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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1921-7-14, Page 7BLARE OF ( TRUMPETS ;toreneo Seyler Thompson ,"‘ welt tar herself, lent they aci pate, dune as liter did the raw, green hides —they forgot e?lout her, And into thia grayness end blenitnoes true dey enure a letter with a Wyetning teeth Ina Irly June•raso: Ihn not ut all sure that you are my June -roe, though God knows 1 want you and I'm asking yon to be. I Meow yea aro nobody elde'a, for I saw 'leek Murray from Tannery Town this morn- ing, and be tolls me Yon are minute Sled Deep down in my heart I have alwaya carol for 'you -there was a terrible ache in my heart the n;t;lit said good-bye to you; f can see that Dopper mootsshirting down over Tan• eery Town this minute; but. when I Pt out hero I saw that I W4 'Up against it good and plenty, Malting a fortune out West isn't what it Is said to be, believe. me, 1 was prouder than Lucifer, I made tip my mind I'd, make good if it took a lifetime; an I've done it, too, but somehow the years got away before I knew it, And [lila terrible, beautiful fever of getting rich burned fttmy veine—and Tannery Town and the girl I loved got dimmer and dimmer before my eyes. Finally, I said to, myself, "June -rose, hue for- gotten me and married somebody who's mighty luckyto get !ter," And to -day I met Jack Murray; I could. hardly talk civilly to him I was so eager to hear about you. It all came back with a. rush—that life back home, and I know I could never be satisfied again; that I simply must have you- that this restlessness I've known for two years was my .longing for you. Maybe you've forgotten me, my white Juntt•reso; my first impulse was to wire and cell you—but I didn't dare. I'm Doming East in Jime--once when You were twenty and I was twenty- one, 1 salted you if you wouldcome back to Wyoming with me, and you said "maybe!' Will yon, June -rose? Don't .write; telegraph -I can't waft. PHILIP. 41 -lo only romantic thing that bad ;r heppenssi to ;tune in all her twen- 1x years wes her name; and even '!came to be a mockery. ten 17inmett )loge brought bis e from Penneylvaula to Tannery en, not even her love for her young. sband kept !lack the little pap of ;isnlay" at first gumma of ber new tome. 11, was drenry beyond belief, aid with the lnteloarabio odor of green lectors 'to he breathed for the rest of her life. When the baby came it was Juno rime and the wife sat a bit wistfully, `Do you mind, Dunnett, how the roses Wormed at this time a year age, in Conshohocken? Let's call the baht' s • June, It sounds pretty, don't you think ---Juno Reser Ami fnlntett Roee, re- membering the wide, tree -shaded street and his wife's vine•covered home, had an inspiration himself. It was the one time that they gave themselves over to sentiment, for the babies came so fest after that that plain Mien and Maggie and: Nathan end Martin and Kate sufficed very well., And June grew up as fair And delicate as bar lovely name. And in Jene'•s gray -blue eyes with their black lashes was a wistful look —a hungering for her own romance thet seented'somehow so long in cam -I ing. June did notknow that in the heart of every woman—the fattest, the leanest, the grayest, the most austere ---the withered remains of a secret dream may be found. The dream of "1110" coming as "warriors carne"—on a foam-fteeked charger, to seize her and carry her away. It is not in the heart of any maid to withstand a woo -1 ing by capture; but June thought she was different from other women, and was eccordingiy ashamed. At twenty shelled thought her re - mance, matt as it was, wee comtug, Philip Chalmers had strolled down Tannery road a fere timesand hung over the gate in passing. June knew • Philip was "different" somehow from the Tannery boys; he had ambitions, he talked to her about making a name #or himself; he fat:mated.largely end' vaguely drat there was no "future in Tannery Town, and she was. profound- I ly impressed, and pre eatly she Pentad berself looking expectantly up the marl et 7.10 o'clock, her heart beating high. But even in the first flutter of her dawning consciousness of love there was a balf-defimod ache c£ disap- poiuttue' ': the palpitating romance she had streamed of was to end in a wooing at the gate in the most cem- m"notate way, after all. And [ben ono night when a copper moon was shining down cn Tannery Town, Philip came swiftly and excited- ' ly as she waited at the gate. Ife was going away that very night; had a great chance to be a cow-pincher— didn't sound like a career, of course, but you'd better believe there was a big opportunity in Wyoming, learn something about cattle Rist; then get e herd together—why, he'd bo a rich mai In a 'few years. Plainly the lust of ambition beat in his pulses; he had forgotten the girl. June played no part in his scheme of thluga; it was youth at high tide going out to conquer. June saw, and her heart was like to break. The romance tbat had not opine up to her expeeta-' tions was now the sweetest thing in the world to her. They shook hands, and June wished !him good hack—there had never been any • love epokeu between them—and 111 Phillip turned to go, And maybe be- t cause a. shadow of the girl's pain look- 1 ed out of her blue oyes, or because the 5 moon works its madness as impartial -1 iy in Tannery Town as where the mag- nolias grow, he turned back again, 1 "Maybe if I strike it rich out there,! and yon haven't fallen iu lave with a somebody, maybe youd go back with I t me to� Wyoming, some day, was all: Nobody but June - knew how site oamo to live on those! words, and nobody but June . could ; I have told just when the hope died out b of. her heart. Par the gray daye pass- i 1 ed, auud no word ever came out of the 1 West. She hated her name now -11 r Seemed a mockery, for she had come' t to bo twenty-six. Never once had silo known a palpitating moment; she was I b ea colorless as her surroundings, com-+0 ing and going her unobtrusive way. I w People spoke of her sister itlien, who in bad moved to Chicago, as staving done 1 11 And so June lived in her romance again. She dreamed of the hour wben she would leave Tannery Town, June made her travelling dress her- self i 'd fashioned her own hat, a big d black hat covered with filmy tulle an wreathed with. white roses. The rest of it—the service in the church and wedding breakfeat afterward, her parents magnificently conceded, And on the very meriting of the day before the wedding a night message came: Impossible for me to come to Tan- nery Town for wedding. Meet me in Chicago on 'Wednesday morning, Have wired your sister to make arrange. month, Am putting through tremend- ous cattle deal which will keep me busy to the very ,hour of the wedding, We will leave on the `1,05 train for Cheyenne. Don't fail me, June -rose. PHILIP. And June did not fail her lover, But if in her heart was a eruabing sense of disappointment who shall blame her? The ane and only time In her life when Tannery Townmight see her as an individual with a remanee she must slip out as unobtrusively as she had lived. She bad set ter heart ou' having them mays "Ah, there was a pretty wedding when June nose`mar- rief' Philip Chalmers; he came all elle way from Wyoming to get her," New should it occur to any one to speak of her, Tannery Town .would lift its surprised eyebrows and say vaguely, "June -rose — did you say Juno? Oh, yes; she finally married and went away." Everythlug had been arranged by wire. It was utterly impossible for June to realize what Philip had meant when be salts he had "made good." Material consideration never once en- tered her head. She knew she loved Pili ip, and she was going to leave Tannery Town—the other dreams she had sorrowfully to give up. She was nMet even to see Philip till the et minute. Supose he were disappointed n her; site Was panic stricken; was he not very much older. she reflected, anxiously peering into tike glass. They were to be married at St. Joha's Church, ten agitates away, 'leap had been sure June would want quiet wedding, no fuss or.feathers--- he quieter and simmer the better; it would suit mint right down to the, ground• He would arrive at the hour when they were to start from the souse to the church; no wedding reakfast afterward --they make for he Rock Island and have lunch on the !nets The only thing that eased is little hat curious lump in June's throat was that Philip had sent up an Immense ridal bouquet of white roses. "No n0 on earth has so perfect a right to ear :these as my Jnne•reee," was the essage that came with them. Some ow 'this reassured the wistful bride. rAffe/0",saws LAND C 7'1 T"/YOW HEIGHT AND REACH riage was merely Incidental to Philip -nothing that Was of any comae queues; the cattle deal came first. She was childishly delighted to know that thoy were to ride to the church in an automobile; 1t will perhaps better ex plain June to say that she was almost as excited over the automobile as the wedding. Meanwhile Jute's lover was tre-, menelouely excited himself, and It would have comforted June to know how he loathed the necessity that had arisen suddenly and unexpectedly of putting through this deal. June was as yet unaware that her lover was the shrewdest cattleman the Oakley - Phelps Co. boasted~ and a peremptory telegfam had brought about a post- ponement ostponement of hie own plans at the last moment. But in au unguarded mo- ment he had blurted cut the news of his coming etappiness to Larry Keefe. Philip wee blissfully unconscious that Larry on the instant proceeded to snake himself very busy comtnunlcat- ing the news to 200 other cow puede ers who happened to be in the city and about the "Yards" that day. They agreed with beautiful unanimity that the proper thing to do was to show dear Did Phil a good time, June's tint glimpse of Philip when Ile came swiftly Into the house holding out itis amts was :another shock, Was Bele the eager, arrogunt, handsome boy wile had impressed her with his large, vague talk about making a name tor himself ---this man, good-looking, to be sure, but, oho so much older and quieter and with absolutely nothing dashing about him? Gone with a crash was the last forlorn dream of a foam - •eked charger and a gallant lover weeping down !:rein 1 der voice—"My June -rose at las "— she felt ineffably content. What did - it matter, after all—the blare of trum- pets site had longed for? It was just the protest of her heart against ail 1 the long, gray days of her love -starved 11 youth. Contentedly sheleaned against th wine -colored cushions of the its tap thrown back. "JJust never rode in an automobile she whispered happily. As that' whirled arm It had begun to seem to her as It mar- lrumolise bouquet of bride rosee' in b arms. When June oamo out of the church ea bar husbend's acre the terror that had been we much wonder became tis latter thing exclusively, What he happened to cause ell tills excltemen The band was stili playing, but the were thouealtds upon tholrsento people crowded into the area, of tw eurtaee oars had stopped a tratlia was impeded, Policemen score of them --were forcing bac the eager crowds, but everybody, p Semen and all, wore' a smile, as fervout "God blew ye's" reached b over and over again, Women smile at her, men task off their hats at bo approach—it was all most respectf and Madly. She clutched' tightly husband'a arm; she caught a ba smile on his lips and a deprecatl rho boys mean we 1, and sudelen•1 she understood, It was the blare o trumpets, her crowded !tour, her re- m.•a at last, She had stepped out a gay perspective --the terror and til wonder went out of her face and childish joy swept over her. Sl: smiled half tremulously, but girlishly and that smile west straight to til heart of the mob, which cheered itsel hoarse with, enthuslaam. The next twenty minutes went with a rush—the automobile swung through tate lace the opening crowd made, til band leading and the cowboys ridin alongside to lean over to shake 'hand with the bridegroom and to beg flower from the bride, June rose t the occaslou and the eastom and gav roses generously. She had forgotten that it was til cowboys' privilege to kiss the brig yet they badn't, nor had Philip, nodded to the chauffeur to speed up tttle; it was impossible to go fast, hey were still threading through til tr er Urgent Need for Help for Armenian Orphans, Recent (Wales from. Ar, F W • Mae - Callum, Cmstantinoplo, Stated; "Jtalf to rations for 18,000 orphans at Alex- ia andropol' to• April 80th, After that, of nothing, unless help arrives," wo Wisen the steamer "Clint/gun," oattrying flour and milk, the first u4 .steamer since the middle of February, -tt reached the deserted harbor of Baton's, k on the Feat Coast of the Black Sea, 0- April 22nd, there were only ten bage d of flour left in the town, A telegram or from 200 mules inland awaited them, d saying; "No food at any prieo. Four ✓ days more and we ere finished," Im- ul mediate transport reached them the her' day the last half rations 'were ex. if handed, and saved the livers of tltau- ng salads of Armenians; and the seven y relief. workers in .charge. f Semi contributions of money to the Treasurer, Mr, D. A, Cameron, To- O. ronto Manager, The Canadian Bank o of Cornenorce, King Street West, To- a melte. e Send contributions of clothing in , , care of Mr, Leven Babuyan, 84 King e Street East, Toronto. 6 Ulster's Parliament. 0 The e , Friends of Ireland on both aides of regrets are unavailing, We san- g , the ocean aro glad that the opening of not go back. But the thought is not ds the Meter Parliament, attended by mournful- If we could live again.the a the King and Queen, was accomplish- Years that are past we might have o ; ed without mishap. There was no note dare worse—a great deal worse. F,aeh e of defiance in tie solaarnn praceedinga, period of life has rte own rewards end The address of the King breathed no satisfactions. Nature mercifully ad- o i spirit of bitterness or anger. Ile was jugs her compensations. There is a e ! in the right in declaring that the Eng- happiness of ehjldh eel; there is a He ;tisk-speaking world desires nothing happineee of age. To realize in ma- , ; mere heartily than a cessation of the turity that we ars serving mankind, as l strife that hos rent the Emerald Isle that we are helping to bring in the e !and set the hand of brother against better day, may bring to us a pTea- aflic—but the machine shot forward, ' brother these many mournful years, sure that is far above the thoughtless big car, This was What the cow punchers ( The Ureter Parliament is not creat- gayety we knew when we were young. bhink, I wanted, One by one, 200 of them, they ed to vaunt a superiority of politicaltWe cannot reverse the calendar and attempted rte -and some thirty of them !condition or to monopolise official the clock, yet we may keep the spirit before," succeeded•—riding full speed alongside • favor for the loyalists. It stands as a of youth—its hope, its enthusiasm, its the automobile and kissing the bride r beacon to the day of amity and true optimism. If we cannot go back to When 1 Was a Boy, Now and then every rren turns over the pages of the pleture•boolt of mem. say, and goes an turning until he comes to the earliest pictures of all, that present him as a boy, In many households to -day real pie. tune beoka are Rept; fond parents az'.o preserving snap -shot Ilhotograp!hs of their crhildnen growing up, and in the days to come they andthelr children will have the visible 'bIograp'hy to re'- captu're !!childhood's sunny hours." Mliny a mother would rather sacrifieta every oilier book in the house than part with that eolleotion of pictures. But we ail may have pictures in our heads. Among those Wo lute the best are those of the irresponsible ex- istence we had before we were " re- stricted by a sense of duty and dos - tiny and the solemn responsibility of life. We' look now at the men and wo- men as old as we are, and as we clasp hands and the eyes meet we are say- ing to ourselves, if not audibly; "Can tisis be the child I used to know? Can this be my playmate 011 countless ad- ventures/ How long ago that weal I wish I could go back and be as X was then and make a fresh start. X wish I had my life to live over again; I should do so much better with itl" 8 enough to seize her hand and ride away with her into the night, 13ut with his arms around her and his ten - r d e I only a square from her sister's house, the bridegroom's eyes bulged in amaze- ; meat --Juno was as yet uncomprehend- ing—tor 200 cow punchers, resplen- ! dent in chaps and sombreros and with knives and pistols in their belts, swooped down upon them, intent upon timer benevolent purpcse of showing !Phil a gond time. Philip slipped his arm prctectingly !around June's waist, "Don't get ner- vous" is whispered, somewhat nerv- i ops himself, "it's a little way the boys have of celebrating our wedding." In June's heart es yet was room for nothing but astonishment. As the pie• turesque cavalcade wheeled into lite !la front of the automobile there was + a sudden buret of music—a mounted f band was in the lead and the lilting, !hanuting strains of an old but popular ! air made Jur.e's pulse "Won't you you be my sweetheart—I'm —in—love with you—" A11 during the ride to the church i she was divided between terror and delight; and it was a half -frightened • girl who walked• alone up the bridal path the cowboys made for her, their i sombreros held at their chests, She passed, a slightly old-fashioned but sly 8guro In her gray dress, its !tunic caught up with a long steel buckle; on her head a black, rose- wreathed hat of lace and carrying the P lin2h 6 w-1� y Chit Mr"55on, TEARS, IDLE TEARS It doesn't help, when trouble's here, to sbed the brackish, briny tear, I well recall the fateful day when my oId hen refused to lay; I needed eggs to poach and boil, and brace me til" for honest toil; but when I sought the biddy's coop, s'::e'd fate no eggs,,attd cared no whoop. And 1 had fed her costly hay and kindred grub, that she might lay, 1 might brave wept and torn my hair, and rent my beard in my despair; instead of that I seized the fowl, beheaded 'her, despite her howl, and had her for my evening meal, and then remarked, "How good I feel:" And so I make the best of things when grief In my direction swings. I once possessed a balky steed, and when it balked 'twas vain to plead, or weep, or let hot language roll, or soak it with a cedar pole. When on a Journey I would start, I took 50010 volumes in the cart; when balkiness obsessed the steed, I'd open some good book and read, and spend an hour in comfort there, instead of pawing at the air. And when the harso desired to go, I'd speak a loud, commandiug "Whoa!" And so he quit the balking game and as a trotter earned much fame, became the best of bald- faced roans, and brought men in two hundred banes, I alwaya make the best of things, and am as happy as nine kings, triumphantly as they swooped down , condor among Irishmen of every and past. n creed and faction. It statists as a syr- June's pulses were throbbing; pure bol of the hope of unity. joy held her speechless; this was 10,-' + tild'hand, our childhood rely go for, ward through the years with us. It re's nothing to talk dejeetedly of the "lost illusions" of youth and be- moan the forfeited chances. It is ours o take whet is left uv and make the lest of it, rejoicing that the best of what we had token the were children s ours to the very one rf our lives. 000 times more picturesque than the i Make Your Own Violin. t Coal -black foam -Reeked charger; butt evidently Philip did not think so. He Take two t;n cans, sft:rc0 them to glanced at her flushed face leaned for the opposfte ands of a piece of wood, f ward and slipped sometbing Into the , • chauffeur's hand, ";!fake ft a get , and run a 0 er A violin string from away," he said tersely; "the boys have 'Due can to the ether, had encugh horse play:"The cans will supply the resonance The car leaped out Into a clear space ! thet Is furnished usually by the body —and June felt herself iolding on for of he violin. Of course, the range will dear 11fa—incl heard Larry Keefe emit i not fbe rr great As when four strings ' h • are used, but if you use either of the', 0 ane long, tr'amphant yell. Theme lie- medium -toned strings, you will be able h hind hint saw hien tug at his saddle to plan almost env tune, ' ti horn; and the tough riders trailing in i In the Sruthw'u state, or America a the rear, Lut +.n a dead ruts, a half ;, it Is a :;emman thing for people to it mile down, whooped as Larry rose in make ruugls nit+:ic i ;nstr:;n"nts. At't his stirrups end, swirling his larlat, i harvest festivals -.r Go: -;;s, ane or' 0 1 lassoed the bridegrooma mare days err :et apes[ fe:r outlets t "11e use!' shouted Philip to the • at which pep--, 1na y front ram,,t1 n driver; he was smiling half grimly-„ mountr'in regions. play there home. m The chauffeur "killed" h4a engine and +,made centri ase'es for prizes, singly 0 puton the brakes; It happened like for in grcups. Ito lightning after that. The bridegroom l_ __,, ____ I s was hateed. out of the ear by the Wanted Light, i T triumpha.ttt cowboys and put on abron- F cit0. Philip knew when to submit; he' One gloomy day n young country- rode more or less smilingly beetle the man went to a dentist to have a tooth til car, while Lorry occnpled the post of i eetraeted. Seeing the patient's ner-, }u honor beside t14 bride. June was' vousness, the dentist Inquired: • A Radical Departure. Many people will be .t:rinised to ear that the Prot r t a: University of nt.ario is arranging to have en .•;- ibit at the Canadian National 1 't!•i- en in Toronto this year. ,r, WT'lt a ;tt university exhibit Certainly nl tea s ~•est product, fat a liver tt ee• clops brains, maul et. ,restee.iseee to rtuut'y its tree, 1 e2.t!cl..sm l' trim -s walks of 1 f : ! ties 1y ee f work ;.'ccs not len ' ; ,sl anife;tatien, Ner it the r,,, •rete f the University eel—let to ..ttc:117t display the 'University's else se - entail and enduring f nm 7.° eereee. he aim is rather tomake teem- lethe oople of the Province the fact that e University of Toronto exists in rder to serve them in the s' -here of igher education. Its varied e ten- on work will be captained and the: e ho are interested will learn how the niversity can give Mom direct and. mediete service in their own con unities. A representative will be attendance to advise parents who Am • w-isll to eoneult him regat.:ng eir children's education. To interest e general ?labile there will be de- onstretions in physics, displays of e week done in public health. be- ronamy, anatoany, botany; the faculty applied science tt-i11 use part of the ce allotted; and other faculties and departments will participate. In:ode" quate as the exhibit must be In rela- tion to the immense work done b : University of Toronto, it will al :e ;. +; interesting and instructive :el 11 demonstrate to the propr,eera laughing, spontaneously and girlishly, r "Would you like gas?" 1 ed She was beautiful to behold, with a; "Would I like gas? Of course, I'd e faint blush on her whits cheeks !like gas!" exclehned the irate patient. tin she leaned out of the window, her eyes 1 lugging out my teeth in the dark?" I n misty as she =tied, and waved her j = handkerchief to 200 rough riders as ; Getting a Coffin, they swung their sombreros- The band! A boy who smoked 1,200 packets of; th was playing the old favorite again: cigarettes saved the pictures and sent m "Let us call you sweetheart --1'-n in i them to the firm, asking what they til love with you " The passengers were would give for them. t smiling—the, whole world was kind to 1 The answer was as follows: of June to -day, i "Smoke 1,200 more and we'll sand spa Plfl111, When the city had been left !you a coffin." behind, heed her !land tightly in his. ' "How brava you were, my June -rose, 1 know you must have Tanned far a quiet wedding, no fuss or excitement; "Katie," said the fashionable moth- bo Later, from the Rock Island express, ! "Do you think I'm going to have you p Evidence Enough. and then to have all this dtetasteful i er, with a Crown, "you've been giving w' pablicity--why, cult Chicago will be dis- ! the children molasses cantly again," of easel you over the dinner . 'h night, Il mast have been an ordeal,' asked the nurse, alarmed - and I am utterly remorseful." ) "No; but every doorknob in the Juste put her Eoft palm against his , house does." browned cheek. "An ordeal. Philip?" i She closed her eyes ecstatically for an a The laude in a moment ser instant—"Why, dear, I—T simply loved is of no moment. it" Walrus -hunters gr paint their !rests ed white to resemble cakes of lee. ran I Indeed Trying. i Lord Byng of Wimy', Canada's new sit Jinks—"You look rather weary, cid i Governor-General, is to land at Quebec 1111 ngrner tables to Ft y, ma'am, do they look sick? P ab its of this great institution that their own rovineial University is keeping roast of the times, that it realizes obligation to spread the benefits higher education beyond itsaid's., an that suggestions for increased vice are cordially welcomed. So eat is the present demand for adult 01501 on, so marked the general real - tion of the value of a great univer- y, that thus exhibit is likely to be exceedingly popular one. irds That Build Bungalows. Arbor -like bungalows are built by straiten Bower birds. These bunga• wa are decorated by the 1,11.d5 with were and other bright eb , t ts. Sometimes one bird will move a tower placed in position by 0 feilow, Ines •result is a free fitlti, for none of the birds will tolerate interference or criticism. There are several difiereut tents of bungalows, and each is built by a variety of the bower bird. These strictures have nothing whatever to do with tits birds' tests. There is a garden in front of the bungalow, and great attention is paid to keeping this fresh. Some of the birds prefer shells ae a garden decoration; others• use gaily-eolored beetles and other insects, white 51710 bird lays out a lawn of mese Which it decorates with all kinds of odds and ends. As soon as any part of tate garden becomes faded, the moss loaves, or delvers, aro curried to a tab - Walt heap behind the bangs -low, Dancing displays are given on the lawns, especially at courting time, when the males adapt all kinds of queer attitudes and slug longe to at tract the attention of the oppoeltc sex, malt' : on August 11. .Bink --"7o,, I've bad a very trying; There is sufficient power in one B • time during the past week," grata of radium to raise a battleship "Boers ill, oil fellow?" "I70; on a jury!" jar 28,000 tons, one hundred feet in the air. Aln lo flo it ee• REGLAR FELLERS—By Gene Byrnes