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The Seaforth News, 1930-09-18, Page 6,Conscience Money H air r y Jobling Finds That Honesty is Still the Best Policy By A. G. GREENWOOD Everybody who knows Stacey Park, London's newest suburb,, knows the little general shop which old Scaling, built out in front of the ancient and ramshackle Manor House. Young Harry Jobiing livedthere now, alone, except for Mrs. Briggs, who kept house for him. But things weren't going well. Multiple' shore had sprung up, and competition had. become fierce. If you went Into Jobiing's, a girl with light brown, bobbed hair and. dark brown, bright.' eyes served you. Daisy King was :Harry's only assist- ant. It was on a Friday—the thirteenth of the month, too! -when Daisy, who had been even quieter than usual all the morning, lingered bfore she went off to, lunch, and then said nervously to Harry: "I'm sorry, Mr. Jobling; I've got to give notice." She went on the explain tl at her father was joining hisbrother in parf, nership on a farm in Canada. The, whale family were leaving England for good. Her uncle would and jobs for Peter and Dick, her brothers. When she bad gone to her lunch, Harry stared at her usual seat in the dark corner behind the counter and the perfumery showcase. She was leaving England. Never had he im- agined such a disaster. Never had he realized the truth with such blazing earety. Did she know? 'No, never had he hinted by deed, word or glance. How could he speak of love to any girl when he had nothing—less than no- thing—to offer? It was then thea he suddenly thought how splendid it would be if he too, could go. Was it impossible? Her father, he learnt, had sold his business and his house, and was putting capital into his brother's farm—paying his footing. Swiftly calculating, Harry believed he could meet his liabilities and have a few hundreds o1 er—pro-- -aiding he could find a real purchaser! for the freehold of the old house. He might make inquiries at the estate agents, anyhow, and see if he could get a good offer. That sante evening Mrs. Briggs, the happy and miserable, exalted and houselceeper, called Harry into the! floored, exulting and despairing. kitchen. Since the dry weather had .Harry's blissful dreams didn't last set in, she explained, the crack be- long. A11 his worries seemed sudden- tween window and fireplace had been ly to moue to a head. Wholesalers widening. Something .tight to be done, became avid for payment. said she. Harry investigated. In the passage above the crack, hidden by a cupboard, gaped widely. On the first floor, in one of the disused rooms he could put his fingers into it. On the second floor, in yet another empty room, past rains had driven in and rotted the floorboards, A settlement of old standing, made more apparent by the draught, said a friend --a clerk in a London survey- or's office—who came down that week- end eekend at Harry's request and investi- gated. With a very long face he made his report. "The old house is doomed, old boy," ho finished; "underpinning would cost a mint o' money." "Nobody would buy, I suppose?" said aIirzy. "Only for the site value, I'm afraid, old man. The house itself is worth less than it would cost to pull it down and clear the site." In bed that night, with a high wind Ailing the old house with strange noises, Harry, calculating, realized A Gracef ul Escape Striking action photograph h area down and G. Willis sliding clear, at recent English race. p g ph taken as Tom Farndon crashed into and over Pail Bishop, already , tent, to lower her on to the sofa in her mother's sitting -room. Left alone with Daisy, while Mrs. King was up•• stairs fetching bandages, he leant over the sofa. "I'm so — frantically—frightfully sorry," he said. "I'd rather harbor a million rats than hurt one hair of your head." She lay there, looking up at him. "What—what was it you said when you first came in?" she asked. He felt his cheeks burn. Then he noticed that her pale lips were quiv- ering. "Are—are you in frightful pain?" he asked. "No. Pm trying not to laugh." "At me?" at said simply. She nodded. "Because it took a rat to do it!" she said. Then Mrs. King appeared and said she felt sure Harry must be anxious to get back to his business. Nor would she listen to protests. So back he went;, his thoughts busy, alternately so that his capital, too was a minus quantity. Without the price he had set against the house, he was, no longer solvent. Day -dreaming of Al- berta and Daisy was folly. He wouldn't think of her. Tomorrow he wouldn't, house "More than I expected to get," said Harry. "And the funny thing is that he didn't say anything about it being subject to surveyor's report. Just said he'd buy it as it was. His solicitors are investigating the title already. Seems in a hurry." "You accepted? It's sold?" Harry shook his head. He had not actual'y accepted. He had longed to. Something had held him back. That crack, that fatal settlement, had pre- vented his leaping at the offer. All very well to argue that a purchaser must look out for himself, but no pru- dent man buys a house without his surveyor first reporting on it. Well, Miers was imprudent then. Miers was the fool he looked, then. Still, that didn't justify doing him, His surveyor friend, over the tele- phone, declared, however, that only a. fool would point out the settlement. "It's up to Miers to find out. You keep your mouth shut, old boy." Harry did. He kept his mouth shut so firmly that he couldn't say "Yes," to 1tar. Miers' firm ober the next day. To his dismay the only result was an increase of $500 in the price. Evi- dently Miers was keen on the place for some unknown reason. "Give me till the morning," said Harry. That night he laid the matter be- fore Daisy. He told her all that de- pended on it, If he kept silent and let the sale go through, he could clear off hie liabilities and land in Canada` with several hundred dollars at least. "In Canada, Harry?" "Yes, I mean to follow you out. I'll better telephone?" get a job somewhere within riding An hour later he shut up the shop distance. I'll see you sometimes— and took Daisy hente in a taxi. To and somehow." from it he cexried her. He was retnr. And then be told her of the crack, and his friend's report of the dangers syndicate's going to build a big the- Cats Latest Additions The School Bell "Old -Bell, That cheats the schoolboy of his hours of pisY, And tallest htto; .to lessons day by day; The brazen' tongue shall now inspire my lay. "Old laughing Belli Thy piercing voice seems sadly out Of tune, Swinging aloft from new to waning mach, With eIreling years, like leaves, arena these strewn. of collapse. atee and every bit .of the old house to Vegetarian Fad' "Can't Mr, Miers see it for himself, is to be demolished.—"An'stVers." then?" asked Daisy. I building. That's obvioue. The man's "No. He doesn't know a thing about The Queen's Handiwork. simply a fool. Anyone could do him:' for Baby Princess "Then he must be told, Harry," she sai, without hesitation. Mr. Miers looked in the next Aton- ing. His cheeks were more yellow, his lisp more pronounced than over, and he was evidently in the worst of tem- pers. "Can't wait any longer," he said. "It's now or never, Mr. Jobling. I'll raise another $500. Not a penny more. That's flat." ' Harry sighed, smiled, and shook his head, "You've heard?" ejaculated Miers abruptly, eyes glitering like beads. "Heard what?" asked Harry startled. Mr. Miers flushed, and turned orange. princess continued satisfactory. "$1,000 then, and thats' final!" he "Iler royal highness and the infant exclaimed. "It's a go! Yes?" princess are'both very well," said an "No," said Harry. "Look here, I've official bulletin issued on Aug. 39th something to show you." by Sir Henry Simon at 5.30 P.m. He led Mr. Miers downstairs. dciupnLetaoiu shrdlu emfwyp bgkgjp "See that? It's a settlement. Come upstairs. It runs right through the .And then, one day, a little dapper house. I want to sell, heaven knows. man, with a saffron skin, a black I'm not sticking out for a bigger price. smudge of moustache, and black eyes I'd have jumped at your first offer. behind tortoiseshell glasses, sauntered But I couldn't, though I wanted to. into the shop. He introduced himself The hottst is rotten, tumbling down. as Mr. Miers. On behalf of a client Barring the site—" he was looking for—well, pretty much Mr. Miers sat down on a crate, what he now saw. Had the idea of staring up at Harry and rubbing his selling ever struck Mr. Jobling? podgy hands together. Then hie sol - Well, said Harry, his heart tick- emu face crumpled up, and abruptly ing, "more or less." be began to laugh. It ended with Harry taking Mr. "What—what's up?" demanded Miers over the house. It wasn't till Harry, they stood in the garden—a fine, In answer Mr. Miers pulled out his long garden, now mostly jungle, lay fountain -pen and the contract he had behind the old house --that Harry felt so often before put in front of Harry. he had been a little unscrupulous in "I'm still on," he said. "What's standing in front of the crack on your price?" every floor they visited.. "What you first offered. But, man, "P'r'aps," said Mr. Miers, at the you—" finish. "I might have the first refusal Mr, Miers' poised pen descended for a month or so?" like a hawk, then rose and hovered. In a few months the house might "No" he snapped, frowning £ero- have collapsed; so Harry said: ciously. "I offered you in all $1,750 "Sorry. If I esll I want to sell Wore. We'll split the difference, Mr. quickly," wore. just put your name here, That night Harry went round to please." inquire after Daisy. They were alone "So I signed;' Harry told Daisy together for the first time since that that evening. "I shall have the money wonderful afternoon. in about a month. Oh, I do wish I Harry told her all about Mr. Miers and how in the end he had, to Harry's astonishment, made an offer for the Vegetariansare congratulating themselves on new converts just now —and converts in rather unsuspected traces. London —Baby clothes for the prim For instance, it was recently report - cess born to the Duchess of York ed from Aberdeenshire that a fox and included woollen garments which a rabbit had been found sharing the Queen Mary crocheted, threaded with same burrow, and bringing up :.heir pink ribbons, it was revealed. The Queen also made a cot cover dotted with tiny pink embroidered rose buds which was sent to Glamis Castle be- fore the birth of the child. The Queen's choice of pink was taken as an indication that she anti- cipated the birth of a girt, as mos, royal women still adhere to the old idea 01 "blue for a boy and pink for a girl." Latest Bulletin Gamuts, Scotland. --The progress of the Duchess of Yorlc and the new even look at her. "But he did look—constantly. The presence of a rat in the base- ment, where stock was stored, changed his plans. The rat caused Daisy's wav- ering cry, which ent Harry bolting downstairs. She had leapt up on a crate. "Darling, what's happened?" The words were instinctive. Not 1111 he noted her expxrexsxsixonx xdix till he noted hor expression did he realize what he bad said. The rat, by running again across the floor, cane to Harry's rescue. He snatched up a bundle of firewood and let fly at it. The bundle glanced off a barrel and brought a pyramid of paint pots to tae floor. Simultaneously Daisy jumped down. Her foot landed on a rolling tin. She fell, scrambled up as Harry darted forward, then drew a loud breath of rpaint and stood balanced on one leg. "You're hurt? It was all ray beast- ly fault! I -I say, I am a clumsy idiot! Is—is it your ankle?" She nodded and blinked. Two tears glittered on her cheeks. She put her foot to the ground and went very white. Harry's arm shot round her. "Sprained? Oh, I say, I am so frightfully sorry! Don't walk on it. Let me—" He lifted her as though she was made of glass. He carried her, star- ing steadfastly ahead, upstairs and into his little parlor. "Mrs. Briggs!" he shouted. The old woman came bustling. He hovered, gazing at Daisy, saying: "A doctor? D'you think I'd better get a doctor? Sure it's all right? Hadn't I British Dirigible Will Visit Egypt Ottawa. — Commercial possibilities of the British dirigibles will be tested In. a series of flights between Eng- land and Egypt this winter, accord- ing to Sir Sohn F. A. Iligglns of the British Air Ministry, who is in Ot- respective families in it. But this doesn't necessarily mean orated its 150th anniversary. that the fox in question had turned vegetarian. There have been cases of. Tee Prince's Empire Accent a similar kind before, and the rabbits who share quarters with Brer Fox The "King's English" is not the aren't quite so foolish as we might Prince of Wales' English, according suppose. Quite possibly they go on to the speech experts, The Prince has the same principle as the criminal who a different pronunciation from his prefers to live right under thea rise father. of the police, because he thinks they A newspaper man, who has listened n cn't look for him there. to a good many speeches of the Prince, In the case of criminals this plan summed the difference up by saying has sometimes worked—at least, for a that there is a Dominion flavor about time. Where rabbit and fox are con- his accent. And undoubtedly the corned, it almost always works, be- Prince's travels have left traces in his cause foxes have a curious habit of speech. There is in it a suggestion leaving Their neighbors alone, ,even of the cadences of Canada, and a when they are a kind that would touch of the tones you hear"Donal make a tasty meal. Thus if there is a Under" in Australia. rabbit warren near a fox's quarters, The Prince seems to have acquired the fox will ignore it when he is the accent peculiar_to the officers and hunting, ani travel some distance to engineers who man the ships trading find another warren. to Australia, Canada, and South But there are cases of cats who Africa. These men, fellow -travellers have .developed a taste for vegetables. of the Prince on many occasions, all Two of them, who never bothered to speak in much the same way. It is interfere with such titbits as canaries not an obvious accent, but a keen ear and goldfish, were perfectly unserup- soon detects it. ulous when it came to cucumbers. As fast liners, wireless, and talking They could not resist this vegetable. films abolish distance, shall we see the But while many people cut off the evolution of an Empire accent?— rind before eating cucumber, it was "Answers." this part of the vegetable that inter - "0 mournful Bell! Tlou bring'st guy boyhood back to me again, ' Its golden hopes which now I seek in vain, The fleeting joys that danced about its train. • "0 solenm Bell! Thou seemest in "mine ears to sound the knell Of those dear playmates' whom I loved so well, Who by the wayside in the spring- time fell. "0 mocking Bell! Laughing the years away with heed- less sound While young life ebbs and flows in endless round! Witt thou survive and they no more be found? 0 dismal Belli Ring as thou will, thou shall not bring dismay; Thou are a thing of earth's ewitt passing day, But Life and Love shah never fade away." -Bedford Pollard, in the Friend. Ackworth. School has Just cele - Mere. The durability of the 11-100 was amply demonstrated in. its trip to Canada, he said, but data on costs of operating a regular service must be obtahted. "The Ii.100 is far more robust in construction than the Graf Zeppelin," said Sir John. The behaviour of both the 11-100 and 11-101 had been most satisfactory and the flight to Canada lead been a source of gratification in the Old Country. Sir John's trip la in the nature of a holiday, he said. His plans includes a short trip to Toronto 'and en inspec- tiou of tiro airport at St. Unbent. Policeman: W "MIss, you were doing sixty miles an hour!" She: "Olt, isn't that splendid! I only learnt to drive yesterdai . '—Tit-Bils. Back -to -School Party By Beatrice Plumb • This, le September. Let's make ' rho' gang' go to school! Print a "School! do Slow!" Menlo ,. sign.. Cut it double so that inslde you can \vette this verse: September's here, and 'tis the rule To send the children back to school; So dress for school and bring your lunch And meet your teacher and the bunch; Arrive prepared to study; coins Without, my child, your chewing gum. Now don't play hookey! If you do The truant officer for you! You know the typical•old-time school ma'am. with. prim, tightly drawn hair, horn -rimmed spectacles and a strict mouth? That's you for the evening! Start your discipline early. Label the garden gate with a sign, 'No •bois torous talking and laughing on the playground!" Other admonitions greet your guests as they reach the porch. An .assistant, "Teacher's pet," records the names of those guilty of misdemeanors. ' As your guests enter :have them hang theirjuvenile maps on rows et improvised wardrobe hooks. Landis boxes are put away aunt recess.: To s good march your scholars Ole into the classroom. Set the chairs in precise rows, witb a dividing isle—all facing "teacher's desk." Au honor chart'hangs on one side of this; the dreaded black li@t os the other. Maps, textbooks and elates add to the terror of the occasion. Ring the bell; for attention and an nounce that You will assign seats for the term. The two groups, separated by the aisle, are rival classes through- out the evening; so you will see that each side is equal, not only in num- bers but also in leaders. and pep. That done, explain that the little children In the group on your' right are Smiling Sunbeams, • or anything you like, while' those on the raft are Busy Bees, and that You will give a banner to the side which excels the other in scholarship. Opening Exercises naturally begin the session. Allow each side five min- utes to practice the song "Good Morn. ing to You," then award ten credits to the group singing it best to the tune cf "Tuckey in We Straw." This can be followed by Making the Class Pen- nant and Yell. The Singing Lesson is usually a howling success and pass- ing Notes will bring back memories of the first sweetheart. Prizes are given for the best essays of not more than a hundred words on any subject of which the pupils know nothing. In Arithmetic Tests band out school tablets and pencils. The boys are to list the different ingredients needed to make a plum cake, a chicken pie and a lamb stew. They are then to total the number of ingredients listed, each article having its own column; then add, making the grand total. The girls in like manner are to set down in columns the "makings" of a ilio - is being used as a building material is ver, tool chest and a political conven- tion. During recese the tun Wray be fast and furious. Play all the old -thine "kid" games—jumping rope and hopscotch. To the winners give all -day suckers and surprise packages at popcorn a: prizes. • Marbles will be enjoyed, even by the girls, if you make croquet "hoops" of pairs of clothespins interlaced so that they stand up in an inverted V, num- bered respectively 5, 10, 15, 20 and at graduated distances-frem the bowling line. They are placed on the floor so that the player's must kneel to aim their marbles through the hoops. In- dividual scores are kept. Recess brings lunchtime. Be sure you have the lunch pails sadly mixed. You can add sandwiches, hot choco- late and fruit to the feast to give a party flavor. If you want a table center use a tiny model of the little . - red schoolhouse cut from bristol Mated, with a miniature brass bell hanging in its steeple. could conte out with you in the same tou are to," she said. „I told Youttg 1Brownu gots married. On pay boat!" day he gave his bride $20 out of his Y. father all about us last night. He's -$25 salary and kept only e5 for him- going to make uncle take you on. But, Harry, why didn't Mr. Miers mind about the settleinent?" "He's acting for a syndicate," Harry said. "He laighed like any- thing at my getting the extra cash. He called it conscience money. The self. The second pay day lee reversed the process. "Why, Robert," she said in injured tones, "how ou earth do You think I can manage for a whole week on a paltry $5?" "IIangetl if I know," he answered. " I had a rotten time myself last week. It's your tura now." ested the cats. They would nibble all Are Skyscrapers Safe? the rind off, leaving the rest. Even instances like these, however, are hardly proof of vegetarianism. There is no evidence that the cucum- ber -eating cats refused meat or fish when offered them. And most flesh - eating animals and at least some fruit or vegetables to their normal dietary, and some pets—particularly dogs— would be healthier if they got fruit more frequently,—"Answers." It makes a lot of difference whether your supply of bone is in the back of the head. Hunger sharpens the wits, we are told. We know a law seaside board- In;houses where the conversation must be positively sparkling.—London Humorist. "Eliza," said a friend of the family to . the old colored washerwoman, "have you seen Miss Edith's fiancee'?" "No, ma'am," she answered, "it alnt been in 'the wash yet:a—jack-fa-Lan. tern. Submarine Adventurer Sir Iicl.... 1t`Ilkins, who is pr. Wilkins and Vilhjalmur Stetansson. The increasing extent to which steel causing the questiou of safete to be raised in countries where the summer may be very hot. During the recent heatwave in Am- erica, for instance, many rails expand- ed and buckled because of the heat, and anxiety was felt regarding the great steel skyscrapers. So a very careful study of the effects of the abnormal heat on these buildings was undertaken. Up to the time of writing nothing has been found amiss. This seems to confirm the opinion of Mr. G. E. J. Pistor, a member of the executive coencil of the American Institute of Steel Construction, who addressed a meeting of the Institu- tion of Mechanical Engineers in Lon- don (England) recently. He believes that skyscrapers are quite safe. Indeed, he expressed the view that they could safely be built to a height of 2,000 feet which is much higher than the tallest skyscraper built or projected today. -"Answers,' e fir a fifty -day journey to North Pole by submarine, seen with Lady Mental Tests for Babies When does a baby begin '.o show signs of intelligence? Tests have recently been made by psychologists in order to answer this question, over sixty youngsters be- tween the ages of fifteen, minutes and fifteen days being the subjects. Their conclusion is that, at birth, a baby is not a mental unit, but that it quickly begins to display intelligence in its reactions to stimuli of various kinds. By the time it is one month old a baby may be said to be a complete mental whole. That is why the early years of a child's life are so important. The truly formative period is before it goes to school at all, first impressions being the most lasting.—"Answers." Indian Summer - Along the line ot smoky hills Thecrimsonforest stands, And all the day the blue -jay calls Throughout the autumn lands. Now by •the brook the maple leans With all his glory aerated, And all the sumache on the hills Have turned their :green to red. Now by great marshes wrapt in mist, Or past some river's mouth, Throughout the long, still autumn day Wild birds are flying somth. —Wilfred Campbell. .Sea Secrets Waves travel faster than the wind. That is why a heavy swell breaking on a beach is often noticed before a storm. The Duke of Pistoia, an Italian sci- entist, has recently taken photographs with a special camera at a depth of 13,090 feet --or about two and a half miles, The so.ealled sea elephant is really a curious species ot seal, the males of which possess a proboscis a foot or even more in length. They are found on the coast of California and in certain parts of the Southern Ocean. The greatest depth known in the ocean, is off the Philippine Islands,. where the Survey strip Planet found 82,089 feet ot water. Mount Everest would here be buried so deeply that there would be 3,000 feet of water, above its summit. The biggest wave ever recorded in the Atlantic was one 'which fell upon the promenade deck of the Leviathan In April, 1928. A search -light 140 feet above the water was extinguished b7, this wave, which is said to have been nearly 100 feet high, The Leviathan is 69,507 tons.