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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-05-19, Page 2THURSDAY, MAY 19th, 1988 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE •T" Sam 8 WINCHELSEA “AFRAID OF LOVE EVERY CAR NEEDS GOOD by Phyllis Moore Gallagher naawwi Her Bethrotlial Kiss He excused himself from Admiral Warfield, came over to her and drew her away from those gathered around her. He bent closer: “Let’s get out of this for a moment, angel. I told Ephriam that when dinner was an­ nounced he’d find us m the library.” He ushered her into the hall then and in the -dim amethyst shadows of the winding stairs he stopped and pulled her near and kissed her with tentative gentleness. When she did not move his lips stayed on hers-— ardent, tender—and there was peace not passion, in her heart. After a moment they drew apart, With his arm half about her waist they walked slowly toward the li­ brary. Richard didn’t say anything. He never spoke immediately after he kissed her. She .had asked him once about that strange silence and he had said: “From heaven to earth takes a moment, Patsy.” .She had felt shy after that and never -could find any careless words to say. ■Suddenly Patsy had the feminine urge or necessity to talk. She pulled a little away from him. She had said something about test tubes and burettes and acetylsalicylic acid. She knew the subject he liked best—his work. For a second Richard was perfect­ ly still, staring past her‘through the windows at the blackened sky and the tall live oaks, that were swaying in a wind that seemed to have a stony hardness, a crushing weight. Ill another hour or two, he thought, it might be a real Eastern 'Shore storm—the kind that failed the trees of leaf and'limb and tore off the roofs of the smaller houses. Then he looked down into Patsy’s blue eyes with a beguiling tenderness and took her face between his hands. He said: “This isn’t a night for talking shop, Patsy. It’s a night for telling you how beautiful you are — how much I love you.” Patsy opened her lips to speak, but the first word died. A tall, slender shadow came out of the li­ brary and stood on the threshold of the sun parlor. CHAPTER III sliver. TIRES ■Richard’s hands fell quickly from her face and Paitsy’s head turned just a trifle. Her heart began to throb. 'Lee Cavendish stood there, a dull flush in his bronzed cheeks, embarrassment and a little something else, too, in this blue eyes. He said, as easily as if he had not come upon them unexpectedly: “Your grandfather has some splen­ did Reuterdahls of destroyers, Patsy. And I envy ;his books. I must have opened fifty volumes and every -page was cut. You -can tell .his library isn't just a library in name only— it’s used!” Then he offered them a cigarette and lit one for himself. He stayed with them for a moment smoking xeisurely, talking — gay, easy, witty things, with a vein of the most grace­ ful tact running through his words. At last he left, saying something about the gale that was .howling about Tree Tops; and when he was gone the sun parlor, to Patsy, turn­ ed chill as though a door had been left open to that cold east wind. She turned quickly to Richard. Her cheeks were pale and there was a strange luminous flush in her eyes. She caught his hand and held it so tightly that her nails dug into his ’Palms. She said: “Richard lets not wait until October! iLet’s tomorrow!” “Patsy-—do you- mean Yes, she eant it. It true with her golden head against his breast like that and her soft bare young arms holding him close, almost as if she were afraid of something. He could only wait until tomorrow to see if it lasted. He lifted her hand with hot impatience, kissed the palm the defenceless wrists where the veins ran bluely. Darling! Darling!” he said." You don’t know what hea­ ven it’s going to be—you have no idea!” Candlelight flickered over the en­ gagement dinner. On the gardenias and the antinque mirrors beneath them. On shallow fragile glasses blown in Italy. On champagne bub­ bling. The grandfather clock in the hall struck 8, slowly, as if it were tired from years of chiming. And finally it struck 9 and then 10. In the hours that passed the brewing storm was forgotten in the laughter and the merry tinkle of glass and get married .Siren nt Work As old Ephriam brought in frap­ pes Grandfather got slowly to his feet and said again how sorry he was that Marcia had been taken sudden­ ly and could not come down to din­ ner. He proposed a toast to Patsy and Richard. They all stood and drank. Virginia Keith smiled up at Lee, a wistful smile, and the other hand surreptitiously touched the back of his. With every glance all during dinner she had tried to hold his eyes with a long, knowing, se­ ductive look — a look to call to- mind all the delights of foribidden sweets and the ecstasy of intrigue. The toast was over. Every one sat down. There followed one of those heavy silences that happen occasion­ ally at formal dinners. Some one laughed. And. then Charlotte low’s lisp came out plainly: “O(h, listen, everybody, guess I saw Friday! Victor Caldwell! came out of the Peggy Stewart —and got into a big Wolls-Woyce! He looks so wich! I wonder how he makes his money! Captain Kingston said he thought he must be a gang­ ster. • But Donald Murphy said ‘no’ —that he thought he was in some kind of a shady wacket. What do you all think?” Nearly every one at the table had some idea about Victor Caldwell’s mysterious background, but no one seemed to' really know anything. Tippy suggested that he might be “tops” as a gigOlo—he was certain­ ly handsome enough with his inky black hair and his dreamy Latin eyes. Patsy saw that Virginia Keith very still and a little pale during subject of Victor Caldwell, as if easy. iShe thought: “Virginia probably wondering if any one saw her with him at the Log Cabin Tav­ ern that afternoon. I’d like to -know if there is anything between them, or if he is just another man to her.” Storm of Emotion All at once there was a sound of rushing stumbling feet on the stairs. Admiral Warfield looked up from his frappe to see Marcia standing in the hall, her auburn hair tumbled about her tear-stained face, her black silk dress wrinkled and mussed from lying on the bed. He said in a jubi­ lant voice: “Marcia, child, I’m glad you came down!” Then his ruddy face whitened a little, for he saw the wild look in Marcia’s eyes. Mai’cia"s swollen, terrorized gaze flung about from one to the other of those at the long table, and came to rest at last upon Patsy, who sat, wide-eyed, her fingers groping ner­ vously at the base of her throat. “Stop this noise, do you hear!” Marcia cried out in a voice that seem­ ed whipped from her throat, “I can’t stand it, see! I can’t stand the laugh­ ter and the clinking of glasses and the happiness. I can't stand any­ thing that reminds me of . .” Her voice splintered and Patsy felt as if the fragments of it had pierced her own flesh. Marcia stiffened and her mouth worked tightly against her teeth. She bent suddenly forward, her small face ghastly colorless, her brown eyes glazed and bloodshot. The sound of her own voice had inflamed her now and she went on rapidly, biting off the words: “Four years ago I sat at this table in Patsy’s place! Tom sat across from me there—there! Do any of you know what it is to wait for a man who will never come back? Do any of you know what it is to listen for a voice you’ll never hear again! Do you—do you—” Admiral Warfield got up. He said: Marcia, oh, my poor child!” Patsy could see the blood receding from his face, leaving it almost as white as his hair, and the tears that filmed in his pale eyes. Marcia, even in her hysteria, must have seen, too, for she stood for a moment uncer­ tain, trembling. Then she broke into tears, covering her face with her hands. She moaned: “Oh, my God, what am I doing-—-what am I doing; It’s that wind out there—-I can’t siand that wind! The night Tom cracked up the wind—the wind—” Admiral Warfield said quietly: “Richard, Tippy, Ted, I wish you. boys would talc Marcia upstairs and make her lie down. .She isn’t .herself. No. Patsy, I’d rather you wouldn’t go. Ephriam!—mix Miss Marcia a teaspoonful of amonla and take it up to her.” His gentle old eyes opened and closed slowly once or twice and his fingers worked nervously. Then he said to his shocked, silent guests: "If you will be good enough to ex­ cuse us—” Feb who He Inn! sat the un­ is the wall -of wind that ran into her from the east. When she did be­ come -conscious of it she didn’t want to go back, even then. She fell ac if she could never face any of those people again. •Suddenly the fury increased anu it was impossible to turn back. She could no longer even open her eyes against the lash of the wind, It was as though she were struck blind. Stark fear caught her. It had been tracking her but she had evaded it until now. 'She knew she was in no real danger as long as the live oaks resisted the storm—she liad only to cling there until the fury abated— but the icy hand clutched at her heart, just the same. It was not forever that she clung there; it only seemed so. Actually it was less than ten minutes when she heard the sound of a voice hurl­ ed by the wind into her ears. Another Step in Fate “Patsy!" it was Lee Cavendish, calling her name through his hands, shouting* with all his breath. He had seen her go to the side door; had never dreamed that she would go out into that tempest. But when she had returned promptly he had start­ ed looking for -her. She tried to answer, but the wind whipped the words back into her mouth, choking -her, and fear para­ lyzed her throat. A moment later, as bright scissors of lightning slit the sky, Lee saw her — her white arms -circling the trunk and her flimsy blue dress flying out around iher. When he reached her she let go everything and went straight into his arms. (To be continued-) and we have them! GOODYEAR’S^ VALUES It’s Goodyear’s greatest tire! The “G-3” gives more of everything you want in a tire. It’s a big-mileage, economical tire, designed to save you money. See it today! Misses Elliott and May, Mrs. Wes. Burns and Donald, of St. Marys vis­ ited on Saturday With Mr. and Mrs, R. W. Batten. Mr. and Mrs, Herman Foster spent the week-end with friends in Toron­ to. (Mr, and Mrs. Theron Creevy and family visited with the latter’s father Mr. Jas, Anderson, of Thames Road on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. George Davis and Jean visited wjth Mr, and Mrs. Jas, Kirkland of Thames Road on Sunday evening. The regular monthly meeting of the Elimville W. A. was held at the home of Mrs. Garnet Johns Thurs­ day last with a good attendance. was and 50th Anniversary die of those unique events appreciatively celebrated by Mr. Mrs. Louis Kalbfleiscji on Saturday when in the evening soma thirty guests including .their children and other friends gathered to do honour and respect to this fine and genial couple of fifty years ago, Mr. and Mrs, Kalbflelscli have been highly esteemed residents of this commun­ ity all these years and have a large circle of friends witih wihom we join m extending congratulations. Friends were present from Kitchener, Lon­ don, Michigan and other points. —Zurich Herald Exeter Smiim-Ahunratr Established 1873 and 1887 at Exeter, Ontario Published every Thursday jnoralnl! SUBSCRIPTION—$2.0:0 per year fi> advance RATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 50c, each insertion for first four insertions. 25c. each subse­ quent insertion, Miscellaneous ar­ ticles, To Rentt Wanted, Lost, or Found 10c, per line of six words. Reading notices 10q, per line. Gard of Thanks 50 c. Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. peT line, IB Memoriam, with one verse 50c. extra verses 25c. each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association NEW PASTOR APPOINTED Rev. C. B. Heckendorn. of Elgin, “has been appointed to ceed Rev. E. Burn, pastor of Zurich Evangelical Church, Heckendorn was ordained as an er in 1930 when the Conference held at Zurich. Rev. and Mrs. Burn are retiring for a year. Port suc- the Mr. •eld- was 53 Years in Business To stay in business in the same location and in the same town for fifty-three years is the unique re­ cord established by Cooper’s Store. Starting in a small way there m May 1885, the 'business has expanded in­ to one of the largest establishments in Clinton. In addition to business activities, Mr. A. T. Cooper has been actively engaged in municipal and church work, and was elected mayor in 1919 and 1923. He is a member of the Collegiate Institute Board. —-Clinton News Record FUNERAL OF MRS, GILFILLAN The funeral of the late Mrs. J. Gil- fillan was held on Monday, May 2nd, from the home of her son Mr. W. A. Gilfillan, Concession 14 Usborne, near Kirkton. The service was con­ ducted by Rev. Mr, -Lewis of Kirkton and Rev. John Riddell of 'First Pres­ byterian Church, St. Marys, During the service Mrs. Truman Tuft and Mrs. Will Urquhart sang the hymns. The pall bearers were: Messrs. Al­ bert (Shier and Reuben Shier of Kirk­ ton, Arthur Garner and Harry Rhode of Thames Road, Peter Garner, of London and Charles Lewis of St. Marys. Mrs. Gilfillan’s son, Mr. Da­ vid Gilfillan of Winnipeg was home for the funeral. Friends were pres­ ent from Blyth, Londesboro, Hensail, Exeter, London and fit. Marys. —'St. Marys Journal-Argus Professional Cards GLADMAN & STANBURY (F. W. 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