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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-12-30, Page 69:44,Vrook THE SYLVESTER DIAMOND By BLANCHE ROBERTS Synopsis Hones Monroe successfully steals the fabulously valuable Sylvester Diamond. Her friend Joe Danbui•ne, a professional thief, tries to get it from her but 'Is Prevented from doing so when he zeta in a fight with the man she loves, Dan Brewster, district attorney. Sho takes a' plane for San Francisco but It becomes dost 1a a fog and lands in the eel loot oft shore. She le 'picked up, the lone survivor, 10 a young lawyer, Art Carey, who liven with his mother near by. She gives them the name Honey Ree, but that afternoon when she and Art get the newepaDer her real name Is listed among the victims, Art agrees to keep her secret and that evening drives h ,1• 00 a cemetery near San Frnneisco, at her request. • CHAPTER VIII Tears rushed without warning to the surface and dimmed her eyes. "Dan, Dan, my darling-" she whispered softly to htrself, her lips moving silently to form his name. "please live, nig dearest. Please get well and keep on loving tae. Don't let all this make any difference to you. I am not a thief. You will see when I explain it all. I didn't have time last night to tell you. Oh, Dani 1 love you so and I want to come to you -but I am afraid." She stumbled but quickly re- gained her balance and went on. "Wonder what Joe did to you? Bright news for raid vin er living! Pineapple design and gorgeous rose bring out beauty of your chairs. Keeps 'em clean too! Chair -back made in 3 sections, Pineapple design also forme arm rests. Pattern 933 has directions. Laura Wheeler's improved pat- tern makes needlework so simple with its charts. photos and concise directions. Send TWENTY-FIVE CENTS in coins (stamps „cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Box 1, 121 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario, Needlecraft Dept. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME ana ADDRESS. . He wouldn't fight fair, or he never would have had a chance with you. Joe never takes an unnecessary risk." A sob caught in her throat and she swallowed hard. "It is all my fault," she thought contritely. "I am the one to blame for you being in the hospital hurt, I should not have carried my trouble to you." She paused to listen suddenly and it seemed that the silence of the resting place was broken by the whispers of one who lay there. Honey's ear seemed to catch a soft, sweet tone and it kept saying triumphantly: "Honey, Hone' -you did it! You are a very brave girl and I am proud of you. I knew you wouldn't fail me. And now you have made me happy again and I can rest in peace." * * Honey answered back in a low murmur: "Yes, I got it. I kept my promise." And there was elation and pride in her reply to the un- seen voice. ' At last she came to the spot she was looking for, recognizing it by the tall, thin marker. She touched the small, carved wings at the top of the stone and let her hand slide along its contour, lovingly, as if she were caressing some one she loved very dearly. Then she knelt down quickly before the gray slab of granite whose inscription she could not read in the darkness, but she knew the words by memory; she had composed them herself, She lifted up her face to the foggy heavens above her and her lips moved in a little prayer, but the words were so low and deep in her throat that only a whisper escaped through her lips. As she finished, there was a Blight noise be- hind her, like a stealthy step. Her heart came right into her throat and the blood in her veins ran cold. Ever so slowly she moved her head by using every ounce of courage she had in her body, until she could see back of her. Then she wheeled violently about to face her foe. * e "Meow" said a little kitten at her Iteeda and rubbed up against her leg. Honey choked back the hysterical sob that rose to her 1llss and put a hand over her quivering heart. She waited and in a moment she was calm again and the little black kit- ten walked slowly off. She turned back to the grave and started digging with the tool Art had given her. It was not a big cavity that she dug -just a place about 4 inches by 6. Satisfied, she sat back on her heels and took the jewel box from her pocket. She opened it and placed her soft lips against the cool, hard surface of the stone for a second. "You are home at last," site breathed against it. She moved it up against her tear -wet cheek. "Make her happy. You will never be dis- turbed and she can sleep in peace, too." (Continued next week.) CROSSWORD P ,..bZZLE ACROSS 1. Street urchin 6. Graywarbler of Few Zea- land I38. 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Springs us. 3 4 Ai:5 6 7 54 a 9 10 11 12' 19 16 20 4 27 Fur tcks 29 d 4 49 50 6 25 G fs. 4e2 43 lam• 47 17 5' 39 44 i55 • 53 Answer e',ae'r: here on 't lis page 6 A Prince Of The Realm Is Christened -With her son, Prince Charles Arthur George, the Princess Elizabeth poses for photo- graphers immediately following the christening ceremonies in Buckingham Palace. The Heck Of It The late John Barrymore was out strolling with a fellow actor when they passed the Lambs Club. They noticed the flag stolid at half-mast. Barrymore's companion turned to go into the club. Barrymore laid a hand on his arm and said,•"Where are you going?" "Inside to find out who's dead," was the reply. "It's not worth the trouble," said Barrymore. "You'll be disappoint- ed; It's never the right one." The Black Book A wise clergyman -kept on his desk a notebook labeled "Com- plaints." When one of his people began to criticize another's doings, he would say,, "I'll just write it. down so I can take it 'up with the board." The sight of the complaint book. and the ready pen had its effect. The clergyman kept the book for forty years, opened it hundreds of tunes, and never had occasion to write a line in it. LAHI�� 1-F11«?sT "DEAR ANNE HIRST: My son is married to a girt who is not 1 -thy of him. She dislikes me; desperately. kw m:' ridgenoISthe a itlaris- take, and I am trying to break it up. "My son and I have • always been so closet He has always come to me for. advice, and we have managed his affairs together. His wife objects, and says I am interfering. I3e takes my side "1. have tried every way 1 know t� get this girl to' leave. All it does is to make herargue more, and hurt my son more, My husband says if I'd leave them alone, they'd get along. What can I do? ' A REGULAR READER." Hands -Off * Think back to the early days' * of your own marriage. If your * husband's mother had shown that * she disliked you, tried actively to * persuade you to leave him, * wouldn't you have been tempted * to tell her to let you alone? If * she had attempted to continue to *, "m&nags, his affairs," wouldn't * you have reminded her that, as * his wife, it was your business * now? * How can `you be so sure your * son's marriage is a mistake? That * you believe this girl is unworthy * of him is only your opinion and, * I may add, not unusual among * mothers. He' chose her, from * all the girls he knew, to be his * wife., She must have some re- * deeming qualities; why not admit * that,,and let these two alone? * You cannot win, you .know, A * young husband in love is not so * easily torn from his bride. As a * loyal son, he "takes your side." * But after all, doesn't a man's * first loyalty belong to his wife? * Again, think back to your own * marriage. * I understand flow hard it is for * you, who have held your son so * close to you"all these years, to * give him up to any ;other woman,. * Yet that is .what you -must learn * to do, and quickly. For all these ` * arguments you cause 'between,'.. * them can turn him, finally,, * against you.-- and then you:. * would be forlorn indeed! * If you want to keep your sours * affection and respect, tell hint *'that from now onhe is to coo- * sult his wife on his affairs, that * you will not criticize her again. * -indeed, you will do your best * to change her Jealousy to real: * friendship. Only when you dol * this, can allof you make your * relationship the warm hearted0 * harmonious alliance it should be. It seems to be in your hands,. **0' When a S011 marries, his mother's first .rule of conduct should he "hands off" -and to treat . his wife with the consideration that, as his wife, she deserves. If you face this situation, let Anne Hiist guide you. through. Address her at 123 Eighteenth Street, NEW Toronto„ Ontario The deepest spot in the Atlantic is the Nares Deep, north of Puerto Rico, where the keel of a ship' is ' more than five miles above the. ocean floor. Answer to This Week's Puzzle upope ",Ir! R ! Ea UE CE?Alt/ © EU. H N pia' 63©©iD f? NI / 4Yh'` DE ET a ,. ii QENg:;p�A,�� GENT po Mell N i NO , FR EQ?'STlf MAIMS 10 Q O Qv, 71.8 is 7m -j S E T LI ISSUE 1 - 1949 KAMLOOPS 831450 oaaNBNOOK�" Vt... 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