The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-03-23, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS.RECORD THURS., MARCH 23, 1939 CTIAPTEH XII ''STRANGE FRIENDLINESS "What we can't understand, Miss .ordn," Mrs, Parr said, as soon as "Christine returned to her own cabin,. etis why yon .didn't talk things over with us Last night —:'especially as Miss Lind is Miss Crane's passenger. 'We've been kept in the dark -all we know was what everyone knew this morning, thaty-ou'd been ashore without leave." The Clinton. News -Record with evhich is Incorporated THE NEW ERA, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 per yew in advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2.00• to the U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper; discontinued until all arrears are! Braid unless at the option of the pub- (isher. The date to which every sub- scription is paid is denoted on the label. ADVERTISING RATES Transient advertising 12e ger 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 tor;i5c., each subsequent insertion 15e. Rates for display advertising evade known on application, Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good faith, be aecompauied by the name of the writer. G, E. HALL - - Propylaea H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer ieinancial, Real Estate and Fire in- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division ;Court Office. Clinton frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. tl6loan Broca Cfinten. Ont. A. E. COOS Piano and Voice 'Studio -E. C. Nickle, Phone 23w. 08-tf. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: limn Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Rours=Wcd. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION {oy manipulation San -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT - 'Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron +1Correspondence promptly answered Immediate arrangeinents can be matte tor Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 208. Charges Mbderate and Satisfaction: Guaranteed, THE McIU'ILLLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seafarth, Ont. Officers: President, Thomas Moylan, Sea - forth; Vice ?resident, William Knox, Londesboro; Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors, Alex: Broadfoot, Seaforth; James Sholdice, Walton; James Connolly, Goderich; W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Chris. Leonhardt, Dublin; Alex, McEwing, tr lyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton. List of Agents: E. A. Yeo, R.R. 1, Goderich, Phone 603r31, Clinton; hares Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, Brucefield, R. R, No. 1; R. F. McKer- ,cher, Dublin, R. R. No, 1; Chas. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; R. G. Jarmuth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. Any money to bepaid maybe paid to the, Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or . at Calvin Ci'tt's Grocery, Goderieh. Parties desiring to effect incur. once or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applies, ion to any their the above oifieere ad. dressed '£o their re-speetive pot offi- ces, Losses inspected by the director ,who lives nearest the scene. By KAYE FOX Christine glanced at the empty glass which stood on the dressing table, and guessed why they were no longer in the dark: Miss Crane had been up to the bar for her fav- ourite nightcap, gin and tonic, and George had given her the latest gos- sip. "You haven't exactly encouraged me to talk things over with• you?" she said quietly. "We've barely been on speaking terms lately, and if I had asked for your advice last night,. you would have told me to go to Mr. Perrin." "That's where you make, a mistake. Miss Jordan," Mrs. Parr assured her, with an ingratiating smile. "At least, if we had advised going to Mr. Per- rin, one of us would have gone with you, to back you up, for we all know, not to put too fine a point upon it, that Mr. Perrin would be only too willing to turn a blind eye to any- thing done by that passenger, how- ever scandalous." "No decent woman would hesitate to do what she could, in a case where a young girl was in danger," Miss i Crane put in. "I agree with Mrs, Parr, Miss Jordan, that you should have consulted us—if you bad, you would have been spared what must have been a very unpleasant inter- view with Mr. Perrin this afternoon, even if it is all going to come right i for you in the end." Christine stared at them in aston- ishment, for she couldn't understand why these two, openly her enemies from the very beginning of the voy- age, had suddenly .become so genial. She simply didn't believe that they' would have backed her up if she had taken them into her confidence be- fore going ashore, Then it dawned on her that the. ship was buzzing with the rumour that somebody—probably the chef— was hefwas going to speak out plainly at the head office. Perrin's toadies, whose one idea up to then had been to ' keep in his good graces,- on any terms, were beginning to wonder whether his reign was not going to be a very short ono. Once an en- quiry- into his methods was started, who knevr where it might net end? TIME TABLE 'Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton se follows: Buffalo and Goderich. ?Going East, depart 6 58 a.ns. GHing Fast, depart R,tltl p.m tOoing West, depart . 11.45 a.m. ,Going West, depart 10.00 p.m. London, Huron & Bruce Going - North, as. 11.25 Ive. 11,47 p.m. ;Going South ar, 2.50, leave 8.08 p.m. "Do you mean to say that Royde is [Harried,"? she gasped. "Must be, far his wife' is certain) coming to mcet' him. You know that we're crossing the Yes Tor here? Well, Mrs. Royde has come from Shanghai on the Yes Tor; because of the trouble there. ' The, agents sent a message to Perrin to have a room got ready for her." THE FORGOTTEN WIFE Christine's first thought was for Fay, who was so infatuated .with Royde that she had refused to be- lieve anything against bin, even when the evidence was , clear. She'd have to believe now. Christine was convinced that Fay had not the slightest idea that Heyde was mar- ried, and that the arrival of his wife would be a most terrible shock to her. "Is' the Yes Tor here already?" she asked, wondering whether she would have a chance to warn Fay beams Mrs. Royde actually came on boaad, "Due in an hour. Passengers won't be rushing ashore here, Christine, ex- cept those who are leaving us—the news is sure to get round that Mrs. Royde is coming, and, everyone will be hanging about, hoping to see the meeting between her and her bus - band. She's probably one of those sour, grim women—whatever she's like, I'm sorry for her." • • • • • Christine was in the port alley -way when Mrs. Royde came up with her husband, followed by Grant carrying her luggage. She was a woman of Royde's own age, not beautiful, but with an air of distinction and quiet di'gt$ity, iperfectler dreMece in pearl grey silk with a big black hat. Her shadowed eyes had a tragic look, as if, when Mrs. Royde smiled, the smile never reached those dark eyes. "You de my eitewardess?" she said kindly, as she passed Christine. "Could you bring me some tea ep here?—just a cup of tea." Merlin Royde glanced quickly at Christine as he followed his wife into number four. Perhaps, until that "If anything of the same sort hap - she he had not realised (that pens again," she told• them, with a site was going to be Mrs. Royde's rather scornful little smile, "you stewardess. When Christine came shall know all about it" back with the tea, he was sitting on "And'I hope that now we've had!the settee,. watching Mrs. Royde un this little explanation, we shall all pack, and talking to her in a rather be more friendly," Mrs. Parr sueelembarrassed way, but he got tip and gested, 'strolled out of the room, very case Christine whisked off Ve the bath-ually,. while Christine was putting room without answering her, for she denw the tray and taking Mrs. simply could not respond to these in-,Royde's orders about bath times. slneere offers of friendship, consider -1 He was in the alley -way, between ing how much she had endured from Christine and the companion, when Mrs, Parr and Miss Crane. They she went out, and there was no one were both in bed when she returnee,' else in sight. having evidently decided to leave her' "Are you still—incorruptible, stew alone for that night: 1 ardess?" he asked her, taking a well- When she went up to her own sec -'filled case out of his pocket. tion, early next morning, Christine "I ant still Trite determined not to found that there certainly was a take any money from you, for' any rumour that Perrin was to be re- services, Mr. Royde," she said Calm posited to the head office. Perrin ly himself was probably the only mem- "You ought to be put in a museum, bee of the staff who did not know stewardess, It is so little that I stn Of it. asking of you—only a quiet tongue." Arthur Grant was in 'a state of "You asked that before, Mr. Royde, suppressed glee, and Cater and Ed- and I told you that I would keep on- wards, like the two stewardesses, ence, for Fay Lind's sake, And I were suddenly friendly. It was al- think I have another season for ea- rnest embarrassing to Christine. ence new." She was quite relieved when their "And that is?" arrival at Singapore gave everyone "Mrs. Roe/dee' she said, meeting something fresh to think about. This his eyes. wale the first " port aft which they "Toe whom you have spoken for were to lose any of their passengers, about two minutes," he said, in a far none had landed at Penang, and curiously moved voice. "You're a they were kept busy helping the de- clever girl, stewardess, and a good parting passengers to pack up. Chris- One. You're right — Mrs. Royde tine -herself was losing Miss Robins would not be surprised, I am afraid, and the mother with two children in by that incident at Penang, if you number four, and expected to have babbled to her, but she would be very those two rooms empty until they badly -hurt, And -she has been hurt reached Shanghai, for they seldom so often." took on any extra passengers at "I will not babble to her," she Singapore or Hong Kong. promised, "but —' it's all.. over the But half -an -hour alter the Hay Tor ship, Mr. Royde, not through ane. tied up at the, wharf, .Perrin sent The whole staff knows aboutit, and for Grants, who came back soon af- sooner or later it is almost bound terwards looking excited and amused, to reach the passengers." "I'm to get number four ready," "If it does reach my wife, I will he told Christine," and you'll never believe that it is . not through you," guess, if you try from now to sailing h said gravely and went back into time, who's going to:. occupy it. Get number four. ready for ,a shock, Christine," Christine guessed that Royde "I'm ready," she said cheerfully, dreaded any gossip reaching his wife "and you can tell me at once, Arthur about himself and Fay, not because for I, never was any good at guessing site would be angry, but because she games. Is it a filmstar? We had would be badly hurt. He loved his one on the Brent once, and all the wile, in his fashion. women on board went completely Later, she saw them going ashore crazy about him, though he looked together for the evening, and noticed quite ordinary to mer' the, odd gentleness of Royde's manner "It's somebody a lot more interest- to his wife, so different from the ing than a film star, Christine—it's coarse familiarity with which he Mrs. Royde." treated Doria Smythe, or his, subtly flattering way with Fay. They, were talking quietly together as they Went down the gangway, and Christine saw Royde stretch out his hand to adjust the collar of his wife's even- ing cloak,, ,a naltural little gesture which seemed, somehow, to be' -the symbol of close companionship." It was stifling on board, The ship was ,coaling, end, • though canvas screens covered, the windows, shut- ting out every breath of air, the whole place, was gritty with coal dust. Some of the passengers were sleeping ashore in hotels that nighty to avoid the dirt andnoise of all- night coaling, and the others had all gone ashore for the evening. Mrs, Parr and Miss Crane both happened to have friends in Singa- pore, and 'timer! got permission to go ashore after dinner, r' on the under- standing that • for once Christine would attend to their passengers as well as her own—it was most un- likely, really, that anything would be wanted. As soon as they bad gone, Christine went along •the alley -way to Fay's room. Fay' had not been at dinner in the saloon, Christine knew, for Grant had told her that: the only pas- sengers at dinner were ' a' thrifty couple who never missed a meal, even when the ship was in port, If Fay had been in her own room dur- ing dinner, Miss Crane ought to. have reported it, but Miss Crane was so. busy getting, ready to go ashore that she, might easily have forgotten to add Fay's name to the list. A WOMAN SCORNED The room was dark, Gut when Christine turned on the light she saw that Fay was lying on her bed - she flung one arm .across her eyes as the light went on. Chrisfane 'sat down on the edge of 'the bed and took Fay's other hand in hers, "I wish I could have warned you," she said, softly. "1 wish someone had warned me," Fay murmured. Christine — Doria Smythe told me quite suddenly that Mrs. Royde was coming on board. I I don't think I gave mtiseif away. She meant it to be a shock, and it was an awful shock, but I managed to smile, Christine, and say some- thing about Martin's not having told me that 'Mrs. Royde meant to meet him here. I don't think she guessed that I didn't know —. that he was married." "She must have known herself, all the time," Christine said, "for she and Martin Royde are old friends." "That's why she thought, I expect, that Martin was trying to trick me in Penang—she didn't think, he could be seriously in love with me. Oh, Christine, why didn't Martin tell me himself? He migltt have trusted me, He might have known that I'd under- stand." "That you'd understand — what, Fay?" "Why, that he was tied to a cold, hard woinan who meant nothing to hits, and that he wasn't free to ask me to marry him. Sho's at least forty, and not a bit pretty, and site looks so dull. They can't, have any- thing in common." "Except a good many years of married life. Fay, you've got it all wrong, Christine said, smoothing the fair curls back _from Fay's forehead. "You're fooling yotrself, because you don't want to .believe theft Martin Royde has been deceiving you all the time. Mrs. Royde is my passenger, andshe isn't cold and hard and dull --she's a very charming. woman. And her husband loves her," "Re loves me," Pay cried, sitting up abruptly, and it was as though she was trying to convince herself as well as Christine. "I know he loves me, Christine." "I don't think that he's in love with you now, dear. He's altered since Mrs. Royde came on board." "He's hiding his feelings from her and—oh, Christine, he must be wond- ering whether I hate him now that I've found out thet he's married. I haven't even seen hhn, and I don't suppose I shall get a chance of talk- ing to him alone, unless I watch out for it. She'll cling to him, she won't let him out of her sight for a single moment." "Don't try to see him alone," Christine pleaded. "If IVIartin Royde has any • 'explanation to make to you, Fay, he'll find a chance of making it, and if he hasn't .... Don't force a scene on him." Fay, still crazily infatuated with Royde, had taken it into her head: now that Christine was secretly delighted that all this had happened. It was a relief to her to be angry with someone— since site would not allow herself to be angry with Royde—and in a few minutes she had worked up a real grievance against Christine. "You're still trying to interfere, Christine," she said pettishly. "It's your fault, in a way, that Martin 'has •never told' me that he was mar tied—tlsanks to your interference be- fore, we've never beets alone, togeth- er for long, for I've always been afraid you'd come butting in, as you did the night we left Port Said. I've always felt like a child with 'a "nurse in the background."" "After all, Fay, I did once conte butting in at the right moment," Christine reminded her. "It. would have been a pretty serious' thing for you : to be stranded witty Royde in Penang—even if he had taken you to friends it would have caused sic end of gossip. And I'm very likely going to lose my job on account of it: playing nurse 'to you hasn't been exactly a pleasure." "You'll soon got another job," Fay. said indifferently, and added with a touch of spite: "At least, if you're not going to come•out to spy on me every few months, I shall have a chance of living my own life in Shanghai." Christine realised that Fay was (hottinginto one of those impossible moods of hers, when anything which. was said to her made her more ob- stinately angry. It was no good be- ing annoyed with her, . for she was only venting her oWtk pain and be -1 wilderrnent on Christine, like a frightened kitten scratching' anyone. who tries to hold it, Christine stay- ed with her for a few minutes long- er. FATAL WORDS For days past, Christine had seen{ nothing of John Stanhope, but she met him: now in the alley -way. He was in shore -going uniform, and evidently in a great hurry, and he only paused' 1cr a moment to make' some casual remark about the noise and dust of the coaling. lit was all very well, Christine thought wearily, throwing herself down on the settee, for her, to give advice to Pay -Fay wasn't nearly so foolish as she was. Martin Royde had ,at least given: Fay reason to think that he loved her, but Christine was freffing her heart 'out for a man who had never been more than friendly, even at the best of times, and who had treated her with cold formality for the greater part of the voyage. , Martin for a moment without her, and I'm nearly crazy with suspense, and I'm going •to ber." "You can't possibly do" such a thing," 'Christine protested. "If he hasn't told her himself—" "She was in the lounge just now; alone. lin going to have things our --.if• Martin hasn't told her; I will." She shook off Christine's hand and took a step forward, and then sud- denly stood very`still, glancing with a guilty air over her shoulder, They had both heard the soft click of the door oi' the cabin de .luxe,' close 'be- hind them. "What : are you doing here, Pay, may I , ask?" Martin. Royde - said. quietly. Fay answered with a pathetie et - tempt at defiance. "There's no reason why I shouldn't be here, is there, .Martin? I mean, it's a public alley -way" He stared at her very coldly, and. then his eyes travelled from her to the door of number four, ten feet or so away. • "You weren't, by any chance, go- ing to. call on my wife, were you, Fay?" he said. "Yes, I was," she gasped, suddenly losing her self -'Control, "I can't stand it any more, Martin." Martin Royde laughed, and there was such insult in that low laughter that Fay shrank back. "I love one woman. in the world, and that's my wife," he said. "Yon 'were good enough for a flirtation— ' just good enough—and you did throw yourself at me, didn't you, Fay?" "I hate you—oh, I hate you," Fay cried, in a strangled voice. She turned and ran blindly towards the companion, stumbling as she ran, and sobbing under her breath, and her 'face , was so stricken that even Royde was startled. (To be Concluded) ' • Martin Royde and his wife were ashore most of 'the two days that the ship was in port, and Christine realised that Fay could not possibly have found a chance of speaking ,to him alone. She hoped against hope that Fay's pride would come to her The members of the Zurich Hydro aid, and that she would decide o er Electric Commission received word a own accord not to attempt to have few days ago from the Hydro Elec- an explanation with Martin, but she tric Power Commission, Torento, that was anxious, for she heard from tie a credit of over $680.00 has been giv- stewards that "little Miss Lind was en the local system on the operation moping about the ship," in Zurich for 1938. The amount of Naturally, everyone on board waseredit is not quite as large as -for watching Fay, with a certain amount 1937, but still is a creditable showing. of cynical - amusement. Royde's The credit will be used in setting changed behaviour since his wife'sI the monthly power bills. fulmar' arrival struck the stewards as fuSecretary-Treasurer D. H. Wilson and they were almost hoping for and of the Seaforth Public Utilities Com- explgsion of some sort, either be mission was advised Thursday that tween Royde and his wife, or between the local commission would receive a Mrs. Royde and Fay. !credit of $01.49 :teem the H.E.P.C. The night after the ship left ,Commonly referred to as the 13th bill Singapore, Christine went up 'to 'her the amount represents the difference own section late in the evening, tee between the amount paid by Seaforth snake sure `that Dion Farrailt was for power in 1938 and the actual asleep. cost of the power. Dion was fast asleep, guarded by the little Light which kept off tigers, and Christine tip -teed out of Ithe room again. She glanced along the alley -way as she same out of num- ber sixteen and 'saw Fay, leaning against the bulkhead at the tar end of the alley -way, her hands flat against the wall on either side, Something in the girl's pose, some hint of desperation, made Christine run to her. Fay did not see Christine until she was close to her, for she was staring at the door of number four, Mrs. Royde's cabin. And when Christine touched her she started forward, pushing Christine aside, "I'm going to her, Christine," she said, "and you can't stop me—I've made up my mind. I've never seen RECEIVE HYDRO'CREDIT$' Robert Niven, assistant district. passenger agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Toronto, since 1226, who has been appointed general agent, passenger department, for the On- tario district of the Company, with headquarters at Toronto. MAY BE 13AEiED FROM OLYMPICS Betty Taylor, a former Wingham- ite, hurdling member of the 1936 Can- adian Olympia team, has been in- formed by a Canadian Olympic of- ficial at Ottawa that because she is a physical instructor in a high sehool there, she cannot be considered elig- ible for the next Olympic Games in Finland. Said official ruled that' a physical instructor cannot take part in the games. Miss Taylor is protesting the edict of the Ottawa official; She considers that she is eligible. And under the existing definition of an amateur per- taining to P. T. instructors. She played a prominent part on the Canadian team in the Berlin Olympics. In her specialty, the 80 - metre ,hurdles, she placed \third in the time of 11.7, under the world's record, among a field of highly rated women athletes. SPECIAL STAMP ISSUES TO MARK ROYALTY'S • VISIT A special issue of stamps to mark the visit of the King and Queen will go on sale throughout Canada May 15. The issue will be limited to a commemorative number and will be double size. The ane -cent stamp will be green, bearing the portraits of the Princesses Elizebeth and Margaret Rose while the two -cent stamp will be brown and carry the 'picture of the war memorial at Ot- jtawa. The three -cent stamp will be red with portraits of the King and IQueen. MSCOVIMMIMIIMMIOMMINIIN ROUN I TRIP BARGAIN FARES S MARCH 31 - APRIL 1 from CLINTON TO Stations Oshawa and east to Cornwall inclusive, Uxbridge, Lindsay, Peterboro, Campbellford, Newmarket, Ccllingwood, Meaford, Midland, North Bay, Parry Sbund, Sudbury, Capreol and West to Beardmore, P.M. Trains March 31 All Trains April 1 TO TOKONTO Also to Brantford, Chatham, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, iondon, Niagara Falls, Owen .. Sound, St. Catharines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Stratford, Strathroy, Woodstock. See handbills for complete list of destinations For fares, return Limits, train information, tickets, etc, Consult nearest anent A IAN Q Tea In Canadian Pacific History �wzsc? M , esesiees LI elf an ounce of tea, carried 1 g across the Dominion 53 years ago as Dartof the first transcon- tinental' freight shipment by the newly -completed Canadian Pacific Railway, made history in London, England,. recently. In .a small phial,, the tea.. was displayed in the Canadian Pacific office in Trafalgar Square, at part' of the 100th anniversary celebration of Empire Tea. Just enough to provide "tea for two," the sample was traced to the ship- ment that inaugurated the "Ali Red Route". Photos show: (top left) the barque, "W. 13. flint", whose en- tire cargo of tea formed' the first west to east freight train in 1886; (top right) an early Canadian Pa - oleic freight train croesing, Sur- prise Creek bridge; (right) Lon- don celebrates the Centennary of Empire -grown tea by transporting a symbolic shipment from the East. India Docks to Mincing Land by elephants and (left) the sample of tea preserved by Mary E. Ba- con, Lennoxville, P.Q., mounted upon an exploratory map in the Canadian Pacific window on Tra- falgar rafalgar Square,