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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-10-02, Page 2claildeffie 2 CHAPTER 23 Nothing To Be Said "I've been hearing about Miss Betty Overstreet- ever since 1 eame into the countesee Anne said, and smiled as she shook hands. "Miss Eliot," meet Mr. Lam- prey," Betty said, "He's from the East too, oe was before we made a cowman of him." Lamprey made as if to offer bis hand, then drew it back. Anne was looking at hint with cool contempt in her eyes, "I've suet Mr, Lamprey," she said quietly. The man had .been taken back, but he managed to say, "Why, yes, Anne and I ate old friends, We came from the same town. We -in fact—" "I didn't know that," Betty said. "How nice for you to meet out here. "Yes. Isn't , it?" Lamprey fumbled for words. He could not take his eyes from Anne. He had forgotten how Iovely were the planes of her face. Time had dimmed for him the memory of her slender poised grace, the viv- idness of her personality. Old desires began to stir in him. He cursed himself silently for a fool. Her blue eyes had once been soft and tender for him. He had known her shy surrender as he kissed her and he had flung away wantonly the' largesse of her gift. "J heard you had conte. Phil told me. I've been meaning to come and see yon" "Why?" asked Anne, the sting- ing lash of a whip in her cool voice. It surprised her that she felt no emotion at this meeting. There had been a time when the sight of him sent excitement strumming through her blood. Now he tvas a stranger, of Less interest to her than Bill Overstreet whom she had known not ten minutes, "There are some things I— want to explain," he stammered. "No," she told him with sharp finality. "The facts explain them- selves. There is nothing more to be said," "1—kinda quit writing because 1 got hurt and was sick." She let her gaze rest ole the man, steadily, and he knew she was telling him without words that he was a liar and 'a clumsy one. "1 had bad luck," he blundered en. "Wasn't doing well --- lost money." Anne's Husband "Indeed!" Her voice was as cold as the splash of icy water. She turned from him, to speak with 'Betty. "I thought if 1 was editing the 'Sentinel' I ought to drive around and meet some of the people. Rufe offered to bring me, so here I ani," "You'll stay tonight of course," Betty said. "Too much coke and tea gave Mrs. Brown the best case of cal. fein;.nerves 1 ever saw. Poor sleep for weeks — her temper flared like a skyrocket. 1 was proud of the way she made life miserable for everybody till some meddler got her to switch to Postum. Naturally that was the end of the end of me." T. N, Coffee Nsn'cs If you are troubled with sleep- lessness, have headaches, and up- set nerves, you may be one of the many people who should never drink coffee emote Don't be a victim of caffeine -nerves! Posture contains no eaj%eino—!s delicious and costs lessper cup. Made instantly in the cup with no waste. Order Postum today. p3I 9t is good of you to ask rue, but I don't avant to be an incon- venience. If I would be any trouble—" • "Olf, but yea wouldn't,", the ranch girl interrupted. "Travel- ers are always staying. They do all through thecow country. I wouldn't think of letting you go tonight." "Then .I'll be glad to say." Lamprey walked up to Miss Overstreet and said, "I'll be' going now, Betty, Got to see a fellow." "Did you get yore horse sluices Jess?" asked Rufe, not entirely without malice. "A11 right, aces," Betty nod- ded. "See you later." "Like to have a word with you alone before I go, Anne," Lam- prey said, with sullen' anger. "What for?" Again Anne's gaze met his with uncompromis- ing hostility, "There is no need for you ever to say anything to me." "I'nm going to just the same," he answered doggedly, Swiftly Anne made a decision. She had always been honest. It had hurt her while at hone to conceal this detrimental runaway marriage, for she did not want any hidden skeletons in her life, Far better tell the truth now and be done with it, To Batty she said, "I usedto be married to this man." "Married to him?" Betty re- peated in amazement. She had noticed Miss Eliot's stiff coldness, but this confession was a bomb - shale Lamprey flushed resentfully. Ile hag wanted to talk this over with Anne and reach a settlement. The blunt announce- ment did not please him, "That's not all," lie snapped. "You still are." "No," Anne denied. "Except in name. I want never to see you again." "You'll see me plenty," he jeered. "I'm your husband, The law says so. And you're my wife. You swore to be mine till death parted us. Talk that away if you can." A Deserted Wife Scorn burned in her eyes. "That promise was made for a man who never lived, for a dream man I thought decent and true, You are not that man. You never could hero been. If you had an iota of self-respect you wouldn't remind me of that. I'm the wo- man you married and left at home and deserted." The weak mouth of Lamprey set obstinately. "I was going to tell you about that, but you wouldn't listen. A fellow has his pride: He can't ask a woman to leave her home to eome Vest and share nothing." "What about a girl's pride, after sho has compromised her- self by a secret marriage?" Anne asked. "Waiting for letters that never come — knowing that she had been deceived and jilted — left high and dry neither maid nor wife nor widow." "I slid write at first," he said sulkily, "Three letters, at wide inter- vals, and then no more." "I can't write letters. I never could. But now you are here—" "We might as well settle this before witnesses," Anne told hien, her slender body straight and her bead erect, "If I were a thousand miles away I couldn't be any farther from you. There is no tic between us. None at all. 'There never will be. P]ease get that ' very clear. This is the last time I shall talk with you." "Oh, I don't know about that," he replied, with jaunty iinsolenee. "I hold to my rights. The law says—" Rufus cut in, dragging his words. "If Miss Eliot says she doesn't know you any more, why that settles it," he murmured. "Not by a jugful. I'm her legal husband and she can't get away from it, even if she has got a devil of a temper." "I wouldn't talk to brash," 'Jelks advised, still in a deceiving- ly low gentle voice. "This coun- try doesn't like to hear a man talk thataway to a woman. Some doggoned fool might take you serious and make you a deceased husband," (Continued Next Week) Goldenrod, Not Guilty A hayfever note that must de- light any traveler is that goldenrod is absolved of all guilt in connec- tion with that affliction. The story is that it got its Bad name merely because it breaks into height bloom at the time, the dull looking rag- weed is spreading trouble. Golden- rod pollen is heavy and sticky and canhottravel fat' on any ordinary. breeze, whereas the ragweed's goes ranee in search of victims: Teach Youth More Politics School Teachers Should En- courage - Pupils In Study or Democracy Need of developing in the see ondary school students of Canada a greater lhterest in civic movie - dal and dominion politics wn.s ad- vocated last week at a meeting of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation committee on the teaching of democratic citi- zenship. Holding' up the eight -point pro- gram agreed upon by Prime Itilin= aster Churchill and ' President. Roosevelt as "a definite statement on the democratic faith," Mrs, P. Plumtre of Toronto said: "llivel'y teacher—either in a school or out—now has a plan for action, a 'faith to fight for. The first teaching of democracy muet be an understanding of a faith to fight for. The best 'way to learn democracy is to live It and live it in the classroom as welt as in the home." We, Plumtt'e urged more study of civic politics in secondary schools saying: "The newspapers give you the news and I think one part of a teacher's duties should, be to teach the use of the news- papers as a source of current events." Other speakers similarly stressed the need Ave encouraging it sleeper interest in these subjects on the part of the youth of Canada, their experience in _the classroom tend- ing to convince them that many achieve the age of citizenship with but the haziest et ideas of the pri- vileges and responsibilities of that citizenship, REFUGEE ROMANCE Pamela Glover, 2 years, and Frank Baldwin, 18 months, ap- parently are thataway. They are evacuated London youngsters now staying at Long Barn, the 15th century estate where Charles Lindbergh and his family once lived in England. The Foolish People A friend, says the St. Marys Journal -Argus remarked to us re- cently that he had not missed a day from his work in fifteen years, and had not taken a hol;)- day in all that time. Apparently he thought it was something to blow about, the inference being that he had wasted no time, end was therefore so much ahead of the game. This man has an in- door occupation and appears to be in fair health. But we would not be surprised to learn one of these days that he has had to go to the hospital for a few months, or per- haps to quit his business.' From our personal observation, people who have to forgo a yearly period of relaxation, perhaps out of sheer necessity, pay dearly for it in the end. Roll 'elm with Ogden's! g Ask any real roll -your -owner about Ogden's. He'll tell you ho has been smoking it for twenty years or more. Why? Because it's not just another tobacco — it's Ogden's. And Ogden's has a -taste all its own, a taste which comes from its distinctive blend of choice ripe tobaccos. 'Take a tip from old timers and roll 'em with Ogden's. Oraly the boat aloarotto papore— "Voguo" or "Ohantenlar"— aro good enough for Ogden's OGDEN'S FINE CUT CIGARETTE TOBACCO Pipe Smokers! Ask'or Ogden's Cut Plug ISSUE 40—'41 A TABLE TL By SADIE 13, CHAMBERS The Humble Little Pepper Have you tried the pepper a vegetable or salad variation? Mere are a number of dishes 'for fiilini; pltnnp pepper cases for light supper or luncheon dishes.. Liver Stuffed Peppers 2 'cups ground cooked liver % cup soft .brcadcl+umbs 1 tablespoon fat. 'z cup milk or stock 1 cup cooked conn 8 tablespoons, chopped onion 2 teaspoons salt '4 teaspoon pepper 6 green peppers Cut a slice *cm the top of peppers and remove the seeds. Parboil 6 minutes. Mix the liver, crumbs, corn, onion, melted' fat, seasonings and milk or stock to- gether. Pill pepper shells with the mixture and cover the top with crumbs that have been toast- ed in butter. Place in a baking dish and bake for about 30 min. in a moderate oven until peppers are tender and crumbs brown, Stuffed Pepper Salad 3 medium sized green peppers 1 shall package white cream cheese IA, cup grated Canadian cheese Salt M. cup chopped pimento Thin cream Paprika Lettuce Mayonnaise Remove the tops from the pep - pees, scoop out the seeds and par- boil 5 min, in boiling salted water. Drain and chill. Mix cream cheese, Canadian cheese and pim- auto and moisten with oceans, Season with salt and paprika. Stuff the peppers with the mix- ture and chill. Slice and serve on lettuce leaves, using mayon- naise or cooked dressing. Savory Stuffed Peppers 8 tablespoons shortening 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion 14 cups left over meat (veal, chicken, bane, ete.) 1 cup boiled rice % cup stewed tomato 6 green peppers % cup fine bread crumbs 3e teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon melted butter. Remove the steins, seeds and membrane from medium sized well shaped peppers. Cover with hot water and simmer for ten minutes, lJciin and cool. Melt the butter attd shortening in pan and saute onion in it. Remove from the heat and combine with rice, neat and stewed tomato. Sprinkle salt in the peppers and then stuff with the rice mixture. Sprinkle top with bread crumbs tossed in butter. Place in baking pan, adding a serail amount of water. Bake ten or 15 minutes in a hot oven. Spaghetti -Pilled Pepper Cases 6 Large green peppers 1 medium sized can cooked spag- hetti Salt Buttered crumbs. Wash peppers, cut off the tops and remove the seeds. Place the peppers in Roiling water, Turn off the heat allowing them to remain in the water for about 5 min. Drain, cool and fill with spaghetti. Dust lightly with salt and cover with breaderutnbs. Place in a casserole, adding a small amount of water. Bake un- til the pepper's are tender and the crumbs ort top a golden brown. ag MINN Chtttnbers ,vvteomer personal letters renal interested -renders. She is pleased to receive mugttestioas on tsale, for - her eolmnn, tend is even ready to listen to your "pet pee res.'• Requests rer recipes or speehtl menus bre- In order, Address your letters to "lues smile 1t, (thorn. hers, 73 West Adelaide S4rcet, To- rutile,.. Send stumped, melt -addressed cnveioue If yon rvtah n reply. Advice to Those About to Spend Finance Minister Ilsley in a re- cent interview said his message for the Canadian people is "spend less—loss on everything." Mr. Ilsiey's advice to those about to spend money is simple aid all - embracing: "Don't." - The Government doesn't want people to spend a single nickel unless it's inevitable, he added. The Government wants to siphon all those nickels and dimes and dollars into war savings. "It isn't that we want the money just as money. The civilian standard of living has got to be reduced in every possible way; it has got to be brought down to a reasonable minimum standard,' and kept there, so that we can turn over an increasing amount of our productive capacity to war goods." Shouldn't Send Perishable Gifts Trout, Eggs and Cut Flowers Spoil Before Reaching Troops "People in Canada are still send- ing things which have been for• bidden or are perishable," the Post Office Department has an. pounced. One Canadian recently address. ed a bouquet of cut . flowers to a major overseas, but the pox was broken wbea it reached Ottawa and the flowers were ruined, An. other parcel hag fresh eggs in it. Stili another parcel was tilled with trouts I From Jan, 1 to Aug. 31, 4,012. . parcels arrived at the base post office in Canada—still 4,000 miles from their destination—toohadiy damaged to be shipped on, "We were able to salvage 3,483, reparcel. them and deliver them," ono spokesman said, "but the. other 524 were beyond repairand the families or senders had to be :notified." Most irritating problem stili Is the incorrectly addressed parcel OP letter. ht Julie, 1941, more than 18,000 tetters arrived at the base post otfiee in liritaht incorrectly addressed. Five postal corps sold - Mrs worked full time tracing clown the correct recipient, The Post Office bepastnient gave Canadians early warning that they'd better begin thinking about those Christmas parcels for the boys overseas, "i'deybe It sonrns early to worry abort that," they said, "but the volume of mail is expected to be more than twice as great as last year because of the inerehsed number of troops in tate United Kingdom. "Nov-, 10 is the deadline 1f yell want to be sire the parcels are going to arrive in time." New Horne For All The .Dion es Guardians Will Retain Right To Direct Quintuplets' For. Nita The Dionne quintuplets will be restored to the bosoms of their family by an ot•det'-in-council to be passed by the Hepburn govern- ment, It was learned in aatltoeita- tite sources at Queen's Park. The new order will provide that the board et guardians will Mite quish control of the life and daily roatiee of the girls to the parents but will retain direction of their fortune now said to be more than $1,000,000. The guardians will also retain the right to limit the movements 00 the quints, It is understood, in order that their entry to the Unit• ed States where legal prosecutions may await them may be barred, The legal tangles are said to be the result of contracts signed by the parents before the government stepped in, It is also expected that early ar rangements will be made for erec- tion of a new Dionne home to house the entire family, It is not yet known t0 what ext 't 1)f. A. R. Dafoe's supet'vison of tate ehll' (]yen's health will be continued, No Short Cut To Nutrition There is no short cut to good nutrition. Well balanced meals are necessary. Be sure to inelnde_ plenty of the protective foods, Au exeellent rule is: Every day -- 1 pint of milk for each adult; 1?y pints to 1 quart for each child, or the equivalent in buttermilk or evaporated mills, 1 serving potatoes (preferably with skins). 1 serving green vegetables or tomato juice, 1 serving other vegetables. 2 servings fruit or fruit juice, 1 serving whole grain cereal. 1 serving meat or fish. 1 egg er at least 3 or 4 per week. Soap and Water Brighten Hearth You can improve the looks of a shabby brick hearth by giving it a good scrubbing with a stiff brush and hot, soapy water. Rinse with clear hot water and wipe as dry as possible. The next day cover with a coat of boiled lin- seed oil. This gives a protective covering, making cleaning easier. LAURA WHEELER OFFERS COMPLETE BABY SET IN EASY KNITTING BABY ACCESSORIE�jCEeRARSERVICE,,rc. PATTERN 2942 Anacceptablepart giftof forltthat neis set w tbuuyknitted ndnhoti ewe] welcome makes an be as a donation for Wat' Relief. Pattern 2042 contains directions for cap racket, bootees and coverlet; illustrations of them and stitches; materials required. Send twenty cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept„ Room 421, 78 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address, Lord Beaverbrook Praises Churchill • 1 interviewed Lord Beaverbrook hr bis private study,., I was delight- ed to meet informally the man who, more than anyone else, is re- spoueible for saving Britain dur- ing the days and nights of the bat- tle of Britain, I naturally wanted Beaverbrook to talk about himself and the Im- portant work be is doing but he in- sisted upon speaking about his chief anti great friend, Winston Chur- chill. "1 first met him 36 years ago. He asked me to dine with him and I was emanated by his conn' pony Anti' by the glittering cir- ctunstances, 1 hardly said a word. Tint I took precautions to be invited again. In the lobby of the I-Iouse of Commons that same night I told itis close friend, F, E, Sutitlt: 'I would give five pounde a• night to cline with that maul "Mr. Churchill has never turned his baelc on a friend, never shown rancor, never neglected his tinnily life. He always remembered his duty to the erown and tate royal family. He has uever neglected the interests and concerns of the working people. "Twice he bus moved multitudes to a turning point to hietory, the first 'time when France fell alta the second wllon Russia arose, 1 saw )rim prepare both speeches and he showed no consciousness of his grandeur, "But the Most moving speech 1 ever heard wee., the appeal he made in the prefecture at Tours when he adclressed a committee of the Wrench Cabinet three days before the final collapse of PPrance. For that speech there was no prepay- atiott and in its course there runs no restraint and no limit to the splendor of his olequence. "Winston- Churchill is the hard- est wonting man I have ever known, He never thinks on any subject or talks on any issue save tate wtt.r. So complete is he the master of his subject, so vast is Me understanding of all the iii• elements of modern War, that he can discuss equally the details of ships, planes and tanks. "He has grasped entirely the de- tails and value of the enemy's formations, also their strategy, and this enables ]nim to take the lead at all meetings with his chiefs of staff," Future Tea Supply Can't rile Estimated Although there is no immediate danger of the important English institution, tett-drinking, disk : - peeving from Canadian homes, tea importers revealed that the trade is in a precarious position. Since the wet.' began, many mil- lions of pounds of tea have been sunk to the bottom of the sea, where no-one but Davey Jones can enjoy it, Tea which before the war was shipped to London, England, markets and thence to Canada is now sent direct to this country over the dangerous waters of the Paciele Ocean. Although merchants were quick to point out that there is no cruse for worry at the present time, as Canadian stores and warehouses still bold much tea, the future is unpredictable. India has just estimated its population at 400,000,000. Britain's Fighting Planes anti Warships 29 1dOW AVAILL92LI 'Fiylag Fortress", "Gristol 3caunghter" "fl.,S, King George V. and many others Gm• each pier are ,lest red, 05115 Ft complete "Crown Ih•and" label, with your 5111110 and address :and the Name of the pteture rou scant writ- ten On the back. Address Dept, J,12, The Canada 13tttreh Company Ltd., 40 Welling- ton St. G., Toront5 pp.� to deii1A91os ft?* MI W00150' Wpp1 eoaw+,e a. eft