The Brussels Post, 1939-5-31, Page 2ENTITLED
The DoingsSW�E�
ORL of Deana CAP
THE BRUSSELS POST
'''Thea where is elle?"
'Stu hospital,"
els ,she Id1 then?" flattered Diana,
"She wouldn't be in the hospital
if elle weren't ill," was the trutliful
if somewhat impolite reply,
"Theta who Is running the board.
inghonse?"
"Neo one ain't running it," he told
her with a sort of grim triumph in
his voice, `It's closed down and I'm
the caretaker," He paused a
moment, thea as Dana who was too
dumbfounded to speak, made no
reply, he added pointedly, "Good
night,"
He made as though to shut the
door, but Diana held out an im-
ploring ing ,hand.
Walt a moment," she said
xlt lily,
"Whet am I to do?"
"Thats nowt to me," he replied,
and this time succeeded in closing
the door,
Through the glass panels of the
doer Diana could see him walking
across the Mall, and in desperation
she heat a furious tattoo with the
knocker, It had no effekt, however,
and she could see him continuing
dnefforably on, his way, the flame of
his candle throwing up montsrous
shadows on the walls and ceiling as
he walked.
Diana's anger had by now quite
faded away. and only the desire to
find relief in tears reinIained. She
told herself resolutely however, that
she must not waste time in crying,
but mush thank what was the best
thing to be done•
Here she was, s'bnan,decl in Eng-
land, without a relative to help her,
and with nowhere to go. ger
thoughts reverted to her old friends
and she mentally reviewed them in
the hopes of finding one on whose
mercy she might cast herself. Five
years had elapsed, however, since
she left school, and ber memory of
them, with, nothing on which to feed
itserf except an occasional letter
and a card at Cdirleltmas, had, grown
very dim, and for the most part she I
could not even recollect thiled1• h
dresses. without the help of the
little address book, which was
with all her other possessions on
board the Marrdsiib.
Por a moment she wondered
Whether she could go back to her
old schol, but she knew that a new
headmistress had taken it over
since she left. and that most of
the staff had changed as well, so
was afraid a that
there
o
wuldbe no
$v Pat Moore
one there who remembered .her.
Beehive one considerable diffirul
lay In the fact that the school wa
situated up in Yorkshire and sl
was in Kent,' and money was gro
Mg uncomfortably short.
Once more Diana knocked d
peiately on the door, for she re
that she must ask the caretake
some further questions, but he di
not trouble to come in answer 1
bee sranme,n,, and at last she gay
it up and wandered off dascon
sela•tely into the everdeepenin
dusk
,!tr r' ,re Hottse was situated
rattle by it;,self. half way up a &tee
hili, .1 .1 as she turned out of th
e,- D .'act could see the 'lights
the village gleaming cheerfully i
the hollow below her. She decided
that the only thing was to go to the
Tillage and try to find someone who
would take her in for the. night.
As she stumbled along the dark
lane, with nothing to guide her, but
the lights of the village. ahead of
her and the faint rays of a young
moon, which burg poised over some
streets bordering a distant field,
Diana suddenly realised she was
hungry.
"Oh, no, miss; certainly not," the
ty r woman hastened to assure her, "11,
s yon ^rill eta down I will biting it for
to ; you .n t very few minutes."
w- thankfuIlp^ Diana sank into one
of the little wicker charts set round
es- I the only •talble, wdtic�h the shop
1•t boasted. Now that the long walk
r i from ALlerdyoe House was over, she
I• realised that she was very tired also
o i though the clay bad been ,bright and
e I sunny the evening was chilly, and
. she was reeking the difference in
g the climate after her long sojourn
in the East,
The woman was quickly back
p carrying a trey with .a cup and sauc-
er. and a race
at
e 1, As she arranged
of the things on the table Diana gave
n a sharp, involuntary shiver.
"Why, you're ,,cold, miss," ex-
claimed the woman seidcitousdy,
'I am rather,'' Diana •admhihted.
,"tVc;l, if you wouldn't mint •my
suggesting it" she spoke in a dib•
ferent tone of voice, as though she
were afraid, of giving offence, "you
could have your tea inthe kitchen
at the back of the •slsop. There's a
nice fire in the grate and you'd be
warmer. My husband won't be
home from work just yet, so you'd
babe It all to younsele."
"Then'k you very cnuoh," said
Diana gratefully. "Pd like to go
anywhere that's warm,"
She had been too rushed and ex-
cited to eat any of the Lunch which
had been served before they left
the Tmirele, and she had not waited
for It In town, so it was some
hours since site had ha21 anything
to eat.
As she walked she tried to make
up her mind what course would be
the best to pursue once she had
reached the village. She wondered
vaguely whether she ought not to
go to the. police, then. she, decided
that it was hrctly a ease for the
Police, sine as she was just
twenty-three years of Lee. no one
could describe her as a lost child.
and she, bed a misty idea that only
last children were cared for by the
Police.
When at lest, tired' out and very
tungry she reached the village, she
ad not in the least made up her
m'lnti meat she was going -to do.
The sight of a spotlessly clean
baker's shop, with the anueunee-
ment "Teas served here," stuck up
in the window, drove all other
thoughts out of her head, and she
went in eagerly.
"Is it too
late
for me to have
tea?" she enquired of the buxom
smiling woman who stood behind
the counter.
( "Then come along, mess," Wtih
deft, capable handle the woman
swept th e tea -things, back to bite
tray again and then ushered Diana
through into a cosy kitchen,
Whale she sat and sipped a cup of
boiling tea, and enjoyed the
warmth of the fire, Diana suddenly
made up her mind to confide all
her troubles to this kindly woman,
"Do you know a hoarse --a board-
ing-house, about half way up the
hill: she enquired, by way of a
Beginning.
The woman elm had taken the
tea-pot across to the stove to fill
it up again, paused; kettle in hand
and nodded her head slowly.
"You'll be meaning ANerdyce
House, miss," she replied, "Surely,
yes, I know it well. It's a terribly
end thing about poor Mrs. Hurst,"
"What has happened' to her?"
asked Diana quickly. "I heard she
wasp in hospital."
"She's bad a stroke, miss," the'
bakery woman told Diana en her
contd"oactabie sympathetic voice. "Lt.
must he just tem days ago now,"
,"Oh', it's a terrible thing miss,"
Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival
Mowers and music will be the
nualpp
highlights
Blossom Festival an-
nual
Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley,
largest single apple belt in the
British Empire, from Juno third
to fifth this year. The commodi-
ous Cornwallis Inn at Ilentville
will be headquarters for the fes-
tival and temporary home for
many hundreds of visitors from
Canada and the United States Who
come to see the Land of Evange-
line at the peak of its beauty.
Festival arrangements call for
the 1lieetlon and coronation of the
Queone tells donees and songs, an
wa lis Inn it
srome oBall at the Corn-
wallis services
Evangeline Park, colorful parades
and Pageants,
Of unusual significance will be
the visit of Miss Florence Small,
of Potterels, Brookman'e Park,
Hertfordshire, who is "Queen, of
the will English
presentEngland's
D d fruit
growers at the Canadian Festival,
The first apple trees were planted
in the Annapolis Valley 800 years
ago and the tinction of exporting mor morhas the e
to Great Britain than all the other
Overseas dominiolis COmbjned,
to Visitors
seeing the tShrhe inep�of
Evangeline at nearby Grand Pre,
tho ancient wiliows, and the pic-
turesque old well, and church
described in Longfellow's epic
romance.
This festival is an unfailing In-
dication ion
period has aarrived nhe �the er vcliacrm-
ing seaside resorts of the Mari-
times. Three popular Canadian
Pacific resorts are opened for the
summer: The Penes at Digby,
N.8,, Juno 24; Lakeside tun at
YerinRomtne 27, adelgonquia elaS, Anrws-
by,.the•$ea, 11,8„ June 80i
The puree form in which
robecco sen 6e ,molted"
tilte Woman shook her head, '''There
sire was Withh Chet nice boardang-
honee, doing so well and then one
morning, just ten days; ago, as. I tell
you, the noakl want to her room to
cell 'her one ntodsthtg, au,d, founel the
poor soul not able to speak or to
move. The dodtons are not sure
that she'll ever do either again
but 1111 they can be sure that she's
not going to get better nothing can
be done about selling the boarding-
house. Of course 1t oouldu't be
kept open, with no one to look after
1t, so Mee. Hug's, brc,ther, who is
her only relation, carne down Beer,
got rid of all the tboardeps, and
shut up the hoose, with that m'an
Graham to look after it."
ole he a very dark and 4ttntidy-
looicing meth, with a surly manner?"
a�.,,
te
d Diana,
"Yes, miss, that ,sounds like
Grabasn, But where did you see
hint?
"He, opened the door to me, when
I wenn up to Allerdyce House just
now,' rerpiled the girl. "You see, I
am suposexl to be staying there,"
Anclt having once made a belgiun-
ndng, the whole story came burst-
ing out in a way ,which afforded
some relief to 1 er bewildered feel-
ings.
When she had finished the woman
c rservecl, "wllat a predicament,'
bringing out the long word with a
hesitating air wriest was compound-
ed partly of caution and' partly of
Nide.
"1 don't know what to do," cried
Diana, and s•he sounded almost
tearful,
"I can tell you that, miss," an-
nounced the shop woman, "You had
better clo what everyone round here
sloes when they are in trouble,"
She paused a moment., and then
added impretsisrvely; "You must go
and see Mas, Howard."
,Deana was feeding so hopelessly
at sea, and was sograteful to any -
One who wouldi offer her advice,
that ,the had never remembered in
she live," instead of "Who is she?"
However, she remembered. in time
that She had nevi remembered in
time Ghat she had never heard of
Mrs. Howard before, so asked the
Host question.
"She's our doctor's wife," replied
the woman, and from the tone of
affection in which site spoke it wa
easy enough to see what was he
opinion of Mrs, Howard. "And i
there's, anyone in any sort
rouble, Mrs Howard will help
herr. Just you drink up your tea,
mrd then, I'll take you to see her."
"has very hind of you," cried
lana, "but really 1 couldn't let you
rouble."
'The woman, 'whose name it hard
ransip(red in the course of couver_
atiou, was i1Irs. Hicks, shook her
cad,
"lt wouldn't be any trouble at all,
last" site said; "and if you'll par.
n, my staying so. you don't look as
ough you ought to go. out by
uinsetf. You loon 8t to drop,"
"I am rather tired," replied Diana,
it all the same I couldn't possibly
t you bother about coming with
e. Just tell me where Mrs,
award ldyes, and I will find the
use for myself, For one thing
Douichu't take You away from Your
on,"
"Don't you worry about the shop,"
Id 1VI1s. HtYslte, "d can shut that
ift a moment, in fact it is just
Nosing time as it is. If you'll
ait one moment endear, "ll just
to a mate, to my husband to tell
I'm out, and then we'll go and
See
Mrs, Howard,"
Diana sone that it was no use to
e any fUti'Oher, besides, she felt
ch too tired to trouble, so site
ted! back coonfontably in, her arm -
1', and watched Mns, Moles' prop
against the cloak a +street of
er on which she. had written in
e and rather unsteady capitals,
21'e ottf.; coming back soon,',
A.
soon as the shop was shun vrp
atarted off, and, Diana was re-
d to bear Mrs. Hicks say, "It
more tltetm, two minutes' walk
o to Mos,, Howard's pause."
was too dark tor Diana, to
er macer imipretsston, of Mrs,
Id's house at anyrate, from
outside, but as soon as the
opened the door ansi she sten-
Weir the threshold, she 1•eails+
once that she had entered a
om e,
e big hall was fitted: up aa, a
g•P and had the air of being
In by a large fetnljy, for
It it was epotiesely clean, it
a little shhby, as to, the turai.
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ture and sufficiently untidy to be
comfortalble.
The thing which, really delighted
Diana about the woliole place was
that iu every posisble corner was a
vase containing bluebells, cuckoo
flower and other blossoms of late
spring.
The mead' showed thein across the
htiil,. and into a little dranvgng-I,>1om,
whose white phlnt and, cheerful
chintz -covered furniture showed up
to good advantage, in. the soft light
shell from, a big lamp on the central
table.
They were telt to `gait for a
Couple of minutes before the door,
opened again this time to admit the
lady 01 the house.
A:s soon as Diana saw her she lett
she could understand anyone taking
their troubles to her. She was a
little woman, still in the years Of
early mkhidie age', with prematurely
grey hair, kindly gre
and then arriving at Allerdyee
House to find no. one but that brute,
Gamham. He's et horrible man, I
think,"
"And what tip you tluluk 1'd better
db now?' 'asked Diana helplessly.
"Do!" echoed the doctor's wife,
"Why, judging by the look of you
there's' only one thing to be. done,
and that Is to got into bed as soon
as poesibie."
TO ]Mh CONTINUED.
Obituary ,
MARIA KELLY
Citizens of Brussels were grieved' '
and surprised to hear of the sudden
death of Maria Kelly, widow of
Wilson Campbell, In her 77th' year
Mrs, 'Canupbeil lived alone. Tues-
day a plead called on her and re-
ceiving no answer forced 11. r way
In and found, her dead ort the floor
Y eyes•, and a ' with the ted clothes wr.e sped
wide, humorous mouth. around her.
"Good' eventing Mrs•. „ I A doctor was called
said brisdcl • Hicks, she and he, pronounced it heart failure.
y as she aani,e into the Mrs. Canypbell had complained of
roam, "1Phat can I db for you?" not feeling well of late and not able
"It's, lake this , ma'am'•--" began to do her work, She Sues the laugh_
Mrs. Hicks but her hostess was not
listening, ter of Mn, and Mrs. William Kelly
s g; her eyes week fixed with a and was born in Morris Township.
look of consternation on Diana's She had tired nearly all her life
r white face"
f in and' around IIrtts.els and was
"Go
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clatmetl. • child!' she ex- well known. and respected. She.
"Whatever is ibe matter leases to mourn their loss;
tali You, You Ioolt absolutely Ht to sisters, ,Mrs, :Muldoon, two
drop, No don't try to ,talk, Deletion,Kelly .
went on rapidly, "sit down on thatand Miss Martha Kealy
chair, ands of London, The funeral was held
put your feet up on the o11 Thursday afternoon
from the
one, aYlms. T•Iicics can tell me all Walker Funeral Home. Interment
there is to tell." was made in,
Which MIs, Hicks proceeded to Diureses cemetery,
do Wkhi a great deet of detail, and
frequent interruptions,, f • IL W. LOVE
hon
Howard. tam' Ml's. Ethel, Ont. — Phone 22-8..
When at lent the tale General insurance Agent
an said, ie st the had come to --_-___,_•__
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