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SYNOPSIS along the highroad when Ruth, who egipettion, or bad there really fits+c-
etv a London ,wee in the driving seat, caught staid eted in W10s0 blue oyes a gleam al
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Ruth Nerds, stud t at oP sotnetbing dark lying 81 tits side , something like wonttoring rocogni•
,Arlt School,oins her father, Court -
j of the road, some way ahead. Some 1 time as their gaze met?
land Norris, a composer, and his ',dietetiee back a car had passed them Her father joined 'her at this point
MUM Coanpanion, Sorts Quentin for going vary fast, and she ltd not and suggested .that they should sten
a summer vocation In a caravan,
Boris Quentin's mother was a Flung-
etit•ian gypsy and he Inherited her In
tense *tare,
He Palls in love with Ruth but
:she tells him she can never love
bion,
And yet, much es she 1pved hint,
.she knew that ebe was at heart a
nonmal woman, With a woman's de-
sire for another kind of love.
She was yeang and not very ex.
perienced in the ways of the world,
or she might have stopped to won
der whether it is not sometimes
better to be denied love altogether
than to possess it, and with It heart-
ache and loneliness, as often bop•
pens--otor the path of true love
never did run smooth."
connect that fapt with the dark ob• , a passing npotor-ear, and get the
jeot until suddenly, as they drew young man into town, a .few miles
nearer, it dawned upon her tbat the `ahead, where there would no doubt
object was a body, She called to ,be a cottage hospital• it was plain
Boris, who was walking beside the that his right arm was broken, and
horde, and bad apparently been too there might be other, mere serious
engroseed in his own thoughts to ' internal injuries which should be
notice anything. He ran on ahead ' attended to with the least possible
and she saw him stoop down, then ` delay.
look up again and beckon to her. A few minutes later a saloon car
With a hasty word over her shoal- came along, and stopped at their
der, to her father, she lumped down t signal. The driver willingly agreed
and ran to join him, to take the young man to the heap!.
He was bending over the uncoil- s tal, and the three men, with great
coleus body of a young man, i difficulty, managed to lift him into
"Is he—dead?" Ruth asked aux. 1 the ear, During the process Ruth
lonely. Ruth saw,ltim go white to the lips,
"No, only unconscious. It must and knew that he must be in acute
have been that ear. ]Evidently it .pain, though he gave no other sign
struck him and knocked him aside, (Boris got in beside him, and ar.
and the brutes didn't stop. Hold bis ranged to join them at the camping
ground, outside the town, Just as
the car was about to start, Mr.
Norris caught sight of the knapsack
lying in the road, and threw it In
ingly at the still white face, one after them,
side of it hogrimed from the dust ^"f Ruth's heart was beating heavily
the road. She noticed that he wore as she watched the car disappear
riding, breeches end - in a 'Mil's of atm'. They two had
good quality, and that eve.un lit.,:, nt:t "like ships that Pass in the
in the road, lay a knapsack. 1t night" Would they ever hail one
looked as though he had been on a another again on life's broad seas?
walking tour. she thought, and look. She knew nothing about him—not
ed again, with greater interest, at .even his name. He must be twenty
his fare, six of twenty-seven. He might even
While site was studying him tu. he marked. There night lee a thou•
teeny. see saw the eyelids flicker sand and one reasons why, even in
and gradually open. Then she war, the unlikely pnssihiltty of Chir
staring down into a pair of '1•, ever meeting again, he could never
bluest, clearest eyes ;;he had ev,"r mean anything to her.
seen. And so they looked at on,. And yet she knew that _f that
another for save. -rat se<olt<1'. 0.1 were so, life would never be the
Ruth felt a queer, inexpll':bre n'ir- same again, Something vital would
ring at her heart wlitj' that 10.111 have gone out of it, never to return.
gaze lasted,
"W4-ho--are—you '^
}More she could n.1 , W' O, Dori, '
Quentin had returned with the
water, and was explaining to ..
ctlier man what had happened. ite
he held the bottle to ltio lips,
Ruth. watching them. was think
Mg that Boris had only been away a
minute and yrt .,,:action,~ had 11,1..
Jo 11,,d to her 111 that r tor•, so that
1 1 1 would never be quite the + ,
agtitl, It was as t,1 ,11811 111: eerie -
of
lilt' •of a veil hall been lifted, eivi1:5 ,or
a glimpse of sOlnethine ^n weeee+l•.
ftfl th^tt it took away her 11x,:1111,
•head, will you, while I go for my
But instead she fell asleep, for- water bottle?"
getting, with the easy adaptability Ruth took the young man's head
ofyouth, all about Boris Quentin, 1 on her lap,( and looked down pity
and with nothing to warn her of
danger to her peace of mind—uul"s.,
that strange premonition, on the
1krst wishthe caravan, cDul!'
be called a warning,
The next day ,she was relieved to
find that Boris had returned to his
normal behaviour, except that he
seemed to avoid her—but she was
glad of that, rather than sorry,
They were plodding placidle
Earns Prornotion
Arthur B. Smith, above, will
become general superintendent,
Sleeping, Dining, Parlor Car and
News Service, eastern lines, Cana-
dian Pacific Railway, with head-
quarters at Toronto on July 1.
After joining the Company as
office boy at. Montreal in 1903, he
served in posts of increasing res-
ponsibility at Winnipeg, Banff.
and Toronto, where he became
assistant superintendent in 1013
and superintendent In 1928. -
tt-as this lour? Was it
fo 1ong into a pair of eye -s and t',,.:,n.
nice the one being in all the wol'id
who holds the key to one's hear.?
Could it really be dlett if she never
sew this stranger again his image
would remain as clearly mlpt n. dl
in her mind and smil as thea t
h.td known 11101 front the beget.;—est
of time? And would hey„ ton, r -
member len? Yeti it been j,1 -
Her father was walking back t•o
the caravan. She turned, slowly,
to fellow bin, and her eye was
caught by a white abject lying on
the side of tile road She stooped
and picked it up, and saw that it
was the pbotogrnph of a very beau-
tiful girl, whose face bore the un-
mistakable stamp of birth and breed-
ing. Across the corner was writ-
ten:
"With love ---Cynthia,"
It must have dropped from the
young man's jag:ket, or from. the
kteapsetek, Who was this girl, and
what was she to him?
"With love.—Cynthia."
Ruth started et the words for a
long time, without moving, her ®
heart thumping wildly, and a sense
of bewilderment oppressing her,
jCLa nos "Cynthia"? Sister—
r.tt ,eilwart—wife?
I'• rl,ap o 11 was his sister, she
t 1,1 herself. but in her - heart she
rill not really believe 31. Something
teed her that "Cynthia" was more
than a sister to the strange mar
With the blue Yen.
"Oh well," she said •recltll:'ttiy,
"I'm m 0n idiot td stand hero guessing
wildly about it, At nny tate, the
pliatogeeph will give me an excuse
to see him again. I'll take it to
him at, the hospital. Yes, that's
What I'll do—and then 1 shall see
hint again.'
CHAPTER II,
TnsgedY,
They had not planned to ettenv so
eatdy 131 the day, but Ruth's father
suggested,'as they went on along
the road, :bat it would not have
heen very kind to go on without
wetting to see whether the stranger
they had found was gains en satls-
eactorily,
Ruth agreed, and apart from her
desire eo see the young man again,
was glad that they had decided to
rept, for she thought her father was
not looking very •well, The last
day or two had been very bot, and
although she bad repeatedly sug-
gested that they should rest for a
few days, her father Was always
anxious to go on, pointing out that
it was no strain upon him, as be
didvery little walking, whereas the
constant change of 'scene inspired
him,
, For several days Ruth had bean
watching hint anxiously, and when,
just outside the town, they came to
a suitable place for camping, she
bought some milk from the neigh-
bouring term, and ' made him a
strong cup of tea, after which she
persuaded him to lie down in the
shade and rest for the remainder of
the afternoon.
She sat down on the steps of the
caravan with a book, but she did
not read, It lay in her lap unopen-
ed, while she sat with hands clash-
ed round her knees, watching the
dappled light and shade on the turf
beneath the trees, and .thinking of a
stranger with blue eyes,
When Boris returned, he told
then that the doctors had found no
internal injuries, but had set tate
broken arm, and the young man Was
expected to make good progress,
Ruth told him of the photograph
I, that she had found, and mentioned
.her intention to walk into the tows
thatevening with it. Boris at once
,offered to do it for her, but she as -
c.
•shred itiln elle would like the walk,
She thought that he looked at .her
rather intently as ebe spoke, and
was annoyed to feel herself blush.
lits,
After tea Ruth set oft along the'
road, a sunt Agure in her becoming
tweeds.
As she drew pester to the town
her heart began to beat fester, and
when at last she stood in the en•
trance of the little hospital it was
,beating almost to suffocation.
A smiling, white -capped nurse led
the way into the ward, and Ruth
caw at once that the stranger was
the only occupant. Fie was lying
staring at the ceiling, but when ho
beard her step he turned his head
with a start, and a slow, deep flush
spread over his pleasant face.
"Oh, I say—.this is wonderfully
kind of you!" he began eagerly.
Ruth knew that her colour had
, mounted, and to hide her embarrass•
ment she said hastily:
"You dropped this in the road. i
thought I had better bring it to you
-at once, or you might be worrying
about it."
. She held out the photograph, ami
her quick eyes noted the young
man's change of expression as' he
took It.
"Thank you so much, It was
.very good of you,"
His voice sounded flat, suddenly'
and for one wild moment it occurred
to Ruth tbat peri'aps he had hoped
that she had ems to see him for his
own sake. On an impulse shit
added:
"I should have come anyway. 1
wanted' to be sure that you ware
quite comfortable, and that there
were no complications. Is there
anything I can do for you—write to
your friends, or anything of that
kind?"
"Thanks awfully, but I won 1
bather you. I shall be fit again
quite soon, no doubt. I shall be up
again to -morrow, and then, if they
will let me, I will finish my journey_
3
HIE/11111
Sport Fishermen Ready for Season
remain fishermen, bored to
tears after telling each other
all winter about the big ones that
got away, Will soon be able' to
make a fresh start. fipring brings
the opening of flshing 'seasons
throughout Canada, and indica-
tions from inquiries from sports-
men and information from guides
pouring into the oifime of A. 0.
:Seymour; general tourist agent,
Canadian Pacific 12atiway, ibtont-
real, are that game Gels are going indicate that sportsmen are on
to have a hard time of it.
'More people are planning early
vacations to take advantage of the
fishing while it is at its beet.
Reports from Canadian Pacific
Itailway hotels is the Maritimes
and Quebec, the Devil's Gap and
Freoh lover Bungalow Camps'
in Ontario, and bungalow camps
and hotels in the Canadian stock
les, iia Well as favored 'riesling
centrea Mit <CMtatdian Pantile lines'
the move again. The number of
Canadians travelling within Can-
ada and of Americans visiting
this country especially for fishing
will run into many thousands. En,
A country the size of Canada, and
misfits variety of fish and condi-
ti ns, opening 'seasons vary wide-
ly in the different provinces, ilr
fact ehowa in fishing booklets ob-
tainable from all Canadian Pa -
alba Railway agents, •
ERI EEGY
EAT
P1�l�liY
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Drake Canadian Fish and Shellfish
a healthful and appetizing varia-
tion of your diet. Whatever form is
most easily available to you ---fresh,
frozen, canned, smoked, pickled or
•',• "' dried ---you will find it the food of
,•e•;uf health, tastiness and economy.
:tiro,, . Hcaftfl, because fish Foods are rich in
`'lidlti` proteins, minerals and vitamins for
14y good general health ---in iodine, so
s .� vitally needed inland --in copper for
good rich blood—and- others.
Tasliness, because fish is a real fine -
flavoured delicacy, quickly and easily
l ` digested and adapted to dozens of
\ .. simple and delightful recipes.
Economy, because Fish Foods give you
full value 'in nourishment for every
cent spent. •
Canadian Fish and Shellfish are noted
throughout the world for quality and
flavour. Bring this pleasure more often
to your table also.
DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES, OTTAWA
SALMON
1n. Cinarole
1 cup of rice
1 pound can of Canadian enlmon
2 a¢g, 1/2 cop milk
t tbsp, butter Pitch salt
Couk rice, and when cold line lark -
ins dish With. it. Plake salmon,
Beat eggs, add milk, butter and
salt. stir mixture into salmon
lightly and pour into baking citsh.
Then carer all with a little of the
rice width has been reserved for
this purpose, and steam one hour,
Servo with while sauce,
Write
For
Booklet
Department of Fisheries,
Ottawa, Canada
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hook Any Day a Fuse Day", con-
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ANY DAY A FISH
129
D A1"
I have been on a walhlug tom', and
was on My way to see so1n0 friends.
Of mi110 w3to have a house a little
further On, It was l'a'thes' stUplll
of me to get knocked down in the
1sFt stugeS of my tour, wasn't it?"
"Better than in the early etegee,"•
Rut1t said, wast an answering
smile, "I ani eo glad it. Is no
Wot'ea, BU If you are going on
Yon mush let us give you a lift. You
,are not ilt to wa11c, and ant sure
uiY father will be delighted. We
are on a caravan M1our, and We de
not mind where we go. We just drlt't
along from place to place,"
''leo you? What a topping holi-
day! It's nice ore you to offer me 'a
lift. If you ere sure it will not up-
set your arrangements, I aoozpt
With geltitude,"
Ruth salt Iter heart leap. He would
be with them for a few hours—per-
haps a days One whole summer's
day—not very much out of :a title
.time, but enough, if she never saw
him again, to feed her memories for
years to come, Like all people who
are in love, elle was content to live
for the moment, sipping its honey
to the full. The future might have
in store heartache and heartache,:
but the present held nothing but
ha'pptnese, and she was cowtent,
S1ha .went away with a singlug
heart, and, back at the caravan, told,
her father of her offer to give the
stranger a lift, to which he readi.V-
agreed. Sate had ascertained from
the hospital authorities that the
patient would be well enough to
leave on the morrow, and had ar-
ranged to pick him up as they pass.
ed through the town,
As she belped to prepare supper
that evening,, there was a faint
senile on her lips -,the reflectio:: ut
that queer, excited hapiiinees IMI
she felt at the thought of to•miorrow,
Beyond that she would not look.
(To Be Continued.)
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Brussels 149:
WILLIAM SPENCE
Estate Agent, Conveyancer
and Commissioner
General Insurance
Office
Main street, — Ethel, Ontario
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collected
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