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GENERAL SIR WESTON MARRIS,.
a highly -placed officer of the
General Staff visiting New Zeal-
and on duty.
LORNA MARRIS, his pretty, luxury-
loving daughter.
PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
MISS HILDA MARRIS, sister of the
General, accompanying 'him to
New Zealand and giving Lorna
such supervision as a high-spirit-
ed girl will tolerate,
CHAPTER XVII (Continued)
STRANGE CELEBRATION
Miss Marris looked affectedly glad;
relieved, in fact.
"I think it's a very good thing!"
she said, "And high time it was
settled, too! You young people in
these days seem to have no idea of
managing things!"
"Do you think this place would run
to a bottle of champagne?" Richards
said. "I feel we must celebrate—this
is a very special occasion!"
He put his h ger on the bell, but
Lorna said:
"This is New Zealand, Allen! Peo-
ple don't come rushing to answer
bells here; they've something more
profitable to do. You'll have to go
down and make your own inquiries!"
"Oh, so I will, I suppose!" He
hastened out.
"I'm very pleased you two have de-
cided this at last!" Miss Marris be-
gan.
"I'm glad you are glad!" said Lorna
hurriedly. "Just a moment, auet—l"
And she slipped out 0f the room after
her fiance.
She went into the bathroom, looked
across at Idawksford's room; the
blank window told her nothing. Site
glanced out of the landing window—
the Grenmoree was standing in the
garage doorway, Hawksford was not
there, She ran downstairs and looked
out into the street. No Hawksford.
Sho hurried along the passage, glanc-
ed into the cormexcial room. She
thought of looking into the private
bar, but Allen's voice in there, mak-
ing inquiries about champagne, de -1
terred her . .
She stood in a fret of anixety. Had
Hawksford already set off for Gul-
liver's Bay? Had she missed hint?
If that was the case she would have
to tell. Allen, she and Allen would
have to go together to Gulliver's Bay!
There was a step behind her, she
'looked around, the door into the kit-
chen quarters had opened, and there,
gazing at her with a look of mild in-.'
quiry, stood Hawksford.
Lorna unuttered something, turned
like a startled rabbit, and fled up the
stairs. At the top she tried to quell
the ridiculous thumping of her heart.
"Olt dear!" she thought. "This is
too frightful! He suspect I Intow
something if I behave like that! And
Allen—oh, dear, it's too upsetting al-
together!"
She got back into the sitting-t'o0nm
with Allen on her heels, Three min-
utes later the champagne Game up on
a tray carried by the barman from
below; and behind him, in slacks and
a khaki shirt, Hawksford!
"I ran into hint hi the hall and ask-
ed him to come up and drink with
us," Allen murmured in Lorna's ear.
"I'm turning into quite a pukka New
Zealander, am I not?"
She felt herself 'grow crimson and
to hide it she turned away to sit down
on the window seat, while Allen said
to Hawksford, cheerily -- (heavensl
she had never known him so cheery):
"Come in, Hawksford! We're hav-
ing a spot of champagne as kind of
celebration! Thought you'd like to
join us!"
"Thanks story much," said Hawks -
ford, looking easy enough.
Allen poured out champagne for
Lorna and Miss Marris, and handed
it to them; as he filled IIawksford's
glass he explained to him in a low-
ered voice:
"Miss Marris and I have just fixed
the date of our wedding!"
Hawksford gave a little nod, with
raised eyebrows, conveying that he
was suitably impressed. Lorna looked
hastily out of the window. She felt
quite sick. It seemed to her that Al-
len was behaving in the most extra-
ordinary manner, doing all the most.
frightfully conventional things he
usually despised, and doing them ter-
ribly badly---:!
"Well!" said Alien, raisng his• glass,
"Here's luck!"
To their wedding in March .
Lorna took a .sip, nearly choked on it,
and could not forbear glancing at
Hawksford; to see him with his glass
tilted, draining it, to the last drop.
Everything went black, and her hand-
began
andbegan to shake suddenly;. she felt a
cold splash of champagne on her knee
through the thin stuff of her skirt;
she heard Allen's sudden laugh, the
tinkle of breaking glass at the other
Side of the room and his voice saying
rather, loiidly: )
"There, that'.s done the job thor-
oughly!"
She managed to lower her. glass to
the window sill without spilling any
MEW
CAPTAIN A14.EN RICHARDS,. the
General's •Aide -de -Camp, who is
engaged to Lorna.
T. H. HAWK.SFORD, chauffeur to
the General's party. A New
Zealander, "handsome in a rug-
ged, arresting fashion."
more; through a haze she was aware
that Hawksford was looking at her
fixedly. She pulled herself together
with a supreme effort.
Allen, who had smashed his glass
in the fireplace, was laughing about
it, and had not noticed her.
"Break it!" he was saying to Miss
Marris, as she finished drinking.
"Break it—you really should break it,
you know!"
"I certainly shall not," said Miss
Marris. "What on earth will they
think of us here?"
Lorna managed a smile, but a pain-
ful fancy seized her. There was some-
thing queer about Allen's manner! It
was strange and abnormal! Had he
suspicions about herself and Hawks -
ford such as Miss Marris had had?
Was that why he had asked Hawks -
ford to drink with then? She drank
the rest of her champagne hurriedly,
Hawksford was moving discreetly to-
wards the door.
"I must go!" Allen said abruptly,
"I'll have to go at once if I'm to be
in town by four -thirty!" •
"How wretched! Must you?" said
"Lorna, • , •
"A hundred -and -twenty miles of
dusty, difficult roads!" said Allen. "I
can't stay another moment!"
Hawksford departed, s a yin g
"Thanks very much!' as he went. Al-
len said goodbye to Miss Marris and
walked out immediately. Lorna went
with him. On the stairway, out of
the sight of prying eyes, he drew her
to him abruptly and kissed her, say-
ing: "Darling!"
The words site struggled to find
were wmecessary, for he hastened on
and three minutes later he was in Tri,
car, waving goodbye. A roar, a puff
of dust, and rte was gone; the night-
marish incident was at an end. And
she hadn't told him about Hawksford,
she hadn't breathed word about the
awful things weighing on her mind,
or the unknowlr difficulties she was
about to face!
CHAPTER XVIII
TWO GO NORTH
"Aunt Hilda, I'm going for a walk!"
Lorna dived through the bedroom,
snatched a brown linen hat di' rise
wardrobe shelf, and kicked oft her
high -heeled shoes.
"You seem in a hurry about it."
said Miss Marris, not looking up from
her book as she lay on the bed.
"I want to get out before the sun
goes," said Lorna, stepping hastily
into a pair of walking shoes.
"Before the sun goes? But it's
only just two o'clock!"
"Don't worry about me if I'm gone
some time," and Lorna was out of the
door without another word.
Miss Marris got np end went on to
the verandah in time to see her niece
walking briskly north along the road.
"Now where is she off to ?" said
Miss Marris. Was this something
more to clo with the mysterious af-
fair which was worrying Lorna? Why
rush off in such a hurry? Irritated
and puzzled, Miss Marris went back
and lay down to read again.
Half an horn later on the road
north of Kaikoura, the figure of a
man clad in slacks and a tweed coat
and khaki shirt, strode .briskly along
in the breezy sunshine; he turned
aside into a track through time scrub,
and three minutes afterwards, Lorna,
panting with the effort of keeping
on the trail of such a walker, fol-
lowed him on to it.
Before lunch she had slipped away
to the store across the road from the
hotel, and on the pretext of buying
toothpaste, had gleaned all the in -
emanation, sho could get from the
store keeper about Gulliver's Bay, and
how to get there.
To begin with one followed the road
north, then turned aside on a track
marked by a clump of cabbage trees
up the hill through some scrub. And
there she was, having seen Hawks -
ford's departure north along theroad
from the verandah of the hotel, fol-
lowing him on that very track,
Ile was on his way to Gulliver's
Bay. No doubt of it now; and the
dangerous game had started.
She had on a brown cotton frock
which would be inconspicuous out of
doors, but she could not follow him,
at all closely, for fear of his seeing
her, even on the track with high scrub
on either side; when he got higher on
the hillside he might loole back and
would certainly glimpse her below
unless she was very careful.
She crouched in the shelter of a
bush, so as to let him get ahead; • then
made a short cut up the hillside
International S. S.
Lesson
through the scrub. It was rough go
•ing; she was scratched and stung, and
became entangled in a relentless
thorny creeper lmown as "Iawyer."
But she dodged from bush to bush,
and came to the top of the hill, to see
him swinging along half a mile ahead
on the track, which followed the side
of a long spur covered with beech and
manuka.
Lorna scrambled up the bank on the
inside of the track, and pushing and
picking her way through the bush
above it, followed him on.
Ten minutes later she came to the
end of the spur, and saw the track
running down the slope before her to
disappear into a thick forestof black
beech in the valley; beyond was an-
other scrub covered hill; all around
were hills, and no sign of the sea yet.
Gulliver's Bay, site assumed, would
be •somwhere on the other side of the
hill ahead.
Hawksford, she fancied, had gone
on down the track into the beeches.
The scrub was so thick that she de-
cided to cross the track and make her
way down through the less difficult
manuka on the other side. Hat in
hand and red curls tossing, she
scrambled down the bank. A. figure
rose from sitting on a log at the foot
of it, and there stood Hawksford!
"I WAITED FOR YOU"
"So kind of you to join mei" he
said, looking at her grimly while she
quaked with horror and surprise.
"I—I beg your pardon?" quavered
Lorna.
"I saw you on the track coining up
from the road and guessed you were
after me, so I sat down and gave you
time to overtake me. Hope you didn't
hurry?•"
Lorna drew a deep breath and fac-
ed the situation boldly:
"I admit I'm interested' to know
where you are going!"
"Well, that's nice of you! I was just
off for a walk."
"Splendid," said Lorna, tossing back
her hair, and looking at him with
clear eyes. "Can I come with you?"
"I'm going rather far, I think you
might be tired."
"I never tire," said Lorna.
"No, I suppose if I ask you not to
come, you'll pretend to go back, and
then you'll dog the all the way?"
Site said nothing, but stood looking
at the lonely woods ahead with a set
fact). Her heart was beating uncom-
fortably fast.
Ire was half frowning, half sinning:
"Well," he said with a wave of his
hand, "let's go, shall we?"
She hesitated, then set off at his
side, walking down the track towards
the woods.
"So you still think I'm a spy?"
he said.
She looked at the thick mass of
trees ahead, wondering whether once
their shadows had closed' on her she
would ever come out again td see time
light. She steeled her courage and
said:
"I do. You thought you Imad me
fooled, didn't you? Why didn't yon
take the warning and get away as
coon as you knew you were suspected
—why were you so stupid as to try
to go on with it?" -
"Why did you want to warn me?"
She ignored him.
"It's too late now," she said. "I
left a letter behind at the hotel for
my father telling all I know about
you, and where I am going to -day, in
case anything happened to me,"
"Sensible girl! But why did you
want to warn me?"
She moistened her dry lips, seeking
a suitable reply.
"You asked me once for a second
chance."
"Is that all?" He looked down at
her searchingly as they walked along,
She coloured deeply, angrily. He
seemed to have no shame for what
she knew about hien, no realization of
the position at all—!
He laughed suddenly and lifted his
head.
"That was good chamagne we had
this morning, for a country pub. But
you didn't seem to like it much! I
drank all mine, drained it to the last
drop. 'After all,' 11 thought. `Why
. not drink to a thing you know will
never happene"
She drew a deep breath, and her
heart was very heavy. She asked
wearily:
"You don't think I'll 'marry Captain
Richards"?
He shook hie head.
"I don't suppose you 'know mu.eh
about it," she said.
"1 dor You'll never marry Rich
January 12th
Lesson: Luke 14:1.14;
G.T. 1 Tim. 1:15
By REV. GORDON A.,PEDDIE, B.A.
1. If our true REST is found neither
in our own works, nor in ceasing our
own works, but is found in Jesus
Chriet who sets us free from our af-
flictions (vv 1-5), how .ought we
spend Sunday' or any other day?.
Answer: All days, but especially
those like Sunday when ordinary work
stops, ought to be spent as far as
possible in remembering Jesus Christ,
including the assembling of ourselves
together; remembering Him who sets
us free from trusting in our own
works—and that is the true keeping
of the Sabbath (Hebrews 4;4-11,
NOTE: in Bible margin see that the
word "rest" means "a keeping of a
sabbath").
2. Do verses 7-11 teach us that if
we want the best thinga we must
pretend that we do not deserve them,
and then our humility'wiil be reward-
ed?
Answer: Not at all! For God easily
knows whether or not we are really
humble; and if we are really humble
we can have no thought of reward.
To such as know they are "chief of
sinners" Christ's promise in v 11 is
not as a reward, but as an act of
sheer mercy or grace (James 4:6).
3. Does Christ forbid us, in verse 12,
ever having our friends or relatives
or rich people to dinner or to social
gatherings?
Answer: NO! That is not at all
Christ's purpose. He is simply saying
that among these people there is al-
ways the possibility of the favour be-
ing returned, and that therefore such
fellowship is no indication that we
know our own need of God's unmerit-
ed invitation.
4. What then do verses 12 - 14
teach?
Answer: These verses teach that if
we know ourselves as God knows us
we shall find true fellowhip with
those who are the most needy of all,
who are as unable to earn our favour
or reward us as we are to earn God's
favour or reward Him. Where we so
know our need, God promises to be
merciful at the last day (v 14),
Legion Operating
Hostel Fir Men On
L,c:'.ve In Halifax
Conversion of ilia Halifax Armour-
ies into a 250 bed hostel for members
of the armed forces has been an-
nounced here by the Canadian Legion
War Services..
Intended to help alleviate the lack
of overnight sleeping aceonmiodtttiorr
caused by the influx of thousands of
sailors, soldiers and airmen into this
busy Maritime port when on leave,
the building has been taken over by
the Legion at the request of the De-
partment of National Defence. It has
"een equipped with cots, bedding and
blankets.
Personnel of the Legion War Ser-
vices are in charge of the operation
of the hostel which, if necessary, will
be equipped later on with light re-
freshment facilities,
Sleeping conditions in Halifax ler
s'ervi0e men on leave have been acute
for many months and even the opera-
tion of the Armouries by the Legion
as a hostel will not overcome the sit-
uation entirely, though it will ease it
considerably.
The Armouries is the second estab-
lishment in Halifax being operated by
the Legion; for men oe active,service.
Some weeks ago a building in the
downtown section of the city was
purchased for use as an education
and social centre for the troops. Its
acquisition was to offset some of time
congestion caused by the large num-
ber of men enrolling as students un-
der the Legion's education program.
One floor of the 30 -room building has
been divided into classes, reading
rooms and a library. The rest of the
^structure is being used for ,social
purposes such as games, entertain-
ment, concert parties and sing -songs.
Elsewhere throughout the Atlantic
Command, which is heavily populated
by the Forces, the Legion is operating
six recreation huts for ntenmbers of
the Active Army. It has, hi addition,
two recreation centres in Militia
Training Camp and two dry canteens
for troops in Newfoundland.
Old stocking tops sewn together
make good dusters or good polishing
cloths for oiling and rubbing down
floors or 'furniture. Several old steak-
ing tops cut in strips and dipped in
paraffin oil make fine dustless mops
for hardwood floors or furniture.
ards!" His tone was one of flat cer-
tainty. "You dorsi want to much!"
he added, with a sudden harsh little
laugh:
She struggled for composure.
"Is it important just now?" she
managed to say at last.
"I know you're blase---buut are you
so blase as that?' he countered.
"I' do want to marry Captain
Richards!" The words burst from her,
even while she realized the futile
congruity of the discussion.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows
By Barry. J. Boyle
"BARNYARD CAPERS"
Have you ever notieed how the
barnyard folks re -act boa sunny day
that comes as a .relief fr'oni blowy,
wintry ones? It's strange and quite
interesting to tvateh. You'll find a
hundred different things happening
when you throw open the stable doors
and teethe animals wander out into
bright sunshine.
Jessie, our one -horned brindle cow,
sauntered out today and, from force
of habit, teak up- her piaeo where
countless rubbings have scraped out a
hollow in the straw stack. I saw her
look over to the knotty pine post be-
side the hen -house. It was plain to
see that elle had some urgent scratch-
ing to do, but certainly the warinth
of the sun on that day had robbed
her of the ambition to walk across
the barnyard.
Our belligerent Berkshire complain-
ed bitterly in a grunting sort of way
about being chased from her pen. She
tested the mud in the centre of the
barnyard . half hunkered down
to wallow in it and then, seeing her
favorite Iocationi ... the puddle pro-
vided by the overflow from the water
trough . . and knowing that it would
be churned to a messy niceness from
countless cattle tramping in it, made
for it.
Tabby was an interested onlooker
from the window sill of the hen house,
protected from the edge jn the wind,
she basked in the sunlight ... dili-
gently washed her face and combed
her hair and then half drowsed on the
perch ... but with an eye open to
see that everything was progressing
to her liking.
Tho feeder cattle bunted and push-
ed and carelessly pulled straw from
the stack, They had none of the daint-
iness of the little Jersey cow who
pulled enough down for a bed and
then, high and dry from the barn-
yard mud, laid down for a rest. The
feeders are, of course, rough and rag-
ged, imports from. the Western Prov-
inces and lacking the finer graces of
their Eastern cousins.
Of all the residents of the barn-
yard, Whitey, out' Leghorn rooster,.
seemed to be thoroughly disgruntled.
I feel quite certain that he was coin-
plaining of the mud, which he cer-
tainly did not want on his yellow
leggings. Around the hen house door
there was a narrow patch of ground
that was -dry. Around` it there flowed
the mass, of mud that our barnyard
seems to develop into in the winter-
time on soft days. He strutted back
and forth, shaking his tail and tossing
his comb in a plainly vexed way, Once
or twice he ventured out in the mud
for perhaps a foot, but finally, de-
livering a chesty lecture to the hens,
he retired to the hen house and, after
a three -round battle with the banty
rooster that ended in a draw, there
was peace and quiet in the fowl de-
partment.
The ducks were quite willing to
waddle in the mud. Now and again
they would stop and "slurp" around
as if finding something to eat. It
seemed that the barnyard was pro-
viding them with unlimited opportun-
ities for exploration.
The horses kept off to the higher
ground around the implement shed
doors. Fanny and Bessy didn't do
very much racing around but the
younger horses nuzzled up to each
other and -took playful bites. It may
have been the deceptive weather that
made them think of Spring, but when
I saw the heels going up in the air
and that they were kicking at their
own shadows, I slipped another bar
on the gateway.
The •calves had out and out fun,.
The plank bridge we use to give the
wheelbarrow elevation for dumping
served as a marvellous place for bunt-
ing and bumping. A little red fellow
with a background of sturdy Polled
Angus ancestors managed to keep the
position most of the time till a pair.
of Herefords decided to co-operate
and they sent him sprawling into a
particularly ungraceful position. The
afternoon proved so amusing that I
forgot to clean the stables which had
been my intention when I turned them
all loose.
TWO PRAYERS AT
NEW YEARS
Dedicated to Their Majesties, our
well -beloved King George VI and
Queen Elizaebth, in grateful memory
of their visit to Canada.
An Empire Kneeling
O Lord, another year has gone
And still the war drum beats—
Grant us, 0 Christ, the courage, high,
That flames in London streets,
O Son of Mary and Thy Saints,
We humbly call to Thee
To arm and guard our fighting men—
On land, in sky and sea.
Jehovah, God of Israel,
Thy chosen ones implore
That Thou wilt be their God of Hosts
Amid the battle's roar.
And we, who name Thee other
Names—
At other altars bow—
Our millions pray in massy tongues,
God keep our Empire now.
Our noble allies, Lord, uphold
Throughout the Hitler night;
And may their Spartan spirit, fine,
Inspire our Empire's might.
And we at home in lesser ways,
Whato'er our tasks may be—
God matte us kind and strong and
brave
To• strive for Victory,
God save our King — our statesmen
guide,
As we rededicate our lands
To Thee and righteousness.
Amen.
Ottawa, Dec. 22, 1940.
In Tranquil Days
O Lord, the old year is n0 more,
Its sullied page is turned;
With flying foot the entities,
The dear dead year has spurned,
The passing bell of midnight peals,
With humble hearts we hear
The clanging tongues ring wide the
news
The birth of -another year.
No survey of our faltering,
No memory of each fall
Will cancel their unworthiness:
They have passed, beyond recall.
Again, we gird our armour on,
Intent our fight to win
In this clean, =lived twelvemonth,
new,
That Time has ushered in.
So, with Thy kindly aid, 0 God,
We face the coming days,
And trust that in the paths of right
Thine arm wilt guide our Ways.
From lack of Christian charity,
The unkind thought 'or word,
From all these petty little sine--
Deliver
ine—Deliver us, 0 Lord. Amen.
Guelph, Dec. 31, 1909.
-S. Rupert Broadfoot, K.C.
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1 SCOUT NEWS
A 80 acre Boy Scout camp site on
Trout Lake has been purchased joint-
ly by the Scout Association of Fort
WiIliant and Port Arthur.
Yorkshire Rover Scouts have ap-
pealed for buckets, brushes and soap
with which to clean the floors of
houses used to provide biilits for
evacuees.
l'No One Wants To Shoot A Boy Scout
A new and unexpected demand has
appeared for bright -coloured Boy
Scout troop neckerchiefs. Huntero
are wearing them in the bush as a
protection against being mistaken for
a deer or bear.
"Keep Smiling!"—Polish Chief Scout
The Chief Scout for Poland, Dr.
Grazynski, invited to inspect a par-
ade of Scottish Scouts, reminded
them that all Scouts are of one fam-
ily, with the same .:notto, "Keep
smiling, my friend." Numbers of
Polish Scouts are living in Scotland
where they aro being made warmly
welcome.
Another Scout hlessenger Hero
British Scouts acting as meseengers
continue to supply fine examples of
devotion to duty. While cycling at
night with a message, 16 -year-old
Patrol Leader Pearce of Chilwell was
knocked down by an unlighted car,
Leaving his damaged cycle at the
roadside, and despite a severe leg in-
jury, he proceeded afoot. On reach-
ing his destination he collapsed anti:
was found to be in need of immediate
medical attention.
Strange Contributions To Boy Scout
Salvage Campaign
Boy Scout waste material cam-
paigns in all parts of the Dominion,
to raise Red Cross and other war ser-
vice funds, have been bringing out
some strange contributions, but none
more so than the week's salvage col-
lection conducted by the Scouts of the
Capital. It included an 8 -inch shell
and cartridge case from Great War
I, an ancient foot -power shoe sewing
machine, an aluminum section of the
framework of the famous dirigible
11101, and several German guns from
the municpal authorities of nearby
communities. The list had its- climax
in a telephone call to "come and get
an old hearse."
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