HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1941-8-13, Page 2THE BRUSSELS POST,
ESDAY, AUQUST 19th, 1941
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verygrave was the little face,
very intent on her work. How pretty
she runs! Head like a big gaidsa
cht'S'santemum, eyes—surely As
blueas that fur off blue seal A bee
buszed lazily. She pausete in hor
work.
"Don't you knew by now that if
And then she saw Tony. He had.
rt't thought it was left .for, a girl to
blush se exquisitely. Into the white
skin came a slow, rich damask,
"I wonder if you could tell me if 1
thereie anywhere here where I could
get g drink, lemonade or milk?"
ho said, shamelessly•
you get on your back your can't "We don't sell them, bat Aunt
get up, Bees and sheep, they're all Martha's made some lemonade.
alike, sometimes I think just as
Talking to herself, was she? Tony
'watched tier, two slender hands( went
outani'
antic ageouslq lifted the bur•
ding, strugglang bee right d it I
e , ea'
eyes followed it as It went zooming around. Won't you sit down?"said
off over the heath In front. the girl, hospitably. . •
next It was a quaint old-world place. It
eves cool, too. Pleasant coming out
You're very welcome to a glass, and
cinnamon bun, too, if you like."
Tony nodded eagerly.
"I 'do like!" he said, emphatically,
"Aunt Martha's out. You see, she
goes out cooking to the big houses
"And don't be so greedy
titre!" she called after it.
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of the burning sun lute this little been, teasing Ile at school, Perhaps
U was my Wilt, They saw that I
dldu"n like being teased about it."
She grave a little eight. "1 sail people
to gall ille "Flora' now, but it would
be awful if Aunt Marta get to know.
rye had to beer it Most halos. she
said 10 me ,ne nary w'0en I tweed :lar
why sized (tone it. "Detling z made
wp ley menu you'd never lien) au
ugly stamp .hire aline, .rust 'fancy
win a' surname like 'Garden' being
tailed 'M,rz'thai or 'Jane,' I called
you 'Viewer Garden,' and" that's what
you've been to me, darling, 0
dower garden always;'
"Hew beautiful!" said Touy,
"Thetis! why it seems so hateful
when i doa't Ake It. The soha,il
children -they call after me. Thetis
nllyy.1 don't like it; I suemose? It's
ewfel being teased and called after
in the street. You'd thinit they
would be kinder here, wouldn't you'
"eadeed you would!" said Tony.
"Little wretches'! They want a
thrashing!"
'No doubt it's partly because
father's never been here. It matters
tremendouely to you In a place like:
this leaving your father round, be•
cause they ail have But he, be
doesn't want me.
Show sad the little face suddenly'
was! XI •changed in a moment..
What a change too! Laughter in
her eyes, sparkle on her face!
Ah, that was because a homely wo
man 'bustled up.
`Why, Plower, you've got a visitor!'
"Indeed I have, Aunt Martha"
said the girl, gaily, "Someone who's
'thirsty."
"I like your cinnamon buns."
"Most ,people •like my cinnamon
bun;, young pian."
"Tony smelled at Aunt Martha. She
was very thin and very plain, but
with that homely hind of manner
oasis, for that was what it decried
to Tony. it was se quiet and peace•
tui, with the secant of the fit/Wars
from the little garden,
The lemonade was perfeot, and
the pint/anion bun wonderful.
"I soy, I wish you'd let me stlun»
up for this, beqause I'm ravenous for
another cieneanon bun "said Tony,
eagerly.
(Flower's eyes were starry at kis
words, "Please take another. Aunt
Martha would, be so pleesed, he
lines cooking."
"You 1101)0d Mrs, Smedley would
engage hes' as cook, didn't you?
"I didn't think she would, because
St's only natural they should want
their own •cook, and a London one
too. Aunt says herself she's not good
at fancy leick.'shaws, but down ]fere
they saw that Mr. .Smedley isn't fond
of foreign cooking. He likes roasts
and good old English cooking awl
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aunt's excelilent at that, and its such
a struggle in winter."
"Your name's Rower Garden, isn't
1t-'>. said Tony, smiling at her boy-
ishly.
She coloured up, and hereyes wore
downcast
"Don't ,you like It?" he saii,
syinpathettoally,
"Would you like it" said Flower,
in a low stifled voice. "I've always
got to pretend I like it because—='
!She hesitated and her face softened.
'Well you see Aunt Martha called mo
that. Mother died when I was born
and Father took it terribly 'to heart.
He went away. He's in America. He
writes sometimes, but he's never
came back to see me. Aunt Martha
hated being called Martha. She said
you can't live it down." z
"I rather like ft," said Tony.
"So do I, but perhaps that's because
I find 'Flower' takes a let of liviag
down, Aunt Martha's been terribly
good to one. She took me wten n e
one else wanted me. !She'd locked
after me and cared tor me. All her
life she's given up- to 'caring for
me. One day I asked her why" she
called me "Flower." Pou see, theyd
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'rosy, rising. 'Tye enjoyed that!
Titanic you, Eiiircess Goldilocks!"
he added.
"'trier real name's Plower," Said
Aunt Martha, lilting at tel' 41rotealy.
",blower Gardeul Isn't it a pretty
name?"
"Lovely:" said Tony, emphatical
ly, his eyes twinkling in L'lower'a
direction, "It reminds me of lieatzt!,
All, big. fat Invahie,beea anti stacks(
and verbena and big roses and lad's
love and lavender.''
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tAuwt Martha laughed delightedly.
Tram now on Tony Lorrinzor would
have a very soft spot in her heart,
Going back, Touy thought about
them. lelfe wee herd on some
,folks. Beautiful enough here In
the summer -time with bees booming
!anti the 1iuleple heather, with the era
singing a lullaby, but in winter with
the crash a Itlho breakers on the
elites, and the quiet business of it
all, there was not 7017 much run.
Just for the moment he felt a.
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Down that Rummy Pette street With
shops on) one side, if you can call
(them shines," he added, his eyes
twiulkling, "and the heath on the.
other, I was positively ench'alated,
At the bottom of the street etre
stars cut In the cliffs to take you te
the sands, Good thing I brought a
swimming costume with me, because
I don't believe there's a shop .in
the place supplies thee."
"You wouldn't like 1t et) much le
there were a lot of shops," said Os-
si'kl Smedley. thoughtfully.
- TO BID flaNVINUPID.
ore,. Plower Garden What little
brutes the schooleihiltlreu were to
tease her! 1She was so sweet, es
young, too. •
He name into the big dining -room
of the new Hall, ravenous, 1n spite
of his cinnamon buns. The etaiif had
not settled in yet, so It was what
Aunt Lavinia called a "picnic meat"
Piles og sand denies and a great
game pie. He told them about lt!s
morning's expedition.
"It's tile' most perfect little place
do the world, Uncle Oswald! You've
got the most wonderful good taste.
The health's unique. It's tike a
purple sea billowing in mthe wind.
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from her smile. The kindest person ° ,
on earth, Bo Plower thought her i P av+znd a ' Y"i :r^?+^,— ±.. y i�l.
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seemed very kind. She is going to e
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She gave Tony a quick smile.
"Rosyth -by -the -Water is a pretty
little plane, but in the winter, when
all the visitors have gone, its Just a
bit difficult to Ireev golly and soul
together. We've got each other,
and that's more than many people
have, se we don't grumble."
"Whhat a pity you. don't have a
little shop here!" said Tony,
thoughtfully. "I'm sure thei1e must
be lots of people who'd like lemon-
ade and cinnamon buns, and pins
and tape --a sort of odd shop."
'Flaying a shop takes money. We'd
have to have a window built out. I've
otte nthought about it, but you need
capital for ventures like that. You
staying down here,"
"Just for a few days. I'ln up at
The Hall, I'm Mrs. Sanediey's
nephew --Anthony Lorrimer.'
"They 500m as if they're going to
be very good to the neighborhood.
They seem kind."
"I enpect you hated having the
!building put up there?"
Aunt Martha flashed him a laugh-
ing look,
"Dont revea,t it, but there's such a
!buzz in the neghborhood that's
never happened 'before, and it will
die down in about a hundred years.
They're very Calow moving here in
Rosyth, very old-fashioned."
'"Well, thank goodness the fashion
in cinnamon buns will never change,
said Tony. "I can tell you that
they're kindn0sls itself. Look at- me!
They might have wanted me to gs
Bret) the !business,' but because I I,ve ♦
&tying, they'want me to make My •so.♦
oare•0r like that. I've never really j
wanted fora thing. In; the end
you'll lbve there,"
"I like them both.. They call Hie.
Princess Goldilocks," said PIlower.
"Well that's what you are, my
dear."
'Dear Aura Martha!" said the girl,
Then she turned to Tony. "As a
matter of fact,; you've hit on our
dream castle, Aunt Martha and I,
i Robin's int it, too,"
Ii"R.obdnr' ho said, curiously.
""Yee lie's got the land at the
'hook o2 tIh.e house, • He keeps poultr,r
and hang 'We're an'vink un to have
a. combined shoo, all b'id's and nada,
Fiala ", l h"ttar. l rnev and sweaters
find hnthltsr•oostumost, and sand.
.are, and nano? and ink, and any
fi," rt we And a request tor;"
"1 think i1O a splendid idea," sail
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