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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-09-24, Page 2Page 2 THE EXETER TIMES-ABVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24th, 1942 , The Story Sp For ... ................................................................. . ........................ U'W..'Wllg .............--... .............................................. .... ........ • Serial Story ‘Man in her heart’ ANNE LA,URIE is operating a foar-liorse stable for her ailing fa­ ther, TIM LAURIE. After dismiss­ ing her trainer, she is unable to find one. OLD DOC BURGESS, veter­ inarian who likes his bottle, and CEPHUS LINCOLN, aged Negro stable boy, help. her. Anne is in* terested in PAT BARNES, reporter, and also likes RUSTY WALTON, who seems to be interested in wealthy BRENDA VAN EVERS. Rusty’ best horse breaks its leg and he is forced to shoot it. He then accepts a job as trainer for the Van Evers stables and moves away from “poverty row" where he was Anne’s neighbor. DICK COUNT is Anne’s new neighbor. Anne is now talk­ ing to him: “Hey, wait a minute, Miss! Don't get sore. I didn’t mean anything." ‘I don’t care to have anything to do with anyone who’s a friend of Ricco or Shore,” she said. “Maybe you’d be interested in making a deal with me?" “I’m quite sure I ^wouldn’t.” Sell Moon Jade “You got a pretty good nag in that Moon Jade. How about sell­ ing him?" “He’s not for sale, Mr. Count.” “Aw, come on now. You aren’t in business for your health. Sup­ pose I wave a check for ten grand under your nose?” “I told you, he’s not for sale— not at any price. I’ve refused a much better offer already.” Count’s face reflected amaze­ ment. “You mean you turned down real dough for that goat?” “That’s what I mean.-Jf you real­ ly want to buy a horse, I might sell Kokoa, if the price is right.” The man’s head went back as he laughed aloud. A Joker “You’re quite a joker, Miss, aren’t you?” he chuckled, when he had got his breath. “Why, what’s wrong with Ko­ koa? He’s the fastest horse on the grounds." CHAPTER XVIII “Yeah, and everybody from the Mexican border to Vancouver knows he’s no good, too. I wouldn’t give you a dime for him,” Count said. “Well, there’s no use talking any further, then.” Anne walked back to her own tack room. Careful Eye “I want you' to keep a careful eye on the horses from now on,” she told Cephus, “especially Moon Jade. I don’t like the looks of our new neighbor.” “Yassu/m, Miz Anne, sho’ will,” Cephus answered. “Better tell Doc, too, when you see him.” Anne found Pat Barnes waiting outside her apartment building that evening and when -he insisted, she accepted his invitation to drive to the beach for dinner. After dinner, the newspaper man "wanted to dance, and it was late when she got home. As a conse­ quence she overslept the next morn­ ing. It was seven o’clock before she arrived at the track. “Where’s Doc?” she asked Ce­ phus, whom she found exercising Moon Jade on a long rope in the area in front of t’heir stables. “Ain’t seen him, Miz,” the old darkey said. * Countess Q. # “I’ll just work Countess Q. this morning,” she told him. “She’s ■entered in a race day after tomor­ row and needs a blowout. I’ll work her a fast three-eighths.” When she had finished, she ex­ ercised Kokoa on a rope while Ce­ phus cooled out Countess Q., but there was still no sign of Burgess. She realized that she hadn’t seen him since he stumbled away after Rusty had destroyed Red Cloud, and: she was worried. Cephus got the names of several of Doc’s favorite haunts and after She drove to his rooming house and learned that he hadn’t been home, she made the rounds. No one had seen him, except Joe, who operated the Oasis. Out of Sight “He was in here yesterday morn* ing, bought a bottle and went right out. again,” he said. “I ain’t seen hide nor hair of him since. He ain’t sick, is he?” He’s never' missed a day before since the season open- ed\' “I guess he’s all right ‘but I’d like to find him,” Anne replied. She left her phone number for Doe to call as soon as he showed up. Checking back at the stables, she walked over to the Van Evers’ layout to see if Rusty had any idea where Burgess hid out when he was A.W.O.L, She was sorry, afterwards, that she’d gone as she found Walton with Brenda in the combination bar and tack room, a phonograph thumping out “The South American Way,” while the girl was demon­ strating a new rhumba step. Rusty’s face flushed as he saw Anne, but Brenda wasn't embar­ rassed. “A couple more lessons, and I’ll have him dancing like Veloz,” she laughed, slipping her hand pos­ sessively into the crook of his arm. Rusty didn’t know where Doc might be found. He’ll Show Up “If you can’t find him at Joe’s, I don’t know where to Iook.’ he said. . “I wouldn’t worry, though. He’ll show up. I guess Red Cloud was a little ..too much for him. I felt like getting stiff myself.” “But we’re not going to worry about that any more, are we, Rus­ ty?” Brenda put in, looking up in­ to his eyes. “What’s done is done. You’ve got a nice new job, some good horses to train—and we’re go­ ing to have a swell time.” “It certainly leaves me in a spot,” Anne said. “Guess there’s nothing for it but to do the job myself.” “If I can help in any way, don’t hesitate to call on me,” Rusty of­ fered. “Although my new job keeps me pretty busy." “I can see that,” Anne answered, and Rusty’s face reddened again. With Burgess still missing the following morning, she decided she'd have to ^rust Cephus to run the stable while she devoted her­ self to working out the horses. Moon Jad© Moon Jade came in for most of her attention, and she took advan­ tage of the early morning fog and absence of professional dockers to send him a mile and a furlong at full speed, once she had warmed him up thoroughly. The figures on the stop watch sent a glow of pride through her, as she slowed him down gradually and walked him back to the stables. “One fifty-one, his first time at the distance isn’t bad,” she exult­ ed. “If we can keep him on edge, he’s a cinch in the big race.” She was particularly elated be­ cause he was going strong at the finish and acted as if he could have reeled off another eighth mile at the same speed. “Old Tim certainly knew what he.was doing when he picked this colt,” she told herself. However, she didn’t tell anyone, not even Cephus, the sensational ■time in which Moon Jade had work­ ed. While she hadn’t the slightest doubt of his loyalty, she knew the weakness of stable boys for boast­ ing . when they got together and she didn’t care about anyone get­ ting the idea that her horse looked like the overwhelming favorite. Kolcoa’s Only Asset Kokoa was eager to run, too, but she Worked him a fast three quarters, and then firmly choked him down. Speed was the one valuable asset he had, and when the day of the Mayfair .Stakes caiffe, she wanted him in shape to do the first six furlongs in record time. ■ If he ’Could run the legs off the other speed horses in the race, he would have earned his oats for years to come by giving Moon Jade his chance to run over the tiring pace-makers. “It’s a dirty trick to play on such a fine animal as you, Kokoa,” she told him as she jogged back to the stables. “But it’s all your own fault. 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Telegram When she called at the track superintendent’s office for her mail, the boy handed out a yellow tele­ graph envelope. “Something’s happened 4o Old. Tim," she thought, frightened, and ripped* open the message. “Youi* father suffered relapse. Advise come at once,” the message read. It was signed by “Dr. Lee”, whom she remembered as the su­ perintendent of the sanitarium- where Tim was recuperating. CHAPTER XIX Anne was in a panic. What could she do about her horses? She thought at first of appealing to Rusty foi- aid, but a picture of what she had seen in the Van Evers’ tack room arose before her, and she dis­ missed the idea immediately. Rusty had enough work of his own with Van Evers’ stable as well as his own horses, not to mention his extra-curricular activities with Brenda. “If I could only find Doc 'and get him sobered up. I’ll certainly tell him off when he shows up.” She hadn’t placed much reliance in the old veterinarian’s promise to stay sober, but she hadn’t counted on his going off on a drunk and van­ ishing altogether. Undoubtedly the emotional strain of the tragedy to Red Cloud had thrown him completely off his bal­ ance and he had sought release from his storrows in the only way he knew. Of course Burgess couldn’t an­ ticipate a thing like this coming up, but even so, he shouldn’t have left the girl entirely in the lurch and she felt at the moment that she never could forgive him. Not With Cephus It was impossible to leave the horses in charge of Cephus. There was no doubt about his loyalty and willingness to do what he could. But after all he was just a hostler. Despite all his years around stables, he had no idea of how to train horses. Half frantic with worry, Anne dashed home, changed her clothes, and packed a small bag. Maybe some solution would sug­ gest itself to her on the way.back to the track. She telephoned the union station and learned that a train was leaving for Arizona in an hour. Rusty She’d have time to return to the stables, make some last minute ar­ rangements and still have a margin to catch the train. If nothing else, she could ask Rusty to keep an eye on her horses for the day or two she would be gone. It would .be an imposition and she hated to aSk favors, especially of Rusty now that he had thrown in his lot with the Van Evers, but she couldn’t see any other way out of her dilemma. Pondering this plan and vainly trying to formulate a better one, she was standing outside her stables, the bag at her feet, wh^n Dick Count came along. “Good morning, Miss Laurie," he greeted her, sweeping off his hat and bowing. “What’s this, are you going some place? I see you have a bag—” Plash of Suspicion Something in the tone of his voice, a sly hint of knowledge, per­ haps, made her glance at him. The smirk on his face, intended to be an ingratiating smile, sent a flash of suspicion to her brain. “Just taking out the laundry,” she answered, and picking up her bag, she hurried to the superinten­ dent’s office. It took 15 minutes of her fast-waning time to get a phone call through to the sanitarium, and she was- almost in a state of- ner­ vous collapse by the time she heard Dr. Lee’s voice ht the other end of the wire. It was a desperate chance, and she might miss the train as a re­ sult. Another didn’it leave, she! knew, until the following day, But the sudden hunCh which had seized her immediately after Count had spoken to her couldn’t be lightly passed by. “Hello, Dr. Lee,” she shouted in­ to the phone. “This is Anne Laurie. I had your telegram just now . . . you didn't.? . , Dad is Fine Her face echoed the amazement In her voice. “How is Dad? . . « Vine? . , . Thank goodness . . Give him my love and tell him everything’s going great here with me . . . Thanks a million , , . Good­ bye. , . Dr. Lee had been no less amaz­ ed than she at the news of the “tele­ gram” He hadn’t wired her. Tim Laurie was coming along in good shape, although they were keeping racing news away from him yet. •» AU he’ got was from his daugh­ ter’s letters, it was essential that she continue to keep up a cheer­ ful front for him, as any shock now might undo all the progress he had made, Tongue Rashing « Anne walked back to her stables, puzzling over the telegram and wondering what could be back of it. Recollectioin of the joke Rusty had played on her the first day she had arrived returned, and she started to fume, Her temper flared so quickly she never stopped to con­ sider the unlikeliness of him play­ ing a trick of that nature on her, She went storming ovei' to the Van Evers’ stables, determined to really lay Rusty low this time and it is certain it she had been able to find him at that moment, she would have given him a tongue lashjng he would have remember­ ed to his dying day. Fortunately for both of them, the object of her anger was not around and none of the stable hands seem­ ed to know when be would be back. Walking back to her own area, she gradually cooled down and by the time she aprivfed she was con­ gratulating herself on her good luck in not finding Rusty. She knew him too well by now, when she examined it in the sober light of good sense, that he wouldn’t do anything cruel. He loved a good joke, he was always playing tricks on people, but they were harmless tricks. He wouldn’t worry someone he knew already was under a terrible strain, by ■ maliciously sending a wire that her father had suffered a relapse and she was needed immed­ iately, 'She blushed with shame that she had even considered for a moment that Rusty was capable of such meanness. But Who? But if it wasn’t Rusty, who could have sent the wire? It must have been someone who knew where I^PURmEl O MEOiCIWE. I DOES YOUR NOSE FILL UP. SPUIL SLEEP? If your nose fills up, makes breath­ ing difficult, spoils sleep—put 3-pur­ pose Vioks Va-tro-nol up each nostril, Va-tro-hol does 3 important, things lor you: (1) shrinks swollen mem­ branes; (2) soothes irritation; (3) helps flush out nasal passages, clearing clogging mucus, relieving transient congestion. It brings more comfort, makes breathing easier, invites sleep, When a Cold xsx Threatens, use . Va-tro-nol at flrst \ - W sniffle or sneeze, Helps to prevent colds developing. Tim was staying and the name of his doctor or someone who had gone to a lot of trouble to discover these facts. Unable to reach any logical con­ clusion she finally dismissed the matter from her mind. “I’ve got enough to worry about already,” she told herself,” trying to keep my horses in top condition and trying to find Doc Burgess.” (To be Continued) Women’s Institute Meeting" The September meeting of the Women’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. David Henry. The president, Mrs. Ed. Flynn, was in the chair. The'current events were given by Mrs. James Hall. Mrs. Flynn gave a summary of the war. Little LGnore Dixon sang/ after ‘‘which a paper on historical research, “The History of Biddulph Town­ ship and the Village of Clandeboye” was given by Mrs. James Paton and readings were given by Mrs, A, Paton and Mrs. L. Kimler. The Red Cross quilt was drawn for and Miss Alice Hodgins held the lucky ticket. It was decided to send the i treat for the boys of this community who are overseas. The contest was won by Mrs. James Hall. USBORNE COUNCIL The Municipal Council of Usborne' Township met’ " on Friday evening,. Sept. 11, at 8 p.m.,,with all the mem­ bers present. Minutes of August 7 and August 31 were adopted on mo­ tion iby Hodgert and 'Cooper. Rou­ tine correspondence was read and filed. • v /By-law No. 7, 1942, confirming the revised assessment at $2,619,380 was given third reading and passed. By-law No. '8, 1942, setting the current rates was likewise passed. The total mill rate exclusive of school section rates, was set at 9.6 mills, or a decrease of ,4 mills from last year, The foregoing rate is made up as follows: County Rate, 5.9 mills; general school rate, 2.2 mills and township rate, 1.5 mills, the latter being reduced 8/10 of a mill from last year. The Clerk was instructed to formulate a by-law in conformity with certain amend­ ments to the Dog Tax and Live Stock Protection Act. The Road Superintendent was in­ structed. to list all repairs likely to be needed" for the Township crusher and to report same to next meeting of Council, The Treasurer reported receipts for the month amounting to $64.44. The following accounts were or­ dered paid 'on motion by Councillors Berry and Fisher; Road voucher, $18'2.20; relief and relief adminis­ tration, $6.00; Board of Health, sanitary inspector, $19.'00; livestock killed 'by dogs, $146.00; Hay Twp., McDonald Drain, $163.80; printing voters’ lists, $18.00. Council adjourned to meet on Oc­ tober 10 ate 1 p.m. A. W. Morgan, Clerk GRAND BEND Those attending the Exeter high school from here wiM have a few more holidays as the school will not re-open until October 5th, ow­ ing to the labor shortage both oh farms and at. the canning factory. 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