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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-7-15, Page 6T82 1yconom in its rich drawing freshness, THE STOL BEGIN HERE TO -DAY. • A novelist, seeking" nocturnal ad 'venture, waits for a taxi in the Pad- dington Recreation Ground, London. He notices a girl who seems to b waiting for the midnight omnibus and offers to give her a lift in his taxi and the girl accepts his offer. She informs him that her sister is sick in al hospi- tal and that she is on her way to fetch ;her sister's baby from her sister's home to hers, The cab stops in a poor part of Lon- don and the girl disappears through a doorway and returns carrying a baby. Arriving at a point in Elgin Avenue, the girl leaves the cab and as she alights her escort notices an elabor- ately worked coat -of -arms on the baby's coat. NOW GO ON WITH THE NTORY. I had altogether lost track of her. After a moment, a policeman who was standing by a gate, considered me with a suspicious air.. I had rav- eled my hair, so that it stood on end. The policeman was still watching me with -interest. It was obvious that I could not stay in the middle of the road like this unless I wanted him to think me drunk. For a moment I thought I would tell him about the coronet. But what could a policeman *my if a hatless man, in .the middle of the road, told him that a girl who wasn't there had got hold of a baby that wasn't there either? He'd be certain to think me drunk. So, at- tempting all the dignity a man can achieve when he has lost his hat, I "girailr�" away to Elgin Avenue, pre- tending to be busy. I got home somehow, "a little later, unfortunately in another taxi, so that I did not recover my hat. I had a cold bath, as a result of which I felt much hotter, and more confused when 1 got into bed. I found myself unable to sleep. All the little incidents of that night crowded upon me: the girl's confused references to her father and her stepmother, the fact that she was living alone and yet took her sister's baby to live with her when she could leave it where she had found it, the obvious commonness of her voice, and its contrast with the baby's beautiful clothing, her nervous excitement, her state almost .of palsy, as if she had. been frightened, or was hunted, when. she came back with the child, her rapid 'flight, the blackness. into which she had taken me, the blackness into which she had vanished.. all this combined. By degrees it piled up into a certainty that my wanderer of the night had stolen a child, and that I bad assisted her. Them my confused state of mind became complicated by the realization that babies with cor- onets on their clothes are not gener- ally found in houses on Guelf Street. I saw myself in the middle of a bur- lesque rather than a melodrama. But the baby did have a coronet on its clothes. Perhaps it had been stolen that day, and Rhoda was the person to afford it deeper concealment.. Then 1 remembered my hat, and horror fell over me like a muffling sheet. What was going to happen? If that baby was important, a hunt would take Carry if E always with Put EN BABY place. Probably the taxi man `tvoul'd read in the papers an account of the stealing from Guelf Street. He would remember the girl, the baby ... and ire, And my hat, within the lining, bore my name and address`: How was I going to„explain. plain that I was no acces- sory to the crime? I had visions of a prosecution; of myself, if not going to jail, at least socially compromised. There was no question of sleep now. I turned abort and about upon. my burning bed, at one moment a crim- inal, at another an outcast. I even had a beautiful serene mood when I saw myself going to the polide station and offering myself up. And I loath- ed oathed myself for having been such a fool :and left my hat behind. Several times I resolved in future to go to bed every night at half -past ten. But all this did not give me back my fatal hat. Thus, at half -past five, con= pletely exhausted, I got up, dressed, out of habit shaved, thrusting away the idea of cutting my throat. I did not at all know what I wanted to do. I mainly wanted to get out • and think. I went out into the cool morning that was golden and radiant with summer. The streets were white and lovely, as they are at that hour. 1 walked through the pretty desert of llmBilpll 4 7-4 "What can I`do for you?" said the lofty creature. Mayfair into the park, where for a while 1 sat on a bench. But I was too restless and after a while went •on, still through the parks. It was nearly a quarter to seven now; I realized with a shock that I was instinctively moving toward Guelf Street, like a murderer drawn to the scene of his crime. When I reached the fatal corner, instinct seemed to guide me; though the light should have deceived my eyes, I knew exactly where Rhoda, had gone. It was just there, thirty yards along, on the right, to a very tall black house faced with stone. There were a good many people about, and already children were playing in the gutters. Thus, without drawing atten- tion, I went up to the house. It seem- ed ordinary enough; the curtains sug- gested a certain tidiness. Then I per- ceived. a helf-effaced brass plate upon the door where I read the words: "Mrs. Gold's Nursing Home.". I was stupefied, for. Mrs. Gold's Nursing Horne is one of the most famous in all London, oneof the most opulent, The idea that a little shop girl from Elgin Avenue could receive a baby from such portals was absurd, unless she received it illegitimately. The conviction fastened upon me that my nightmares were correct, that kidnap- ping was the adventure in which I, had had a hand. I fest puzzled. How was it that Mrs. Gold's Nursing home lay in Guelf .Street? Then I reniem-' bered that the next turning on the left was Royal Place, which is the ad- dress ofthe home. .•I was standing before' the back door, Well, I had i come so far;' 1 had better face the trouble. Perhaps it was too late to repair. what I had done. So I mount- ed the steps, 'and With a trembling hand rang the bell. III. ogitsoa.', Though waser� the door s, s ou was opened by a parlormaid, already iiaagniiieont in ruched cap and fri:ler•1 Apron. Vaguely 1 noted the sire and appalling ugliness of the furniture of the hall; the fan'le of Mrs. Gold's: WRIG5a Keeps teeth, clean, breath sweet, • appetite keen and: digestion good.' great after vumtuura stroking spstrtotoii Doubkm(rr It fi+ad Th it4F f er hyiery Meal- 11::$ eal; i LIB No. 28---'264 Nerving' Homer exte'ded back to the yotitth Of Queen Viet; ria; it meintain- d its traditions, "Can I see Mrs. Geld?" I said. "Mrs. Gold?" said the parlormaid, dna tone of amazement. "Yes. It's very important," "You want to see Mrs, Gold, sir?" repeated the parloranaid, this time conveying that I wished to see the Empress of China. "l'm afraid that's impossible, sir." "But I tell you I must see her. It's very arnt." " I'rn Sgeorry, sir. But the cliairrnan, I meati Mrs. Gold, can be seen only every other Friday, between three and four. Perhapsyou would like to see the matron, sir?" - "Yes, yes. I'll see anybody you like who's in charge." I was ushered into n small room entirely filled with large tallies, side- boards and armchairs, 1840 style, papered in 1840, expensively, and never repaperecl since. There I waited for an awful quarter of an hour, at the end of which a page, covered with buttons, took me to another room, where, behind a colossal desk, sat an equally colossal woman, • upholstered in black silk, and hung with the kind of gold chain that provincial mayors affect. "What can I do for you?" said the lofty creature. "Well, you see , r ," "One moment, ,May I ; ask your n4rnaa?,: I gave it, and began again, but was innerrupted: "One Moment. Your 41- dressA if you please. • Thank your' 1 She joined her finger tips. "Well; what can I do for you?" I was silent for a moment; the di- mensions of the scenery daunted ane; besides, I don't know how it happened, but the room felt cold•, I had not ex- perienced coolness anywhere for a Week. How, in. the midst of these stupendosities, in this temple of res- pectability, I was going to explain that the shrine had been violated in the night, I really did not know, At last, forcing my palsied tongue, • I told my story hurriedly and with compete incoherence, whilethe matron kept upon me an observant, appraising eye. Her glance said: "Mental case. Not dangerous." When I had finished she recited any story to n'ie in an incredu- lous tone: 'So far as I 'understand, you tell me that last night you, in company with a young. woman, ab- stracted an infant frofn this estab- lishment." "Yes." - "You tell me that the young woman went upstairs afterhaving exchanged some remarks with a person., - ," "I didn't say she exchanged re- marks. I' said that I thought i. saw... . ,'x "Pardon nie. Yoe. 'saw, or' you did not see. Which was it?" "I think I saw." -- "Very well. We will omit that fact for tho moment. You then say that the young person came out, carrying an infant which she had not brought into this establishment. Do I under- stand you rightly?" "Quite." "And what, may I ask, were your motives in assisting in this apparent- ly disgraceful proceeding?" "Well, you see. I was standing out- side the Chippenham ..." "What is the Chippenham?" "A. public house." "I understand. Yes. Please pro- ceed. You say, that as you were corn- ing out of a public house . , .". "I was not coining out of a public house. Besides, it was after closing time." "I am not- aware of closing time. Please proceed." "The girl was in a" great state of excitement, and told me she had to fetch a baby for her sister and that .. " "You have told me all this before but your xnatives are still obscure, Mr. "Oh, never mind my motives. I ex- pect I was a fool. But what I want you to understand is that a baby has been kidnapped from this place and I want to make sure that it's all right. (To be continued.) 4 It is a secretion shed Into thetwater tr� �;+!c^. a! �i * r'E c �'r/.r _Far NAVY BLUE IS SMARTEST. If you are partial to` the straight silhouette, you wi��l find much to old- mire in this distinctive frock of ilavy crepella. 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Tie Largest Selling Laund Sot in the world ry p , Lever Brothers Limited,Toronto Sold' Everywhere S-79 DON'TS FOR JUNE BRIDES Give`a Man a .Chance's By `'A Woman With a Duster." . Here area few tips for June brides: much right to his opinion asryou have Don't ' live. in your emotions. Get'to yours. Don't be one'of the I to d u -s down to earth asa daily abiding place,! n y y ai„P c. You won't -get so many bumps if you women. -When your husband makes do I a mistake, let him down easy and for got the incident; If.e will remember; it Don't 'sit with your finger on .our with gratitude. pulse, haunting you heart throbs. • 'with hon to yield gracefully. It's Don't narrow your interests down to a great al't, and great is its reward.. one person, even if he is your hats -1 Never correct your husband before band, so that if he fails you your world company, no matter how big an error will be left empty and'disolate. I he makes. It's bad form and will in Don't thing that because you would' evitably make him hate y9u. die for your husband 'it gives you al Cultivate a sense of humor. There right to nag and •deprive him of his are many things in married life at personal liberty. Don't insist on go- which we must laugh or weep, and the ing out with him every time he leaves ability to see the funny side of domes - home. A roan has Just as much need tic life will keep you out oDthe divorce of masculine society as a woman has court. of feminine. "Rive• your husband an! Don't be a spoil -sport and raise a evening out,' and no questions asked, million objections to every plan' your every week. He deserves it. j husband suggests for a little pleasure. Take a Holiday. - Ii The reason that most neglected wives And take one yourself.. There are are neglected . is because 'they have no two .persons such dull company as first proved themselves wet blankets those who know - exactly the same on every festive occasion. things, and haven't even a new.: storyTry to ]earn to be chummy with. your to tell each .other. i husband, so :that when the flare of the fire of .passion dies out you will have Don't argue. Argument never ; yet the steady glow and warmth of friend - produced any results in the family ship and comradeshipto fall back up - circle, except rasped tempers. 1 Don't burden' your husband with;ali_.. Learn how to be a good cook, and an of your.little'worries. Re .has yeti- economical and thrifty housekeeper tiles enough ef :his -gwn. Flay fair with. your husband. Be as nioe to his family and friends as you expect him to.be to yours. Don't tell your husband everything you think you think, for sometimes you don't think it. Don't set up your own standard of tastes and. morals and expect your hus- band to accept them. He has `just as • That's just as much your obligation in matrimony as it is a man's to make the money to run the house on, Dont' . forget that your husband is your biggest baby and the only one that will never grow up. Don't bewail the fact that your hus- band is not all your girlish fancy paint- ed hint. What 'would: a perfect man want with you? The ability to fold table napkins in thirty-seven different ways is one of the many accdmp]i:shments a Garman waiter has to' acquire before he can call himself a fully (:rained man. The best training school for waiters is one in Berlin. It•~was founded in 1892 and here dozens of pupils are be- ing taught the art of laying the table, carving and serving faultlessly. 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"'There',; nothing ahead of ire in this office," there's. usually something b:�hha, — and pretty close, too, New ,single cylinder 'Harley-Davidson 'Motorcycle, has fast won a World's Re. cord for endurance. Less than one cent per mile to operate,, and over 100 miles per gallon of gas, 497 cash, bol- a ce $20 a r m 11 1' • o 298 WALTER ANDREWS, Ltd, " • Minerd`s liniment• for Sore Feet Ould Oirelandt It is about a century since Sir Water Scott voiced this love of ;the •homeland in the 'following fa. nous lines: Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to -himself loath said., This Is my own, my native land! Whose heart bath ne"ea• within him burned, A5 home his fo tNt ep5 be bath turned, !'roan wandering 011 a foreign strand! 11 such there breathe, go,- mark him well; i For hire no Minstrel 'raptures swell; high though his "titles, proud liis uame, Boundless his wealth as ivisjr can eitt.iin f Despite those titles, power; and pelf, The wretch, cohcentrerd all in self, Living, shall forfeit fart renown, Ii And, doubly dying, shall go down - I To the vt'ie (lust, from whence 11e Perpetual Task, The hard partof makinggood' i is that you 'must do itover every day,—Van- couver Sun. BICYCLE BARGAINS - Hew .grid:.illtihtly used, 510 f • ; upwards. 'Transportation prepaid. Write. for ?Hoe Ll,t. PEERLESS BICYCLE WORKS. 1 \\... 193 llyndps Street amu+West, Toronto sprung, Unwept, u11honored, and unsung. klph-oL.ts S.•C. W. Leghorn and O. A, C. Barred Plymouth Rosh BABY CHICKS. Eight wooka old Pullets Yroni krte,tl nud rculni.ernd Canadian l -g(- Iaytng Con - teat atoek 'for an 1. Chicks, Eta each. 100 nor Dent. Me arrival guaranteed, :G,ggF, $1.00 reP Per 100• 00 ner rent, fi•rtlilty guaranteed, PAIR DEAL POULTRY FARM Wgltor L, Cedman Courtlond, Ontario UIQ':OP YOUR. W Ears money -and not it every weak, ,Boll fruit keel, flowering shridt, thado Irma. hedpinp, roe* end avorprroot. outfit fdrlltstied.` Otd, ostnbIUh• ed firm has an ottraotivoro pp P pns t t len ler man or woman of food standing and energetic. E. o. StliTH & SONS, LIM11TED,.' Marina, OnCarhr THE PRICE OF LOVE ' • "'The only thing we can get for troth Ing is love." This statement was made recently by a man who presumably 'spoke from experience. He should be congratu- lated on his good luck in getting, free of cost, one of life's most expensive necessities. To most of us love is a great .deal more than a luxury; it is our very lifei In speaking of file price of love, how- ever, T do not allude to the financial cost of an engagement er a marriage. It would be sacrilege to reduce love to dollars and cents. Yet we Have only to study human beings, and our newspapers, to realize that payment of a kind is demanded ; for every dart Cupid sends out. Un- fortunately, the overage person will not wasp tbth fact, but just takes from "Life's shop window" something which, on the surface, appears to be an at- tractive "free gift," Paying Every Hour, Such is our desire to get into the lanci of thrills and heart -beats that we rarely estimate the cost of the journey. If some well-meaning person tells us there will be ' a price, we just laugh, never expecting a demand for pay- ment to be made, Yet' even the love affairs which ap- pear to b -e running most smoothly do demand payment from both man and woman. Re must deny himself much, and she also has to make sacrifices, A wife who loves herhusband pays. every day -sometimes every hour—for the happiness of his love., Those of us who live outside the shrine of love have only our own troubles to bear, but when one heart 'beats iaa„,,,unison with another, the cares and anxieties, of each ane borne by both. We incur debts of love. True, there are occasions when the account rendered seems extortionate, yet most of us pay up cheerfully. The following true incident points. to the power and strength of love, yet shows how reluctanta girl may be to pay for the beauty of love after it has entered her life. • Fate's Demand Note. Edna was the plain one of a fancily of three, and while the others married, she was left "on. the shelf." • Most peo- ple expected her to remain there for life. Then she got ,a lover, and .her whole appearance changed. Her eyes brightened; her smile became sweet; and folks wondered how ever' they amid have thought her plain. A month or so later I found her weeping and looking sulky. He had gone to a football match. She hated football,- so wouldn't go. - She could not- - understand' that a couple' o1 hours' graciousmartyrdom was what Fate called upon her to pay for the joy of love. She constantly declared that she would • give the whole world rather than lose her lover's af- fection, yet when put to the test she was ready to give -practically noth- ing! Where "British" h Best. The fact that Amitndsen's airship, Norge I., hurriedly replaced a foreign; compass for oue of English manufac- ture, is Pleasing evidence that we are coming into our own in the manufac- ture of scientific apparatus, says an English magazine. I3efore the war we did not iiOld a preminen•t place in this industry. We seemed to be content—as we did in the realms of scienceitself—to do the preliminary work and then let the foreigner reap the benefit. Not many . years ago optical and ' camera lenses were, practically a Ger- man monopoly, •The best laboratory apparatus came from the same source: Photographic Mins had to•be American before they were any good, It was the same with nearly every, variety of scientific instrument or apparatus. But during the war; and after, Bri- twin set to and tackled the problem, and to -day sees her first in the field. No other goods are so accurate and durable. - Especially do we excel in instru- ments designed to make delicate mea- surements. The Japanese Government recently had need of a special tinstru- ment for taking microscopic measure- ments. The- whole world was allowed to tender, and from the many specifi- cations submitted, a British one was selected, as none other fulfilled the re- quirements. e-quirements. In the wireless world—made pos- sible by the discoveries and theories of British scientists—weagain lead the way for accuracy and reliability. Thenew high-power station at Rug- by is the wonder and admiration of the whole world, It iircorporates, the most ingenious devices, and tells of so much splendid acliievenaent, that even the Americans, have had to sing its praises! Great I3r•itain may well be proud of the part she has played In the post-war progress of science.—I. U, The Impossible bic of n p Golden Mean. The proprietor of a grocery noticed a woman complaining to ,one of his clerics. After she brad deft the store, he asked the clerk, "What was she complaining about?" "The Tong "wait," explained the clerk. "Well," renittrked the philosophic ' grocer, you can's please sante people. Onlyyesterday Y 4 aY i 'h e was complaining of the short weight." Iia 'lin a be- ing , kindof pottur.yClay, is b.. ing used in 17." cast alt ir?dieine for Cholera,.