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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Advocate, 1912-10-24, Page 3THE WAITERt In the bay -window of the board- ing-house sitting -room a little roup was discussing the girl who had just "passed down, the front steps. "The airs she puts on 1" "And the mune» she spends I" , "It's a pity rhe, hasn't someone to look after her. If she were my daughter—" They paid no attention to George Hurstaway. who longed for courage to speak his mind, and defend Syl- via Grex in her absence. To him she seemed all that was perfect, He had thought ,,himself lucky just to spend a week under the same roof. Their fellow -guests would have mid that Diss Grex had snubbed him on every possible oecaslon. Of course, Ilurstaway reflected gloomily, she could not possibly be interested in a very ordinary fellow, plain and by no means smart just a city clerk on his annaal vacation, who was not accustomed to femi- ninesociety, &0 f'. y, He wished_ that he could approach her dashingly as the other men did —wonderful dandies, with the latest thing in waistcoats, seeks, and slang. But in the boarding-house society he was of no account what- ever, This was, in some ways, the most miserable holiday he had ever spent. Presently he must go bark to town and the orrice. He would never see her again, With an angry glance at the gos- sipfng party an the window, he walked moodily upstairs. From his seat at dinner that night he could observe Miss Grex across the table, She seemed even more excitable and high-spirited than usual, and, with pangs of jealousy, George Hurstaway noted the evident ad- miration of her masculine neighs: bors, When the meal was over, he won- dered listlessly how be should spend the evening. Finally he was left alone in an alcove adjoining the hall, There he must have closedhis',. eyes. He roused. himself with a start.' to bear Mrs. Iaeatson's voice raised shrilly: "So that's your little game, is it, Miss! To pack up your luggage and. sneak off a day beforehand, without settling your bill!" "I didn't know you were in. I've left a note to explain. Pd have written again directly I got home." "Oh, of course! Nice goings-on 1 My word!" "I meant to send you the money. You caan't think I intended---" "You'll pay me to -morrow," de- clared the proprietress thiekly, "before you leave this home, or know the reason why !" She stamped off. Sylvia Grex sank down on a basket -chair, quite close to Hurstaway. She was ory., ing a little. He reached out :and touched her arm. "I heard," he stammered. "I couldn't help hearing," She lifted her face, shrinking away. "What must you think of me!" "I have to apologize--" "Do let me explain, please," He could hardly realize that this was the vivacious and haughty Miss Grex he had admired from afar "I quite thought I should have some extra money this morning. It was my birthday yesterday, and an uncle of mine has always sent me a. present—five pounds. I counted on it this year, too, but perhaps he has forgotten." She bent her head again. "You see why I spent all I had A Persons Breakfast every morn- ing on Pest T asties Suppose you try the •' food with cream and sugar, as part of break- fast e UT supper. You ay a be stare it ,l lli be a delicious part. 66The i'°lerl ory Liners": Canadian Post,am Cereal Co.; Lt4 iR7'ind,or, Ontario. with me. I thought I could easily pay Mrs. Beatson's bill to -day. I've been extravagants-ba,ving a. good tune." "I'm not one of the fellows you've been friendly with. I haven't taken you about anywhere," observed klurstaway slowly, "Noone else need know,. When you get home you can pay me back. I'm just a stranger, that's all; but I'd like to remember that I'd helped you, even in such a little way." "Yes -you'd lend . :r "Please let mel" "But you mustn't I couldn't take it l:: He turned away. ' "There's no time to ask my father or mother, though," A few minutes later Hurstaway was walking along the promenade,. happier than he had been since his. holiday started. Next morning Miss Grex went away. Everyone in the house was astonished to hear of her departure before breakfast. On the stairs George Hurstaway found one of his own visiting -cards. "She dropped it ! Now she won't know my address! But she's com- ing back here in September.. If I could manage to run down for a } tz -nl wonderi he x rose 4. I f s d mind." week-end. was occupied during the next few days mainly in thinking of her, Ordinary amusements were out of the question, "I've only just about enough for Mrs, Beatson," he reflected but he did not regret the fact at all, When asked to jean in different excursions he pleaded engagements, and went for solitary wailks, On the Sunday, however, he made a discovery which appalled him. The return. -half of his. ticket was gone! He remembered that once his let- ter -ease, had slipped from his pock- et, and all the afternoon he spent in searching the beach, without sue - aces. There was no one available from whom he could possibly borrow, There was no time to wire to friends even if the post-oflzce had been open, Mrs. Beatson, he deliberat- ed, would never consent to retain. hie belongings as security for part of her bill, and he was due back at the efface the following morning! At an early hour, desperate, he sent a telegram. The answer s oa reached him. Re stiffened as he rend it: "Excuse not accepted. Stay away for good. Week's salary follows by post." The manager had always disliked him, and, after recent reprimands, had thrown out the broadest of hints that he sbould seek another situation. Hurstaway hardly grasped the truth until he had a etuaally left the hoarding' house. Dully he reviewed his position. Re was left with a few copper lugs in town," coins. "My landlady kept it, then, for '' ""' the rent I owed her." The waiter in the rather dingy restaurant"rt wondered why you'd never in the side -street was written even a line. So you didn't snatching a few minter rest. A know my address." big party of excursionists had, just "But I hoped I'd see you again left after a late lunch, and it was if I waited till September. That not likely that there would be any was one of the reasons—" further customers yet awhile.,"The reasons why you stayed l" He was rather surprised, there- she echoed softly. The look on her fore, when the swing -doors opened. face. made Hurstaway catch his "It's raining fast now I" remark- breath. "`T imagined' you'd quite ed the elder lady audibly. Thrs forgotten me." isn't t much of a place, but we can «You'd have eared? But at the shelter till the shower's over." boarding-house you avoided me— Miss Sylvia Grex glanced round .hardly ever spoke 1" as they sat at a small table,but al- "Oh, you're very foolish I" He most before her gaze could rest on could just catch the words. "You the waiter, he had turned his back. were so different from those others! She saw a stout man approach him, I I liked you all along. I was so and overheard a sharp command :t afraid I'd show it, `though. Now I "Attend to those ladies at once, don't seem to mind,after meeting WBut the t is wrong wated[ vanished shh you ed through y°" n t afternoon:". 2," i erred a curtained doorway. The stout, In the restaurant?" he queried, foreign -looking person came for- puzIled. ward.I recognized you directly, al - "I am sorry, but my waiter—he though lov on purpou o se. e. Yoto ur— o t kiss. I left ed y is ill. Kindly excuse ham. I myself it. That shows—" will take your order." ,� Hurstaway drew back from' her. "Coffee for 'two, please. "I'm poor, though—a waiter The proprietor presently, with shabby clothes." He set his lips much condescension, set the cups together. "You can't think what before them. A quarter of an hour went by. "You're saying."He held out his "Ready, dear? I think the rain's hand: But the !girl laughed shakily. ver for the present. Shall we "`I'm going to do the` waiting hmve now. You ll rise in the world. Miss Grex roused herself, f, sem Wont you—if I believe in you?' "ugly with an effort, alhi assented. George :31urstaway caught her A minute later the waiter had ap hand. A new confidence" came to parently recovered. He reanpear- him. He; threw back his head. ed, and began to clear the table. "Yesin spite everything." Beneath one of the chairs lay a ,"1, to, feel perfectly sure of glove. As he picked it up, he no- that:" [iced that the proprietor was Deco- Hurstaway leaned over the pier pied. He held it tightly for a mo- railings, and stared across the sea ment between : his two hands. into the darkness. There was a' curious, strained ex- ,r >, Dreams, he muttered pression on his £ace. «dreams are sweet !" As he retired with "the tray, the And one day his dreams came door was pushed open again—very true.—London ondon Answers. softly this time. Miss Grex had're- turned, alone. . She stood looking - q. awkwardly round. The stout man suddenly became aware of her pre - Miss Grex drew the proprietor aside. In the big mirror before her she saw the waiter's reflection. With a rapid movement he carried -the glove to his lips. When they swung round to face him he bowed and held it out, impassive and respect- ful. "Very well, miss; I will not re- primand him, since you wish. George, the door for the lady!" As she passed, the girl's eyes soughtthe waiter's face. Re was looking down, with head bent. "Eight o'clock, outside the pier !" He heard the whisper, and flush- ed suddenly, with a quick gasp - "N -nine o'eloek is when I'm free," "Nine, then i" She disappeared. "Do net loiter there all day, George! Write these ;menus— quick 1 Tchah ! I will do them my- self. Your hand shakes. You are ill yet?"` "No, sir," George Ilurstaway answered quickly. "I feel consid erably better now," Shall we go through?" Miss. Grex asked, indicating the: turn- stile. urn- stile. "If { you don't mind being seen about with me. I'm not known in the town much, after all, because I'm kept indoors a lot,", "And you think I'd care if "My position, you see, Hursta way reminded her quietly. "People'' would think you you'd lost your senses!" "I hoose myown friends." The girl liinas they s va ng round tc? a walked along the pier, And: I don't consider what they do for a living!" eIlurstaway was silent for a mom - "You said you'd come down her again." "You've stopped here all the summer? I never expected to meet yo«In.#? there least of all, I suppose,"' He waved towards the distant cafe. "Why, did you take up that 'work?" "It was all I could get, when I found. I'd lost my situation in the city. The clay= after you left I—I went in for a, meal just as the pro- prietor was discharging his waiter in a fit of temper, He offered rite the job. Iwas xn rather a hole." Re bit his ripe as Miss Grex gave a cry, ":Explain it all. Yes, you must tell me, She listened to his few faltered sentences, and guessed the remain- der of the story. "Then it was all through helping me that your troubles came !n Her voice was unsteady. ""t lost your card somehow, but I remembered the name of your road. I returned that money next day to your lodg- TORONTO GORRfSPONDENCf "I believe I—I left' something be- hind just' now." "Certainly ! .I will 'inquire at once. Yes," He rang a bell, and the waiter - stepped out. "Have you picked up anything from that small table by the'win- dow ? Come, come ! Are you deaf I" Slowly the waiter's hand sought, his breast pocket. "The glove love ! You have it. Why did'" yes'. not tell me, George'? .'Why?" The stout man was growing angry. v -ns kaepinn it sir until—un- til--" ntil--un- yes;- of course I" iNTERESTINC (iOSSiP FROM .ONTARla.'t; CAPITAL., The New Gorporatpgn, ,Counsel -New tabor Paper—flown Town Problem—A Big Audience, After several months' delay. the City Connell has decided to appoint his Wor- ship Mayor Geary to the Corporation tiouuselshi , made vacant by the elevation of Mr. IL L. Drayton to the chairmanship of the Dominion Railway Board. The salary is to be 55.000 a year to began with, This is not much advance over Mn, Geary's income as Mayor, whieh wits 57,500., lint< it has the advantage of being perman- ent. Besides, Air. Geary has expressed the hope that when he makes good the sal - any ,will grow, And it doubtless will, Some a lderrnep who opposed -Mr.. Gear's appointau; ni.on the ground that be was not a big enough lawyer for the Sob, said they would be prepared to pay $55,000- a year to the right man„ viewed from this standpoint, it is just ap question if the city will not,- do as well with Mr. Geary on the job as it would with some man with a made reputation at a, fancy salary, It is trite he has not had much „.,•.;Bence in legal work, But this le partl3 o#fset. lir his intimate knowledge of municipal affairs, besides, he is young, energetic, diplomatic ,and ardently ambi- tious. S0Mb SOCSNESS. The sound criticism of the appoautment, is on the nrotn d that no member e mber o f Council should be appointed to as perman- ent 3o1r, louring his term of office. In the Present instance the Mayor admittedly" did nor give the subjectdisanterested eon' efderation, and that, is something the. nubile, haying elected hint to the- Chief 3lagistraey, baa a right to exPcut from him on every *Sue, particularlY on cue ae important as this one. There is a ;l od deal of linderlYing ;soreness about t is pilose of the matter, There is some surprise that Mr, eeaAy, zp by his action, baa ere. ed a against politi- cal life, lie could have bad u a titataitratiora for 1'arliainent any time during the last five years, and wttli the star` et tie can. servative party in the ascendant he might have been expectedto have had a l+riili• ant career. Mid he may yet return, to the political arena. Meanwhile lie is to be known as G. R. Geary, C., Corpora- tion Counsel, A NEW hP Ia ABOM P 4PEli. The appearance of a new labor paper in Toronto be an eyent of nneorizin0e not so tuueh for the immediate elfe--it it will bane in polities or, in labor alfaira, but because of the potentialaties for the futures The editor lu'pbief i$ Mn,dames Simpson, far, sly ap, typesetter, more rareetly Tor la Years city hall reporter for one of f^ecal dailies, and always. an active or agitator, as zoom as 1.eesporaihe lee' acid Methodist local preacher. Ne $ also a, member of the Board of Diu - Ion for some years and wag a member lie Dominion Government's. Commission 'clinical Education, Ile will likely be a caudida:o for the Board Of Control. have bean many previous attempts to establish a labor organ in Toronto, but the attempts merely served to help fill the newspaper graveyard. 5, paper called The Toiler" was the lash vactiru. There sero higher hopes for the latest venture, It starts off with fairly liberaLSupport in [lac was of stools subscriptions from labor organizations' andindividuals, so that it is assured of sufficient capital to give it a chance to got on its feet, To prevent con- trol of the publication falling into the hands of any individual or organization, or even group, the number of shares per. rnitted to any one subscriber is strictly It has yet to be demonstrated that the labor organizations: will support an "or- gana," The fault with previous publica- tions is that they have been too Much "organ," and not enough attention paid to making the paper interesting. WILD AVOID tIENERAIi POLITICS. Cheese may be kept fresh if it is wrapped in a cloth damped °with. vinegar and put in a covered' dish. Dr. M'osse's Indian Root Pills are just the right medicine for the children.. When they are constipated -when their kidneys are out of order =when, over -indulgence •' in some' favorite food gives them indigestion —Dr. Morse's Indian RootPillswill quickly and surely put them right. Purely vegetable, they, neither sicken, weakenor gripe, like harsh purgatives. Guard your children's ' health by always keeping a box of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills in the house, They 51 Heap the Children tbii �il� It is expected that the newspaper will keep away "from tariff and other issues of a general character. devoting itself to issues which speeifleally effect the city laboring man, such as conditions of labor and workmen's compensation. It will, in Rs general effect, probably emphasize ra ther than diminish the cleavage between city and country. Its first, political activity kill doubtless be in municipal affairs. A. labor "slate" for nearly all the civic offices is within the range of possibilities this year. If moderately successful there the nest move, no doubt, will be to get into Pro. vincial and Dominion politics. The estab. lishment of the paper foreshadows the first serious attempt to launch a real labor party in Canadian politics. IN BOND STREET 01nUnCii. In my letter last week some reference was made to the down town problem con- fronting Toronto churches, and the (De- position shown in some quarters to shirk it and in others to meet it. The solemn fact is that of the 50,000 persons living south of College street, only a small frac- tion 'has raction'has been reached by the churches. Both in preaching and in works it is un- doubtedly the fact that some of the churches in down town Toronto are out of sympathy with the masses whom they are supposed top serve. The church perhaps most popular in many ways with the Crowd is Bond Street Congregational, whose destinies are presided over by Rev. Byron II. Stauffer, who came here several years ago from Buffalo. his methods are much less sen- sational than those employed in this pul- pit twenty years ago by the late Dr. Wild, but be contrives to make his ser- vices interesting, and he 'always draws full houses. Ile is a. man of considerable personality, a fluent speaker and embel- lishes his sermons with frequent refer- ences to the affairs of the hour. Some might call some of his addresses lectures rather than sermons, meaning that there is less ofspirituality about them.' than is usual. Bond street churdi is sometimes compared to a business, of which the preacher is. the general manager. Bearing out the analogy, be has there an office which he occupies several hours a day. And yet Bond street has no empty pews, and that is one point gained. A SPURGEON 'NEEDED. What the church in down -town Toronto needs to -day is a Spurgeon. It wants a man with fire and spirituality. The liar - vest is waiting for him. :.Ire could take such a building as the new arena, _which will seat 7,000 persons, fill it three times on Sunday and possibly on any other ev- ening in the' week, if lie had the physical strength. But where is the Spurgeon com- ing from? Down town- . Toronto needs' more, of course, in the way of church service than a preacher,' even if. he were a Spurgeon. It needs a small army of workers. It has; a' few now loyal and devoted; but their numbers are sadly out of proportion to the work that is to do. , One wonders of the churchesreally appreciated the work that lies right at their • hand, TORONTO'S BIGGEST AUDIENCE. Toronto's - new amusement showplace, The Arena, has been successfully, launch- ed with a week's "musical festival." -De signed primarily for hockey: matches, the promoters hope they can make use of it. in the off season for all sorts of special productions. ' The problem will be 'to fill it. i„It will hold eight thousand` people,' twice as many as any other meeting -place in Toronto, and a small city in itself. The sight on the closing night of the opening week, when every seat wee filled, was one long to ' he remembered. The layout of the building is that, of an oval ,amphi- theatre, without' galleries. All around the oval solid masses of humanity, rising:,. tier upon tier, . furnished. an impressive sight. It Was the greatest'. concourse of men and women ever gathered under one roof in Toronto. Unless it is filled, however, the effect of he interior is barnlike. Arbitration is alwag s,satisfactory -----to the arbitrator karts' FOR MKI NO SOAR SOFTENING li/ AT . ,, REMOVING PAI E4 i NFECT1NG SINKS. CI.O ►ET AI :ET'C. sot -D gAt . 1-WHErRE REV&E SUS$TtTUTtS POISONOUS S:AlES. Toot Over Thousand Twenty -Four " 1 1 t a u aI. Lives in India Last Year, According to a report jaast;laalb• lished in Simla,' India;, the number of wild animals destroyed in India in 1911 was 25,840, as c mpared 'n-ith l3a28� , in1910,Thas..a 1inci included€d IOW tigers, 5,352 leopards, and 4,251 wolves. Nearly 17%600nna?;es: destroyed, as against 91,100. is increase is largely ac,;ollnted for by the offering cf rewards by the Burma Government., That this' action was necessary is proved by the fact that in, one area the paddy'. Hells were so snake infested that: their cultivation was impossible, Altogether 1,047 persons ° were killed by wild animals and 24,2v""3 by snakes, the figures for 1510 being 2,382 and 22,478 respectively. The number of cattle killed by wild ant - Is was 91,709, against 08,070, and by snakes, 10,533, as against 10,990, With regard to snake bite of hu- man beings it is said that in the Bombay Presidency, the 'United Provine and Eastern Bengal and Anna the use of Sir Laande�r Brun- ala's lancets is reported in a ;tarifa-• er of eases to have resulted in at h proportion of cures, As in previous year;s, however, the static ice relativeto the successful use of his instrument call only be accept- d with resezvatioxns, (finite Sincere. yeang mall Ie Geer mal and ms pre- bt, to e llaird of yotar ;daugh-- bet my love for her is so great I cannot be to peed by such considerations, Oh ! sir, Will you give her to nye " The old magnate' smiled and ec-eme41 interested, "Pat xc'ifich of my three daughters do you nt?„ he asked, not unkindly. agezly= the suitor 'made ' answer, till, I'll leave that to you, sir," a Give :fiiul Time. 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