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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1937-9-15, Page 2T BRUSSELS POST 4Fk+k6++11ri *a'I v,144 atfir+"};,i'4*1.° ° d Along Life's Highway BY MARGOT WRIGHT let it It4+4”:Kte0>F''.t44 ` .4 !O W01.♦`4 r �'+ .4.44+.f i :10,4.4+80,,08 4/....0474.41+41411444++++++444 SYNOPSIS •! Wendell, but Hugh does not reveal his lean, dark liana closed over Ruth's. "Itatlt, I must speak, my dear, I have wafted patiently for a long time now. though it has been tar. tune to me seeing you so frequently, to love you In silenee, illy feelings are the same us they were that night when 1 told you of mY lose. No, that is not quite true. They are a thousand times stronger, I worship you, my dear --and I am id a better position to speak now thou I was then, Ruth -can't you --love Ruth Norris, studont London Art School, joins her father, Court- land Norris, a composer, and dila pupil aotiipitu1On, 13ort* Quentin for 6 summer vacation in a caravan. Berle Queatin'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 Ahu. They encounter a young man on the road who had bee13 knocked Sown by a motorist. He is Hugh Marvin an Englishman on a walking tour. Following a night in the hos- pital, Ruth . who is much attracted u him offers Mart 0 lift in the card. van. Botta resents her interest in Hugh with whin she finds she bas much in common They camp in rho paddook of his friend Cynthia • hit; retail nahlt vit•1 the girl Courtland Norris Is not well. Ruth's Rather dins and leaves very little money for her. She stays with Cynthia, each day Lalling more in love with Hugh, • Ruth feeds she can stall' no longer with :Cynthia. Oa her last evening Hugh tells her he loves her. But they 011111101 take their happiness at the cost of Cynthia's, Ruth returned to town and moves o 1uisigo egg •ane .1aailoue o3 /,Y' E A R Will Top All Records DONT miss this 70th Year Carr bration. Many new things to see and enjoy. Prize list of $32,000.00. Stake Events, $4,000. Night Horn Show. New Carnival Midway "Play - land." Take a day or two, see it a11. SEPT. 13-18 - 237 W. D. Jackson, Secretary me -yet." Boris meets her on the street and She paled and almak her head, their friendship is resumed, and tried to draw her hand away, "•Boris --don't! You will spoil -- everything. I have so enjoyed our ( Never ones did he mention -our friendship. Perhaps it teas Hugh's name, and she had an idea thoughtless of me to go au seeing that he guessed her secret but she so much of you --for I think I rea- could not be sure used, as soon as I met you again, They sat fora long time Ayer that you x1111 eared. But I was 80 lonely -you don't know what 1t meant to me to be able to talk to you about 'daddy- and-' ?Ydr3" thing." triol, Then they .had been full of youth- "131t Ruth,' he leaded despdr When she spoke again her faro ful arrogance, with all the careless- ately, "If you will only say the g Word, we can go on being friends was very white as she looked stead• 117'`W Boris, "We mustn't see ea0h other any more," she said, quietly. "1 never realised all ,this. I have been a little idiot, I ougbjt to have guessed, I sus/else.. But this finishes it. We cannot go on, pretending friendship, when all the time Sheer is this be- tween us. S shall miss you -but You must see that it is impossible for us to go on seeing each outer after to -night." Boris began to protest, seeing that she really meant it, and dread- ing the thought of never seeing ber again. k was tolent to see her, torment not to see her. He pleaded wildly with her to let things be as they had been before his outburst, but this time Ruth was adamant, Her heart was beavy at the thought of going back to the loneliness of her life before she had met him again, bat she had met bim again, but she Was con- binced there was no other oourse open to her, And so at last they stead on the island in 'the muddle 131 Picadilly Circus, saying good-lly'e for the last tame, Boris was very white, and looked so utterly miserable that it took all Ruth's strength of mind to remain firm, but Slee told herself It would he kinder to him in the long run to end it all now, swiftly and cleanly. He was young an dvirile. lie their coffee, talking in a friendly fashion that would not have been possible in the past, before they had beth learnt the lesson of Life FY.AS aAt>1d A bA10, WS aa ou ie&s` with you cud have to treat you just as I would any 0111ar girl, tans meant touting to me. The very sight of you -a glance from your eyes, the turn of your head, the sight of 0 stray ripple of hair agatnet Your cheek -my dear, don't yott understand-etilose things set my blood on fire -make me went to 1101d you iib m7 arm's, and kiss the breath out of you---' "Dont-don't," Ruth cried, shut- ting her oyes against the picture his words called up -the picture of Iluagh holding her like that-klas' ing the breath out of her. The thought of any other man ever doing what he had done, seem- ed like sacrilege, Hugh had set bis seal upon her lips. She would al- ways feel that she "belonged" to nese and inttoleranee of youth that has never suffered, But the boy had learnt something Ot patience during the months when he thought that he had lost Ruth fo never, and rat, through her sufferings, 'tori learnt a great deal about tolerance, and the ability to see through tbe eyes of others, Boris took her home at the end of the evening, and it was arranged that the jaunt should be repeated in the near future. And so it was that they gradually dropped into the habit of going allolit •together a great deal, Ruth used to go to Boris's con• cents, and he told her once that when she was there he was able to play better than at any other time. She tried to pretend that she did not see the implication in his words for she did not want this new-found friendship of theirs to be shattered and spoilt. But Boris had for long forced him- self to a patience that was not natural to his impulsive tempera- ment, and he could not stop the words that forced themselves from his lips. They were in their favourite res- bauran,t et the time, sitting at the table whish tats always reserved. for them, in a little alcove. Boris leant across the table, and for the rest of our lives. You need someone to take care of you. You cannot go on living alone, like this, with no one to know, or care, what becomes of you. I love you, n,y dear -1 believe that I could teach you to love me, I, too, am lonely. We need each ether - Ruth, my dear -don't you see how happy we could be together?" "No, Boris. I don't love you, and I cannot make myself. It is ne use. I out sorry --from the bottom of my heart, because If I loved you, life might be very different. But it is one of those things over which we have no control. They just happen for they don't happen. And that's the end of it." _ . __- - "Not quite the end," Boris said, quietly, his lam' set ominously. "3 can be very tenacious, I still be. Bete that one day you will change Your mind." Ruth looked at 'tint helplessly, "Then you are going to make it impossible for us to go on being friends?" He burst out, suddenly, leaning nearer to her - "Ruth, what is the use of talking about 'friendship' to a man wbo loves you as I do? Good heavens, do you take me for a cold-blooded fish? I tell you -I love you, I love You. It is Just torment to me to be Rocky Mountain Holidays The busiest teuriat season in years le 1n store for the Cana. than Rockies. Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, recent- ly opened for the year, are enjoy- , ing mid-season popularity, while increasing numbers of visitors are planning holidays at the beauti- ful chalet -bungalow camps at Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Lake • Wapta, Yoho Valley, and Radium Rot Springs. i< Attractions buck as golf on tEe sporty championship course at Banff, riding and hiking over spectacular mountain trails, ten- nis on splendid courts, boating on glacial lakes, and other sports under ideal conditions make the Canadian Rookies Canada's lead- ing summer playground. Add to thid scenery unexcelled in the world, exoolient fishing, and end- less opportwilttes I, for camera hunting of big game and the re - stilt is Banff, Lake Louise, or any of half a dozen Canadian Pacific bungalow camps set in valleys or by lakes of outstanding beauty. Each year in the Rockies sev- eral feature events are held in addition to the day-by-day amuse- ments, Among them are the Col- gan'. Stampede, July 5 to 10; In- dian Days at Banff, July 23 to 25; outing of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Reticles to Mount As- altiboine, July 30 to.'August 3; outing of Trail Hikers at Cana- dian Rockies in 14loraine Lake district, August 8 to 9; Banff *At week, August 23 to 28; and "oho Valley reunion tamp of the Alpine Club of Canada from July 17 00 81. to hint," The policeman looped at her with gruff kindliness, • "Now, don't upset yourself -that won't tie him any good, not' you. You must keep calm 1f you're golug to help him. Ab -here's tete dna balance! As you're his friend, you'd better conte to the hospital with us. You can give us all par- ticulars on the wa3'," So Ruth stood beside the ambu- lance floor, while they very gently lilted in the unconscious body of Boris Quentin, Ruth stifled a sob as she caught a glimpse of his face, so o•minoulsy white and still, then she got 1n beside the policeman. • • r -ostia,, Ruth never ceased to reproach herself during !the weeks that fol. lowed, for her share in the catas- trophe widell bad overtaken. Boris. And yet It was foonrh, for she had done 'What she thought was for the best -and how could site guess that It would end in that sudden, swift tragedy? Ilat at such times we always blame ourselves -and Ruth did so eontin^ally. She ought not to have rushed into the road like that, she told herself miserably, without taking more care, Boris had almost given his life for her - perhaps be had dote so -by rushing , into the road and throwing her pleat' of the 'bus wheels, She felt that she could never do enough for hint, She seetbt every hour that she could at his bedside, and it was quite pathetic to see how gratefuul he was as he became well enough to talk e little. His head Was bandaged, and he was not al. lowed to move, but Rutdt read to him and did all that she could in her passionate desire to make would forget, perhaps, in time. There was a painful silence be- tween titer, and Ruth longed for the scene to be over. She watched ausiously for her 'bus to appear, and saw it, presently, coming across with several others, from Regent Street, "God night, Boris -and thank you for everything. You know 1 wish you the best of success in your career," She had held out her hand abrupt ly, taking him by surprise, so that he had no opportunity of renewing Um protests. Before he could say anything she had turned, and run across 1n front of a stationary 'bus to her own, which was alotvi05 up beyond it, At the same moment there was a shout and a grinding of brakes, Something seized her and flung her violenitly clear of the wheels that had been bearing down upon her, She heard a woman scream -anti then, darkness, When she opened her eyes a policeman was bending over her, and another was trying to keep at bay the curious crowd that pressed around. { "Nth -what happened?" she stem. mered, sitting up, with trio pelice. man's assistance, "Why, you nearly did for your- self, yntutg Woman, plunging acroaa the road without looking what was coming. If it hadn't been for the young fellow, you'd have been dead now. And he's caught a pretty packet. 1s lie a friend of yours?' "I don't know -there was a young man with me. --slight, and dark, in a soft felt hart, Don't tell me ]re's - j ,he's--" She could not bring herself to say the dread word, but the policeman understood. "No, not dead, but pretty nearly, 1t you ask me. Here, steady on! Wheer are you off to?" "I mus see bim f must." Ruth cried, frantirally. "Boris ---badly hurt- and through. my fault, 011, I shall never forgive myself! Never! Where is Ile? I must go amends, Anti then, one day when site went to visit him, the doctor took her aside and told her that Boris would never walk again. Ruth stared at ihm, white -fated, for some seconds unable to take in the full portent of his words. "Never -walk -again?" she re- peated, aghast. No, he told her, Boris Quentin would have to spend the rest of his life on his back. "Heave you -have the news --4o him?" "Yes -half -an -hour ago. We want yon to do what you can to matte hint look on the bright side, IIe's taken it rather badly." "The bright side!" Was there a bright side to this tragedy of a young man, a genius, on the thres- hold of a brilliant career, wbo bad Just been told that he would never walk again? Ruth sat for a little while in the anteroom, in order to give herself time to recover herself before fac- ing the distracted man in tbe warm beyond, As he sat there, staring blankly at the opposite wall, a procession of pictures passed through ber ,Hind, She saw Iter father, with his SAY, whimsical smile, introducing her to Boris at the door of the caravan. She saw Boris, his face very pale in the summer twilight, pleading with her for her love, swearing that lie would never cease to love her, Well, be had proved his love, for he had been willing to die for her. And she saw Hugh -clear as though he stood before her now - as he had: held her in his arms, sad se had known, as his lips touched hers, that no ether man could ever Mean anything to her ss long as she lived, And all the time, as she sat there, rigid as a statue, a resolution was tatting shape in her mind. "Hugh---Hugltl" she whispered, through whits lips, and closed her eyes for a moment. "It Is the only wathe only wayl" you -broken Cent WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 45th, 1937.r Mile Rounc1 Trip Bargain Fares' Minimum Fares; Amite 76o Children 40e) From BRUSSELS FRI, 4 SAT., Sept, 17 -18 To Oshawa, Bo'tvuranville, Port Ilome, Coboi reg, Tretttott Jct;, Belleville, Maumee Kingston, Gananoque, Breda/illl% ellen d, Morrisbuug, Cornwall Uxbridge, Lindsay, Peter/MA), NewmarketPenetauig, »ll�ingw'ood, Medford, Barrie, Orillia, Mid• laud, G'raWoulturs , Braeehriage, Ilunitsville, Calendar, North. !lay. 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(To Be Continued.) y - Presently she rose, and walked into the ward to where Boris lay with a screen round his bed, She touched his hand as he lay motionless scaring hopelessly at the ceiling, and he turned his bead to. wards her, "!lave they told you?" he asked, dully. "Yes, Oh, my dear --glom+ can t ever tell you how sorry I am? I am? It would have been better to let Isle diel" "Don't say that," 5is (lagers much Fall Fair Dates =n, . ,• 1- !p„ Atisa Craig Oct. 5, 6 13aydeld ............................ Sept. 29, 30 B171311 Sept, 17, 1S Brussels Sept. 30, Oct. 1 Dungannon Oct. 7, 8 Oct. 7 Sept, 20, 21 Sept. 21, 22 Sept. 17,13 ,.:Sept. 23, 24 Sept. 80, Oct, 1 Sept. 16, 17 Oct, 5, 6 Embro Exeter Goderich Hanover Harirstoa Ingersoll Kincardine Kirieton Listowel Letter -S- Starts Every Word in Yarn! Macon, Go, -Startled scanners: Of seriate S's said surfeit of sibilants: seemed contain f01' students seek- ing to read the Rev. J, F. 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