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perished - only a ruddy hole in the
fog -" That was all it was.
They never got closer to the spectral
ship. Il kept its vague and misty dis
tance all the time. and then quite sud-
denly it was not ship at all. Some
slant of the land made channel for a
current of air that cut queer funnel
of clearness through the fog. And
through that clear gap they had been
looking not at any ship. but con-
tiguration of land that, for a brief spell,
suggested a ship - nothing but dis
tant view, mirage distorted by the
log into shape to play tricks with an
already nervous imagination.
And l could have stood by my
oath In court that it was vessel
ahead' Nagle said. mopping the per-
Splration from his face.
An old, clipper-bowed, sail-aided
steamer, eh?" John Farne said grimly.
Evening star., 1936-07-05

wrecks in the Passage" the first officer
agreed, but he looked queerly at John
Farne III. Just why didn't you go
hard a-port, sir"
TOO much like old John," John III
grinned, Ram and be damned
would have been his line - better
than going on that reef, anyhow"
Queer though that that fog mirage
sunk him." Nagle said
May have, but | don't think it
did," John III answered. Il think his
anger and his hurry did that. l think
his instinct would have saved him if
he'd been himself, just as it saved
me-" He stared ahead into the fog
now thinning as they left the Passage.
"Old Johns spirit saved me. That
might be worth logging too, eh Nagle?
:. Just to show that the old Farne
hoodoo is dead"
The Fad
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marry him . She'd put on an act
for him!
But as Dick stood in the doorway,
with his boyish grin and glowing eyes,
excitement and tenderness swept over
her. For brief instant she forgot she
must put on an act. Forgot even the
cause of it. Forgot that she was wear
ing a smock. Forgot the pail in the
living room. =.
But his first words brought her back
to earth. Funny. never remember
in between times how lovely you are"
She managed to laugh. IT'S the
costume" she said flippantly. "You
must see it complete with pail"
She led the way to the living room.
This is my great uncle, MIR, Treat.
Uncle Jasper, MIR Welton." And
when the two had shaken hands. she
chattered on: BE careful. Dick. He's
likely TO hand you wet dog or pull a
rabbit out of his hat. Look out. Don't
sit on that chair, you might get
sciatica And step over the wet spots;
it's our best rug. And by the way, l
hope you're not hungry"
Il could eat you in one bite -
bad manners. Mustn't bolt your
food. Besides, like the dinner, I'm not
quite done"
You're high-flavored with sauce,
of a sudden, my lass" said Uncle
Jasper. But to an old mans taste. a
bit more meat on the bones -
"All right, Uncle, I'll cook you bet
ter bones to pick. You and Dick tell
funny stories and sharpen your front
teeth while bend over the hot stove.
Mother and Larry'll be down in a
minute" She picked up the pail and
made an elaborate mocking curtsy.
You look like china shepherdess
gone Bolshevik," said Dick.
"A kitchen shepherdess, rather.
Well. now to my muttons."
Back in the kitchen her teeth clicked
together. Thank heaven, there were so
many things to do The act was
going over. In self-hurting impulse.
she hoped Uncle Jasper would be at
his worst. If only Dick weren't such a
dear! But she didn't care. She
wouldn't care!
And suddenly funny thing hap
pened. She didn't care! 1t was as if she
had turned to putty inside. Nothing
mattered. Usually. even when the
family were alone, the last little things
to do about the dinner excited her -
it was rather trick to get everything
ready at the same moment. But to-
night she worked automatically. Now
that nothing mattered, things seemed
to take care of themselves. The salad
to mix. And those silly service plates,
to take them off the table, and set
. place for Uncle Jasper And to have
the melon on the table when they
came in. =.
Here was her mother. What can l
do, dear?"
Nothing. Dinner is about ready"
Wait a minute or two for Larry.
Poor thing. He didn't mean -"
"Of course not"
You're a good sport, dear, but
everything will be llright."
Fine
Dick and Uncle Jasper are hitting
it off.
Yes. she was made of putty. All the
same it was easier to be in the kitchen
alone. But she had been alone only
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moment when Uncle Jasper barged in,
asking for drink of water. He really
didn't want drink; he was Just an
old busy-body.
"You like that lad, young lady?"
"Nice boy" She stopped to look
into the oven.
Him. So that's how it is"
What how what is?"
Cool as a cucumber, amt you?
Poker face. eh?" He narrowed his eyes
shrewdly, and then burst into his
boisterous laugh. "Ye've not got me
fooled, my lass" For moment she
feared the putty would come un-
chinked. But it held
1t held even through dinner. Even
while Uncle Jasper talked with his
mouth full. Even when her mother
said, Our maid defaulted at the last
minute" Poor mother! Trying to
make an impression now!
1T didn't matter" Ursula said
lightly. "She was just coming to
serve, because of company. always
get the dinners"
Its swell dinner" said Larry.
Better than usual. But at that guess
Dads having a better one. My
father" Larry turned proudly to
Dick, lis at banquet. making a
speech, about What American Busi-
ness Needs
MY fathers listening to him."
Dick replied, laughing.
Uncle Jasper made non-committal
noises. Then he began to talk to Dick
about business. Dick tried to change
the subject, but Uncle Jasper held him
to it. Dick didn't seem to like it; he
was uncomfortable. Ursula started to
intervene, but caught herself. Good.
Nothing mattered. She didn't care,
1t would be easier, if something ter
rible happened. If you put on an act,
it ought to be a good one. Uncle
Jasper's table manners should have
been worse. Or Larry should have
made some break. Larry" said
Ursula. suddenly, take that chicken
bone in your fingers, and be comfort
able"
well! Gosh! And after what you
told me about remembering my
manners!'
"Oh, be yourself. Larry"
well, then, where's those service
plates was to pretend not to notice?
l haven't seen any new plates - just
the regular Sunday set"
Il was just trying to make an i'm
pression," said Ursula. Changed my
mind"
well, anyhow" said Larry dis
approvingly. II don't think you ought
to tell fella to eat with his fingers
when there's company"
Dick caught her eye, and grinned. 1t
made her ache, for an instant. For it
was his special "for-you-only" smile.
At least she used to believe it was
only for her. Until tonight it had
always created the feet, sweet illusion
that he and she were alone in the
world Now she smiled back, but the
illusion was gone . Nothing mat
tered =. Uncle Jasper was asking for
coffee. "None of these silly DENNY
tassies - man-sized cup, and a bit
of bread to finish up with, though the
pie was prime"
And Uncle Jasper dunked his bread
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II Never Rains
Continued from poge nine

in his coffee, and she didn't vince.
When it was over, her mother said,
Go into the living room. all of you.
III clean up the table ="
mo, let the young folks do it,"
Uncle Jasper interrupted. There's
that want to talk to you about"
In the kitchen, Ursula, once more
swathed in her smock, was putting
food away. and trying to make talk.
She could hardly stand it. The putty
had vanished the minute she was
alone with Dick When he stood in the
kitchen door, awkward and rather
helpless with tray of dishes held
stiff1y in his hands, though Ursula
laughed and saidlightly. "What hard
time you're having!" she could more
easily have cried. She knew now
what heart-break meant. For Dick
looked so dear, so altogether lovable,
standing there. And there was some
thing so deliciously intimate about it
-. Or rather there might have been -
that was the pang She was running
out of things to say; she was beginning
to think. Would he ever come again?
Was he disguised with this messy
menage? She must do something, or
she might cry. Putting on an act .
Here, set that down. That garbage
pail over there opens by little pres
sure with the foot Here's a rubber
scraper. Can you scrape the chicken
bones into the pail? Bright boy!" If
only this wretchedness had held off
until the end of the evening! But now
she had to keep things going.
you might pour this cream back
into the bottle, and put it in the ice
box"
Listen. Ursula -"
And bring out that coffee urn"
Ursula, you're WIZ"
There, we're about through. Give
me the urn - I'll empty it, and we'll
call it an evening. Mother and l will
do the dishes later"
Stop talking a minute, Ursula. l
want to tell you something"
Don't be so solemn about it. You
can tell me when we get back in the
living ROOM" She held out hand for
the coffee urn.
He stopped and set it down in the
middle of the floor. Then he seized
her about the waist, and swiftly lifted
her to the top of the refrigerator.
dick! Whatever ="
There seems no way to silence you
but to put you on ice. Now listen,
Ursula ="
The feel of his hands, as he had
lifted her so lightly, had made her
helpless. She couldn't think of any
thing to say. And now he was going to
put it into words, he was going to tell
her - she knew from the troubled
look on his face - that he was going
away.
Even now" he was saying, and his
eyes were clouded. "even now you're
trying not to listen to me. Ursula,
don't you care that I'm in trouble?"
I'm trouble! You? Dick, dariing,"
"Oh, Ursula, say it again. The dar-
ling mean"
II think" her voice caught II
think you'd better let me down"
Listen, Ursula. I've wanted from
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KEEP UP FIGHT AGAINSE
INSECTS ON FARM CROPS

When there are no squares On
cotton plants, boil weevils will at
tack the cotton bolls.
Hence, it will pay farmers tt
continue busting for weevil con-
troll after the squares are gone,
said C. H. Brannon, extension en-
tomologist at State College.
The dry weather did not remove
the boil weevil from North Caro-
lima cotton fields, he added, anc
busting should be repeated as often
as necessary in infested IA
He also pointed out that tobac-
co growers should kill, cut, Oh
pillow under tobacco stalks as soor
as harvesting is finished. Thi.
will kill thousands of insects OF
that would otherwise survive the
winter.
As soon as beans have beer
harvested, the plants should be
plowed at least six inches under
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with 4,192,0oO last season. This
is the largest consumption of lint
cotton in southern mills since the
season of 192S-29, when it a
mounted to 5,2S6,ooo bales"
The report said hat political
uncertainties and recent AK leg
islation were Threatening clouds. :"
However," it continued, these
will not affect the cotton textile
industry and the cotton trade more
than business in general"
Reviewing the last seasons sta
%tistics, the report said that Japan
continued to be Americas best
foreign customer for cotton, taking
1,5l6,ooo bales last year. Great
Britain was next with 1,466,O0O
The world carryover of Ameri-
can lint cotton at the end of the
last season amounted to $4,000
bales, the exchange reported, the
smallest since 1929-30.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
(By Rev. Charles E. Dunn

Sowing and reaping.
Lesson for August 10th. Gala
tians 6:1-10.
Golden Text: Galatians 81.
All successful athletes know how
necessary it is for them to abstain
from the consumption of hard
liquor. 1.-THE precision that tennis
demands" insists Helen Willis,
makes necessary total abstinence
even from beer" Connie Mack,
the veteran big league manager,
says that he won't bother with a
youngster who drinks" The al
cohol habit must be Stunned by a
professional ball player, observes
Mr.. Mack, for the sake of the pub
lie, the club, the players team
mates, and the player himself. My
good friend Clarence DeMar, who
won the Boston Marathan seven
times, is a total abstainer and an
active Christian worker.
Sergeant York, the famous hero
of the Battle of the Argonne, was
incorporate in his boyhood days.
But when he returned from France
with his distinguished service med
ais and was asked by his home state
what he wanted, he named not only
a road for his isolated mountain
folk, but also a school where temp
erance might be taught. "A Teller
who don't protect the children who
is CROWN up from liquor" said he,
"ain't a good Christian nor a good
citizen, nohow."
"You can get along with a wood
en- Leg" writes the noted surgeon,
DR.. Charles Mayo, "but you cant
get along with a wooden head. 1t
is the brain that counts, but in
order hat your brain may be kept
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ANNOUNCES A N IN
FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM

Farmers who have been set back
by the drouth will find two chang
es in the soil-improvement prog
ram especially helpful, according
to Dean I. o. Schaub, of State
State College.
One change allows them to soil
conserving any land seeded to soil
conserving crops up to September
1, provided no soil-depleting crops
are harvested from it in 1886.
This will enable many growers
to increase their soil-building al
lowance. The allowance, the dean
explained, is not a payment; it is
a figure showing the maximum
amount of soil-building payments
a grower may earn, and is based On
the acreage of soil-conserving
crops.
This change will also help farm
ers meet the minimum require
ments for soil-conserving acreage
as we'll as requirements for new
seedlings of soil-conserving crops
this year.
In addition, sowed corn, plowed
Or disked under, and spring seed
ed small grains grown with or i'm
demiately followed by a legume
will be counted as soil-conserving
this year. They had been classified
as depicting crops.
The other change permits soil
building payments to be made for
the seeding of perennial grasses, or
growing green manure crops, on
land where there has been a failure
of a legume or perennial grass
seeded earlier in the year.
For example, a producer who
seeded a field to lespedeza or Glow
er, but failed to get a crop. may
carry out an additional practice
by seeding alfalfa or turning und-
er a green manure crop on the
same field in August or September.
He would receive payment for
both practices.
However, his soil-building pay
ments could not exceed the maxi
mum amount of his allowance as!
determined by his acreage pf soil
conserving crops.
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Nervous, Weak Woman
Soon All Right

II had regular shaking spells from
oervousness," writes Mrs. Cora San
ders, of Paragould, Ark. II was all
rundown and cramped at my time
until I would have to go to bed. After
my first bottle of Cardui, I was bet
ter. I kept taking Cardui and soon
{ was all right. The shaking quit
and I did not cramp. I felt worlds
better. I gave Cardui to my daugh-
ter who was in about the same con-
dition and she was soon all right"
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However, his soil-building pay
ments could not exceed the maxi
mum amount of his allowance as
determined by his acreage of soil
conserving crops.
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Cotton Brings Billion Dollars To South, Report Says

the ground as an aid in controll-
ing Mexican bean beetles. How
ever, this practice will not take
the place of poisonisg.
Cotton growers should maintain
a careful lookout for cotton leaf
Worms. Once they get into a
field, they quickly eat the leaves
off the plants. busting with
calcium arsenate, the same as for
boil weevil control, will keep
down these worms.
Horn worms are beginning to
damage tobacco seriously in some
sections, Brannon stated. Since
tobacco is late this year, it is I'M
usually susceptible 20 attack by
horn worms. Dust with arsenate
of lead. Rotenone will not con-
troll this pest.
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clear you must keep your body fit
and WE'LL"
Then, too, we should never forget
the impressive fact that there are
70 millions gasoline automobile
and trucks in America today
crowding Jul streets and highways.
and often bounding forward at a
speed approaching recklessness. Be-
cause the difference between life
and death may be but a fraction of
a split second it is. obvious that
every driver must be genuinely
sober. Booze and gasoline are a
fatal mixture for our motor age.
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Season Is Best
Since 1929-30
Review Halls Govern
ment's Withdrawal
From Market as Most
Encouraging

New Orleans.-Cotton brought
a billion dollars to the South during
the last season, the annual review of
the New Orleans cotton exchange
disclosed. 1t was the staples big
gest money yield.
Issued by Henry Plauche, sec
rotary, the report showed that 49,
321,5OS bales were sold during the
year ended July 81, 1886, for
S762,464,631. Cottonseed sales
brought the total to $931,756,291.
Benefit payments from the gov
eminent pushed the total across
the billion dollar mark.
Not since the 1929-3O season
when lint cotton alone sold for
l1,211,p17,737 has the South's
money crop reached such proper
tons.
The annual report hailed the
governments withdrawal from &C
tive participation in the market as
1.-THE most encouraging Develop
ment of the last season and found
much improvement in the world
cotton situation compared with a
year ago."
General conditions during the
last season have been more fav-
orable," the report said.
"Last year, conditions in the cot
don manufacturing industry were
most unsatisfactory. This today is
not the position of the industry.
The uncertainties prevailing last
year, such at the future of the
AAA, the existence of the NRA,
ETC., have all been eliminated by
judicial decisions. The passing of
these uncertainties has made it
possible for the cotton manufac-.
turing industry 60 proceed under
more normal conditions and with,
greater confidence.
"As a result operations as a,
whole have been near normal
throughout the year and the mills
have consumed cotton in a very,
large way. This is especially true
in the South, which used $751;
900 bales of lint cotton, compared
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A project for constructing 1928
miles of rural power lines for 500
prospective customers in Franklin
county has been recommended to
the national Rural Electrification
Administration for approval.
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