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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-04-08, Page 2TORSRAY, APRIL sth, 1037 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE At last they left the pier., “Now, you woman, what have you been up to?” Keith demauded as he turned toward her. Yes, she look er older and rather tired. She was not the same Linda who had gone away. “Where to?” She named tihe hotel. “There are some friends of mine I want you to meet, Keith." “The Prince?" “Heavens, no!" It was difficult foi* them to talk. Now they were alone and the crisis passed. They had little to say to each other. At the hotel desk she asked for M. Roget’s suite. Keith, his face expressionless, followed her, the bell boys and the luggage. The small sitting room was vacant when they got there and the boy intsalled (her grips in her bedroom, Linda knocked on Papa Roget’s door. The old man, in dressing gown and slippers, came scuffling ■out, caught Linda in his arms. “My child! We were so worried. We did not know what to do. Karl has gone out, back to the dock to see if he could help!" Keith Gets Her Story Then Linda introduced Roget to Keith. T(he two men got along well. Roget began talking about Linda’s music and Keith listened with interest. “Who is Karl?” “Papa Roget’s violin pupil. He’s wonderful. I played his concerto in the concert in Paris!" Linda hur ried to get the program from her trunk to exhibit it. “See? They liked me—without knowing wlho I was!” Roget finally went back to his room to rest and Linda and Keith were alone in the sitting room wait ing for Karl. “Is he in love with you?” Keith asked, referring to Karl. “Don’t be absurd!” But her cheeks grew flushed under Keith’s direct gaze. “Really, there is nothing between us. Keitih, I just want to help him. He helped me when I was in trouble. Keith nodded gravely. “There’s something else I want to ask you about. The emeralds! Why did you have synthetic stones substituted? They were exquisite,” he said sud denly. Linda’s cheeks blanched, She hesi' itated. “.Some day I’ll tell you. Keith, not now!” Then Karl came and the two men looked at each other, sizing each other up. Linda tried hard to keep the conversation going. But it was difficult. “What are you going to do now, Linda?" “We’re moving immediately into the country as soon as the lodge is fixed up. It will Ibe cool there and we can work." Keith was adopting a friendly, business-like atitude toward Linda. “Let me know when I can help. Morris is away for a few weeks. I’m handling his business, Don't hesitate to call me, Linda. You can reach me at the .office or at the University Club.” | And Keith Winthrop, Linda’s law- J yer, went and left Karl and Linda together. CHAPTER XXXV Since the episode of the customs dock and its attendant publicity, Linda had seen Keith fairly often, but always on business, and usually at his office, She had talked to him about the memorial for her father end he had agreed to push the mat ter as she was interested again. There had been many things to dis cuss about her affairs, but always they kept tiheir conversation on a friendly, businesslike basis. It was Keith who had hepled pacify Mrs. Laird after Linda’s spectacular ar rival. He had whipped the irate mother into shape and Linda was deeply grateful to him. ■Once lie had driven up to the lodge on a .Sunday and had dinner, the four of them, Roget, Karl and Linda. The day had been pleasant and Karl and Keith got along splen didly together now since Karl was no longer afraid of Keith’s interest in Linda. But that was the end of Keith’s visits. Linda had told Ke’th about her plans for her concert with Karl in September, and he had entered Linda -waited beside her numer ous luggage tar a customs examiner. Her declaration had been stamped and checked. Finally an officer came along. He opened hex* many bags and her trunks, searched carefully. Linda beat down to heli> him. With a slither, onto the cement floor of the dock slipped Linda’s diamond necklace, It shimmered there ac cusingly. Linda tried to cover it with > her 5coat, but the customs official was too quick for her. He had the necklace in his hand. Caught “Well, it didn’t work!” he remark ed. “Come with me. You" have to he searched.” He smiled grimly. “I thought so! With all your expensive luggage!" Linda was in a panic. “Please, I’ll explain.” “You can do that to the inspector.’’ “’Those jewels were bought at Tif fany’s. I have the bill of sale and they're registered. I am telling you the truth." The officer marhsalled her in front of him into the inspection of fice, then into a private detention room. There, her cheeks flaming with humiliation and anger, Linda stood rigid while the customs woman searched iher. She found the rest of the diamond set, Linda’s pearls, her emeralds—with the glass stones, bracelets. Thousands of dollars’ worth of jewels. Then Linda put on her frock again and went to face the inspector. The pile of jewellry lay on (his desk. An expert was appraising it. Linda waited. ‘What have you got to say?" the officer asked. “Please call my attorney!” she begged, giving Morris’ name and telephone number. The officer nod ded. But Linda went (back to the de tention room to await developments. She sat there -on the wooden bench, weeping as though her heart would break. What a mess she had made of everything, and her mother would never forgive her! Her “Lawyer" Arrives The door opened and an officer said: “Here’s your lawyer, Miss Laird.” And Keitih stood before her! “Linda!” Keith spoke first as he came toward her. He saw hei* tear- stained face, her damp handkerchief “Pood kid!” He came to her, took her in his arms. There was nothing to do but kiss her. “Now!” Keith held Linda off and looked at her. “What have you been up to?” Between sobs Linda gasped out the whole story. How -sihe had wanted to come home quietly, with out anybody knowing. How she had hidden her jewels so that her dock ing would not create notice. And how tihe necklace had slipped out. Not until then did Linda realize why Keith had come. “‘You’re my lawyer?" “Yes, dear. Morris was away when the phone call came.” Then he was gone. Linda, alone again, was once more in the slough of despair. For one dazzling moment sihe had believed Keith had came, just because he had wanted to see her. But it was a professional call, of course. His kiss Still burned on her lips, but it did not mean anything! She kept telling herself that. Impertinent Questions It was (half an hour later that Keith came (back to {Linda. The customs officers were all apologies. Everybody, except Linda, suddenly seemed to think the episode very funny. Keith took both her hands. “Lin da, dear, there's a whole flock of newspaper men out ihere. We’ve got to face them. Powder your nose and keep your chin up and we’ll make a dash for it. Let me do the talking and it will be all over in a minute.” Together they faced the battery of cameras, the reporters, “Miss Laird was trying to land without; creating any furore." Keith explain ed with his winning smile. “And she hardly succeeded!" “Then she was not trying to smuggle in any jewelry," asked one of the men. “By no means!” A porter brought Linda’s luggage finally released by the Government. Does Your Stomach Rebel After Every Meal You Eat? The bloated, heavy feeling after meals; the empty, sinking, gnawing befOro meals; the belching and flatulency between meals; the Hsing and souring of food, all these and more fall to the lot Of those suffering from stomach trouble. Burdock Blood Bitters tones up the membrane lining of the stomach, and re stores the natural process of digestion. Take B.B.B, and get rid of your stomach trouble. RURDOCK Bitters 4 into the conspiracy. Now the date of the concert was only a few days away and here was Papa Roget discussing Keith. “I “I think he is still in love with you." “Nonsense, he never was, Papa Roget. You’re incurably romantic, jou old dear," Linda leaned forward and patted his hand. A Woman Calls They sat in silence for a long time. Then Theresa, her New York maid who had rejoined her, broke in on them. “There is a woman to see you, Miss Linda. She’s in the sun parlor.” Linda walked into the sun parlor Waiting for her was a handsome brunette, fashionably dressed, with a decided, Continental flair, To Lin da this visitor was a total stranger. Linda looked at he:* inquiringly. “Madam, what is it you want?" The woman drew herself up to her full height, “I am the Princess Bethlen.” Linda, startled, smiled a little. “I am glad to meet any friend of the Prince." The woman missed the irony of her voice. “I'm not a friend. I hap pen to be his wife,” She waited a moment dramatically for her words to take effect. “I come to you dir ectly. Last Summer I was in Egypt. I returned to find my husband total ly indifferent to me. I find he is in love with you, that you promised to marry him." Linda was angry. It was so ab surd, this constant effort of Miklos to get money out of her. “All of which is not true!" Linda snapped. “No? What I have come to Amer ica for is justice. You American wo men think you can have everything yau want. I shall get my revenge.” Linda stood up. “There isn’t any use in talking to me any longer, Frincess," Linda emphasized the word. “We have nothing to- say to each other." The older woman smiled grimly. “No, I suppose you aren’t interested. I have talked this over with my at torney. I know whereof I speak. I have in my possession letters which you wrote to my husband when he was in Vienna. They are interesting letters—I am sure they would make excellent reading. Maybe you have forgotten what you wrote," the wo man who called herself Princess Bethlen, opened ler bag. “Here are some copies. You might like to see them.” Linda took them in her hand. They were letters written in answer bo Miklos’ fervent, pleas for her to -come to Vienna. “You may keep those copies if you wish," the Princess added. “I th ought you might like to show them to your attorney.” Linda’s heart contracted. Morris was still away. How could she go to Keith? But the Princess was leav ing. (Linda hardly noticed when she went. She moved to tihe tele phone, called Keith’s office. “Keith, I’ve got to see you.” “Come u-p for dinner with me. Leave in half an hour, and you’ll be here by 7,” he told her. When Keitih met Linda he was' shocked at her haggard face. “What is it, Linda?” “Take me some place where we can talk quietly. Oh Keith!” Linda trembled so she could scarcely stand She was very close to tears he .knew. Linda’s Confession Keith took Linda to a terrace din ing room nearby, wihere they would rot be likely to meet any of their mutual friends. When they were seated Keith asked her to begin. But Linda found it hard to find the right words. Then the whole story came tumbling out, a disjointed pitiful tale. Linda’s tears came often dur ing the recital. “I must have been crazy! He did the same thing when we had the concert in Paris." “How bad are the letters?" Keith •asked in a business-like voice. If he was shocked or upset at her story, he gave no sign'. “Pretty bad!” Linda’s hand trem bled as she took the copies out of her bag. Keith reached for them and read. When he had finished he looked at Linda across tihe low light of the table. Keith got her to tell him some thing about the Vienna visit. “About the emeralds! You never told me that story," Keith pro'pmted her. Linda explained about -them. “I knew when it happened. I could tell the minute I saw them." “Why didn’t you complain then?" “I was so desparate to get away. I was frightened!" Keith shook his head. ‘Mortis was right.” To the question, in Linda's eyes, he explained; “He wanted me to go over. He was afraid for you/’ “But you didn’t oome." Linda’s Voice held a desparate appeal. “No, I didn’t come,” was all Keith Said. Keith put the letters in his pocket. “This woman gave you an address, I suppose?" “Here it is!" “And you never heard of the fel low being married1?” “Of oourso not! Nobody knew in Paris and Mimi told me he wasn’t* Mimi should have known if there was a wife somewhere!" Keith continued the professional Tested Recipes In view of tihe fact that the har vesting -of maple syrup and the mak ing -of maple sugar are about to commence for 1937, the recipes given below should prove of partic ular interest. Maple Oatmeal Cookies 2| cups fine oatmeal 1 cup maple syrup cup water 2J cups flour 1 cup shortening 1 teaspoon soda Boil water and syrup together, add soda, t-hen the shortening. Cool .slightly. Add to dry ingredients and allow the mixture to cool thor oughly before rolling -out. Maplie Syrup Pie 2 cups maple syrup 2 egg yolks 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons corn starch A pinch of salt Boil milk and syrup together. Add starch which has been blended with a little cold milk. Cooki in double boiler, stirring constantly for five minutes. .Pour over the beaten eggs and return to double boiler. Cook five minutes, pour into baked pastry shell. -Cover top .with mer ingue made from two egg whites. Maple Apple Pudding 4 apples 1 cup flour % cup water % cup,maple syrup 1 tablespoon butter * 1 teaspoon baking powder Place sliced apples in a buttered casserole and pour maple syrup over them. Sift flour with baking pow der. Melt butter and add -cold water. Pour over sifted flour, beat well, and spread -over the apples. Steam three quarters of an hour or bake for twenty minutes. Real Maple Cream 2 J cups maple syrup 1 tablespoon cream Boil syrup until it hardens when dropped into cold water, then add cream, stirring until blended. Cool slightly and beat until thickened. Walnuts may be added. Maple Syrup Sauce 1 cup maple syrup 1 teaspoon flour 1 teaspoon buttor This maple syrup sauce if for pud dings or ice cream. Melt *the butter add the flour, cOo-k until frhtihy. Slowly add syrup and boil one initi ate. Serve hot or cold. “Five years ago,” said Sit John Orf in his address on “Agriculture and Public- Health" to the- British Association, “if a paper on human diet (had appeared on the program of the Agricultural Section, it would have been regarded as a printer’s error, but much had happened in the last few years to warrant agri cultural chemists studying fbo<I re quirements and also- to warrant those interested in -public health studying agricultural economics." manager. '“PH get busy on the mat ter* tomorrow, Linda. Now forget about it for g few days. Give me a little time, Put it out of your mind until after your concert." “Yes, but I don’t see how I can work with that on my mind. Miklos will tell the papers about me* Papa Roget wants me to just walk out and play and see how the people like it. I’m using ‘Mary Marx’ on the program. If I am recognized after they (hear me, without any fuss before, it doesn’t matter1 so- much. They’ll have to know sometime. But I want this one chance, Keith. Just to prove what I can do without leaning on my money!" Linda was trying so hard to make Keith understand it all. His voice was gentle when he answered her. “Yiou’11 get your chance if I have anything to do with it. Let me see, I have a week. Now don’t worry, Lin da, I’ll fix this somehow!" On the lonely drive back, home Linda was comforted. She felt sure Keith -could fix things.- He was such a comfort. And he was so disap pointed in her, she knew. The concert was Friday night. On Thursday, Keith telephoned. “I’ve stalled things until after Friday. That is the first round,. Don’t worry unil after that is over.” So Linda went to her test before her own countrymen with a steady hand. That it was a strain, much greater than the Paris concert, she knew. But sb® felt better prepared. The music pages of the New York papers gave considerable publicity to Karl, the violinist, and his -con certo which would be played at his American debut. Only her name, Mary Marx appeared. Just a bare mention. It was all they had plan ned and dreamed. Success at Last The night of the concert Keith was in tihe auditorium early. He sat well back and he was so nervous his collar wilted before the concert began. He so hoped for Linda’s sake she would be a success. He wished he knew more about music, (Concluded next week.) Farmers Benefit Most from Telephone Rate Reductions • Farmers will benefit by over $100,000 yearly through reductions in rural tele phone rates, effective April 1st. In this district rural telephone rates are reduced 25 cents per month—$3.00 yearly. Other reductions are— Hand (cradle) telephones — reduced from 30 cents to 15 cents per month over Desk type (effective with May bills). Installation charge — Business telephones reduced from $2.25 to $2.00. Service connection — (where instrument is in place) on Business telephones, reduced from $1.15 to $1.00; in- side move charges reduced from $2,00 to $1.00 (effective April 1st). Short haul Long Distance Calls — 20-cent person-to-person calls reduced to 15 cents. The extra cost for reversing charges on calls to nearby places is cancelled (effec tive April 1st). Deaf Sets — The special type of equipment available for the hard-of-hearing is reduced from $2.50 to $1.50 per month. These reductions, especially those affecting farmers’ telephones, will tend to increase the general use of- telephone service, making it of greater value to every user. Sap’s Runnin’.... Spring is Near The sap is -running in more than 70,000,000 maple trees in Eastern Canada, and approximately 50,000 farmers in an area extending from Western Ontario down to the Atlan tic seaboard in Noxa iSc-otia are en gaged in harvesting the sweet suc culent product. When the sap is in the ma'ple tree Spring is round the corner. Though there are ovei- 70,000,000 producing trees on Eastern Cana dian farms, only about 24,000,000 will be tapped, but these will return to the farmers a fairly substantial revenue. The revenue from the sale of maple sugar, and maple syrup for 1936 was $3,713,781, an in crease of $191,361. There appears to be no- sound rea son why far more than -one-third of the trees in Canada s-hould not be brought into production. Officials of the Fruit Branch of the Domin ion Department -of Agriculture say this could soon be changed if the public would realize that maple syr-up and maple sugar* are not merely seasonal products but good all the year round. Neither deter iorates by time in any way if kept properly sealed or covered and in cool storage. The province -of Quebec is the centre of the industry, for about 7>5 per cent, of the Canadian produc tion that is marketed -comes from there. Production is heaviest in the counties of Beauce, Brome, Mis- sisquoi and Shefford, south of the iSt. Lawrance River and. along the north shore between Montreal aiid Quebec City. Ontario accounts for about 24 per cent. The greater part of the Ontario supply comes from the counties -of Lanark, Leeds and ’Glengarry. The provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia produce the remainder. Sap running time comes at a per iod of the year—-about tihe middle of Match—(When there is little other* activity on the farm and the harvest provides the farmer with money to buy seeds and other nec essities for his busy season just ahead. There is a ready market for what ever amount of either syrup or sug ar is produced, If the majority of persons living in the urban centres u-f Canada really knew of the excel lent food value of maple syrup and maple sugar, a food which in addi tion to- being notably delectable also has peculiarly valuable medicinal qualities, the- demand would increase as it should. Ths average annual per capita production of maple pro ducts in Canada, as expressed in pounds of sugar is 2.2 lbs. and the average per capita export is 0.7 lb., which represents an average yearly consumption -of only 1.5 of .sugar per person. Not more than 35 per cent of the stand of map-le trees in Eastern Can ada is exploited. Therefore the possibility -of development of this in dustry is evident. With 80 per cent, exploitation, as is the ease in t’he United States, the Canadian crop would exceed 60,000,000 lbs. in an average year. A quickened- demand would naturally stimulate the production. The sap is running in the trees no-w and the resulting syr.up and sugar will be on the market in a short time. It will be good then and equally as good at any time throughout the year. REPORT OF S. S. NO. 2, USBORNE The following is the school report cf ;S-. -S. No. 2, Usborne. iSr. IV—-Jack Stewart 82; June Coward 79; Irene Johns 73. Jr. IV—Billy Allen 75; Reggie Hodgert 74; Robert Simpson 72; F.dw-in Miller 7(1; Billy Rohde 65; Mac Hodgert 64; Hazel William 59 Sr. HI—May Stewart 84; Glen i&te-wart 79; Willma Borland 69; Alan Coward 66; Jean Coward 64; Ola Johns 61. Jir. Ill—(Donald Bray 72; Marion Hodgert 64; Roberta Duncan 60; Annie Simpson 44. Second—Jack Borland 81; Win nie Hodgert 78; Russ Hodgert 76; Audrey Hunkin 64; Lyfa Borland 62; Melvin Coward 36. , First—ElSie Bfay 86; Eleanor Hunkin 84; Edna Coward 76; Onah Williams 66. Pr.-—Lillian Borland, Roy Fergu son. Wm. N, Crago, teacher Farmer; “My* pigs are all ailing just now." Friend: “Never mind about that. 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