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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-02-22, Page 2li PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., FEB. 22, 1934 Clinton News -Record With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA ?arm of Subscription - "$1.50 per year in advance, to Canadian ad- dresses $2.00;' .to the U.S. or oth- er foreign 'countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is'denoted 'on the label. 4dvertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12c per count line for first insertion. 8c fpr each subsequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to ex- ceed one inch, such as "Wanted", "Lost," 'iStrayed," etc., inserted onee for 85c, each subsequent in- sertion 15e. Rates for display a& vertising made known on applica- tion. Communications intended for pub- fication must, as a guarantee of good 'piaith, be accompanied by the name 'of the writer. '(G. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor, H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer :.Financial, Real Estate and Fire In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton. Frank Finland, B.A., LL.B. -Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, B.C. Sloan Block Clinton,. Ont. CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc. Orifice over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. c EATRICE R. GREENE Teacher of Piano, Singing and Theory. Studio --Commercial Inn. Phone 172. DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont. • One door west cif Anglican Church. Phone 172 'Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. H. A. McINTYRE DENTIST Office over Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont. Phone, Office, 21; House, 89. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Mnssags Office: Huron Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION kiy manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT •ileensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made fee Sales Date at. The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 103. Cbarges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed Hetui. Beaute Siloppe • 'Over Counter's Jewelry Store Isaac Street Phone. 223, open evenings. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance "Company Head Office. Seaford*, Ont. Officers: President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea - forth; Vice -President, James Con- n oily, Goderich; secretary -treasur- er, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth, R. R. No. 3; James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Geo. Leonhardt, Bernhohn, R. R. No. 1; Jahn Pepper, Brucefield; James Connolly, Gode- rich; Robert Ferris, Blyth; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth, R. R. No, 5; Wen. R. Archibald, Seaforth, R. R. No. 4. Agents: W. J. Yeo, It.R. No. 8, Clinton; Jahn Murray, •Seaforth; James Watt, BIyth; Ed. Pinchley, Seaforth: Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of •Commerce, Seaforth, or.at Calvin 'Cutt's Grocery, Goderich, Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business`' will be promptly attended to on applies, 'titin 'to any of the above officers .addressed to their respective post of- •fioes. •Losses inspected by the direc- 'tor who lives nearest the scene. • TIME TABLE Arnim will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 7.08 a.m. -Going East depart 3.00 p.m. ,Going West, depart 11.50 a.m. Groin West, depart, 9.58 p.m. Landon, Huron & Bruce Going North, ar. • 11.34.1ve.11.54 a.m. '!fling South 3.03 p.m SYNOPSIS ' she held her hands out to them ten- derly. "I've come to tell you -Rod - To get fifteen thousand dol'lars to dy is safe; he's got the honey, all save the family honor, Nancy Gor-' of it, and he's gone to pay it back. don, promises to marry the well -to- I think he'll get there before they do .Dr. Richard Morgan. Iler be- even find it out." loved brother, Roddy, has conte home Her father merely stared;"incred • from New York to confess that he I .ulcus, but 'her mother uttered a has taken that amount from the bank choked cry. • where he works—because a woman needed it—and that he will be jailed if be is found out before he returns it. So Nancy, in love with the pen- niless Page Roemer, decides to bor- row, the .money from Morgan, and pledges herself to marry him' in re - tun. He agrees to the bargain, feeling sure he can make her love him. While they are talking at his house, Roemer coarses to see him. "Oh, Richard, don't let him come in. here," begs Nancy when she hear:+ Nancy held her breath. If . she told them, she did not know what her father might do. He loved her, he might :take it hard, he might even go to Richard about it, and he could not pay it back, it would ruin him. She looked from one white face to the .other and her face misted; she was doing it for them, she knew it now, for all of them=because she loved then so much it was an an- guish to see them suffer. "I borrowed it, Mama," she an - his name. And as Richard looks at, swered softly; "I got it and•— arid Roddy and I will pay it !back." Mr. Gordon half rose fnont his chair. "Who did you get that 'mon- ey from, Nanc,?" he demanded hoarsely. Nancy backed away from them; they wereboth dazed but their eyes followed her. "I can't tell you to- day," she gasped, "that's part of it -the pledge, I mean, but I'll tell you next week." 'Shebroke away; she must not tell then, she dared not—yet! She turned a little wildly and ran out of 'the room. her the pitiful little secret of her love for Page is revealed to him. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY esminnele "If you stay. if they come toget you before you pay it beck -4t will kill • them both—I mean father and mother. You must go, Roddy!' "You're a trump, Sis!" he said thickly, "you've saved me I—I feel like a brute to let you do it, go, but I've got to tell them first, I mean the governor and mother." "I'll tell them!" Nancy shivered. "You can't stop for it—if you lose this train they -they night arrest you, they may be on their way now!" She kissed hint suddenly. "Oh,. Rod, be good now!" she sobbed. He could not speak, but he wrung her band; then the gate slammed and he was gone. Nancy rose slowly, steadying her- self an instant with' one hand on the old bench where she had sunk, and then she went slowly into the house. Her 'another was sitting in a rock- er by the window, her face hidden in her hands. Her father sat in the same chair where he had slept that morning, His gray hair was stand- ing up on top of bis head and he had not shaved;; he looked older than ev- er. He stared around at Nancy. "Where's Roddy' " he demanded hoarsely. "Where's he hiding I haven't seen {slim this morning—my God, I can't think whore he got his streak front—my son a common thief:" "You shan't say that of Roddy!" Mrs. Gordon cried for the hundredth time. "It isn't true, he never meant to take it, it's some mistake. Ile meant to 'pay it back!" "Yes," her husband assented harshly, "he did. You're right about that, Sarah, I never knew a thief who didn't mean to pay it back. They all do!" 'We've got to pay it back then!' his wife sobbed, "we've got to save Nancy stumbled to the window and looked hint if I take the clothes off my back. If Roddy's sent to jail I shall diet, "Die?" Mr. Gordon raised his haggard face and stared at, her, 'Td rather see Rod death thisminute than a common; thief. God knows .I Wish I had him in his coffin now nailed down tight! "Papa?" Nancy's tone startled him, he :raised his eyes again to her face, his lips twitching with intol- erable ntol-erable'pain, She swayed toward him, her blue eyes beautiful and soft; she loved him in his agony. .Sheunderstood it. He had lost his pride in hisson and he was too 1poor to pay; he was ,thinking of her and of her moth. er. Nancy's' lips shook` 'bat she commanded herself. • "Papa," she said softly, "Mama" Nancy lay quite still, face down-. ward on her bed, ' hands clasped close over her eyes, shutting out the light. Her head ached terribly, it ached so that the throbs ran down through herbody and shook her with anguish. It was dreadful, yet it was a blessing, while it ached like that she could not think. If she tried to think she would remember that site had promised to marry 'Richard . on Monday. She did not want to think. Through her went the crashing and rushing of Roddy's train going to New York; she felt as if the steel wheels passed over her and left her bleeding. She had saved him, he would get there in tine to pay the money back, theywould never know, And she had spared the two down- stairs too. It had crushed her father to think of liis girl shamed for her brother Nancy's lips twitched with pain at the thought; lie had looked so like death in his sleep. The feeling had conte to her with a horrible swift surprise—her father was growing old! Site clutched at her pillows, shaking. Her world might tumble down and she would have no one left —no ane but -3t was too much. self again, "I'Il,Vget you a cup of tea." The hot tea and toast revived her a little, and the touch of her mo- ther's hands on her hot forehead soothed her. She felt like a child a- gain, being comforted after a hurt. "Don't, go yet!" she whispered, and in the twilight Mrs. 'Gordon sat for a long time beside her daughter's bed, holding her hand. They did not talk much. The old- er woman was thinking of her son; the girl, of tomorrow. But after a while they heard the front door op- en and Mrs. Gordon rose hurriedly. "There's Papa; I'll go get his din- ner for him. I hope he can eat! You neednt' come down, child, if your head still aches. Nancy let her ,go; her head did not ache so badly now, but, she was glad to escape herfather's questions She had work to do. She packed a handbag with a few things she would'need and she hurried, tumbling things over. Her wardrobe was small enough; she had not much choice, but she selected the simplest things she had, a dark blue serge and a plain hat. The moon had risen splendidly and across the window was stretched the long branch of the pine, etched black against the silver sky, it was very still inthe house. Nancy knew her father and her mother had finished dinner. They were sitting in the lib- rary now, on the other side of the house. She could not even hear theta' voices, but the pine trees swinging a little, tapped on her windowsill. Then she heard another sound, soft She rose on her elbow and stared out of the window with pain blurred eyes—Richard! She gave a little ere and plunged her head down again in- to her pillows, sobbing and shaking. with fear. Then the pain in her head began again and she stopped thinking, she lay after a while very still and limp ,like a shot bird unable to use its wings. Sheer exhaustion, a sleepless night and the long racking of her nerves told. The girl had fallen int, a heavy, dreamless sleep. •She was -still sleeping when her mother quietly opened the door and came in: The huddled figure on the bed startled her; there was some ting in Nancy's very attitude that suggested misery and apprehension. Mrs. Gordon dame hurriedly across the room and touched her flushed cheek and her hat forehead. She 'had the skillful mother hands and she knew the feel of fever. Nancy started up on her elbow "What is it, Mania " she cried fev- erishly: Her mother shook her head. "Nothing at ell now, dear. Papa Went up td the bank for a .while, he had to do something.' He wanted to come up here and see you but I stopped him. Don't you think you ought, to tell him—about the money you borrowed, Nancy Nancy, sitting on the side of her bed now, slipped her arms about her mother's neck, laying hercheeka- gainst hers. ."P11 tell him. I'll tell you both next week — I promised that. Oh, Mania, don't asic me—+1 was so glad to get it for Roddy." Mrs. Gordon drew a long breath, a sob in her throat; her face puck- ered and quivered with tears like a child's: "'Oh, Nancy!" she sobbed. They clasped each other, weeping They held each other for a long time and then Mrs. Gordon felt the girl's hot cheek. ,• She drew back, looking at her, "You're ill, chili!" "Only my head, Mama, . I didn't sleen,last nighty Her mother rose. "Yon lie down, she said gently, struggling to be her Where he stood, with his face 1 ft - ed and unshadowed, she saw 1 im plainly. DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD Boy Scouting in Latvia The Republic of Latvia has 129. BoyScout Groups in 22 districts, and a total membership of 5,897. Smallest Country Now Has Bay Scouts The little Principality of Lied -dere' stein in adopting Scouting as a training programme for its youth, has assumed the distinction of being the smallest country in the world Boy Scout Movement. The distinc- tion previously was held by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. and sweet but penetrating, the fain: notes of a lovesong strumed on a guitar. Page! The girl trembled like a leaf; he had come, of course, with his guitar. Nancy stumbled to her window and looked down. The moonlight made the old garden like day. Below her, the grass -plot looked as if a hoar- frost had whitened it. Nearer still was Page Roemer. Nancy looked at him. How tall and slim he was—so much Iighter in build than Richard. She could see his cleanout profile and his white forehead. He strummed, on the gui- tar again, calling her 'with the old soft notes appealingly. Nancy ans- wered. Page stopped playing in- stantly, and in the moonlight she saw the joy in his: face. "Come down, Nancy; it's a loveiy night!" She clung to the windowsill. "I can't, Page, my head aches terribly." "The noon will cure it. ' Come down," he pleaded. "I've got some, thing to say to you tonight. Nancy, please come down." Nancy knew what he had to say to her; it had beef trembling on his lips so long, and he had delayed it— because delay it sweet. They liked to wait; an unspoken love was so much mom tender, more illusive, more de- sirable . than mere words. But now it was too late. "I can't cane down tonight, Page. No, really! Didn't mother tell ,you?" He drew :down his brows anxious- ly. "Yes, but I didn't believe you'd stay up there:-- a night dike this.. Nancy, when can I. come?" he add- ed gravely. She trembled. She could- make no more promises!. "I—I don't know --don't ask me tonight, Page my head aches so!" • Ile looked up earnestly. He could not read the eyes so far above him, but he felt a change,' an incredible change, in her. "Are youreally ill, Nancy:!" he cried. Where he stood, with his face lift- ed and unshadowed, she, saw him plainly. She could see the look in his eyes. It set her heart beating again and her fingers tightened on the sill. "No," she said faintly, "not really —but nay head did ache dreadfully. I can't talk to you tonight, Page, in- deed—I'd come down if I could, but I—can't!" Her voice .broke and he caught the change in IL Hope mounted in- to certainty; he was sure she loved him, but she was 'coquetting with it, velesestao The 1st Deep Sea Scout Troop, Deep Sea Scouts, -;Scouts who have gone to sea, one of the latest world-wide developments of the Boy Scout Movement, -have organized the first complete unit, the lit Mer- cantile Marine' Deep Sea Scout Troop, aboard the Cunarder Fran- conia. The roll includes junior stew, ards, members . of the crew and a printer. The troop has a headquar- ters den aboard ship, also a den as- signed for their use at the Seamen's Y.M.C.A., New York. Famous Flyer Was a Boy Scout Sir Charles Kingsford -Smith, the like a girl. Ile lifted his handsome head confidently. "Nancy, tome down!" he cried. ' She said nothing, and in the still- ness the pine ibranch tapped against her window like a warning finger. Again he felt that there was same- thing amiss. "Nancy, come down!" this time bis voice pleaded. "I can't Page, I — good night!" she 'waved her hand to him, "Cruet!" he said, and then: "to- morrow, Nancy!" , She did not answer, She was lean-, ing against the window now, watch- ing him go. He swung his guitar under his arm, waving his hat to her. But half. way to the gate she called to him. "Goodbye, Page," she called to him softly, "goodbye!" • She could see his figure receding down the long quiet street, He was going out of her life and he did not know it. It was incredible but it was true. (Continued Next Week) famous airman, credited early Boy Scout training with contributing to his success as a long-distance flyer. Addressing a Scout troop in Mel- bourne he is quoted as saying: "Twenty-three years ago I was a Boy Scout; and I can say that the training l received in the Scout Law, in observation ' and practical work has stood me in good stead, and has never been forgotten, even on long- distance flights." Chief Spotted Eagle—Lord B. -P. The fact that Lord Baden-Powell is an adapted member of the Sarcee Indian tribe was referred to by Chief Joe Big Plume when Scout Toy Shop gifts were distributed among child- dren on the Sarcee Reserve at Christ- mas. "It is .as our, brothers, sons of our brother Chief Spotted Eagle (Baden-Powell), that the Scouts send these gifts to our children, their bro' tiers," said the Chief. Two Guns, the tribe's medicine •man, declared that in making the children happy the Scouts had "made the old men happy too," and promised that "we the old people ,will pray for our bro- thers." The Keeping of . Lent Lent began this year .ora February 14th. The word itself is an old Sax- on one, meaning spring, another in- dication of the fact that many of our religious exercises and occasions root themselves in the common ev- ery -day life and experience of the people. The observance of Lent has had an interesting history. At first it was an occasion for somewhat strict fasting, and the period, instead of being forty days—Oxelusive of Sun- days•-awas roughly only forty hours, the time from Good Friday afternoon to Easter Sunday morning. It is conjectured that the custom as first observed sprang from the saying of Jesus: "Tire days will copse when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days." It would seem that for a certain period in the Church's ear- ly' history the Sacrament was partak- en by many only once a year, at Easter time, and the Lenten period was looked upon as a very appro- priate time of self-discipline in pre- paration for that event. The fixing of the forty -clay period for Lent seems to have come abort Tether gradually and the period var- ied in the different Churches for many years. It was not until about the middle of the sixth century that the period became fixed as at pres- ent, and it seems likely that it was the forty days of Jesus' fasting and temptation that was influential in setting the duration. • In the earlier history of the Church greater stress was laid upon fasting in the observance of. Lent than has been the case in more rood - ern times. But there was always ad- ded to that the conviction that Lent called for more frequent, acts of wor- ship, a decided curtailment in the use of luxuries of all kinds,, a larger generosity and a more thorough self -j examination and confession of sins. Ti With the possible exception of fast - hag, about which the Church of to -day 1 - seems seems to have very little conviction, at is hard to see why we might not keep up all the other exercises of the old-fashioned Lent .with real profit to ourselves. It is interesting to nota that almsgiving, as It was cal- led, was always thought of as a de- finite religious exercise. Another interesting thing to re- member about the earlier observance of Lent is, that through many years it was thought of aa a period for the exercise of special good will, not only in private life hut in public as well. Corporal punishment of any kind was prohibited, andactive charity and helpfulness inculcated. The , fourth Sunday in Lent used to be called "Mothering Sunday," because on that day young people at work away from home were supposed to visit their mothers, taking with them a cake for her refreshment.—The New Outlook. Burns' Mausoleum Will Be Repaired It seems the people . of Dumfries, Scotland, are complaining about the' condition of the Burns mauseleum in St. Michael's Church yard there, the mauseleum being a mecca for Burns lovers from •all parts of the world; The citizens asked the council of .Dumfries to do something to keep the mausoleum in good shape and the town council are taking steps t comply. It is a far cry from Dum fries to Saint John, New Brunswick in Canada, but, notwithstanding there is a definite link, for the ma who undertook the work of erecting the mausoleum lies buried in th Loyalist cemetery in that city. He was Um Milligan and he emigrate( to Canada shortly after the wor! was completed. The mausoleum we: designed by G. P. Hunt, architect London, and the plans were approv ed on the 25th of April, 1315. Th successful tenderer for the mase work was John Milligan. The Carpet-hgger vs. The Local Printer Many business men, when considering the cost of any particular job of printing, Iook only at the small sum they may be able to save at the time on any order. They fail to ask themselves what the earpet-bagger leaves with them throughout the year In the way of business as compared with the local publisher and members of his staff. He also seems to forget that if he and his fellow business men would get more of their printing requirements done in thbir home town the publisher might be able to employ additional help, which would still further swell the amount of money to be spent in the home town. Always remember! A dollar spent with a firm in a distant. town is gone forever so far as Its service to the community is eon- cerned. A. dollar spent with other firms in the home town stays there and performs many good services, in its own community. Get your printing requirements from - THE CLINT N rom- THECLITN ,2-n S - lM. 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