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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1941-04-04, Page 677777777 fl PRY ECT PRICELESS LLD FAMILY RECIPES WITH MAGIC At b 4-4/C I ION° P°WDER MADE IN, CANADA LEGAL E'LMER D. BELL, B.A. Barrister and Solicitor SEAFOR'PH TEL 173 Attendance in Brussels • Wednesday and Saturday. 1241 McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitor's, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 UIS - K. I. McLEAN Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Hemphill Block - Henaall, Ont, • PHONE 113 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto . PAUL L. BRADY, M.D. Graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic is fully equipped with complete and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnokic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. Margaret K. Campbell, M.D., I.A.B,.P., Specialist, in disease in in- fants and children, will be at the Clinic last Thursday in every month from 3 to 6 p.m. .• Dr. F. J. R. Forster, 'Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 p.m,„ Free Well -Baby Clinic' will be held on the Second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 Inna• ( 8681 - JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone.5-W - Seaforth CHAPTER XII SYNOPSIS When Mark Alexander's beauti- ful wife, Ellen died, he was left ., with Valerie, Ellenis daughter by a former marriage. AU of Ellen's family and intimates save Shir- ley want to adopt Valeries—and the trust fund which Ellen left her, but'Mark will have none of it. He takes Valerie on a trip and on the way home they meet Lucy Treadway whom he engag- es as Valente's tutor. Elsie, want- ing to marry Mark, is furious a- bout this bringing another woman: into the house and is making things as unpleasant for Lucy as she possibly can. Elsie has just returned from a party at Mark's house and is so disturbed that she barks at her, maid, who ire, mediately gives notice and walks out. • Elsie slammed the door .on her, and pulled nervously at the fastenings of her velvet dress. She stepped out of her thing, leaving them where they fell. But a cer eallItY, sense left over from le eays whispered it would be 'as well to pick them; up and. hang them away. She did this, then pulled a negligee around her, and sat down at her dressing table to stare sullenly into the mirror. the pushed back her hair, and took - ed closely. She was, she thought. far more beautiful than Shirley. Or than the brown -eyed idiot of a Lucy, with hen golden hair. What, more did a max want than beauty? She got up, lighted a cigarette, and down on her couch to .thiol:. AS she. lay there, it ,came to her quite suddenly and sharply that she had lost Mark. That was how she Put it to herself: Deep in her heart she realized she had never had him to lose. The first thing to do was to keep him from marrying Lucy. - It should not be difficult.. She lay there planning until a faint streak of yellow 'dawn lay like a brush across the sky beyond _her window. Then she rot up, shivering a pulled her negligee aloser, sat down at her desk. and began .0 long letter to Donothy. *. * Looking back on that Christmas at. Wide Acres Lucy decided it was her finat glimpse of. heaven.. • It was far from traditional Christmas weather. Except for one light snowfall. the day § were crisp and clear with a warm mid-day sun. If it had to be winter, which she despised. Valerie said, it could hard- ly -be improved. Although t h e leaves were gone, the placewore al- most. a summery green. There was an el -terminus planting of evergreens. and pines 'about it, with masses of ehododeadrons, glossy a n d sleek MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90-W - -Seaforth M.D. the bare trees. No Christmas .could have had a more perfect set- ting. Valerie went to a small party the night before; and Mark and Lucy and Chiltern trimmed an enormous 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 Square Throat Hos- pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, froni 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. 12-87 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in HuroU,and Perth Coua- ties. Prices' reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone Harold Jackson, 12 on 658, Seaforth; R.R. 1, Brucefield. 8768 - HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in farm and household sales. Prices reasonable. For dates .end.. information, write Harold Dale, Seaforth, or apply at The Expositor Office. 12-67 Brown said he could teach his par- rot to. say "Hullo" in, an" hour. He started and went at it for 30 minutes Witheut his parrot taking the slight, est netice. At last the bfrd turned big head, and fixing Brown with a cold eye, anreaMed: "Lines busy!" • • "Before we close the contract, do Yet play the piano ?" the landlord ask- ed. the PreapeetiVe tenant. .a at • Yelua th to1iti or Any oth- , wnafttailiant?,'' • piie• . , Sf You libare• any Singing latiatinsto She and Valerie - and Mark came in from a holiday matinee in town to had Dorothy unpacking in Ellen's old rooms, having reached Wide Acres half an hour after they had left it. They 'would hardly believe Chiltern when he told them. Dorothy appeared at dinner. Shoo acknowledged Mark's introduction. to Lucy affably. enough. 'Lucy breathed more freely. She hadn't known exact- ly what she expected from Dorothy, but it wasn't pleasant. It was wonderful what a difference ail e mouths end a little money had made in Dorothy. She had managed to put on a little ,flesh, and had light- ened her mourning to pale grays and mauve e which softened her righteous angularity amazingly. She even chat- ted with them in a sort of fictitious gaiety, which somehow made them strangely uneasy. "Ididn't suppose I could tear yon away to visit me," she said coyly to Valerie, "so what could I de but come to you?" "Oh, no!" cried Valerie. "I couldn't possibly leave." Her own dismay struck her ears so rudely that she hurried to epair it "You see—there are my less1ons. We haveischool ev- ery day. It's very important. And, of course, there are the parties—a few—" Dorothy grabbed that. "Parties?" she repeated. Lucy thought she could hardly have looked more shocked if the child had confessed to arson. She bit her lips to keep from rushing to Valerie's rescue. She looked quickly at Mark. But Mark had already leaped into action. "Just some children's affairs," he explained amiably. "Why.? liaye You blacklisted parties?" Dorothy looked athim sadly. "Oh, no," she ' said: "Whether one's nature is like a° shallow brook or a deeper stream is more or less out of one's hands'. I suppose. I only feel it's rather a pity when grief has so weak a holda—" "Then that's where we disagree,'' Mark said. "To me, grief should have no hold on youth at all.. Per- haps it's all a matter of taste." * * - Dorothy managed to put in a meek. :without even a hint as te the reason 'for her corning. She suc- ceeded in spoiling New Year's Eve for everybody except Valerie, who weat to e children's party at Shir- ley's, slipping out when 'her aunt had gone to her room' after dinner, and feeling excitedly like a con- spirator. Lucy went into the library. after seeing her safely on her way with Catlet. Mark was reading, and jumped tp to put her in a big chair by the fi "That's the.veryone you sat in:the feet night you landed. Do you re - r wuber Would she ever forget? "Here's a perfectly good celebra- tion gone to . the dogs," he added Dorothy came in. just then, so laticy said good night, and went to her room. If Dorothy was waiting for a chance to talk •to Mark, it was only fair to. give it to her: "I won't preterid that this is .a social call," Dorothy said. tree for ber at one end of the long library. After Chiltern had gone, Lucy sat beside Mark. watching, the flames in complete companionship neither had known before. Olit!P a bell sounded far off in the 'house. Theylooked at each ,other and waited, half expecting Elsie to put aside the draperies and shatter the quiet peace. Rut Elsie was at that moment the life of a night- clubparty in town, er ere she was try-itxg. unsuccess- fully, in the midst of a particularly hectic celebration, to remember' what she had ,written to Dorothy. She had to be very- gay to drown the recur- ring fear that gripped her whenever She thought of the letter. The very fact that Dorothy had not answered made it alit the More omin- ous', She had kept as far as she could from Wide Acres, even refusing in.vi- tations sbe thought might possibly in - elude Mark. * * * The peaceful bated -tide mine to an 'abitipt end fWe' clays after Christ - Mae• Lucy looked OA Sk011e :get into, 0, akic cila aul itaff .0" ao awed elleelal :lett •coniPOIleatioti for the She was. quite sure by now that Dorothy Was her enemy. She felt a growing conviction that she Was the reason for Dorothy's presence. • " She and Valerie went back to their lessons the day after New Year'. For those hours at least, they were i tee * Mark took Valerie to the dentist's the next morning, which seemed to Dorothy an anewer to prayer. She vas fresh from her day with Elsie. and worked up to an increased state of righteons indignation, If h e r slster's child was not freed from the influence of a creature like the Tred- way girl before another twenty-four imurs, she assured Elsie. it would be because there was no more decency in the world. Lucy Wig in her own sitting room when Dorothy knocked. Lucy got up courteously, although she could see even now that courtesy was not going to play Minch part in the tonversatiOn. "Will you sit down?" she asked. botaithy 'earrae in and closed the door. "Isn't It a nice triOrtang," said Jafey presently: .There', :seemed • • '1• HOW: TO COMBAT Rheumatic Pains Rheumatic pains are often caused by uric acid in the blood. This blood impurity should be eith cted by the kidneys. If kid- neys fail, ane excess uric acid remains, it irritates the muscles and joints awing excruciating Reins. Treat rheumatic pains by keeping yOur.kidneys in good condition. Take regidarly. Dodd's Kidney Pills—for half a century the favorite kidney remedy. 109 Dodd'sKidneyPills need for speech ,of some sort. "I was' So glad when I saw the sun. A dentist seems -easier, to bear some- how .when 'it's bright, don't you think?" Dorothy stared at her for a moment without answering. ."I won't pretend that this, is a social call," she said at last. If she expected Lucy to questiou her further, she was disappointed. The girl merely went onnWith her dalning. "You were unknown to this house no my last visit," Dorothy said. "Or at least, 'I suppose you were. Yon established yourself after I lied gone back to my own. responsibilities. You probably know that I was hire to bury my Sister. Seven short months • "Nine, Wasn't it?" Lucy asked cheerfully. "Almost a year ago. Time does fly." There was no answer. She added, "She must have been very lovely." "What my sister was doesn't enter into this discussien. .I'm going to aliealt plainly; Miss ,Tredway, be- cause I have a ditty here. Also be- cause there Is no one else to do it. Would you care to tell me just when and where my, brother -in -taw found you?" . Lucy started. "Found" was such a terribly .accurate description! "Judge Brown of Allington, and IVIr. Barrows, president of the of the Mel- ton Bank, 'recommended me," she said. "They were old friends of my fa the r." "When?" asked Dorothy. "I mean, how long has it been goingeon?" elf .you mean how long is it since Mr. Alexander engaged me to tutor Valerie. I'm afraid I don't know ex- actly. Sometime in the early sum- mer of last. year." "Have you a mother?" "No," saidnLucy flatly. She added riothing to the statement. "That may ' explain it. At least partially. How old are you?" Lucy put down her d:arning. She Was very careful about it, laying her mother's gold thimble in its case. and putting away her little 'scissors. After this was done, she looked de- liberately at Dorothy. "Do you know, I'm just a little tir- ed of answering question.an' she said. "Wouldn't you line to tell me what it is you want?" "Very well, •I want you -to pack your things andi leave this house.. You mar take whatever gifts my ibrothetirelaw may have given you, but 1 want you to go as soon as possible. I see no- reason why it shouldn't be at once." "Perhaps you'd care' to -tell me . wbose authority you have for dis- missing me?'' asked Lucy. She was rurprised to see how quiet she was, and how cold. "The authority of common de- cency. The authority of my con- cern for my sister's only child." She was annoyed, and a little afraid of the cool -eyed young woman who looked at her so disconcertingly. The girl had not taken the thing' as she expected. "CoMemy dear Miss 4 -what is your name?" • "Tredway," said Lucy. "Have you forgotten? You used it Only a mom- ent ago. Mr. Alexander engaged nee to come here Anyone •can see what my influence on Valerie has been. It was my idea that if her father want- ed to get rid of me he would natur- ally let me know." Dorothy sat staring at her. "You're a great deal harder than. you look, aren't you?" she said. "Perhaps this isn't altogether a new experience for you. I'm perfectly willing to speak more plainly. In the course of my visits with a dozen different Women during yesterday, I made a point of questioning them. They were all my sister's friends Women of wealth • position. They assured me—all • them—that if present condition continued here, they would refuse to allow their children to remain friends with Valerie..." LUCY had no way of knowing that this was the purest fiction, invented, at the moment to bolster np, a failing areatmenit. She couldn't„ of course, tell that Dorothy and Elsie had, spent a -quiet gossipy ,afternoon in Elsie's apartment. -- She stood and clasped her bands tightly. If this was true—if she was really hurting Valerie — there waa. only one .thing to do. "But have to speak to Mr. Alexander 'first," he 'dried "How can 1 just sneak away, as if ^Pa Mae something t NAS ababled of? Fee Veep/ terribly happy here — they've been- so good to Me! I 'eatildn't bear • to have thein/ think Mt ungrateful-," (COntittned` lqeXt Week) Steeply sloping, narrow kite 40 not a natter of pity but of envy, pmaeti- cal landscape • gardeners Maintain. With this sort of ground, the crea- tion of a really unusual And individual garden is made simple. Experts do not advocate carrying on as it is, however, but would sharply divide the different levels.To di/this a variety of devices is recommended, such as a stone wall, a less ornamental but stronger .concrete wall screened with a hedge, or a rock *Lindenwith a few stone steps .connecting the levels., Sometimes, where the slope is very great and over a few feet wide, , a combination of all three methods will be the most practical and effective. Big trees will be depended upon to hold the general slope in .plaice, with here and there extra support furnish, ed by steps or short bdts-of wall. To attempt handling a slope as an ordinary lawn or flower garden is both unnatural and difficult. The grass will almost teetninly wash away, and even moving will be im- possible. . Try a New Vegetable In vegetables, as in flowers, scien- tists have been: giving us many im- provements. Their work has been carrid out in two diections: first, the introduction of vegetables ,.anfamiliar to most Canradians, and second,6and probably more important, vast ini- provement in those varieties that have been grown in this country for years. Of the vegetables new to most Can- adians there are several worth a trial in any garden. Many experienced gardeners -make it a , habit to try' at least one new kind each year. Full descriptions will be found in any Can- adian seed catalogue. In regular vegetables there' has been improvement all down the line, with the object of 'getting more flavor, succulence and a longer season. Corn is a typical example. At one dine it was possible to get only' one variety of Golden Bantam. Cobs were short and the season also. Now there are offered three or four different Bantam types, some extra early, some regular season, some late. Cobs have been lengthened, kernels made big- ger. One canenjoy the finest table corn for over a month instead of but a week or two as in the old days. Flowers To. Fit. There are gardens that fit almost any situation.For those people who have neither the time nor inclination, there are ,plenty ...en:annual flowers that thrive on n.eglect. A little dig- ging of the grouncl in late Spring is all that is required. Take such things as alyssum, dwarf Marigolds, portu- lace and 'California poppies for edg- ing. These' are little flowers that al- most seed themselves, crowd out weeds, do well in any location but prefer .sun and light soiL Once staiet, ed they will look after themselves. For the centre of beds or near the back, large flowers such as calendula, nasturtium poppy and phlox will make a good showing, and for screens ,castor beans, dahlias, comnos, sun- flower, tali marigolds are advised. For , scent, especially itt the even- ing, a few nicotine, carnations, mig- onette or stocks will perfume the whole garden. . . NEXT WEEK—Don't work soil too early; spread out the vegetables. • ested Recipes MAPLE SYRUP IS IN THS. NEWS! Activity inthe sugar bush is a sign that Spring is not far away, because the warm sunshine which starts the sap runirtitig also quickly melts the last of the Winter's, snow. The value. of the Canadian maple tree is not itt its . wood. alone, for ev- ery year thousands of gallons of syrup, are made from the maple eap. Soon the welcome sign "New Maple Syrup" will appear in the grocers' windows, to tell the, public that the first of the 1941 ,maple „syrup has come to market: Spring i* naturally associat- ed with maple Syrup because It is made at this season, but it really a year-round food, for properly stor- ed at cool temperature, in sealed sterile •contaiders (preferably glass): the syrup retains its color, flavor "and other distinctive qualities indefinite- ly-. • The. Consumer Section, Marketing Service, Dominion Department Of Agriculture, siiggests a few ways of using maple syrup, itt addition, to. serving it as syrup with toast, pan- cakes, 'waffles, fritters, hot 'biscuits or muffins: Maple Pudding • 1 cup maple syruP • 4 to 6 slices stale buttered bread 2 eggs % teaspoon salt laa cups milk. 13011 eyru•p ten minutes. Butter slices of bread 1/8 inth thick and cut in tetrips. Ll ti bread In syrup and arrange one layer in buttered baking dish. Place next layer of breacl etrips. in opposite direction and repeat Until dish Is ifearly full. Cover With eilS, tard Mixture of ag.gs, remaining eyrtip, salt and Mak.Place in an oft" hot water and bake la Ilederate Oen -demutot fort*". ..• for Mead and Henries Invaluable at' this season because it supplies the Vitamin, Be and mineral seastances so necessary to improve the qualitYr of the blood and help the nerves. For, better Appetite, , better digestion, better sleep and for better health use Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. 1 minutes. Maple Syrup With Ham Remove the skin from frash baked ham, pour a generous amount of maple ,syrup over than, stick cloves in the fat, anid bake in ,a moderate oven until the ham is nicely brown- ed, -or Rub mustard over slice of uncook- ed ham, place in a shallow baking tin, stick cloves in the fat .of the halal and 'pour (111;6; the pan enough maple syrup to almost- cover the sac& of ham. Bake isa a moderate oven (350 deg. F.) until tender, about 1 hour, babting the ha.nt frequently with the maple syrap. Baked Apples With Maple Syrup 6 large, baking applea 2 tablespoons butter % cup maple syrup Hot water. Wash the apples and remove cares with apple corer. Set in a baking dish and itt ceatre of each am/enlace 1 teaspoon of the butter and 2 table- spoons of the maple syrup. Pour the hot water around the apples to depth of 1/2 inch. Bake in a hot oven of 400 deg. F. for 1 hour, or until soft. Tired Tim: "I found a gold watch yesterday." Weary Willie: "What did you do with it?" Tired Tim: "Threw it away. It wasn't wound up." CONGRATULATIONS FROM Consolidated Sales Book AND Wax Paper Company, Limited STANDARD BRANDS - - -' HAMILTON Congratulations and Best Wishes from Standard. 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