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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Services For Next Sunday and Other
Services and Meetings for the Week

Services For Next Sunday and Other
Services and Meetings for the Week
The Westminster Guild will meet
at the home of Mrs. Harry Lower on
Thursday, June Both, at 40 o'clock.
On Sunday there will be morning
worship at 1890 The service will be
a consideration Of a few famous
hymns of the church: Crock of Ages, !"
IA Mighty Fortress" "Safe in The
Arms Of Jesus LEAD Kindly Light. f"
The Conservation Hymn Sunset
and Evening Star" These hymns will
be rendered by various members of
the choir and BY the orchestra inter
woven with an account Of the circum-
stances under which they were writ
ten and some effect they have had on
the world At Ills there will be a
talk for the children. Sunday School
at 1145. Christian Endeavor at 5
o'clock. There will be no evening ser,
vice but the members Of the congrcga-
tion will join with the other churches
in the Union Service at the School
Auditorium.
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and early summer, corn has not grown
as well as in other years. There are
few fields where the stalks are much
higher than a foot. In other years
when the early spring has been warm
the stalks have been several feet high
by the first Of July. AS all farmers
know, corn demands hot nights for its
successful DEVELOPMENT.
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i.b 70 thank the Smyrna Fire
! Sl M friends for their brave work
1leh ''lts latre--Lee r. Davis.-adv.
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DIVIDEND NOTICE

The Clayton Bank, Clayton, Del.
June %, 1927
The Board of Directors declared a
semi-annual dividend of 49o on the
capital stock of this, bank payable
June 30, 1927. Checks will be mailed.
H. C. JONES, Cashier.
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The SMYRNA Times
SMYRNA, DELAWARE
cIYRNH AND VICINITY

i.b 70 thank the Smyrna Fire
anJ friends for their brave work
Dill Ifre-Lee r. Davis.-adv.
r,o monthly business meeting Of
HI ,. Nite Society will be held Sat
Asgr 1ar evening, July ?, at half-past
seven.
r,rv Price, Dorothy Riggs, Ethel
A n'L. baye been chosen to represent
SlH Enworth ~ League chapter Of As
v IA. Church at the Wilmington Con
~! e,.o Epworth League Institute at
Il 5Si'lS Dover, Del, July 9-16. Miss
VIII, Y. 4 Hvnson. Miss Marion Heinold
Ma' . haen chosen to attend the Camp
nIar,lYoung Ia,r Peoples Training School
nvs'lA ", Annapolis, Nd, in August.
v Iaast one farmer down the state
.4r,irg Z 4 new way for this section Of
ss-.ssting wheat. Walter Davis, a.
,11 ,TioM farmer, has purchased a COM
,..son % harvester which cuts and
s-.5as ..a the wheat all in one opera
u Tbis method Is employed gen
.Tr tdroughout the west and north
III III wheat country. 1t saves time
s5 '.5' rroWers say less grain is lost
aor ~ Nv the old way of storing the
-sa.+ NV X tbe sheaf after it is cut and
waiting several weeks before it IS
threshed.
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THEY SAT CLOSE TOGETHER

, he told his story laid the cause
of all his trouble to the schem-
ing chorus girl instead OF to
himself. lie ended up with a
caution to Estabrook to keep
away from them.
Estabrook, being in love, did not
keep away from Becky, yet all the
while, fearing to find certain traits
in her, he sought them gropingly,
unwillingly: sought clues to tell him
that she was mercenary, or tickle,
or untrue. And with each dis.
covery of error new faith welled
gorgeously within him, new faith
that he thought complete faith. but
that again and again was torn by
fresh uncertainties.
Meanwhile Becky still played in
the successful Revue, and was even
given a number of her own, an &C.
centric dance and a rather more
eccentric song. But for all that
she remained part of the chorus.
and six nights a week, to say moth
ing of two afternoons, she joggled
and wiggled beside the pale-haired
and perfumed Violet.
ably at Palm Beach, but who still
retained a most minute interest In
all Miss McCloskey's activities
And Violet, regarding Becky now
with pity rather than animosity,
sent long accounts of such intimate
happenings as would have great
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was. understand what I must
seem to you, just a little no.ac-
count kid. All the same" she
concluded in a stronger voice,
Just because my names not in
the social register or anything
like that, you can't come around
here with your superior airs.
You gotta keep away, see?"
Is that alp" Estabrook in
quired.
Becky stared at him. at
oughta be enough to hold YOU"
Becky ."
go away" she said, thickly.
Estabrook took a step forward.
and suddenly. to his own utter
establishment. found himself on
his knees beside her.
Becky" he whispered, Becky,
forgive ."
Her answering voice was
roughly discordant.
Get up ." she cried. Get
up ." don't do that Don't you
know that's my place, not yours?
Oh Johnny Johnny :" +" ="
She was on the floor beside
him, her arms about his neck,
his lips against the faded crepe
of her blouse.
well forget all that non.
sense" he said. III make you
forget all those things you said.
And We'll be happy, dear so
happy"
She nodded dumbly.
And Charlotte, the rag doll,
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EsTABROOK KNELT

lay deserted on the bed with her
head hanging to one side, and
Kitty, who was kitten no
longer, shifted ,wonderingly at
the two who sat silent on the
floor, clasped closely, and speak
ing not at all.
Late that night, when she
was alone once more with her
dreams and her hopes, Becky re.
ceived a letter which put the
browning touch upon her salts
faction. For Dan Scarlet, who
constituted the one doubtful and
threatening element in her brim-
ming cup Of joy, wrote that he
was going away, out of New
York, and Becky trusted that
this also meant out Of he, life.
So January passed, blue, cold
crystal clear. 49,.
Estabrook and Becky learned
to know what seemed to them
the ultimate meaning of life,
because it seemed to them the
ultimate meaning Of love. And
Becky and Estabrook were
happy, so happy or thought
they were.
Yet concealed, smothered like
unwanted fires, those fears burn.
ed in deeply, unconsciously-
those fears that were so human,
so unfair, so natural and so ter.
ribly devastating.
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ly astonished Becky, and greatly
perturbed EsLabrook, to one Oar
Scarlet, who was winter.ng profit
CHAPTER IS
Estabrook had hoped that with
Becky's humanizing ouch his
stiffness would be loosened, his
habitual ster ass melted. To his
surprise and chagrin, he became
increasingly inarticulate.
The deeper his love took root in
the earth of his mind, the more it
intertwined itself with every event
and emotion of everyday life. the
more taciturn he became. Out Of
seemingly e--dless brooding,
silences, he would come to her half
savagely, violently, with harshs
words of passion and reinsurance,
which conveyed no slightest ink
ling of the tenderness which lay
in his soul, but which he could
never put into words. There was
no gentleness in him. He was
abrupt, harsh in approval as well
as disapproval, because it always
seemed as though if he released
himself for but an instant, his
whole life would pour out like
some wild maelstrom at Becky's
feet, engulfing them both. and
leaving them empty and spent.
So January passed, and Febru-
airy, roaring with sleet and wind
and WEAKNESS. swept those two
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would be easier that way. She
could not stand shevlin's kisses,
his love-making, unless she did.
"I'll have another" she said
tonelessly.
Good work" he exclaimed.
"We1l make 1t a party, shall we?
Sally. Sally, this is one Of the
happiest nights of my life!"
A shadow had crossed the wide,
arched doorway. There was soft,
swift step. Sally saw Shevlin's
eyes transfixed, his face frozen
into a frown of establishment and
something more.
She turned, and followed his
gaze.
Mark Trelaw was standing there,
his head bent slightly forward, his
eyes burning upon Shevlin. Into
the pocket of his coat his hand
was thrust, and the coat protruded
in a sharp bulge. He drew his
hand out and Sally saw he was
holding a short, blued'steel auto
matte.
WELL" shevlin clustered. What
are you doing here? How did you
get in?"
But Mark Trelaw did not answer
directly. He, spoke with slowness,
as If with effort.
Afraid, Shevlin, aren't you?
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For Becky never quite rid her
self of the terror Scarlet and her
past life had inspired: the terror
that Estabrook looked down upon
her. More than anything she
wanted his honor, his respect,
and for all her virtue these two
could only be gagged by the Of
fer Of his hand in marriage. So.
as the weeks rolled past and the
final word remained unspoken,
doubt began to dig a grave for
Becky's happiness, although her
lips still smiled bravely for Esta-
brook.
Estabrook strove desperately to
overcome his inbred prejudices
against Becky and her type. Now
and again he succeeded, but at a.
careless word, 2 si~~'~ ~~--' m
gesture, his old suspicion flared
up like a torch. AS if to point
the danger Of such connections
strange stories came to Esta
brook.
His friend Hildebrand, who had
been the admirer of Miss Dur.
fee,-star Of the revue in which
Becky appeared - confessed to
Estabrook that he had only sue
ceeded in recovering his letters
to the actress by the payment
of a large sum of money. Black
maiI-or unbearable scandal. And
Hildebrand. all but weeping as
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} You think I don't know you're
afraid, but you are"
Get out of here" Dan Shevlin
Numbered. There certainly seemed
to be no fear in his voice, but
Sally noticed suddenly that his
forehead was glistening with a
faint moisture. He made a step
towards Trelaw, and the auto
matte was swung up and levelled.
Take care" said Trelaw in the
same monotonous voice, you'll
make me fire before I'm ready"
What do you want?" For the
first time Sally heard Dan Shev.
Inns voice ring unsteadily. She
shrank back into one corner,
terrified not by Shevlin any
longer, but by the cold unswerv-
ing purpose in Mark Trelaw's
eyes. He did not look like a
man but like an automaton, like
something that could not be mas
tered or reasoned with.
I'm going to kill you, Dan
Shevlin," he went on, 1--WE
thought Of nothing else for a
long time, and now I'm going
to kill you-tonight."
Kill me?" Shevlin almost
gasped. What for-what for?
See here, do you want to be sent
up, sent to the chair? By
heavens. you will beT'
mo, shan't be. I've thought
things out very carefully. shan't
be. Pm going to kill you.
don't want to kill you right away
that wouldn't pay you back
enough for all you've done. I
want it to sink in. l want you
to realize that in five or ten
minutes from now the life will
be out Of your body"
For Gods sake" Shevlin's
voice was hoarse. The man whom
Sally had thought nothing could
humble was humbled now. He
flung himself down, and his voice
rose into a kind Of wall. Hys-
tericaTiy he mingled oaths and
entreaties, promises, regrets, and
Mark Trelaw never moved, never
SAlO"CO IAAcSI ONCh
= But presently he said: THAT
was what I wanted to see, I
wanted to see you suffer a little
of what you've made other people
suffer"
At that moment the doorbell
rang. 1t rang as If someone
outside had pressed a finger to
it, and kept on pressing. And
at the same instant a little
shower Of knocks fell upon the
panels.
Into Shevlin's eyes there came
one flying CLEAN Of hope. 1t
faded as he saw Mark Trelaw
take careful aim. Sally put her
hands before her eyes. She
screamed. She felt suddenly sick.
A dull reverberation filled the
air. Had she really heard a
shot? But there was the smoke
film, and Dan Shevlin lying crum.
pied on the door. -
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DAN WRITES TO BECKY

upon their paths, which had con-
verged for a little while.
A. new subdued something had
crept into Becky's manner. Her
old arrogant, sarcastic self showed
itself only rarely. Quick to imi-
tate, she sought to copy the re.
preston of Estal ok's manner,
the easy accuracy Of his speech.
Her companions of the chorus
jeered and whooped when her pro.
nunciation began to change. and,
after an immemorial custom,
called her attempts at grammar
Alterations.
Nevertheless Becky sat up night
after night, studying syntax and
rhetoric out Of a thin green book,
while the candle flickered in the
breeze that blew through the
chinks, and the kitten purred in
her sleep and the rag doll stared
gloomiIy with her head on one
side, wondering, perhaps, at the
industry Of her mistress. who
clutched the green book tightly
and fought the demons of drowsi.
ness.
For some time now the idea of
marriage had been rooted in Esta.
brooks mind. And yet he could
not bring himself to the point of
definite offer. He knew Becky's
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supersensitiyeness, and there were
difficulties. countless difficulties.
Her efforts at selt-education
were not lost upon him; neither
was their inadequacy. She would
have to be told that training
schooling in manners of speech
and behavior would be necessary
and that would hurt her, offend
her, / .-haps.
She made such a pitiful attempt
to conceal her struggles Estabrook
shrank from pointing to the diff
ference in his breeding and hers,
subject always left untouched
by even the most tasual CONVEX.
sation.
And then there was another diff
ficulty-his mother-stiIl placidly
summing herself in the glow of the
Riviera. His mother must be told
and she would not-most certainly
would Northumberland. She would
say: but why, John? One needn't
marry that type of girl after all.
Va ACG AnO
Estabrook felt certain that if his
mother said such a thing, which
was exactly what she would do. he
would become-what did they call
tia matricide.
So he delayed, and Becky grew
paler and thinner. but always
smiled. and Estabrook grew ever
harsher. more taciturn, less gentle
yet every day he loved her
more.
1t was in a mood Of experiment
that he brought her to have tea
at his sedate Tudor house on
Murray Hill.
In the wide drawing room with
its oak panelled walls, its hooded
fireplace. and high shelves of
dusky books, Becky looked small,
demure, frightened. She sat in a
needlepoint chair with a high
back, against which her hair
spread fanwise. pointing up the
delicate shadows which outlined
her face.
''I'd like to read all those books
Johnny" she said, a note OF awe
deepening her hushed voice.
80 would I. but / don't ever
expect to-" Estabrook returned.
smiling grimly.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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Doctor Found Women
and Children Sick
More Often than Men

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In the course of DIR. Caldwelrs
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kiss given in filtration, meaning
nothing except youth and light.
hearted affection. But Shevlin's
kiss and all that it meant, Shev-
Inns repulsive soul triumphing in
her misery-this was unbearable.
Even at that moment when she
had surrendered, her reaction set
in. She sprang furiously away
from him, and even the thought
of Jerry was powerless to control
her.
She stammered out something,
she did not know what. and saw
Shevlin Sinking at her.
you'll get used to me-" he MUIR
INJURED. why, you may be sur
prised! You may even fall in love
with me. And you kiss very well,
Sally. l always thought you were
an amateur. All, here are
the cocktailsr'
The japanese boy put down the
tray at a gesture from Shevlin and
left. Shevlin rose and offered Sally
the frosted glass.
She waved it away Indignantly.
Drink it," he commanded, with
a sharper note in his voice.
She met his implacable eyes,
wavered, and realizing the futility
of struggling, obeyed. She would
drink and drink until she did not
know what she was doing-it
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she crossed the hallway she saw
Mark Trelaw. He had been stay
ing in his own room, and she had
almost forgotten he was living in
the apartment.
AS she approached he lifted
himself abruptly from table
over which he was bending in the
hall, and clicked the drawer shut.
He faced her with almost hostile
eyes. strange look.
But she only nodded, passing
him without a word.
1t was as If in a blur that she
found herself standing before
Shevlin's door at last, saying her
name to the smiling Jap. She
went inside, and remembered the
last time she had crossed this
hall. sat in this room.
Jerry had come in that day,
had seen her, had read that
letter. He had been here-they
had been here together. She
wanted to sob suddenly, to break
away into the paroXysm of her
grief and misery.
Dan Shevlin stepped into the
room. She had expected any
thing from him. but she did not
expect to find him still at his
ease, still slightly. hooking and
contemptuous. He made no effort
TO touch her. though in the first
glance of his penetrating gray
eyes it was clear he had read
her mission.
"Sit down, Sally. Well have
cocktail presently. Hope you and
Maine"
ooh. don't talk to me. You
know why I'm here-and you
know l hate you. I'm here to
have you send that message. But
don't expect me to show anything
except utter loathing for you."'
He moistened his lips with his
tongue. Sally, I'm afraid that's
only part of the bargain: You've
got to be nice to me--nice, do
you understandable you want to
have that message sent"
II hate you"
"In that case" He shrugged
his shoulders.
Tears Of shame and n,ortitica-
ton sprang into her eyes,.
'What do you want me to do?
For Gods sake let me go soon."
He did not move in his chair,
but a rather cruel look came into
his eyes. and his mouth seemed
repulsive.
II want you to be nice. to me.
You can hate me all you like, but
want you to pretend you love
me. You might come over here
and kiss me, my dear"
For aulittle moment she strug-
gled, looking at him as If through
| a. mist. Then she strove to put
everything save Jerry's peril from
her brain. She rose unsteadily
and stepped across the room.
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NOUO Go On With The StOru.

ct WAS" he replied, trying to
4 ignore the peeling wall paper
with its blotches of maroon and
yellow. But I was afraid it
wouldn't come, and I wanted to.
zee YOU
Becky hitched up her dress and
got of" the bed. We'll" she
returned, planting small fists
Squarely on her hip bones, Here
I am. You see me. What do you
want?"
Tea" answered Estabrook.
"Shall We have it together"
II have some liver sausage and
q roll, and maybe the lady that
lives next door could furnish a
pickle. Swell, huh?"
Estabrook flung up his hands.
stop talking that way, do
Becky. I know I was rotten this
morning, but l want to be for
given, even If did behave badly"
Just true to type. Nothing out
OF the way in that. Boris showed
me what a fool 1 am, and 1 guess
! can take my cue as we'll as the
next one. ! guess anyway I should
have known from the first that
was shooting over my head when
], fell for a--for you"
She took a cigarette out of a
paper package. lighted a match
on the sole of her shoe, and. with
the cigarette in the corner of her
mouth went on ironically:
"All the same, it teaches me a
lesson. I've been sorta upstage
myself about some folks. Boys
that couldn't keep straight, peo-
pie that got drunk, and all that.
I've had the idea that if 1 kept
clean and decent I was as good
as anybody. After all we're all
born equal, aren't we? Well, I'm
beginning to see light now. Twice
in "a hours I've been tipped off
as to how you nice men feel
about a girl like me, and once
their tip came from gentleman.
and once it came from-well--
never mind about that"
Becky took the cigarette out of
her mouth, regarded the burning
tip, soIemnly replaced it again
and spoke through. a cloud of
smoke.
you know right enough 1 fell
for you last night, Johnny" she
said. '"The minute I saw you I
did. and, in a sort of way, 1 had
already signed up long before I
even spoke to you. Well. I I'm.
derstand now how silly of me it
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Do this for me
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30 much depends on your appe.
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.our position-your happiness.
Remember, how it used to be
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enjoy every morsel and get up
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But what difference in living
when even the sight and smell Of
food sickens you! Never hungry
NO, matter how tempting the food is
nothing tasting right. And then,
after nibbling at q few bites, feel.
ing worse than ever.
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