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Thursday, March 31,'1932 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER THR1 ^RUBY M. AYRfS THIRD INSTALMENT At twenty-two the only thing: Diana really desired was another woman’s husband. A nervous wreck from the excitement and strain of London’s gay life, she is taken by her aunt, Mrs. Gladwyn, to a fam ous specialist’s office. The phy sician orders her to the country to take a long rest. She rebels, but the doctor is handsome and sym- S athetic. She learns that he is not be great man himself but an as sistant, Dr. Rathbone. “God made the country and man made the town,” he tells her, and she agrees to go to a rural retreat. Before she leaves she goes to Dennis Waterman’s flat, where they are surprised by Linda, Den- She was dreaming, of course— 1 stopped, and Miss Starling rose, dreaming backwards into a past which she had almost forgotten. Such a queer world—different, somehow .... Diana tried to raise her head “I think we might have the blind up a little,” the Creature said. “It’s such a wonderful evening.” The blind was raised a little higher, and Diana caught a glimpse from the pillow, but the effort was of leafy trees and a patch of blue too great, and she lay still for a lit- sky through lacy boughs, tie, eyes closed again, breathing “Where is this place she?” asked heavily. ' suddenly. A hand on her wrist now—not! Surrey—about a mile outside a Aunt Gladwyn’s hand—but 'one,little village called Cheam.” that was firm and strong; a hand that seemed to put new life and i Diana made a little grimace. “Dr. Rathbone has a house not strength into one . . . not like Den- far away,’ nis Waterman’s hand, that only ently. Miss Starling said pres- nes’s wife, who takes the situation made one’s pulses jerk suffocating ‘Oh!” Diana was wearily twisting quite calmly. “I suppose ly and filled one’s heart with un- the soft strands of her hair once you to marry her?” she asks Den nis. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY “Upon my word, Linda ” rest. more. “Is that why I’m here?” Diana gave a little stifled cry. she asked. “So that it will be easy She remembered now: he was the!for him to come and see me?” doctor from Harley Street whose “it makes it more convenient for She laughed in cool unconcern. “My dear boy, pleasfc- don’t pre-' eyes seeme( i to pierce through him of course; he is a very busy tend. You forget that this isn’t the (all ^ bravery of her carefully red- man, and if you had been a great first time I’ve had to stand by and bp S an( i make-up, right way off he would probably have put watch you muddle your way out of down through her artificiality, to you in the care of another doctor.” an affair like this. I don’t really trembling weakness of her. care, except for Diana’s sake—she looks ill, terribly ill.” “Are you going to blame me for that? Really, this is beyond a joke. I suppose you’re annoyed because I brought her here to din ner. Perhaps that was stupid of me, but ” She came a step forward, her bright eyes meeting his very di rectly. “If you want me to divorce you, y Dennis—I will,” she said. There was a moment of absolute silence; then she went on, still in the same unemotional way: “I think I’ve grown a little tired of this sort of life. We’re neither married nor unmarried, and after all, I’m still young, and there are i other men in the world.” ‘ “Other men—you mean ...” “Never mind what I mean. I’m making you a fair offer. If you want to marry Diana I’m willing to divorce you. You’d better think it well over before you refuse,” she added with a little ironical smile, “because I may never be so gener ous again.” Dennis stifled an oath. He Ibok- •cd hot and angry as he went out of the room. Linda sighed and turned with a .smile as Diana returned. She had coloured her lips and her cheeks, and she looked less worn, but there was a little defiant light in her eyes as she came towards Linda. “I really feel terribly apologetic,” she said rather unsteadily. Linda went with them to the door. “Don’t kee£ her out too late, Den nis,” she said lightly. “And I hope you’ll have a good time,” she add ed, a hint of laughter in her voice. Behind Diana’s back Dennis gave his wife a furious look; he felt that he was being made a fool of, and the sensation was not pleasant. They rode in silence till the* cab stopped at the Savoy. They went to the ballroom, which was not at all crowded, and Den nis ordered champagne. He almost wished he had insisted “Why should he? I suppose he’d be paid, no matter how far away I was.” “Money is not everything. Dr. He heard the little cry and came back. “Well,” he said very gently as if he were speaking to a child. Diana Rathbone dees a great deal without smiled too, confidently. | any fee at all.” “You’ve got your own way,” she “He’ll be paid for ms.” whispered. “Yes, but then you’ve plenty of He laughed at that. money. There are many poor peo- “I generally do in the long run,” pie far more ill than you are who he^ said. cannot afford to pay anything.” “Don’t keep her out too late, Dennis,” she said lightly. lecture!” Diana told upon staying at the flat with Linda. Diana also discovered that once He roused himself with an effort upon a time she had been a nurse It was wearisome work trying to “Another get well; more wearisome when at herself. last Diana felt the first tug of re- There was an unbroken silence turning health and the consequent for some moments, then Diana ask- revolt against enforced inaction. Everyone was so tryingly optim istic. No matter how much Diana sulked or how rude she tried to be, she was met with the same deter mined kindness and good temper from the woman who, -as she soon discovered, was a trained nurse and in charge of her. This “Creature,” as Diana soon called her to herself, was fortyish, with gray hair and the peaceful ex pression of one who has gone through so many turbulent waves that life no longer frightened her. Her proper name was Miss Starl ing: a name which Diana thought most suitable, seeing that she was eternally chirping tidings of good hope and wonderful days to come •ourse he would see that her wishes r ere obeyed. CHAPTER V It would be fun to get out of bed ’.mi creep over to the window, fun 'o see what lay outside, under the shelter of those leafy trees. She listened, but there was' no mund in the house, and with a lit tle elfish smile she put the bed slothes gently aside and swung her feet down to the floor. Her legs felt as if they did not belong to her, and if there had not been a table and a chair to cling to she would never have reached the window at all. But she was there at last, breathless and faint, with beads of exhaustion on her face. The fresh air revived her a lit tle, and she knelt down by the op en window, both hands clinging to the narrow sill. It was very beautiful; Diana knelt there by the window looking out with eyes that were somehow tragic in her white face. She felt weak and helpless; she wished it was not so far back to bed. Not that she wanted to go back—she felt that she could have stayed here forever looking out on the fields and trees and hedges. She hated the country, and yet it gave her such a feeling of peace: like someone laying a cool hand on vour forehead when it ached very badly after a succession ot late lights. She turned round and looked at the bed—it seemed miles away. She made an effort to rise but checked herself quickly. She was sure she would fall. The bell was so far away too—on the other side of the bed, and she was too weak to cry out. She might try, but they would not hear her if she did. (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) txt Good Gardening Pays Union County Family HORTICULTURIST CITES AN OTHER EXAMPLE FOR INSPIR ATION IN 1932 VtfiY (>i/AAAW MARStlALJ- LEGAL NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue of a war rant issued to me by the County Treasurer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described property to satisfy the taxes due ;he State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the year 1930, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash ,, , , on salesday in April 1932, during Maybe there isn t a drop of Irish the legal hours of sale at the store blood in your veins but if there room formerly occupied by T. M. isn’t any Irish lace in your Spring D ? r ?} <? n f £ u J? ust ? Stree !£’ McCor- mick, South Carolina, and the pro wardrobe you won t be in on one ceeds of the sale will be applied to of the smartest fashions of the the payment of the said taxes and season the cost of said seizure and sale, i-r. . wit: Right now there is something i The property of T. M. Dorn, and is described as follows: Furniture and ‘ fixtures, consist ing mainly of two stoves, one show case, tables, one cracker stand, and small lot of groceries, etc. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector, McCormick County. McCormick, S. C., March 15, 1932.—3t. decidedly attractive about black silk crepe or satin dresses made with cuffs or undersleeves and col lars of Irish lace. Don’t hesitate to buy a dress of this sort. Maybe it is going to become a very popular fashion and maybe six months from now you won’t care so much about it. Well, it’s smart now, and later on you can take out the Irish lace and add something else that is newer. NOTICE OF TAX SALE UNION, March 21.—An acre of ground snitched from a cotton field on the Douglas Edwards farm in this county and made into a vege table garden produced a total of $466.05 in value of vegetables and Another phase of the Irish lace fashion presents itself in the form of blouses. There are entire blouses made of Irish pattern lace, very simple and easy to wear, just the thing to wear under a new two- and touched Diana’s hand. “Do you care to dance?” “As you like.” She rose apathetically, and they joined the dancers. The brilliant lights of the ball room blinded her, and the noise of the band suddenly became deafen ing, driving her half mad. She gave a little foolish laugh. “ ‘ Man made the town,’ ” she said—“the horrible, horrible town . . ” Then, with a little moaning cry, she slipped to the floor at Den nis Waterman’s feet. CHAPTER IV Everything was so very quiet, as if one had slipped out of life into the infinite space where only the stars hung against their dark back ground and the cool winds blew. She opened her eyes and looked round the room. Drawn blinds veiled most of it from her, but she could faintly pick out a flowered wall paper and the shadowy shape of a dressing table—an old-fash ioned-looking dressing table in a chintz-and-muslin petticoat. That was queer, for she had nev er seen a dressing table like that since she was quite a little girU pok ing about in a wooden workbox on her grandmother’s dressing table. in a big London hospital, but that ed: “Is he married?” “Dr. Rathbone? No.” “He ought to be,” Diana said per versly. “He’s quite old.” “What do you call ‘quite old’?” ,Diana considered. “Oh—forty, I suppose.” “Dr. Rathbone is only about thirty-eight.” “He looks fifty,” Diana declared unkindly. “How did I come here?” Diana asked. “Dr. Rathbone brought you. You were taken ill—perhaps you re member—and Mrs. Gladwyn rang Dr. Rathbone because she was frightened and did not know what to do.” “I only fainted. It wasn’t any thing.” No answer again. Has Aunt Gladwyn been to see she had given it up in order to re- me ? tire into the country and take in l Rathbone would not al- difficult cases for specialists. ! her to come ” Dr. Rathbone isn’t a specialist,” “Dr. Rathbone seems to think he was Diana’s first remark that showed any return to her old spirit. can rule my life. I suppose I shall soon have to ask his permission “Dr. Rathbone runs a small home for children at his own ex pense—that cannot be done for a Dr. Rathbone,’ Miss Starling re- when I want new clothes, torted calmly, “is a very wonder- j ^ don » t think they would inter _ ful man; he has saved your life,' es t him.” whatever you may think of him.” • “j do n’t suppose I interest him I don t think of him at all,” either, really—do I?” Diana retorted peevishly, and turn- “Very much—as a patient.” ed her face against the pillow, clos- “j suppose he makes a great deal ing her eyes. 0 f money.” Miss Starling sat at the window, Miss Starling said quietly: knitting by the light which shone through the half-closed curtains; she did not really need any light at all, seeing that she always knitted ! s ma u sum . mechanically, with hardly a down ward glance. The needles made an irritating little clicking sound. Diana flung the clothes back restlessly. “Can’t I get up?” “Not till Dr. Rathbone says you may.” “He won’t say it for ages.” “Then I’m afraid you’ll have to stay in bed.” Petulant tears filled Diana’s eyes. The clicking of knitting needles “He seems to be a kind of hero,” Diana sneered. “Can I get you anything? If not, I shall leave you for a little while.” “I don’t want anything,” was the not very gracious reply. The door closed softly. Why had the Creature letf her alone? She did not want to be left alone to her thoughts. When Rath bone came again she would tell him that she would not be left to her thoughts, not for a single moment. If he was such an autocrat, of left a net profit of $353.30 after piece suit that you may wear under expenses totaling $112.75 including I your coat now and without a top all costs of seed, fertilization, pois- coat later on. ons, and $53 for upkeep of car used Another interesting type of Irish for delivery, according to Mrs. Ed- luce blouse is made with alternat- wards’ account of her experience * n g strips of net and Irish lace. The and carefully kept record. strips of net are run with fine pin “This is but another illustration tucks and are possibly twice as wide of the money value of the farm as the Irish lace insertion. For a garden” says A. E. Schilletter, ex-I more summery looking blouse you tension horticulturist in charge of could use fine handkerchief linen the garden contest, who is now busy f or the strips between the Irish lace with the contest for 1932. insertion. Some statements from Mrs. Ed- Then there are new Eton packet wards’ account are illuminating: costumes, made with a high waist- “I studied the garden letters ed skirt and a short jacket with the from Clemson and Winthrop, thus ^ish lace under blouse showing be- learning what to plant at regular neath the jacket. . intervals and how to combat the Th e sketch shows one of the new insects of which I had my share blac k silk crepe dresses, made with during the summer, but was able to I a yoke of Irish lace and finished Under and by virtue of a war rant issued to me by the County Treasurer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described property to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in April 1932, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Caro lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Mrs. C. R. Winn and is described as follows: 338 Acres of land, more or less, in Scnooi Diserict No. 24, in the Coun ty of McCormick, S. C., bounded on the north by lands of Mrs. J. R. Werts and lands formerly of W. P. Culbreath, east by lands of J. H. Bauknight, west by lands of W. K. Charles, trustee, and J. P. Talbert, and on the south by lands of W.JR. Gilchrist and nrobably others. J. T. FOQSHE, Tax Collector, McCormick County. McCormick, S. C., March 15, 1932.—3t. _ !■-■ 1 1 1 —■» NOTICE OF TAX SALE combat them without serious dam age. “In January I took a catalog and decided what I wished to grow in my garden and ordered the seed. I planned my garden so as to have with two artificial flowers made from Irish lace. These flowers can be bought or they can be made from Irish lace edging—the lace drawn into four or five petals with either the plain -i-v- Soil Saving-Stressed Terracing Campaign all vegetables that would mature | or irregular edge outside, at the same period planted togeth er, in order to more easily prepare the ground for a second crop. In that way the ground was kept busy all the year instead of a one crop garden. I did most of the work of cultivation with the wheel plow and hoe. During the drought last fall X tried to keep a dust mulch by shal low cultivation, and still planting at regular intervals, and when it Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick for'the years 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in April 1932, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be ap plied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of formerly H. C. Tillman, now John Fox, trustee, and is described as follows: 43 Acres of land, more or less, in School District No. 24, County of McCormick, S. C., bounded on the north by lands of George A. Tal bert; on east by Highway n 0 . 20; on south by lands of T. W. Lahham and on the west by lands of C. L. Wideman and Mrs. Frances L. Free man, and probably, others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector, McCofinick County. McCormick, S. C. : , March, 15, 1932.-r-3t.. HUMORETTES Mrs. Talkalot (at.musicale)—Oh, Mrs. Gosseppe, ; I. tiad so much to say to you, and now the pianist is through. .. Mrs. Gosseppe—I’m just dying to hear it. Let’s encore him. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Mar. 21.— Terracing as a means of conserv ing soil fertility and as a basis for soil building was stressed in a six weeks campaign just closed in 14 counties and consisting of 21 field did rain I had a good stand of win- I demonstrations conducted by J. T. ter vegetables that have been both McAlister, extension agricultural healthful and profitable. I found engineer and the county farm it a pleasure and a profit; and af- agent. Considerable interest has ;er keeping an exact record I found bee n manifested on the part of the had raised 31 varieties; made farmers since fund s are very limit- 3061 servings to the family, have ed this y ear for the purchase of 315 quarts of canned fruit and commercial fertilizers and they vegetables, two bushels of onions, realize more than ever that a pro- 15 bushels of Irish potatoes, 45 ductive soil is ver y necessary in pounds of salad seed, one peck 0 f P roducin g under present condit- shelled Lima beans, 40 bushels of i° ns - sweet potatoes, five bushels of Much hard work must be done white peas, five bushels of peanuts eacb year in building up terraces for winter use. an d repairing breaks, Mr. McAlister “My husband and I did all the P° ints out - Where the terrace is work in 319 hours and 150 hours of n0 ^ properly located, much of this lorse labor, but we feel well repaid l ab °r is lost. Hence, the proper in the health, pleasure, and profit location of the terrace was featur ed in the field demonstrations and a special method of plowing to con- First Senator—Is the new Sena tor Whozis regular? Second Senator—Is he regular! Say he agrees with nobody! Goofus—I would like to dogwood cane. Clerk—Yes, sir—one with bark on it? see the Bundsoe—Did Mayor Thompson William’s recent political speech bear fruit. Doughty—I’ll say! Hecklers pelt ed him with both the hen and grape varieties. we realized from this plot. X A psychiaritrist states that only 20 per cent of habitual drug users take to drugs on account of ill ness, and that the chief cause is contact with other users and bad associates. struct a distinct water furrow above the terrace was shown. If this water furrow, which should be broad, is maintained during the cultivating season the terrace is much less likely to break during heavy rains. The terrace should also be wide enough to accommo date three rows of plants. That methods of running rows have a very decided effect on wash ing between terraces was stressed in the demonstrations. If gulleys develop, the rows empty the water into it and may cause the terrace to break. Running the rows par allel to the lower side of the ter race and having the short rows empty into the water channel of the next terrace is the recommend ed practice rather than have the short rows end in the middle or against the upper terrace, where they tend to hold the water until it breaks over and starts a gulley. There were 4,267 men and women who had passed their 100th birth day according to United States cen sus returns of 1930.