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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1921-03-03, Page 6• •C t • ,Setniate£roll 14 .: iary •l.isteiae il[ one at. '° " h . "Itr►, 1r, wjfe," *the Said, v "No hearken to pie.. It you sever etrilhe that baby again --or of yea ever 'heht your wife -•I'll let.a ll:McGenigal Flats "low'• that you were licked 1by as WO- Math' 4-sal ,° ireu lunder:stand?» , Mr, Nash nlitimated that he ' did. r- _> them of- the t• opeitedd. eras ~togct ea withTom, Nora and Larry, were in the lea!lwa;y. Mary met them. ''Mr. Naeh•is here,". slfeaaiti, speak- sing loudly."ice's prett badlybeaten up. He'been in a fig t. With a cry,' little Mrs. Nash rushed , , >r , es t " exquisite levo ' into the room, end,' throwing her' .. arms 'around her recumbent husband, 3�, g e eke conducted, heireelf after the fashion of �i�� �� �.�>t� �o� �� free sample, pieat!;`t stat , .pr'ane y ottnow pay and, whether'$!acus Greener + Liare4 all goad wives under 4' such eircuin- : Qr01r•tD• gees sotonces. Tong and Noma crowded in to, - Add-+ . Sata►daa T HART SUTEit • 'iii :his' ear, ° hid quick, Wits caught the idea ' instantly,, so- that he brightened and hastened after Tom and .Nora. Catching their. at the ' stairhead.•, he bowed sal :around, with an eepec}aIly respectful salutation fo? Mra: 'Nagle add added. himself t4 the party. Alone ii the Nash' flat; Mary made sure that the baby, was covered. By Moving the living room lamp . to' the other, side of the table she contrived to • keep his room in semi -darkness,, and yet have light enough to view him St • stelae:. in accord.- with ;'-t1ie^'pr'o' r' ti• iM r re ofscop a_ Flats, a M ry Pt g M Na ar• roser lowrock- : a from a o • ing chair beside the oil -lamp, and rep- plied 'her caret° the wall. • • Mr. Neel, :whose household de elt ': en the other side of the wall, had• just I come in. ,He was -talking. Something! in his tone, and in little Mrs. Nash's conciliatory replies, _told Mary that he" *as :in ore of. his ugly moods, familiar to McGonigal Flats. M heard 3,1Na' h' t ffer'th&r help. Mary' drew Larry into a corner of i the hallway. ' • "Larry, fiear," she.said, "you asked me a question 'the other day. and '1 told, you I -couldn't maery any ,man• =that hadn't a fightiiig heart. I've been thinking since:. thele' that maybe, it'e. just as. tvel'l both of us haven t it. If I married,, Dennis ,1 might he ,tempted to beat him up • once in' a while -e which would. be scandalous," but . I never would' think • of "beating' you,' ..arry, dear." •- ,' • ' I :"You mean -e-?". questioned,.Larry, leu e •li irfcr d s ' It eu a � y@ Mary ear rs, s , s tense, "Don't, 'George, please don't.: I'm not in his- crib. He was lying on his back,. the crack Of a blow, then another,other . extended at full length,' i- tsfeelipg wellto-night," followed bywith one arm under the .head, the and; another. 'The Nash baby,await.; chubb P alm upward.. spel,began: to cry, and, 'as the little; Poor•llttle gossootrl Mary said to womanraised her voiee to quiet 'and• herself. "He's fat and rosy now, but • reassure it, a sob became audible. She it's . miserable he will Abe when he had. stifled .the others. , Mary pushed back : the dark hair forehead, from heriia . sq red her mtis- cular. shoulders, and clenched her fists,. Her black eyes flashing through, their ' • tears. ' "The dirty, leap devil,"ashe said; the= tween locked .teeth; • "with his sneer- • ' ',in" face and ragged black mustache. We not because I'm afraid of himthat l don't go in 'there now and beat him -rip. It's because, Nora . says I've -'no • -right to step .in between husband and. wife. 'A little in of -that 'anll Y'II take the right:' Nora Mitchell,, Mary's marriedsis- ter,; °having had a year in as convent achooI, was the social arbiter of Mc - • Gonigal Flats. She: and Toni Mitchell were out for the welting, !hut' even h her absence .herdictum had weight. -Mery resumed her Seat.)in the renis-1 ing chair and; quiet sling again in• . the, Nash flat, she resumed with it her • interrupted train of thought. Should • she go to the parish, social on Satur- grows big enough for his father :to (beat: .. A black strap was hanging on a nail by' the'' bedroom: door. It. was too narrow to be a razor strap. Mary lift- ed and examined it idly, noting that there were •iio .marks such as a razor Would make. Then •••she let it drop agairi, . With a 'sharp 'catch' of the breath, and iivent quickly back to her chair in the living room! • •, McGonigal Flnts'';bad gene almost en.' masse to the parish social. The usual sounds and smells were absent, The creak of:'a loose. board under Mary's rocker; which'would have been quite unnoticed at ordinary times, as- sailed'herear with monotonous regu- Iarity.' A roistering • bettlefly slapped from spot: to, spot about the discolored ceiling. 'Several times' .the Blaby coughed✓ and. fretted'° in his •sleep, whi- h nieant,.-each time, that • he•, -had to be covered anew:" He awoke finally and began to cry.,Mary heated. the bottle of milk whic: his mother had _ : _day_evening with DennisMcG i're.orleft, aeele ave 'hem that, but_it_served 'with Larry Martin? Dennis_ wa8. only - for a little while. _ He seemed to ,-" strehee "and big -bigger even- 1'an -sense that things • were not as usual. Mary. ---and, he . Wanted' to marry. her. Sitting in the .darkness: beside . the. _So' did . La little Larry, so' soft- crib, Mary ribbed his back and pat- ` o • eti y utter- ted him lightly• en the head ;until the ep'oken, so, � oe is m= -leis ever - . _ Y _ r=spec --and',=sa near to'' her--- #ieart � of�-tense-=,little- bot -relaxed He- had hearts. But Mary prided herself' upon fallen. asleep, with a last long 'quiver, Naving the "fighting. heart of the and a _querulous 'sob half -finished• MacNamaras '• Foe all her soft.akin when the door of the flat ope:ted':and and 'thedelicate - h f h h las- hut--again•-iyith a bang. Tile baby' that indomitable spirit snapped in 'her started and uttered a frightened cry. : eyes. • She had vowed never ..to marry, "There, : dear;. hush, hush!" soothed . a man who lacked it.;': How could'she Mary, rubbing the' little back, -marey".Larry eor-even ,encourage -him "Where are ye? -t' Mrs Nash's-voice: by selecting him. as her escort to the demanded from. the living room. parish social? ' . ?` . • The baby cried again and. she•mur-. • Suddenly, she stood, with a glowing mured a few soft words: to it. - • '` lace. - : •- "Ye won't.leave• the beat .I it see "I' mean 'rtes,' „ she�"said. • . (The Enda `iftio : Apniversaryi;of $III Life. The year 1921 •marks.the fiftieth ant niversary of: the :Sun Life' Assuranee ConMely of; Canada, which in the half century of rte: existence had grown to be 'tine of bhestergest. and most sue cess'ful life insurance, companies in the world, • O�ie. yea after pit was organised, in • 1879-r •, the company's income was $48,V00;, its'assets,196,461; and •it -had' written policies for a• total of $1,064,-. 36.0. • Bythe year-1880.the income' had .groeVii for •$141,402 with- assets $473,- 683, 473, 682, and insurance , is force' of '$3,897, ,, .139. From this time onward, the tle= ifelo meat pf. the company,, not only ands- but: in • stretching out to ma • y outer• countries of the' world,' p . • ed' at a rapist • pace; • as'' the • tabl -� .for the neat' fpur decades cite • 1891 Income ...., $889,000 - Assets $2;473,000 Insurance In.fbrce; $16,759,000' 190' Income • . - $2,789,0,00 meets ;110,486,000 - Ins' iraace in . force. $57,980,000' •191 v income $9;575;000 , Assets .....: c $38;164,000 Insurance m force. $143,549,000 :Income. ;.: .:_....�� ,.,_.$28,751,000' Assets ......,..,.:$114,839,000• Insurance in •force. $486,641,000 . De' ails'of the financial. statement of _this-:' onipacny, :tor the »ast sear a,Ppeaf[., else ere in 'this.:lssue, and will be: • stitch d with more than usual interest' in till' ifs rubi1ee ;year: ti' • Paper. rl.new 'ftlea•i0 finger-bpwls has been patented by- Simon Bergman, of New. Yorke :.It-iseinsde_oftpa ,_and on_the insicle•..of its bottom is•"printed an ad- vertisement in invisible• ink.. When water is poured into the receptacle, the -melding appesi's... • _ -7 77'7 - :The - ;The inventor says that the printing should become visible :with a slow de-. velopment, so. that 'a person using the finger -bowl •will notice-•elle gradual ep pe,arisig , of the'advertisement, and thereby have: his- attention• directe'd•, to.. The same idea may be applied to a - pager ice-oream saucer ora paper drinking cup: 1 • el e•1 r -MInard's Liniment toe Burns, etc. °math' OPO • us o her r ee , (` "r have: it. I'll go with •neitheraf. 'whetter ye wont!" them,. That, poor, a:used little ' creae. Mary, realized that he thought it tine nett door shall gel, :With- Tom' and was his wife in ;the bedroom,:•but-she: Nora,and'. ill take care of her `baby. still bent silently over the •crib. He. Shell be back before that brute ever I calve I into the • room, pausing just a' shows' his nose inside the. door ••ori a l moment at the 'door. ' , ' Saturday night" - ' "I'l'l siieit the brat up," he said, with Mary took_ for granted her•ais We his ch'araiteristie elaughthee.tlaugh, and her brother ,;n Taw's, acquiescence;, 'that she'_ never, could , hear without_ a and :when they came in, it Was even so. feeling', of anger. "I'll :fix -hint ' 'Ye T,om's:: broad, hon+ ser face, :darkened,.11llll dont go _about . f right " . and hie'big fingers w'orked,,convelsive- Something. swished by her ear. The. 1•Y.at•Mary's recital; and fluffy, blonde, baby.tscreaMed• in, agony. Mary saw little Nora cried en Tom's shoulder. a livid . ridge' rise across • its : face. , But the unwritten law of McGonigal "That's, the way to do it," he said. Flats prevailed; one must not inter- "That's ;.,, " , fere; between liesband and .Wife `•"' He staggered. back: ' and. ""pitched a -Nasty, Farde-Bely. • 'Johnny had been, using some, very unoarlia'memtar-y language, `much •to his mother's distress.; • "Johnny," slie 'crieil; "do atoii iiel 'such dreadful .expresisaone. I' I can't ' "Stair it vibutclado-no• }farm in-the-headlonge-through -the--doorway, ,with r-agine 'vh'ere-your pick`thein ip." - world to give -her. an "eeening s ple one of Marys hands at his throat,. the "Well,' mother'," replied : Johnny, sere," • Tota, averred; , and _;;Nora "o Tier ,clutching his black hair. Theishiteespeeire• , , .. _ _ riA es: thane, ,.-Mar tisnally`ltsttl'.-here'cvay:It vvas�his headthat strucT.�Threetimes sh'•atbl; .Svhble�mt�, dSamicway,with}`Ifted'hiiii�halfwaytoa•satttng_PQs}com-ivhl-hpeoplewereggl�'iar-i"ofa`Il m Tme.,�n ancl"smashed him, back to th�-�:�5}ie--had-It-with lam-•iia-�Fzisil:---�"Iiat-1:f'-floor-•A-s-::sli>'-•.toolsdi=errtveight�ron�. tIe-cvoarian,--fi,oin-'-aylionithe-tortureills chest;-he-half-rose,--cursing:Shofthe .f,�os.th-,•, • thoughtfully agreed -}wine til he floor to et but it�rra `Then don't play :tivifitx liim again," randedhis mother "he's n;ot a fit nypaniori for you, _I'iri"sure", xackWco�lld.,,liat.R..h.,��*e�,�'awzi:.:tlan,mrleaszu-ed;the.diatiatiing �" eiiiiiip is *ii .tila(;inSl was other 'than' spot above `tFiieeye where his —wife s" •' the soul of chivalry toward., her,,i face had .been discolored,and he went tren bled'at,the thought of going to a'down as if an ax had hit him,.. Once • social'. without his-permisr,ion,• and at ',again • he treed to rise' . and she Int him thesame inhae she tacitly';agreed-•that, stagger •:to" .hes• 'feet.:,;, Aa 'he reached: ilie'4iermi Bion ee:.Sure Jte be deified.' them she -decided on which side of the ' Mary swept.away; h'er objections. I chin .it was that,Mrs..Nash had had "You're going,"-• she.' said. • "And' the pimple., coming ---and 7 her blow: you'te not to say awortl to Mr. •Nash•fair'ly lifted him, before he crashed •:'; • about it. 'Yoh -11 be' home before 'him, bank against the leg of the sofa. This on Saturday ,night, anyhow,: and if I time'' he lay q uiet, The one eye ' you're not, I'll explain i.'-hm aven't et : through which( he still , could :see • the inan'ye't that 1 cant get around;'1.blinked up at Mary, but hemade'no.: • do the evening„ of the::social, Mary ,, effort to_ rise ' ' • helped °•Mrs; Nash to do her`•hair In lel. •Maty spied' the • strap oh .the floor:.� I . new way, ,,o as•'to hide a bruise aver, She picked it up; saying", •half to her- , one: ey-e,. received, ix was, eriderstood,f•self, ' 1- _-_- on the previous nt f. t, 'k'he�n,the li tle:."I've got' a duty toward you yet." y wonran serele sly:.launtped,into it dooreI Carefully, :yet with --full strength .; _ .. e post',. A. mark on !,he chin, which Mit,she laid on ;six .cuts ---the last °ne, ,,jj>•vtC -- :•,NFa's}i said eh.e' ne pec-re11 Ie. -b.:41, 011 accurately eu ed; arras$. his- liters,. J'' . _ . - W.. t. iirg pi,npte. ;nese -.vile. rlikgu,�;t-riutlr' Ile wfYiz+erl�•ea'c}r�low;-tsat'%xy`rtil3;�-�o7Ei'�.u.,e medicated soap unless powder. ... •... • ' • She hr'ew 'down the strap, - f, . .....Y• • , a A .rrr 1.. .,..- : •-:fl.bist . , wT-...l•.c.. hrec --aero--t,�a.r.� c<ff, � ire rate= l relteti.. �hn tlt✓lrFaalcleal-._:- - � k - -_ � � __ ...:`_,.: Larry appeared.„Wearing ti,e high col-: • He turned his head, •,pat'' out a iina'don`tmifice it ski! by using strong soaps, lay and the fiovccr in 'Ihe'i,uttonholc' mouthful of bfliod and emitted de pigment's,orbyreelect. which di:tillguiel,.,l •his pat•ty clothes' husky "Yes;'. • • Ltsei3ahysOwnSasp•treeI •wit}twerm', ter, from his' eve,yday� apparel. 1•fe .had'. "Then eel Up.`; y . rima well and dr31 carefully, and the •most. !• cone in 'the vain !lope that Mary; lie tried to obey, but fell back. t he d.fiiete Ain ail lets and white •rid 'i might, rhatlgc her' •mind. 'after -all,' lifted him to• the 'sofa. ..' ,..... -. is i -ire p .. aka iu V hate4er if was that Mary Whispered' "Now• stat* there till I attend to the 14�'B•DSKINS •aii•llbeceinesofter7 nd2whiter. , .M_� baby." She tenderly washed' the :bruised • • •little fate, mntre sure that the blow , had not fallen • across its" eyes and Ageucs wanted et'eiytrherpo tar, lain- •crooned the baby to sleep in her arms. ddc,o awe sou weeputs$ Acte twee.i.•fheq she p. roc,>re ':i bas,rr' of sung. , ,- • Will reit big returnee le you. Snail i water, an,!; sotti �ii'llit les? tender}y, capital required.. bog, Ititart,i:ularl b,it very theeetieily. she 'washed f06St l nor F • ,,.A write J,h e. YNHITFIBLO I Nash's t"age ' I•le submitted without [ � ";y 8. Mal'Stiel ht. •. Toronto j 99C' t } i seemed l : r4n s ltXtls,' ti'Ut f ^ 7/ � tir Otte - a. s' ; .• • The Head -Unbowed,' , I "And Anne Savary's gonl to the alms'ouse." ' Mrs. Best was telling lb rs. Bancroft what had • happened while she was: away, • "Pew hard!" Mrs.. Beneroft mire. mored.. "She was so active,.:so ambi- tious, go willing to work." "That last shock took all the work out' of her," ' eontinuet Mrs. Best; ".she', can use •bee right handasid arra a little; but they put her into a 'chair aft�r they're dressed' her, and there, she sets. in the southfront 'room till they get her! to bed agtii •`. r "Poor Miss Savaryi' . ` 't d n need a 0 t p y s she's the lame old ticket in her mind. I' ain't teen. her cast down, not it mite, but just once. That was when I went up- to see her last week. • "I always go right in, so's not to s h trouble anybody, and • I found Anne in her tbeet bib, ands tucker settitig hi front of the window. • iThey've given her thee beet room they've. got., And the room is fixed up with some of Anne's things' and looks. real kind of pretty. "She's get them two best chairs of here, the grandfather clock,• her moth- er's mahogany work table and four: poster 'and that cherry dresser• cov- ered with bits • of- crockery:. "Well, as•I was . saying,, I'd never seen her .low' in her mind before;:•but as soon as we'd passed the time o' day she asked, kind.of:•doubtful, how' I thought her things' looked. Nice, I told het. . . ,' .' ,• ` "I'I think so, too,' she' said, bright- ening up. 'I think:it's'good. now and then for folks and furniture to change en' shift about:, But pretty •soon ; she asked in the 'same troubled *ay if : 1 ,thought it would look 'better in the room without the 'dresser. I 'told : her no, that you could see your. face in it, and that - it , lighted up ' that- dark corner lovely.' • , ' "Anne didn't seem Much impreskeedt She 'seemed- to be trying to argue something with herself."'I 'haven't got any other place to keep. My chivy.' Finally I up. an' asked her what she was trying to figure out. • "'It's this, she'says. • 'I've read in all three of them •magazines•Ihad sent me' that 'people don't use dress- ers nowadays. " ";'You mean,' I says,• 'they ain't• genteel any longer? -Maybe they ain't, but I• should. say an old hallowed piece cif cherry was way above style!' , ' "Anne kind of colored up. 'It, ain't exactly hallowed,' she says; 'it wasn't mother's; it belonged to • Aunt. Calis- ty's. hus'band's first wife: ; But I guess; you're right,. Eunice,' for ".she grasped my idea';' `a thing is all right if it's useful.. _ Even if :-people . don't .have 'ern_ nowadays, I'. couldn't do without any'. dresser; I ,shall need' it when I entertain.' " •' '"Entertain." repeated Mrs. -Bail- craft' an crloft. It takes a joint of beet to. make a bottle of fkr ril . • h she's Mrs, Best `nodded, ; ,'S a sacs always meant to have an at -hone day„ -but • she ain't been situated• so She- could :till now;'' • • , �l. Women! Use "Di mond . Dyes." prey, Qld Skirts, presses,,`Vallets, . Coats, ,Stockings, Draperies, Everything: - Each' pecgage of "Diamond Dees" col,etain,ai .easy directions for dyeing any article' of stool Silt cotton, linen. or nixed, goods. '13'wsrel,. Poor dye nitreak�'spots, fades mid ' um... . u 'serial "iiy ggivingR4 a ..aged-look:Buy � . ''Diamond 11)yes" only.. Diugglst has r' Color Card. • The sea -horse carries its- eggs in 10 .sort of: pocket until they, are ,hatched. t, • Works of reference now show 254,- 158 54,158 honored conferred `. through' the war. WHY LOOK ,OLDS" Wix0n u,:•3• tion' •"� E tQfl'I' $air I&ra _ eters: 3 niuilthss keeps tiie Bair natural, ' No oil, n0 dirt the batr can v be washed wheh desired dry it: lase¢ gown- : nr B. . ]Price gz:oo. Sent prepaid; to: , .any adores in 1 Canada A. Carnoohan,: Powell Ave., Ottawa The Great - War Veterans' Asseeia= l tion.oii Canada has •a membership of 200,000 in 847 branches, -''tea • .j The British people are .now warm- • ng up ••.to tractors . for farm power.. One British farm paper says that rses, soon will not be .needed. Mlnaril's'Ltniment•Reilevea Colds,. etc. 'COARSE• -SALT L A N SA LLT, 'Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS - a d+ C41FF' - •.TORONTO' Your Service ��er. • Wherever You . Live. ' " • The ,woman in town, or :eduntrp, has the mine advantage as :her tenter in the city In expert advice . front the a best-known ' firm • of ' Cleaners and Dears in CanadB.- ' Parcels from the co ritry ent by nail Cir express receive the ,same careful • stte:Aton es. Fork lellarmred a eceonally. Cleaning and Dyeing ( Clothing or. Household Fabrics: For - 't$e name of'"•Park i'h" has' ed • perfection fn ;this Roark of nnakket old thine Isak' like 'sew.: nether peaseiMI. gartitents : of . even most fragile •. material, ar h>auae- curt iaa,.drapertes, Mg$, a#e- • • to ua- for further particulors or -frornLyttOr,painelsztlirect to _ • tt t4•• PA 1 LEAD . OFFIC▪ E MONTP EAL U BILEE 1YEAR-.a. ALFi a,.cemery has elapsed sine the ,Sen Life ,Assurance. Cburpany of : ,Canada issued its first• licy'•infi1871.. The.ures_submitted Herewith >t�idtcate itis ria , et>*engt3i and"Oiltstaudirig posit3ttti tb"tvhid 'tliecohl at y • has attained among, the life assurance institutions the - a ft: a g of t o world, as a re a -t of >It raati'oneetiuring•-those-5te.Vfiifik►leass " - s-*NoPSISre1? tESULTS . $114,839,444.48. 9,127,97.6.21 ' T +- Asset as at 31st .k1ecember,-1930 Increase over 1919 • ', INCOME • • .--- Cael1. Ineothe from -Premiums : tereet lients,:ett 4 In '1920 •$•18,751,578.43 Increase oyer 1919 . . 3,047,377 3 PROFITS PAID OR 'ALLOTTED• - •• b Profits'Paid or Allotted in, •Policyholders in 1920. _. $ '1 615;645.64 • SURPLUS Total Surplus 31st December, 1920, over all liabilities ' andscapital . a • 1 ,(Acmrdtne to fire Cbgi aye Standard: vix.; fair abura sex, the Om.(6) Table wlt 33 -and 3 per _ }},, cenb interest,. and for annuities, the � ' O. Select Annuity Tables with 834 per cent. interest). • TOTAL PAYMENTS TO -,POLICYHOLDERS Death Claims, Metered Endowments, Profits, etc., during 1920. $ • 10,960,402.00 .Paymenttt'to :Policyholders -since organization:•.. . e ,-- -102.187,934:30 ;-w •r ee ASSURANCES ISSUED DURIN :19.20 • _. ,... is races i asd ,a%art,_psici�n .fn_cas2t -luring-1920 =;-' Set ,1141':2(ti',; 3•.: - a_ - Increase over 1919 e, . . ' . • 'BUSINESS Iv POBCI: "Life.Assurances, in forte 31st .Deeernber, 1920 • $486,641 2 ,5. i 7. if _ . Increase •Over' 1013•` . .. , Tl1t -COMPANY'S 'tuRUWTIL • 1880 110.0 1900 1910.. a.... 1920 =148.210.811:1 41,4 281 880,078.$7 2,789420,62 1,575,459.14 28,751,578.43 • Li55 ASSURANCES. ASsrr8 ' t eoRCE.,. 8 1)6,461.93 ' 6. 1,004:360.00. 478,632.03 1 . 10,480,511X7 j 517:4804.3,6:104..00„ 70atd4 35,1174,704:37 114,839,444.48' ,4184633;648:4971:221337396:;71) A ( • v Nit v* ‘It