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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1942-11-4, Page 2Pat Moore collector tilted his 1. so that he could peer he top of his spectacles. 1. never stops at tul- le announced. tared at hien in surprise. the seven-swvetyiiglit alway, ps there," she protested. The t1ikct collector chuckled. "Yes, but this iat:•t the seven - twenty -eight," he informed her t1'imuphantiy, "this is the seven-t.wo, which was held up owing to fog on the litre and dkl.urt leave Medthorpe till nearly half•past seven." "Then where does it stop?" de - marded Jean in dismayed tones, `,;4.y,.tonrt stop till it get'; to Holt- itoixlent," said the ticket colletor. '•Hioitt rdene." said Jean, and with the dismay in her voice grown deeper. "Where on earth is that " • IsT:'i se very far York,' replied the ticket collector. "About fifty miles this side of it." "Bait that's miles and miles from Kilhnamton•!" The ticket collector nodded. "About sixty miles," Ile affirmed. 1 "Anyway, miss. the fare will be an live and twopence," and he held out his hand to receive the money. Jean made a lightning calculation. 19 it were five and •twopence from Kihuanton to Holtfordence, it would be r •other five and twopence from Bol1forcleme pack to Kiltnanton. That made a total of ten and four - pence, which was a considerable amount when one considered how very small her total capital was. "But surely I don't have to pay if I got into the wrong train;" she pro- tested. "You see it isn't as though I wanted to get out at HottfOrdene. I shan't be stopping there, I Shall catch the next train. back to Kil- manton." The ticket collector shook his head. "That would be all twat. miss," he GREATEST VALUES B. FOR MEN The loo "'Es. cities" —hand- some bo d- sexne wd mor Just as Populer Elco $275o "New Era" model in the smart coral shade. $2375 FOR LADIES assassinotzt 071s41 Dos "Vorsiaf ... to tiee Wens . coal ® $2175 This le the booutiful E1!oo "Plaza" --tiny, $e yet dependable EASY CREDIT Tt.RMS Shop at avauge IT PANS 3EAFORTH, ONT. Our Diamdrtd Room A/R.+de Privacy When Buying e� announced, "if there was, arty other train, but there's nothing hackto- night, and as you can't spend the night on the station that nlra1:S you'll have to go .through the harrier, and il'l you go through the barrier• that menus you've got to give up your ticket, and, therefore;' he con. eluded, "there's nothing for it but that you'll have to pay five -and -two pence excess on it," "Well, I think its's a great shame:" began Jean hotly. "The station authorities. at Mudlhorpe let lne gest into the wrong train." Then she suddenly remembered. that she bad not waited at the harrier at :11ud,thorpe to have her tieket Blipped, nor had she mention- ed her destination to the patter so she really had very little grounds for complaining that she nahl been allow - rd to kat Into the wrong tuaiu'. It was unfortunate that the late arrival of the seven -two had coincided with the tbue at which her train ought to Have started, but soe really bad only herself to thank. fol' the fact that she had inadvertently got into it. • "Oen. well." she continued hurried- ly, as she opened her bag and Pro- duced the desired amount, "it isn't worth Mating ,about." "Thank you mins," said the. tieket collector, as he received the money, and wrote out a receipt, "Perholu you could tell me," Sean asked, as be was preparing to leave the carrRage, "of some place in Holtfordene where I could sleep the night." The man shook his head with a woodenly disobliging expression. T'm afraid, miss. I can't be of any help to you,' he told her firmly, "Yon see T dont conte from these parts. My home is farther clown the line," and. still with the same stolid in- diffedence. he stumped off down the corridor, "What a pig of a man," Sean re- flected. "I believe he thoroughly enjoyed telling me that I was in the wrOrg, ttm,in and that he couldn't be of any help to me about the question of Where I am to find a night's lodging. Oh, well 1 suppose T shall have to wait till I get to Holtfordene, and then perhaps something will turn up.' Rektor-dens when the train reach- ed it proved to be what might be de- scribed es a biggish village or small town. Jean was quite ohetred to fled that it was a fair size, because she thought that it should he easier to end a night's lodging,. She had rnacle up her mind that the best thing to do would be to ask for the station -master and try to get some inlets -nation out of him. He was iantnediately fbrtbcoming In response to her request, and she saw with relief that he was a very different person from the ticket collector, She explained her difficulty frank- ly to hila, and died not disguise the fact that she was anxious to spend as little as possible. "Well, miss," he said doubtfully, when she had acquainted him with all the facts, "these is a very good hotel quite close to the station, but it's where m'otonists put up for the most part, and I think you'll find it rather expensive, I Clare say that yeued prefer to go to a private house," 1. 114E BRUSSF-t G POST Cur COARSE FOR THE PIPE CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES "Then 1'11 go tlw,e," said Jean, by turned turd I.".ktti doubtfully at her three suit'eastns. "1 (10111 suppose 1 shall want all these things Ia't for 110 night.," she observed." is) 1 may Os well pilt them in the eloakaroom and only tale the little one with ate." Just as you Please, hiss," said the beclieai'ng a porter to take Jean',' luggage to the dial -room. "Shall I sail you a taxi?" "No thanks" Jean felt she must not squander her slender resources on unecessarry taus. "I can walk, unless it's very far." "011, not more than half a. mile," retorted the station -master cheer- fully, "anal it's a straight road till You conte to the Three Snvane, which hotel I ways talking you about, then yam take the road to the right and keep straight on till you come to Upton House. You can't mistake it because it's the only house on that side of the road after you pass the church. I hope you'll be comfortable there, miss, am I'm sure that Mrs. Roberts will do her best for you though, as T say, you may snot find her a very good manager." Jean thanked hint for all the help he bar given her and then, picking up her suitcase, started off to find Mrs. Roberts' house, Even in the: nark the task present- ed but little difficulty, for soon after .she had left the church behind her Jean nodded eagerly. "Oh, yes, .please," she said. "I thinks that sounds a very much better idea, If there is one in the neighbor- hood where they would be willing to receive a lodger for the night" Once more the station -toaster looked a little dubious. "The only one T know of miss," he announced, "ie Mrs. Roberts who lives. at 'Upton Blouse, on the Bever- ley road. She's thoroughly mice and respectable, but I'm not saying that you mightn't And one or two disad- vantages in going there." "What sort of disadvantages?" asked .lean. quickly. Well"—the station -master b.est- totecl "One's not what you might cull a very good manager and you mightn't be ass comfortable there as you would wise.," "Ob, I'm not particular," laughed .Team, "Ands as long cis• the place is dean and cheap it will snit nee beautifully." "011, you'll find it clean enough, tidal cheap en•o'ttgh. The man snake with obviotts re- lief as though hes was glad 10 115111 Something posltiVe which be could sal in the Wroth! of 1Nr, Roiiezts, she could 500 ea upstairs light in a solitary 11012140 gietunilig through the night, and ]anew that it must shine from one of the windows of Upton 11 owe. As she drew nearer the silence 01 the lonely road was rent by the wailing of children. She could dra- ingulch two voices quite cletuly, and it was evident that they wane very nlnch 111)501 about something or tither. :1s she 'rew nearer she realised the sound must rope from Upton. House and she wandered whatever scold be the matter with Mrs. Roberts' children] that they should be making such a noise. There was nen light downstairs in 111e house and wondering very ntucli what sort of a place it was to which she had come, Jean knocked lousily on the front door. a w * CIIA:PTIi)R III. Jean's New Job. There was no response to her knock, unless a sudden cessation in tile children's crying, which she had now Docateci as issuing from the lighted window upstairs, could be interpreted as a response. Jean knocked again, this time more loudly, and the crying upstairs recommenced. After several violent attacks on the door, Jean. decided that further was ueelese. No one came, and yet, judging by the loud outcry, the house was obviously not uninhabited. It occurred to Jean. that perhaps the door was not looked She put up her hand and tried it. To her mingled relied' and ehn•barrassmest it opened r 1. Hcisehaiders-Do yourlit/ Look, find and save old articles of metal—f unior'a old toys, brass and metal lamp stands—old maga- zines and papers—old sweaters and wool or part wool materials—every scrap counts. These are your war weapons. Save them. Give them. Canada will use them for tanks, guns, planes and other war production materiaL ISSUED by DEPARTMENT Of NATIONAL WAR SERVICES COME ON CANADA CLEAN UP"ON 5ITLE Wednesday, November 9111, 1144b MilemIllateentemumusswormosemsamaii When in Listowel arm T — `t `estores brant way Fro ' ', Ho le quite easily. It was rather a cliffwunit problem to know what was the hest course to pursue. From what the station- master had told her, sho hall only a dhoice between spending the night at this house and at the hotel, which he had more than, hinted site would flnci it very expensive. Besides, there was the question of the two crying children upstairs, and it was not in Jean's disposition to hear a chili in distress and pass by without doing what she could he help, She wished vele, much that she had some means o1 lighting the stair- case, for she was determined to go up ,and investigate the cause" of the uproar, but though she fumbled about 00 the wall she could find no evi'den'ce of electric light, and at last decided that the only thing to he done was to feel her wety upstairs in the dark as best she could, It was not difficult to locate the room where the chudren were, tar she was assisted partly by the cony tin•uous crying, and partly 'by the thine gleam of Might which showed under -111h sill of oma of the doors. She tapped on the door and in- stantly the crying ceased, to be re- placed 13 moment later by joyous cries of "Hero's mummy." Feeling that she was going to be a Pretty poor sort of substitute for the person whom the occupants of the room evidently expected, Jenn open - eel the door, and found herself in an untidy i '03)1 evidently used as a night nursery, for it contained two high cots, and it was from the emu - Pants of these that all the uPrear hall been conning, They were singularly alike, these two children, except that one was a boy and the other a girl, so that the short cropped head of tho one lent a slight manliness to the rather deli- cate little face, lacking in the other oountenaoe, which ti'a.9 surrounded by tumbled curls. "Twins," reflected Jean to her- self and stood in,' the doorway, un- certain what to do next towards introducing herself. The twins looked at her with wide, horror•8triclten eyes for a good ten seconds, then, making up their minds at the same moment that she VMS really trot the mother whom they had been expecting they opened their mouths and omitted a fresh roar. 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