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PXGE ETGHT MEftFOKD fATL TRTETTKE, "NrEPFORD, OB EG ON". SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1936 THE WORLD- WITH A FENCE A, New Novel by Marian Sims SYNOPSIS: Vara it year o teaching achoot at Aahboro ta fin ished. It meant, actually, aucceea aa a teacher ana failure in the two acuta situation which engaged her emotions. Sow she ia determined to try Atlanta, and that in epite 0 the act that the neareat ehe haa to a "contact" likely to produce a lob ia Bloke Thornton, Blake wae her partner at a dinner in Aahboro, and he wna impressed with her. What' ever happens, Carol has determined to teach no longer. Chapter 21 , .IRST EFFORT CAROL said: "2260 Elmwood Road," to the tail driver, and at back against the worn leather seat The taxi lunged noisily ahead. The address belonged, temporari ly at least, to Margery Craig, who had been Carol s roommate at col' lego. Margery's husband was In the real estate business, so she never lived anywhere very long. She moved Into a vacant house and filed It up as best she could, to Improve Its rental or sale value, and then Harry Craig immediately began bringing prospects to Inspect It. 2250 Elmwood proved to be a trite house of tapestry brick with depressed-looking shrubbery and one emaciated pine to ward on the Geor gia sun. The driver carried her bag to the porch, and Margery appeared before the bell could ring. "Carol! I'm so glad to see you. Let me carry that. ..." Carol kissed her. "It's not heavy. Margery, It's swell to see you." They went Inside, and deposited the suitcase In the guest room. Mar gery sat on the bed and smiled. "You look like a million dollars." Carol smiled back, and took off her hat. "So do you." That was painfully untrue. Mar gery Howell bad been tiny and blonde, with poach-blossom color ing and cameo features. Margery Craig war too thin, and her Are was gone. Two children and all moves in the past four years, together with n husband In real estate, had been ;too much for her. She sighed. ! "I feel like I look a thousand." , They went Into the living-room and sat down. "I'm sorry I couldn't meet you," Margery apologised, "but we've only got a company car and Harry had an engagement' "I wouldn't have let you. Coming In at the suburban station mads It Just a stop, anyhow." There was an awkward silence. I've lost contact with her, Carol realized sadly, and thought of the years tbey had been Inseparable. Carol lit a clgaret and said with metallic brightness: "Whore are the children? I've never even seen the baby." Mnrgery's face came alive. "Little Harry's out with the maid, and the baby's having her nap. It's almost time tor her to wake up. Tell me lbout what you've been doing and what you're going to do," Cnrol told her briefly, and added: 'As for what I'm going to do Lord knows. I'm starting the hunt In the morning. If I'm lucky enough to And anything I'll begin whenever they say. Wha' i'd like to do Is And some body that wants to hire me a month from now: then I can go on over to Meredith and spend a month with the family." Margery was determinedly Inter ' estod, but Carol sensed that an un attached woman In search of a Job was something too remote from her present existence to seem very real. The humor of it struck her forcibly. She said with the same artificial brightness: "Toll me about the rest of the girls. I haven't heard from any of 'm In ages. How's Louise?" Margery's eyes clouded. "She's getting a divorce. Kenneth drinks like a fish, but I think It's as much her fault as his. And Cornelia's got a grand ob (she's not married, you know) with Millbanks's. She's a buyer In the ready-to-wear depart ment." Carol made a mental note to look np Cornelia. It sounded as If she and Cornelia might succeed In resum ing the Intimacy of six years ago. They went doggedly through the roster of mutual acquaintances. When the list was complete Carol laid: "By the way, do you know a man named Thornton? Blake Thornton?" .Margery nodded. "Ves. At least I know who he Is. Harry knows him, and 1'vo seen his wife at parties. Why'.'" "I met him In Ashboro, and when he found I was hunting a Job he sug gested that 1 look him up. Not that that means anything." She suc cumbed to curiosity and asked: "What's his wife like?" Margery hesitated, and Carol wanted to smile. Margery, In col lese, had been famous (or her tact, "She seemed very nice," Margery conceded. "I think she's a lot older than DIakc, and she doesn't look very strong. But 1 imagine sne was beautiful when she was a girl." A shrill, lusty wall assailed the si lence, and Margery sprang to her feet. "That's Dollle," she said eagerly. And added unnecessarily: "She's waked up." THORNTON & COMPANY, the building directory said, occu pied rooms 608-10-12. Promptly at half-past four Carol found the of fices, and entered with some unease. Blake Thornton, for all the polite ness In his voice when she tele phoned, might be regretting his sug gestion. The secretary took her name and disappeared, to return almost im mediately. "Mr. Thornton will see you now, Miss Torrance." Blake got up from his desk to shake hands. "This is fine," he smiled. "Take that chair." She sat down, and wished sudden ly that she hadn't come. It seemed rather unsporting to grasp at a casual offer made during a social evening. "How's Ashboro?" he asked. "And all the Tylers?" "Fine. Ben and Andy both sent their best, and aald you were to come down and go fishing whenever you could get away." She felt more uncomfortable and unnecessary than ever, as If her very presence said to him: Well, here I am. What are you going to do about me? "Nice of them." He was talking about the. Tylers, she remembered with an effort. "I wish I could 'take 'em up on It" Silence clogged their talk. A ten tative breeze drifted through the windows, and noises boiled up faint ly from the pavement below: brakes, screaming at truffle, newsboys screaming the afternoou papers. He said finally: "What about the job? Anything promising so far?" "Not very. I went to see the friend In placement work, and put my name In the pot She thinks there's sure to be something In the fall, but that's a long way off." "You don't want to take the sum mer off? A city's like the suburbs of hell In July and August" She smiled. "You forget I've got to start working towarda a farm tor my old age. I'd like to have three or four weeks at home, of course, but even that's not essential." , TO HER surprise he was nodding ffrAAinenL "1 h.rin't fnronitan was Just trying to find out how badly yo i wanted It" He leaned tor- ward In his chair, and his manner became almost brusk. "What I had in mind would be an experiment of course, and If It didn't work I'd have to Are you." "Naturally," she said tiulckly. "I'm not that dumb." "Our business," he' disregarded her comment "Is the only one in this section of the South, so far as I know. We do newspaper advertising of all sorts: some stuff that we syn dicate and sell over and over, throughout the country. In good tlmea we had two regular copy men on the staff, but for the last two years I've written aa much of It as I had time for, and the rest I've turned over to freelances." He stared speculatively at hor. "I was wondering what sort of copy you'd write. , . ." She looked back at him. and tried not to be too eager. "I haven't the faintest Idea, but I'd like very much to have a ahot at It" The room was quiet again. Blake Thornton was openly appraising her, with eyes as cold as slate, and she sat still and waited for the verdict We might try It and see," he said thoughtfully. "I've got an Idea that a brand new slant might make val uable copy, once you had the hang of It. You wouldn't be saturated with all the stock phrases and cliches." She felt the lifting of a physical weight from her shoulders, and the resultant lightness made her want to spring from her chair. The Imaie of his astonishment restrained her. "The salary wouldn't be big to start with," he was saying: "say a hundred a month. Of course we spend several times that on copy some months, and If you get the hang of It and can turn It out falrlv rapidly, we'll pay you a good deal more." Carol had smiled suddenly. "When do I start?" He considered again. "You said something about a month at home. What about July Arst?" "That would suit me perfectly." "Summer would be a good time tor you to start In, I expect." (Copyright, Hit, by UaHan Sims) Csrol Is driven heme, tomorrow, by her new bose. Lake Cretk LAKE CREEK, S?pt. 15. SpU Mr. J. B. Short fntrtalnd Friday evfnlng with a. wedding reception in honor of the rwirrlas of hfr daugh ter. Harriet, and Victor Gardener, which took place the prevtotm Satur day at Grants Pw, A large group o? friend enjoyed Mr. Short' hos pitality. Mr. and Mra, Oardener ir ma King their home In MM ford, Hclatlvea and friend of Mrs. Wm. GriMm of C-oodln. Idaho. plcnlrkM at the Frank Farlow place Sunday. Amontr those present were Mr. and Mrs. Herb Grlssom. Mr. and Mr. C, R. Moore. Mr. and Mr. Frank Farlow, Mr and Mr. Llovd Stlmnon and dnuphter. Mr, and Mr. PtM Stlmaon and family. Mr. and Mr Will Nelon, Mr. Lucy Gritsom and family. Mr Elizabeth GrlsRom. Mr. and Mr. J. r. Maxflcld, Mrs. Minnie Orluom and daughter. Mr. Anna Tonn. mim Julia Rit, 0w Teck. Roy Boyer. Ciyde Orlwom. and Mrs. Alice sum on. Mr. and Mr. Chaj. Clngcade r,d daughter and Ml Aimed Day and Mr. and Mr. Harry Tonn came In the afternoon. Mr. and Mr E. E. Meyer spent liut week end at Huckleberry mountain. They returned with about fifteen gallon of huckleberrie. Mr. E R. Jones of Klamath coun ty, la apendtns tw day at the Randal place. Caller Sunday evening t the Tonn home were Mr. and Mr. Roy Grlgshy and Mr, and Mr. Hrrv Tonn Mr. L. J. Orlom and Clyde and Joyce attended a party at Cintscade home nMu fetgle Point recently. Mr. X- Grioni la vlmting at tne Ortom home. Be cur recU) aorwted ;o an Artist Mode by Et&elwyn fi Hoffmann. Transient Camps To Be Continued 8AN FRANCISCO. Sept. V (AP) Rexford G. TugweU said today the resettlement administration will con tinue Us migrant workers camps In California and expand the experiment along the Pacific coast. Tug well aald th? Resettlement ad ministration whlca he heads has no new projects under consideration The greatest problem, he said, la In the great plalna drought region "where the government has been spending large turns each year just to keep people alive." California and the Pacific slopo, the undersecretary of agriculture said, give bis administration relatively lit tle to worry about- Resettlement loans thus far have been made to some 650,000 farmers. 4 , Fire Prevention Week WASHINGTON. Sept. 6. (AP) President Roosevelt has designated the week beginning October 4 as na-1 tlonal fire prevention week. j West Side School Opening Sept. 14 Announcement was made Saturday that the West Side school. In district 05, would not open until Monday, September 14 because of repair work now being done. The school la locat ed on Roes Lane and Old Stage road. THE MINUTE THAT SEEMS A YEAR By GLUYAS WILLIAMS WINDOW GLASS We sell wlndo glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cab Inet Works. STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX For further proof address the author, Inclosing a stamped envelope for reply. Reg. V. 8. Pat. 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Bell Tree Hung In the top of a tall tree in 1873. the bell of Tacoma's first church, St. Peter's Episcopal, remain ed there for a total of 63 years. It waa necessary to cut the living belfrey down late in 1035 when the tiee rotted to the extent of threaten ing to fall at each pull of the bell rope.- . , Mine Color Red wines are red not because of the color of the grapes from which they are made but through allowing the, grape pulp to ferment while it romains In the skin. White wines, on the other hand, are made of Juice which la not allow ed to ferment until extracted. 1 17 r hi ON H DAY OF HE MOST IMPORfW GAME OF iVre SEASON -THE 5"fAR PrfCHEl? "DISCOVERS fHAf HIS MOfHEK HAS SEHf HIS UNIFORM -TO riE WASH . . ; (Copyright, 1936, by The BU Syndicate, Inc.) S 'MATTER POP- Color Detection ... The average human eye la far more sensitive than la generally realised. 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