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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-08-30, Page 7• 4. • is ",,e.ert,ttatt•77- • , et. gettob0000r to JQthn E. Beat • Bartleter, taelleiter, Notary Publie Seafooth - „ Ontario • sof DIcCONNELL & HAYS Barateberilt eallialtiOtet Met Petrick D. Bleflonneal - H. Glenn Hari SEA!ORTR, ON% inelephone 174 4010 - K. I. McLEAN Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Joint Block - ' Heativall, Ont. VETERINARY A. R. CAMPBELL Veterinarian Haman - Ont. Phone 113 P. 0. Boa 291 , 8749-43 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. MoMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto PAUL L BRADY, M.D. Graduate of University of Toronto Tbe OJ.Icis fully equipped with comonlete and Modern X-ray and other up-to-da.te diagnostic and thenapeutlics equipment. Dr. Margazet IC- Campbell, M.D., L.A.B.P., •Specialist in disease in In - and children, will be at the Clinic last Thursday In every month hem 3 to 6 pan. Dr. F. J. IL Forster, Specialist in diseases of 'the ear, eye, nose and throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday n. evertmonth from 3 to 5 p.m. Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held an the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. 3687 - JOHN A. GORWILL, MA., M.D. Physician and Surgeon , IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone 5-1011 - Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Spinet Phone 90-W Seaforth / DR. F. 7. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Meddeine, University of Toronto. Late asststa.nt New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hes- vital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY tn each month, from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m,; also Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. 12-31 Margaret K. 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We are 'agents and will be pleased to cjuote you ort any style or quantity required. , See Your Hornefrinter First THE HURON EXPOSITOR Seaforth, Ontario • CHAPTER V • I SYNOPSIS Len Rellins, Itellnie'ace, dreamt . ed Of fame and glory when, ,po member of trbei Davis' cop teem he would play for America,. But „ he fells in -love width GtaCe, Worth - *stem,' rich. and Socially promint eat, who isevilllieg to defy bier family and mann him—it he gives up tennis. hate itutervenes. Ire injures-1hr ankle and the doe - tore say he will never play again. He and Grace are married and Eve blissfully an the, rola** he earns as salesman in a sporting geode shop. A.s' bile ankle bee* 1e 1.tempted to'eretitrn to the .eourts. 13e has agreed to play in a, . tournament on the Sunday Grace' a family 'invites them both to the country for a week -end. Gracetgoes alone. . He cfruld not sleep Saturday night. Sunda morning he tried to read, bin 'Ginoe's. condemning eyerwere on ev- ery page, He threw the book foam hint and turned on. dthe Indio., But the music failed to soothe him. He kept wishing that- Grant) were present so he couldhave it out with her and have' the, subject finally decided. He thought of telephenifig her, but de- cided against it; .41tdeg that would make • hini appear guilty. Appear gulity? • Good God, he was guilty! Guilty so hellt •' It was an -easn Victorn. So much easier, he reflected: au he took his shower, thanowould be his conquest over Grate, . With her, he wasn't even sure—.--- Hestayed at berme all of Sunday evening, but she did net' return Fin- ally he went to bed and fell into a restless, troubled sleep. When he arrived .home from Work the next day, she wan there. And Richard Whyte was with her. "Hello." Her voice 'and the lips she rraised t his were cool. ,"Dick drove me in from •Easthampten. I made bim stay to dinnern Len shook hands, with Whyte. "Of course. G]ad to see you.". Studying, Richard Whyte seated in the big 'chair near the window, Len was more acute- ly aware than ever Intern of his othr ens good looks, bis poise, his social grace. "I hear you're doing awfully well," Whyte said. "Cracking the business world the way you used to crack . a tennis bane' Len could not explain to himself just why he researted Whyte. There was something in, hie tone, perhaps. "I've had one or two good breaks. I guess" he replied with a 'mine. Grace said.: "But. hen still a ten- nis player at heart .andi not a busi- nese man, Dick. Aren't you, der- , ling?" Len bit his lip. What • the' hell • was Grace doing — making sport a him before this other man. lie was in th'ea wrong; he knew. that But he'd been wrong before. about .thingi and she'd ,never ,acted this way. Was •this her idea of puniebiug him? Conversation , during' the , simple dinner was for the .metet part friend - he but rott and restrained. • At last ent Richcir "No Absolutely not." He felt auger surging tin pug% hum and greped for something to say that -vvolaid lent her. "You're -teaming backward just beetutta "of your silly prejudice toward some- thing I onto` loved as, unmet as --t He didn't finish the eentence, 1 his own surprise and discomfort, at the. words be had spoken. Team came into ,her eyes. He' jumped up and "switched off the rad*: "Now we'll settle this thing onoe and for all," he shouted. Bit she rose and walked from the roont. He followed her. She went into • the bathroom, eJammed and locked the door. • He went hick into the living room , He couldn't remember when he'd ever been so angry abut any-, thieg. • Darn women anyway with their narrow, single-track minds! 'Why he had ever married was mere than be coi&d enderstand. Throw- ing freedom away in exchange fort -- what? Why, far practically every- thing he wanted. todo he lied to question himself first; "Wilt it be all right with Grace?" or "Will Grace be Wining?" or say, 'I'd bet- ter make sure Grace basn't made other plans." That's' the way it went eonetantly. Grace this, Grace that, Grace the other thing, Grace— What the devil Wei, she • doing in -there? She wouldn't be a. little _fool. Of course not. An argument—sure. But the weuldnn—Ba.throota. .The word bothered him. He didn't like it. It made him think of razor blades and iodine. Only yesterday in the paper are had read — be was at the bathroom door knocking on it Loudly: "Are you all right?" He rattled the knob. "I'll smash the doer down if you don't answer." "I'm—all right," came in a smell muffled votce. "Then open the door or I'll—" he threw himself against it. The lock turned over. Ile twisted the knob. Opened the door. A great and overwhelming relief flooded him. There was neither razor blade-. nor iodine bottle in sight. She was merely sitting on the black and white hamper, sobbing quietly. •'* *i It was stock. checking time at the slum and Len was counting and re- arragimg equipment. , Perched! tem feet above the floor he took the boxes Weir handed up to him, stacking them on the ,stock room shelves. Another row and the ladder would have to be moved. He considered changing it. even before starting the next shelf, but decided to reach the ,distance. By stretching, area fully extended, he could man- age. The first bOx was placed. „ The second one slid asehe tried to.put it on top of the first. It 'happened' even before he had tinie to prepare" 111eseif, to regain his equilibrium. The -sharp intake of Weirs, breath and his owe short cry' were simultaneous with the scraping of the ladder as it went out froln tinder bmw. , One thought She sat on the hamper, sobbing quietly. they had cigarettes and coffee in the living room'. Thee Whyte took bis leave. He thanked them for their hoepitality, complimented them on the charrn of the apartment and hoped they'd be out at Easthamp- ton very soon. Grace walked foam the foyer back into the living room and switched on the radio. She sat in the big chair which Vbyte had recently va- cated. For some reason this bother- ed Len. But he kept his voice level, unexcited, when he spoke. "I want you toknow," he said, "why I didn't tell. you about my being scbeduled to play yesterday afternoon. I meant to teU you that same evening yell told me about -the invitation to Easthampton. I let you know framkty and'hounatlY how I felt about going •pet there. Then later I realized that if I men- tioned anything about tennis it would: appear--" She nodded without interest, nie.de no reply - "All right," he went en, "an right So you don't believe net?" She leaned forward in her chair. flashed penetratingly dear in his' mind as he felt Ihiraself whirling tbequgh •space — the ankle! His hands flayed for something to hold to; his feet, legs' and body prepared themselves for the shock they knew must come on collision with the hard cement of the stock room floor. And then naraeelously he was standing there, shaken, White-faced, breathlessly amazed that he was safe, and Weir was bemiring 'soli- citously -if he was hurt. He shook his head, stil Puzzled, at the marvel that he had managed to land upright. That he had hand ed, the full weight and force of- his six feet and one hundred and eighty pounds, almost upon the weak left foot. And the ankle had not given way! Unbelleviegly, his, breathing tot yet replan he trotted•around expeti- menting. Why, the ankle felt firm! Showed not the least bit of ,strain under the terrific jolt It had just Withstood. "Thai the foot that was injured?" Weir queried, his Voice a little attained, his face' Birthed from the • fright ef having seem _young Rolling come hurtling taeougle space. Len nodded. "Yes Funny, lan't it? , They told one if anything like title ever ba...emenecl, It would—but it's funoy. Very demo? funny! I won- der"—he shrugged.- "Shall—shaft we finish up?" 1* *- Dr. Leopold Weingrat was a short, totally bald mem with large owlish eyes. The specialist listened care- fully while Lan toldi him everything. about . the accident, the removal of the bandages, what the hospital doc- tor.% had ,staid about bis never being able to Play again, of bis, fall from the ladder. Not once did .Dr. Wein- grat lute -erupt, buthrhen Len had fin- ished •spealting he' Kidded thought- fully. Sono -o----" he said, then order- ed Len to take off his Shoe and sock. The (lector plaited the foot up on an ottoman under a dazzling white light. His fingeis moved swiftly, surely, over. the elan. and flesh and bone. He -steeped gently, twisted. "Hurt?" he gruntet. Len 'shook his head. "That?" Another t -w Is t. "That?" Still another twist, the ether way. Five' minutes of this, then he growled, "Well X-ray it—that Alt best. So far--" he shrugged his heavy' shoulders. "So far—what, Dector?" "All right. Perfieetly all right. But I cant. be puree young man— yet." Ile wagged a . finger. "But I'm not oftea wrong, young man. No, not often." He . crossed. the room and wheeled the X ray machine into ipeettiva Fon- Octanes ,were taken—one from each side, one from the top and another from the bot- tom'. "Come tomorrow at this iimen Dr. Weingrat said uriemotionally, tend I'll let you know." • "So,"' tr. Weingrat greeted Len when he was ushered In next day, "on time, eh? Sit down." He came to Len with pieces of something that looked like phOtograph film • in his hand. Then) punctuated . hi is Speech with flourishes of the hand that held the "Young man," gruff, but kind. " y revelations. hie pice w'as oar case is a very strange one. ' There is a small bone in the ankle—" there followed a de- tailed scientific and technical ex- planation Which ,Lee, somehow sur- eivecl. . . and therefore," Dr. W'eingrat concluded, while Las hung breathless - In ott every terse. Word. as it came from the specialist's thick lips-, "there, s no reason, none at all, why you shoeldn't. p,le.y tennis if you want' to. That inilt; yon need never worry about again. It is 'es strong as—well, - strong as that of a young, horse." The room was spinning. Len, try- ing to keep- his voice from cracking, merely said, "I'll leave my inane and address witb, the nitree so you'll know where to send the bill." • And then, in a daze he found his way out into the street. People Were -passing by and. automobiles were humming along Park Avenue, losing themselves. in the ram,p that ran- around' the Grand Central Build- ing. But Len. was not entirely con - scions his .sturnoundhagst The people,. the teaffic, the sounds of the city, the heat of the day, his own moving. body were vagu'e. -He was on a court, wide with perfectly -chalk ed lines running parallel. and otliers intersecting at given distances.. And over green grass gleaming. white -clad figures were swinging rac- quets as a white ball flew over s. cor- rectly sloping net, and there was ap- plause that shielded like rain beat- ing heavily on a tin. roof. And one of the players was himself. * * * During the next month Len played at different tlubs' against men who were ranked ill( the first ten. Top- notch cern peti tion quickly 'brough-t back his game. Ile -was, in fact, bet- ter than he .had ever been before. Since his enfoneen . retirement his stroking and service appeared to have improved both itt power and skill. The newsponen gave hint columns of space and mentioned him frequently in connection 'With the Davis Clip team. There was a change in his rela- tional -lip to Grace—subtle, but defiii- ite. She dined alone now when he was late, instead of waiting for bite and often was not home when he came in. To longer did she storm or plead with letneabout running off week -ends leaving 1 iiar alone. It seemied, after that filet stormy scene when he had told hen about Dr. Wei•ngnans diagnosis., tht he had resigned :herself to the inevitable. But it was Frank Wheatley who first opened Len's' eyes and then Len blamed, Grace and not himself. He went direetly home following a match, to have it out with her, but she was not there. By the time she did arrive, he had exaggerated the truth a hundredfold (Continued Next Week) Said Min. sown to her new meld: "I treat yogi did net liave any high werde with your last mintrese before you left?" "NO, I locked her in the hathroann. end 'Oil:00d Out quietly," metaled the girl. •' a ,al. , 0006.* tMin• elteier.leene;t May We 'PO hatitein the filture it ceptrOkt the land fta' feet rn either Side - There ere no billteterde me the (Ifieee Elixabeth Way. Hot 40 stande, gasolineettetiona are Wed to e, nrinhonm. Bicycles and thitchhthent are banned from portions ef die, read and the government =Waive. a rigid control of the, coastnnom Of new buildings within 300 feet of the road: It was learned in Great Britain and the United States that some new roads were marred by heavy con- struction, along the new and popular rout ts until they were hemmed in as badly as the highways they replaced. The existence of buildings clove to the traffic lane is ,a hazard that en- gineers seek to avoid. Partly Lighted Now • The road will one day be lighted throughout, -according to present plane At present incandescent lamps light the portion from 'Toronbo west for 'several mulles with sodium. vapor Ifghts at Intersections. Reflector but- tons have beeinetalleci -trent Toron- to to St. Catharines,: • With the section, from Toronto to Niagara Falls formai going into op- eration there temente to be complet- ed an 18 -mile strip from the Faits to Fort Erie where the Queen Elizabeth Way nelli connect with the Peace Bridge and Buffalo. Tile ',part has been graded and would have been Patted this summer had ,it not been for ethe war. It passes through, the historically 0e/ideally rich area under the Niagara Parks Commission. The highway was originally known as ten Middle Road, since it took a middle course between the old lake - shore route and the Dundee Hig-heray. At the time of the visit of. the King and Queen.' it was decided to name the new route in. toner of Her Ma- jesty and she °pelted the bridge which 'crosses at Henley near St. Catharines. The road was begun in, 1931 and with the expansion •of Gov- ernment plans to include a system of trunk . highways for the pro-vince be- came the finest highway in Canada. Every effort has been made to pro- vide a "font-preof" thoroughfare .for drivers. It is believed that the road will o444io #4.4 1414.: :;40, •galidatfklioeik.; rtatnSeredin A 144 and Weede theanoitt -On '- Meat ef Avrsolgcupe• f„ 'obiktito,a4.1.310- taw. Oneattniallit tural ttentlealet and WOO fingalnitt the incoriventenee canted tothan fOrer sufferers. Pollen "mine, ick thee very light, ere now bo1ug distriintted through the air and ma be maynar0ed.. distanees by the slighteet ittetne. Thee offending Particles new be easily inhaled and mune untold 'Eat comfort bo hay feter sufferers). It .1Si estimated that at/Proximately 60,000 permits in Ontario annually suffer from hay fever and that 80 per cent. 4f these cases .are due to the *helm - tion of Ragweed pollen. Ragweed is an antmat weed which 'depende on geed for reproduction. tan average plant Man 'inxiduce 5,000 seeds. These will retain then' vital - Ley in the soil tor many neare. Pol- lea) is produced along •the spike top- ping the plant and its' branches front midjuly until f: est kill the plants. The preventiqn of seed production is of vital importanhe If plants are destroyed early seeding will be ere -- vented, pollen will Met be produced and plants wilt be lane& • Ragweed, tarn be eradicated by spraying with a 15 per' cent..solution of Elephant Brand Aminonium, Sul- phate. Dissolve ltt pounds of the sulphate in one ,gellon of water and spray when Ragweed is coming into blessom tieing all the pressure pas- sible. All 'Vents should be soaked thoroughly down to the ground. Com - elate eradication is Possible' by aerate ing with a 20 per cent. nalutiCate of Iron Sulphate (2, WOWS per gallon of water). Hand pulling- of scattered, Carry all the "dangerous" traffic to and from the berder. By this is meant high-speed commercial - ve- hicles and tourists eager to reach destinations in Northern Onterio. The existing roads, will continue to act as feeders to this main trunk. The cost has been estimated at $1,000 HO. ,eitnat • 'nfaintalt• • TIO•ein,, Wheita . '=;:fal*010 • . OP•onStig'.' , ,•444,14e.regratent plants is else sit e man of, ettadicatime naleen tneniageletn'. sorted to pients 010E0 to the 'droned anittattiblatilet[tirn' der to rent t - After harvest edit widen at eel intervals until late -fall-dant 4444444 lions of seedling patents. , Seed eine te. be prednoede until fpost kilto" plant3, therefore Wheii hieing iteee, sorted to as a means Of Contra 8 should be continued until late- fall. Ragweed seed, particulaely seed; Is difficult to 'renews fyora clover seed. Regweed in a noxious weed under' , •tee, Weed Control Act. This legialie- tiun states that it must be destroyed before seeds mature. The''co-operation of every municipal f carmen, organization and individual • is essential in preventing this men- ' ace to health and chap peodnetion from producing flower and seed: 'The Work must be accomplished now -in prder to be effective. fi Write the Crops, Seeds and Weeds French, Ontario Depertment of Agrt- culture, TerOntO, for complete pample ,et on Ragweed., "How do you create such beautiful things?" "Very easily, my dear lady. All you have to do is to take a block of Marble and chip off everything you do not want!" Lo This • n t ay! • • A retail store regards itself as being a public servant. Therefore, it is wholly fitting that it should try to be th• e best and most eager servant 'possible. A, retail store which hides itself from those whom it wants to employ becomes under -employed, and so its sales decline. . • The public inclines in largest numbers toward those stores which seek its attention and custom. It takes the advertising store at its own valuation. It likes to do busi- ness with those who manifest eagerness to serve it. It likes to buy at those stores which have to renew their stocks frequently. • Advertising is just communicating news and informa- tion about one's store and service. It is just a form of talking. It is those who talk who are listened to. Silent stores lose out to stores which carry on conversations— in the form of newspaper advertisements—with those whose custom theywant. • Any retailer who wants to get more ,customers—for the replacement'of customers who become lost to him and for the expansion of his business--zcan surely get them by making his store important in their eyes, and by putting in his advertisements the kind of information which will help buyers come to decisions. • • Our newspaper's advertising department is ever will- ing to help retailers prepare the right kind of advertise- ments—free assistance, of course. • THE HURON. EXPOSI McLEAN EROS., Publishers --- 1 er . es. cet Estabhisharlgdi''', •tt t • '•'•,,,"• t,