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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1931-12-24, Page 74 • 1 B;Y 1RE IE" S�',II,a,,,, . • Tho little typist, working :n the third windpw On the fourth:' floor of the building opperite•the•hospital, fin ityhed: her letter with a flourish'.; ' man went to watclit her as he went his' rounds in. the men's wards, prepared to smile. • ' • It was hardly necessary to pause,. he: reflected. Ile knew so well what she would, do,, She, ,open 'a drhwer,,take out her powder -puff, and poWdwr herimpudent little nose. -'.:hen 'She would perhaps throw some laugh •ing'remark to the gixl.who worked nearest her. • In•'any ,event, it. weuld, be some minutes' before she started vt�ork , again. Yes, •as it,;happen, tiie little typist phly'satf back and°sighed: •The 'titan opposite .„ave, , so surprised: that he• paused longer ;than usual,, until» rho bitigh.t face, at' the iyi.,pdo* t i'raed • any '""•• . •• "That young: man certainly knows tare;-t-dudy-e ss stalls -said to r cgrapait*... ' ; ' "You 'should .feel 'flattered, ,dear,” said Miss Macinty.e, • Judy shook her head. ,"his eyes are too• critical; besides; the wretched creature always manages to leek .across " vhe>ti I am powdering my'nose. You know, that building op- posite has blighted my'life."•'' Miss Macintyre was horrified "Oh, you'"shouldi►'t say :that Doti'f. forget it's a hospital. Don't forget the. good work they do." "Yes, r' always • do try to. remember'' that; but 11 -can't help•regretting-th e -'pleasant green. square we need to look upon. You weren't here, so you deal remember .what this place was' like a year or two ago. It was a- pieagure to. Work` here then." "And now?" ventured. Miss t a^in`'•` tyre', timidly. • : `It's a penance," said Judy solemn- ly, : and . that's final." "`Heavens;.whiit''s go; yob down. this• morning?" demanded Miss Macintyre in alarm. *"The building' opposite," said 'Judy: tersely. But' that, though indirectly true,. • was' pot °,so entirely. Judith would hardly admit it to herself, but it was the man opposite who had upset her. He stared so often and so hard that she had been, bound to notice him, bus she was.often forced to wonder. 'whe- ther he.had .really noticed her. • And because, she was not sure she w: as angry, with herself for being so. interested in him, Angry with .herself 'for liking ;his fair, thoughtful you Z face, his:serious, frowning brows, but she was envies still-witlrhim because he never smiled. L. He seemed ' very remote and ab- stracted in his work across the way. The boys n-thr-men's ward smiled at to go,.. If she could Cheer thoserboys• • ,0, up, he would • The Saturday afternoon, coneert proved to, be'the usual .hospital affair, replete with kind old ladies exercising: 'somewhat doubtful „talents,. July couldn't' help being the star turn: �• It:• •she had finished her first' a piano, tab one world hser dr caving the instrument. Some ,' adelito, who had gathered in the doorway, ran forward every time she tried. to escape, and held her down, She played popular dance tunes and all the old favorites she could, remem- ber. ,. She sang an old-fashioned •love song aha. had half the Ward singing` with hers It, was towards the.:'end of this song'•that' he voice faltered and her energetic little 'hands p'layed...not• so surely; She saw thefair . yen:*man panse iri the doorway, • W hea she had finished the s.mg he spoke. to.the . stgdents; and a • nurabe!" of tl"em turned on reluctant heels and. *eV' away; but .he retneined, frown lite 's • .. telt su`rlden',nervous,'• or• slie would .hr ye gone;uyp to him and- asl ed• hick w'hy'he did: ' netlike her .$)eg, -Shr 'Often went over:tb the lid spita.a; d5 aftei';that; but thpiigh t`t"e mad f+aien . with all the patients land many; of th •-�t-o-t.-cuh ts; she :ever-iTrF de ien�is w- h the 1: it youiteL met s,ith the ; riq s eyes - , "I' don't think he approves of me she told the rosy -land toywith th broken .leg i'1 a always Stan.:, an glowers at nl`e wnea.I'm play lab - that is, , if he".deign§ to'natic4 . me' at •1" • "Oh, he,approves Of you 'all rig He wouldn't' come' round at all whil .you're .here.'af-.lie_didn'.t...He's_alway. very busy. .But. then he takes his je very. 'seriously, ..you know. He's very young to be house=surgeon. • He 'was 'a student 'less than two years ago, you know,_playing_R:ugger,.in. the: hospital: A team,., Ite,:•told• me' that'when'. he heard how I broke my leg." The next week; was Hospital.Wee for 'the, West Central :Hospital, an excitement ran high: Students parad ed .the streets in'.white' coats or.fans dress ,'railing nursed collected • at cot nets. On the Tuesday there was. door to'door'collection, and• the,s;;u dents raided ` the offices pf' Messrs Harford & -Harford.- Judith arford. ° Judith watched eagerly from her window, trying to recognize some o the• • • fantastically ;dressed figures After long minutes she began to think that her own -room' on 'the fourth fl.ior had' been forgotten; then the doer opened and someone came in.'He :came straight across to her seat .Ib;y ' dow as if she• were the only person he wished to see: He smiled. S:taicding° before her, shaking his collecting=box, he seemed younger and gayer than she•' had ever een him. ` "You're not • supposed to do' this.. sort f thing, surely," . she. said, when 'she ad recovered. from her .'surprise•, she umbled in her bag • for half-a-crown, hich really was the most she could fford, and .as she fumbled she read he legend' e`t' ter" a�ic dox, ouse urgeon's' Collecting Eox." = "1 canie'across•more •to,see Yea than e ht. e s FQHoxers of Paylova�'s Art Moinbers of. the Juno. rt Sch at Finchle late Anna Pavlova. Many ballet classes are ,now preparing for Christmas programs. E n land ose efectivel in ''a 'mirror . owned by the SundaySchoot. 'December ' 2y, i eseetr-41 fr 'he ' • 'Spread .of ehr 3stien!ty tin Barnpe.-- tsalah 11 , 1-10. Golden Text- • The kingdoms of. this world are. bet come the kingdoms of our .Lord, and of his Christ;_ and he obeli . - reign fo.r •ever and eves.—Revela.• • tion 1'1: 15.. , - .• • Far six months we have been•follaw-' ing the studies of:the spread of Chris- .tianity after'the• departure •of Jesus.'; •In the • resurrection, the little band of • ,followers became, aware .of ;the living!' . ," arid: eternal- Christ' and: they went - everywhere ' 'spreading the. inessage. `• . and the power of his gospel .Asy'we••" .have looked" 'again upon the faith and the cou age of these ea' ly followers of Cultist, and realize`sometlnng of: the riee.•tht�ey 'paid in° new outi'odks and eraic ehdeai�ora, risking .and ,actin; . ing'al'l that,'they had; '.Vie feel tliat,we •have entered ' into a rich heritage in deed.• `We are constrain d to ask our selves-whether-We7have been`;u's' gith- ful' witnesses. - he past:sons 'neve ' .shown u-•Ghrissianitr •=movi w sho. ty4 Ing•euti,nto . new.' areas, the extension,of the 'mis- " sionary activity of 'the church to in- elude` Europe.. Help the ;class to see ' the enlargement of'view as well •as.o,f • area that has taken. place.', This part. of the; •review you might "gather up' under -the •heading; "Jewish vs. Una- • • versal,.Christianity. Recall' with the. • . group.the Judaizing ten cyof a ter- tain' group. • They; •egar ed Christian-: .}ty •at••first-as-exelnsively-f"oriews�•an'd> . within the, Jewish church. • When did -this idea get its first. challenge? 'Recall' Peter :at-Joppa: , But who.was the;real '•. champion 'of' the larger view?. 'It'•was' • . Paul who.' "tore the' gospel from..its -Jewish soil and rooted it' in the soil oaf ' humanity." Caa•to mind his experi-' 'ence on his first' and second missionary'' 'journeys and' hie Call into.Europe. Re= view. the circumstances 'of his preach- ing in Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, 'and • Corinth. • . Note especially. that., 'Paul was .demon'strating.all the while. that Gentiles,could enter.'intothe'.faith . and life in Christ equally 'with' Jews • and it was not neeessary,•for. them to • •aeceptthe- unf•arniiiar-.ceremonial of Judaism' in order. •to be,`.good Chris- tians. But 'it was. very hard 'for the Jews..to sed this; as is ,evidenced by the bitterness with, which they' oppoa:..:' ed.•Paul and the Gentile•mission.• - The matter of consequence'. is •that the Christian gospel. -demonstrated itself ' as..a universal •gospel rather than'for' a,rnerely_Je_wish:.sect Notice what were the 'implications. of this. Racial equality was recogniz ed or prepared :for, and the Way open-, ed for racial understanding. • In Christ • there was to be no East or-West.'Pani was the • wo'rld's greatest pioneer under Christ into this field..' Have ;the ;class attempt to estimate'W1 at we owe :to. Paul -in •this. • • • ' • - Another topic for discussion night be "Three Jerusalem Councils." Have some one tell of the first; where. Paul end Barnabas came to' report on the Gentile response to: the..Goapel .get the council's approval. and azimut- : ance of a tolerant attitude toward ,. Gentile -Christians. 'Some one ase may tell of Paul's last visit to Jerusalem ' •• and the attitude of tt., council and of Jb- Tewigh rommunitiy Then -ha ie— another tell of the Jarusalem .Confer= ence in ?'9£8, ' when representatives from all the continents took counsel. • together • on the basis of racial •equal ity and human brotherhood. How 'far ' was Paul's thought of the universal- v• ity 6' the gospel vindicated by this. last conference? How muoh of;the old' rx.cial antipathy- ono- 'sectarian nar- rowness• hes' stili to. bO overcome? another interesting topic for din- cussion here would be Philemon's. Re- ply to PauI's L'etter,, taking for grant• ed that Philemdn was as'good,a Chris- . - tian as Paul believed him to be. watch. "Why, -ve're . due down. at: three . o'clock, aren't we?" more than half of the students flet leaving Judy an8 about four' ether to clear up. • , t`•Ever seep the operating : theatr from this' point . of vantage?" asked the student who had spoken first. No;'- - -said -Judy. -•' nor .from - an s. e - b •other point" • • "Well, it's just right here at. hand, if you wsnt. to look. 'It's that. next bit of low roof'.. that, backs. on: to here." It's. lower- than the rest so 'that they get'' daylight -through the •roof. Gosh; girl, you should.see, the lamps they have in k 'there•!" . - d' "I' 'wish I could see thein," said - Judy. Y "Follow me; child," beckoned . the student, "and you shall .see all." a "But we can't.go.in,", she. objected,. - "It isn't a proper visiting hour." "Oh," said the young man, "it's much more exciting out' of visiting ' hours. ' Besides,, we are only, going to f take one short peep through the win- • dow." . ' . • Judy followed -the young man meek- lyal'ong a ledge,to.a:small side dow, where there was another' accom modaiing little ledge to hang on, to. ne short- ieeg i#-. was=for Judy. Eerything ill: the . operating. theatre •was •in readiness, and amid .that:glar- ing whiteness and careful cleanIiaess there was the man Judy loved. Mask- ed and rubber -booted, he.seemed :Imre remote 'than' ever. Perhaps it was a sudden feeling of hopelessness and helplessness Which overcame. Judy, or perhaps it was .the sickening reek of ether which clung s... le fell. Whe Ole reco cared consciousness, 'her broken arm had• been set, and her whole body 'ached with bruises. She was a little light-headed :_from the -chloref .odic •-'the had given her, and it was some moments before she'. realized whose was the .fact that bent above her. ' Still- light-headed, she • raised an in- quiringfinger.. and touched the corner of the house -surgeon's .mouth.' "What a seriou.; young man!" site said. . "Something to look serious about, this!" he muttered, but smiled back at her, nevertheless. "I'll do'more . than smile," he said, as he bent over her again. "Accidents have'their ' compensa- tions," Murmured Judy happily, ;after he had kissed her.—"Answers" (Lon- don). y New Hardy,; -Rose •- Produced' in' .Doni nion Montreal:—A; new rose has , been produced at. the: Experimental Farm, sufficiently .hardy . ,.to Withstand; the :climate as'far'' north as Ottawa. with out protection.' It is a cross.between', an unnamed -double white variety of. the Rugosa type and R. spanasisinn hispida. • In the' report of. the• Domin- ion Horticulturist for 1930, which is issued by the Department • of Agri- culture at gri-culture'at Ottawa, the rose is describ- ed as having a handsome bush''wish. 'distinct foliage; the leaves ' goldi Ir green with seven •leafietsr-T-he-flowers- are large single, pale' pink. on opening,• fading -to white. The'plant blooms. until the middle of June. s 0 a her, and were only too happy if She, smiled back,- The boys ia the men's war waved to her, and were, del7ght- t ed if ihe waved back. The old .anen nodded, to her. . They were all pleased to see her—allto except the eerie= young man..Ile just - stared and frowned, almost as if ne a • was not pleased with what he sew. s Thus it was that on :lis blight morn- ir,g Judy also frowned over her type- ; sh She was still frow.ning when a note w • was brsug•ht id her by otte Of her .own firm's messengers. • th "A young man left it fOr you in it • ,the hall, miss," said the departing th judith 'looked down et the note with p puzzled eyes. When she had read the ps address she was more ptizzled than so ever. It was addressed to "Anse Busy 3,N Bee, cere of liesars. Raiford & liar- at ford; Third Windois Fourth Floor, Facing West Central Hospital." sh It was te Joint invitation from ie.:se se of the boys in the men's ward, asking her to tea the folloaring Saturday. co , There was to be a Concert, and. if she la could join in, so much the better. They be had Watched her so' often and She had . smiled at theni so often/that they all as felt they !thew her. She looked so sh happy that they wanted to know her better. 4 Judy, Surprised' and totiched, decided he o collect," he was saying. Her heart apt, and she iaised starry -eyes to "I Wanted to see you about our acheon-hour concert on Thursday. ' Her heart sank again. - . "It's going to be just an imprompl,' ffair on the first -floor roof garden. uggested that it was no use having a odernlauilding if We didn't make the ost of it, so we are going to have a ort concert there et lun4h-time, hen everyone will be out and. about. hey'll get aaawfully good' view from e street, and we'll have people dewn the streets collecting; Don't you "Splendid!" said Judy. "Of course, I can get some extra time off for mething as important as this. Will u be theter ,she added, as if as. an terthought. "Of course, if possibly can. I all want to see the concert. ' And to B• ut on Thursday,. even when the ncert waged wildest' and most h:- rious; peter Maddox was nowhere to "W▪ hy doesh't he come?" Judy kept king herself. "Why didn't he come?" e finally asked one of the students. "1 'believe he's busy with an onera- xi now, or going to e very shortly, replied; then he looked. at . 44, "You don't seem nearly so remote when .you smile," she said. "You. shoUld do it more often." "Remote—I—reznoter • He threw back his head. and laughed. "Why, it was you who seemed so 'remote. You smikd at everyone except me." , ' "You" --used. to glare -at me- whenf I pewdered my nose." "Why, I loved to see you 'powder your little nose! Yon all seemed so carefree over there. Everything seem- ed so serious here. I'd work -much better after I'd watched you fora min- ute. And vilw do you think. I came across eollecting. It was just that I couldn't bear this sense of yourbeing just across the wAy, always _just out of reach." "And now I've come across tb you," she said,."and you'll have to smile at. • In the Air A, .wwell-known bishop was giving a _religious address Jrnm the o d n ' broadcasting. studio. His peroration concluded: ;And if we obey ,these laws . . we shall alt meet int. Heaven" . • The listeners were surprised to hear; almost. without a pause—"I don't think! It seems that the bishop, immediate= ly on, concluding his' address, turned to the announcer and said, "I don't 'think I spoke too long, did I?" but the announcer 'did not "fade out" until tlie words: "I don't tfi7nk=" had •been transmitted. Daughter—"Youdi have to.: giVe me away When I Marry Toni." • hoW extravagant, you are arid he isn't diecouraged yet." , "I thilsk Eisie's boy is a credit to her." "Well if I knoW. piste, she'll need esery penny of it," `Did you ever hear of 'the straw Whieh broke the camel'e back?" asked the guest at it 'country inn. "Yes, sir," replied the landlord. "Well, you'll find It In the bed I tried to sloes on last night." ry These • New Wine In Bid Bottles' Have Yon ,tried the amusing game verbs? "It's a long. latie"-H-saYs one, "that has -no picture palace," Continus.s anotherb ,Ittkihere. there's -a there's` Iitigation,'' and "FeePle Whir live in glass housesshmild pull down What 'are yOur neWsendingzi for "Too. , Party Problem Can, you make' any sense out of these. WhIstbrdsnwldswItyglercIngskm tghtwzidsnighngsaktlirsngbrght lights vreaplgrmswmenxxdlght. needs-Ates-addltion---of -one- Vowel tO naake four lines of quite good Poetry. The letter is "1." Put it in the right places, and the lines then reed: ' Idling I sit in this mild twilight dim, • birdi in :Wild, swift vigil cir- cling skim, Light winds In sighIng :eink, till tit - Night's virgin pilgriin switn's in vivid Because •it is usually seen. upon a line. What doee your butcher weigh — day. without striking. , Why' is a careful housewife like, a dog trying to bite its oivn cause they are both 'trying to make' oth ends meet. • ,What 'has A foot'and a 'brow, but no Why is w false friend like the leiter ?-13eceuse, although the first in pitY, "I admire a man who says the tight thing at the right time." "So do I—especially, when I'm, thltsty." There cattle a knock at the door, The cottager opened it. "Good morn- ing!" said the shabbily dressed visi- tor. "Is it here that you are offering the cottager etaxiouslY. "I'm offering ten 'shillings.' Can it be that yon bave news of my poor little Fido?" fhe other shook his head. "No, not get," he repfled. "But as I was just going in, search, of the dog I theught you alight letmelave.a little on account." A sportsman who was a very bad - shot but very free with 'his tip's, was one day accompanied by a keeper who was anxious to keep on good terms with him. Soon aft& they were post - 'ed a rabbit appeared about ten yards in. front of them. Boom bang, went theaportstrian's gun; but the. rabisit ,darted away. • "Did I hit it?" asked the sportsman. "Well, sir," replied the keeper thoughtfully, "I couldn't extzetly say yoit hit qui, but I never • "I'm going to ask the boss for a raise in salary the first of the year." "But 'Suppose he refuses?" "Oh, well, I'll ask him. again next By BUD FISHER WO? YOU'R6 ACTING LIKE. owe To POW NIOV- RoCk or 8111"JusTTA%r Amy.