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£.3r?^:y- ^.yt «i#>*j > ‘'ir'Y’V*'' !"JiJ^''^'* TRUlijiDAY, SE^MBER • M r PAGE SBVm J '. -/A' ■1 ■■ END AOMU UMIIfl vt<m>ST 1 Oowti From atbs] I . by A. B. Chapin i. / fU ^ j«nd .Matthews handed h^ some let-1 “That wjfs just a little >i\>-off,’ a’Hers. There was one-ejjvelope that she'K( TWELFTH INSTALLMENT Synopsis: T—Three weeks after a’Hers. There was one-envelope that she'Kennedy informed her. “^The rest'^mu cream-lcolored roadster had been found looked at twice. She hurried to her won’t like, jl think you’d .betteV pm wrecked in the sea. at the foot of a room and tore the envelope open. / cliff, a girl calling herself Anrfe Cush ing ■appears at the desert town Mkrs- ton., She has bought, sight unseen, a ranch located thirty miles away. Soon after her arrival she marries Barry j Duane, her nearest Vieiprhbor. Against' her better judgment she accompanies' hm liusband East. Mrs. Duane is bit-j terly resentful ^of Anne. Wealthy Cleo I must see you again. It’s im portant. I am going in to town on Wednesday and will meet you at the Roswell, on Seventh, at two o’clock sharp. Better decide to come. Granleigh wmn’t do. Tlunk you are being watched there. x^way. Nancy.’’ " * ‘ ^ “That’s _preposte^rous!’’ Ahl anprry |colojf fjanied, but‘fright was crowding Iher anger aside.' “What possibly ex- planotion-could I give to Barry?” i “I’m afraid tlyit’s up to yOu. I don’t say it will be easy.’’ He lowered his jvoiee, significantly/cautious. .saw Gage the other-day, He may have rec- JIM. An hour later she rang for A”®' ' . t Pendleton, her obvious choice, vows i He doesn t even know that I am revenge. Anne recognizes a man bi- Mattiews. If Mr, Barry .should call : • tenng on the Duane grounds. ;Uter ^^ere I have gone. He,^ But he .s likely to find it out anyi 'Barry tells Ahne John Gage^is theany' real head of the Duane mills. He fails after three” ’ i happen. If he lets either one of, to note her frozen silence. “She handled the blonde srather well,Riddle remarkecl absently. “Well, that was a mistake.” ' , ^ . ■ I us hang around in the same county, u' , j .O'. . .'after what happened last May,'it willl Barrt »«-a, talking hard. ’He had s,„,„ j ulad W three hours for this au- you and I are out of the pirture,! tnce. Gage listened and grunted. ,^1 “Oh, it’s that, is it? Thought you’d sudden journey any day. I mean to do I “A^very natural one.” Riddle seem-^iven u^i that nonsense by this time.” it when I’m ready, and you’d better! Isd absorbed in his ball. “I saw the pe- “It isn’t nonsense, Mr. Gage. It’s,get a telegram from a .sick aunt in| •emblance as «oon as she‘spoke. It’s,Ky»e sense. The land is there, acresfManltoba.” . I atanling.” < fort acims of it, as rich as the Imperial ’‘I won’t! I won’t go and you can’t' “How the devil,” .sputtered Halli- could ever be; the water is there, and’make me.” y, j day,^“cDuld you see a resemblance to all ijisit separates them is one spur “Sure of that? Not even if Duane some unknown female whose name'of rock.” “ .. .shouVl be told—what you told Ga'gitV wasn’t even mentioned?” ‘ j “And a pot of money. .\nd don’t for- that night?” [> “Just an unsuspected gleam of in- get that the first project got a blacky “Jim! You wouldn’t be so insanely, telligence. As soon as I caught Blon- eyv, and nobody’s, going to be anxious cruel!” ■ die’s girlish chatter I mq^de the con- to see his money go the same w'ay.” | Kennedy flushed' slightly, hut his nection. This Mrs. Doane is practical-; “It can’t. Not for the same reason, hard gaze did not waver. Anne reach-! ly the image of an actress I saw a anyway. If you don’t want to risk it,,ed over and clutched at his hand, couple of years ago. I ran across her I don’t suppose that I could say any- “Haven’t you any mercy for anyone' picture in the paper again last sprihg.^thing to change yoUr decision, but else? I thought — when I. told you She’d been killed in a motor accident. | why don’t, ybu sell your side of the about that the other night—that you Her car skidded over the edge of a 'spur and give me the chance to in- ■. . , Oh!” cliff and she w'as drowned.” terest somebody else?” Halliday said “M’m” and lost in- r “See, here, Mr. Gage, I know I’m terest. Riddle stopped to light a cig- making a nuisance of myself, but I i {feel certain that you would let down “They never found the body,” he the bars if you really had a look at arettesx. " Her voice died in. a shaking breath. She was' looking past Kenned^with a .strickeh'stafe. „ ‘ ,“Oh—Barry! I—won’t you ./ . ^ said thoughtfully. “That ^unds like a nasfy ci‘ack, Waixl.’’ ‘ “I didn’t intend it that way. But the place.’ HOME HINTS stration and the RiFC are aiming fori a reasonable inflation of credit, or at' least toward loosening up, the Comp-i troller’s office is stillj^ working bn a policy of deflation which, if pursued! ..A .10 its logical end, would mean pretty i “'IJ' ally genera! bankruptcy. ■ . »o»k>ng m-kerosene until the rust it Washington, Aug. 30. ex- The answer to this apparent para-- 'd^x is that t.he Comptroller’s office is .still under the control of the same gi-oup which have,^ been running it for years, through many administrations. Out of this situation has arisen the (idea, which is beginning,to gain- ad herents here, that the-eomFtroller’s of- soft. Then wipe and.polish.with a sand soap or bath brick. a She stammered, stiffening and try- ,.v A 1. u ♦ ' 9>jlBe, as-he came grimly toi, — - timJrSo'Jih"--“I'* • "Wlc'kings which the Pre.,idcnt .h “‘j‘”“«'k.t it is worth jmorc than'_ that girls name was Nancy, too; It I could hope to meet in cash.>fBut you |en out next winter is the matter of the. Treasury a •truck me as a remarkable coinci-iiwght consider taking a vacation.^Doj “If you have fini.shed ” he said “it control of banking and credits IJfated to .some other body, pej^liaps the -- ' will not be necessary fir youMom- - ■ - r, „ Brighten copper or braa.s by wash ing in water to which a little .salt and vinegar have been added. Use denatured alcohol to remove to- aight-^fice .should be entirely detacK^d from.' stains from copper or bras.s ash nd- its functions dele-p''®y** * Zinc Is easily cleaned with a bit of TT,, - # II. u I I- Federal Reservje Board. Tb -do that Dick reddened. “It’s the kind of a Like to ride a good hofse over..moun-'n^nj^VA-to jiw you'home ‘ ‘ A’ ® would necessitate new bankings,legjs- lemon left .standing on any stain-for coincidence that wants to be kept uh-itain trails, and not see another hu- ***Xnne arose tier your hat,” he said grumpily.: man being but your guide all day ^ack ?‘Here comes Barry. We’d better !‘Iong?/’ ¥ /' change the subject, and darned quick.” They the return trip m good 'time, arriving before the dinner hour. Mrs. Duane did not appear. Mrs. i)uane, with the purse strings, held firmly in her own delicate hantis, had established her separate dining room in the west wing. ''' Anne knew when Barry came into the room that he had bad news for her. Anne felt her face/ grow hot. “Do ' you mean,” she asked slowly, “that your another refuses to sit at the aame tablrwith me?” ^ “Don?t tike U that way, Nancy. She’s old, and—tahe doesn’t see things ms we do.” “There’s no other way to take it,” • the said dull^jr. He had just come back from a bit ter half hour with his mother, and he .wiv T'.f Government will become the sole lation. enlarging the Federa irhT r».npH Wk^He 'I""'-serve’ll powers; but that is not ”* dications point that way. At present, s.ible. * - gkiews- ■all Re-'i t/iinno.s-! an hour or so. Wash with hot water. linpos-'The zinc will look like new. “Sounds pretty good,” Gage grunt- g** glitten in h«s.however, there are three separate in-| A National Central Bank “Got a cook who can give a marit “High-handed, aren’t you? banks^ dearest financial |Hain ham and eggs without drowning [must think you’re pretty damned'im-lf”^ over credU**'''And°tho«r'^hree*^ire done,[kerosene and follow with a em in a gummy sauce Iportant. if nobody can have a b.u.sl-r"ni'g [^^differenl dire^^^^^^ though that does not mean it will be moistened in lukewarm water. - liess interview with your wife with out Vrtiii* namniaainn *^'^**» To remove paint spots from hard wpod floors, rub them brisHly with cloth gummy ^ry leane(^back with a ness interview with your wife with- *'ATiiere"i*a'"the'*'Rwrns\^^^^ Fin- ^ consolidate the RFC-and ' . lout your permission.”'^**' r/st.nr>,.«t5n« fK t « ^ ihe Federal Reserve, put all banks un- When you are boiling potatoes, add WTut ktjid of .cc<mmod.tion, con.ider it finished, the kde™? Rweln-e elnT ,v.t™ •"<! 1'' 'ke Gov- salt, to them when they are naudjr haw you? Id want to brint Mts. out!” - 1 ernment do all of ita hankiiw func-done and you'll prevent them front to- Oa^. She The voici was low, but the wordaj.-fj tlM utf^toSw a orl ""■oath what wouitJJih, in effect,ing to pieces and make them liihttr Barnr politely swallowed hi. <!;»- were bitten off and flung. For a nto- 't’‘ und" rfL 2.**1 ? they sUred at em:h oth- !“* T “^i.iol “."nd M°t' I‘k* i" "early every other] i^ge had left him w^h the Barry's face flinty in its tight re- tion of loTghnees and prob- Kennedy', faintly^ jeering. * f*'*^iL* 1 ' u u bis shoulders moved expressive-* There’s a big log ranch house with , Kennedy had too much at stake to rr^ ‘‘r;! all the improvements,and electric making loans to private! current. Of Jourae it isn't town.” it 1T2LAll of those loans ar. ernment ^pe^iaion and , 'nation in the wtuld operates. Govern-] A good furniture polish'is made at* iiiiran rinil.w. if im "'Crtt Itsclf docs Hot cttgage In bank- equal parts of kerosene, turpentin# billion dollars to banks, but it is now,l!l„ * la" * a - under a law passed at the last session'Vinegar. “Th*t’s all right. -The change might do her good.” They went down together in a pri vate elevator. Barry had won a vie- ».{• *t tory, but he wondered "grimly what Nancy was going to do to keep the was stung with a" humiliation thatjlovefy Paula from being bored to’hys- he could not admit, even to bar. ' ‘K)h, my dear!” Her eyes stung with •udden tears of contrition, but sh€ blinked them back hastily. “I know Sandwiches will keep many hours if ercise fovernmentaT functions.. Treas ury and tent ral bank cooperate, the row with Nancy’s huaband. He bowed f«ria77'''fKl''"pVr‘''bank’s function being to keep its flng- placed in a covered earthen jar which to AllM. »" ‘ke pulse of business end Indus- in turn is set in n pin of cold wnt/r. •you .for the •"« *»ver„ment.I bond] ‘Thank Madame, in caae* I do hot see yout He walked deliberately away. Anne ernonental lished und tration—is lished under the preceding adminis- issues or provide financing for the' Put wax papei^ over watermelon tones Barry turned briskly back from the curb, intending to find the 'nearest telephone and break the glad nefrs to size are turning for working capital. There is no do|ibt in the mind of any- H’s hard for you, Barry. If I <^d do'Nancy. He took two steps and slowed f w anything — if there’s anyv»w[^sible way—” He shook his he^. “No. I’m afraid it can’t be helped. It’s—her house. I’m body .hut-these lo.„s will ultim.t-.ly all be paid back, with interest., RFC and the Banka down. \ A few yards aliead of him a man was signaling a taxi. Barry, had » vaguely noticed the same man loiter- aorry; that’s’ all Tcan say. But of ing in the corridor when they had course this can’J go on. We must look ' for other qiiarters.” . He looked worried and his jaw was light. The Perch would have provided come- out. Instead of a trim uniforin he wore a ^ well-fitting blue suit but broke the silence that' was ing. “WelL?” she demanded. . ‘ “I think I am the one to ask fbr ex planations, but the first th]pg to do is ^ invested a great reaoy. d^al^of Federal^ money in the pre-,,, . .. Ann. nodd^l silmtly and went with stwlc-»f m.ny banks all o^cr:°.‘"'°'"*'"= . the country. The theory of this isf If there ,, any cxplan^un that you , „„|y ih.t weak bank, needed this! canmake- I am re,dy to hoar tt.” ,trenjthenin* but that, bcint I l.r». iney were nome again. OS v..a= p.vvcta..,* •u...ii.,o-| othcr ways. Tthat has been cut. It will Ifeep fresh the soorce to whitfh almosti Something of the sort will certainly rand-moist for a long time. all sound business enterprises of any!, j- j ♦ ur- * u r* ^ suffocat-i /es, ,.,..,1,; discussed next Winter when Con gress again meets. How far it will ’Fresh berries keep much longer if they are tamed out of their boxes eluding the Administration’s strength) into a plate so that the air may cir- in the next Congress. * That is still inoculate about them freely, the future,.but with little doubt here: - ■ . ■ »■ ‘'jof a safe working majority on - the Lemons will not decay if they are * “ ' kept in -cold water thsjrt i.s regularly chaiiged every day. -1. THANKS FROM MR. BURNS ^Beief^ especially steaks, should be lit is with the deepest appreciation by .tests of elastic red meat “What is there to say that you’d be ^ my friends and voters of and firm, Wfilte fat. ^ - , , I ,thus oe entitiec to a seat - - - - ^rry knew him. Aa’Kennedy •tep-jJJJ^ijVent^there* to meet*Wm^ I^wm!®^ directors, and so keep watch that:en to me on August 28th In my mce| You can prevent egg.s from cgp*- u:- ^ vw siivvv Itsiii. awmm /lAnnaiFnr*.’ rtiftndsv warn Unt fnr rrj ' ... ... - . - on the board[Laurens county for the large vote giv-i '^comfort, and a decent Hying, but the|ger at another. *, Perch was doted to jthem for six I monthii in each year.. “I’m terribly sorry to have got you ped into-a taxi Barry jerked his fin-,'a j^at he tetk^f—-business, as he told you. That is atl.” ~ . . no depositors’ money was lent f^rlfor County Superintendent of Educa-*in» by pricking with a pin before"yott speculative purposes. The' Admmi3-|tion.' I shall always -be deeply indebt-'bpil them. ' ’ ' ^ tration believes, and rightly, that a^ed to you, and in case you choose, oni — ^- Follow that black and white, ^ said, and slammed the door. L tJln"likr**thaV‘^'^'Ar^^whv**eouldn’t^^*‘’*^* make me your supe'rin- Once they lost sight of it,'but Bar-L be transacted decentlv in vour own'^*'^* Arisen from too easy credit for|tendent of education I shall strive at ». 4.u.vi. —.... bU* . ... ' , ipurely epeculativ^ purposes. But it.^all times to do my best as an humble was definitely the intent that this ad- servant of the people of Laurens Into this, Barry. We can go anywhere Iry’s driver expertly picked up the' v.’ ' you like. Were you thinking-tif—sUy- trail. Bairy' was beginning tb feelj *.He wanted to see me Drivately ”, 7.".- ■'77“/r“ 77 .I'ing in GranleigK?” ^ j^Hghtly ashamed ’of the. unreasoned | conXued. “"l yel»’ provided by the^ county “I haven’t thought much of Impulse, which had sent him careening RPC, should be used to-enable, banka^ f i • thing yet.” He stopped and gave her^ro8S,tflW|. * * quick, embarrassed smile. “No, 1| ’ Th^y were in a shabbier, busier dis- ‘ suppose not. No use in advertisingjtrict/now. The black and white taxi, .I things — ajnd it’s pFetty expensive)had/f^ined on them again. It swung! 5 here.” ” , * -!i*» to' the curb in front' of a dingy-j “Of course.”' She was afraid that, ipdidng entrance, and' Kennedy got, her eyes were blazing with hope and out. i excit^ent “There are lots of places. knew .»«-wtan he w„ in b,tt« Cireum-lj„ ,ep,i„.te lo.n. to buttiness] tWw foHt’inr'' 7 ■” .nd industry; in other word., to loisen' I am respectfully yours, " > . J." LEROYBURNS. LOOK! LOOK! American Boy now |1.M per year. $2.00 for 3 years. t- * JAMES W. CALDWELL. .Anything In the Way of Magaxiaea m up jm “I’ll stbj) here.” hill tA th* flrivAr. ‘•iWhat was it?” (Continued Next Week) J CARD OF THANKS up bank credit. .. | a t ‘ . That would have been all right it ; (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT) ha’d not beenifor the directly opposite ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»»♦»»♦♦<»»»»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦>»»»» view on credits taken by the Comp troller of the Currency’s office. That branch of the Treasury is charged I am deeply grateful to the voters the periodical examination of all We can get a tiny apartment some^ where and He faced irhe'h7d'’’k‘en w'm7n we^k,.' “"l"'F«, «ip^d into^, J *‘*7'“ “P™’’ "7 the proceeds in lo.n, of «nqe»tion.bk ' "I'm Win. in to Wn tomorrofUil dooru-.y, inclined to »rin at him- th«nk> ^ d" «»<« you the of- bank examiners have called ;; Fm^oing to see Gag. again if^lf. It gaqe him . good yi«k of ;the,f'« wdl command my best servic^I'their directors together and "bawled ^ im go g a •• Anpther Uxi had just drawn ^Vthim out” for making such loans. ^ and I'm going harve to knock down a row of ,tecri Anpther Uxi had just .drawn .mall, slim figure aU^ out,l'"'"Mts of all our people taries to get to him. We’re going tPlixp. have'one more round over the Juni^pind looked around quickly. Girl and ' t... ..^^au vanished into the dingy portals V. She gave Ms arm'a suddeli 8qutez«.|of the hotel. “He must agree this time. It means •o much!” Barry waa called to. the telephoite, but Anne sUyed there, curled up in a chair.' Bariy took an early traiirthe neat morning. “I don’t know how long I may have to wait before I can we him, but Tm going to. be on han<L Wish me luck, Nancy.” -'“Oh, Basry, I do!”.She jtave him a desperate'little tug u he kisa^ her toSbya. SAM. R. DORRQH. CARD OF 'THANKS ^deaire to express my thanks and appreciation to the voters of Laurens At Cross-Purpooea Instructions from Washington to^^ bank examiners* are to compel every 1» bank to call in evqyy dollar of out standing loans not r secured by good o collateral or made' against financial Anne looked hastily around the un- inviring lobby. “Don’ylike it?” Kennedy sent an amused flint at her. - “Of ctrM not. And what did your Ifl'tha second race, I will appreciate of debtors of long standing who have moan bjf saying that' I was beingjvpur continue<Us4|^rt and good will been unable to do much more than payji watched/in Granleigh?” honored with the office will their interest on bank loans, the' “Just a brii^t little deduction of »erve the whole people to the best of Comptroller’s office i« inclined to in-| mina. Somebody saw os the other , my ability. ^ sist upon banks suing the delinquent J ^ _ count^for the aupport given me in statements which indicate.many times ,.o . Imy race for game warden. }the value of the loan. And in the case'^ nT In pight I heard it from the little bitmde boss before I’d been ‘‘back'half an hour.” . . “So it wai Cleo!” Anne .said it un- f^Jbar beeath, aa,^hoii^ aha h^ SIDNEY A. LEE.. P The ,monu^ mail came aa ha Iaft,Torfottea Kannedy’a. axiataaea. ‘.V^HAT DO 7 V ^ P. S. Jeanes \V* - DO? so borrowers and obtaining judgmei^ that if, at any time within, ^twentyj years, the poor fellow doe^ not get' hold of anything, the bank can take it over. In other words, while the Adminir A A STATEMi3^T from «■ *■-' A i V CANDIDA^FOR SUPERVISOR . I have been requested to express myself concerning the clerk of tie board. ' I ther«ore’wish to state that if I am elected Super visor, as far as my authority goes aa a member of,the board, Mr. B. Y. Culbertson will be retained in the office as'clerk, af he’so desires. I stanrd'for a reorganization of the chaifigangs, ahei for the gangs to be moved from place to place near their work^ i > V', X RHETT MARTIN. >1$ 11 • I tiJiiiii \ .V ’v