anaheim-gazette 1926-04-29

Mr. and Mrs. Sallie being the Confessions of a new wife... by Gladys Baker Illustrated by Paul Robinson Copyright 1925 by Publishers Autocaster Service Daughter of Her Mother I pressed the small gold button of the antique case and before me was a miniature painting of exquisite perfection, the face of a bride in her wedding veil. "I know it's Mother!" I softly exclaimed, as I held the cold glass against my cheek in such poignant yearning that it caused me sudden pain. "Father, I don't think I've ever seen anything as fresh and innocent and—unblemished," I said, gazing at the study in my hand. Finally he came over and sat beside me on the divan. He stroked my hair. "I'm sorry I had to tell you this, Sallie, but otherwise you would never have known." Finally he came over and sat beside me on the divan. He stroked my hair. "I'm sorry I had to tell you this, Sallie, but otherwise you would never have known." "Look, Sallie," Father interrupted my absorption as he reached for an old-gold mirror, which lay on his desk, and held it before my face. Then, after a moment's pause: "Now, look at the miniature again." "Why, they're exactly the same." I had not realized until then that my mother and I were so unmistakably alike. "Yes," agreed Father. "Not settle yourself, I am going to tell you a story that, for all these years has been hidden in the innermost recesses of my heart. Only my desire for your well-being makes me reveal these facts even to you—my child." He settled himself tensely in his chair and began: "The night you were married, Sallie, you said to me that you would never be unaffectional to Curtiss, even in your thoughts, and as you stood there, a little bride, it reminded me of what your mother had said to me, twenty years before that, on her wedding night." Then for a short time he wandered in memory's lane. "We'll start from that point," he finally said, regaining his usual poise and forcing himself to speak, as much as was possible, in an impersonal voice. "After we were married we moved to North Carolina, and took up our lives in one of those picturesque small towns that are typical of the traditions of the Old South. The streets were broad avenues, arched with trees, the houses were large, most of them ancestral estates, which sat steadily back from the road and reared large and stalwart families year after year. "Well," he continued, "the first part of our married life was simply ideal. Things went well—even for several years after you were born—and then, more and more, I began to leave your mother alone. I was beginning to get rich, and, like many men, I unfortunately allowed my business to absorb my entire time. Night after night I would return to the bank, until it became impossible for me to spend an evening at home. I was money-mad. I wanted to be, first, the richest man in town and then the most prosperous man in the state and then, that accomplished, I had visions of becoming a financial power in the South. There was always a will-o'-the-wisp, higher and higher, that led me on." He paused as if he were uncertain how to express his crowding thoughts. simply ideal. Things went well—even for several years after you were born—and then, more and more, I began to leave your mother alone. I was beginning to get rich, and, like many men, I unfortunately allowed my business to absorb my entire time. Night after night I would return to the bank, until it became impossible for me to spend an evening at home. I was money-mad. I wanted to be, first, the richest man in town and then the most prosperous man in the state and then, that accomplished, I had visions of becoming a financial power in the South. There was always a will-o'-the-wisp, higher and higher, that led me on." He paused as if he were uncertain how to express his crowding thoughts. "Yes, Father, please go on." "Your mother was beautiful and had a magnetic charm. In her youth, like you, she had been a belle. Small-town conventionality of that age prohibited her from taking part in any social life alone, and that I should have expected her to be satisfied with my utter neglect seems unreasonable to me now, but then my thoughts were concentrated on riches and power." "Don't stop, Father, go on." I urged when once again he paused. "Well, it isn't a new story, Sallie, but I want to tell you all. I shall be brief. Our house sat back from the road. It was an old Southern mansion, and the front veranda was your mother's favorite resort. In the evening, after she had tucked you into bed, she would sit there for hours at a time. The moon made fairy patterns as it dropped its white light through sweet-flowering vines. A illac bush grew near the door—in fact, there were two, one on each side of the entrance, I believe, and the fragrance of their blossoms perfumed the soft Southern night. I can see her now sitting there and begging me not to leave her so utterly alone. I would smile at her "whims" as I called these occasions when she unburdened her heart, and so night after night the office continued to claim my attention and gaze. "There was one other house in the same square with ours. It belonged to Edmund White. A charming, lovable fellow, who had the respect and admiration of the entire town. He was often a guest in our home. Many times when I left for the office he would remain and talk with my wife. Then there was a time when he ceased to come to us at all. I can look back and see it now. White sitting there on his porch in the moonlight all alone, a few steps away a beautiful, lonely woman sitting there in the soft scented moonlight, also alone. The both tried to brave, but out of the dark loneliness of their lives a sudden spark had sprung. They both knew it, felt it and realized how impossible, under existant conditions, it would be to control. I can remember how your mother, even then, pleaded with me to stay at home. They were fighting the age-old fight of a man and a maid—struggling, Sallie, against impossible odds." He closed his eyes and remained so for some time then his voice came again, but this time it was not so clear and not so strong. "One day I came home from the office and found your mother lying upon her bed. She was dressed in her wedding gown, and a bunch of her beloved violets were pinned at her breast." His voice caught, but with grim determination he went on. "The receiver of the telephone at her bedside table was down. I'll show you the note, Sallie, that I found clutched in her hand." He walked over to the Renaissance chest and returned with a bit of note paper which the years had loyally toned. "I can not lead a double life," it said. "This is a suicide pact. Edmond and I agreed to go at the same hour. Please do not neglect my little girl." Tears blinded my eyes. For what seemed to me an interminable length of time I was made speechless with the dumb misery that tore at my heart. My father remained perfectly still. I was glad that I did not see his face, for when I had last looked it was masked in pain. Finally he came over and sat beside me on the divan. He stroked my hair. Sale of the six-striping, in the heart of cash consideration for ported Saturday, for Knute Norswinger, traded valuable Lot for that same sky $50,000 to the man. Then he discovered already had been no else, and further "clear" as he had been. Such, at least, is related in a complaint against W. Harkwell Building Co., has suced to void ment and to get $50,000 he claims to owe. The Markwell building Saturday to the Jerry Beach. Norswinger tered the deal for him later, he discovered Mitchell, who owned of the Markwell co., in escrow by which ing was deeded to Gray of Glendale. Judging from the nouncement, the Owner get the building. "I'm sorry I had to tell you this, Sallie, but otherwise you would never have known." "I don't see how you could keep it a secret," I said between sobs. "Some coroners have been known to cover the real causes of death," he explained, "and a magnificent bride is not easy for some people to refuse. The report was that ill health caused White to take his life, and that my wife died of acute indigestion the same afternoon. We put it over all right, and until this day no one knows." "Now, my darling," he finished with tender solicitude in his voice, "you must not think about these things any more tonight. It is late and you must go to bed. But I think, if I were you, I'd return to Curtiss and help him over this part of his life which is bound to be hard. I've told you about your mother because I am trying to carry out her last request to 'protect her little girl.' I want you to see the frailty of human beings which is sometimes overwhelming in spite of their intention to be strong." The next day, my heart beating high with steadfast resolve, I began my journey towards Curtiss and the city I was determined to look upon as home. (To be continued next week.) Sport Supervision in High School Grades State Superintendent of Public Instruction Issues Warning A warning against overdoing sports in high school grades is sounded by Will C. Wood, state superintendent of public instruction, in a bulletin issued by his office and received by R. F. Mitchell, county superintendent of schools. The state superintendent goes on to say: "In connection with the rapidly increasing popularity of basketball, I wish to remind school administrators that under the pressure of enthusiasm and community interest, high school boys, According to Norswing's complaint, he traded three tracts of land, aggregating 254 acres, fronting on Hope street, Los Angeles, for the Markwell building, which is situated at Ocean boulevard and Pine street, Long Beach. Mitchell, said Norswing, falsely represented that there was not more than $650,000 "against" the building, besides a $500 architect fee. The Fullerton man later discovered, he says, that Mitchell had not only omitted a $60,000 note from the list of liabilities against the building and that the architect fee was really $7600, but that the deed to the Grays already had been placed in escrow. Norswing decided that it was time he should stifle his ambition to own a skyscraper. He retained the Los Angeles law firm, Holcombe & Holcombe, to represent him in the court proceedings. News dispatches from Rumania say that the country is menaced by a serious crisis in the coming election. We hear that same story every two years in the United States. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE WHEREAS, J. W. HEVENER and ORA HEVENER, husband and wife, by a Deed of Trust dated April 14th, 1925, recorded August 12, 1925, in Book 5315, Page 65, of Official Records, in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Los Angeles, California, and also recorded September 8, 1925, in Book 604, Page 59, of Deeds, in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Orange, California, did grant and convey the premises therein and herein after described to TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure among other things, the payment of two promissory notes, each dated April 14th, 1925, made by the said J. W. Hevener and Ora Hevener, for the sums of $9000.00 and $9000.00 respectively, payable on demand and six months after date thereof respectively, to the order of The California National Bank of Long Beach, California; each note bearing interest from date thereof until paid, at the rate of eight per cent per annum, payable quarterly or compounded; and WHEREAS, default has been made elated the whole of said principal sum and interest now due and payable and has demanded that said Trustee shall sell the premises granted by said Deed of Trust to accomplish the objects of the trust therein expressed; and WHEREAS, said THE CALIFORNIA NATIONAL BANK OF LONG BEACH, being the holder of said notes under said Deed of Trust, did record in the office of the County Recorders of the Counties of Los Angeles and Orange (being the Counties wherein the real property covered by said Deed of Trust, and hereinafter described, is situated) a notice of said breach, and of its election to cause said property to be sold to satisfy said obligation, which said notice was recorded on December 15, 1925, in Book 5505, Page 351, of Official Records, Records of said Los Angeles County; and also recorded January 8, 1926, in Book 27, Page 157, of Miscellaneous Records, in the Office of the County Recorder of the County of Orange, California; NOW, THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the undersigned by virtue of the authority in it vested, as Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in United States Gold Coin, on Friday, the Seyenth day of May, 1926, at the hour of eleven o'clock A.M. of said day in the lobby of the Fifth Street entrance of the Title Insurance Building, corner of Fifth and Spring Streets, in the City of Los Angeles, California; the interest conveyed to it by the aforesaid Deed of Trust in and to the real property therein described situate partly in the County of Los Angeles and partly in the County of Orange. State of California; to-wit; described as follows: 1. The East Ninety (90) feet of Lot Seven (7) and the North Five (5) feet of Lot Eight (8) of the Covert Tract, in the City of Long Beach, as per map recorded in Book 4. Page 47 of Maps, in the office of the Recorder of said County. Said Deed of Trust recites that above parcel is subject to a Trust Deed for $7000.00 filed concurrently therewith. 2. Lot Five (5) of the Barnes Resubdivision of a portion of Block "D" of Bay View Heights. City A warning against overdoing sports in high school grades is sounded by Will C. Wood, state superintendent of public instruction, in a bulletin issued by his office and received by R. F. Mitchell, county superintendent of schools. The state superintendent goes on to say: "In connection with the rapidly increasing popularity of basketball, I wish to remind school administrators that under the pressure of enthusiasm and community interest, high school boys, who are passing through the critical adolescent period, are prone to overestimate their vitality and to jeopardize the normal development of their organic power through over-indulgence in this strenuous game." "Careful individual supervision is, of course, the first essential, and I believe that every teacher of physical education should be held responsible for such supervision, but school administrators should regulate the frequency of games and the length of the season in accordance with the physiological capacity of growing boys rather than by practice in colleges or by number of games which the league schedule demands." "From the standpoint of education, as well as health, the scheduling of more than one inter-school contest for any team during the week seems to me to be difficult to justify." General Petroleum "Driving South" The General Petroleum Corporation has announced that it will begin marketing its products in Pomona and surrounding territories on April 28. This is part of the General's plan of marketing "in every town from Canada down." Since the introduction of General gasoline and lubricants in 1923, General Petroleum Corporation has been "Driving South." They came into this territory on March 26, on which day Ralph A. Mosher, Orange county distributor for General products, began marketing through authorized independent dealers. Pertinent to the General's entrance into the Pomona field, Mr. Mosher says: "The entrance of the General Petroleum Corporation into the Pomona field is another indication of their expansion in Southern California." "Since the introduction of General gasoline and lubricants, in 1923, General products have become more and more popular with the motoring public. The General Petroleum Corporation is unique in their plan of marketing through authorized independent dealers. Their success in Washington, Oregon and northern California has been phenomenal and should be even more so in Southern California, where the corporation has been operating as a producer and refiner for 15 years." "In Orange county we have complete distribution, as I understand Pomona will have on their opening day. I anticipate that General gasoline and lubricants will have the same success in..." Local Farmer in Alleged Swindle Trades Valuable Property for Long Beach Skyscraper Sale of the six-story Markwell building, in the heart of Long Beach, for a cash consideration of $1,250,000, as reported Saturday, found is sequel here. Knute Norswing, Fullerton farmer, traded valuable Los Angeles property for that same skyscraper and loaned $50,000 to the man who owned it. Then he discovered that the building already had been deeded to someone else, and further that it wasn't as "clear" as he had been told. Such, at least, is Norswing's story, related in a complaint filed in superior court against W. D. Mitchell and the Markwell Building Company. Norswing has sued to void his exchange agreement and to get judgment for the $50,000 he claims to have loaned Mitchell. The Markwell building was sold last Saturday to the Jergins Trust of Long Beach. Norswing claims that he entered the deal for it last September 16. Later, he discovered, he says, that Mitchell, who owned all of the shares of the Markwell company, had a deal in escrow by which the Markwell building was deeded to Mr. and Mrs. John Gray of Glendale. Judging from the present sale announcement, the Grays also failed to get the building. THAT GAUNT SPECTRE of poverty in old age haunts almost every man. The only way to avert this calamity is to avoid waste and practice thrift right now. The safest form of thrift is a savings account in a big, strong, helpful bank. We pay four percent interest compounded twice annually. You'll receive a warm greeting at our New Account window. 4% ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS BANK OF AMERICA COMMERCIAL—SAVINGS—TRUST Head Office, 752 South Broadway ANAHEIM BRANCH E. E. SMITH, MANAGER Combined Resources Bank of America and affiliations thru Americommercial Corporation 80 Million Dollars 62 Banking Offices of the Recorder of said County, having since been released from the said Deed of Trust. To pay the remaining principal sum of said note, to-wit; the sum of $15,026.88, and the interest thereon from the 14th day of October, 1925, at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, compounded quarterly, sums, if any, advanced under the provisions of said Deed, of Trust, the expenses of said sale; and the expenses of said trust in the sum of $510.00. Terms of sale, cash in United States Gold Coin, payable at time and place of sale. Dated, April 7, 1926. TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE. By W. W. POWELL. (SEAL) Vice-President. By C. M. SPERRY, Assistant Secretary. T. O. No. 3771. ICS. 4-22-3t Plan your Vacation back east The marvels of Zion National Park— The fame of scenic Salt Lake City— The amazingly varied charms of Yellowstone National Park— Are among the reasons for choosing the Union Pacific as your route Back East. The finest of travel— Make your reservations now. 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