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he Doings of Diana
THE BRUSSELS POST WEDNEISDAY, JUNE ?th, 1939
A. gleam d amusement flickered
for a moment at the back of Diana's
red eyes,
"It sounds too heavenly for any-
thing," she said, and her voice was
very weary, "but where am 1 to go
to bed?"
"Why, Isere, of course." said Mrs,
dotard with great decision.
"Really, I couldn't think of im-
posing on you like that," Diana be-
gan, but she fouwd herself cut
shart abruptly,
"My dear child, don't talk non-
sense said Mrs, Howard. "0f course
7 you must stay here until we Sind
somewhere'for you to go."
r Diana. laughed weakly.
"You must think me the most aw-
1
eel impostor," she said, "turning up
• here like this, with no luggage and
meet to no money"
'I'm not afraid of year turning
out to be an impostor,' 'replied Mrs.
I Havarti, and her voice rang with
sincerity. "1 know too much about
'eading telemeter from faces for
tbat, .Coane along ' upstairs, and
ell fix you out with a night-drses,
"I can rise to that," said Diana,
opening a oapacdaus bag and bring-
: ing out of it a thin silk night-dress.
"Someone on: the Trireme, the boat
that rescued us, you know—lent no
the clothes that I have on and tbd
eight -dress."
"Splendid," laughed ens, Howard,
"Then I'll ring the bell and ask
Mary to bring some clean sheets
out of the airing -cupboard and make
up the bed in the spare room."
Mrs. Howard refused to allow
Diana to talk, while she gat un-
dressed, and sat aver her while she
ate the dinner 'which the maid
brought up on a tray.
"Now go to Bleep," she command -
'ed in her deep and kindly voice, as
she turned out the lamp, "and in
the morning we'll talk things over,
and decide what is the best to be
,.done."
CHAPTER VI.
Nanny Saunders.
After what appeared to Diana to
he an interval of only a few min-
utes. she was waked by the appear- tt
ante of the maid who had opened
the der te her the previous even -11
ing, i
She nee, r,a .ting a temptingly I
laid brew kfa tray and Diana
blinked aleepey at her as she laid
it down on tike heti.
"The mistress said would you eat
your berakfast,please, raise," she
an0onnced, "and not attempt. to get
up ti11 she cones in to see yon•"
The maid bus -tied about the
room, pulling "p blinds, and draw-
ing back curtains, while Diana ate
her breakfast obediently enough,
though her mind was so busy with
other matters that she ,hardly knew
what elle was: eattng.
"'What on earth was she to do
next?" She asked herself the
question again and again,
Just for the moment she appear-
ed to lave found a haven of refuge,
but she could not stay there, be•
cause she felt that to do so would
be to impose on the good nature of
her kind bostese
Mentally She went over her re-
sources and found that they con-
sisted of a set of borrowed clothes,
which did not fit ,her particularly
well, and a. few pounds In, money.
She bbought of calbling to her par-
ents for more money, but for one
thing she was afraid that suoh a
course might alarm them, and for
another, she realised that a cable
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NOW 18 'THE TIME TO HAVE
YOUR HARNESS REPAIRED
N. CHAPMAN
Brussels, Ont.
By Pat Moore
would' swallow up a good deal of
her already only too scanty etore,
No, it would have to be 'the air
mall, whit& wcuJd be cheaper and
capable of a fuller explanation, and
she heokoned it out that another
three days must elapse before she
could get a letter off by that means.
•She was quite sure that her Pat-
ents once they received her letter,
would; immediately cable some
money to her, but even s0 nearly a
fortnight must elapse before it
reached her.
Her brooding were interrupted
by th esudden entry of Mrs. How-
ard. who Diana noticed looked tired
and rather heavy- about the eyes.
eGood morning!" she cried, and
in spite of the weariness of her
planner her voice was mete cheer-
ful, thoui h Diana thought she could
detect an undercurrent of worry,
"how have you slept?"
"1 never ntorei all night." Diana
told her.
"Splendid," elle replied, as she
movt•d the empty berakfast_Lray Off
on to the •table, anti seated herself
on the end of the bed.
"I don't know how to thank
you," Diana went oa: rapidly, "for
all your kindnes to me,"
"My dear child, don't attempt to
do anything of the sort," said Mrs.
Howard, "I have done absolutely
nothing!'
ing!'
,"Do you call all this nothing?" de- a
mended' Diana, and a comprehensive
sweep of bei hand took in the
pretty room;, the comfortable bed,
and the empty breakfast -tray,
""Well, shall we say that it is
nothing more than I hope any other
mother would do for my Teat. if she
found herself in an awkward pre-
dicament like yours. You have-
n't seen Jean yet, have . you?' she
went on, and her eyes were very
gentle. "No, of course I was for-
getting you haveret seen any of my
family yet, and I'm afraid you are
not likely to for some weeks to
come. My dear, a calamity has be-
fallen us during the night, Billy,
he's the youngest of my three, you
know–ego-Mg to be eight next week
—tame into me about half -past two
.this morning to say that Dick—he's
the second one—Jeans the eldest
of course, felt sick. I went in to
him at once, and found the poor
dear very miserable. In fact I
spent the rest of the night with
him.
want you to fall in with the Plans
we have made for you, My hus-
band end I have decided that you
will have to go and stay with
Nanny Saunders tel you have heard
what your parents want you to de."
"But who is Nanny Sa.austera.?"
asked Dana in bewilderment,
"Oh, I was forgetting that of
course yon dou't know she's the
children's old nurse, and when I say
niti nurse, I don't mean that she is
really old, far from it, I should-
n't think she's very much the other
side of fifty, bat she came to us as
nurse when Jean• was a month old,
and stayed. till Billy was too big to
need a Nanny any longer. So we
aiwues think 0f her as old,"
"Where does she live?"asked
Diana,
In the village, quite handy," re-
plied her hostess, " Wileu she lett
its she decided tbat she would never
find any children as nice us Jnine,
so see would give up being a nurse
and taste a little cottage where sh.e
could, augment her servings by
making sweets, a job at which she':t
a perfect artist. Jim, he's my hus-
band, you know, went down to see
her before he stashed off on his
rounds this morning, and she says
she would: be love to have you—as a
Paying guest, of course--" she
hastened to add, seeing Diana
bout to protest,
"Poor you, how tired you must
hs'," cried Diana,
"Oh. I'm quite used to it," laugh-
ed Mrs- Howard- "I never can
settle down to rest when there's
anything the matter with one of my
children. I haven't told you the
real tragedy yet, This morning
When I came to look at him in the
cold clear light of day. I found he
had come nut in the most beautiful
rash you ever saw. I fetched my
husband at once, and he immediate-
ly diagnosed it as meaeles. So
there we are."
She spoke lightly enough, but
Diana could see that she was realty
worried.
to hear
t your
little boy Is sorry
," she exclaimed, rout
please don't let me bather you any
more. I'll get up and dress at
once, and go away."
"Where?" demanded. Mrs. Howard
and there was a humorous twinkle
In her eyes.
Diana's face fell at the question,
"i don't know," ecke faltered,
"hlxactly,^t' said Mrs. Howard, in a
voice of trivanplt, "Yousee you can't
,T110e away and leave ns 310 easily, Of
course you can't possibly stay here,
now that there's the risk of infec-
tion, but I've talked dhinge over
With my husband and we've decided
what's best to be done."
Dlana shock ber head,
"Please don't bother about my
affairs, when you've got so much to
worry you," she urtged her hostess,
"My dear, it's no. trouble," Mrs.
Howard hastened • to asstu'e her,
"I'm only so then.kMul tbat Mrs.
Hicks had the good sense to bring
you here, I Can quite appreciate
the feelings of your mother if she
knew •khat you were wandering
about the country with nowhere to
go, but I know what mine Tovell
he if ,leen were In your Shoos, so
Yon must, lei. no help you."
an"I 1 most awfuily good of yon,
really ani very grateful in-
deed,u
mer
"I don't want any gtta•
laugdhtld. Mrs, Iioward' I anelel mg;
ely
"Would• it be awfully expensiv
asked Diana diffidently, "beta
you know I really am most aye
short of money,"
"My deer," said the doctor's
"I can assure you that you will
Nanny Saunders not only see
moderate in. he charges, but
quite willing to wait for the mo
till you have had time to hear
your parents,"
'SIF that's the case, I think
Sounds a perfectly Splendid id
said Diana gratefully, "and I
truly tlhankful to have found so
where to go."
"Then that'ssettled," decla
Mrs, Howard briskly, "and I do
want to sound inhospitable, but
think the sooner you're out of t
house, the better it will be,
cause there wild be less: fear of yo
taking measles. I should Sugg
therefore that you get up and d
at once, if you feel well enough,"
"Oh, I'm Perfectly all right," s
Diana, '4 was, very tired last ni
but I slept so beautifully, I f
perfectly flt again this morning,'
"Very well then: I'll leave you a
return to me poor invalid,"
pounced her hostess. "Don't
think boys are exactly like men,
way they feel so sorry for the
selves the minute they are not w
The bath -room is the door at :
end of the passage, you'll find
water quite nice and hot"
Mrs, Howard' bustled away, a
Diana got up and dressed as qulo
lY as Hee could, She was anxio
to get away from the house, not b
cause she was M. the least nerve
et infection, but because site fe
that her presence .there 'was a
added embarrassment to her ]d
hostess
When she was ready she we
downsltairs; and wetted in the totinghall, not quite certain what to d
neat There she was found by the
little maid, who said. she would
up and fetch Mrs. Howard,
Atter a moment MTe. Flower
came hurrying down thethestairs,
"All ready, dear," she enquired
and no one, to hear the cheerfu
tone of volae la which she, spoke
would ever have guessed that the
greeter part of her night lead been
spent watching beside a sick bed.
"1 wish I could spare the time to
walk wilt you, but I can't possibly
leaye Dick, and, anyway, you'll find
the way Calle
iltbe
cottage hich,standsnext "rioorto
the 81 urch--,lbs, unite by itself so
700, tame mistake It, You'll find
Nanny waiting for you, good-bye
dear, and 1 do hope you haven't
taken measles,"
"I don't think there's the slight-
, est fear of it," laughed Diana, "and
Mrs. Howard;" she added. +'I
siIIPIy don't know how to thank youe,
for all you have done for m"
"Nonsense, dear, ''retorted the
does, wife briskly, "Et has. been
e, great pleasure, Drop ree a line
to let me knew how yon get on at
Nanny Saunders', but don't a.ttenipt
to come here till I let you know
that we are really free from Infece
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THIS ZAVEk711.AT.MEM x:1'
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rei 'amps/
A harvest of 324 million bushels of wheat, to say nothing of the -
increased volume of coarse grains, and all of it brought in and•
threshed in 1938 without the assistance of the erstwhile army of
tens of thousands of harvest help from the East in the years not so,
long gone by.
Thus does the mode of our lives and the methods of our callings-
change, keeping pace with the progress being made in the scientific •
engineering and industrial realms.
•
The evolution of the Combine to the small, compact model now
made available has revolutionized harvesting, making it an easily
undertaken task for the regular help of the farm. Its production at a
cost to the farmer of but one-third the price of the earlier, bigger
Aide's, is an evidence of the contribution made by the implement
maker to help the farmer meet the problems with which he is con-
fronted. The lower operating costs of this machine, and the reduction
it enables to be made in the cost of harvesting, saving as it does up
to 15c a bushel for complete harvesting, has meant, in a great many
instances, a profit instead of a loss to the farmer.
Power of course is the basis of the great mechanistic progress of
agriculture and the record of attainment in making more efficient,
less costly, and lower operating cost models available is an achieve-
ment that cannot be beaten by any other industry. To -day's modern
streamlined, high efficiency tractors make earlier models look like
pre -historic monstrosities and sell for about one -hale the price,
costing less than half to operate.
Massey -Harris is pleased to have taken leading part in develop--
ing machines which are destined to play so important a partin making;
agriculture profitable.
The advent of the combine and now. the. greater popularity of the -
small combine has meant a striking decrease in the output of binders
which records show reached the height of their volume in the
years just previous to the war, both. in Canada and'he:United States;
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production in the latter country upping from. 215,366 in 1914
to 31,259 in 1937, thus losing the benefits of mass•production gained
in the years when the volume kept mounting.
Apart from the tremendously improved product, offered in the.
binder of to -day, which accounts in no small' way for its relatively
increased price over pre-war years, the fact of the greatly decreased 1
volume now manufactured makes the binder cease tabe the criterion,
of values offered by the implement industry.
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tion."
"len not lu tbe least afiraid,"
Diana assured her. "Duet you think
you could' lot me help you nurse
your little boy?"
"Certainly not," cried Mats, How-
ard in hom•ifled tones, "You mare
not be afraid for yourse]f, but I
should be ,terrified on, your behalf.
.After being ill as you have, and
shipwrecked and everything else, it
might be most dangerous for You
to take measles,'
Diane, was compelled to yield the
point, teBough, she did so reluctantly
enough.
"Well, good-bye, and thank you
very much indeed for everything.
And, clasping her bag, which con-
tained
ontained her bon•tywed night.dn'ese,
small stock of money, she apt off
down tbe road.
She had no ddffculty in eliding
Nanny Saunders cottage, for Mrs.
Howard had told her that it was
newt door to the church, and from
the gate of the dootor's bawse, she
could see the chute% quite molly.
The cottage tuned out to be a
dellglt{yful little two -storeyed build-
ing, with a thatched roof, and tiny
lattice windows,
TO BE CONTINUED,
HAROLD W. LCWE
Ethel, Ont. -- Phone 22-8
General Insurance Agent
F. F HIOMUTH
Analytical Optometrist
guarantees you the
Best Eye Service
Harriston, phone 118
Brussels (Second Thursdays)
Phone 26X
Na/t�r.eeee.,�
•
SHADE FOR POULTRY
WHEN WEATHER IS HOT
,According- to the Dominion Experi-
mental Patens Service, the problem
of lack of shade for poultry during
the hot weather period is met by
planting either corn or sunflowers
early in the season. A few rows
planted near the colony house an-
swer the ,purpose well, Ig the
checks are running out, the young
plants ehould be protected' for a Lew
weeks by a temporary fence. By
the time the hot weather comes
along the corn or sunflowens ewill
be high enough and strong enough
not to be bothered by the chiekeas,
A more permanent form of shade
may be provided by making a strut- I.
tura which is, mostly roof and open .
on all four sides. 'Some poultrymlen
even stake the roof of old bags
which give protection on dry, hot
days.
Modern poultry praotict demands
beat checks. be raised on clean, fresh
land eaoh season, to escape disease
and worm• infestations and as a
result it is not possible to have the
ccl0ny house Permanently located
near shade trees: 'Most ferment
ltnow this and haul the colony
houses to fresh land in one of their
fields' and so there is the need for
the temtdhorary shade .so easily pro
added by either corn or sunflowers
Planted early enough to give shad,
whew it will be needed in a month
or two.
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Phone 20X Brussels, Onff
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