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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-10-20, Page 6THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATETHURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1Q32 .... 1 1.! I '! .......... !--I'l"'.".■........—" 1 1 Retirement . Usually, as life goes on, thejre comes a time when* we realise that we cannot draw indefinitely ppi th? bank of earning capacity, and that some day we 'MUST ?£tjre .“ , . and th<m we begin to thjplc ahead. Think ., . . but, all too selcfpm. do we plan. The years pass swiftly and, before we know it, the time for "retire­ ment arrives and finds us unprepared. But this can never happen to you if- you’ plan now to provide for the needs of later life. Plan . , . ANP AGT. Stari . . With fay now tp build the incomt you must surely have, under one of the retirement income plans o( thp Confederation, Life Asso­ ciation. The moderate deposits ensure that your dream? will be malii^d, with­ out sacrifice in your earlier P® you hot'want to know what these can 'do for you? You can make sure NOW of a retirement WITH VAY. K request to the address below will bring you figures and full information without obligation, Write fQDAY> } Exeter {Etate«-Aiitmr«te Established 187-3 and 1887 Published every Thursday morning at Exeter, Ontario SUBSCRIPTION—12.00 per year la advance. SYNOPSIS Glyn Peterson and bis twenty-year old daughter Jean are dining to­ gether in their home in Beirnfels, Austria, Glyn was of a noble Eng­ lish family and against the wishes of his family had married Jacquel­ ine Mavory, the beautiful half­ French opera singer. They had liv­ ed very happily together travelling around when they so desired but always returning to Beirnfels. One year ago Jacqueline had died and Glyn can stand it no longer, he is going away somewhere just wandering, and has made arrange­ ments for Jean to visit his old friend Lady Anne Brennan, in England. Jean remains at Mon- tavan awaiting a reply from Lady Anne. She meets an Englishman and spends the day at his cabin on the side of the mountain in the pine woods. When she goes to visit England this Englishman [ meets proves precipitous hili the descent of which must infallibly spell destruction. She sat very still, hex. hands together, watching— lock­ ed CHAPTER XXII her at the station and, to be a son of Lady Anne. CHAPTER XX “Willing or Unwilling!” was over. A bare twenty yards , from the brow of the hill the man had won, and now th^ mare was standing swaying between the* shafts1 shaking in every limb, her flanks , heaving and the sweat stream§ng off her sodden coat jn little rivulets. Burke was "beside her, patting her( down and .talking to her in a little intimate fashion much as though he were soothing a frightened child.1, “You’re all in, aren’t you, old thing?” he murmured sympathetic­ ally. Then he glanced up at Jean,1: who was still sitting in the cart,' feeling rather as though the end of ; the world ha$ occurred arid, in some' ’ surprising manner, left her still i herself • he remarked. “We shan’t have It was no sound in all the the theand in their a green1 of road left cumbering the earth. “She’s 'pretty well run out;” any more trouble going home’ smiling briefly. “I hope not,” answered Jean trifle flatly. “You all right?” She nodded. “Yes, thank you. You must be excellent whip,” thought the mare Probably even ized the fineness, ship of which she had witness—the judgment Burke had evinced in mare spend the first her strength before he essayed to check her mad pace; the dexterity with which he had somehow con­ trived to keep her straight; and finally, the consummate skill -with which, that last half-mile,, he had played her mouth, rejecting the dead pull on the reins—the instinctive er­ ror of the mediocre driver—(which so quickly numbs sensation and neu-. tralizes every effort to bring a run-- away to “Yes. ber was He was over the mare to see if she right, and suddenly, with a sharp exclamation, he lifted feet from the grpund it. “Cast a shoe and rather badly,” he announced. afraid we shall have to'stop .at the next village and get her shod. Its’ ..not a mile further on. You and I can have tea at the inn while she’s at the blacksmith’s. With a final caress of the steam-j an “Ishe added, would-never stop.’ Jean hardly real- of- the horseman-, just been a and coolness letting the freshness of There world except the battering of mare’s hoofs upon the road screaming rush of the wind ears. The hedges flew past, distorted blur. The strip fled away beneath them as though coiled up by some swift revolving cylinder; ahead it ended sheer against a sky blue as a periwinkle and into that blue they were.rush­ ing at 30 miles an hour. Whey they reached it, it would be' the end. Jean could almost hear the crhsh t}xat must follow, sense the sicken­ ing feeling of being flung head­ long, hurled into space . . , hurt­ ling down into black nothingness . . Her glance sought Burke’s face. His jaw was outthrust, and she could guess at the clenched .teeth behind the lips that shut like a rat- trap. His eyes gleamed beneath the penthouse brows, drawn together so that they almost met above his fighting beak of a nose. In an oddly detached manner she found herself reflecting on the dog­ ged brute strength of his set face. If anyone could check that flying, foapiflecked form, rocketing along between the shafts like a red-brown streak, he could. •She wondere'd how long he would be able to hold the beast—-to hang on? She remembered having heard that, after a time, the strain of pull­ ing against a runaway becomes too much for human nerves and musclee- and that man’s hands grow numb— and helpless. Whi'ile the dead pull on the bit equally numbs the mouth of the horse, so that he, too, has nd more any feeling to be played upon by the pressure of the bit. Her eyes dropped to Burke’s hands. With a little inward start of aston­ ishment she realise<i that he was. not attempting to pull againt the chestnut. He was just holding . . holding . . steadying her, ever so] little, in her mad gallop. Jean felt the mare swerve, then swing level again, still answering faintly to the' reins. Burke’s hands were 'very still. She wondered vaguely why—now— he didn’t pit his strength against thp runaway. They must have cov­ ered a mile or more. A bare half- mile was all that lay between them and disaster. And then ,as she watched Burke’s hands, she saw them move, first one and then the other, sawing the bit against the tender corners Of the mare’s mouth. Jean was conscious of a faint difference in the mad pace of her. Not enough be be ac­ counted a check—hut stih some­ thing,' some appreciable slackening of the whirlwind rush towards that blue blur of sky ahead. It seemed as though Burke, too, sensed that infinitesimal yielding to the saw of the bit. For the first time, he gave a definite pull of the reins. Then he relaxed the pres­ sure, and again followed the same mooners,” sawing motion and the fret of the think”—___- __________ - steel bar against sensitve, velvet lips a good place in "’which to spend a Then another pull—the man’s sheer honeymoon?” a standstill., I rather thought our num- up,’’ agreed Burke absently, passing his hands feelingly. were all of herone and examined torn her foot “I’m “No,” he. agreed. “It isn’t fair, In fact, I’m not sure that it isn’t rather a caddish thing for me to do seeing that you can’t get away from me just now. But all’s fair in love and war. And it’s both love, and war between us two”—-grimly. “The two things don’t sound v’ery campatible,” fenced Jean. “It’s only war till you give in— till you promise to marry me, Then” —a smouldering light glowed in his eyes—“then I’ll show you what love means.” \ She shook her head. .‘I’m afraid,” she said, attempt­ ing to speak coolly, “that it means war indefinitely then, Geoffery. I can give you no different answer.” “You shall!” he exclaimed vio­ lently. “I tell you, Jean, it’s use­ less your ,refusing me. I won’t, take no. I want you for my wife— ahd, by God, I’m going to have you!’ She drew away from him a* little, backing into the embrasure of the window. The look in his' eyes frightened her. “Whether I will or no?” she ask­ ed, still endeavouring to speak lightly, “My feelings in’the matter don’t appear to concern you at all.” “I’d rqther you came willingly— but, if you won't, I swear I’ll marry you, willing or unwilling!” He was standing close to her now staring down at her with sombre passion-let eyes, amd instincitivVLy, she made a movement as though to elude him and slip back again into the room- In the same, instant his' arms went round\her ‘and she was prisoned in a grip from which,she was powerless to escape. “Doh’t 'struggle,”zhe said, as she, strove impotently to release herself .’ “I could, hold you from now doomsday without an effort.”’ There was a curious thrill in his voice, the triumphans, arrogant leap, of possession. He held her pressed- ^against him, and she could feel his, chest heave with his labouring breath. , “You’re mine—mine. My woman >—meant for me from the beginning' of the world—and do you think I'll give you up? . .'. Give you up? I tell you, if you were another man’s wife I’d take you away from him!. You’re mine—every inch of you,, body and soul. And I want you. Oh, my God, how I want you!’-’ “Let me go. . . .' Geoffery . . The words struggled from her lips.* For answer his arms round her, crushing her savagely,' and she felt his kisses till tightened burning, scorching her face, his mouth on hers till it seemed as though [were draining her very soul. When at last he released her, he, . . . _ _ she ing chestnut neck, he came back to leant helplessly against the woo.d- the side of the cart, reins. in hand, [work of the window, panting .and “Can you drive her with a torn shaken, foot?” queried Jean.’ “Oh, yes. fully down this hill, though. There are such a confounded lot of loose! tion crossed Burke’s face, stones about.” He climbed into the dog-cart very soon they had reached the lage, where the ohestnut, tired subdued, was turned ‘ over blacksmith’s ministrations Burke and Jean made they the inn. Tea was b'rpught to them in a quaint, old-fashioned fragrant of bygone times. RATES—Farm flr Real Estate tot sale 50c, each insertion for tirrt four insertions, 25c. each subse­ quent' insertion, Miscellaneous ar­ ticles, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Fopnd 10c. per line, of six words, Reading notices Card of Thah,ks vertisiria 11. and Memoriam, with extra verses 25c. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association 10 c. per line. 50c. Legal ad- 8c. per line. In one versa 50$, each. TORONTO CANADA ■ f 1.1 Association minding I badly man, she’ll sir?” responded The October meeting of the Whal-1 en W. M, S. was held on Thursday afternoon last at the home of Mrs. John Hodgson with fourteen mem­ bers and six visitors present. Mrs.’’ John Hazelwood, president was in the chair. The meeting opened with hymn 162 and prayer by Mrs. Hazelwood; The Devotional Leaflet man of Tact” was read Relle Duffield. Mrs. John Hodgson j.ead ture lesson. Proverbs *2ch.’ •A very interesting report of the. ocnvention held in Grand Bend on September 28th was given by Mrs. Hilton Ogden. Jean Ogden and Jean Morley fa­ voured with a vocal duet, ‘The Chil­dren’s Joy’ and was much enjoye'd 'Several readings taken from the Study bool^ were read by Dorothy Hazelwood, Mabel Elliott, Ruth Hod­ gson and Maty Morley. The meeting closed with a hymn' “I Want to be a Worker for the and prayer by Mrs. A. Gun- served “The )Vo- by Mary the Scrips 1-9. Lord” ning after which lhnch was qn.d a .social time enjoyed. 7 Professional Cards i I Ji d I ill GLADMAN & STANBURY BARRISTERS,. SOLICITORS, Ac. Money to Loan, Investments Made Insurance Safe-deposit Vault for use of our ’ Clients without charge EXETER LONDON HENSALL CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Ac LOANS, INVESTMENTS insurance Office: Carling Block, Main Street, EXETER, ONT. At Lucan Monday and Thursday De. G. S. Atkinson, L.D.S.,D.D.S, DENTAL SURGEON opposite the New Post Office Main St., Exeter Telephones 34w House 84J every Wednesday (all day) until further notice. Office Office Closed Burke fitted xthe key into the’ WH&LEN 9- lock of the door and turned it sulk­ ily. < “You prim little thing! I was only teasing y-ou,” he said. “Do you mean you’re reilly ‘‘as frightened as all that of—what people w<ould say? I thought you were above the gossip of ill-nature(i scandal­ mongers.” I Jean grasped eagerly at the ex-j cuse. '‘It would serve to hide the real motive of her impulsive action.) --—.“No woman can afford to ignore’ scandal/’ she .answered quickly. “After all, a woman’s happinebs de­ pends -mostly on her reputation.” Buj.ke’3 eyes narrowed suddenly? He looked at her speculatively, as though her words had suggested a. new train of thought, but hb made1 no comment. Somewhat. abstract­ edly he\opened the door and allow­ ed her to pass oiit and down the stairs. Outside the door of the inn they found the mare and dog-cart in charge of the ostler. “The mare’s foot’s rather torn, sir,” volunteered the “but the -blacksmith thinks travel all right. Far to go, “Nine or ten miles,” Bqrke laconically. He-'was curiously silent on the way home. It was as though the" chain of reasoning started by Jean’s comment' on. the relation scandal bears to a woman’s happiness still absorbed him. His brows were knit together,- morosely. Jean supposed he was probably reproaching himself for his conduct that afternoon. After all, she re­ flected, he was normally a man of flood-tide of his passion had siyvcpt him into taking advantage of the circumstances which had flung them together in the solitude of the little inn, he would be the first to agree* when in less lawless frame of mind, that his conduct had been unpardon-> able. Although, even from that/ one could not promise that he would not be equally culpable another time. • • Blaise had proved painfully cor-v rect in his estimate of the danger* attaching to unexplored bombs. Jean admitted it to herself ruefully: And she was honest enough also to admit that, with his warning, ring­ ing in her ears* and with the mem­ ory of what had happened’ in the rose>-garden to illumine self was' not altogether blame for the incidents noon. She ha.d played with encouraged him to a .certain extent allowing-him to be in her company' far more frequently than was alto­ gether wise, considering the cumstances of this hot-headed love for her. / It was with somewlfat of a su^r-, prise that she fiund herself seeking for . excuses for his behavour—-ac­ tually trying to supply adequate^rea' sons' why §he should overlook it! His brooding sulky silence as he drove along, mile after mile, was not without its appeal to the inher- en feminity of her. He did not try to excuse or palliate his conduct,- made no attempt to sue for forgive­ ness. He loved her and he liad let her see it; manlike, he had taken what the opportunity offered. ..And she didn’t suppose he regretted it. The faintest smile twitched the corners of his lips. Burke whs mot the type of man to regret an unlaw­ ful kiss or two. .She was conscious that—as usual where he Was concerned—her vir tuous indignation \vas oozing away in the most discreditable and hope­ less ip.shion. „ There' was an auda­ cious charm about the man, an at­ tractiveness that would not be de­ nied in the hot-headed way he went^ all out, for what he wanted. (Continued next week.) held; WOODHAM (Intended last week) Anniversary services were here Sunday with a large attendance; Everyone was pleased to .hear ourj •former pastor Mr. Wilkinson, who .gave us very ’ inspiring addresses, i Sunday visitors ,here were: Mr. and Mrs. A. Hackney daughter of Thames Road, with and Mrs. Ben Wilson, E. Squire and fam- "With Mr. and Mi-s,r Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S. DENTIST •I and; Mr., it, she her- ciear of the, of the after­ Burke, even Mr. and Mrs. ily, of Whalen, W. Rodd. Mr. and Mrs. Marys and Mr. Fothenjngham, . _ Mr’, and Mrs. W. Shier. Mr. 'and Mrs. C. Ro.utly, of Sun­ shine, with Mr and Mrs. W. Wyne.- ■Mr. apd Mrs. M. Driver and family with- Mrs. J. Thacker. r Mrs. .Rundle, of St. Marys, with Mr. and Mrs. B. Rundle. Mr. -and Mrs. J.' Stephens, Thorndale, with Mr. and Mrs. Swallow. Mrs. James Squire Sperft a, feyr« days last week with her daughters in London. r The Young People’s League being closed for the summer months will commence .again this * coming Mon­ day evening. R." Doupe, of St.] and Mrs. Cameron: of Rannoch, with; of, j.; Office: Carling Block EXETER, ONT. Closed Wednesday Afternoon DR. E. S. STEINER VETERINARY SURGEON Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College DAY AND NIGHT CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO Office in the old McDonelL Barn Behind. 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He crossed the room and, locking the door, dropped the key- into his pocket. **I think,” he remarked coo>lly, “in that case, I’d better keep you a Prisoner here till you have promised to marry me. It’s you ’ ■”i Your forgiveness can come will see to that.’ The result of expected. Jean dow, unlatched the casement. “If you don’t once, <&eoffery,” “I shall leave the room—this way,” —-with a gesture that sufficiently explained her meaning. Her vpic6 was steady. Barke looked at her curiously.?^ “Do you mean—you’d jump out?’ he asked, credulously. Her eyes answered him. They were feverishly bright, with an al­ most fanatical light in them, ahd suddenly Burke realised that she was at the end of her tether, that the emotional stress of the last quarter hour had taken >its toll ,df her high-strung temperament and, that she might ‘even do what she threatened. He had no conception of the motive behind the threat—< of the ■ Imperative determination which had leaped to life within her to endure tit suffer anything rather than stay locked in this room -with Burke, rather than give Blaise, the man wh-o held her heart between his two hands, ground for misun­ derstanding or mistrusting hei; e-new. and the while way to to upstairs pdrlour _______ ...... Oaken beams, black with age, . supported .the ceiling, and on the high chim­ neypiece pewter dishes gleamed like end an amaz- dog, in genu- surveyed the smirk. Thro* panes of the a glimpse of I want/ after. I ft ' his action turned to it, and flung open .was un- the win- cir- silver, while at either ingly hideous spotted ine old Staffordshire, scene with a satisfied the leaded diamond window was visible the Moor. “What an enchanting place!” com­ mented Jean, as, tea over, she made an inspection of the room, pausing at last in front ot the window. Burke had been watching her as she wandered about ■ the room, his expression mbody and dissatisfied. ' “It’s a famous resort for honey- he answered. “Do you •enquiringly—“it would be unlock /fiat door at ’ she said quietly, strength against the mare’s , » . I “That depends,” replied Jean Jean watched, fascinated. I cautiously. “If the people > were And gradually, almost impercept-, fond of- the country and the Moor ibly at first, the frenzied boat of the and so on—yes. But they migilt iron-shod hoofs became more meas- \ prefer something less remote from bred as the chestunt shortened her the world.” stride. It was no longer merely the I “Would you?” thrashing, thunderous devil’s tattoo' “I?” — with detachment. “I’m Of shefer, panic-driven speed, jnot contemplating a honeymoon. Now and again’,Jean could hear: Suddenly Burke crossed the room Burke’s voice, speaking to the i to her side, frightened beast, chiding and reas- “We might as well settle that. Suring in even, unhurried tones.', I point now,” he said quietly. “Jeah She looked at kitol indignantly. “I’ve answered that question be­ fore. It isn’t fair of you to reopen’ It. takes two to .make a quarrel and by the strangest, coincidence, it 'also takes that number to get—mar­ ried. INSURANCE LIFE, ACCIDENT & HEALTH When Studying your' future Life, Income or Pension program, consult ARCHIE T. STERLING .Representing METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY EXETER, BOX 277 OSCAR KLOPP LICENSED AUCTIONEER Honor Graduate Carey Jones’ Auc­ tion School. Special Course taken in Registered Live Stock (all breeds) Merchandise, Real Estate, Farm Sales, Etc. Rates in, keeping with prevailing prices. Satisfaction As­ sured, write Oscar Klopp, Zurich, or phdne 18-93, Zurich, Ont. AVU bUilVO. ” » PUUIL IlUWj lie S5U1U. quic She was conscious of no fear, only when will you marry me? of an absorbing interest and excite­ ment as to whether be able to Impose his .. ............ ........ ____ ________ animal before they reached that, the matter here—and now.1 Burke wdiild will updn the >■1 s. His Nerves In Bad Condition Headaches and Dizzy Spells Mr, Neil Crawford, Hamilton, Ont., writes:— “My nerves were in such bad condition I found it almost impossible to get d good night’s sleep. ' I was also bothered with headaches and “dizzy Spells. I tried many different remedies, but they did not seem to give me much relief, but sifter I had taken Milburn’s Heart and -Nerve Pijls Jt cotild hardly* bejievo the change they {had made in iny OOifditidii.” _ For sale at all drug and general stores ;~put up onlv by The T. Milbum Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL FlltE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office, Farquhar, Ont* President FRANK MCCONNELL Vice-Pres. 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