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"You're e \tiouder, Anne." f -low -
ever, Bea Harmon was smiling not
at her but at the blue print she'd
worked on, far intra the night, Ben
drew wacky sketches of houses he
dreamed up and Anne made the
blue prints that sold people his
ideas, revised.
Anne said eagerly, "I've cut out
some of the windows. You forgot
that the Brantons want a lot of
wall space for pictures." She waited
for more praise. And waited.
Ben scooped up the blue print.
"I gave a gond deal of time to put-
ting those windows exactly where
they ought to be," he muttered,
"but since you mention it, Mrs.
Branton did say something about
hanging Branton's latest atrocities.
hanging's too good for them.:. .
So long, beautiful."
Before Ben went to the Navy
they were almost engaged. She was
:he one who had been uncertain.
She was uncertain no longer. The
plastic • T square in her fingers
shook, "Nothing I say or do seems
to .please hint anymore," she whis-
pered: "What is the matter with -
Ben?" The voice of the new re- •
Ceptionist in the outer office floated
to her in mocking answer, "Oh
Ben, you're wonderful!"
Anne stiffened, listening for Ben's
answer. She could hear only the
deep rumble of his voice.
Anne could imagine how Mar-
vella looked as she said it, eyes
fluttering, wide silly smile. Anne
smoothed her brown page boy bob.
Marvella was a synthetic blond.
Surely Ben wouldn't—
"Mrs, Branton is on the univer-
sity board," Ben was saying. "If
she likes this house we'll have a
good chance at the university's new
chapel.'
"I've another idea about the cot-
tage," He spread a crimpled
sketch 'on her drawing board, We'll
build the house id the hill. That
gives an old-world broken roof line
with the slope for background."
Anne, studying the sketch, felt
her heart sink, His notion was im-
possible.
"It would be beautiful," nuir-
inured Anne, "but wouldn't every
roost be on a different level? She
must be tactful.
"That's part of the charm!"
"It means stepping up and down,
and Mrs, Branton is old—"
"Nonsense. She just sits and faits
while he paints."
"It'll be wonderful," put in Mar-
vella.
Ben's voice was sharp. "You're
all wet on this, Anne.
.."The cottage will be wet, you
mean, poked under the hill that
way." Her temper was rising. "You
know we decided last week that the
only place for the house was on
top of the hill. That cuts out the
hill problem and the house gets a
breeze. You have a level stretch—"
"Okay," shouted Ben, "but I'll
wager Branton won't think so."
The door banged on hint•
She'd lost hits. A fog of misery
closed over her, She tried to tell
herself that if she couldn't have
Ben on an honest basis, she didn't
want him, That didn't help. It
wasn't true. She wished she'd lied
and gushed.
He phoned her. "Branton is crazy
about My idea."
"Artists are always crazy," ,she
retorted, blinking back tears.
Den's step behind her was a sur -
Finn McCoul's Bridge; or as it is officially known, The Giant's
Causeway, on the coast of Antrim, According to legend, these
basalt columns are the remains ,of a bridge which the great
Fingal built to connect Antrim with Scotland. Picture by
courtesy. of Associated British and Irish Railways Inc.
prise. She hadn't expected him to
come back to the office that night.
"Congratulations," she said, with-
out turning her head, and felt two
hands firth on her shoulders.
"For what?" asked Ben softly.
"For being a dope. Anne, what
would I' do without you?"
"Didn't . Branton—" Anne began,
dazird.
Ben turned her around and grin-
ned down at her, "Mrs. Branton
picked the house on top of the hill,"
he explained. "She said `My hus-
band hasn't a practical bone in his
head.' Will you say that about me
some day? We make a swell team,
honey. What do you say?"
.Anne didn't say anything for
Ben's lips, warm and firm, were
on hers.
Fair Exchange
One night on a sleeper, a pretty
young woman was' awakened by
two drunks arguing outside her
berth. Indignantly she said, "Sh-h•hl
It you want to make noise at this
hour go into the club car."
"Club car'? Thash a wunnerful
idea," a voice answered. "C'mon
out, Beautiful. We don't leave till
you come with ush."
With that she rang for the porter.
"Porter," she said, "these hien are
disturbing inc."
"She'sh young an' beautiful an'
she'sh got to have a drink with
ush," stated the drunk firmly.
"Young and beautiful?" inquired
the porter. "Oh, no, gen'lmen. Ah
saw her when she got on, an' she
ain't beautiful."
Horrified silence—then retreating
footsteps.
The next morning she thanked
the porter. "Well, ma'am," he
twinkled, "Ah fcggered you'd be
willing to give up yo' looks fo'
a good night's sleep."
`Nuts to You' in Squirrel Talk—This little fellow isn't'being
gs g. �.
overly seluirtelly, Tris parents beat the hottstn, shortage li<. ,
winter by moving itrto this bird house atop the garage of 1\4n..
James Bress. Since then, this one and two other baby squirrel:
were born, and things are going along uicei;l-, thank yoti.
TKEFARM FRONT
Joli•Qus:sii.-
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Try and not be too much sur-
prised if you see a lot of Scriptural
quotations in this space, or ima-
gine that the Sunday School les-
son column has been shifted here
by. mistake.
* At' *
During the past few years a
great deal has been said and writ-
ten regarding the all-important to-
pic of soil conservation; and in a
recent issue of an American farm
magazine "The Progressive Farm-
er" I ran across an article by Ly-
man Carrier on the subject that I'In
taking the liberty of quoting it, in
part. From here, Mr. Carrier takes
over for a stretch.
* ' *
In Genesis 4:2-5 we read: • .
Abel was a keeper • of sheep, but
Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in process of time it came to,
pass, that Cain brought of the
fruits of the ground an offering
.unto Jehovah: And Abel, he also
brought of the firstlings of his
flock and of the fat thereof. And
Jehovah had respect oto Abel and
to his offering. But unto Cain and
his offering he had not respect ..."
• * *
Many sermons have been preach-
ed from this text. Many reasons
have been advanced why Abel's sa-
crifice was acceptable to God,
while Cain's was not. Not until
recently have I Beard an explana-
tion that seemed to me logical and
convincing. Abel's occupation was
in harmony with natural laws.
Cain's farming operations—tillage
without livestock— destroyed Na-
ture's balance.
* *
The destinies of nations have
been determined by their attitude
toward this matter of working with
or against Nature, Babylon, Car-
thage, and a score of lesser civili-
zations have perished, because they
neglected to preserve the agricul-
tural soil that had made their
greatness possible. It can be as-
sumed, as an established fact, that
no civilization can be better than
the soil that nourishes it. The his-
tory of bhe Holy Land bears this
out. * 8: *
Moses 'told the children of Israel
when he led them out of Egypt
that they were going to possess:
"A good land ... a land of wheat
and barley, vines and fiig trees
and pomegranates; a land of olive
trees and honey; a land wherein
thou sowest thy seed, and waterest
ness ... Not as the land of Egypt
from whence ye came out, where
thou sowest they seed, and waterest
it with thy food, as a garden of
herbs; but the land, whither ye go
over to possess it, is a land of
Trills and valleys and drinketh water
of the rain of heaven; a land which
Jehovah thy God careth for; the
eyes of Jehovah thy God are al-
ways upon it, from the beginning
of the year even unto the end of
the .year."
•* 8i *
That the productivity of the
Promised Land at that time was all
that Moses claimed for it, is proved
by the statements of several wit-
nesses. Caleb and Joshua, two of
the twelve spies sent by Moses to
go up into the hill country "and
see the land, what it is .. . whe-
ther it is good or bad," came back
and reported that "it is an exceed-
ing good , , . a land which floweth
with milk and hooey."
* * *
As further evidence of the re-
markable fertility of elle Promised
Land n1iglzt be, cited the population
it supported. The children of Israel, ,
whom :Moses led out of Egypt,
numbered at least 2, perhaps 3 mil-
lion, This great multitude found
subsistence, together with !malty
thousands of native iithabitaat is
who were n°ot dtspossesset, oii
tract of land about the size, shape
and' topography of the sta.te of
Vermont.
* t
To keep this, good rand good,
Moses' issued one of the oldest re-
gu•lations on record. To quote:
Six years thou shalt sow thy
fields, and six years thou shalt
prune thy vineyard, and gather in
the fruits thereof, but in the
seventh year shall be a sabbath of
solemn rest for the land, a sab-
bath unto Jehovah, thou shalt
neither sow thy field, nor prune
thy vineyard. That which groweth
of itself of thy harvest thou shalt
not reap, and the grapes of un-
dressed vine thou shalt not gather,
it shall. be a year of ' solemn rest
for the land .. , Then 1 will com-
mand my blessing upon you in the
sixth year, and it shall bring forth
fruit for three years.
Thus the 'volunteer weed growth
every seventh year was turned un-
der to enrich the soil.
* V. 4.
At the time of Christ's earthly
rtimtstry there appeared to be no
alarming shortage of food. But fol-
lowing the death of Solomon, one
disaster after another overtook the
Chosen People. First came the se-
paration of the ten northern tribes
over, the tax issue. Next, the Nor-
thern Iingdom was invaded and
conquered by Assyria. Then Judah
fell to the Chaldeans.
The greatest disaster of all over-
took the Holy Land in the Eighth
Century A.D. when the Saracen
hordes overran Asia Minor and
much of southern Eurpoe. These
nomadic people had no great love
for the land. Their herds of goats,
sheep, horses and camels devoured
all green vegetation, Without this
natural protection, the fertile sail
washed away.
4,
"These lessons of old,"—Mr. Car-
rier concludes, "are evidence that
if we are to maintain a healthy,
prosperous civilization, we must
maintain the soil which feeds and
clothes the people. May it never
be said of us here in the South that
the land has been made desolate
beoause no many layette it to
heart." * * *
To which I can only add that we
in the North might well pay at-
tention to those lessons of old.
? .raker
Lhe mats •wkto boardc.l a taxicab
M Grated Central Sta),jonn was su
obviously a stranger that trite un-
scrupulous driver saw a chance for
ionanza. The Bit mare FIotelt"
nate. Ale Fare. -l.he Biltmbre is only
a half block away, but the driver
took a circuitous route. At the end
of the ride the meter read $14,35
The hayseed's face flushed with
anger. "You can't play me for a
sucker!" he yelled angrily. "I been
driven to this hotel once before
from Grand Central and the last
time the fare was only $12.60.
ingenious
One bright. sunny Alabama day
two ehi'Idren came trudging down.
the street—an eight-year-old gird
solicitously leading her youngest
ljfpthef, who had hie eyes ,!;w;
sliuf, A watching passer-by asIted„
"What's the scatter? Has he hurt
his eyes?"
"Oh, no," was the girl's reply.
"We do this every Saturday when
the sun's so bright. He keeps hem
eyes closed and I lead him to thee
movies. Inside, he opens his eyes
and finds us both a seat in the
dark."
Memo For Political Candidates
With the dissolution of Parliament and the calling of a federal
election, all the political fronts have blazed into activity. The party.
leaders are starting the traditional series of campaign tours. And the
air is filled with charges and counter charges aimed at developing ``an
election issue". In many constituencies candidates have already been
chosen,
From here in we shall be deluged with platform oratory, good, bad
and indifferent. We are now condemned to gaze upon portraits of
candidates (who have been variously advised to look sincere, to look
resolute, to appear friendly, to resemble the common man, etc., etc.) in
street cars, on posters and billboards, in newspapers and elsewhere.
We shall be able to hear them on our radios at almost all hours of the
day or night. In short, we, the electorate, will be sought after and
pursued until we shall have performed our all-important duty an
election day. And now, while there is' yet time, would seem to be
the propitious moment to advise our candidates what we would like
them to say and how we would like them to act.
Here are some of the things that most Canadians would like you,
Mr. Political Candidate, to keep in mind.
1. Don't consider us all complete fools. We are thinking now ®£
political promises. If you stand for increased social services—
increased old age pensions, increased family allowances, increased
subsidies, guaranteed prices, and the rest—by all means say so.
But please do not insult our intelligence by indicating that you
will provide all these things and lower taxes too.
2, Don't drive wedges between various sections of our economy.[£
you are talking to labour, don't run down the farmer, the investor
and the businessman. Do your best to snake each group aware
that only through partnership can we develop as we should.
3 Don't above all make political capital out of sectional and religious
differences.
4. Do point otitt that you will act to the best of your ability in the
interests of Canada and Canadians as a whole.
5. Do promise to do your best to ace that government is ruin on
sound business lines, with a minimum of waste.
d. Do promise to use your influence to see that the function of
government is restricted to that of governing.
There are a lot of details that could be filled in, but a candidate
who campaigned on a platform such as that outlined above might be
surprised to find how much support would he forthcoming.
If honest men can be persuaded to run in each Canadian consti-
tuency, then other things being equal, the voters can be depended
upon to elect them,
—From' The Canadian Chamber of Commerce "News Letter".
FOREMAN RESCUES MANY
IN HOTEL HOLOCAUST
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JOSEPH I)IQUIETTIE
of Sharnrooka, Owe.
I hero 1n Coaticook blas*
The night of the Child Heald
fire in Coaticook, Piquette r•,a-
peatedly risked his life to saves
others. 'He woke up all the
roomers — In some cases having
to break down doors — and at
one point he lost consciousness.
Coming to, he carried on hitt
work, using ladders to rescue:
guests. When the building was a
mass of Barnes, he re-entered it
with the owners in an attempt to
reach the safe. When the two
men where overcome, he helped
then to safety.
We are proud to present Pi-
quette with The Dow Award,
1, Piquette was overcome by smoke but managed
to crawl to the fire escape where he lost conscious-
ness. When he came to, he continued his work.
3. When the fire came dangerously close to an adjoin-
ing hardware store, Piquette again risked his l'fe car-
rying out cases of cartridges and dynamite detonators.
2, He entered the blazing hotel with two men wince
were trying to reach the safe. When lthey were one -
come, Piquette helped them to safety.
NATIONAL SRSkERIES LiMITEO
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