really know, a hit, with County Clerk Gustav Bach. - ago, and my advice to those who are
cab acc d nt in Chicago, sufft'red losslj Robert .Xinsworth! He did not .see her what rt’s all about . . . Neil. I’ve been, Rtvgi.-;tered trustees are Col. and. in the market is, to buy now before
of merTo y. Two yea its latei' she woke at first. Then his idly roving, glance^ tijing to maKt* up iny mind to G'll Lindherg’h^, Dr. .\hram !• le,xn,er, pi'icos go up again, since it is'a fore-
one • mo'r.s’-nr after a fall from her| turned to the couple on the ground, .vou— Robert, there’s a good deal due (-yj fi^nry Br^kenrUlge and Owen gone conclusion, in my opinion, that
horse to find herself under the na’ne His eyes met Joyce’s, and a quick] to you, too! I hadn’t expected to tell, b. Lovejoy. \ the pre.sent low point of'.55 per cent
of Friii.^. married to Neil F’ackard, smile of recognition spread over his yuu both at once, but since iCs hap-^ The object of “High Field” is given 1926 figures wll not contimie,
rich California fruit packer. She de-; face.’Then his look dropped to the poned this way, for heaven’s «‘ke | on a sfc^uliry rising commodity
terniine l to.tell nobody of her predica- figure of Neil lying with his head in don t make it .so difficult for me. I j including their education train-ipnee market.”
nrient hut set about learning what she j her lap. .A. quizical shade passed over ^ want to tell both of you the truth! ’ ! hospitalization or-other' allied*^”
could of her life in the interval. From j his face. - - She turned to her hu.shand, “Neil,!
the conversation of her friends andr “Hello.
FOR
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192-J or 1.36.
RK.NT
Five-room cottige on
Davidson street, near silk mill. Ap-
•n- j)ly to G. H. Davidson. Itc
LOST—Brown and white bull dog,
ears not trimmed. Missing ^ since
.Monday, Anyone having information,
cull T. R. Owens, phone 165. Ic
in
hosjiitalization. or - other
jutvpose.-., without de'scriminalion
Joyce!” he shouted. His ytin never heard of .Joyce .A.-hton. ‘bJ j creed.”
letters in her desk she gathered that j horse leaped forward under the spur you ’.’ .An.-'Worme that, Neil ?” •
she had oeen a heartless, pleasure-iov'-1 of his heel, and they galoped up the “Aou don’t mean Joyce .Abbott, do
ing young woman. One letter that' slope. Before Neil coul^lTumhle to his you, Frills ?,” ,
trouhed her was from a woman sign- f^et .Ainsworth was drawing rein “No. no, 1 don’t . . . Tell me this,
ing herself .^ophie, blaining Frills for j nearly upon them. j Neil, what wa.-^ ,my name iiefore you
n('t givmg a home to a baby Sophie i “This precise situation,’’ he said inarrieil me? . . . Ihm’t look at me us
to.- rm.i,l it he h,.r l^.lo„sil>^ -.k.n.amls a pnllol,Ln4^r..trc-at if J jviu:..- ^ .-oports .that the l.in.ll.erKlv.
rnils WOT’--Tier-my jiiti i. hm I ni tuo uujuuiitivc to t’ciure-yea tiuirried iiu‘. ^ 4r
nr met!
where
wa
It was from this big house on a
lonely hilltop fliat little Cliarles' .A.
Lindbergh. Jr., was stolen by kiiinap-
ers. Within sight of the mansion the
child’s body was found weeks later.
!■'I'om time to tinie since there have
"TiTv business at the McDaniel .sta
tion has shown a. steady improvement
in the past several weeks.' reflecting
the effect of the national administra-
tion’.s new deal,” said .Mr. Chapman.
PHILCO
T •
Radios & Tubes
Smith’s, Pharmacy
tti an a man'Be,so gallant. 1 prefer to atlvanee anti
Maitland. In San Franci.soo. ^ee what happens instead!”
1- went while her husband f Joyce’s self-uos.se.ssion left her en-
av j.y on business, she mef Rob-; tii-pjy, v;hi. stared numhlv at the two
ert .\ir:s\vo»-ih. a poet whose woi-k she
had ai v. ay- admired. When Joj ee re-i
turre i .i me, she decided to be pleas
anter t . \ mI than Frills had been. Hut
this l:r>‘ was dangerous, Uw, for Neil
was p rhet.cally anxious to win hack i ,.escue. “I .beg your pardon.” he said,
her lo\ * At his request they call upon courteously, “you seem to know my
Neil'.- ii. iier. whom Joyce finds ador- v\-ife?”
able.- L.t'er. “she met the poet, Koliert 'pBe quizzical smile tleeiiened on
.Vinsw >i’!i, and .several times stopped Robert’s face, “No. I seem rather to
for lunch at his cabin when .she was j have-made a mistake—” he began. A
horseback riding. One day he started;
to mak“ !-ne to her. ' i
“Why; Frills, this is nonsense! Don’t
you know your own name? It was
Florence Hilton, of cour.-e. What’s
that got to <lo—”
men, mi.seiably aware that they were ‘Oh. will you please let me tell
both looking at her for explanation, you? Sit tlown, both of you, this is
and even more miserably aware that go'ng to take a long time. I’lea.se don’t
she knew not how to begin. begin by thinking I’m crazy. A’ou’ve
Neil was the first to come to Joyce’s both heard of amnesia victims, of
course? Did you know you married
one, Neil? Did vou know that) F'lor-
uuuld di.spose of the hou.si’, WlpueTt is
so intimately linked with one of the
most tragic mysterious crimes of liis-
tory.
ence Hilton was a girl without a past,
without a life? You’ve got to helj) me
tell thi-
meml)«*r
storv. .Neil, lavause 1 re
nothing Itefore
me yini lion’t jvmemher ha\ ing mar
ried me?”
“Yes. .Neil, just that. I’m trying to
tell you that 1 remi'mher nothing be
tween the time of the taxi accident in
Chicago two yeais ago, and flic recent
accident on Fire Queen!”
“Humph.” Neil l(»oked closely at his
mine hid-
for mak-
morning^
(Nqw Cro On With the Story)
“Do y‘>u know, dear, I haven’t had
a ride v.th you .‘n a alog’s I tMak
“fll cdl rg tVie golf today and go witlv
you. Take- me on, will you?” Nei
.-poke ui'h -iniling carelessness but
n his eyes gave him away.
what time w'ill you get
the ,o.
“C)f
here ?
never
ne
.S’ne ;spoke casually. Neil .vould
gut*-' the turmoil of unhaiipi-
riiie'' that calm. Did men ever
divine
the 5\aV womeii did?
, . Koh(*rt ? as the
turned away
coine Imme to TiincTi, 1
we’ll have the whole af-
wife, as if trying to fathom
den reason she might have
ing a fool him. !
“Neil, haven’t you nivtioed that I've
'u'cn different laUdy? Imok hack to
your retiirn from Chicago that last
yip. Haven’t I been less reckless, less !
hblesome generally, than the Frill^
you married ?^’ ' ■'
I
t
(Continued Next Week)
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One man Vm kaps
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thin,, '^'b n
lernoon rogaHher.”
Even ’n h**’’ pain .loyce heard the
change •' Neil’s voiei*. That last word
was -.p<»ken with so touchingly confi
dent an i happy a note. ,
“.All right. I’ll he ready. Good-bye,”
and •'he ui upstairs and shut herself
in her i >om. There she sat down on
ihe edge >f the couch-ihi'd and clenched j
her haii J', staring dry-eyed out of j
the big window to the distant moun-'
tains.
Jovee wa- wrapped in a mood of . .
for Neil .'<he felt Joyce into anger. All at; head!”
ALL 1933 STRAW HATS
AT REDUCED PRICES
Get a New Hat Now for July 4th
>3.45 Panamas, now .....
•2.50 Bankoks and Straws
.$2i)0 Bankoki-anddStraws^
S2.45
S1.95
MM
LET US DO
YOUR LAUNDRY
BUCHANAN’S
SI.50 Straws, now Sl.OO
SI.00 Straws, now 75c
L B. DILLARD
.Next To IMcturt* Show
‘IMease, please, don’t bt'gin to fight
new, almo.st in.solent note in his voice!after Fire Queen threw me on my
warm compassion
she could not add another unkindness
to the many that Frills-had inflicted
upon him. Hi.s eyes haunted her, and
she felt moie utterly miserable than
she had at any time since she had
awakenel to find herself occupying
another woman’.s shoes. She could not
contenii>.u;e failing Neil and hi.s moth
er that way.
one., she knew vyhat her ci.u.se must Glaring at he. .Imnhfound-
he. It mattered little to her what the , ,,,, , ,, ,,,,
4 tf *u- 4- L ivd. X ou re not serious, rrils. Why
outcome of this meeting was; she w’as' ’
determined not to he led into further ”* " when—'
deceptions.
“No mistake at all,” >‘he said quiet
ly. “Neil, he’s lying if he says he does
not know me—” t
_ . She__looked from one to the other
R.ding <iff with Joyce that after-j of tl!ie men. Neil’s expression w'as. that
noon, Neil w as in high spirits, with, of the same partly-repi'essed hurt that
an tUtxon in his manner that fill^'he had .shown when Maitland’s name , , . , , , , r
Joyce with shame. She rode in silence.'had Ixeen mentioned. She knew at once. ^ ^
hardiv an^waring hU questions, and, that he thought' Rohert ha.l taken!'" •■'ew Knglan. , of her aunt yynd un-
not lookmttat him. Ulaitland'., place in Frill'a life, but'*)"- "f I’h'aylelphia and
.S-e.l so m fell in with her mood aalthat hia value of decency and dignity ‘)'*'" "f pr »tart toward the coast m
the, .■u.'.e ai'.ng and no longer Itother-1 wa.s holding him in check. Neil's im. ''"*"* *" a. ventuie.
«*d ‘her with conversatnrn. Gradually j mediate, unconscious reaction to this, “I remember getting into the taxi*
then *‘hv began to feel remorse, and I situation did not surprise her; he wasjcab in Chicago m the snow—that sort
■ Rfihcrt Ainsworth said, “Lord,
Tell us w hat you’re'driving at, .Tdycej^!
Joyce suddenly found it po.s.sihle tol'j
talk to the.se two men. It was as if .her
mind had for some time-been prejiar-
ing the story it had to tell, so that
the words came swiftly, tensely, dra-1
! matically. Khe told them of being;
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wished -'he could be less surly with
Neil. He tried so hard to please her in
showing no reversal of his personality. Ilight snow when the streets still
Robert, however, had suddenly be-. ^ quite wet, but the dirt makes |
eniierything. to adapt himself to her jeome a .stranger to her. Was this her^^‘‘"> skidded violent-.
mood.s. It struck Joyce suddenly how companion.” was this the man “ crash—and when I
much of that sort of thing he must, subtlety and ;jympathy she had ■ ^1’ * “ sleeping
bt'e-R-doing-initiush cuunteU on ? iJe sat on on whic-h-
“Sam say.s McBready has a new lot
of hor>es in.” remarked Joyce, “did
h«' tell you there’s a man from Salinas
.who would like to buy Fire Queen "
“Yeah.” replied Neil, eyeing hvr
.sidewise, perhaps ^see if her general
expression matched the friendly cas-
uidnes.s of her voice. “I said I’d like to
get-rid of her myself but I’d have to
consuu you utmnt the mauer I h»te|
sight of the damn ‘hrute after'
what she nearly did to you, dear.”
A fla-<h of amusentent curled the mg your
comers of Joyce’s mouth for a mo-• *’’U’'***>lf*
his hor.se coolly and looked down on <**^uges were giow'ing. A man came
them with an expression of amusiHl (lotch and asked me how I
cynici.sm. If this attitude were a cloak ; Y9U, Neil, whom f in
for-his hurt-'feelings, Joyce thought! fii'-st appalled state fancied to have
swiftly, it was a less lovely one than' ^'Juajier!
Mail’s! _ “W'hy on earth—.say, how on earth
These valuations passed through l^*'*'*’ k^pt this all to yoursell .'
Joyce’s niinif in one galloping second.
w'hile she stood there helplessly, won-
ing where to begin,
.May t have the pleasure of meet-
husband?” Robei^ asked.
H()w"7ohg ligo was all this, Joyce ?”
It wa.s .Ainsw'orth speaking. Neil .•.ee n-
ed loo stunned to take, in the .“ignifi-
cance of it all. ^
“1 don’t know just how I have kept
it all. Of course at fifjit I was .so ter-:
rified 1 couldn’t think, much less ait
m,ntTS.s Shv rmearked, “You noedn't! Joyce iookvd at him, “Get 6« your^T^^^
eonauit me. I’m quite aatlafied wdh, horse, pleaae. ahe anawered, ‘here a
Rncita thank Vou. I® lot to be straightened oAit and it II , ... , tf _ :.4._ v i
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Baby Congratulations and Birth Announce
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knowledgments. Tally Cards, Thank You Cards
— and then some others.
RosiU, thank you.” ja lot to be straightened
“Really? Gosh, that's great. Sure|take some time ... Robert Ainsw'orth,
relieve.s my mind.”
A little later they dismounted and
sat down on a slope overlooking the
valley to eat the package of sandwich-1 same hard amusement that .so offend
es and fruit Joyce had brought. To herded Joyce.
relief Neil-talked about Manzanital “Charined,” said Ainsworth lightly,
topics: his mother’s condition, Paul’s! “Oh, don’t Ulk that way!” Joyce
departure, Sam’s progress in the cor-j cried* “I don’t know you at all in this
respondence course, plans for the new j mood—you’re making it terribly hard
subdivi.sion north of Manzanita, and [for me—”
ao on. ——... ' Robert threw' bapk his head and
He filially stretched out on the laughed. “Think, Joyce, what a lot
(lowed.the line of least re.Histancc*. .Neil
wa.s just leaving to go on a b'.i.siness
(trip to Chicago. He ^kis.sed me gnodr
this i.s Neil Packard, i^y husband .
The men acknowledged the introduc- , . .. , 4.,, 4, 4 , .
V' i 4.1 n u 4 -41- bye while I was .still m that paralyzed
tion, Neil curtly, Robert with the ; ^ , , 1 tf, * #• *1,
! state, and I was left to figure things
out for my.self! It was all terrifying,
of course, but, in some ways it was
fascinating. Your house, Neil, is so
lovely, and the outdoomess appealc 1
to me—it all was so different from!
the pinched, dark, meagre life I’d been
leading in the 1 Philadelphia hoarding
hou.s^ that I hung greedily on. . . . And
- ...... I ■ ^ 4. I tf *u* ♦ then, of course, I found out about
ground and put his head in her lap. 11 m ^ng to learn from this meet- ’
Joyce had just stroked back a lock of ring! iHiink of the value of it all to a ‘ ^ . 4^ ^ .
hair from his forehead, thinking ab-inowiilist! W'hy, I wouldn’t be missing. was the vicious imp that had,
sently that Neil ought to be doingHt/or anything! I only wish I had the'taken po.ssession of my body while I*
^something about the increasing thin-}0en of an Elinor Glyn to write it up'w*’' amnesia victim. I found out
ness of his hair, when the thud of V adequately-” ^ jthat as well as having gotten Joyce
horse’s hoofs in the distance caught Neil drew forwarrdN'T don't think j A^^'l'ton a good husband and a beauti-
her ear She stiffened and glanced up my w’ife and I have time to stop and!tul home, she had made that husband
with an’apprehensive fear clutching at listen to that sort of damn’ drivel'desperately Unhappy, been a cross lit-
'from you—” he began hotly, when 1^1® beast.
Joyce interposed. 1 Neil looked up, “Do you mean to tell'
her heart and sto
moment.
p^ing
its beat for a