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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1926-01-28, Page 6i HearThe Overseas Radio Tests All This. Week "aoi a on a No "A" or "R" batteries -No Aerial! Ask Your Local ,Radio Dealer, or Write The Q. R. S. MUSK CO., Ltd. TORONTO, 2, ONT. .resew-ee000.r EDMAiNES ay EDEN Pti!LPOYT$ +LIUSTRATGO oY R.w, 5A-rER1' tett/ y' 6s BEGIN HERE TO-DAY.She. was excited and her great misty 1 blue eyes shone. She seemed more Michael, husband of Jenny Pendean, lovely than ever. disappears from his hone on part - moor. Jenny engages the services of i , `Nothing to report, Mrs. Pendean, Mark Brendon, criminal investigator. ' At least—no, nothing at all. I've ex - Blood is found on the floor of Mich- hausted every possibility,. And you— ael's new bungalow near Foggintor you have nothing, or you would have Quarry, when Pendean is last seen in let me hear it?" the company of Jenny's Miele Roberta "There is nothing," she said. "Uncle Redmayne. Ben would most certainly have told Witnesses testify to having seen me if any news had reached hiin. -1 Robert ride away on his motor bicycle am sure that he is dead—Robert Red - with a heavy sack behind the saddle. e The sack.is found 'at afar distance. mayne. Jenny goes to live with her uncle I think so too. Tel me a little Bendigo Redmayne. Mark visits Ben- about yourself, if I may venture to digo and is introduced to Giuseppe.ask?!.' Doria. Bendigo • shows Brendon a let- "You have been so thoughtful for' ter supposed to come from Robert. .me. And I appreciated it. I'mn all Brendon falls in love with Jenny and right, Mr. Brendon. There is still Imes in Doria a rival for her affec- my life to live and I find ways of be - tions. ing useful here." ' NOW GO ON WITH'THE STORY. "You are contented. then?" He heard a singing voice and'per- "Yes. Contentment'' is a`poor.sub- g gstitute'foe happiness; but I am con- ceived that it was Doria, the motor tented." boatman. Fifty yards from him Mark; He longed to speak intimately, yet stood' still, and the gardener abandon- had no excuse for doing so. ed his work and came forward. He "How much I wish it was in, my was bareheaded and smoking a thin, power to brighten your content into black, Tuscan cigar with the colors of happiness again," he said. Italy on a band round the middle of it. Giuseppe recognized him and spoke first. "It is Mr. Brendon, the sleuth! He has come with news for my master?" "No, Doria—no news, worse luck; some day, and then • you would be - but I was thit waydown at Ply- friend me a little." mouth again—and thought I'd look up Mrs. Pendean and her uncle. Why d'you call me 'sleuth'?" "I react story -books of crime in. which the detectives are 'sleuths,' It is American. Italians say 'sbirro,' England says 'police officer.'" "How is everybody?" asked Mark. "Everybody very well. Time passes; tears dry; Providence watches." "And you are still looking for the tick woman to restore the last of the Dories to his castle?" Giuseppe laughed, then he shut his eyes and sucked his evil -smelling. Cigar. "We shall see as to that. Man pro- poses, God disposes. . There is a god called Cupid, Mr. Brendon, who over- turn: our plans as yonder ploughshare overturns the secret homes of beetle and worn." Mark's pulse quickened. He guessed a to what Darin possibly sslbi referred r d 7 amd s Theother concern but no surprise. rt e. t her continued. "Ambition may succumb before ' ma • crumble ast:es beauty. Ancestralc } before the tide of love, e nand building before. the a child's ke sea r. Too true!" Doria sighed and looked at Bren- don closely. The Italian stood in a tight -fitting jersey of brown wool, a very picturesque figure against his dark background. The other had no- t was Je my Pendean who we'. thing to say and prepared to descend. conned him. Ile guessed what had happened and was concerned rather with Jenny Pen- sepPe Doria sings to me andI go out dean than the romantic personality in the launch now and then. I always before hinr. But that the stranger travel to and fro that wa'y when I eouid still be here, exiled in this lone- have to visit Dartmouth for Uncle 1y spot, told him quite as much as the Ben and for the household provisions. And I am to have chickens to rear in the spring." "The Italian—" "He is a gentleman, Mr. Brendon. Agood master --eh? I expect the —a great gentleman, you might say. p I do not understand him very well. old .sea wolf is an .excellent friend But I am safe with him_ He would when you know his little ways, _ do nothing base or small. He cone, Doria admitted it. fided hi me when first I came. He then "Ile is all that I could wish and he had a dream to find a rich wife, who likes me, because I understand him a and make much of him, Every dog is would love him and enable him toI sly lion i hi, store the castle of the Doria in Italy a o n s own kennel, Redmayne and build up the family again. He is. rules; but what is the good of a home fell of romance and has such energy to a man if he does not rule? We are and queer, magnetic power that. I can friends. Yet, alas, we. may not be for quite believe he will achieve itis hopes, some day," "Does he still possess this ambi- tion?" Jemmy was silent for a moment. Her eyes looked out of the window over the restless sea. "Why not?" she asked. "He is, I should think, a man that women might tall in love with." "Oh, yes—he is amazingly hand- some and there are fine thoughts in him," Mark felt disposed to warn her but 'felt that any counsel from •him would be an impertinence.' She seemed. to read his mind, however. "I shall never marry again," she said. "Nobody would dare to ask you to do so -nobody knows all thatyouhave pp been called to suffer. Not for many a 0 Unlit up` ey royast ardare Fallrange al erne,. day yet, I mean," he answered awk-' ehowinp Won -ekes .led,,. Write for portieular, wardly, to o; T. Podpr, io nlhorr am., 7gronro, ant"You itn.deretand," •:she replied andt i88UE No, 5-• 26, took his hand 'impulsively. "There is She smiled at hint. "Thank you for such a friendly wish. 1 am sure you mean it," "Indeed I do." "Perhaps I shall come to London "How much I hope you will—soon." "But I am dull and stupid still. I have great relapses andsometimes cannot even endure my uncle's voice. Then I shut myself op. I chain 'my- se:f like a savage thing, for a time, till I am patient again." "You should have distractions." "There are plenty—even here, though you might not guess it. Giu- t )Mans words) He was not chained to "Crow's Nest" with his great ambi- tions in abeyance for nothing. Mark, however, pretended to miss the signifi- eance of Giuseppe's confession, • long—when—" Ile brake off abruptly and went basic to his work. But he turned a moment and spoke again as Brendon proceeded. "6'laclonna Is at horn," he shouted and Mark understood to whomhe re- forre.d. He had reached "Crow's Nest" in fevc minutes and it was Jenny Pen- dea n who welcomed him. T'nrle's in his tower," she said. "I'll rali him rn a minute. But tell arra!•first if there es anything to tell. am glad to Frac? you—very!" gsponsible Lady we -t,,1 in till, town .tg. take ardor, ler our sntan. kcal Icddor•prst nett pertoct•Oiling. 'Ilk hosiery, A. • ermanant position paying an Ixarlie 1t Inoomi oan a-.greate gulf I: think fixed between us Anglo-Saxons and the, Latins. Their mindb move far more swiftly than ours. They are more hungry to get everything possible out of life.. Doir t is a child in, many ways; but a:, de rightful, poetical child. , I think Eng- land rather chills him; yet he vows there are no rich women in Italy. Ile longs: for Italy all the same I expect he will go home again pr„ sent,y. He will leave Uncle Ben in the spring— so he confides to rue, but do not whis- per it, for my uncle thinks highly, of him and would hate to lose him. He can do everything and anticipates our Wishes and whims in the most magical way." "Well, I must not keep you any longer." "Indeed, you are not doing that, I am very, very glad to see you, Mr. Brendon. You are going to stop for dinner? We always dine in the middle of the day." onlay I?" "You must. And tea also. Come up to Uncle Bendigo now. I'll leave you with .him fee an hour. Then dinner will be ready. Giuseppe always joins us. You won't mind?" "The last of the Doria! I've prob- ably never rob-ably.never shared a meal with such high company!" She led him up the flight of stairs to the old sailor's sanctum. "Mr. Brendon,torsee els, Uncle Beni" she said; and:Mr..Redmayne took his eye from the big telescope. r, "A blow's coming," he announced. Wind's shifted a point to southward. Dirty weather already in the Ohm; ther12d ?Pparentiy Wlned.Ile Avoid- ed the subject of Robert Redmayne, though he revealed other matters in his 1tr ncl which he Approached • with a directness that matherastonished the detective. "len a rough bird," he said,°•"hitt ,l .temp'my weather peeper.open, and I diclm t find it difficult to see, when you wore hero in .the summer, that illy line niece took your fency, She's the sort, apparently, .,that .makes men lose their balance a bit. "At this minute I'm in sight of a very vexatious problem; because my right hand -Giuseppe Doria—has got his eyes on Jenny; and though he's priceless as a single man and shojs invaluable as a single''womaim if the beggar gets round her and makes her fall in love with him` presently, then they'll • be married next year and that's good-bye.to both of 'em!" ) Marek found himself a good deal em- barrassed by this confidence., "I rather thought; lie was out„ for money—enough Money to relesttublish the vanished'glories of his race." "So he was and, of course, he knows' he can't do that with Jenny's twenty thousand; but love casts out a good many things besides fear. It bligg.ts. ambition -for: the time being anyway —and 'handicap%'a man on ever`y.side in the rate for life. Ail Doria wants now'. is Jenny Pendean, and he'll get ,now' is I'm a'judge: ;1; wouldn't mind too nruch =either, if they could stop along with ineand gn on as we're go- ing; but of 'course thatwouldn't hap pen.". (To be continued.) They shook hands and Jenny dis- There is nothing so hopeless as a appeared. Bendigo was pleased;to see man who 'only hopes. • Brendon, but his interest in his bro.' Minard's`Liniment relieves headache. • M 4E6 1'hebra c oace teas used exclusive- ly n Sala -da ;yield -richly of their, el,acio as ood]niess. Say Sala ,0 H718 i ' Pranks the Sun Plays. 10.1 qb melte preparaticrna eighteen Months ahead for an event that will last only a quarter of a minute seenes. ridiculous; revs an English writer. Yet aetronoaners are"already turning their attention to an,eclipso of the elm due on June 29th, 1927, Which will be the. first total eclipse Visible in this:coun-' try for over 200 years,.. On t1iis occasion it, is .hoped :to ob. Min decisive evidence as to the truth of Professor. Einstein's world-famous theory of relativity,, which- assumes that hist 'Waves can travel in .els vee' liistead of straight lines, as most peo- pie suppose 'to be the case,.• ' Acebrd4ng to one of the Royal Ob eer•vetory staff, the beet .places from'. welch to wiliness, the eclipse wil be on a. line between Southport and : Hal'tle-- pool. People standing on,thet lino, or about ben miles on either side .of it, will find the• sun completely' hidden •by the moon, A SMALL OME WITH LAPGE LUNG NG ROOM Editor's 'Note -This home, designed by 'til'. L. Somerville, Architect, of Toronto, is one of a series featuring moderate priced elanatlian Homes.' ('opyrlgbt 1925, Maci ran Building Reports, Ltd,' The client in thee case had several I ver awn definite tdideasof his )t m betel() ao Y want I hi the architect. He n iter1 he co su t•iich• family to which me for i t email ho} ed a,n the same aljeCtito Itsa appllee, liea but upon. rias insisted ttr large living, , 1 g h home desired to dace the as .ileo 1 It w I r in any without lest ov orchard g in anotc r of the trees which were valuable from a Monetary point of view and perhaps a sentimental one as well. Let us see how these wishes have been complied It is 25 ft. wide by an average length of not quite 21 It and the living roam, ''2 ft. x 11 ft., is certainly an unique achievement in a house of this size, in fact, it appealed to the owner so much that the house is rapidly nearing' completion.. But what. of .the 01'c11ard? Not only is time "ro11•call" still the same but several of the trees have gained additional value through being taken into consideration from a hind ecape viewpoint. It Is not a pretentious hontofrom the s'tandpolnt of any such_ ideas ae "keeping tip with the Jones. But, Isn't It attractive? W ouldn't you heel- -late le take the restrons hility of alter- ing the pitch of the roof a few de- grees one way 01' time other, or of changing the treatme.t over the 'sec- ond storey windows or tampering with the design 02 any of them'? Suc:lm is time peculiar art of archltectut'e—to alter anything would be 10'tn'obably spoil everything, Take, for another examine, the stucco exterior finish, of the walls. Brick cannot be substituted without special attention being devoted to the design of the brickwork and In addi- tion to ibis, other changes would have to be made as well l to secure a har- monious effect of thetwhole: One thing, bowsver, is optionalLonal to a car lainextent—the inateriale used to ap- ply -Ph the :stucco on.The ch ice here de ends eolely on building bY• aws to be observed site mould in no way affect the design, In this case, the backing used for the rough trowelled stucco exterior wasbrick for the first storey and metal lath oa frame construction for the second. The shingle _ roof is stained a. dark brown, with which the cream tone of the stucco and the no rural oil finished .the window frames combitl•e to create a very pleasing of feel:, Taking a- peel?'' inside we find a Centre, square type front hall a pproxi- yea tely 5 1b'6 in. x 6 ft. There is quite a roomy coat closet at the •side of the etit.ir•way and either living room or kitchen 'maty be entered ,through the well placed doorways. To have them directly opposite eaoht outer would not do at aid. The large'liviug room' with dining alcoves, at the .hack is undoubtedly the most interesting interior feature of this home, -in feet, the group of three windows and ptrovision for portieres almost mice : the alcove a separate lit - Ile room. 1t, Is at ].;est 1 osible to ob- c"aizG�riued{s<esa THE TWO-PIECE DRESS RE- MAINS HIGH STYLE. Women like the comfort of a sep- arate skirt which has sufficient ful- ness to accommodate a walking stride. This dress is ,deve:oped of plain vel- vet and brocaded metal -cloth, but practically, any dress material may be used for the overblouse with skirt to match, or contrast, whichever suits you. The skirt is simply made, with ree boli p -sits across the front, and attached to a body lining. -Nor are the lines of the blouse elaborate—it is dis- tinguished chiefly by its set-in vestee- front with attached collar that may be Worn high or low, and oddly arranged patch pockets, ': The belt slips under hen desire;] to the edge of the pockets and girdles the scare the view 02 1t and the access to rear hall and kitebeu is very well arranged. The fireplace and big bay. window, in coimjunction with an artietic airarigentent of furni- ture, will present a delightful view from the front hall. Not :many ,latch•eus, incloding those of much, larger homes, can compete in size or it's cense with this one q neat t 'matter.o4 laclu les' in the icssdUilit.placing t rte a inten- • and r ulnneut 1 l P.urniture ( n 1 f including r 9 tt b tn. x 17 t cions are alcove -t ieh its bunt in I 1 HkfaS�L alc( e 5 t le.Ue o ' -ta)I � tot tcorthindeed ..eats an(1 1 e and r e } is.tbe feet that there is light on three - ides. Upstairs, are three bedrooms, bath. roont-:amd linen closet. Two clothes. cicsels are provided for ono or the. bedroomsand the other ,two have the neceseary, but not' always the -usual' one eaolt. Alloying for •a side drive' and two or three feet'nmergin on the other side, a forty foot lot we -nisi be sufficient for, this home; abut it ,should face the south. Slight changes in bhe plan could -be made by the architect to adapt it to ar lwe9Itern exposure, but, well, there you are again—change it and the eesult will not be .quite so. satisfactory seen if the cha-nging le in. the [rands of the ereliitect. The actual cost of this house,, hr - eluding hot air heating system and us- ing the best of materials in construc- tion and finish, was slightly less than six thousand dollars. The landscape work, so necessary to suet a home oft properly and add toits homelike ep- pcarance, is not included, but will not he neglected by those who rare plain beets. No. 1261' isin' sizes 16, -18 and 20 years, or (114, 36 and 88 itches bust only), Size 18 years (36 bust) requires ;4 yards 36 -inch, or $ yards 54 -inch material, with ee yard lining for bodice top, Price 20 cents. Our Fashion Book, illustrating the newest and most.precticai styles, will o f interest to everyhome dress - b o the 7 dress- maker. Price of h took 10 cents the copy. i2DEII PATTERNS. 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To Pen those circumstances, and condi- tions whcleh seem k0 one to p1 113 for a state of happinle;ts and we,l being Is • the in'a'lienable right of each an 1 'every - .a Individual, says a'writet inelite.Iloui- ,apt tor. .This right implies bath a privl- lege and an .obligation, and calls for a proper understanding of what hap- piness ins, -mid of how anis'?'here to find it. The failure t0 rCli fe happi- nes eriees, from the falsee in iie cion that it alep Mals neon iic aequsiaiou• of ,some external object, or upon a combinet:lon of ei cumetances gra.ti- lying to mateelal sense. Thee false . estimate has no foundation upon which to base its authority so pei.manehie, and, 11 pe-sietmd Lay •can lead only to disappointment and die'eocstent, in - steed of to Iaeeing liappinese and pro's- • parley. To insure a happy 110e, one should early Learn the lesson which the poet Cowper points but when 1.).e - says: iesays:• "Happiness depends, ah Nature sleeve, Less on exterior things than ,most suppose." When :this valuable.leeson.lets been learned, one has sta'r'ted in the right direction to find happiness, as well as to grow into a larger uncior tending of that more reinarkab".e statement which Cluist Jesus -made when he -de - dared 'to e-de-dared'to the people cl niseliane,: "Be- hold, the kingdom of God is within. you." . To realize, evetr in a email de- gree, that the kingdom of God exists here and now es s. Mete of blessedness to be aecopted' and enjoyed by every- one is an exalted fee m of happiness. • Jesus did not teasels ,that happiness was something to pursue and to strug- gle for,' peseibly afterward to lose. - Neither, did ho teasel that it depended npon "ewberior things rlather did ho show how Inevitably all the good things one needs in a ma'telial way fcliow in the channel of a right men- tal attitude; for he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom of Geti, and hie righteous, nees; and all these things ehan be added lento you." A11 time things one needs for one's, earthly comfort and happineiss — health, 'remunerative work, home, friend's, pleasant reerea- tion—come through this ohannel of right seeking and right thinking.. 'Be- cause Because childlike' qualities•, such as _re- oeptivity, humility, rove, obedience, and eppreolation, produce the most genuine itappiness, Jeans said of little - chiidren, "Of such Is the icings:omeof Gods."..' The. Welcome. It may be, that we are in ;sons ways exceptionally placed, yet the tiling that stands out is the widespread friendliness' and; hospitality we have found. We have proved In this place and in that, the beauty of human friendship. The kindliness has been amazing, stirring deep moods of won- der and of gratitude, We have known too much of that ever to be cifnical about human nature in the mein. a ,Ve have known' both Llie friend- ship of friends and the friendship of nature.' Somefew menthe ago, after our last moving, uearlyeet week Went r evolvesome so t of • to ardor int•lu g S while w 1 rices. Fora f e were w out of almost lost among packing rackiu cases but gradually one room and then r another 1 r e ntable. At last WO beau to look mss >;n the li t er -r om which came to small q LA• s Theor was i� serve ':.v atnd flo w s to Y with books., .• a ]lttlittered\ It ee f87 a .yet there were no bookshelves•. Skill to have come thus far was good.' One felt that Here was breathing space; with most of the arranging done, there was• time to attend to the thoughts that comp. There was the desk beside the win- dow. 11 is not a specially privileged window, many have a liner outlook 80111 itehas altitude—apd glyes us sky unci aloud, and overlooks an old., gat• - den with some bushes and trees. A robin ware singingills autumn song. et wits the first time; anybody had noticed hien since our arrival. ' P,erhape he:had been waiting, and: as soon as we were ready,- there wee ';his,welceme, And even though that idea -o' his .welcom- ing us may be merely fanoy, it is, plea- sant to ethel upon. We had heard such songs Met be- ' tains we lett ins old home- I'toULae were about es there ito goodly num- bers and before we left we had heart[ them. breaking the long hush of Glum- mer. 'Chis welcoming singer was hid - dee somewhere in the old garden. This teas -his overture --a soot'of friendly preliminary. He carne nearer, Poe robin is. a' frieimddiy little fellow,' the bid that comes closest to us 'in welter. Imre in England he is to, be some! beside you, whenever in open jr • weather yon dig lathe garden and fre- ?,,earl[• fthcal. the door ready for the ,.numbs. On ,this pi tieim ar day, hie song seemed like a golden thread of cont:1uity in a fabilr of change- : 'A • stranger in a strange laxed. yet here was tike old familiar song. The land- scape, the house, seemed loss strange, because' of his autumn notes. The new p•10e0 was net to bo without some of the old snag's- -In an-nmiaccustomsd place old familiar things -ase very pre- cious. Bye and ear mood heart dx on them In eegcr gratitude, far they /alive it pmoclotms diidnl try of rit'assuranee their. kecping,: With a robin sleglug below we .felt that there was some 'long, some beauty, some frier:dlinees on w0(1e11 the ennhl rely. The enly germ -carrier of -which' no. body is afraid la money..: