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"Wake up, Mr. Grogan! They're sending a telegram. Wake up!"
cried Homer.
SYNOPSIS
Over the Macauley house in the
small town of Ithaca, California,
hovers the protective spirit of
Matthew, the father who died
two years before. He loves them
all, five year-old Ulysses, his
eldest son Marcus, in an army
camp, his young daughter Bess,
his beloved wife Katey. Then
there's sixteen -year-old Horner
who has a job after school as a
messenger boy. Already Homer
has seen despair and death
through his work. He wonders
about love too, hart because his
girl. Helen Elliot favors his rival
Hubert Ackley. And there's •rich
Diana Steed who's leading Tom
Spangler, manager of the office,
around by the nose. Homer mar-
vels at the way Spangler's taken
in by her. Out at the army camp,
Marcus and his buddy Tobey, an
orphan, leave for battle on a
troop train. Marcus tells Tobey
that after the war they'll both
come home to Ithaca and build
the future together. For the
first time, Tobey feels that he'll
have a `place' in the world.
CHAPTER V
It was about a week later that
the family received that letter.
Horsier had carried it with him alt
day. Now, during a lull in office
hours that night he opened it.
Willie Grogan's eyes were
bright with interest so Homer de-
cided to'read it aloud.
"Dear Homer: First of all, any-
thing of mine at home is yours,
My books, my phonograph, my
records, my clothes when you're
ready to fit into them. They are
all yours as you are now the man
of the Macauley family of
Ithaca."
The letter went on to tell about
his army checks ging to Ma, to
state in yearning terms how much
he missed them all, to speak of
his pal, Tobey.
Then Homer sat u i a little
more stiffly as he came to the
next paragraph. "I am proud that
I ani serving my country, which
to me is Ithaca and all the peo-
ple. But I am terribly afraid, al-
though I know that when the
time conies I shall do what is
expected of me. I may be killed
in this war. I must come right
ISSUE No. 42-43
A B
out and tell you this. Do not be
unhappy. I am glad that I am the
Macauley who is in the war for
it would be a pity anu a mistake
if it were you. You are the best.
God bless you. So long boy. Your
brother Marcus."
* * *
The clock ticked away the
silence as the young boy and the
old man sat down there, drowned
in thought.
Homer spoke in a thin, new
voice. "If my brother is killed in
this war I'll spit at the world. I'll
hate it forever. I won't be good.
I'll be bad. I'll be the worst there
is. I'll be the worst that ever
lived."
Willie Grogan sta_ed at him,
Then he shook himself, got out
his bottle and took a deep swig of
the warming liquor. . .
The seasons went on in their
eternal way and then it was Au-
tumn. Ithaca was celebrating the
harvest time with a picnic on the
outskirts of the town. The ground
were lively with music and danc-
ing. Flags of every nation flut-
tered in the breeze.
Over on a bench, shielded by a
bush, sat Tom Spangler with his
wife Diana. The six months they
had been married seemed like a
dream. His arms went around her
tenderly. "This is the most beau-
tiful place in the world," he
said softly. "I guess it must be,
b -cause it's ours."
She spoke with - rush of feel-
ing. "You do love it don't you?"
"I love everything." His voice
roughened. "You don't ask me if
I love you because I do. I love you
and the whole world and every-
thing in it. You know honey I
don't go much for sentimental-
ity but whatever happiness niay
be I've got a pretty good idea
it's something like this." His tone
was rich and intimate. "I can't
wait to see who it is. I'd like it
to be a litle girl. Id like to have
a little girl around looking like
you. I'd like to hear the voice of
a pretty little girl like that."
Ther.. was a long pause. Then
he said gently, "I used to think
you were a fool. Well, I was
pretty wrong."
* * 4
Not a quaver in her voice as
the replied, "I'm not the least bit
afraid, Tom."
"Good. Then—this won't hit
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. , I'm going ..• ."
He could almost hear" the. pull
at her heart, Then she said, ' "I
knew it would come,- How scan?"
"About a .month."
.,Where?,:
"1 dont know .yet. It's the
Navy. After that . ."
Now ;her voice lifted with a
smiling courage. "It's all right,.
Tom, 3 know how to pray."
Tom couldn't speak, ,There
were tremors running; through
him. But' he felt great, as if he
were in church on Faster' Morn-.
ing. Diana was good. She. was a
really fine woman. And he was
a lucky man. He would never
have believed that a woman could
be as brave and wondrous a
creature as Diana. He was glad
he, knew it. It made the, birds
sing better, the sun shine bright-
er .
It was at this very moment
that Homer was hurrying back
from delivering a telegram. Bus-
iness had been slow. He had loit-
ered for a soda. Now he looked
at his watch, the one Marcus had
given him. Gosh, he better hurry,
Mr. Grogan would be waiting for
him. He hopped his bike and was
off.
It was close to twilight as he
walked into the office. One of his
pockets bulged with cookies that
he had bought for Mr. Grogan.
It would be fun, surprising him.
As he stepped in, the • telegraph
box was rattling. Homer's breath
quickened. Mr. Grogan wasn't
answering the box. He must be
having one of his drinking spells
again. Yep, he was sitting there
not moving at all.
"Mr. Grogan, Mr. Grogan!"
Homer cried.
Quickly, he got a cupful of
water and splashed it into Gro-
gan's face.
The old man's eyelids flutter-
ed. "That's right, Homer," he
mumbled. "You're doing fine . .
just fine .. ."
Homer patted his shoulder pity-
ingly. "I'll hurry and get the cof-
fee. Be back in a minute."
He ran out and over to Cor-
betts. The barkeeper was madden-
ingly indifferent as he said that
ha was just fresh out of the
stuff. It wouldn't be ready for
another five minutes. Frantically,
Homer dashed out. The music
from the juke box pursued him
like a devilish refrain. In the of-
fice the telegraph box was still
clicking.
"Mr. Grogan !" he cried.
"They're sending a telegram,
Wake up." If poor Mr. Grogan
missed out, even once, the com-
pany might retire him. And he's
said so many times that if he
didn't work, he would die. "The
coffee isn't ready. So wake up
yourself. They're sending a tele-
gram. . ."
His voice trailed off to a whis-
per. Mr. Grogan was so still —
too still. A dash of water wouldn't
help. Neither would that fresh
coffee from Corbetts.
Yes, Willie Grogan had died.
: e had died working, just like he
always said he wanted to. Horner
stood there numbly. He knew he
ought to do something. Yet for a
second he couldn't.
He heard the door open. It was
Felix, one of the regular mes-
senger boys. Felix stared at his
white face, "Say, what's the mat-
ter, Homer?" Homer gestured at
Grogan. "What's the matter with
the old man?"
"He — he's dead."
"Ah, you're crazy."
"No, he's dead."
Felix let out a mournful little
sigh. He hadn't understood Mr.
Grogan but he had respected him.
He went to the telephone and
dialed Mr. Spangler's house.
There was no answer. "He's not
in, Homer. What'll we do?"
"I don't know." Homer went
to the typewriter. "He was re-
ceiving his message 1 think ..."
Afterwards, he could hardly
recall taking that unfinished tele-
gram out of the typewriter —
the one Mr. Grogan had bean
trying to write at the last.
The words swam before Hom-
er's eyes. "Mrs. Kate Macaulay,
2226 Santa Clara Avenue, Itha
ca, California. The Department
of War regrets to inform you that
your son, Marcus . . ,"
(The tragedy of Marcus' death
will hit Horner hard. It may
shake his faith in life itself. 'Is
there anyone he can turn to who
' will help him find the road back?
Be sure to read the concluding
installment.)
(Continued Next Week)
Brenner Pass
Much has been heard recently
of the Brenner ?ass, The name
is derived from Brenner, a moun-
tain in the Tyrolese Alps which
rises to a hegiht og 6,777 feet.
The road from Germany to Italy,
traversing this mountain, reaches
an elevation of 4,658 feet, and
yet is one of the lowest road%
practicable for carriages over the
main ch. it of the Alps. A rail-
way through this mighty gorge
was opened the same year as Con-
federation in Canada, namely, in
1867.—Kingston Whig -Standard.
Men usually begin to decrease
in height after the age of thirty.
A Few Practical
Facts Concerning
Racial Problems
Those Who Raise Race Cry
Are Branded as. Traitors
A plea for a better understand-
ing between the races in. Canada
was voiced by the Hon. Valmore
Bienvenue, Quebec Minister of
Game and Fisheries, in an address
to the Toronto Rotary Club last
week.
Mr. Bienvenue said: "Let us not
hesitate to brand as traitors those
who raise the race cry .... It is
so much easier to sow prejudice
than to uproot it. . , . If a dis-
senting voice be heard among our
people, for example, as regards
the war effort, at once certain 111 -
inspired English -Canadians jump
to general conclusions and yell
that we all possess a feudal and
reactionary mentality that we are
as a blind flock led by a fascist
clergy. At that rate, why not
judge all Americans after Al
Capone?"
* * *
There is a measure of justice in
Mr. Bienvenue's words. No doubt
Ontario people, or many of them,
do seize too willingly upon in-
stances of isolationist sentiment
in Quebec, says the Toronto Star.
But we think that the Al Capone
comparison is extreme. If Isola -
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I GOT RID.OF
MY CONSTIPATION
WITHOUT "POSING"!
• When we're all doing our best to
help win the war none of us can afford
to be slowed up physically and men-
tally by common constipation . , .
the kind caused by lack of "bulk" in
the diet. If you're troubled that way,
why not get right at the cause instead
of "dosing" with purgatives that give,
at best, only temporary relief.
Here's a simple, "better way" to
prevent constipation caused by lade
of "bulk"—eat x>rr WQQ'S ALr. IBlxnrr
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tionists were no more plentiful in
our sister province than' Al Ca -
pones are in the States, a rap-
prochement between Ontario and
Quebec would be more easily ac-
complished. It may well be, how-
ever, that Ontario, as well as Que-
bec, is responsible for the semi -
alienation of Quebec from the rest
of Canada. The faults are not all
on one side, And a recognition of
that fact is the best basis for a
better future understanding.
* * *
As Mr. Bienvenue pointed out,
the French-Canadians "shouldered
arms with the conquerors of yes-
terday to drive off the armies of
the American revolution," and
"have shed their blood courageous-
ly side by side with the British in
several wars." He is justified in
claiming for his people the virtues
of politeness, generosity and hos-
pitality. And he is correct in say-
ing that there is no inferiority
in speaking two languages when
some others take pride in speak-
ing only one. There are, of course,
great masses �f Quebe's own
people who take that same pride.
But it is to be said for the God -
bout government to which Mr.
Bienvenue belongs that it has
fought isolationism and emphasiz-
ed the importance of learning
English as perhaps no other Que-
bec administration hag done be-
fore it.
F * *
The Quebec minister said very
wisely that the British and French
in Canada cannot hope to become
exactly the same. "I believe. on
the contrary, that since God wished
us different we should remain that
way. 'It takes all kinds of people
to make a world,' says the pro-
verb, and I am •sure that applies
to the building of a vigorous
country. We must therefore strive
to become a whole, not homo-
geneous, but harmonious. And
it is not by standardizing the races,
nor by passing a steamroller over
the country that we'can secceed in
creating harmony. . . . Let us re-
member that we can fraternize
and esteem one Mother without
being similiar, and that it is not
necessary to be twins to be
brothers"
That is a great truth excellently
put, and its general acceptance in
Ontario would be a first step to
national unity.
The Most Valuable
Road In The World
One of the world's unusual
roads connects Zanderry Field,
Dutch Guiana, with the capital
city of Paramaribo—a highway
variously called The Million
Dollar Highway and The Most
Valuable Road in the World.
Built on a base of mahogany
and surfaced with aluminum, the
road was constructed in record
time by United States Army en-
gineers. There is no estimating
the intrinsic value of the mate-
rials which went into its construc-
tion—but here, the materials aro
the cheapest and most readily
available.
Mahogany is one of the most
common and most durable woods,
and can be had anywhere just for
the cutting. And Dutch Guiana
has the world's richest deposit of
baur:ite, the ore from which alum-
inum is obtained.
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More than any other natural cereal, whole -grain
oatmeal helps make up shortage of meat's great
vitality food element, Protein—without which
children can't grow properly and adults cannot
have real staminal Also leads every natural cereal
in vitamin Bi, essential to good nerves, digestion
and energy! More and snore mothers are serving
big delicious bowls of hot Quaker Oats for break-
fast every day—and insuring extra growth and
stamina protection for their families. Serve your
family the "one best cereal" now that so many
other valuable foods are rationed 1
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COURSES LASTING APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS TO COMMENCE
Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Nov, 1 and Feb 1
Kempville Dairy School, Kempville, Jan . 1
SUBSISTENCE RATES PAILS WI-LILE IN TRAINING
1. Single People boarding at hoarse $7.00 per
2. Single People boarding away from home.......... $9.00 per
3. Heads of families living at home ........ . ....$13.00 per
4. Heads of families living away from home ........... $18.00 per
TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED TO AND FROM SCHOOL
Applicants, who must be over t6 years of age, must agree to accept
employment in a dairy plant or cheese factory at the end of the course.
Apply immediately to
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