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Clinton News Record, 1944-08-31, Page 2PAGE 2 L THE CLINTON NEWS4RECORL) THURS,, AIJG. 33:st, 1944 The ' Uilntoll 1V ewS-liecord with which is incorporated 'FILE NEW ERA • ,TERMSOF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per year in advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper .discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- Esher. The date to which every sub- scription is paid :is 'denoted on the label ADVERTISING RAMS — Transient advertising 12e per count line for first insertion, 8c for each subse- quent insertion: Heading counts '2' lines. Small advertisements not to - exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost", "Strayed", etc., inserted once for 85c, each subsequent insertion 15c, Rates for ,display advertising i, made known on application. Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer, G. E. HALL NienuinuirmiworoF e Princess iGratzen Louis Arthur Cunningham. CHAPTER III Madame Fabre-Lusignam becomes indignant when her old butler, Ru— is God's -great kindness that there was such a place .for us in which to seek refuge. For ; myself I did not mind. I would have stayed et her dolph, showers hot coffee overGrethen,"bed. Rudol h explains his elujne- rim pSomething in her voice made l iness by pointing to a picture in the look at her sharply and he saw that paper showing a ;small pretty girl and two little ones over the captor: "The Princess Meridel of Gratzen and her cousins arrive, in Quebec to seek the moon ,bathed'. • Proprietor xefuge with rich 'uncle in Canada, "You , left someone there whom !Rudolph admits .he is the "rich uncle,' you r whom you ealvnot easily for-, and explains that at Gratzen he wee get." Baron Rudi de Morpin. Madame in atthe Chateau "I do not know if it is that." : She sists that he stay -on t Phiibert as theBaron moron, and did not seem be thinking g 0 f him. . that he 'bring the. Princess and her She was frowning, "I do not kr ow cousins as his• guests. The Princess what it is, but there was something and cltilnen ;arrive ' and' Madame -^the ,beginning of something." takes over as housekeeper of the "Perhaps 'I understand," said. Chateau. . Roger. "I •do not think so," She smiled then, a brief swift smile that light- ed all 'the dusk like a firefly's lamp. her eyes were gazing far off, not at the night•.blooming hills or the mson sky or the mirror pool in which H T RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance Agent Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies Division Court '.Office, Clinton Frank Fingiand,,B,A., LL.B. Barristor, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. FSioan;Blgdk .... ... Clinton, Ont. H. C. MEM 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 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist Massage Office: Huron Street, (Pew Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Set,, and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION lay 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, R.it, No. 4 Seaforth, plane 14-661. 06=012 DR. G. S.•ELLIOTT Veterinary _Surgeon Phone 203 Clinton, Ont.. Perhaps one would never learn. lylichel .had always been an enigma, a •man one could never know: Not even madame, who had the wisdom of all women, had really understood Michel; otherwise,~ she would not have tried to force her wi11`upon him; to make a tame pigeon of one who would range like the hawk. In the evening stillness, Roger Fabre' heard children singing. He smiled,. pleased, got ftp from his chair and crossed to the window. He saw a tall .girl whose hair Waa a glory in the sunset and two -little blond children ,ftislcing about her- as' they walked with Rudolph across the lawn toward the beech trees. ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 57 Bloor Str. W. Toronto Ont. Roger disobeyed• madame's injunct- ion, and went quickly down the back stairs and out into the garden. After all, it wasn't every day that one could. see a .real live princess, even when they were a dine a dozen and no takers at that. He strolled along when I came to Canada, l . should find some work to do, get •a job for anyself and be useful in the world." "1 --." Roger's lipis were dry, "hd like—" "Very sensible," approved Roger. "A .great philosopher, this Bonhoni- ase Fricot."' "His cottage was outside the vil- lage," said Rosine. "Int was 'in a little wood and this clay Pol Martin and I went ;there find just :before • we clone to the edttage a plane went over.—" "And we hid." . PoI Marti'n's blue; eyes were seeing it all again, "We hid in a coppice andwe saw a Ger- man come down in a.pm:eehute right inthe field back.of B nho i- a mme Fri - cot's cot's cottage and we saw him draw Ins revolver and go up to the door and kick it open and walk in." "A.nd there was a shot, then an- other crack —• crack!" .Rosin's voice was shrill. "A cry-- and' we knew Bonhomme Fricot, that good man, was dead. We waited and presently; the German came out. We could see his face now as he walked "Ah, how could you? I do not my- toward us," self understand it" "He passed so near to :me that T But she was thinking, as she walk- could „almost tooth him," said Pol ed back with Roger to where they Martin "He was young like, Mon - heard, the . children's voices, of the sieur Roger. We hated him then -winding streets of Gratzen, of the and when we crept to the cottage Inn of the Coq d'or, of an August window after he had gone and looked day so much like this had been, of a in and saw our poor 'Bonhomme Fri- tall youth with a rucksack on his cot lying dead on the floor—" back, who had come face to face « with her as he walked out of the We had to run run quickly- tavern: They had both stopped. She more planes, were coming over this could still recall that moment, relive time, a bomb set fire to the cottage, every second of it. His eyes• were and seen were parachuting down. blue in his thin ''brown face and his 'All that night we ran when it was teeth so white when be smiled. "Are safe to do so, Then we- met an old you real?" he said. "Is this place peasant with Isis cart and he start - But they -were at the top of the Mount now and the barouche had stopped and the obsequious coach, man was -waiting' to help mademoise- lle alight, For a Iong while they stood looking down in silence at the city, at the 'blue distance,the star- spangled sky over the A'dirondaeks, "It is so lovely," she said, "so lovely, so serene, Nothing will ever come to shatter the peace of those shies?" "Not in our time, say dear. None. of us have yet learned to thank God sufficiently for that, I nus'' so glad—so glad yon are here, Meridel, safe and eared .for and happy. You are happy now, aren't you?" "Happier than I ever dared sope in those days—" , "1--I should like to make you happier still.. If I may hope—" (T0 BE CONTINUED) real?" ed us on the road to Paris and there Meridel found us. It was. God who it was a fair day- • in Gratzen And helped her find us and bring us here.' —what madness had possessed her! "Yes," said Roger softly and . his She had gone to the fair with him eyes were steady on Rudolph's'. "It and together they had laughed at the' was indeed God w5o helped." puppet show and ridden on the earr-ltd He will take care of Bon - ousel, and eaten buns and drunk milk the bank of the little stream thatand walked up the steep Toad to the homme Fricot up in heaven" said BOstne: wound through the park and' flowed castle in the .moonlight. And theref"And punish the one who into a miniature lake at the foot of in the 'courtyard he had taken her (killed him, Bonhotnme Fricot was the hill,hand' im his and' said, "2 knew this bent and his beard was long. He . The young noon was loathing in the lake when Roger came there. Tall slender birches stood about its rim, white and straight and virginal, and steady rustle and the air was rich with the smell of glover and wild th- yme and damp earth and in the sed- gy shallows a frog croaked in a deep basso and he heard the winnowing wings ' of ,the wild ducks high over.; head. For a- while he did not see her standing there leaning against the' trunk of a birch. She wore a white dress and it was not until site moved that he marked her presence. Her face was pale, the eyes large and dark in that crepuscular light, hut there was no hiding the beauty of her hair, the slender grace of her as she walked along the path toward ltiui. "Good evening," he said. "I hope I do not intude." She smiled at him. "Intruders in that dress, monsieur, are welcome among most people in this world to- day. Wino are you please? .I am Meridel de Morpin." "Roger Fabre'. I —am Madame the housekeeper's nephew." "0h, Madame Laurin. But she is a lovely old ereet I am so glad to meet you, Monsieur Fibre" "It is the first time I have ever talked to a real princess." Meridel laughed and the night wind seemed to pick up the lovely THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. OFFICERS— President W. It. Archibald, Seaforth, Vice -President Prank 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, BIyth; Hugh Alexan- The old lady ignored Rudolph. It' would be the end of the story. It's ,Cinderella in reverse, isn't it? The clock strikes twelve and the little maid becomes the golden princess and the peasant boy goes back down the dusty road. It is so, is it not?" "It is so, but—" "There is no 'but', He kissed the little brown fingers that he held in his. "There is only goodby." ••She was retnensbering all that -now as she walked through the moon- s hadowed garden with Roger Fabre in this strange silent land, so vast, se awful in its immensity, far away from • her own little country. She was seeing the tall youth with the rucksack on bis back and the stout stick in his hand go swinging down the hill road from the castle, Michel --•• it was the only name he had given her Michel. "It ,is . so• long since I went shop- ping," said madame, "that those who waited on me, if not support- ing tombstones, are being supported by pensions;' so I Shall take Meridel and the little ones to Montreal and see that they 'buy the things they need, Right now they are like scare- crows." "But, madame—" would harm no one." "It is .murder to kill - like that," said Poi Martin. "Then to laugh, to smile :as this one did after - a "It is done with now. Finished, eh, Rudolph?" said Roger. "Madame requests that you be ready within the hour -you, too, M. Roger—you are all going to Mont- real." "The princess, too?" Roger sat up eagerly. THE TREE OF HEAVEN t Young foreign -born Ailanthus, Because he 'gtew so fast, We scorned his easy daring And doubted it would Iast. But lo„ when autumn gathers And all the woods are old, Ile stands in green and salmon, A glory to, behold! Among the ancient monarchs His airy tent is spread. His robe of cosonationn Is tasselled rosy red. But madame, during the :pleasant ride to the city, made Roger sit up front with the chauffeur of the an- cient car. Her bright black eyes glittered impishly. "Later the prin- cess niay wish to ride up the Mount, in' a ,barouche and perhaps you'd like to go with her, . They tell me. it is lovely up there—a lnarveloue vista and the stars very 'close to one." "Would you like that, "IMleridelD" Roger asked. "It is really very beautiful:' "But yes. I should love that, monsieur. I have riot been- -,bn a 'real 'mountain since I left Gratzen. 1 shall look forward to it." And so, in the' warm, languorous evening they drove nn the moun- tain and Roger told her ,of Maiaon- neuve, of the golden history of the was understood that he was to come great city' whose countlessa lights der, Walton; George Leitch, Clinton. to her 000c each day for orders, and glittered in the dusk. "You will be AGENTS-- John E. Pepper, Bruce plans of operation. .Madame did all happy, Meridel--•here among ea. It field R.F. McBersher, bubl n J. F: the ,talking and Rudolph, for all the is a friendly Ian(/' a friendly people. ', ' sound and carry it away. among 'the attention paid his' Sow timid' :suggest-. rt is not an easy country, no place Procter, Brodhagen George A. Watt, trees. S ant just Meridel now. Ifor the lotus eaters bet, if you love , as well have talked. to the stone th I i you Parties desiring to effect wow_ p a ten, but it was lovely When Meridel learns s th' truth I you." an way, withred-roofed castle 0 , rh at2e11 tt a impostor, Or' dressed to their respective post off'- Y of the kind," said ces. Losses inspected by the director. S on its rock, ,its tu,trets seeming macrame indignantly. "And if you to be made of geld in the sunset," Is itnot 'HE RED SHIELD Is someone_ looking for you? 'Are youtrying, tr in to locate a friend? Fam- ilies, separated by barriers of time and :fortune are often re -united •thr- ough the persistent, unflagging ef- forts' of The Salvation A,rnny, Enquiry Bureau,' The threads of many lives are wov- en together inside the, neat, unass- uming files of the Missing' Friends Bureau, with Headquarters in Toron- to. For 55 years now, this bureau. in Canada has quietly' going ahead finding, the lost hast year . the Men's' Social Department found 855 of the 600 men it sought and the rest. sons have gone forth to seek their fortune and have .• 'disappeared, from. sight; families scattered ,through hardship, 01' misunderstanding, long- ing to locate each other once again; boys overseas who want to find re- lations in the Old Country; all have turned to The Army of Mercy for. help. - The Army's motto -is "Never Give Up" when it comes to seeking and finding, like its 'Master who sou- ght the wandering sheep "Until He found it." This is but one of the many ser- vices. carried on quietly ,hut efficient- ly by The Salvation Army through of the cases, still incomplete may yet the Red Shield Home Front Appeal, be successfully concluded.' the public is- urged' to give its whole- Of the 182 women sought by the hearted and unstinted support, The Women's Social Department last • year local' Salvation Army officer is the 104 have been -found, so far, . Sal- agent for this service in your coxa- vation Army War Service„ Depart- munity. meat looks after, enquiries about families •of men • and women on active service. Of these, about 800 eases were satisfactorily concluded. Unimpressive figures for an im- pressive r: - pressive piece of work! Of the heart- rending, -dramatic incidences that occur, the following story is typical: (Inc day, in a downtown city park, a Salvation Army band raised .its brave notes over the crisp, autumn air. While the ,bandsmen played, an officer went about among the bench -sitters and loafers and distri- buted copies of the 'War Cry', which carries a missing persons column every week. One . reader, having finished glancing through his copy, tossed it on the bench by his side. With something strange and Eastern His height and grace proclaim ' His Iineage and title - Is that celestial name. This is the Tree of Heaven, Which seems to say to us: "Behold how rife is beauty, ' And hew victorious!" Bliss Carman. V INVASION ORDERS FOR THE HOME FRONT NG BUSY finger shall falter to grieve. No lonely heart shall be worn an the sleeve. Concern shall be masked' with a quiet, face And tenderness locked in a secret place. 1 Helen Ball. Blyth, must forget the princess. It was a ions might just statues iii a fttk- t, will find that .it is kind to little lace Gr tp< ante or transact outer business will Lovely m cid d f d e 1 e tU be promptly attended to on appltca-. houses and crooked lanes and old ant .afraid site will despise me I cm tion to any of the above officers ad- windmills and thef Gratzen only n hp t , a fraud " p p high t 7 ou ate nothing I -- —+ �, are, what then am I I nes,You will 'miss it, Year High,- enough to see these young ones hap - ANA®IAN ,NAt"A IW•YS, TIME , TABLE Trains. will - arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Toronto and Goderich Division Going East, depart ..... 6.48 a.m. Going East,' departart .. 8.03 p.m. Going West, depart .,:r... 12,04 p.n't. Going West, depart 11.10 p.m. London and Clinton Division Cg Com in North,arrive 11.20 a.m Going South, leave ........ 3.10 p.m.:. (READ TUE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE INEWS-11EC61i13 py, ;secure at last? Now get out, l shall 'miss it. But this :this my Than, 1 have to dress,' And is' so beautiful, this land of ponds• toll the little ones to , rnaire These mountains of Lanrentia. It ready within the 'tour, that we are going to the great city; of Montreal." "You are so kind, madame. I shall, go nmv," no .0 ton] ti nti )? ,ol Martin a tt ndRosin D eng'a'ged in loop conversation with Roger. hand Bonh cin me I+ri cot. would Arty, "No bullet ever made could 11i1rt It analt% Soul, and no- weapons ever forged tan match God's weap dns, God's' the one to settle dicta - OLD VIRGINIA PIPE. TOBACCO It's a real pipe a smoker's tobacco "That I have found already, Rog- er.• It has been more than kind to me. I. have found here more of comfort 'and luxury than. I ever had inGratzen." ,,She ensiled, her teeth glimmered whitely. "There we were poor, though , we lived in •a castle; we often ate bread pudding from gold plate and the royal car was one of the earliest models ,made in Fiance." 0 • r .A, mercy madame didn't see it, mused Roger; she'd have' wanted it g , for herself. • He gs'inned, recalling the face of the new chauffeur as he steered along St. Ca sran Street, amid the applause of the multitude.' "Uncle Ruch mist be a very weal- thy, inan," said Meridel,. • "Eh? 011why, yes, of course. hors; ,1Ust the same, if you' should You'll never need' to Rttn1lhile on boo, ,better ' bit hitt on mo ny any more. It is a pity yogi the ,Itoatl w'1t'ile yon Inc asking the eve- had to." divilie aid,Im not so sure; I thought that, - V MAKING IT CLEAR Counsel (persisting) . You've heard what the last witness said, and yet your evidence is to ' the contrary. Am I to infer that you doubt her veracity? Polite Young' Man (waving a dep- recating hand) — Not at all. I merely wish to make it clear what a liar I am if she's speaking the truth. An aged man at the other end of the bench appeared to he half asleep. He was shabbily dressed, and ovious- ly in poor circumstances: When the other gotup• to leave, he reached for the War Cry, and turning over its pages listlessly, happened to glance at this column. Suddenly there was a sharp exclamation, He jumped up and ran toward the band IeaeIer. - "Here's :my name", he shouted. "Somebody wants me!" It seems: that his relatives in Eng- land had been seeking him for many years. Finally they decided to try in Canada. They employed private detectives and other means, but to no avail, Finally, they turned to 'Phe Sal- vation Army. Inside of a few weeks the plan was put in touch with his family, •and from then he receives through The Salvation Army a re- gular sum of money on which to live. Wives separated for a long time from their husbands; mothers whose Espy able-bodied man fa averted oversrasl Join up todayl Wear the G.S. badge on your arae — the badge that proudly tells the world that you have volunteered for active aet'vice on any battle front! NOLIINTEE' mai}, - 10115 THE CANADIAN AINEIN FOR OVERSEAS SERVIq, ."'"".cam.. Windsor Station (rth- Ccn)adia ndylPacific of the Rail- way's wide ?w,g travel system. Day by day, travellers by the score and citizens of Montreal watch the progress of the war on xige wall maps in the ConcoCrsc of Windsor Station (upper right), A fere of the 2,500 em- ployees of the C,P.R, whose offices are contain- ed 17, l ,,ulsor Station arc dhow,, (rowel), H• ISTORIC Windsor Station in Montreal, nerve centre of the vast Canadian Pacific Railway systens, is much more these wartime days than merely a place to get on or get off trains. Under the impetus of war and in keeping with C.P.R. traditions of service, many new features for the use of the general public have been. added. Not the least can be viewed in the flag -bedecked Concourse, 'where four huge wall maps have been installed depicting the Pacific Theatre, the. Italian Front, the f ighting in Fr ance an d the Russian Front. Each daybrightly colored thumbta ks are re -arranged to show the very latest •gains as announced by the army headquarters in each theatre of war. Not only the travelling lli n g , public, but many .hundreds of Montrealers take advantage of this service by means of which they can secure a vivid, up-to-the-minute picture 'ad all the world's battlefronts. The Concourse itself is decorated with all the flags of theUnited Nations each one named.ed. , • Over 2,000 officers and employees of the C.P.R. aro stationed in Windsor Station, v hi first -opened its doors in 1880. Each day between six and eight thousand telephone calls are made over the company's switchboard there, as well as many long distance business canis over the company's c,vn wiroswllicli stretch from Halifax to Vancouver. R.inge and queens, lords and ladies, diplomats, dowagers, immigrants seeking a. now life ol! lent, young srry cotnen starting for the far corners of the earth-- all these have passed through! • Windsor-$tation'e Jetty portals not only ,during this war, but in the days of other:wanr. and the! years o(,.peace between. Windsor Station is a worthy monument to the world's greatest ti eyed system and tie ,,,u tt<y it ;.. 21Iy se.ives. �4; :,.