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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1941-8-27, Page 2Wetinds Y, ugust 27th, 1941. Wfise ..The a ain ief in By L n t it .. Dare Chapter iii, wired , to Itosythby-the-Water ter tervents go to ThHati opal Twenty-filve Years Old it np, fez' to me. Invitee hailll ana dozen pos.l bles' among the girls that /on Torry aliened . Aulit Lat•lnia s know. You said lwenty..Ave, and Peiletter, amazed to see the Post -mare gating to see feet yeti stick to it, Was England, So Aunt 'Lavial0. Ever your loving, ' was back after three years' galti- "Aunt Lavinia." wanting about the Continent: Had "P.S.--.Don't let the fact that you elle tired of it. at last- caul fly any m ee make any differ - The to you, boy, There's lots to do Tho vary $rtt lino made a rue at the New Hall." -• ful smile curve his lips—"Time's Bloss your old heart, Aunt Levin- -LIP': pvlyvP'.' i.a,'' eald Tony, with a smile, I He put:down the letter and made believe yu've tome back because a vigorous onslaught on his bacon• you knew 1'd be worrying." and -eggs. Then he plastered his .oast with butter, piled on the Tony looked down ruefully at his marmalade, picked up the letter ami. He bad had a smash a fe s and read it right through. wet :a before, hail escaped with uo Wasn't that Aunt Lavinia all serious injurlr:•s, but he'd never 'fly 1 over—suddenly descending on him again because he had permanently without any warning? Yet. it was injured his arm. So flying was over a letter that was characteristic of as far as he was concerned. the strong-minded determined wo- man he had always felt she was. "Sty dear Tony.—Time's up! Yoe Promised me that if T didn't worry you until you were twenty-five you would settle down—get married. You are twenty-five to -day. I have given you your freedom until now, but 1 am tired of Continental travel- ling. Going abou from one hydro to another on the Continent. drinking the water of this tepee and that `spa,' has made me a bad-temperel and unpleasant old woman, I have day, a.a everybody else click The telephone bell rang, and he Picked up the receiver. 4 ""'� `M"' ; ; "Hullo, Tony darling. " What ab'rit A• z i t ,P' 3rr that spin In r 9 e 2 Your neav car? Yin • •o E -1a, . prsrtrlsed' you'd let me try her out •f J lei . for you I'm aching to get my • •„ { .. 4 • fingers on the wheel.” o 8 ,'• :*�: •2' Janice Morley, that dazzling, p'•o- vocative Janice; with her sloe -black" • •p eyes, and hair like a raven's wing. e r 0 Janice, with her easy; gliding move- • -, ® mint, and her slender curving o c✓ body. Yes. he could marry Janice • r ' 4 if be could marry anyone, and h. A harppy for ever atter. Of course , NOW IS THE TiME TO HAVE: she was selfish—but weren't they 6 YOUR HARNESS RE?A1REDOA an? Wasn't he selfish? 4 • No -elle couldnrt promise the AN APA Y .ever after. 1 4 o Brussels, opt ® "I Say, Janice, Aunt Lavinia • ® Smedley is coming back to England, Tien Ire made a rather dismayed thee. Invite down half a: dozed pl+ssible;! Who? That was the tries - 1100. - P..a:her a tall order, but he 'hal promitesd the old darling that he be would think seriouriy about get- ting married when he was twenty- five, if she'd .leave him alone until then. Oddly enough, the idea, of getting married didn't appeal in, the least, and yet he supposed he'd do it some A� +^^°^^'^'�•^�Nx^•�++++++..+. wants me to go back there and tete a hnno]t of ]1koly g'ir:e with 'Likely girls? What Lara )'ou t31.44J11,shout Tony?" There was an e' a tt• ,Janice b voice. ":lily dear. as it happened, 1 prom - teed that I'd get married at twenty- five. wentyfive. l'et the Daly one left ou ho:h, si(ies,', "You'll be frightfully rich, wan't l you, Tony?" Janice's Voice, the edge gone, all hoflty and, sweetness, "Frightfully rich if 1 pleaiae Aunt Lavinia. 1t snot -well, 7 heliev'.e if Aunt Lavinia stopped my allowance, I'd have two hundred a year in the world. What about owning down and seeing what The Hall's like in the summer time ' ' 7f I can run you down in your new tar. I'll come,' said ,Tanlce eagerly. So that was settled. Ho sat fur a moment Lain]:ins. Janice and he were great pals, They did everything together—danced ,ogether and dined together, flew' together and motored together, He supposed they'd run -In donole harness pretty well, seeing they like the seine things Did love come in? Not on your life, he Thought Anyway, since he couldn't drive, she'd; he a help. Well, he rnuat get a few mere together, men as well as girl Aunt Lavinia would do them all well, give them a good holiday, and there was the sea for bathing, aad the tennis coutst and no enc! .of ways of spending a lazy few oars; Men of 30,40 50 PEP, VIM, VIGOR, Subnormal? , Went normal p:p, sdm, vigor, vitality? Try, Tonle Tablets, Contains i tonna, stimulants, oyster elements— �Jds 10 normal pep .after 10, 40 or -v0. fist a special lntroductory size for only ftTtyFthrs alit to normal pep and vire t T• or sale et all good drug stores. After all, he owed everything he had to Aunt Lavinia—his allowance, his simply perfect cban lyre in Town, his new ear, which Janice' was so enamoured of. He mustn't grumble if 'sometimes :the wanted a little of her own way. All the fiends he invited prates- ed themselves delighted to come down to The Hall. There was Cleo Royce. lie was, extremely delighted. "Oh course 111 sone, darling, i' I can bring Douglas Manson. Oli, no —nothing romantic, but 'se's gat a car!„ Eve Meredith, sweet, polished, Perfect Eve. with her brown herr and strangely -marked brows. What about Liane Crawford? A bit gushing Liane, but pretty, In a blonde, wax doll way. 11 Enough men to go round. of course, or the party would he vo'e,l dull. He put up the receiver and for a moment was quite serious. Marriage was a bit of a serious proposition. Was there one of :are party be bad invited who would stand the wear and tear of married i Janke turned up to time fur ores .1`vo alt MEV, 124•133330 B T S IZN ' S S IS BIG— BUSINESS IG".'aaBUSINESS ' • • x att • F c .agift .A. LITTLE steam lifts the lid of your tea kettle. A lot of steam drives trains, machinery. Your bank deposit may belittle, but it combines with millions of others to make a lot of "steam". It helps to run the nation's machinery of production, marketing, employment, business. It is important indeed to the country's war financing and war -time effort. The money is yours yet• it helps provide the credit necessary to move the goods and services of the nation. Q Canada's chartered banks thus perform func- tions of great usefulness. They receive the deposits of millions of 'Cana- dians, and extend credit to individuals, governments, businessmen and marketing s. The "li tleogfellow",tp popularly so-called, isiwelcomed Obyn any ,bank , as a n$ customer. In War, as in peace, Canada's Chartered Banks maintain, uninter• tufted, their useful services—safeguarding depositors' funds; facilitating the nation's business—looking forward to peace with freedom as the only sure basis of enduring prosperity. THE CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA life? Weil, there would be plenty of looney IA one thing, even It ha was a hit ofaeroek For it moment lute Tony's young face came a look of gravity. Just lately, rupee he had hurt his arena, he had been drawn into society more. That was James's fault - She was an expert flyer, and he had taught her to fly, Nowthat he couldn't pilot any longer, she was very eager to take him out and about. Through Janice lie had been drawn into that -rather reckless society world that had until very lately, been anathema to him. Janice wasn't well off. She had decided to marry looney, but that she warm fond of him, it was easy to see. He got up and began to stroll about the room, frowning a little Strange how one got drawn int'o things without realioing what .they were leading to He wa n't really fond of late nights, of dances, 01 rushing, round wildly, motoring. skating. always with a Party of young people. -He could almost hear Uncle `Oa. Wald declaiming that anything you got without working for if, was bad for the morale. He had a lot of maxims: Uncle Oswald • had, bat there was truth in them. Would"Inde Oswald have approv ed Of any of the girls that he knew at the moment? Cleo, wbo was ro gushing, out for. the richest man! Eye, with her way of finding out about a man's grospecs, utterly on the surface. Liane, with . a new young man every mionth. Although I simply adore you, Tony, althougltt you come first, mutt say I like a change sometimes.' He could, hear Liane's drawl even new. Odd. how one could drift into things without realising where 7051 I were going? .On the whole, it was 1 a jolly good job that Aunt Lavinia was coming back A little bit of her I practical common-sense would be like a clean wind, sweeping away he over -scented almosphere he had been living in lately. i He gave orders for his man Is I pack - "Shan You be wanting me to go dowel, sir?' 'said Forbes. • "No. I think not. 1 sh?ll only be I away for a few days." She waved a tiny bag in his far? "I've .:ant eeer•ylhhng i need on advance so that I could ride light," she cried gaily "Everything 1 •.v^nt for the night is in here." Cb ver girl!" said Tony, "oh, I'm always clever! -I rsT, Tony. is it really a fact that the Smedley fortune is close on a millien?" "Really a fact." said Tony. "Just imagine the glory of spend- ing it!" "It'd take a life -time,', said ;any. "Oh, no—I could get rid of it sooner than theft.'' said, Janice, laughingly, "I'dt buy me a villa at Cannes. I'd have a p'alaoe in Biarritz. I'd have a yacht and go cruising wherever I wanted to, I'd go in for rating. beautiful horsest" "And• poor Uncle Oswald, `could rise in his grave. He had a rooted abjection to gambling," said Tony. "He knew enough about business to know tha tbiokies would never go on with it if tlhey didn't make melt of the running. No, I can't see Uncle Oswald's money being 'spent that way," "Darling, don't be trying!" sat! Janice cooingly. "It it's all Deft to you, you,11 be able to spend it as you Mee' "Ai a matter if fact, I've got a few scruples," said Tony alewife.. "7 remember Miele Otawald, and 1 conldn't really do things with that money that he thoroughly drsapprov ed of. 7 wouldn't waste It," "Dear old-fashioned precious:" said Jan. "When you get all that 1 money, you'll find your wife w111 have somothieg to Say as to how you'll spend it" "1 ev.eipose she will," said Teny, srnlling at her, She wart the prettiest thing, dark Wee shining black, great flathoinelss'�P�.!• eyes that Could look unutterable IV •••••" BE"R'Y SI. .._— ♦ W aMUSS, • j+ELSOlT things, and equally could mean ~•'• 11 �.iAK A4 e ♦ t_Iatle ar 1)1010. "COM e on xhv eel's t•uadv, don't want me to preposIt on spot, do you?" "Shouldn't objeetl" she said laughingly Well, I'm not going to. I've put off matrimony for so long, I'sn go- ing to wait and see what ]lelrpens.'a "Sensible boy! No good gettiu.; married If Aunt .Lavinia Isn't goin o to leave the money to you, eh?" "Put 10 a nut -shell," said Tony, ' He was quiet for a little while. Somehow the converrlatiou had left a nasty taste in his mouth,. It all seethed sordid and mercenary, Not a bit the romantic idea that Uncle Oswald bad had when he thought of Tony getting married. The oar was a beauty, a lovely gleaming silver thing that could plat up a marvellous! performance. It had, cost a pretty Penny, too, role there Were all sorts of expensive things about it, Pity he couldn't drive. Yon also UNUSUAL VALUE A Aowless solei faire with 2 extra dice monde! Beaus• hilly haiad• fashioned $500° INSURED FREE Shop at IT PAYS Our Diamond Room Affords Privacy When Buying Janice slipped into the drlvinG, knew that Aunt Lavinia would hate 4' . seat and took the wheel. She look.no scrapies whatsoever. She'd re- ed delicious enough in the red fuse to 'consider her and would not linen frock, covered with a slcarlef hesitate to tell Tony so,. suede sweater, with a zip -fastener TO BE CO.NTINUIED. up to the chin, and a flumbuoyatit little beret, scarlet suede. 00. pulled welldawn over hersleek, black head. 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