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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1934-02-15, Page 6PAGY4 SIX Wellington Mutual Fire insurance Co. Established 1840. Risks taken hu all class of insur- :'Ince at reasonable rates, Head • Office, Guelph, Ont. ABNER COSI NS, Agent, Wingbam J. W, BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan Office -.-Meyer Moak, Wingham Successor to. Dudley Holmes I.t. Si .HETHERINGTON BARRISTER And SOLICITOR Office: Morton Block. Telephone No; 66. J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Successor to R. Vanstone . ''gingham s Ontario f 1 1 DR. G. H. ROSS r, DENTIST s r Office Over Isard's Store. c a DR. A. W. IRWIN it DENTIST - X-RAY w Office, McDonald Block, Wingham. s, s" e, D.R. G. W. HOWSON N DENTIST Office over J, M. McKay's Store. g ir. H. W. COLBORNE, M.D. d1 Physician and Surgeon rc Medical Representative D. S. C. R. sl Successor to Dr. W. R. Hambly Phon 54 Wingham ,DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND st i ;R.CS. (ENG:) L.R.C.P. (Land.) u PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON si ar A. 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SMALL LICENSE') AUCTIONEER 20 Years' Experience in Farm: Stock and Implements. Moderate Prices, Phone $81, • r J. Walker FURNITURE and FUNERAL SERVICI THE WINGHAM ADVANCE; -TIMES all, Suddenly she felt as if she wish- ed he had. Why had Richard "I thought you wouidis't care to talk to Haddon all the way, so I didn't tell him.you were here," Richard said, coming tip and taking her bag. "The train's going in two minutes, Nancy, we'll have to get aboard!' * * The church was almost empty but there were some roses in the white marble font, a little way from the group of witnesses, strangers, two wzaruen' and a man—the church sex- ton. "In the face of this company, to Goin • together this man and this wo- mart—„ Nancy's mind staggered back from it. She lifted her white face and look- ed full into the minister's eyes, ' • She was' shaken by their look,_their odd, questioning look; A pang of fear shot through her. Nancy stood beside Richard, but she no longer lifted her eyes. She did not want to meet that look again. 'Not unadvisedly or .lightly; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, sob- erly, in the fear of God." How solemnly he spoke. He seem- ed to he seeking her out and search- ing her, not Richard. He must be dos ling it on purpose! id " `Nancy Virginia, wilt thou have ait this titian to be thy wedded. husband?" ld' He paused; his strange voice seem- s ed to grate and pierce her, to try to en !drag the ' truth out of her. He was er ldoing it on purpose!. SYNOPSIS To , get fifteen thousand dollars to Save the family honor, Nancy Gordon promises to marry the well-to-do Dr, ichard Morgan. Her beloved broth - r, Roddy, has come home from New York to confess that he has taken hat amount from the bank where he works—because a woman needed it-' ind that he will be jailed if he is ound out before he returns it. So ancy, in love with the penniless age Roemer, decides to borrow the Honey from Morgan, and pledges her- elf to.marry him in return. He ag- ees to the bargain, feeling sure he an make her love hint: While they re talking at his house, Roemer corn - to see him, '•`Oh, Richard, don't t him come in here,"begs Nancy :hen she hears his name. And as ichard looks at her the pitiful Iittle cret of her.love for Page is reveal- cl to him.. OW GO ON WITH ,THE STORY Day dawned at last and the sun rose oriously-sunshine mocks at human isery. It was shining in the kitchen win - w where Amanda, with her sleeves lied up, was cutting potatoes. As e pared she sang: "Take me up an' set me down Spang in Heaven -town! Take me up—" "Fo' de Lawd, Miss Nancy, yo' don' 3rtled mei" Nancy had appeared unexpectedly on the threshold.' It was early hut twinkling. Nancy hurried, "I can't conte in to- day, but—give Angie my love, please," she faltered.. The major chuckled. "Think I'm, a carrier pigeon, eh? Angie and I saw Roddy hurry by last week. what's the matter? He never looked at us, Nan- cy, went by like a shot," Nancy felt a thrill of fear run thru her. Did the old man know? She must not betray Roddy, she' had sav- ed him so far, she must not fail now. She swallowed the lump in her throat, "He bad to catch a train, that was all, she explained gently, "I'm sure he didn't See you." Nancy hurried now. She had to Richard not to come for her, to w at the station. She thought it won be easier to go there alone, but it wa not; it was harder every minute. Th suddenly she sari- him waiting for h quietly, standing at his own gate. He seemed to loom un there. not r Virginian, 1 -' - i*'- Ri- rthe figure that her fevered dreams had conjured—as a child dreams of the bogie -man --but Richard, tall and strong. The sarne face, too, not hand- some like Page .Roemer`s, but with something in it that frightened her. Yet his eyes were warm and gloss-- leg loss ing now and—yes„ they were kind! couldn't let you walk all the wa i there alone, Nancy," he said huskil clasping her hand a moment and le ting it go again, ;'I`ve felt a beast !coward, not to come tw. tell your ' i ther and mother, and tante you off t ra church like a man!' - "You did what I asked, Richard,'i she gent her rare—at first she -henzht she couldn't—and bey walked on to- i gether. Once she raised her eyes gave Richard a sidelong look, and sh was stricken by is. Again she sa he loved her and it terli `aed he It was like meeting some�_ng might and h -resistible. She was wicked.. was 2 wicked and sordid thing_ to to 2 man whc, loved her. "There's Mrs. Hadon;" said Rich ard's voice and it =sanded strange. Nancy looked up at the motor an saw Helena's face 23 the window, he green eyes looking at :hem. She lean ed forward, startled, bowing to them of and Nancy's cheeks grew rosy. Hal ena eyes booked as if they knew, q thought they knew -something! Nan. tit cy, trying to hide her own trembling saw her looking back, her eyes on Richard, and Richard red grade:;. his, ae was felly dressed for the street nd wore a big hat that shaded her es. "Mandy, S'ni going out — I want mething. Can I have a cup of cof- now?" "1 reckons so, Miss Nancy; 1 done ode it a'ready." Nancy sat down in a kitchen chair d took the big cup from Mandy's nds. The coffee was hot and golden awn; Nancy sipped it slowly, wat- ng, the deft brown hands at work. Take me up- an' set me darter •pang in Heaven -town! ig, Amanda, pausing now and then she flipped the slender slices :atoes in the boiling fat. Take me up an' set me down Yiyrp s al apge]s keeps my crow ih, dere ain't no i lot is "up aene� Oh, dere ain't no rust to gpate, Where dem. 'angels shines my Crown!'. and c awe LLy I>: d d ehrard tea be—" 1 "Conte with ane now," he said cold ly ""I've taken rooms at the hot here, close by. You need rest ---I ca see that -sand 1 must talk to you," Something in his, tone stung he suddenly she remembered, She :ha begged lois help and pledged hersel It was her •doing, not his, and sh was begging%off! Even now, niarrie to him, she was longing to escape, t break her word, . Had he found it out She had a strange feeling of being i a dream and, walking through an env ty Street with a stranger—toward fate' yet more strange, His silence too, began tq weigh upon her. Sh thought . suddenly that it was thei wedding day --his wedding day—an. he loved her! A feeling of remora shot through her, a feeling of shame They had reached the hotel now and a small suite overlooking the sone park that faced the church where they had been married, The curtains had not been drawn and, moving mechanically to the near- est window, Nancy stood looking out upon the city street with blank un- seeing eyes. All her senses seemed alive to but one thing, Richard's pres- ence and the sharper. consciousness that- they were alone together in a strange place.: To him it was a moment of intoler- able complexity. He saw the girlehe loved, his wife at last, young lovely, appealing in her evident distress.. Yet this, which should have been a mo- ment ,of exultation and joy, was one of bitterness. How perfect she was, and she was his. The thought surged through him and `kindled him like a flame. He forgot the. way of getting her for an instant, because she was actually his! , (Continued Next Week.) el n r'; d f, e d 0 t1 a e r d e GEMS FROM LIFE'S SCRAP -BOOK UNSELFISHNESS "The essence of true nobility is the neglect of self."—Froude. ** "No man is more cheated than selfish man." -H. W. Beecher. "Lore redolent with unselfishness the 1 bathes all in beauty and light."—Mary l;aker Eddy. * * * Wife: "No, dear, it's 1 ."No indulgence of passion destroys accomplishments." Thursday, February 15, 193f. PRESIDENT'S MOTHER IN OTTAWA i Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother o the President of the United States who visited Ottawa for . the brilliant Forbes -Robbins wedding, Mrs. Roos - f evelt attended with her sister, 'Mrs Price Collier, who is grandmother of the bride and the President's daugh- ter; Mrs. Curtis DaII. the spiritual nature so much as res- pectable selfishness, — George Mac- Donald. * * s� "To be saved. is only this—salva- tion from our own selfishness." Whittier. * 5, * "To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content:"—H, R. Howeis. * 5 * "What can one possibly introduce nto a. mind that is already full, and uIl of itself?"—Joubert. • Husband: "Lying is not one of my failings." "I'm going to take you home;' his nice shook, "rny home is yours now,, 1 r Na, Her ears were ringing now and her ! 0 - •lids were dry. She had said it, she #rt#d repeated it after him, chokingly, snennin lessl like~ a parrot. 8' S', pa She would see him all her Liffe with that book in his hands and his spectacles •slapping down his nose. But she had beard her owns voice repeating it, and now at was Richard's turn. `With this ring I thee wed, and `with all my worldly goods I thee en- down—" His vrorldly goods? She turned hot and coid. She hardly knew what she was doing when the minister shook hands with her. Then he spoke to o Richard kindly and frankly; she felt the change in his tone. He seemed to know that Richard was sincere. She was shaking hands now with the, witnesses; then they walked down, the long aisle—they two alone—past R" the vacant pews under the low gall- 1' ery, , Richard Opened the swinging -doors and the cold spring air met them like i a friend. is Across the city square the blue sha- dows of the dusk had gathered. Ter- t ror and homesickness clutched at her heart; ;die looked up and met Rich- ard's eyes, they frightened her: he saw through llor, she knew lie did! ;r "Richard, I must go h'uuc !" :she panted. Aa "I'm going to take you home, his voice shook, "my home is yours now, Nancy." G 3 "Oh, I don't mean that. 1; recant I71 have to tell father and mother Howl' ""Then--" he paused an instant, not looking at her, "yott want to go home , tomorrow?" ° a "Tomorrow?" her tone was tinged t; with agonized dismay. He meant to stay here then—or to go farther away still! "You want to go now?" he asked quietly, "at once?" "Oh she drew a long breath, "If I could—!" • He was silent. They had reached the corner of the street and he stop- ped , abruptly, apparently lost, in thought. ineau-you'd like to go hotne alone?—that--w" he choked, For a long moment the man strug- gled with the mounting passion and fury in his .soul. Then he turned cyuictly, without making her even a- ware of the tremendous effort he had made to eentrol himself, 'I felt a beastly coward', not to come to tell your father and mother." Nancy choked down a little mere slot coffee. Amanda, looking ttp, caught Iter in, the act of setting the cup aside, "Heap, yo' ain't a-goin', is yo'? Yo' didn't drink half 'at coffee. Deed, Miss Nancy, you'll get malaria, yo' sho' will!" Brit Nancy was already gone. In the path outside the door she turned' and flung Amanda a smile over her shoulder. If was a pale young smile that seemed near tears. It was very early in the morning and the street seemed to he flooded with light. There was veld Major Los max standing in his garden, Nancy's heart sank, she hated to meet atiy one but ,she had to go that way. "I -:c110, Nancy, going' on a jour- ney?" He was looking at her satchel, "Just for a little while," sire an- swered hurriedly, "how's Angie?ror 'Stilt living here. Metter collie in sec bee," he advised, his eyes t tan. "HadddieS going on the trainwith us," he. said quietly, they were in sight of the station now. "He told me sup Mast night. A pleasure trip—it won't bother us, Nancy." She thought it would; she did not like Helena and Kingdon Haddon was Helena's husband, and the president of the bank where Mr. Gordon had worked as a trusted clerk for twenty years. Helena would wonder why go- ing o-in to Washington with' Richard. Would they have to tell hire? Her heart sank --it would make it so real before—before it happened. Uncon- sciously she faltered; her very lips grew pale. Richard .saw it. Up to 'this moment he bad been carried along by a rush of feeling, by the depth of his own passion for her, hut now—in a moment -the .thing fell to pieces. They were almost at the station when he stopped short. "Nancy," his voice was harsh and broken, "I ---I wish 1 knew—you make a fellow feel like a brute! I can't go on with this—if I'm forcing you to marryInc against your heart!" She stood still at lois side, her pro- file toward him. She did not lift her eyes. "I--" site struggled with herself, adn then steadily: "I' pledged myself to marry you—if you want to refuse ,f "Nancy Virgins""al" lie caught her hand and held it fiercely, He fairly hurt it but she did not wine. They stood a moment thus and then walked ort; the force that was driving hire now was too strong even for him, or he made no•ef:fort to resist it. .At the station, Richard held the door open and Nancy stejsped inside. She stood still inside the station door, She was conscioes that Rich- ard had left her a moment and, look- ing across the station, she saw him talking to a tall thin man who stoops ed a little. Haddon, of course! They knew each other well. Richard was the banker's physician, Was he tell- ing hint about her? Nancy's heart beat hard, No, Richard had not told Haddon'; the banker never looked her way at 0 one of your "May I hold your hand for a sec- ond?" "How will I know when the time's up?'' "Oh, I'll "need a second hand for that." "With whom was your wife quar- relling Last night?" "Oh—er—she was. scolding the dog." "Poor beast—I heard her threaten to take the latch key away from him." Lady Customer: "He's a .darling,. but I'm afraid I can't buy him—my husband doesn't like dogs.," Dealer: "You buy 'Ma lady. 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