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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-03-05, Page 2Thursday, Marsh Sth, 1942 ot THS EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Page 2 # Serial. Story 4 SYNOPSIS Knox Randolph and his daughter invite Major Towne and Christopher Sande to the old plantation home for lunch. They are to discuss the linding of the papers that make Tamar half owner of the place, and the Idea or a new contract that will give the Randolph’s n more equal share of what ever gold is taken from the mine. It is here that Tam* ar’s suspicions are aroused Towe’s actions- Later they i for Dick Sheridan’s office to < up a new contract and Tamar, jng Ranny, tells him the news L hy start draw , see- also. lasses aixd slipped them into' her jers on the corners and the conver- case. She stepped up on a rock and stood watching the men at work. Her bare hair caught and held the sun as it flashed blue-black against the turn of her head. , Christopher Sande. emerging from the darkness of the tunnel into the Cricket Hill, stopped in surprise as he saw the slender girl poised on the big rock. An Invitation sationalists on the park benches skirting the courthouse. Tahlah­ neka was at lunch. Several of the business men patronised the Kandy Kitchen counter for their meals, as it boasted one of the finest cooks in town. Isfeet. evei* prove Tamar sprang to Ixex* there any way we could, it?” .Ransome stood over his desk, “I don't no what to say. The thing for you to do now is to make any demahds you see fit iix the amount of y<our percentage of the product. It may be best right now for you not to reveal youx' suspicions," Tamar’s face was pale. “I don’t like to think of dealing with a man like that though, honest he ways, too. “That’s your own My advice is to go ahead what you can get.” Tamar turned at held out her hand, know, Ranny, that I been grand over all of this and that I do appreciate it. She was gone then, and Ransoxne saw her run' upstairs through the glass door of the lobby. Facing tlie Major When they reached the law office of Sheridan and Sheridan Christ­ opher Sande had thoughtfully dis­ appeared, and only the Major, her father and Dick Sheridan there. The men courteously rose she motioned them back to seats. “Thanks, Dick,” she sitting down next to his desk. She was always to remember the - hour that followed. Her father looked at her questioningly when she raised the amount that he asked me?”, for,, by 15 uer cent more. She look- “Isn’t ed at him levelly and in her clear against eyes, perhaps he saw that she had reasons. The Major set his lips and his jaw and settled back in the chair. Dick Sheridan had already procured a duplicate of the old document that Tamar had found in the old trunk this morning. In the end Tamar had her way about the terms of the contract. If it had been necessary to hint to tlxe Major that she • knew , about the workmen, seen about the mine in February, she would have mention­ ed it; but something warned her to be glad that she did not have to tell . it. If her father had known, he pro­ bably would not have any dealing with the Major. The Major was silent as they went back down the stairs and into the midafternoon gineer joined them back to. Shadwell, father watched the glide down the drive, as they stood together on the veranda. As it turned the curve in the road, he turned to her with a ques­ tion in his eyes that were so the color of hers. “Don’t ask me why, Dad. think it was the right thing I have a feeling that the Major isn’t as honest as he tries to pretend.- It must be Grandfather’s blood show­ ing up in me, As Phoebe says: I got my dander up!” “You’ve got a good business head, Tamar.” he said stooping to kiss her cheek. “Let’s go tell Mother about our afternoon.” If he is that dis­ may be dishonest in other why you should write terms into that contract, and take door andthe I want you to think you have were and their said LookOut! A Sick “Hello!” she called gaily. “You have company,” He crossed the path ovex’ to meet her. “Don’t you know that you really shouldn’t conxe here by youi\ self?” he hand Tamar afraid of daylight, hills of Shadwell since I was first able to sit in a saddle.” “I know,” he agreed. “But it was different then. Don’t get the mistaken idea that coming to the .Criclqet Hill now is just like the good old days . You're far too pret­ ty to trust out on these lonely roads. Why,” he grinned engagingly, “even I have a good notion to spirit you away.” l“Do!” she dared, him her blue eyse laughing into his dark ones. He glanced quickly at his wrist­ watch, “I wish I could. But I have to report to the Major at the Kandy Kitchen at lunch. “I wish it wouldn’t seem too for­ ward of me to suggest my taking you there,” she said. “Not at all,” he bantered. “I’m used to being pursued by beautiful young ladies with blue eyes and,” he said, studying her hair, most ravishing curls. It’s to evade them—the girls I Christopher Talks asked ■ gravely taking hex’ smiled. “Oh I’m not' coming out here in broad Heavens! I’ve roamed the Runny Surprises Her She felt her hand still trembling. Chistopher Sande. His name had a lovely sound. His face rose be­ fore her, strong featured, dark eyes that had dreams in their depths, Straight jutting brows. Like some­ thing struggling fox' attention, came another face before her, blonde hair softly waving back from a wide, high foreheed, dark eyes that had more than dreams within them. Why should Ransomes itself across her wanted to opher? Suddenly slowed for one sprang It was Ransome, helped take the sting out of his bantering: “In the taxi business?” ======== By ===== ANNE TEDLOCK BROOKS vision, thinh only face assert when she of Christ When sheshe gasped. the white light, some on the running board He smiled which CHAPTER X seen car. < ask- He had “'the difficult mean!” Tamax* wondered at the sound of Ransome’s voice. He had Christopher get out of her Could lie possibly be jealous? “Take you somewhere?” she ed sweetly. Ransome’s eyebrows shot up. had heard'-that tone before. It danger signals in it. Once more he was only ten and a membex’ of the exploring party, and she by some right had attained the title Of DeSoto and he must take her orders. “Yes, my liege,” lie grinned. “Ranny, you make me so mad!”. There’s spark in your eyes, Tam­ ar, he wantetf to say. Instead he lunch with me Get coupe. She they startedin,” she “We’ve’ wasted stepped on the rolled into the “Egotist! toward her a minute!” starter and wagon tracks leading back into the road. “I’ll bet you were the dash­ ing hero back) in Boston.” “Is that a request for my auto­ biography, or will it be used against everything one says used him?” she countered, tell me what you do for, “Please I fun?” “You ’ football jBut my secret love is sailing, ‘have my own .sailboat, the Bettina.” ( “That must be lots of fun. I j think I’d like that. We. ride and j dance and swim here fox’ amuse- Imjent.” With a sweeping of her hand she brushed the curls from I her eyes. In her well fitting slack (suit, he could see that she “had the •grace of one who excelled in swim- iming, dancing and riding. “Do you think I could find, a j horse to use?” I’d love to go riding I with you one of these early morn­ ings. We could go about six, and I’d get to the 'Cricket Hill in plenty „of time to start work.” “Oh we can mak(e some arrange­ ments about that.” She wished for know, the usual. Dancing, games, skiing in the winter. I ar, he wanted to asked, “Will you Miss Randolph?” “Why not?” “Shall we try chen?” “It would be a I just turned down an invitation from a gentleman who is now eating there,” she said honestly, about it for some oysters from grille?” “Right. And I’m starved.” motioned toward the empty around the Courthouse, careful, you can squeeze it in here beside that Packard without ing your fenders.” the Kandy Kit- bit embarrassing. “How’s the He rail “If you’re smash- Tliey See FettSn fun at empty advan- “Ranny, don’t go making Tahlahneka now. These parking places do have there tages,” she said, turning in beside a ramshackle spring wagon. “That looks like the Fetten’s conveyance.” model is that style of con- Or aren’t the new ones Oh!” he said 'Suddenly, ‘ I’d surely like to talk again.” sun. The en- and they went Tamar and her ■ Tahlahneka II back again so that long black car I nearly I just to do. She Visits the Mine to see how done at the Christopher Sande could gallop over the dewy meadow with her, in the early sunrise that Shadwell knew Perhaps she could borrow him. his present owner, Ransome. of he 'he needs to be more fr.om her.An odd feeling possessed Wasn’t it a bit unfair to borrow the roan from Ransome to lend it to Christopher? She was still toying with the idea, and wondering how it happened to strike her, when she drove up in front of the Kandy Kitchen. The Major’s car was standing out­ side I’m and wrong to let on his white don’t, Ranny It surprised Tamar much work had been mine the next time she visited it. This time she did not take Madcap, but drove her own coupe that her father had given her for her birth­ day the week before. The air today was cool and she had put on a soft blue sweater, and navy slacks. She took off her sun < that was empty save for the loiter- i and Sande remarked: “I hope On time. Won’t you come in have lunch with me?” He stood with one brown leather boot on the running board, his soft hat, In his hand. \ Tamar’s heart turned over. Her hands 'gripped the steering wheel to keep from trembling. “Thank you, no. I’ll shop a bit and pick you up to take you back in an hour.” “I’ll be ready,” he said. She drove .slowly down the street “What veyance? out yet? “Fetten? with him “Bettei- not,” she advised. “Bet­ ter let it go unnoticed. If he should repeat your questions and it j back to the Major, then he would suspicious of your interest.” “Yes, but if they took ore out the Cricket Hill in February,” said hotly, than suspicious!” Ranny spi’ang out of the green coupe and as he ran around to help her out, continued: “I've thought of it a lot since you signed these con­ tracts. Maybe, we did it be’ a secret.” She laid her hand linen sleave. “Please Things are going so yell out at the mine?' “All right, it’s your mine.” “I’m not dressed for dining in a hotel grille,” Tamax’ said suddenly remembering hex* slacks.’ “Well perhaps not the Waldrof- Astoria,” Ran agreed. “Come on, now, you- know that there won’t be a soul inside excepting a lone tra­ veling salesman or two. Perhaps Dick Sheridan and his. father,” Itching, Burning, Stinging Eczema or Salt Rheum Eczema, of salt rheum aa it is commonly called, is one of the most painful of all skin troubles. 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Mrs, E, ffadson, jEondon,, Ont. >• youngest executive in his father’s bank, and had a right to express,, as­ surance in his very fine speaking voice, s He had changed so much in his four years away at college. They had met during the holidays at Shadwell and other places fox’ Christmas parties and Easter vaca­ tions during those four years; but Somehow she was always surprised when she saw him. “Penny?” “Oil, Ranny, I was just thinking about how funny I felt the first time that I realized that you were grown up!” “Man’s estate and all that he ask­ ed. “Well you gave me a shock, too, young lady. I left you with long curls bouncing around your shoulders while you raced around tlxe meadow on Madcap.. Come back to Shadwell to bring some of. the Christmas cheer that we kieep in j bottles, and what do I find? A dewy, devine debutante.” “You . left out one word—dilly.” and broadened through the shoul­ ders ? ' ‘ “Of couse, P.hoebe. Hear me?' I won’t be home for lunch. I’m ter­ ribly sorry, Phoebe. Yes, I know how, good it is, but do go on and give xny poox’ starving father his lunch. Oh, dessert, and get home.” iRansome evidently concocted one of her fa­ vorite desserts and was disgruntled to thipk of her wasted effort, (To be continued) starving father his all right, I Won’t eat I’ll have some when I grinned. Phoebe had SAFETY FIRST . By Rev. J. W. Rowix What one sage has written should make us think for He speaks in language pure. 4‘He1 alone Is safe, who never is se­ cure." Deep buried in this novel text we find for dope a cure. We are not in danger for our skies are bright as day. This is what the careless think, if judged by what they say. The war clouds that hang heavy are all so far away, Out beypnd the oceans wide, and there we hope they stay, There is one fact we have to face, and it is deadly sure: The dangers we should dread the most ax'e subtle and obscure. We all may sleep too long and late, (unconscious of impending fate. Let us awake and sleep no more— the brutal Huns are at our door, We never sure and safe shall be, until from danger we are free. And danger dire we all must dread until our enemies have fled. With our defences strong and sure we may the fateful shock dure. Our foes have found us napping heard our restful snore, But now we are awakened, by battle’s din and roar. God help us see our danger, that we sleep secure no more. We' always face the stubborn fact that everyone should know, We only can in safety live when stronger than our foe. World conquest is the price of peace, that we will have to pay, While heaven and earth no peace will find in any other way*. So wars will rage and men must fight, until there dawns the day When all disturbers of peace are changed or cast away. Now let this fact mature, “He alone is safe who never is secure.” down, sure. en- and the An Understanding Father / •‘THE PUREST FORM IN WHICH TOBACCO CAN BE SMOKED/1 SWEET CAPORAL With an- They Grow Up Marjean, the waitress, flicked off the table as they sat down; did it deftly with a twist of her wrist and the red-checked towel. other motion she sat two glasses of watex' down. She handed them the menus and said nasally: “What’ll it it be for today?” While she waited for the decision, .she pushed her red hair aside with the back of hex’ hand. The most experienced wait­ ress in Tahlahneka! Tamar looked at her in dismay, Then she remembered1 that the grille oyster made up for the lack of service. Ransome ordered expertly and in his deep voice that left Tamar with a feeling that he was now acting out of charaetef*,, She mentally shook her head. Would she n^ver remem­ ber thM they were both grown up? 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Barrister, Solicitor, Notary ‘ Phone 77 Exeter Residence Phone 74 They both laughed and looked up to see Dick and his father coming into the room. “Here comes Sheri­ dan and Sheridan/’ said Ransome. “If you dare 'ask them .to sit down and ruin my perfectly good lunch­ eon date with you, I’ll .beat you.” Tamar slid forward! on the edge of .her seat. “Hello?’ she welcomed the Sheridans. “Of course, I don’t mind your asking them to eat with] us, Ransome. Do sit down, Ran­ some was just saying that he never' gets to seeing you any more.” “No, only morning, noon and night,” grumbled Ransome to Dick. “Excuse me, sir, this isn’t meant for you,” he 'apologized to Mr.. Sheridan. The older Sheridan’s eyes beanirl ed. It’s too bad we can’t accept'; your pressing ‘invitation, Ran, but we have a most important matter to discuss while we eat. Come with me my boy.” “Thanks, a real pal. your lunch some other time,” “You’re terrible, Ranny. Honest­ ly you are,” Tamar said, as they set­ tled down once more. „ “If that’s a sample of your South ern hospitality, I’ll take vanilla. Ready?” she asked as Marjean ap­ proached with a heavily loaded tray. “Excuse me for a moment. I’ll have to telephone Dad, or Phoebe’ll make him wait for me.” Mr. Sheridan, ..You’re Go on, iDiek, I’ll pay for is The World’s Finest Anthracite Trade Marked Blue. Order Blue Coal and we have it, also Large Lump Alberta Coal HAMCO Dustless Coke Prices are Right A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone 12 Grantoi We Deliver Ann Shaddick, ten-year-old daugh­ ter of Mrs. W. Shaddick, • of Clin­ ton, while playing in the school yard before opening exercised, fell and broke her arm. She was tak­ en to the hospital for an X-ray ex­ amination and to have the bone set. •—-----■--------------------— — ......... ■■ . . ■ Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S DENTIST Office; Carling Block EXETER, ONT. 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That helped, too, Yes, she was able to get along,, but she didn’t see how she could possibly buy a Victory Bond. No, indeed, thought the sales­ man. Why was he standing there? Apologetically, he tipped his hat,^ stammered something about hoping things would turn out well for this good soul and her soldier son—des­ cended the steps and started brisk­ ly towards the next house. But the little, old lady hadn’t shut the door. “Just a minute,” she called, when the salesman was al­ most too fax’ away to heai' her. “Would you mind coming back for a minute?” (•(What could she want? What cou|d he do for .her? “Well,” she said, “I rpad in the paper that our soldiers couldn’t make a big attack on the Germans because oux* men haven’t got enough equipment. I suppose I could do something about that—not much, but a little—.” •Tears welled in her tii;ed, wist­ ful eyes. A thin, firm fist—red from many washes—beat softly on the table. She made up her mind. “I think I could manage a $50 Bond. 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