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The Brussels Post, 1928-7-4, Page 7sir ._ _. sees., m..•.m,.I.,.wmwi,�.�+lp,,x o-,,. -,.1.,N,•w..,ww,.r.,w,0.un,n„5,wuw„+.+waw•,nM.,u ream in Ira( Means 1:'1"1' E R CREAM Err E R BU'I"I'ER L'I'TER PRICES We are now pr pared to Grade your Cream honestly, gath, r it twits a v; i e•1: anti deliver at our Creamery each truer we Eft it, We gatLer with covered truck to keep sun off it. We pay a premium of 1 cent per lb. buttes' fat for Spur;..l:, -over that of No, 1 grade, and 3 cents pee lb. but- ter -fa' for No 1 grade over that of No, 2 grade, The basic principle of the improvement in the quality of Ontario batter is the elimination of second and off grade meant. 'Jho' may be itecomplished by paying the producer of good main a Letter price per pound of butter -fat t,tan is paid to the producers of poor cream. We solicit your patronage and co-opera:tion for better market. riroc-We will loan you a can. See our Agent, T. C. McCALL, or Phone 2310, Brussels. The Seaforth Creamery YEW SERIAL STORY, 1 ,1tel1t ,y S>tl rte;lsgt9 ;WWI (All rights Reserved) "I am not going to lose sight of you again like this," he said in a hurried understone. "Promise you will at least always keep nye inform- ed of where you are? I don't ask more than this.” She looked at hint a little hesitat- ingly. "I promise," she half whispered. When the two ladies were gone IIaddis and Jack went out into the street together. For a few minutes they walked in silence. Jack was asking himself what possessed him to assume thus a semblance of friendship for a man who was act- ively his enemy. Haddis was reflect- ing that it was rather mean to ex - pec,; a man whose wishes he had op- posed, and would continue to op- pose so energetically, to help him. But his desire to know more of Lilith's life was too strong to be combated by any consideration. He began— "Miss Mansfield tells me you; have become secretary to her moth- er?" "Yes," said Jack,' and then some- thing prompted him to add, "And Mrs. Mansfield would like me to be- come her son-in-law." "Ahl" cried Haddis sharply. "It would be a very good marriage for you," he added. "You have no right to say that to ate!" exclaimed Jack. "I am en- gaged to your sister, bu'c, if I were not, certainly you have no right to object to my failling in with Mrs. Mansfield's wishes." Haddis considered a moment; then he said suddenly— "Look here! Let us speak frank- ly. I love Miss Mansfield, and you might suppose that if I,could win her heart I should have no difficulty in winning the mother's consent. But it is the other way round. I— I think—well, I think I could in time win Miss Mansfield; but it is Mrs. Mansfield's consent I am doubtful of." • "You may well ,be," observed Jack dryly. "I suppose Miss Mansefild has given you 'their addrese 'tonight, but I am prepared to assert that to-inor- TOW will find them at the other end of London, if not out of London al- together." "But why?" asked Haddis. "Alb, that I canoe tell you! But it is so. Mrs. Mansfield objects as strongly to your marrying her step- daughter as—as you object to my marrying your sister, and I confess with apparently less treason," Haddis did not speak for a minute. 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 Ofiiee Stationery and f'f it requires replenishing call us by telephone 81, The post Publishing Rause At length he said— "As you are always wich them, you could—you could at least—" "I could help you to woo the young lady," finished Jack, "I could not doubt, but why should I? Why should 1 help you?" "Your reproach is just," said Haddis. "Perhaps—" }Ie stopped; he could not quite bring himself to use Ceeily as a means to his end. "Perhaps you could give up oppos- ing mine," said Jack. He laughed rather sardonically, btic went on in a somewhat graved tone, "I cannot live in Mrs, Mansfield's house, and be in ,her employ, and scheme behind her back to bring about what I know she desires to avoid. No, you must win the lady for yourself; and re- member that Miss Mansfield is of dif- ferent stuff from Lady Cecily. She will never have the courage to defy her stepmother. You will have to clo it all." They had now reached the door of Jack's lodging, and he paused to 'say "Good night." But when the two young men parted eaoh felt that the other would do all he honourably could to help him, The following morning when Jack entered Mrs. Mansfield's sitting room that lady greeted him with the in- formation that he expected—that sho meant to leave this hotel and go to another. "I don't mean to have Lord Had- dis coming to see Lilith!" she said de- cidedly. "I would go today, but the child has contrived to catch cold, and I don't like 'co move her till she has got rid of it, However, if Lord Had- dis calls today he won't see her, as she is in bed." "Tell me," said Jack boldic—"why are you so set against Lord Haddis?" Mrs. Mansfield looked at the young man in silence for some moments. She was, as usual, sitting at her writing -table, and she played with a paper -knife that was lying close to her hand before answering, At length she said— "Would you be pleased to see Lord Haddis married to Lilibh?" "Yes," he said resolutely, though he felt himself colouring a little, knowing what was in her mind. "I think Lord Haddis would make her an excellent husband." "I would prefer that she married you," said Mrs. Mansfield. Jack was rather dismayed by the boldness of this attack, but he re - Plied with great gravity— "Miss Mansfield would not marry ore if I asked her. She knows, and' you know, that I never shall ask her. My heart is irrevocably given to an- other woman." Mrs, Mansfield sighed. "Well," she said, "I can't of course control your affections. 'In regard to Lilith, you understand I am not throwing her at your head. There is no need to do that—she has' plenty of admirer's; but, though I will never force her inclinations, I shall certain- ly do my best to prevent her from having the chance of :falling in love with Lord Haddis," `'Are you surd it is not too late to prevent that?" suggested Jack. Mrs. Mansfield treated this sug- gestion with scorn. She contented herself with laying her commands on Jack not to help. Lord Haddis to trace 'chem to their next resting place, Iladelis called that afternoon, and Mrs. Mansfield received him with Ti -JE BRUSSELS POST nle,a•.' f11. tadta awl eta, h,. 1 :-hewn 111x. =ti':lat lt-fua•,�. "Aly d ulen1 r i ut !,.,41 wit s ba, ui+I u 1 A•' I tine, 1l ufdi iuta e yi.r. t1 ha:; ,,..r ;- ,.1„• ,ren on 10 lailc of a ler ihu,g•. P.ut Ilnddii nru +ua, !,.!,•oink, in 1110 nifdst ❑f one of 11,r e herrfu y,eee}U�.; le in'oke in -- "-MN. Haus-liel,i, I ere cont- beer' int ty to alt spur p •rue;clean err pay nq' $tube.=r; to yo:u' cheighter.0 nit';. 11 t ,.,h; id :lightly raised her ey'ebr'ows. "i nal sorry to hear it," r.he said, "Rut perhaps it is as well you have .spoken, si. it enables me to tell you a: wove I have other views fur my daughter.” "And what views has your daugh- ter for herself?" he asked. She looked at him keenly for a moment?" "Have you already spoken to her?" she asked quickly. "No," he replied, "but I think— T hope ---1 do not think she would re- fuse me," "Age you aware, Lord Haddis," said firs. Mansfield, "that !f :Lilith Marries without my consent she will not Have a penny " "No," he replied quietly. "I was not aware of it; but, though I am sorry for it, it makes no difference to me. I tint :"-parr;y your dau- leiter, not her money 1' "It L4 her mother's money; bot her lnotn,'r left it conditionally to her father. He left it to Lilith on conditions—le was fond of making conditieno,'' elle added, with a faint sigh. "The conditions were, in her c•use, that she should not marry with- out my ronsernt. If she does the: money all corse, to me." "Well," raid lfaddis, "I hope yon will be induced to give your consent, but if you don't and if Lilith is will- ing, we must do without the money." "Lilith will never be, willing to merry without my consent," said Mrs. Mansfield, rising. a she derided to take• no genre=, 1f t.lt<: it t ci were , •e n,1+ nerd with Loni J r 1 f t l li :,lac dad 11u4 t u1t to liny Hadclis 'cook the hint, and bade her good-bye without further argument. During the next two or three days, though he wrote several notes to Lilith, he received no answers to any of them. He suspected that Mrs. Mansfield intercepted them. And this indeed was the case. But during those two or three days Lilith was somewhat seriously ill. Her cold had developed into a rather acute attack of bronchitis. Jack true to his prin- ciples, refused to convey messages from Haddis tb Lilith, but he kept Haddis informed of the girl's health, and endeavoured to comfort him in his uncertainty and anxiety. When Lilith recovered sufficiently to come downstairs Mrs. Mansfield kept Haddis away by the simple ex- pedient of saying "Not at home" to all but a small number of persons whose names she supplied the waiter. Jack came and went; but though he saw how Lilith's pulses fluttered every time a visitor was announced and her disappointment every time the visitor proved to be not Lord Haddis, he said nothing. He would not ac's the part of a go-between be- hind Mrs. Mansfield's back, One day however pity for the girl prompted him to say in Mrs. Mans- field's presence— "Hasn't Lord' Haddis been to see you yet?" Mrs. Mansfield gave him a look of reproach which he would not meet, and Lilith said— "No. Is he still in London?" "Dear me, yes!" replied Jack, with an admirable assumption of in- nocence. "He is always coming here to inquire, and asking me when I meet hien how you are." "1 do not think it is good for Lilith to see too many visitors," said Mrs. Mansfield coldly. "And Lord Haddis is such a stere acquaintance," "Poor fellow!" said Jack. "It is rather cruel to exclude him. He does not seen to look upon himself in the light of a mere acquaintance." Then, rather frightened at his own temerity, Jack took his leave. When he was gone Lilith lay silent on her sofa. Mrs. Mansfield glanced at her once or twice, and noticed that her face was turned away and that she was surreptitiously putting her pocket -handkerchief 'co her eyes. s4•a444'a444•4el a t s t•a4'a4•a4.94'a4' • E e 4' 4• • • Highest market price paid for your Hens 4' • 'h •P ,p O e 4 M. YoHick WANTED cum ,..a„n oIthe fact. She would down 1;' t 115 1 this fancy If ltnh:e"I e•ote:rinieed ,atch i lane's', "I think, darling, ..ho said pre- sently iu herr meet cheerful tun', "that we will leave th1; hotel ,as L400,1 11:1 you May go out." Lilith murmured a stifled assent, and tAIrs. Mansfield went 00 ---• "Doctor Holmes is rather anxious that 1 should take you abroad. 1t would be- nice to go somewhere on the Riviera, wouldn't it?" Lilith .said nothing. 1n truth, by this time she was crying so bitterly that she could not speak withou'c be- traying herself, Mrs. Mansfield rose and gently laid her hand on her head, "You are a little over -tired, darl- ing. I mustn't let Mr. Grandison come here so much until you are stronger'." Iiut in her heart she; resolved to start for the Riviera as soon as it was safe for the girl to travel. The doctors haul told her that Lilith re- quired care, -though there was noth- ing organically wrong with her. Therefore, with her usual energy, she arranged to rent a villa at lior- dighe a and take her stepdaughter turd secretary thither a, soon as pas- sible. Chaisturas had come and game• how- ever before the start could be made. and during those days she had hard work to prevent Lilith from pouring nut her heart to her on the subject of Lord Haddis. Lilith was accus- tomed to confide in her stepmother, and even the suspicion that her step- mother was plotting against her hap- pine.es in this instance was scarcely enough to prevent her from -telling her the whole story as far as it had gone. But Mrs. Mansfield would not hear story. She did not want to know Lilith loved Lord Haddis. the that CHAPTER XIV While these events were taking place in London Cecily was possess- ing her soul in patience at Haddis Castle. She had given her father her promise .that she would hold no comms munication with Jack unknown to him, and, as she was a young lady given to keeping her promises, she resisted the temptation to answer the letters he from 'time to time sent her. Stili, the fact that she receiv- ed these letters kept her informed of where he was and what he was doing. She knew therefore that he had be- come secretary 'co Mrs. Mansfield; but after he had sent that piece of in- formation his letters ceased. Cecily was not made anxious by this. She trusted him utterly, and took it for granted that he wrote no more because her silence told him she did not wish hint to write. She would not have been human if she had not secretly wished that he had been less mindful of her wishes; yet ili another way she was glad. She had always felt a sense of deceitful- ness when she had received one of these le'ctere. Though she obeyed her father, she made hien feel the weight of her dis- pleasure at his having exacted such obedience. She spoke to him with due respectfulness, but she spoke to him as little as possible. She declin- ed to take any pleasure in any a- musement he provided for her. She ,had no intention of letting ]rim think that site was happy and contented and likely to forget Jack Grandison. In truth, she was not likely ever to forget him. His fpce and voice haunted her waking hours; her first thought in the mornnig and her last at night were of him. She was strongly convinced that for all his efforts at phoney -staking he would never be anything but a poor than, and' she therefore with great eager- ness set about preparing herself for the position of a poor man's wife.. She n'iade her own dresses, much to the ,astonishlnent and disgust of her maid. She told ihetself 'chat when she married Tack she would have to make her own clothes for economy's sake, so that it was desirable that she should learn at once. Unfortunately site had no 'talent for dressmaking, ,ttnd the ganments, when lnado, were of a cut and fit marvellous to behold. Nevertheless site persevered, and also insisted on wearing these productions of her own s1c!11, oe rother want of it, in spite of the remonstrances of Mrs, Scott, who pointed out to her 'chat, though it was very sensible to learn to make dresses, it would bo time enough to wear self-made gowns when she was Jack's wife and had nothing else to wear. Cocily replied gravely to this argument that site wished to accus- tom herself betimes to the disagree- able sensation of wearing ill -made clothes. But this branch of economy was WEDNESDAY, .11'I.Y •ltl1, I!I2i. '1ot nearly enough fur her nefelliene. ;.iiet began to ttta1 as 1: :01,1 dee' h t to lr a, and ..1p,14 .a noel+lu loekIng over old .!rtes :.o be tie:to d e- ly"d. 5 e ve u._went fin' b u'tli of trying t, o.du' li r eutriooa coast, but this so. uelt as 1' uk'nl failure that :.he bed nut rourhg.• to fare ilea father t;au,. s,ttr,d. !sort Lu,hfin- non, though not a maul who tool touch notice as 0 rule of h}., daugh- ter's dr ss, had voce or twit ,• already observed 'tract there n'''1 to he something ugly about ('e,rily's .skirt. So .she reluctantly abandoned this branrb of teilerin•r. Susie efforts ass the,,, however by no means satisiied her au•dent spirit Completely ignorant of the value of money, she was nevertheless convin- ced that economy was an ort that could be applied to every hing. She therefore left off having a tire in her bedroom at eight in order tr, 'harden herself for the hardships she believed to be in store for her. She then took to cold baths, in the belief that hot water was a luxury and an cxtravagenrc'. She tried the experi- fueet of hew little food she could subsist on, whereat her father be- came rather uneasy. He wondered if it were possible that she was pin- ing away for love of Jack Grandison, He went to consult !'Its. Scott on the subject, but 311'O. Scott, who knew all about it, only laughed. "Leave her alone, she said. "She. is trying experiments, I have no ! doubt if you were to ask her she would tell you what they are." So Lord l,ochfinnan that night at dinner when he noticed that his daughter refused soup, entree and mutton, and ate only potatoes and a little rice -pudding, said— "My dear child, are you trying the experiment of reducing your food to a crumb a day?" eerily looked up at him. She i i hesitated a moment, and then replied sinsply— f "I 'am trying to learn to live less Luxuriously. If I marry a poor man d u h;;..,:,1 a l o e rel ,;c' f,e,,�5 Ii•' u t. a„ i n1,l;;,^1)1::. a , ... ,, i uaat°-1t t , have h_crn iu 'r, l ;1111 .Y' 'jr, Sire cc,unau!a cd 1n ther n1:_. o;' it I1ry, av vs ; 5vema it',rs n:onyl--lipbazrnaphy' h'o .'ttirg 1'10;1 ter,. 1,•,<ihi,.ty of dr.. nig fa,hiunahly and w' 11 on twelve pound- 0 year, er of feeding zt family f ten comfortably on fifteen shtii- in:;:. a week; traces headed ",'+o more Milliner;' Bilk!" "Arivice to Yrnt,!•r lI"us, ke •Luo,;." "What to du with .Dripping," c&t•; and large vulune s ln'u1'e..,ing to teach anybody who wished to learn how to do anything., 1 from building a house to trimming !c1 boon, t, without any difficulty er expense worth mentioning. Rolled it , 0 large shawl, C eti v would sit up In bed half the nigh poring over these interesting work, cooking imaginary dinners, and snak- ing the most astonishing calculatiins 1 as to the minimum of money re- f ouired to keep up her household. She would sometimes pursue this delighe- ful occupation till the sural lhours of the morning, shivering with coil and sleepiness, hut rather ,enjoying her discomfort under the innocent delus- ion that .he was thereby fitting her- self to make Jack comfortable in the (future. In the meantime- Ler,' Lochfinnan, with not much more discretion we.: ;ileo etudying. the subject of economy. He arrived finally at the conclusion that it would be wise to break up hie establishment, shut up the house, and go abroad for a year or two. Possibly this conclusion was partly induced by the mental discomfort that his daughter's attitude inflicted on him, Life alone with a daugh- ter who used to be devoted to hint and now kept him ostentutiously at i arm's length was very unpleasant to a man who loved sunshine and affect - on. (Continued Next Week) Costing $5,000,000 a new cathe- , rat is to be erected at Brisbane, I shall not be able to have soups and entrees and creams for dinner." ".4h!" replied Lord Lochfinnan, and for a few minutes he said no more, but sat looking at his daugh- ter with an air of examining some- thing new and interesting. Then he added, "All I advise you is not to overdo ic, or you may be dead of in- anition before the 'poor man' come= to claim you." Ceeify received this remark in scornful silence; but she went on with her experiments with renewed vigour. She never sat down to lunch eon or dinner without calculating which were the most inexpensive dishes and partaking of them in pre- ference to any others. 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