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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THE STORY SO FAR 1 and seized her by the shoulder, al -
1 most shaking her, "it hasn't gone .for
Naney Gordon, loving Page Roe- nothing: if you mean that confound -
mer, sells herself in marriage to Dr. ed money? I paid itall in—they nev-
Richard Morgan, for fifteen thousand er said a word about it; I've thought,,
dollars, the amount her brother Rod= sometimes, that old Beaver knew =
dy stole to give to a woman. Helena bort he's only watched one, that's all.
Haddon, sophisticated married wo-
man, in love with Richard does her
best to make trouble for Nancy, al-
though she knows nothing of the
secret marriage. 11'fr. Gordon sells
his home to repay Richard. Nancy
permits Page to continue making love
to her, but when she find, that he
wants her to run away with him she
recoils from him. in horror. Taking
shelter in the hovel of a poor woman
whose baby is dying, Nancy realizes
that Richard is ;the best man after all,
and sends for him. Although he
saves the babys life, he repudiates
the help of his wife. Yelena, finding
that. they have spent the night togeth-
er in the miserable hovel, spreads
the scandal around town: Angie Ful-
ler, Roddy's childhood sweetheart,
and niece of Major Lomax, tries to
stop the scandal. Just ' then Roddy
returns home—drunk. His mother
believes him crazy and sends for Dr.
Morgan, who takes Roddy home with
him. Nancy goes to Richard's to see
her brother. "Rod," she says, "have
you been doing it again—stealing?"
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Her lips were dry. "Stealing "
"No!" he snapped, then his hands
clenched on the edge of the bed and
he choked back a sob. "She took
that money—the money I stole to
save her old father from jail -- and
bought a trousseau--and—got mar-
ried—and went to Europe!" He stag-
gered
taggered to his feet, shaking his fist at
space. "Went to Europe!" he shout -
cd, "her old father was all a bloom-
ing lie—she went to Europe with the
man she'd been engaged to for two
years!"
Nancy, sitting alone on the edge of
the bed now, gasped with relief. "I'm
so glad," she cried, "so glad!"
Roddy stopped in his furious out-
burst to glare at her.
"1Vloneyl She wanted money!" he
And now—well, they don't need to.
worry about me any more—I quit."
"Roddy, we thought you'd try to
make good!"
He crimsoned with shame. It
seemed to take the high tragedy out
of it,
Nancy, watching him, saw how he
felt. She got up slowly from her
seat on the bed and went to him
"Come home soon, Roddy," she whis-
pered, "please come. home -- we all
love you—all of us! Den't hurt us
any morel"
Nancy shut the door softly and
went downstairs.
Richard was standing with hts
back to his own door when she came
down.
"Thank you for Roddy," she saic
with stiff lips, "please send him
home."
"Nancy," she Richard hoarsely
"you're unhappy, .I see it. I won't
hold you against your will. You car
get a divorce. I you want it, don't
you"
She turned her face away, refusing
to look at him.
"The sooner the better!" she cried,
and ran past him out of the house.
you a jolt he said flatly, "got one
in the insurance office now—twen-
ty dollars a week to start—end no
fooling. Take it, Rod?"
Roddy gasped. "I'd—I'd like to
think about it, sir."
The major laughed shortly. Then
he heard their maid -of -all -work ad-
mitting a visitor.
"There's Haddon! Did you set out
the chess table, Angie? All rights
then, you take this young firebrand
in hand and talk, sense to him." Ile
started down the 'hall to nieet Had-
don, but threw a word .back over his
shoulder, "Better take it, Rod, unless
—you want to jockey for Polestar."
Roddy said nothing.
"Won't you sit down, Rod?" i
He swung around and found her,
sitting in her corner, just as she
used to sit.
'"Angie, I'm not fit to lace your,
boots!" he cried impetuously.
She was startled'. "I'm so sorry
uncle was rude—" she faltered
"please don't mind it, Roddy. He-
he means to be kind."
"No one could be dreadful enough
to me," said Roddy, flinging him-
self an a low stool at her feet.
She : wasshocked, but her heart
began' to beat in her throat. He was
always impetuous. He had come back
to tell her --die was sorry then!
"I've done awful things," he went
on, in a passion of self abnegation.
The task of telling Mr. Gordon a-
bout Roddy fell to Nancy; her moth+
er would not face it.
RVir. Gordon's foce worked.
"Give him another chance, Papa!
Poor Rod."
Mr. Gordon passed his other hand
over his face, then he let it fall hea-
vily on his daughter's shoulder.
"My poor girl! You ruined your
life for that—that young scalawag!
She did not trust herself to look up.
"Nancy Virginia," her father said
at last, slowly, "I won't have this sec-
ret kept any longer—you've got to
get a divorce. I'11 --matte that follow
give it to you!"
Nancy rose slowly to her feet.
raved, "a woman who uses a mans "I -Ie says I can have it," she told
love for her—ta get money he
him, moving'away from him. "He
f nothing
choking, there's nothing
bad enough for a woman like that!": doesn't want me, that's a11,„ she ad -
he cried, "nothing!” ded with a little gasp.
"I've got nothing to live for," Rod- She ran up stairs and shut herself
dy -vent on, "the world's rotten — ! in her own room. Dropping on the
I'm twenty-three and I've drained edge of the heel, she stared mat of
life to the dregs! I've thrown up my the window with unseeing eyes. It
job, sis, 1 couldn't face it any longer her pocket was a letter from Page
—I'd Heil enough for her. I resign- Roemer; in it he sued e'er forgiveness
—•rlead!ng his love.
"Forgive me, trust me, 1 only want
to serve you."
Nancy tore it in little pieces, just
as Page Roemer had torn her love fox
him in little pieces and trampled it in
the mire—when he asked her to run
away with him.
TIME TABLE
Trainer will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderich Div.
Going' East, depart 7.08 a.m.
'Going East depart 8.00 p.m.,
'mooing West, depart 11.50 a.m.
eteeIng West, depart 9.53 p.m.
London. Huron St Bruce
Going North, ar. 11.34.1ve.11.54
\Going Santh 3.68 gene,
ed."
"Rod, you didn't—you didn't owe
anything, did you?"
"No! Nota dam' cent—what do I
"Roddy, we thought you would
to make good."
try
want with money. The whole world's
like a rotten apple, the inside's ready
to come out! I went on a spree,
Nance, the biggest spree I ever had
in my life. I drank up all I bad. I.
`" he sank down in a chair, oppos-
ite and rested his head on his clench-
ed fists—"I'm a darned loafer. I
ought to be allot. I've disgraced you
all. I've stolen. I'm out of work.
Why don't you shoot me, Nance?"
His ,sister diel not answer him; she
was choked with her own misery. It
had been no use, no use in the world;
she had not saved Roddy, she had on-
ly made him worse!
"Oh, Roddy!" she gasped, "oh, Rod-
dy, I wish,I were dead!"
Roddy stared at her, his jaw drop-
ping; suddenly the selfishness .of his;
own anguish was penetrated. Nancy's
forlorn cry went to his heart.
"Nancy, I'm a cotter!" he groaned,
"I'm no good on earth!"
"Neither am I!" Nancy's voice was
smothered, "I'm—I'm just as bad!
It'smy fault—l--'I've made every-
thing worse!—I it's all gone for
nothing!" she cried.
"It hasn't—listen!" he came over
Roddy, tramping in the wet area.
dew grass, had gotten to the bottom
of his misery "Pretty white to treat
a poor devil like me so well!" he mus.
ship for Richard that comes to a man
ed bitterly, with that rush of friend
at the enol of his tether. No one had
told him that he owned his freedom
to. Richard.
Roddy, in he rush of his friendship
and gratitude to Richard, did not
know hew much he owed. He was
tramping up and down the river mea,
dow in the dusk when age came sud-
denly upon old Major Lomax.
"Eh, there!" he shouted.
Rod stumbled. IIo knew the voice
and it brought a rush et memory,
"It's only Rod Gordon, Major," be
said in a choked voice.
The old man set down his lantern
and held out his hand.
"Come, and shake hands then, sir,"
he said, sharply, "drat it, I thought
I'd caught my chicken thief!"
Red in the face, Roddy came up and
shook hands. The old man swung
the lantern in his face.
"Been drinking?" he asked grim.
ly. "You look fishy, but come in—
Angie hears your voice."
Roddy wanted to escape. Then he
looked up and saw the girl in the
lighted doorway. Before he knew it
ho was holding her soft cool hands
in his.
"Come in, come in," saidthe ma-
jor testily,: "I'm playing chess to-
night with Haddon, but you and An-
gie can ,talk' if you've a mind to."
The major, hanging his lantern on
a hook by the door, surveyed him.
"Beaver says you've given up," he
remarked sharply, "going to turr
into a foot -pad, young man, or a toe-
daneer—which?"
"Uncle Robert!" gasped "Angie.
Roddy swallowed hard. "I'm go-
ing to work here," he answered
thickly."I'm looking for a job near
home this time, -3!m done with New
York,"
"New 'York's done with you" cor-
rected the major grimly. "I'll give
"Don't be grateful to 'that man!"
she answered furiously, "that's all-
I can't tell you why, but—let him a-
lone, Rod!"
"Richard Morgan? Why, I don't
understand—hell me, Angie."
She drew back at that, she saw
the look on his face and suddenly
remembered If she told Nancy's
THURS., MAY 31, 1934
brother the story that was going the.
rounds,,. the story that linked Nancy's
name with Morgan's, Roddy would
go to Richard and demand satisfac-
tion. He would have to go=' -and it
would mean death! The girl began
to tremble; she had been a fool,
what could she say?
(Continued Next Week)
WHAT
OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING
LIFE AND KISSES
A would-be crepe -hanger has in-
formed an indifferent and unrespon-
sive world that every kiss indulged in
shortens one's life three minutes. If
this chap has the correct dope he has
certainly suggested a delightful me-
thod of leaving this vale of tears. If
the pleasures of ldssing must be giv-
en up in order to reach a ripe old age,
a referendum on the subject would
undoibtedly be unanimous in favor o4
an early but blissful demise.
—Kingston Whig -Standard.
"New York's done with you," cor-
rected the Major grimly
MORE JOBS
When circumstances eliminate a
blacksmith shop it is replaced by a
garage or a service station employ-
ing snore men; the tradition of the
cross-roads carriage 'shop is tontine
ued in'the automobile factory, and so
on dowvn the roll of industry. Among
them the engineer, the inventor, the
scientist, it appears abundantly prov-
ed, have made far snore jobs than
they have destroyed, and they
have added enormously ' to the
comforts and luxuries available to
the masses ofthe people.
-Ottawa Journal.
ON THE HIGHWAYS
•
"do you remember—when I was here
last? I didn't come to see you."
"Yes, I know. I saw you go by -
1 thought you'd forgotten."
"I had," said Roddy, 'I was ash-
amed to remember. I'm a totter.
Angie. I'd been stealing to help a
bad woman out of trouble."
The girl shrank black into her cor-
ner. It was a long while before she
could speak. "I—can't believe it,
Roddy, you'rewhy, you're a Gor-
don!"
He turned crimson. She had
touched the tenderest spot about him,
"I stole fifteen thousand dollars
film the trust company, Angie. I'
ought, to be in jail," he went on,
pouring it all out in .a molten stream
of passionate regret and repentance.
"lacy sister helped me. Nancy bor-
rowed the money and kept me out .of
jail! A gill, Angie! I'm a lout—I
let her do it."
Angie's quick gasp escaped him.
He was too much wrapped up in
himself to perceive that he had giv-
en a key to a mystery. Richard had
money—could Nancy have gone to
him
"I—I'gn• so glad you didn't go -to
jail!" she gasped, and then: "Rod,
you ought to have gone. We ought
to pay for what we do -ourselves."
He caught her hand and held it
feverishly; he had forgotten his hat.
red of the sex.
"You don't despise me — for it?"
he asked huskily'.
She shook her head. Then, sud-
denly, without warning, she burs;
into tears. Her tears melted Roddy:'
he felt a rush of self pity as great as
her pity for him.
"Oh, Roddy!" sighed the girl melt-
ingly, and before she knew it her soft
fingers touched his brown hair with
shy fondness. "Oh, Rod, there was
a woman, you said-"
"I hate her!" he vowed. "I war
a fool, Angie, She fooled me.' She
begged for help for her old father—
oh, a touching .story—and she said
she'd return it, I—I thought I could
myself. Then I found out she was
married," he blazed.
Angie dried her tears angrily.
"She ought, to have gone to jail!"
"Thats what . Nance thinks," he
admitted a little sheepishly, -then,
abruptly, he kissed Angie's hand.
"Roddy, you're going to work
here? You'll---" she hesitated ----
"you'll take Uncle Robert's offer?
He rose slowly and began to walk
rip and down, with the same pictur-
esque melancholy.. "I ,think I—i'll
ask Richard, you see Richard took:
me in—drunk—end took care of me."
Roddy's voice choked, "pretty white,
wasn't it?• I'm' grateful to Richard."
"Grateful " Angie sprang up, her
face crimson, "you'veno reason to
be grateful to Richard Meagan!" she
cried impetuously, "no reason in the
world!".
Roddy naught the changein her
There are just as many discourte-
ous drivers in Canada as anywhere
else. We have the road hogs. We
have the reckless drivers. We have
the people who never stop at a red
light, but expect everyone else to. We
have the "fender scrapers" and .the
obnoxious horn -blowers and the un-
reasonable cutters -in and all the rest
who make driving moro or less of a
nightmare for decent citizens with
some sense of their obligation to so-
ciety. Motoring courtesywhat a
change its general adoption would
mean to the whole business of driv-
ing. ---Border Cities Star.
IIURON FARMERS LOSE
connection with such entertainment.
Think it over!
—,Lindsay Wratchman-Warder,
EVERY TOWN HAS 'EM
home where it had a-perfect;right
to be and put it in the, haymow where
it had no right to be.
The result was that; when the pal.,
ice who do seem to hear about these
things, came' along 'and found it um,
der six feet of hay, it cost Mr. Day
just $20, and an extra $8 for putting
then to so much trouble,.
The Magistrate told him • that if he
had left it in the cellar the visit of.
the police would have been just a
friendly visit. -Blyth Standard.
When youheara man running
down his home town or city or busi-
ness or industry in it, or his home
newspaper, take a good look at him.
Ten to one he will have a -chin as long
as a rail, an eye as restless as a horse
thief; and he will hitch around in his
chair as though he had a touch of St.
Anthony's dance. Talk with him a
while and you will discover that he
has made a failure . of everything he
has ever tried (except being disagree_
able), and nine times out of ten he is
dependent on the public for favors or
support; you will find him of a med-
dlesome, peevish, jealous nature; a
man who is always complaining, and
although he has but little, if anything
of his own, one would imagine to
hear him talk that he.had a quit claim
deed to the earth and a first mortgage
on heaven. 3-fe knows everybody's
business, and why shouldn't he? He
has none of his own to take up his
time. Such people, like mosquitoes,
were not created in vain, perhaps, but
one fact remains, they do not add ma-
terially to the pleasure of conduct-
ing legitimate business.
—Swift Current (Sask.) Sun.
A number of the farmers of Huron
County who have been shipping their
cattle to Britain through a Montreal
firm known as the Richelieu Coepore-
tion, which is now defunct, seem at
present to stand to lose a lot of mon-
ey. The company is reported to
have collected for the cattle but has
not paid a cent to the farmer. It ap-
pears that this firm chartered the
boats for the shipment.
Hon. Ff. H. Stevens, minister of
Trade and Commerce states that ir.
his opinion there had not only been a
grave injustice to the farmers who
shipped the cattle, but that they had
been the victim of a cringe. He pro-
mised that the government would co-
operate in every way in securing jus-
tice for the fanners. George Spotton,
M.P., for North Huron, who is always
ready to lend his aid for his constit-
uents is doing all in his power to
get restitution for the Huron farmers
to retrieve their loss, having been in
Montreal a number• of t'im.es in their
behalf and if compensation is receiv-
ed he deserves the credit.
—Blyth Standard.
YOU SEE IT EVERY DAY
What chances men take of being.
severely burned and even losing their
life, is seen at almost every service
station where gasoline is fed to the
tank of a car. The owner of the car
will stand over the tank and watch
the inflammable fluid being poured
in with a lighted cigar or cigarette
between his lips and we have even
seen them strike a match to light
their pipe. In the open air the clan-
ger is not so great, but it is neverthe,
less, a great danger ' and once the
fumes of the gasoline become ignited,
theexplosion follows, „ and the man
standing nearby is liable to be the
most severely burned. ` We have fro•
guently noticed young men, while the
gas tank was being filled, strike a
match and light a cigarette. Acci-,
dents do oder}', and often lives are
lost by such.caa'elessness, but those
who do escape do not seem to heed
the many warnings. Recently we
read of a man who was/ removing gas
from a ear with a lighted pipe in his
mouth. - In a few bears he was being
cared for in a hospital' and is prob-
ably disfigured for life. Fire and
gasoline dont mix any more than al-
cohol and gasoline will mix.
Winchester Press.
CAN IT BE BROUGHT ABOUT?
SUNDAY WORK IN GARAGES
With the coming of summer and
heavy Sunday motor traffic, the Sob,
bath for the garage man is becoming
in many cases the heaviest day of
the week. A pertinent suggestion is
made that if there were an extra tax
on gas sold on Sunday, autd tanks
would be filled on Saturday. Is it
because farmers are so busy that
some of them drive to the garage on
Sunday morning and order work done
on their cars, while they attend
church? Many a car owner does not
hesitate to leave the repair work on
his car until Sunday when he has
time to watch over the work done.
When the people "remember the Sab-
bath Day to keep it holy," the garage
man may be able to do so, too.
iSimcoe Reformer.
• Hidebound partyisrn is a thing
which should be relegated to the
limbo of the forgotten past. The id-
ea that everything is right just be-
cause•"nay party" proposes it is just
as foolish as the idea that everything
is wrong for the same reason. The
hope for Canada lies in the coming of
a day when broad general principles
will be decided at the polls, and in-
cidental matters will be left to the
good judgement of the members of
a Parliament operating with a sin-
gle eye to the welfare of the coun-
try rather than to the expediency of
the party.—sltidgetown Dominion.
NO MORE UNRULY IIORSES
Sometimes a horse becomes very
unruly, and objects to having a new
setofshoes placed on his tootsies,
A Flesherton blacksmith has a plan
which works perfectly without spend-
ing money for a quart of chloroform.
For the hind feet he simply maices n
heavy braid -in tail, ties the end of
the tail and slips the animal's hoof
through the loop. After shoeing one
hind font the other is treated likewise
—and there you are. Likewise the
new shoes. A three -logged horse
cannot kick. Flesherton Advance.
A PROPOSED WAGER
W'e will bet the editor of the Wier -
ton Echo a pew hat that the Henry
government is returned to power; we
will also het five years subscription
of the News against five years of the
Echo that Campbell Grant is elected
in this riding.—Kincardine News.
GO AND DO LIKEWISE
A Blenheim jeweller recently re-
ceived a cheque for $125 to cover an
account that dated back forty -dive
years, with interest. It was explain..
ed that the remittance was the result
of the influence of the Oxford Group
movement. We could wish that some
of our delinquent subscribers would
coarse under the same influence,
—Goderich Signal
A GENTLE HINT
The flowers in the cemetery which
were planted in the groves and else-
where, were placed there for the
beautification of the cemetery and
not to be picked. Goderich Star.
RISKS LIFE FOR DOG
A thoroughbred pointer dog was
safe and uneinged at Hamilton, Ont,
due to the heroic efforts of a gaso-
line service station operator who
twice risked his life in entering e
llama -filled room to bring it to safe-
ty. Joseph Place was carrying a tin
of gasoline into the station when the
fumes ignited from a coal heater. He
dropped the blazing container and
fled, only to remember that "Pal"
was tied inside the office. He enter-
ed the flame -enveloped room and af-
ter sore minutes managed to unleash
the dog'. Again safely outside,be
found "Pal" had not followed. He
re-entered and finally led his charge
to safety..
Thos. Day, Howick Township, got
himself into a lot of trouble because
THINK IT OVER he dig not know the law.
i
The weeky ~ paper is constantly pro- Ito had a lot of cider and some,
g
villin publicity free of charge for times his friends came in and helped
the little and big, •things that effect trim to drink. it. It is reputed to have
yourbusiness and social life. An en- a real kick at this time of year which
n re. se,W the anger in her tertaimnent, for instance, without seems to have roused Day's fears
fae. He s
face. He stood still with a; shoelc sof publicity, falls flat; Does;the news- that he would be favored with avis -
it from the police. So lie tools the
vis -
surprise. paper, then, after giving, such pub-
"What clo you mean, Angie?" licity,; not deserve the paid work In container out of the cellar of his
IS OUR JAM, JAM?.
One witness at the Stevens Com-
mittee Investigation made the stater
ment that some jams contained less
than 10 per cent. of the fruit from
which they were represented to be
made. This reminds us of a story we
heard in the war days. A. man ap-
peared before the Tribunal in Lon-
don, Eng., asking that he be excused
from conscription as his occupation
was such that it was impossible to an.
place him. He was asked what his
occupation -was and his reply shocked
the Tribunal as he made wooden pits
for raspberry jam.
—Wingham Advance -Times,
PART OF CANADA IS SCOTLAND
History was enacted at Edinburgh
Castle recently when the Lord Provost
of Edinburgh, W, J, Thomson, and
the High Commissioner for Canada,
the Honorable G. Howvard Ferguson,
met on Canadian soil. This was the
first time since 1708 that the esplan-
ade in front of the Castle was of,fl,
cially recognized as part of Canada.
When James VI. first created bar-
onetcies of Nova Scotia, it was neces.
sary that they should be created upon
the soil of that portion of Canada. A
piece of ground before the Castle of
Edinburgh was therefore decreed to
be part of Nova Scotia. Some even
say a basket of Nova Scotian earth
brought from Canada put the finish-
ing touches to the legalizing of the
ground as Canadian territory and the
charter proclaiming the esplanade as
a portion of Canada has never been
annualcd, The recent meeting by the
Nigh Commissioner of Canada and
the Lord Provost of Edinburgh has
therefore an historical significance
because this is the first time that this
reputed Canadian territory has been
used officially since the last Nova.
Scotian baronet was created in 1708,
Creation of the Nova Scotian bar-
onets was intended to get the individ-
nals thus honored to take a practical
interest in Nova Scotia, to invest
their capital in it and send out amen
and cattle and goods.
Belleville Canadian,
AS KEEN AS A FOX HAS NEW
MEANING-
Rev.
EANINGRev. J. W. Jenkins of Aldersyde
has had .interesting proof of the keen
instinct and tenacity of memory a,
mongst foxes. Mr. Jenkins and his
son Harold, have been successfully
breeding foxes on the Maple Leaf
Pox Farm for ten years, and find
much interest in the study of these
timid, high strung little animals.
Mr. Jenkins senior, returned re-
cently, after an absence of almost two
year's and at first opportunity went
the rounds ofthe kennels. Although
some of the old stock was on hand,
he had no expectation of being recogA
nized, and at this . particular time the
foxes are particularly sensitive to
any invasion of their yards. Howe.
ever one of the older foxes came for-
ward to him immediately and unhesi-' •
tatingly, at once recognizing ae old
friend. After the first amenities of
renewed acquaintance were over, she
showed the usual maternal desire to
show off the new babies, and called
her youngsters out :to ~speak to the
nice gentohnan. The °little round ball a
of fur rolled out at the call, but im-
mediately disappeared in alarm. A,
gain the mother gave her call, and
whatever reassurance or explanation
which She may have offered' 1,n fox
language, the result was • that the
puppies came forth fearlessly, and
in no, time were rolling round Mx.
'Jenlcin's feet. -High Riper Times,