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CHAPTER vi

Margaret had sat in her obscure
corner of the inner waiting room
embattled by her thoughts for per-
haps an hour before any sort of or
der came out of the chaos.
To think that she had allowed
herself to be put into such situa-
ton! Occupying one Of the best
private rooms at the expense of a
stranger who had told her lies to
keep her satisfied! And it would
appear from what the head nurse
had said that he hadn't even paid
the expense. only pretended he was
going to so that the nurse and the
doctor would allow him to put her
there! How terrible! How she had
been deceived in that man! He had
seemed so genuine, just as if God
had sent him to her in her distress!
Her judgment was all at fault. What
could possibly have been his object?
Did he for some reason want to get
her under his power? She shuddered
at the thought.
But presently the shame and
humiliation of having been ordered
out of hospital on the ground of
nonrespectability cleared away and
she began to see more clearly. 1t
wasn't her fault anyway.
Now, she must put it utterly out
of her mind. She obviously couldn't
do anything about it just now. Her
first need was to get job and pro-
vide against the immediate future.
Nobody. of course. would pay her
right away, and she would have to
get along somehow till the end of
the week, but how was she going to
work unless she could eat? Could
she get her new employer, provided
there was such a person in exist
ence, to pay her little at the end
Of the day, just to tide her over a
few days? She could live on very
little. Some milk and crackers, a
bowl of soup now and then, or an
orange or banana. AS for a place
to stay, she could spend one night
at least here in this station. She
could move in the middle of the
night when she might be supposed
70 be going to train from the big
outer room to this one Yes, she
could very well get comforta bly,
through a night or two in this sta
ton. And there was another sta
ton in the other part of town. Per-
haps she could change to that when
it became noticeable that she was
hanging around here.
Of course, when she got a real
Job she would have to hunt a room.
She wouldn't even go back for her
things until she had the money to
pay what she owed. For of course
if that young man had been liar.
all that story about paying her room
rent for her had been lie also. And
how she had prided herself upon her
ability to take care of herself in a
big cityi Well, she would be eau
tious enough hereafter! And she
wouldn't go near Rodman street for
some time yet, not till she felt safe.
So she clutched her thin pocket
book in her hands and started 10.
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SYNOPSIS

Young, Gregory Sterling. having made
fortune in the West. reluctantly re-
turns to his home town. and takes
luxurious room at the Whittan House.
In a park, he sees a girl sitting on
bench suddenly keel over, and ruShes TO
her rescue. He takes her to hospital.
waere the doctor proneunceS the case
starvation. Gregory engages a private
room and a special nurse. Miss Gowen.
While Gregory considers endowing
hospital room in memory of his mother,
for the free use of strangers, he finds
purse beneath the park bench where the
girl had sat. Opening it, he finds 1t
empty except for letter addressed to
Miss Margaret McLaren, l456 Rodman
street. with a blurred Vermont post
mark. Reaching Rodman street. he talks
70 a diSagreeable landlady. who inSinu-
lteS Miss McLaren's rent is overdue.
Gregory pays the rent He then reads
the letter, signed Grandmother. thank
tng Margaret for the money she sent.
When he reaches the hospital to make
arrangements for the endowment he
inds the patient improved but insistent
on leaving Immediately to find job. He
tells her of the room endowment. and
guarantees to get her a good job by
Monday. Greg ponders on methods of
doing good with his money. After church.
ne goes to the hospital. tells Margaret
ne is giving her a job himself, and that
IN the morning they will rent an Office
N a rooming house known to Miss Cow
en-. and get to work. The following
morning the head nurse returns from
vacation, ignorant of the endowed room.
and insultingly questions Margarets
rights there. and tells her to get out
Margaret, still weak. leaves and finds
refuge in a railway station, considering
her next step. Meanwhile. on a small
Vermont farm. Margaret's feeble old
grandparents worry about her. and la
ment the wiclSednesS of the city, and
the need for Margaret to work there in
order to pay the interest on the mort
gage held by hard old Elias Horner.
Horner arrives to demand full payment
by four days after Thanksgiving. Back
at the hospital, Miss GoWen discovers
the circumstance of Margaret's flight. is
insulted by the head nurse and calls
Greg. When he arrives. the bronze me-
mortal tablet is being installed, to the
head nurses great embarrassment. Greg
and Miss Gowen 60 off to seek the miss
ing Margaret. and finally rent the pros
pective offices and room for Margaret
IN the same house. For three days they
continue their fruitless search. Greg is
beginning to grow disheartened. Mean
While, Alice Blair. Greg'S home town
sweetheart of years ago. having read in
the papers of his return. finds him by
ain exhaustive checking of hotel regis
ters. Alice. twice divorced. treats him
adectionately, and asks him to dinner.
Greg is charmed until her noisy gay
gang" arrives. led by dissipated old.
eE man. "Mortie." to whom Greg takes
an immediate dislike. When they start
out for a night club. Alice appealingly
takes possession of the daZZled Greg.
Alice tells Mortie that he may help her
With her wrap. but that Greg is going to
be her escort.
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ashes with the live Goals, Great
ing clinkers. AS you know. clink-
ers choke a fire and prevent the
coal from burning freely and COM
pletely. Also, they clog the CRATES,
making it difficult to shake the
fire properly.
Owing to the odd size and shape
of Jumps of coal at the point that
is poked from above, the fuel-bed
becomes packed, and this pack
ing prevents the free passage of
air, thus forming clinkers. Clink-
ers formed this way, however,
cause less trouble, for ordinarily
they can be broken up and
dropped into the ashpit by gently
shaking the CRATES.
WNU Service.
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THIS dressing table has a
l. curved front and hinged arms
on which to mount the skirt so
that it can be opened to permit
access to the drawer. To mount
the skirt it must first be sewed to
a band of covered buckram. Cut
the buckram in a strip 212 inches
wide. Cover it with a straight
piece of material as shown here
at B.
Make the heading at the top of
the skirt just the depth of the
thickness of the table edge so that
it will cover the edge of the table
when the arms are closed. Use "a
inch cable cord for the shirring.
This is sewed to a safety pin and
run through tucks stitched in the
material as shown here at c.
The top of the ruffle is also
shirred with cords. When the shir-
rings are all finished, sew the top
of the skirt to the covered buck
ram strip as shown at D and then
thumb tack it in place as at A.
Every Homemaker should have
a copy of Mrs. Spears new book,
SEWING. Forty-eight pages of
step-by-step directions for making
slipcovers and dressing tables;
restoring and upholstering chairs,
couches; making curtains for ev-
cry type of room and purpose.
Making lampshades, rugs, otto
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trying not to realize how weak she

trying not to realize how weak she
felt.
"Oh. God, help met" she
breathed. Then she took a deep
breath, tried to set a pleasant. as
sured expression upon her face, and
went forward.
She found herself headed into a
street that she did not know. a
street of small dirty shops, printers,
stencilers. grimy wholesale places.
Then just across the street she
saw a window where a man was
leaning over putting large white
lettered card close to the glass.
Even at that distance she could
dimly make out the word, Girl
Wanted" and with wondering relief
she turned and sped across the
street. What marvellous luck to be
the first to see it. No, not luck.
God was surely being good to her!
She entered the shop with fear
and trembling and looked about her
fearsomely.
1t was only a tiny shop and its
shelves and counters and even the
floor seemed to be cluttered with
small pasteboard boxes.
There were two men in the shop,
the younger ore unloading more lit
tie boxes from a large packing box
in the middle of the room and put
ting them on the shelves. The old
er one, a stopped, elderly man with
sharp eyes and an unpleasant
mouth, came forward and looked
her over suspiciously.
Can you write a good clear
hand?" was the first question he
asked her.
"Oh, yes!"
He showed forward pad and pen-
Gil.
Show mel"
He pointed to an address and Mar
garet copied it, trying to keep her
hand from shaking.
20. X" said the man when she
had finished. Nov ! got a lotta
circulars l want folded and ad-
dressed. I pay by the hundred. "
He named a pitifully small sum.
He waved his hand toward a
counter at the back where were
stacked what seemed to Margaret
like millions Of printed sheets, and
quantities of envelopes.
"Oh, can work fast!" promised
Margaret breathlessly.
We'll, I'll try va till noon on it.,
but eff va don't get enough done I'll
havta get a helper. Mike, take
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Can You Write a Good
Clear Hand?"

that card outta the winder, and stick
it up on the shelf awhile. We might
want it again"
So Margaret hung her hat on a
nail by the window in the dusty back
end of the shop, and sat down under
a green shaded lamp before a stack
of envelopes. The pen wasn't very
good, and the envelopes were cheap,
the list was long and the surround
ings were unspeakably dreary, but
Margaret was exceedingly thankful
BY tens she laid the addressed en-.
velopes in long lines about her on
the desk, till they presently began
to assemble into hundreds, and
when the desk was full she stopped
and folded circulars and filled them.
But as it came toward noon the
tense work was beginning to tell on
her. The memory of her break
fast became very dim. This was the
time that Nurse Gowen had brought
her the glass of orange juice yester-
day and the day before, but she
must not think of that.
At noon she drank two full glasses
of water, thankful that water was
free, and went on with her work.
On through the afternoon she
worked, giddy faintness beginning
to take hold of her. She felt Shaky
whenever she rose to gather uu the
finished work and stack it on the
counter Could she keep on till
night? She knew she was working
on her nerve alone. She found her
self praying in her heart.
At haf-past five the men began
to put up the shutters and put on
their coats.
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English Botanist Studied Weather and
Turned Forecasting Into Real Science

Today the forecasts are made out
after reports have been Sent to the
meteorological department Of the
air ministry from hundreds CT OBJ
servers, including coastguards, air.
men, sailors, and other meteorolo-
gists in all parts Of the northern
hemisphere.
But in 1861, when a daily paper
first published weather forecasts,
there was a flood of protests. Ques-
tions were asked in the House of
Commons. Wasn't it duping the
public 10 issue such forecasts?
And as a result the government
brought pressure to bear upon the
press, and the weather bulletins
were temporarily dropped!
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Argentina's GauchO

The early occupation of catching
and tanning wild cattle and horses
on the great pampas of Argentina
produced a type Of fronticrsman
somewhat like the American cow
boy of the years between 1900 and
1880, yet more distinctly resembling
the Cossack of southern Russia dur
ing the decades preceding the
World war.
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Home Heating
u1n*o By John Barclay
Huuuk0 Heating Expert
POking Fire Bed From Above
Forms ClinkerS, SmOtherS
Fire, Wastes Fuel

WHILE a poker frequently is
w handy implement to use on
a furnace, let me caution you
against using it for the purpose of
agitating the fire-bed from above!
That results in a lot of trouble for
you and for your furnace.
Stirring the fire through the fur
mace door opening only mixes
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False Accusation

A false accuser is monster,
dangerous monster, ever and in ev-
cry way malignant, and ready to
seek causes of complaint. Demos
themes.
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The Housewife .
HResearch Professor of Economy"-

SHE'S PhD LID She hasn diploma cap and
research not done the laboratory the library As matter
findings made usually the street the subway
in the suburban commuters train
She reads the advertisements this with and consda
They form her research data By Of them she makes her
purchases that she well deserves the title Of Research Professor
Economy She discovers item after e the roll cobn
ing high quality with low.
II is clear to you at you all make and keep
opportunity With the help of
advertising you too graduate from the school of ndcmin
buying into the faculty OF fashdious purchases!
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A Dressing Table Skirt With Corded shirrings

mans and other useful articles for
the home. Readers wishing a copy
should send name and address,
enclosing Is cents, to Mrs. Spears,
21O South Desplaines ST., Chicago,
Illinois.
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Improred n STTNDAY
Uniform cO-~~-
-:-LESSON = -
BY REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST,
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
9 Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for December 26
CHRISTIAN CONSIDERATION

LESSON TEXT-Philippians l:l2-26.
GOLDEN TEXT-For to me to live is
Christ. and to die is gain.-Philippian
1:21.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Our Best Friend
JUNIOR TOPIC-Answering Jesus.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
1C-Choosing a Life Purpose.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-What Christian Surrender Means.
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that card outta the winder, and stick
it up on the shelf awhile. We might
want it again"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
TODAY
TODAY,S ANNIVERSARIES

1SO3-Silas C. Herrings New YORK
safe manufacturer, born at SALISBURY
VT. Died June %, 1881.
1S1e-Thomas A. Hendricks, mol
ana's governor and senator, 21st Vice
President of the u. S. born near Aanes-
Vile, Ohio. Died Nov. 25, 1885.
1S2O-Nathaniel Wheeler, pioneer
sewing machine manufacturer and In
ventor, born at Watertown, Conn. Died
at Bridgeport, Conn.,, Dec. 81, 1898.
1S29-Ferdinand v. Hayden, noteo
geologist of his day, born at Westtleld
Mass. Died in Philadelphia, Dec. ~
1887.
1S3O-Alfred H. Love, Philadelphla's
radical pacifist, agitator and organizer
for universal peace, born there. Dice
June 20, 1919.
i848-Edmund M. Holland, noted
actor and son of famed actor, born
in New York. Died Nov. "a, 1913.
1853-Alfred Reynolds, rear admlra
~ years in the navy, born at Hamp
ton, Va. Died in Washington, D. G.
Sept 10, 1886.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07

lined.
The 3-master French Schooner kle-
Der, returning from fishing trip was
sighted by German submarine. 1t
seemed like an unequal combat, the
submarine being armed with 1O5 nm
gun, being built of iron and steel, and
offering a poor target. The Kleber
riding high above the waves, a frail
wooden structure armed with what the
Germans called "a miserable little
pistol in the form of 81 nm. gun
did not figure to last long.
Yet it was the submarine which was
sunk, and the next day the Klebel
limped into port, sails torn, poop Out
of joint, sides drilled by shots and
her decks red with the blood of the
captain, the second mate, the cook
the gunner and others, dead or wound
ed.
Several months later Presidcn
Poincare, awarded the Croix de Guerrt
to the Kleber.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07

they will use bullets as did the steel
mill owners last June to make labor
stay in its poverty.
This NaZ:-ism and Flascism that
neither Mr.. Kemp or Hoffman have
o.: jected to much was mentioned in 4
speech last July 26th. in the House of
Representatives, by Congressman
Dick Stein of New York. l will give
you only few lines from it but wish
every farmer and working man could
read it all. He said: "Mr. Speaker
the twenty-first camp of this type Gre
fering to the NazD in this country
was opened in New Jersey last Sun
day with almost $4,000 men and wo-
men going wild about Hitler and Mus
solini They had thousands of chill
dren ranging in age from to 10 years
of age housekeeping" and pledg-
ing allegiance to the swastika; and in
this particular parade last Sunday
the swastika flew high above the
stars and stripes"
John L. Lewis and the CLIO are fight
ing against any such type Of govern
ment as that, as we'll as against Com
munism and all other ism that does
not have for it's object the real last
ing uplift of that third of our people
who are in dire want all the time.
I thank the kind editor for all the
space 1 have used and hope 1 have
not used a line more than did Mr..
Kemp, but hope to have great deal
more to say about him and his Lea
que for there is much the public does
not know about both.
JAS. H. WRIGHT.
Henderson, Sept. 5, 1887.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
ANSWERS

I. Augustine H. Sheppard of Rock
ford, Stokes county, in 1889. Sheppard
was reelected in 1871 and in 1847
! died at Good Spring, Forsyth county
in 1864 and was buried in Salem
Cemetery.
2. In 1859 the members of the leg
islature who belonged to that party
held a meeting in Raleigh and agreed
10 change the name to the Wing
Party They planned a united fight
against the Democrats the following
year. One of their principles was to
abstain from slave agitation. The
fanatical raid of John Brown at Har-
per's Ferry in October 1860 made this
Impossible.
g. In 1872 the Lords Proprietors di-
vided the colony and commissioned
Edward Hyde ito be Governor, Cap
tain General Admiral, Commander in
Chief of that part of we province Of
Carolina that lycs North & East of
Cape Feare Called North Carolina
4. General William Ruffin Cox.
who after the expiration of his term
returned to his farm in Edgecombe
county.
s. A cross mark carved on a tree
When he sailed for England in 1887
to secure supplies, the colonists who
remained on Roanoke Island agreed
with Governor White, in event they
moved to carve the name of the place
to which they moved on tree. They
were to carve a cross mark about the
name if in distress. Governor White
found the word Croatoan carved on
tree, cor post" but no cross mark.
This summer North Carolina is cele-
brating the 35Oth anniversary of this
"Lost Colony"
6. Maryland, Virginia and South
Carolina entered into an agreement
and passed acts prohibiting the
growing of any tobacco in either of
the three colonies during that year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07

Thus II is believed the recent cut OF
the Federal Reserve Bank rediscount
rate to the unprecedentedly low figure
of one per cent is designed partly to
support the market on which the Gov
ernIhsnt must sell Its bonds. If con-
Germ for the Treasury's borrowing
rate is going to hang over the Federal
Reserve Board, that board Will be IN
a bad way when the time comes-as
is hmomentarily expected-when II
ought to raise interest rates to checR
the Estart of a runaway boom.
The size of the budget and the DEBT
is vital matter to every American.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
By FRED H. MAY

l. Who was the North Carolina con-
gresham that was defeated because
he favored abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia?
2. When did the Know Nothing
party in North Carolina abandon that
name?
g. When was North Carolina sep
arated from South Carolina and form
ed into a distinct colony?
4. What Confederate general was
named secretary of the u. S. Senate
in 1892?
5. What sign of distress did Gov
ernor White look for when he return
ed in 1891 and found his colony gone?
6. What efforts were made in 1866
to control the price of tobacco?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
.,OTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
OF LAND FOR TAXES.

OF LAND FUR TAAES.
Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in, and in execution of the
duties imposed upon me, by certain
judgment of the Superior Court of
Vance County, North Carolina, enter
ed in an action therein pending to
foreclose tax liens, and entitled
Vance County vs. Addison Register
ct AL" being mo. II" on the Civil
Issue Docket of said Court, l will on
Monday, the 18th day of September,
1887, at II o'clock, noon, at the Court
House door of said Vance County, of
fer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash the following described land, to
wit:
A lot fronting As feet on Orange
Street and extending tack 96 1-2 feet
See Deed Book 1874 at page 355.
Other terms and conditions will be
announced at the sale.
This 9Th day of August, 1887.
r. G. KITTRELL,
Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
ONCE. UPON SEPT. Z


None of the historians of that
most powerful social force we have
oday, the movies, has ever given Jim
Corbett his proper share of the credit
for making it a revolutionary inven-
ton.
Many a potentially valuable inven-
ion has died aborning because its dis
coverer> has not been able to make
he public take notice and accept it.
For example, on Sept. 7, 1874, George
Washington certified that he had in
spected James Rumsey's steamboat
model and gave it as his opinion "that
the discovery is of vast Importance. y
Even with this starter, Humsey, like
Fitch and other pioneers, didn't find a
way to get the public interested in
the steamboat When a quarter cen
fury had passed, Fulton did.
To get back to Corbett: 43 years ago
today Jim, who had won the worlds
heavyweight championship from John
L. Sullivan exactly two years before
knocked out Peter Courtney in the six
rouffd of a bout arranged for only
one sightseer-a movie camera.
Thomas A. Edison, to provide some
thing that would make people sit UP
and take notice of his new motion pic
ture camera, hired Corbett, staged the
private fight in a small, stuffy, black
lined room in Orange, N. j., and got
sports film that was epochal.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See BGck Page

1. Robert Give.
g. The common cold.
g. Coffer-dam.
4. Mexico.
5 The painted designs on the fun
nels of ocean steamships designate
the ownership of the vessel.
6. Reichstag.
z. A rotating wheel mounted in sucn
way that it is free to rotate about
any axis.
8. Greenville, S. G.
3. Woodrow Wilson.
TO- Mechanism.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
ss-4e,sy 20, 1L--AL,- <oR CHRIST
Ulf}aI',l.zlf@a1


COD WANTS A CHANGED LIFE:
TO what purpose is the multitude OF
YOUR sacrifice unto me? saith the
Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings
of rams. and the fat of fed beasts;
and I delight not in the blood of bull
locks Oh of lambs, or of he goats
Isaiah. Ill.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today's native is intensely practi-
cal and may be under some aspects,
rather unimaglnative. He will be
honest and just, laborious and reserv-
I'd in speech. The life will be seden-
tary and probably filled with hard
work.
Look out for accidents for they
would be likely to endanger life as
well as limb.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07

For four terms member Of tho
house of representatives, Samuel
B. Pettengill, Democrat, of In
diana, foe Of President Roosevelt,
has announced he will not seek
reelection. Pettengill, who said
he would return to his law prac-
tice in South Bend, took a leading
part in opposition to the presi-
dents court plan and made We
hement fight against the death
sentence" in the bill to regulate
public utilities holding companies.
Central Press
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07

WANTED-YOUNG MAN FOR SER
vice station work. Answer by letter,
giving full information concerning
former employment and salary ex-
pected. Address Service Station, u
care Dispatch. 7-1ti
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-09-07
Today is the Day
BY CLARK KIlNNAlRD
Copyright. 1887, for this Newspaper
by King Features Syndicate. Inc.

Tuesday, Sept. Z; Tishri 2, 569S in
Jewish calendar. Rajab 1, 1856 in
Mohammedan calendar. independence
Day in Brazil. This weeks zodiac
sign: Virgo.