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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1934-02-01, Page 6E :,..x ix 'MU U 'WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES j Pr Thursday, February 1, 1934: Wells ton Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1.840. Risks taken eon all class of incur„ " liege at reasonable rates. Head Office, •Guelph, Ont. »ABNER-;CQSEN:S;. Agent, Wingham J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Lean Office—Meyer Block, Wingharn Successor to. Dudley Holmes JL S. HETHERINGTON BARRTS'TER And SOLICITOR ,Office: Morton Block, Telephone No. ,66. J. H. CRAVVFORD Barrister,, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanetone Ontario, 'Wingham DR. G. H. ROSS DENTIST Office Over Isard's Store. IN D'R, A. RW DENTIST — X-RAY '.pffice, McDonald Block.. Wingham. DR. G. W. HOWSON DENTIST Office over J. M. MclCay's Store. H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Medical Representative D. S. C. R. Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly Phon 'li4 Wingham SYNOPSIS To get fifteen Thousand dollars to save the family thontair; Nancy Gordon promises to marry the well-to-do Dr. Richard Morgan. Her ;beloved broth. er, Roddy, has come 'home from New York to confess That axe has taken that amount from the :hat* where he works—because a woman needed it- and that he will be jailed if he is found out before lee retires it. So Nancy, in love with the Penniless Page Roemer, decides to 'borrow the money from Morgan, and pledges her- self to marry hien in return.. He ag- rees to the bargain, feeling sure he can make her love him. While they are talking at his house, Roemer corn es to .see, him. "Oh, Richard, ;don't let lion come in here," begs Nancy when she hears his name. And as Richard looks at her the pitiful little secret of her love for Page is reveal- ed to hies, NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "Nancy, you don't quite hate me_ do you?" She blushed; she «remembered sud- denly her ud-denlyher cry to her father: "I hate that man!" And she, was goingto marry him. She felt ill, weak and trembling, but she remebered her fa": ther's ashen face in his sleep. "N -no, I don't hate you!" she an- swered faintly. "I—oh, don't ask me, Richard." He did not; he was silent for a while, . looking at her, and then he remembered. "I'm going to get that money for you, Nancy. Fortunately, I have it here in the • bank, in such shape I can get it, the whole of it, today. But it's only eight o'clock, the banks are- n't open, won't be for an hour. Will yott breakfast: with me? I've only. got Muminy Polk here, but she's a good darkened -wonderfully. cook. tome to breakfast, with me, "I sla'n't bring him in here, Nan- cy," •he said quietly, and went into Nancy, for the first time:' Then she raised her eyes involun- the neat room. tarily to his and her heart seemed to stand still How his face had chang- ed! She would never have known it. 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Phone 1'74W, awaysite taught .her breath at Etn5l:I3" "I ran all the way --here's thea the thought. • i t w'4 a11! ,les ; 0 4asy1 Could she, But thole was Roddy to ,go to jail, and her father! She• re - Membered and shuddci,ed, ;IGltllttt>' her Richard. "Come, Nancy, let's ::go out to breakfast" He bent over her, his face aglow, offering his arni. Nancy took it and tried not to look at him. Together they walked into the dining room, fol- lowing the tall figure of ` Mammy Polk. Richard led her to a chair opposite. his own, Nancy sat down weakly, hardly daring to lift her eyes, she was afraid the old negro woman would see the traces of tears, "Tey to eat something; Nancy, you'll be ill if you don't," she beard Richard's voice. "Indeed I can't eat, Richard! She felt his ,eyes on her and tried She heard dummy P4ulk's «Malec« blit the words were blurred, tlae old wor. man was babbling abont.�Rtc.har't, Nalacy's ears were strained,, !listening for 'his step coming back; she beard, instead the clock strike, a single:t.lite• like hell, half past Mne, Mammy Polk set a dish down teed turned quickly, "!Clanae t' , goodness, der& Mier Richard coming back now," she ek claim ed, Nancy sank lower in her chair; tt deep Mush mounted. 'Then she rose slowlyto'ber feet, gripped the edge of the table end stood, swaying a little,, her face •turned toward the door, waiting for this man who was so soon to be—iter In sband! ' Richard hadbrought the money, all of it, and he had asked no ques- tions, not even when he saw the haste that invaded her 'like a tempest, the secret hate that she wanted to hide from him and could not. "Richard, I've got to go home!" she money -14'o to New 'Fork and pay it all back!" Roddy, utterly amazed, stood star- ing blanksY tis She thrust the bulky package intoItis'hands, She hadnev- er looked smaller or more childlike;, her pale face a little drawn, tears of excitement misting her blue eyes, 'on- ly e het lips touched with red, moist and trembling, She ,mast have gone mad, he thought, soberly, "Take it, take it, Rod! Xt's all right bcaticls and smithies as good as`. ,gold, you can ' eaSh them, take them and go—quick, quick, before it's too Bice"' He took the bundle, glanced at its contents and: stared at her with his mouth ,o,pen, "Where in axaiaehief did yQu get it, Nakncy?,a "1—,1 ,got it—P she stopped, leaning agairnst a tree, breathless,' She WO so pale that her bkte eyes looked dark. "It doesn't matterlharhoyed it, you can have it, Roddy','" He was turning the papers over, bonds and securities and cash, His amazement deepened as he counted and assured himself that allwere gen- uine. Fifteen thousand dollars—the cried trembling. "I—I must go alone, whole sum -from the gods! How in too. Don't ask nee •why!", the name of heaven-? He stared at And he had n of asked. Suddenly his sister, the. red glinting in his wine- ' to hide her own, toying with her fork, lhis voice .and his eyes were kind; ,as brown eyes. her,lips trembled, Was he wondering if he knew. The passion seemed to "What have you been doing? Where • why .she wanted that awful money? have died out of them, •but there was in the world did you get this, Nan- cy?" he demanded hoarsely. "I didn't steal it!" she said in voice. "Don't ask me too much, Richard!" tenderness. she cried, agonizingly. "I'd come if I could help—could I, He shot a look across at her, and Nancy?" his own color died away slowly. She .shook her head, ` speechless, "I wish t'ou'r try to eat—see these poised for flight, and he was gener- waffles," he offered Mammy Polk's ous. He let her go unquestioned and best. undelayed. Nancy took one and sat looking at Fear winged her feet; she almost it, her lips still trembling. ran down the long street; she was "L don't want to cry into a waffle,'' possessed with a horror of being too she said in a choked voice, "don't late, of having done it; all in vain! watch me, please don't!," "I can't—there's someone' atthe door now to see me." Richard rose. "I'll send .him off in a jiffy -why, it's Page Roemer!" Nancy sprang up, her face white. "Oh, Richard, don't let him come in here!" she gasped. Richard, . who had started for the door, turned and looked at her, _ his heart in his eyes. For a full minute they stood thus, looking at each oth- er, and Nancy's pitiful little secret told' itself. Richard knew it. He seem- ed to hesitate, to be thinking hard, and his strange eyes deepened and R. C. ARMSTRONG • LIVE STOCK And GENERAL AUCTIONEER Ability with special training en- able inc to give you satisfaction. Ar- rangements made. with W. J. Brown, Winghanm; or direct to Teeswater. Phone 45r2-2. THOMAS E. SMALL LICENSED AUCTIONEER 20 'tears' Experience in .Farm Stock and Implements. M oderate Prices, Phone 331. Every nerve in her body throbbed and quivered when she heard Page Roemer's voice. to come into his life and wreck it— for—for—money! Every noble in- stinct in her nature revolted against it, and yet there was Roddy and her mother and her father! Suddenly she covered her face with her hands and groaned. "Oh, Richard!" , jm Walker FURNITURE and FUNERAL SERVICE Wingham„ tett. Ambulance Service Alin► Nancy sank down again into her chair at the table. Every nerve in her body . throbbed and quivered, she heard Page Roemer's voice, then Ri- chard's, ichard's, there ;the itioverrients of the two men out.there in the hall. Rich- ard was sending him away and she felt like death: If Page carne into the f he dreamed what she had faceburned with shame in in. Roddy, utterly amazed, stood star - g blankly as she thrust the package his hands, a low He turned on her. "Don't, rub; that in!" he cried almost fiercely. There seemed to be no gratitude, no res-. ponse in him. He stared at her as if he thought her.a thief, she had hurt him cruelly. Her face crimsoned under his eyes. "It's mine!" `she. repeated with stiff lips. "Don't stand there, don't stare at me, go back to New • York. Oh, Roddy,. go before' it's too late!" A light broke over his perturbed face. Relief or something akin to it. "Oh, Lord, I'm thankful!" he breathed, folding the envelope up and staring at her, ,"I'm going—but— Nance, where on earth did you get it? I must know that!" Her 'eyes' darkened suddenly, she choked back a sob. "I'll never tell—unless you trust me and go—right away." Roddy. stared, his jaw ,dropping, he turned white and then sed. "Nancy Virginia, did you,' tell -to get it?" 1 Gush and disc sive 3 Aspirin Tablets in half a glass of Vater. f GARGLE thoroughly — A.. throw your head way back, allowing a little to trickle down your throat. Q Roost Pres ens do not J rinse mouth, allow prgee to remain on membrana of the i throat for prolonged effect, Remember: Only Medicine 'Helps Sore Throat Modern medical science now throws an entirely new light on sore throat. A Way that eases the pain, rawness. and irritation in as little as, two or three minutes! It requires medicine -like ASPIRIN—to do these things! That is why throat specialists hworld are rescrib- throughout the p, ing this ASPIRIN gargle in place of old-time ways. Be careful, however. that you get Aspirin Tablets for this purpose. Aspirin is the, trademark of The' Bayer, Company, .Limited, and the name Bayer in the form of a cross is on each tablet. They dissolve• completely enough to gargle with,'` out leaving' irritating particles. ASPIRIN TANLaTI ^ROI MADE IN' CANADA A. HEALTH SERVICE OF THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN TANADA and if this action takes place with suf-. 'ficient rapidity, there is the real dan- ger that living disease germs will be: spread. Another practical danger is'that hands soiled by secretions will concha ,Ifood which is later taken into the- mouth, without having been cooked,. and in this way are passed into thea sthe se- cretions of the food consumer,. I O cretions of the' handier which may contain disease germs. Knowing these routes, it is obvious, that; first of all,' hands should be kept away from the face, and that the hands: should be thoroughly washed:. before' food is ,prepared or eaten. If' these simple precautions are. taken,, the hand-to-mouth transfer of disease. germs will be prevented, and a ,very real danger will be overcome. ' Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,. will be answered personally by letter.„ HAND TO MOUTH Many disease germs may'be des- cribed literally and accurately as'liv- ing a hand-to-mouth existence. As far, as we:know, disease germs do not multiply in nature, outside of the hu- man or animal body., They may per- sist for a time, biit most of thein die fairly soon because drying and light, particularly as produced, , by direct sunlight, destroy them. This means 7 Nancy, who felt his shamed misery=, that disease germs, if they are to pass threw her. arms about him p n to person,, must make the "I didn't—I vow I didn't, Rod! I • from erso journey by a fairly direct route if they just: borrowed it:"' are not to perish on•the way. "Borrow it—on no security?Lord, , From a practical. point of view, it Nancy, how can uwep pay' itback?" is of great importance, that we be able Anger welled up again in Nancy. to recognize the:routes taken by alis She had suffered and he:" took it this ease germs. ,Provided we know the way ---without thought of her. ll do it osneho«,' Rod!. Can't routes, we may be able to erect bar - We $riers along the way and so stop the i a you• trust' me—I won't tell, I won't, traffic completely; the least we may room, i truly! Oh, Rod, do you want to go done -her orae it seized her, she clung to' the` tor jail? Can't you wake up, take o HorrorHer rmagiriation a vivid restless !„ arms of the old mahogany chair in t ' and go—go hat thing at best, pictured Roddy's arrest:Their eyes met. She' was clinging which she sat. It seemed to her t just as she entered ---or, he'd be on his way to New York with the detectives. Site turned the corner, had a glim- pse of the old house and garden, quiet under the fine old trees, and drew a breath of relief. When. she opened the gate she saw Roddy. walking up and He wanted to fpr, .• tl e borrowed down inside the lilac Edge. He paced moneyback, to say lied tate jail' first, restlessly, ,but with i dragging; de- but his- courage ebbed as the first, felted gait. He wanfrd to escape pt tion pressed against his heart, he held all, but there was, no escape -except the package gingerly, but he knew the by the road. He had promisees Nancy money': was there—the money to save not, to go until she came back: And hien! ' C ntinued Nest Week) vas 4 tell him so, much she had lost alt power of thought and action. Then she heard the front door • shut and Richard coming back alone. She did not look up,'she could not. He came in slowly and stopped be- side her. "Nancy," his 'voice was kind,' but there was emotion in it as deep as hers. "I'm going out now — to the bank. Stay here, please, with Mammy Polk, 1'11 bring it straight- back—the sum you need." She, tried to •answer him but she could not. She had `risen and was standing weakly, and he made her sit down again.' His touch was gentle and his 'face, close to "hers, flushed and paled almost like a woman's. Their ,eyes' met, ancl, for the first time, he kissed her. "Nancy!" She was trembling violently and she could not raise her eyes, He held her close, • pressed to his heart, and she felt his breath soft and warm on her cheek. . "I'll, make you love me!" he said again. "If I thought I couldn't --I wouldn't dare -but I will, Nancy, I will. Her Bead sank lower and there was He was startled; he felt a change a little silence more eloquent than in her, and his flush deepened. Some- thing almost like hope quickened in his heart, but he did not speak. Neither did she, they had no •time. ?Mammy Polke,came to the door. "Ilreafs' a' ready, Mist' Richard." She was a tall, old black woman, gaunt and erect In her striped purple calico and her long apron, "Maniniy folk, we've got'company to breakfast," said Richard quickly, "Miss Gordon is going to eat break- fastwith, ate." Hannay folk courtesicd. "Howdy, Miss Nancy? We'se got waffles and: coffee; de doctah, he don' eat noffin inornin's. Can't 1 drop yo' egg on a bit'ob bacon, Miss Nancy?" "No,no! 1 like waffles, Mamnly Polk. 1'11 'tak'e anything you have," Mashie Polk smiled. "I reckon Y yo"11like do waffles," she said proudly. Nlfammy's' famous for them," said words. Then she gasped. "`Please don't not now, Richard!'1—I can't bear any more." "I know -}forgive me!" He was up and half way to the door, theti ha turned back, his heart in his eyes, bot, with wrath. He was thinking of Page Roemer. lltit something in her atti trtrle,.in the appealing profile, the air of grief and helplessness, went to his heart. He did not speak; he opened 1 the door and went out, To Nancy the shutting of that door snapped the tension. She sank lower in het chair, her eyes fixed on a space of sunshine outside the window where she could see the soft green. turf, aid here and there the yellow flame of a crocus. there Those yellow . crocuses out leaped up like tongues of flame, she watched then«, fascinated, 1f she could only get out of that window and worse 'still, to his•arrn, pushing him'away,•urging him to go, and they were very- close together. "I did it for father;" she said flatly, "it was"killing,him. Now go-go. There's a train, you can just catch it." He hesitated, in an *ony of shame. encu 1L might too law. (Continued Nancy was thankful that he- ti alone. She could more easily titan she could tell her parents. They were -her real prob- lems. "R oldh breathed in catchy o y, she _ Mother—And after Rip Van Winkle had slept on the. mountain 20 years he' came back home again. Son. --H is clothes .mtist have been be able to do is to delay the etraffic, and so increase the likelihood of the. germs perishing before they reach their destination. e Secretions from the nose and throat reach the hands through the use of, the handkerchief, or the useless habit of placing the fingers in or on the lips or nose. Most of the communi- cable diseases which attack us are to lie found in the upper part of the res- piratory tract, and ,so the secretions of ,the mouth and nose'. frequently car ry the germs dfthe common cord, in fluenza, • pneumonia, and other coni municable, diseases. Hands that are soiled by nose and mouth secretions transfer the germs to objects which they 'touch, and if these objects are handled by another person, the germs are transferred to the hands of the second person, who may carry there to his month or nose. In this way the cycle 'is completed, GEMS FROM LIFE'S SCRAP -BOOK GOODNESS "Nothing that man . ever. invents , will absolve him from . the universal necessity of being good as.. God is good, righteous as God is righteous, and holy as God is; holy..." -Charles• Kingsley. * 5 :k "The ways of Christianity have not changed. Meekness, selflessness, and love are the paths of His testimony and the footsteps of His flock.—Mary' Baker Eddy. :k ; .» "It is all a mistake that we cannot be good and rnanly without being scrupulously ' and studiously good. There is ;too much .mechanism about our virtue." -Charles H. Parkhurst. :r 5 ale "A bad man is like an earthen ves- sel, easy to break and hard to mend., A good man is like a golden vessel, hard to break. and easy to mend.". Hitopadesa. :I: • * * "Goodness' is beauty in its best es- tate."—Marlowe. HAT FASHIONS REMAIN TRUE TO THE NAVY t tiea t will il Here are some of the hats be seen around town the'krlrtiicomutg spring and summer—we'Meit 'theyfll be seen downtown pretty so'oft"„ 'tftr torn around fall, and people will be wd,a'fing them generally when we get around that corner, (1) Plaid hi eta sailor, with slightly rolled brim and d�u,....a....,.. matching taffeta scarf. (2) Breton sailor, in black straw cloth tilted sauc- ily on one side,(8) Dusty pink "'Ma- dame Bovary" bonnet, Which site fat*. back • front the face. A facia' of black belting ribbon forests a so' line under the brim, and ends in ttv perky bows at the side.