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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1933-03-16, Page 6Wellington Mutual. Fire Insurance Co, Established 1840. Risks taken on all class of insur- ance at reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Ont: a�.BNER COSENS,Agent, Wingham J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office—Meyer Block, \7Vinghana Successor to Dudley Holmes R. S. H ETT H E R I N GT O N BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office; Morton B1oc1c, Telephone No, 66, J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. - Successor •to R. Vanstone Wingham Ontario DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store. DR. A. W. IRWIN DENTIST -- X-RAY Office, McDonald Block, Wingham. :D.R. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over J. M. McKay's Store, H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly Phon 54 Wingham DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND ?LR.C.S. (ENG,) L.R.C.P. (Loud.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON F. A. PARKER OSTEOPATH A11 Diseases Treated. 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LICENSED AUCTIONEER 20 Years' Experience in Farm Stock and 'implements. Moderate Prices. Phone 321. SINGER SEWING MACHINES Needles and Repairs A. 1 Walker Furniture' and U .derta1 in FIRST INSTALMENT Even before she opened her eyes, Joyce was aware of being in a strange place. For the moment, however, she was still too drowsy to make any effort to move. A. dull ache throbb- ed in her head. Her whole body felt heavy, weighed down by an insistent lassitude. Then other sensations asserted themselves. Her fingers, moving languidly, sent to her drowsy brain the message of some sort of cool silken material under their sensitive tips. She kept her eyes shut while she tried to think things out, She remem- bered perfectly now She was in a taxi going to the Hotel Blackstone in Chicago. It was sleeting, and in the traffic another machine skidded suddenly and crashed into them. And then they had brought her -- where? where? It didn't smell in the least like a hospital. And the bed was softer than any cot she had ever felt. Suddenly she was afraid to open her eyes. Completely awake now, she lay tingling with curiosity, filled at the same time with a foreboding of some strange, frightening revelation to come. Where ,could she be? At last she could ,stand the 'uncer- tainty no longer. Without moving she opened her eyes and stared straight ahead of her. Her first look. showed a cluster of large oranges hanging like golden balls in the sun- shine against a background of cloud- less blue sky. thing bumps into the taxi 'andI wake up' the next morning and :find that it's summertime, and that . I'm I'm married! Plow could it have happened? How—?" The whistle seemed to come a lit- tle nearer. Joyce clutched at the bed- clothes in' a suddenly renewed panic of terror. If it were not a . dream now, this instant, then what had hap- pened while she was unconscious? Suddenly a telephone bell rang. The whistling stopped abruptly. She heard the click of the receiver being lifted . , then "Yes?" in a deep, pleasant voice. She listened tensely: "Oh, Laurine? Hello! .. She's still asleep, I think. No. Doc says it's nothing serious, but it sure was lucky it wasn't worse . . . Yes, you're ab- solutely right—What? . . . Well, , I asked her last month not to ride that brute, but you know how she is . I'ni leaving in a few minutes . . Yes. Got to get to Chicago for a confer- ence ... Come over sometime today and see how she is, will you? I hate to go off like this but I'm just 'go- ing to have time to make the date.• It's something I can't sidestep . Yeah! Well,' tell Paul to be a good boy while I'm away. So long, Laur- ine. See you all in about two -three weeks. Click. Steps across the floor. The sound of steps approaching the bed sent her pulses hammering. Curiosity and fear mingled in her feelings as she, looked up. She was. so frightened. that it did not occur to her to pretend to be asleep. She saw a man of medium height w. as %e:• What did it mean? Gradually her sense of dizzy panic gave way to puzzled curiosity. Lying there in the sweet scented sunshine her mind grew clearerand she tried to fathom the situation unemotional- ly. But it was no use; the pieces didn't fit; she had nothing to go on. Swinging her feet over the side of the bed, she found a pair of high - heeled satin bedroom slippers which she put on, and then stood up and stretched cautiously. Sho some- what felt som what stiff and lame, especially all down the side, shoulder, .elbow and knee. "Ouch! That must be the side I fell on. To think that I. always wanted to learn to ride horseback and now I've` done it and had a badfall be- sides—and I don't know a thing about it!" She went over to the big window of the sleeping porch and stood. for a few moments in the warm sunshine gazing out eagerly. Beneath her lay a terraced garden, full of a blaze of flowers. A High hedge surrounded. the garden, down one side of which, grew a row of slender Italian cyp- resses, stiff and dark and theatrical looking. Beyond the hedge stretched a huge orchard of fruit trees,' Joyce to recover from the shock and de- cide 'what to do. She must be left alone. She would have to speak; ev- erything depended on her making this effort. ..Oh, I'm . • . I'ni all right," she stanunered hardly above a whisper. A. look of relief came into the face above her. "Whew, but you gave me a scare. Frills," he exclaimed. "Sure you're all right? Doc's corning over today to take another look at you. Better stay in bed and get a rest. If you're really all right, I've got to. dash to the city to get nay train for Chicago, But I won't go if you're not. You don't seem just right." "Oh, no, really, I'm all right," she said hastily. "I just have a headache. It'll be all right." "Yount sure? . Good! . Well, good-bye, honey. Take care of your- self. You can always reach me at the Blackstone, you know. I'll expect to hear from you." • He leaned over, took her face be- tween his large firm hands and kiss- ed issed her.' After he had kissed her twice, while Joyce tried furiously to recall the blush she felt burning her face, he added, hesitatingly, "Look here, Frills, I wish you'd . . , go a little easy while I'm away, will you. I'll be worried about you all the time if 'I think you're . . pulling any .more reckless stunts, you know. And—" "Oh, no, don't worry about me!" interrputed Joyce, wishing he would stop kissing her and go away, "I won't do a thing, I ... I know I'm going to feel like being very quiet for .. for a while." This sort of answer was evidently unexpected, Joyce decided, when she saw the surprise in his face mingled with relief. In speaking before, his voice had revealed a note of appre- hension, as if he were afraid of the way his words would be received. "What sort of disposition can I have had?" she wondered. "Well, good-bye, honey," he said once more; and kissing her again, he stood up, "I've got to hop off, I'll wire today from somewwhere along the line." Joyce lay and listened to his steps receding inside the house. Then she drew a long breath and sat up sud- denly. "So that's my ... my husband. He has a very nice voice ,and I.don't feel eactly afraid of him., I think he's got a—a 'kind, pleasant look on his face. , Her thoughts paused in confusion, Oranges! She had never seen or- anges actually growing. Still without moving she rolled her eyes fromone side to the other. They travelled up the bed to her hands, lying inert on the satin cover. Suddenly she became aware of three separate facts so start- ling in their significance that they set her heart to pumping and para- lyzed her muscles. She could never tell which shock was the first to register; the circle of tiny diamonds on the third finger of her left hand; the rumpled condi- tion of the other side of the bed; or the cheerful masculine whistle corn- ing from somewhere in the house close behind her! A hot wave flooded her face and neck. But gradually her heart quiet- ed down. She relaxed a trifle, breath- ed deeply, and tried to bring her whirling brain back to normal. "It's the most incredible thing I. ever . . ever heard!" she thought desperately, fiighting against a feel- ing of faintness. "It must be a dream! . , I land in Chicago in Nov- vember on a dark, cold, snowy af- ternoon; get in a taxi and . . some- thirtyish ... ruddy . blue eyes and brie tie ... tan face and tan suit . light brown hair, combed back smoothly . face rather wide across the jaw . short nose . ;mouth cut in clean curves like a girl's... . Nothing villainous in the man's ap- pearance. "Hello, honey! How do ' you , feel this morning?" ?" He was smilingdown at her with .complete °kindliness. Joyce swallowed hard, unable to answer. Under the sheet she clench- ed her hands trying to still • the trembling of her body. A worried look dimmed the senile on the man's face, He sat down on the side of the bed and leaned toward her, putting his hands on her should- ers. "Why, what's the matter, dear? Head pretty bad? Oh, I say, did I hurt you? You poor kid!" He drew back a little. Joyce had involuntarily flinched when his hands touched her. The thought flashed into Joyce's confused mind that if he fancied she. were really ill, he might after all not go away. And she must have time stared down at it in amazement. She had never seen such an enormous or- chard in her life. The rows of white - blossomed trees seemed to run but for,miles and Hailes over a fiat valley, like a drift of snow across a huge plain, Along. the fartherhorizon un- dulated a line of straog.e, puckery, treeless hills against the sly. As her glance followed- ,them to the right,. she saw that beyond the low hills rose high mountains. She turned reluctantly apt*ay from the view 'of the sunny garden and the open country, and entered the house. She found a large bedroom With flowered cretonne curtains and cushions' . , a little pile of silk un- derclothes at the foot of the big, smooth bed . , luxurious dressing table with a low _ seat in front of it . a partly opened door at the right giving a glimpse into a closet full of clothes . . at the left a wide-open door into a spacious : white tiled bath- room. Suddenly as she stood motionless on the threshold, feeling like an in- truder entering some one .else's bed- room, she caught sight of a girl with short wavy hair, clad. in a delectable mauve pyjama suit. With a gasp of surprise she realized it was her own image reflected in one of the two, full length mirrors which flanked the dressing table! ' Well! . . ." She "loved hastily up close to the mirror and examined herself with interest. Fascinated, she examined her face more closely and smiled suddenly with pleased surprise at the image in the glass. "You look really a whole lot ... prettier than.. you ever did in Philadelphia, I must admit! The bathroom was another exciting • discovery. It was a large, square room, elaborately tiled, with magnificently modern fittings and. fixtures. Joyce gasped with pleasure as she looked, Through the big open window at the left, the sun was streaming in, bringing with it that indescribably' sweet odor which had greeted Joyce on her waking. Part of it must come from those acres of trees in bloom beyond the garden, part of it from the waxen blossoms of the orange tree. In spite of the mystery, in spite of the complications she was about to meet, it was impossible, after a two- year -long diet of Mrs. Lowrie's boarding house, for Joyce not to feel. a thrill of pleasure at finding herself in these lovely surroundings. With a Tittle hop of sheer excitement, she crossed the big bathroom. and push- ed open another door which she no- ticed stood slightly ajar. "Oh? His .. his dressing room, I suppose," she murmured,. hesitat- ing on the threshold. She entered shyly, crossed to the dresser, and took from it a large photograph in a heavy silver frame. Her own face smiled out at her. It was her own; but Joyce felt, nevertheless ,that she must be look- ing at her double. "Of course, it's re- touched a lot, and the shorn hair and the pearls and the evening gown make difference. But I . . . don't know . . there's something so as- sured and sophisticated and daring about it that it doesn't look like me, not like. Joyce Ashton.. ." (Continued Next Week.) THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON XII. — MARCH '19 THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS Prov. 23: 29-32 Isa. 28: 1-4; Daniel 5: 1.4. Golan Text. -At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Prov. 23:22, THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING. Time and Place. -Solomon, :who wrote 'most of the Proverbs, became king of Judah, B.C. 1022; Isaiah was called to be •a prophet in Jerusalem, B.C. 755. Belshazzer's feast in Baby- lon, B. C, 539, BODILY HARM. Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Thursday, March 16th, I93. F That Some men and women fight colds all winter long. Others enjoy the protection of Aspirin: A tablet in time, and the first symptoms of a cold get no further. If a cold has caught you unaware, keep on with Aspirin until the cold is gone. Aspirin can't harm you. It does not depress the heart. If your throat is sore, dissolve several tablets in water and gargle. You will get instant relief. There's danger in a cold that hangs on for days. To say nothing of the pain and discomfort Aspirin might have spared. you! All druggists; with proven directions for colds,. headaches, neuralgia, neuritis, rheumatism. TRADE -MARK REG. IN CANADA The evils of strong drink can best be expressed in those sad exclama- tions; they are too many to be listed too terrible to put into words. Who hath contentions? Drunkenness soon leads to.,, quarelsomenesst, which later passes into • silliness and maudlin tears. Who hath wounds without cause? The drunkard slowly wakes the next morning from his stupor to find his body covered with bruises, buthas no idea how he got them. Who hath redness of eyes? No one can use alcohol long without impair- ment of this most precious of the senses, the sense of sight. They that tarry long at the wine. They who sit till late hours drink- ing (Isa. 5: 11). They that go to seek out. Literally "test", the prob- able reference being to the connois- seur, the man who prides himself on being well versed in brands of liquor. Mixed wines. Wine mixed. with spic- es to render it more palatable. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red. Observe that we are not even to look upon intoxicants. At last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Let all who go to "test" wine bethink themselves of this test. SOCIAL HARM. Woe to the crown of pride of the. drunkards of Ephriam. Ephriam, the chief of the northern tribes, is often put for the entire Northern King- dom. And to the fading flower of. his glorious beauty. The drunkard's wreath is already drying yup and will soon fall to the ground from the tip- sy head. Which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are over- come with wine! Isaiah thinks of drunken carousing as a fight between strong drink and the user of it, in which the drinker gets the worst of it, and is thrown into the ditch, while King Alcohol rides on triumphant. Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong arm. God is defiled by the drunkards of Ephriam, but he has ready a strong nation, Assyria, which will act as his avenger and the bear- er of his wrath. As a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tem- pest of mighty waters over flowing, will he (this "strong one") cast down to the earth with the hand. Or, as in :the margin, "with violence." The crown of pride of "the drunk- ards of Ephriani shall be trodden un- der foot, The same proud crown pictured in verse one. And the fading flower of his glor- ious beatuy, which is on the head of the fat valley: Another repetition of the metaphor witil which Isaiah op- ens the prophecy. Shall be as the first -ripe fig before the summer. The, fate of Samaria is to be quickly con- summated. Which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet. in his hand he eateth it Ftp. It is to rob passion of its magic and change men's temptations to their disgusts,. by exhibiting how squalid passion. shows beneath disaster, and how gloriously (verses 5 and 6) purity- shines urityshines surrounding it. SPIRITUAL HARM. Belshazzar the king. "He was des- cended from Nebuchadnezzar, was - king of the Chaldeans, and was slain. in Babylon when the .Merles and Per- sians entered the city. Made a great feast to a thousand of his lords. In his drunken bravado he chose to ig- nore the danger and give a sumptu- ous banquet. Andr drank wine be- fore the thousand. Seated on a rais- ed platform, where all could see and where by his example, he could. stimulate the drinking and the revels. Belshazzar, while: he tasted the wine. When he began to feel the influence of the wine. Commanded: to bring the golden and silver ves- sels which Nebuchadnezzar his fath- er (his grandfather) had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusa- lem. They were sacred vessels, as the king knew well; but when a man is drunk, what cares he for religion? That the king and his lords, his wiv- es and his concubines, might drink therefrom. The presence of women in such a scene of debauchery waS- perhaps unusual and certainly inde- cent. Then they brought the golden ves- sels that were taken out of the tem- ple em ple of the house of God which was. at Jerusalem. His act was not a site of ignorance, but of recklessness. And the king and his lords, his wiv- es and his concubinesdrank from thein. If the king sought to offend. most deeply the .'Jews, who made no inconsiderable a part of his subjects, he could hardly have chosen a surer way to do it, And they drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and ofsilver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone. 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