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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1942-4-1, Page 8THE BRUSSELS POST aallaDiNESDAY, AIP1i111L $11, '94E aimk elle, loved the man whose Jioweee fiNed her cabin with their re sweetmeats even as. his image filled her toast, . . e of Two Men\ By Joan Crodyon Basil was, curiously enough, ask- ing himeeif =oh the same question. as the train. wouuld through the hot, glowing land, past the fringe of m(ysteriona jungle, through interm- inable paddy"fieles, where the native workers toiled in the scorch- ing heat, 'peat temples and -minarets and rand huts, and pools, where the water buffaloes wallowed. Diana was certainly looking very lovely, but it was the pale, ntiooniight loveliness of a ghost, not of a warm living flesh and blood woman. And Ler aloofness her cool detaehment, were chilling to his ardour. She was 'still ill, of course, but he found hirnael2 hoping that she would alter when they reached England. He could not zee himself married to a cold sitatue. At Bombay, that curious mixture of Oriental and European city, with its flue 'buildings, luxurious shops and hotels; •$ts trams and motor oars and surging crowds of gaily -attired natives, they drove to the docks at once and went on. board the great liner which was already getting nP steam for the voyage. Diana was comlpletely exhausted by the wearisome 'journey and went to her cabin at once. l A ,orowi of , American- globe-trot- ters, •the women dressed with all the immaculate snilartfnersa oR their kind, two or three of them enchant- ingly pretty; the ' men tall thin, sallow, sffirewd' preceded her up the gangway. In spite of her 'preoccupation with other things, Diana found herself .adtndring the wonderful trim tailor- mades, of the women, their self- assurance, their obvious happiness. 'They were talking noisily, nasally, and the girl wag glad to get to the comparative peace of her own, little room. ales. Judson came with her and the two paused, astonished, on the threseeld, for the cabin was a mass of beautiful and gorgeous• ,bleasoms. Everywhere there were Rowers, and their gay brilliance, their glorious perfume seemed to fill the little room. "Wh,oeve4r did that?" exclaimed the little doctor's wife, with a sigh of rapture. "I never saw such a eight. It meet be Major 'Chalmers who ordered them. Did you ever? WIhy, if you were the Vicerine her- self you couldn't have a lolvelier lot!" Diana said nothing, but .a1ow}y a wonderful smile stole over her pale face, her eyes ,brightened. She turn- ed away that her companion should not see the unshed teals, partly of pain, p'artiy of happiness, that filled them. For, she kew that the flowers had mot come from Basil. Only a min- ute or two previously he had been lamenting ode oversight in not hav- ing ordered came for her. These came from another source. Diana k>,ew quite well, without any need of telling, ;that these flowery formed Harry Lintot's fare- well message to her. A few hours later she had watch- ed Mns. Judson descend the gang- way atter a last goodbye kiss. The crowds om the quay shouted and cheered, handkerehdefe waved, gay streamers were tlhaown. across the shvp',s side, there were cheet+s and farewell songs. ISlowly the great ship made her majestic way upon the first stage of her long journey, while Diana watch- ed the land slip by. The last of the frail, coloured streamers snapped; it was as if the last link binding her to India enapped, too the India which had brought her so m'u'ch borrow, which tread, somewhere in its vastness, the Want an interesting picture project? Try making a pictorial record o ' - your home town. .. AT FREQUENT intervals, hi. dis- cussions of picture -making, the term "Documentary Photography" turns up. And to many people it seems like the "bad penny" which keeps coming_ back. With such a, record you're prob- ably wondering why the subject is even mentioned here. Well, the rea- son is that today I'd like to Suggest that you ,try, your hand at documen- tary photography and become a photo historian. For instance, sup- pose you had a picture record of every important event in your home town during, the last five years, or every important local character, Right now, at your fingertips, you'd have a veritable treasury of local history. There's no reason why you can't assemble' such an album -'if you Mart .picturing the local scene at once. Thirty years Srom now peo- ple will be wondering how we lived They'll want to know what sort of clothes we wore, what kind of houses we lived in, what Main Street looked like, what kind of ears we drove, who the important people were and what they were like. Of course, we could sit down and write a book giving them all of the details, but there never has been —and there never will be—any book which can describe anything more clearly than you can, in a fraction of a second, by means of your camera. In fact, there's so much that hon- estly deserves a place in your al- bum I'd suggest you specialize in two or three principal subjects. Your section of town, for one, should have a special division all to itself. Another section I'd devote just to people—the way they dress, their work, and the games they play. That's a broad field because things change so fast—fashions in clothes, tor Instance. Maybe that isn't your idea'of docu mentary photography. Perhapsyou think it's necessary to photograph b1g, dramatic subjects..Well, you're. wrong! It's the little Personal items -seasoned with human interest :that mama interesting history, Abd that is the type of subjeet that hi often overlooked. 367 John van Guilder joyment they could out of the great and the sound, of murmuring voices linens attaotion0'. would reach her, 'The onovitable Diane, glanced into the danoing' roque but she could not see Buell amongst the whirling couples. I -Ie might, of course, be in the card -room, playing bridge or pokey, bet before she sent to enquire fol him she would explore the deck, The beauty of the star -lit sky, the vast expanses of water glowing here and there with phosp'horence, and in which the many jewelled lights of the boat were reflected, took her breath. awaaY• The scene was eo grand, so im- pressive, so vast and beautiful, that for a few minutes ,the wanted to do nothing but stand at the rail and share. The winds had dropped' a peace- ful calm lapped the great ocean ,stret!rihing further than the eye could see around. And on all Its. wide expanse this, .shop on which she stood was the .sole visible moving object. It was wonderful, Diana thought that man, eo puny in the face of the great fohdes of nature, could have achieved ama launOhed upon the seas .a creation capable of hraving alone, ie. this rather awful solitude, the, hundred and one perils possible in such a -voyage. ' Yes, human endeavour was a wonderful thing and there must be much nobility in humen nature to have achieved and conquered so much againstt so many. odds. It was up to every humus being to be worthy of the great heritage handed down by dead ,and gone generations, to think more of others than of oneself, to be brave and self evfficing, to be wiling to make sacrifice of one's own desires for what is right and big and true. She would be good, she thought hurtnbiy, staring out over the sea. and trying to close her heart to the treacherous m+em,ories, whioh still memaceaa her resolves. God helped those who tried to be good. Once she had, asked Him for a miracle, and a terrible answer had come to her prayer. Sbe would ask noosing now but acceptance of what was sent. She turned away and moved along the deck, looking for Basil. Here and there she discerned the ,chairs: of counties; close together, CHAPTER IV. The Journey Home. The voyage was rough, almost from its, earliest stage, and Diiana. was prostrated with sickness, Never the best of- sailors, in her Present weakened state she was laid low with that most uneontaotic coy .plaint and was utterly unable to get up for days... in the misery of her body that of her mind wase temporarily eforgotten, Hour atter hour the violent tossing of .the ethip' went on without abate. went, Great ,seas broke over her, the deoke were almost deserted, and ,the passengers were obliged to amuse tfoemseives in the swimnting- poolS, the gymnasium, the ballroom, the library. Every morning Diana could hear the gay music of the band, ,playing the latest danloe tunes, and she wondered miserably haw anybody could possibly feel well enough to ,dance in such a sera, amidst such a 'babel of sound, Mauch a ceaseiese up- heaval of motion, R Basil sent messages, every few hours to tier and 'brought her books amid, little presents .frons the expen- sive little shop, and she reflected, rather ruefully, that she was prov- ing anything but an amusing or de- sinable companion. for him, on the journey. Poor Basil! He had had rough ludic in many ways lately, and she determined that she would try to maize •up tor it to him when she felt able. It. was depressing for him, to say the least of it, to be saddled with a delicate and ailing fiancee, who stayed supine in her staterooms, un- able to share in any of the life of the ship. And gradually, as she felt better, she made all sorts. of brave resolu- tions about the good wife she would be, of tow she would strive to make up in every way for not being able to love him in the way she wanted, It was not les fault that her heart had changed. He must never guests it. She -must - nerve herself to .the prospect- of enduring his caresses( and returning • his kisses. Her sacrifice would be of no avail telt did not make him happy: Perhaps, in time; she would be able to forget this dull, ceaseless ache which had thro(brbed in her heart ever since she had known Harry. She might be able to remember without those stabs of anguish tb.e few short hours. of peril they bad shared together to recall his fair, boyish face, bis pleasant voioe, 1115 blue eyes without too meek inward pain(. Perhaps every m,a.n and woman had, hidden away in their inmost hearts, little packets, of memories round which they had tied etrin.g very securely so that not one of thein s'hrooldi escape to near, with its ghost-like presence, the realities of life. For 1t is not many ,people whose love -dreams come true. It was in this chs stented a.nd. decid- edly .Pelf-s'ecriflcintg mood that Diana, one evening; decided to get up and go on deck. Her legs' still felt rather wobbly. lett all, tela -sickness hoed disanpeared. She looked at herself critically and view that site warn, Haler and thinner, but not unbecomingly so, 5110 ebon' one of her PrettiesIt frocks—,a wlltite.an,d,silver one, al - mom} hnidal, its only colour a cluster of any flowers at the waist. Tedeinhonerg through to the hair dt e,a(a,et°s, soon she learnt that .slie meld. be, attended to at once, and it wool not lona before site emerged from tine barber's clever French anAettc, with hem bpi m(it,t and lovely h•'11' arranged, antged, in the. very latest• waves are curls, 1t wac, lather pleasant to be look - in rle(enat aeain., she thought, as nl1 to'•kt on a warm velvet Wren anti cafe it round her white shoulders, (Pee bad been a ,sort. of semi- inva.lid for so long that she •1101 ceased to take. even the normal ittteeest in clothes, Bet •ante, owed it now to Bnedj1 to make the bead of herself, and She t vela tit she really did not look tn' had ee She started ant in search of tree. The life 'and memorise nil over the big •ship bewildered iter at first. areal -awe del ?(he ettenenter a face entre irreW, htrt aaverewhere- there seeomPH pretty, .fin.ily.clad girls and eerie:ft e., tern eaout men, innab lee chatting, getting every minuted en - ship -flirtations were obviously - in frill swing, !She felt rather de trop as site pulsed in front of Uheeo Whispering couples, then, all at onlee, sire heard Basil's( voice, He was saying— "We shalt be married almost as soon ass we reach England. 1 could- n't poseSbly let her down at this stage!" ISP'ellbaund, Diana stood, scarcely able to credit her own ears. Another voice spoke—a girl's— laden with emotion. "But, Basil, are we both to be unhappy for life because we met too late?" r' The listening girl stepped' forward oni an impulse she could not control, It might have been wiser to have wafted, perhaps, to see Basil alone ,and put things straight, huh Diana Just then was not in the mood for disloretion.- It was as if an intolerable weight had been lifted' from her. What she had discovered had made her so In- credibly happy that .Phe could not bear for arose two unseen people not to be made happy, too, at once/ 'She glided forward, the starlight glistening on her siltvery duress and blight shining cure. With a startled exclamation a tall .figure rose from the chairs huddled close together by tate rails, Basil cried hastily—, "Diana!" And then added shaene- facedlyeeeI thought you .were still FOR LADIES, C. Cbarwinele atrl.d coF "%we r"... rr Ole Haut , ootel I 21 $2175 FOR MEN The Elco "Es- quire" — hand. O. some and man- nish. lust co amen. Popular Elco $2750 "New Era" model in the smart coral shade. $2375 This hi the beautiful 3 Deo "Plaza"—tiny, yet dependable Shop at aVatigeS IT PAYS SEAJORTH, ONT. Our Diamond Room ditords Privacy When Buying Muir 'IMI'- —, �...r..,J STET CAPORAL Ctgt tette 1 "THE PUREST FORM IN WHICH TOBACCO CAN BE ,SMOKED."' 'below. Are you better? I" teras taken by surprise," ,r•✓' "Yee, Basil, and so was,fl. I could not help overhelandnlg what you were ,saying just now. Meese don't think I mind, Basil. I donft, really. I ant. ready. to give you your freedom at once. I know that you feel you've treated me shabbily, but you must not think that way any more. I've known for a long time that I don't care for yoµ in the way 'I ought - It's just as much my fault as it's. Yours, For you couldn't be expect- ed, to ga on, loving someone who has ,so little to give a return." (Site spoke breathlessly, the words tumbling over each other in her eagerneee( to set things right. The: pair she addressed stared at her .shadowy figure as if they saw a ghost, 'Men Basil said slowly— "It'suncomanonly.generous of you to take it that way. I have been feeding nb end of a cad, Diana. Miss Melton and I seem to have drifted into this without ever intending IL You were ill and I heti time on my hands—and. she ,iattraoted me so greatly, but I never thought I was going to fall in love with her—" TO BE CONTINUED. N Business Bards- + iamelessummumminurammremmeasmarmsenrcaterdunet A, X et 4 ALLAN A. LAMONT y Agent tor—Fire, Windstorm, and Automobile Insurance. 4� •• Get particulars of our Specia, Automobile Policy 'j' �i� for farmers. .:• X24 Queen St. Brussels 'Phone 657 •� D, W. S. Donaldson — Licensed Auctionee •2• • for the Counties of Huron and Perth .• • .2, phone 351r-13 — -- Atwood, Gra •Z• All Sales Promptly Attended to 4 — HARGES MODERATE •2• For Engagements phone 31 'The Brussels Post' and they •• • will be looked after immediately. commossw a=. 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