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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1940-1-24, Page 2TBE BRUSSELS POST Coin ,erxcing- A New Serial Story Romance Love - Adventure •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I For your reading pleasure during the long winter evenings - ENTITLED Starlight For Sally By Amy Miller OI4APT7dR L The Call of Adventure. "For she's a. jolly good fellow!" They had been toasting ,Sally Frayne in the room over the City restaurant, where the employees of the Golconda Insurance 'Company hold their IPesltive gathering, and from where she sat alt the head of the table, Sally looked around at the young men and gir5ls with their raised glasses. ,}his was a farewell supper to those she had worked amongst for six years past, ever since she had lett school, and she was leaving them in a blaze of glory, so to speak. For Sallyhad come into a for- tune. Not a great fortune, from the ,point of view of people accustomed to luxury, but wealth to a girl like her. It meant freedom from worry over housekeeping (bills at home; freedom from all the petty pinpricks of insufficient means,. Above all it meant liberty to go where she liked, and do ae she liked. Many things had been quite out of reach had come within her grasp now, and still she could hardly rea- lise it. She had wanted something different from the office routine, and the constant drain on her resources, but now she was saying good-bye to her former companions, be heart was soft toward them. They had had some jolly evenings in this, room; some happy times together. They were a nice crolwdt taken altogether and this was the last evening she `would be one of them, In her mind she had determined to give them more good times. Brt then, one never knew. She was going to a new life, though she had veep little idea what she would find, going out to seek adventure. She had some lovely new frocks, bul• to -might she had put on an in- expensive dress, though she would have ball to save up for it six months ago. Sut tonight she was stili Sally of the Goldcond'a, with her friends, who had brought their brothers and .sisters and their Sweethearts. "SPeeoh Speech!" they were tailing. "Thank you very much," she heard herself saying, not very stead- ily. "And this isn't goodbye, you know." It touched her more. than she had foreseen, this leave-taking ,with all the signs of goodwill. She was glad when the tables had been moved, they could dance. ;This is yours, isn't it, Frank " She smiled at the young man beside her. Her eyes were too kind, and 1 he knew it. Nick a chance, as bra had realised for a long while, but she was the only girl in the room for him. She wasn't the pretties or the Smartest, most people would have agreed But then, as Frank Hiliyer ewpressed it. "There was something about "We shall miss, you," he was say- ing, as they danced. "And I shall misty you," she re- turned frankly. "I've been very happy with you—all.'' "It's different for the one who goes away," said Frank, "You writ forget us, but you'll find new friends, And I hope you're going to have a good time." "Everyone's, been Sweet to me," she said. "You deserve everylthimg that's best," he told her. "You've been such a brick to your .people." of things I've wanted." "It's time you thought of your- Wedue!sday, January 24tH], 1940 sty...., ,..,, 'Th. put 0.1 Iorr I. WI,Id, tobacco can be ,aoier come errinellse, but et the back of her mind was the consciousness that the occasion was more emotional than she hada ,fores'een, It ,w.ae a relief when she was away from the effusion of the crowd; running down the road with Frank, snaking dor the lift, and hut,. ming along the gusty pasaiages to self," said Frank. 'I knew bow much you've given up." "Not more than most girls do when ,they live at home. Nat so much as some. And I'm luckier than most. I'vd earned a good salerY for years." 'That's it. You have earned it," said Frank, "Mr, Ferraby will be lost without you.,, "I'm very fond, of ,them. Lt's lovely to be aible to make things easier at home, I'm not sure that isn't best of all. But I don't know. I'mu looking forward to ha,bing lots "Hilda Forbes will get on, just as well. And I'm glad she's got the job. 0 must give George Gates the nest dance, Frank." the platform. They were in time for the last train 'but one, and for the first few stations some of the Golconda suppengarty were in their carriage. These dropped out by twos and threes. The train Sped on, past the famddiar adiverti5sememt into the darkness aril out again. ',Say geod nigivt, `Frank. Station next," she said. "I'm coming with you!' "But it's so far." "I san get ,back. There's a tram," There -rata no more to be said. Sally let it go at rrtlrait. She sat back, in the wrap she bad worn so erten, sitting in the Tube by Frank's side. "Tired, dear?" be asked. "Not really. They were all so sweet, weren't they You're quiet, too." "i1'm wondering," he said, "what You'll do with it." "The money? 0'1'1 find lots of ways," she laughed. "I wasma meaning that so much as the other ,things—what it's going to buy for You. /it eon do so much—money! " "I wish sometthieg would happen for you, too, Frank." "I'm promised a raise neat year,". he said quietly. "I didn't mean, that. I meant something big, thrilling." "if ever it does; I shall have it," he replied. "It won't happen to me at the Golconda, that's very certain." "And. yet you stay there." She was sorry the moment the word's were spoken that she had said ,them. Be answered, "So did you." She was afraid to pursue the sub- jent. But he had: told her more than ever before. Looking at him as he sat beside her, she felt as 1f, in what night easily be their part- ing hour, she saw him as never be- fore. "Yes, I know. But you'll let me see you home, won't you?" "Yes. web go in the Tube" "No; a taxi to -night." "The Tube," said ]Salty. "I want everyithing to he the same as usual," "Oh, Sally!" said, Frank, with a queer laugh in his voice, and aboipped. jt course, she knew how he felt about her, just se she 'knew he couldn't really afford taxis to the outer suburbs and would not bare hiked her to pay the fare. They ,would make a dash for the last Tube Train, as they used when they lived at Balham. No long rides in the intimacy of a taxi, when they were both tenderly regretful at the close of a Chapter, Besides', she really did want to pretend for e little while that nothing was changed. The party had to break up before midnight, • because of the restaurant rules, Sally would not have Pro• longed, it for more reasons than one, She knew that dor some of her guests late taxis were an unwel- A VICTORIA JANUARY IDYLL wain® .� a Vancouver Island's reputation as Canada's Evergreen Playground is upheld 1»' this idyllic scene photographed January 6th at Victoria, B.C. The lamb is a real one, only lax days old. It Was born ladyis Sall tw o -and- T.ear Victoria, The pretty little Y, January 1 on the farmhof E. J, only Wood of C n ( "Ton ") Wright R.C.N., and Mrs. a -half -year-old daughter and child of Commander It. A. ( Y `Wright, Esquimalt. The flowers were picked in the gardens of the Enipress hotel, Canadians, and ;dneericans are visiting Viotoria in large numbers this winter, theidea1 weather permitting than to enjoy winter golf, tennis, fishing, riding and hiking under splendid conditions. Your been, such good friends, Why did- n't I see 11 t etfors." S'he+gnrrrt iu love with Fi'ank 1 Iilbiyet ]She liked Iilim, and ]phot was the crux of the Whole situation. But sine thought. "We Shall say goodbye very, soon, I may never see him ,again. It seems a pity." The train slapped. The doors Slid bask, ansI she and Trask went up to the fresh aur od What hag boys the country not long ago. A new estate bad sprung up, and in one of the pleasantest roads ,Sally had found a new home for her people; a pretty house where alt was, fresh and clean. "Arent the spars glorious to- night," said: Firank. "I've never seen them (brighter, have you ' Sally answered. This was how it might have been 11 she had grantedl Frank's, unspok- en wish. He and she going home together, to a little house, Street lamps twinkling below. only a few lighted windows here and there, and that strange magic of the starlight overhead, ''We1P, here we are. Good night, 1 an Frck!,• "Goodbye, dear!" TO BE CONTINTIED SEND IN THE NEWS. If you have any news or personals just call the Post - 31 or send them in. There be sat in his conventional lounge suit and correct shirt and tie, well-dressed, welligromoed as he was expected to be on a very modegte salary, He was in, the prime of early manhood; tall and strong amt good-looac4rag. ,She knew his face and the touch of his hand, and she had never had a glimpse of the prisoner within him until now. It was strange how the revelation came, but she was in an emotional mood. She realised, that not only bad he stayed in the' Golconda of- fices because she was •there, but that he had been submitting to a mode of life that was as bondage for him. Those restless longings that ehe had known he knew them, too. He wanted a wider world, a more ac- tive lite. Yet he had seemed to ac- cept his lot. She had thought luim dull sometimes, had been impatient .with him. He had been just Frank, part of a life that had held no romance such as she wanted. If he had made love to her she would have been more at ease. Every girl who earns her living in, a world of men knows how lightly flattery is, spoken, how easy it 1s for a man's eyes to melt when. they Yell on a young dace, Slily could flirt chanmingly, and hold her own, but she had never flirted with Now she thought, "We could have NOW 18 'THE TIME Td HAVE YOUR HARNESS REPAIRED ,►>t CHAPMAN Brussels, Ont. F. F HOMUTH Analytical Optometrist guarantees you the Best Eye Service Harriston, phone 118 Brussels (Second Thursdays) Phone 26X' FL.MFR n RFI 1 R Barrister. Solicitor, Eta Phone 20X - Brussels, Oct WILLIAM SPENCE Estate Agent. Conveyances olid Commissioner General Insurance Office Main Street. — Ethel. Ontario Dr. C. A, Myers PHONE 4 • William Street —x— Brussels Office hours - 7 p.m. lo 9 p.m. 1 pim. to 3 p.m. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Your Eggs Highest Cash Prices Paid For Eggs And Poultry F. M. SAMIS Phone 80 Brussels SHOP AT SCHINBEINS IT PAYS James McFadean Howlck Mutual Pire Insurance —Also— Hartford Windstorm —Tornado Insurance —Automobile Insurance `Phone 42 Box 1, Turnberry St. Bruges's, Ontario D. A. RANN FURNITURE FUNERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE Licensed Puttered Dlroot e and Embalmer Phone 36, Brussels More Than Twenty Operations Every Day Keep Hospital Surgeons Busy! One of America's Great Hospitals Treats Children Only During a visit to Toronto recently, your reporter called at the Hospital for Sick Children on College Street. I had seen this Hospital mentioned In news reports many, many times. ep epidemic of 937. It was high time, I thought, to do a little private In- vestigation and Lind out why this Hospital should be so much In the news. WHAT HAPPENS EVERY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS I interviewed Mr. Joseph Bower, the Superintendent of this busy In- stitution. He told me that during the twenty-four hour period pre- ceding my visit, nineteen operations had been performed . . fifty-two X-ray photographs taken two hundred and eighty individual pre- scriptions filled in a completely - equipped dispensary . twenty- eight wentyeight bed patients were admitted thirty-three children discharged as cured..... more than fourteen hundred meals served ... ten chil- dren had extensive dental work done .. 05% of the beds were oc- cupied, leaving only 10 beds free for emergency cases. And according to the Superinten- dent, the twenty -tour hour period was an average one, insofar as typl cal hoepial activity was concerned. VISIT TO PUBLIC WARDS After this chat on Hospital acti- vity, I was kindly shown through the Institution. We visited the Public Wards, the kitchens, swim- ming pool (necessary In the treat- ment of Polio and other cases), the orthopaedic workshop, the dispen- sary and operating rooms. It struck me as being a completely -equipped hospital with much epecial equip- ment. Every Ward we visited, Mr. Bower would say: "Thio Is a Public Ward,' I was quite surprised to learn that 95% of the patients treated here are in Public Wards. The Hospital is taxed to capacity with little children whose parents are unable to pay even the low Public Ward rates. The case history of one little ebap I had chatted with, while wanting through the Ward, was very .inter - eating and quite typical,"He .wu brought here one cold Whiter day in 1937, t, His parent had driven more , than a hundred miles to the. old farm truck so their little child might have heapial treatment. 'After examining the little tallow, our doctors told the bat'ent/ Wil hi seeded attention Inunadatsljr . . that a complete cure would take many months. "Upon hearing that bad news, the father and mother were all for bundling the little chap up and leaving for home. They could never begin to pay for that much treat- ment, they said, 'We had hoped it might be just a week or so'. "It took quite a while," con- tinued the Superintendent, "but we finally convinced the parents that just because they couldn't afford to pay for the boys care was no rea- son to deprive him of the only chance he had to get well. We ask- ed them to leave their son with us and let us worry about the cost of the treatment. "The boy is going home nett week after almost two years of con- tinuous hospital care, many opera- tions, several X -Rays, special diets, orthopaedic equipment, ete. He's feeling pretty fit now and his par- ents have been able to pay but a little toward this wonderful treat- ment. When a sick child needs hos- pital care, he gets, it regardless of race, creed or financial ,.circum• stance " • This led to a discussion on the operating costs of the hospital. I was given information which is in- teresting and well worth passing on. In round figures, the operating expenses of the Hospital for the past year amounted to more than $545,000. The operating revenue—from Pri- vate, Semi -private patients and the comparatively few Public Ward patients who are able to pay, grants from Toronto, other Municipalities and the Provincial Government— amounted to just a little more than $394,000. This means that the Hos- pital, although run on the most et. fletent and economical basis, suffer- ed an operating loss of over $149,000. Part of this deficit is met by the in- come from investments made with moneys bequeathed or endowed over a sixty -year period. There is still a deficit of $90.000. And that la why thle Hospital con- ducts an annual appeal at this time to secure enough funds to offset this operating loss, if everyone who reads this item could visit the Hospital for Sick Children and see, as I did, what is done here for Ontario's little ones, then they would do as I did. Dig down deep into the pocket for a do- nation to help continue ths splendid work. It you are able to send a sift please do b now. Send your donation to the Hospital for Sick Children, 17 CollegStreet , Toronto. You'll certain satisfaction bynspppporti the. rats ca, You'll hw helped give the groat* eft WEALTH,one eaaagOY. M drndrsn-GOOD