The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-12
REcIN HERE TO-DAY


Marcia Garfield. daughter OF
wealthy Philip Cse6eld, meets
Bruee MsDoctaH. artist. sbsrtb
,f,er the rysterio,, disappear"
.ree of,Fraak hendricks to when
Marcia had been engaged. when
,bortsr,s arc found in Hendricks
hu,;nc. aeeouot,. Marcia il more
,besk.d than heartbroken. She re-
.lixes she was never IN love WIN
Elm. =,
MeDougaIl is attentive until
Dorothy Osborn. VII" dsIikes
Marcia, lead. him to believe Mar
ri, !, enga ed to another man.
:. Ther. is a bank holdup ard po-
lie, commander the Csnheld car
40 foI,o,. the bandits. The car Is
wrecked and both Marcia and her
father are injured. MeDousah.
driving with Dorothy. arrives on
the scene and takes Marcia and
her father to the hospital.
Their injuries arc slight. Al
though Marcia, arm is in sing
she takes part in an amateur
NAY a short time sfter~ard. a
Ne~ York producer attends the
performance and offers Dorothy
= part in his new production.
Marcia gives q party tor Dor,
o,hy. Bruce goes with Joan and
Mike Bradford. He and Helen
Waddell. close friend of Mareias,
overhear a gossiper disea,sins
Marcia. erxaEement to kendriek-
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXVlll
Joan Bradford rather wanted 10
pick a fight with the butcher.
the cut he had shown her and
placed on the scales was far from
What she had Just described in de-
tail-but she reflected that Nike
would soon be soliciting advertiS-
inc from him as well as all the
other merchants in town, and a
friend would be better than an
enemy under such circumstances.
With a sweet smile. the full pur-
port of which the butcher could
not appreciate. she accepted the
meat. paid for il, and walked out
Of the shop, her smile melting in
simultaneously in direct defiance
OF the temperature.
"Thc Bobbs Neck Gazette may
be Mikes future" she lamented
silently. "but it will be my finish
IL this keeps up. How can the
wife of the editor be a eonscien-
tiouS free lance"
Dorothy Osborn was coming out
of the bakery next door.
"Come into the drug store for
A soda" invited Joan. Il need
rrfrcshment and sympathetic
car. Have you heard about the
Bradtord-McD ougall enterprise!
Dorothy had not heard, and
Joan. explained it. The paper
would not be, taken over for sew
eral weeks. she said, during which
many details needed attention and
Mike. while keeping his job in the
city, VAS staying up half the night
over enthusiastic plans.
III wanted a home of my own
and got a weekly newspaper,
said Joan. "They ganged up on
u,e-Mike and Bruce McDougall."
V"I think it's grand" Dorothy
disagreed. 1--WE lived here all my
life and I remember when the
Gazette was a prosperous and
much better paper. ! know you
can make it CO."
We'll. I hope So" said Joan,
more optimistic than she would
admit. eff Just our own invest
mcnt were at stake il wouldn't be
so sbad, but I'd hate to see Bruce
lose. TOO, when he'd never have
been involved in such a thing
without u.s."
"Hc's nice person." said Doro-
thy. dipping into a sundae. You'll
have 20 come over and see the
sketch nc did of me. Not beauti-
full. bit true 10 life. -. | like him
a lot. but he's odd. in a way, isn't
hc!' | wonder il he likes il here y
-"You'd never get him to tell
you" Joan replied. "He gets
some of the darndeSt attacks of
'shyncsS ever witnessed. A man
like him - attractive, earning a
good husband for some deserving
girl. but. as far as I've been able
10 pierce his she'll. he's not inter-
estcd. ReServc-boy, he's got ii ="
IT,. -
There was an old habit of gos-
sip in Dorothy's makeup. During
many years she had had an acid
tongue. IA bitter viewpoint. But
the circumstances which had
prompted her had been SO mirac-