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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1937-9-22, Page 6THE BRUSSELS POST vnonmr,SAA: ,517PT, 22nd, 1937 Along Life's 1.. i1.hway • BY MARE' T WRIGHT weer;seefeVh S+ +'F ; ;a, eferee ~`a ieeeel +,e leeee w`. ± »t »: 4etieb eeeeee Hwe e eeetelyd• 4+44 .404el feWle+44,4 SYNOPSIS • stantly his face flushed darkly, Persuade any tnau that site loved "Why slid you do that?" him, when site slid not but a s'"t' Rath Norris, student t: a London fatly dear -any dear -I did it be- men, with nothing to do but watch Ant School, joins her father, Court- cause -because I have changed my her for %the first sign of flagging land Norris, a composer', and his iniad, Boris -we are going to be in her tenderness! No -she could pupil companion, Boris Quentin for married --1 am going to take care at never do it! a summer vacation in a caravan you, dear."And yet she anew that she must Berle Quentin's mother was a Hung - "No!" he exclaimed, "You don't do it, or for evermore despise ber- arian gypsy and be inherited her in. tense nknew what you are saying! To be self utterly, She knew that there ature, tied to an utter wreck like me, all would never be any rest far her He Ea11s in love with Ruth but I your life. And not because you while she thought of that broken she tells him she can never lova I levo me, either—Just out of pity. I man lying helpless and alone, do - him. 1 don't want pity, I want love," pendent upon charity -and all fo" They encounter a young maa on , "But, Boris --listen—" her. the road who had been knocked Marvin an Englishman I will not listen, You would All these thoughts dashed down by a motorist. He is Hugh not have me when I was well and through her mind in a second or hman on a wanting strong to light for you, Do you two, tour. Following a night in the hos- think I will marry you now, sod he "Boris," she whispered, bending petal, Ruth who is much attracted a burden to you because you pity close to him, "suppose I tell you .o him offers him a lift in the care- me?" that I have been a fool -that I never van. His voice was bitter, but beneath understood myself before? Sun Boris resents her interest in it lay such a flood of despair and pose I tell you --that I do -love Hugh with whom she finds she has hopelessness that Ruth was touch- y'ou? and a groat much in common, They camp in ed to the depths of her being. He turned swiftly, the paddock of his friend Cynthia ' She looked at him for a moment Wendell, but Hugh does not reveal his relationship with the girl. Courtland Norris is not well. Ruth's father dies and leaves very little money for her. She stays in silence, and as she looked she seemed to see her mission clear - to tend him, and care for him, to try to snake up to him for all that he had so readily abandoned for her with Cynthia, each day falling more salte; to nu Itis life so full of sun - in love with Hugh, shine that he would never regret Ruth 'feels she can stay no longer the career which had promised so with Cynthia. On her last eveeing pIugh teals her he levee her, But , they cannot take their happiness at the cost of Cynthia's. Ruth returned to town and moves to another flat. She obtains a position as a fashion artist, Boris meets her on the street and their friendship is resumed. In saving Ruth from the wheels of a 'bus Boris is crippled for life. The doctors tell her he wil lnever `walk again. "You know I do." A great wave of tenderness and pity swept over her. Bending, on an impulse, she 'kissed him, and in• TIME TABLE CHANGES Effective SUNDAY, Sept. 26th Full Information From Agents Canadian National much. But he had told her he did not want her pity -but her love. Pity alone would not do what she knew she must do -and her love was giv- en elsewhere, for ever. In that moment she knew that she must lie to this man who lay here so helplessly -lie splendidly, mag- nificently aanific•ently c,0i vincinkly, Surely she •could do it, when he had done ea much for her? Reason reminded her that it was not a case of telling one lie. If he believed her, her life henceforth would be one long lie. It was not enough to tell him, here and now, that she loved him. She must, somehow, never let him guess the truth all through the years that lay ahead. She had a momentary glimpse into the future -saw weary day sac- ceeding weary day, while she work- ed and struggled at the overwheite• ing task twhich she had set herself, watched, all the time, by the far- seeing eyes of an invalid. For a moment she quailed before the prospect. It seemed to her more than mortal woman could do, It would be sufficiently difficult to light leapt into his eyes. "Ruth -it isn't true! Oh, my dearest dear -it can't be true! And yet -you wouldn't lie to me at such a time as this. You wouldn't tor- ture me with false hopes." "\o," she said, deliberately. "I wouldn't torture you with false hopes. Don't you understand, my dear? I want to take care of you -because d love you.' With a glad cry he put out his sines and caught her to him. She closed her eyes as his lips touched bars, and tried to shut the door of her heart on the memory of other kisses -other lips, Oh, it 'was going to be difficult, this task to which she had set ber hanld-clOffleallt beyond belief! In- wardly she .prayed - "Oh, God help me to go through with it -so that he may never guess! Help me to make up to him for everything!" It seemed an irony, almost a bias• phemy, to pray for help to tell a lie. And yet, somehow, she felt that God understood. He saw into the darkest places of the heart, and knew the motive of every action. He would understand. "Oh, my dear," Boris said, softly, I clan"t tell you how happy you have made me! Nothing matters now! To think that I shall leave you always with me -till the end of my days! And yet, I ought not to let you make this sacrifice. It is a terrible burden to put upon you-- ' but I am too weak to resist, I haven't the moral or the physical Rocky Mountain Holidays Tho busiest tourist season in years is in store for the Cana- dian hackies. Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise, recent- ly opened for the yeas, are *ey- ing mid-season popularity, while increasing numbers of visitors are planning holidays of the beauti- ful chalet -bungalow camps at Moraine Lake, Lake O'Hara, Lake 'Wapta, Yoho Valley, and Radium Hot Springs. t Attraction's such" lid golf ort the Oporty ohamplonahtp 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 Rockies Canada's lead- ing summer playground. Add to thief ecenery unexcelled in the world, excellent tlshing, and end- less opportunities • for camera hunting of big game and the re- sult is Banff, Lake Louise, or any Of half a dozen Canadian Pacific bungalow camps set in valleys or by.. latce8 of Qutlieanding 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 Cal- gary Stampede, July 6 to 10; In- dian Days at Banff, July 23 to 26; outing of the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies to Mount As- sinlboine, July 30 to "August 31 outing of 'Frail Hikere of Cana- dian Rockfee in Moraine Lake district, August d to 9; Banff golf Week, August 23 to 28; and Yobo Valley reunion camp of the Alpine Club of Canada trom July 17 to 31, strength to tu.ru aside from this one hope of happiness --the only thing that could make life worth living for .me ever again," "It is all settled," Ruth told bine with a smile, "I have made up my mind to marry you -and this is leap year, remember!" But she became serious again at once, 0114 taking els hands, looked luta les eyes. "Oh, Boris -I hope -I pray --that I sha11 be able to make ypa happy -'to make ftp to you -for everything!" He smiled up into her eyes-tlte first time she had seen hint smile since the accident. "You will make up to me for everything, dearest," be murmured. "It is so wonderful that you should love me, But don't you rememoer, the first time told you that I loved you, I said that one day you would awaken to love? Well, it, bas taken this accident to work the miracle bull it was 'worth it. Yes, my dearest -worth every pain that I habe suffered, Can I say mare than that?" "No never more than thee," whispered, tending over hire with the tears in her eyes, to kiss him of her own accord. "My dear -you matte me so happy -and so proud." Back In the two rooms which were `home," she sat for a long time, staring into the heart of the fire, thinking of the future and the past, and ponderinng on the strange problems which life sets vs. She was under no illusions regard• ing the magnitude of the task which she had set herself, She knew that it was going to take every ounce of stamina, moral and physical, that she possessed. She knew, too, that somehow she would have to find the money to keep the home to- gether --•for Boris's earning days were at an end, Her fashion work at the agency was approved. She had lately had an increase of salary. But it ;would not be enough to support two, ade- quately, however cheaply they lived. Somehow, she would have to snake more money. "I can do it," she told herself, "1 know I can do it. There is money to be made in doing fashion sketch- es for the papers, I must work up a freelance connection in my spare time.' And so, bravely, she faced the future, to be spent working day and night to repay the debt which she owed Boris Quentin -a debt which she telt nothing could ever really re- pay. His mem' had meant so much to bine And now, at one stroke, It had been taken from him. Wae tit so very much 'that was aeked of her, in the cireumetancee -to make his shattered fife bear- able? Had he stopped to count the cost before 11e rushed into the jaws of dearth to save Iter? No -then neither would she count the cost; but bravely, with het' mind set resolutely away from memories that mocked her, she would take the path that she had .chosen. ,After all, what did it matter? Love was denied her, Hugh, by this time, was Cynthia's husband, Perhaps his wound was already healing' a little -"for man's love is of man's life a thing apart -"els wo' man's whole existence." She steeled hermit against the pang that shot tbrough her at the thought that Hugh night ever for- get their love, Surely it would be better so --better for eine for Cynthia, for 'terser, if she ever met him gain? 'l'11is was a ques- tion she frequently asked herself. CHAPTER V, The Return About a month later, Ruth and Boris were married, and Ruth's two rooms became their "home." Ruth had saved enough of ber tether's :good, solid furniture to fur- nish the rooms, end just before she was married, she bought some cheerful new cretonne, with which she made new curtains, chair -covers and cushions, with the result that it was all very cheerful and inviting. She also had the use of the kitchen of the house, and in this he prepar- ed Boris's food each morning before leaving for the office. She had never been accustomed to housework, and it alas a great strain on her at first, but after a time she adapted herself to it, and somehow allways managed to be bright and smiling in the evenings, Boris spent his days lying n the window, reading and watching for her return. Sometimes he played his violin for a little while, but the effort tired him quckly, and he would then let it lie beside him ou the bed, hs ling fingers caressing it tenderly. Ruth always knew when he had been doing tits, and she came to dread the occasion, for they threw himinto a mood of melancholy which it took her much time and et - tort to dispel. And yet, on the whole, it continu- ally amazed her that she could be so happy and cheerful under tbo circumstances. She acquired a new respect for him during that time. Once the had seemed to her nothing but an impetous, passion- ate, selfwilied boy, He was :till all those things, but they were mel- lowed by his courage and cheerful- PLENT OF OUTLETS Cent a Mile Round Trip Bargain Fares Minimum Fares; Aulte 76e Children 40o) From BRUSSELS FRI. & SAT., OCT, 1„2 To Oahatva, BawmnanviIle, Part Illopo, 0.ob0u1^4, Tt'en't011. Jet„ Belle -011e, Napanee Kingston, Gatuanoque, Brockville, Pres+cott,. Morrlsburg, Carnnvall Uxbridge, Lindsay, Peterhomto, Oempllellford. 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See handbills for complete list of destinations ult CANADIAN NATIONAL ness in face et the great catastrophe that had over taken him, Her task, though still inlmensel,,' 1 difficult -it would Have oxacted the utmost patience and self-control from her, even if it had been Hugh, instead of .Boris who lay thorn so helpless ---.was made easier by the fact that a very read understanding and friendship sprang up between them, She began to look forward, almost as much as Boris did, so their cosy "highatea" when she returned from The Home Improvement the office at night, Afterwards Plan is a grand opportunity when she had cleared the table and to modernize the wiring in washed up, alio would light her your home. End the peril of daylight lamp, sot it beside her frayed insulation: put ineasel, rand begin to work, and all plenty of convenient wall the time she wariest they tallied - and baseboard outlets: of happenings at the office, items in have smart, modern the newspapers, books that Boris switches: new fixtures. We had been reading -and of music, will gladly furnish estimates Ruth found it a hard struggle to es the basis for your nego- make ends meet, and often she lay tiations with your bank awake in the night, worrying about New wiring means new money matters -blit she never let comfort, new convenience, Boris guess, for she know tint his new safety. dependence upon her galled his spirit. It +was the one thing, in those days, that roused hien to bitterness, an,d she avoided the tattle as much as possible, worrying out her problems atone, and manag- ing, somehew. As the spring slipped by ileo summer, and seminar into autumn, she gradually began to sell some of her fashion sketches and to get commissions for more. She maria it a rule to save every penny that she made in this way, over' and above her salary, and presently site was making aa much as she earned et the office, Then tBaldrik's discovered that she was doing Freelance .work and Mr, Baldrick himself sent for her, told her quite kindly that tt was against their rules, and that she met choose between staying on in their employ and giving up her other work, It was a blow to her, just as things bad begun to improve, but sbe only hesitated for a moment. "I am sorry I have broken a rale of the tdrm," she said, quietly, "I didn't knew about it. But since you make ere choose -I am afraid I must resign my post" Afraid of the Dark Mr. Driver Figures indicate you should be! Deaths from automobile at night In Ontario increased 22.4 per cent from 1911 through 1936. Deaths from daylight crashes decreased 18.6 per cent during the same Period. In nearly all reports of night- time accidents, there is evidence that someone 'was driving Easter than his eyes could see, or into darkness that wasn't dispelled by headlights or highway illumination. Human eyes are not like owl eyes. Light ray's from headlights do not bend around curves or ober hills, The facts urge every driver to slow down when the sun goes down; to bare two self-imposed speed limits -one for clear days, a slower one for nights and bad weather. Fear the dark as you do a fog, a snow storm, or a heavy rain and make up your mind that Highway Deaths Must Stop, ELMER D. BELL, S.A. Barrister, monomer, Etc. Phone 20x. -x- Brussels, Ont. DANCEY & BOLSBY BARRISTERS, S0LICITtORS, ETC. L. E. Dancey, K.C. Re P. J. Boleby' Brussels, Ont. 'Phone 54X James McFadzean Howick Mutual Fire Insurance -Also- -Hartford Windstorm -Tornado Insurance -Automobile Insurance Brussels, Ontario 'Phone 42. 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