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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1944-11-09, Page 6Sapphires and Diamonds by DOROTHY TROWBRIDGE CHAPTER XI Nancy stood still a moment thinking. R "Oh, all right,': she said finally. "Only I still • don't approve of having that detective come. I just know he is going to get us all in a lot of trouble, How did he happen to be here and know about you?" she asked, turning. to Maxine, "He works at the studio in Hollywood and he is diving to New York, While he was in Chic- ago he talked to the West Coast studios -and they told him that . -I was stopping here for a little visit before I went on East, so he came down here just to make sure that there had been no change in my plans. "He didn't think I would arrive until tomorrow, but -tonight he heard someone in the hotel say he had seen me today, so he cailed right away He wanted to see me anyway, so when Peggy suggested having him conte, out to look far the ring, he said all right. And he is corrin„ out in the mornng. I thing maybe S had better explain it to Gran,. so you all can be a few minutes tate for breakfast. I think it would be best for Gran to ask me most of the questions. Peggy would probably get all mixed up." * * * Maxine had already made her ex- planations the -next moaning when the two girls reached the dining room. Mrs. Horton looked up at then as they entered. "My dear," she said, addressing Nancy. "-. feel so badly to hear that your engagement ring has been misplaced while on a visit to us. I do trust that this young man — Newton did yon say his by Alice Brooks Meet the personality poodle! The kind of love -at -first -sight toy for the youngsters. Crocheted entirely in loop stitch, Cuddly poodle with floppy ears in soft white yarn. He's easy to cro- chet and a grand baby gift. Pattern 7290 has directions; stitches. 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Maxine assures me ice is among the best in his line in California, 1 -lave you. thought back carefully over your actions since you Last saw your ring, Nancy?" "Oh, yes, Mr's, Horton, quite carefully" "You do seem to take the natter very sensibly, I ani, sure. Peggy looks more as if she had not slept than you do." * .* * It was true that Peggy had not slept well.- She Ilad been out of bed several times to look again among the clothes she had worn to the train. Could it be possible that she had dropped it on the old wooden platform of the station when she went to put it into her bag? Or had it just dropped in plain sight of anyone who might come along and pick it up? But she re- membered so well putting it into the bag and closing it. What on earth was she going to. say to Harry next Wednesday if she had not found it by then? So her mind had raced throughout the night. No wonder Gran thought she looked as if she had not slept. "Of course I am worried, Gran. To have Nancy lose such a gor- geous ring here!" Her grantnother smiled at her. "But, my dear, rings cannot run away. And we know that there is no one here who wouli have taken it, so that leaves it siinply mis- placed. I feel sure that Mr. New- ton will be able to suggest the place where it must be. Oh, that must be he. I hear an automobile. We will go into the front parlor and see hint there." * * * itfaxine followed William to the front door while Mrs. Horton and the two girls crossed the hall and entered the front parlor. Peggy was surprised that her grandmother had chosen this place to receive a de- tective. It was here that Gran usu- ally greeted her more important guests. The old lady settled herself in a high backed chair with her back to the window, her tiny feet placed daintily side by side on. an otto- man,the covering of which had been woven by her mother-in-law. When Mrs Horton sat in that big chair with her feet on the otto- man she was like some little power- ful judge who passed sentence on those who were brought before him, Peggy understood that now. Her grandmother was going to judge this Mr. Newton whom Maxine was recommending. Peggy bad not thought of judging „a de- tective, except by bis speed in taking over the job and finding the ring. * * * She smiled to herself as she thought of some big Irishman— weren't all detectives Irish,or did that only apply to city cops?—com- ing into this room of her ancestors and being judged by Gran. She remembered a detective she had seen in one of Maxine's pictures. He was a large fat man who wore a derby hat on the back of his head, and who seemed always to have a long cigar stuck in the cor- ner of his :mouth. Suppose that was the man she could hear Maxine talking to now in the hall. Could Maxine really know someone like that? If a fat man with a derby on the back of his head and a cigar in the corner elf his mouth entered this room he might just as well give up all thought of his helping her find the ring. Gran would get rid of hint without giving him a chance, she -was- sure. "Oh, I hope he won't be too had," she prayed fervently as she heard footsteps crossing the hall. She shut her eyes, waiting to hear how Gran greeted hint before she looked to see what he was like. "Gran," Maxine was saying, "this is Stanley Newton, a friend of mine from California, Illy grand- mother, Mrs. Horton, Stanley." - "I an delighted to meet you. Mr. Newton," Gran sounded as if she really meant it and the mus- cles around Peggy's tightly closed' "I can't tell you—" Peggy didn't hear any more. Her eyes were open now. Wide open.- She knew that voice He wasn't fat„ he was- n't wearing a derby, and -he did not have a cigar in his mouth Mr. Newton was the Man from Califor- nia. So that was what a real de- tective was like. "And my sister, Miss Margaret Horton," Maxine was saying, after she had introduced him to Nancy, Peggy had been standing in the shadows of the room and he evi- dently had not seen her until Max- ine spoke. Recognizing her now he started • eargerly forward, "How do you -do?" was her chilly greeting. He stopped abruptly, "How do you do," he answered with no in- flection, (Continued Next Week) THE C.W.A.C. IN PARIS Pictured here are 2/Lt. Therese Vanier, Montreal, Que. S/Sgt. M. E. Dobell, Toronto, Ont. and Pte. N. M. Templeton, Niagara, Ont. Lt. Vanier is the daughter of Maj. Gen. George P. Vanier, Canada's Ambassador to France. Before the wan she lived in Paris, con- sequently was acting as guide to other members of the C.W.A.C. when the army cameraman came along. 1 1 CHRONICLES 01 MO s'4 FARM Last week I really managed to get away to the city for two whole days. It was case of dire necess- ity. Partner couldn't get a pair of boots anywhere in town in the size that he takes and I couldn't get any underwear at all. Added to that I needed my glasses cbc:nged so I think you will agree that a trip to the city was decidedly urgent, * * * But what a time I had to get away. Every day there was some- thing to hold Inc back. When 1 fin- ally made the grade I went by early morning train so I was right on hand to shop as soon as the stores were open.. How did I get along? Well, I went to six stores before I could get any stockings. I went for shoes and had no trouble at all. And Partner's boots—that's where I really got a break. The shoe store had just received shipment of forty -pairs of lien's work boots. That was their quota for the win- ter—and they said they could sell from five to seven hundred. Then 1 shopped for women's un - Now Ease COW_ SORE THROAT PAHfl Aspirin Relieves Pain Almost Immediately! 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Lucky?—I could hardly believe in - my own good fortne. Greatly cheeredI looked around for men's light weight woollen underwear. That's where I met my Waterloo. - There just wasn't no such' animal. I very nearly walked my feet off but the answer was always the same—"We are not able to get light weight woollens at all. * * By this time it was nearly noon and a little relaxation seemed in order, so I slid into a down -town theatre and saw "Since You Went Away." It 'is really a grand pic- ture-I enjoyed every aninute of it. But towards the end of the show I began to feel a trifle gone—and it was no wonder. Three o'clock when I carne out and all I had had since I 'left my bed that morning was a cup of coffee. However that situation was soon remedied, Then I hunted up Daughter—and talk about coincidence! She had an ap- pointment with an eye specialist for\ the next morning—the same one that I wanted to see. So we both got in on Daughter's appoint- ment. Had we tried to arrange it that way it wouldn't have happen- ed. And still another coincidence: Partner's brother appeared on the scene just as we were having sup- per. So it was quite a fancily gath- ering and all, by accident. If you read that kind of thing in a story you would say it was just written. to -mance a good yarn, The -upshot of it all was a promise of three visitors to the farm over the week- end. And it was Thursday night when I got hone; on Friday we picked chickens; and on Saturday I had to shop, bake, and give the house "a once-over", I sorf of feel I had quite a busy week—or did I? Well, today we start another week. Partner and young John are out with the tractor; I have just received an invitation to help pack Ditty bags; there is knitting and sewing to take down to the Red Cross and "The White Cliffs of Dover" simply has to be seen either tonight or tomorrow night. So it looks like the beginning of another busy week. Russia is now growing her own tea, The first harvest has been gathered from experimental plan- tations in the Moscow region. 00 THIS! To relieve discomforts, one of the best things you can do is put a good spoonful of home - tested Vicks VapoRub in bowl of boiling water: Then feel welcome relief come as you breathe in the steaming medicated vapors that penetrate to the cold -congested upper breathing passages! See how this soothes irritation, quiets cough- ing,-andhelpsclear the head= - bringing grand comfort. - FOR ADDED RELIEF.:. rub throat, chest and back with VapoRub at bedtime. Vicks VapoRub works for hours -2 waysatonce-to bring relief distress,• .ICKS ' Remember,it'sVieka V ` VapoRub yotrwant. VAPoRu/ Soldier Has Reason For Hating Cows PFC. James R. Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Rogers, of Water Valley, Miss„ has developed such a hatred for -cows that he'll hardly drink milk—and he cer- tainly has reason for disliking the bovine creatures. Rogers and another ne»iber of an airborne division were pinned down beneath some bushes in the centre of a German artillery po- sition in Normandy. Rogers, a Medical Corps pian, was attempt- ing to aid the jump soldier, who had received a broken leg. For three agonizing days, the couple had to watch silently as their place of concealment was • being calmly eaten leaf by leaf by cows grazing in the area. On the third clay, and with but a few leaves left, Rogers said, they were saved when the American Army advanced, An Open Letter to Premier Drew Re Religious Teaching in Public Schools To The Honourable George Drew, Prime Minister Minister of Ontario and Minister of Eduenflont The British -Israel -World Federation (Canada) in Convention assembled, recogniz- ing the need for more extensive and Intensit•e Religious Teaching among the boys and girls of today, desires to go on record ascommending the Government of Ontario for having drawn Public attention to the general lack of such teaching, and to, the grave conditions which have resulted, Further, the British -Israel -World Federation is in fill sympathy with the efforts of the Government of Ontario to provide the remedy by the introduction of Religious Education in the Pubile Schools of the Province. There are, however, certain salient facts which must be kept in mind in relation to Religious Education as forming part of the curriculum In the Public Schools: (1) It is not the function 05 the State, but of the Church, primarily to provide Religious Teltehing, and that In its widest aspect a'itb"ut any reference to De I:lotion:llistil. The Government by its aci:illn has drawn attention to the feet that the responsible Agent has not fulfilled its obligal' (2) 'I'lle teaching of the Bible requires on the 1,11rt of the teacher a 11111\r1 - edge of the Bible, 'which eon only be obinined f 11 study of the 1111,1e itself, and it Is questionable whether many of our 11111111c school teacher's 1,000 - 111t knowledge at present, We therefore nuggest that the Minister of Education arrange for proper courses in Bible Study to form part of Teacher 'Training. (:1) Religious. Education does not tie alone in giving 11 mere outline of Diblie,l knoxvIedge. It ahouhi aim at the buildingof character and the ineuleal- tion of knowledge regarding the true relation of God to num and of nom to God. It Is 00040114101 that the noble Teaching;-gI ren in our public :reboots should be free of :all nttempto or suggestions in 1n11,' gray falsifying the truths of the Bible; and the text -book should be the Bible itself and not. anything Hutt Is or can be --contaminated by the so-called Higher. Critical Theories which had their origin In Germany, and although utterly discredited by the Latest arclnar- ologieal discoveries, have resulted In the. atheistic, modernist tellching 811 prev- a oflen11teoplw'e.hieh )ails 1nrgcly destroyed the Basle Faith of on ler-growing smother Further, It Is to be 11011041 that nn effort will be mode to prevl ut]d .Rasta Religious Knowledge Imparted to the nnplio of our ['Indic and High 1 Schools, being in:inred or destroyed as .and When 110 students they 11111' 11a55 on to the ltnlversHicm. (9) The boys and girls in our nubile se1100l, should he made aware of the fact that the Anglo-Saxon-Celtie ,peoples are the people of the hook a 111 118 1411011 are charged with n responsibility of Servlet: to 00,1 and the World. . 'Pl,ls fact 0005 .not Imply radon superiority, 41114 rather racial responsibility. The Development of the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations within the Empire of which Canada is an integral part, as well as the Growth of the United States of America, is founded upon and has followed the progressive development of the Divine Purpbse as recorded in the Bible. • (5) The Governsuent ,,ml Administration of the Emplve and every section of It e,n only be snecessful as Ike Basic Truths of the Divine Constitution, bused upon the Commandments. Statutes and Judgments or God are ineuleai- ed In the minds of our boys. 11nd girls who are the fultWe eltixens of (b c.Prov- ince, Dominion old Empire.• (d) Obedience to the Divine Constitution as recorded in the Bible is alone the gllarnntee of p010e, atnbilily end- prosperity. For the reasons herein stated and other reasons not at present enumer- ated, the British -Israel -World Federation (Canada) respectfully asks the Minister of Education and his colleagues in the Provincial Government to take every possible precaution to preserve the heritage of the truths as set forth in the Bible and to ensure that they Shall be -presented -as they are actually and definitely recorded in that Book. A€11 of which Is respectfully submitted. (signed) REV. E. T. SPTIINGET'P, Don6nimn Connlissloner. BRITISH -ISRAEL -WORLD FEDERATION (CANADA) INC.; • Canadian Stendapnlrter,t World Ilcadlivariecs:. Ata. Sherboiirrie Street, Toro oto. e. Buckingham, Gate, T,mrdon, Enghmd.