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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-12-30, Page 7Love, The Tyrant Bate started, and turned and re• girded her visitor with a half -flight- L stn- sped look, The suniigltt was s ro ing upon .Esther, and her beauty anti grace impressed the laborer's daugh- ter, who gazed at hen in silence, On her part, Esther was eoniewhat start led by Kate's rustle beauty, She not, iced the gull's hair, .bound in, a glor- ious coil of bronze at the ;;;fele of her head; and presently she saw that after ,die motnentaxy flush, the 6irs face was pale and wan. as if she were ill or in trouble. They stood and look- ed at each other fora minute, neith-. er of them guessing how important a part each was to play in the other's lite; then Esther said: "Will you be so kind as to give me u glass of water? It is sa very hot, and f am thirsty:" Kate murmured something inaudi- bly, drew a chair u}r for her visitor, ant;_ taking up a glass, went out for "'the water. When she had filled the glass, she stood looking straight be- fore her, her brows knit, her lips closely set. Since the day she had watched Jack Gordon walking beside Esther, Kate bad taken an instinctive dislike to her, though why she could i "1 ern so sorry! Did you Burt yourself? How diel 'Mr. Gordon !clow'?" said Illsther. II 11below me` He wee down there ,"• replied Kate,still t'eluetently. I I wasn't• hurt !such; but my head with the brot ze-gold hair and the duck brown eyes should' be so eat( andin-menial; an( with a sort of re solve that she would woo Mer to a pleasanter mood, before she, Esther, went, she sat un, trying to think of something pleasant to say --tont: thing that would melt this colt; (led reluctant reside beauty. if this was the kMd. of reception she was to get fie) mall her "people" she would not vi -i be encouraged to continue her ei t- ing, "I suppose you have vena,:, hard rtt winters lure?," she saki. „Winters?" interogatod Kate. "Ole yes I they are hard enough, miss. Last winter we had the sno —, Slie stopped as if she were listen Mg, and Esther hear(; a 'firm step coming up the garden path. Kate was looking towards the door; hei pale face coloring, her thieb eye struck against Something, and I Iaint- Ied' "Yee?" said 'Beeler, with keen in - Yes L. ter<:st. gesture. Hato pules an impatient 1. 1 "Alio Mr, Gordon picked me up, and --and carried me to his cottage and --brought' me to; that's all,." Esther, open-eyed and ogee, tee, lookcd at her, tis€lt he I1ow fortunate for yon twould was there! Itis just whet he ou e carried Olr, th tt re I You,.a l do,yy 1 You ;oust be very heavy," "Yes, he carried ase," saki Kate, almost sullenly. "He is very strong. •, fn. i it rr IHt again. I to e.to, am g't 1. soon cam It was "nothing." Esther rose. "I am so glad," she said. "If Mr, Gordon= --if no one had been there-- you Might have lain there fel:. ever , so long, Are you sure you are .quite - well? You are looking very pate, brows moving nervously, testing looked at her' and waited to see what had embarrassed her. A knock hounded at the door, and turning her head, Esther saw' Jacks Gordon standing in the doorway. ' He' seemed surprised at seeing her, but was quite -self possessed and rail- lvt:ay The color flooded hate's fees. "No, thank you, miss," she said. "I don't want any wine. I don't want anything," Psther was frozen by the girl's em- phatic refusal and wrath; and yet --why had all her happiness fled, why slid the picture of Mr, Gordon carrying the girl haunt her ao persistently and unpleasantly? While she was asking herself the question ,Tack came round the corner, Ile was coming along with his firm, quick stride, his whip In his 'hams;. lin looked exasperatingly handsome and c • gni graceful(.,ridingsit , nh his newow u + masks her intense interest, doleghtful1 We- must have a hay - girl 1l,sthdr' admiring how could elle "Yee, os�• she is," asserted party and harvestesu}aper'---tliat'.e l;frl help adiuirinl him? She was ae- "G suppose t to la- Ione with a cold bow, but Jaek, "Got pies hair and eyes, hasn't the proper thinly to do; isn't it, Mr. boa 1 Jack puked up, anti osseng s as .pzutGeuiluly, Jack laugil0d at herannectrue and said, in his pool, : ref -possessed way: ,.. th ^`ht you said you didn't ignoraeiut as he bolted into tlw grey "When will it be convenient for l , n,v • •ou to go into accounts with isle, Miss ee about will -,your eyes slult, etc s, g•owln;g lutea chile}'s with nil' Mr, (10rd00 " ticipation. buve spent l mean about the1money 1 ort. "Oh that comes later, when we get I have tall Jne)t laughed at this neat ret , have in London? " e enough for any in the coat," he said, "Yes; we'll 0h, they're open g Y esta a p ference, but glancing' a ert scrutiny, Jack nodded. "Oh, yes," he 'said, casually, "I've made the ucquaintanee of moat of the people; hunting up farm hands, and so on." "Don't you think she is a very beautiful girl'." asked Esther with sauve serenity with which u woman eim with cove It will be down toanarrow or next day; and 1 hope you'll eome'and look at it, We shall begin the cutting the (;sass as soon as possible; se€tsen'S early this year. We shall want all the hands we can, get. 1 suppose. you wouldn't; condescend to help, Miss Vaneourt?" Bather's eyes Sparkled. "Of course 1 wilil Why, It will be as ' het elle? 1ittver t noticed her (a'jself Gordon?" the receipte, it wont take five .thing which interests ase or eoncerns ;levo: n supper, a regular beano." minutes." es v she ,•b somehow, h r• ., uts ' said Itstlter, t yin,; .anylausinesS' of mins. proprietorial ton(, my business," he said, "She isn't Esther could not help noticing his "1Cot to -day,, to speak as coldly as she had botveli< "And vet she tells me that you did not resent it. She had stn gneasy Tito industrial Ntortgngr Esther ea the money, terious pe her. "Aren't you going to look over them?" he asked. "Perhaps I may when I get home," elle said, carelessly, "and perhaps 1 mayn't. I Irate accounts; and "I alp quite surecan 'tMr. Gor- don." 7 c i trust st ou, G 13. . . don." (Continued Next Week) red up the papera and I put them In 1114 stye t somewhere. behind' BUSINESS GROOS THE lnduatriai Mortgage and r la Sattln>;st3vmPany,o *vela. Ontario, are prepared to advnnee money 05 inortgagss on good lands, Parties desiring money nnlarm mortgages will please apply to will r• • ,•n, art nt. Who )tea James t t,, Near t t O W W aisle rates and other pnrilaalnee, "I ant going to lunch at Lord Fan, were vera' kind to her last night," feeling that if he had said there And savtngoaomp worth's and I am late already." said Esther, with the same deceptive should be no supper, indeed, no hare "Yes?" he said, cheerfully, as if suavity, vest, there -would be neither. he had pot observed her coldness. 'Th. diel she? It was nothing to Though •she had intended to re "It is an hour's drive." speak, of. The poor girl fell over the turn by the way she had come, she • ' "Hove do you know that?" asked bank and knocked her head. I could-. had mechanically walked, beside hint Esther with some surprise n't veru well leave her in a furntinp: towards the home farm. Every now " veer one knows Where the tit, and so I picked hes up and and then Jack steppep ck some Olt, ( Y I'Iall is," he said, with a slight shrug brought her to. Of course she hadn't of the wild hyacinths which grow in of his shoulders. any right to be there at :aill; but I profusion around them, and by the "But you are a stranger here!"understand the people on the estate time they had reached the Cott ii argued Esther. have always been allowed to gather he had a large bunch of them in his "Yes• but, l .don't walk about with wood in the woods and spinneys." hand. Now, Esther had been watch- ' g with a con- • .h world; so excise; curiosity and interest. What don't, please, talk of my duty, Mr. was be going to do with them;. was d to i Very went" she said. "Good-bye. any eyes and ears shut," he remarked,:"Oh yes—yeal" satd Esther. I mg this !lows!-gatIlerm� i11 t f -- et .to come ou, in th laconic fashion which so often wouldn t stop it felt e '+ nettled her not have told Any one of the other ed h•s bat to both girls, Y fl t hd ne womenirt the village would have felt "Good -morning, Miss Vaneourt,'' Saturday to seethe corers. as osis ( a he— oin to offer them to her? If honored,and flattered by a visit ft n he said, still Standing In theSheheld out h hand and tried to He was walking beside her as if be Gordon." g '' g •• but lei's rnan- had the right to do so. Presently She had drawn a breath o f deet=tcay. - e her tan ? None smile pleasantly; the g' ig of relief so,ought she to accept them or to buthe young mistress of the Towers, "How are ora, Mies Transom. neon- difficult. they ase the public -house. Two and the cloud had vanished from her feel offended at his presumption? y gncr had ' made the smile they passed d p unwelcome. l Kate, Bather's presence was the worse for 'your accident 3ast night Kato took the small hand from which men were leaning against the door— face; it was bright and smiling as- When they reached the cottage, unwelcome. Her very beauty and q hope?" Esther had withdrawn its glove, and Traasom and Dick Beebe. Transom she turned it to him now, and the Jack steeped in and placed the hya something tipta>;gnstic His voice struck a manly note be Esther felt that the girl's hand was touched his cap, then laokia(t clown nn sudden sunshine on it struck Jack, cinths Ina jug of water; then he was grace roused in Kate's bostsin, and even the gentle tween the two feminine ones as he h t} ground;Dick Reeve touched his so that unconsciously, his eyes dwelt corning out again, but paused. upon her. As she re- stood erect as a dart his face perfect - voice jarred membered how Mr. Gordon and Miss ; ly grave and serene. Kate's had Vaneourt had laughed and talked 1 flushed a rosy red, then gone pale; and looked at each other as they pass- i her hand fell on the back of a chair, ed her hiding -place in the wood, t which she gripped tightly. 1 tiler,unless e c oto facei burning ot. ie L but in a sullen fashion, and stared upon her with an admiration which "I've got all ills receipts here, Miss CHAPTER XV at them with a sort of impudent le-' she could not fail td feel; for Master Vaneourt," he said, "and the balance With another good-bye she left the fiance. ' Jack's eyes were exceedingly expres' of the money; won't you take them?" For some reason or other , "Who are those men?" asked Es- save ones, and you tell in an instant, "Couldn't you bring them to the cottage. s neer! n ' h h to ut on bis inipas- ' house. she asked, coldly: he Nati atrn handsome resentment and O am quite well, thank you, sir, the happiness of thn early g rose had fled. She felt no inclination to • "The elder is Kate Traiisorn's fah- sive look, whether ,lir was ap^"';; or evidently no intention of offering n strange feeling ofhadsae, said• Why 'she come? "That's all right," said Jack, with sing now; she pictured Mr. Gordon er; the - younger is a fellow card plexi dfolt theibloodrcontemptuous. hen the flowers; had, as rise to her face ,idea of common politeness. no within her. W yi g hel:tt dis Want?-, Why could' net his —Peculiar drawl. ss Vamourt," carrying KateaTransom in his armand I suspect theitworst poacher in under his contemplative gaze, and.she "Well, I'm very busy," said Jaak. the mistresshh of oet Towers i and ood- went. Miss Vaneourt" to the cottage; and it was not ad p ypsy blood in turned her face away. "I've been away, you know, and eve leave such humble people as them- and off he went. pleasing picture to her mend vision, the district; has old, a y his a - How strong be must be; for the' lain him, and he is, I am told, a desperate' "You haven't told me anything a- ery minute's of value to tae." selves alone? She had Mr. Gordon t Esther had. been startled by s P d fine; ro oitioned..She rascal. Like all gipsies, he is as tun• bout your visit to town," she said, -. `rOh, if you insist upon it!" and she to walk with and talk with. What pearance, and a faint color had risen was tall an y proportioned. y n•tb'though I understood you'd Esther, a little haughtily; else did she want? i to her face- It was still there as she was handsome. too, if not aotualiy ning as a weasel,and always manag• .presently, g went in with the water at teat turned a look. of inquiry upon! Kute. beautiful', and, of course, any pian es to escape Baynes, the keeper; some had a good time." .Tack; and be laugh- stepped k drewe a chair forward, un - She t i h.girl- had we shallget hold of the fellow Y > and set it down on the table beside 1 "Did; you have an accident yester- would admire her, The ,, i as he thought of his en- locked his bag and placed the receipts Peet- , and Esther drank seine. 1 day?" she asked, flushed when Mr. Gordon had enter- day, I've no doubt. 1 ed grimly „ • of course she would admire hits, Esther was not in the least inter- counter with the bushranger, and his and the money upon the table in the roanue ruffian; capture e d d tenet -twee -like rv�'1ss/.2,I'P e�. &a.?Xf2,it;' :AGENT FOR fire! Automobile and Wind ins. COMPANIES • For Brussels and: vicinity Phane 641' JAMES M'1=ADZEAN Agent Rolnick Mutual Fire Insurance Company Also Hartford Windstorm and Tornado insurance Pilon 45 sox 1 Taruberry Street, Brussels JNO. SUTHERLAND & SONS 7a�l�a•LIMITED /r Gr 'ztta� acro ° D. M. SCOTT &F4^&'.,Zti'1i'.zggi e' P9'�eZ`dt trZIOSI • FRICES MODERATE For rererenra' consult tiny person whom, sales I impe o11teiat, (1St. Phone 2t120 T. T. M'RAE M. 1., M. 0. 15'.. 0 S. 0. M. 0, _ H„ Village of B,uaseli. Phyttolen, Surgeon, Acaouohear Office at re,idence, opposite Mely ilia Church, William street. DR, WARM...AIN Honor graduate Of the Ontario Veterinary College. Day and night calla. Dfliae oppo»lie Flour Mt11, $6hOL - k you very muchi she sand Kate tamed hgs back and lifted ed, o but i of the pocket -book. with its most self pons see an withgratitudef lvs asted m the picturesq • "How deliciously cold it is! I ant the kettle from its crook. 1 and be filled wi for ashamed to trouble you. I daresay "Yes," she, said, reluctantly. "It goodness to her. Esther's, she was interested in everybody con-' valuable entente, which was leaked! ever. brows h I am; but I am sorry wasnothingmuch. I was gathering drew straight and a cloud came over nested with Kate Transom. up in his bag in the cottage. "I was ;Twill find an account of my Pei - CONVEYANCER, ane getting the tonal expenses, Miss Vaneourt," he r are. was on the her ace. anyone had „ n „r " won't think them CONVEYANCER, NOTARY PUBLIC I haveonly they'd d f thequarry, that she was jealous,she would have I hays just left, 1. Gordon?" she I es -t you know who , rr. ems. t `aTd� scan ' to saythat I dont know who you sticks In the spinney, I f I£ h 1 told her You know the girl whose cottage 1 pretty busy all e t , g g P BARRISTM, SOLICITOR. Yon must remember. that cutting ey made or M' G d ? h + best machinery' I could for my money saki. I hope you just conte to the Towers,and that Xpardon, I mean your money. heavy,"LECKIE BLOCK BRUSSELS and the -earth gave way and I felt:' f been ready to slay them in her pride ,asked, with an assumption of intlif- — beg p , have not had time to make acgnitin- t tante—friends—with all ray—the— people." She said this very pleasantly and apologetically, but Kate was not . softened. Esther's morning frock, plain though it was, her gauntlet gloves, eta though they were, affront- ed her. Everything about her seem- ed to mark the difference between the mistress. of 'trancourt Towers and Iser- self. "My name is Transom, miss; Kato Transom," she said. "Kate!" said Esther. "What a pretty name! 1 wish my godmothers and godfathers, or wheever had the naming of me, had called pie Kate. My name is so ugly—Esther; it is so hard and unsympathetic. But I sup- pose we never like our own names. What n pretty. cottage you haver Kate had gone back to, the fire- place and'was doing something with the large kettle hanging on the crook. "It is veryold," she said, "and the rain comes through the thatch; anti when there's a. storm the water floods the floor.,, •.,,r Iter tone wasnow almost sullen, though,at ordinary tines, Kate was -seldom sullen. "Oh, dear!" said Esther, "that must be put right at once. I will speak to Mint Gordon about it." Kate shot a quick glance at her. "Mr. Fulford, the steward, general- ly sees to such things," she said. "13ut it's not often that he troubles,' i;sther colored faintly anti bit her lip. How was it that she had thought of air. Gordon before Mr. Fulford, the proper person? "Of' courser' she said. "I will speak to Mr. Fulford at once. Irl: I had known, it should have been done before; but I know so little about the estate. You live here with your fath- er and mother?" "With my father, miss,". said Kate. "My mouser's dead." "I am sorry." said Esther, gently. "Does yaur father work on the es - tete?" Kate colored and turned to the kettle again, "I`lo, miss—'that is, sometimes, lie has °lily just come from abroad." "And you live here all alone with Mtn?" said Esther, "tad be is out all day? You nsuet feel very dull theme times.' What pretty dowers you have in your gaidettl Ate you fond of them?" „Fond of them? . Yes, miss; I. sup- pose so." "Will you come lip teethe Towers some okay and "see the flowers there" Will you come to -morrow? No, not te-Morrow', nil ,saturdAy'--on Satur- day afterttoon, w1l1 show themhlat be horns, toyou. ""Thank yeti, miss," replied Kate, coldly. There was silence for 4 Ineihlere, or twos--tt silence which "Esther found awkward and embltra0s#ng, She wondered why thin hshdeetttc gill Many were at a lora 45 to how to go about their business during the flood which recent. l' kept • Reading. Eng- land, under water for a few. days. The "Make" end the bathtub solved the problem et one family. Repreoen Ung the acme of loco- motive construe. Con in so far as it cans for tee- mendous power, service, depend. ability and safe. ty — tho hull* 13Otl" type. of Cana4fan Foci- SSC locomotive. A new Spring model. Black novelly straw.. with white. silk facing. Lere trimmed with flowers at the side. The Empress soli» and a thousand streamers break as she warps away from her berth at New, York for e toe of the world. On May 2, he Embreee et Prancewi I airijge the torte, B.C., sed the follow*ng der et ' Vaneon`r.F, where she will pick tip peewee ter lee 1ls1 lip: of the yeyigd-Vagcoueer to New York, via San Francisco, Balboa, Colon and Havarti. eeeetee.v`°r`��,�+'�.3aa Z.` ,�C .. a , :aces"- :,'�� .. ry yeti nss-t January at English Aey, Ventral, ver. Mies Maud Webh,the lady on the lei;. take» an ocean -dip every tnorhing of the year, 5'-, Something new in 05(00 10 seen parked outside the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec. Of dark bhte strew for the. »ming el 1221. Mountie. the famous Me -Mounted Police dor le still leading the Cha• t.eu rronlenao dog team to the delight of visitors to the ancient. eapltal, (:mnaidcrod %manic, The dome of at. Paul's Cn- ihodral. Lou- don, showing the work or preservation In progress. Prtnela knihieea, unr of the two ,Aisne!., yowls r etetly re. lotted treat tl,o Clyde for Mit, In the Canadian Patifie service an the Yenbasver, Vittoria and Seatno taut.,