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PAGE SIX r MAY SEYMOUR ra [FOOT LOOSE] t JOf E-EATiaiGE- DUDTON r "Br i , <-/ SEQUEL TG% O WIFE" ©NBA Herbert Waterbury raised his eyes from May’s roll of money, and glanced from her to Dan Sprague. There was a queer, twisted smile on his face. “Imagine that ... a woman car rying-thousands of dollars with her in a flimsy handbag!'' he said. “No. even in travelers’ checks, but in honest-to-gosh money! Doesn't ti d prove what 1 said to yon th ■ other day, Dan? Remembers my telling you that no woman ought to be al lowed to handle her own money?” Dan nodded solemnly. “Is zat so?” Carlo!ta pmed tip shrilly. “ Because I’ve heard differ ink! And if there's any better ali mony-collector in,the country than I am, lead me to her! Any day I’m not perfectly able to handle my own money I'll let you boys know about it by radio. Station HAN!” “What do you mean ‘Station HAN’?” Dan Sprague asked. “Hard as nails . . . that’s mo,” Carlotta answered cheerfully. “I’m a regular little Hetty Green under my soft, sweet, smiling exte rior . . .” She broke off, suddenly, and star ed across the restaurant with her china-blue eyes. “Oh, look who’s here!” she ex claimed, “Your old friend, the vamp, Dan!” May turned, and saw a slim young woman who threaded her way toward them through the tables that packed the white room. As she came, she looked straight at Dan Sprague with her large dark ••yea, and smiled, showing promi nont while teeth. Her skin was al most as white as they, and her straight black hair was gathered intq a knot at the nape of her nee];. “Who is she?” May asked Water bury, in an undertone. “Her name is Francie Lee, and she’s one of Adoree’s hostesses,.” Waterbury said quickly, as the girl came up to the table. Carlotta pursed up her babyish lips; and stared down into her glass of gin-gingeralc with the rapt look of a crystal gazer. May could see that she was in tensly jealous of the thin, black haired woman, and that she was not. going to speak to her if she could help it. But Dan and Herby jumped up and greeted the “hostess” with en thusiasm. “Come on over here, Fran, and I’ll give you the low-down on this Hay fever If you can’t “get away, ’ ease the attacks with — VICKS V V-APOFWS Over 17 Million Jara UreJ Yearly zcCA Sweet I -3k- tit till times! I I 'Wk 1 i , A. </ v - ,'i I* nifcwr // / I ; ■ I After eating or smoking 1 | Wrigley’s freshens the’ "I I month and sweetens the breath. So easy to carry the little packet in your jrocket ! So ■ important to have when the mouth needs cleansing and B Odors of dining or smoking quickly disappear-teeth-ire WrtQleys ts tnore ■ brightly burnished Smiles | | just naturally come because X - \ nerves are soothed, throat is Many doctors and g refreshed, the stomach relieved dentists recorn- | and digestion aided. mend it. "after ei’ery meal" WRIGLEW hm - I I Di’jereatTlara® | t v ■ ‘ Same. Wri£le y Quality [y a .._- ft<a X|Laaiiiii« II ■ mm, ■mu Ji. i 'Win—ertpr—- %'JIR .4 W «| Into a great yellow spotlight floated the figure ol a red haired woman in a billowy white silk dress. I his herself. Volstead stuff,” Dan Sprague said. He put out his hand and pulled a chair from the table behind him. “How are you feeling-tonight? Rath er Bacardi?” Francie Lee shook her head. She looked from May’s face to that of Carlotta, who sat as one frozen. And she backed away from the table. “No thanks, Daniel,” she said, “I have a heavy supper date with three Chicago gentlemen who are in the bone-button trade, and I must be my bubbling self for them . . .” As she spoke ,the lights all over the case began to go out, cluster by cluster. And only a great yellow spotlight shone in the middle of the dance floor like a sun. Into it floated the figure of a red haired woman in a billowy white silk dress. This was Adoree, hers.-If. THE AMERICUS TIMES RECORDER May turned in her chair and look ed at her curiously . . . this tiny wo man who had made a small fortune out. of the tiny restaurant. The re was a tired look in Ado ree’s painted eyes, and lie broad smile on her scarlet mouth was strained. “She’s old!” May thought, and pitied her. “You know, of course, ‘that she has a grown son,” the low voice of Herbert Waterbury said in her ear. “She looks old enough to be some body’s grandmother,” May answer ed. Then presently she spoke again. “It’s a terrible thing for a woman when she begins to get old,” she said wistfully. Herby laughed. “How do you know? A woman as voung as vou?” he asked. May sighed. “Oh, I’m not so young,” she answered, “I’m twenty seven. That’s pretty old, isn’t it?” “What would you do if you were Today Admission 10c, 20c, 30c Tomorrow Shows 3,5, 7, 9 RYLANDER WWIS H x WJSeM Kl' Sr Sh dJI iHwL Pauline Frederick find Laura LaPlante “Smoldering Fires” Whether we win it to hold, or only win to lose, or never win at all, the greatest thing in all the world is—Love. She loved him, he loved her, yet he married her s : ster. See why. i A restful night on Lake Erie '! I Makes a pleasant break in your journey. A good bed in a clean, cool stateroom, a long sound sleep and an appetizing breakfast || in the morning. |l Steamers "SEEANDBEE”—“CITY OF ERIE"—“CITY OF BUFFALO ' Daily May Ist to November 15th I Leave Cleveland—9:oo P. M.f Eastern 1 Leave Buffalo— 9:00 P. 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She s’arted slightly but did not; move away. “You sweet litttle kid!” she heard Herby whisp er,“You’re just a kid, aren’t you?” Again he laughed. “To think of your carrying all that money around in your handbag!” he said humor ously. “If ever there was a kid trick, that’s one. Why don’t yon put it safely away in a bank? What did you draw it out for, in the first place?” “I didn’t,” May answered. “It’s some money that my lawyer turned over to me . . .” She felt a movement beside her, and saw the slender figure of Fran cie Lee slip away toward the door of the restaurant. “Speaking of lawyers, reminds me that I ought to hear from mine, soon,” broke in Carlotta. He’s down in Missouri collecting three months’ hack alimony from my former hus band. Believe me, if that old boy doesn’t crash through, with the coin. I sure do run him ragged!” Just then the lights flashed up again as Adoree whirled out in a lit tle gust of applause. Herbert Water bury gave May’s hand a quick pat before he drew his own away. The restaurant had slowly filled with the gay midnight crowd. And May looked around her curiously at the women with their marcelled hair, their bright silk evening coats, their jewels. Somehow they all looked alike. Surely they all wore a uniform the u niform of Prosperity. And in ■ their powdered faces, their eyes had no more life than the shoe-button eyes of a rag doll. Near the door, Francie I.ee sat with the Chicago buHon manufac turers . . . heavy-jowlcd men, se riously intent upon having a good time. May felt a sudden pitv for Fran cie Lee. What a life hcr’s was! To make a living by being a “hostess” in a place like this one that be longed to Adoree! To be pleasant, and entertaining. night after night, to heavy-jowled. middle-aged men! To have to listen to heir dull, doubtful jokes! To ac cept their maudlin flattery! To earn a living by taking tips from these men ! Siie looked al Francie Lee’s color less, thin face with the stamp of worldly wisdom upon it. And then another face flashed into her mind —the fresh-colored, happy face of Gloria Gregory as she bent over her sleeping baby! The women, like Gloria, who set tled down and had their children. . Wore they, after all, the only women who knew the meaning of Pappin ess? Or was the greatest joy to bo wrung from a fancy-1 rec, footloose lifc’Thesc Nomads around her in the restaurant . . . these hotel gypsies . . . were they happy ? “I don’t know,” May confessed to herself, “I don’t know.” But she had set feet upon the open road that might lead to the very rim of the world, for all she knew. And she meant to follow it. Somewhere there mu-1 be a b.« j path that would not be a blind alley. | A by-path that would lead to hap- j piners, <r, at least, to something j very like happiness. To ease and 1 leisure. She turned suddenly to Herbert I Waterbury. “Let’s go home.” she said. “I ; think I’m tired of all this. And 1 i didn’t get much sleep last night.” I “You should have taken that lit- i tie drink I offered you,” he answer- ! ed. “Nothing like a touch of hard- I ware when you’re feeling low.” 1 Tn the dimly-lighted hall outside I the supper-room, May and Carlotta waittd while the men retrieved their hats from the pretty check girl. May heard Dan Sprague av some thing to her in a low tone as he took his hat and mat from her. “He does that to make me jeal ous,” Carlotta whispered to May, “But I just pretend that I’m deaf, dumb and blind.” She laughed, but the eyes that were fastened on Sprague's face were dark with misery. Suddenly she walked over to him and took him by the lapel of his coat. “Come on, aggravating pa pa!” she cired. “Why, she's really in love with him!” May told herself. She would no have believed that the soft pin!; mask of Carlotta’s face, covered an emotion so deep as the feeling she certainly had for Dan Sprague. Waterbury took May’s arm as they stepped out into the night, and Carlotta and Dand dropped slowly behind them. Once May looked over her shoulder, and saw them staii'l ing at the rail along the Boardwalk, I deep in earnest conversation. “Are they in love with each other?” she asked Waterbury. l-fa A» ' .li Ls- Away Fressa The Crowds America is still undiscovered, still into the delights of the unknown, waiting to be discovered—by you! Leave the beaten path to others. Go Away from the paved highways, deep ? vhcre * ou will-whcther the road in the hidden solitudes—are shady is paved or not. • groves fragrant with the scent of It js the car of the true adventurer; • flowers—sun-drenched valleys-lazy the car that no going-be it sand, streams—or hurrying brooks as bent dirt or rocky road-can halt; thecar your mood. Waiting to please you that will take you safely, certainly with their untouched charms. an( j happily to where nature hides Take your Ford and venture forth her true loveliness. i - . \ A'Mk.; '*S*i-\* - Runabout - - $260 Tudor Sedan - SSBO > Touring Car - 290 Fordor Sedan - 660 ) *' r ■ On open cars demountable rims and starter are SBS extra • |». y Full size balloon tires $25 extra. All prices f. o. b. Detroit SEE "ANY AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER OR MAIL THIS COUPON ’qU PC ■ : Please tell me how I can secure a Ford Car on easy payments: : Nnme I | = A ‘ - J j c i( v | : Mailthiscou^ j : CXJ Detroit z : : r. (tASSIfHADVEMENTS FOR SALE ~j FOR RENT FOR SALE My home on Lee street on easy terms. H*. B. fdashburn. —7-31 BARGAINS —One hay rake, mower, Case power bailer, Dela Vale sup arator, one giist mill, one feed| grinder, one home light plant, and several gasoline engines, various sizes. F. G. Beavers, —21-ts. FOR SALE Well improved thirty five a<- r m, with six acre pe can ni” ry, ' "teen thousand bud ded !' .iley-Stc ; seven thous and • ady for sai. . R. L. Stapleton, W .on, Ga.—3-20t OR SALE—’? min. 3-room and oth •er househ ri furniture. Mrs. Kirkland, 126 W. Church street. —7-3tj FOR SALE- Cable piano; a good as new. Will give terms W. IL Cobb, phone 800. —4-ts. FOR SALE —Goat and harness. Well broke. 131 Brannon Ave. —4-6 t FOR SALE—Culled Pears. 25c per bushel. O. L. Thompson, Smith ville, Ga. —8-6 t FOR SALE—Wood stove, kitchen cabinet, refrigerator, instantan eous heater, leather lounge, hat rack, and piano . 11. IL Mashburn. —B-3t I He waited for a moment before jhe anewcrod. ‘ I honestly don’t j know,” he . aid at last. j “Tell me about Francie Lee.” ■May asked. “Wh:it is Ihi ho. I job of hers, anyway?” | “Well, it’s a rather new prof'S- Lsion for actresses out of work,” Waterbury explained. “They hire I themselves out to these supper club-:. • and their job is to < ntertain the men ! patrons. . . .But, look here, I don’t I want to talk about the Francie I Lees. I want to talk about . . . j you He drew her very close to him, holding her arm above the elbow. “Doesn’t it seem to you that w • i have known each other longer than just a few hours?” he asked. j May shook her head. “No she | said, “I feel that I don’t know you ! at. all . . . as, of course, I don’t.” Waterbury laughed almost with out) a sound. WHEN IS YOUR BOY’S NEXT BIRTHDAY? /IA 11 P Give Him a Watch I A UK Am Watches Sold On Monthly or Weekly Payments j ffi <9RUEH Psrtajw v . .... \ to Diamonds sold on Monthly payments. AMERICUS JEWELRY COMPANY, Inc. • g Phone 229 Wallis Mott, Mgr. g WANTED —E-very one to drink Flint Rock Ginger Ale for an appetizer—before and after meals. 5c per bottle. On sale at all gro cers. 16-ts WANTED—Job as farm superin tendent. Can give references. Would take other public work if I can get it. Adress M.L., care of Times-Recorder. —4-6 t WANTED —I want to buy few hogs. P. D. Cherry.—7-3t Next Bus for Coral Gables, Mian i, Florida, world’s finest resort, leaves August 14th. Phone Neon Buchanan for free transportation. Phone 337 and 66. —7-ts FOR SALE FOR SALE Ford coupe, 1924 model; looks and runs like now. S3OO cash. Freeman Bicycle Shop. 206 N. Jackson St. —10-3 t SPECIAL SALE of Pot Flowers Wednesday at 712 Jackson ave. Leaving for Florida. Miss Emma Cloud.—lo-2t Use T. R- Want Ads MONDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 10. 1925 “Well, then, I’m going to tell you something about myself,” he said. “I’m just Herbert Waterbury, I lain and honest Anu because lam i lah. and honest. I’m going to ask you something. Won’t you give me that money of yours to lake care of. until you decide what you want tc do with it?” (To Be Continued) > Civilization consists of finding new things to worry about. The money you make doesn’t do you half as much good as the money you save. Wouldn’t it be funny if we all j bad as much sense as we think we I have? . .... .. , ——— The man who refuses to do bon* : est work expects to do honest work-> ers. FOR RENT —Best apartments in Americus; desirable locations, Jno. W. Shiver.—29-ts. FOR RENT —Lamar street store now occupied by Thomas Floral Co.; reasonable. Possession Aug. 15th.—10-6t FOR RENT —Furnished apartment and furnished rooms, first floor. l 'ione 9.89.—10-8 t MISCELLANEOUS FARM LOANS—Atlanta Trust Co. money. For application, see R. ’ L. Maynard or P. B. Williford. —l-tr THE AMERICUS BUSINESS College is in operation; morning, afternoon and night. Miss Lillian Braswell, President. Merritt Blag. —ltf NOTICE ! <Dn September first we will move to 118-120 Cotton avenue, the ‘ store formerly occupied by Bol i ton Brothers and colored drug store. Telephone No. 224. BARKER GRO. CO. -5-101 Life is too short to use it nil up impressing other people.
