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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1945-12-06, Page 3r3 e, HELEN TOPPING MILLER CHAPTER f The GimialIs arrived and int - mediately Harvey, brought out the map and the gcophysicts' report and began expansively to tell everything that had happen ed, Adelaide slipped out and clutch- ed at Gary, in time hall, "Oh, dear! He's telling Oliver! And I wanted hint not to." "They'll have to know, sooner or later." "I suppose so," she sighed. "Go on in, Gary—keep Oliver from ruining everything if you can." But Oliver had already taken command of the situation, abetted and prompted by Grace. He was advancing arguments against wild• cat'ting an oil well, dilating upon the advantages of selliltg leases, and or once Gary found himself agreeing with Oliver, "I think Kimball's right, i,lr. Mason," he said. "0 course he's right," Grace put In. "Oliver knows the oil business —at it ever since he left school," Adelaide stood it the door, her eyes blazing. "Why don't you all let Daddy alone?" she demanded, "He knows what be's doing." - "I wonder!" Grace was sarcastic. "Well, you can all conte and eat dinner, anyway," sighed Mona * * * Adelaide edged Gary into a cor- ner as the family trooped into the dining room, "That was shabby ag; eeing with Oliver," she' snap•• ped. "I thought you'd stick with Dad and inc." I agreed with him because he happens to be right," Gary said quietly. At the table, Grace looked across at Gary. "When are you leaving, Mexico, isn't it?" site ask- ed coolly. "I hope to get away tomorrow,' Gary replied as casually and cool- ly,. "What?" IIarvey lifted his voice so that Maria jumped. cd. '• p You're not going, I hired you, You found this oil. You won't- like Mexico any way, not in summer." "Dad, if bfr. Tallman has a job down there—" Grace was acid, ' "A man with a job in sight had better hang on it," stated Oliver, Mona Lee looked at diem all calmly. "Gary's not going" ,she announced with a serene kind of finality. "He knows we need hint, and Gary wouldn't go and leave me when I need him. Would you, Gary?" He was on the spot. There was nothing to do but to agree, Later, when Harley had gone off to the canyon, dragging Oliver with him, Mona Lee catiteupstairs and tapped on Gary's -open door. "Gary," she said as lie turned, "I do want you to stay! I'm worried v /f 4 . attta` 'fice(et Yellow or pink roses with lilacs, in easy stitchery, will give color to your linens. just one spray would make any towel a handsome gift. It's fascinating to watch these flowers grow on your linens. Pat- tc:rn 756 has a transfer of 12 me- tifs 6 x 8% to 1 t1 x 3 in.; stitches. Send TWENTY CENTS in coins (stamps cannot .be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needle- craft Dept:, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, 'Toronto. Print plainly PATTERN ERN NUM 13! R, your NAME and ADDRESS. —about Harvey --he's so Impul- sive I11 stay, Mrs, Masc.]." Gary turned from the window. "11 you ask nee , .1 can't refuse very well after all you've done for inc." k * Gary sat in the living room that night and played double solitaire with Mona Lee. Harvey was out, he was Always out now, roaring around somewhere in his noisy old roadster. L, the middle of -tile game, Mo na Lee laid her cards down and folded her hands. "Gary," she said. "You like Ade- laide pretty well,, don't you?" Gary felt the hot blood flare over his face and neck, He smiled wandly. "There's not much use trying to hide anything from you, is there, Mrs. Mason? But—what can I iso? I haven't a thing to offer a girl like Adelaide -not a thing but love." You' think Jove is unimportant? It isn't -not to a girl. Harvey Ma- son had nothing to offer me but love, either—and a few hundred acres of washed-out prairie land. We made the rest together." "I haven't even a piece of wash- ed-out land. There—" he threw a few crumpled bills 011 the table "— lies my fortune," "You need another shirt, Gary. You buy one tomorrow. And don't you give up. Addie's a little crazy right now—it's the thought of alt this money:: She'll calm down pret- ty soon," Harvey came jn late and tossed a telegram into Mona, Lee's lap. She looked frightened and picked it up gingerly with her fingers. "Oh, . mercy!" she gasped when she read it. "It's from Junior, He says 'Hear we've struck' oil. Stop. Swell. Stop. just went out and bought myself a new roadster.' Harvey Mason, you get a wire off. to h turnrt h " straight t g and tell him youhaven't struck oil yet, and to send that car right back." "Ile bad a new car last year," growled Harvey, -"That's the way with kids. They think you're made of money." But he did not write or wire to Harvey Junior. IIe forgot about it. IIe had to get ready to go to Austin to get his drilling, permit so he rushed around, shouting orders,; all over the house, "Look here, Gary—you know about this drilling business—you oughtt o know a good rig when you see it. You. take .Addie's car and she can go along and drive, and you go over cast and hunt me up a good crew to get .a well down," You'll need two crews—riggers to get your derrick up and drillers to get your web down," Gary re- minded hint, "And what are you going to do about waterfor the boilers and to run the drill? You wo.ddn't want to pump your well dry the first day—even if your pump would lift enough to run the drill—which I doubt. You'll have to arrange to pipe some in from somewhere. Any creeks or rivers near (mere with much water in. them?" IIarvey lool.ed thoughtful There's a. cistern at the barn. And that tank out there holds a .hun- dred barrels." "Not enough, It will take a week, probably, to get your well down. And you can't run out of waters while the drill's turning," "You get the outfits we need, and I'll sec about the water," "You'll !lave to arrange for fuel to fire the boilers, too have oil tanked in on trucks. On a field you'd have the gas .from the strip- per, but out here you'll have to provide your own fuel, 111 have to. find an outfit that's equipped with anm o I burner." • !Nell, it's a good thing you've got Gary, IIarvey, to think of everything," Mona Lee said. Ther_ 's that little creek over on the Ilar• per place, Harvey. PK you'd have to pay old main hfarper—and tell him what you wanted the water for --and then he'd probably stick you.,, (To Be Co,tie cd) Change in Paint Surface' Ordinary paints should dry with a' glossy surface butthey can be made to dry mthtli a flat finish by dem easing the oil content - and increasing the proportion of tur- pentine or other volatile thinner, You'll enjoy our Orange Pekoe Blend Dr E IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK iN CIVVIES! It's back to .the plumed hats and pikes for the men of Britain's fancy dress units, many of whom served in the ermed forces during the war. Picture above was made while pikemen and Yeo- men of the. Guardwaited for the Lord Mayor's procession to start in London. ®f EINEM FARM Wehave had our first week of winter—and I don't su Ppose you have enjoyedit any more than we have. It has been a little too rough and windy for that. But at least we can be thankful to have a roof over our heads, and, if you ask Inc,• we who live on arms can also .be thankful for that fact too. At • least we have no union to tell us, when to work and >when to strike, although I have heard some people say it would be a good thing if farmers did have a union and went on strike once in a while, Well, I don't know , , it is too big to ever think about, especially with indus- trial strikes getting more terrible with each passing day. Tar be it for tneto.say who is at fault—there are always two sides to every ques- tion -and it is difficult for us who live on farms to form an unbiased opinion. But it is by no means difficult, even from a distance, to realize the suffering and. hardship that is the inevitable result of n prolonged strike, It might also be web to realize that a strike of such tremendous magnitude as that in Windsor has far reaching results and will ultimately be felt even in the farms. Reduced income, as We all know, .means reduced ptn•ches- ing power and thus time vicious circle widens and widens ;until farm produce becomes a glut .-n the :market. * * * Speaking of buying and selling brings up another problem. We need to be or. our toes these days —on guard against the wiles of high pressure salesmen who know there is a little More money on farms these days and that returned' service mien have gratuity cheques they might be persuaded to part' with. We had two such agents around here just recently—and !mow theyeould talk! * * * To tell you the truth we. rather enjoy matching Y wits with these fe !lows, One night a would-be salesman paidi us a visit, he wanted to talk to all three of its. His form of attack was a rush order , he had so ,nuoh business he could- n't spend much time at any one house . , either we wanted to buy or we didn't. Partner suggested that it might be a good idea to give us time to think the matter over, The salesman said he was sorry but he had no time far a re- peat visit. Ile came over to the t; ble where I was sitting 811c! be• gan filling in 1115 order sheet, "Just a minute," I exclaimed, "we haven't said we- would talce it yet." JIe was profuse in his apologies. He finally went away without a sale, expressing regret at his inability to make a return call. But he was back on our doorstep by leu o'clock next Ymorning—a special favour of course! I was alone when he called. He was very atlable and persuasive and persistent. 13 tic 7 had a few Housekeeper. Wanted ;1111, UR woajAN wort lig- tined home, t lea v,t ate,! inr Pnnditfesa,-Good \Ara tren, Ware aid Write st,ll,ig roll portl- culore to MRS. SAIR. 14 nide !;illi Drive, - Toronto 10, Ontario. By yP Clarke c :. things to ask him regarding the validity of what he was -offering. When he realized d I knew n ett a little e more than he expected Itis affabil- ity 'disappeared, in fact I could see he was so road it was an effort for hint to civil when he bade me goodbye. May I be forgiven if 1 confess to being amused. * * * As I said before, we need to be on our toes, These travelling salesmen are trained to sell their goods, Their product—so they say -is practically a gilt-edged security. They tour the country, many of them with the mistaken Mea that farm folk are particularly gullible, an easy mark for their high pressure sales talk. But a lot of farm folk are very far from be- ing slow. Many of then, have reason to remember a few deals they made following the first Great War, whereas service men have pretty definite ideas as to what they intend doing with their gra- tuity=when they get it. At the same time when an agent comes along offering you a deal on something of which you know little, or perhaps nothing, and makes it sound good, the chances. 'are he has you signing on the dot- ted line before you have had a chance to figure things out for yourself, And you'll notice there isn't a salesman who spends 11111511 time talking once he has persuaded. you to put pen to paper. But please dont think I ane knocking all travelling salesmen-- iilere are agents and agents—but it is up to us to be wary, to use a little 001m11On sense so that we recognise a genuine business deal from a shady racket, Dancing Juni hos A German posed this problem to American `military government of - What at tv as he to do with four dancing elephants which he could not feed? 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