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The Huron Expositor, 1937-09-17, Page 7• 4 46 A IA 414 HAYS 4 PAWS aucceedipti R. S. Have •Ben*, eiter$ Cealreyaneera • 044. ot1aie u1i1ic1 oliorte fee the Peeelateh Bank. Offiee is rear Qf Peitiiiihne. Beak, Seaferthe, Meney *-0, Inane - • u " • 14-4 4 II. DANCEY & 13914/3Y -amiala-T-Eas,-80*xofts, ETC. lieraFTUS E. DANCEY,'JR.C. P. J. SOLSBY GOEtERiCH • :BRUSSELS 8-37 ELMER D. BELL, B.A. • i'Successor to John H. Best libareister, Solicitor, Notary Public Seaforth - Ontario 12-36 ;VETERINARY A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. Graduate of Ontario Veterinary Col- lege, University of Toronto. AL1 dis- eases of domestic animals treated by the most modern principles. Charges reasonable. Day or eight calls promptly attended to. Office on Main Street, Hensel', opposite Town •Hall. Phone 116. Breeder of Soottish Ter- riers, Inverness Kennels, Hensall. • 12-86 MEDICXL DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Uiiiversity of Western. Ontario. Mem- ber of Co/lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode- rich Street West. Phone 37. Successor to Dr. Charles Mackay. 12-36 DR. W. C. SPROAT Physician - Surgeon Phone 901W. Office John Ste, Seaforth.- te-es DR. F. J. BURROWS Office and residence, Goderich St., east of tee United Church, Seaforth. Phone 46. Coroner for the County of Bnrei. 12-36 DR. HUGH H. ROSS - Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty , of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate course in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago; Royal Opthalmie Hospital, London, England; University Hospital, • Lon- don, England. Office—Back of Do- minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5. Night calls- answered from residence, Victoria Street, Seaforth. 12-36 DR. E. A. McMA8TER ,•• 'Graduate of the University of Toron. to, Factfity of Medicine Member of College of Physician.s and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate 0! New York Post 'Graduate School and Lying-in, Hospital, New York. Of- fice on High Street, Seaforth. Phone Vie Office fully equipped for X-ray diagnosis and ultra short wave elec- tric treatment, Ultra Violet Sun Lamp freatraents, and Infra Red electric treatment. Nurse in attendance. 12-36 DR. F. J.' R. FORSTER " Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Squkre Throat Hos- pitals, London, Eng. At Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in each month, from 1.30 p.m. -to 4.30 p.m. 53 Waterloo Street South, Strat- ford. 12-36 DR. DONALD G. STEER Graduate of Faculty of Medicine University of Western Ontario. Mem- ber of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Full equip- ment, including an ultra short wave set, Office King Street, IlensalL Phoee Hensall 56. 12-86 DENTAL DR. J. A. McTAGGART " . Graduate Royal College of Dental 'Burgeons, Toronto. Office at liensall, Oat. Phone 106. 12-86 AUCTIONEERS Lioensed Auctioneer " HAROLD DALE Seeeettliat in feline and household sales. Prices reasonable. For dates and inforMatioti, Write or phone Har ald Dale. Phone 149, Seaforth, or apply at The Expositor Office. 12-36 F. W. AHRENS telertiened cacti:enter for Perth and • Thiq clothtlear- Sales s011eited, ToehlAr.t apPsfileatiOS; Petrol stobti; •tlhaittoio, am two watato rttiopp*. .1."Ph011e, 04,11 .1 tr .• k'n4VIt-Int`nnt".4,r±tin, .1. fee' eeit eeeteeeel MKNKIMEN39RMARKE --f • eereeeeereeeeit'"*""""'"''''''7"""',.•,',7r41:e'r7:0,727er,:7,-7;1"1t;* 4. r * BY GEORGETTE HEYER . , (ConiinUed from Wit w.eelf) • "We ellen remember theXiire," said Artnand giiinlye "When does he play his part?" '. "He plays it now, Armand, for it was into his hands that my herothe's foster -mother, before she tiled, placed her—Written--eonfessiore" "Oh, she coukl mite, then, tii14 Peasant woman?" said Conde, who had been listening with knit brows. • "r imagine, prince,. that she bad, once been, tire-woma•ii o some lady, for certainly she could. write." Avon ,saw, Madame de Saint-Vire's thande 'grip together in her lap, and was sat- isfied. "That confession lay for many years in a looked dmWer in the Cure's house." "Brut he should have published it abroad!" Madame de Vauvallou said quickie. "So I think, madame, but he was a singularly conecien,tious priest and he held that the seal of the confessional could never be broken." "What of the girl?" asked Arraand. His Grace twisted- his rings. "She„ my dear Armand,. was taken to Paris by her foster -brother, youth many years her senior. His name was • Jean, , andhe bought a tavern in one of the meanest and most noisome of your streets. And since it was inconvenient for him. to have a girl of my -heroine's tender years upon his hands, he dressed her ap a boy." The gentle voice grew harder. "As a boy. 1 hall not dis- c.orapose you by telling you of cher life in .this guiSe." Something like a sob broke from Madame de Saint -Vire. "Ah, mow Dieu!" Avton.'s, lips sneered. "It is a harrowing tale, is it not, madame?" he purred. Saint -Vire half rose intim his chair, and sank back again. People were beginning to look questioningly at one another. "Further," continued, the Duke, "he married a slut whose care Was to ill- use my heroine in every conceivable way. At this, woman's hands she suffered for seven long years." His C' yes' wandered round the room. "Un- til she Was nineteen," he said "Dur- ing those years she learned to know Vico, to Fear, and to know the mean- ing of that ugly word Hunger. I do not know how she survived." "DUO, you tell us • a ghastly tale!" said 'Conde. "What happened then?" "Then, Prince, Fate stepped in ' a- gain, and cast enty theroiee across the path of a man' who had never had cause to love our friend Cain. Into this natan's life came my heroine. He was struck by her likeness. to Cain, and if impels:0 he bought her from her foster -brother. He had waited for meny years to pay in full a debt he owed Cain; 'in this child he saw a possible means to do so, for he too hart remarked th.e plebeian manners and person of Cain's supposed son. •Chance favored him, and when he flaunted my heroine before Cain's eves he saw •Cain's consternation, and slowly pieced the tale together. Cain sent p.n envoy to buy hie daughter from this man whom he knew to be hie enemy. Thus the suspicion that his new player in the game fostered grew to be a. conviction." "Good God, d'Anvau," murmured -de Sally," can it 'be—?" "Heil!" d'Anvau answered. "Lis- ten!, This grows very interesting." "From • Jean," Avon- ,continued, "Cates -enemy learned of mry heroiae's old home, and of the Cure who' lived there. I trust you bave not forgotten the Cure?" • All eyes were on th.e, Duke; one or two men had begun to see •daylighe Conee nodded inepatiently. ''No. Go on, I beg e4f you!" The emerald on the Duke' e finger glinted evilly. "I am relieved. This man journey ed to the remote village; and—er— wrought with the Cure. When he re- ierned to Paris he brought with him —that.* From his pocket Avon drew a dirty and crumpled sheet of paper. He looked mockingly at Saint -Vire who sat as' though carved in stone. "That," repeated his Grace, and laid the paper down, on the mantelpiece behind hira. The tension amid be felt. DaVere net drew a deep breath. "For a monfent—I almost believed it was a confeseion!" he whispered "They're, beginning to guees-, Mar- ling!" His Grace studied the painting on his fan. . "You -may wonder, perhaps, why he did not expose Cain at once. I admit that was his first thought. But ho remembered), messieurs', the Years that Cain's daughter had spent in hell, and he determined that Cain tno should know 'helle-a little, a very lit- tle." Hie voice had grown stern; the :smile was gd?ne from his lips. Mn. dame du Deffand was .watching him with horror in he'r face. "And there- fore, messieurs, he held his habd, and played—a waiting game. That wee, his *ay of justice." Again he swept a glance round the room; he held his audience silent and expect- att, dominated by his personality. In- to the ,ellence his Woide fell slowly, quite softly. "I think he felt it," he said. "From one day to the next he knew not when the blow would fall; he lived in dread; he was torn this way and that by bora, and—fear, mes- eleare, Even he waa bleated into the belief that Os enemy had it proof, and for a While thought himself se- cure." Av-on laughed senaldietely, and: 'ettiv SainVirim Wince. "But the eild doubts came/ -back, aneseleart; he Wild tot be eerie that, there was to ,proote Thee he Heed' 131: an,agony of uncertainty." 'Avon shit his . fag., «My befell* Wag taken by, "her glittet dltO taughtto b a; *41*. Sk bitofl 'tct r ° t' tl, diaiee ,,eetatee 'in the care Of, one 'et hie kluSwOnien Little by little, heelf- iiieurs, he Waimea toe like her girl - hoed, and to forget, la part, the hoa tors that lay In . the past. Then, mes- sieurs, Cahe came to England." Hl Grace took snuff_ "Like a' thief," he said gently: "He stole my he'toine; drugged-heou.,, her, and carried hereto his yacht that awaited: him at Ports- inth"Good God!" gasped Madame ee Vauvallon. "He'll fall!" whispered Davenant suddenly.- "Saint -Vire has 'himself well in hand," - • "Watch -his wifeer Marling retorted. . His Grace Sicked 'another speck of snuff froin lila golden sleeve. "I wiI1 not weary you with the tale of ray heroine's; escape," he said. "There was another player in the ,ganes who followed hot -foot to the rescue:" She contrived, to escape with him, but not before Cain had sent a bullet into his shoulder. Whether' the shot was meant for him or for her I know not." Saint -Vire made a hasty toovemeat, and was quiet again. "That such villains live!" gasped de Ohatelet. "The wound, messieers, was severe, andi compelled the fugitives to put up at a wall inn not many miles from Le 1 -give. Happily my heroine's guar- dian found her -there, some two hours before the indefatigable Cain arriv- ed." "He did, arrive, then?" said de Sal- ly. "But eould you doubt it?" smiled his Grace. "HO arrived, bien sur, to fled that Fate had foiled : him once again; He said then, messieurs, that the game was . not plaYed out, yet. Then hee-er—retreated." "Scelerat!" snapped Conde, and cast one glance at Madame de Saint - Vire, who seemed to cower in her chair, and fixed his eyes on the Duke again. • "Exactly, Prince," said his Grace smeothly. "We return now to Paris, Where her guardian presented my her- oine to Polite Society. Be silent, Ar- mand, I am nearing the end of my story. She made no little stir, I as- sure you, for she was not an ordin- ary debutante. She was sonietienes, messieurs, just a babe, but withal she had great wisdom, and greater spir- it. I "might talk to you of her for hours, but I will only say that,. she was something of an imp, very out- spoken, full of espieglerie, and very beautiful,' "Ansi true!" Conde interjected -- • His Grabe inclined his head. "And true, Prince, as I know. To resume: Paris began presently to remark heielikeness to Cain. He must have been afraid then, messieurs. But one dray it came to the child's ears that the world thought her a base -born daughter of Cain." He paus- ed, and raked -Ms handkerahief to his lips. "Messiews, she loved the br all who was her guardian," he said very levelly. "His reputation was soiled beyond repair, but in her eyes he 'could do no 'wrong. She called him her—seigneur." Saint -Vine's underlip was caught between this teeth, but he sat perfect- ly still, apparently listening with only a casual interest. There were many shocked eyes upon him, but he made no sign. In the doorway Rupert fish gered his sword -hilt lovingler. "Whetn, the child learned what the world said of 'her," Avon continued, "she went to. Cain's house and asked him if she was indeed his base -born daughter." "Yes? Allot's!" Conde exclaimed. "He conceived, messieurs, that Chance favored: him at last. He told the child that it was so." Avon held up his' band as Armand jumped. "He threatened, messieurs', to expose her in the eyes of the World- as his bas- tard—and that other man's mistress. He told her—he was her father, mes- sieurs—that he 'would do -this that her guardian might be ruined social- ly for having dared to foist -his base- born light -o' -love into Society." • Madame de Saint -Vire was sitting straight% in her chair now, gripping its arms with her fingers. Her lips mov- ed soundlessly; she was very near to breaking point, and it' was evident that bhis part of the tale was new to her. , • "Ale but what a cur!" cried Lay.- oulere. „ "Wait, any dear Lavoulere. He was kind enough to offer the child an at ternative. Ile promised to, keep sil- ence if she would disappear from. the world she had only just entered." Ar- on's eyes grew birder, his voice was like ice. "I have said that she loved her .guardian, messieurs. To leave him to be condemned to go back to the -old, .9m -did life, was worse than death to her. She heel just—tasted th'e cup of happine,se." There were very few peOple In, the -room now who did not understand the tale; horror was in many faces; the silence was complete. Conde was leaning ,forward in hie chair, hie face grim and anxionle. "But centime!" he said hershhly. "She --event back?" ' "No, Prince," Avon answered. "What then?" Conde had risen, "Prime, for those who are deeper - ate, for the unwanted, for the brok- enhearted), there • is always a way out." Madame du Deffandalmedered and eovered her eyes With her hand. "You. mesa?" '"Outeltle,. Prince, .not eo very fer avely, rens the river. It has, hidden than etterettii Mine tragedteli. Thia Child is juet oie• mhre tragedy that tete elided RI) ite tide." A Winked! ishitara Tang tat, 'piece) in* at& Atadiatie de othie tittt *LAO " tv e , , Wfitheree RiC15A4L *A3FB„ liVe‘le A Nis).:e.C4ZAVA •19040' „PPY *ending. noor tot heokoRek and' MAW ,hitinVeitHty (Iowa from the Saddle• ed, and stuMbled fOrwand like one distraught — • "Ale me 110, no!" she &Piled "Not that! not that! Oh, ralY,Jittle, littled, •one! Go& have Yon no beerey? She is not dead!" Her ,voiee rose, and was strangled in her. throat. She flung up her arm, end collapsed at Aven's feet, and lay there, sobbing wildly. - Lady Fame sprang up, "Ole poor thing! No, no, madame, ifle is alive, I swear! Help me, some , one! Madamee madame, ealea your- self !"• There was a sudden uprciar; Daven- ant wiped the sweat from his brow. "My God!" he said huskily. "What a night's work! plever, clever devil!" In the confusion a woman's voice sounded, bewildered. "I don't understand! Why—what —is that the end of the story?" Avon did not turn his lxead. "No, mademoiselle. I am stili a- waiting the end." A sudden scuffle in the alcove drew all attention, from Madame de Saint- • Vire to the Comte. He had sprung up as .Madame's control left her, lolow- ing that her outburst had betrayed him completely, and now he was struggling madly with Merivale, one hand at his hip. Even as several men rushed' forward he wrenched free, liv- id and panting, and they saw that he • held a small pistol. Conde leaped suddenly in front of the Duke, and faced that pistol. it was over in .a few seemeds. They heard Saint-Viee's voice 'rise on a note almost of insanity. Devil! Devil!" Then there was a deafening report, a woman, screamed, and Rupert strode forward, and flung hie handkerchief over ,Saine Vire's shattered "head. He and Meri-sale bent over fife Comte's body, and his Grace came- slowly up d to them, anstood for a moment look- ing down at that whielithad been Saint -Vire. At the far end of the room a woman 'was in hysterics. His Grace met Davenant's eyes. "f said be -poetic, it should b'poetic, did not, Hugh?" he remarked; and went back to the fireplace, "Mademaiselle" —het -owed to the frightened girl who had asked him for the story's end— "M. de Saint -Vire has provided the end to my tale." He took; the wiled paper from the mantelshelf where he had left it, and threw it into the fire, and laughed. • His Grace of Avon Wins All • Into the Village of Bassincourt once again rode his Grace of Ave le wen a hired horse. He was 'Ceased in breeches of buff cloth, and) a 0oat of dull purple .velvet, laced with gold. , • •••* The.,7b,orydame ranaltig,..• • Beteae) gCeel ate te take- AV harsk: 40 tke J.im, alai See it :safely hodIsAde tkii.00,deoWatrered, boc. 0.101;91,,,y,Gourelueett,, y atel the laDdlerd that I Obeli come to -pay the reckoning later." "Yee, milor'l Thank you, ndlor!'4- stammered 'the boy, and clutched his kens. His (4race opened the little gate that fed into the Cure's garden; and walked up the neat path to the front dace. As before the rosy-cbeeked housekeeper admitted him. • She re: cognized him, and droppedea curtey. "Bonjour, nesieur! M. le Cure is in his room." "Thank you," said his 'Grace. He followed her along the passage to de Beaupre's study, and stood for a 'mom- • ent ou the threshold, point -edged hat in hand. The Cure rose politely. "M'sieur?" Then, as Avon, smiled, he hutried forward. "Eh, mon filer Avon took his hand. "My ward, father?" The Cure beamed. "The poorelittle one! Yes, my son, I have her sae." Avon seemed to sigh. "Yau thave relieved' my mind of a load that was—almost too great for it to bear," he said. .e The Cure smiled. "My son, in a little while I think I should have brok- en trey promise to her and sent a mes- sage to you. She suffers—ah, but how she suffers. And that villain— tibat Saint -Vire?" "Dead, mon pere, by his own hand." De Beaupre made the sign of the cross. • "By his own hand you say, my son?" "And by my contrivance," bowed his Grace. "I come now to feteh-- Mademoiselle de Saine-Vire." "It is really so?" De Beaupre spoke anxiously. 'You are sure, Duc?" "I am sure. All Paris knows. I saw to that." De Beaupre caught his hands and massed them. "M'sieur, you bring the child bap- pinese then. God will forgive you much for your kindness to her. She has told me." He smiled benevolent- ly. "I see that I have no cause to re- gret my alliance with—with Satanas. You heve given her life, and more than that." "My father, I advise you not to credit all that my infant says of me," said Avon dryly. "She has' seen fit to place me upon a pedestal. I do not 01 De Beaupre opened' aie "No, my son, she knows what 'Mon- seigneur's' life has been," he said. "New .come• to lier."" I*J• led the to the sunny parlour at the hack of the house, and •elienin* the door, spoke almost gleefully. "Petite, I bring you a visitor." Men he steed - beck so that Avon might pass M, and went out quiellyeend quietly shut the doer. . "Of a surety God is very good," he said wisely, and went baek to his study. • In the parlour ',Soule was seated by the window, with a book open up- oa her lap. And since she had been crying she- did not at once turn her head. She heard a light, firm tread, and then a beloved voice. "Ma fille, what does all this mean?" She flew up out of her choir then, and cried out in joy -and astonish- ment. ,"1VionseIgneur!" She was at his feet, laughing and weeping, his hand to her lips. "You have come! You have come to me!" He bent over her, his fingers 00 her curls. • "Did I not say; ma fille, that I ebould not lose you eery easily. You should have trusted me, child. There was no need for your flight." She rose to her feet, and swallow- ed bard. • "Monseigneur, know! • I could not—you do not understand! It was not possible Oh, Monseigneur, Mon- seigneur, why have you come?" "To take you back, my infant. What else?" She shook her head. "Never, never! I c -can't! I know so well what—" "Sit down, child. There is so much that I must tell you. Crying, ma male." He raised her hand to his lips, and his voice was very tender. "There's naught now to distress you, mignonne, I swear." He made her sit down, on the couch and placed himself beside her, still holding her hand. "Child, you are not base -born, you are not even peasant -born. You are, as I have known from the first, Leonie de Saint -Vire, daughter of the Comte and his wife, Marie de Lespintasse." Leonie blinked at him. ,-- "Monmonseigneur?" she gasped. "Yes, ray ebild„. just that," said his 'Grace, and told her briefly what was her history. She stared at him, round eyed and -with parted lips, and when •PeA•AAP4. ITI2e0;41101„',X' nenri Is It •.xsially-t,:,,trge , „should tot ,,ejti00 , migtrint4." She eghithg " "I am Welabierny ' 4 aMa-4,1fe" 'enreliitellede 841,p,Vyiror, • come:hook. to. P041stl, • liOne.eig_ .4* 1 • thimk 1 em going to cry'' "I beg, you will not, 'Ma.-.111e,,..S0. your tears tor my areStnews,":• She paused in her dolnoe•aeross:41,141,' room, and 490Xad 4.1140- 'SA,4911}44? "I have to inform, Teh, Want; acne fathette The color esteread tcebiereeleeelcs.,, "Vraiment?" shr.oLssAltteager.15e.'1)2K.',. you kill. thim,, Monseigneur?" . . "I am very sorry, infant, but I Oki • not actually kill him. I induced Win.. to kill himself." She cable back to .the couch, and sat downeagain • _ • "But tele me!" she said. "Please •e'ee tell me quickly, Monseigneur! When ' did be kill himself?" "On Tuesday, my child, at Madame du Deffand's soiree." "Tiene!" She was entirely unper- turbed. "Why, enfin?" • (Continued Next Week) %*1 •9igie* - crowd& RAT E • $15P74$.1 NO HIGHEI:i' A QUIET, WELL CONDUCTED, CONVENIENT, MODERN 100 R001N1 HOTEL -85 WITH BATH WRITE FOR FOLDER TAKE A""IFE LUICE7TA X I -FROM DEPOT OR WHARF,250 TWO VIEWS ON THE LIQIJOR QUESTION "THE PROFIT"—says Mr. Hepburn "THE PEOPLE"—says Mr. Rowe FOR three years the liquor problem has been out of control -in Ontario. Mr. Hepburn, worried by the rising tide of public indignation, now tacitly admits the fact. In acknowledgment of the situation, he makes another typical last-minute, pre-election promise. But Ontario voters are not going to be fooled again. "Revenue First"—Hepburn "Profit" has been Mr. Hepburn's liquor policy ever since he took office. Here are his own words as quoted in the Border Cities Star, Windsor, October 26, 1934: - "Another thing that the Province requires is revenue. I am informed that since Mr: Odette took office, he has turned over to the Treasury $2,800,000. • Let tlibse people point out some other source of revenue. Do they want higher gasoline or cor- poration tax? Do they want a Provincial Income Tax? It is obviousithat if we lose the revenue from the Liquor Control Board, we will have to get it elsewhere." "IPeople First"—Rowe Contrast this "liquor for profit" policy with Mr. Rowe's clean-cut stand in the interest of the people. Mr. Rowe has pledged himself: "I will return to a policy of control by a responsible board, free from political patronage. A, survey will be made by the new board of all licensed hotels. I promise you that these mushroom dives which have sprung up and flourished under Hepburn be closed— and stay closed." The Conservative Party takes the position that public revenue should not be gained at the expense of decency. No More Mushroom Dives When Mr. Rowe is elected, beverage rooms will be confined to standard hotels which respect the law and give adequate service to the public. Restaurants, taxi offices, rooming houses and hot-dog stands will not, by means of a few "jerry-built" changes in construction, be able to qualify as standard hotels. Beverage rooms will not be forced on communities where they are not wanted. Nor will such places flour-. ish in the shadow of the churches of the Province. • Non -Political Control Under Conservative administration, by -means of a responsible non-political control body, beverage rooms will be so regulated that they will cease to be a blot. on the social and moral life of Ontario. A vote for the Conservative* candidate is a vote foil thii policy of control. YOU\ Can TRUST RIME CO • t • t holed b the Letat-Ccimetrative Patty oi &gado. er) . ). eeee—eet. r r " t' .111 1 .n. 11 • 4" t,‘