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The Wingham Advance Times, 1924-11-27, Page 9Gfp • "Is that lvipssrs. Isaacsteirr r& Cos! ---would, you mind looking at.; :the. watch T pawned yesterday, `then ringing mo up in .about 'three , :and -a -half minutes. I want to boll an egg,,' --London Opinion. , sings, And Plleobus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at the springs On ehalicecl flower thatelies. (Parse if! Parse it! Twedie-de-dee! Silly grammarian, see! see! ,see!) And now, its all instruments, And now a lonely flute; And now its an angel song That bids the heavens be mute. (Or someone on a toot! Hooch toot!) That strain again beside whose falls- Melodious birds sing madrigals. (Marlowe sand Shakespeare! Mix 'em! Mix 'em That is the properest way to fix' ern)' Bird of 'the wilderness, BIithesonie and cumberless, I Sweet be thy matins m, til o'er er moorelancl I and lea. ', (Tweedle! •Tweedle! Twveedle-dee-de! j Why have the poets neglected me?) ' . Shall I call the bird. Or but a wandering voice? (Take your choice!' Take your choice!) '� 1 The Bluebird in the orchard 1 Is lyrical for her The Starling with . his meadow pipe Set all the fields astir. (Carman! Carman! Bliss! Bliss! Bliss! Did you ever hear a song like this?) Tis sweet to dance to violins When, youth and life are fair, To-dance'tci flutes, to dance to lutes. Is delicate and rare (Sanawk! Snnawk! Beware the Hawk!) Call for the robin redbreast and the wren; Si'ncel o'er the shady groves they hover (Oh, I have lost my little grey lover! Shall I. never.; see her again? This is the song I am,singing of her! Jug jug, ing, jug, jug`, jug, jug, jtig! Tern! Teru! The nightingales complaint It dies . upon her heart, As I must die on thine, Beloved as thou art. (Peter! Deter! Punkin eater; Was there ever anything sweeter? Ha, ha! Ha, hal' Ha, ha, ha.) After the reading of the journal the meeting was concluded by the Critic's remarks. ,IVIr. Anderson was very kind and appreciative noting that the High Schaol does take an inter- est in its exp -students (if they pass out in the orthodox mariner), and that af- ter hearing the orchestra play "Lin. ger Longer," he wanted to . stay after four o'clock. The meeting was dismissed by' all singing, "God Save the King." We certainly ;appreciate the kind- ness of the Editor of the Advance - Times for the generous amount .of space he has given this report; a WXNQHAlb1[ ADVANCE-T1MEg Gaunt cast ins weather-wise eye to- wards the last', from *Melt a strong; wind was blowing. The sky' looked darker Lhan it should, and far away a little dart of lightning liuivered on. the horizon,"They yore aim:ost bound to have a thunderstorm, but, it was not likely tb last long and could not reach them for: some hours, There would be plenty of time to have din- rier and put their supplies in a dry place, It would mean a lot of scramb- ling over rocks, for Castel d'Appio wars a • real ruin, and what hacl once been the' interior of a tiny fortress could only- be reached by ardtioits toil through briars and: over heaps of pil-. ed up stones. Gaunt thought he knew- 0 way to get the mules through, but it would be difficult. He said nothing about the impend- ing storm, directing the gaze; of his companions to the west, where the serenity and beauty of a fine sunset drew attention from less pleasantepos-. s:brlities. But presently Jean, too, saw the. darkness advancing over the distant mountains and remembered. gloomy Clementine's prophecy. "We're going to have a storm," she said apprehensively. Hugo, very busy between stumbling over the roughly 'cobbled. path and keeping on his eye -glass, halted a moment to look. "So we ares" he exclaimed, "I wish I had a,pipe organ. It would be won- derful to on-derful"to play Wagner on a moun- tain top in a storm." But the storm was not upon them yet, and Gaunt began to wonder if. they might not possibly 'escape` .it. They toiled up the last little ascent and beheld a marvellous panorama, still lit by the last rays of sunset. , jean was lifted off her mule, Grant and Carlo' Unpacked the supper,m Hu- go and Tito seated themselves cord- fortiy on a flat rock, watching the preparations with hungry eyes. Hugo !was tired, but did not care to admit it. .: •. • Gaunt made coffee and soon t heal was spread. It was to be cold repast, and the cooking he h promised to do proved unnecessa Maddeliva's famous foie . gras in asp and little chicken -pies were delicio and there was 'cheese and Salad • finish with, helped down by chic nd the hot coffee. Afterwards' Gaunt.and Hugo their pipes, and jean had a cigarett while Carlo- explored the ruins wi a view to finding a dry place in whi to, camp. • ' The storm was coming, althou not rapidly. It was cold enough,.. make a fire necessary. Reinforced b food, Hugo gathered sticks and. cones, and they soon had a me blaze, Spread before their feet was th amazing silver floor of the sea; th lights of Mentone and Monte Carl twinkling on the tight, and Bord ghera on the leftBehind them towe ed'..the big silo* -capped mountain throwii into black silhouette by tl Iightning playing among their peak It was cosy around the fire. Hug shivered with ecstasy and denande again and again to be praised fol- hay ing thought of sucha delightful part "Why, we need never go back the villa,"he said, "We can sta re all the time. Do we have to g ck, Hector?" "Not to -night, anyway," Gaunt re ied. He held out his hand. Ye e rain was beginning. What a auris ee. "We shall have to snake for th ves," he ` said. "In any case, you' ep more comfortably snider shelter an. Come on. Where's Carlo ed better hurry. In another tc nutes it will be pouring.", Carlo had managecfto get the mule ide the castle ruins, and he no dertook to guide Hugo. Gaunt too. arge of Jean. Scrambling part way wn and then up 'again over a path rnposed.of boulders and briars was easy task inn the darkness. The n began to fall thick and fast, and lightning was disconcerting. Hugo went on ahead, recklessly ngiiig his frail. body at all obstacles, daining Carlo's , hand and calling to, the others to hurry, Tito bark - furiously at the lightning every e it split tare darkness. ; Jean tided the thunder more than she the lightning. The constant boom - made her intensely nervous, Here, I'd better' carry you," Gaunt , when she'had' slipped for the d or fourth time. "You'll be filching your ankle." e gathered her up and she. elttlg aim, with. her arms around. his les Above Ioonied. the. high, broken s of the ruined castle; and below precipice seemed to drop• sheer • infinity. Yet she was not id. She would not have ,minded' he missed his footing, and the of them gone ` hurtling. down to- ot. Her face, wet with Train,. lied his, and she nestled closer, oin abovb them, safe inside the X4ago shouted down wholly un- ssary clireotions, g ine by the lower path, it's bets he y, is us, to riti lit e, th ch gh to y' fir try e e 0 i- re s, re s. 0 d v y, t "When Hearts Command" • By Elizabeth York' Miller CHAPTER XL—(Cot'd) As the sun dipped towards the west, the garden of the Villa Tatina became a scene of great activity. Gaunt and his boy; ,Carlo, . had the %business of" adjusting the pack on the nettle, and therne was trouble with Maddelina, who had provided enough food for a week and was hurt because Gaunt refused to take more than. half of it. Hugo was all over' the place, getting its everybody's way, and there we're the servants chattering and .run- ning about,. and children from the Old Town who had baldly , advanced.; into the garden to watch the.,interesting proceedings, and refused to she driven' away, although Guido did his best to keep them out. - Even Jean caught the .spirit of the • +occasion when she came down with her little canvas bag. It was cooler and a breeze had sprung up. Gaunt, lifted her' into the saddle, and present- ly all was ready and the cavalcade started, Gaunt, Hugo and Tito, walk- ing beside . Jean' and Carlo- bringing up the rear with the' pack Mule. For some distance the village children fol- lowed them:'• The •longestg most ' fatiguing and' least interesting • part of the' trip came first, but after they had climbed up through the •old town of Ventimiglia it was delightful, and Hugo's sugges- tion began. to manifestits advantages. 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Anthracite Costa less than Anthracite Free from strblgertt or soot Office Phone 240 liA y a s, e ' d g s lc he ba Jl th tin t:a sae Je iW ins un cli do `co no rai the fli dis out ed tiro 1111 did ing ti said thin wre tot ileo wv all the into afra had two getli bryus J,i r ruin, twee ter, Look out for that clump of briar,' .t dre the end% of my stick, Hector, and let me pull you "up Mind you' dont stumble, Ala, here we all ar.p 1 With the est of a schoolboy, he- nuide, for the biggest cave, where Carlo had lighted a torch of brush-: CHAPTER XLI In the middle of the night. Aliee Ardeyne woke up and coups not• get: to sleep again. It was ver?' hot and close, the -al murky, with impending storm, Earlie in the `evening`terrible things had stig gested themselves to her. Tha strange clicking iii liter brain, the de sire, to throw Herself into the rive and thus solve Philip's problem a well as jeer Own—were they not sig ni fican t symptoms of mental derange nient? But now, though wakeful, she Left, more or less composed. Her brain was clear and steady. She found her self smiling at the idea of self destruction—but,it was a wry, twiste smile. She felt that years has passe and aged her since that conversatioi over the telephone with Philip, The .house was 'very still and the Thames -side valley slumbered peace- fully. Through the rough clotted mase of dark clouds the moon peered out occasionally, the sames,old moon that brooded over all the world, Some- where, no doubt it wasshining for mumsey—and for '.Hugo Smarlc. IYltimsey was still in Bordighera, or had been .a week ago, when a picture. postcard had arrived from Hugo. Alice slipped on a dressing -gown, and making her way through the sleeping house went out -into the gar- den. If anything, it, seemed more airless 'outside. She found herself re- calling what Hugo had written on the postcard. Everybody was well, and he was "keeping 'the fortress." It had puzzled her to know what;that meant Her poor, mast father! She walked to and fro on the lawn, her slippers drenched with dew. 'Be- low the river moved sluggishly; here and there a fish splashed or some- thing stirred in the rushes. Was it goingto rain? She held out her, hand, but although the air was heavy with mosture, there was no rain- drops. She had intended not to think of Philip, for indeed' that way madness My. Philip loved her. • She could scarcely` doubt that. But the sort of love she could give him was not enough, and she tried very hard to realize that she must become recon- ciled to a division` of his affections. But why, oh why, _hadn't he married Mrs. Egan? Philip was so kind. He would go a long way to avoid hurting anybody, Alice ' felt' sure. Perhaps that was, after all, the real reason why he had married her, She had tried. so hard not to believe that. In Lucerne he had assured, her that he had married her with his eyes open, and because he loved her too dearly to give her up. She had believed him. She was apt, as most simple souls are, to be- lieve what was'told her. She had be- lieved inumsey's outrageous lie until' the truth was brought home so pain - r. 5 11!�It91i(flrf(I(plllt�illMllf11111�1111M(II�I IlMlll�lll�llllrlll�IllMl!I�fIIIMIIIMIIIMMfIIM11(MI111111I!11l1WII IPIl!M'1Jj,, NI lir it Our stock of books of all Di" ,kinds is the largest we have '. ever had, Thelatest and best copyright and reprint fiction. Norte fiction books py of all kinds, poets etc. Books for men,women, boys Ess t and girls. Ri- d im 1 E. - (To be continued) ®. e e . Prayer Books • - A new stock of Bibles, New Testaments, Prayer Books and Hymn Books. Warwick's Red Line - This line contains many at- = titles suitable for Christmas w gifts and party prizes. 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