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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-03-18, Page 7* THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 18ft, 1943 “Secrets in Love” by Phyllis Moore Gallagher was any But Has (Ppg Lost Anthony? Peg sank back in the cab. She being very careful not to show excitement or any expectation, she was thinking that as soon as this Damara .business was finished up, Anthony would come back to Aunt Mehalie’s, and, somehow, she would be able to make him under stand what had happened to her to night, He would walk in and look down deep in her eyes—and know, She said then, still holding her pose even though it didn’t stop the funny shaking of her knees: "Joan and I will be waiting for you, Anthony. You’ll come back to the house later tonight, won’t you? We’ll want to hear everything.” Anthony said: “Sure.’ And then suddenly his expression changed. "Gads, I almost forgot! I promised to take Evangeline to the Chevy Chase Club tonight I’d better give her a ring and tell her I’ll be a little late, I’ll see ydu gals tomorrow, however.” He turned then and hurried to-; ward the hotel; Pressing her face' against the cab window, Peg felt tears 'springing unexpectedly and frighteningly to the backs of her eyes. She took in everything about Anthony—the tall body, lean and graceful as a New England elm, the quick anxious step, the tilt of his sandy head. Through her tears he seemed to disappear into a fog and J mist that dimmed the very outline of her hopes. Fog and mist she:®’ thought, were a part of human life, I and love was the single highlight.* But she had learned this too late,1 she knew now, for as she watched, An- I want Tp re- in in Feb- Joan was lost in a lovely cloud of her own these days, Peg knew, She and iDuncan—who had completely got over Nadeja Damara —- Were going places and doing things. •Over and over during the day at the office Peg would look at the telephone and fancy herself picking up the instrument and calling An thony’s number, and saying: tliony, I’ve got to see you. to tell you that I love you. mind you that once you said you’d foe waiting — always,” 'But she never did it because she was too proud and because in her heart she believed with a sick, cold conviction that Anthony wasn’t waiting; that he no longer cared. Perhaps he had been, she told her self miserably, just as wrong thinking he loved me as I was thin'Mng I loved 'Hewitt. Distracting Nows . And then, on the 15th of j ruary- Peg 'learned exactly -how An thony Covington felt about Evange line Martin. She was in the office that morning when Mr. Nelson came out of his suite and handed Peg a newspaper. It was folded back carefully t o the social section, to a picture of a fragile looking blonde girl with enormous eyes lashes, with smoothly from lips that were gently tipped' at the corners. .Beneath the photograph was the ’’ | announcement of ,Miss Evangeline '■, Martin’s engagement to Anthony Covington of the State Department. and darkly sweeping fair hair brushed a high forehead, with soft and curved and to.ue,.nuew V';' b ™j Mr. Nelson was saying brightly:Anthony walking away from her the , nn . highlight seemed to fade, to go out. Peg didn’t try to fool herself. She faced this clearly, determinedly,- arrive about her to whole unpleasant incident, Darling, dp you know, I haven’t had a letter from you in a week and not once have I been able to get you on the telephone.” 'There had -been other letters re ferring tp* the wedding: "Only a month now, sweet, As soon as I come back we’ll announce our engage ment, That’ll be on the 15 th, you know. I’m taking a plane. I’ll at the Washington airport 10,30 A.M..” He had, of course,, expected meet him. And until Mr. Nelson had mentioned Hewitt she had quite for gotten that this was. the 15th of February, that Hewitt would return from Florida at 10.30, She hadn’t in the least made up her mind how she was going to tell him that every thing was changed, She hadn’t planned anything except not marry ing Hewitt. More than two weeks ago she had put his diamond back into its heart- shaped plush box, had snapped the lid firmly and had 'known that she would never open it again. Ijpven as she had done it she had hoped about Anthony. She had told herself that Anthony would certainly come one day soon to Aunt Mehalie’s, that he would see her bare third finger and then . . ! But Anthony hadn’t come and now his engagement was ■being announced to Evangeline tin. Mar- I . "That’s the chap you picked up at p the auction that day, isn’t it, Peg?” Peg looked up from the paper and will, her mouth struggling against I “J"' '>l>s went through the motions its trembling and her eyes fighting a smile Her lingers "'ere icy but back that mist. Anthony was hurry jhCT heart dld not betlay by a ing to telephone Evangeline Martin that lie would be a little late tonight —lie was hurrying with an anxious ness that love alone could inspire. single hurried beat. She said, steadying her mouth and smiling at him: “Yes it is, Mr. Nel son.” She dropped her stricken eyes back to the paper. "Evangeline Mar tin is very lovely, isn’t she-? She’s— they’re both very lucky.” Mr Nelson said: "Quite from Joan, who in turn had heard isn’t it, Peg? Those two, it from Anthony at luncheons or Meeting in Shanghai last parties. For Anthony did not come ing through that bombing together, back to the house in C___ that next morning or any day in the, ton. Real story -book stuff, weeks that followed. Peg learned ‘ speaking of the auction, Peg, some things from reading the news- haven’t been over since I had the papers and some from sitting in at Van Dyke reframed, have you? I had Aunt Mehalie’s tea parties.. Indeed I it placed over the mantel in the the whole of Washington was stand- j library. Got a nice lighting effect on ing on its staid old head over case. CHAPTER XXIII ’EVERYTHING Peg found out about the Damara. case she heard You can continue to place out your Fats and Bones for collec tion by your Street Cleaning Department where such a system is in effect. SF433 Department of National War Services NATIONAL SALVAGE DIVISION You can take your fat drippings, scrap fat and bones to your meat dealer. He will pay you the established price for the dripping and the scrap fat. If you wish, you can turn this money over to your local Voluntary Salvage Committee or Registered Local War Charity, or— You can donate your fat dripping, scrap fat and bones to your local Voluntary Salvage Committee if they collect them in your com munity, or— "Very convenient of the old boy to DISTRICT STUDENTS PASS kick the bucket new so you wouldn’t have to wait for this big moment, MUSIC EXAMINATIONS wasn’t it. But-you’d figured that out, * ................. hadn’t you? You d looked him up didates for the Western Ontario m Who’s Who and had discovered conservatory of Music held durin; that ho was 79 and that he couldn’L ^he month of February possibly hang on much longer!” if" • ~ - - And then she did hear him. tears there ning ning. at him like that without speaking. Then she said, coldly: "That was a contemptible thing for you to say, Hewitt, I wonder why I ever thought for even a second, that I loved you. I see now that every one was right about you-—I, alone, was wrong, I defended you all the time and there __, wasn’t anything to defend, really," ‘ Farnecomb, R.R. 4, Denfield. She looked down at her desk,1 pushed aside the paper with the headlines and handed him the edi tion which Mr. Nelson had brought into her office, Hewitt looked at the photograph of Evangeline Martin and then his eyes lifted to Peg’s. She said, cruelly: "I suppose you have it marked down, somewhere on a card or in your memory, that I can’t stand seeing people suffer and that the gentle touch with me is almost always a sure-fire thing!” Brutal Passion Hewitt realized that Peg stood him, now perhaps as ever had before—or even again. It made him furious, growing anger in his face was li'kle a sky darkening before a clap of thunder, shade upon shade imper ceptibly darkening into an intense ness of violence. He moved around behind the desk where Peg stood. She shrank back frightened, her fingers against the sudden pounding in the base of her throat. He said: "All right, I’m a heel. But that does n’t alter the fact that I love you. That no one’s going to have you but . me, ever. I’d kill any one who tried I to take you away from me. Remem- I her that, see!” ,His hands reached out and caught her trembling shoulders. In one swift moment she was in his arms and his mouth was moving over her face, her hair, straining her lips. He was kissing her fiercely then, hungrily, with the primitive urgency of a man for a woman. Peg struggled against him. Stood, finally, pressed against her desk for support, her face white with rage, her fingers shaking on her bruised mouth. "I want you like that, Peg Patter son,” he said bitterly. I’ve always wanted you like that. And I mean to have you.” He picked up his cases then with a savage emphasis, went into his office and slammed the door so that the wall lights jingled and the girls in the stenographer’s pool got up from their desks and made a little knot of startled faces at their door. For a long crucifying moment Peg just stood where Hewitt had left her, a chill moving up her spine. She’d never seen Hewitt li'kle this, a complete reversion to the boy who had been born in Foggy Bottom, who had known cheap women and who had treated her then as if she were one of them. Among llio Hot of successful can- The that had crowded her eyes; was a radiance of angei1 run" over her like Summer light- For a long moment she stared undor- no one would The ■g ’ were the following: Piano, Grade d, first class honors, Douglas Beckell, St. Marys; Grade 4, first class honors, Margar et Gappa, St, Marys; Grade 3, first class honors, Filip <^appa, St. Marys, Gertrude Enns, St. Marys, Joan Lu cille Gill, Grand Bend; honors, Bet ty Anna Mae Rove, Dashwood; Grade 2, first class honors, Joan Bell, St. Marys; Barbara Ann Clark, St. Marys; honors, Coleen Gill, Parkhill, Audrey May Bestard, Parkhill; Grade 1, first class hon ors, Betty Green, Grand Bend; Edith INDUCT NEW PASTOR AT CROMARTY CHURCH After several postponements account of the road conditions, induction of Rev. W. A. MacXVilliam into the Cromarty Presbyterian Church, was The service J. K, West, ducted charge, wood, service, riate sermon from the text Matthew 16:18. Following the induction, Rev. Donald Maclnnes of Milverton addressed the newly-inducted mini ster and the congregation, In his address Mr. Boudreau voiced his firm belief in the .'Chris tian church and stressed its influ ence on the world. The inducting minister, Mr. West then reviewed the steps leading to the call of the new minister and proceeded with the induction ceremony. This was followed by prayer. Addressing the congregation Mr. Maclnnes emphasized the need family worship and reminded the people that this practice made a helpful contribution to life not only of their families but inunity at large, addressed himself ducted minister, reminding him of ( j his high calling in the ministry of I behalf of that organization. Cromarty held Friday afternoon, was in charge of Rev, Monkton, who also in- MacWilliam into his Rev. M, E. R. Boudreau, At- assisted in the devotional and preached an approp- 7 Mr, Thomas Scott and Jas. Hill then in troduced the minister and his wife to the congregatipn present. Prior to the service, the ladies of the Cromarty church served a fowl dinner to the congregation and the ministers of the Presbytery present. Christ and of his responsibilty as shepherd of his congregation. Mr. MacXVilliam was then welcomed to the Stratford Presbytery .by the speaker and. the newly-inducted minister gave the benediction. The offering was then received and Mrs. T. L. propriate solo. An adress of livered by James session of the This welcome was corroborated by Mrs. James Hill and Mrs. Thomas Scott, president and first vice-presi dent, respectively, of the Women’s Missionary Society, who spoke in Mrs. Hewitt Learns Truth Hewitt Gill’s plane was a hour late. He didn’t get to the office till nearly noon. The minute he opened the office door and Peg lift-, ed her blue-black eyes to his, he knew. He came into the room slowly, put his airplane cases down and flung his newspaper across them His gaze moved from Peg’s quiet little face to her bare left hand. Then he said, simply: So it’s like that, is it? No letters in two weeks. You’re not wearing my ring. - You didn’t meet me at the airport. It, all -adds up doesn’t it? Look here. Peg, if some gossip drifted up to Washington about Thalia and me; it didn’t mean a thing. I saw a lot* of her, of course. I told you I was going to. I told you in precisely what was going was entirely business.” Peg said, her voice even and dispassionate: hear a thing about you Hewitt. It’s simply that—Oh, Hewitt this is hard to tell you. I don’t like to hurt you. But I—I can’t marry you. I think I knew it first that afternoon in your apartment when I was going through the cards on your desk'. I felt different then. Something happened to me—inside. And then later—just a little while latei’ that night—I knew that I did n’t love you. That I never had loved you, really.” Hewitt stood across, from her desk as she spoke, his hands dug down in his pockets. His dark.eyes blazed furiously. "It’s Anthony (Covington, isn’t it? There are a lot of things quite clear now that weren’t in the least clear before!” And then, all at once, Hewitt bent a little and lifted the newspaper off of his luggage. He opened the paper with a vicious movement of his hands and flung it down on the desk front page out. Peg looked at The headlines and her' eyes widened, her lips well apart. half- for the spiritual members of to the com speaker then the also The to the newly in romantic, I mean, year. Go- Georgetown t And then meeting again in Washing- And you the ■ it. I’d like you and Hewitt and Aunt JMehalie to see it now.- I’ll call Aunt and havePeg learned that neither of the Mehalie one evenin;.g soon Damaras had been tried as spies for X°u over to dinner. How’s that?” Peg said: "That would be nice Mr.reasons best known to the author ities. She knew that inside of the | Nelson.” And her voice sounded as card, concealed between its smooth,! ft would be nice. But she wasn’t deceptive sides, Military Intelli-j really thinking about the invitation; gence had found a thin silk slip slle was remembering that once she with information of deadly im-1 had stood before the Van 'Dyke with ■portance to any potential enemy of I Anthony and had been terrifically the United States. • She knew that happy. in the shabby room of the Imperial Hotel the intelligence men had found maps, pamphlets, blueprints, photographs and that one of them had been almost electrocuted on aj wired button which had been placed to protect certain papers. There wasn’t the slightest doubt that Nadeja and Emmanuel Damara were spies. And Peg learned finally, as the days slid past, that they had paid a $10,000 fine each and had been deported, moment on the high seas. Anthony Evades Peg For days Peg had tried to Anthony. Always on her lunch ho“ur she would go to the restaurant where Anthony usually ate. She took to picketing the State Depart ment, but could not bring about an accidental meeting with him. But not once did she see him; not once did he Georgetown, to Joan that for dinner, him,” she had offered for an excuse. But each time Joan reported, un suspectingly, Evangeline’s having a dinner tonight. Taking Anthony and Iler guests to the National after- ward,” or "Anthony lias a date with Evangeline.” They were at see come to the house in Twice Peg suggested they have Anthony out Aunt Mehalie misses News of Hewitt voice cut across hei’ a ikmife cutting a "Speaking of ro- Mr. Nelson’s thoughts like string of pearls, i mance,” he said, "I bet you’re glad (Hewitt will be back today!” Peg looked at Mr. Nelson, feeling a swift rush of amazement through her brain. Even as she and her god father talked about 'Hewitt and then about business, Peg was realizing that she hadn’t really thought of Hewitt in days. She had had an I almost daily letter from him which •, she had read with scarcely vague in terest. There had been one letter which had bordered on a tone of abusive ness. "What was the big idea?” he had wanted to know in his clear black writing. "Why did you reverse the information on that Josiah Bates’ card? As a result of that un reasonable practical jokle, I had a cocktail, glass and all, thrown in my face.” In subsequent letters Hewitt had been contrite and worried about her silence. "Forget what I said about the Josiah Bates’ card, darling. I didn’t mean to scold, but for the lile of me I couldn’t understand why you did it. But that’s over and done With now and I have dismissed the Start to Sneeze Kose Starts to Run Then comes the cold which, if not attended to immediately, shortly works down into the bronchial tubes, and the cougn starts. On the first sigh of a cold or cough go to any drug counter and get a bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup. You will find it to be a prompt, pleasant and reliable remedy to help you get rid of your trouble.It lias been on the market for the past 48 years. Don’t experiment with* a substitute and be disappointed—got "Dr. Wood’s”. Price 35c a bottle; the large family size, about 3 times as much, 60c. ’ Look for the trade mark "3 Pino Trees.” Tho T. Milburn Co., Limited, Tordpto, Oht. ** Scott sang an ap- de- the welcome was Scott, clerk of Cromarty church. X my letters on. But it completely ■ “I didn’t and Thalia, CHAPTER XXIV IT WAS the noon edition newspaper that Hewitt tossed on Peg’s desk. He said, contemptu ously, his dark! eyes raking her face: "You hadn’t planned oh something exactly like this, of course, when you decided Anthony Covington was a far better catch than I! Oh^ I get it all now. -I was playing the decoy role. Making the competition stiff, Bringing Anthony Covington in line for you. That was pretty cheap, Peg, Pretty obvious, too!” Peg looked at the headlines again, the black letters standing out hor ribly and separately in her mind: NATHANIEL COVINGTON z OF STROKE the words beat against her for acceptance, for belief, pic- slid through her mind yith a A Christinas of a down DIES As brain tu res poignant persistence tree in the dining room and a tail, gaunt old gentleman grinning like a youngster because he had been remembered with a lot of inexpens ive presents, A dull sorrow, like a half-lulled sense of pain, moved over Peg as she thought of the way he had looked at Joan and Anthony at the airport, loving them, not finite understanding them-—but 'loving them. "Maybe you’re a better judge of a bed than I. . Howitt Bitter1 Peg’s mouth began to She didnT hear Hewitt tremble, talking, (To be continued) Grand Bend Red Cross The monthly meeting of the Red Cross was held in the Public School rooms on March 8. was in attendance opened by singing ‘ Forever”. 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