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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-10-24, Page 6Thursday', October 24, ioio THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE by Joseph McCord CHAPTER VHI Audrey Swan, nicknamed “Cygie,” is the only daughter of a highly respected horse trainer. His farm adjoins the estate of Judge Castle, whose only son, Jeffrey, has (been Audrey’s friend since childhood. Jeffrey marries Olive Cooper. Judge Castle has al­ ways wanted to make Jeffrey a partner, hut Olive does not wish to hury herself in Parville. Dur­ ing their long honey-moon, Vic Quinn, Jeff’s triend in love with Audrey, has substituted for Jeff in the Judge’s office. Returned from their trip, Jeff visits Par­ ville without Olive. He is telling Audrey that Olive’s father is giv­ ing him a job in the city. GO ON WITH THE STORY “That’s a pity.” “It’s one of those things,” he of­ fered grimly. “The sooner it’s over with the better. I suppose you think it’s ifunny. Cygie, that I should come barging over here with my troubles. You’ve always been an understanding kid.” “Best of luck, Jeff. Always.” The surprised roan hounded forward and settled into a swinging gallop. Audrey was thinking, Jeff never would be coming back any more. Dust, or something, was making her eyes smart.* * « It was almost lunch time the fol­ lowing day when Judge George Castle arrived home from the city and greeted his newly returned son., “But where’s Olive?” was al­ most his first question. “I partic­ ularly wanted to see her.” “I left her home,” was the brief explanation. “When do you expect her down?” “Soon, I dare say.” After that the conversion among the three Castles was of a general nature, devoted largely to an ac­ count of the wedding trip, business and political conditions as Jeffery had observed them. When the trio left the table. Mrs. Castle smil­ ingly remarked that she would re­ tire to her room for a while. “Jef­ frey,” his father announced, ’ “I have an errand before we settle down to a visit. I shall need the car. Tell Dean that you will drive for me, if you don’t mind.” “I’ll be very glad to, sir,” Jef­ frey was experiencing a momentary thankfulness. He had intended to blurt out the bad news to his father without any preliminaries, once they were alone. But this made it easy to postpone the ordeal. Down at the road gates, the Judge indicated a left turn and clid not speak lintil they neared the Ross estate. “In here, please, Jef­ frey.” The .latter negotiated the circular drive in some surprise, brought the machine to a stop at the foot of the porch steps. “I've a key somewhere.” the Judge said. “The deed and title search for this place came through the office not long since. Quinn looked aftei’ it for us.” He stepped heavily from the car. “I have been curious to see the general condition of things. Come along. Let’s have a look.” Jeffrey followed his parent with-, out much enthusiasm, helped him with the door and the two began a circuit of the cheerless rooms. “I should say that it is in excel­ lent shape,” the Judge decided when the inspection ended. “How do you like that house, my boy?” he inquired abruptly. Jeffrey felt his heart sink. It was his first premonition of a fresh disaster. “Nice place,” he manag­ ed dully. “Do you think it will appeal to Olive?” “To Olive?” Judge Gastie gave, vent to a throaty chuckle. “This is your home from now on, my son .... and Olive's! A little gift from your mother and me.” The words seem- | ed to be coming from some distance j off. “We’ve always known that we couldn’t keep you at hoe,” Jeff It is hard to keep the children, from taking cold; they will run out of doors not properly clad; have on too much clothing and got overhe ate-1 and cool off too suddenly; they get their feet wet; kink off the bed clothes at night. The mother cannot I watch them all the time, so what is I she going to do? Mothers should never neglect the child’s cough or cold, but on its in­ ception should procure a bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup. It is so pleasant to the taste the youngsters take it without any fuss. Tho T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. heard dimly. “But it has been our pet dream to have you close by so that we could enjoy our grandchil­ dren.” Jeffrey sat staring at his father with such a vacant expression that the Judge emitted an exasperated, “Well, what ails you?” “I ... I wish I had known about that. Father. Wished you had told me. It’s perfectly swell of you and Mother. But it’s like this. I'm not just sure how much of the time we’ll be here in Parville after this. You see . . . Olive likes the city. She’s never lived in a small town or in the country and the idea sort of gets her down.” “Interesting, really. May I ask where she does w'ant to live?” “She wants me to take a position, in her father’s office. Mr. Harrison has been kind enough to ... ar­ range it.’ “What sort of position? What are your duties?” “Oh, executive of some sort. We really haven’t threshed out the de­ tail-., naturally.” “Naturally. But you are thinking of allowing your wife to support you." “Of course I’h not! Harrison’s is a huge concern. There is no rea­ son why there can’it be a future in it for a young man.” "But not for you, Jeffrey. You will learn that they have not the slightest need of your services. I wonder that you can accept that situation. We spoke of it once be­ fore, prior to your marriage. You were quite independent then. You led me to believe that you would settle down here as we had planned so many times.” “You don’t quite understand, Father. I . . .” “I presume,” the Judge went on coldly, “that this was all arranged before you were married. Did you know it then. Jeffrey, or did you not?” “I did not,” Jeffrey .turned ap­ pealingly to his father. “See here, sir!” he exclaimed. “I can’t let it stand like this, if there is any way out of it. I’m thinking about that house. I know that Olive was under the impression that if we came here we would live with you and Mother for the time being. A real home like the one you have given us may appeal to her. She could have the horses and all that sort of thing . . don’t say any­ thing to Mother yet. I’ll drive back tonight and have a talk with Olive tomorrow morning. Don’t you think it would bn a good idea?” “You are a better judge than I, Jeffrey.” The older man’s voice sounded suddenly tired. “Did you tell Quinn that you were not going to remain here?” “Yes. He was thinking about leaving.” “But he will remain now?” “He wasn’t sure. Said he would have to think it over?” “He will stay here, by golly! the Judge retorted explosively. “I do not intend to be let down by every­ body.”$ * * “Well, how did you find every­ thing down in the sticks?” Olive Castle smiled up at her husband from her breakfast tray. “Oh, fine,” he assured her. “The folks are both well. Very much dis­ appointed that you didn’t come along. Had a chat with old Vic in the office. He looks like a million dollars.” “How’s Audrey?” The unexpected question caught him so off guard that he instinc­ tively repeated Olive’s last word. “Audrey?” “Why, yes. You seem to have rounded up everybody you know in Parville. I took it for granted you wouldn’t overlook her.” “Oh, sure. Yes. I did see her . . happened to bump into Audrey on ’he road. We had a little visit from the saddle. She looked very well. I thought.” “That was nice .” There was nothing but innocent pleasure in his wife’s face, and words, but Jef­ frey felt a sudden discomfort. Darn it all he had met Audrey accident­ ally—merely riding past when he saw her at a distance jumping that roan. It didn’t sound so well as a story. “What sort of a day did you have?” he countered amiably. “Tiresome enough. Looked at two apartments and neither of them suited. We really don’t need, more than ten rooms, if they are ar­ ranged right.” “No,” Jeff agreed smilingly, “that’s five apiece. We ought to be able to keep out of each other's way . . on clear days. Speaking of abodes, darling, have you ever con­ sidered it would be nice to have a country place of our own?” “Hardly, Dad has his hunting lodge in Maine, the place in the mountains, and the one down at the shore. They’re almost always em­ pty.” “I was thinking more about . . well, not exactly a farm, but a modern house near town with good stables. Enough to handle half a dozen horses. That sort of thing.” “I see!” She broke a bit of toast between her fingers and smiled provokingly. “You’re so funny and transparent, Jeff dear. What is uP your sleeve now? Come, tell Mum­ my, all about it.” “I was merely asking if you wanted a country place because . . well, because we have one. Got the deed over in my room.” “Jeffrey Castle whatever are you talking about?” “A gift. From your Parville in­ laws.” He was smiling broadly. “How’s that for something pretty nice in the way of a late wedding present?” “Tell me all about it. Every­ thing.” Olive’s dark eyes met his in a level gaze. “You didn’t know anything about it before?” “Cross my heart add hope to die, darling! You could have knock­ ed me down with a feather. Just after lunch, Father asked me to drive him on an errand and we went to this place. After I had admired it sufficiently, what did he do but tell me that it’s a gift from him and Mother to us.” “They shouldn’t have done that, dear. Sweet of them, of course. Listen, Jeffrey. I hate to be tire­ some, but you’re making me won­ der. if you made it clear to your folks before we were married that you were not going to settle down in Parville,” “Well, I figured perhaps we’d better think it over further before we came to a really definite con­ clusion. Now that we actually own that place, I’d like you to go and see it. It’s just the idea ot letting the folks down, You know.” “Apparently that’s more impor­ tant than letting your wife down. I took it for granted that I mar­ ried you instead of your family. I still want to think so.” Olive did not raise her voice, but Jeffrey caught a quiet determination in her tone that he had never heard. Her dark eyes were fixed unwaver­ ingly on his face. There was no suggestion of a smile in them. He shrugged his broad shoul­ ders. “I don’t believe it’s neces­ sary to put it that way. And we certainly don’t have to be drama­ tic about things. I want you to be happy and nothing else counts with me. How and where we live is for you to decide.” Olive flashed him a smile. She reached for her husband’s nearest hand and patted it softly. “You’re sweet. Jeff. About everything. Come on, kiss me and don’t let’s be tiresome any more. If you’ll run away now, I’ll dress. Oh, Jef­ frey . . .” as he was starting for the door. “ . . . I was wondering. Why wouldn’t it be simpler if you wrote your father a nice letter about that house? You can he ap­ preciative in your explanation. If it will help, I’ll write my thanks, too.’ “No,” he said quietly, “that wouldn’t do. I’ll run down and see him and see it . . . through. He wouldn’t be satisfied otherwise and neither would I.” “I’m sure you can smooth every­ thing over. Will you offer to give him back the place?” “You don’t know Father. If he is willing, I’ll try to sell it and reim­ burse him. I doubt if he will "want to do that. It’s a little hard to say, but . . .'but this is the end of a good many things in Parville.” $ & “Quinn!” Judge George Castle’s voice called brusquely from his room a very few moments after he had arrived at the office. Victor entered and stood waiting “Yes, sir?” “Shut the door. Sit down.” Quinn obeyed both orders. The Judge appeared to be in an ill humor. “Jeffrey was down. He returned to the city last night. He will not be back here.” “Not coming back? But I thought it (To be continued) Plant 18,000 Trees As Contribution To Aid Reforestation By Rev. James Anthony in the London Free Press Planting 18,000 trees besides do­ ing an admittedly good job at gen­ eral farming on a large scale may well be regarded as doing pretty well in the interests of reforesta­ tion. Yet thiat is what Arthur Gar­ diner, of the famous Thames Road district in Us'borne Township in the County of Huron, has accomplish­ ed. Mr. .Gardiner’s house plot is tastefully laid out with beautiful seasonable flowers. These plots are not of the straight-line convention­ al type, (but graceful and varied curves prevail. Flowers and shrub­ bery are effectively arranged with here and there a rare plant that gives a suprised interest to the onlooker, A graceful juniper tree is coming into its early beauty. “The jack rabbits are a nuisance a destructive pest, indeed,” Mr. Gar­ diner said, ^and he pointed out tree after tree t'hat has been nearly des­ troyed by those predatory little animals. Last winter when the snow was deep the rabbits stripped ' the limbs of many a fine tree. The small trees are ruined in a few min­ utes by these foes of all good tree planting. “Why do' you plant trees,” we asked. “It would ne a dull country with­ out trees. "Then after a little they will furnish us with good wood, to say nothing of affording shade and nesting places for the birds.” On the windward side of the farmyard is a fine plantation of evergreens; In a very few years this TORONTO Try Hotel Waverley Located on Wide Spadlna Ave. at College St. Easy Parking Facilities Convenient to Highways Rates Single - - $1.50 to $150 Double : • $150 to $5.00 Four to Room, $5.00 to $6,00 • Close to the University, Parliament Buildings, Maple Leaf Gardens, Theatres, Hospitals, Wholesale Houses, and the Fashionable Retail Shopping District. A. M» POWELL, President RELATIVES SHARE LONDON ESTATE The nephews and nieces are as late James Ryder, prominent dis­ trict retired farmer, will share about $4:2,000 of his estate, accord­ ing to terms of the will, filed for probate. Mr. Ryder, - who died Sept.. 16, left an estate valued at $46,000, of which $38,180 was in stocks and bonds, and $6,218 in cash. The nephews andn nieces are as follows: Anthony and Patrick Lam- phler, Julia Nagle, Nellie Grace and Ed. Brown, all of R.R. 3, Lucan; Laura Glavin, Crediton; Cecelia Seawall, Laura -Brown and Mamie Hughes, all of Detroit. Plot will be a real asset to the farm­ yard as it will not only keep off the force of the wind but will act as a good snowbreak. “You have them planted pretty thickly?” we queried. “While the great majority of the trees grow, we find some dying,” he said. “The strongest survive. After the trees get well established we can thin them out by trans­ planting. In this way we are quite sure of a uniform growth." We made some remarks about the soil .around the little trees- being as clean as a good summer fallow, to which iMr. iGardinei* replied: “We clean the soil as well as we can be­ fore planting. We plant the rows sufficiently far apart to allow good cultivation by horse power. In ad­ dition we use the hoe. The plants need to get off to a good, start and to be kept growing until they can fend for themselves. There’s no use planting trees and then neglecting them.” “What about windbreak?” “The soft maples .grow rapidly. Three years ago we got hold of a lot of Carolina poplars. When we planted them they were little stub­ like looking things about as thick as one’s finger. Today many of these are 18 feet high. The Mani­ toba maples are rapid growers. In any case, the trees must be looked after.” “What about time for this sort of work?” “We simply found the time. We wanted the trees and simply went at it.” It must be remembered that Mr. Gardiner did his tree planting in (addition to doing good general farming. No one has any fault to find with Mr. Gardiner as a general farmer. One cannot but think that this work has much to do with his getting so much done. “Where do you d’o your tree planting?” “We utilize land that is waste or near waste or difficult to culti­ vate for that purpose. We like to cultivate the land that yields us the best returns. If a field runs , to a point, owing to road con­ struction or for some such reason, we plant trees, making the field square or oblong as the case may­ be, in this way saving any difficulty in working it and having the trees make up for any loss.” “Keep planting -a tree, Jock,” the old Scottish farmer told his son “It will be growing into money while you’re asleep.” Canadian Bacon Praised Canadian Wiltshire bacon, accord­ ing to an official report from Glas­ gow, is being received by the Scot­ tish provisions trade with extreme satisfaction. Cut, selection, and col­ or r of the meat are all that could be desired. COD LIVER OIL PROCESSING IN CANADA EXPANDED ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR War has .brought rapid expan­ sion of cod liver oil processing in Canada. Up to a year ago, 75 per cent, of the cod liver oil used in Canada was imported. German occupation of Norway cut off a main source of supply. iFor a time, there was danger of serious shortage. It was decided to develop the Canadian industry. Already such progress has been made in the Maritime Provinces and Eastern Quebec as to give promise of self-sufficiency. Sixteen new cod liver oil plants, many of them small, and some still in the experimental stage, are now operating on the Atlantic Coast and eight plants have enlarged their facilities looking to an increased output. Total production of cod liver oil this year is expected to be approximately 20|0,000 gallons compared with a production of 36,- 000 gallons in 1938 and 56,000 gallons in 1939. This* oil is suitable for use as medicinal oil or as a feeding oil for livestock and poul­ try. In addition a production of a low-grade cod livei’ oil known in the trade as “common cod oil” and suitable only for industrial uses amounting to 109,000 gallons in 1938 and 1*20,0 010 |gallons in 1939, will be obtained. There are three refining plants equipped to manufacture medicinal cod liver oil; one of the plants has been enlarged this year and another plant has been newly established. It is expected that 100,000 plants of medicinal cod liver oil will be produced. In addition to the increased pro­ duction of cod liver oil on the east­ ern coast, there has 'been a marked increase in the production of feed­ ing oils composed of fish oils pro­ duced on the west coast. These oils are fortified with vitamins and are sold in increasingly large quan­ tities in eastern Canada and in Eng­ land and Australia. Steps are being taken by the Wartime .Prices Board in coopera­ tion with the Departments of Ag­ riculture, Fisheries and National Health and with Provincial author­ ities to secure more adequate labor­ atory testing facilities for vitamin oils. Already a laboratory for the testing of feeding oils has been established by the Department ot Agriculture at Ottawa. In order to faciliate the export of fish oils, particularly of the in­ dustrial type, from the Pacific Coast, the Board has appointed an officer at Vancouver to affix the Board’s approval to export licenses. The more a man knows the less he blows. The Exeter Times-Advocate Esta-hUshed 1873 and 1387 at Exeter, Ontario * Published every Thursday xiornlng SUBSCRIPTION—$2,0;0 per year in advance RATES—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 wordM. Reading notices IQc. per line, Card of Thanks 50c. Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. per line. Ia Memoriam, with one verse 50o, extra verses 25c. each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Professional Cards GLADMAN & STANBURY (F. W. 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The only difference now is that thousands of Canadians and Americans have learned about this marvelous climate and Vic­ toria has become a very busy win­ ter resort. This year is expected to be busier than, ever because Canadians are barred from spend­ ing holidays in tho United States ahd Americans are given a ten per cent bonds on their holiday money if they spend it in Canada. Reason enough for the Unprece­ dented interest being shown In the West Coast city; as a holiday land, All through the winter Victoria has every type of summer sport; Golf on splendid seasido courses, tennis, lawn bowling, riding, or­ ganized hiking, fishing and yacht­ ing. The major sports event is the Empress Winter Golf Tourna­ ment, which will be held this winter from March 9 to 15 with dozens of valuable prizes at stake. The most important holiday is Christmas, which is celebrated at the world famous Einpress Hotel in the good old-fashioned ways of Elizabethan. 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