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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1929-07-04, Page 6ayHEEM ELSNA Donald Leigh watched hie wife of perfectly firm, det#111te the feet that sig mouths dancing, and realized, her knees were lcnockiltg teget'het': ?. with mingled pride and sadness,. that "hands up, or I tire!" alio was the loveliest and niest sought There was a sharp exclamation, .A. mark wit() had been keeling beside the big canvasof a picture Thiel' lie had taken. down from the wall, carefulir poised I:nife in hand, looked up at after girl in the room, Breathless and latighlug, she pre- sently came to his side. • Poised 'hese a fairy in a -silver truck, with a spark - chain of brillants about her steel;, the tall, lovelti" girl tubo confronted her vivacious deniealror contrasted keenly with her habitual wistful -eyed Th(tu, as he tamed his face toper, sadness. all the blendrushed from Juaie'a "Oh, darling, I'm sorry you dott't cheeks, and she gave a sharp cry, dance. Just this oue•step, and then `allure.'" ;allure -We'll go home." - The man gave, a sardonic laugh. IIs smiled down tato those golden "Better taut (Iowih that revolver if it eyes which so oddly and alluriu;;ly is; loaded. Julio. You are not used matched the lights in her hair. to firearms, or were not less than a "Don't rush away if you want to year ago. stay longer. I11 wait," he said. But the girl stall clutched her wee - Later, swathed in her silver cloak, hon, though she was swaying on her her chin buried in its huge collar of feet. white fur, Julie drove home in the "Andre, you are salive, and I have car by Ronald's side. thought . , thought all this while But, alas, the old mood had descend- that you were dead." ed upon her, and he, as ever, was "You thought you had killed ice," quite unable,to fathom its cause. said the man, with a bitter little "What is the matter?" lie asked, laugh. "I am sorry that you should giving her a quick glance. be disappointed." "Oh, I don't know. It's just "Disappointed! I thank God -oh, llte seems dreadful sometimes. Rona Andre, I have suffered, as much even don't you sometimes thine: that you as you could have wished."' She did a mad thing in marrying me, You cried wildly. . knew so antis about me. It's reeky to The evil on the man's dark face take a girl dancing in a musical was softened. comedy for your wife:'' "I loved you, Julie, Ronald answer- ed quietly. "Loved you so much that nothing else mattered:" "You never asked me a' single gttes- tion." said the +}girl, wonderingly. "There wasn't any need. All that counted was that you returned my love." Oh, Ron—I'm not worthy. I wish here. Are you emp:oyed here?" I was." "No," she answered quietly. "It's As the car drew up outside their is my husband's house, my hone, and house she suddenly turned anti clung you have come to rob us." "I wish you no harm, Julie. I tried to keep you not only because you would have been useful to us, but also because 1 loved you. Often I wonderedwhat became of you. I never guessed that you believed me dead. The blow on my bead was a severe one, but I was Duly stunned. And now • . what are you doing Canine Friend Always Proves Popular With the Crowd Vella Ieadiug safety, to bile. He felt her tears wet upon He shrugged his shoulders), .r � ered herself, regaining,' as though by had known, it would have made no, His First Ship a miracle, her poise and aloofness. difference. It is my profession, and It was true that Ronald had known I have long planned to secure this' his chock. Then she awifc 1 1y recav- "I did not know that but et"�en if I DOG Herman Immelin, R PROVES FAiTH OF• HESIGHTLESS MASTER blind, across 42nd St` at 5th Ave., one of the world's busiest. corners,•in perfect while police officials -watch' the experiment. picture."The wind pulled straight in from the 1 very little of Julie. He had run up open sea,bringing into. the: quiet liar - against the manager ot a provincial There was the sound of a key touringcompany, who proved to be , turning in the lock ot the front door. bor the sharp tang of the ocean; it I The man sprang u 1 poured it in a full . strong wave .of ro- an iordntroduced College friend, and had been P. ed 'to Julie, 't hose 'lay -like I "My husband," Julie cried, and blast freshness that pushed the smell dancing uc and atmosphere of the waterfront dancing had appealed to him. The • pointed to the window: Go, while traction was mutual, and glove, Sell- I you have the chance" 1 back over the city and left the vast- grown,at cess of the Atlantic lapping against had sprung -up between theme And suppose I prefer to stay on. the weather-beatenfthAlawharves. within a short time. the chance of knocking out your luts- She told him that she had been at . band, and securing the picture?" ! From the forepart of the ' ship a convent until she was nearly eigh- I .Tulie •raised her revolver signific- ship came a rattle of winches and teen. Her mother, also a dancer, ! autly. t the shouts of 'the stevedores. The had died -when she was eighteen, andj "Yoe won't have that chance. I gals wheeled about the ship in flocks a cousin, a middle-aged woman, had 1 Should kill you first," • she said very and their clamor beat down upon the come to. her rescue. She had given I steadily. "And this time I should deck, mingling with the sweet,, ot the Julie a home, but' the girl had nothave no regrets. :' ' breeze and the beating down of the been happy, and atter a few mouths1 "'And be. got away? A pity, but, of bright sunshine in one great . sym- she had run away. ii, course, it couldn't be . helped. Jolly phony of sea. Later, through the influence ot an' brave of you, darling to tackle him Prom the next wharf, a tall, white old rfiend of her mother's, she had with that thing, and you certainly -steamer slid out into the stream, obtained her firseeengagement on the I save the picture." i swung majestically and surged for- stage. orstage. Spent and breathless, Julie clung ward in the,' direction of the river's A simple story enough, but, to Ronald.' •He divined a change in' mouth. The second mate came and lel how iadRonald had accepted it without ques- 1 her. •' Her eyes were glestening with leaned against the rail beside the en. through the car window, ai tion, and it was not until they were 1 tears, but there was a brave and bap- gineer. -"That's the last time that strange' everything became as soon that tate strangeness of pY smile on her lips. ' Captain Tolley will take her out," Ile as the train began to move. before now when he's gone past?" he Hazarded. • - `' . The second mate looked away out past the. row of wharves. "Aye ho said, "aye, that's where you might say I found the sea. I lived away back from the sea, miles back in the coun- try, when •I was a child and all the time, my mother used to tell me about her old home by the sea until I could picture the -waves-pounding on the beach and I could almost smell the seaweed along the shore. "alien one summer I'd be about ten years old at the time, my mother sent me to stay with my aunt for a t'vhile during the vacation • season. I remem- ber that time as well as if it were yesterday. the vast, wonderful greatness of it made upon me:" "I remember how my mother tools. all.The white steamer was settling Me down to the train and gave me"Then, after I crept back to bed, T down lower against the horizon, with into the care of the conductor, and how she kept reminding me of the things that I must do and efat aliat I must say to Aunt Kate; and 'I cau remember yet my mother's smile Doling ;Out Charity $hould Not Be Necessary in a Young Country to patronize People Wl,th regard to the proper .distribu• tion of charitable aid, I would say that I dislike iuteusely the idea of doling out charity to tine boor, believing as I do that no charity should be needed in a socially -adjusted community. What unfortunate people weed more than anything eleeis true 'friendship, good • advice, encouragement and guidance, When you go to those in distress do . not desire mere charity or alms. What they want is oppor- tunity to work and develop their na- tural talents. '!'hose who look for charity and accept it unblushingly have' already lost their self-respect and have fallen to the lowest depths of degradation. They "suffer from social disease and what they prob- ably need most is moral stimulation— to ;be given a new vision of manhood. They may require judicious starving, be made to suffer a little and to real- ize that "if they will not work neither shall they eat." The greatest need of the self-respecting poor. is to have someone some to them on an equal footing—not with patronizing airs, but to encourage them, in a true brotherly spirit,' to point out ways by whist, they ._ Can •-help themselves. Often a poor family only needs to be assisted to move to a better neighborhood, or to be introduced to people who will af• ford them the example which they are in need of. We should help there to plan their lives rather than. to :give them money, which .too often does more harm than good. A genuine friend can give the en couragement and assistance that with- out • the outlay of one cent will put that family on its feet. To help a timid father or member of the family to and employment at higher wages may be all that'Is necessary to make the home independent of charitable relief, that I couldn't stay in bed, so I crept to the window and looked out. The waves were comilig up in long, slow rollers that mounted up and up black. ly, until their crests broke into foam- ing white that shook .and tossedas the waves thundered in, slow -like and beautiful. 'Tye always thought that that was the most beautiful sight I've ever seen. The long stretch of beach shin- ing white and the big rollers coming in so black and tall, with their white crests tossing and shining like horses' manes in the breeze. And I watched until I remembered all the things that my mother had told me, until I wasn't lonely any more, but just full of the beauty of it, and.glad, and hushed by waving. Aunt Pate waved her apron, and said to me. "` That's your Uncle Jim coming home.' And just a few minutes afies that a great wave rolled up away over my knees, and Ear up on . the beach. 'He'll be homehitwo hours' said..Aunt Kate. 'It takes him just twohours to get home from here.' "The water slid hack down the beach with a great chatter of pubbles, and it was just as though that wave ' were a personal message, a special wave that the ship had brought iu from the sea with her and sent to us, like the' wave of Uncle Jim's hand. It was my first ship, and I've never forgotten the impression it ,rnnil.l"11C11 Julie's moods had caused him' to "Ron, darling, I have something to observed, with a nod of his head to - 'wonder:, i tell you," she said. "I knew thatward the departing ship, "He's com- Itas evident that something prev-I burglar. Ito .. . . he was a sort of ing ashore to stay, next trip." "It was night time when I got to Aunt' Kate's and dark, and the house w i was all quiet Sinside, except for the ed on her mind, Once, in e crowded ! cousin of mine, a Frenchman, Andre{ The engineer pushed his cap farther, ticking of the clock on the shelf, so street, she had clutched his aria, and de Lille. I .. T was relieved b ohack on his head and watched the ! still and quiet that I could Qmost ibis agine that I heard. the blinking .of the lamplight on the brass kettle on the mantelshelf. The only mind from he had looked down to see her face i Bond wor•cis to see hirn again, •ship „ So I've •heard,' lie agreed, wbite and strained. I know that he lived, for 1 thought that "He's your uncle, isn't he?" '"I thought I saw someone I once, 1 had killed him, that I ryas a mune The second mate nodded slowly. knew," she had said breathlessly, derese." 7 "He lives away ant at the nrottth of outside was a great, hashed roar that when he had questioned her, but she 1 Julie, The a-ord broke in amaze- swepttsd in at the windows like ,a breeze meat from Ronald's lips; but she con- the river when' he's ashore. I've refused to explain her terror. 1 showed ycu his house before now; the and 1 knew that it was the sea,.and On more • than one occasion she timed unheeding. i white cottage out beside the last it was like nothing that 1'had heard had cried out' passionately that she ; "When 1 left the convent, my sou- • or imagined before. and : sin ararda took me to her home. She channel before you get to the open lied done wrong to marry atm , . ' had a Balt -brother, Andre, and they sea. There's not too much wind to- "After supper, Aunt• Kate took me lie could. not . butthink-that some ; .they were leagued together. They, day, so he'll send a fine big wave upstairs to a big room that looked out secretOtrouble assailed ailed her. -' were nothing more than thieves, eni- washing up on the shore when he goes 'over the ocean. al night, Ronald who, as alone loving others, and they wanted to out" "It was very quiet in the room after crit rule, end to leave Julie alone, ;. p - o make inc' one of tlhem. When I� The engineer glanced sideways at she had. gone and i felt'a little lonely, had to attend a public dinner. He found out the truth, I resisted. Andre, the second mete. "I suppose that yeti safer away from my mother, and the vainly endeavored to persuade her 1 1 think, fancied he was in love with have been out at your uncle's cottage sound of the sea was so full and deep to go to the theatre with a friend, y T had that to put up with as but she assured him' that she would, me- to ` rather have a quiet evening, at home. i ``well. , I ,,,The locked ice in a room, but 1 He hissed her tenderly and remind- , • managed to escape. At the last min- ed her that it was the smi:•sary of ,tate Andre caught me, and he—he their first meeting. Shea :smiled with I tried to keep me..I caught up a real happiness—she had been wee_1 heavy jar and flung it at him. Ile clerics if he would remember. fell , . , like a log, and I thought he When he had gone, she sat doty> i was dead. .I tried to revive Niru, but with a book, but it soon fell from her I couldn't. •Then . . then in terror hands, and she sat gazing out through I rushed away." the open window upon the square gar' j She broke off as her husband's den. All was ats Peace, but Julia's arms closed tightly round her. and he heart was restless and agonized. held her close, She sat .thinking—as she had done _ so many' times before. She recalled l "You poor, little child," he nutter her quiet thi.ldbood, her ruthless ed tenderly. awakening to the hardships of life 1"I was ill from shock after that," when her mother had diel and she Sulks went on, "When. I recovered, had left school -sand then there was 1 I could hear nothing of, what had Unit one black hour, I happened to Andre. For' a, Tong . A little sob of misery broke from!time I feared I ,night be arrested, and her as she remembered it; For lona • always ithas been on my coriseielice. she sat there, gazing out of the wia7.i1 went on the stage, I tried to forget, dow, weaving: her 'haunted thoughts. I —and then I suet you. hadn't the I Suddenly she became aware of a'f Courage to tell you the truth ,but; whisper of sound. • (now ... now .. , oh, Ronald, you see' Startled, site stiffened 3n her chair, the , sort of girl you have married. Do her ears alert, her eyes striving to You still love, me?" I piece through the gloom of the room, "mote than ever." His unfaltering; It saute again, that slight, stealthy',assurance brought comfort and joy to her. Isound.' It was not the maids; they With a long sigh Julie relaxed in; had both gone out for the evening. I his arms. .esti, gots, myle best relaxed The sound Darns from the dining-, ed, all life will be different now," size room beloiv�•-the robin where vale' able paintings hung on the panelled murnmred.. avails, and Queen Anne silver adorn. ed the buffet, 1 "Jack says that when we're niar- "-- Almost noiselessly. Julie stole down :rim he's never going to allow me out the stairs.. On the way she dartedofhis sight." into Ronald's study, fumbled in a "I'eliouidn't worry e,bout that, dear. dresser and brought out a revolver. . What you want to itnow Is how retch It was Unloaded, and even if it hid lie is going to allow you out of his not beets, Julie had no idea how to income." r use it, but as a weapon it was better :Few persons ever see a fresh paint than no .' ing. She thing alien the doot'cit the din- t ign until they've taken smite of ft , Ing -room, mild said In a voice. that was . away on their clothes. , lay awake, and listened to the tremen- dous roar of tete sea that filled the whole night- with its voice, and at the same -time was so hushed and . quiet that I could hear every little sound of the night. I went to sleep, and tlie last thing I heard was the pounding of Badges For Barts the waves and a shrill, high-pitohed Scots who talk of "injustices" to piping of a night -bird that rode on the sptiir aul Scotland" will be interested a black smudge of smoke hanging over her. "There's not: much wind to -clay," said the mate, "and she'll send a fine big wave rolling up the beach to Aunt Kate." waves of sound like a white gull on a long Atlantic roller:" The engineer nodded. "That's just like it is at the little place where I grew up," he said. "The sea is just like that of nights:" The mate pulled his cap down over his eyes and peered out from under its shade with narrowed eyes. "Aucl in the mornings it was the pounding of the waves and the screaming of the guts that wakened me, and I couldn't get dressed and downstairs fest enough. Right after breakfast, I went out on the beach in my bare feet and played in the tingling salt water until suddenly I saw a big ship going past,. and someone on the' top deck was What Care They ' or a Little Weather? ,. n w.n r 't mM c.we..,n:w•.+yrw.r,rerrtr:d-n..'s•un .,u, .•a�ara.-nYccrav ....rslnw,.7,w..3.Nvu.�Aba"5nr•.N. . PAIN DIDN'T DETER `i 1-15. ENTHUSIASTIC PROS Seei1e during the qualifying rounds of 13r'iti: li i)l;en go It tourney, played la drenching rain Johnny rarreli, second place, ys. sbown i)ctwoon f,ieite s (iodates, tele rains, and terrific in a recent news item. It is the an. nourtcement that the. King has author ized all baronets, other than baronets of 'Scotland, to wear a badge consist ing of a. shield of the Arms of Ulster, surmounted ,Lay an Imperial Crown, and enclosed by an oval border em- bossed with gilt scroll work. The Scots ithietn't jump to conclu- sions, however. The reason why bar- onets of Scotland are not provided for is that they have had a badge, of their Own since the days of Charles I. The English ;baronets then demanded a badge, too, but without success. So, if there is any injustice fleas revealed, it is England that has suffered from it for about 300 years.' The new badge is to be worn round the .neck, suspended from an orange ribbon with a narrow dark blue edge on each side. "Thankful? What have I got to be thankful for?, I can't even pay my bills." "Why man, be thankful that you are not one of your own creditors." Wheat and Mixed Farming ' Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph (Ind.) If the western farmers choose to put all' their eggs in one basket they do so at their own risk and must take the consequences. Wheat growing in the Prairie Provinces has been attd• still is the easiest and most profitable form of agriculture, because the prairie soil is the most fertile and one of the cheapest to be found anywhere in the world. But the fertility of even the richest soil is gradually iiiiaired by exploitation -and in "the case of Canada the rate is being materially accelerated by continuous: wheat-greee ing without regard to rotation of crops—and as lance within reasonable distanceof the railway is becoming scarcer, values are increasing, so that the position of the wheat -grower is • bounce to become Tess and less profit able, even with the advantage of ma- chinery as time goes on and as com- petition with Russia is re-established, "He was considered the most expert parachute jumper in the country," re: marked one. of the friends statidiug ,tear the 'eofihi.'r "Yes," said another,, "he was good to tits last drop." 4 it may ;turn out to be better Or if wind: may be worse, batt nothing is over just: as you thought 1t"was going to be.