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PAGE SIX r MAY SEYMOUR ra FOOT LOOSE] S’ . A's PEATBICE BUDTON , r , i|Ep I <■/ SEQUEL rO”o>se FLAPPER WFE" ©NEA May’s breast swelled with a kecr sense of victory as she said goodbj to Waterbury in the lobby of the Motel. In the shadow of some tall palms near the door, he took both her hands in iiis, for a moment. “You’re my girl now, aren't you?’’ he asked, and there was a deep note of tenderness in his voice. May beamed up at him, without a word. To herself she was thinking: “Yes, and you’re mine! .. . You and your bank account!” Aloiid she said. “Herby, I think .I’ll give a little dinner tonight to let Carlotta and Dan know about our engagemeirt. Will that be all right?” . A wrinkle between Waterbury's eycg deepened. “Well, 1 don't know ...” he began. But .May swept aside any objec tion he might have made. “It’ll be a farewell party for Car lotta, too. She leaves tomorrow for California,” she said quickly. “I'll ask everybody for seven-thirty. . . in my sittin groom. Come a little early, will you. so we. can have a minute alone?” And before he had time to ob ject. May had left him with a wave of her hand and a smile that linger-! ed in his memory. An expression of extreme satis faction appeared on his own face, as he twirled his cane and limped jauntily out of doors. An onlooker would have said that Herbert Water bury was tremendously pleased over something. . . . * « * An hour later May had nwv.-J from her room on the eleventh floor of the.hotel to a suite on the third one. She had decorated it with doz ens of white roses, and had ordered dinner for five to be served in the large sitting room that faced the sea. “I mat just as well ask Jack Darn ley, too,” she had said to herself, after she bad invited Dan and Car lotta. “It won’t do Herby the least bit of harm to see that another man’s crazy about me. . .” The boy had accepted eagerly. “Just you and I?” he had asked. And May had not answered, but had only laughed as she hung the receiv er back upon its hook. *l I I ——' —• ~~' Purifies the Blood and makes the Cheeks Rosy Grove's Tasfe/ess CBuff Tosric I coc. ’ SHEET MUSIC I New Fe : st Fclio No. 9, just out; also just received a large shipment of the latest sengs. THOS. L. BELU Inc. See Or.- Window Display WALKER’S “The Store of Quality and Service” / New Silks and Laces On Sale TUESDAY I WATCH FOR ADVERTISEMENT TO MORROW. MORE NEW GOODS TO FOLLOW. H. S. Walker & Co. Lamar St. Phone 44 Americus, Ga. e « ‘ ? lii'' x-C i l-’-’r' ;'!•) ‘ !>■ i A ■' t '<?■ As, f A'”7 . < BV. \ ' w A. M /' i . * Os " 7 '■ 'i' I '!’ jli dill ?j!j’d; i , /’’? j ' o- I > He raised his brows and his eves questioned her as he held a stock certificate befoie her. “He’s due to get the jolt of his life when he finds out that this par ty is in honor of my engagement to Herby,” she remarked cheerfully to . herself, powdering her face with a lavish- hand, before the mirror of hej- new bedroom. She began to brush her hair, ap preciating its blackness against the pearl of her skin, with the eye of an artist. Then she met her own yes in the mirror, and laughed aloud. “You smart thing!” she addressed herself, “To pick up a million-dollar husband, just like that!” And she snapped her finger. I Presently she sat down before the glass to manicure the almond-shap ednails of her long slender hands. ’ She spread her fingers and looked at them. On the third finger of the | left hand the black nearl gleamed dully. “That’s where I ought to be weal ing Herby’s’engagement ring!” she thought suddenly. “Oh, dear, why didn’t I make him buy me one today when we were out on the Broad-' walk? . . . We must have passed two or three jewelry stores! How stupid of im-I” • But then, in a week at the ver.v latest, she would have not only an engagement ring, but a wedding ring, too! . . . \nd after that, she could spend ail the money she Want ed for rings! . . . Herby’s money! fat clothes allowance,” she decided “I’ll make him give me a good, dreamily. “And we‘ll go to Egypt for our honeymoon . . .” The sharp ringing of the tele- I phone brought her back from these thoughts of wedded bliss and the land of the Nile. • “Mr. Sprague calling,”’ said the I A restful night on Lake Erie | B Makes a pleasant break in your journey. bed in a clean, 8 ■| cool stateroom, a tong sound sleep arid an appetizing breakfast I Hi in the morning. I Stecmers “SEEANDBEE”-“CITY OF EPIE’ - 'CITY OF BUFFALO” Daily May Ist to November 15th- I Leav’? P. M.f Eastern 1 Leave Buffalo— 9:00 P. M* Arrive Buffalo —*7:oo A. M- I Standard Time j Arrive Cleveland *7:00 A. M. ♦Steamer “CITY OF BUFFALO” arrives 7 ?0 /X. M. Connections for Niagara Falls, Eastern and Canadian points. Ark your ticket .•cent or tourist agency for tickets via C Sc B Line. New Touriot Automobile Ratc-$7.50. Send for free sectional puzzle chart of The Great Ship the Great Ship “SEEANDBEc” and Tr a ' fcl “SEEAND6EE**— 32-pagc booklet. Length, SCO feet, 'Abe Cleveland 6k Buffalo Transit Co. \ Breadth, 98 feet Cleveland, Ohio 6 inches. Fare, $5.50 * Your Rai! Ticket is ' 1 - !v \ C inc d ' n the B. a* i 300 BROADCLOTH SHIRTS 83-00 Values Sizes 14 to 17 TUESDAY $1.49 ! CHURCHWELL’S Lamar Street Americus, Ga. THE AMERiUUS TIMES RECORDER telephone girl, and May asked her to-send hitji tip. She rpet Dan, standing in thV cen ter .Os the great rose-scenl' d. livjng ■ room, and -held out both Tier hamd in welcome. “flow ‘fascinating he'is this ugly Way!” she was thinking, as she smil ed at him with slightly-parted lips. • “Good Lord, hi w rich .he must b.- ... to live like this!” Sprague,was thinking, as Ke looked down at her. He had not glanced at the rodm ap parently, hut his'-sharp eyes had in stantly registered the size and spledor of i£.'„ .'•and of the be t room beyond. Hd.knew that a suite of this sort was not. to be had for a song-at a Broadwalk hotel in A:- ; lantic City. ! “Dear laJy, I "same to talk bu.- ] iii'- 's with you.” he said, laughing in an e&spcradad sort of way. “And how can J talk business to you whim you .lords tht? way you do? I want to ly-'S you. . “Ob,-go on with you!” May sagl, the corners o/ her lips tilting up, “I f-you'wanted to kiss -me, you would'.”’ • .Then, as he came toward her. she put a-little gilt chair between them. “Mi>, no . . .” Sprague laughed genially. “All right, if you won’t let me make love 1 to you, perhaps you’ll bt me make money for you.” he .said, taking the gilt chair from her. “Come., down stairs and while have some tea I will explain to you.” May agreed and together they went, to the dining room. He cleared his throat and began. “Perhaps Waterbury’s told you about my oil well put-in California,’ he said. “They’ve sunk the shaft, and the superintendent tells me it’s going to make us all rich . . . Water bury and two or three other fellows who are in with me, on it. Want to come along?” He raised his brows, and his eyes questioned her as be held a stock certificate before her. put some of my -money into it?” “D-do you mean you want me to May asekd. “Buy stock in it? Is that what you mean?” “You efln make a colossal fortune if you do . . . that is, if you put a few thousands into it,” Dan answer ed her, “There’s an ocean of oil out there, under the old sand-hill where we're drilling.”. j Maj r looked dreamily out of the I window. She was a born gambler i with a gambler's love of talcing a i chance. . . . j “I think I’ll come in on it with | you, Dan,” she said slowly. “But j I’d like .to think it over for a few i days. Will that be all right?” ] She had made up her mind to buy ] the oil stock, but she knew -she i woul have to wait to do it until I Ulysses Forgan should send her the money from thJe sale of the house. ' “Yes, I’ll do it,” she repeated. , “And I’ll 'see you-tonight'at seven thirty, won’t I? . . . Don’t forget you’re having 'dinner with me.” His eyes were reproachful. “How ! could 1 forget?” he asked. “Don’t you know that I look forward ba i every momeni wiiii vou?” At seven she was' dawdling over i .her toilet;, reveling-in-that--delicious moment known only to women . . ■ I the moment just beforc’thcy’PUt on , a ne wgown that is sure to be becofti Hng - ' ~ . May stood looking at it, As it lay spread out upon the . . . a.wisp, of la thing, spangled with silver and foaming-with gra.v tarp. She picked ] it up, and as she stood with, in her hands there came a sharp rapping on the door of the sitting room. “That’s probably the waiter with' tlie table—" she "thought, ' “Weil,’ he’ll just, have to .wait a minute.” Unhurriedly, she slipped the,twi . light-colored dress over her head and .stood back front the ’ mirror lost in admiration of herself. - She turned her head from.ride to’ side, noting' with keep enjoyment the flashes which the electric, light I brought out from the-sheen of her d hair, and front the silver of- her gown. , . “Oh, you are lovely,, tonight-!” she. said aloud to herself, leaning cldser to the mirror, and gazing at hersblf with dreamy eyes, “You tle'scrve tr. have money—lotsofitl” . Suppose.she had.enter into a Cold blooded union with Herbert .Water bury? What of it—This was a world, of barter and exchange, wasn’t it? And if-she wanted to sell her beauty and youth to a man who 'could give ..her marriage and inillions, business was it but’ Hersl—Love? ■ That was for girls and boys in Lbefr teens! •' . . . Again the knocking gojuided upon the. outer door. And May flashed a last admiring glance.\at her brilliant arflection, before-, she went to open it. Instead of the waiter, whom she expected to sec, Jack Darnley stood there, immaculate in his dinner jacket, and holding in his anns an enormous bunch of long-sterjimed red roses. .' . He Stepped into the room, droop- cAs Q " uk) i -SC., f S A 7V eo * io - 7 ‘‘fl '•# . ' Are you Proud t Y’ of your watch If not you should own a “South ® M" -■ « Then you will be A proud of itsmodern TjW- beauty and wonder- < 4%* pH ful accuracy. , ? f, W Come in and see W •i U the new arrivals jr l with some of the i w classiest dial and • ; T case designs we Y ; A have ever shown. ‘7" ' AMERICUS Y JEWELRY CO. ‘■p I Wallis Mott, Mgr. Cp hYa • Phone 229 cjn MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 24, 19 ed the flowers down upon the near est chair,‘and took Maj roughly in fo hjs arms. He thrust' her b -.'.-i back’and rained kisses upon h r moutli,—hard, ferocious kisses that reeked with .the smell of whiskey. •May could feel his hot; tumultu ous breath—and an inch from her eyas’ wer:-..J.b own—bloou-shot a . I glassy. With a great effort she pulled, hergelf away from him, “You dreadful child!” she cried, rubbing her bruised lip.- with the back of her’hand, “How dare you tou.ch mej—?’’ - Young Darnley laughed. "How dare 1 touch you?”, lie repeated thickly, “How dare-J ttuch you— that’s good! 1 suppd.se you've for gotten the other night pit the Steel Pier—" • He learn{JriforWai*] and >• her agliin.. “1-aiiAys' knt'w I wlTs going to have a’cnfsh on a widow, some time or othei;!” he muttered. “And believe me, 'Xanthippe, 1 have it!— Hot puppy, but I'm crazy about you,” May pushed hjm firmly awa.v ..from her, “Now, Jack, behave your self!” she'" said sharply, “You’ve been drinking!” - “Not any more than usual. I’m pleastntly jiqglcd most of the time, 's a matter.of fact,” he said sulkly. -Mat pushed him down, into a chair, and picked up his roses. “I’ll nut thcsci in water—-and thanks for '.hem; they’re lovely,” she said cool ly, “Try to pull yourself together before the others come. ’ HOTEL GORDON r j ■ ALBANY, G 4. # f Fire Proof ' I'l Room 9, L«rope«n | : "“*1 NOTICE ( I pay highest cash price for Iron and Sl« Scrap, Junk Autos, Old T ires and Tub • Metals and Rags. T. L. DURHAM | DON’T FORGET I That we are moving to our new location, corner Jacksoi II and Forsyth Streets, on or about SEPTEMBER BTH | I in building now occupied by Barker Grocery, popu larly known Mize corner. We Invite Your Patronage HARRIS GROCERY \ E 28—Phone —29 ; S? HAND BAGS, SUIT CASES AND S LEATHER POCKETBOOKS REPAIRED g By N. R. Harris, Expert Workman Aluminumware Free to Customers PHILLIPS CHAMPION SHOE AND HARNESS SHOP 111 E. Forsyth Street j TODAY TUESDAY fl RYLAND ER I r s Doris Kenyon, Lloyd Hughes, He bar! Bcsworth, Frank » Maye, Anna Q. Nilsson and Baby Brock The year’s biggest marriage story with a real cast. I LET US DO YOUR I ■ MING! I IT WILL PAY I YOU I I Farmers Cotton Oil CO. 1 Phone 92 B . g % EM “Others?” Jack repeated, dullyj -i -others?— Wh-" others/”I thought 1 > >*■;; and I were going to have a * little party of our own—Why, I J wouldn't have came to this darned ■ dinner if I'd known you werg goii-J i 1.0 have a horde of people 'in.-X wanted you all to myself • He jumped up, and thre arms around her once more, . ing the roses in her arms. “I «■ i you to myself, I tell you!” he vB on in a kind of frenzy, Kiss .n<M Behind her, Maj’ heard the that led into the hall, crack . ■ swung open. (To Be Continued) S LOCAL POULTRYMEN I TO ATTEND BABY ■ CHICK CONVENTICg (Continued from One) ,> ! far as Kansas, and after attendin. J three national poultr.v conventions, lie was more optimistic, than ever j before concerning the future of the poultry industry in Georgia. | The personnel of the Georgia Baby Chick Association is as fol- I lows: C. S. Burden, president, Hogansville; A. E. M right, president, Orchard Hill; J. IL Mood, Secretary, Athens, R. S. Wooster, treasurer, Americus. -The directors are C. S. Burden, Hogansville; C. W Fowler. Marietta, J. ’J. Harris, Pelham; W. C. Hillhouse,; Jr., Waynesboro: Geo. T.^Morris, Car dfile. and J. H. V- <>od, Athens.
