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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1928-1-18, Page 7'1 "i• b 0144.11•0144.1.101.1.1.0.••••• ....11•1W111.0401a0441.110.0.4**11411.11,00 THE BRUSSELS POST ,4044/A1/111111161411111114/11410.114,11319141,91M31.141,14/4.11,a11401/1*44111111111114111111111V111.1r410.1.,41111111444.1.014444111.114,4,111411114,11/141911.111;111111X11161141 VirnI114.411114411111.1111.0141112.11.114014113111141111/11i11.414/1,4014111•04111/1111111111110.11/64111.14.11411114.111111111.111.4111044.1.10.14111111.111111111111411141.14411 t ream Grading M cans '•*,•,0 ETTER CREAN' .1•1IYI"I'ER • • 'EFFER PRICES ti ;low pared to tirade your Cre.,,n s V1:.1011V1Ie at ,eir 'r'4: t', ertee eee with covered .recii, to I, eel, ,1r1 31. 1',11 01' 1 1/‘`r Lh. buit,`.r nil. esei el No. I !...1011e, tel p; rl. ee. (ever tlezt No. e Pe ie ieseee 1,1e imprtieente,,t- 1, III,. 'i,,,1 ietie eteeiel told oil' .er,341., :11'1"11t1”114 1ey 11;0.11/g 111' 1)/'1,114) t 2,0e of tl.444', tt; t 11. • to•otftto4 41 '4(01' 11'300411. v.. 2. eel 01r. .11;1 r '; 4] t 31 ('24. 01. P11000 2310, Brussel,. g 6 !Lk A ‘,,4, ir r e OUR SERIAL STORY Disappearance of Paulina Blake "Yes! I telegraphed from Chreter. But of course it is Christmas, and everything has gone wrong'." "Most likely, sir; and as it is not much more than twelve, the ladies would be in church still, for whet with the Rector's processions and car- ols and the eermons the service will be a pretty long one." Stephen laughs quite content with this simple and natural explanation of a circumstance which at first slightly alarmed him. "You. are right, Joyce! Travelling for the last twenty-four hours, I for- got just what time I should arrive and where Miss Blake and Miss Slade would surely bo. Most likely my tel- egram le waiting at the Abbey unop- ened still!" "Just so, sirl"Thank you, sir, I'm sure, and a very merry Christmas to you and the young lady and Miss Blake!" Stephen nods and goes his way. He isein the mood to eind all thing(. ag- reeable on :his day of clays, to think, with a growing strength of conviction that he is indeed the luckiest and happiest of Men. In a few minutes he and Nellie will have met, will be walking side by side through the wintry air. He will ,be !telling her of his great news, will give her Sylvia's letter, and will tell her that she never need again fret —as he knows she has clone in the past—over the thought that in win- ning her he had lost his sister. He almost laughs aloud as he thinks of all the joys in store for him this blessed °brie:etas Day; then he , quickens his steps and composes his frank features to a more decorous gravity, 'Tor the Me old church is now in sight, and a second later he ia etanding by the gateway, looking into the tranquil tree -shaded ehurch- yard where so many generations of Makes and Trevors lay in dreamless eeet. He is not thinking of these quiet , kinsmen however, nor even of the restless living ones he is so soon to , meet. His thoughts are, naturally for the young stranger so soon to be grafted on their family treo—the penniless girl to whom these proud folk would, in all probability, have accorded a dubious welcome. He strains his eyes to see through the open doorway of the church, then Smiles at hie own folly, knowing that he cannot possibly catch a glimpse of the Abbey new from the outside, and finally decides to enter. "It is only ten minutes to one!" Letterheads Envelopes Billheads And all kinds of Business Stationery printed at The Post Publishing House, We will do a job that will do credit to your business. Look over your stock of Office Stationery and if it requires replenishing call us by telephone 81. The Post Publishing ROM he says. "Joyce le right, The Rec- itor will not release his victims until the last moment, and then there will be another hymn, no doubt. 1 maty as well creep into a corner, whence I may have the pleasure of seeing Nel. lie ten minutes sooner than 1 should do otherwise, and that without being seen myself." He slips into a vacant chair behind the ruddy-cheeked, white-faced old men from the almshouses, from which coign of vantage he hopes• to get a glimpse of Miss Blake's and Nellie's head -gear. To his blank amazement however, he sees the„pew is empty. The quaint old church, glossy with holly leaves and evergreens festooned in graceful fashion from desk, pillar, and pulpit, fair with fresh flowers_ and radiant with red cloth -backed texts, is meth fuller than usual, for alt Cranstone goes to church on Christmas Day, however, much it may neglect its religious duties on lesser occasions. Miss Clemency Grace, dainty and sweet in gray silk and chinchilla, with the eat white hair framing her kind old face under a toque of hum and velvet; Mrs. :Wier- rit, with her girls and boys filling the Rectory pew to its utmost limit; Miss Green, rod -nosed and vigilantly on the alert for any misbehaviour on the part of the Sunday School 221151 - even by whom she sits—all these and many others he recognizes in a swift searching glance, but the two for whom he lookare not there. In the midst of the crowded congregation the Abbey pew alone is empty. A chill feeling not of disappoint- ment only, but of terror, seems to Stop the beating of his heart — a feeling- which is, as he angrily tells himself, absurd and utterly uncalled for, but which nevertheless he can- not for the moment overcome. It is in vain that he forces himself to• laugh at his own fears, to call the01! exaggerated and ridiculous, for the dull conviction bind something is wrong cannot be resisted. At length the Rector pronounces the Benediction; the last Christmas hymn has been sung, and ,e'msling, nodding, and exchanging friendly and seasonable greetings, the people stream out of the church, Involuntarily, Stephen draws back 'to the shadow, and men who know him well piss him without notice. But it would be a clever person who escaped Miss Harriet Green's shave glance, and as it falls upon the tall figure her face lights up, "Sir Stephen Trevor!" she cries. ,"Have you been here all the time hidden away in this modest corner?" "No, I have only .lust come," he says, not too cordially. Miss Green ie at no times a favourite of his, and he feels that he positively hates her just now. "I thought Miss Blake and Miss Slade would be at church, so X came straight on here instead of go- ing to the Abbey. But we have miss- ed each other, it seems." "Yes." Miss Green nods myster- iously. "They are neither of them in church, It it not extraordinary on Christmas Day? I could not attend to the dorm Rector's sermon! Was it not naughty of me to let My -thoughts wandee1 I could not help wondering what could be keeping there away' ,She looks at him as though expect- ing some explanation of the mystery or pethaps some -continent on her skit- tieh teniff'S,S1011; 1/11.t tit' 111;1111/21 inerely :miles in. 11 on.;•';.allic; raioes Id 11;11, atzd paeses of :tit() the vintrelmerd. "Well, 1 ant sure!" t)i, hay says a ; looks tifter hien. etilere ere politer Ihit 00 2 111 3. bet 1 (beet think .0,33,41 etir ;lee/bell Trevor!" I 34(0•viw1..; of. Chv. fact tIrtt his . r,.., )41, 11 114 1I:iV(11 dire of, , (1011' t think there is nmell :natter 11 lev('rs, one was upeet 11)1(1 341 s Slaci 11. eteel,,,, eerie., ;done the tit, teee,,•• 110 4 '11./,'“.111.V Ornek, 1101. 1't1 (01•'-V;Ir14ir1;'., coming Uir tho 1•004. 11 cr.t ;was to 117,14110;; 11,; I);! eilee• ee wrong at the gee 1/110; 1 '1) 4 1q!W7 4.1111,-; 311 .1,11 410111 1111,1 i1411111 Cr0111 1.110 1At1.1! •.: 1.311‘.' 1,, 118 clear iv hel- heart wenn.. (wee when she hen nee ieetel, thee, ere bole, and. ',••141 ler fir•t wordi. 11:11/1.`, 011.' 141.11,114'11 a plump 14f1ed. 'A, merry Ceiielemel PM I tesei ecareely wish you that inethe eieetsme tences, thoush I see yolt and Nellie l'ave 11"0,1 'Itelesandee.isle teis eel ee :3111 she may ecold you. for eidinit a little -tee well. Of yours,' eeti heve :eel each other at the ,tation, and ehe and Paulina have elerificed their Christmas service in V11111!" "Do you thi»11 that is why they aro not at church?" Stephen asks, a lit- tle thibidusly, for the hope seems a forlone one, though he snatches at it gladly. "They were not at the sta- tion when my train came in, late as lieu al !" "Ah, yes!" Miss Clemency says, and laughs. "Pauline would, allow for that, however impatient Nellie might be. No doubt the carriage drew up just as you marched off beee, for I don't suppose you waited, a minute when you did not find thein on the platform." "I did not!" Stephen confesses, hie frank face clearing. "I took it for granted that they were in church, and I came on here at once. Well, I had better go and get my scolding, Miss Grace! I really deserve one for muddling things so stupiddy." "I think you do, but I fancy your judges will be merciful and your pun- ishment :fairly light. Well, good-bye for the present and once more a very happy hristmas to you 01! Give my , love to Nellie and Pauline, and bring the former round to see Me soon!" Stephen smiles into the kind face I that is as bright and cheerful as the Christmae sueshine while he looks into it, and goes rejoiced and com- forted on his way. However, once his baels is turned the sunshine clouds more than a little, and as Miss Clem- ency looks after the stalwart swiftly- 1 le:appearing figure there is a sort of vague discomfort and uneasiness in • her thoughts, "I do hope he will find things as pleateant as they should be, poor fel- low!" she says, with a sigh. "I don't quite like the look of them myself! Nellie looked so wretchedly ill and miserable yesterday. And Pauline— well, Pauline frankly told me she wanted 1114 advice in a most unpleas- ant matter and before Sir Stephen came! It would spoil _all her gener- osity, spoil everything, if she quarrel- ed with Nellie or made tiny mischief between her and Stephen just now. It cannot be that. Yet it is strange they are not at chnrch this morning; and when her temper is roused there is no saying what Pauline Blake will or will not do.' CHAPTER V. When Sir Stephen reachee the big gates of the Abbey he has quite ve- covered his usual optimism, Of course he has blundered in the most idiotic fashion; of course ho hae missed the carriage by a second or so and thus follishly robbed himself of a full hour of Nellie's society! Be- yond question all the pleasure he has promised himself awaits him within the familial. ivy-covered walls of Pauline Blake's old home. It is then merely as a matter of form that he says to the excited -look- ing man who opens the door— "The ladies are at home, Wood- son?" The moment the words have passed his lips, before Wootleon could possibe 11 ly anSWer, the knows there is SWIM - thing seriously wrong, and Wood- 1 son's words do not dispel the fear, s though he only says with a :frightened glance over his shoulder— "No, sir—that is, yes1 I mean that Miss Slade is here, but lVfiss t Blake is not at home!" "Mete is Mise Slade?" Stephen cries impatiently. "In the morning - room?" "No, in her bed-rooin,, sir! She wiae not quite well, so the house- keeper Persuaded her to* 0h, 1 feinted. 1 till you sus here. 11111 Yee 11 her kuow 1 and witititur i the lilwary!" 14te...11,11 into tele lerse. leer roorn, .11 thr. :to t,/1 the !erect out 0,1 0 tee ee,Eel. ele., wood,.!/' ir 1., will Is, vsel etiou.,:b to corli,•';" 14 Ceirilr,,r, as 11 liretr f 1,0 eter 111,: 0111. ;IA 1,14, 11:11 11(4 ;01Ii '; ,11411 ;1411, :I1 :1I. 01; 1143., eI101111. 1 *a 111.' 11.,r ,d111(1 le l)t; but 111,3111:d 1111•411 /1.1303).1 44, 1..0121 as thoucil woro sera., sosr or ristfociu--,,i to 1,..•r Or I';1 1.1111.0 V10WrIl 1(.1 CI,' 1111‘11 11 :1.(01,1 5111:1..4•14) i41,114 11.141 nlil;',1"'111;11.V 'COW, T1.1,1 Cs. door oorms, ttari 81:111, /-11.• ie premised to eis, bee looking pale. and Ml, Itnowine that she lets .11-144 f ;I, fainting fit, but his firet leek an the wan ;-ehostly eeee, eyes, .11111 the (1)11W1) quiverine moeth gives 11101 a ehock. He forgets any other eanee for fear or trouble as he eprings forward and catches the slender swaying figure shat scarcely seems to hold itself up- right in hie strong arm& "My Nellie! My poor ghost of a girl! What is the 'natter? Are you so dreadfully ill?" For a second he feels the arms he has drawn up about his neck tighten their clasp in a sort of despairing en- ergy, and her face is hidden on his, shoulder. Then withdrawing from his embrace, Nellie says with a shudder "Oh, I am well enough! Never mind me, Stephen! It is Miss Blake!" "PaulMa?" he cries, more and more puzzled and alarmed by her strange manner and her ghastly face. "What is the matter with her? The man told me she was not at home, so site cannot be ill! Yet you speak as though you had to announce some tragedy! Where is she?" He has used the word "tragedy" without much thought of its actual meaning, but as he meets Nellie Slade's darkening eyes he thrills with a conviction that some really tragic -horror lies before him. "Cannot you speak?" he cries, with an almost savage roughness born of a growing fear: "Don't you see that you are suggesting all sorts of hor- rors? Where 114 1114 cousin?" Nellie moistens her dry lips. "Ole Stephen, how can I tell you? She ie gone!" she says. "Gone! Of course, she is gone crut! 11 knew that already, and only asked you where." Then, as the girl stares at 11i01 in despairing silence, a new thought • strikes him. "Gone! People say thee of the dead sometimes. You don't mean to say that my poor cousin is dead?" "No, oh, nol Not that! She is net—she cannot be dead! But;, hew shall I make you understand, Step- hen? She is not here! She hos dis- appeared!" "Dieappeared 1" Some of the hor- ror dies out of Stephen's eyes, but their bewilderment only increases. Ho stares helplessly at the white- faced trembling girl for a second; then, noting her painful effort at self control and the pitiful fashion in which the slight figure sways in the aittempt to keep rigidly upright, he suddenly throws a strong arm about her and draws her down beside him on the big old-fashioned sofa. by the window, saying with the old protect - Mg tenderness that is the sweetest thing. life has ever brought to Nellie Slade— "I must wait for a moment till you are a little more yourself! You are too weak and ill, my poor darling, to tell me anything just now!" Then the terror that had seemed to paralyse the girl and make clear speech impossible fades in the warmth and sintshine of this faithful loving care. It breaks ancl dissolves in a sadden term, and. leaves her thoughts clear. "How good, how kind you are!" she cries at length, raising her face rom his shoulder when the storm is ovee. "I can tell you all now; but tow could you even think of ane at uch a time?" "My Nellie! Of whom should 1 hink in any circumsteneee but you,. ny own little girl? But you axe bet. er now, dear, and can tell me all hat this mystery means." "Yes." The girl dries her eyes and sets iorself resolutely to her painful task. "It means just What 1 say, Stephen Miss Blake has disappeared. She is not In the house, not in the grekindel ,•-!..e.teseeee..444,04-8,+.+44-9+4,ees,+ I i ,4 j ecte ,41-4.1„ ÷ - es --sit 0 1 It Is ()Pio of tile ifito,t. li,;:r ..411 ... ,,,,,, 4- . • ,__ ....„ . in Ille Mcciilft cr,;.•:„..,,,p, ,,f4,1 IL =P./ 21.um qVa?,'" (? Nialta I., tho il-'7, .'11I. 4 '.4; (bow Ito' 1‘ 1/Ir • 1)' . I .4' '.1..,.. + 0 1. 0, 1•:,:l .`":1. ....1..;;,,,,,,, :1 1;[.;'''; ... , i .. ••• • I. WANTIZ-D 4. , 1 1. ,,,,,-,,,r .;,,, ..:,1,,,, ..:.:,,„„ 6.• 4 1:3..,,i,,, „,.. ,‘,..,3„. 1, ,..:, ,];, :„ .i., ..:: ..i. ,,, 1;4.. ..:11' t',', 1,. ,,r ,',. i ,,, , l, 4 "4, 011 111,r4 VI tI' 1 . ' ; 14 I ; '', il. 41. 1 : '; '1 Ijij.! 1 11 •••;. iiit,r1;cit tiLiei. 4. i. , ,1.'1, : Iii"11 ;10 '.I'Il ' I! 1 . 4' 1 11'' pileter eeete :iitIe e ‘e '.' ' • '''.; ; • 1 e e 'E' • se •, ,-, ,.:. .:! '. see 1, ...e e et )4 741 "\17,,,es, fl Ro„„i,p,,,,.., , .., „ , -.., Ji,.. ,, , . ,• :. . :, ) .4 ,• 6 .f..11 q11.1 i' '7 lik, ii',:.\. 1. I' , . WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1 fith, 11128, '1113: ISLAND (11e .$. 41.1.41 '44.3 itottV oft rl. "„?s. yroi .,:•I „ 111,,t4111:.;11 h11 1 ' " • IJI; . 131,' .P1,1,1;!,1 • 1! • 1 see • es, Y ,de a -I .,;•,; ,•,. 1 11,,v, 241 1441111'' ia seeetrie ••• ,es1e2 the, teet! etay eee •-all: in et, er so, full of for tle, 3111,111 ehe has caused es.: But shakee he,. 11 ad with conviction. "There is .1(1) 10K!441in 11 of an eerly walk!" she says fire:Q.11y. "Miss has not been :sleet in. She has been away from the AlOuSk! all night. Oh, Stephen, where can she be? What does it all mean?" But this is a question Stephen can- not anstver. He sits a little forward, his claeped, hands between his knees, his dark brows knitted in concentra tion of thought. "Tell me all about it!" he says at length. "You said she did not sleep here!. How do you know that?" "We only guess it because her bed I was just as her maid left it last night. I Nothing is disturbed. But this is the strange part of it, Stephen—all her clothes seem, to be there!" "And when was her absence dis- ' • t . ' 4.; , ; • . • . • 1 4. ' 44 ', 111, '1. • • r• . • ,, 2, 1 ,%4 4 1 11, 1: / 441,;;111: 111 I! ' 1.if.. i :1:4401 I. ; 71'1) 111' 4.4 who prr,, l.1, 3.a4,04, aart- , inent.4, Tr, It, tluvtroment 1 is sty: .14! (201 • :LI 14 tee Gror)aluatic-r- i1V -11"1;1.1r,;.11 is the o.;1..f 11 law:11;110 of the colony. 'file ,i; A languaz.,” is allowed in the ..1 i, u.ary Helmets, and Italian is the language of i record in the Law Courts. There is a pulele sehool system and the pupils number about 10,000, besides secondary eehoels and a uni- versity with 1144 student::. The chief products a Malta are wheat and other grains of temperate countries, vegetables, grapes and other fruits. aiul &g00, The Manu- factures include Iace, cotton textiles, filigree and cigarettes. Agriculture is the chief industry, and the island is well supplied with horses, mules and asses, horned cattle, sheep and goats. The annual value of the ex- ports from Malta is about $7,000,000. covered?" "Only about an hour ago. You! know she is very eccentric and exact - ng in some things, and will not allow any one to enter her room in the morning until she rings her bell. Mor- gan, her maid, has strict orders on every other, she had her mistress's bath and tea ready at seven o'clock. , and waited patiently for the accustom ed ring, but it never came. I knew nothing about the delay, for I hai a ' bad headache" — she hesitates and flushes curiously over this last unim- portapt and common detail, then goes hurriedly on—"and breakfasted in A topographic map of the United } States, started 45 years ago, will be i completed in 20 more years. W. D. S. JA MIES 0 55, ME); CM; LM -CC; Physician and Surgeon Office Mcis.elvey Block, Brussels Successor to Dr. White Phone 45. A Li C '110 N E 11 R S THOMAS BROWN Seaforth, Ontario licensed auetioneer for voenties of Huron and Perth. Immediate Lir- razgotai0111:: for stele (Woe cell be neei,, by cauitus Port, 1;sussels, Clirt s 11, a ...unable, (km) .11. "'1 t.) 0-0. 11/18S TA. vi.ort fee e 01 . all of rr Sal s,falion J4.,44, Ord es left 0. '1 Is " , ley att., ailed to. Beier:wet. ;:l. l'eorsh Ilu1401,, 5-0213 le le lel I' 115100. iictiee tz elthd.iit LOA 1(1121.- r d 111),1 lezone ; ; seevel es 1 222 1. at0U' eX left at this ofeieo. or with Thus. 2,1131.,r, Brus.els, ei, see(' you '.boot s ekes at 21;1111. Box 484 LIST()WEL Phene 2411 D. M. SCOTT Licensed Auctioneer PRICES MODE For reference consult any person • whose sale I have °Melt-it:I at. 01 Craig Street, LONDON C. C. RAMAGE, D.D.S., L.D.S. BRUSSELS, ONT. Graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons and Honor Graduate Uni- versity of Toronto. Dentistry in all its branches. Office Over Standard Bank, Phones—Office 200. Residence 65-14 WM. SPENCE Ethel, Ont. Conveyance, Commissioner and C. J. Agent for The Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Canada and Ocean Accident Guarantee Corpora- tion, Limited Accident Insurance, Automobile In- surance, Plate Glass Insurance, ete. Phone 2225 Ethel, Ont.. JAMES NI' FADZEAN ligent Howick Mutual fire Insurance Company Also Hartford Windstorm and Tornado Insurance Phone 42 Box 1 Turnberry Street Brussel nly room, not intending to leave it T. T. AV RAE 140 SUTHERLAND it SON unitil I thought Miss Blake would be M. S., M. O. P., di S 0.' LIMITED ready to go to church. About ton M. it Et., tiling° or Brussels o'clock however Morgan brought me Physician. Burgeon, Acconeheur 14(441) 4.01' v. telegram. It came perhaps from onteeeteeselee,xer.ogi,,tree l, MenerinsP Menet. e.Z, y011 ?" illi Osirreleesrg "Yes; I wired the time of my ar- i DR. 1/1.12,ROLAW Honor graduat, of the Ontario Vsterloar7 BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, fr. eir . 8.1A^C.4ala ....,.. rival, Go on!" (Continued Next Week) remise, Lao, aad utgigir,,,,m, °fun, ar,,,,,Bise , CONVEYANCER, LECKIE BLOCK NOTARY PUBLIC Flour Mill.Irthel. - 'BRUSSELS l.."—` ""-......... .-..., , eeee00seeesegeteseette4eettese1110.7..E.1:,,,&,S4.. t ,a.W.31.,t0..=MVXMEMEZ=02====ffisEeniiialVa7..Malamsinzranial P • 4 g , e 0 h t Makes a Town? A pioeeterous rural population which demands a community centre where may be established business, educational, relig- ious and a ntertainment facilities. Where these flourish mei are active it i, safe to suriniee that the people of that section realize and appreciate the value to them of such a centrat, t intains It ? The towns are largely maintained by the surrounding districts, But the. organization, the direction, and to a great measure the up -keep. of the institutions in such towns are in the Mends of the busineet, intereete, together with those directly and in- directly connected therewith. 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