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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-09-17, Page 2A SINGLE MAN'S JOB Ey Rowan Gleno' Topping a eteep rise inthe road, Gray Shenton., who had driven his lit- tle two-seater all the way from London to Westmoreland, saw a signboard bear in big black 'eters the words: "This Ha! is Dangerous." ItVith all caution he slipped down the this accident, he'd put a stop to my motoring." "I'll promise that," said Shenton, "if you'll promise" that you'll never take risks again. "Thet's settled, then," she said, "and now I'm going to leave you for a bit. The doctor will be here soon." Half an hour latero, after the doctor had called, and told .Shenton he must rest for seYeral days, David Manning, of Manning & Hurst, Mining Engin- eers, was shaking hands with his would-be employee. "No use your worrying about things, or thinking you'll be a trouble to us," wickedly -twat ting incline- Ile turned he remarked. "I'm only thankful that a sharp corner adroitly—and then it wasn't worse, and thankful, too, that forced his wheel round, saving himself my girl came ,off so lightly. She says and a motor -cyclist from grave injury, that if it hadn't been for your coolness Injury there was, however, and as and courage, she might have been killed." Later on that night Shenton discuss- ed with his host his qualifications for the post that was vacant in far-off Peru. "There it is then," Manning an- nounced at last. "You can start out immediately you're fit. By the way; you quite understand, don't you, that this is a single man's job?" "Yes, sir," Shenton answered. "That was made clear in your advertisement, and,you mentioned it when you wrote so often happens, it was the innocent party that suffered.- The motor -cyclist escaped with nothing worse than a damaged machine, but Shenton. was thrown from the car on to the bank, up which it had run: One of his wrists was bruised, and there was a nasty cut on his brow, but it was his leg that had been most badly hurt. He heard someone speaking, and looking up, saw what he took to be a rather effeminate -looking youth, trim His highness the white iejell of Sarawak,. with )Cyan chiefs from Dutch Borneo: He rules over 40,000 square miles of territory containing a popula- tion of half a million. "Oh, well," said Dorothy as she rose. "I hope that you get on splendidly: I'm —I'm going up to my room now, but I'll be sure to see you before you go off to -morrow."; _. With a smile and a "goo. d night,'' she left hire, and looking after her, Shen- ton said to himself, not without acme in leather cap and jacket, and neatly- asking me to comeand see you." . thingof bitterness ",A single man's fitting breeches and long boots. , "Right! But so that there won't be job! Ah, wells In any ease e single Shenton regarded the motor -cyclist any misunderstanding afterwards, I pian like me wouldn't stand an earthly want to emphasize the point. The par- chance of winning a girl like Dorothy." On the morning of the next -day he went to look over Isis car, which had been repaired. He was going to sell it in order to add ,to his tiny capital. He bad not thought to find anyone M the garage, but Dorothy was there in her trim motor -cyclist kat. 'Unseen, he watched her place a great bunch of flowers on the seat beside that which hld occupy Be heard her say in an unsteadysize laid them there: "You with disapproval in his usually good- humored eyes. ticulam quarter you're going to is a "Sorry?" he cried. "Hang it all, roughish place, and the climate's not man! What's the good of saying you too good. When'I send ,you fellows are sorry? You came tearing round there, I send the kind that are willing that corner on the wrong side of the to take chances—and a man who has road. If I hadn't been crawling, we a wife to look after isn't like that" might both have been killed. . Shenton expressed himself as per - Look at my car, you idiot." fectly contented with that condition of his engagement; but before he had been in Barrogate Lodge twenty-four hours, he had begun to grow a trifle uneasy about himself. Just as he had been upset physically by a girl whom he had believed to be a boy, '8a now he was upset emotional• ly by that very same girl. Wben he had been in the house for three •days, and had arranged to leave M the morning of the fourth, he was definitely in love with her. At dinner on the third night of his stay, he listened smilingly, yet with gloom behind the smile, to certaind n goaatured words of advice from David Manning. "For 'your own peace of mind keep these views of yours about the bachel- or having the best of it," Manning said,. "I remember sending a very likely fel- tow out to the mines, and he gave up the job before he got there, because, if you please, he'll fallen in love with - a girl travelling on the same boat. Take care that nothing of that sort happens "I'm more than sorry, really," the other admitted. "And I don't blame you for being mad about things. But, you see, it's only once in the bluest of moons that I inset anybody on this hill, . . . I do hope you're not bad- ly hurt?" - Wincing, Shenton hobbled towards the car. .Although no bones were broken, his foot gave him considerable pain. "Gee!" he exclaimed softly. "It's worse than I thought. I can't walk, and I don't believe I could drive even if the car were waiting in the road. And what's worse, I've an appointment to keep." It was while he lighted a cigarette that he saw his companion remove the leather cap; saw, too, with astonish- ment, a mass of auburn hair. In,�stantly the large blue eyes and the effeminate manner were ,explained. For a second or two Shenton stared at her. "Good Lord!" he said at last. "You're —you're a girl!" She nodded- "Yes," but I'm twenty- to you, Shenton;' two, though . . Your legs hurt- "It won't;" Shenton answered, still ing you badly, I can tell that. ' Luckilynian,aging to smile. "No matter how our house is quite near—at the foot off many girls there may be on the passen- the e'll 1. If you'll lean on my shoulder, ger list, and no matter how beautiful we'll soon reach it. Then I'l•1, phone they may be, I shan't give a thought for the doctor, and get our gardener, to one of them." who knows all about oars, toaietch I Dinner over, he and Dorothy sat in yours in, and my bike as well." the little lounge. together, while Man- . She managed to get him into the big, ning, to whom a batch of letters had been sent on from the London office, went to his study. There was silence in the lounge for quite a long time. It was broken by the girl. "I suppose," she suggested, "you mast be looking forward very much to getting over to South America? You go for three years, don't you?" He nodded. "Yes, for three years: It's what your father calls a single meat job, and three years is rather a long time. But if I make good, then—" He hesitated so long that she said: "Yes, what then?" "Oh, I was rambling a bit," he aur-, wered. "In three years I may change my views about certain things. I've an idea that when they're over, I'll be mighty glad to get back to England. I've an idea, too, that I'll be going then to a girlei know, and if she's neither married nor engaged, I'll ask her some- thing that might make her happy." "But l thought• you couldn't be bothered with women? If you're keen about one, why don't you tell her be- fore you go away? That's what I'd do if I were you," Shantou shook his hod. "No," he said, "If you were in my place you'd realize that you'd taken cn a job which you couldn't hold if you were married. You realize, too, that eaa poor man, couldn't ask the daughter of a rich man to become engaged to you, and wait for at leant three years,'', HAVE YOU 'WRITTEN --A SONG? Traps for ,Amateur Poets and Composers, The popularity of broadcast conoorts remedy for theft, and consequently hel has given a tremendous 'impetusto shoisid guard his manuscript. song.writiug by amateurs. But the most serious method of ex-' ' - Everybody knows, that e song may plaiting amateur song -writers is one, snake a fortune- 11 A Perfect Day," of carried out by bogus music publishers.' which more than four *million collies These mon advertise for inanus'crIpts l won't last long for him, but if only he'd, give me the chance of waiting those three years. ." Turning suddenly, she saw him. i "You—you didn't hear?" she wins- pered. "I did," he said. "I heard, but I can't believe it. I didn"t dare tell you, Dorothy. It was you I was talking about last night. I wanted you to guess, and yet I didn't want you to guess. It didn't seem fair, but now— now if you'll wait—" "I won't need to," she told' hies, "I made: a fool of myself last night in front of father. I told him how I felt about you, and.he said that if you said anything. . . Gray, I can't be- lieve it, but now you're going to stay in London, and work at tho head office. And I—I shall liye where you work." Shenton did hot return to London that day. He waited till the end of the week; and when he did go, he had two comfortably furnished house, and while he lay on a couch he heard her say through the telephone something which interested him very much. "Yes," she said, "this is Dorothy Manning speaking, doctor, and if you • can come across right away—" The rest of the sentence did not mat- , ter to Shenton. It was the mention of her name which set him thinking. When she rejoined him, he said, hesitatingly: "I heard you give your name to the' doctor, and if you're Miss Manning, I suppose you .must be the daughter of Mr. David Manning? And this, must be his house, Barrogate Lodge?" For a second or two a little frown puckered her brow. • "Ah, I think I see," she said at last. "'Are you 'the Mr, Gray Shenton who was coming to interview father about that engineering post in Peru?" "Yes," Shenton admitted. "I knew I was near to the house, but l didn't know how near, and if—" he smiled as he said this -"we hadn't niet as we did, Miss Manning, I'd have gone to the village to snake inquiries." There was a short pause before Dor- othy said, half -defiantly, half -pleading- ly: "You've been tremendously decent about things, and I'm going to ask a favor. When my father comes in, don't give me away, will you? I mean about any coming up the hill the way I did? If he knew that I'd been to blame for e won voice, as CROSS -WORD PUZZLE 1 MUTT AND JEFF'—By Bud Fisher. ©THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATC., SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you 'a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space,"words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally or -vertically or both. HORIZONTAL VERTICAL 1—Commotion 6—Ecclesiastic 9—individual 10—Non-professional 12—Likewise nct 13—Outfit 14—Rushes tumultuously 16—Stain 17—Milk-like 19—Container 20—Yelp 22—imitation 24—Spanish title 26—Scrupulously exact 2a -Looks 29—Novice 30—Large sized 31—To engrave with acid 33—Ionic (abbr.) 35—Scrutinize 36—Announcements 39—Tibetan gazelle 42—Young dog 43 -Through 45—Member of ancient ')'.star race 46—Employ 47—'Hail 48—Taxing the patience 49 -Enclosed 1—Steeda 2—Combining form meaning "one'll 3—Implore 4 -Group 5 -Funeral pile 6 -Terminate 7—Kind of bean E—Threefold ' 11.. Ruling• powers 14—Cooking utensil 15—Allege 17—A written satire 18—A dance. 19—Medlterranean Island 21—Religious devoutness 23—Dried grass 24—Small soft lump 25 ---Harass 27—Conspicuous Service, Cress (abbr.) 29—Instructed 32—Detestation 34—At present 35—Ginger (slang) 37—Ruffian ° 38—Ball of yarn 40—Belonging to us 41—Some 43—Chum 44 ---Biblical character were sold, founded an immanso pub - dishing business. It is not surprising, therefore, that many people make their first flight in authorship by writing a song. Since e' there is necipe *for popular songs; who. can say that they may not hit on the right ingredients and produce some- thing that will sell like hot cakes? For such literary' novices there are many traps, and unless they are wary they-aa•e likely to fall into one or more of them. A common dodge is fradulently Offer- ing to compose music to words. Many tricksters are practising this swindle, and consequently amateur authors should be careful in sending'money to persons of whom they know nothing. An everyday occurrence, too, is stealing songs. Swindlers get liold of songs on some pretext, and then, with perhaps a little adaptation, pass them off as their own. This kind of theft is very difficult to cope with, because of the difficulty of proving it. There was actually a big lawsuit in the U.S. over the author- ship of "Tipperary," an old lady claim- ing that she had been robbed of it. She was under the impression that Mr. Harry Williams, of California, fathered on receiving' which they write in glow -i ing terms to • the authors, expressing;, confidence in the success of the works,; and "accepting" thein on.„.condition' that a certain sum 15 paid towards the! cost of production. Sometimes ;this request for money, makes an author suspicious, with pe. result that be holds his hand. In gen-: eral,, however, the amount asked for. is •sent,,, and there the transaction, as far as the dupe is concerned, ends. Ha. hears nothing more from the "publish- ers.," and if ho writes to them his let -1,, ter is returned, endorsed "Gone away.";' ThousaLds of amateur song -writers have been swindled in thist..lyay. One; of them, a woman, believing the stock) yarn that a production of her was a "winner," raised twenty-five dollars, partly by pawning certain necessaries, and partly by borrowing, and sent this sum to the "publishers," Since their' she bus both written ,to and inquired' at their former address, but she has been unable to get into• touch with!, them. Ina similar manner a span was rob. bed of one hundred dollars, which, by; the exercise of %nuch thrift, he had', put by for a rainy day. Amateur song -writers, therefore, it, whereas its author was Henry should beware of bogus composers andt James Wi'tliamr, living in Birmingham. music publishers. The only safe course for them Is to treat with men and firms. of repute., who are certa`.n to deal with them honorably. When. an English publisher gave evi- dence to this effect her case collapsed. Generally, indeed, a writer has no companions, his employer and future father-in-law, and—his future bride. • What Causes "Singing" in - the Ears? Hearing is due to vibrations of air beating upon.the tiny drum of our ear, which are translated into sounds to be picked up by the brain. The "singing" may be due to several causes. It may not be real sound at all, but an inflammation which makes the nerves work as though responding to sound. In this case our brain gets the impression of hearing when there is really nothing ,to hear. Certain drugs, too, will produce this effect. Again, the tube whose purpose it is *to regulate the air pressure in the ear may have gone wrong, perhaps as the effect cf a cold, in which case our bal- ance of air will be out of proportion; and we listen to the tiny beats of our own blood, enormously magnified by the drums of . tise ears. Or the wax which is always forming as a result of natural secretion may Good Cheer. People scon tire of being uplifted, as they grow weary of standing on tiptoe. When a man is left ,contemplating the, drab routine of life once 'more after a vision on the mountain top he must make the inspiration he receives in one crowded, glorious hour serve him, for many working days. He cannot soon expect the electrification and the, excitement to return. But the plain and homely virtue of good cheer will-companion.,every day if we permit, and if it does not lift us to dizzy and exhilarating heights,' neither does it let us sag way down to the very nadir of depression after we have soard to the zenith of delight. Good cheer is a simple thing. It is not a costly prograin of entertainment and it runs up no big tills in a play- house :or a ballroom. It" is. a game which any one can play, *seeding no expensive outfit. It can take place within the confines of a sickroom; it can even go onln one's own mind. The best thing about the game is the bene not be removed quickly enough. This fit to the spectators. So many sports hardens, and here again we are liable are good for the player 'and none be - to get an improper pressure, just as , sides. But this one helps and lifts all though something were accidentally within a striking radius of the genial disposition. Fortunately, good cheer is incurable. Its germs find lodgment and aro scat- tered like notes of the sunbeam's morning gold. Laughter is a'bid for laughter; delight is even more con- tagious than sorrow. W. O. Clark, of Dunedin, New Zea- Hoy✓ the world rewards its fan - land, arrived in London rr•,� 'ently after makers! To borrow the old name of traveling,. 1.3,000 miles to tell the story the siugers who brought good cheer, lie tltey might be collet) the gleemen. of the murder of a comrade, which witnessed in Cologne in 1919: Mankind has need of all the mirth a "The New Zealand Government," he Mark Twain or Stephen Leacock, a told a "Daily Mail' reporter, "has sent Chaplin or a Harold Loyd can me to give evidence abr.ut the death of Private Cromer, of the Otago Regi- ment, New Zealand, whb'm I saw shot dead on February 7, 1919. I expect to go to Cologne in a few days' time," At the beginning of the Allied oc- cupation on the Rhine a band of Ger- man youths swore to -cut off the hair.- of-all air.••of all girls who fraternized with mem- bers of the army of occupation. On the day he met his death Private Cro- mer talked with a girl who was sitting on the same bench in a park. touching a real drum, resulting in. the sound we know as "singing." ;Travels 13,000 Miles to Tell. of Slaying of His Comrade bestow. Answer to last week's puzz:e: Elderly- Artist. ' Rosa Bonheur Was seventy when she painted her famous picture, "Horses Tramping Out Wheat," Knockers do not ki:i me—they kill business. They are the persons who sift sand into the gear boxes of pro- gress. Men eat, sleep, and slack too much,) breathe too little, don't drink suffi- cient water; and think too little. 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