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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1939-8-2, Page 2`'4 ==ENTITLED Missing The Mark' THE BRUSSELS POST BY LIALIAN I VERS O1V Bridget sued onl sus East as the murmuring stream would, let her— now and again a larger stone than the resit protruded itself and did, its utmost to trip bet, up and: make her lose her footing. She Rett the had put miles between her aird Anne at the last, and deckled it would be Safe to. alit Blown on the bank ,dry her teett, and so be able to d the resit on terra firma,"Anyway," she thought,'the tree are still thick enough to hide from them;, and I don't 'suppose he' stay long. Dt'a all Awne's: Carelimagination—Mr. Falkland ran have much to say to Ler, that' very certain." Here 'she became •brought face t face with the knowledge that M Falkland himself was beside her looking bery amused and more tha willing to 'lend: her helping hand "Those stones must. out," he re- marked; symr,Patheticanp. "Are y. practising for a race in connectio with some river .sports? Bathe late in :the year for that sort o tbinig, but you ought to take the first Prize easily." Bridget's expression was blank she was so astonished to see 121111Then she gasped, "Did you jump across the stream? You must have done as the Stewing stones, are so much higher up, and you were conning straight down the meadow towards our garden when last I saw you," "Why shouldn't I jump it? and his eyes twinkled. "Why should I be so alarmingly dignified when I am off duty? Would you be And now there's another 'wiry' to be answered', What made you run away from me? I didn't anticipate Such rudtea ess from you!! She marked twinkle winkle still in his eyes and laughed' unrestrained- ly. "How could I help It? Anne said you'd be shocked; and that t should draanage the reputation of the' family or something to that effect. Are you going back to talk to ,her? I shall sit down here. Yon had better give your message to Anne if you don't mind, arses you must speak to my gran datiother,'• "I do not need to bother either of them,' was Adrian's quiet rejoinder, "I wanted a walk and I wondered if Mr. Radcliffe left a book I lent him here,, He lith not add that he had came expressly to' meet her, that 'her gay little laugh and cheery, way of attacking her many duties appealed to him. He was not In love with her, at ieast he did not believe so. He had never been in love so tar 'Pitt/ anis woman, her eyes challeng- ed bis, her smile danced before his mental vision, her voice rang in his ears."I'll go and hunt for 'the book," 'tiered Bridget, who by now had her shoes and stockings out and had donated her ',summer" self-contain- ed and serious. mann er. "There' is no hurry, and before you start Your proga'>mme you ought to lean the title, oughtn't you?" „ Bridget grew graver as she Watched Annie come swiftly towards them, her 'grail :proclaimed she was anInioyed,''to anyone who knew her intimately. However, it was es- sential to eanceal ,su0 steers as ,Jealousy and. petty grievances faun khiet brainy and important man, What would he think for luditanee, said if he read what she could, in her o suite,', at the present moment, "Isn't It rather necessary to know e the title of a book before you begin are the search?' repeated Adrian, enjoy- 11. njoy`11, ing the lights and. shades on e Bridget Grays faee. and speculating 't as to why she seemed so suddenly s worried and perturbed. "Or course it is," and Biddy's o laugh ran gout again, a trifle nen. vomiter',vomiter'tohug'h; on this occasrtont es Anne came right up to them and u very'charatvng1y spoke to Adrian. Anne instinctively did the cor- rect thing, and always gracefully. yo Outwardly she was never forward n or obtrntslvet No stranger would ✓ ever have dubbed her a flirt or de - sloes, of getting her own way at all costs, Adrian talked to both of the girls , •very contentedly—It was such re_ Taxation to him to drink in the peace and quietness of Horcolt. He loved the country and all its interests. Bridget was so re- freshingly part of fhe delightful setting, so to a certain, degree was her sister. But Anne was not naive like Bridget, the younger girl WO so free from all salt-oonsoious- ness,, site was fraulknests personified, uneupeated, and as joyous as the birds which twittered above her. WALKER'S FUNERIALmStHOME WilBrussels, Ontario PERSONAL •iT ENDnNCE 'Phone 68 Day or Night Calls MOTOR HEARER B G. WALKER Embalmer and Funeral Director, larVetWeatreoweArcewicerieestA411,100.1141 • • NOW Is THE TIME TO HAVE YOUR HARNESS REPAIRED N. CHAPMAN Brussels, Ont. Just what they chatted about it would be hard to say, anything that came along wild flowers abounded In bhait meadow, ran riot blithely just as if summer had not become a thing of the past. Anne hid her 'disappointment cleverly, but Biddy somehow sensed it through her airy answers and light laughter. Wisat did she want now? And Bridget sighed inwardly. Really Anne was getting ,the limit, and demanding all the favours. Evident- ly the pleasant and amazing hour did not meet with her complete ap- proval, ,Surely one did not have a brilliant scholar every .day to seek one out in this fashion. Why should Anne then wish her further so that she could monopolise Mr. Falk- land exclusively? Suois cheek A Unlseard of seliisltuessi The carious side to it was that the Head of Hardiwioke School was a most entertaining companion, it was so perfectly easy to fees at home with hien because he was so afrlsolutelry carefree and natural, like this, himself. Through, the Summer, during his constant visits to Hopcolt, they had collided with him frequently, but life had been such a hectic rusts then—that morn. ing it was so totally different, being off duty they were themselves once more ,aol able to pretend that piles and piles of washing 'up and ar- ranging meals belonged to quite another hemisphere, Presently Anne glanced up at the sun. "I'm afraid we shtalI have to go Biddy," she said with just the right proportion of regret, ,She 'hssned' to A'atiam Falkland apologetically, "It Will never do for us, to be late for the mid-day meal, we have it riather early now that the summer and; paying - guests, aye gone, it sults my grand- father better," 'clap r be a paying -guest and come 'too?" hehazarded, sudden- ly, loath to leave all this agreeable charm, and, to return to his solitary rooms at Hlarclwicket, and the bustle of :the busty little town, The boFS had gon e en masse wi to a COaide of masters to the sea, ten les away—they Invariably clam- red for a clay at one of the coves ar ,Swanage if there was, a hall - in the air, and anything like Summery weather. delan Falkland seemed' to have en it fol• granted that ,his: self- itartion would' .be met with a mbpt consent. Apparently he ew no distinctions between seas - preparations and conditions, and trarj'ivdee Ile wag a man, of Boding!), simple tastes, and' plain esome fare was far more table bo hum' than lanoy dishes cbet's, expert recipes, Con• enols lie kept up a flow of con.talontill they arrived, at the e Where they were met by Mrs. , herself, /Of 0u ne dap the A tak Inv pro kn on icon exc w.hol pala and sequ ver Gray It so happened that. It nattier ga'alifled her that so marked a man as Mr. Falkland should single Emit farno out for a rest and, change Whew none elf +hie, friends Were staying there. Aiso; she was eager to please him, as she knew he could recommend them far and wide, q She remembered that their meal for that day was a good one, for it WOO. her want to teed her husbane, and, imcid'en.taily her ,uouse(hold', well at all times. But she rather wished that Lydia had spread it in the dining -room and. , not in the morning -room, which opened' out of the huge brick kitchen' and was in- variably used by them unless the occasion chanced to be a special one. She hall decided to get Lydia to transplant 1t all to the dining -,colli, and then her commonsense saw that it woUlsl :be impossible with thier guest standing there and ex- Pecting to be escorted to the table. More -over, sire knew her husbarul would, laugh at her, for he hated studying outsiders, to tha textent on a busy day such as obis was for him, and the men, She explained the position a little awskweedly to Adrian, and' hastened to shat the door which stood open ready for Lydia to carry her plate of meat back to the kitchen when it had been, carved for ner. "Cookery smells must be so in- pleasin:g to you," she .said, hurried- ly, for 'Mr. Falkiland, had, unlike other people, always, filled ,her slightly with awe, or at any rade inspired her deepest respect, CHAPTER III, A Frequent Visitor. Adrian, however, soon, put Mrs Gray at her ease, indeed, It was absurd to be nervous .of ;him like The pure.* bun in which tobacco can 6. t,nokad" aisle, 'H exh'9bilteld quite a school- boy's enjoyment of all that '9Yas taking pbaoe around Ulan, and enter- tained: them with stories and var. Cons eniperienoes he had gone through, while Mrs. Gray laughed tin •tlte tears rolled downs her cheeks. 'The old harmer, too, alter- ed Ills mind and found no reason whatever to resent this, intrusion. At first it had rather neititie,di him to discover they were slat alone. He was a taciturn, ntan,and a stela believer in Shia rights. Work was work and lilay was play in, his estimation, andto go one could mix .11981n with impunity. IIe never had, countenanced, jokes and fun in the nudist of a day of sweating toil, he preferred silence or to hear his own voice lay down the law or grumble out complaints against the weather and molts and the laziness of his helpers. But take it all round, Mr, Falk- land wee a Crit of a tonic, he de'cid- ed, and he couild, lapse into sense and discuss the needs of the country and the farmer's view - Points and so ma more adequatelq thanmost folk, Adrian walked round the fields with him later op, not hindering by any moanb, but lending a new slg- nlflcance to the onerous duties Per- formed there; gilding it with an etc/at that was soothing to on'e's Pride bestowing praise and admira- tion unstintingly, 'where rival farm- ars armens and neighbours were apt to pick out eyesores, and. emphasise blots and bleanlsthes that galled. the owner anti fretted his soul long after their departure. Not that Adrian did all this for the sake of flattering or furthering his own ends, tar from it. It was just an outcome of this contented framee of mind and the weakness bhait lies dormant in us all to ex - WEDN'ESEA.Y, AUGUST and, 1939, ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES AUGUST 11 12 FROM BRUSSELS TO TORONTO Also to Brantford, Chatham, Gorierioh,,Guelph, Hamilton, London, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound:, St,'Catharines, St. Mary's, Sarnia.. Stratford, Strathroy, Woodstock, To s Oshawa ' CaP , Lindsay,Peeton e'bero an m belluord, 'iewlma ket East to Cornwall inclusive, UxbrdigeCo1lingwood, Meafor"d, Midland, North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury, C•arpreol and West to Beardmore, SEE HANDBILLS FOB COMPLETE LIST OF DESTINATIONS. n,,, Farm Holum Limits, Train rnlotmadon, Tickets. consult nearest Alen See Hendbilh;C, ANADIAN NATIONAL Patinle 001 subjects, about wthiok , one may have only a slight ae- quaindance, Tea was served in the best sitting - room and; china brought out worthy of note, but the memory of the meal Close to the old kitchen stood out afterwards In -Adrian's mind as be- intefatreanodlii'sp0 eaapedalinign+ tshiaffn Linde Proper style just: before he left Adrian asked if he might curve again anti begged, that it might be put on a business basis so that he could feel free to db so when he could; best fit the visit in, But ,this Sirs. Grey refused almmsit angrily. It he wanted no fuss and extra consideration, she explained, payment, was an, insult, and must not Ibe breathed between them again. The girls walked, with 'him down the, lane, for he was anxious, he said:, to be shown a new short-cut than so far be had failed to grasp. The excuse was so flimsy that be need plot have framed one at all, but it sufficed Mr,s Gray to grasp that he wished, to see as much of her grand -daughters as he could to the very last. "Is it Anne he's: after " conjec- tured Lydda, as she tidied up her kitchen', preparatory to sitting down to an hour at least of sewing, TO BE COE111E17ED. Photognanihs that have become dlieoolor'ed and dirty from being displayed withant frames may be dleamedl by swhbbeig methylated' spirts over thef. 'this • should be done Very quickly, and in a :room Without fire or a naked Light. A reader asks: "What is the cor- rect Wordiin.g of that old saying about 'A wolfing stone gathers no mics?' " The linen ere: "Tine stone that is rolling Can gather no nose; Por master and. servant oft changing is loss," 151 is correct to refer to it as an old saying because those lines were, written in 1560. Fi.MFR li RR! R A. Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Phone 20X - Brussels, Oeib HAROLL AN. LOVE Ethel, Ont. — Phone 22-8 General Insurance Agent James McFadean Homo, Mutual Fire thsurance: ` —Also- Hartford Windstorm —Tornado Insurance —Automobile Insurance ' 1 'Phone 42 Box 1, Turnberry 8t; Brueesls, Ontario DVERTISING MIIINIMMIDEmmeggignimilmmaimillmirmatisimeaminIXIIIMMEmammuggenisigaiximl PAYS DIVIDENDS LET THE =o=o) (01 PRINTED WORLD TELL O=O' to=o (0=0) to=o YOUR STORY 0.==i0=0) 10=0 WE PRODUCE GOOD PRINTING 11 Blotters Booklets Circulars Envelopes Reminders Bill .Heads Catologues Letter Heads Check Forms Office Blanks Business Cards Statements THE BRUSSELS POST Phone 31 Brussels ' Hi'