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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-06-22, Page 2PAGE' 2. The Clinton 1V ews-Kecord with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year in advanee, to Can- adian addresses.; $2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign countries,. No pager discontinued until all arrears are path unless at the option of the pub- lisher. The date to'which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the. label, aalintig ADVERTISING RADS — Transient advertising 12e per count line for first insertion. 8e for each subse- quent insertion. Heading counts 2 Tines. Small advertisements not to exceed oneinch, such as "Wanted," •"Lost", "Strayed", etc„ inserted once • for 35c, "ea(ch subsequent insertion 15c. Rates for display advertising made known on application. Communieations intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good ,faith,, be accompanied by, the name of the writer. G. E. HALL Proprietor H. T. RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC , ' Fire Insurance Agent i Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies Division Court Office, Clinton 1 Frank Fingland, B:A., LLB. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Bloch .... — .... Clinton, Ont. H; C. MEIR I Barrister -at -Law, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario • Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner Offices in Bank of .Montreal Building Hours 2.00 to 5.09 TAesdiys and Fridays. D. IL McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro .Therapist, Massage Office': Raton Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed, and Sett., and by' appointment FOOT CORRECTION by Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 HAROLD JACKSON Licensed 'Auctioneer Specialist in Farm and Household Sales, Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. For information etc. write .or phone . Harold Jackson, aa. No. 4 Seaforth, phone 14-661. 06-012 DR. G. S. ELLIOTT Veterinary Surgeon Phone 203 Clinton, Ont. ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 57 Blear Str. W. Toronto Ont. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth; Ont. OFFICERS— President . W. R. Archibald, Seaforth, Vice -President Frank McGregor, Clinton, Manager Secy-Treas. M. A. Reid, Seaforth, DIRECTORS— W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Frank McGregor, Clinton; Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth; Chris Leonhardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewar- tha, Clinton; John L. Malone, Seaforth Alex. McEwing, Blyth;+Hugh Alexan- der, Walton; George Leitch,, Clinton. AGENTS— John E. Pepper, Bruce - field; R. P. McKercher, Dublin; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; George A. Watt, Blyth. Parties desiring to effect insur- anse or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica- .low On the rocks. Dot dash, dot ictori CHAPTER VI • Dr. :Warner upon meeting THE CLINTON NEWLS 1tECORD by Pamela Wynne _. "No, nothing. at all."(heart sang the words . at last. It the "No'?" Mrs postman offers,to deliver two lett to Mrs. Maturin,,.owner, of the P Star House. One' of these letters from the \British government ord her to hold•herself ready to t 1 care of evacuees,.unless she pref to take care - of dep%ndent relati, Mrs. Maturin is ,much upset ove these orders, butadutifully snails' advertisement :to the London Ti offeripg' accommodations for f people "in a hotel fax from milit objectives." John Wynter reads t ad' and decides to go to Pole St House. He tells his chief about and departs. Monsieur Victor, Frenchman, arrives at Pole St House. John Wynter on, hit way Battle point meets Odette Hann and happily discovers she lives' the Mrs. Manvers -Pollock, a guest Pole Star House, believes that si naling is going on at the hotel. denly1' felt old foolish, is Itni i hr f o h i J t W at hedreamed '' g had always d m of,the 1 Y era have been a' bond between them if erf light ole e n p est things The g rt that never I, ortl the could Nave seen a light. was o and nd. Godi h e is y y Gov n g s n seala n oav nI der- Now he would only . ,think her a' He -drew back shaking as• he felt stupid' old ` woman who fancied :her lips trembling under his. "I' see things and made a' fuss about them,' see ou'a again. When?" ears Y ag ti '." vers. Well, ' I think P11, get along."I , "Not today; .I can't." Her eyes r John . stood'there smiling. "And 1 hung on his as she `stood there, an dont think we need worry about "Tomorrow ' then." Tim • signalling." "Wouldn't it be better ?" our "Oh, well, •perhaps not." "Nothing could be' better that ary Tlie, next day was beautifullyfine, meant not seeing you. You shut at he about six,•.1 suppose. P11 pick you John decided to explore the til- up here this evening and we II go arrage and •see Fraser as'soon as he for a drive and nave dinner some_ iticonveniently' could, Ile wquld tell where, Sa .. yes quick here's' some a' him .about the 'signaling and got bin Y y ' R ar ideas as to their cot t trout caning in to buy darning possible coapera cotton," to tion. Hesdguarters thought quite . an highly of Fraser's ability; he was "I don't sell.it," Odette burst out re. 'fairly new to the job, but so far he laughing. The shop Was full of at had proved himself intelligent. laughter, she 'coulda hear it. The g- Odette, putting away sills stock- world was : full of laughter; ugly lags ib their flat cardboard boxes, things didn't exist any more, Pain saw John coming up the hill. Merei- fully the shop was empty so she ck could watch him. Yes, he was re. attractive, desperately so. She'felt t- herself trembling a little. There I was something happening to her " knees. She turned : away because id she could not watch .him any longer. yots "Good morning, Madame, can you supply me with a'. pair of socks with two-way tops?" John had come in, smiling. She could not .face him; well, all the better. She had,not Manvers-Tollock, sod- had come to •him, at last it Had come "I . -see." ' Mrs. - Manvers-Pollo was 'advancing toward the gas fi "I think I shall 'write a few le ters," she said, "Not to the people in authority? "Forgive me, Mae. Maturin," sa Mrs. Manvers-Polloek, "if I ask to refrain from questioning the a thenticity of my correspondence a well as that of my word." And. wit this she showed such m'istaka h- s un d t ble esire to •be alone that Joan too he hint and left. Wretched' an ncertain, she walked slowly down stairs. "Always a mistake to ad mit a woman into your house," sh groaned as she walked into th kitchen. , k forgotten that kiss nor had he! d "Hallo, is it you?" Odette swung - round. "Yes, didn't you see me coming up the road?" But . directly after dinner Ma Manvers -Pollock decided it was bet to buttonhole the tall ,man winos name, she had ascertained wa Wynter. "This morning I spoke t Mrs. Majturin about this meter, she began, "Last night about mid night I was still awake and as m window was rattling, I got out no slip in a wedge that I had seen lyin on the window sill. To do this I ha to draw the curtains.and switch o t the light,' And having 'do'ne this saw below me an intermittent flash ing of what looked ' like a torch Signaling, in, fact" "Half a minute," John said. "D that I understand you to say yo have already told Mrs. Maturin th e e "N• 11 "Liar!" John laughed out loud s' How the sun shone into the Iittle s shop, Delicious! e "I didn't." The lovely color flood- s ed up into Odette's pale cheeks. "You did, butP1I expain." John took off his soft hat and laid it down - on the counter. "You ,did see me," Y he said., "but it was too much for you so you had to turn away and g recover yourself, Now, am I not d right?" u I I "De yon know that you are a very . conceited man?" ,I "Do you know that you are a very lovely girl?" 1 "Do you really think so?" Oh! o there was something , actually n squeezing her heart, thought Odette passionately, This was frightful, agonizing. And yet what utter bliss lin the agony. This was rove, of course, as she hada always dreamed t of it. She, the hardheaded little huckster; she who traded with the enemy, dragging down her last sem- 1 blance of honesty in the mud. Liar, traitor, Spy . . . yes, .but -I have to I have to! . . . her soul screamed the words in sudden despair. "Well, have you got my socks?" John was watching Odette. It would be easy to find out, he , thought briefly. He had got her in the hol- low of his ,hand. "I believe I have about three pairs" Odette turned to the shelves. Her varnished, nails moved' among the boxes. "Yes." She took them down and turned' again. "Nice" John was surveying. them. .appreciatively. "A :fine pattern." "I'll take all these socks. How pleased my wife will be, not to have to darn for a week or so." "Yes." Turning to replace the box on the shelf Odette felt her fingers cold, on the cardboard, "Wife " The magic gathered itself up into a little soft jeering cloud. She could feel i,t ail around her. "Aro+ you married?" said John lightly. "No." "How much, Miss?" John stood there with a handful of silver, smil- ing. "Arc you really married?" Odette asked because she simply had to know. She was wrapping up the socks and doing it badly, "Really?" The 'brown was too small, thought O'tlette suddenly, She' dragged, the parcel open again and stood under the counter to find some more. "Didn't 1 de it well?" "Why did: you dos it et all?"' "Because 1 wanted,,yo- see if you. minded, Look here, your can't do up a parcel any better than a child of three." He laid bis two brown' hands on' here and held them im- prisoned. "Somebody may come in," "What do • 1 care? Kiss me`(' quickly or 1'11 come rounld. ,the coun ter and then that will he a scandal." John spgke with •a laugh but his eyes were not laughing. At last , his "Yes." "And" what did she say?" "She pooh-poohed it, saying tha it was the light from a hurricane lantern carried by some old shep- herd.". "I see." Through the smoke that hovered between hits and the fire John saw the pale, lovely face of Odette. "Would you mind telling nae exactly where it was?" "Wait until the beam comes from the lighthouse," said Mrs, Manvers - Pollock importantly. "There," she said, as the great orange shaft of light swept across the sky and van- ished behind the headland. "That's it; now it's gone. But I ought to have pointed out the rock I Meant; we must wait till. it comes again," "Did' you mean the pointed rock with the white top to: it?" "Yes. It was; just to the left of that," she said. "I see." John spoke sharply. For unless he was very much mistaken he had seen something else as well., "You get back to the fire," be said, l "and I'll stay here with the cur= tains well drawn, Yes, I insist; you will get cold," John spoke hur- riedly. For he was particularly' anxious for Mrs. Manvers -Pollock to get .out of the way before, any- thing happened again. A tiny winking light shone far be - tion to any of the above officers ad-ldash. John read it easily enough., dressed to their respective post offs s "Not tonight; not tonight, not to - ccs. Losses inspected by the director. night." Not tonight what? He woilld wait a little longer. Besides, who CRO ,OV�3 NATIONAL RAILWAYS TIME TABLE Trains 'will arrive at' and depart from Clinton as follows; Toronto and Goderieh Division Going East, depart 6.43 a.m. Going East, depart 3.03 p.m. Going West, 'depart .... , 12.04 p.m. Going West, depart 11.10 p.m. London and Clinton Division Coming North, arrive 11.20 a,m. Going South, leave ........ 3.10 p.m. BAD MANNERS? Teacher (reading) Then came the great •dragon belching forth Little Johnny—And didn't he ex- cuse himself? could be taking the message if it "Do you see anything?" M'ra.� Manvers -Pollock asked, OLD VIRGINIA PIPE .TOBACCO It's a real pipe smoker's s tobacco didn't exist any more, nor did. hun- ger. , Treachery didn't exist either. "Tomorrow night then. Heavens, I haven't paid." Shovelling the silver out on the counter, John laughed. "How much, Miss?" "Ten and sixpence." "Thanks very much. Good' day." Lifting his hat John went out. Dr. Warner was met by Joan an he sauntered, up the little garden path. ,She led ,him into .her little sitting room where he laid down his hat and held out his alms. "Only because you look 'sa unhappy," h,e' said ,as he daepped a tgentle kiss en her 'head. "Hugh, who is Mr. Wynter l'" Joan asked, "Can you keep a secret?" "Of.. course 1 can," "Web, I think he must be in the Secret Service," said Dr.. Warner? slowly, "Because I have been think. ing it over and why ehould a corns; pasatively young and perfectly fit man come down here for a holi- day ?" o'li-day?" "Secret Service! Heavens, how madly exciting. Now I'll tell you something," she said, "Mr. Wynter h'as fallen in love with Odette }Iannan!" °`What?". Looking clown into the delighted eyes' of the woman he loved, Dr. Warner wondered vaguely !why he hadn't thought of that be- fore. Odette Hannan, of course,. Wynter had ,come down to Battle Point to catch the girl, out, To get to the 'bottom of the signaling, for there undoubtedly was signaling going on. In spite of himself D. Warner felt a pang of pity. It would be torture to have an attractive man like Wynter make love to you sim- ply with the object of eventually handing you over to a firing squad. "No, Hugh," Joan began to ex- plain. Yesterday, she said, Mr. Wynter had said he was frightfully sorry he wouldn't be in to dinner but hp was, taking a young lady out for a treat. "I asked him who and he said that it was the young Lady who kept a shop in the vi;lage, a Miss Hannan. And then I said that io1s hadn't wasted much time and he said that he never did when he had set his mind on a thing. I told him that 1 liked Odette awfully and that people bare • didn't 'ani' suspected her of all sorts of things which, I always thought and said: were rot -- spying and things like that." "And what did, he say to that?" "He looked ,pleased, I thought. There was a good deal oi; head - wagging in the village of Battle Point when the long Amy car slid intothe curb outside Odette IHan- nan's shop. ' The villagers were' standing about, as it was six o'clock, so the ,public house was open, "Pound a young Man, ,she have," It was old Peebles, who used to be head gardener at Lord F'oster's place, Lookslike it," O'Id, Burwash, the postman, who knew a fair amount about O'd'ette's correspondence, and who also knew how ,to keep silence about it, spoke thoughtfully, Miss Hannan's correspondence; clever they were, the way they stuck it up again, he thought and wondered how they did it so neatly. No delay either, pondered old Burwash, think- ing humorously of how he could make old Peebles look small if he cared to talk. But not he --.he wasn't in tate confidence of the police for nothing. But there was one thing that old Burw.ashdidn't know and that was who John Wynter was. i "Ready?" John was smiling wp at Odette, who had; thrust her head out of an upstairs' window to see who it was. As if she didn't know, thought John whimsically. And as he smiled and felt his heart leap within him at the lovely sight of her, something away inside of him was registering something else, Green shutters to the upper windows; shutters, shutters, Shutters they THURS., JITNE 22nd, 1944 had' many uses. Dot dash, dot dash, you could do it beautifully with the , slats of shutters .. . (TO BE CONTINUED); V Repair Civilian Footwear I Mothers of small children will be glad to know that according to, the Wartime Prices and Trade Board,, shoe repairers, may now rise- full leather soles when repairing ,child- ten's footwear,' up, to size three. The new order also coven • loggers' and cowboy boots, W. Harold MCPII>lillips', prises, and supply representative for Western Ontario, explained that these types of footwear cannot be efficiently re- paired' withfdut the use of full teethe? soles, ,Release of leather for such repairs will effect a saving by lessening -the demand foe new foots wear. 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