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CHAPTER KI lovely picture he had taken away
with him, the .bright faces ofthe
The Princess Meridel of Gratzen children, madame's burning black
and her cousins arrive in Canada to eyes and the pride in them and the
visit Baron Rudi de 'Morpin, her tears Haat were like Jewels in the
y hens the
dame Fabre Litsignan who turned
uncle. He had been employed by Ma -
.4:1a es ,of Meel Behind t
the estate over to the Baron in order gray "Walls of, the chateau; behind it
that he could entertain the Princess the hills crowned with the dark
wvitliowt her 'knowing of his reduced green beauty of the spruce trees
circumstances. . Roger Fabre of the and the pines. ' !
Canadian Air Force and nephew of Your dear, remembered face, he
the Madame's falls in love with the thought. Nothing shalldim the
Princess. Pol Martin and Rosine find summery of it for sue—not the moult -
a photograph on the Madame's table:'tains and the seas between; not i
and learn that it is . the man whom years . if I should be kept away from
Roger has vowed to kill. They then you that long; not eternity. But I'll
learn that the man is Roper's' come baek to you, Meridel. I know I
H. T. RANCE
NQBAR.Y PUBLIC
Ore Insurance Agent
Representing 14 -Fire Insurance
Companies
,Division Court Office, Clinton
brother. The princess :learned that the iwas not first in your heart. He carne
Baron was not the owner of the there once for . e little while .and
castle, so they ,all . left for Coq d'or possessed it, and •he' does not easily
;Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. where he bought an interest in the let go. I'sa sorry the end for him
Barristor, Solicitor, Notary Public Golden Cock. Roger returns to find had to be like this, so • dark, so
Successor to W. Brydone, S.C. the Princess gone and Madame's for -shamefully dark. I would.rather i
Sloan Blo6k .... - .. - . Clinton, Ont. tune in a bad way. Re sets out have bested him in fair fight or at
with Madame to find the Princess:least have had the chance to fight,
and have her and the children return. even had I lest. There's something
While they were together Michel and hollow about this victory, something
that.robs it of its savor. f
Dreaming thus; he dozed off and
it was not until they had rolled into '
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Ontario
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DR. G. S. ELLIOTT
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ERNEST W. HUNTER
'CRARTRRED, ACCOUNTANT
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THE McKILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance, Company
Head' Office, Seaforth, Ont.
OFFICERS— President W.I R.
:Archibald, Seaforth, Vice -President
Frank McGregor,. Clinton, Manager
Secy-Treas. M. A. Reid, Seaforth.,,
'DIRECTORS— W. R, Arehibald,
'Seaforth; Frank McGregor, Clinton;
Alex. Broadfoot,• Seaforth, Chris
'Leonhardt, Bornholm;- E. J. Trewar-
•itha, Clinton; John L. Malone, Seaforth
Alex. McEwing, Blyth; Hugh Alexan-
%der, Walton; George Leitch Clinton. at your aunt's place, if this is a
sample of it. Was that pretty 'girl
AGENTS— John E. Pepper, Bruce- the princess
field; R. F. McKercher,•Dublin; J 'F. "Yea—that was the princess"
"Boy!. She looked it. War sure]
Y
has Its compensations."
"Yes," said Roger wryly. "It's
been a great war for the Fabres.
We'll all be sorry to see it end."
He fell silent, thinking of that last
a companion, •escaping from a prison
camp; appear and take the keys to
the ear. Roger sent out •a general
alarm for Michel, While search was the outlying districts of the city
in progress orders were received for *here Ay g h had a chance to
riving, that
mend. he awakened -.just as their front
fender grazed the nighty bumper.
of a truck.
"What's in the wind, Peter? Any "Did I miss much. Pete?"
scow
Roger to report back to his cons- do some really fancy • d
idea?" "You have no idea sir" Pete
"Ah well'" Roger looked at the grinned cheerfully. "Alt men, espe-
,
"You think it is like that with—
with Roger and me?"
"Isn't it?"
"I--" she covered her face with
her hands. "I do not know. Oh, lee
is so fine. He is what you call a noble
knight, I am nothing, )3y accident of
birth I wan taught to consider myself
something for a while. Not now
Where is my- nobility compared with
his, with that of so many thousands.
of men like him -kings, princes,
knights—s"
"Butchers, bakers, candlestiek-
makers,". said madame. "Every
man, ,given a chance, can be a Bay-
ard. If these wars prove nothing
else they have shown that the heart
of the peasant beats with the same
stroke as the heart of a king. Well --t
but you are gok g to 'marry Roget
Fabre?"
"I promised.'. When he returns, if
he wants me still, I shall marry
him."
"You cot{ld . not -do better," said
madame smugly. "Nor could he.
You have my blessicng,both of you.
It's too bad there was ever a sour
note in this symphony of yours."
"That sour note--?"
"You heard it last night." The old
lady's voice was harsh. "In this
room. You know what I mean."
"I will not think of him."
"You can't forget him. No more
can I."
"But I—I must forget him.. You
Would not have are go on thinking
of him niter-"
clear blue sky and thought of Meri- • lae1y truck drivers, will remember
an you hole yourself''"
del's eyes , and closed his own. It
would be good to fly again, to range
the heavens wide and free.
"By -the way," said Peter Ays-
passing of Peter Ayscough." "Please,' Please, . madame, you are muds
"With a blessing, I'll bet."
less;'
"Well, I did hear some of then "I am a woman, and I am old."
mention names that go with bless-' <`B:t�-
„ Ings, though their faces belied their -
cough, I heard they found that "And there it is,. Being a woman
ritzy station wagon of yours Ethan -best, and. do it everyday. Ethan- words. But Ido my Alwveryays I know what a ,man, one man, the
'
Boned at Sainte-Barbe, not far from the first to spring -to arms at the man can do to your heart when you
the border. The fugitives grabbed , call ofduty, that's me! Pete." are young; being old, I will not deny
route • farmer's truck there and took! Gradually, quiet descended on the it. The finest women have loved
it almost to the line.: And they're ! great house as the laughter, the the greatest knaves who ever
over, I guess. They seem to have 1 busy tongues were stilled in sleep. ed this earth." .
vanished into thin air." I Rudolph, the incorrigible, went to "It is wrong to love like that.'
"I thought they'd get away. Nervy , the kitchen soon after dinner, to sit' "Mon Dieu! Wiho shall say what
beggars," im the chair he loved, to stalk grave -it is wrong to lova? Not I, be as -
"It's a devil of -a note. That Kehl ' ly with Gesner- and the cook and I sured of that, nay little one."
--Captain " Manfred Kehl—is a big' Florian and the other doniestics, of Rut who is to tell me? Oh, I try
shot Nazi • -other a° w rs and the a 'te• a •�
the iei am Lho
aid Faberof war,o !not
t was f to think'of him.It was
,� only for
a hell raiser toe. No end of trouble 1 his own experience in the army of a little while I knew him—"
with him in the :camp, I heard 'horn I France in the First World War. He 1 "A moment is Iong enough," mur-
a chap who did duty there. They'll i spoke of the great -generals of Iris -]maned he Sibyl. "A portion of a
find some pals in the States, yea :tory, of the fhst great Churchill, moment It is all done ,by a spark,
may be sure. I :suppose they'll turn Corporal john, Duke of Maribor -:I think. The fire is lighted from
up next in Tobruk." j ough; of Prince Eugene, of Napole- • that spark. Sometimes, most often,
Roger, deep in his heart,' did not on, Wellington and Blucher. Ile in fact, the fire .needs to' be nursed
knoiv' whether to be glad or sorry , loved Kitchens, did Rudolph, were I and replenished; sometimes—and
that Michel had escaped. For a they of castles, inns or -cottages, Isere I speak of great loves—the
while he had thought, with Tante He, who was "to the. manner born," .fire, untended and turfed ,except by
Mimi, that perhaps a bullet from 'found his greatest ease°and happi- dreams, burns on all through one's
a pursuer's gun would be the best. th •1 ; life."
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answer to it all. Now he did not I Mttcilme and Meridel shared tl ( "You i I shall always—al-
know. Bis own happiixess was so the i mean s a a ways—
:fire in the room upstairs. It had been ways remember him?"
groat, so wondrous.' Perhaps tile, e good day. The events of last night "You will keep what you have of
Americans, this time, would grant had not faded, any more than the him," said madame gently. "That
no bail; would take the men and i wine stain on the taupe carpet. But is woman's burden. To carry with
hold them prisoners until. the war; the beauties of the clay had taken her things that can only hurt her,
was Certainly it would' -be t some of the ugliness from them; the burn her, bring her misery. But she
fool to let those two escape,Isweet and gentle spirit, 'the lovo cannot: a rid of them and she is so
Well ay, it wasn't his woiry1that had pervaded file ]rouse had the- made that -I doubt she would rid her -
any yen those dark shadows into ]aiding 1 self of them if she could,"
children had presented Peter, and both of them prayed, the old lady Are we such poor things then,
and the young girl in whose eyes the anadam ?"
Al s with a huge basket:of `
ribIs nily, barley toys, bonbons, ;dreams refused' to die, that they "I`m afraid we are, my child;'
fruit nuts, which he ,eonsusned' would not come again. . I "The •—,then• I cannot, 'because I
hap long the way at the con- i You sent Roger.. away happy tins made ane lovely image of that
tan ard`of wrecking the machine 't]ine," 'said madame;` "Never be- olio, ever hope to he `worthy of the
and king theirs necks. f fore have I seer] ]him go so gayly, love that ,Roger offers me? I can
"I 1 be a relief to get up in :leave so much , that the loved be- never. really -be given to him be -
the again, Pete," said Roger hind and departed singing. But it 'cause there is some part o1 me that
e edge Was so today, I think he must have he can never win?"
ephone taken 'something very precious away! "No one earl be given . completely
over,
hardy
and
more.
Tihe
cough
ort -ca
t and
pity a
thaz
hien
t will
air
they.
a gully
on
"So safe up :there." Meridel colored, looked at
"It is a bit slippery, sir. Gosh
you must have had a swell time
as stewed away froni th
of and grazed a tel
polethe other side of th
e• road. with him." to' another. It is a •pity, but there
Prueter, 'Brodhagen; George A. Watt,
Blyth:'. ' '
Parties desiring to effect; iasu:ii-
anee or transact other business *ill
be promptly attendedto on applicit-
tion to any of the above 'officers ad-
dressed to their respective post offi-
ces. Losses inspected by the director
CANADIAN,NATIONAL RAILWAYS
TIME TABLE
Trains/ will arrive at and
depart
from
;from Clinton' as follows: '
Toronto and Godench Division
Going East, depart . 6.43 aria,
-Going East, depart .. 3.03 p.m.
Going West, depart , . - . , .. 12.04 p.m.
,.Going West, depart 11.10 pm.
London and Clinton Division
• Coming North, arrive - 11.20 a.m.
'Going South, leave . . 3.10 p.ni
0 LD
VIRCINIA
PIPE TOBACCO
It's a real
pipe :.e smoker's
tobacco •
hadth
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n at he lead kissed. "Some-
titing' very small I think, madame.
He asked for my love and I told
him it was freely given,"
The old lady looked at her 'shrewd -
for a moment; then at the fire.
She robbed her chin on the gleam-
ing knob of her stick. "Freely,
yes," she said after a moment.
"Sometimes, I know, it is not in our
power to guide as we should Mee to
give;"
"And is' not that self]•sbness, ma-
dame?"
The thin , shoulders shrugged.
Sa
rather, er it le h
urn
an• u t
a ure—
a
civ
p ease, ' stubborn, sometimes
hateful thing, Logic stops at hu-
man "nature. Why do We do the
things we do, .hein? Why should we
cause pain to those who love us
most? Roger adores you, ' but, you
know what it iu love—one who
loves, 'one ,who ,permits herself to be
'oved. Id; is like that in any match,
There is no balance. ' One gives,- the
-ether• • takes. Oh, I have seen it
often, often."
turn happy, my dear, it will be
enough."•
"I' will try. With all my heart."
"Then you cannot fail, Meridel."
The too -short holidays • and: the
great feast of New Year's passed
on: into the steady merciless cold of
the iron months of January and
February,. Life went on evenly
enough at Philibert. .Although
Roger had gone, Meridel and the
children did not return to the city
when vacation ended, and Rudolph
spent most of his time . at the :man-
sion that he had, from long' pretense
of ownership, come to look upon
rather as a place where he beloinged.
Meridel , stayed because madame
:needed her now. the children Could
have good schooling from Miss Car-
rick and the Other teachers whom the
government had provided.
Roger 'was still in England. Nees
er a`\ great one to write 'Letters, he
contented himself now with theodd
cable, a verbal message entrusted
tosome.hoinxing• associate in the Air
Force, a few lines on a postcard, a
TIHURS., OCT. 26th, 194
fir--—.
see the battlefields of the
ea `& ..;grass ±, yrs upon. :hem
and Moss ,s is 4,,ladcorn ..,
OVER TOE non zo , peace and
victory beckon., Soon the heal-
ing growth of nature, which
follows victory as the sunrise
follows night, will clothe in
fruit and grain and Bowers the
war -scarred lands now desolate
and fallow.
But victory is not here yet. Peace
is still but apromise. This year
more than ever, we must fight,
mo must work, we must lend....
we
end..-
we must Invest In Victory by
9S
IY IA17ettmeezz
buying Victory 'Bonds!` Each,
of us must share in the job
.:.each must do his part by
Buying 7th Victory Loan Bonds,
and buying more than in the
previous loans.
When those we love return,
and once more we' all breathe
the clean, invigorating air of
freedom, we shalt be glad
that we have done our utmost
to help make peace real and
victory lasting.
•
Affeeieeie
rou
C. v - 111��'S
MASSEY•H&RRIS 1647 COMPANY LTII
ESTABL18R D
letter or two to Meridel. One she
received in February said;
"I hope to be with you soon. In
the long weeks that have passed
since we said goodby at Philibert,
I have often wondered if I did not
dream all the lovely things that
happened there --as web as those
unlovely. You are still mine, Med-
del? You did saves you would marry
me when 2 come home again—did•
you. not?
"Yes, yes, I could' not be such a
self -deceiver. You told me when
we sat in :front of the fires while
the rest of the household slept. .I
remember so well the sweetness of
your lips, the silken saftness of your
hair. I hear still the music of your
voice, so Iike tittle bells. In the air
I ' dream sometimes that you are
at my side and I hear your voice
whispering to me in the rush of
the wind. And 1, to whom, life .has
given so hutch 'of beauty, never
think of death. I have known you;
what could a elan aslc more? I fear
I have become . greedy; I long so
for the time to come when I shall
bty back to you, and 1 know the
first glimpse of those misty shores
of Canada will . be to me, as to so
many others, like seeing the battle
ments of heaven.
"80 you will begin to think of
your trousseau now• You will know
that I love you always. Roger.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
V
Local Brfeeders Buy, Sell
At Kitchener Sale
W. Hume Clutton, Gocierich, re-
ceived $300 for Meadow Clade Peggy
Kerk -Pabst,a seven -year -bid cow,
at the Annual Fall Special,Iiolsteio
Sale held Oct; 19 near Kitchener.
The buyer was R. F. Bookont, Mun-
cie, Indiana. Mi.. Bookont also bought
a mature cow and her baby bull calf
for $213 from J., W, Vanlignxond,
Clinton. Mr. VariEgmond secured a
two-year-old heifer from Edwin
Feick, Kitchener: ,
;ener at 2'27 50. R. L.
Marshall, Fordw'ch s 23 .
tad fora
a r , i $ 0
four-year-old heifer consigned by W.
P. Laidlaw & Sons, Norval, and E.
B.- Coudie, • Seaforth, $270 for a six-
year oldfrom Milton A. Bechtel,
,
Preston. -
V
We should deal . with ourselves as
t: wise physician is said to have
dealt with his patients; those who
were incurable lost their lives, but
they . .never lost hope. --Ernest von
Feitchtersieben.
cibeSNAPSNOT GUILD
HALLOWE'EN PICTURES
88
T, 'VERY holiday in the year offers
•� many picture -making. opportuni-
ties—but few are as photogenic as
Halloween, and this night of mys-
tery with all that it signifies is al-
ptost here,
Here's your chance for a real op-
portunity to play with photographic
lighting -to work for weird and
strange effects in your pictures
because that's just the type of pic-
ture that catches the mood ofthe
holiday.
'Of course, you don't have to con-
fine your efforts to trick Many. illumine:
lion. R Halloween h Rue FI 1 ween party
pictures can justas eaelly be made
with. straightforward lighting. Bat,
In many cases, you'll want to create
lighting which Is as far removed as
possible front the conventional,type.
For instance, let's say you're giv-
ing a Halloween party and one of
your friends'' appears as a witch.
She carries with her the ti'aditioual
broom ,and iron kettle—in which
she, brews her magic herbs and
niysteriously sees into the future: ,'
You'll want to get a picture of her
that tells the whole story in a glance. .
Yes, you might get a perfectly
satisfactory snapshot with a regular
lighting set-up, but, frankly, such a
pictere would Probably Iack dra-
matic appeal. It would be: much
more interesting if yon placed a..
small light bulb inside the kettle,
and then pictured your subject lean-
ing over it as ifshe were concocting
her magic phosphorescent brew.
You can adapt that technique to
many situations at a Halioween
art re lac shots,children
party Sf l e c ld en
around a Ja ck'-o-lantern weird
faces peering In through the win-
dow, and so forth. Suet shade the
lens of your camera, so that no
direct light, from th strikes
e bulb b
the lens, and you'll get crisps dra-
matic pietuneS.
Making pictures at Halloween
parties can be just as much fun as
the party itself, Try It; you'll see.
John van Guilder