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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1946-03-21, Page 3THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., MARCH '14, 9946 IIG TNING HELEN TOPPING MILLER CHAPTER XXII Far below, there was a rumble told a hiss ---an I after that a thin nish bubbling confusion as if a mil lion devils egad liecn disturber in their subterranean cave, And then hickey's yell •cut the air like a flash of flame. "We got het'! She's down there!' The miracle bad happened.. The had oil, Horn much, only expert. could determine. • They went back to the house after a little, walking crookedly, stumbling, laughing. "Oh, mother," Adelaide exclaim- ed. "\Vire Dad. Wire hits quick," "The telegraph office won't be open till eight o'clock." "Olt, f think hickey's an old an- gel! I'nz going to call Grace right now—I'm going to gloat . , ." and Gary and Mona Lee stood looking at each other a bit numbly. * * * Mona Lee said "Gary, I just knew someho that you'd bring us luck." "Don't give me any credit, Mrs. Mason. 1 had given up. It was Hickey who hung on. And you had. the courage to let hint try this." Harvey's wire came at noon.. Taking NIGHT. PLANE TO- MORRO\V. HOME SUNDAY. Gary tried to sleep that after- noon, but his mind was a whirling dynamo . . Sunday he would gu. He had to go. Harvey arrived about eleven o'clock, glowing and expansive. He swung Mona Lee's feet off the floor. "Now, didn't I tell you, Mother?" "Now, don't you run mid, Har- vey Mason, just because Gary and Hickey struck oil. 1 thought you were going to bring Junior back with you. What happened?" "Well, 1 got hien off. It cost me plenty—but the kid that was hurt didn't die, and a state trooper said the girl ran out from behind a parked car anyway, so they let hint off with a fine and suspended sen- tence." "So you decided to leave him up t'.ere?" "Well, I figured an oil man's son ought to have an education . . . So you're in on the well, too, are you?" he said to Gary. x * * "Mr. Mason, I'd much prefer not to be. After all, I only followed Hickey's orders. He insisted on this arrangement as Mrs. 'Mason can -ll you,—over my protest," Gary argued. "You can give me a check for enough to take me on to the next place." "Look here, son you did this job. If you're sore about that Republic business—well, we never did get that straightened out entirely ." "This would be as good a time as any to straighten it out," said Gary grimly. "Will you lend nie your ear, Mrs. Mason?" "Why, of course. But what are you going to do, Gary?" "Settle things. 1'll be back in half an hour." He drove too fast, with his jaw set and his eyes like hot irons burn- ing in his head. The tires squealed and gravel flew when he turned into the driveway of Oliver Kim- ball's house and stopped with a jeak. He jabbed the doorbell savagely four or five tithes, and then Grace came to the door, trailing a pink negligee. "Oh—you," she said un- pleasantly. "What do you want?" "I want Kimball," Gary said brusquely. "fell him to come out here. IIe has a few things to say to Harvey 11 ason—and he's going to say then! now 1" y M * * Ile pushed past Grace into the house, and Grace gave a little fran- tic shriek. "Oliver!" Oliver Kimball carte from the rear of the (louse. "\\'lint do you want, Tallman?" he demanded. "1. want you. You're coating to Mason's with me—now." "1101 not going to be bullied into this," declared Oliver, his lip drawn back. "Get out of here, Tallman— and don't conte back." "You asked for it!" Gary drew back tautly and clipped him on the side of the f'ce. Oliver's arms hail. ed out wildly, but his legs twolable,T from under hila and he went down on his knees. Half carrying the dazed than. Mary got hint into the cat and stamina the door backed out swiftly, ignoring the frenzied shrieks of Grace at the door. Kimball in bled wrathfully, thele slumped in a corner, his head in Iris hands, while Gary drove like a madman back to the Mason ranch. llarvey came out, looking bewil- dered as he saw Oliver's battered face. "I had 10 nrtu'k 1.11111 up a little to make hint conte, Gary stated as lie opened the door on Oliver's side. "lint now I think he'll talk." "Look het e, Gary, this is going pretty' far," Harvey objected, "I'll go farther," said Gary furi- ouly. "1'11 ruin him if he doesn't own up that Grice-Morgan hired hien to get you to sell out—that he knew all about that Slide Ellis af- fair—he planned it." Oliver got to his feet dizzily.'F-1:e glared at them all. "Nice gang I married into—" Another car screeched in the driveway, "It's Grace," said Mona Lee, peering out, "and a policeman." "1'11 tend to this," said Harvey grimly, and went out. Gary went up the stairs, tossed the last things into his suitcase, and snapped the lock, He heard a car leaving below and hoped that Grace had taken her husband honle. After a little wait he picked up the suitcase and went downstairs. Mona Lee and Harvey were standing in the hall. ,Harvey said, "Look here Gary, I'm sorry about this business. I'd like you to stay." "Harvey, you're. as blind as a bat!" snapped Mona Lee. "Gary isn't leaving on Oliver's account. Harvey, you find Addie and tell her Gary's leaving," "Please, 1'd rather not see her, :fell her 1 ;saic good -by, will you? and thank you all again , -'" The little station looked lonely. Gary bought a ticket to the nearest railway point in the Pecos country. Then he stopped and kisssed Mona Ace Mason. "Good-by—and please don't wait. There won't be a train for half an hour, 'fake care of her, will you, Mrs. Mason? And tell her ..." "I'll tell her she's a fool!" snapped Mrs, Mason. "Gary, you write—" "Yes, 1 will. Good -by again ..." He walked down the cinder plat- form and inspected the labels on two milk cans waiting on a truck. And just then, with a howl of tires, a cal' swung up to the station and skidded to a stop. Adelaide jumped out and cane running, her hat on the back of her head, her purse flapping open, a white, frantic look on her face. "Gary—wait!" She dashed up breathlessly, flung herself at hint. "Oh, Gary, I can't stand it -1'1n going with you. It's no use. I'm stubborn and spoiled and 01000— hut 1 do love you. I'll live in a little shack, and 1 won't grumble. \Ve can get married somewhere ... oh Gary—you've got to take me with you!" He held her tight, standing there between the rails, oblivious to the menace of the. approaching train till someone yelled, "Hey — you folks crazy?" They jumped in time, and then Adelaide began to cry', clinging to him --and Gary was holding her and murmuring wild things, hardly knowing where he was, till some- one shouted, "All aboard!" "Oh, my heavens — Gary, we've missed the train. It's gone off with- out us., "Let it go!" Gary's exaltation was like a song. "But 1'11 never let you go, never again. Conte along. If you're going to marry ole, we'll be 'married at home. \Vith your mother .and everybody," He led her to the car .•s.1 helped her in, but he tool: the wheel himself. "I'll 'drive," he said, "We might meet another white rooster." (THE END) The Turning Point By Mary Imlay Taylor When John Sherwin, an escaped convict, saved the life of Jim Keller, ranchman, from his stampeding herd by quick, sure shooting, he established himself with Jim, and incidentally, with Jini's sister, Jane. But the law was still after him. Read the thrilling account of what hap- pened later. Beginning Next Week You'll enjoy our Orange Pekoe Blend CONCRETE SOLLJTION TO HOUSING SHORTAGE Ready for occupancy is a "Tournalaid" concrete home in Vicksburg, Miss. House was poured and al- Iowed to set for 24 hours. Plumbing, fixtures.and painting then complete the job. Home is built by a huge machine that backs over a building site, drops its .huge form and is ready for the concrete. De- signed by R, G. Le Tourneau of Peoria, Ill., it is expected to play an important part in solving current housing shortage. ; i ICLES el MIER F 13y Gwendoline P. Clarke Y 6 U * We have sten it before, we shall see it again, but even so the speed with which the snow gets away is still something to marvel at. This time last week, to go from the house to the barn mct'tt strug- gling knee de; p tit'.•nugh ;mow. To- day the greater part of the ground around the house is bare. And yet we have not had a quick. spectacu- lar thaw. There have been' no floods so far, the ditches are- not even running and yet a..tremendous quantity of snow has disappeared. Where leas it gone to? Perhaps - soaked into • the ground. That is what we hope but we thought there was too much frost in the:. ground for that. Wherever it went we Hope it is all for the good. We don't Want another false spring .like we had last March. What shall we do if we don't get apples and small fruits again this year—or a good wheat and cereal crop? And when I say, "What shall we do" I don't mean just you .and I, but the whole world? - - Naturally we have known for some time that food conditions were pretty serious the world over, but stories of threatened famine have come as a tremendous shock,. particularly when we know so much food is wasted here in Can- ada. Day after day, week after week, there is food left on plates, food thrown into garbage pails,. children allowed 'to leave crusts at meal -times and in their school lunches. I suppose in these days of realism children are no longer told that if they eat their crusts up properly their hair will curl! Every night when I give our Tippy his 111E11 11 meal of the day— mostly bread, milk, perhaps a • cracked egg, and whatever scraps there are, T look at it and •think— "That, probably. is more food than 4t/• Cll1LR Jl / e tot punct nate y.nu bedspread., with a glamorous peacock rnutit. En- chanting 0011rniticry like this is 5.il'e t0 odd itl'i.l'anr'm 10 y011 h(111e. 11 simple stitchety yet transforms plain tpread. Flatlet n 405 has 0 transfer of a 1.1 x IS and a 3% x 1 5 -inch motif. Send 'T\V ENTY CENTS 10 coins (stamps cannot ilc accelltecl) fol this pattern to Wilson, N','dle craft Dept., Rcx,nz 511, 1"3 Arlelai.'1r'. St. West, 'T'oronto I'rillt plain's, P\ TT 1: R N NU \! 11 ER. your NAME. and _\I)T .1.SS, it ISSUE 11-19446 any one person in Europe would get during the whole day." It seems terrible, doesn't it, and yet our dog Must be fed. * * * Yes, it must be dreadful in Eur- ope, but our sympathies. naturally, are aroused more Tor the people of tete British Isles. They have had to take so much, and yet they must still sacrifice food, clothing and a good many things that the don't even know aboutt•'rrtff the sake of others who are, supposedly, in a worse plight than themselves.. If only fortune and raisfortmrt could be more evenly divided. And if only the powers that hr would see fit to reduce the postal rates on parcels to Britain. * * * The forgoing was written yester- day. Today, "it might as well be spring". Ditches are running, birds are singing. Partner is opening up ditches and I have been opening up the back porch. By that 1 mean I have been more or less houseclean- ing, which really amounted to an opening up process, because had the porch been left much longer it would have been like Fibber itfc- Gee's hall closet. Now the cobwebs are down, the walls and floor are clean, and an, accumulation of things "that might be needed some- time" have finally been destroyed. To. make the job less irksome I had our small radio out there this morning and this afternoon I visit- ed with a Jewish gentleman who x\ anted to buy fat hens. He didn't get any hens but we had a visit anyway. Well, .I can see 1 am lit for anoth- er interruption. Our son has just driven into the yard. FIe has just _come back after delivering what he calls a load of barnyard "honey". The time is nearly four o'clock and that means time out for a cup of tea. Modern Etiquette By Robette Lee 1. \Vho should cut the wedding cake? 2. Should a n an ever show the letters he has , received from a girl? 3. Is it considered good form to kiss and embrace when greeting a friend,- or when departing? 4. Should the words "house party" be osed in an invitation? 5. When a girl isnot of age, is it all right for her to extend an in• • vitation ti her bcnie? ANSWERS 1. The bride should cut her wed- .du,g cake, dividing the first piece • with her husbanda 2. Never, He should not even mention them to his most intimate friend, 3. No, it is not. 'These affectionate demon- strations should be reserved for privacy. 4 No; the proper words are "week -end" or "a few days." 5. Until the girl is of age, it is better that her tnother do so. 6. A small silver fruit knife is nsually provided. Cut tite apple into quarters, then convey it to the mouth with the fingers. meabilniimem ANYONE CAN FIX ZIPPERS Don'1 discard clothing. leather goods, elm. h'lx the sipper ynur"elf in lel minutes No special tools re- quired. Itis :tt1 tinge Gook or Steli- ity-Step !Mkt N11(.510111*, ail tiht'(t It •s. shutes you hurt. One 11epnir Vttvt•' Many '1'illiev The ('ort, \11111 sane now. steet•bete, ('\ .f, Ilos 1111. Lakewood. New ,15,'tey, t'S•1. d. HELP BUILD UP ICED BLOOD TO GET MORE 5TR::; "V ,1141 if your blood LACKS IKON! You girls anti women who suffer so from sim1)10 anemia that you're pale, ,weak, "'dragged out -- this may he (Inc. to lack of iron in blood. So try Lydia .115, Pinkham's Compound netters with added 11011 -- (Meet the best home ways to help buildup red blood --01) such eases. Pinkllam's Tablets Arc one of the most cllecuve iron tonics you can buys LEY GORDON L. SMITH Garden Notes An Early Start One of the best short cuts is to start many flowers and vegetables indoors in hot beds or shallow win- dow boxes, or to buy started plants from greenhouses and set these out- side after danger of frost is past. Tomatoes, peppers, petunias, etc., have to be given this early start if they are to bloom or reach maturity in most parts of the Dominion.. For the home gardener, a sltaIlow box in the window is the simplest solution. 'fake a box a couple of inches deep filled with light soil. Seers are planted in rows an inch or so apart about a month before the plants would normally be sown or set outside. The box is placed in a sunny window, watered carefully and once the seeds have germinated and the first set of leaves have de- veloped they are thinned to permit husky growth.:\s the weather gets warmer the plants should be hard- ened oft' by exposing gradually to cooler air. Not Too Soon There is always ode spot in the garden which dries up first in the spring and here, if one wants to make the earliest start possible, is where first vegetables or flowers should be planted. But it is most important, the experts warn, that the soil be really fit to work, !f it is muddy then it isn't ready and there is nothing to be gained if dig- ging or plowing is done too soon. Heavy soils especially if cultivated while still wet will bake into hard lumps and it may take weeks or even months of hard, back -break- ing digging to break them up fine again. Out By The Roots - Experienced gardeners advise cul- tivating as thoroughly as possible before planting. The reason they emphasize this early digging, es- pecially in ground that has not been cultivated every year for some time, is to get rid of twitch grass and other weeds. It is much easier to clean these pests oat by the roots �leiore the rows are planted and there is' plenty of room to operate. We Little Know It's mighty tine. Amidst life's swirl and sham, To have a loyal friend, \\'!lose only wish Is our true good; And little know The heartache that we eau When we impute A baser object to the thought, And drive our friend away, lisunrlerstood. —'l', 13. Gleave. Discovers Home Skin Remedy This elan stat(. ess antiseptic known an over l'anada- as lloone's Emerald Oil, is such a fine healing agent that l:nzernrl, Barber's Itch, Salt rheum, 'Itching 'cues and reet. and •other Infia.tnmat.ory shin erup- tions are often relieved in a fete days, Moone's Emerald Oil is pleasant to use and it is so antiseptic rind penetrating that many old stubborn cases nr lour standing have yielded to its influence. llonne's Emerald Oil Is sold by all drougisls everywhere to help rid you of stubborn pimples and 1111Rte111 ly skill troubles _. Fa tisfac- tion nr money bark. Sunday School lesson March 17 Religion in Everyday Life Ruth 1: 8-17 Goldcu 'Text,—Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from fol• lowing after thee: for whither thou goest, 1 will go; and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall he my people, and thy God niy God.—Ruth 1: 16. The Return to Judah Owing to fanzine in Judah Naomi and her husband and two sons had come to sojourn in Moab. But the husband died and so did his two sons who meantime had married Orpah and Ruth, natives of Moab. The three widows were left des- titute. Hearing that there was plen- ty again in Bethlehem, Naomi de- cided to return alone to her form- er home. Both daughters-in-law accom- panied her part of the way but Na- omi three times urged then to re- turn to their homes, not that she did not want then to be with her but there seemed to be nothing for then to gain in so doing. Orpah reluctantly turned back but Ruth clung to her. Ruth's Wiser -Choice Ruth's attitude of love, leaving all to go with Naomi, illustrates what our attitude towards the Lord Jesus should be. From the worldly standpoint Orpah seemed to make the wiser choice but Ruth .gained the most eventually. Naomi gives .Ruth one more chance to' go back, She based her final appeal upon Ruth's love for Orpah. One of the strongest mo- tives for loving natures in forsaking the Lord is love for those who are in the world. But while Ruth loved Orpah she loved Naomi more. No love of any human being will draw away from Jesus the one who real- ly loves Hinz. Heroism of Faith Real heroism of faith was shown in Ruth's action. She did not stop to ask where Naomi was going but said, "Whither Thou goest, 1 will go." So we should go with Jesus. Ruth .would think of nothing as separating then but death, but even death will not separate us from Christ. Von [bili Enjoy Staying M 1 The Si. Regis Holed •roROX'ro Every Room with Both, Sho'ea and Telephone. aingie, $2.:,0 up — Doable, $8.50 tip. • Good Food, Diving and Dane - tag Nightly. Sherbotirne at Carlton Tel. RA. 41:30 Smart Girls Always Carry Paradol in their Handbags They know that Paradol will re- lieve them quickly of headaches, and other discomforts, as well as help tot, check colds. One girl writes,—"Until I used Paradol every month I suffered ale most unbearable pains. It is the most quickly effective relief I have ever used and there is no disagreeable after effect." CHILDREN LOVE VENO'S FOR COUGHS - COLDS BRONCHITIS ASTHMA /t WHOOPING COUGH fes: SIMPLE SORE THROAT