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The Brussels Post, 1940-1-31, Page 2ENTITLED starlight For i'V,1r'DA'bS`.P,e>,Y, TAN*, not, luta BRUSSELS POST �*qM``s�'. = Business eards '111th rr`FAIIIMMOOMMIWagarafalffalia By Pim Miller She had paused at the gate, forc- ing herself 'to speak brightly; but somnething in ilia *bice made her heark, ache with a new pain, She wanted him, to put his arms round her and kiss her. She felt as if it would have comforted her to 'cry on his shoulder. But she sadit "Anti Wtedarseheni" 'They had danced to that tune, and she remembered, and so did he, that It bad been their first waltz to- gether, years ago. "Theneery Auf Wiedersshen—Aut Wiederseheni, wry, dear," :ng in her 'thought, d. He had ave Sally1h. ;How,* fo,w I. 0,14 ,time b ,wabtd" 1f, nests as she had dreamed of R. ' Ives airways sorry for belie ,Sally was very fond of her father; Toyndghlt she had bidden, good-bye one of those, amiable men who are to the old Sally, the City typist, t11 bound to be failureis from a worldly i girl of the drab side streets'. She point of view, Burt she was weary of the burdens she had, shouldered so willingly in her earliest teens; weal"' of trying to clear yup other people's muddles, and going without what she wanted to pay other peirleis debts. Joan, her younger: sister, was en- gaged for the: third lime, and might be getting marred! by-and-by. In the meanwhile slue was always borrow- ing clothes and money Teddy, the eldlefst h was going to the dogs, !blurtand figuratively; and there two younger ones, still at school, Altogether Sadly had not had much joy of her youth, and might be pardoned; for the resolve to break her fetters, now she had the epportunlitY. She was sending her family to the seaside for a month, and going away by herself. Mrs. Frayne was aggrieved!. It was queer oR Sally, not wanting to come with them; the first good holiday they had ever had. But Sally had made up her mind She was going out "alone to seek ad- venture, She .opened a drawer in her dressing -table, and took out a book- let, sent from Brasken Tor Hall. There were views of river, moor and hillside, and! of a country man- sion which had been turned into a guest-house. "All door. HC got as she before she Then he ed slowly some d'aY," .y be some s. Her feet ew carpet. nt lingered, gs were re= osement in en she had been able er family. But arae she was crying ss' she door of her room, one of estt in the house and plain - shed, was tired, she supposed. Of urse, she wasn't oryf.m5 .because she had parted—!from Frank Hiliyer, though she hadn't guessed she would feel it so muds. ewite !eine ten the light, she took of her frock, sliitped: on a dressing gawp, and began to brush her thick fair hair. Frank. 'wotrid find another girl when she was gone. Someone else would come home with 'him to a Vete house, after an evening at a cinema or a Golconda dance, Or perhaps they 'vouldoft be able to able to afford even that. They would Just go for a walk, or potter about in the garden, or turn on the raddo. Sally propped her chin in her bands as ere east fi'edoreher dressing - table. To-mornow site seas going to a beauty parlour, and to a dress - designer, in preparation for her ad- venture. Months ago. the letter had come which had altered her whole out- look on life; the letter informing her that a forgotten groat-nnele In Canada, who had seen her as a ' small child, had left her all his money. He was her mother's relative, and Mrs. Frayne considered that she, and not herr daughter, ought to have inherited tete money. But then wliatever happened, Mra. Frayne had bidden goad -bye to Frank and the life with him that might -have - been, To -marrow a new ,Sally 'would be born, and she would go out to meet new lovertsi me* possibilities. C'IIA'P'1IM. II. Fresh Fields The ear from Bracken Tor Haill was 'waiting for Miss Frayne, when she alighted from the London train. A deferential chauffeur attended to her luggage. ,Sally leaned' back luxuriously as Me car glided out from the station yard and along a main Street of the pleasant Wesli Country town, She had had a most agreeable journey; savoured with the consciousness that she was regarded' with interest and admiration. Than girl she saw in' her mirror used to look back at her from the glass she used to share with Joan, frequently admonished! to 'hurry up.' Toan was definite'ly purest"' and very vain. Sally's Tooke had alwaye varied., acording 'to her moods; and she had' often been tired and anx- ious. But now there was no shadow of care on her Race. Her skim looked as fresh as rose -leaves; her her bars received skilful treat- ment, ,and wee dressed in a new way. "I wonder. what ,Frank would think of me new," she thought. But rhe had left Frank behind her, with the reset of her old life. Here she was'5 most beualtifullp term ed, out for a country house visit, going ea meet varlaue interesting people. At least, she hoped so. She meant to go abroad later. This was beginning, but she had seen so little of her, own country that the drive was full of interest. When you have to help your family out of a salary that is only enough to provide a Reiw luxuries in ad- diction to necessities for one, you have to be content with very few erxcursions, and have not much to Mead on. fare's from tolwn. So it was that green -wooded hills and Leafy valleys and reeky heights, whose hazy distances melted,into the ,glory of summer skies, had for Sally the enchantment of novelty. One ole the attractions of Bracken Ton Hall was its isolation. The nar- row aerow winding lanes, tangled with honeysuckle were not inlvlting to char -a -banes, and the attractions offered did not appeal to holiday crorwds. Sally breathed the air of the moors and hi17's1 and felt as it she was being carried, into a new world. The car came out from a deep -cut That was where she was, going to resit and refresh herself, and learn how to adapt herself to ter new character of a lady of wealth and leisure—just as Edwardian debu- tantes paid' a round o1 country' house visits, in' preparation for their com- ing out during the ensuing season. Wealth was net an accurate des- cription of her state. She had persuaded the lawyers to advance her a Enna fr'o= her capital, to meet pressing needs and indulge In a flutter, Her fortune, carefully in- vested, nvested, would bring In only a small income. :Mrs. Frayn:e had remonstrated at the reales/mess, Better to think oz the future, she said, 05 course, they wanted a nice house to live int and a holiday, and new furniture and clothes. But for Sadly to give up bier job and spenld money she might want by and by was a great mis- take, Sally took no nbtioe. There were differenit forma of investment, and she was verip sure she was going to get a gioodi deal back for her outlay. Besides„ if only for a few months*, perhaps, she wanted to know what it felt like to be enjoying to the ut- most her radiant youth. j What was she playing for, be- sides/ She hardly knew. A wealthy marriage? No. Romantic love? Perhaps. Certainly life in its full - I lane, crossed a narrow shone bridge, and went ort to where a gate lea to an avenue, And present -1'y there opened, bei ibetore her the vitsitage oR a lovely house surronnrded; by 'bloom and colour; a wide stretch of lawn, beautiful old trees, and old encircl- ed by these green hills and heatherY ,slopes. As the car drew up at the door, a slender, 1etaujbleully-gowned woman, who might have been the anis/resit of ,the ,country Mouse in earlier days appeared to welcome her. A hey in livery took charge of herluggage a maid was called to emeluet her to her room. "Dinner is aft eight," said Mrs. Blandish, her hostess. Sally mounted the shallow stairs to a long corridor. A great deal of furniture and ai%paintmen8ts' had been sold' with the house, so that its former character wee retained. No modern hotel, however luxurious could have impreslsed Sally iu quite the same way. Her bedroom was deliglytdlui, all quaint chintz and old walnut wood, beautifully polished, What a contrast to, the room she used to Share with Joan! And how different the well trained maid who waited on her, from the woman who had ',oblige]!" her mother once a week. Nothing to, remind' her that this was an hotel, duly licensed and run for profit. She felt lice one of the heroines in the novels, relics' of her mother's girlhood, whish she used to read as a Mild, ;And presently the hero would appear. She prepared for dinner, with the thought of him at the back of her mind, and was agreeably aware that she looked lovely when she went down ha the lounge. The hero was niat there, Several people were sitting or standing Mont, and elderly 'women predomin- ated'. A man, with thin grey hair and spare figure came up to her, as she stood' by the open French win- dow; Soaking out on the gardens. 'You,' mush be our new guest, Miss Frayne," he said. "Let me in- trpduce. mpsel'. Major Blandish." Wm. Blandish's, husband, That would) always' be his description, Sally thought. A VICTORIA JANUARY IDYLL 1 Vancouver blend'd 11 utaictoria, B.C.adale The lambgIsea real Otte,Playground sdreld bye old. Itidyllic wasscene photographed January 6th at V n ;January 1 on the fight of n J. y o child OfrCommanderneer oP A. The Wright is Sally, aiido,Mre, Wright,e 11 grid daughter and only 'WrighHsquimait< The flowers were Flaked In the gardens of the impress Motel. Canadians and Americana are visiting Victoria in largo numberti thea winter, too ideal weather permitting them to Inlet. !Inter Roil, tenets, fishing, riding sad hiking under splendid Conditions. Sally did' not like him. Why, she could not have earplained. He was presenittable, courteous. and someone to talk to in a crowd 'of strangers, and as a newcomer, Salop claimed his special attention, Moreover, she was young and pretty, with that suggestion of inexperience that flattered his vanity. WILLIAM SPENCE Estate Agent Conveyancer and Commissioner GENERAL INURIANCE OFFICE MAIN STREET, -- ETHEL, ONT. DR. C. A, MEYERS PHONE 4 ' w Office 'Hours-- 10. a.m. to 112 a.m. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. WILLIAM STREET, BRUSSELS, ONT. D. A. RANN FURNITURE FUNERAL. AND AMBULANCE SERVICE Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer vpu PHONE 36 ---0_"— BRUSSELS, ONT. Her toldher who some od' the peiolple were, and introduced two giritq of about hes' own age—girls with sturdy limbs and tanned) skins, who spent most of (their tine in riding breaches. A brief exchange et Courteous was enough to reveal the total lack of any taste in. com- mon. There •'were three tables In the dieing -room; a nompreimiee between the family expanse If polished wood and the small circles giving eaoh couple or quartette, separation from the rest. Sally four,ki herself between a Young man from India whose Ian. quid bride vme beside him, and a widow of about sixty, whose passion Was bridge, etc it 'happeend4 Sally was totally lacking in bridge 'cense, so she and! Mrs, Prekl'ergas't could hardly discover they were kindred Spirits, Young MT, Baby cared only for epert, apart from ids wife, with whom he was adoringly In love. Ile was a well-bredi man and gave Sally his attention aft times, but was net fmtoreated in, her, or in any woman exnrlpt his .ttteelina, They had coffee In the lounge, and against her will 'S'ally Tett a depres- sing sense' of loneiineasc All the other% had companions, She wan a stranger amongst them. tit was anexquisite evening. She ddduq wm ut to sit indictors ' playing cards with old; !sites, She wanted What did she want? She wandered, out into the garden. The noses were in bloom, and with their pen(umo there mingled the stent et pines the breath of the woods, Sally wondered what they were dbdilg at Fakes - lone, Joan's Sweetheart wag Stay, I. ing fn the saint boamting-,(waste. Sha would have him to se shows 551111 while her father au( ,meshes' eat on the "emelt, 0,114! the yonngea' one fecinet their own am'tisententil. E1 ELMER D. BELL, B.A• BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. PHONE 29X — — — BRUSSELS, ONT WALKER'S FUNERAL HOME William Street, Brussels Ontario Personal Attendance Motor Hearse Phone 65 — Day or Night Calls B. C.Walker -- Embalmer and Funeral Director JAMES McFADZEAN Howick Mutual Fre Insurance ----also— Hartford Windstorm, Tornado Insurance Automobile Insurance PHONE 42 P. O. BOX 1' TURNBERRY ST. —x— BRUSSELS, ONT. "I should lra'we been an 044 one there, too," she thought. She wandered! on to a shrubbery, and leaning on a gate came upon the RYubys, and Sane how Peter was looking at Hyaline, as Prank used, to look at her. They made her feel .that she was an intruder, though Fveline smiled at her, and Peter said pleasantly as they moved aside and opened the gate for her— "You can get to the river down ' that path," TO BE CONTINUED, Don't Talk Too Much About -1- One's Own Experiences, Unless Unusual, Seldom Interesting to Others answer. The great interest can be music, poetry, gardening er whatever, but 1f she !mows much about it and much about people who have been and. are at present butereelted in It and what they saY regarding it, she'll have something to talk about, Step nurnlber one in successful development 05 a more interesting personality is a real resokrton to try to use ,the pertsoiial pro- nbtrn, "1," a great deal 'leas in Oceeveridaticni It's• no doubt sad, but more 1 than a little tine, that . one's own experiences, thoughts. and daily doings are seldom very dascinabing to others. 531/5000 you have a store ,of amusing or units/nal 1stor- leis about people you have met wnd places, ynu have beery, only your closest Mode, will be inr Wrested, And' even:. etoase friends don't sejant to hear too' 1171413y Sen- tences beginning with "I said," or "a did," or "1 think,'/ All Of this adds up to the fact. that the woman who 1s deterinin' ed' tq. Yteveloif a remarkable per- aonaldty must And something to talk about. Something *Mich people she'lmbwa and people she meets will 1ikte to hear, Maim, '''Interest Developing a great interact in anile thing and minor Interacts tin a mwnber of often) usually tti the NOW 18 THE TIME TO HAVE YOUR HARNESS REPAIRED CHAPMAN @russets, Ont. COSTS LITTLE Accomplished Much /1 two cent saroM tioes'a'la'hs, nary ilede money, bet ,it'would; re, quire deur.ndt of save:scamps sat poossi-istteniaos*Its your tont, kaews,14 ss mossy people se s Ito, •tnvtelssest. itw�srtClsstifild w,at.ade 0 • *WW1 e.&W'eer,