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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-08-27, Page 2THURSDAY, AUGUST Mth, 1036 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE f^GOOD' fSn Y” | == BY BARBARA WEBB = An Invitation Gilbert laughed. ‘’I wish y)u were twenty years younger.’’ he said. “I’d have to take off more years than taut to be a match for you. And I’ve always been a plain woman always weighed too much, never di eted, never tried to be anything I wasn’t born to be. And sometimes I wish I was back in Vermont. She grew silent. Gilbert talked no more. Judith dozed fitfully and at last the outskirts of the city began to slide by. “You’ll come in.’’ said Aunt Mary when they reached the apartment. “I’ll give y:u some supper.” “No. But thanks. I’ll come back some other time if Penny asks me. Yva're all right now?” he address ed Penny. “Yes. still tired; but I’ll be all right ater a night’s sleep. I’ll see you Monday.” “Likely ... or soon after. I want to think over that proposi tion we discussed on the drive up.’’ Judith left her hand in his. “Think of it this way,’’ she said slowly, “I want my father’s freedom mere than anything else in the word. I’ll dy anything to get it. I will be grateful to any one who helps me. all my life long. Grateful and loyal. I promise that.” Gilbert held her hand, looked down at her, a gleam of admiration on his ugly fa e. “I believe that,” lie said. "I'll remember it when I work out our line deal." Judi'h went right to bed when she got in the house. Only resilent youth could have come ba-:k sound ly as she did the following morning from that twenty-:ouy h;urs that! contained her first appearance at the; club, her meeting with Gilbert, the ’ trip to the prison the interview with J her father. She woke hungry, go:- out of bed and was sen: back by ’ Aunt Mary who brought in a break-<■ East tray. 1 Aur.t Mary seernen less theerful • than usual. There was a subdued thoughtfulness at rut her that Ju dith remarked. didn = '.Ike^'&Lteri Saunders setend cup :-f ttitee A Eur :>f PffiilMa.cny <‘N: Bn: Z might have stopped famous I-S:y itlumu of a New York ’writer: Good Penny’s Anunt Laasders. A Jaunt With Gil Sannder- brightest note at the Golden Bubble, set off with her new hoy friend, the gallant Gil. after •the last show Saturday night. They went up-State as Gil took pains to announce to patrons to visit the pretty Penny’s fa ther, forcibly detained up there. But they came right back again. Penny’s Aunt Mary took a train up to make sure of that. Trains are tricky enough, what with daylight time and all. People mtSs ’em sometimes. Jddith flushed. “I’m awfully sor ry ydu got draggd into it, Aunt Mary. I have to expect, though, things myself, but I surely didn’t mean to get you mixed up in it,” “Milk’s dirty if you try to put it back in the bottle after it’s spilled,’’ said Aunt Mary. “And I never try. No, it isn’t that I mind so much; truth is, it makes me laugh. That Writer told the truth after all, and it makes me feel like a big pumpkin to get into the city newspapers. What I mind is ... ” “Is what,” Judy urged her, But Aunt Mary had to trespass against her principles obliquely; “If I saw something threatening you, my pet, like a rattlesnake, or a run away horse, or a drunk driving an automobile, you’d think it all right if I warned you? I mean you would not feel I was interfering, not mind ing my own business, the way I promised when I came up to see you?” “No, Aunt Mary.” “Well, you’re in danger, Judith, make no mistake about that." “How, Aunt Mary?” “From this man Gilbert Saun ders. He’s cruel, Judy. He gets what he wants. He’s about to want you.” “I hope he does,” said Judy, “I .want him to want me. If -he wants me badly enough, he’ll get Daddy out of prison.” Aunt Mary snorted. “He isn’t worth it,” she cried. “Ten thousand Chesters, and he’s my own brother, wouldn’t be aarth your having any thing to do with Gilbert Saundeis.” “I’ll have to be the judge of that,’’ Judy said gt-nr’.y. to take the sting from her word*. Aunt Mary looked at her. Yes.” she said, ami her round face was suddenly angular and old, “God help you, y:u will.” CHAPTER XVI There was no rehearsal that Mon day, Judith lay a long time in bed, thinking over all that had happen ed. She dismissed Aunt Mary's warning. True or not, she had to dismiss it. for until Chester Pennet stood a free man Judith knew she would have no peace. Thinking of her father, she recalled the promise she had made. She must write Clio. She got slowly out of bed. collected pen and rarer and trailed out to the desk in the living loom. She e?uld not begin the letter. She star ed at the paper. “Dear mother.” No. "Dear Clio." No. “Mother.” No. There was no salutation she could use. Finally she began without a preamble. Y’esterday I saw Daddy. He is pretty well. He works at the bo:ks in the prison. He looks older. He asked about you, He would like you to know that he has no regrets. He ask ed me to -write this to you. He has ns regrets. He thought you might wish to know I am working in a night club and am all right. Aunt Mary, Father’s sister, is with me. If you could write a letter to me and tell me something about what you are doing, then I could tell Daddy. He would like to know. It would make it easier for him to know something about you. I don’t know how to ask it, but if you could write a little about yourself so I could tell him. I: would make him a little happy and that is all the kind of happiness I care anything about myself just now. JUDITH I: seemed a cold, unfeeling letter :: Judith herself. She did not mean :o be cruel. The mere writ ing cf the words, so childishly plac ed and expressed required an effort that made Judith feel weak and ill. She folded the letter. She would ‘have to find an address for it. A i newspaper office could give it to her i probably. Or she could ask Harvey ■Teller to find it. That would be , best. She wanted to see him soon 'to tell him of her interview with h.er father. Gilbert would very like ly arrange for Harvey to see Ches ter soon as well. Sh went off to the Golden Bubble late in the afternoon, carrying the letter in her purse. Neither she nor Aunt Mary had referred again to Gilbert. Aunt Mary had said her say. Judith had made up her mind The subject was mutually closed, so far as Judith was concerned. A Call for .Spencer But Aunt Mary, alone in the apart ment, was thinking long, long thoughts. It was true as she had told Judith that minding her -own affairs was a religion to- her. She had seen her beloved brother make a marriage she sincerely believd -was wrong, both for him and for Clio, but she had just as sincerely wish ed, them happiness -when she wash ed her hands of them. She had wasted no time brooding over the matter, but had gone directly back to the life she liked, sending her roots deep into the soil of her 'na tive Vermont, tending her garden, absorbed in the life of her commun ity. Dragged out of it by Judith’s need, genuinely fond of her niece, she had come, she believed, to a place where she must lay down life long principles for the sake of her affection for the girl. Guiltily she went to the telephone. “Is this Mr. Spencer Owen?” she asked when her call was answered. Assured that it was, she went on: “This is Mary Pennet speaking, Ju dith’s aunt. No, there’s nothing wrong with Judith. She’s gone to the Golden Bubble, But I want to see you. I’ve got something I want to ask you about. Can you come ■over tonight?” • Spencer could. He arrived a short time later to find that Aunt Mark had not forsaken one of her Watch the Children’s Bowels lonthsDuring Summer/ The bowel complaints of children are' very pre valent fluting the hot summer months when diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, chofera, cholera/infantuin and .other summer complaints manifest ?..... mother should pay particular attention to the action of the children’s bovqels so asjco avoid any trouble. All mothers should Keep a pottle of Dr. Fowler,’s Extract of Wild Staawber emergency, as wo firing lemselvesj and the se ®l|i» Exeter ®iines-A?nnnate Established 1873 and 1887 at Exeter, Ontario published every Thursday morning SUBSCRIPTION— ?2.00 per year in advance RATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 50c. each insertion for first four insertions. 25c, each subse quent Insertion. Miscellaneous ar ticles, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found 10c. per line of six words. Reading notices 10c, per line. Card of Thanks 50c, Legal ad vertising 12 and 8c. per line. In Memorlam, with one verse 50c. extra verses 25c. each. principles at least. She believed in good food and she had a chocolate cake, a pot of coffee, home-baked beans and het steamed brown bread, waiting f r him. “I'm glad I haven’t had my din- i nor.” Syencer said. “For if I had I’d be demanding the soda bicarb half an hour from now. No one could resist such food as that, Aunt Mary.” “That’s fine. Now you make a good heaity supper then we’ll talk.” Spencer glanced at her curiously. She was dying to talk to him, he could tell from her unanner of sup pressed eagerness, but she also had heiself under -control. He had seen the item in the I-Spy column and wondered if that were troubling her. But he dismissed it when he asked. /‘That Jrash," paid Aunt Mary, and meant it. He finished his supper, got his pipe going, Aunt Mary had her knit ting. She looked up at him, “You know this Gilbert Saunders?” she asked. “Yes, Aunt Mary.” “He's no good. But he’s like a weed, strong, greedy, for the sun. He’s like a weed, too, because some of them- have pretty flowers, they aren’t all bad. But nothing good can thrive around them.” Spencer said nothing. Aunt Mary changed her tack. “Do you believe Chester’s inno cent of stealing that money?” she demanded. “Somehow," said Spencer slowly, “I do." “Reasons." said Aunt Mary. Reviewing the Case “No good ones, I’m sorry to say. That is, good ones from a legal standpoint. Mostly I believe he’s in nocent because the theft was so com pletely out of chaiacter for him. He was the mildest of men, fussy to the point of old-maidishness about his work, devoted to Clio. And then Judith believes in him so. You see, when he was first arrested that evi dence against him was so terribly damaging, and I—well, I was out to make a record for myself. I was pretty self-righteous about it all.” “He had the amounts, the dates, all down in his own handwriting,” Aunt Mary said. “Yes, they were found among his private papers.” “What kind of (papers?” “Things of his own he kept at the bank—-receipted bills, the mortgage on his house, business letters that came to- him personally.” “What happened to the money?" “No one knows. It just disappear ed. The theory is that he used it for speculation, lost it, kept no re cord of it.” Aunt Mary got up. “Judith asked •me to go through Chester’s papers and then turn the rest over to this detective she’s hired. I did. I did not read them all, his letters to her, hers to him. They were—personal. But with them I found a diary, Spencer. I only read the first few pages. I couldn’t bear to read on. It seems to be a record of his feel ings for Clio. I gather she didn’t encourage him to speak of it in much detail. So he -poured it out in this diary. Lonely people keep them, you know.” “Go on,” said Spencer quietly. “If,” said Aunt Mary, 'there is any clue to his innocence or to his guilt—for if he took that money, it had something to- do with Clio—it will be found in that diary. I want you to take it, Spencer. Until we know wre ought to keep it in the family. I don’t think Judith herself would like to have a strange detec tive reading her father's most intim ate thoughts.” “Does Judith know you’ve, given it to me?" “No. And she’s not to know un less you find something that justi fies your telling her. I’m doing this on -my own responsibility because “Because why, Aunt Mary?” “Because I’m afraid, Spencer, I don’t know just what I’m afraid of. I’ve never been afraid before in my life. But I’m afraid now. Judith’s so set on getting Chester out . . . she’s as set on that as Chester ever was on Clio. She’ll stop at nothing I don’t want her life all spoiled for her.” “And you think ...” Afraid of Future “I think she’ll get thick with this man (Saunders in the hope he’ll help Chester.” “But why would that necessarily spoil her life? We, you and I who love her, k'now her motives. We won't like the talk, the gossip. We will hate it. We hate it now, for that matter. Bat we know- Judith isn't doing anything wrong . . . don't. we, Aunt Mary?” - His voice was more wistful than he knew, “Of course we know Ju dith's doing, nothing wrong,” said Aunt Mary staunchly. “But . , . “But what?” '.Saunders means to marry her.” Spencer sat very still. He remem bered Judith’s words to him that night at the beach. His face grew haggard. He looked up. “(She would n’t do that,” he said, but there was no conviction in his voice. “She’ll stop at nothing to get Chester free. That’s why you must take this, Spencer, You must do everything you can to find o-ut the truth. If he took that >money to give to Clio, maybe yon can use that to get a pardon for him. I don’t know what you can do, but you must do something, if Chester is inno cent, and you could prove it. . . ” WEATHER WISE crackle It s a wise idea to eat Keif logg’s Rice Krispies, TMy help you keep cool they nourish withoutjlver- heating the system, Everybody loy^ these toastey rice bu es. So crispjthey actually crackle Ai grocers^erywhere in th^Mothe^Goose story de by Kellogg ntario. Quality guaranteed. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association _________________________i: 1 Rice 0 KRISPIES f fer»dd<» ih criam SO CRISP they actually crackle in milk or cream Professional Cards GLADMAN & STANBUK BARRISTERS, SOpICITOJ Money to Loan, Iqvest^gnits Made Insur^: Safe-deposit Vault; or use of our Clients without charge EXETER and HENSALL Spencer stood up. “I’ve been rather a fool," he said. “I didn’t take this thing so seriously. I thou ght that if Chester were innocent the fact would bob up some day. 1 gathered from taking to Judy, from talking to him, too, in fact, during the trial, that he found going to prison rather a relief after Clio’s elopement. I’m going to ask a leave of absence from the prosecutor’s of fice for a few weeks and spend all my time on this. It seems to be a case of making the goal ahead of Saunders.” There were tears in Aunt Mary's eves. “Try, try hard,” she said. Then, “Judith may hat© me for In tel teiing like this, -may hate you if you fail, if you bungle somewhere and ci oss Saunders’ efforts.” “I have to chance that. Aunt Mary I’ve thought that Judith had to have her fling, would turn to me, finally. Now, I don’t know. I don’t know thing.” “Yes, said Aunt Mary. “You do know something. You know you love Judith. You know she loves you “Does she, Aunt Mary?” “Yes, I’m sure of it, if that helps you any.” “I helps and it hurts. But it will have to wait its turn. I can’t thank you lA'unt Mary ...” “Don’t try," she said, and then, taking his hand, “it’s old-fashioned I know, and maybe, it will make you feel funny for me to say it, but I •mean it . . . God bless you, Spen cer.” i He smiled at her. “Perhaps He will." Then he was gone. Continued ' GREENWAY (Too late for last week) The service in the United church next Sunday will be in charge of Rev. Mr. Ziemann, of New Hamburg He w-ill also conduct the camp ser vices at Grand Bend. Mrs. Lloyd Stewardson, of Saskat chewan, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Prance. Mrs. Prance’s 'health remains very poor. Mrs. Sherritt and Miss Mabel Harlton returned from a visit with relatives in Windsor and Wheatley. Miss Olive English is employed at Grand Bend. SHIPKA (Too late for last week) Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Neil and Betty, of Windsor, visited Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Scott. Miss Olive Lawson, of Exeter, is holidaying with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. S. Lynch and family of Detroit called on friends -here last week. Miss Violet Sharpe has returned home after attending Summer School in London. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Sweitzer spent Sunday in Sarnia. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McNair and family, of Ilderton, visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Lamport. Misses Evelyn and Dorothy Harl ton returned home last week after a week’s visit with relatives in Wheat- ley. Mr. and Mrs. E. Keys, Miss P. Keys and Mrs. Geo. Keys, visited Sunday with friends at Granton. NEW GEOMETRY TEXTBOOK FOR UPPER SCHOOL A new geometry text book, writ ten by a University of Western On tario professor and a Guelph math ematician, is to be used in upper school work in most of the high school throughout the province this winter. The text book represents months ■of work by Dr. H. R. Kingston, pro fessor of mathematics and astrono my at the university and Eugene, Durrant, head of the mathematical department of the Guelph Collegiate Institute, and a graduate in 1928 or Western. The department of education does not prescribe a text book for upper school mathematics. However, since this new text book has been special ly prepared for the prescribed course in geomietry, it is expected it will be widely used. It is entitled, “A Book of Analytic and Synthetic Geometry.” Copies of the first edition of the new volume have been received at the -university. CARLING & MOTLEY BARRISTERS, ‘SOLICITORS, &o LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE Office: CarlingBlock, Minin Stree*, EXETER, ONT. X ........... .................................. Dr. G. F. Roulston, Lerl5.S.,D.D.S. JDENTIfflr Office: Cabling Block EXETER, ONT. Closed Wednesday Afternoons p ------------------------------------------3^“ Dr. H. H. 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HARRjf; I.:___ _ for Fullartoh' and LoganTHOMAS SCOW Cromarty, Agen< for Hibbert On Su'nday afternoon a large aud ience welcomed a former pastor, Rev. W. J. Maines, B.A., in the Un ited church. Mrs. Maines and little son shared in the welcome. His sermon on “Cheer” was very inter esting and challenging. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mollard spent Sunday with' Mr. and Mrs. J. Horner. We extend our sympathy to Messrs James and rGeorge Luther in the passing of their sister Agnes (Mrs. Angus Patterson.) She spen-t her girlhood in this neighborhood. Mr. Henry Hartle had a valuable -horse injured by being struck by a car. The horse died later. Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. Gunning, of Whalen, spent the week-end with Mt, and Mrs. S. W. Webb. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hotson spent Fri day in London. Mr. Walter McPherson’s family visited Mr. and Mrs. J. McPherson on Sun-day. (Mr. W. Young had a narrow es cape from serions injury when he was struck on the temple by a threshing machine. Mr. Dawson Woodburn left on Saturday to visit friends in Port Huron and Detroit. He was accom panied by Mrs. Archie McIntosh who will visit her daughter, Mrs. Jas. Wellman, of Port Huron for a few weeks. Dr. J. Schram and Mrs. Schram and her sister Miss Gertrude Jones, ■of Ottawa, visited Mr. Laurie and Miss Leask on Monday. They are in camp at Grand Bend. Rev. Jas. Foster Bruch and Mar jorie, of Leamington are visiting re latives here. One morning -recently Mr. C. H. Curts found 44 choice chickens had had been killed during the night. ■He dealt out summary justice to the murderer who gave his name as W. Easel, address anywhere. Mr. Harold Pollock and Miss Ruby pollock visited in Detroit, port Huron and 'Windsor. tMiss Vernica Barnett, of London, fisited Mrs. Angus McIntosh. Our tires are p®ced to suit all comers. But#e sell safe ty, too — in Gcfdrich Tires. 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It plunged over a 15-foot embankment lo roll ovev and come to a stop by I ho river side. His skull was fractured and death was install l an eons, ills son escaped with only a few scratches and bruis es, The car was a complete wreck. Mr, Wiliuore had driven out to a district farm to bring his son into town, handy in Case of ovo there is no more thousands of Canadian years* Do not experi* emergency) its wo firmly be effectual remedy. Endomcd —o /A . ment with your child’s health, mothers during the past