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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-08-13, Page 3THE EWER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, AWW RowewA fiiotr a _w* UUMB\' SEVENTH INSTAIxMENT Rackruff Motors hire Rowenft to ac­ company peter on a nation-wide 4 tour in their roadster as an ad­ vertising stunt. At the last min- .» tite Little Bobby is engaged to .act as chaperon. A few miles out Bobby becomes tearful at bein'® parted from her* sweetheart and Rowenas insists ■ on taking her place in the rumble , so that she can ride with Peter and haye him to talk1 to about Carter. Rowena gets Peter tp consent to divide the expense money each week, when it arrives, and aston- ; ishes. Peter by eating too econ- t oinicaljy. The three tourists reach Denver after passing through Buffalo, ’ Chicago and St. Louis. Peter and • Rowena have many tiffs on the ' way while Carter keeps wiring : Bobby to return to. New York. The morning after they reach -1 Denver, Peter and Rowena dis- ' cover Bobby has deserted them • and returned to New York by train. They are fated with the 1 impossible condition of continuing ■ their trip without a chaperon. Rowena suggests to Peter that they make a “companionate mar­ riage.” They are married and go to Cheyenne, their actions, when they ask for rooms on separate floorb, arouse the suspicions of the Motel clerk. They finally succeed in getting rooms, but not without exciting the laughter of the hotel loungers. * They resume the trip the next day and are overwhelmed, by a cloudburst in an arroyo and are thrown out of the car. A party of tourist campers gives them dry clothes and food. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY “Oh, that’ll fix us up just fine,” jsaid Peter gratefully. “Thanks very much. Here you are, Rowena, a la jBJitmore.” “It will do for both of you with a little squeezing,” said me farmer’s wife pleasantly, “Jim and I camp Cm one the. same size.” “S-so it will,” said Rowena. “Lots of room.” “Make your bed close to the fire” .jsaid Farmer Jim. “Turns cold up. liere nights.” “And don’t get nervous if you hear things wriggling ’around,” .called someone else. “Sometimes the rattlers go crawling around on nights like this.” “Peter,” , whispered Rowena, “pehhaps—perhaps after all—you Mad better—sleep on the edge of the mattress—the farthest edge. After all, I suppose we’re as good as married. And—-I shouldn’t like to have you bitten by a rattler.” peter laughed at her. When all the others had said sgood night and gone away to their beds, he spread one of the blankets on the mattress, and rolled up his coat to make a pillow for her. I’ll just lie here on the grass ,be- side you,” he whispered, “and they’ll never know the difference.” “Good thing it’s dark!” “Are you comfortable, Rowena?” “Oh, .it’s perfectly wonderful.>— "You take your coat, Peter. You will be cold on the ground with just "that one thin rug.” “Nonsense. Why, I’m snug as a bug. Snugger, for that matter. Isn’t this great. Isn’t it just corking?” ' “B-foetter than last night, isn’t it?’ , “Well, rather—.Better than almost any night I ever saw.” Slowly the full night settled ovey the mesa and a crescent moon rose fliigh. Little night sounds echoed iloudly in the great silence. Owls Mooted. A coyote whined. Now and theii a wolf barked in the distance, tattle footed creatures scurried past ‘them in the grass. Suddenly Peter felt a little shiver in the (blanket roll oh the mattress beside him. He touched it gently with his hand. Ro­ wena was noiselessly sobbing in the .darkness .He put his arm over her and pulled himself up until his lips were close to her ear—so close that a little bronze perfumed curl touch­ ed his face. “Don’t be afraid,’* he whispered Softly. “I’m not afraid.” “Please don’t cry.” “I‘m not crying. I just feel sorry.’ ‘‘Because I smashed the car?” “No, Because you are so1 nice Peter, and it is so awful to hate a nice person so very, very much.”1 Peter laughed. “If that’s all, cheer up. It should comfort you to know that at least there’s no love Jost between us.” He patted the blanket kindly. “And I really do admire you, Peter, for ever so many things. No­ body else in the world could ever -make me half as mad as you do. Really, you’re .just wonderful.” One slender hand wiggled out from under the blanket and felt about until it found his, which clos­ ed over it warmly. It was hours later when she fell asleep, Although Peter awakened very early the next morning, almost (be­ fore '-the dawn of pale gray light, Me found the big farmer standing near and looking down upon them with a quizzical, friendly grin. Peter got up rather shamefacedly, dropping his blanket on Rowena's mattress and the two men strolled down to take a look at tihe river. “Don’t begin wrong, youngster,” said the farmer kindly. “Don't make life too easy for ’em right at first. Let ’em have their share of the hard knock's. Does ’em good.” “Sh-she's not very well,” and Peter, floundering desperately for a suitable excuse. “I—want her to be —careful.” “Oh, is that Che lay of the land, eh?” The man was cordially inter­ ested. “Golly, I hope that wetting didn’t hurt her. IShe’s got spunk, that one. You should 'a’told my wife. She’d ’a’ give you a hot- water bottle and a nip of whiskey.” “I think she’ll be all right,” said Peter uncomfortably. “You better take these rough roads a bit easier, youngster. You. passed us yesterday like a streak o’ grossed lightning. Bumps is the worst thing for ’em. We lost one that way.” “Uh—that so? Teo: bad,” stam­ mered Peter awkwardly. The flood had subsided over night and barely a foot of water now trickled over the rocks where the torrential flood had rushed. Camp on the mesa was quickly broken. Breakfast was hurriedly prepared and eaten. Cars were loaded, chil­ dren and dogs collected, for all were anxious to take io the road at the. earliest possible moment. But the big farmer, although himself as eager as the next to be off, put a peremptory veto on tlfe suggestion that it would be sufficient foi’ them to send a trouble car back for Peter and Rowena, leaving them a supply of food .for emergency. “We, can’t leave them kids up here alone in the fix they’re in,” said the farmer firmly. “It's his wife,” —with a broad wife.—“Wouldn’t be fair noways.” So the men fell to with right good will. Half of them down in the river pried and tugged and pulled at the car while the others up on the shore worked with pulleys and ropes and chains,‘and at last a great cheer went up as the Rackrufif rose slowly, groaning, over the rocks and was drawn inch by inch up the side of the arroyo. Both Peter and Rowena were pro­ fuse in their gratitude. “You’re just wonderful,” said Ro­ wena. “I never knew that people could be so kind.” And there were tears in her lovely, blue eyes, and something of a quiver stirred the pleasant voice, just because she was so glad to learn that .the -people of earth were so very good. ■ And they smiled at her and told her to take good care oif herself and not .get “run down” and with many such friendly farewells and admoni­ tions the caraven forded the dwind­ ling creek and wound off over the mesa behind the hills. But before the Kansas farmer and his wife had gone far they turned back and pull­ ed up beside the dripping roadster. The woman got out and went close to Rowena. “You mustn’t catch cold, child,” she said in a confidential voice. “Your clothes are. pretty short and pretty thin. It gets awful cold ev­ enings up here in this high altitude and you’re not dressed for it. Now you take this little wool blanket and soon as you feel the cold coming on, you* bundle yourself all up snug in it. It’s old, but it’s all wool and warm as toast. You mind now. Catching cold is the very worst thing, you can do.” Rowena thanked her and promis­ ed to be very careful and not catch cold whatever she did, and then standing on a high boulder waving the blanket after the farmer’s car until it rounded the hill and disap-1 peared. Then s'he turned to Peter with a puzzled air. “Aren’t they all queer?” she ask­ ed wonderingly. “I don’t look sick­ ly or ally thing, do I? They seem to have a complex on catching colds out here. And what difference does it make if I do get tired? Everybody gets-tired, don’t they?” Pdter was working very hard on the car at that moment and mum­ bled something quite indistinguish­ able about not knowing what it was ail about. “Well, of course, they meant well? declared Rowena. “And I’ll be care-1 fill to please them. But I do hope I’m not beginning to* look anemic or anything.” A day of ecstatic, heavenly calm followed. Petei4 worked on the car, Finally they got under way again. At last In the early evening when they approached the town • where they had agreed to spend the night. Rowena put her hand on his arm in tender appeal. “Peter,” she said gently. “I do realize how very embarrassing, it is about the hotels. It is for me too. though I dare say you don’t believe’ it. How would it do for us to go in separately and register each for him-1 self? I could go in first and ask' for a single room and go right on up, and they wouldn’t know we came together,” Peter turned it over reflectively. Qn the whole it seemed the best way out, Certainly anything was better than their first experience, Ro when they pulled up to the hotel Rowena stepped quickly out with her bag and hurried up to the desk. She asked for a single ■ room, registered “Miss Rowena Rostand, New York City,” and was taken up-stairs. Peter, meanwhile, put the car jn the gar­ age and then sat on the verandah half an hour with a cigarette and a paper. When at last he ventured in to the desk his request for a single room -arounsed no, undue interest, and he was handed a key and a tele­ gram. The telegram was from Messrs. Rack and Ruff, written by the former but signed by/ both of them to make it more official. He read it and then inquired if a Miss Rostand had registered at the hotel. Upon being told that she had and was in her room, he called her on the telephone and asked her to come down to the lobby. “I have a wire from the Company,’ he explained, “and I think you had better see it.” Rowena left off her unpacking and hurried down. “Did you get a room O.K.?” she whispered. “Yes. Everything’s jake-^but this.’ Rowena read the telegram. “The red-headed persecution,” it said, “just came in to an­ nounce that all is forgiven. .Says the chaperon left you at Denver and is on her way to New York. What do you mean iby continuing alone? Entirely against our orders and our wishes. If facts are as stated please consider contract con- • please consider contract concePfM ed. Send Miss Rostand to New York by first train and you ■bring car back immediately.” Peter looked quite worried about it all, but Rowena laughed gaily. “Tish, tosh, -and even tush,” she said brightly. . “It’s nothing. They don’t know we’re married. Come on —let’s give '‘them tihe low-down on it.” So they went to the telegraph'1 desk and with a great deal of laugh­ ter and many foolish suggestions and much scratching out of words they finally worked out an announce­ ment to their satifaction. “Everything’s jake witih us. .We were married in Denver. Who wants a chaperon on a honeymoon? Cody tomorrow night. Love and kisses from Peter and Rowena Blande.” This dispatched, and pretty well pleased with themselves on the whole, they got into the elevator and went to their rooms. Tlieir tour of 'the park was un­ eventfully delightful, auspiciously free from embarrassing complica­ tions. “Isn’t everything turning out just gorgeously?” demanded Rowena. But Peter and Rowena had not yet come into the fulness of their emotional experience. They left the park by 'the northern route. They went to Butte and Helena, and all was well. They started for Spok­ ane. A succession of untroubled days had given them new confidence and they were sure their worries lay all in the past. They pulled up to the hotel in Sipokane without inner qualm or morbid presentiment. Peter asked for two singles and signed the register. The clerk look­ ed at the names and smiled broadly. “Oh, how do you do?” he ex­ claimed cheerfully. “Just a mom­ ent, please.” continued next week Stephen Council The council of the Township of Stephen convened in the Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday, the 3rd day of August A. D„ 1931, at 1 p.ra. All members were present. The min­ utes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. Moved by Mr. H. Beaver, seconded by Mr. Edward Gill: That the fol­ lowing Road Foremen’s Pay Sheets and orders be paid; Lewis Davey, road 3, $17.00; Geo. Hirtzel, road 4, $3.00; Henry Schenk road 6, $3.40; Robert Gower, road 7, $10.25; Wm. Schwartz, road 8, $6.45; Albert Regier, road 9, §7.(33; Michael Madden road 11, $6.20; Ot­ to Willert, road 12, $4.14; O. Wil- lert, road 12, $20.05; Wesley Eng­ land, road 14, $14.40; Wes. Isaac, road 17, $10.20'; Frank Triebner, road 27, $7.7i5; William J, Lovie, road 19, $18.50; Geo. Eilber, Supt., salary $66.40; Roy Hodgins, road 22, $20.00; Peter Eisenibacli, road 26, $86.20; Peter Eisenbach, Toad 26, $59.50; William Baker, road 21, $15,65; Roy Ratz, road 13, $17.00; James Patterson, gravel $22,65; tot­ al $416.07, Orders—F. J. Wick­ wire, printing account $101.50; Can­ adian Bank' of Commence, bank col­ lections $6.05; Steward, Ontario Hospital, Woodstock re Alma Wil­ liams $19i,50; John Gaiser, Weed Inspector $5 6.00; Township Athletic Field grant $15.00. Tlie Council adjourned to meet again in the Town Hall, Crediton, on Monday, September 7th, 1931, at 1 p.m. Henry Eilber, Clerk SELECT SHRUBS TO FIT THE LOCATION Give Thein Special Place in Ccsni- plete Garden Picture; Some Es­ pecially Beautiful. As season follows season, the im­ portance of flowering shrubs in the garden becomes more evident. Many of them are conspicuously beautiful when in blossom, and fit into plan­ ned effects in combination with flowers while before and after their flowering season they serve as a green background, against which the annual and perennial flowering plants are displayed. Such shrubs should be selected and placed in relation to other plants in the garden with as much care as needs to be used in placing a. group of perennials for .their con­ spicuous a/ppearance may easily spoil a picture into which .they do not fit. In general they should not be used in the public areas, of home grounds except sparingly and with careful ‘consideration of their effect. Indis­ criminate planting of such shrulbs as bridal wreath, hydrangeas, etc. in front yards is commonplace. It prevents the working out of a digni­ fied and harmonious planting and belittles the importance of the flow­ ering shrubs which are individually beautiful and deserve to be placed where their beauty will be properly set off. There are shrubs which produce exquisite flowers, too beautiful to be placed anywhere except in the foreground where all may admire them when in flower. Bechtel’s double flowering crab is one and prunus tribova, or double flowering plum, is another. The new French lilacs are of this nature and anyone fortunate enough to; possess them should make the most of them. HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING 'The farm house of Robert Bonis, south of Raimock, was struck by lightning during an electric storm. The bolt entered the chimney and shattered the plaster in one of the rooms. ELECTION IN ST MARYS Nelson Bonis and Sid Blackman are contestants for the position of councillor in South Ward caused by Mr. Richard Housen vacating his seat. The election will be held on Monday, August 10th along, with the poll that is being taken on the $25,- 000 electrical equipment by-law. ZURICH Mr. .and Mrs. W. H. Hofifman and Mr. L. W. Hoffman were Sunday visitors at Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Finlayson, of Toronto, a former resident of Zu­ rich, called’ on friends in town re­ cently. Mr. Ed. Datars Sr., of town, was taken to London Hospital an under­ went an operation last week. Mr. and" Mrs. Earl Lawrence and son and Mrs. Fred Bean, of Roches­ ter, N. 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