HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-10-12, Page 6WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, October 12, 1939
1 Anne’s father rose from the chess own good company,
j Anne, listening, was again aware of
• some sinister significance. *
For it was of David that the ser-
> vants behind the hedge had talked.
Of dear delightful David# whom Anne
, had known Since childhood and who
I s had taken her to her first dance. And
i jnow she had been to many dances,
I and a year ago she had made her bow
;5 to Baltimore society and hadn’t liked
it.
1 For Anne, in spite of her nineteen
| years, had never really grown up. It
' had been, perhaps, because of Vicky.
Vicky had come, a graduate nurse in
' ’ her white linen, to look after the lit-
I tie girl of five whose* mother was so
bound by the demands of the social
| life ^bout her that she refused to be I
j bound by the demands of her baby.
Vicky had been with them since then
8 —fourteen years in which she had set
Anne’s little feet on a path which El-
5 inor and Francis Ordway had. never
) followed.
Anne’s parents had recognized the
value of Vicky’s presence, and treat
ed her as one of them. In Vicky
burned a clear flame that lighted the
house. It lighted, too, Anne’s little
torch. The torches of Francis Ord-
CHAPTER I j
For the first time in her life, Anne table. “The last day of the month,
Ordway was afraid. It was as if into We ought to be moving to town, El-
the clear and serene night a great, inor.”
beast had suddenly stalked — vast His wife glanced up. “Why go
golden horror that filled the sky, • in?”
She found herself fleeing from it, |
pushing up through the garden to the I
sanctuary of the house. Yet the thing | hardly wait
had at first seemed so simple. Just a lover.'
whisper of servants coming out of the 1
iark—“If he finds out, it will be the i
end of her ...” I
Anne had been standing alone in
the shadow of an ancient oak. To her ?
right was the tall hedge that enclosed 1 you want me to say?”
the garden. And it was from behind • “Nothing." She went back to
the hedge that she had heard the’playing as he turned away,
voices. “If he finds out, it will be the
end of her . . »
It was not until she had listened ther had meant little.
Idly for a moment that she had’talked like that, as if there hung eb-
known they were talking of her fath- j tween them some slight grievance,
er and mother. Saying frightful; but tonight, in the light of that dread
thing, things that couldn't be true. ful experience in the garden, their
And now, having reached the;short dialogue took on an aspect of
•house, she had flung the door wide, - significance.
sJammmg it hard behind her. She- She shook the thought from her.
Battened against it, her arms') Her mother said from the piano,'
outstretched as st to bar out the evils “The Dorsays are coming up pres--
which had pursued her. Then sudden-iendy for brid»e" Then’ as her hus’’
3y she laoghed and dropped her arms, g band returned, hat in hand. “Are you
For the roem was unchanged. She 1
had u.’t known what she had expect
ed. feci here st was no different—her
another at the piano, th.e music arrest
ed -by her daughter's wi-d -entrance, |
scad Y&ky and Armes father at the j
■chess tsK-a. |
Her mother was savmg, as she had j
said a tfcmsand times: ’“Anne, dar
ling. what m the worHF Her fath
er’s head was Sifted, and Vicky's -calm
eyes were Bgated by a sort of won
der.
Anne's explanation went to all of
them. “Something startled me and I
xan.
The explanation, she saw at once,
satisfied her father and mother, but
it did not satisfy Vicky. Her mother
went on playing and singing softly
Marie Antoinette’s song — “Moi
paevre jardinier du Roe,'
“A gard’ner to the king am I,
To please his majesty I try;
His orders I’m obeying, ’tis »t£s
Yet all my thoughts are straying —
to you”
Her father made a move, and Vicky
■laughed and turned to Anne. "He’s
beating me dreadfully.” She held out
her hand, and Anne crossed the room
and sat on a low seat beside the table, i
As she sat there she looked at her
mother singing:.
“To say what long you’ve known is
true, is true,
I love but one alone, and *tis you.”
And as she looked, Anne thought of
what the servants had said. Of course
it was absolutely false. There was I
her lovely mother, her dark hair fram-l
ing the white oval of her face, her#
slim neck in a white point against the |
-dark velvet of her gown, her whites
pearls trickling, her blue eyes the on-5
fy bit of color in all that symphony?!
-<»f white and black. s
He stood, there looking down at her.
'There was a time when you could
till the summer was
>»
A note or
‘If he finds out, it will be the j change.”
“Yes. And
“Have I changed so much?”
He gave a short laugh. “What do
two twinkled.
so do we.”
‘Times
her
ex-To Anne, hitherto, such small
I changes between her father and mo-
They often
ilwhat do you mean, Francis?
going out, Francis?”
“Yes.”
“I wish you’d leave me some mon
ey.”
'You've been having hard luck
lately, I take it.”
“Oh, such things go in waves—win
today and lose tomorrow.”
“Who is making the fourth?"
“David.” Elinor had risen and was
standing by the fire. “He motored up
from Baltimore this morning,
going to open his house.”
“For heaven’s sake, why?”
“Don’t ask me. I’m not his keep- ;
er." " f- j
’‘But a big house like that—a thou- j
sand miles from us.” 5
“You know what I mean, Elinor. J
He’s all alone. You and I have each " Didn’t you know?”
other and Anne and Vicky.” 1
Anne’s mother nodded. ‘Y*es, he’s S
alone, of courge, but he says he is his j
He’s
way and of Elinor, his wife, were
lighted at other and less sacred fires.
Francis Ordway took a sheaf of
bills from his wallet and counted
them into his wife’s hand.
“Is that all?” she asked as he re
turned the wallet to his pocket.
“It ought to be more than enough.”
He smiled.
There was a spark in her eyes.
“Oh, well, if it isn’t, David can carry
me.”
Again that sinister note!
But Francis laughed. “Let him car
ry you. It may even things up a bit.”
“What do you mean, Francis?”
“He owes me a lot of money.”
She stood staring. “David?"
“I’ve a mortgage on his house.
“No. How should I?”
Francis bent and kissed his daugh
ter, “You’d better go to bed.” ’
SOUTH PACIFIC DOMINIONS BUILD NEWORK OF DEFENCE BASES
Central Pacific. Most recent develop
ment is an expedition from New Zea
land to build an air field and barracks
on the Kermadcc islands. Between
Australia and New Zealand is Lord
Howir Island, where mystery fortifi
cations are being pushed. When com-
Faced by the threat of German
commerce raiders in the south Pac
ific and the ever-preseht shadow of
Japan, Australia and New Zealand
are rushing to completion a string of
naval and air bases to link their de-
fences with the British bases in the
pleted the new bases will form
“Why?”
“Beauty sleep.”
“I’m beautiful enough.”
They laughed together.
Anne had, indeed, no idea of going
to bed. She had a rendezvous out un
der the moon, She was half afraid
of the beast, but she was going. It
was too late now for servants to be
behind the hedge, and beyond the
hedge on the hill would be Garry
Brooks.
She had known Garrett all her life,
The Brooks' estate adjoined the Ord
ways* and there were
tween,
Anne sat smiling'
Presently her father
and his big car would speed along' the
lonely road to Baltimore. Then while
Vicky d Elinor were reading Anne
would meet Garry on the little bill,
When the car came, Anne went
with her father to the
go?” she asked. “It’s
here,”
They were out now
portico. “It would be nicer if I
—wanted.”
“Your are wanted,
“By you? Darling
He kissed her and
“Would you always
no matter what happened?”
She said “Yes” and clung' to him.
When he. went on, her heart follow
ed him. What could happen?
She turned and ran into the house,
as if to outdistance the turmoil in her
mind, Vicky was in the living room,
looking on the shelves for a French
novel. She selected a book and turn
ed a smiling face. “What are you go
ing to do while we read?”
*‘I may walk to the top of the hill.”
"Again? What frightened you
when you were there?”
“Oh—nothing.”
Vicky let it go at that. There was
obviously something in the air, but
some day Anne would tell her all
about it. She always did.
It was because of her conversation
with Vicky that Anne came late to
the hill and found Garry there before
her. She went running to meet him
and he caught up her hands and kiss
ed them.
She laughed and drew back. “Silly,
we came to look at the moon.”
“I came to look at you.”
“If you talk* like that, I shall have
to go back. Let’s pretend we’re sens
ible”
“Why pretend anything?”
“Isn’t all of life just pretending?”
He was impatient.
“You know what I mean.”
She was silent for a moment. Then
she said, “Oh, Garry, isn’t it enough
just for us.two to be alone in this
wonderful world?"
'It’s not enough for me.” His arm
went about her shoulders.
Eluding him, she sat down under
the great oak that crowned the hill.
“Talk to me, Garry.”’
“I have only one theme. You know
that, Anne.”
She did not answer.
Garry threw himself down beside
her. “Tell me you love me—”
She shook her head.
“Anne, you’re mine; I’ll show yo||
a new world when we’re married.
We'll open up the old house on the
hill, and you’ll be the beauty of the
countryside.”
I “I don’t want to be the beauty of
J the countryside. Mother was for
4years. And now younger women are
I coming along and it’s—dreadful,”
(“How do you mean 'dreadful’?"
“Oh, mother hates ft To see them
getting ail the admiration?*
“You mother is still a
I beauty."
| “Yes, but marriage would
trnore to me thaw being the toast of
Uhe hunt cfub.t, I?m( wot criticizing
I Mother, But Fw dffferent." She
stopped suddenly. that?’’*
I His eyes followed her pointing fin-
tger. SfopiD'g down from the to
I' the east was a giW meadw, amber
land amethyst under the mooft,, and
J solid and Macrf as aft eSony' diff ag-
•’ ainse the hrightnes-s IW.'.ed' the pined
|gwc. It wa? fo rite- rigfte of the
grove that Anne pointed,' where a
spiral- of smoke arose fronv the
ijq fences be-
beside Vicky,
would go out
door. ’
much
“Why
nicer
on the wide
were
Daddy.”
child, I know.”
held her close,
love me, Anne,
great
mean
a
chain with Fiji and the Solomon,
Santa Crua, Ellice and Union groups,
and with the Singapore and Hong
Kong stations to the west
*
Garry ^aid, 6fte ft
go
r ''.Vnf yef?y TJm? wrap which s&e f;ad
rptitf 6ft dropped firorft her
1M<* drew if her rim had
her fft d;e efrefe- of W arm^,
[ She slipped from the leaving
pt in bawd^ apd ahead of him
in the direefion of the thread of
smoke, Fresenii/ he caught tip with
her and together they crossed swiftly
the dried urifl glimmering grasses.
They found that the fire had been
built in a bare place with stones
about it A coffee pot was rocking
on the coals# Its fragrance filling the
air, but notva living creature was in
sight except some sheep and a rabbit
which sat as if pq|riBed# the moon
behind it making little lanterns of ha
. ears#
Seeing the rabbit, Anne said, “Oh,
look, Garry 1 The darling—”
At the sound of her voice, the small
beast loped away and a man emerg
ed from the blackness of the grove.
He spoke at once* “I hope I’m not
trespassing.” His voice was pleasant
and unhurried. At close range he
showed himself somewhat careuessly
attired in a white sweater and white
flannel trousers,
It was Anne who answered him.
“Anybody can trespass who makes
such coffee,”
“Would you have a cup with me?”
he asked. “I’ve enough for all of us.”
Garry spoke with decision,
we’ve got to get back.”
She swept that aside, “We
ways go back to the house,
can’t always have coffee in the niea
dow,”
(Continued Next Week)
'Anne)
can al-
but we
NEWS
of the
DISTRICT
Heart In Hen’s Egg
This seems to be a year of freaks
judging by the number brought to
The Sun office. On Saturday night
Mr. R. H, Orr added another to our
collection*in the form of what at first
appeared to be a double-yolked egg
when it was opened it contained only
one yolk to which was attached what
very closely resembles a chicken’s or
hen’s heart. One party after examin
ing the freak remarked “Well, that
hen certainly put her heart into her
work.”—Milverton Sun.
Canning Raspberries in October
It is a common occurrence now for
people to find the odd branch with
several berries in their raspberry
patch, But it is unusual when a per
son will have several .pickings of
choice berries in two and three quart
quantities. This is the case on the
farm of Mr. Jacob Marks, 3rd con.
Wallace, and Mrs. Marks informs us
that last Friday she picked three
quarts and a;half of raspberries. The
berries are of excellent flavor and
Mrs. Marks has preserved some of
them.—Listowel Banner.
Hand Caught in Wringer
Mrs. Ed Kern suffered a painful
injury to her right hand on Monday
morning, when her hand was caught
in the wringer of her washing ma
chine. The hand was severely bruis
ed although no bones were broken.—
Mitchell Advocate.
Brawls at Walkerton
Saturday -being the end of the
month and pay-day for many here,
saw a lot of the currency flow into
that as the tilted tumblers and booze A. who said the Teeswater Fair
’ Served as a classical example of a. fall
fair run without a midway.
bottles became empty the imbibers
became full, and soon old man trouble
with his coat off was mixing things
up in no uncertain manner, not only
in one or more of the boose joints,
but also on the streets and at some
of the local restaurants and lunch
counters to which certain of the guz
zlers found their way, — Walkerton
Herald*Times,
Grows Peanuts
Joseph .Herman Jr. brought in a
peanut stalk that he raised on Geo.
Ruland’s farm this summer having
obtained- a handful of seed at Bramp
ton last spring, Contrary to the com
mon belief, the peanuts grow at the
roots of the stalk, underground, and
the stalk that Joseph brought to this
office had a. score or more well de
veloped pods, of the Sapnish variety,
on it, He has a couple of pails of
peanuts from this year’s crop,—Mild-
may Gazette.
Lucknow Wants Lower Hydro Rate
Village Council at its October
meeting took steps to seek lower hy
dro rates for the village. A recent
letter from the H.E.p.C, recommend
ed a 10% rebate to hydro users. The
Board believes the local surplus is
not sufficient to warrant such a re
bate, and were of the opinion that 4
general reduction in hydro rates will
be more in order.-—Lucknow Sentinel.
Boy Squeezed by Truck
Kenny, little son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Grewar, Brussels, was squeez
ed between the wheel of a truck and
the fence, He was rushed to 'Listow
el hospital and while no serious in
juries were reported he was left in
the hospital for observation.
Seaforth Students Hear of Peru*Students of the Seaforth Collegiate
Institute had geography taught them
in a new and interesting manner,
when D. J, Neville, of Talaro, Peru,
told them of the country which has
been his home for the past ten years.
35 Toxoided at Lupknow
At a clinic, conducted by Dr. W.
V. Johnston, M.O.H., some thirty-
five children ten years and under, re
ceived their first diphtheria toxoid in
jection. The treatment requires three
injections at three-week intervals and< Mr. Neville, who is a Seaforth Old
has proven nearly 100% effective in
protecting children for life from diph
theria.
i
Boy, has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
J. M. McMillan here.—Seaforth Hur
on-.Expositor.
Hay Township Farmer Suicides
The body of Oscar Koehler, mem
ber of a prominent Hay Township
family, wasjound on the floor of his
barn. He had ended his lif,e by shoot
ing himself. A daughter, Shirley, and
a son, Harold Koehler, found the
body of the 60-year-old farmer. Sur
viving are his wife, three sons and
two daughters.
Enter Clinton Police Office
It's.-.a bold thief that will break in
to a police office. But that is just
what happened at Clinton a few days
ago. It is supposed that the object
was to get hold of some police re
cords for the roll top lid of the desk
had been pried openK the implement
used being the stove poker. Not hav
ing found the records, supposed to be
the object of the search in the police
desk, the' intruder then tried the
clerk’s office where it was found that
drawers had been opened. That no
thing had been .removed from either
place gives rise to the supposition it
was records that were wanted.
15,000 at Teeswater Fair
Held under ideal weather condi
tions, the annual Teeswater Fair, un
der auspices of the Culross and Tees
water Agriclutural Society, attracted
an estimated 15,000 persons. The at
tendance was among the largest on
record. In all classes exhibits were
of high quality. All divisions were
well filled. The fair was opened by
the beverage rooms, with the .result I Dr. G. I. Christie, president of the O.
t
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Insurance Co.
Established 1840.
Risks taken on all classes of insur-
ance at reasonable rates.
Head Office, Guelph, Ont.
COSENS & BOOTH, Agents,
Wingham.
Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Located at the Office of the Late
Dr. H. W. Colborne. .
Office Phone 54«
DR. R. L. STEWART
PHYSICIAN
Telephone 29.
Dn Robt C. REDMOND
M.R.C.S. (Erigland)
L.R.C.P. (London)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DR. W. M. CONNELL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone >9.
W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Located at the olfice of the late
. Dri J. P. Kennedy.
Phone 150 Wingham
1 W. BUSHFIELD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Money To Loan.
Office — Meyer Block, Wingham
J. H. CRAWFORD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc.
Bands, Investments & Mortgages
Wingham *► • **Ontario
R. S. HETHERINGTON
BARRISTER and SOLICITOR
Office — Morton Block.
Telephone Ho. 66.
Frederick A. Parker >
OSTEOPATH
Offices: Centre St., Wingham, and
Main St, Lfotowel s
Listowel Day a: Tuesdays and Fri
days.
Osteopathic and Electric Treat
merits. Foot Technique.
Howick Thresherman S,ues Motorist
Chester Bennett, thresherman, of
Howick Township, is claiming $500-
for the killing of a horse, damage to
harness and to a water tank, from
Ralph Spear, pool room proprietor, in
a county court action which got un
der way before Judge E. W. Clem
ent, of Kitchener, at Goderich. Spear
is counter-claiming for $500 for dam
ages to his car. The accident happen
ed’ on the evening of Aug. 25th, just
before dusk, on the 9th con. of How
ick. Spear was driving down a long'
grade when he suddenly came upon
the Bennett threshing separator,,
steam drawn, making a turn into a
farmer’s driveway. In trying to avoid,
a broadside collision, Spear crashed
into one of a team of horses pulling
the water tank, breaking both of the
animal’s legs, and damaging the wat
er cart The second horse ran away,
badly damaging the harness. Judge
ment was”' reserved.
HARRY FRYFOGLE
Licensed Embalmer and
Funeral Director
Furniture and
Funeral Service
Ambulance Service.
Phones: Day 109W. Night 109J.
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