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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1938-5-18, Page 2t.- 1 S S 0 5 0\ 0 0 ) 0 THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS' will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ria International Daily Newipa¢cr It records tor you the world's clean, constructive doings, Tho Monitor does not exploit oriole or septation: neither does It Ignore them, but deals correctively with them. Features for bus? men end en the 3amt1', Including the Weekly Magazine Section. The Christian Science Publishingg 6oelety One, Norway Street, norton, Massachuaette Please enter my subscription to The Chrletlan Soignee Monitor for a Tugged el Sear sudiheACye0Bue62Wenel isue, including MagazinSCm: 1 e816sssSe TH BRUSSELS POST WEDNESDAY. Ai.A1 18th, 11138 HAROLD W. LOVE General Insurance Agent Ethel, Ont.-- Phone 22-8. Do Not Miss This Ne Romantic Story Read It Now! ENTITLED "THE INTRUDER" By Alan Rhodes SYNOPSIS Dere Sheldon. Is engaged to Ralph Ransom, a young bank clerk site hoe known for only a short time, The relatives arrived, They were all people of similar type to the Sheidens, highly respectable and pleasant for the most part The execprem as to pleasantness was an aunt with a plain daughter of utierain age- She regarded the newly -engaged couple sourly. "I hope it will turn out well, Alice:" site '.'old Mrs. Sheldon in the seclusion of that lady's bedroom where she was taking off her coat. "Oh, I think It will!" said Mrs. Sheldon comfortably. ':We all Ike. Ralph. and he belongs to a very, good family, That is a great con rHILDREN of all ages thrive on "CROW N BRAND", CORN SYRUP. t They never tire of its delici- ous flavor and it really is so the childreood fn !CROWN Bthem—sogiRAND " every day. t Leading physicians pro- nounce 'CROWN BRAND" CORN SYRUP a most satis- factory carbohydrate to use as a milk modifier in the feeding of tiny infants and as an energy producing food for growing children. FOOD THE FAMOUS *� ENERGY Ov�G .tipaVO' •iblt*44* 150**The CANADA STARCH COMPANY Limited • Marriage Prohibited Without a proper license If you issue Marriage Lic- enses, tell the young folks about it In ourClassifled Ads. They all know a license is necessary. but they don't all know where to get one. This paper Is popular wiilf the young people. sideration, I think." "Dora seems to be very lanky," was the next remark. "Her b,rst J offer, and all." zz !Mrs. Sheldon reddened slightly. 'Dora could have been engaged before now, over and over agein, 1 Harriet," she asserted, '+I daresay;' returned Harriet 1 Parsons unbellefing. "Mabel had three offers before she was twentf, but she's hard to please." Poor Mabel, seeing her sallow ! face in the glass, as she smoothed 1 wisps of faded hair into order,1 1 winced' at the maternal lies, She turned round. "I think Mr. Ransom is a very lurky man," she said, "I don't know any other :girl like Dora. He'll have a wife in a thousand." "lt's like you to say that, Mabee', said Mrs, Sheldon. "I don't believe you think there's anybody good enough for Dora." "I don't," returned Mabel frankly. Mrs, Sheldon beamed on her. Well. I hope you'll soon be al haplpy yourself as Dora is to -night. dear," ehe said kindly. They went down to the drawing - room, and as seen as the other guests had arrived the .pairing off for dinner was accomplished, and the little procession, carefully ar- ranged according to the rules etiquette, walked across the ball to the dining -room. Dora's flutter of happiness in the occasion was mingled with house- wifely anxiety. Actually •the dinner was a great success. Ralph was charmingly at. teative to everybody The dishes which Dora had spent hours over, were duly appreciated, and the serving was admirable, Mrs. Shct- don sat at the head of the tattle feeling that this was one of the proudest hours of her life Soon she would be seeing Dora as mistress of just such a well- apipointed, well-conducted house- hold as her own. It was so eatis- faetory, but Mrs. Sheldon felt that she owed it all to her own good management, and the way she had brought her daughters up. She felt an aloof sort of pity for mothers like Harriet Parsons, whose girls turned out utter falures, The ladies of the ,party adjourned in state to the drawing -room, there to discuss their ailments, their trials with their servants. the question of whether it was going to keep on raining or not, and other such ex- citing tepies. Dora and Manet sat a little apart Brom the elders, They were fond of each other. :Marjorie sat at the piano, strumming. Coffee was served after the leen came in, •then Dora sat down to the piano, and sang a Iitele drawing room ballad very sweetly. Ratph lstened to her. He watch. ed her moving amongst her parents' guests, and he pictured her in That home that it is natural for a mar. to long for after years of living to unsatisfactory lodgings in solitude, or amongst the human riolsam and jetsam of boarding-houses. Namo - - ,Address Samifa Cody on Regnesf Dora was ' the embodiment of restfulness to bin. She represent- ed borne as he dreamt of it—just a ,small suburiban fiat or villa to the onlooker, but a haven to him. Ile was' twenty-six, and he had been born and brought ap amidst such surroundings as his ipre.sent ones. Fie hat lived a life of routine, bating it, yet not knowing how to break away. He had gone abreed for his holidays; but he had carried the ideas and outlook of the suburbs with him on the personallycon- ducted tours in, whioh his com- panions bad been sehooi-teachers, and elderly ladies and gentlemen of independent means. 'He had had' to dress well, and he was generous by nature, and liked to return the hosptality which a charming young man always' has ex- tended to him. New novels, flowers and theatre tickets for his hostesses could not be bought for nothing. And then he had met Dora, end the timely jegacy smoothed the way by his marriage. What e. girl she was, he thought, as his eyes followed her, uncoes- ,cdously, about the crowded driving - room. He was taking her from a home where she had been carefully eh21- tered. He must see to it that she was as tenderly cherished in her new life. These thoughts passed threugn his mind as he sat talking wits Mabel Parsons. Dora had asked Inn to he specially attentive to Mabel, and it was his way, more over to be kind, to unattractive wo• men. Vaguely he w then es be- ing robbed of their t.twfui heritage. And Mabel was thinking what kind eyes he had, and how nice I is ,voice was. Yes, she felt sure she could be happy about Dora, The maid eame apologetically 111- to the room, and approached Mrs. Sheldon. "lf you please, madam, there's a young lady asking for you;' !lies. Sheldon looked scandalised at the interrulption, "Who is the young lady, Parkes?" she demanded, She asked for Mrs. Wbitdeld first, madam, and when I said it was Mr. and Mrs, Sheldon lived here, she asked if she could speak to you." "I'll go, mother," said Dora quickly, She went out of the room and in a few minutes returned, but net alone. Berth her was a slight girl dressed en Nark, a travelling wrap to which ,the damp still clung, and a slash hat, under whose beim, dar4t Mentor- ing tor- ing curls appeared. Her eyes, ,large lustrous set in a small fair ,face, weer like those of a bewilder ,ed child in, their appeal. She looked round the crowded room, and met Ralph's gaze, He stood as if epell'hound. He had never seen eyes so beauti- fug lot ell bis life! OEI.APTER I1, Prose and Poetry. Dora brought the stranger to the sofa by the Are (here Mrs. Sheldon sat. "Ildother, this is Miss Clare, Mrs, Whttfield's, niece. She has ccene all the way from Neweao''le, and she didn't know that her stint bad moved to Devonshire," she enplaned, Now Mrs. Whitfield was an not tremely opulent lody from wham the .Sholdons had bought their present desirable residence, She had been most gracious' to :firs. Sheldon, and given her introduCBoo to several nee popple 111 the neigh- boritood. A Mete of so at:h etbla an aacguainbatice must be weltsemcd, • "So y pu 1551118 expecting to find ,your aunt still living here?" said Mrs, Sheldon, "DO sit down, my dear, and tell me all about la XIelp ]vitae 'Clare off with her weep, Dare, Sure is quite w'et," "It's a tlreaddui night," said Tansy Cairo, with a little striver, "i eouldpl't get a taxi, Oh, titanic youe, Ralpb load come forward to take her cloak, and she looked up into Dig t4tee. He was curiously toughed by her expression, which made her eeetll ns if :pleading for protection, Iler voice twos singularly soft and gentle, thin, like a child's, and very sweet, Witen the wrap was removed elle stood slim end lissom in, a little Week silk frock, that was almost sleeveleas'. Her arias, above Iter gaitt'ieted gloves, were thin, but of a babyish softness, and a fait, elusive perfume clung about her and about the wrap Ralph took on his arm, "Are your feet wet, my dear?" asked Mrs. Sheldon, with motherly solitude. "Only just a little damp, My shoes are !'hick," Tansy Clare re plied, She extended a slim foot in a Cobwebby silk stocking, and san- dalled shoe in evidence and she sat down on a low ottoman beside the sofa, where 1Mng. Sheldon sat. "You must tell me all about it presently, there is evidently some nelstinderstand'ng," Mrs, Sheldon said, "But you must look upon us as friends." "Of course she must a niece, of Mrs Whitfield's?, said lir, Sheldon heartily, He looked down at the little, graceful figure with that. apprecia- tion which even the most respect- able husbands and fathers some- times show for girls so attractive as Tansy. 'And you've egos a long journey?' be went on in the tone he might have used to a child, "0h, such a long journey!" sail Tansy pathetically, "1 thought f should never get here. And thou to find Aunt Edith gone away. I've stayed with her quite a lot, though not just lately, She was aiway' kind to me, and I wrote to say ' eras coming." "Why, that must have been the letter Dora sent on the day befo:•e yesterday!" said Mrs, Sheldon, "Lt must have been," said Tansy "Aunt Edith doesn't write mucb and I've been moving about goo:1 deal, I daresay she wrote to tet me she left here and I never had the letter. And she's in Devon. Shire, you say? Oh, dear, whet ever shall I do?" Her lip quivered in a childish manner that was very engaging Two large tears welled rp into her eyes, '0h, we shall find a way out o? difticuttiesl" said Mr. Sheldon, giv- ing her shoulder a paternal pat, "You must think of yourself as amongst friends, my dear," ;.rill Mao. Sheldon, "Harriet, you met Mrs, Whitfield 00140, D'in't you see a likeness to heel" Mrs ,?arsons gazed at Tuiasy dig- trustfniiy "No, Alice, I can't say I tie, but then I never do sea likeness," site said, 'S remember Mrs. Whitfield as a�, "And hand:Meme,Woman," "And yerfenity chaavmingl" cried Mrs Sheldon. "Thin ig my, sister la -law. Phi4 is Mr. Ransom, my daughter's fiance." "Everybdoy is so kind," answsred Tansy. Ralph thought they rust hew been hard-hearted indeed to be amyltbng but kind to this appealing creature, with her pre117, chlld'ish voice, and her wistful eye:r, one her little red mouth trooping pathetic. ally at the corners', She seemed like a being 'who had strayed from another world into the room full of strangers, She went through all the introduc - tons with a charming grace. Dora, looking .particularly solid beside the sylph -like grace of the other girl, took Tansy's hat and gloves, and Parkes decorously pre• seated the coffee tray, Ralph found himself watching the movements of those slim, bare arms and long rose -tipped ringers. He had never realised before h 1w fascinating the host commonplace action can be when grace pervades it, He h_d leen eecu plenty of but none with that peculiar softness of outline, that pliable way of Mov- ing, ,She looked as if moulded in- fo that black silk frock, The curve of her arm' as she took the coffee cup, the way her hand hovered over the sugarbowi, tl:c way her ankles, with their fine stockings, were crossed beneath the dark skirt, And the arch of the sling foot in the dainty shoe, that looked so unfit to tread the muddy strut's! Was Sbo so very pretty? It was not a question that occurred to him. The ttttle face possessed for him an extraordinary charm—Lha' was all he knew, liter eyes•—he could not tell !heir'' colour—were set wide apart, and deeply fringed. Her skin was very Pair, in piquant contrast to the dark curls that fronted it. She had a short nose and upper lip and point_ ee chin, The play of her featu-es as she talked Was full of ever - varying charm. There are pretty faces, wbteli when animated, lose their attrac- tion, either because their features de not lend themselves' to Move. mens or because their owner misuse theme, Tansy, without great Unlit!' had the gilt of expression whien has, helped to make the fortunes of film actresses', (TO DE CONTINUED) ELMER D. BELL, B.A. Barrister, Solicitor, Etc' Phone 20X Brussels, Ont. James MVMcFadzean Howiok Mutual Fire Insurance --Also-- -Hartford .Also--Hartford Windstorm —Tornado Insurance ,--Automoblie Insurance weareicoar 'Phone 42. Sox 1, Turnherry at. Brussels, Ontario JAMES TAYLOR Licensed Auctioneer for the County at Huron. Sales atteuded to in all Parts of the country, Satisfaction Guaranteed or no pay. Orders left at The 'Poet' promptly attended to. Bolorave Post Office PHONE; -- Brussels Phone 14-r.9 WILLIAM SPENCE Estate Agent, Conveyancer and Commissioner General Insurance Office Main ,street, — Ethel, Ontario WALKER'S FUNERAL HOME William Street, Brussels, Ontario PERSONAL ATTENDANCE 'Phone 65 Day 'or Night Calls MOTOR HEARSE B G. WAI.KER Director, E mbalmer and Funeral NOW iS 1 HE TIME TO HAVE YOUR HARNESS REPAIRED N CHAPM N I Brussels, Ont. An anima! at the London zoo is called a "tigon," being the off spring of a tiger and a lioness. Hikers Prepare for Rockies' Sky -Line Trails INVADING the domain of the mountain goats, adventure -lov- ing Canadians and Amoricane will tramp the Sky -Line Trail in the Yoho Valley district of the Cana- dian Rockies this summer from August B to 8. 'rho Sky -Lino Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies have a unique organization, It is open to the world at large. The only qualiticatlobe aro a love of beauty, a sturdy pair of boots, and the will to leave the main made for the undiscovered charms of the back country, "Indications are that a gay band or adventurers will invade, the r."ntltlfiil Vn',n Vn11er' this teams mer from Banff Springs Hotel, Chateau Lake Louise and the rev- oral attraetive Canadian Pacific chalet -bungalow camps in the Canadian Rockies, From one cen- tral camp spectacularly situated half way between Yoho Lodge and Emerald Lake north of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the hikers will explore along the high line, visit the fossil beds on the elopes of Mount Burgess, inspect the snowy moraine of the Yoho Glacier and pick flowers in the bird -haunted alpine meadows or Little Yoho Valley. The dis- trict has much to otter, The hiker" will bare o11Portuntties to fish for fighting mountain trout, to hunt big game with camera, to get away from the ordinary hum- drum for four glorious days of mountain lite, Thie type of holiday, so unusual of andyett so organization farmed by biking enthusiasts, is attracting more people every year. The secretary-treaauror, J, Murray Gibbon, Windsor Station, Mont- real, reports that the number of inquiries already received in- dicates that there will be a record turn -out of old and new members this year. The picture layout' shows LighliBhtlt of a typical bite,