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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1937-9-8, Page 2THE BRUSSPAS POST And Hepburn said: "NO—MR. FARMER" "YES—SIR JAMES" What has happened to the promises Hepburn made to the farmers of Ontario before he was elected? Hepburn Promised the Farmers : A special session of the legislature to deal with farm relief problems immediately after the election. What Hepburn Did: Nothing! He said: "The farmers must stand on their own feet" Hepburn Promised the Farmers : Help in improving livestock, grants to help agriculture. What Hepburn Did: He wiped out the Farm Loan Board — stopped bonuses for pure bred sires and grants to junior judging competitions—cut off $300,000 in grants made by the previous government to aid the farmer, Hepburn Promised the Farmers : Wider markets and better marketing facilities. What Hepburn Did: He closed the marketing agencies at Montreal, Winnipeg and in the Maritimes—closed Ontario House in London, England, which had created markets thereby increasing Ontario farmers' annual income by$10,000,000. Hepburn Promised the Farmers : A string of cold storage warehouses across Ontario, for the benefit of the farmer. What Hepburn Did: Nothing 1 Hepburn Promised the Farmers: Reduced taxation. What Hepburn Did: He collected in taxation 80% more than was collected in the last year of the Conservative Government, of which the farmers paid their share. What is Sauce for the Goose ... Is Sauce for the Gander BUT—while Mr. Hepburn was saying to the farmer "you must stand on your own feet" and was cutting off $300,000 in agricultural bonuses, he was passing on a bonus to Sir James Dunn of the Algoma Steel Corporation of almost a like amount of the taxpayer& money. o E Agriculture and industry are both vitally necessary to the prosperity and welfare of the Canadian people. The farmer says, however, that "what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander—why take away our bonus to bonus Sir James Dunn?" C n Trust Rowe RV VE Issued by Campaign Committee of the Liberal -Conservative Party of Ontario. b2 »:»: �»:rd«'r»; »�"'' ,'.»'»«;r;«, .`«'v�»»».«;»'r`.»`r:«;«;«'.«:� :»:»�;,t:,*«`«-»:«;rra� �i_•i'::� '�S'.�:::« - - - - - - - - - long Highway BY MARGOT WRIGHT $. j SYNOPSIS Reath Norris, student a London Art School, joins her father, Court- land Norris, a composer, and hs pupil companion, Boris Quentin for a summer vacation in a caravan Boris Quentin's mother was a Hung- arian gypsy and he inherited her in- tense nature. He falls in love with Ruth but she tells him she can never love They encounter a young man on the road who had been kno. ked down by a motorist, He is Hugh MMIarvin an Englishman on a walking tour. Following a night in the hos- pital, Ruth who is much attracted .20 him offers him a lift In the cara- van. Boris 'resents her interest in Hugh with whom she finds she has much in common, They camp in the paddock of his friend Cynable Wendell, but Hugh does not reveal his relationship with the girl. Courtland Norris is not well Ruth's father dies and !carte ve:y little money for her, She 'ay a with Cynthia, each day fa': -,a 111 lave with Hugb. t, Ruth feels she can stay ,o :one? , with Cynthia. On her last ere .. Hugh tells her he loves Ler. But they cannot take their hapy ,e5: at ! the Boat of Cynthia's, A Ruth returned to town and mores to another Hat. She 'Aiming a position as a fashion artier!. CHAPTER IV. Marriage. Ruth liked he rnewv work, and soon settled down to it, It was necessary dor her to sell a great deal of her father's !furniture, and move to two sanall rooms at Clap- ham, and dna way it wee a relief to get away irom the. flat which held so enany memories of her father, Moving to a new place, and taking up shah an entirely different lite Pere that Which site had previously • led made things more bearable tor her. It was as though she had turned over a fresh page in the book of life. The past was there, all the time, at the back of her con- sciousness, and in the holy places of her heart, but she tried not Lo furs to it too often, for fear that it would conquer, and the loneliness become too much for her to bear. Sometimes she wondered what had happened to Boris Quentin, and thought of writing to him to tell him her new address, hut it would be so much like re -opening the cid wounds that she continually delay- ed doing so. And then. one day, she met him again, " It was at Picadilly Circus, one lunch time. Her office was quite • close, and after her usual light lunch she had gone for a walk, to look at the shops. As she was gazing In one of the big plate -glass windows, sbe felt a touch on her arm, and turned to find herself face to face with Boris, who was Iooking at her eagerly, "Ruth --it is you, then! I caught sight of you as I was passing. ' he`1 have you been hiding your - She coloured under his searching eyes. and yet she felt a thrill of pleasure, as well as of pain. as she looked at his familiar tate. Here, at leant, was a friend from the dear dead past, She had not real- ised the full extent of her own lone- liness, her own ache for osmeone to talk to about her father, and the other things that had been sealed up in her heart for so long, until sbe heard Boris's familiar voice. He looked older than he had done at the caravan—but that, probably, was due to the fact that he was (lvtelaalnk eonv)emtipnal elothesi—a dark lounge suit and overcoat, and a soft felt hat. Under his arum he carried a vdoLin case, "I haven't been hiding," eche told him, with a senile, holding out, her hand, "I had to move --that was 811. I intended to write to you, but sbnnehow—well—the letter did not manage to get written. But it Ls nice t0 meet you again," "Is it?" His voice was eager, and the light whirh sprang into his dark eyes told her that his feeling for her had not changed, "I can't tell you how glad I am to see you. I began to think I should never meet you again—and yet I have al- ways had a feeling that fate intend- ed otherwise, Ent, I say, I am keep- ing you standing here when we might be having some lunch I o- gether— that is, it you will honour me. Don't say 'No'—it seems such ages since we met, and I want to hear all your news, and to •tell you mine.', "I should have loved .to come," Ruth told him, "But I have just had my lunch. And it is getting late, I must hurry back to the office, I'm afraid," "The office?" "Yes—I have a Joh in the studio of an Advertising Agency—liaid- rick's. I had to do something." "As bad as that? Poor kid. I'm frightfully sorry." "Thank you, but you needn't bo," she told him, with a rather wistful smile, "I like it tremendously. It's 'commercialized art,' of course but In my spare time I am working at a watercolour, which I hope to submit to the Young Artists' Exhi- bition," "Splendid! 'I hope It will win a fat prize—and fame, which is still more Important," "But wbat about yourself?" she asked him, "What are you doing?" "Oft, my food is on the first rung I think! I have a Joh in the Beaconsfield Symphony Orchestra— and the director is very flattering. I have Just conte from rehearsal." They chatted together for a few minutes longer, then Ruth, with a glance at her watch, said she must fly. "Weld, I don't intend to lose you + again, now that I have found yos; " Boris informed her. "Won't you conte out to dinner with ane to- night? We will go to one of those jolly little ,Soho places—cheap and cheerful. Do come." Iiutlt accepted gladly, surprise,1 at the pleasure it gave her to think of spending an evening twitla Ib friend from the past, and 1t was ar- ranged that lie should meet Ilea' out, side her office. 411 that afternoon, as she bent above her dt'awingboard, men -00o of the past, roused by the encounter with Boris, thronged her mind, Her thoughts lingered about the pleasant old house in Kent, which had been the setting of so much drama in her lite, she thought of Cynthia, and of Hugh. No doubt they were ntar• tied by this time, and living there together. She felt a sharp pain at ber heart, as she saw a picture of Hugh coating back from town every evening, •Cynthia eneeting him on the steps with face upturned for his .kiss, of the two of them going arm in atsn into the peaceful old house and dining together in the mellow caadleldght In the long dining -room, with a great log fire burning on the hearth. A pang of envy shot through her —envy of Cynthia, mho had so mrch even love—while she, Rdth, had nothing. But instantly she was ashamed of it, .telling herself that Cynthia deserved all the happiness that could possibly come to her. She had written once to Cynthia —a long letter, expressing her gratitude for all that the other girl had done for her, With it she had sent a picture of her own—a deli- cate water-colour of the old house painted from memory. It was the best work she had ever done, for the whole heart ha dbeen in it. Iu the letter she had 101 Cynthia tat se wasgoing away, • to take up treat work. elate then elle lied neverwritten again, for she ' knew that if site and Hugh Weerto .be tone to •their resolution, there must be no communication between thean, direct or Indirect—nothing to retnind them of one another's exis- tence. ,. ,She oaten wondered whether Cyn- thia !tad tuidorstood, or whether site had felt hurt at her silence, The ploture had been menet to convey a message 0f good -will and ever. lasting gratitude, Had Cynthia understood? After the sale of the furniture, Ruth had sent a cheque to the verger of the church to pay for the upkeep of her father's grieve, She often longer to visit it, but dared not do so yet, If she had done 50, and met Cynthia, or Hugh himself, her great sacrifice would have been in vain, Before Cynthia's loving intfuast,tdon, or Hugh's dumtls wor- ship, she knew that her defence would have broken down, Later, perhaps, when time and 1'1'BDN13SDA,Y,. 511PT. 8112, 1997 Cent a Mlle Round Trip Bargain Fares Minimum Fares; Anita 70o Children' 411c) From BRUSSELS FRI. & SAT., Sept. 1 7 -18 To Oshawa, Bowinanvi11o, Port Hope, Oobourg, Trenton Belleville; Neponee, Kingston, Oananoque, Brockville, Pres0Qtt, Moarisburg, Cornwall Uxbridge, Lindsay, Petorbono, Qan Vbellford, Newmarket, Penetang, C+oliingwood, MONA,. 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See handbills for complete list of !destinations absence had strengthened the liar- a CANADIAN rier between her and Hugh, she would feel strong enough to return to the old scenes, even to risk meet- ing one or other of them—though she prayed that it would not be Hugh, When she came out from the of- fice Boric was waiting ter her, and he took her along Shaftesbury Avenue, turning off one of the stile streets to a little restaurant which was run by Russian refugees, Ruth liked the co -y gaiety of the place and the quaint dishes. it was the first time she has been out, in a social wal, since her father's death and although nothing in the way of noisy and hectic excite- - NATIONAL • meat—!such as she had loved in her student days—would have sat laded her nowadays, it was good to sit heer with Boris, and talk of her i father and music, I She noticed that Boris's manner towards her was gentler and that he seemed as though he -could net do enough for her and site ap- ! preeiated it so much that once or twice it was all that she coulr do to force back the tears tn81 sprang to Y her eyes. It was so long si,1Gd Ianyone had troubled about her or cared what she did! ( 0 se ontinued,) Thoughtful "Did he mail you a birthday gist?" "No; he expressed his good wish- es instead, ,6gu..ap� '''TOBACCO FORA MILD, COOL SMOlet f3 Lv.3 mIM ONTARIO Ontario Elections 1937 NOTICE TO VOTERS THE VOTERS' LISTS for the Provincial Elections to be held on October 6th have now been posted in your electoral district. Examine this List and make sure that your name is included. If your name is not on the Voters' List, find out the date on which the Revising Officer will sit in your locality. Public Notice will be given locally of the date and place of the Revising Officer's sittings. If name left off, or correction needed, attend sittings in person or, obtain notice of complaint form and file two days before sittings. You enjoy the franchise. Exercise it. You should co-operate in order to see that your name is on the Voters' List. The responsibility is yours. Do not delay. Don't put it off until Elec- tion Day and then blame someone because your name is not on the Voters' List. Issued under the direction of I. A. HUMPHRIES, K.C. Chief Election Officer for Ontario The above rkotice applies to all municipalities except cities and separated towns having a population of 10,000 or more, and town- ships bordering on a city having a population of 100,000 or more.