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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-04-03, Page 8Page 8 THE TJMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL. 3r<J, 1947 The story thus far: Twice mar-1 nervously. vied and twice divorced. Agatha “She’s so young, Agatha. She’d LeClaire is still aware of the total lack of love in her life. When she meets Enid Walters, young Mont.- teal newspaper woman, and her 4'iance, Hugh Meredith, she is at­ tracted to (both. She invites Enid to live with her, and the girl ac­ cepts. Agatha is conscious that Hugh is falling in love with her. and knows that she wants him to, in spite of the disloyalty to Enid. Hugh finally protests his love, and Agatha admits that she loves him also. CHAPTER V Life progressed smoothly for the three eocmpanions. As the calm surface above a whirlpool may con­ ceal the fierce undertows and eddies beneath, so did the placid routine of life at the Mountain street resi­ dence conceal the restrained fury of emotions that had gripped Ag­ atha and Hugh Meredith. Weeks passed; the city emerged from the icy grip of a Canadian •winter into a warm and early spring. The three retired to the library one warm night to cele­ brate officially the opening of the windows upon the unseasonably warm air. And it was then that Enid made an announcement which she had been hoping to make for months. “The chief has given me an im­ portant assignment,’’ she told the <two. “It means a trip west and an opportunity to write up the most gorgeous spectacle of the year.’’ To their questions Enid replied that she had been assigned to re- iport the Festival of Nations in Win­ nipeg, a huge and picturesque con­ vention of the descendants of the various nationalities in Canada, an affair that promised to draw tour­ ists to the province from hundreds of miles, even from foreign coun­ tries. Agatha, and Hugh were loud in their rejoicing over the girl’s good fortune, louder really than there ■was any need to be. But Enid did ■not notice that. To her it was enough that these two whom she loved should be happy for her; she asked nothing more. She babbled on merrily about the festival, of the great figures of journalism who would be there. Then it was time for her to leave ifor the office. “Book reviews, a resume of the season in the theatre,’’ she told them. “I’ll be one busy woman for the next few days. Then to Winnipeg.” After she had left. Agatha or­ dered cocktails for Hugh and her­ self. They sat in the semidark of the early spring twilight, sipping the cool drinks, studying their own thoughts — thoughts that scurried through their minds like the shad­ ows scurried through the room. Hugh finished his drink rapid­ ly and rang for another. His face was almost sullen in the growing dusk, sullen and, it seemed to Agatha, even ashamed. She sat quietly watching him, seeing how the shadows made a play of his features, seemed to stiffen the line of his jaw, make grim his lips. A little breeze through the window rumpled his hair and he straight­ ened it with an impatient gesture. Hugh* seemed changed these last few days. Agatha had seen it com­ ing, had almost welcomed it. It meant that he was ready for de­ cisive action. She wondered if he realized how impossible it was for him to divide his affection between two people. To Enid it didn’t mat­ ter—yet; but Agatha felt the ten­ sion, the strain. Hugh’s indecision had enforced on her. She realized now that Hugh felt it too. Her voice broke the long silence and it was a little harsh with ner­ vousness. “Hugh,” she said, “we’re not •being fair to her.” , “Eh?” He looked up quickly, lifs eyes flashing with something unpleasant. “Fair to whom?” “To Enid.” Agatha was resolute. Why couldn’t Hugh be honest with liimself? “To Enid?” Hugh asked. He spread his hands in a gesture of helplessness. “Well, what can we say to her?” Agatha waited; Hugh would have to solve this problem himself. 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God knows I do love you. > and I have to be fail’ to Enid . . . but how!" He strode over to look dejectedly out the darkening window. Agatha felt a sudden fierce pos­ sessive sympathy for Hugh. She longed to go to him, to comfort him, but once again she waited. Let Hugh work out all three of their destinies. She refused to let herself think how this was hurting Enid; long ago she had hardened herself against that kind of sympathy, steeled herself against thinking at all. Hugh turned to her again, and the hard lines about his mouth had softened a little. “We’ll have this thing settled be­ fore Enid returns from the West,” he said. “We’ll have time to think, then . . Even as Agatha felt her blood chill with slow disappointment at Hugh’s indecision, she understood how he must feel. He had loved Enid. Might he not still love her? Might not she, Agatha, be merely a passing fancy? “Tell me, Hugh,” she asked care­ fully, “don’t you think I should go away for a while?” She was consciously avoiding looking at him; unconsciously, per­ haps, tensing herself for his an­ swer. She felt his eyes on her averted face and then he came and sat beside her. “Why did you say that?” Agatha studied the darkened fire­ place. “Because,” she said. “I feel this is all my fault, this—” He took her hands in one of his, turned her face toward him. “Your fault?” he asked. “But there isn’t any blame. Who can predict where his emotions will lead him? You couldn’t have avoid­ ed this any more than I.” It was what she had wanted to hear but Agatha still studied his face anxiously. “But you, Hugh. You seem so dissatisfied, so restless. I’ve made Enid unhappy, but now you seem unhappy, too.” Hugh’s eyes were guarded. “You’ve made Enid unhappy? Do you mean she knows?” “No." Agatha almost smiled at Hughs concern. “But don’t you see, it's only a matter of time. It must be." Hugh was relieved. He could even josh her now. "Jealous?” In spite of herself Agatha turned on him with something like anger in hei- voice. “Don’t you see it isn’t as sim­ ple as that?” she asked in exasper­ ation. Then she clasped her hand i to her lips. j "I’m sorry I said that,” she told him. But Hugh arose and strode back to the window, stared out into the darkness. “You’re right, though. It isn’t as simple as that. It isn’t simple at all.” He was quiet for a moment, his voice still quiet when he turned again to her. "Agatha,” he said, and her heart leapt maddeningly at the caress in his tone. “Life has so few beauti­ ful things to offer and it takes them away so soon. Can’t we take the beauty now? Things will work out all right; they must.” She didn’t quit.p understand his words; vaguely she knew Hugh was still postponing the decision. But when he came to .her and she felt *he warm press of his lips on hers is words seemed suddenly, ridicu­ lously unimportant. A week latei’ Enid was in Win­ nipeg. It had been suggested to her by her paper that while she was to far west she might as well take a holiday and go farther still to ’isit. Banff and Lake Louise. She was to write up the resorts* the cenery, the people, after her as- ignment, at the festival had been ompleted. Enid knew that it was chiefly be­ cause of her love of drama that the Winnipeg commission had been given her. Ruthenians, Swedes, Czechs and Slavs in their annual festival of folk songs and plays would interest her in a way other writers on her paner would not un­derstand. If the series of articles j proved a success the executive editor of the paper had promised her a substantial increase beginning with September. But this was only May. After all, September was a long way off, Enid gave a final brush to her bronzy hair as she took a last peep into the mirror of her small bed­ room at the hotel and prepared to descend to dinner that last night of the festival. She was wearing filmy black tonight and a near-pearl necklace. There would be plenty of time to change afterward into her traveling dothes, for the station was a stone’s throw from the hotel and she already had her transpor­ tation. If only the increase really ma­ terialized and her new salary added to Hugh’s would make it possible for them to marry at last! She had given up, with a sigh, the thought that they could have a real home at present; she would have to go on working and help out, just as so many other girls had to do nowa­ days. It wasn’t the ideal home life— and yet those young women who could afford to stay at home and refrain from work seemed rather bored about it all very soon. And there were signs that Hugh was even less ambitions about work than he used to be. The pleasure their new life in association with Agatha had brought him seemed quite enough to make him happy. Enid thought of this with a little frown. Perhaps it needed the im­ petus of a ‘home of his own to make him work. It had not been possible for Hugh to take his holiday at this time of year, so here she was in the big hotel dining room with its familiar murals o£ early Canadian scenes, feeling—and looking, she thought— very much like a young widow. She was half way through her dinner when she was paged by a worn and sophisticated bell boy, who handed her a telegram. Ex­ pecting nothing more than a mes­ sage from Hugh or Agatha, or per­ haps, more likely still, from her paper, she opened it and read: “Your play is, accepted, I want to produce it in five weeks. Can you come to New York immediately? Some changes are necessary and contract to sign. Wire when you can arrive. JOHN HARKNESS.” There followed the. address of a well-known New York producer’s office. The telegram had been forward­ ed from Montreal by her newspa­ per, so there was no time to be lost. By a sudden about-face she could turn east tonight instead of west, reach Montreal on Friday afternoon and be in New York the next morn­ ing. The name of John Harkness, New York producer, whose produc­ tions were noteworthy successes, spelt magic. What luck—what un­ believable luck—to think he would produce “The Duke of Padua!” Evidently he thought it good hot- weather fare. Telling her waiter that she would return to finish her dinner if she had time, of, if not, to pay hep bill, Enid rushed to the lobiby to find out the time of departure of the next Montreal train and to send a night letter to Mr. Harkness: “Delighted you want my play. Am in Winnipeg but leave tonight for Montreal. Will call at your of­ fice Saturday morning 10 o’clock. “ENID WALTERS” She had already written to Hugh and Agatha that she would be in the west for another week and that it would be almost two weeks be­ fore she would see them again in Montreal. Should she send Hugh a night letter? In the thrill over the acceptance of her play Enid felt like also broadcasting the news to all her friends on the paper, but in the end her acquired sense of thrift prevailed. She did not even tele­ graph Hugh. It would be great fun to surprise Agatha and Hugh with the news. After all, 80 cents for a night letter was practically a dollar, and she knew she must save all her .money for the extra trip to New York. After she got there, there might be some hope of advance royalties on the play. Her train did not leave till 9:30. so that, after all, she had plenty of time for the strawberry shortcake and coffee that her waiter pressed upon her, They might have been nectar and ambrosia for all she knew. Her red-letter day had come at last. It was wonderful! It was true. , . , But there was one fly in the ointment, one thought that nearly brought tears to her eyes. Hugh was not there to share he? happiness with her. (Continued Next Week) Next Week: Enid’s regret that Hugh is not with her turns to won­ der when she arrives in Montreal Dunc^n’McNaushtpn Spring flowers formed the floral background at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lome McNaughton, Cromarty, when their dahghter, Verna Mae, of Toronto, became the bride of John George Duncan, of Toronto, son of M'r. and Mrs. John M. Dun­ can, Toronto. Rev. W. A- Mac- Williams, of Cromarty, officiated and Miss Doris Kercher, of Hensail, played the wedding music. Given in marriage by her fath­ er, the bride wore a white satin gown, floor-length, fashioned on princess lines, with a long veil of embroidered net arranged from a halo or orange blossoms. Her bridal bouquet was pink roses and cream carnations, Miss Jean Godfrey, of Toronto, as maid of honor, was gowned in a floor-length grey blue j sheer and carried white carnations | Ho Kjiq'ws Jiggs: “Many a man has a talent for conversation which he has had no opportunity of turning .to ac­ count.” Jinks; “Um—er—yes; I am mar­ ried myself? ’ and blue sweet peas. Miss Helen McNaughton was her sister’s brides- made, wearing a floor-length gown of fuscliia crepe. Her flowers were pink carnation and blue sweet peas. Stanley Duncan, of Toronto, and Clarence McNaughton, brother ■ of the bride, assisted the groom. The wedding dinner was served to 35 guests. Mrs, Robert Cole, of Hen­ sail, 86 years of age, was present­ ed with the bride’s bouquet. For their wedding trip to De­ troit, the bride donned a black en­ semble. They will reside in Toron­ to.TRY A CLASSIFIED! - - IT PAYS! 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