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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-09-24, Page 3<t’ * ROWtWA filDff w* RUMBlti'Opyrksht low WVHtAUTr*QA <1 ■> THE EJCETO TIMES-ADVOCATE & il J 3 s ! expense money each it arrives, and aston- hy eating too econ- Rackruff Motors hire Rpwena to ac’ company peter on a nation-wide tour in their roadster as an ad vertising stunt, At the last min- nte Little Bobby is engaged to act as chaperon. A few miles out Bobby becomes tearful at bein'® parted from her sweetheart and Rowena insists on taking her place in the rumble AO that she can ride with Peter and have him to talik* to about Carter. Rowena gets Peter to consent to divide the week when ishes Peter omically, 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 Hobby to return to> ...New York. The morning after they reach Denver, Peter and Rowena dis- cover Bobby has deserted them and returned to New York by train. They are faced with the 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 floors, arouse the suspicions of the hotel 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. Spokane is finally reached and the hotel clerk smiles when they register. They find Rackruff Motors have •arranged a public reception and dance for them. They are delug ed with presents. After the festivities, Peter an gers the hotel staff by leaving, his -bride alone all night and Rowena tries to console him for. the opin ion he has won by his actons. They find Bobbie awaiting them in the hotel at Seattle*0and she .travels with them to Los Angeles where they are met by an unfriend- Jy hotel clerk, who summons the police who thereupon place all three, under arrest for. kidnapping Bobby. After adjusting their difficul ties, Peter accidentally o^ens a letter from Rowena’s kid brother demanding $50 to pay a gambling •debt. He sends the $50 out of his own money, along with a caustic letter. Paso, Rowena brother. 1 I > * ■A a. <> ■i NOW GO along On reaching El hears from her ON WITH THE STORY was a li'ltle more touchy usual just at that time Rowena even than -^because she was having some trouble with her own work, ; that Mr. Rack had not ‘ satisfied with her last Lad done nothing to disposition. When—the pictures •way, in spite of her—he turned the roadster east once more, Rowena retired sulkily to the I’umlble seat. In Richmond they received a long “telegram from Bobby Lowell. It was "Prepaid." As Rowena said later, "We should have known from that they were married.” As indeed they were. "Darlings,” exclaimed the tele gram extravagantly. "We did gqt married and my gown , was lovely. Carter was going to sue the railroad * but the conductor took him off and .apologized So Carter gave him ten dollars instead. Can’t we fly down vmd meet you some where and finish •our honey-moons together—even if yours isn’t real?" • Peter said he thought he had bet ter answer that telegram and, he wrote very fast indeed without one •pause for thought. "Love, k'issqs and condolence, I .-mean congratulations. As your hon eymoon waxeth our alas doth wane, jhencejiow could we twain ride op posite directions in one Rackruff? • Anon." "It doesn’t seem to mean •objected Rowena. "It means ’plenty,” said firmly. "It means that our tnioous aren’t riding in the same sky if I can help it. CartOf*ll under stand." They were increasingly quiet as they heaved New York and the end ©f their adventure. Peter thought RoWena was troubled about the fu ture because she often referred to things she might do and regretted that her work had fallen off, "If I had kept up as well as I started I could land a job on the strength it/* she said ruefully, and. the fact ; been entirely three stories improve her done Peter.’s much. Peter lioney- "You can, anyhow. Your work as a whole, has been top-notch. You were good down to the last adjective Th© trouble was that in the begin ning yon were so superlative you got them to expecting miracles. Never begin at the top," lie advised her wisely, "It leaves no place to climb to. Anyhow," he added slyly, "you must have saved nip enough on your expense money to keep the children in bread and milk for a long time,— what with doing your own laundry and living on soup and cheese," "Well—some," she admitted eva sively. "Do you suppose we’ll ever be real good friends, Rowena? And never quarrel again?" "I’m good friends now! I’ve been friends from the very first. I am really fond of you, Peter, but you’re so darn mean the angels themselves couldn’t get along with you," "That’s odd. Every one has al ways remarked what a good disposi tion I have,—No credit to me,” he added mo.destly. "I was born with it/ "People are so dumb," sighed Rowena, "Do you think, your judge will have any trouble getting the annul ment?" "No." "How long will it take?" "I don’t know." "When will he start?" ?"He’s started how." “Started now! Why, what you mean?" "I wrote him the day we were married and told him to go, ahead with the prelminaries so he could put it through with a rush.” Peter resented that. "I think it ■was needlessly insulting of you, Ro wena! To spread the news like that the day we were married." Oh, tish, tosh, and That was no marriage.” odds ack •< measles. eanght At the snfeobj in -the days pf principal McGregor, cut short his term there. Per Hyp months he again attended the Olin” ton school, passing junior matricula-*; tlon there. After attending model school at Falstaff in Stratford,, fee bpgap teaching at Wartburg, secur* jng his first school when n years of age, beng/hree months sfeorfc .of the regulation age of 18 for teaching. His next school was just east of the present Country Club, At Amuiree he taught for almost two years, com pleting in all about three years in the county schools of Perth county. It was the desire of Teacher Mc Lennan to go op with his education? Like many other young men of his generation he found it necessary to, "put himself through." There was a barrier in the way of senior ma triculation owing to a fee of $60.00 which had beep placed on indents taking that course at the Stratford Collegiate. Then it was that Mr. McLennan found a friend in A. H, McDougall, who was afterward for many years the principal of Ottawa Collegiate. Through his assistance about it on every side towered broad-branched trees, beginning te show gold and blwLrefi with the touch of autumn, Somewhere near a noisy brook clattered down-hill oyer the stones. And there was no sight of other habitation or wander- in® woodsmen in all the length and breadth of the forest. It belongs to a friend of mine," said Peter. "That’s what I phoned about—to say we were tired and would apprecite the for a few days?" ."Are—are we to here?” she inuired "Quite alone." "It—it will make, it—difficult— about the annulment." "That," said1 Peter naughtily, "is up to your friend the judge/’ Rowena put her hand on his arm "Peter," she said gently, "don’t do anything rash. You’d better th-think it over, use of the cabin (Intended last weak) Mr. MelriHe- Gtwhinir apent ml days listing her ftisker Smith in London last week. Mis? HW® Gunning has ^tWgA' >me from Lucan sfee ■ ■ x3- home from Lucan where she »pp^.{ several days wtih her sister William Touhey, Mr. and Mrs, F. Gunning and Miss Florence Pullen spent a tew days last week at Niagara and Tor-, onto. Mr. Russell Parkinson spent th$ week-end at Niagara Falls. Mrs. F. C. Squire attended the C, N, E. at Toronto and also spent, a few days with her cousin Mrs, A. M. Pond. Miss Ella Sanders, of Exeteria holidaying at the home of Mr. Thea. Gunning, iSeyeral from this comm unity at-' tended; the funeral of the late Mrs* Henry Squire at Exeter on Friday afternoon. Miss Hannah Reycraft, of Toron to, is the guest of her niece, Mrs, IL Squire, Peter vaguely, "Just some and ends—little souvenirs—presents, you know—nothing much," "You would go ,, through Yellow stone and the Rocky Mountains and buy your souvenirs in New Jersey," she remarked coldly, When he came back his arms pretty well filed with stoutly wrap ped bundles, Rowena and Constan tine were under the umbrella in the rumble seat. "For heaven’s sake—•’’ he began impatiently. "It’S” a sort of sentiment With me,” she said. "I would never feel that we had a grandstand finish unless we bre’ezed into Times Square in our regular travelling order. You can put your souvenirs in Bobby’s place." ! Rowena slumped lower and lower, in the rumble as he drove swiftly long the heavily shaded roads. She did not feel at all well. In a way, she almost believed she was sorry it was over. It had been fun—all ex cept Peter, It would have been • glorious without Peter, certainly was not feeling well, heart was leaden with her. large tears forced themselves der het hot lids and through silken lashes. Rowena closed eyes and pretended she was asleep, "If Peter thinks I’ve got anything to cry about, he’s crazy," she said stoutly. At a sudden lurch of the car she opened her eyes. Much to her surprise she saw they were far from the state highway, and following a narrow dirt road through a thick piece of woods. She tapped on the window. "Peter, you’re off the road. This isn’t the way to New York." "I know it. It’s a short cut." Rowena sighed. "I knew I should watch you,” she said resignedly. Presently lie turned off from the dirt road into a narrow wood lane, no more than a cow-path it seemed, Rowena knew instantly it would never take them any place at all. She knocked on the window again. "Peter, you’re lost. This doesn’t .go anywhere!" The cow-path turned abruptly up a sharp abruptly boulder forest. "It’s a dead "What did I tell-you?" Peter got out of the car and went back, very slowly, to stand besde her, folding his arms rigidly on the rim of the rumble. She noticed im mediately how very grim he looked, how his pleasant eyes had narrowed and his lips set. Ehe stared deeply into his eyes, her lashes still wet with tears, and waited for him to speak. "Get out, last thickly. "Why, ive two hours!" "We’ve had nothing here "Get "We’re Rowena looked at him wondering- ly and put cut her hand, slender and sunburned, pink palm upturned and fingers curling'. Peter ignored the silent appeal of it. "Rowena,” he said, his grown low and strange, made a damned fool of me day after day the whole summer. You’ve made me the laughing stock off reporters and hotel clerks and automobile mechanics from coast to coast—not to mention the kick your friends in New York are getting out of my predicament. Well, it’is my turi now. You may get an annulment re- you may get a divorce, you may ge anything you damn please, .but you are my wife.—you’re married to me "But—not really married—Peter ___J) "Well, you are going to be, and pretty damn quick," he said decid edly. With a dicated a and still, boulder in the thick of the forest. "We’re honeymooning here until Monday.” Rowena blinked' her lashes very fast indeed, 'She fumbled around, in the rumble until she found rouge, powder and lip-stick and painstak ingly repaired the ravages of travel. After that she looked at Peter and laughed. . "You—you’re it," he said. "Of, course,” "This is an never make me "Well, save up much good humoi4 as you can,” he told her. "You’xer going to need a lot of it between now and Monday.” Rowena looked about her. The little cabin was tucked away snug ly in a huge cleft of great rocks and do 7 Married! even tush! "No. But it was nasty of you just the same.” » "I’m sorry you feel that way -about it, Peter,” she said gently.- "I did not mean to be offensive, I assure you. I really thought I was doing the stitch-in-time sort of thing.’ "Do you think you’ll ever marry the judge?” “I don’t think I’ll marry anybody, hate men.” "Oh, work; at something, I pose. I don’t know just what, be I’ll go to Paris.” "You can’t go until we get annulment. They will need here to swear that we—we didn’t— that we never—that we never were really married, or anythng.” "How long will it take?" "Why? Are you in such a hurry for your freedom ?” “No. I was just wondering." "What do you intend to do first, Rowena?" Peter asked. "Oh, I really don’t know, up those stories perhaps.’’ "No "No. Buddy Maybe "But you say you hate men!” "So I do. That’s the only way to get even with them.” From Pennsylvania Peter wanted to cut through as quickly as possible into New Jersey and home that way.' He said it was shorter and he knew the roads. Rowena, on the other hand, wanted to go up through Pennsylvania. She admitted it was a longer route, but said she would try to endure a few .more days of Peter’s company for the sake of the scenery. Peter didn’t argue with her. He just turned off and went over the Water Gap into New Jersey. Then they realized indeed that they weye n/aring home, foi’ New Jersey was their neighbor and Peter cognized every road and landmark. The sign-posts began to give mile age to New York—seventy-five miles sixty miles and then fifty. They had luncheon at a lovely little wayside place near a cool lake and Peter said if Rowena Would ex cuse him a few minutes he wanted to call up some people in New York. "Gosh, but you’re in a rush to get in touch with everybody," she protested irritably. "I suppose you’d like to have me call Up the judge and ask him to- have the papers ready for us to sign tonight." Peter didn’t say anything, but went on into the telephone booth. When he came back his face showed a little white under his summer’s tan and his lips were grimly locked. "I suppose she had another date, said Rowena disagreeably. I’m glad of it." PeteV had , nothing to say, when they had reached the town he Said wouldn’t mind little shopping "■Shopping." ping within forty miles of What do you Want? Is it anything I can lend you?" * "Oh, no, nothing like that," said I sup- May- tliat you Write plafts for the rar future?” Maybe I’ll keep house for when he gets through school I’ll get married.”. he hoped waiting, as he to do. she ejaculatd. be quite alone casually, (Continued next week.) DR.Mclennan to retire to HOME IN SURREY, ENGLANDwas coached in the matriculation Internatioiially-known Scientist, a Fo'iineu Exeter Old Hoy, is Sev ering His Connections With the University of Toronto. >/’ "And but next Rowena had a "Shop home? and ja; at the in the Rowena Her Two un- the her road gged hill and ended foot of an immense very heart of the ,1 ; iend/’ said Rowena i Rowena," he- said at "This is our last stop.’ can be in New York in she protested faintly, cur luncheon—there’s to stop for!" he repeated doggedly, staying here tonight."r voice “you’ve wave of his hand lie in little log cabin, deserted that showed above the The announcement from Toronto to the effect that Professor John C.’ McLennan, internationally-known scientist and dean' of the School of Graduate Studies in the University of Toronto, is to sever his connec tions with the university and make his home in Surrey England, was verified by his, sister Miss Janet C. McLennan, of Stratford; Dr. Mc Lennan. is at present in the British Isles but is expected back in Canada soon. Dr. McLennan is Known for his 'connection with helium which) he was the first man to discover and produce in quantites for commercial purposes. During the war he was scientific adviser to the British Ad miralty. With the need for a non- inflammable gas for filling dirigibles he set out on his quest for helium and was instrumental in (producing it from the natural gas in the Bow River valley. Aurora Research His research work in connection with the spectra of the aurora was crowned by the discovery of these spectra, which had been a puzzle to scientists. He dicovered they were produced in oxygen and aurorified in the upper atmosphere 50 or 60 miles from the earth’s surface. Through this study lie was able to explain the passing of the radio waves about the earth, and brought to light another function of the gas helium, a layer of which exists some 60 miles above the earth, and made a valuable contribution science of wireless. For his researches in copy and atomic physics awarded the medal of the Royal So ciety the oldest scientific society in Great Britain. He is a former presi dent of the Royal Soceity in Canada. He has been connected closely with both the British and American as sociations for the Advancement of Science, has been' president of the University of Toronto Alumni and of the Royal Canadian Institute. Recently he was appointed Premier George >S. Henry as one the commission to study the use radium against cancer. Professor McLennan was born Ingersoll in 1867, and after that liv ed in Exeter for four years and also in Blyth. It was in Clinton that he attended the high school, pass ing for <a third class teacher’s certi ficate at the age of 1'5. It was then that lie went to Stratford, but an .at- to- the spectros- he was course. He entered the Collegiate in January and had his senior, ma triculation at the midsummer exam inations, It was in the fall of that year that the now Prof. McLennan left for Toronto University, where he in was at once signally successful his studies. Series of Advancements It is interesting to trace briefly the various advances which were his: Assistant Demonstrator in Physics at Toronto University until 1890. Associate Demonstrator from 1890 to 1902. Associate Professor of Physics, 1902-1907. •Since 1904 he has been Director of the Physical Laboratory and since 1907 Professor of Physics. Professor McLennan is a past president of the Alumni Association of the University of Toronto-; was president of the Royal Canadian In stitute in 1916; president of the Royal Society of Canada, 1924-25; President sociation for the Advancement Science of the 1916. WHALEN W. M, & I "Section A" British As- of in 1923, was made <a Fellow Royal Society of London in A Great Distinction Probably no greater distinction came to any Canadian than that of being appointed Scientific Adviser to the British Government in 1919, fol-, lowing the outstanding services per formed during the years of the war in ’combating the submarine menace Professor McLennan was made a Royal Medalist in 1928 and Baker- ian Lecturer of the Royal Society of England in 192 8. Very seldom" have we seen all the letters to which Prof. McLennan is entitled, used in connection with his name. They would appear this way: Professor J. C. McLennan, O.B.E., B.A., Ph. D., D. Sc., L.L.D., F.A.AJS, F.R.S.C., F.R.S. . The regular monthly meeting of the Whajen W, M. S. was held on. Thursday afternopn last at the home of Mrs, will Brooks "with 21 members and 6 visitors present, Mrs, John Hazelwood, president was in. the chair. After the opening exer« cises, Mrs. Albert Gunning read the Bible lesson, John 21: x-14. The De votional leaflet, "Peter the Man of Impulse" was read ny Miss Edna Squire. Hymn 323 and” prayer by Mrs. Will Morley and Mrs. Will Hodgins. A vocal duet was given by Ruth and Mary Morley and was much enjoyed by all. Several inter esting readings' were read by Miss Elsie . Gunning, Mrs. Harvey Squire, Miss Jessie Brooks, Mrs. Will Duf field and Miss Ruth Morley. Hymn 186 was sung and Mrs. Harvey Squire closed the meeting with prayer. Tea was served and a pleasant social time enjoyed. SHIPKA (Intended last week) Anniversary Services will be con ducted in the United Church on Sun day, September 27th with Rev. S. J. Mathers, of Grand Bend, as the speaker. Services will be Sunday School at 1 p.m., preaching at 2.30 and 7.3 0 p.m. Special music will be furnished. Everybody welcome'. Mr. and Mrs Robt Richter, of Sar nia, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. Gower. Quite a number from here attend ed the funeral of the late Mrs. C. Sher.ritt, of Grand Bend on Sunday afternoon last. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Godibolt, of Bayfield, visited relatives here on Thursday last. Rev. Mr. White will preach in the United church on Sunday next .Sep tember 20th in the interests of the M. & M. Fund at 11 o’clock. Pneumonia Left a Weak Heart Couldn't Regain Strength Miss Mabel Webb, Grand Bend, Ont., writes:— “About three years ago I had pneumonia and it . left me with a weak heart, and I was so run down it just seemed as if I would nover regain my strength again. I read about Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills, so got a box and before I had finished it I was feeling some better, so I kept on taking them and in about throe months I was able to go back to my work again.” Price 50c. a box at all druggists and dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto. Ont. Prize-Winning Apprentices good-natured about she declared .gaily, accident, Accidents mad?’ Considerable interest has been aroused by the performance of four young apprentices at the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Angus Shops* Montreal, who captured three first prices and one Second, between them, at the Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1931, in the exhibit of mechanical drawings and designs. The quartette are pupils of Charles Bulley, instructor of apprentices and John Burns; wOtks, manigpicture shows, left to right: C. R. Baddeley, 23, machinist apprentice since 1928, who took first prize in the Electrical Section; as a first attempt. w , , > . , .. i tA. W. Faulconbridge, 23, joined as carpenter apprentice in 1925, took first prize in the Structural Section and second in the Steam Section in 1931 and first in Internal Combustion and third in Steam in 1980. In 1929, he was first in Steam and second in Structuiral. , 4 _Philippe Landry, 26, joined aS Shopboy in 1922 and became carpenter apprentice in 1926t took first prize in Internal Combustion, having been second in Structural in 1930 and second in Hydraulic in 1929. P M. Rochon, 19, machinist apprentice since 1929, captured first pnze in the Electrical Section* as # first attempt. »