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/‘Have you any idea/' Jack asked
“as to who might have played such
a practical joke on you?’
“X wish I had,”
lipped ,as he said it,
my fingers on him,
a deuced
you, You.
going out
“I was
shame
really
yet.”
already o
t
He was thin-
“I’d like to lay
Anyway, it was
have to bother
haven't any busi-
to
out anyway/’ said
Jack shortly, “And I'm as fit as a
fiddle,” #
“That’s right/’’ answered Hedway
“we did find you with an empty gas
tank and a, pretty lady out by the
Side of the road."
“With Katherine Stall” answered
Jack
“I
town
little
“I
than
“Pretty, too,
“And entertaining, We were
a fine time when we ran onto y.ou
two out there. Just talking, you un
derstand, and kidding. Witty, your
wife is."
“Yes,” said Jack, “Very, Here’s
where you drop me off, Hedway.”
The front doorbell at Jane Mor
ton’s buzzed raucously through the
big house, Jane Morton started, sat
up in bed, and listened. It rang
again. Slowly she crawled from bed
patted her long iron-grey hair*back
into some semblance of order and
drew on a faded gray bathrobe. Then
she went to the door.
“Jack Castler!” she exclaimed.
“In the middle of the night! What
on earth? Is Winnie sick?/
“No,” he told her grimly,
nie is all right. But I’ve come after
Hope.”
“At this hour? Well, you
get her! She’s sound asleep."
“Please, Miss Morton.” His
was appealing now. “I know
bad hour to go dragging lier out of
bed. But I want to talk to her.”
“What about?” The tall thin wo
man glared at him suspiciously.
“Sorry Miss Morton, but it’s pri
vate. Family affairs."
“Jack Castler,” she snapped, “I
never did have any faith in you.
■Now i have less than ever.”
“Oh, you used to have faith in
me,” he reminded her. /You used
to say you’d swear by my medical
advice.”
“That,” she informed him acidly
“was before you married my niece
Winnie right out from under tny
nose. And just when she was get
ting to ‘be a help to me.”
“When I married Winnie,” said
Jack Castler, and his voice was not
quite steady, “I showed the best
judgment of my life. And now if
you’ll call Hope, please.”
With a final sniff, she turned and
moved away. I-Ie saw her mount the
stairs, like some thin white wraith
in the semidarkn'ess! He heard her
open a door overhead. Then Hope,
clad in blue pajamas covered by a
blue dressing gown, came .dashing
from the steps.
“Jack!” she cried eagerly, grab
bing his arm. “How nice of you to
come for me in the middle of the
night!”
“Want to go home with me now?
‘‘Sure.” Bhe pointed to the bun
dle under her arm. “Got my clothes
right with me. Let’s go.” Over her
shoulder she called. “Thanks for
hospitality, Aunt Jane,” And to
Jack she added in lowered tones,
“What there was of it!”
The house seemed Very quiet
as they entered the front door. The
dining room was in perfect order;
Winnie’s basket of darning stood on
the little stand in the corner. Her
smock hung from a hook just inside
the kitchen door.
“Where’s Winnie?”
ded, turning to the
man by her side. "In
“Hope, 1 shouldn’t
out of bed. But—-I
it—alone. You and I
read slowly:
Jack: Things couldn’t go on. this
way; i can’t live with a man whom
I can’t trust, if I am wrong—if I
have failed you—forgive me. Hope
i leave with you, for you can take
care of her better than I. Hope’s
grown up now, anyhow. She knows
how much I love her.
“If you love another woman I do
not blame you, Love whom you
please. As for my loving you, noth
ing but death can ever end that,
Winnie.”
“Jack," breathed Hope, and him
voice was hushed with awe, “she’s
left us. Our Winnie,”
evenly.
hope the’ girls got back to
safely, You have a mighty fine
wife, Castler-. Mighty fine.”
realize that—-probably
anyone else.”
” he went on
■better
easily,
haying
“Win-
won' t
voice
it’s a'
she—she couldn't have,
•we three,
be any-
whole obligation,”
“So she doesn’t want to tell Tim
because she’s in love with some
one else. X bet I know whom I ”
“Oh, It's all so involved. But I
was sworn to secrecy; so I felt I
could do nothing, Food that I was,
to keep my promise to her. I in
tended, of course, to’ tell Winnie the
whole thing after it was settled,”
“But last night, Jack?”
“Oh, yes. Last night Katherine
came to me/ crying, and told me
she wanted to go out and talk to
the parents of the hoy to wham she
was obligated. She 'believed that
she might get them to keep* their
.boy from exposing her. As my last
service to her, I was to take hdr
out.
“But she kept saying that if Win-
found this out, it would kill
So, soft-hearted idiot
I didn’t tell. Oh, Hope!
think that we’ve lost
that I
Hope I
her—
What a
sank to
that trem-
softly she
her small
vowed
ovei’
be-
sol
jack.
He put
“And
CHAPTER. XI
“Yes, she’s left us.” He said the
words, though his lips .seemed hard;
ly to move. “She’s left us—our’
Winnie."
“Jack,
For years there’ve been-
Always we three. It can’t
thing else, ever."
“What a fool I’ve been,
soft easy fool,” His head
his hands on the table. For several
seconds Hope stood silently and
looked at him—at his dark bowed
head, his lean broad shoulders, his
strong muscular hands
bled now a little. Then
stepped over and laid
hand on his black hair.
If“Jack?” she asked quietly.
“Yes, my little- Hope?” He raised
his eyes now to look at her. To Jack
Hope would always be a child.
“I guess you think I’m still pretty
young. But I’m 19.”
“I know that, Hope. You’re
young lady, really.”
“Then don’t you think I ought
know—why she left you?”
“Yes,” he said, “you ought
a
to
to
know. You ought to know so that
you'll never make the mistake I’ve
made. I should have known that
even love must have its limitations
-that it can trust only so long.”
“She didn't trust you?”
“I never doubted that she did;
took that for granted. But now I
•that she
don’t blame
“Trust you
“Hope, I’m
I
see-
I
Annual W»M« S. Rally is Held at Auburn
The annual rally of Huron Pres-
byteri’al Women’s Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian L’liurch in Can
ada was held on Tuesday, Septem
ber 12th, In Knox Presbyterian
church. Auburn. with morning and
afternoon sessions. There was a
splendid, attendance, delegates being!
present from Auburn, Bly th, Clin-*
ton, Exeter* Goderich and Seaforth.
The meetings were conducted by
the first vice-president, Mrs. W. J.
Thompson* of Seaforth, as the presi
dent, Mrs. H, Jack, of .Seaforth, re
signed
call to
The
charge
forth,
season
of each auxiliary took part.
The theme f-or the rally Was “Vic
tory through Prayer.” Mrs, ThoniD-
son sooke of the urgent need for
God’s guidance, “We all have our1
difficulties and sometimes our faith
is weak, but God can help us to
win the victory in our lives if we put
our trust in Him. We are praying
for victory for our armed forces.
Let us also Dray that the forces of
truth and right may conquer evil
wherever
A letter
extending
hers, and
for the work
The treasurer
of Seaforth, announced an
in contributions to date, I
was still more to be done before
the allocation is reached.
Many helpful suggestions were
made by the secretaries, of the vari
ous departments. A request for
clothing and Christmas gifts was
made by the supply secretary, Miss
A. Macdonald, of Goderich, Miss E.
Taylor, of Goderich, literature sec
retary, had a splendid display of
all kinds of missionary literature,
and gave an interesting summary of
the books for sale.
A discussion on “Membership"
was led by Mrs. A. Taylor, of Gode
rich. Each auxiliary had a part in
the discussion, and a number of
good suggestions were made that to the session and board of man
will prove helpful to other auxil
iaries. The morning session then
closed with prayer.
A delightful lunch was served by
bhe Auburn ladies, and the after-
noon session opened nt 1.45 p.m.
with Miss M» E. Rrpwn, of
in charge of the devotional
PlsewlPn Groups
when Mr, Jack accepted a
Sydney, Nova Scotia.
devotional period was in
of Mrs. R, Kerslake, of Sea-
and this was followed bv a
of prayer, in which a member
it exists.”
was read from Mrs. Jack,
greetings to all the mem
prayersrequesting then’
in, Sidney.
Mrs. J. B,, Russell.
. increase
but there
formed
1.
Exeter,
period.
Discussion groups were
; to, study the following topics: i “Co-operation/' led by Miss L. Jeck-
ell, of Exeter, 2. — «<--*•*—»
led by Mrs, K, R.
Toronto.
led by Mrs.
forth. The
was brought
and a number of questions were an
swered by Mrs. Schroeder, who was
the guest speaker.
Her subject was “Out Missionary
Dollar—Where Does It Go?” She
stated that the war had made great
changes in foreign mission work.
Many missionaries had to return to
Canada, but other fields had been
opened and every one of them was
doing splendid work. Some of them
are in British Guiana, some are
doing deaconness work here in Can
ada, and still more workers are need
ed. Part of the missionary dollar
goes to the work in the Indian
schools, to hospital work, to deacon
ess work in war plant communities,
to providing (Christian literature
and to helping ministers in bombed-
out communities,
“As W.M.S, members,” said the
speaker, “we are vitally interested
in this fine work, and should be
doing our part to see that the boys
and girls are receiving training in
our Mission Bands and girls’ groups;
so that they-
on.
“Today we
portunity to
Christ, not alone by our dollars, but
by our faith in God and our unsel
fish service wherever it is needed.”
A vote of thanks was tendered
to Mrs. Schroedei’ by Mrs. A. Taylor
for her address.
Miss Josephine Weir presided at
the organ and sang a beautiful solo
.at the afternoon meeting,
Mrs, G, Bisset, of Goderich, ex
pressed the thanks of the members
‘Better Meetings.”
Schroeder, of
“Methods of Giving,”
J. B< Russell, of Sea
report of each group
to the general meeting
•l
able to carry
have a
spread
wonderful op-
the Gospel of
your druqpist fiff
this prescription/"
This month Canadian druggists from coast to
coast are out to sell $1,000,000 worth of War
Savings Stamps!
They’ll need your help to reach that objective.
So every time you buy a brick of Borden’s Ice
Cream—or any other item—at your druggist’s,
be sure to buy a War Savings Stamp, too. And
if you can’t get an ice cream brick, buy a
War Savings stamp instead!
More 'than ever, our fighting forces need the
supplies that War Savings Stamps will buy. And
for you they offer a grand way to save «. . Cost
only a quarter—but how they do mount up!
nie
her.
am,
To
through this!”
+ “We’ll get her back,”
Hope. “We’ll hunt the world
for her.”
“If we can ever make her
lieve and understand.”
“She will,” answered Hope
emnly. “She’ll believe you,
“Faithful little Hope.”
one arm about hei’ tenderly,
poor Kathy. If she’d only go back
to Tim. Too bad a new fellow had
to enter the scene, make her for
get her real love, and complicate
matters. But my ..hands are tied.”
“Back to Tim,” murmured Hope.
Then suddenly, “Oh, Jack, do you
really
deal?”
“Can
“No,
“Name your proof then?
“You know the big annual town
dance next Wednesday night.”
“Yes. Do you want to go?”
“Very much. Will you
“Won’t Larry want to
“Don’t want him to.
to. Is it a promise?"
“There isn’t much dancing left in
my heart," he told her, “but I can’t
refuse you anything. So it’s a prom
ise.”
“Oh, swellI I mean—splendid.
And one more thing, Jack. I must
have clothes.”
“Like all the ladies, aren’t you?
When did you ever start thinking
about clothes?”
“Be serious, doctor dear. May I
buy a new outfit? Just what I
want?”
“You’re 19, and you should have
good judgment. So the sky’s the
limit. It will be your first clothes
buying spree. So to Wilton’s and
charge what you want to me. But
remember, don’t 'buy more than half
the store.”
“A promise,” she laughed. "Not
more than half the store."
“A gown for the annual town
dance,” she told them at Wilton’s.
“Something very lovely. Will you
have one of your shoppers help me
pick it out?”
“Gladly." They
er to help her.
“At the town
Hope frankly, “I
loveliest that I’ve ever been in my
choose
that
love
you
but
I
me? A great, great
doubt it?"
you can prove it.”
>1
take me?”
do that?”
Want you
agers, to the ladies of the church
for their hospitality, and to Miss
Weir for the fine music. The meet
ing then closed with prayer by Mrs.
R. Stewart, of Goderich.
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STAMP DRIVEUnited Church at 2.3 0 a special
service was held for the “Unveiling
of the Honor Roll.” The service was
opened by our pastor, Rev. Mer
riam. The orchestra assisted with
the hymns with Mrs. Duffield at
the piano. Mr. Evans Inch, Supt. of
the Y.M.C.A. of No. 9, SFTS, offer
ed prayer. Sgt. Cooper favoured
with solos. Sgt. Simpkins gave a
short talk and unveiled the Honor
Roll while Sgt. Swartz sounded the
last Post and Reveille. After a
minute prayer in silence the Nation
al Anthem was sung. A trio, Mr.
Chas. Paul, Leon Paul and Miss
Shii’ley Holmes favoured with a
number, accompanied by Mrs. Paul,
in their usual pleasing manner.
The names on the Honor Roll
were; Capt. J. Falconbridge, Pte. E.
Watson, Spr. G. E. Jones, Fit. Sgt.
D. Hodgson, Cfn. R. S. Hodgson,
O/S Wm. C. Ogden, Cpl. R. N.
Merriam, Pte. 1st. class F. H. Mor
ley, Cfn. R. Parkinson, L.A.C. N.
W. Brooks, L.A.C. J. C. Hazelwood,
L.A.C. H. R. Dobbs, LAC L. ~
Dobbs, AC.1 J. H. Dobbs,
Cummings.
WHALEN
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Millson attend
ed the diamond wedding anniver
sary of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Gunning in Granton on Saturday.
Mr. Clark Switzer, of. Mount Pleasant, was a Sunday visitor
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Baillie.
Mrs. Charlotte Wadsworth,
Loudon, was a week-end visitor
Mrs. Geo. Lackie.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gunning
were Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Tookey, of London. _
Mr.
Donnie
visitors
French.
Miss ___ ,
spending a few weeks with Mr, and
Mrs. Wm. Morley.
Pte. Arthur Bennington, of Camp
Borden, and Mrs. Bennington, of
Marys, were week-end visitors
Mr. and Mrs, Bert Duffield.
W.M.S. ancl W.A.
On Thursday afternoon the
M. S. and W. A. met at Mrs. Geo.
Lackie’s home with eighteen mem
bers present. Mrs. E. Squire presid
ed over the W. M. S. The meeting
opened with singing and Mrs. Mer
riam offered prayer. The scripture
Lesson was read by Mrs.
French. Several business
were discussed at this time. Read
ings were given by Mrs. George
Squire and Marjorie Hamilton.
Mary Johnson and Mrs. Johnson
favoured with a duet. Mrs. Squire
closed the meeting.
Mrs. Wm. Morley
chair for the W. A.
opened with singing
to be Holy.
Mrs. Wm.
field and
lengthy business
and during that
cards of apprec
from Miss Mary Dayman, Miss Mary
Broolis and Mrs. Geo. Lackie,
Merriam closed the meeting,
freshmehts were served by
hostess and her assistants.
Shower for bride-to-be
On Saturday afternoon the ladies
of this community gathered at the
home of Mrs. Wm. Brooks to show
er Miss
honor of her approaching marriage.
To the
Chorus,” Dorothy
prettily decorated
Squire. Readings
Mrs, Wm. Morley,
and Mrs. Earl Johnson,, Mrs. Ralph
Parkinson sang a solo “Building’ a
Nest for Dorothy.” A sing-song was
led by Elva Morley. A
ding with Miss Olive
minister, officiating,
French took the part of
Milne Pullen as groom,
son as bridesmaid and Merle Squire
as best man. Immediately after
Shirley Squire sang “I love you
truly/' Little Marion Morley drew a
prettily decorated tea-wagon th
with the gifts. Dorothy voiced her
appreciation in a few well chosen
words. Everyone singing "For she’s
a Jolly Good Fellow.” Lunch
served,
Unveiling of Honor Boll
On Bunday afternoon in*
of
of
of
couldn’t have. And
her."
about what, Jack.?"
going to “break a
promise and tell you the story that
I didn't tell Winnie. Some day you
may see her; then you can tell it
to her for me. You must realize that
what I am going to tell you is in
strictest confidence."
“You know I’ll never tell. Never."
“Katherine came to me a few
days before she was to have left our
home here. She told me she was in
desperate trouble. While away at
school, she got mixed up with some
rich young man whom she thought
she loved. He lent her - a large
sum of money, and she lived 'high,
wide and handsome. Bet on races, I
understand/ and all that sort of
thing. The money didn’t seem to
matter so much then; she'd prom
ised to marry him.
"His folks lived six miles out in
the country from there. They learned
recently that Katherine was to
marry Tim; they told their son.
Now he’s threatening to expose her
unless she pays him back all the
money he lent her."
“But if she’d only tell Tim j He’d
forgive her, and help her to make
the debt. good. He loves her so.”
i “That’s what I told her, Hope.'
But she says that now—she loves
another man. She begged me to let
her stay on here without pay for a
few Weeks, until she could decide
what to do. She
go home until
settled."
•“‘That’s why
long?”
“Yes, And she begged me
not to tell anything of this
nie, that I promised I
“You didn’t pay her
these last few weeks?"
"No, 'but I did lend
that amounted to about
her salary would have
had to have It at, once,
make a fifst paytnent oh her debt,
She seemed so pathetic, so ashamed
of the whole, affair; if I could have,
I’d have lent her enough to pay the
said she didn’t dare
she had this thing
she stayed her so
sent a Miss Walk-
dance/’ explained
want to look the
with
an-
deman-
•looking
got yon
Hope
sober
bed?”
have
couldn’t stand
have weather
ed lots of storms together. I felt I
could weather this one better—With
you by my side.”
“What do you mean, Jack?”
“Read this, Hope, Winnie left it
for me.”
Hope took the proffered note and
so hard
to Win-
would not.”
any salary
her money
as much as
'been. She
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life.' Will you help me
clothes that will make me
Way?"
So Miss Walker did, going
her from one department to
other until they were finished.
After they had picked out the dress,
for good measure Hope
a new fall suit, too—■
and bewitching affair
white.
“You're fascinating
Walker told her. ‘
doesn’t adore it, Miss
may bring it back.”
Wearing the new suit, with the
chic new hat and gloves to match,
she left the store.
When Dr. Hedway saw her com
ing through the door into his pri
vate office, he almost gasped.
"Not—you?" he exclaimed. “Why
what’s happened?"
"Nothing,” she assured him calm
ly. "Did you think I was sick?"
"No, no. But I do believe you're
—'transformed!”
"Oh.” She laughed easily,
haps you’ve just never seen
dressed up before,”
"Decidedly, I haven't/' he
piled. "I—I didn’t dream you were
really a young lady, Miss iCastler,
I should say, an exceedingly fas
cinating young lady."
"Thank you.”
Her warm smile thanked him as
much as her words, “But I must
tell you Why X stopped in. t wanted
to*—apologize—for the other day/’
/Apologize/'
“Yes. I was horrid that day, I
realize it now,' Butting into your
private affairs the way X did. You
certainly have a perfect .right to
love whom you please.”
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CREDITON EAST
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heatherley
and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Dowdell,
of London, -spent the week-end at
“the former’s home here and with
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Motz.
Mrs. Wilson Anderson and son,
Charles, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Schroeder, at Fairfield,
Mrs, Blake Heathe, of Windsor,
is visiting with her mother, Mrs.
H, Kuhn.
AC. Art Bratt, of the Centralia
Airport, and Mrs. Bratt, have mov
ed in part of Mrs. Murray Neil’s
home. We welcome them to our
midst.
of Granton, spent
held
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their
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The meeting
“Take Time
were read by
i, Mrs, Bert Duf-
Frank Squire. A
meeting was held
time letters and
iation were read
and
of London,
at their homes
Missit,
everyone
you
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Castler
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WOODHAM
Rally Day service will be
here next Sunday morning at
a.m., September 24th.
A Sacred Concert, sponsored by
the Red Cross, will be held at this
church next Sunday evening
o'clock, September 24th.
Misses Carrie Wynn and
Rodd spent the week-end at
respective homes here.
Pte. Alvin Harness
David Stephens,
week-end guests
here.
Marjory Laing,
the week-end at her parents home.
Miss Alice Thomson, of Toronto,
spent Sunday last with her mother,
Mrs. J. Thomson and uncle Fred.
Miss Gladys Shier, of Hespeler,
was a guest for the week-end at her
parents home, Mr. and Mrs.
Shier,
Miss Evelyn Camm, of Stratford,
was a recent guest at the home of
her father, Mr. J, Camm.
HARPLEY
Pte. Jack and Mrs, Herod, who
spent the week-end at their homo
in Hagersville. have returned to
Mr, Colin Love's,
Miss Donna Haytcr has returned
to her home having spent the
mer at Grand Send.
Mrs. Robert Desjardins and
visited
friends in London.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Love and
ily spent Sunday evening with
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
Mrs. Edison Whiting. Mr, and
Whiting were celebrating
second wedding anniversary,
The Bishop of Huron will
Grace Clmrcli, Greettway, on Sunday
Sept, 24 at 5 o’clock, when lie will
confirm several candidates who have
been prepared by Rev. E. Levdh.
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