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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1945-08-23, Page 7N m NI 4 it's Coolin: * LOUIS ARTHUR CUNNINGHAM CHAPTER XV "Not so hard for me as for you.— for your good aunt. Once, when we first heard from the children about—about him, we said, ma- dame and I, that we would not be. Sieve the story unless we had the evidence of, our eyes, our own ears. Unless we saw him, heard him confess his guilt. And we saw and heard." * * * "Yes. It was the same way with me." Roger stirred restlessly and lit a cigarette when she declined one. "I knew Mike well enough to !realize that he would side with the devil—if he thought the devil was right. But how be strayed into this—this horrible business is more than I can fathom. What reward could they give him? Money he never eared for and fame never bothered him. He has cast aside his birthright; his self-respect, everything. I have often thought oil those renegade Englishmen who broadcast over the German radio and to me they seemed mere crackpots who were to be laughed at or pitied. You can't laugh at Mike—and he could never be an object of pity. He is one who knowe what it's all about." "It was all so strange," whis- leered kferidel. "So different from the liiemory I had of him. When I suet film there long ago he was so young and carefree and there was eomething in his eyes that was beautiful and good to see. But to- night, Roger—you saw his eyes to- • night." * * * "Yes—cold, hard, deadly. Yet I thought there was misery and tor- orient in them. And still I had to go tonight and put men on his trail who will shoot him down like a dog, and receive no blame for doing so. Perhaps by now they ba.vo got him; perhaps—" "There! You must not concern yourself so." "Some women could care enough to forgive him even this," contin- ued Roger. "Is there such love? Is love real- ly the name for it?" Roger shrugged. "I think there Is such—the sublime, the all -for- giving." "Mine is not like that. It wasn't love, perhaps. It may have been just a colored dream, "Then tonight was the end of that: Tell me that I may begin to hope—" She smiled up at him. "I think you, never ceased to hope, Roger." "Say, rather, I never despaired. You will marry me, Meridel?" He looked into her eyes, slowly with- drew his hands from her shoul- ders. "There is nothing to stand between us now." * * * "Less than nothing. If—if you want me, I will marry you, Roger.' r "Want you! More than I have ever wanted or even could want anything else In this world." "But you are not quite happy, because it came to you this way." "I think I would rather have lost the genie than have won it this way—through knowing the truth about Michel. But I see no reason why, that should spoil our lives, our happiness." Roger did not go to bed that night. He drew his choir to the window and dozed there a while and awoke to see the red -gold fur- nace in the eastern sky. As soon . ai he heard a noise below stairs, be shaved himself and showered ISStrg 24-1945 and went down to drink coffee with Gesner and Rudolph in the kitchen. * * Someone had turned on the ra- dio. The voice of the announcer gave the early news items from Montreal—"The police and mill- • tary authorities have nothing so far to report on the two German prisoners, former members of the Nazi Luftwaffe, who escaped last night from a prison camp in the Laurentians.. The two men, one of them armed with a pistol, took the station wagon—" Roger had reached the radio in three strides and tarred the dial until he found music.. But some of the keen little ears had heard. Po] Martin's big eyes were staring at him, at the still swollen lip and the newly healed cut. A strange look cane over the child's face. • "Was it from this camp back in the woods they escaped, Roger? Was it your station wagon—?" Roger could not answer, but Pol Martln needed no words; he could read it all in Roger's face, in the way he looked at Meridel. • "They came here, .and you fought with them. That is how you cut your lip. All this happened while we were sleeping. But I dreamed of Bonhomme Frlcot last night. * * * "You are sure you are not just telling us that, Pol Martin?" ask- • ed Meridel. "No, no, I dreamed of him. He was alive again. He was smiling at me and fielding out his hand to me and to Rosine. Tell me about the prisoners, Roger, please." "Not now, my little one. Some other day, perhaps. Now it is time for all of you to have breakfast. Today if you like we shall go up into the mountain:" "That will be good, Roger," said Pol Martin gravely. "A lot of fun." But Flight Lieutenant Roger Fa- bre was not to climb the mountain that day. Shortly after breakfast an R.C.A.F. station wagon, far faster and sleeker than bis own beloved jalopy, drew up in front of Philibert with orders for him to return to Montreal at once. "I felt it, somehow," he said rue- fully to Meridel. "I have to go, but this time I take my happiness with me. When I return, dear, you will be ready?" "I shall be waiting, mon brave," she said gravely. "I shall pray each hour for you—fox your safe return." "A heck of a note, sir," said young Ayscough., who had brought the car, "to have to leave. I guess it must be pretty important, though. The old pian was having fits when he couldn't get through to you on the telephone." (To Be Continued) Modern Etiquette By Rooertr Lee 1. Will you please I1ve a list of what part of the wedding expenses the groom should pay? 2 When a business letter is being written by an unmarried woman, should she use the pre- fix "Miss"? B. What is the minimum tip that one should give for having one's wraps checked? 4. If a man meets a woman on the street and walks with her should he continue to smoke his cigar or cigarette? 5. When one places the fork on the plate when the meal is finished, should the prongs be pointed up- wards or downwards? 6. When addressing an envelope, is it all right to use the abbreviation c/o? • Answers 1, The groom must pay for his bride's wedding ring, the marriage license, transportation for his family and his attendants, gloves, ties, and boutonnieres for his attendant, the minister's fee, and the honeymoon trip. 2. Yes. She should write Ivtiss in parentheses before her signature. 8. Ten cents is sufficient when one is alone. 4: No; he should throw it away, or at least hold it between his fingers, without smoking, ti. The prongs should point downwards. 6.No; the words "Care of" should be written out in full. Good: SP ra `BoP birr e ^i 4ihwson Greet Beal Loke Simpson SkeSwt) i\ `1'' hnedU p ) ' CANADA" 4 Pacific Ocean �.� Vancouvcir int the U.s. When prospector Gilbert Labine, right, flew his plane over Great Bear Lake in 1930 and found a rich pitchblende deposit only a few miles from the Arctic Circle, little did he think his discovery would play an important part in production of the atomic bomb. The Canadian governmen took over the 'mine, location of which is shown on the map. The uranium derived from the pitchblende ore was used to make the bomb that helped to knock Japan out of the war. Only other known deposits ore in Belgian Congo, South America and .Australia. One of factors which kept txermany from perfecting its atomic bomb was that none of these sources of uranium was available to them. Granny Prescribed lack Currant Tea Grandma was a pretty smart old lady. She didn't know that black currant juice was' chuck full of vi- tamin C, but she did know that when the children began to sniffle and sneeze a cup of hot black cur- rant tea would "fix them up, right smart." 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H wCayr. a.,y Anne Ashley How can T brighten and sharpen the knives of the food topper? A. Take a piece of scouring soap, or small bits left from the cakes of scouring soap, and run through the food chopper in the same manner as a vegetable or piece of bread. Then wash thoroughly to remove all the grit. Q. How can I brightengold chains or similar articles? A. Dip them in a solution of one part ammonia to three parts of water. Q. How can I remove a screw that has rusted into the wood? A By placing a hot iron on its head, Use the screwdriver while the head is still hot. Q. '1-Iow -can I determine the ripeness of bananas? A. Do not buy green bananas xsnlcss they are wanted for baking. 14 they have green tips they are unfit to eat. Brown flecks on the akin of a banana indicate ripeness. Q. How can I remove the shine from• a dark serge suit? A. The shine can often be re- moved entirely by sponging with vinegar, then pressing in the usual mariner. Q. How can I remove iron rust from white linen? 'A. By rubbing the stains with lemon and salt, and then exposing to the hot .sun - 1 attleship Refloated The Paris radio said last week that the French battleship Stras- bourg, scuttled at Toulon in 1242, has. been refloated. ACL S F ]3y Gwendoline P. Clarke Concentrating on one's own work has been almost impossible these last few days, Mixed up with harvest and home activities are thoughts—and fears—of the awful possibilities of atomic bombing. It grips one's imagination, sends shiv- ers down the spine—and is so ut- terly . fantastic as to be almost unbelievable. Comments from the press, pulpit and public have also bee'. thought provoking—especial- ]y those which assert atomic bomb- ing to be inhuman. There is no doubt that such bombing is, of necessity, inhuman but one should also remember that it must be either they, or us, and if the use of atomic bombs serves to bring about the end of the war then surely their use is justified. * * * What our men have been through under shell fire and as prisoners of war is bound to have its effect in the immediate future. There will be times when they will be irritable, restless, and moody. I know bcause I went through it after the last war. This is a different war, and a different generation, but t'undamentally, cause and effect are the same. The men have done their part and, for those who return, whether they are able to adjust themselves to peacetime conditions, depends largely upon the women in their homes. A woman who matches her husband's irritibility with more of the same cannot expect a very happy future; nor can the woman who drags her man around against his will with the idea of giving him "a good time" and helping him to forget. * * * I don't suppose many young married folk read this column but if there are a few war brides who do, let me beg of you to have pa- tience with that returned man of yours, remembering that all cas- ualties are not obvious to the be- holder. Generally marriage is a. case of fifty-fifty but the after- math of war can make it anything —sixty -forty . . . seventy -thirty . . . with a gradual evening of the scales according to the cour- age, understanding, sympathy and plain common sense with which a returned man's family deals with his every mood. * * * bf a man feels like walking the floor it isn't going to help if you tell him to sit down and read a book and stop being so restless. Far better to suggest that he take it out on the woodpile. Or if he is quiet and moody, keeping up an endless chatter of small talk isn't going to have the effect of cheer- ing him up. It is more than likely lie is remembering things of which you have no knowledge, and of which he does not wish to 'speak, so; that frivolous, inconsequential small talk can only add to his im- patience and may well act as a wedge to drive you apart. Think it over, war -brides. Your men have fought to win a war. It is your job to fight to win the peace—peace in the new homes of, Canada. The United States has about 200 tribes of Indians, and they speak 55 distinct languages. DID YOU KN 'I W that Maxwell House Coffee is "Radiant Roasted" to cap tare all the extra goodness of this particularly fine coffee blend. Try Maxwell House!