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Jo Walker FURNITURE and FUNERAL SERVICE a a - wile hOtt. g i Ambulance ce ervt THE STORY SO FAR Nancy Gordon, loving Page Roem er, sells herself in marriage to Dr Richard Morgan for fifteen thousand dollars, the amount her brother Roddy ,tale to give to a woman. Helena Haddon, sophisticated married wo- man, in love with Richard, does her best to make trouble for Nancy, al- though she knows nothing of the sec- ret marriage. lir. Gordon sells his home to repay Richard. Nancy per- mits Page to continue making love to her, but when she finds that he wants her to run away with hint she recoils from him in horror. Taking shelter in the hovel of a poor woman whose baby is dying, Nancy realizes that Richard is the best man after all, and sends for him. A1.Ithough he sav- es the baby's Iife, he repudiates the help cf his wife. Helena, finding that they have spent the night together in the miserable hovel, spreads the scan- dal about town. Angie Puller, Rod- dy's childhood sweetheart and niece of Major Lomax, tries to stop the scan- dal. Just then Roddy returns home— drunk. His mother believes him crazy and sends for Dr. Morgan, who takes Roddy home with him. Nancy goes to Richard's to see her brother, "Rod, she says, "have you been doing it again -stealing?" NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "I can't tell you, Rod, don't ask mer" she begged. "But you must tell me—Angie, what is it? Something wrong! Tell me— you shall tell me!" But she shook her head. "No, no!" He dropped her hand and snatched. up his hat. "I'll find out!" he said. She ran after him, sobbing. "It's nothing—it's nothing—don't ask, Rod- dy, don't ask!" Angie's tears could not avail now, she had loosed the whirlwind. Roddy was in no mood to reason with An- gie's hints. Something was wrong. He would go straight to Richard. Man to man they would settle it. He was grateful to him, he was loath to behave dl to him. Mammy Polk- was back again. "No, Mist' Roddy, de doctah ain't in—be back directly, walk in, dere's a lady in de office—waitin'." "A lady?" Roddy hesitated, AMCASTril; ACL.logov le t panic. She thought lie knew that she - had told,. But, to Rod, her confusion was ()ply the chinning proof ofl'torgan's guilt. There was something. He became. deadly quiet and calm. "Mrs. Haddon, we're old friends. You were always kind to me," be said, "I --as a friend, I ask you to answer me. I have a right to know what is said of my sister." Helena tried to collect her thoughts. The boy was not angry with her, She saw that; then he did not know. And. this would be a way to get at Nancy herself. "There's some talk, yes,' 'she ad- mitted reluctantly. "A small place, Rod, and gossip. You mustn't be too angry with me if I say so—your sister has been indiscreet, that's all." But he was more of a man than she thought. "How indiscreet? My sister?' Good God, if a elan had said that! Who's the man? Richard Morgan?" Helena nodded, tapping her foot on the floor. "Mrs. Haddon, I wish you'd tell me," he pleaded quietly. "See, I'm not excited. I want to take care of my sister. What's the story? • It's a lie, you know it. I know it, but tell me —what is it? She panted a little; she was fright- !ened. He looked suddenly a man and 'she had thought him a mere boy. f"I—I can't tell you!" she said in a low voice, "I'm going—let me go, Roddy!" But he had caught her by the wrist. "You shall tell me!" he said between his teeth, "what is the—the damned lie they're telling?" She dragged back from him, her green eyes suddenly blazing with fury "I'11 tell you—but don't blame me— let go my hand." He let go as if she had struck him. But his eyes still burned into hers. "Your sister went to Washington with Morgan. She stayed there a day and a night. A man who registered at .the same hotel told it—they were, there as man and wife. That's the story—now, are you satisfied?" "I'm quite satisfied," he replied simply, "thank you, Mrs, Haddon. Good night." * * * Mr. Gordon had spent his evening alone. His wife bad given up early; a headache brought her the relief of going to bed. She was in terror of her husband's remarks about Roddy's return. Nancy was out on the piazza now, sitting on the steps. No one knew that. she was there, and she did not speak when Roddy sprang up the steps and bounded into the house. He did not see her at all. A moment later Mr. Gordon looked up into the boy's face. "By gum!" he ejaculated involun- tarily, "what's wrong? Drunk again, sir?" Roddy laid his band heavily on the back of the nearest chair and straight- ened himself. "Father, do you happen to know about the scandal, the story they're telling here about Nancy Virginia?" Mr. Gordon sat tip straight. "Make yourself plain, sir." "Did Nancy ever go to Washington without you—or mother?" Mr. Gordon's face changed. "She did." Roddy made an inarticulate sound in his throat, his hands clenching on the chair back. "When?" "In the Spring—after your first es- capade." Mr. Gordon was staring hard at him, his anger rising:' They say she went with Richard Morgan and stayed there twenty-four hours. They---" Roddy gasped, his eyes blazing "that fellow—Mor- gan—registered them as man and wife." 'To his amazement, his father said nothing, He merely nodded his head slowly, his face stern. "Do you hear the?" Roddy shouted, "do you take it in? Nancy --'-Nancy and Virginia Dick gc Morgan as rrtan and wife, Some one saw it, read the reg- ister!"' Mr, Gordon regarded him sternly, eornething like grim humor showing in his eyes, The young fool did not know what a sacrifice the girl had made for him, Then he remembered the intolerable implication against his poor girl. He turned on his son ang- rily. "They're married," he saki shortly. "Married?' Roddy's jaw dropped, he stared at his, father like a zany. "What's wrong. Roddy? Any one 11? Roddy thought of it a moment, He did not mind Helena. If there was any talk of Richard, Helena would tell him. She wo'.'•. be jealous. Rod- dy had found out a good deal about jealous women! Helena sat in a chair by the win- dow. "Why, Rod Gordon!" she exclaim- ed and gave him her hand. Roddy sw llo wed hard. He drew a chair close to hers and sat down. "Mrs, Haddon, I think you'd know about any—any gossip, wouldn't you?" Helena shrank a little. What in the world was coming? "Oh. I don't know—what do you mean?" "I've just been told--" he stammer- ed, then he straightened himself ruth- lessly to his question, "Is there any reason why I should have a quarrel With Richard Morgan—about my sis- ter?" "Don't ask nisi" she gasped in sheer DR. J. R. LOCI HART Corner 'CENTRE and i ATRICJ >' treete. "JCI:LEPHONE 150. There was a long moment of sil- ence. In it Mr. Cordon's anger gath- ered. force. And who bad dared to start it? Roddy getting his breath, broke out again,, "Married? Why didn't' r know? Why didn't you tell ane before—tell other people?" Mr. Gordon gave Irirn an exasper- ated glance. "You're not the one to find fault," he replied dryly, "they're married --secretly," Secretly? The word was,like a torch of flame, it set Roddy on fire, "Why? he demanded fiercely, "is. that fellow ashamed of my sister?" His father said nothing, "Do you hear Pie?" Roddy strangled with anger. "My sister!" he began to walk up and down. He thought of the family honor. His father must be breaking down in a premature dot- age! What else could it mean. Did Richard know it? His eyes shot fire. "I know," he said chokingly, "you told Morgan about me -it's because she's any sister! Nancy Virginia scorned for me—any God, r11—I'll—" he seemed to strangle again. He ran out of the room' and out of the house. Bare -headed and disheveled, he ran to the gate. He never once looked back. He did not hear the half -smo- thered cry that pursued him. He vaulted the gate and was gone.. But Nancy stood there, clasping her cold hands against her breast, "Oh, what shall I do?" she sobbed to herself softly. She had heard al- most all that Roddy had shouted at his father, "what can I do?" * * * A sharp sound startled Morgan; some one had run up the front steps. He rose slowly to his feet, went to the door. On the steps stood Rod Gordon. "What's wrong, Rod? Any one i11?" "No one's ill. I've got to see you, that's all!" Roddy's voice was utterly changed. 'Your sister went to Washington with Morgan." Richard Iooked at him sharply. Had he been drinking again? "Come in," he said quietly, "go into the office." Roddy stopped short by the table and faced him, folding his arms on his breast. "I've come—" he got that far. and seemed to be choking, The boy in him had leaped up again. He was a boy in his passion of blind rage. "I've come to demand an explana- tion," he panted. "I—father just told me—you've married my sister." "Sit down," said Richard quietly, `'let us talk it over," "Talk it over? Heil.!" Roddy struck his hand on the table with such force that every article on it crashed and spun around. "You've married niy sis- ter and let people talk about her. Do you happen to know what they say of it—of her?" Richard's face whitened to the lips, "1 know nothing. Who dares to say anything about her? Or about me?". Roddy laughed wildly. "Dares? When a man hides his marriage peo- ple talk, don't they. I'll tell you what they say! They know nothing of this marriage --this secretmarriage of yours, you—you coward! They say ,she's your--" he strangled again, "— your mistress, dam' you!" Richard rose to his feet. "Who Who sa s it?" he demanded Hoarsely, "who told yott that?" "The whole town says it I" shouted Roddy, "it's seething like a caldron. Lomax knows it, Haddon knows it, everybody knows at! You took her to Washingtonand married her secretly and ruined her good'haune!" "If you were not a boy and her brother," said Richard, "I'd ,wring your neck!" L Wren g my neck, would you? You haven't got the couragel" Roddy screamed, flinging out his arms, "Do you think I 'don't know what ails you? Father told you I was a thief—yotti're ashamed to say you Married zrty sister my sister, Nancy Virginia Gordon! She's an angel and you're a devil, a black -hearted, cowardly scoundrel! You'll fight me, or, by God, I'll call you a cowatd ori every street currier in the town! I'll publish you -you can't hide any longer behind any sis- ter, I— -." he stopped again, and sud- denly drawing himself .to his' full height, spoke with a new tragic dig- nity, "/ challenge you, Richard More. gan, to defend yourself, or die in your tracks—like a darn' coward!" Richard had scarcely heard hien; "Yes, I'll fight you," he said dryly, "1 admit you've a right to demand it," "Come out now. -the moon's like day---I'.il get a gun -we can fight it out now. "I can't wait, I won't wait!" "Now? Out there?" a grim smile twisted Riebard's lips. "If one of us dies out there tonight it would be called plain murder. That won't do, Roddy, we must keep to 'the code, Get a second, then Pin ready any time." "I wouldn't care a copper what they called it," Roddy snapped, "but since you're particular—oh, the code, of course! I'll get a second, you can get yours—over the phone. I give you the choice of 'weapons, Dr. Morgan." Richard bowed his head gravely. "Pistols. Mine's here on my desk, but you can,bringtwo, I'll be waiting for you when you coarse back. Where is it to be?" "Out there!" Roddy pointed at the moonlit lawn. "I understand," Richard answered grimly, and he opened a long window on the moonlit piazza, "you can go this, way. I'll wait" (Continued Next Week) CHIEF JUSTICE MEREDITH DIES For Forty Years Outstanding Figure of the Canadian Judiciary. An illness which began with a cold. shortly after Christmas terminated Sunday morning in the death of Hon. Richard Martin Meredith, retired Chief Justice of the High Court Div- ision of the Supreme Court of Ontar- io, at his residence, 565 Talbot Street, London, Ont. Chief Justice Meredith was born in London on March 27, 1847, was edu- cated in private schools and read law with one of his distinguished broth- ers, the late Sir William Ralph Mere- dith, who also became a Chief Justice of the Ontario Supreme Court. After being called to the Bar in 1869, he practiced law in London for some years, in partnership with his broth- er, the late Edmund Meredith, K.C., a famous Canadian criminal lawyer. He left private practice in 1890 to accept appointment to the Ontario Supreme Court, and for forty years, until Oct. 1, 1930, when he retired, he was one of the outstanding figures. of the Canadian judiciary. STATIC STOPPED C. C. F. SPEECH To the Editur av all thine Wingham paypers. Deer Sur:— Well, Mishter Hinry. has tould the risht av the byes whin he intinds to hould the elickshuns, an 'tis the busy toimes we will be either havin fer the next foor. wakes. 'Tis gain to be a quare elickshun in- toirely so it is, wid droy Grits, an wet wans, an C.C.F.'s an Progrissives, an rale Tories, an Tories who purtind to be indepindint, . but, shure, a feliah who purtinds to be indepindint isn't a Tory, at all, at all, so he isn't. Thim C. C. F.'s are a quare bunch av byes, but I hev to admit that they hev some shmart shpakers among them, aven if they do be harrud to undhershtand some toimes, be rayon av the big wurruds they use. I wus lishtinin in on the radio wan noight, an I windher that the Contmishun a1 - lowed sich talk to come over the woires. Me mimory isn't what it wance wus, but, as near as I kin re mitnber, the fellah's spaich wint some - ting loike this. "If we allow the Tory denomina- shun to run tings army longer widout army invistigashun, arr examinashun, av howthey do be rttinin the nashun, the wholepopulashun will soon be re - jilted to shtarvashun an digradashun, wid conshternashtin On devastashnn shtanding furninsht our whole civili- zashun," " 'Tis our fixed determinashun to indall this altercashun betwane the Tory aggregashun an the Grit com- u be man Bina h s ne av' s nattonalizashun, arr co-operashun, arr consirvashun, arr deflashun, arr inflashun, w.idoot. any relashun : to confiscashun, This will mane the ixterminashun av prow- asltttn, an d solashun, yis, an, av in- toxieashun, an devastashttn, an in- shtid we will hev the reclamasbun an ealvashnun av the whole situashun• We hev nothin but detistashun fer the prisint Tory manipulashuns, arr the Grit deviashuns, an coniplicashuns. We are undher no obligation to ay- ther• av the ould party compilashuns, an we, are a.ftlzer makito this allege - shun be rayson av mtich rtirminasltrtto an considerashun, an not be aatty hal lttcinashun arr aberrashun, arr pereg- riegebun arr perambulashtzrt, 'Tis cremashttn we 'lade fer both av the. ould parthies, an as Mishtcr Shake-` spears Sia 'Tis a consumashun de- Thursday, May 24th, 1934 AAAIrrAMIAtIAttt"Rl",tttttt""1lpttttt11ttttttttl W t4"It ul nu"tt1" ltlArlAllratFr111oun1llRroJAvnpArllU ul r tt111"1P1"Iltr"Alplp.•. The Border City Star, Windsor, Oat. n,lun Itullanui"Ii"n"nu nu"n"unln tttllnlr"n"""r,n By IL M. Morden Until 3. A, Macmillan came into the House .of Commons on the tide of a Liberal sweep in a by-election in Mac- kenzie, the heavyweight championship of the house was undisputed, George Spotton, Conservative member for Huron North, was far and away the heaviest single piece of legislator in the green chamber., Whether Mr. Macmillan has taken the title is still a matter for argument. 11.1111111/111lIA,r1A�,7lIt111 ltttlrrtrrrr(Arrr11r1A1$IilI,111111, Irui111t111111t Mr. Spotton, The biographical data furnished by the members to the editor of the semi-official Parliamentary Guide does not list weights nor waist line meas- urements. Mr. Spotton may be "shad- ed" in these respects by the new Sas- katchewan member, but he still holds undisputed kingship in one particular —he has by far the biggest voice in Parliament. Not since the clays when Sir Allan Aylesworth was in bis prime has such a vocal boom made itself heard as that possessed by Mr, Spotton. It is not merely loud; it is deep and resound- ing, an unmistakable and •unforgetable rumble that echoes and re-echoes, and makes the hand -painted linen in the ceiling of the Commons chamber 'vib- rate. It is a voice designed to scare pol- itical foemen into submission. It has a ring of combativeness in it, an in- dex of a fighter's character. And Mr. Spotton is a fighter. From the time he first rose' majestically and awesomely over the political horizon, his career has been one long battle. In 1925, when he first was an aspirant for a seat in Parliament, he fought to the last ditch. Only the courts of the land prevented him from becoming a member of the house, He was 'de- clared elected on a recount. His op- ponent made a further appeal to a. judge, and Mr. Spotton was counted out. He promptly came back the next year and tools the seat by the safe margin of 345 votes. When be heav- ed !xis huge bulk into the chamber and squeezed into one of .the chairs„.. which seem inadequte for such a per- son, he was a marked man. Sheen size, both of physique and vocal or- gans, made him that. Quickly he stood forth as an em- battleddefenderConservative pol- icies.. To him, the Tory idea of pro- tectionism and other such matters of policy is gospel. * * That is why, when he went into South Huron in the by-election cam- paign of a year of so ago, and an- nounced to the public that . he was always looked on as an independent in Parliament, a roar of derivise lau- ghter went up from all the Liberal' members. But Mr. Spotton was not to be "faz- ed" by fazed"by that. He bided his time, and: at last proved his independence of party ties. When Humphrey Mitch- ell's titles resolution coarse up this ses- ion, and the Conservative whip crack- ed to vote it down, the North Huron. member distinguished himself as . one of the two Tories to jump nimbly out of the way of the lash and vote against the Government.. This, be it said, is not the only time. that Mr. Spotton has disagreed with his party. Radio is one of his pet sub- jects, ubjects, and the introduction of radio, estimates into the House it always a. signal for him to become very caustic about the way the whole thing is run. True, he did support the legislation which brought nationalized radio into being—it was passed unanimously— but he made no secret of the fact that he viewed the prospect of any great improvement dubiously. He thinks the whole matter of radio broadcast- ing, of collecting license fees, and of control of the air waves, very badly handled, and he never misses an op- portunity to say so. * * Just prior to the opening of the present session, Mr. Spotton became the storm centre of quite a fuss. His political opponents raked up evidence to show that he had been doing some circularizing for his chain of business colleges on House of Commons sta- tionery. Mr. Spotton handled the af- fair in characteristic fashion, He sim- ply ignored the -whole matter, and plowed ahead with elephantine equan- imity. His gargantuan aplomb in the face of the charges was sufficient to lull them into a painless death. voutly to be wished.' Jist here the static got so bad that I had to turn aff the radio, an no wondher. Yours fer the ould parthy, Titnothy Hay. BEST VARIETIES OF GRAIN The Dominion Cerealist Makes Some Important Sugestions. The varieties of grain which are most suitable for propagation in diff- erent sections throughout Canada have been determined by exacting comparative tests conducted for a period of years at. Experimental Sta- tionsand by farmers throughout the Dominion. The Dominion. Depart- ment of Agriculture has justissued a pamphlet (No. 156) on the subject by Mr. L. H. Newman, the Dominion Cerealist, under the title "the best varieties of grain". He recommends certain varieties of grain for the var- ious provinces, but asks that a care - the pamphlet be made before decid- in what varieties t0 sow. Also, for further information, it is suggested that the superintendent of the near- est Experimental Station should be communicated with. The varieties recommended by the Dominion Cerealist for Ontario are as follows: Spring wheat, Garnet Ot- tawa 652; 'Huron Ottawa 3; Marquis Ottawa 15; Goose (durum); Mindum (durum). Oats—Alaska (very early); Banner Ottawa 49; , Cartier; Gold Rain; Laurel Ottawa 477 (hull -less); O.A.C. No.. 72; O,A..C. 144. Barley- O.A.C. 21, Field Peas—Arthur Ot- tawa 18; Chancellor; Golden .Vine; Mackay Ottawa 25; O.A.C. 181. Field Beans—Navy Ottawa 711; •Norwegiazc Ottawa 710; Robust, Flax for seed —Bison; Novelty Ottawa 53; Red Wing, Information re winter wheat it Ontario is given in the Dominion Department of Agriculture pamphlet, 154, new series. "True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be ful study of the descriptions given in treated yourself," -Chesterfield, CENT -A -MILS EXCURSIONS To Western Canada and the Pacific Coast FROM ALL POINTS IN THE EAST Going des—JUNE 10-30 inclusive Tickets valid for return to reach original starting point within 45 days front date of sale, inclusive. Children five years of age and under twelve, half of the adult fare. 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