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PAGE FOUR THE WORLD WITH A FENCE A New Novel by Marian Sims « CAROL A. . HE room, us! nad today an electric quality pucre were charged with the currents of conflicting de- 4 sires. , It was a charming room, recently grown shabby, filled with beautiful and unrelated objects that long association had blended into a harmonious whole. Bookshelves climbed the walls beside the fireplace. The brilliant surface of a Duncan Phyfe secretary reflected a disreputable armchair, cherished for its vitiating comfort; a mellow Sarouk rubbed shoulders with a big taupe rug that had graduated years before from a department store. The room reflected with uncanny accuracy the tempera- ment of its inhabitants; the mixture of hardness and soft- ness, of weakness and strength, of ugliness and beauty. It was a hard room to leave, Carol ©: - thought as she stood on the hearth and felt it wrapping its tentacles about her. The room had shared half her twenty-six years, and it re- minded her of that now, in the treach@ous and unsporting fashion of a woman who seeks to hold a familiar and unwilling lover. It's no use, she told the room barshly; you've served your pur pose. You belong to the whole fam- ily. I want one like you that belongs to me, and if I stay on here I'll never have it. others, and he always would be. Pat was His Own Worst Enemy. ‘HAT left Jill, who was Pat’s twin. Nobody, Carol thought gratefully, need waste sympathy on Jill. She knew what she wanted, and she knew that a straight tine was usually the shortest distance be- tween two points. (She even knew, Carol thought ruefully, when it wasn’t!) She had rejected the sac- rificial offer of a year or two at col- “Because | didn’t apply for it, love. Because it took this definite offer to push me over the edge. Because I’m the type that sits still and bays at the moon.” “I thought you didn’t like teach- ing,” Pat reminded her. “You tried it a year and quit.” “I don’t really crave any sort of work,” she confessed cheerfully. | “I'd much rather be endowed, but not even colleges are having any luck at that now. Teaching’s all right; it’s just that—as the elevator boy told us about Westminster—it does take it out of you. In these parlous times it pays better than most things—and besides, it’s all I can do. That’s the beauty of these tony A-grade colleges.” Characteristically, Jill put her fin- ger on the vital point. “What about Ashboro as a place to live? Won't you be swapping the devil for a witch?” HE would be, of course. She had visited Ashboro under the pleas- antest of circumstances, and even invested with the glamour ofstrange- ness it was still just another Georgia town. Heaven knew what it would be when she was an Out-of- Town Teacher. But—and this too she couldn’t tell them—she wanted i» Ts Van Swi “That’s just It,".said Caro!, “Managing is getting me down.” She looked at the family, sitting in characteristic attitudes. Milly, her mother, was upright on the couch, an expression of hurt astonish- ment in her eyes. She felt desper- ately sorry for Milly, but she fought back the pity that rushed up and stung her. Milly had lived, and she wouldn’t always be here, although that seemed incredible now. She was too plump and pretty and youthful to lend credence to the inevitability of dissolution. Carol wished fervently that Milly might warry again: she was so in- tensely feminine, and so avid of male admiration. A pleasant, stupid man this time, without the faceted brilliance that had so bewildered her in Evan Torrance. Evan had adored her as a plaything, knowing within the first year that she could never be anything else to him. Per haps (Caro) tossed\the idea as @ sop to her own conscience) she might even manage that for Milly after she had made the break her- self.... Pat sprawled on his shoulder blades in an armchair, an unlit pipe between his teeth, an unreadable look in his blue eyes. It was Pat who broke Carol’s heart, but she knew with the insight Evan had be queathed her that she couldn’t do much for Pat. Nobody could. He was the victim of his own weak- ness and his own strength. He had so many capabilities and no driving talent. He did charming water-colors, wrote promising, bit- terly clever sketches, ha an un- canny feeling for the theatre. And each gift distracted his attention from the others: he was diverted from a set of illustratidhs by a burn- ing idea for a story, and then some- body would put on a benefit play and persuade him to drop both, And for a living of sorts he sold motor cars. Carol tried to tell herself that Pat was only twenty-one, and that he would mature, but she knew better. Pat was a thousand years olf in lege and taken a business course instead, and now she made 9 fair salary in Meredith’s only prosperous insurance office. Some time within the next few years a personable and eligible man would cross her path, and Jill, aided by her own rose and gold beauty, would calmly annex him. Until then she liked a little town, she had two or three “boy friends,” and she adored her home. Milly ‘was saying plaintively: “But, Carol, there’s no real neces- sity for you to do it. Your room and meals cost practically nothing. We ean manage like we've been doing.” Carol dragged her mind back to the issue. “That’s just it: ‘manag: ing’ is gradually getting me down. It 1 take this job it means that my clothes and food won't come out of the family exchequer and there'll be that much more for the rest of you. If you and Jill don't mind a stranger in the house you could even rent my room to another teacher who'd be leaving as 1 came home.” She felt a stab of dishonesty be- cause these were such minor fac- tors; because it was Meredith itself, and not the managing that was grad- ually getting her down. But she could at least spare Milly that. “And nest summer,” she smiled into their glum faces, “my salary will be velvet. One-fourth of twelve hundred is . . . three hundred dol- lars, my children. We’ll take that and go on a beautiful, hell-raisin’ bender.” F She was passionately glad that Evan Torrance didn’t know they ‘were having to “manage.” He had died with the reassurance that his family was adequately provided for; | 1¥- he hadn’t foreseen a national de- dauch. Milly said in an aggrieved voice: “1 still don’t see why you can't teach in the high school here, instead . . .” That was like Milly. You ex- plained something very carefully, to her satisfaction and yours, and then, hours or days later, she came to use Ashboro as a springboard. It wasn’t so hard to stay away as it was to get away. She nodded at Jill. “I probably will be, but all I can do is try. I can always come home: if ] don’t watch my step and curb my tongue I'll probably be sent home. Then I'll get a job here next year. They know I’m harmless here, in spite of all my loose talk.” But she knew, looking into her sister’s clear eyes, that Jill wasn’t fooled. Jill would enter without any instruction into the conspiracy to spare Milly’s feelings, but you couldn’t fool her. She dug the last cigaret out of a brass box and lit it. Milly said without conviction: And then to Carol: “What sort of place is this Ashboro?” Mow could you describe Ashboro? Carol wondered. That strange con- glomeration of cotton mills and de caying old homes and prosperous bourgeoisie, The hum of machinery was an orchestral accompaniment to the town’s very life—or it had been, four years ago. Probably un- der this new dispensation of Roose velt’s they were at it again, and their whistles—those eerie, inexor- able blasts that came at such queer hours—were once more marking off the day and night into shifts. Shorter shifts, this time. She said slowly: “In most ways it’s like Meredith, or any other Georgia town. There must be a | beautiful old homes, and the usual go-getters who have most of the money. Or rather they did have: 1 don’t know how they've fared late “It sounds terrible,” Milly said de- cidedly. “Of course, And if we described Meredith to them they'd say the same thing in the same tone of voice. Familiarity breeds—well—ac- ceptance.” (Copuright. 1936, by Marian Sims) “Jill, you're smoking too much.”" dozen cotton mills there, and a few | M=NDELL’S FIRST SALE Beach Party | In order'to make the last few; jdays of Mendell’s First Sale the| Mrs. B. H. Lowe delightfully; best of the entire sale, William! entertained with a beach party ; Mendell, manager of the store, is! last night in honor.of Miss Jennie | °!fering still further reduetion }on many items. jMae Johnson, who tecently re-i “Today's big special is on men’s} | turned grom “Tallahassee where she' high quality suits which are now | \ nad n attending Summer! being sold at a price almost 50° | School, and Mrs. C. E. Owensby | Percent less than the regular fig-1 jand Miss Elizabeth Baker of Mi-.""° lami, who are house guests of Miss | Johnson, ' All attending expressed {selves as having spent a most de- lightful evening. Mrs. Owensoy and Miss Bake are returning to ther homes ove! the highway Saturday. 2 Those present at the affair and poultry. ve 4 : GARDNER'S He aie x poner, Mrs.; Arrival of a new shipment CE. Owensby, Miss Flizabeth ‘stationery has been announced by aker; Misses il Mayfield Knowles, Susan Minnie Knowles. Mrs. B. H. Lowe. ; Rev. Shuler Peele, B. H. Lowe } | Allen E. Curry, Edw. R. Johnson, ; BROADWAY SPECIALS | Advertising cC!umns of today’s them-: Paper contain many sp-cials for Saturday off :vel in the meat line’ Ly Broadway Mvat Market, corner vaval and A Special pr ‘are on pork, lame, vea', be Lak-n, ‘yal and Southard streets. Th ffered in a wide price range., SMITH’S GROCERY thony. Knowles. ;ner Virginia and Georgia streets.! ‘Sizable savings can be made by! Arrange Dance At Veeing advantage of these Satur-' | Habana-Madrid iday prices at Smith’s Grocery. A pleasant evening of enter- PEREZ MARKET tainment is in store for all who! Jerome Perez Cash Meat Mar- attend the dance at Habana- ket, for the past sveral years lo-' ; Madrid Club tomorrow at the cated at 822 Fleming street. will! Susual hour of 10:00 o’cloc! move to a-new location on Mon-; During hot summer weuther, day of next week. H poany Key Westers take advantage This market will of the privileges of Habana-j Madrid Club where there is al checks ways a cool breeze to make dane: MAI ing more enjoyable. 3 ARIA A good musical program yt q in 3 days be furnished by a local orehesira. | COLDS a t \ | Liquid - Tablets first day Dancing Team At | sien Drape Headache 30 mints, | ? ; Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best} Raal’s Tomorrow Hessian : ees tation of the famous dancing. J OE A L L E N | team, “The Banders,” being 3 brought to Key West by Abelardo} Notary Public | Lopez, Jr. | A large attendance is expected THE CITIZEN OFFICE at Raul’s Saturday night affair. | John Pritchard’s Orchestra will; furnish a program of dance mu: ei for the occasion. OLD UNION Lager Beer, al-, ways fresh and invigorating. No Itch Too Deep For This Liquid | Imperial Lotion contains ‘x iteh killing medicines that go dewn into | skin folds to reach d kill the | cause of eczema, rash, tetter, ring- worm and common itch. Pleasant to use.. Two sizes, 85c and $1.00. ; i occupy the | Special feature of Raul’s Club tomorrow night will be a preser-: JEROME PEREZ Cash Meat Market We carry only the BEST meats—both Florida and West- ern. SPRING LAMB VEAL PORK HAMS All ingredients for Souse Phone 695 822 Fleming St. Free Delivery NOTICE: We are moving ;Monday to 808 Fleming St., iformerly Albury’s Market— |}jour new phone number will ee PALACE Tim McCoy in THE GHOST PATROL { building | Chazles Albury’s Meat Market at of the corner of Fleming and Wil- liam Demeritt,. Gardner's Pharmacy, corner Du-| ber will be A nice ‘list of grocery specials. Cabrera Wholesale’ Grocer | Darnell Carey, George Carey, An- | are published in this issue of The’ local di {Citizen by Smith’s Grocery, cor-: beve jtried, always desired. j bottle. FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 1936. ‘A section of the modern farm display which makes pp 2” integral part of Firestere Exhibit at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. The farmyard, cdmylete in every detail, incindes all Kinds of ground Grij farm implements equipped with Firestone > which was formerly’ day afternoon « over city tom o'clock and scatter ov reets, The new phone num- several thousanc , OLD UNION L OLD UNION BEER # novel method of THOMASINE M. MILLER —BEAUTICIAN— Latest Air Cooled Methed Permanents: $2.50 to $10.00 Hair Dyeing a Specialty 407 South St. Phone 574. ributors of this popular As was done a week ago Satur- OLD UNION Loger Beer. once 102 per Serial and Comedy Matinee: 5-10c; Night: 10-15¢ EERE Abelardo Lopez, Jr., Presents ‘“*‘THE BENDERS’’' Acrobatic and Tap Dancers | RAUL’S CLUB Saturday, August 15 Pritchard's Orchestra | | Admission ........ $1.00 (Plus 'Tax)’ AERTS RRS TION "be 76. < SME BROADWAY ~ Meat Market 401 Duval St. Phone 268 SATURDAY ONLY PORK Pork Loin Roast, tb ........ Pork Loin (Center Cuts), =: The, |... Pork Shoulder, t Pork Tails, 2 Ibs. Pork Feet, tb ..... Spare Ribs, 2 tbs. . |] Beef Tripe, 2 Ibs. .... Pork Sausages, 2 Ibs. Chitterlings, 2 Ibs. LAMB AND VEAL '] Lamb Legs, Lamb), t ....... Lamb Shoulder, tb Lamb Chops, tb Lamb Brisket, tb Neal Cutlets, Veal Chops, tb _. BEEF Ground Meat, fb .. Brisket, 2 Ibs. -... Clear Meat Stew, Ib ‘Beef Steak, 2 Ibs. - Smatil Kidney Chops, 2 Ibs. 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Today In History jini tiroagtout the conte, sone enncces | finally completed. | 1982—-Panic on ‘ferry ‘boat in 1795—Historie Jay Treaty with eR _jIndia caused by presence of large England signed by President] 1900—Peking, China, captured | snake—boat upset drowning 100. Washington. by Ailies—Boxer Rebellion. Picnic Hams, fb POULTRY Phone 560 Free Delivery ||] tions, tb Cor. Virginia and Georgia = 4 a - Streets 1935—President Roosevelt sign- ‘ 1917—Spain in throes of gen-}ed Social Security Bill, 1880—The famous Cathedral