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SERIAL STORY
F IB RI GHTNESS GONE
V HOLLY WATI-ERSON
LAST REHEARSAL
CHAPTER XVIII
Martin realized that he was
late for the rehearsal. He wished
tiredly that he night skip it alto-
gether, continue right on to the
club and the bachelor dinner that
had been planned for him.
He was too bone -tired really to
care much, yet he found himself
hoping uneasily 'that Faith would
not be upset again. He wasn't
late on purpose. Mrs. Timothy
Simmons' vague symptoms had
bee.., if anything, more vague to-
night, but she had certainly made
up in quantity for anything that'
they might have lacked in quality.
The weather had something to do
with that, he supposed. But he
wished that she hadn't decided to
have an "attack" just tonight.
He walked up through the nave
of the church, shaking the wet
from his coat as he went, and
Faith detached herself from the
group at the altar to meet him.
'She called gaily, "I hope this isn't
an indication of what's going to
-happen tomorrow," and she was
smiling, but he felt her tense as
he bent to kiss her and she didn't
meet his eyes but looked past him
with a bright blind look that was
the usual prelude to a scene. He
groaned :ntvardiy. But he smiled
at the others.
One of the girls said, laughing,
"You're too late, the minister's
been called away," but the pastor
said, "No; no indeed, Doctor. I'll
stay while you go through it once
at least, quickly."
The thing didn't take long but
it seemed ages, conscious as he
was of Faith standing aside so
tensely while he went through
the prescribed notions with the
girl taking her part. He knew he
could depend on her to keep smil-
ing in front of people, she would
not subject him to a public scene;
but he 'stew he was due for hours
of coaxing and cajoling. Yet even
through his irritation he was con-
scious of pity. Because she really
suffered. She was really ill after
ene of these scenes. He wondered
how on earth a girl could get to
her age and not realize that noth-
ing in the world mattered' as much
as she seemed to think, that no-
body was worth this devotion, this
wearing, possessive devotion.
At the door when the group was
breaking up she said with that
bright hurt smile, "I'd better go
home with the girls, dear. You
go right on to your party. You're
already late."
He shepherded her to his ear
firmly. "Nonsense," he said. "That
can wait."
HEADACHES
KILLED BY THE
THOUSANDS
IN BRITAIN
In a survey recently made among
British women, these home -front
workers revealed they consider
Aspirin one of the three drug items
most needed for health and morale.
With more thousands, each
month, in war plants .... Making
the planes and the Mins for fighting
men .. , there's no time for pain.
So at the first sign of headache,
neuritic or neuralgic pain...British
women naturally turn -to Aspirin.
They know Aspirin won't "let
them clown." It's proven itself for
generations , . , eased literally bil-
lions of headaches.: effectively
dependably, Hist. Aspirin is rated
as one of the safest analgesics known
and costs less than l.¢ a tablet
in the economy, bottle. Make sure
you helve Aspirin on hand, for relief
'hi pain. •l's};
Aspirin is made in Canada , .
and "Aspirin" is the trademark of
The Bayer Company, Limited.
Look for the Bayer Dross on each
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you're not getting Aspirin.
ISSUE No. 11-43
A
"Hail the bridegroom goeth,"
one of Inc ushers shouter to the
others in warning. "Hey, Corby,
aren't you corning to your own
shindig?"
Martin laughed. "Soon," he
said. "You bet. See that you
birds don't get too many up on
me."
• He chose to drive through the
business section on his way
through town since that would.
make it appear natural enough
not to do too much talking while
he had to wiggle through traffic
in this rain.
Faith was weeping, he knew
that. Over the swish -swish of the
windshield wiper he heard an
occasional sniffle, and sidewise he
saw her dabbing surreptitiously
at her eyes.
When he could no longer appear'
oblivious, he pretended great sur-
prise. "Why, darling, what's the
matter?"
She pulled her hand away from
his touch.. "Nothing," she said.
stiffly.
"But there must be," he said.
They had come out 'onto open
highway. He drew over to the
sideand stopped. "Tell me," he
said, "what is it?"
"You don't even care," she said
passionately. "You dont even
care about getting to your wed-
ding rehearsal on time. You keep
me standing around waiting, hu-
miliated, and you, don't even
care,"
* * *
Martin captured her struggling
hands. "You're marrying a doc-
tor, my dear," he said firmly, "a
man whose time is not really his
own, not a boy who can run
around with you all the time, be
at your beck and call. There will
be lots of times when you'll have
to stand around and wait. Lots
of timse when you'll be disap-
pointed at the last minute because
I've been called out on a case."
He added gently, "1 couldn't help
it, you know that. I phoned that
Mrs. Simmons wanted me"
"Mrs. Simmons!" She mimicked
Idea furiously. "That neurotic old
fool! You told me yourself there's
nothing really the matter with
her. She's more important than
I am, I suppose; she's more im-
portant than our wedding re-
hearsal!"
"I'm afraid she- is," Martin said.
"She's a patient. And inciden-
tally," he added, in a way that
meant it wasn't incidental at all,
"I see I've made a mistake in
mentioning my patients to you. I
shan't do it again. And you're
not to speak of any of them in
that tone of voice; not to me, nor
to anyone else."
N * *
She said coldly, "I see. You're
to have everything your own way.
Cock of the roost." She lashed out
unexpectedly, so that he saw what
actually had been troubling her,
"How do I know where you really
were?"
"What do you mean?" he de-
manded.
"Just what I said. You told me
you were at Mrs. Simmons'. How
do I know you really were? 1
can't call up, can I, everywhere
you say you're going, and ask,
'Dr. Corby said he was calling on
you: is he really there?"
He was soddenly angry with a
rage that made him want to shake
her until the teeth rattled in her
spoiled., pretty head. He warned
in a voice like cold steel, "You
ever try a trick like that and I'll—
I'11—" •
"You'll what?" she taunted him.
"I'll give you the spanning that
you should have hadlong ago.
PE .give you the hiding that such
a childish trick would deserve. I
warn you."
* e *
He stepped on the starter, threw
the car into gear and they ,shot
forward -again through the opaque.
wall of rain.
After a long while Faith's hand
crept over and touched him. She
srld contritely, all the anger gone,
"I'm so sorry, darling, So awfully
sorry,"
Martin said gruffly, "You've
had a bad time, too many parties,
too much exeitenrient, and I'm tir-
ed, We were both wrong, Let's
forget it. It's all right."
It was not and he knew it, Be
saw with a sudden blinding clarity
just how all wrong the thing was.
Ho had called Candace jealous
and nagging once because silo had
accused him, rightfully, of cheat-
ing; he thought of the three years
in back of him since then and
tine lifetime ahead of him and he
knew ho was due to find out even
further what a jealous woman
was. He smiled bitterly in the
darkness. The mills of the gods
grind slowly, he quoted,.
He'd been so sure he could
handle the thing at first, so sure
he'd wind up having the Harts-
hornes as influential 'friends and
nothing more. By the time he'd
decided that wasn't going to work,
not with Faith who was intense,
he'd lost out on his chance to
mention Car -dace in any way at
all without having the Harts-
hornes completely down on him.
There didn't seem to be anything
to do, according to his way of
thinking, but take advantage of
the "out" Candace gave him.
Well, I let myself in for it, he
thought again. It was too late
now to do anything about it.
He stepped hard on the gas, as
though anxious to hurry and have
it over with.
A small, blurred red light was
suddenly visible directly ahead
through the rain. A lantern on
the back of a slow-moving truck.
He slammed on the break. The
road under then, became a greasy
slide over which they skimmed
toward that light with teruifying
speed. Martin's arni shot across
in front of Faith to keep her from
slamming forward when they
crashed--
Continued
rashed—Continued Next Week
British Redeem
Swampy Valley
Bunyan's Slough of Despond
Becomes Fertile Field
A waterlogged valley of 2,000
acres, which John Bunyan is be-
lieved to have had in Mind when
he described the Slough of Dee -
pond, is being transformed into
fertile lands by Bedfordshire War
Agricultural Executive Commit
tee.
The work is typical of what has
been done' to redeem rural Eng-
land from the Slough of Despond
into which it was struggling be-
fore the war.
Elstow, Bunyan's birthplace,
forms part of this great tract of
land reclamation. Scores of fields
havealready been brought into
an improved state of fertility.
From Ampthill, presumed to be
the hill of Difficulty in "Pit:,
grim's Progress," can be seen the
ruins of House Beautiful.
If the inspired tinker could
have looked out a few weeks ago
from his old cottage window he
would have seen Italian prisoners
of war putting the finishing
touches to the new stain drainage
system of land which for centur-
ies has been a swamp at wet sea-
sons. Much of it now looks beau-
tiful with growing crops.
The area through which the
Spring of Life still flows is now
growing the bread of life.
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fill the crocheted baskets with
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522 contains a ,transfer pattern
of 8. motifs ranging from 5 x 1014
to 33/2 x 4 inches and 8 smaller
motifs; crochet directions and
'chart; stitches,
Send twenty cents in coins
(stamps cannot be accepted) for
this pattern to 'Wilson Needle-
craft Dept., Room 421, '73 Ade-
laide St. West, Toronto. Write
~plainly pattern number, your
name and. address.
BABY BUGGIES BLITZED
Silent symbols that modern war affects all ages are these peram-
bulators among the rubble of an English town. Nazi bombers raided
the area by daylight under cover of clouds.
Britain Receives
Food Education
Lord Woolton Claims Knowl-
edge WIII Not Be Forgotten
Food education is one of the
most important contributions
Lard Woolton and the Ministry
of Food have made to the nation
and .in the opinion of the Minis-
ter it will have a permanent
'effect.
Lord Woolton cited the case 'of
children to whom proper foods are
available to enable them to grow
to manhood and womanhood, free
from the ailments of under -nour-
ishment.
Before the war, he says, well-
to-do parents knew what foods
to give their children, but this
knowledge was not cominoh
among working class parents. '
Since the war, and its consequent
food control, all families have
been on more or less the same
diet and the. Ministry has made
available to parents not only the
food but the knowledge neces-
sary to bring up healthy children.
"And this knowledge," he says,
'lis not something which will be
forgotten."
In the future, he predicts, chil-
dren will be more scientifically
fed than in the past, and he ex-
pressed the hope that the Limited
pre-war program of feeding chil-
dren at school only if they were
under -nourished had been replac-
ed for all time by the modern
idea that all children at school
need hot noon -day meals.
British restaurants and factory
canteens are another war develop-
ment Lord Woolton expects to re-
main. They have brought "lux-
ury" meals within the working
man's means and their benefits
are such that they must continue
after the war.
Black Market Chief
Has A Conscience
Soft music came from a radio
as New York police quizzed the
suspected leader of a gasoline
black market gang about theft
of coupons for 111,000,000 gal-
lons.
The strains were interrupted by
the voice of a news commentator.
It was a faked news 'report broad-
cast by a police officer in another
room:
'OHorrible news. A terrible
slaughter of American troops in
Africa."
Capt. Richard Fennelly said
Louis Mongno sat as though dos-
ed.
The report continued. Men
were ambushed and slain because
of insufficient gasoline to bring
up relief troops and supplies. The
prisoner and police iistened in-
tently.
Mongno suddenly jumped to
hie feet, Fennelly said, and
rhfouted:
"I didn't realize this when I
stole those stamps. I'm a traitor.
I'll take you where the stamps
are. Come yith ine. Give me my
coat. Shut that off. I can't stand
it."
Fennelly said Monne led po-
lice to an apartment and produc-
ed three potato sacks filled with
thousands of ration coupons.
Future of British
Accent In Danger
The influence of Canadian and
American accents on the spea,ch
of British children' is becoming
worrisome to Geoffrey Whit-
worth, director of% the British
Drama Loagoe.
So many' North American sol-
diers are stationed in the English
country districts that the tradi-
tional British mines' of speech
le being affected, Whitworth said.
The league has begun the stak-
ing of phoria tach resents of the
traditional Ill..:.4 accent
to preserve it,
Axis Ship Losses
In Mediterranean
Allied forces in the Mediter-
ranean, including United States.
planes, sank or damaged 248' Axis
ships totaling 626,000 tons be-
tween September 1, 1942, and
January 31, 1943, A. V. Alex-
ander, first lord of the admiralty,
said in a recent address.
The loss to the Axis he said,
included hundreds of thousands
of guns, tanks and other supplies
consigned to German and Italian
troops in North Africa. He said
136 Axis ships had been destroy-
ed, ,44 'seriously damaged and 68
damaged.
3 Rescued After
81 Days Adrift
One American and two Nether-
lands survivors of an Allied ship ,
have reached Brazil, weak and
thin, after 81 days in a
a lifeboat from which two of
their shipmates were washed to
their death by waves. The boat
contained a few rusted fish-hooks
they had used with strips of their
clothing as lines to catch enough
fish to prevent starvation: Also
the survivors said, a few flying
fish jumped into the boat. When
rescued by a warship they had
gone five days without water. One
of the Hollanders lost 70 pounds..
TABLE TALKS
SADIE B, CHAMBERS
For Cheese Lovers
Cheese has an important place
in the diet, for it keeps well, it is
a concentrated food, and ordin-
arily it is an economical one, at
least when compared with other
animal foods. One pound of
cheese represents the fat and pro-
tein of a gallon of milk. It is one
forin in wh.ch - a surplus of milk
may be stored satisfactorily and
cheaply.
Here are three cheese dishes
that will surely appeal:
Cheese Dreams
1'F cups grated cheese
2 tablespoons melted butter
'A cup milk
1 egg -
t/a tablespoon Woreestershire
sauce
• Salt
Paprika
vii teaspoon dry mustard
Mix to a smooth paste. Spread
between rounds of bread. Fry in
butter, browning both sides, Drain
on unglazed paper. Serve with
bouillon.
Polenta With Cheese
1 cup corn -steal
4 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
ill cup grated cheese
Pour one cup of boiling water ,
over the corm -meal and let it stand
until it swells, then add the re-
mainder of the water, with the .
THE CORN SYRUP
may,
with
..the
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If your grocer is temporarily
out of stock, this delicious
Syrup is worth waiting 1Qr.'
At present the deinand souk.
times exceeds the much Larger
quantity now being produc d,,
because many thousands of
Canadian housewives hg e
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'Crown Brand' users.
a product of ND
The CANADA STARCH COMPANY, Liniibd
salt, and cook over the direct
flame for five minutes, stirring
constantly. Turn it into a double
boiler or fireless cooker and cook
two hours; or into a greased bak-
ing dish and bake in a slow oven
(250° - 350°I'.) for two hours.
Just before taking it from the
fire, add the cheese and cook un-
til 'it melts.
Cheese Fondue on Toast
1 cup grated cheese
3 tablespoons melted fat
3t teaspoon salt
Paprika
6 eggs
6 slices toasted bread
Mix the grated cheese witk the
fat and add salt and paprika. Beat
the • eggs until light, add to "the
cheese mixture, pour into a sauce-
pan, set' the pan in another pan
of boiling water and cook, stirring
constantly, until the cheese is
smooth and creamy. Lay the
toast on a hot plate, pour the
fondue over it and serve at once.
Miss Chambers weltaimes personal
letters from interested readers. She
Is pleased to re,eh•e suggestions
on topics for her coil/ran, nnrl is
always ready to listen to your "pet
peeves." Requests for rectum/ or
special memo. are in order. Address
your letters to "353*- Sadie it.
Chambers, 73 West Adelaide Si.,
Toronto." Send /dam ped self-ad-
dressed envelope; if you rvitih s
reply.
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