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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-05-18, Page 2THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATETHURSDAY, MAY XStli, 1939 H LI til in ci “I will promise to think over what you said. Everything you have said,” She looked up at him quietly, and smiled a cold little wistful smile. Then she added; “I’m sorry to seem so—uncertain —and so—unappreciative — of your love. But I just can’t seem to think tonight!” He was a wise young man and he saw that he couldn’t get any furthei* tonight. He studied hex’ for a then his lips set in a determination. “Very well,” he said fully. moment and firm line of “Well,” she said with a final lit­ tle shiver, opening the door a trifle wider, “I suppose yoxx must be nxy twin sister! Will you conxe in?” Hex* voice was most ungracious, but stood aside in the tiny hall to the othex* girl pass in, “Oh! Are you—? That is— I not know—!” said Marjorie in con­ fusion. Then she turned suddenly to the taxi and nodded brightly. “It’s all right,” she said, “They still live here!” But they probably won’t for very ’ added the othex* girl grimly. Oh, are you going to move? Then did, for finding she let did to more she with quite cheer- “I am just your friend for jxow, but a very special friend, you know. One whom you can call up­ on for anything. Will you feel that?” She smiled with relief. “Yes,” she said. “Thank you! Good night!” and she put out her hand and gave his a brief impersonal clasp. Marjorie found she was too excited to sleep when she laid her head on her pillow. But strangely enough dt was not on the eager protests of love that her mind dwelt most dur­ ing that night’s vigil, but more on his insistence that she should not search out her people. And the she thought of it, the less thought of Evan. She awoke in the morning the definite purpose in her heart to get the matter over with at once. She would start right away, before anything else could possibly delay her. If any more people came in and tried to turn her from her pur­ pose she -would become bewildered again. She called up the station and made her reservations on a train that left the city a little after six that night. She took her check book and plenty of money, carefully stowed as she had been taught to do when traveling. She left no address with anybody. She did not want anyone coming her in to do. And way, quite worn out with the tu­ mult of her decision and her pre­ parations. The next morning she arrived in the strange city and went to a hotel. After attempting a sketchy break­ fast she took a taxi and drove to the address she had been given in the letter. It seemed a very long drive, out through a shabby part of the city, and then into a sordid street of •cheap houses all alike, brick houses with wooden porches in an endless row, block after block, with untidy vacant lots across the street, end­ ing in unpleasant ash heaps. It was before the last house in the row that the taxi stopped. The driver handed her her check, opened the door, and she got out her purse. “I think perhaps you had better wait for me a minute or two until I make sure this is the right place.” she said hesitatingly, as she eyed the house with displeasure. So. on feet that were strangely un­ steady, she got out and went slowly up the two wooden steps to the door that sadly needed paint. There was no bell so she knocked timidly, and then again louder as she heard no sound of life within. She was about to turn away, almost hoping they were gone, and she would have no clue to search further, when she heard hurried steps on a bare floor, and the door opened sharply, almost impatiently. Then she found herself face to face with a replica of her­ self. “Does Mrs. George Gay live here?’ She said the words, because she had prepared them on her lips to say, but she was so startled at the apparition of herself in the flesh standing before her that she did not realize she had asked the question. She just stood there and stared and stared at this other girl who was so like and yet so unlike herself. The other girl had the same cloud of golden hair, only it was flying in every direction, not • smoothly waved in the way it ought to be; the same brown eyes, only they were full of bitterness, and trouble, and a kind of fright in the depths of them; the same delicate lips, only they were set in hard lines as if the grim reali­ ties of life had been too close to her. after her to try and hinder whatever she should decide so at last she was on Her W Exeter Established 1873 and 1887 at Exeter, Ontario Published every Thursday nomine SUBSCRIPTION—— $2.00 per year in advanceRATES—Farm or Real Estate for sale 50c. each insertion for first four insertions. 25c, each subse­ quent Insertion. Miscellaneous ar­ticles, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found 10c, per line of six word*. Reading notices 10c. per line. Card of Thanks 50c. Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. per line. Ia Memoriam, with one verse 50c. extra verses 25c. each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Rheumatic Pains Releived by Kruschen Here is a noteworthy instance of the manner in which damp weathex’ caxx affect the joints of one who is subject to rheumatic pains. “I had been suffering from rheu- nxatisnx very badly,” “and had such pains that I could hardly wet day especially, terribly to use nxy ■was hardly able to “Just all. I’ll be all a little right innewspaper route, and I’ve had take the .children to the neighbor­ hood nursery, to keep them warm and fed? If you stay here with us you’ll have to ipawn that fur to get enough to eat!” (Suddenly the sister’s head down again and more silent shook her. It was terrible to upon. Marjorie felt it was the awful sight she had ever' seen. Suddenly she stood back and buttoned her coat, slid out of it wrapped it warmly around her ter, “There! There! You precious ter!” she said softly, laying hex- on the other girl’s. But her sister struggled up fierce­ ly, her pride blazing in her eyes, her arm flinging off the coat. “No.” she said, “no I won’t wear your coat even for a minute.” But Marjorie caught it together about her again and “Look here!” she thority. “Stop acting your sister and I’ve you! coat went sobs look most a man writes, in my joints bear it, on a It pained me arms, and I work. I tried two different remedies, but I was still as bad after the treatment. “Then I was told to try Rrus- chen Salts, which quickly brought relief. So of course I have kept on With it, and I am now much better and have never felt so fit for years. I used to feel so miserable and sluggish, but now it is a pleasure to be able to work.”—JS. B. no breakfast! it!” cried the That's girl in something warm and tender in his voice that brought the tears to Mar-< jorle’s eyes and a great rush of love for her unknown father to her heart. Then the man suddenly dropped the bag from his back to the floor, put his hands to his head with a be­ wildered look, and staggered over to the stairs. “.Father! Oh, Father! What is it?” cried Betty, rushing over to him. “Oh, it’s nothing!” murmured the man with an effort, dizzy, that’s a minute.” “You had what makes deep, distress. That picture of hex’ father sitting on the stairs, his head bowed in his hands, would stay with her always, she knew. “I’ll get you a drink of water!” Betty was saying. “Thank heaven, they haven’t turned off the water yet!” and she vanished through the door into the kitchen. Marjorie saw there was a door from the little parlor where she stood and opening it she followed and found her sister, as she brought back the water. “I’ll get him something to eat right away,” she whispered. “Is there a restaurant or any place near­ by where they have food?’ (To be Continued) Professional Cards un- and sls- GLADMAN & STANBURY (F, W. Gladman) BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, &c Money to Loan, Investments Made Insurance Safe-deposit Vaults for use of our Clients without charge EXETER and HEN SALL <<’ long, I’nx glad I came before you < I might have had trouble you.” “Yes,” said the other girl ing. “you probably would.” she xnotioned toward a single wood­ en chaii’ in the middle of the room. Won’t yoix sit down? We still have a chair left, though I think Ted is go­ ing to take it to pawn this afternoon. There isn’t any heat here. Will you take cold?” There was something contemptuous in the tone of this hostile sister. Marjorie gave hex* a quick troubled glance. “Are you really my sister?” “I suppose I must be,” said the othex’ girl listlessly, as if it didn’t in the least matter, “there’s your pic­ ture up there oix the mantle. Maybe you’ll recognize that. If you had waited till afternoon that would probably have been gone too.” “You know. I didn’t even know I had a sister until day before yester­ day!” The othex’ looked at hex* with hard unbelieving eyes. “That’s odd, isn’t it? How did that come about?” “No one told me,” she answered sadly. “Oh, yes? How did you find out?” “I found a letter — from Moth— that is from my adopted mothex- af- tei’ she tell me “You ill are incredulous. “Yes. I am alone in the world now accept for you—my own people. The other girl’s face grew hard and bitter now. “Oh!” she said shortly. “I dered why you came after all years when you haven’t paid slightest attention to us. your grand hoxne and youi* aristo­ cratic parents, and youx’ fine educa­ tion! What could you possibly want with us? But I see it now. They have died and left you penniless. I suppose aftex’ all theix* grand preten­ sions. and you have come back oxx us to live. Well, we’ll take you in of course. Mothex- wouldn’t have it otherwise, but I’ll say it’s something­ like the end of a perfect day to have you turn up just now.” “Oh, I’m sorry,” said Marjorie distressed at once. “I ought to have telephoned to see if it was conven­ ient, but I was so eager to find you. And you don’t at all reailze anything about it. I’ve not come home to be a burden on you. I thought maybe I could spend Christxnas with you. I know how you xnust feel. You are ! moving, and frightfully busy, but you’ll let me help, won’t you?” “Moving!” sneered her sister. ‘Yes we’d be moving right away today if we had any place to move to! And any money to move with! And any­ thing to move! Christmas! I didn’t know there was such a thing any­ more!” And suddenly she drop­ ped down in the vacant chair, jerk­ ing her hands out from the ragged pockets of hex* old .coat, put them to her face and burst into tears, sob­ bing until hex- slendex- body shook with the force of the sobs. Yet it' was all done very quietly as if there was some reason why she must not make a axoise. Marjorie went close and put hex­ arms around her, her face down against the other’s wet cheek. “Oh, my dear!” she said brokenly. “My dear!” And then hex’ own tears ■were falling, and she held the weep­ ing girl close. “But you are cold! j So cold you are trembling! Can’t we go into another room where it is warm and let me tell you how you j have xnisunderstood me? Come!” Then the girl lifted her face and spoke fiercely again, “Come?” she said, “Where shall we come? Don’t yoix know there has not beexx a teaspoonful of coal in this house for two days, and that we’ve burned up all the chairs that aren’t sold to try and keep from freezing-—-except this one that has to be sold to get some medicine for Mother? Don’t you know Fathex’ hasn’t had any work for nine months and Mother is sick upstairs in bed with, all the blankets we own piled around hex’ and a hot-water bag at hex- I’m job her. sick and a few days mdre till Mother is bet­ ter-—? And X guess Ted has lost his unsmil- Then died. 'She left a letter to about my people.” mean !Mr. and Mrs. Wether- both dead?” The tone was very won- these the You with i i I i i Some coughs and colds seem hard to shake off; stick right with you in spite of everything you do to get rid of them. These are the kind that are dan­ gerous. The kind that stick, the kind that develop into bronchitis, the kind that may end in some serious trouble. Get rid of the cough at once by taking Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup before matters get too serious Tha T< Milbutn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. feet? She’s getting pneumonia, afraid, and I had to lose to stay Don’t himself, bog the home and take you know that , but he had to landlord to lot my care of Dad is go out us stay sis­ lips held it there. said with au- this way! I’m come to help you! You can’t fling me off this way! And we haven’t time to fight! We’ve got to get busy. What’s the first thing to do? Make a fire? Where can I find a man to send for coal?” “You can't,” said her lenly, “they won’t trust bill is paid, and we’ve pay it with.” ering like slow fires, was filled with shame as she con­ fessed this, but Marjorie’s eyes lit with joy. “Oh, but I have!” she cried eager­ ly, and put her hand into her purse, putting out a nice fat roll of bills and slipping them into her sister’s hand. “There,” she said, “go quick' and pay the bill and get the coal!” The other girl looked down at her hand, saw the large denomination of the bills she was holding, and look­ ed up in wonder. Then her face changed and an alert look came, pride stole slowly up, and the faint color that had come into her cheeks faded, leaving her ghastly white. “We couldn’t take it!” she said fiercely. “We couldn’t ever pay it back. There is no use!” and she held it out to Marjorie. “Nonsense!” said Marjorie. “You sister sul­ us till the nothing to Her eyes were smold- and her face are my family, aren’t you? It’s my mother who is cold, isn’t?” “After all these years? You stay­ ing away and never sending us any word? No! You're adapted and be­ long to that other w'oman, and it’s her money, not ours. We can’t take it!” “Look here!” said Marjorie her own eyes flashing now till they re­ sembled hex* sister’s eveix xnpre strongly thaix at first. “I didn’t ask to be adopted did I? I didn’t have any choice in the matter, did I? I was adopted before I knew what was going on, and I didn’t know any­ thing about you. You have no right to blanxe xne that way!" Then suddenly the othex’ girl jumped up and flung Marjorie's coat back to her, “All right!” she said. “Put on your own coat. Maybe it’s all true. I don’t know. I’ve hated you and the Wetherills so long that I don’t know whether I can evex* get ovex* it ox* not, but I’ve got to try and save my mother’s life, even if it is with that other woman’s money!” “But is isn’t her money now! It; is mine! And I am going to look af-| The pains and stiffness of rheu- ter my family. We are going to do matignx are often caused by uric it together! Quick! Tell me where acid crystals in the muscles and to go, and I’ll have the fixings here joints. The numerous salts ixx Krus- iix short order.” *’ “It's two block down, and a block to the right. Brown’s coal yard, there’s a bill fox’ twenty-three dol­ lars, it’s money!” | She held reluctantly, of fierce wistfulness. “No,” said Marjorie. “You keep that, I’ve more in my purse. Yotx might have need foi’ it while I’m gone. Don’t worry, I’ll find my way But say, what shall I call you? I can’t exactly go around calling my own sister ‘Miss Gay’, caxx I? And you know I xxevex’ knew your name.” The other girl stared. “You don’t mean they never told you youx- own sister’s name? Well, that certainly is funny! I’m Eliza­ beth. They call xne Betty.” Hex’ voice was a trifle warmer. “That’s a pretty name. Betty Gay! I like it. And—I’nx Dorothy—isn’t that it? The letter told me that.” “Yes, but they called you Mar­ jorie!” Betty’s voice was suddenly hard again. “Well, I couldn’t help that either,” grinned Marjorie. “Say, suppose you stop having grudges fox’ awhile.” Betty suddenly softened again and almost smiled, and Marjorie saw that hex’ eyes were really lovely when she smiled. “I’m sorry!” said Betty. “I guess I’ve been pretty poisonous to you. - But maybe if you’d been here and seen your people yoxx loved suffer chen assist in stimulating the inter­ nal organs to healthy, regular activ­ ity, and help them to eliminate ex­ cess uric acid. They >paid.— t», won’t send any more till Here! Take back out the roll of bills looking at it with a the halt sort you’d be poisonous too.” “I’m sure I should!” said Marjorie with a sudden quick setting of the I’m sure I would feel just let’s forget it comfortable lips. “ as you feel, till we get this place for you all.” Marjorie turned and out to open the door, but before she quite touched it someone fumbled at the knob from the outside, the door was suddenly flung open with a bang letting in a rush of and someone stumbled into bearing a heavy burden. Marjorie stepped back staring at the tall man carrying a heavy sack of-coal upon his back and another of small pieces of wood in his arms. But Betty rushed forward and put up her arms to take one bag from him. “Oh, -Father!” she cried, “where have you been? How did you get it?” And then, giving him a quick search­ ing look. “Where is your overcoat, Father? rOh, you didn’t sell your overcoat, did you? Your nice over­ coat? Oh, Father, and you are sick!” “It couldn’t be helped, said had ■how And now the put her hand cold air, the hall startled, Doig-Coleman A happy event took place at ! Egmondville United manse, Seaforth | when Miss Gladys Jane Coleman, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Coleman, became the bride of Robert John Doig, youngest son of Robert Doig- and the late Mrs. Doig, of Tuckersmith. Rev. A. W. Gardiner officiated. The young cou­ ple were attended by the -bride’s sis- tex’ and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Chapman. Ater the ceremony a dinner was served at the home of the bride’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Doig left by motor for Hamilton, I Niagara Falls and points east, the > bride travelling in a grey tweed coat, navy blue dress with hat and I accessories to match. On their return ! they will reside on the groom’s farm in McKillop. CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, LOANS, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE Office: Carling Block, Mfeln Stree*, . EXETER, ONT. Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S. DENTIST Office: Calling Block EXETER, ONT. dosed Wednesday Afternoon* Betty,” the man in a hoarse voice. “I to get this house warm soxne- for your mother. I couldn’t let freeze to death!” There Th« ptirtit fora l« whlcli im1 j Dr.;H. H. COWEN, L.D.S.,D.DS. DENTAL SURGEON Otfice opposite the Post Office, Main Street, Exeter Office 36w Telephones Res. 3flj Closed Wednesday Afternoons ARTHUR WEBER LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY PRICES REASONABLE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Phone 57-13 Dashwood R. R. No. 1, DASHWOOD FRANK TAYLOR LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY Prices Reasonable and Satisfaction Guaranteed EXETER P. O. or RING 188 BilliiMSSIf Some Interesting Snaps Taken at the Recent Press Convention 1. —A group in the grounds of the 3. — Retiring President “Gus” Seigniory Club. 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