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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-12-14, Page 10out of Anne’s world, want to marry Garry she has known all her ' >AGM W • SYNOPSIS Anne Ordway, nineteen, is afraid of marriage, of love. Her parents, Fran­ cis and Elinor, are divorced and the bottom drops She (foes not Brooks, whom life. She goes to live with her com­ panion, Vicky, in her farm home, ChaFles Patterson, whose wife, Mar­ got has brought sensational charges against him, in a divorce suit, is in love with her. Anne has just decided that perhaps she will marry Charles when Garry, just returned from Eur­ ope, comes to see her. He is jealous ■of Charles. Garry tells Margot of their engagement, Margot, wishing to go back to Charles, visits Anne, but Anne is away seeing her father, in response to a letter from her mo­ ther in money, .Francis which she says she needs and asks Anne to persuade to give Elinor an allowance. said, “Perhaps if you willAnne help them out, Daddy, she’ll be dif­ ferent with David.” And Frincis said in |iis heart, “The darling ...” Having agreed to see David, he warned her, “Heaven knows I don’t need the money. But he will hate it.” Anne said slowly, “That’s the price he must pay.” It was when they were having their coffee on the clubhouse terrace that Anne said, “Daddy, I’m going to be married.” “My dear child! Garry?” “No. Charles Patterson.” “I thought you had had enough of Divorce.” “I know. For a long time I was .afraid. But we belong to each other, -Charles and I.” She stopped, and went on, “We’re not asking anyone to the wedding. Not even you, Dad- a could you say? My life is Daddy.” don't be so hard.” dy. Only Vicky will go with us to little church at the crossroads.” “When?” “A week’ from today—Saturday.” "And nothing I can say will stop you?” “What my own, “Anne, Garry had called her hard. Perhaps .she was, She melted for a moment in­ to wistfulness. “Won't you wish me happiness?” 4 “With all my heart, my darling.” So they parted with his moved voice saying, “Good luck, little Anne. God bless you." Anne, driving rapidly home, put the past resolutely behind her. Her future was with Charles. In a week she’d be married. Later they would take a slow Baltimore boat to the shores of France, and then on to Brittany, Filled thus with her thoughts of her own wifehood, Anne came to the Hewitt house and found Charles* first wife waiting for her on the front porch. Anne knew her at once. “Do you know me?” she asked as Anne came up the steps. “Oh, yes. You are Charles’ wife—’’ She stopped there. Why had she put it that way? Margot wasn’t his wife. She was nothing. 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Office — Meyer Block, Wingham W.A,CRAWFORD,M.D. Physfchn and Located at the office of the late Dr, X P. Kennedy. Phone 150 Wlngham Thurs,, December 14th, l$3f*WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES question. “I was told that you and Charles are to be married, and I felt I must come to you. I know what you have heard about me. Some of it is true and some of it isn’t. I thought I loved another man and found that I didn’t. I found that you can’t put marriage away from yon lightly, In spite of myself, I feel bound. Bound to Charles. For years I was in his life, and I can’t forget those years. Nor, I think will he forget them. He loved me once, madly. Now he thinks he loves you. But there will be times when he will remember, and nothing that you can do will make him stop ' .... ____.— — remembering—” | won't take her pack, but that won’t She was very eloquent, very much' make any difference, He told me once in earnest. She had within her the elements of a great actress, and the Hewitt porch was her stage. The part she was playing had to do with des­ troying in this child’s life .. And now I think we have said all there is to be said, haven’t we?” And Margot said, “Yes . . and went down through the rose-scented garden and left Anne standing pale and still on the wide porch. When all the Hewitts came home Vicky, going upstairs, found Anne face downward on the bed. She knelt beside her. “My darling, what is it?” And Anne, white and distraught, told her, “I’ve ^iven him up, Vicky, It isn’t because she asked me to do it, but because the things she “said were just an echo of all the things I’ve been thinking. If he he loves me he mind the ro- he would always think of her as his wife. He loved her, Vicky, and then thought he didn’t. And how do I know that some day he won’t stop loving me? You see there are Daddy "Carl -r I want you to take me back.” mantle thought of herself as the one woman in Charles’ life. “You will always have to share him,” she said. “You will always have to share him with me.” Anne said, “Do you want him back again?” "Yes. But he will never take me back if he thinks I have talked to you.” They were still standing and Anne said now, uncertainly, “Shall we sit down?” She felt “faint and Unnerved. She said, "You gave Charles up and made him unhappy. What right have you to ask anything of him now?” “I should not ask it as a right. But •I might remind him that my ghost would haunt him—forever—■” Garry had said that, about ghosts. Was it true, Anne * asked herself? Would she, on that honeymoon trip on the Baltimore boat, in Brittany, everywhere, find the wraith of Mar­ got travelling with them? She sat very still looking out over the quiet water and at last she said, “If he is willing to take you back, you may have him. I shall write him tonight releasing him? Margot said incredulously, will do that?” “Yes.” “Give him back to me?” Anne shook her head. “I can't give him back. I can only go out of his “You I good world, he told him- steered his boat back to The days were hurrying and Mother, and David and Charles, all loving the wrong people and not knowing it until too late.” It was raining hard on the morning that Charles, going to the mainland for the mail, found Anne’s letter waiting. It was a self as he the island, towards his marriage and the great adventure which was to follow. He and Anne were facing the sunshine of tomorrow. It had stopped raining when he reached the long low pier which stretched out into the bay. He did not at once make a landing, but sat in the stern of the boat and read what Anne had written. After the first shock, he told him' self that the thing of course was in­ evitable, For a few weeks he had liv­ ed in a fool’s paradise. He had im­ agined that he, with his smirched his­ tory, could hlot it out as if it had nev­ er been. And now here was Anne saying; “I can’t marry you, darling. Yester­ day I had a letter from Mother. She is not happy with David, and it is all such a muddle . . . And when I came home, I knew I just couldn’t. No mat­ ter how hard we tried, ghosts would always haunt us. And so I must say ’good-bye.’ Please, please, don’t try to see me or to change my decision.” “I shall love you always,” After three days, Charles, having sent old King to Baltimore for sup­ plies, spent the morning fishing and at noon turned his boat towards home. As he approached the landing, a full sense of his desolation swept upon him. During the days of his romance he had loved the island more than ever. Every. tree, every flower had been glorified by the thought of Anne’s joy in it, And now he must put it all behind him. He was planning de­ finitely to go away—as far as lie could get by train and boat and airplane— from the sight of the things which reminded him of his hopes and dreams. As he trod the narrow path beneath the trees the world was still and love­ ly beneath the noonday sun. The laurel gave its perfume and the birds gave their songs. Suddenly his heart stood still. On the path in front of him lay a wo­ man’s handkerchief—a wisp of sheer white. What woman had been here in his absence? Who but Anne? Yet there was no boat at the landing, Could she have come and gone? He went with quick steps to the house. In the dining room King had put a tray on the table. In it were sandwiches covered by a napkin. Charles saw at once that the neat ar­ rangement of linen had been disturb­ ed and that half of his usual quota of sandwiches was gone. He went to the door and looked out. He could hear Ruff barking and he followed the sound. He came at last to the end of the grove where he and King had built a small summer house. On the top step, leaning down to speak to Ruff, her pomegranate frock bright1 against a background of dark wood, was—Mar­ got! She looked up and saw. him. “Hello,” she said. “iMargot! How did you get here?” “Speed boat from the mainland.” “Where is the boat?” “I sent it back.” “Why did you come?” “Sit down and I’ll tell you.” “Not here. We’ll go back to the house. She walked beside him. "How wonderful this is!” “You didn’t always think it wonder­ ful.” “I was a selfish, little beast, dar­ ling.” His face was stern, and he did not answer her. When they asked, “Will, more to ,eat? thermos.” “I’d love it.” . He poured a cup for her and she leaned back against the cushions, “Won’t you sit down and be sociable." He flung himself into a chair. “Go on. She set her cup on the arm of her chair and rose and went toward “Carl,” she said, “I want you to me back.” “Don’t be foolish, Margot.” She began to sob. “I’m not foolish. I’m ill. You promised once—before God’s altar—to take care of me. I am learning that one can’t break a vow like that and be happy. I tried to make myself think I loved Bart But I don’t. You were always in my heart,” Her acting was superb, and how could he know she was acting? “You said—you are Hl, Margot?” “Yes, The doctor tells me I must have a complete rest and peace, He recommends a sea voyage. But I can’t go alone, Carl, I can’t —’’jagain she was sobbing. “Take me back, darling. Take me . . For two years the island in the Chesapeake had been deserted save for old King and the setter, Ruff. (Continued Next Week) three children. They barely had time to flee to safety as the flames roared through from the kitchen, where two boys were playing with a gun and matches. FIRE LEAVES NEWTONBROOK FAMILY HOMELESS A few pieces of charred furniture oh their front lawn are: LEFT TO was all that remained of a happy RIGHT, Terry Graves, 2; Miss Ethel home in Newtonbrook, Ont, after Brownhill, his atint; Burton Junior, 4; fire swept through the building fanned by a howling winter gale. Huddled ■ Mrs. Burton. Graves, mother of the Baby James Graves, nine months, and the cap Don't worry about unusual dishes for that big dinner! Are you won­ dering what kind of cocktail to serve'; what soup, vegetable dish, pudding or other desse/t; what punch to prepare; or what game toplay? Here are your answers — and “Merry Christmas” to all my cup cup cup Few grains salt cup ginger ale (or carbonated water) Combine and pour over cracked ice in cocktail glasses. Garnish with mint sprigs or maraschino cherries. Cream of Lima Soup cups cooked, dried Limas tablespoon fine minced parsley cup top milk or thin cream tablespoons butter tablespoon flour teaspoon salt teaspoon pepper small onion, sliced Rub Limas through a sieve. Melt butter, add onion and cook 5 minutes; remove onion, add flour to remaining butter; stir until smooth, gdd salt and pepper, cream and pureed'Limas. Bring to boiling point. A little whipped cream placed in bottom of each cup before pouring in soup is always an improvement to cream soup. Garnish with finely minced parsley. Yuletide Punch cups decaffeinated coffee cup whipping cream, whipped teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon nutmeg Top each cup of coffee with a spoonful of whipped cream into which the spices have been folded. Sugar may be served with the coffee. Holiday guests, and the family, too, may indulge in those longed-for second cups if you make your fes­ tive brew of decaffeinated coffee. Steamed Holiday Pudding cup grated carrots cup dark brown sugar, packed cups ground suet, do not pack cup canned unsweetened Hawaiian pineapple eggs cup raisins cup chopped citron cups sifted flour teaspoon soda teaspoon (doves teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon allspice T% teaspoons salt Beat eggs well, add sugar beat. Add grated carrot and suet. „ ' I alternately with pineapple reserving -a little to flour Add fruit. Pour into a greased mold, cover and four hours. May be made and, stored in a crock or and Sift dry'ingredients together and add juice, fruit, large steam ahead ________ ... - _ tight container in a cool place. Heat before serving and serve sliced with your favorite sauce. Yield: This'pudding will fill a 2 quart mold — 12 to. 14 servings. Magic Plum Pudding Sauce y3 cup sweetened condensed milk. 2 cups plum juice 34 teaspoon nutmeg Place sweetened condensed milk and 1 cup plum juice in top o£' double boiler and stir over rapidly boiling water 5 minutes, until mix­ ture thickens. Remove from heat- Add remaining plum juice and nut­ meg, Chill. Orange Fluff Rennet-Custard 1 package orange rennet powder* L pint milk - cup whipping cream , cup sugar L lar^e or 2 small navel oranges;; Make rennet-custard according to** directions on package, Then chill! in refrigerator. When ready to>- serve, whip the cream, adding sugar and mixing well. Top with, whipped cream, and across cream, plaCe sections of orange. If orange is large, use 4 half sections; i£ small, use 4 whole sections for each, dish of dessert. Recipes for Parlor Fun Quick Wit, a new quiz game played with cards, is a new parlor craze that’s guaranteed! to solve the social ice problem. Contack is another new game craze that's fun for a crowd, or a twosome. It’s a. “matching” game played with gay tri-colored triangles with lots of quick action and exciting ups and downs. Monopoly, the real estate trading game, continues to be a ' dependable recipe for parlor fun, cups,grape juice cups water cup strawberry syrup , pound cane sugar quarts ginger ale Slices of oranges and lemons Canned Hawaiian pineapple gems (spoon size pieces) Block of ice Mix’ all ingredients except ginger ale, sliced fruit and ice, and let stand overnight in a cool place (refrigerat­ or preferred). Before serving time, place clear blocks of ice in bowl, pour in punch and add ginger ale. Garnish The usual fisherman sat on the us­ ual bank of the usual stream when' the usual traveller approached him, “How are they biting?” asked the traveller sociably, j “Not at all,” sighed the fisherman, j “As a matter of fact there isn’t a sin-’ gle fish in this whole stream,” i “Then why are you fishing here?”! “Because it pays me. Look at lhej money I save on bait!” ; HEALTHFUL DAINTIES By Betty Barclay Here are iwo recipes from wnny Hawaii to make your Chrhtmaa WL day entertaining more The first is a delicious party punch fWid& from canned vmwut6ne4 Hawaiian Pineapple juice and the ftwri a pim^ apple juice fits filling that ddidptw served between the lay ere of devil's food cake, HOLIDAY PUNCH 4 cups freak orange juice 2 cups fresh lemon juice 4 cups canned cherry juice 16 cups canned unsweetened Ha­ waiian pineapple juice r cups dried figs cups canned unsweetened Hawaiian pineapple juice slices lemon peel cup sugar t Rinse figs, stem and chop in small pieces. Add pineapple juice and lemon peel. Bring to boil and let boil active­ ly for about 10 minutes; Add sugar and cook until mixture thickens, stir­ ring frequently to prevent scorching. 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