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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-05-30, Page 2And your .o! taste ri1tIi conv *0 of U. Weeds born the gardens' w 1� ISLE OF L T RJB s ION MDISC)')eigiemoo MAR 4A L, " ILLUSTRATED ay .�'.' R.W. SATTBRT'PLO .. CHAPTER I. for richly amber whiskiesand-ao• das. were swinglnif by. And a policeman dxearning that, throlnela the glass pane was en,the Beene askinec questions and e# the dor, her lustrops blue ej'ee had jotting down, license nuntgoi"s, Sutit followed therespark that wee in the fox `a moment he ,paused at Ned'It , tp1l.libht till it pp selepetuag 'gloom, CUAPTDIts"IL elbow, °Your name and address, pieaee2" he asked coldly. Ned whirled, Earning his eyes from the girl's face for the first time,. "bled Cornet," ho answered, And he gave hie father's address on Queen Anne krill, - "Show up before ;taiga Roseman in the morning," he. ordered. "The jitney there will send their 'bilis to you, Pd adniee 'you tet pay "cin." 'I'll pay 'em," Ned' agreed. "I'll throw in an extra twenty to pay for their lose of time," "This young lady ante she ain't Mut," the policeman went on, "It The manifold powers of circum stance were in conspiracy against Ned Cornet this late August afternoon. No detail was important in itself. It had been drizzling slowly and mournfully, but drizzle is not uncommon in Seattle. Ned Cornet had bean passing the time pleasant!;, in the Totem Club on Fourth Street, doing nothing in par- "sheet Ned Cornet had a fire rlrEinsr ocular, nothing exceedingly bad or that more or less occupied his thoughts, In a space of time so short that it resembled some half -glimpsed incident in a dream, Ned found himself, still at his wheel, the ear crosswise in 'the street and the front wheels almost touching the curb, a terrible and ghastly sobriety upon him. Something had happened. He had gone into a perilous skid at the corner. of Fourth and Madison, thenar had slid sicken- ingly out of his control, and at the wrong instant a dark shape, all too plainly another automobile, had lurch- ed out of the murk of the rain. Ned Cornet had bad automobiles at his command, long before it was safe for lin to have his hands on them. When cold sober he drove rather too fast, none too easefully, but had an almost incredible mastery over his car. He knew bo}v to pick his wheel tracks over bumpy roads, and he knew the exact curve that a car couldtake with safety in rounding a corner. Even now, in the crisis that had just been, he had handled his ear like the veteran he was. The wonder was not that he had hit the other car, but rather, considering the speed with which he had come, that it should con time to remain before his sight, but little damaged, instead of being shat- tered into kindling and dust. Never- theless it was not yet time to receive congratulations from spectators. There had been serious eonsequentes nougb. He was suddenly face to face Thos their meeting was auspicrout, and on leaving the club, abort seven, it 'came about that Ned Cornet met the rain. It w not enough to bother him. He didn't even think about it. It was only a lazy, smoky drizzle that deepened the shadowe of falling twi light and blurred the lights ea the good or even unusually diverting; but such was quite a customary practise. with him, Finally Cornet's special friend, Rodney Corn, had just re- turned from one of his hundred so- journs in far, places—this time from an especially attractive salmon stream in Canada. The two young men had met in Co - burn's room at the Totem Club, and the steward had gone thither with tall glasses and ice. Coburn had not re- turned empty-handed from Canada. Partly in celebration of his return, and partly because of the superior quality of the gods that had aceom- panied him, his friend Ned raised his afternoon limit from two powerful pre -dinner cocktails to no less than i 4 joy the 24th all a msew sett of t'=QUIP your car with Firestones- the toughest, long- est -wearing tires on earth—aid know wherever ' you go, your tires will carry you with greater safety and economy than.afy others you can buy. See your nearest Fire- stone Dealer today. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED newurON - ONTARIO 'that. she certainly is no credit le you ain't. There is plenty of witnesses here if she wants to sleeks; a vie," 11I'11 give this young lady complete satisfaction," Ned premised ,` Ile turned to her in easy friendliness, a queer little crooked smile, winning end astonishingly juvenile, appearing at his mouth, "Now let's get in my car. I'll take you home -and we can talk this over." She directed him out Madison, into a district of humble, modest, but re- epectable residences.' "It's lucky You carne along—I don't often get a ride clear to my door." "Lucky! I want to sal if it wasn't for all the luck in the world you'd be Ned Cornet kept well withlri the speed laws on his .way baek to his father's beantifnl home on Queen Anne Hill. He was none too well pleased with himself and his thoughts were busy, There ^tvoel(l be some sort of a seen with Godfrey ()Wet, the gra% man whose' self -amassed ;wealth would ultimately settle for the ages to the "jitney" and the affront to the municipality ---perhaps. only a frown, a momenta coldness about the lips, bet a scene nevertheless. No one could look at Godfrey Cor- net and doubt that he was the veteran Q < many wars.. The battles he •had fbnght had been those of oconomie stress, but they had scarred nine none the less. Every one of hie fine features told the same story. Hie month 'vas hard and grim, but it could smile with ,the kindest, most:;boyish'pleasu"re on occasion, His nowad like an eagle's beak, his face was lean with never a sagging muscle, his eyes, coal black, had each bright points as of blades of steel. People always wondered at his trine, erect form, giving little sign of e with the fact that in his haste to get hone for dinner he had very likely obliterated a human life. There was a curious, huddled heap on the dim pavement, just beyond the small car he had struck. It was a girl; she lay very still, and the face half covered by the arm seemed very white and lifeless. And blasted by a terror such as was never known in all his wasted years, Ned leaped, raced, and fell to his knees at her side. The car he had struck was one of the thousands of "jitneys" of which he had so often spoke with contempt. The girl was a shopgirl or factory worker, on her way home. Shaken with horror, but still swift and strong from the stimulus of the crisis, he lifted he,' head and shoulders in his a rifle. Then the girl smiled in his face. "I'rn not hurt," he heard her say, seemingly in answer to some sense- less query of his. She shook her head at the same time, and she ensiled as she did it, "I know what I'm saying," she went on. "I'm not hurt—One--- biti" The little drama, as if hurled in an instant from the void, was already done. Tragedy had been averted; it was merely one of the thousands of unimportant smashups that occur in a great city every year. Some of the spectators were already moving on. In net a moment, before half a dozen or de could be said, other ears his. advanced year">i, For all the try with with which he had surrounded his wife and sen, he hlmself had al wore lived frugally;. simple Toed suf. tclent exereiee, the most personal and detailed eentaet with hie business. (! o be continued.) :ed in his face. going to the hospital instead. I'm taking all the blame for that smash back there—I got off mighty lucky. Now let's settle about the dress—and a few other things. First—you're sure you're not hurt?" He was a little surprised at the gay, girlish smile about, her lips, "Not a particle. It would be nice if I could go to the hospital two weeks or so, just to rest—but I haven't the con- science to do it. I'm not even scratch- ed—just pushed over in the street. And I'm afraid 1 can't even charge you for the dress. I've always had too much conscience, Mr. Cornet.", "0f course I'm going to pay—" "The dress cost only about twenty dollars—at a sale. And it doesn't seem to. be even damaged. 0f course it will have to be cleaned. To save you the embarrassment I see, growing in your face, I'1l gladly send the bill to you if you like—" In the bright street light he looked up, studying Ler face, Her skin had a healthy freshness, pink like the marvelous pink of certain spring wild flowers, and she had delicate girlish features that wholly suited his ap- praising eye. This girl in his car was in her early twenties—over, rather than under—of medium height, with the slender strength of an expert swimmer, yet her beauty was that of a child. He couldn't tell, at first, in just what her beauty lay. Other girls had fresh skins, bright eyes, smiling lips and masses of dark lustrous hair— and some of them even had the sim- plicity of good manners. Ned had a quick, sure mind, and for a moment he mused over his wheel as he tried to puzzle it out. But soon after this- Ned Cornet caught himself with a whispered oath. He was positively maudlin! The ex- citement, the near approach to tra- gedy, the influence of the liquor mani- festing itself once more in his veins were making him stare and think like a silly fool. The girl was a particu- larly attractive shopgirl of £ rY worker, strong and athletic for all her appealing slenderness, doubtless pretty enough to waken considerable interest in certain of his friends who went in for that sort of thing, but he, Ned Cornet, had other interests. The gaze he bent upon her was suddenly indif- ferent. They were almost at their destina- tion now, and be did not see the sud- den decline of her mood in response to his dying interest. Sensitive as a flower to sunlight, she realized in a moment that a barrier of cast had dropped down between them. She was silent the rest of the. way. "Would you mind telling ale what you do—in the way of work, Y mean?" lee asked her, at her door. "My father has a business. that employs many girls. There night be a chance—" "I can do almost anything with a needle, thank you," she told him !with , �perfect frankness. • "Fitting, stitching, embroidery—I could name a 1 I dozen other things," { "We employ dozens of seamstresses , and fitters. I suppose I cion reach you hese--after work hours. I'll keep'eou in mind.' An instant later he had bidden leer good night and driven away,' little 1 t ISSUt No. 20- 229 more w '(in the dat3s of our Grandmothers and Great Grandmothers Ithis name. MCClary meant a great deal jurat as it does todai r But) goods bearing the MCGiar name with complete confidence c firm utrultrrrnnririmlnitaikar)i<OF A PRODUCT OF GV 4 RAL sTIML WARMS c.rtutc ra Across 21 Brooches Acroen Candefd Irnaiak BIM, sob* ,asebee C1tp, Montreal 111, Ottawa, Toronto (a), ntnn(Iton (2), Brantford, toddon(1),w(ndsor,Nortfin... ay,WInn]peg(37'Bolen%enantoon,Ca11gov,Edmonton,Vancower: re EVER wait to see if a.headache i ` will "wear off." why suffer when there's always Aspirin? 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Don't waste life in doilies and 'fears; spend yourself on th'a work before you, well assured that the right performance of the hour's duties will be the best perparation for the hours or ages, that follow it, 'Tis the measure of• a man, his apprehene sion of a day. R. W,• Emerson. Minard's Liniment relieves pain. We do not count a man's years, un- til he ]tae nothing else to, count. R.. 'Nt. Emerson, PRACTICAL SUIT. The young man today of 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 years demands real boy's clothes as suit illustrated with blouse with ehouider yoke, collar' and patch pocket, just like older brother, wears. He wear a -belt too, slipped through straps of shorts that button to blouse, for smart sportive air The shorts. have drop seat and provides for two pockets. Style No. 4'76 chooses a tan self -check featherweight •tweed for trousers with natural colored linen for blouse, brown .suede belt and brown silk scarf tie French blue linen tran- som with white cotton broadcloth blouse, grey mixture in novelty rayon with grey cotton broadcloth blousee, nile green pique with printed P 9 and navy blue flannel with white linen blouse with blue silk tie with white polka dots are only a few of ranee interesting suggestions. Pattern p' 20c in stamps coin Will (coin is pre- ferred). Wrap HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, '78 West Adelaide St, Toronto.' Patterns sent by an early mail, • Bristress—"Do you think yon will settle down here? You've left so many situations." Maid—"les, m'm. But remember I didn't leave any of 'eat voluntary!" 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I.ilace for in-- stance, sown to do. better for 'a little• cutting, buttorfir bush wt11 be killed.' back quite a little anyway and may as well be cut, while hydrangeas will. form a naw wood for flowering next season so they may be cut for their Vlong-lasting bouquets. Shrubs should be planted In early spring before the new growth be cordes, prominent, or in- late autumn after the wood has become well ripened.. When received from the nursery, if not planted immediately, they should bo "heeled P This is ae- coniplished by digging a treueb in.the garden, laying the shrubs in and cover, ing the roots lightly with soil, to .pre- vent drying out, A -few moments of exposure to a strong' breeze or warm - Still niay do an'immeese amount or harm. Soli Preparation Important T1ie soil should be thoroughly pre- pared previous to planting and nixed with wallrooted manure: The hole for a shrub hsould be ample, quite a little wider than the span of the ball of roots; `,wide enough to allow you to spread out these roots in the direc- tion of their natural growth. Too of- ten the roots in planting are bent: and cramped into too narrow a space to allow for their best development, It . it always to be remembered that the runts obtain the food for the 'plant, that the root system is one of the most -important parts of the plant. Shrubs should be planted at the. sante. depth at which they stood in the nursery This depth will be evi- dent from the soil line on the stoma. They should be watered thoroughly af- ter planting and should be cultivated to a 'depth,of two or three inches in order to conserve the supply of mois- ture, Pruning Often Overdone Another part of our work with shrubs is pruning. As a rule shrubs are pruned too much, often from ne- cessity arising from lack of space, especially when the shrubs get' old and big. The nutting out of all dead wood and occasionally of wood that is crowding other brandies is . in-.. many, we might say most, cases eni !relent for pruning operations, All shrubs, like trees, have a defin- ite. fmvn, often of some special grace, when mature. Why should- we try to1.. make them conform to the same out- line, to trim and bind them to a rigid spherical or half -arching• form when they want to send out great arching chains, as the golden bell in spring? Too often is this beautiful shrub pruned back so that it, has only one or two feet of straight young shoot to cover with its rich mantle of gold. Where some pruning is. necessary it is well to remember that most of the early flowering shrubs„ flower from wood of4the previous' season's growth, hence they should be pruned immedi- ately after flowering, giving them all summer to grow the new -flowering wood. Then the summer -flowering shrubs usually bloom on wood grown the same season, so they can be cut back during the winter or very early spring months. • t llininn 11} • iasis o ;bgre s off'- "thee Ii * ics You expect more from your motoe; ear today than you did ten f l r994l g .,years ago. And you get it. Greater speed, smoother power t� and more responsive performance are common to msoelern ears se a result of the ment of develop higher ep hi eed, higher co- g ma pression motors. These improved engines demand a better oil—fuller-bodied, with greater resistance to heat and wear. To ensure a better motor oil, Imperial 011 Limited goes all the way to Perm for the crude from when to maize Marvelube. 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The other fellow's share subsequently was 44. "These were the only two actual transactions I ever had on the: Stock Exchange," says Lauder, "and I don't suppose I shall ever have another. It's too nerve racking when you don't win as much as you ought to have won. -- Financial Times (London). FI We're 'waiting anxiously for pic- tures of victorious elexicar- generals we will attribute their success solely to their favorite brand of cigarettes. Don't refuse to listen to the restate- ment of truth. Truth does not alter, but we require its constant reformula- tion from ag to age Rev e It. Bawels.