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Social and fieMonal
Edited by Billie Saunders Smith
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Presidents
A meeting of the presidents cf
Womans Clubs of the 16th. district
wili be held in Hertford next Fri
day. The meeting is called for 11
o'clock, with luncheon at 1.
Mrs. J. C. Brett of Ahoskie. who!
is district president, has had to
resign on account cf illness. Mrs. I
W. W. Stcinmates of this city has,
b< en appointed to fiil her unexpir
ed term, and will preside at the
meeting. Mrs. R. T. Johnson, pres
ident of the Hertford Womans j
club, will be official hostess. Mrs.
M. P. Hite of this city will attend
as distil reporter. Mrs. J. C.
Blancttd? of Hertford is district
moving chairman. Miss Mar.iorie !
Fearing, president of the local jun- '
ior womans club will also attend,
as will several other members of J
the local womans club.
The purpose of the meeting is |
to prepare for the district meet- j
ing to be held at Gatcsvillc on
October 17th.
The following clubs v. ill be rep- I
resented at the luncheon: Alioskie. |
Camden. Chowan. Dare. Elizabeth j
City. Gatesville. Hertford. Moyock.
Murfrcesboro. and Winton. with
two junior clubs, th" Elizabeth
City club and the Alioskie club.
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Visitins Parents
Ernest Vicent Bell, of Prince j
Edward Island. Canada, is visiting
his parents on Euclid Avenue, ex
tended for the first time since
their resident in this city. Prince j
Edward Island, by the way. is a
long way from Elizabeth City?
about 1.700 miles in fact.
Holidays Wit hMother
Miss Mary Leigh Sheep, who is
working in Morehead City, arriv
ed Saturday to spend the Labor
Day holidays with her mother.
Mrs. M. Leigh Sheep on West I
Main Street.
Visiting Parents
Miss Augusta Walker, who
works in the Dean's office at Duke
University in Durham, is spend-!
ing a few days with her parents.
Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Walker on'
West Main Street.
At Virginia Beach
Captain and Mrs. C. H. Wrotan
of West Main street left Saturday :
to spe nd the Labor day holidays ;
at Virginia Beach.
In Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Gregory, i
Mr. and Mrs. Dal Williams and [
Mas. ?yde Garrett left Saturday
by OLtt ir for Washington. D. C.
Incy expect to return Tuesday.
Mr. aad Mrs. Gregory and Mrs.
Garrok will stay at the Hotel Pla
za ana Mr. and Mrs. Williams will I
visit relatives.
Returns Home
Miss Mayo Armstrong returned
to her home on Cypress street Sat
urday I rem Morehead City where
she has been spending the past
three weeks as the guest of Miss
Clara Spence.
Visits Relatives
Mrs. Mamie Duke of the Duke
Inn. spent the week-end in La
Orange with relatives.
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At Kitty Hawk
Mr. and Mrs. Winfield R. Smith
of Baltimore arrived Saturday to
spend several days at Kitty Hawk
beach as the guests of Mrs. -
Smith's brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Light, at their
cottage. The Lighthouse.
Visit Miss Bailey
Sergeant and Mrs. Douglas
Symington and Corporal S. L.?
Showers of Langley Field, spent
the week-end here as the guests j
of Miss Mary Louise Bailey onj
Riverside Drive.
Week-End With Mother
Miss Dorothy Scott of Norfolk
spent the week-end here with her
moth.or. Mrs. Jay Scott on Selden
street. j'
Visiting Parents *
Miss Faith Hite, who lias been j
working in Washington Willi the
treasury department, has arrived
to spend two weeks with her par
ents. Captain and Mrs. M. P. Hite
on Harney street.
Leaves For Tarboro
Miss Marie James of Weeksville,
left yesterday for Tarboro where
she will teach in the public
schools this year.
In Norfolk
Miss Jane Sawyer and Jay
Scott spent Saturday in Norfolk.
Returns Home
Mrs. O. McMullan has returned
heme after spending several days
at Nags Head as the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Buxton White.
Leaves To Teach
Miss Mary Heath Lewis of Penn
sylvania avenue has left to resume
her duties as teacher in the high
school at Stokes. N. C.
Visits Relatives
Clarence D. Powell, district su
pervisor of the local NYA. spent
the week-end with relatives in
Clinton.
In Washington
Bill Culpepper of West Main
street is spending a few days with
friends in Washington, D. C.
Returns Home
Calvin Twiddy returned today
from Cape Charles where he
spent the week-end. Mr. Twiddy
was accompanied home by his wife
who has been visiting relatives
there for the past two weeks.
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Hertford News
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Thursday evening, J. C. Blanch-1
ard and Company Department I
Store was at home to its patrons,
featuring the leading fall styles
in coats, dresses, and millinery,
madelled by several attractive
young ladies and children of Hert
ford. The men's display was al
so splendid although no models
| were used. After the fashion
show, punch and wafers were
served by Misses Bernice White
; and Edna Ruth Cannon. Those
serving as models were: Misses
Mary Helene Newby, Mary Towe,
| Jean White, Marjorie Buck, Pat
Edwards, Helen Mae White, Bar
bara Anne Winslow, Betty Jean
Winslow, Mesdames Joseph Towe,
Jr.. Sydney Broughton, and Little
| Randolph Winslow.
Personals
Mrs. Joe Towe, Sr., left Friday
for a Norfolk Hospital, where she
i wil undergo treatment.
Miss Mattie Catling White of
Raleigh will spend Sunday with
! her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. A.
I White.
Miss F-ances Fowler will leave
Monday for her school work in
Marion.
Mrs. Reginald Tucker and son,
returned yesterday from a visit
with relatives on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia.
Miss Belle Fagan of Norfolk is
the house guest of Mrs. R. W.
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. William Perry of
Norfolk are the weed-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Perry.
Mrs. Dick Potter and son of
Florence. S. C., have returned af
ter a visit to her parents.
Miss Harriet Frances Madre of
Richmond is the week-end guest
of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Madre.
Mr. and Mrs. George Chappell
of Washington, are spending some
time in Hertford renewing old ac
quaintances. They are stopping
at Hotel Hertford.
Mrs. G. I. Bullock and son. Tora
mie. returned Sunday to their
, home in CreeUmore. alter a visit
; to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Knowles.
William Murphey Moore left
Sunday for his home in Brewster,
N. Y., after a visit to his grand
j mother. Mrs. Ida Gregory.
Most of Hertford's stores and
business firms wil close at 1 P. M.
' Monday to observe Labor Day.
At The Shoe Store
Head Clerk: "What's the mat
ter Jodkins? Can't you help the
customer?"
Clerk (desperately): "No, sir,
He's trying to^fihd two shoes that
. squeak in tlie
Edenton Personals
Edenton, N. C.- Sept. 6.?Of In
terest here is the marriage oi
Miss Margaret Garland Stephen
son. attractive daughter of Mrs.
Stephenson and the late Captain
Samuel X. Stephenson to Thomas
Merrick Long of Norfolk, son ol
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Long of Sea
board, which took place Saturday
at high noon in the Memorial
Methodist church. Norfolk. The
ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Archie Acy. The church was
decorated with gladiolii and light
ed candles.
The bride who was given in
marriage by her brother Stuart
X. Stephenson wore an ensemb"
of brown mellow spun crepe with
antelope hat and accessories to
match. Her flowers were a shoul
der corsage of Sweetneart roses.
Following the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Long left for a wedding
trip north and on their return
will reside in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. M. A. Evans left Satur
day for her home in Elizabeth
City after being employed here
at J. H. Holmes for the past two
months. I
H. B. Chappell is quite ill at his
heme on E. King street.
Miss Connie Fr.gan left Sunday
for Franklington to visit friends
before returning to her home in
Garden City, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest White and
Mr. and Mrs. Yates Jordan spent
the past week-end at Nags Head.
Miss Helen Willis and Miss
Evelyn Webb of Farmvillc spent
Saturday with Mrs. M. G. Brown
on Queen street.
Tom Chears returned Friday
from New York, where he lias
been spending a week.
Mrs. Gordan Blow spent Satur
day in Norfolk shopping.
Mrs. A. R. Nicholson who has
been the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Loyed Burton left yesterday for
her home in Norfolk.
Miss Ruth Jones of Norfolk. }s
the guest of Mrs. Jones on Queen
street.
Mrs. P. Staler of Norfolk, has
returned to her home after spend
ing the past week with Mrs. Sam
Holmes on Oakum street.
J. Frank White; Fielding Tan
ner; Frank Hughes; and Roy
Spry spent Saturday at Ocean
View.
Miss Rebecca Hollowell left
yesterday for Mars Hill where she
will enter Mars Hill college.
Miss Clara Smith leaves today
for Greensboro where she will en
ter Greensboro college.
Miss Margaret Hollowed; Mrs.
Wallace Jones and Miss Agnes
Chapped spent yesterday at Nags
Head.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Tunstall
and two children Burnap and
Madeline left yesterday for their
home in Norfolk, after spending
the week end with Mrs. Sam
Holmes on Oakum street.
Miss Sainte left yesterday for
Mars Hill where she will enter
Mars Hill college.
Mrs. J. H. Ballard delightfully
entertained at her home at 803
W. Church Street Saturday morn
ing, honoring her neice, Miss Sy
bil Harris, of Durham, who is her
guest.
Various games were played, after
which the young guests were serv
ed refreshments.
Those invited to meet to Miss
Harris were: Misses Carolyn Mas
sie, Mary Louise Daniels, Lois,
Deans, Shirley Perry, Hurilla Love,
Geraldine Hughes and Mary Eliz
abeth Love.
So. Mills Personals
Miss Maline Riddick spent the
week-end at her home in Whaley
ville.
Miss Anabel Wood went to her
home in Woodville over the week
end.
Mrs. Ferman C. Lewis has re
turned to her home in Norfolk
after spending the week with her
sister, Mrs. Herbert Mullen.
Miss Inez Stevens visited friends
in South Norfolk over the week
end.
Miss Montine Ward spent the
week-end at her home in Hobbs
ville.
Miss Aline Spivey has returned
after spending the week-end in
Hobbsville.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jones and
baby left Saturday for their home
in Baltimore after being the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jones.
City Noises
"Sleep well in the country ?'K
! "First night I couldn't sleep at
all. After that I hired a farmei
, boy to sit in my automobile anc
, blow the horn all night. Then ]
got along fine."?Grit.
I Queen of the Great Lakes
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"QUEEN OF THE GREAT LAKES" will be tne title conferred on this
dainty lass at the carnival of the Great Lakes to he held soon in
Burnham Park, Chicago, at the site of the Century of Progress Ex
postion. She is Miss Mary Dunbar 19-year-old model, Mayor Ed
ward J. Kelly will bestow upon her the official crown, at the opening
of the carnival.
Caroline ChatfSays
Yoihi<? Girl Inilicls Ilor DivorriMl Fun'iils W lio Break:
Up Hit Homo ami Consign Ilor to Live With Un
sympathetic Ohl l'oeple.
DEAR MISS CIIATFIELD:
What docs a person do when so bored with life that she would
gladly die if there were somebody to kill her, or kill herself if
she had the nerve? _ I live in a small town _ My parents are
divorced and I stammer so badly that I run myself crazy trying
to get out what I have to say. I am not ugly but my stammering
is ruining my life and may parents say they cannot afford to send
me to a school to be cured. We live with my grandparents and
| it is not like having your own home. A shack would be better
i than living in somebody's house and feeling that every bite you
eat is seen by your stingy grandmother. All she ever says
i my complaints is "Just wait, your time will come." But how will
it come? Now Miss Chatfield, uon ; tell me I am not old enough
to understand life. I have heard that old story and I am sick of it.
I understand this much: this is no way to raise a girl... ALICE II.
ANSWER:
Dear child, you are suffering because the parents who brought you
here didn't consider you when it suited their selfish pleasure to sepa
rate. I will grant you there is m:g:ily little of your cloud's silver
lining turned toward you, but you can come out of the gloom, if you
put your mind to it. Here are some suggestions:
There is a famous stammering school which works miracles with
its pupils. The treatment is so simple that you can try a part of it at
home, being your own teacher. Don't speak a word for ten days ox
two weeks but use a pad and pencil and then when you begin to
talk, speak very slowly, one woi-d at time, with pauses between. This
will enable you to overcome the nervous frenzy which your stammer- |
ing is causing. Maybe when your mother sees the improvement she I
will have a heart and get up the money to send you away.
Perhaps a shack would be better than living with your grand
i parents, but there is an army of roving young people who haven't
even a shack, not a place to lay their heads or food to satisfy
hunger. You are better off than these. The next time your grand
mother looks at you as though she begrudging you the meal, re
member these hungry ones.
Your time will come and you must be ready for it. Instead of sit
ting by bored and longing to die, get yourself some good books and
read. You will find out that everybody has it tough sometime in life,
whether they be people in history or infiction. The disappointments
and the hardships don't matter much because they pass. The import
ant thing is what they do to your disposition and your character. Now
buck up. show your selfish parents that you can take it. show them
' that in spite of the raw deal they have handed you. you can come out
on top.
CAROLINE CIIATFIELD
Problems of general interest submitted by readers will be discussed
in this column. Letters unsuitable for publication will be answered i
personally provided they contain stamped, sell-addressed envelopes.
All names are held in confidence. Write Miss Chatfield, in care of i
this newspaper.
STAR SIGNALS
BY
OCTAVINE
For persons who believe that human
destiny Is guided by the planet, the dally
horoscope Is outlined by a noted astro
loger. In addition to Information of
personal Intorost, It outllnos Information
of special Interest to persons born on tho
designated dates.
SEPTEMBER 8, 1936
Birthdates falling between May
21 and June 20 are most likely to
be affected by today s influences.
General Indications For All
Morning?Very bad.
Afternoon?Bad.
Evening?Doubtful.
This day is centered around a
state of confusion. Postpone any
action.
Today's Birthdate
You may have to make great
effort to succeed. Do not specu
late or leap in the dark if you
wish to succeed.
Grippe, colds, intestinal pois
oning, as well as difficulty with
partners, may be experienced dur
ing Oct. 1936 through Jan. 1937,
if you do not build your health up
now to avoid this. Get plenty of
rest and do not add to your re
sponsibilities.
! Your home life should expand
and pleasure and romance should
come your way during Feb. 1937.
Danger Oct. 19 through 26, 1936.
Seek 10, 000 Zoo Backers.
Toledo. (U.R)?The Toledo Zoo
1 logical Society, which supports
[ the Toledo Zoo, has planned a
campaign to enlist 1000 mem
Creswell Personals j
Entertains Friends
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Woodley en
tertained their many friends at
their home Friday evening. Cards
and dancing were enjoyed. There
were several tables of contract,
auction, and setback. High score
prize in contract and in auction
was won by Mrs. Clyde Smithson.
High score prize in setback was
| won by Mrs. C. II. Adcrhalt. A
! delicious salad plate was served
j after which the floor was cleared
for dancing.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Smithson, Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Smithson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Starr, Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Starr, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Har
ris, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Backman.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Peal. Mr. and
j Mrs. A. G. Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
A. S. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Leon
ard Motlz, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Bateman, Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Co
hoon of Columbia, N. C., Mrs. Ce
cil Gv/ain, Mrs. Sadie Green, Mrs.
Nannie Armstrong, Mrs. J. H.
Reynolds, Mrs. Mary Armstrong,
Misses Ruth Miller, Mary K.
Davenport, Grace Stiliman, Mar
garet Ann Swain, Sally Carter,
Virginia Phelps, Thclma Cooper,
I Messrs. Josh Woodley, D. E. Wood
j ley, Robert Woodley, Preston
Woodley and C. H. Aderhalt.
BASIL STILLMAN DEAD
Creswell, Sept. 6.?Funeral ser
vices for Basil Stiliman, 38, who
died at the home of his mother
hear Creswell Tuesday night at
nine o'clock, were conducted from
Oak Grove Baptist Church Tliurs
day morning at ten o'clock by Dr. I
G. A. Martin. Burial was in Mat- j i
thew County, Va.. the burial place '.
of Iris wife. He had been an in
valid for eight years.
He is survived by his mother, j
Mrs. Eloise St.'llman; four chil
dren, one by his first wife who
was Ruby Tarkington, and three |
by his last wife, Annie Belle Fos- i
ter of Matthew County, Va. They ]
arc Mrs. Nannie James of Eden
ton, and Jean Walter, and Jack.
He is also survived by six brothers:
Edward and Gilbert Stillman of j
near Crcswcl), Phillip stillman of j
Petersburg, and Rev. W..':e Still
man, Mercer Stillman t... Joe
Stillman of Philadelphia, an-? c
sister, Mrs. Gilbert Patrick of |
Creswell.
i
The German Club of Creswell
will present Newell and his Royal
Campbell Orchestra here on Sept
ember 8 at 9:30 P. M. This or
chestra has been playing at Nags
Head this summer, and has had a
three month's engagement at
Daytona Beach, Florida. They i
played for six weeks at the Robert
E. Lee hotel. The program will
feature Woodley Pettman, vocal
ist, and the three Campbell broth
ers.
Personals
Mrs. May Simmons has gone out
of business and moved to her
farm in Tyrrell County.
i
Clyde Smithson has rented the
store vacated by Mrs. May Sim
mons and expects to make a mod
ern dance hall.
Mrs. Sadie Spruillfenil Mr. Mr x
I
ic Alexander of Washington, D.11
C., ere the guests of Mrs. Rennie jc
Alexander.
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NEGRO TAKEN TO HOSPITAL j
Creswell, Sept. 6.?Sheriff W. D. j (
Pea! and Mr. H. R. Stillman car- ]
lied a negro woman of near Cres- |
well to Goldsboro Friday to be ]
admitted as an inmate to the
State I-cspit'il for Negroes.
Bis ma! Swamp Canal
Banks To Be Cleared
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South Mi'ls, S:pt. 7.? Work has
started cn the c'carancc of the
Jhiv.a! o'v-yt.p canal bank on)
rob j 17. Mr. Roy Saunders of j
Burgaw, a landscape gardener,
arrived ten t'e.ys ago to line up
the work and. onperv.se tiic work
which is being done by local men.
The project - :io\V"4n process will
take probably two months. It em
ploys approximately thirty men,
v/lio work two shifts. One shift
goes to work on Monday and
works in til Wednesday and the
other shift goes on Thursday and
works until Saturday, each making
a thirty hour week.
The jMo.icci is to clear out all
of the useless underbrush leaving
the trees which will add to the
beauty of the drive. It will be
cleared quite r. few feet on the
light side cf the George Washing
ion highway and to the canal on
the left side. The clearance begins
at the Virginia, Carolina line and
is extending to South Mills.
The money for this work is ap
propriated by the government to
;he state, who ftn;)!')'
With the thick
cleared away the <
>een from the highv.
do a drive of which .
ients of eastern C '
proud and one whir;
tourists which toui '
Florida will enjoy.
SUNDAY V ! ?!
A marriage lie r.
yesterday by R- .
J. C. Spence u> -Jo
Crabtrec. 23. of I' ? ?
Mae Mansfield. IS. <:
The girl's par :u . ."
Richard Mansfield.
Crabtrec is a son of
Bunn Richard Cu
eigh. They were
Justice of Peace I '
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(SYN0PS,S ff\;f
Kezia Marsh, pretty, selfish ?ntf twen
ty, arrives home in Co-irith fro-:'. s:Uvoi
and is met by her older brother,
He drives her to the Mat?H horre wp?r;
her widowed mother, Fin van.ea, a warm
hearted, self-sacrificing and urnlm si&;*-.llitg
soul, welcomes lier. uczia's sister, Mar
gery, plump and matronly v.-I'll the care
of three children, is at i'.'.nch with them.
Hugh's wife. Dorrie, has pleaded a previ
ous engagement. Fluvanna Marsli wakens
the next morning from a dream about her
late husband, Jim, whose unstable charac
ter she fears Keria has inherited. Kllen
IVndleton comes over. She is an artistically
'inclined girl who is a favorite oi Hugh's.
Ske happily tells Fluvanna she has become
en?jped to Jerry l'urdue. Ellen fears that
her father and mother, Gavin and Lizzie,
will not approve the match. Hugh and
Dorrie go out to the Frecland Farms to
dar.oe with their friends, Cun and Joan
Whitney. Whitney, who has been out of
work, announces that he has a new posi
tion. Cun and Dorrie dance together and
then disappear for a while. Dancing with
Joan. Hugh finds her in tears. Apparently
she lias some secret worry over her hus
band Cun. When Ellen and Jerry speak
about their engagement to Ellen's parents.
Lizzie is disagreeable until Jerry sympa
thizes with her imagined ailments. Gavin,
a banker, is cold to Jerry's proposal. While
Lizzie unbends slightly, the matter is left
pending. .
(PgjP& CHAPTER IV
Hugh was intensely annoyed as
he buttered his breakfast roll. "You
say you wrote to him, and then you
got this letter? Why didn't you say
something to me first?"
"I thought I might persuade you
to change," answered Dorrie.
He shook his head. "It wouldn't
do, darling, at all. Insurance is a
business I know nothing about. It
would take me a year or two to
learn?and what would we live on
during that time?"
"John thinks you might do very
well in a few months. See what
he says," she tossed the letter
?over to him from John Reeper,
husband of her sister Beryl.
; It was a mild communication, of
fering little or nothing; if Hugh
Iwanted to take up the insurance
business in New York, he would
put him in touch with the right par
,ties. Hugh groaned to himself that
Dorrie should regard this as a busi
ness opportunity!
The lace on the flowing sleeve of
Dorrie's negligee fell away as she
lifted her arm to pour a cup of |
coffee. "Your father was in the in
surance business?you should have
some taleft fcr it," she said idly.
Hugh disregarded that. "We'd
have to move away." ^
"Exactly."
"You want to? Leave this little
place, our place? The arbor-vitae
hedge is coming along so nicely,
and the peach and plum trees we
Dlanted "
"Sentimental as a woman"
"I'd hate to leave Corinth?even
if this were a real opportunity?and
it isn't. The place where you were
born sort of gets into your blood.
You know everyone . . . and Moth
er?she's here."
"All the foolish objections first
and the real one last!"
1 Hugh looked at her reproachfully.
"And you like the steel business?
I've heard considerable complaint
about how hard that is!" She was
using the curling tone he disliked,
very soft, edged with malice.
"I've spent eight years in it. My
grandfather was in it; most of my
relatives are. At least I know
what it's about."
When she did not answer he went
on pleadingly. "I haven't done so
badly here, Dorrie. And it hasn't
been my name or connections.
Those don't count with competition
keen as it is. I started at the bot
tom and they advanced me. I
might get a good salary some day
?yes, a really good one."
!?? She threw out her hands; a small,
wise smile curved her lips. "At
least I've asked you! But it has
turned out exactly the way I ex
pected it to! . . . I'll write to Beryl
today."
^ At the plant that morning, he
visited .the different department:;,
checking with the foremen on the
progress of the work.
A little after ten a long distance
call came in from Congress City
i about same steei mesh they hid
delivered for, road building. FpUer,
the contractor, complained that it
was not of the specified thicknc.s.
and was much annoyed! Hugh
promised to r.crjd a man to look at
it at once. Potter was a good cus
tomer; it wouldn't do to offend him.
He sent for the records, talked
with the foreman and decided to
make the trip to Congress City him
self, a drive of 50 miles.
A fine day?and if he drove, why
not take Dorrie? They could go
over the New Portland highway,
which wound along a ridge cf the
hills. Fine scenery. He tried to
telephone her but the line was
busy. She had told him she wasn't
going out today?he would have
some sandwiches packed at thc
club, drive up and get her. She
would probably bo glad to have the
outing.
With his basket cf lunch which
the chef at the ck;b had put up for
him, and driving toward home, he
felt an expanding glow:within him
self at this uneroccled break in the
daily order. A day with Dorrie,
out under the sky and sun, would
work its magic, would smooth out
misunderstanding, draw them clos
er in harmony.
He ?a\v Tillie, the maid, moving
a dust cloth over an upstairs win
dow sill as he went up the walk.
Dorrio was telephoning at the hall
table in a low almost inaudible
voice as he entered the front door.
She turned at the sound of his foot
steps, and the look which came
over her face, startled, almost an
gry, gave him a feeling of shock.
She hung up the receiver quickly
without saying gocd-by.
"What brings you home? For
get something?" she inquired light
ly. A flush colored h<jr checks.
"No. I came to see if you would
like to go jaunting."
"Where?"
"Congress City. The contractor
there is kicking about the road
mesh we sent. Want to go?"
She hesitated. "No, you go along
alone. I'm not dressed and there
are things I want to do."
The telephone pealed sharply.
Dorrie whirled abruptly for it, but
Hugh had already lifted the re
ceiver to his car. "Hello . . .
hello . . . hello."
lie nung up. i.>u one on uie nne
apparently! . . . You don't want to
go? What's the reason? Haven't
made a date, have you? We could
drive over the Portland highway?
they say it is beautiful scenery."
The flush on her face had faded;
she looked rather pale. "It docs
sound nice, retonsidering. I'll go."
"I had a lunch packed and
thought wc would cat along Lone
some River."
She smiled faintly in approval.
"I'll slip into that green dress you
like and be with you in a minute."
In the country Dorric sang soft
ly, a snatch of this, a bit of that,
a rhythmical accompaniment to the
purring of the engine. They chose
the less frequented narrow roads
which led past rich farms, gently
rolling hill farms, brooks dividing
the pastures where cattle grazed,
ponds which reflected the blue sky
and its cottony wisps of cloud.
It was July when the season
pauses in stillness. The sparkling,
capricious spring was past; there
was no hint of autumn.
The new highway crested the
hills. They drove higher and high
er until a panorama of countryside,
the sweep of field, the darkness of
wood, the stubble of cut grain and
shimmer of piled wheat, extended
in great rolling distances to right
and left of them, so far that a blue
haze met the horizon.
Dorrie touched his arm. "Let's
stop here. Hugh. I
an airplane, isn't /.
The drop va
Wound s'miouslv.
caught t?'o gleam o?
rtlvorirs o""r sone ?
io<3 the 'rinse cf I I
Sow which leaned c.
"Lonesome River 3
1 "Se?i <h.'it fiat r -c!.
strearn? We'll be e.
in !? r. ndnuU ?*."
T1 -cv descended 9
and came to a sc ;
en very oH s> ?
called Norwich. A '
of the bridge led ;
tance along the i
parked the car i
mores, and tnkin., ?
ket, started rd>"< ;
trail by the wnt
"Hungry ?" at-k -1 :
they came to a 1 ?
water.
"Ravenous! V.*!' ?
She knelt or er t
drew out some ch
wrapped in Oil \
??
"I'm Not Checking
Calls, 3Iy ih\*r."
on a napkin botwc on '
fruit! Ginger-ale ?
You thought of ever:
you?"
"It won't be very r '
"Never mind. I' v
how. Have you an <
Lunch over they
for a few minutes, his
her.
"You've been nicer t
than you've been for
Hugh softly.
"Have I, old fur.ny?"
"I am glad I had to go '
gress City." He waite i.
ing to have me go to
Got over it?"
"It's all right. If you
you couldn't, I suppc
swered. "Sweet here, j
bad we have to leave. 1
here all afternoon."
"And yet at first ;
couldn't go. When I r ?
brows puzzled. "By li ?
were you phoning to v.
in? You hur.g up wi
good-by."
Her body stiffened ;
ever so slightly. A r
tiny pain moved :u I'
blow of a small hammr
"None of my business .
he said with an apol->
"Shouldn't have ark. 1 .
cusc me." He sprar.
"You would ask l!:..
"I'm not checking y
calls, my dear. It v
idle question . . . I <
how it sounded when I
She traced the rock v.
ger. In a moment ;he
one who is having a L
few days shouldn't be t A
tive."
"Next month?August."
"Well, even then.'" si
good-humorcdly.
The pain vanished. J
(TO UL CONTINI I I