The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-12
~ ROBERT EDWARD DICKSON

! nlSaAy suprlsutri with the pros
! acct Of a career cn The siege that
| in her thanS rulnc =, the bitterness
lhsa bccY floStd away, a.
We, tht old hahit, Of gossip, rc'
,sincd. Kid'icr gossip, nov,
N.l cou,d tell 4 great deal ABOUT
S.m :" she sid. "Nou and Mike
arc tho oldest friends he has here
aren't YOU: Then it's no harm to
The n;cN o! the bank robbery
and the pursuit of the bandits.
The wrccL oE Marcia CanfleldS
car and the CSbqrns. with Nc
/ pcursll. coping upon it.. :,
McDougoll with Marcia III ms
arms. ON The way To the hospital
Mcpoucall'S face in the rcarv'cw
, mirror.
Mcpnucall forgetting everything
else Will, he watched the doctors
and nurses take Marcia away.
"Niav heaven help me: Said
loan when Dorothy had finished,
"AnJ that guy, TO my certain
knowledge. has never even ASKED
, her for a date. What do you do
with a man like that.
They parted in front of the drug
store. I'm another day or two Dor
otby was 10 start rchcarsng in
the new Lloyd BurtiS play. Joan
drove home.
Mike did not intend To give np
his lob in the city until the Gaz-
cite had been actually turned over
10 him. and that could not be &C
complishcd for several weeks.
There were many odds and ends
OF business 70 be settled mean
while. and McDougall. under as
sirnment from Mike. did what he
could during the great leisure al
forded BY his own job:
Il made him. he realized. lot
more contended than he had been
for a long time = more, indeed,
than at any time since his arrival
in Bobbs Neck. To write and re-
ceiye letters concerning details OF
the new venture. TO dash here and
there on errandS necessary to the
revival of the Gazette as Mike,
planned il, kept him busy and
cheerful. II was stimulating TO
have tasks beyond his usual work,
to have no time heavy on his
hands.
IL was exactly what he had
needed. His daily sketches re-
auired TOGO few hours, for. even
though he spent considerable time
looking for types and scenes. he
worked quickly and precisely at
his drawing board. -,
He was. moreover. immensely
glad to be Of any practical service
in the partnership. He realized
that only theaddition of his in.
yestment to the Bradford's had
made the purchase possible. but
+ he knew. too, that only Mikes
training could make a success of
the paper. His own training had
been as an artist and. until he had
come east on his present job, II
had left little time for him to abb
sOrb anything else.
On "a morning a {. " days after
his and Mikes great decision he
remembered. as he shaved. how
he had so recently entertained
before this same mirror, the no
ton that he was a bit lonely in
Bobbs Neck. Only a few weeks
had passed, and he had not only
forgotten the very feeling of
loneliness but was buster than he
had ever been. II wouldn't take
much more TO fiji all "a hours of
the day!
Beside his plate, at the break
fast which the Sellers maid had
brought up from downstairs. was
the mornings mail. Word Of hi
new position in the community
had spread quickly and his pat
ronage was solicited b. almost
everyone who had goods or serv'
ice to sell. There were circulars
and letters from the Main street
stores, invitations to join church
the Stagecraft Guild and a zach;
club. and an earnest treatise from
the local building. and loan asso,
citation. urging that he allow then
TO assume the financial trouble in
cident TO constructing home.
McDougall started breakfast. II
was hot and appetizing.. All crea'
turc comforts were arranged To-
the tenant of the second floor o
the Sellers home. -,
The church. Stagccraft Guii!
and yacht club invitations he lei
! in a pile on the table for later &C