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FRIDAY, APRIL 16. V: THE INDEPENDENT ELIZABETH CITY, N. C PAGE SIX I .!t; ! - S"i , ;;f.i V Hi h ' .1 1 1 hi gmiiHinsnnitntiiiiimiiiiiifuniiiiiiiiij WHITE MAW By George Agnew Chamberlain Author of "Home." "Throusrb Stained Glzss." "John Bosardus." etc EiliiiEiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin Copyright, 1919, The Bobbs-Merrill Companj CHAPTER XIV. They were all early to bed, the word having trone out to break camp at dawn for safari. The bishop and his companions were northward bound. Andrea and her man. headed for the south and the coast. In the cold mist of the inornmpc they parted with tisjht handclasps and earnestly murmured "God-bless-you's." Incidents, following rapidly one after the other, kept Andrea's mind off the coming encounter with her old world until she was actually on its verge. Late one afternoon they came upoD the bay and Trevor waited expectantly for her to recognize the scene of her ravishment. He was disappointed, for the thin, insignificant strip of yellow sand tucked under the red cliff dimin ished by distance to the proportion of a railway embankment, meant nothing to her inexperienced eyes.f At last e pointed it out to her. "Be hold," ?-i said, "the beginning and the end of all things." , "Why." exclaimed Andrea. "Is If really the' beach our beach? How it's shrunk !" "It has," said Trevor solemnly. "The erosion on this bit of coast is a foot for every hundred years. We'd better hurry if we want to make a landing." He chartered two sailing boats from a Greek fisherman and in an hour the beach had broadened, the cliff had risen to almost Imposing heights; while they were still well off the shore they shot into its shadow. The boat man chose a landing at the foot of the Cliff road, a quarter of a mile away from the steep path by which Andrea had made her descent. As the safari began to form on the beach Trevor turned to Andrea. "We're going tc your old hotel, you know. It's reallj the only one. If you prefer, I can send for a motor-car for you and myself; but we'd have to wait half an hour." Andrea caught her breath as she realized that it was only minutes before she would be in collision with a world. Her eyes ran down the line of their marching column already on the dge of an incongruous setting, but still impressing with that subtle digni ty which tha free and half-naked black takes with him everywhere and which is born of his absolute indifference to standards not his own. "Let us go down at the head of our men," she answered. "You are right," said Trevor, pleased at her shrewd judgment. "We mortals," he added, "don't always rec ognize the importance of fighting an atmosphere with an atmosphere. To go in as cock of, our own walk is a thousand times better than a motor car and the back door." Andrea nodded. "I felt it but I could not put it in words like that." As Trevor, the white head of a quarter-mile-long and . glistening black serpent of humanity, swung in be tween the gateposts of the hotel's im posing portals, the ever-opportune Marguerite stretched his neck, raised his barrel-head and brayed. Above that raucous cry sounded the sponta neous and uncontrollable peal of An drea's silver laughter. The groups of men and women all but one on the hotel veranda stop ped in their various occupations as though paralyzed; drinks paused half way to thirsty lips, cigarettes burned unconscious fingers, knitting needles poised instantaneously all but one pair. The fnijjtor of the excep TTftnas a j3 ear jjut ver"y proper old lady Wrmg a ap cfiimy lace on her plentiful white hair and enough fllmy lace on her person to make the porch chair, in which she sat, look like a stall at a Red Cross bazaar. She was knitting a vast khaki-colored sweater and attho sound of Andrea's Jftughter she gaveIo sign "beyondpifs ing her withered lips while she meth odically finished off the stitch upon wliich she had been engaged. That done, she raised a pair of beady black eyes so wonderfully alive that it seemed impossible they be longed to her wrinkled face and flash ed one look at Andrea and one at Tre vor. "Well, my dear," she said calmly, presumably to the former, "it's a re lief to have you back apparently alive and well." No sooner were the words out of I " uth tftan she was swept into impetuous embrace. "Oh," An r; n! Oh, you old dear!" j ,.- defended herself with con- -ruble energy find was heard to t. - jble that even kissing lid de : . -rated into a rough pastime. Hav ing rescued herself from Andrea's arms, she said, "Now that that i over you will please go to your r&om and change from that outlandish circus costume; you'll find everything as you left it except for . a new lock on the door." Andrea glanced srt Trevor and lean ed over to whisper imploringly in her aunt's ear. "Tour husband?" enunciated the old lady clearly. "Well, that's a relief, too ; but I prefer to meet him else where and after you have presented documentary evidence. By the way," she added with ominous emphasis as she resumed her knitting, "Harry Is still here." "I should say I am," exclaimed a youth in the trim uniform of the Fly ing Corps, as he stepped out from the hotel door. "Hello, Sister Andy." Then his eyes fell on Trevor. A slow smile of happy welcome , spread over his face. ."Well, I'll be d !" he exclaim ed fervently. "D you know, Trevor, I've been saying from the first. 'Cher chez the flying-machine.' Come in and let me watch you have a drink." Trevor, quivering under the pressure of the control he "had summoned to carry him through the trying mo ment and filled with an immediate love and admiration for Aunty Gwen, paused to direct his following to a nearby vacant lot. "Is that marriage tip straight?" asked Harry. "Straight as the good bishop of Mo ma and two other missionary Johnnies could make it," replied Trevor. Harry was thoughtful for a moment, then he said. "Well, Trevor, I don't V.now how you're fixed for proof bUt you know that through lean years and f:;r. I'm for you from the break in ! -i!U. As one sportsman to another, I congratulate you on putting one over on that up-country animated leather pack of vintage wines. By the way, you realize I've got to wire him." "Of course." said Trevor. "The soon er the better. E-on't worry about An drea's food and raiment," he added lushing. "The truth is, I'm pretty veil heeled with the needful." "You Americans generally are," said .Tarry admiringly. "Sort' of jolly na tional trr..iition."' Twenty-four hours later the dia mond magnate, perennially flushed as o-atoiv Ttnwh the cliff-side until thej reached and swept the gleaming cres cent of the beach ; then they rose and stared at the placid moon. Nine weeks, no more, had passed since last this scene had held her, yet into then: was packed the germ of all her life almost to the exclusion of preceding memories. She felt a welling within OBITUARIES to fa' f- and heavy of paunch made fl repressive arrival. When he had washed and otherwise attempted to freshen his perspiring person he sent out v. call for a family conference. It took place in the Tre vors' sitting room. Harry was there resentative of the house of Pellor vor and his bride. The sole male rep presentative of the house of , Pellor opened the proceedings with the fol lowing speech : "Hammar," he said, "on the part of my sister 1 wish to offer you an unqualified apology. It seems that she was er suddenly car ried away by an impulse in conjuction with a flying machine, but you will be glad to know that Trevor here has er has played the man all througn and you are permanently relieved from any further responsibility in the matter. I don't think there's another bally thing to say beyond repeating the apology due you from my entire family." "Not a thing to say, you young syco phant of a whipper-snapper!" thunder ed the red-faced magnate. "Do you think I came down here to listen to our maiden speech, accept ar dirty apology and get out with my tail be tween my legs? Well, I didn't, I came down here to show this interloping vagabond of a scavenger where he and his wife don't get off." A gleam crept into Trevor's eyes the same gleam that had shone then when he had shot MacCloster, but 1 turned into his slow assuring smile as his gaze met that of Andrea and took note of her alarm. He remember ed that only ten minutes before he had promised on the honor of a lover to be seen only and not heard, "Aren't you a bit late for that?" asked Harry, unperturbed. "They seem to be running before the wind already and with a fair leadT He fit a ciga rette and snapped the dead match through the open' doorway. "You think so, do you?" said the magnate, his eyes snapping malignant ly. "You've probably never heard ol the shipping ring, but I'll tell you this the line that takes these two two two whatclramay-callums as passen gers is ruined. They'll stay in Africa till they rot." Andrea stifled a yawn. "Robert," she said in her coolest and best society voice, "if Sir Hammar is going to force us to wait here for one of your own steamers to put in I think you'd bet ter collect that thousand pounds re ward." It was the end. The magnate gasped, sprang up and fled, pursued by a smoke arrow propelled from Harry's rounded mouth, Aunty Gwen pursed her lips but kept on knitting; she could not, however, altogether hide the laugh that was in her snapping eyes. Andrea dropped on her knees beside her. "Oh, Aunty Gwen," she begged "won't you please let me introduce Robert? He's the dearest, mosl thoughtful, strongest and weakest man that a lucky girl ever loved." That night when all the hotel was In darkness and silence reigned Andrea and Trevor stood together by the cop ing at the edge of the cliff and looked across the moonlit bay to the far-away line of the sea. Behind them was the dark, massed shadow of the Bougain ville trellis; at their feet and before them stretched an open world, bathed in kindly and opalescent light. Andrea's eyes started at the top ol the zigzaj path and followed, it-dglib- She Felt a Welling Within Her of All the Major Emotions.. her of all the major emotions and frightened, turned t:rom them to hide her face against Trevor's 'shoulder. Her arms slipped up around his neck and clung to him. "Oh, White Man," she whispered, "my Wonder Man, plunderer of my heart, if desire to give is any measure, how fax you have led me along tb shiniiig road !" . (THK END.) Elizabeth Cry Business College THE SCHOOL THAT STANDS FOR EFFICIENCY R03INS0N BUILDING Poindexter Street Elizabeth CityN. C. This newspaper is always glad to print notices of deaths when they are briefly written, clearly stating the name, age and residence of the deceased; the date of the death and funeral, names of surviving relatives, etc. No charge is made for such news items. For other 4han such brief items, THE INDEPEN DENT charges its regular advertising rate, one cent a ward. 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When a diseased condition is found the patient is referred 'to a physician. All ex aminations are made without the use of putting "drops" in the eyes. FERRY SCHEDULE Leaves Chowan side opposite Colerain April 1st V.yJO. and thereafter. S o'clock A. M. 12:30 o'clock I M. a o'clock 1 M. ' Leaves Colerain: .S:4.". o'clock 1'. M. 1:1.1 o'clock I. M. .1:4.1 o'clock 1'. M. Chowan &. Colerain Ferry Company ISox IS. lioute 1. Tyncr. N. C. M 26-8t "Exalento Will Main Your Hair Long, Too - KINKY fi "Every xrorrc ran j nave nice. If -r ar Bays May Gi;!:e . "Hv j hair has grcv,n i'i ) inches Ion pr by us.nt-j your wonderful EXELENTO pomao! Don't bo fooled by fake Kink Removers. You ecn't straighten your hair until it's soft and longr. Cur pomaJe removes dandruff, feeds the roots of the hair and makes it grow long and Bilky. ( We make Exelento Skin Be autif ler. an ointment for dark, sallow skin. Used in treatment of skin troubles. PRICE OF EACH 25c IN STAMPS OR COIN AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write for Particular EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, 6a. COFnUGHTEDa LORRAINE HOTEL Norfolk, Virginia Hatel Service , for Three Generations Operated by the - Granby and Ta2ewe;i Sts. DODSON HOTEL CORP. r WHEN IN NORFOLK Kv 1 Jav nr Wl I - j ecu For Comfortable accomola. tions at reasonable rates. THE NEW RALEIGH KH E. York & Granbv cts . B. T. HARRIS, Pro;, ' Phone 26196 ' v.. PASSENGEh TRAIN SCHEDULES Corrected to March 7, 1820 As information only, not guaranteed. V . Departures from ELIZABETH CITY daily unless otherwise shown X-T&sdays, Thursdays and .Saturday only. 10:10 A. M. Edenton, Local. 11:25 A. 31. Edenton, Plymouth, Washington, (Greenville Wilson, Raleigh), New bern, Morehead City, Beaufort, Kinston, Croldsboro, Oriental. Parlor car to New Bern. 10:47 P. M. Edenton. Washington, (Xew Bern) Greenville, Wilson. Raleigh, Charlotte. Sleeping cars to Raleigh and Xew Bern. M. Norfolk and intermediate points. Pullman Sleeping 'car to Norfolk. P. M. Norfolk express. Parlor car to Norfolk. 3:30 P. M. Norfolk, Local. xll:10 A. M. Nicanor, Sunbury, Corapeake, Suffolk. For detail information apply or write to S. D. BROWN. T. P. A. 620 Law Bldg., Norfolk, Va. E. S. IKH GLAS, Tek. Agt.. Elizabeth City, N. C. DR. JOHN H. BELL Osteopathic Physician 326 HINTON BUILDING Elizabeth City, N. C. ;FG-tf Flu, That Dreaded Disea -ease H. S. WILLEY DENTIST Room 29, Kramer Bldg. Not Cured But Greatly Prevented B j uuuu ngni anoes Which can easily be made ti-iit , fortable at a greatly redui i 1 ' at the Cut-rate Shoe ltcpair Shos. J 10T South Water St. Phone lQSr, TRANNIE CRANK Established 1887 ODELL BROS. COMMISSION MERCHANTS We Sell Products from the Farm. Shipments f 11 XT solicited Norfolk Va. Vr 16-Jjr. 6:30 A. 3:00 ESTABLISHED 1865 JOHN O. GAM AGE Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Building Lime, Cement, Plaster, Laths, Drain Tile, Sewer Pipe, Fire Bricks, Etc. 200 Water Street NORFOLK, VA. Mr. 2G 3 mos. 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( D e v o e embraces these qualities. It covers more surface, lasts longer and looks better than man- so called pure paints. I D. M. JONES CO. Elizabeth City, N. C Paint 500 Gallons Waterall's Semi-Paste Paint pur chased before price ad vanced. Our present stock of Waterall's Semi Paste Paint, $3.75 per gallon. One gallon of this paint mixed with one gallon of pure lin-seed oil pro duces two gallons of guaranteed paint. Inquiries solicited. Kramer Bros. Co Elizabeth City, N. C. (C MA 1? AND 0 Has! IN Albemarle Fertilizers Real German potash from the 'mines of Germany and France; an abundance of fish scrap from the fisheries on your own North Carolina Coast. Your soil needs both this year and you can not afford to experiment with doubtful brands. i If you know anything about the manufacture of fertilizers, we will be glad to have you visit our model factory on Knobbs Creek and see fertilizers mixed as they should be. If you don't know anything about the mann facture of fertilizers, then visit us anyway because we can show you something worth money to you. Albemniairle Fertilizes Co. J. H. LeRoy,Mgr. , Phone 1059