Zurich Herald, 1939-01-26, Page 2Cat
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Synopsis:
At the invitation of her wealthy
tirade, Richard Carruth, and his
foster -daughter Lois, Katha Lodge
leaves her New Hampshire ham-
let for a month's visit in New
York. Lois meets her at the train
and on the way to the Carruths'
Park Avenue penthouse warns her
to call her aunt Evelyn, not Aunt
Evelyn. Katha is interested of
course in Kemp Loring as Lois had
told her she'd better not look at
Kemp twice or Evelyn's daughter
Millicent would have her claws
out. And Bill McMillan—she likes
him. Her Uncle Richard arrives
late in the afternoon and greets
her sincerely. Millicent goes out
with Kemp. Early next day Bill
phones Katha, making a date for
evening. Lois explains Evelyn's
nervousness by saying she happen-
ed upon. Eric Carlton and Evelyn
while he was kissing her. Lois
confides that she loves Terry Reese
a college student with little money
whom she met while horseback rid-
ing in the park. Bill takes Kath'
out for two evenings together. He
hisses her the second night. She
knows now she loves him.
- CHAPTER XVIII
Then—it happened in an
stant—something small and bright
darted in front of the car. Eve-
lyn saw it out of the corner of
her eye. She jerked forward and
pressed her small foot on the
brake with all her strength. But
it was too late. The small bright
thing went down with a cry. Eve-
lyn knew that the car had struck
a child. . . .
Eric went ashen white. He
swore feebly under his breath.
Shaking, Evelyn opened the cnar
door and stepped oat. She sawa
child, a shabby little girl in a
bright red sweater, lying in the
snow. Not until later did it occur:
to her that her first thought had
been of the child's pathetic shab-
biness — the hole in nes black
woollen stocking, her little brown
shoes with run-down heels and
scuffed toes. She was a pretty lit-
tle thing with yellow pig -tails....
A Child Struck Down
Traffr: stopped. People came
running. A woman screamed and
fainted. Erie looked confused and
annoyed and helpless.
But Evelyn did not wait. Pick-
ing the Iittle girl up in her arms,
she turned to the first strange •
eya$ met. " Take, me
hospital? .And hurry
On the back seat of the strang-
er's car she held the child in her
arms the whole way. But she did
not cry. She was too frightened
to cry. She was afraid even to
breathe for fear that her breath
would snuff out the life of the in-
ert little body she was holding so
carefully. .. .
At the hospital, after she had
been relieved of the child, she
'sailed Richard at his office. Then
T
his seCTei;ary s a11ed his home and
spoke to Lois.
A little later Katha and Lois
came to the little waiting room
outside the accident ward and
found Evelyn, weak and white, and
= Richard standing above her, his
' hand on her shoulder.
Evelyn began to cry, "Who is
she? Her people will be frantic!
She had a note in her hand -- a
list Of .groceries. Oh, Richard, it
wasn't my fault! She ran into the
i tar. There was nothing I could
"dot I was going very slowly . .
Will you ask how she is now? Her
mother...."
Katha glanced into the room.
, Two physicians surrounded the up -
Icer part of the high, narrow bed
so that all she could see of the
little girl was a relaxed little
!land and the cuff of a bright red
sweater.
"Richard. . ." Evelyn began.
Where Was Eric?
He patted the shoulder of her
black fur coat and spoke gently.
"Don't talk about 't, dear. Every -
Widow Gets 1Vlillions
Mrs. Daniel Dodge, former, tele-
phone operator of Gore Bay, Ont.,
and widow of the youthful motor
heir who lost his life in an cel -
dent last summer, will receive an
mount reJrorted from $2,040,000
I;o $3,000,0011 from his estate, ac-
cording to the terms of a settle-
ifneixt announced at Pontiac, Mich,
thing will be all right:"
"But suppose 1. .. . Suppose
she. . .. tr
Lois smiled through her tears.
"She'll be all right, Mother, Please
don't worry."
Suddenly Evelyn wondered
where Eric had gone. Why had-
n't he followed her? It was cow-
ardly of him to disappear.' But
of course he had known she would
get in touch with Richard immed-
iately and that his position would
he awkward. Yes. that was it. He
wasn't a coward. Poor darling,
how shocked he had been!
There was a commotion outside.
And they turned to see a frantic
shabbily dressed, • hatless young
woman hurry in, followed by a
tall, shabbily dressed young man
with fear in his eyes.
The child's parents.... Katha's
heart began to ache...
They ,Valve Evelyn sharp, fear-
ful glances and hurried into the
room where the child lay.
Evely'r rea.hed for Richard's
hand. "Did you see the way they
looked et me? It wasn't my
fault! I wasn't reckless!"
"13e quiet, dear."
Inside the room the , young
mother's sobs made her words un-
intelligible. The father murmured
soothingly. The doctor spoke in
low tones.
Then they came out to the wait-
ing room and the mother, young
and blonde and pretty, turned to
Evelyn.
"You've killed my baby!!" Her
frightened eyes looked at the
diamonds on Evelyn's fingers and
wrist. "People like you aren't hu-
man! You've no respect for peo-
ple like us! Driving your big car
. . not looking where you're
going . . . . not caring. You're
4iatul+l she be Mixed Up inthis?
:=be's unhappy enough. already. I
want her to have her visit out
witlt Polly an l Alex. They're very
sweet to her."
Ratha went directly to her
room, undressed, put an a dark
warm robe, and curled up in the
big soft chair. Lois came in,
"A Love Like That"
"1 eat4't sleep, Katha: I tried
but I feel awfully lonely, Life
begins and ends in a hospital,
doesn't it? Little Patsy might
have been born in that hospital."
Then Fhe said, "Eric Was with
Muthel'. I heard her tell Dad. She
said he was at Kitty's and she of-
fered to drive him home. That was
r lie. He came here for her. And
Dad didn't reproach her or asic
her any questions about the acci-
dent. He'll make it as easy for
her as lie can."
Katha's eyes were 'grave and
calm. "Yes. When you see a love
like that, a love that has lasted
all those years, it makes you stop
and think. it's so rare. l• guess it
runs in my family—the kind of
love that endures. My mother is
like that. l'ni like that, too."
"Bill hasn't. . ."
Katha said with a little smile,
"He's probably having a very good
time in Asheville. Don't lets talk
about him, Lois." It brought hh i
close. It made her remember.
"Kemp asked me today to marry
him." :�w
Lois' eyes were round.
•
Katha said, "He meant it, too.
- He was honest in everything: he
said to me. Millicent ss a fool. 'l;f
she were here, I'd tell her' so.
Kemp is one of the nicest boys I'ye
ever known and he loved Mill;-
ent terribly. You'd think ro+u�
could find a great love anytir ii
The father said, "Patsy isn't
dead, Dorothy. You've got to get
hold of yourself."
"But she's going to die! You
saw how she looked!" She press-
ed her face against him and wept.
Katha saw his thin, rough hand
brush tears away from his own
eyes....
He turned to Ri:ha:rcl. "Some-
body we know saw it happen and
came and told us."
They stayed there, it seemed to
hatha, an incredibly long time.
Evelyn kept her eyes lowered,
thinking, "I did it! It was my
fault! •If '1 hadn't turnegl my 1 ead
tm speak to• Eric ... $lid' 1 turned.
it to tell him I was going to ask
Richard about a divorce tonight!"
Lois said nothing. But words
passed between Richard and Pat-
sy's youthful father, quiet words
about names and addresses and in-
surance. . .
Richard said, "She'll have the
best possible medical care. No ex-
pense will be spared."
A stretcher was wheeled in and
Patsy Floyd, her yellow pigtails
tucked•iu the sheet that covered
her, Was taken away.
Richard followed with the young
parents. Lois stepped forward be-
side her mother as if to shield her
in Richard's absence. Katha
thought, "Perhaps she's thinking
that Millicent was like Patsy once.
Perhaps that's what is making it
so hard for her. She hasn't told
Uncle Richard that Eric was with
her. But I know he was. He came
just before Kenip came for me and
they left together to go to Mrs.
Henshaw's."
Richard came back. Katha and
Lois and Evelyn looked at him
anxiously.
"She is still living," he said.
"There are some bones broken,
but they can't be certain of any-
thing else just now." He smiled
at Evelyn. "I'm going to take you
home, dear, and call Dr. Carter.
He'll give you something; to make
you sleep."
"SIeep'.' With that child ....."
"Come along," Richard said.
"I'll keep in touch constantly
through the night. Everything is
being done. You'll be more com-
fortable at home. There is noth-
ing we can do." He looked at
Ratha and said, shaking his head,
"Poor distracted parents. They're
just children themselves. The
boy's a decent sort. He hasn't
worked for months, he told me.
That is, steady work...."
Evelyn raised here eyes. -"Then
perhaps we can ... you can ..."
"Yes of course. Everything.
Now come home."
Rothe, thought, following them
out into the snow and cold, "Eve-
lyn can't buy back Patsy's life
with her money. That is one thing
• her money can't buy. She thought
of Bill. It was natural to think
of him at a time like this, she
thought. When you are alone and
troubled and a little frightened,
you want the person dearer to you
than anyone else beside you. To
be able now to look up into Bill's
strong face and to hear him say,
"Everything will be okay," would
take the loneliness, the chill, the
ache from her heart. But Bill was
not here. Kemp was here.
"In the car she heard Richard
say, "Shall I send for Millicent?
If you want her....'r
"No," Evelyn said.
"Why.
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it carelessly and discard it."
Lois looked at her anxiously.
"But you aren't. . . ."
"I don't know. Truly I don't.
"She didn't know. Tonight she was
confused, unsure, unsettled.
Kemp's words had been humming
in her head. Perhaps he had been
right when he said she couldn't
go back to New Hampshire and
be happy again... .
"How long' do you suppose it
will take to find out about Patsy?
Lois asked uneasily. •"And if
if she dies, what will they do to
Mother'? The police I mean. Oh,
but she mustn't die, 1%atha;!
Mother mustn't have that on her
conscience all her life. I wonder:
—I wonder if this will make her
rare more or less about Erie. Oli,
I hope...."
Katha said, "I hope, too. And.
I've been thinking about .you and
Terry .... and I think something
could he done about that,"
"Dai would listen but Mother
wouldn't. I'm not of age. Mother
would think I'd fallen in love with
a tramp and probably pack me off
somewhere to forget hire. I'm so
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young, and Terry's so young, and
we're so helpless." Her small red
mouth turned up at the corners.
"And I love him so. Sometimes
• I'm happy—this sounds crazy, I
know—but sometimes I feel aw-
fully happy just because I met him
and knew him a little while. But
that doesn't last long. I want to
be with- him. Memories just snake
you want to live all over again
what you are remembering."
Her eyes and Katha's eyes turn-
ed to the door when the knob
turned.
"May I color in?" Richard ask-
ed.
(CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE)
FIGHT COLDS
AT THEIR
SOURCE
ft'
Green Tea At Its Best
GREEN TEA"
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airspun powder that warms the
skin and gives it a youthful ap-
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Do you bile your lips, or do they
chap easily? The biting cold of our
winters plays havoc with our lips,
but a lypsyl salve will smooth
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Feature Colors
A soft and pleasing kitchen col-
our combination includes walls
and ceilings in powder blue. The
baseboards are finished in a deep-
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painted with create gray semi-
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Another scheme -- and this one
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The linoleum on the floor is in a
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Make Your Hubby
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Advice for married. -worsen: If
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courage him to notice thein.
That was the advice given at
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Black, member of Parliament for
Yukon.
"I don't think George would
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After dinner when friend hus-
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is the time to talk of clothes.
"It is then I talk to him about
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If the family tires of cooked
cereals, dress them up a hit by
adding chopped raisins, dates,. ttgK,
prunes or apricots.
To dry wet shoes so that they
will retain their shape and clot
become stiff and hard, stuff With
crumples paper anti allow them
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are completely dry.
When preparing dates for od.t-
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with scissors or put througt. a
grinder that has been dipped •in
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Stains from candles dripp:n,; un
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a dull knife to s:rape off as much
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often loosens the tallow sufficient-
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water bath removes it entirely. If
it is still stubborn, try a reliable
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When making berry pies, mix
with the fruit measurement for
one pie about two tablespoons fine
quick -cooking tapioca to make a
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Issue No. 4 -- '39
I)
Once you
sweeten your
morning cereal
with BEE RIVE.
Syrup you'll
know how
>rvf good cereal
can taste.
1., to ease pain rind
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