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Office Over Isard's Store
H. W. COLBORNE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
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Successor to Dr,. W. R. Hambly
Phone 54 Wingham
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audacity, 0e—the—to stay there af-
ter John told her 1 had rented that
cottage?"
"John didn't tell beg. She didn't
know it, The cottage was not ready
for me as you promised*"
"John didn't—John--Jahn Wallace
-- Didn't you hear me tell him to
tell her to—"
"Oh, yes, you told hini. And that
was the end of it. And as she is the
original tenant, I have bad all 'rny
trouble and worry for nothing."
And then, with reluctance, with in-
nate delicacy, sparing Auntalmiry in
every way possible, Mrs. Andover ex-.
plained the situation, The little old
woman in the cottage waS not a ten-
ant, She just lived there. She paid
no rent, she, had no money, and the
cottage stood idle all winter without
her. Much better for the house to
be occupied, rnuch better for Auntal-
miry who
tintalmirywho needed homing—
"Oh, please interrupted Gay, "let
her stay then. Don't' turn the poor
thing out on my account—"
And then Mrs. Andover grew really
withering in her retaliation,
"Turn her out! What kind of peo-
ple do you think we are? Do we.
Iook like the sort to turn anybody
out? We just ;want her to move
down into her own house, the Apple
Tree."
"Oh, then she rsn't so poor, if she.
has a house of her own."
But Auntalrniry did not own the
Apple Tree. Auntalmiry did not own
anything. M'rs. Andover'. said it was
the Estate, the Estate which owned
the land,,.the Estate which had built
the little Apple Tree exclusively for
Auntalmiry, for her very own, fur-
nished it for her, maintained it for
said cautiously. "1 don't think' so."
"Well, I think so. Renting a cot -
Chapter I. --On the verge of nerv- Cage that isn't for rent! coir
Of nt! Whoevr
ever
ous .collapse, e to overwork, Gay heard of such a thing.
Delane, successful New York artist, can take it back." head doubt -
seeks rest at Idle Island. She rents I -le shook his silveredoutsider
a cottage, the ``Lone Pine front an fully. "It is;yours. If an o
island character, the "Captain" and comes in on you ---why, yotFill have to
his sister, Alice Andover, "administra- take measua"es to get her out."
tor." Gay stared at him. "But she was
THE STORY
DR. R. L. STEWART
Graduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of . Physicians and.
Surgeons.
Office ;in Chisholm . Block
Josephine Street. Phone 29
DR. G. W. HOWSON
DENTIST
Office over John Galbraith's
Store
there . first! I am the interloper."
"Then I don't think. Alice will re -
CHAPTER II fund the rent. I don't think so."
"Oh, if she is like that!" Gay said
scornfully. "She doesn't look so di -
honest:"
"Dishonest! My sister, Mis' Alice
Andover? Dear, clear, what gave you
Returnipgg to the island on the early
morning steamer, Gay was the only
passenger to leave the boat .at Ever-
green pier, no group of unhurried dri-
vers to receive her: While with -her such a notion as that, She's honest
two hands she carried her heavy bags as the day -=bait she's a very good ad-
through the orchardand uP the long ministrator, very good indeed.
grass -green slope to the Lone Pine,
Gay's heart sang a soft little song of
contentment.
"I shall sleep," she thought, "Oh,
Idle,. Idle little island, how I -shall
sleep!"
As she stood at last beneath the
ciaggly pine, fumbling in her hag for
the keys, it was the pride of posses-
sion which throbbed in her pulses.
This was her summer heritage, the re-
ward of ten years of constant labor;
it was hers.
Even with her hand on the knob,.
Gay realized that it was not she who
opened the door of the cottage; that
it opened to her, instead, front within.
And as she stepped back, startled, she
was confronted suddenly by a woman,
Pot Mrs. Andover, not one of the
three quiet figures from the Captain's
kitchen, but one she had never seen
before.
"Oh, I beg your pardon," she cried,
"I didn't know there was anybody
here."
The woman did not speak for a mo-
ment, but stood. peering up, near-
sightedly, into Gay's face—a small
woman, short and slight, and a soft
flush gave her face a pleasant girlish
look, although as Gay learned later,
she was very old, older even than
Alice Andover, But for all her small-
ness and her pinkness, there was
something impressively determined,
something indomitable, about her that
was striking.
"AreY ou the Captain's wife?" Gay
asked, as the woman stared at her,
smiling faintly, puzzled.
"No, I'm not," she disclaimed quick-
ly, half laughing_ "I'm just Aitptal-
miry. Come in." She still stared,
closely. :"I— This light is bad," she
added apologetically. "And my' best
glasses are broken. J can't seem to
F. -A. PARKER
OSTEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Office Adjoining residence next to
Anglican Church on Centre Street.
Sundays by appointment. •
Osteopathy Electricity
Phone 272, Hours, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
A. R. & F. E. DUVAL
Licensed Drugless Practitioners
Chiropractic and Electro Therapy.
Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic
College, Toronto, and National Col-
lege, Chicago.
Out of town and night calls res-
ponded to. All business confidential.
Phone, 601-13.
1 ALVIN FOX
Registered Drugless Practitioner
CHIROPRACTIC AND
DRtrGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Hours: 2-5, 7-8, or by
appointment: Phone 191.
D. H. McINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
ELECTRICITY'
Adjustments given for diseases of
ail kinds; we specialize in dealing with
children. Lady attendant. Night calls
responded to.
Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont.
•Phone 150
"If she is like that," Gay said, yo
Will get the :money back for me. Yo
are her brother. You were a witne
GEORGE A. SIDDAL
BROKER —
Money to lend on first and second
mortgages on farm and other real es-
tate properties at a reasonable rate of
interest, also on first Chattel mort-
gages on stock and on personal notes.
A few farms on hand for sale or to
rent on easy terms.
Phone 73, Lucknow, Ont.
THOMAS FELLS
•A,IJCTIUNEER
REAL ESTATE SOLD
A thorough knowledge of Farm Stock
Phone 231, Wingham
place you— 'Tain't _ lot y Grover,
u
ti
Ss
Tho ApploTrce was a deer "le:
cottae, well built, .charmingly treat-
ed. Mrs.' Andover said, rather petu-
lantly, that is was the nicer of the
two cottages, and the only reason
Auntalmiry preferred the Lone Pine
was siinple and pure perversity. The
Lone Pine was too big for her, it was
more inaccessible away up on the
bluffs, it was farther from the shops
and from ,her friends, but she prefer-
red it "for her Christmas party."
And then Alice Andover's voice
sank to a whisper. "If she says any
thing about a Christmas party, yor:,
tell her John and I say she can't have
a, Christmas party this year. ° Tell
her it ,is too expensive in the first
place, 'and it \. e: rs. her all out hi the.
second place, and it's just nonsense:.
anyhow. Tell her John and I say so.
But when Gay suggested that of
course, she, herself, :Mrs. Andover,
was going down with her to give
these eplanations to Auntalmiry, the
administratdr was regretful, but firm.
"I can't," she said. "I wish 1
could, ,but I can't. I -I am expecting,
guests to.dinner." She looked at her
watch. "Good heavens, it is after
eleven, and the potatoes not so much
as peeled. • You see how it is. Iavish
I could, `• but I can't. You tell her.
"1 Don't Think You Can Do That,".
He Said Cautiously.
to the transaction. You go and get
it for me.
He was deeply troubled. 1—I
can't do that, Not today I can't.
Maybe tomorrow. But I got to go
right uP now and fix Mrs. Willough-
by's roof—leaky roof—'fraid of rain.
Looks like rain, think?"
"You fixed that roof yesterday,
Gay said furiously.
"No, miss, I, didn't get around to
it." He sighed sadly. "Seems like 1
just can't get around to the things
I got to do. There's Mrs. Willough-
is
me by's roof, and Miss Nixon's porch.
"I am Gay Delane—thenew ten -
The soft little figure became rigid.
"The new tenant," she repeated.
"Oh, they didn't tell you!"
"Tell me! Of course they didn't.
tell me. The cowards!" But she said
this itt the most amiable, and cheerful
tone irnaginable. "I wish Alice And-
over'd tell me. I'd like to hear her.
I told her, with my own lips, that I
wanted to stay here myself this sum-
Incr."
"Olt, I beg your pardon. She must
have forgotten it. I'll etre right up
Whee Gay stooped to lift .er said Pointing off to the left. It
Scams like I can't begin to get around:
to things any more, And I'd like to
get a little work done on my boat if
I could find tinge," he finished. path-
etically,
"Well, then," she said kindly, un-
able to be very severe. with one so
lamb -like, "just :come with me to get
my' money back from. Mrs." Andover,
and then you can ]hurry right along
and get ever so many things done,
It's early.'
He sighed but put on his cap with
disarming meekness, and they set out
together.
"That's her cottage down there," he
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us. It won't take me long to pack the Pier grocery store brought her fly.
up. I haven't got much," basket of groceries, and left it on the
While Auntalmiry hustled : about, kitchen table without disturbing' her.
putting her things together, Gay, hav- Dusk crept ou o
ing removed her cap and gloves,. set
her bags in - a corner otit of the way
and went to the wide couch. She was
very tired. The window - corner
"I'll lie down, if you don't mind,
she said, ` "It will keep'me out of
your way. I, may go to sleep."
She stretched herself out on'the
couch,. Iuxuriously, and closed,. her
eyes, The ]ids vele dark, darkly
veined. The lips, in relaxation,
drooped with weariness. ,
For two hours AMintalmiry slipped
She'll understand. Just tell her you softly about the house, gathering to -
have rented the cottage, and paidethe ,._ether'her modest belongings, pack -
rent, and tell her we insist—John and ing baskets, bags and bundles, And
I both insist -that she give up the for two hours Gay slept without stir -
Lone . Pine immediately. Tell her if ring, 'groaning faintly
now and then.
she doesn't—we'll--we'll burn the Ap nit one o'clock, Auntalntiry prepared
pie Tree to the ground, and sell the dinner for two, with a great pot of',
Lone Pine over her head." strong hot tea, and set the little gate-,
So Gay Delane, alone, unaided by leg table, Then, with a light touch,
the larrblike Captain, unsupported by she wakened Gay
the efficient administrator, broke. the "Come and eat, dearie," she, said
news to the indoniitabe little old wo- gently. ' "You can rest better on a
man on the' hill. As, she repeated; full stomach."
vein, modestly, almost diffidently, the Gay smiled, at her, yawning, stretch -
dire threats of Alice Andover, Atintal- ing luxuriously. "You are a darling,"
miry broke into laughter so hearty it she said, "I wasn't a bit hungry, and
seemed impossible it could. have ema- now I am" She stood up shaking
nated from so small 'a source. herself.,
"My dear;"' she gasped, wiping• her Auntalmiry watched her shrewdly.
eyes, "I wish they would. I'd like. to "You didn't begin to rest any too
see it. Why, 1'd have the law ' n soon," she said significantly.
diem." She fell 'into helpless laugh- "No: Almost too late, in fact. So
darkened the windows: Once Gay
stirred, restfully, sensed presence in
her sleep, seemed to feel the gaze of
human eyes upon her in the silence.
Resentfully she forced the heavy lids
to. raise.. In the: shadowy, dying light
she seemed to see a small figure
crouching near' her; and a small face,
yellow and wrinkled like parchment,
with ' pinched features and slanting
•w
almond -shaped eyes fastened hypnot-
ically upon her eyes. Beneath one
eye a ' small crescent -bowed scar
shone' in the yellow 'parchinent. • It
was the scarred and' wrinkled face;of,;
a little old Chinaman:. Even in her
sleep, Gay knew it coulenot be, and
smiled faintly at her fattish fancy..
"It is a dream," she thought mist-
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• .TION
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Phone 613r6, Wroxeter, or address
lz: R1, Gorrie. Sales conducted any-'
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Corr 0' Walker, Gorrie, can a.rratige'
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and tell them-"
bags, ,
a'n't far. You, go right down through
Auntalrn.iry insisted that she leave
then. "You'll be tight back," , she,
said confidently. "They'll send me
word. Alice Andover never misses
a chance to send somebody word.
Just leave the bags; you'll be right
.+
back.
Gay trudged rather crossly ,up. the
pleasant lane to the Captain's door:
The disarray of her plans annoyed
her, a?id her; tired nerves resented ,n'cd 1
tee
postponement of rest. She found. the:
Crtptain in the kitchen in his fe.volite.
t
chair by the wintierw, fondling he
largest cat, while the dog sulked jeal
ously beneaththe table.
"Captain," Gay begin•curtly, "where
is Mrs..Andover? The Lone Pin ,e
t.
riot for rent. That woman—Auntal-
miry
oman-Atintal,airy — is going to stay there her-
self."
"Yon don't say so, he exclaimed,
Wall' think of that now, What ,are
tr
?
todo about Jt
'n"
you Or
Y
t
going
". it?„
goingu it;
P'
atm 1 to do about
she repeated indignantly. "Nothing,'
What leave I got to do about if:? I
will just take brick' aty money---"
"T dolt't think you Can do tlita," he
ter again. "I'm a sort of a cottrnon-,
law wife, my dear. If you keep me
long enough, you can't got shut of
me. Such talk. Alice Andover in
deed! Why didn't they, come and.tell
me all. these high doings?
"The Captain hadto' fix 'Miss Nix-
on's porch, and Mrs. Andover is peel-
ing potatoes for a company dinner,
and—" d— ,
"The Captain's been fixing that
porch for four years, and never set
foot on k yet.: And as for Alice An-
dover, my dear, she never peeled a
potato
in her- life,
She's
<t
i5ta
cratic.
Peeling lie eeling potatoes, My dear, A e An-
clover wouldn't know a potato with
the slain on if she saw it."
"Bet Mrs.1Vl:is-••-
s,
"AnntaliniiY, dearie, jtist aine
Auntahniry.. I'm net proud."
„
Auntahnir1yt,. Gay said appealingly',
y'r
"see 'how 1 ant :fixed. I have paid.
fifty: dollars rent—"
that little
gate,
and see
M
rs An
miss, over. Be flan with her, n t, , you
be real firm, `You hold out for your
rights."
And with ,incredible celerity, before
Gay could catch and hold hirn, he had
shambled` away out of sight around
the cottage, and there was nothing
for ,tier to do but go on alone,; Her
indignation rose, is she cut daven• the
pretty, green green bordered cinder path l o:
i.
hers, Andover's door, but she was met
with great friendliness by that affable.
Rind efficient Wottraii, who took both
her,lrands in cordial greeting,
'My , dear; how awect of :you to be
ao noighbotly,-` flow charmingly Yott
are a real aecluisitien to our snrnincr
colony."
"Mrs. Andover, excuse ane, but that
cottage you rotted n'te is not for resit.
Atintalrniry is keeping it herself this
'rl t
.
summer, So if you t will 1 v
e
err d
fu
nd..
'Mrs, Andover's affability froze tip -
on tier face. "My dear, do you mean
to tell Hila that that creature had the
brezert afft•onter•y, the unmitigated
"Fifty gotta*: for thisshack? My
dear, they robbed you. They never
got more than forty for it in the
world. Last year, they only got.
thirty-five, Poor child, poor dear,
they robbed you,"
"And see, they have my fifty dol-
lars,
t e T have
house, you have
myr
1r
aS
thing.
"My dear, I'll go, . 111 go right
away, Well show there they can't'
got away with ttl,is aort of thing with
far, .l: ail too tired to enjoy resting,
but after a while, a week, at' a month, :N
how .I shall revel in it."
She curled the tips of her shoes,
boyishly, about the legs of the chair
at the table, and althoughshe was
not hungry, the tea she "sipped with W
relish. And as they ate, Auntalmiry i
descanted at great, length on the out- �1 M
rageousness of fifty dollars a month
for that rock -pile, told her to rook out
for the draughty window on the ocean
side, and enlarged on the condition
of the kitchen woodwork.
She
rCCOnietdCd Lamy T.ane
for
lobsters, and promised to send him x ti p,
for orders. And at Auntalmiry's sug-
gestion Gray trade otit a gr.oeery list
"Dream, oil."
(Continued Next Week.)
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THE UNITED CHURCH
LONDQN.CONFERENCE
The Rev. F. J. McConnell, of New,
York,' Bishop of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, President of the Fed-
eral Council of the Churches of Christ
in America, will address the morning
sessions of the London Conference of
the United Church of Canada in Cen-
tennial Church, London, on "Thursday,"
May 30th, Friday, May 31st, and Sat-
urday, June 1st, and the ,Conference
Lay Association has arranged to have
these addresses broadcast over C.J.
G.C. (312 metres), beginning at 8.55
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grocery store.
While they were still at the table,
Gus, the taxi boy, came tip for Aunt -
'and tr d'•ed off down
alnxrrys things,u h
the hill; heavily' laden, and Atintal-
'miry, hastily catching up an armful.
of coats and dresses, tripped after
him,
Gay waved therti away and turned'
back, yawning, into the pretty cot-
tage, to the
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