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R O. BELL, B.A.
Successor to John i .,'Bea!t
Banvlster, Solicitor, Notary Public
Seaforth - Ontario
12-36
McCONNELL & HAYS
Barristers Solicitors, Etc.
Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays
SEAFORTH, O1a741L
Telephone 174.
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'K. I. MCLEAN
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doynt Block - Hensall, Ont.
VETERINARY
A. R. CAMPBELL
Veterinarian
Hensail - Ont,
Phone . 113 P. c. ?ax 291
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MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC
PR. E. A. MoMASTEa, M.B.
graduate of University of Toronto
PAUL L. BRADY, M.D.
Graduate of University of Toronto
Clinic is fully equipped with
complete and modern X-ray and other
up4o-date 'diagnosti'c andtherapeutics.
equlipment.
Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D.,
1., A.B.P., Specialist in. disease in in -
fence and 'ahil4zen, . -rill be at the_
Clic c last 'Thursday in every month
iron! 3 to 6 p.m..
Dr. F. J. R. Forster,, Specialist in
disenses of the ear, eye, nose and
throat, will be at the Clinic the first
Tuuersday in every month from 3 to 5
9.Free. Well -Baby Clinic will be held
en /he second and last Thursday in
every month. from 1 to 2 p.m. '
3687 -
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M,D.
' Physician arid Surgeon
• IN DR. H. H. -ROSS' OFFICE
Phone 5-W • I - Seaforth
MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat
Phone 40-W Seaforth
'DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eyle, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant New York Opthals
mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye, and Golden Square Throat Hos-
pital, London, Eng.' At COMMERCIAL
HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic
Haat Tuesday of each month. 53
,.Waterloo Street South, . Stratford.
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Margaret K:,Campbell, M.A.
LONDON, ONTARIO '
Graduate Toronto University
Licentiate et American• Board of
Pediatrics
Disease. of Children
At Seaforth Clinic last Thursday
' afternoon each month,
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Count,
Vincent Richards
CHAPTER
It was sp; Lg. Art first, ernergin
from the shade of the 'clubhouse int
the ' :brilliance of ' :the Caroline, sus
Shane, Len' Rollins saw, the cour
and -.the surrounding. stands slightl
out of Awns. He blinked as he went
forward, drinking; deeply of the still
cool air.
The patter of applause, at firs
slight, became Louder as he ap
proaehed to ' ileere. referee, ball boys
•and todfidials were waiting grouped
at one side of the court, near a
small table. He peeled' off his
sweater, placed three of his racquets
on a chair, retaining one- The ap
pirause started again, and he looked
over this shoulder to see Den Clark
his thin figure outlined against the
green background, coming forward.
"Howya, Roily?" Clark asked.
"Rotten."They laughed.
"To work?" Clark asked.
"Sooner we start, sooner we're
through."
The thin young man made a ges-
ture with onehand. "Hope •that
court's all dried, up. Looks damp in
that one corner.".
Len shrugged. "It didn't rain
much.; .just a couple of hours. We've
'played on worse."
"Sure we have! Let's go."
They walked out oma the sun -
flooded court. • Radguets ' fell- non-
chala.mty, surely; the ball ' Onnced
back and fortth` between 'them as
they .and
' up.
Len was not afraid. He had
reached the final •at Aiken. The tour-
nament. all the members of the
Davie, Cup team had played in, the
tournament every Davis ,Cup hopeful
'had entered in an attempt to win re-
cognition. And the had reached the
final. Only this thin young .man
across the net from shim --Dan. Clark,
America's number one man and
world's number three, remained. Len
was sure 'of a place O. the team.
They needed him to 'help try to wrest
the historic Davi Cup away from 'the
indonr:itable Frenchmen, bring it back
to America.
He was: a success•!. That's what
Grace 'had .wanted him to be. Only
she` -this was hell of a time to be
thinking about Grace Worthington.
They were through, , finished, wash-
ed-up_ And it was all 'her fault. She
had her fool ideas alrput his not play-
ing tennis. As if a year or two of
playing could affect iris whole life.
He was only twenty --two! His wholelife lay before him. He'd never had
'anything -always • had '"had to work.
Why couldn't she see that add un-
derstand that he had to have 'a year
or two of fun before he settled down?
And this sort of fun was innocent.
If he batted 'around with other girls,
or did a 'lot of d`r-inking or anything
like that -then she'd have something
to kick about. But playing tennis,
and playing .it weld enough to reach
the. Aiken final -
If it was as -silly, as unimportant
as Grace clai'nied, then why .did'
standing out here with the• musical
Europe and help win back the Cup."
He hadi'wanted 'to take her in 'his
g. atrnie but sthe had takena step back-
ward,
"No, Len. Not this time. You want
t •to play tennis, big-time tennis.- And
' I don't ,want you to. I don't want
to 'be a tennis bum's wife, travelling
I all over the 'world living out of a
suitcase. So this is goodbye forever
t --unless you change your, mind. If
- I you get a yob and feel you still want
me, need me,. send me a wire and I'll
come."
And then she had turned quickly
and sun' ' from'him and - he had
thought that she was crying as she
- rata . .
r * *
The voice 'from the top of the
referee's ladder broke in on 'his
thoughts.
"Len Rollins. versus. Don ' Clark
for the Aiken Club championship.
Best three sets out of five. Mr. Rol-
lins will serve. Are you ready, gen-
tlemen? Linesmen ready?"
"Play."
Like a bird getting ready for flight
Len poised on his left foot, served.
Clark's return of the service was
weak. Len, went quickly to the net
for the kill. "Fifteen -love," same the
voice of t'he'referee from. above.
Len forgot now, as he always did
once a match wasp under way, that
people inhabited .the, earth. and that
t'ie re were grass' and sky and air.
The craved in the surrounding stands
fell away. A girl 'named Grace.
Worthington did not, exist. The white
ballflying back and forth, the boun-
daries of the court, the sloping net,
Don Clark, crouching, running, sweat-
ing on the other side of it -of these
only was 'he aware. This, now was
his one and only world.
They changed courts and Len re-
alized, with cool elation, that he was
leading two games to one. They
pausje'd at the table to sip lemon wa-
ter and` wipe- the racquet handles. If
he could break °Don Clark's service
lee'd have a lead the Davis- Cup star
would never overcome. It -"was go-'
inrg to be a battle all right, but he
.would win. ,
He gripped his racquet tightly
the ball spun up off the grass'. He
stroked it to Clark's backhand. The
return from Clark .was to his own
backhand. Drop -shot, Clark racing
in franticali.-, reaching the ball ' but
unable to do anything with it.
Coolly Len banged it away.
Back it came, low and hard: Again
the racquet flashed and again the
"screw ball" was good. He. was "on''�
today, all right. •
The lob was high ,and deep. He
tad to go back. Far back and to his
left -toward the . corner. He ran
swiftly, in' pursuit of the ball already
ever this head and' quickly descend
ing -
The ground suddenly opened .und'er
His, feet no longer -were on firm
grass'. He was strangely in the. air.
His arms flayed .but failed to find
, anything to , cling to. , Don Clark's
words fl•ash•ed alarmingly in his brain:
"Hrope 'tine, court's all dried up, Looks
She was crying as she ran. °
sound ;of the racquets in his ears,
with Don °lark across the net danc-
ing noiselessly to and fro, with the
occasional thunder - from the stands
in his ears, with this headiness' ram-
pant within him -why did all of
this ' lift hint out of himself and
make him feel' like God?..
That last scene with, Grace (could
it really have been six months ago!)
returned 'clearly, vividly. It was the
day before he was leaving to play in
the Southern Championships 'in Flor-
ida. "Marry me now, Gracie," he had
pleaded. "Right away, We'll -go
south together."
"No, Len.," sfie had replied quietly.
"I'm afraid. You've ,promised too
many times to give up tennis -and
you're still playing. You'll probably
be playing forever'."
"But it isn't forever, Grace; can't
you see that? I think I'm on my
wal" to Win a place on the Davis
Cup team. That's s tn•ething I've
dreamed of ever since I first took a
ragquet in my band. And now, that
my ambition may be realized I can't
give d'U"ii;SS, I can't. I'd be nil'rerable,
and u Would toe,' knowing you were
keep g rla'e from something I Wanted
to do is ranch as I want td go to
10
V,5
damp in that corner."
He went down heavily, trying des-
perately to keep his • left leg fc e --
and failing. He heard . something
crack sharply, yet peculiarly muffled.
And then his foot went dead. But
only for a second' it was dead. Then
searing, wracking pain - pain like
thousand's of nails being -driven sim-
ultaneously through the ankle -grip-
ped 'titin:. A dark and merciful blan-
ket shirt out everything.
# . * *
Getting the fob hadn't been so, dif-
ficult, after all. He had read in the
newspaper about a European princess
who bad found a position as de luxe
saleslady in an exclusive women's
sleep on Fifty-seventh Street. Why
then, Len had decided:, wouldn't a
sporting goods 'organizations such as
Talbot's with stores throughout the
country, possibly want to have some-
one like him serve their tennis de-
partment?
At nine -thirty the morning after his
release Non the hospital he present-
ed: bdmrtelf at the executive deice of
Talbot's Fifth Avenue store.. After a
short wait he was ushered into Hen-
ry J`ustdm•'ea Office, He sat in a deep
artesehair facing the tall„ 'heavyieet,
greyt-Ihaired 'sales manager.,
"I read all aliontt,it in the papers,"
Justin said. , °`Most, 'lamentable." •
Len- nodded,. "One of life's tough
breaks, I guWse, Naturally," he went
on, "I must get' •t'o work; forget
about tennis now' that I'll never be
able to play again,. I'm looking for
a job, Mr. Justin, and I thought
perhaps Talbot's might find me of
some value."
- Justin was silent for a long time.
Len watched.'his face eagerly, but
his expression was inscrutable. Only
the soft staccato dammg:ins of the
well -kept fingernails had relieved
the 'tension.
Finally . ust'in. asked: "You would
not be averse, Mr. Rollins, ta work-
ing in the- racquets department?
NBost of our salesmen. start at twen-
ty dollars, a week; with commissions
of course. But because of the value
of your name associated with Tal -
bat's tennis demi-intent we would
start you with a slightly higher sal-
ary: Say twenty-five dollars.
Len leaned forward in his chair.
"If it's! all,the same to you, Mr. Jus-
tin," he said evenly, "I'd just as noon
start at twenty, like the rest of the
beginners."
The sales manager's eyes widened
slightly in: 'surprise, but only for an
instant. Then suddenly the tattoo
against the blotter stooped.- "You
start gat nine --.tomorrow,. --Nit: -• Rol-
lins. Re rt to Mr. Weir in therac-
quets de rtment on the fifth floor;
he'll show, you around." •
Len's heart,somereaulted. "Thanks,
Mr. Justin; I'll do my best."
Tihe elation he felt as he left the
Talbot 'Building defied analysis, His
step became suddenly s'pmngy despite
the limp, as •he made his way to the
nearest telegraph office and wrote on
a yellow blank:
SECURED POSITION WI T H
TALBOT'S AT TWENTY PER
WHEN MAY I EXPECT YOU . AN-
SWER', ST. ANDREW HOTEL
T,F:N.
And as he dined that evening at
the modest and inexpensive St. An-
drew after a day of happy. fantase
tic dreams wherein he was buried
under mountainous orders' and rose
from lowly salesman to Henry Jus-
tin's desk, the answer came:
ARRIVING TOMORROW 6:15
PM MEET ME IF POSSIBLE
MUCH LOVE GRACE•
There were three other salesmen
in the' tennis department. Johnson.
the youngest, seemed terribly im-
pressed at Len Rollins' actually 'here
in the flesh working at his side. He
was a tennis enthusiast and had
seen Len play more than once. The
second -salesman; Carey,- was 'slightly'
condescending, but Len suspected this
to be a:' pose more than anything else:
.a pose by which he tried to get over
to Len Rollins that for all his past
glories 'he was, atter all, just a sales-
man like the rest of them. The third
clerk, Martens, was d'efintely un-
friendly-: •'Clic gr ie. of his hand: lack-
ed warmish. and `his tone was surly as
Len was .introduced. Len w>onder=:d
if perhaps fear 'for his job caused
Marten's • unfriendliness.
"Of 'course," W.i ir, • the manager.
explained, "you understand' that any
customers who, come in and ask spa-
-ci£ically- for `you are your cust•omees.
,'['here's a notice in the morning pa-
pers."
Len procured a newspaper and flip-
ped through the first four pages be-
fore he saw set in' a small oblong
space a dign'ifised announcement:
TALBOT'S .
Take pleasure in Announcing
the Acquisition to its
Racquets Department of
Mr, Leonard Rollin§
American Tennis Star
beginning today, June 27th.
At first •h•e felt a' certain sense of
resentment toward. Talbot's for hay-
ing publicized his position. But the
advertisement Vas bound to steer
plenty of customers his way, and
every customer meant one per 'cent
com'mrission oe tine total sale. They'd,
get •along on that nicely, very nicely
-he and Grace.
Funny chow love affected a girl.
Look What Grace was giving up to
marry him. He wondered whether,
if 'he were in Grace's• place he would
exchange so readily all the._,wealth
and comfort and security that was
hers for a twenty dollar a week ten-
nis racquet salesman just. for love.
But he'd' make it all up to her.
He'd devote his life to making her
happy; he'd never hurt her or cause
her to shed a single tear. He'd love
":,er as bong as he lived.
(Continued Next Week)
Innogence is like polith'ed armor ;
it adorns and defends. -South.
To try many things means power:
to finish a -Pew is immortality.
Health and happiness can be found
only out of doors.
One to -dray- is worth two to-moh-
r
owes -.
• Hravinn been poor is no shame, but
beingFoashamed of i,t;Is•.
(Continued from Page 2)
a love,:y la ,get e:'ectsie odor lamli, an
occasional chair and a In:agadlne rack
and also a puree of money. The ad-
di,ess was 'read by Miss Lila McCu'l-
lcch after which Tom replied in hie
ihurm,orous way thanking them -'very
1:ind'ly for the lovelygifts they had
been presented with. The evening
was enjoyed ip dancing, music being
furnished by Walter MrcNicol and
Fred Harburn at the piano. An ap=
petizing lunch with; coffee was enjoy-
ed by a11. -Mitchell Advocate.
Clandeboye Racer Wins At Toronto
Sid Hodgins, Clandeboye, veteran
racer and ibis chestnut pacer, Ray-
mond Express, • were the whole show
in the 2.29 pace at Dufferin Park,
Toronto, on Monday.. when they .an-
reei.bd the event in straight heats.
Prior to the 'race the pair from West-
ern Ontario were not taken serious-
ly from a 'standpoint of being win -
niers, but when it came to racing
they were on the fTiont end at all
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Your !mind is ,you, Steady the .mindo
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If you have nothing worth saying,
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Minutes spent for God • a're - pearls
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Do you 'ever stop to think how full
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Clinton ° B,.DQ.
Seaforth 6.59 316
St. Oolumban+ '7.05 23
Dublin 7.12 3.29
Mitchell' • 7.24 3.41:::
WEST
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Dublin ' 11.14 ' 9.36;-
Seams - 11.30 • 9.47
Clinton 11.45 10.00
Goderich 12.05 10.25
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Auburn
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•Goderich
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•4.24
4.32 •
4.42,.,.
4.52
-5.05
5.15
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• 8.30 .
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12.13
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12.32
12.40
12.46
12.55"
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR
McLEAN BROS., Publishers : E'stablished' 1860
S►e forth, Ontario
Phone 41
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