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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1946-05-23, Page 8THE TIMES-ADVQCATE, EXETER, PNTABJP, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 23rd, 1946Paw S ‘SISTERS IN LOVE’ FendersBy KATHLEEN MILLER I would like details about Dominion Chinchillas i The story thus furs Sue Francis feus fallen in love at sight with Michael Burke, handsome private secretary of Mr. Martin, father of Iler friend, Janie Martin. Michael drives sue home after a party and asks to call the next night. He does so*and meets Sue’s sister, older and more beautiful than Sue. Michael immediately turns his attention to Cynthia; Sue, feigning illness, re­ tires to her room, grieved and dis­ appointed. Cynthia comes in later and calmly announces her intention of winning Michael for a husband. CHAPTER II The next evening, Michael 1 •j * x came just as early. If anything, a little earlier. His long peal at the door- ■ bel seemed to shake the house .and bring it tumbling about Sue’s ears. She stood in the kitchen, with her small hands clenched together in the dishwater, listening to Cynthia’s gay footsteps on the stairs. Then the front door opened, creaking a trifle as it had since the last rain. She dumped the silverware into the dishpan and rattled it vigorously with her right hand. Her teeth clamped down hard on h^r lower lip, for just plain as plain in her mind’s eye, she could see Michael as he stood in the doorway. Tall and broadshouldered, with an engaging Irish grin and sparkling hazel eyes. And now his eyes must be light­ ing up at the sight of Cynthia! She was wearing her sharkskin suit with the blue accessories that matched her eyes--—and wearing Sue’s mew Easter gloves that had meant skimp­ ing on candy and sodas for., three whole weeks. ‘Big of me to lend them to her!" Sue said to herself bitterly. "Lend­ ing her bait to catch my man!" "What did you say, dear?” Mrs, Francis came out of the dining room carrying one last forgotten fork and plunked it into the dishwater. She shook a strand of graying hair out of her eyes and sighed. "Mm? "I was quantity of dishes. Mom, did you ever stop a dirty deal in life? dusting and dishes to ever washes dishes." "I saw a man wash said her mother. She towel in one hand and a wet knife in the other. "In a restaurant . . . He was up to his elbows in greasy water. Ugh! I never ate there again. Oh, dear, I do hope Cynthia won’t be late tonight. I always worry so. All this kidnapping and robbing—. But don’t you say hello to thought—.” And at that door shut. Sharply, decisively, Sue shook out the dishcloth and hung it up slowly. Her mother came in from the back porch, stooping a lit­ tle and sighing with weariness. "Mom," said Sue thoughtfully "would you like to see Cynthia get married?" She pulled off the apron over her head, rumpling the smooth brown curls. “Yes, I would,” said her mother decisively. "I’d like to see her set­ tled down in a home of her own." "Well, I wouldn’t!” Her daugh­ ter tossed the apron on the drain- lboards and went out like a miniature cyclone, slamming the door behind her. Mrs. Francis picked up the apron. "If I had a million like that I wouldn’t understand one of them,” she said; and hung the apron beside the stove. The next two weeks were a night­ mare to Sue. Michael coming and going, in a fog of infatuation, see­ ing no one hut Cynthia, hearing nothing but her voice. And -Cyn herself, growing more lovely, more Uh—nothing," said Sue, only moaning about the to think that women have Cooking and do. No man dishes once," picked up a want to go in and Mr. Burke? I moment, the front Highland Cedar LARGE RUN Sound, Straight and Peeled AT LOWER PRICES also Lumber and Shingles A. J. CLATWORTHY We Deliver Phone 12 Chamber of Commerce Meet Hensall Council in Regards Park Improvement INVESTinCHINCHILLAS luminous and excited day by day. Sue tightened hex’ lips, mentally took a hitch on hex* belt* and tided to bear it, Then one day, a little warmer even than its predecessors, they were in the hack yard, Cynthia in a dilapidated deck chair, dressed in white linen slacks and a blue rib­ bon in her burnished, little-girl curls. Mom was in the shade of the same acacia tree that sheltered the white and gold loveliness of her older daughter- Mom with a needle in her hand and the inevitable mend­ing in her lap. Only Sue was in the sunlight, in shorts and bandeau, wooing a Cali­ fornia tan that somehow evaded her pale skin which reddened, paled, and reddened again, She was on her stomach, her bare toes ging into the warm ground. "Just think!” said Cynthia, matically. "Why?" said Sue. "It's too hot." “But think,” insisted Cynthia dreamily, "It was exactly two weeks ago today that I met Michael,” "Was it?" said Sue. "How do you think Oregon would be for our honeymoon?" her sister in the same drawl, bia river highway, seeing trees, visiting his mother, does all that sound?" "Utterly dreary, to me,” said Sue, then bit her tongue and blinked her eyes at the grass. "I must be really in love,” she told herself. “It couldn’t go on hurting like this if It wasn’t the real thing—” Cynthia was burbling on. "It was nice of Aunt Sally to give us the garden party tomorrow, wasn’t it? Her home is lovely—everything is so smooth and sort of dignified. And my new dress—it was sweet of you, Mom.” "You’ll look beautiful in it,” sighed her mother. "Like a bride in white, Do Sue?" "Uh-huh. ‘"It makes that lovely won’t like it at all," she added, happily. Mrs, Francis laid down her sew­ ing. "Sue! What new devilment are you planning to annoy that poor boy? Though I’m sure is very becoming—" "Sure it’s becoming,” with satisfaction. "But And that does something very psy­ chologic to Tod. Something in his past about a woman in blue who broke his.5' heart. I’m not certain of the details. But I do know what blue does to Tod. It upsets him. Dreadfully. He sulks and—<" "Sue—’’ said her mother reprov­ ingly. "Why must you plague him so? I think Tod Galloway is a very nice boy.” "The garden party ». tomorrow would be a good time to announce your engagement, too,” said Cyn­ thia maliciously. "Economical, too. One announcement party for two engagements." “I’m not in an economical mood, either," said Sue coldly. "And— speaking of engagements and wed­ dings and things like that—-what told JChose crumpled fenders and dented bodies Mill lie ex­ pertly straightened, buffed and new plete fully repainted to restore ear apjoearance. Com- paint jobs, too, skill" finished, Ed’s Machine Shop Two Blocks East of Main Street on John Streets Grantor Backache-Kidneys Most people fail to recognize th® Seriousness of & bad back. . The stitches, twitches, and twinges are bad enough and cause great suf­ fering^ but Back of the backache and the cause of it all is the dis­ ordered kidneys crying out a warn­ ing through the back. A pain in the back is the kidneys’ Cry for help. Go to their Assistance. Get A box of Doan’s Kidney Pills. X retried/ for brickach© and Bick kidneys. l Doan’s” are put up Oblong grey ,box matk a “Maple Leaf” on the *sS&eubstitut^ ft* T* MUwn O** flat dig- dra- went on dreamy "Driving along the Colum- the big How shade of blue—Tod you like youi*dress, It’s me swell," said look older. Sue. And the dress said ‘Sue it’s blue. I did Michael say when you him?" • Cynthia flushed, what?” she parried. ‘fWhy about—about course! Didn’t you tell "Not—not yet,” said pink trace of color her skin. "Though it is of yours—’’ Sue rose to her veyed her sister have to tell him, you know,” she stated. "Oh, of course I’ll tell him!" ex­ claimed Cynthia. "You’re acting like a silly child. When we got to get the license—” “You ought to tell him before— shouldn’t she, mom? It might make a difference to him—” “What possible difference could it make to him?" Cyn rose to her feet stormily. But her eyes were shiftly ana her cheeks blazed. "You —you infant! I’ll tell him when I get good and ready and not before!" She swung around and fled into the house, head high. Sue watched her go, rebelliously. "It's a dirty trick on Michael," she said aloud, "Getting engaged to him, keeping a secret like that—" Her mother smiled soothingly, "Aren’t you making a mountain out of a molehill? People don’t regard divorce as anything shameful now­ adays. You mustn’t quarrel with your sister when she’ll be leaving » us so soon. After all, this is her business—” “It's my business, too,” said Sue, "Suppose someone else tells him—- atty chaiice acquaintance may men­ tion it casually, thinking of course he knows. Won’t Michael think us all cheap’ Hiding something that, after all, is Important. Mom—one of us should tell him, if Cyn won’t." "Now, now," said her harassed mother. "For goodness sakes, don’t meddle With other peoples’ lives! Don’t you know—-" "Other people meddle "Told him Allan, him?,’’ Cynthia. of A lingered under what business knees and sur- angrily. "You with mine!” said Sue mutinously. "Oh, well-—" And She lay again on her stomach, burying her face in the grass,She lay very still. Why did it seem, so Important to her that MP chaei be told? Because it might turn him against Cynthia? "Oh, that would be downright shabby of ma!*y she thought Hut that Wasn’t the whole story, Michael didn’t de* serve to go right up to the very day of the ceremony, not knowing. And he wasn’t going to. igue scrambled to her feet, brushing the grass from her linen suit, "I think I’ll go for a walk," she announced and stretched lazily. Emma Francis ‘ wondered momen­ tarily and surveyed her daughter anxiously. But the pale and oval face was guileless and the grey eyes clear. It would do to get away from awhile; she had around for days. "Yes, do," said Mom, "but don’t stay long. We’re having early din­ ner-—and you’d better dress. The sun will be down in half an hour." Sue considered. Perhaps she’d better. It was easier to be poised and disinterested when convention­ ally and entirely clothed. So she dropped a kiss on her mother’s cheeu, and sped into the house. In less than ten minutes, she was out of her room, in a creamy yel­ low shantung sports dress that set off her brown curls and fair skin, whisked down the stairs, and out­ doors into the late sunlight. The Martin home was three, long blocks away. Of old Spanish, archi­ tecture, it rambled desultorily around on a big lot, with an in­ formal garden and sweeping vistas of lawn. Her heart was beating widly as she walked slowly up the stairs and pushed the doorbell. Miss Martin in?" maid who opened "Miss Martin room—" So Sue walked interminable hall, to where one was playing a grand piano with marked rhythm and occasional false notes. Janie Martin swung around the piano bench. ■ Did you hear my When I play the I’m devastatingly Grab a cigarette—’ But Sue didn’t sit down. She moved restlessly about, touched a sprawling bowl of blood-red roses on the piano. "Horrible with that dress wearing," observed ‘’Aren’t they?" move. "What have all week, Janie?" "Well, I haven’t impression on the new secretary. Hp came out of thfe haze one (lav, last week long enough to bum a match from me. He hasn’t been able to see me since." "Probably afraid you’ll want him to pay it back. But where is he now? I want to see him—” “On your sister’s account—or on your* own?" asked Janie, shrewdly. "I have a message for him," said Sue, stiffly. Her gray eyes darkened resentfully. Janie was the only per­ son in the world, excepting, of course, the future Mrs. Michael Burke, who suspected the state of Sue’s heart. "So far It’s only sus­ pect, thank goodness!" thought Sue. Aloud, she said: “I have to hurry —we’re have early dinner.” "So that the bride-to-be can rest up for her announcement party to­ morrow, huh? He’s in the library— and don’t do anything I would not do ” "I with Went . _ ___ slowly to the closed door of the li­ brary*. This wa,s the doorway from which Michael had, on that night— was it only two weeks before?— "watched her for more*1 than an hour." The girl in the clinging, creamy dress was very sober as she raised a small hand and rapped, timidly and softly, against the oaken door. "Come iii," called the familiar baritone, and Sue opened the door. She waited a moment before clos­ ing it, waited for her knees to steady and for the heavy hammer­ ing pulse to die down in her throat. Michael sat at a desk at the far end of the long, paileled room, with its high rows of colorfully bound volumes climbing to a raftered ceil­ ing. He didn’t look up; his eyes were intent on his work, The after*- noon sunlight had thrown long pale beams across the desk* near where one of his slender brown hands tap-: ped restlessly upon the blotter as he wrote, "H’m!" he said. Sue was speech- less. "Oh, I can’t!" she thought, helplessly. "What will he think of me? I can’t tell him, after all!" She crept backward to the door to escape. He looked up. "Wait," he ordered, "Why, Sue! Sotry I didn’t know It Was you, Here, don’t run away! i won’t bite yon," (Continued Next Week) Next Week: Micluiel heat’s What She hah to say* She realizes what she has done, repents her meddling and determines to take a desperate why out. the child good the house for been moping "Is she asked the the door. is in the the length living of an some- on "Sue! Come in! sorrowful dirge? piano it’s a sign bored. Sit down. Janie. But you you’re been Sue been didn’t doing making an won’t do halt' that much." And a gay wave of her hand Sue back into the hall and walked The regular meeting of the Vil­ lage Council held this evening- at 8 p.m., in the Council Chamber with ail members being present. The minutes pt the previous meet­ ing were read. Moir and Kerslake: that the minutes be adopted as read. Carried. The Clei'k reported the conversation he recently had with Mr. D. Wilson, -Clerk of Sea­ forth, re sidewalks; also with Mr. Corbett, reeve of Lucan, re water­ works and the suggestions made by him as regards the same. Fink and Hyde; that the Clerk write the Department of Health in Toronto requesting them to make tests of the water in all the wells in the village. Carried. Miss C. MitchellJ appeared re the drains in her lo-; cality, |A i Chamber of composed of SmallCcombe, H. Middleton contemplated donation of land proposed by Mr. Thos, Welsh to the park and stated the conditions of the same which were greatly appreciated by the Council and will certainly be ac­ cepted and Fink: that we vision on the 1946 on June ried, Kerslake delegation from the Commerce appeared W. R. Davidson, F. Wm. Brown and R. re tbe improvements in the park and the appreciated by the fulfilled. Hyde and hold Court of Re­ assessment roll for 4th at 8 p,m. Car- and Moir; that we gather the garbage as usual May 15th and 16th as requested by the Board of Health,, and that the Clerk advertise the same as usual. Carried. Correspondence was as follows: Mrs. Bernice, tute of Products Board of Education, Exeter; Town of Clinton, J, H. Kinkead, County Engineer, Imperial Oil Ltd., Dr. J. Bell, Dept, of Agriculture; same considered and filed. The Clerk also reported the interview he had with the Rental Control Board re the renting of the Town Hall. Fink and Kerslake: that we prepare a by-law setting the rates of renting Citizen’s Canada, Ltd., read C. Shaddick and Research Insti- CKNX, Westeel Birks-Ellis-Ryrie, i i •** tbe Town Hall as follows: for the auditorium $X2.00, Coupel! Cham­ ber $4.00, reading room $2.0Q, and the local churches and. school the use of the auditorium for $6.00. Carried. Bills and Accounts: J. Passmore, repairs and supplies, hall $406.37; W, Brown,, supplies, hall 10,12; Mustard Lumber and Coal, coal, hall 25,75; Kyy Fyter Co., supplies fire dept, 5.00; A, Spencer & Son, supplies hall 58,96; Joynt, ........ 180.00; Hensall Hydro, hall hydro 13,67; G. R, Hess, printing 35.00; J, Schrabruik, labor trucking, ball 4.00; F. G, Bonthron, postage 5.00; T, Kyle, salary 73.80, cartage fire dept, .50, 74,30. Total 818,17 Fink and Hyde; that bills and accounts as read be paid. Carried, Kerslake and Moir: that we adjourn. Carried, *J. A. Paterson, Clerk. Chinchillas are attracting 1ft® serious attention of those seeking interesting employment and. profitable investment. These delightful, clean little animals bear the world's most luxurious fur. They can be honsed in city, suburbs or country, Or yre will ranch them for you at low cost, guaranteeing increase in. the gfirst year, Wo assist you in every way to profit ' from our pedigreed stock the finest in America. 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