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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-01-29, Page 7t r Clot; -i ER. FO FIVE "No,- Sdit'onie;:r' said ,Din' gently to Jeroute's Invitatdo;i alib's with ninth, "There's never avow in a, house for two. generations ne r iter how big the. house "is I«. amY 'tbly grateful to both of •tyou, but I couldn't think of it: I simply couldn't." - Miss Martha looked distressed. "But, Dian, you cant live alone," she said, "Oh, yes, I can-, Aunt Martha." Dian laughed. "Don't you remember that book about living alone and liking it?'S "But that was written by one of - those modern women," Miss Martha protested. . "You're not like that. You're not smart-Alecky and modern. Why, Dian - darling, Jerome and I won't hear of your stajlitig on in -the house in town, or out here. You've got to come and live with us, mustn'tshe, Jerome?" • "Of course;!" said Jerome. • "Dian, your aunt and ,I will be hurt if you refuse," Dian looked at them, a tender light in her eyes. "I think you're the dear- est two people on earth," she said, "arid I don't want to hurt you. But 'my answer is still no." "But how will you live?" wailed Miss Martha. "I'll manage," 'said Dian. "I tbinrr with a little persuasion- °3 can make •the librarian take lie' on as' an as- sistant. She admits that I know an awful lot about books.. Besides, I'm going to try to sell some of these books-" . She made a sweeping ges- ture, taking in books on shelves, in chairs and on the floor. "And some of Grandfather Weston's paintings.", "Nonsense!" ' said Aunt Martha. "Suppose yogi don't 'sell them?" "I'll take a chance." • , Miss Martha shook her head. "Stub - 'born, just like your mother's people always were," she said. Dian smiled, but did not remind her. aunt that the •Westons were notorious for their stubborn streaks. "You an i Jerome go right on .and make your plans," she said, "just as thougn•• I didn't exist. I want it that way, real- ly I do. Besides, I think I may. be able to „rent this old house, now that a lot of people are going back to the soil, so to speak." - Jerome glanced around him. "May- be I can do something to 'help," he said. "I come into contact, with a lot of people. Maybe I can persuade some of them to rents the house for the summer --or maybe for the winter. Yankees, you know•= -people who' want to come down here and pratend they belong to the southern landed gentry -the aristocracy," "You're sweet, Jerome," Dian said. "I 'Would appreciate your doing that for- me, But ' only that. You and Aunt Martha deserve to start your married life 'without' any relatives hanging on. And that's. final." ' ' Miss Martha looked at Jerome and sighed. "No use,, Jerome," rhe said. "Her mind's made up. I can tell. And once it's made up, there's nothing one can do about it." • ""Thanks, Aunt Martha, for under- standing," Dian said, "And now may I serve you, some coffee?" thanks," said Miss Martha. She got up. "Jerome's got to ;be at church early. There's a meeting be- fore the service." "Something about the new organ," Jerome said. He got up also. "If -Napa-you change your a;; of thinking --I mean about living with Martha and me -you're always welcome." "I know it," said Dian. "And PM just as- grateful as can be." Miss Martha let Jerome go on out to the car. She waited to speak to Dian. alone. "If you are counting on that artist fellow," she said, "I think you might, as well forget it." "Why, Aunt Martha?" Dian asked. ";Because he's gone." "Gone -where?" ""To New York, as far as I can make. out, And Claire's' -gone with him." Miss Marthadrew on her'gloves. "It wotild ..seem that the fool girl, finally up her mind." "Did you see them?" "Did I?" Miss Martha made a noise that sounded like. a report. "I saw them with my own two eyes--drivikig down Main Street in the New York fellow's car. And there 'was a lot of luggage in the back ,of it,. to;�." "Poor Paul," sai dDian. ' "Is that all you've got to say?" Miss Martha snapped. "Poor Paul, indeed, He's a lucky man, if you ask me." ' Dian tried to think of sohiethiing to say, but all she could say was, "Dona keep Jerome waiting, darling." She walked to the front porch with the cider woman. - "That would be an aw- ful way to start life with a man," Miss Martha hugged her. "I'm not going to give up trying to get you to come and live with us," she said. "We'll talk it over when we have more time alone." "`Martha!" Jerome ' called. Com- ing?" "Coming, Jerome." ,; Miss 'Martha went down the walk and got into Jerome's Packard. She leaned out and waved to Dlati. And then the car moved down the drive and Out of sight. 'For several moments- Dian stood slime, leaning against one of the porch pillars, She looked out over • .1 yard';' and noted that the sun bad o „le o>tt. Tihe clouds were drifting aft into' nothingness. ... ..t ess. Thew 1 was gut . or d *ginning to smile again. . • Then she went back inside.. She busied herself gathering i -p the scat- tered books, She worked steadily, though somewhat numbly', until every book was in its place. When the job was done, she walked out through the rear of the house. She crosses the back yard; and' went down, the path to the family vault. Reaching the grilled iron gates, .she stood and looked -in, "Well, Granfather Weston," she said aloud, "there's still a spin- ster in the Weston family. And how she needs you!" She laid her head upon her arm, and fought to keep back tears. Knowing all the Ural that there was really nothing in the world to weep about. Then something fell at her feet. She jumped, frightened. And then s'he looked. A shoe was lying• there upon the ground. She gasped. She stooped and picked it up. It was' the shoe she had thrown at Bill Rollins just a week ago! . She turned and looked., toward the house. "Hey, you!" she called. "Did you throw this shoe?" Bill Rollins ' stuck •his head around the corner of the poran and laughed. "Yes'm," he said, "I 'did." "But -abut -I thought you were on your way to New 'York with Claire,"` Dian said, when Bill had joined her. "Who, me?" Bill. said. "Yes, you;" said Dian.- "Aunt Mar- tha saw you -with Claire and ra lot of luggage." "And jumped at conclusions," Bill grinned. "How like a woman!" He took Dian's hands in his. "I was do- ing my Boy Scout deed, darling," he said. "I was taking Claire to meet Paul. They wanted me to . be their best man, They also wanted you to be bridesmaid, -but no one 'answered your telephone." "You mean -Claire married Paul?". "Yes, Dian.' And they are on their way to New York." CHAPTER FORTY-SIX • "Well, I never in all nay life," said Dian when Bill told her Claire had nmrried Paul. "Come, on,` let's get up on the porch. I've simply got to sit down before I fall down," Bill took her arm, , And when they reached the porch, Dian sank down upon one of the steps. "Now," she said, "tell me all!" She held out her hand. "But first may I have a cigarette?" -' "Of, course ..you may." Bill lit one for her and one. for himself. "We had a showdown • on Claire's sun - porch," he.. said,' "Everything was there but the sun.: • "You mean -you, Paul and -Claire'?" "Exactly! Bill drew deep upon the cigarette, and continued. "Claire invited me out for breakfast, and I went, because I wanted her to' know I'd made . my , decision, even - if she hadn't made hers. I told her I was going to stand , by. 'her last decision, I mean jilting me. I. suppose . I sounded pretty brute, 'Dian, I really decided yesterday at the picnic." "Before ar after then kiss?" ;Dian asked. And then, "Yea, I saw you." "That was part of the -the -test I was making," Bill said. - "Good heavens, were you making tests also?" "In a way, yes. Anyway,. I kissed Claire, and then and there I realized that what I'd been feeling for her all along was what I might feel for a beautiful girl on a magazine -or 'may- be one of the girls I'd painted myself. What'l mean is that I knew in a flash that life with Claire would mean a round of going places,' that she would never understand what an artist's work meant to him," He shrugged. "And so there you are." "What about Paul? Where does he come in?" "He drove up ' as we were having waffles," said Bill, "And he' was the personification of maste'rfuthess. ' He walked right up to Claire 'and told her he was through with her nonsense - that she was going to .marry him 'and leave for New Yorks" "And Claire agreed? "She did," said Bill. "I think she really loved Paul all ,along. I merely' stood for a side of life she had never lived. ,She was infatuated with my way of living, just as I was infatuat- ed with 'her way of looking. And," he climaxed, "they got married." Dian searched his..face for a rrionient. "You feel quite all right about it?" "I do," said Biji. "1 -suppose it'll soupd ungallant of me, but, honest to gosh, Dian -I feer relieved. I've been battling with my emotions for days. And now I can -well -r lax." • "This," said Dian, leaking around the yard, "is just the place for that sort of thing." "Oh!" said Bill. "I forgot some- thing!" He fumbled in his pockets and 'brought out the telegram he had received that morning. "Read this," he said, handing it to Dian. She read It, her face shining. "HoW wonderful!" she gasp -ed. "The apple tree girl -bringing one thousand dol- lars?' • ."Swell, I'd call it!" 'said Bill. "Shall I *ire -Andrew to go .on •ai'i'ii make the sale?" • "Of courser" said than "Just think a,; -the ittl� i uudur 't1 Q;4r z . nip, , a Calendar," span ilau$ed .'alk VIApiece• of yellow Paper. "It just ggoe to' show," she said soleguily' "that if you wait long enough your luck chap*` es. Twice in one afternoon I've had things come out ,the way I wanted them to." `• "Twice?" Bill interrogated.' "Yes," Dian then told him about Aunt Martha and Jerome. "And you feel quite all right about Witillu. the lallx,.,4t ar „,,e9144, . (oto av�,tually •-194 4 t -Ian; 4MMriitil , k in couaeils settling WPl loin,OnntlePA opt o, .tints wsl 1 EOl4:�,j 44 4104,,,Meataaa tca tall' { 440 .1e4t. 9 Fly WW1, hayfal �itQ7W-.. j > 99. pppptt►e. egere ye.. egantl .iltl iRPt IR #2 , gene t,. of, ;Vet tenure of, • thfl. innirall•Vgiht.Mhin .IlhP4Ilde nu tuie roe' ,sults,..+ r •the, . chinos' t ele0tuln-.:41oh to, -1 s, !lie l;ei d Ch ' Chin Y$ r. bah retui' - oi' its government. to power is not, so cel'-, two as. might be wished for lby suP- portelra of him 'and! his United' Party. Political waters in South Africa are muddied, and how muddied they are is explained in an article' contributed' to a recent issue of the New York Nation, The cross -currents are many and confusing, and each is used to it?" "I do," 'said Dian. "I reckon I'll pound "terribly unwomanly or some- thing -but honest to gosh, Bill, I feel rellev. I've been battling with my emotions, and now I can -well -re- lax." - "This," said Bill, looking around the yard, "is just the place for that sort of thing." "Oh!" said Dian, "I forgot some- thing." She 'took Bill's arm, pulled him to his feet. "Come on' in and let's have some,coffee and something to eat. It's getting along toward sup' per time, you know," "And I forgot to eat my lunch," said Bill. "Shall •I help you in the kitchen?"- , "Yes, do," • It didn't take long to get up a scrappy sort 'of meal, and presently the two of them• were facing each other aerobe 'the table at which Dian and Grandfather "Weston 'used to sit. "Dian?" said Bill. 'Yes, Bill," said Dian. "Do you think you could get to Iike me -I mean really -if I stayed an- other week in Ardendale?" "Yes, Bill, I do." Dian looked the Young man straight in the 'eye. !1. started liking you several days ago - though I may be a forward hussy to be telling you." Bill got up. He went • around to Dian's chair. He took Dram i h i n s arms. • '"I started liking you the moment I recovered from the blow of the shoe," he said. . "And I've liked you stead- ily ever since=my liking for you kept on rising Iike a temperature. • And now -it's sort of like a fever." "You poor boy;" said than sooth- ingly. 4 "Oh, yes, there's someithing' else, Dian," Bill said. "I've decided not to rent the farmhouse after ill." "Why not?" "Because I want to marry it," Bill laughed. "Not like the hired -bey you told me about, darling -but because you are you, and I think we can do wonders with the place, If you'll let me; I'll handle 'all the improvements for you -in return for your love." "Silly'^!" Dian said. "Why, I would- n't give a hang for the place now that I've met you, Bill -unless you did dome to live here with me." , Bill could think of' nothing to say for the time being -so he kissed Dian and said nothing. "We'll have a swim'tning pool,"' he was saying a little later, "and' we'll live 'here as much of the time as..we can." .He, put a finger under Dian's chin, and tilted back her 'head. "Think you can stand living in New York With me for a part of each year?" "I'd love it," . said 'Dian. ('Besides,' I've got some ideas about raising Tad-, i„hes on that terrace you mention- s , n "Idiot!" The sun came out strong just then, as if to take a farewell look at the planet Earth, and its dying rays full upon the portrait of Grandfather Wes- ton which hung in the living room. And the old gentleman looked for all the world as though he were smiling. (THE. END) Tough Going Indicative of the tough going some reeves had to reach Goderich for the county council meeting is the case. of Reeve Thomas Wilson and his deputy, Alex Alexander, of Grey township, who readied here Wednesday night after walking ten miles of the jour- ney in knee-deep sn•oa*, often deeper, against a bitter wind. most of the way. Messrs. Wilson and Alexander left their homes on the 2nd concession of Grey at nine o'clock Tuesday morn- ing. They made the mile and a quar- ter trip to Highway No. 86 by horse and cutter, preoeeded to Wingh•am in Mr. Alexander's car and south on No. i highway. Two miles south of Bel - grave their car became solidly stuck in a drift, square in the centre of the toad, and so far as they know it is there yet. Tuesday night they slept in the farm home of Martin Grasby, forty rods away, and on ar- rival there they were surprised to find that Reeve Cecil Wheeler, of Morris, had already sought refuge in Ole same farm home. Wednesday mornings the 'three men started out to walk to Blyth, four miles distant. Time and again they pulled up for a rest, but they reached Blyth in time for dinner. Then they took the C.P.R. right-of-way to Auburn and it was rot easy going. At Auburn 'they found that a plow had just set out for Dunlop and, securing a car, they 101 - ;Mita. The twenty -odd mites were made In ten hours, but few Men, save Bald worklug farmers, in this prover- bial "pink of condition," virtiYtid .have attempted the journey.--Geidetich Sig- nal -Star. float a personal ambition or a sinister design, as is told by the author of the article, Mr. J: P. Cope, editor of a South African weekly, the Forum. The Smuts government coalition built around the United Party -width - under Hertzog and Smuts brought South Africa. its longest period of in- ternal contentment -has aclear ma- jority of 19 in an Assembly of 153, but a Parliament elected in 1938 may inadequately reflect public sentiment La 'the Union today. Mr. Cope says nothing to justify an impression that certainsevents add- ed strength to the Smuts regime and war policies, and 'he ' does nit offer comments on Afrikaner reactions to the German invasion of Holland, to successes by South African Droops in African campaigns,; and to a possibly clearer realization of what the Nasi New :Order would do to the --people of South ,Africa, So. long •as the Smuts government is allo'*ed to stay in power it will not be swayed from fighting against the, Axis Powers, but the defeat of the government would be a mischance which would' seriously affect the plans and strategy of the United' Nations. Once the war is over, however, the petted Party.that is the government's main component may find the two spoon: of thought within it at vari- ance with one another. These schools of thought within the United Party are liberal 'and con- servantsand are consolidated only in their mutual accord to defend the Union against:Axis -aggression: After the war, Mr. Cope says, . the native question will undoubtedly become the great political issue in South Africa. If that be so, the liberal view within the United Party may be expected to be as progressive as was that de- manded by General Smuts' most pro- bable successor in the leadership of the party, Mr.' Jan Hofmeyr, who withdrew from a former government that in this respect declined to go so far as he demanded;"but, the conser- vative view will almost certainly be less progressive, and tend' in- other matters to more material concern for mining and agriculture and other vest- ed interests.l As the United Party is at present constituted it is. the bastion- in South Africa that guards parliamentary democracy and• stands for the Union's association within the British Com- monwealth of Nations. These issues, are among those the government is fighting for in this war, but they'are, too, among the reasons why the op- -position seeks its defeat.. The .official opposition to the Smuts government comes from the Nationl-- ist Party, as led' by Dr. D. F. Malan, but other groups fight the opposition. and themselves in a struggle to hold political control when the war is ov- er, if not sooner, and act in concert ; 4ve the ;�4de i �moelG a 3 ,�:li el/p e's 41,04,lxdatnati9n 9R lou eft general S.lraitts- in• v7 to defend ttte:,Du,1e , g i ,, i Rowers. They eujoged the' p x.19,510' o> of 'General Hertzgg; who WO' bh s est-, r,r wally to the New ''OrdergroltPr trot, which the Afrikaners have }ittle� taste, „ The large following. of younger and more radical Afrikaners attracted to the Osaewa, Brandwag 'has emerged out of a cultural movement based oh the trek. of the Boers from' the Cape in '1838, 'and by adopting militant. Nazi' lines has become South Africa's noun terpart of the Irish Repuplican Army. The Qssewa Brandwag is not official- ly- represented in Parliament. Its- ac- tivities scared Dr. Malan into fear ofi full association with it, but by sabo- tage and other' violent acts seems to have raised -an unpredicted strength which Oswald Pirow adroitly strives to range in the backveld areas against the Smuts government. The .commgnl aim of these opposi- tion. units is to establish a republic making South Africa independent of the British Commonwealth of Nations, to admit to citizenship in that repub- lic only members of the Afrikanervolk, to an immigration;' 'and to segregate some eight million black 'natives into political and • economic powerlessness. These planks in the scheme •Of the New Order are offered in South Afri- ca by those who wish a German in- fluence within the Union and want to oust the government that Is carrying out the Smuts' war policies, to bring final and full defeat 'to all that Ger- man domination stands for. , Y.+.;i f? isd 222Gft,Klit S and men. To er'.4ave ,9E,:911.(39 a need Thttyi #ta�'e tnt't $Oilcan$ of i;leir r cul'nie struggle They ;have react trained armies, the xlav campaigns of sabotage aud'oltiisition.,, to the Nazis in their hom,ae Norwegian&,. Dutch and 44e1gi940 hevo paid . their own way while' other free governmehts have'had to 1loITQw ,from Britain or',the- Uni'tedt-Staten to keep,. 4 sz The driving force behind- alt these; governments is the desire to win'the war...This .emphasis upon victory:has made it possible to produce a Amity, far' beyond anything achieved intern- ally' before. Representatives of all - shades of_political o inion front the extreme. right to, the eilainne'le t joist hands' in con"im in, determination- to defeat Hitler. These attempts 'to be non-political; essential , and inev3tabier. though they are in strengthening the governments during • the war, some- times . produce .calif:ming• situations.. For example, there was the control' versy over the entrance, of Charles " yallin,' the -extreme rightist, into tire"" Fighting ,French, . The Yugoslav goy- ernment, has been under fire from the, left and a' well organized campaign to discredit General 'Mikhailovich is going on in Canada and the United States. It is apparent" that these . all- inclusive • national governments will have great difficulty' in "formulating The little boy's favorite uncle was and agreeing upon post-war plans. • - Generally speaking, the exile gov- - wedding the youngster approached eruments are •in agreement„that there up• mother, "Murhmy," • he said rather dolefully, should be a hard peace .imposed on Germany and that the crimes com- hey give them anything they like mitted by -the Germans should' be pun- ishe'd. Some governments have urged, gather evidence against the Germans in • preparation• .° for the day of reckoning,;`.. , ey. are GOVERNMENTS IN EXILE'., disillusioned about riuntra'hty and 'with one accord- label it' � Wirt/1k `.'•: policy. But instead' of seeking;;-;&r.so. lution to the problem of maintaining . , peace 'in a revived League bf" Na'fione' a• their citizen's to or 'in a United States of Europe, they ' king. The very magnitude of the are examining other plans. Thus the. Poles and the ..Czechs have agreed upon a federal union'with related -currencies, a, customs• union,; and co-operation; in national planting, transportation, telegraphs and, de- fence. The Jugoslays and Greeks en- 'un visage a, similar ion; but here the problem is complicated by a struggle, between the Serbs, Croats and Slo- venes, inside Jugoslavia. The Scandin- avian - avian countries have 'talked ' about a Scandinavian' union, but ,the Norweg- ans and Dutch,, with great shipping nterests, are more -concerned with world co-operation. The federations suggested are not, however, to be closed corporations; they visualize he ultimate adhesion of their neig'. bars to them, There is of course Considerable doubt if many of, these refugee gov- ernments will long, be in power. after the .war is, over. But the Foreign' Policy 'bulletin, conceding this, 'be- lieves that, they can serve as a very useful bridge between the periods of, war and a permanent) established• to pulldown the, coalition govern-;r.:enis 'n- e,,lle have helped tremend- peace. being married. ' Shortly before • the his "t to eat -for the last, day .or two; don't they?" (Winnipeg Free Press) Defeating Hitler and freeing Eur- ope of Nazism is a stupendous under - to task has tended to overshadow the fact that this is only half the lob. Af- ter Hitler. has been defeated the con- tinent of Europe riiust againTe or- ganized. Self government must be restored to the conquered countries. Otir success or failure in this enter- prise may profoundly affect the course of human history for generations. A. study of some phases ,of the problem's ahead was recently made by the' For- eign Policy Association in a bulletin, on the war and peace aims of the: Al- i lied governments in London. The free governments in London differ widely in form. Some are made up of men and. women who were part of the governments of their countries t before the war. Three, monarchs, `King Ilaalcon of Norway Queen Wil- helmina of The,Netherlands, and King -Peter of Jugoslavia, head exile gov- ernments.' Other free ' governments are made up, of men and women who ''i'o had little or to place in political life before the war. , In -the a^.'*negate, these govern. Y R.C.A.F. Women Get New Uniform • e ESP �;x The Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) has a new and 'streamlined version of its trim blue uniform; and as present ones wear out, they will be replaced by this attractive design. Planned and executed by Canada's foremost fashion authorities, it is practical, becoming, and incidentally saves fabric. Most notable change is the cap -- a curving, wide - visored model of fabric on felt. 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P.M. t oderieh ` ..,... 6.15 2.30 Holmesville .... 6.31 ...2.4 8 Bunton 6:48 3.00 Seaforth ;. 6.59 122 St; e`Columban, • 4.06 3.23 bliu ... 7.12 3.29 tohell 7.34 3.41 WEST Mi teheli 11.06 10.01 Dublin 11.14 10.09 Ssefoi th ....... 11.30 10.21 Minton 11.45 10.35 i©oderieh 1105 11.00 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST P.M. Eaderiett • • 4.35 Meneset ........... 4.40 b[eGaw 4.49 !Auburn; 4.58 Blyth 5.09 WaltOn 5.21 eNtlight 5.32 Toronto '• 9.45. WEST AM, fI'oronto ... ........ . ' 8.20. P.M.. 7lCel�4Y. 12.04 Magian tanld ,, ...••m.,. s • . . 12.15 Bly*ttk.' .....•.• 12.28 Eta y12.89 J.fi ............w..OM tgastitJIl1 ..... +e - , . 12.64 Sidirkei .Oac.y.,.op* e....enLIM Clot; -i ER. FO FIVE "No,- Sdit'onie;:r' said ,Din' gently to Jeroute's Invitatdo;i alib's with ninth, "There's never avow in a, house for two. generations ne r iter how big the. house "is I«. amY 'tbly grateful to both of •tyou, but I couldn't think of it: I simply couldn't." - Miss Martha looked distressed. "But, Dian, you cant live alone," she said, "Oh, yes, I can-, Aunt Martha." Dian laughed. "Don't you remember that book about living alone and liking it?'S "But that was written by one of - those modern women," Miss Martha protested. . "You're not like that. You're not smart-Alecky and modern. Why, Dian - darling, Jerome and I won't hear of your stajlitig on in -the house in town, or out here. You've got to come and live with us, mustn'tshe, Jerome?" • "Of course;!" said Jerome. • "Dian, your aunt and ,I will be hurt if you refuse," Dian looked at them, a tender light in her eyes. "I think you're the dear- est two people on earth," she said, "arid I don't want to hurt you. But 'my answer is still no." "But how will you live?" wailed Miss Martha. "I'll manage," 'said Dian. "I tbinrr with a little persuasion- °3 can make •the librarian take lie' on as' an as- sistant. She admits that I know an awful lot about books.. Besides, I'm going to try to sell some of these books-" . She made a sweeping ges- ture, taking in books on shelves, in chairs and on the floor. "And some of Grandfather Weston's paintings.", "Nonsense!" ' said Aunt Martha. "Suppose yogi don't 'sell them?" "I'll take a chance." • , Miss Martha shook her head. "Stub - 'born, just like your mother's people always were," she said. Dian smiled, but did not remind her. aunt that the •Westons were notorious for their stubborn streaks. "You an i Jerome go right on .and make your plans," she said, "just as thougn•• I didn't exist. I want it that way, real- ly I do. Besides, I think I may. be able to „rent this old house, now that a lot of people are going back to the soil, so to speak." - Jerome glanced around him. "May- be I can do something to 'help," he said. "I come into contact, with a lot of people. Maybe I can persuade some of them to rents the house for the summer --or maybe for the winter. Yankees, you know•= -people who' want to come down here and pratend they belong to the southern landed gentry -the aristocracy," "You're sweet, Jerome," Dian said. "I 'Would appreciate your doing that for- me, But ' only that. You and Aunt Martha deserve to start your married life 'without' any relatives hanging on. And that's. final." ' ' Miss Martha looked at Jerome and sighed. "No use,, Jerome," rhe said. "Her mind's made up. I can tell. And once it's made up, there's nothing one can do about it." • ""Thanks, Aunt Martha, for under- standing," Dian said, "And now may I serve you, some coffee?" thanks," said Miss Martha. She got up. "Jerome's got to ;be at church early. There's a meeting be- fore the service." "Something about the new organ," Jerome said. He got up also. "If -Napa-you change your a;; of thinking --I mean about living with Martha and me -you're always welcome." "I know it," said Dian. "And PM just as- grateful as can be." Miss Martha let Jerome go on out to the car. She waited to speak to Dian. alone. "If you are counting on that artist fellow," she said, "I think you might, as well forget it." "Why, Aunt Martha?" Dian asked. ";Because he's gone." "Gone -where?" ""To New York, as far as I can make. out, And Claire's' -gone with him." Miss Marthadrew on her'gloves. "It wotild ..seem that the fool girl, finally up her mind." "Did you see them?" "Did I?" Miss Martha made a noise that sounded like. a report. "I saw them with my own two eyes--drivikig down Main Street in the New York fellow's car. And there 'was a lot of luggage in the back ,of it,. to;�." "Poor Paul," sai dDian. ' "Is that all you've got to say?" Miss Martha snapped. "Poor Paul, indeed, He's a lucky man, if you ask me." ' Dian tried to think of sohiethiing to say, but all she could say was, "Dona keep Jerome waiting, darling." She walked to the front porch with the cider woman. - "That would be an aw- ful way to start life with a man," Miss Martha hugged her. "I'm not going to give up trying to get you to come and live with us," she said. "We'll talk it over when we have more time alone." "`Martha!" Jerome ' called. Com- ing?" "Coming, Jerome." ,; Miss 'Martha went down the walk and got into Jerome's Packard. She leaned out and waved to Dlati. And then the car moved down the drive and Out of sight. 'For several moments- Dian stood slime, leaning against one of the porch pillars, She looked out over • .1 yard';' and noted that the sun bad o „le o>tt. Tihe clouds were drifting aft into' nothingness. ... ..t ess. Thew 1 was gut . or d *ginning to smile again. . • Then she went back inside.. She busied herself gathering i -p the scat- tered books, She worked steadily, though somewhat numbly', until every book was in its place. When the job was done, she walked out through the rear of the house. She crosses the back yard; and' went down, the path to the family vault. Reaching the grilled iron gates, .she stood and looked -in, "Well, Granfather Weston," she said aloud, "there's still a spin- ster in the Weston family. And how she needs you!" She laid her head upon her arm, and fought to keep back tears. Knowing all the Ural that there was really nothing in the world to weep about. Then something fell at her feet. She jumped, frightened. And then s'he looked. A shoe was lying• there upon the ground. She gasped. She stooped and picked it up. It was' the shoe she had thrown at Bill Rollins just a week ago! . She turned and looked., toward the house. "Hey, you!" she called. "Did you throw this shoe?" Bill Rollins ' stuck •his head around the corner of the poran and laughed. "Yes'm," he said, "I 'did." "But -abut -I thought you were on your way to New 'York with Claire,"` Dian said, when Bill had joined her. "Who, me?" Bill. said. "Yes, you;" said Dian.- "Aunt Mar- tha saw you -with Claire and ra lot of luggage." "And jumped at conclusions," Bill grinned. "How like a woman!" He took Dian's hands in his. "I was do- ing my Boy Scout deed, darling," he said. "I was taking Claire to meet Paul. They wanted me to . be their best man, They also wanted you to be bridesmaid, -but no one 'answered your telephone." "You mean -Claire married Paul?". "Yes, Dian.' And they are on their way to New York." CHAPTER FORTY-SIX • "Well, I never in all nay life," said Dian when Bill told her Claire had nmrried Paul. "Come, on,` let's get up on the porch. I've simply got to sit down before I fall down," Bill took her arm, , And when they reached the porch, Dian sank down upon one of the steps. "Now," she said, "tell me all!" She held out her hand. "But first may I have a cigarette?" -' "Of, course ..you may." Bill lit one for her and one. for himself. "We had a showdown • on Claire's sun - porch," he.. said,' "Everything was there but the sun.: • "You mean -you, Paul and -Claire'?" "Exactly! Bill drew deep upon the cigarette, and continued. "Claire invited me out for breakfast, and I went, because I wanted her to' know I'd made . my , decision, even - if she hadn't made hers. I told her I was going to stand , by. 'her last decision, I mean jilting me. I. suppose . I sounded pretty brute, 'Dian, I really decided yesterday at the picnic." "Before ar after then kiss?" ;Dian asked. And then, "Yea, I saw you." "That was part of the -the -test I was making," Bill said. - "Good heavens, were you making tests also?" "In a way, yes. Anyway,. I kissed Claire, and then and there I realized that what I'd been feeling for her all along was what I might feel for a beautiful girl on a magazine -or 'may- be one of the girls I'd painted myself. What'l mean is that I knew in a flash that life with Claire would mean a round of going places,' that she would never understand what an artist's work meant to him," He shrugged. "And so there you are." "What about Paul? Where does he come in?" "He drove up ' as we were having waffles," said Bill, "And he' was the personification of maste'rfuthess. ' He walked right up to Claire 'and told her he was through with her nonsense - that she was going to .marry him 'and leave for New Yorks" "And Claire agreed? "She did," said Bill. "I think she really loved Paul all ,along. I merely' stood for a side of life she had never lived. ,She was infatuated with my way of living, just as I was infatuat- ed with 'her way of looking. And," he climaxed, "they got married." Dian searched his..face for a rrionient. "You feel quite all right about it?" "I do," said Biji. "1 -suppose it'll soupd ungallant of me, but, honest to gosh, Dian -I feer relieved. I've been battling with my emotions for days. And now I can -well -r lax." • "This," said Dian, leaking around the yard, "is just the place for that sort of thing." "Oh!" said Bill. "I forgot some- thing!" He fumbled in his pockets and 'brought out the telegram he had received that morning. "Read this," he said, handing it to Dian. She read It, her face shining. "HoW wonderful!" she gasp -ed. "The apple tree girl -bringing one thousand dol- lars?' • ."Swell, I'd call it!" 'said Bill. "Shall I *ire -Andrew to go .on •ai'i'ii make the sale?" • "Of courser" said than "Just think a,; -the ittl� i uudur 't1 Q;4r z . nip, , a Calendar," span ilau$ed .'alk VIApiece• of yellow Paper. "It just ggoe to' show," she said soleguily' "that if you wait long enough your luck chap*` es. Twice in one afternoon I've had things come out ,the way I wanted them to." `• "Twice?" Bill interrogated.' "Yes," Dian then told him about Aunt Martha and Jerome. "And you feel quite all right about Witillu. the lallx,.,4t ar „,,e9144, . (oto av�,tually •-194 4 t -Ian; 4MMriitil , k in couaeils settling WPl loin,OnntlePA opt o, .tints wsl 1 EOl4:�,j 44 4104,,,Meataaa tca tall' { 440 .1e4t. 9 Fly WW1, hayfal �itQ7W-.. j > 99. pppptt►e. egere ye.. egantl .iltl iRPt IR #2 , gene t,. of, ;Vet tenure of, • thfl. innirall•Vgiht.Mhin .IlhP4Ilde nu tuie roe' ,sults,..+ r •the, . chinos' t ele0tuln-.:41oh to, -1 s, !lie l;ei d Ch ' Chin Y$ r. bah retui' - oi' its government. to power is not, so cel'-, two as. might be wished for lby suP- portelra of him 'and! his United' Party. Political waters in South Africa are muddied, and how muddied they are is explained in an article' contributed' to a recent issue of the New York Nation, The cross -currents are many and confusing, and each is used to it?" "I do," 'said Dian. "I reckon I'll pound "terribly unwomanly or some- thing -but honest to gosh, Bill, I feel rellev. I've been battling with my emotions, and now I can -well -re- lax." - "This," said Bill, looking around the yard, "is just the place for that sort of thing." "Oh!" said Dian, "I forgot some- thing." She 'took Bill's arm, pulled him to his feet. "Come on' in and let's have some,coffee and something to eat. It's getting along toward sup' per time, you know," "And I forgot to eat my lunch," said Bill. "Shall •I help you in the kitchen?"- , "Yes, do," • It didn't take long to get up a scrappy sort 'of meal, and presently the two of them• were facing each other aerobe 'the table at which Dian and Grandfather "Weston 'used to sit. "Dian?" said Bill. 'Yes, Bill," said Dian. "Do you think you could get to Iike me -I mean really -if I stayed an- other week in Ardendale?" "Yes, Bill, I do." Dian looked the Young man straight in the 'eye. !1. started liking you several days ago - though I may be a forward hussy to be telling you." Bill got up. He went • around to Dian's chair. He took Dram i h i n s arms. • '"I started liking you the moment I recovered from the blow of the shoe," he said. . "And I've liked you stead- ily ever since=my liking for you kept on rising Iike a temperature. • And now -it's sort of like a fever." "You poor boy;" said than sooth- ingly. 4 "Oh, yes, there's someithing' else, Dian," Bill said. "I've decided not to rent the farmhouse after ill." "Why not?" "Because I want to marry it," Bill laughed. "Not like the hired -bey you told me about, darling -but because you are you, and I think we can do wonders with the place, If you'll let me; I'll handle 'all the improvements for you -in return for your love." "Silly'^!" Dian said. "Why, I would- n't give a hang for the place now that I've met you, Bill -unless you did dome to live here with me." , Bill could think of' nothing to say for the time being -so he kissed Dian and said nothing. "We'll have a swim'tning pool,"' he was saying a little later, "and' we'll live 'here as much of the time as..we can." .He, put a finger under Dian's chin, and tilted back her 'head. "Think you can stand living in New York With me for a part of each year?" "I'd love it," . said 'Dian. ('Besides,' I've got some ideas about raising Tad-, i„hes on that terrace you mention- s , n "Idiot!" The sun came out strong just then, as if to take a farewell look at the planet Earth, and its dying rays full upon the portrait of Grandfather Wes- ton which hung in the living room. And the old gentleman looked for all the world as though he were smiling. (THE. END) Tough Going Indicative of the tough going some reeves had to reach Goderich for the county council meeting is the case. of Reeve Thomas Wilson and his deputy, Alex Alexander, of Grey township, who readied here Wednesday night after walking ten miles of the jour- ney in knee-deep sn•oa*, often deeper, against a bitter wind. most of the way. Messrs. Wilson and Alexander left their homes on the 2nd concession of Grey at nine o'clock Tuesday morn- ing. They made the mile and a quar- ter trip to Highway No. 86 by horse and cutter, preoeeded to Wingh•am in Mr. Alexander's car and south on No. i highway. Two miles south of Bel - grave their car became solidly stuck in a drift, square in the centre of the toad, and so far as they know it is there yet. Tuesday night they slept in the farm home of Martin Grasby, forty rods away, and on ar- rival there they were surprised to find that Reeve Cecil Wheeler, of Morris, had already sought refuge in Ole same farm home. Wednesday mornings the 'three men started out to walk to Blyth, four miles distant. Time and again they pulled up for a rest, but they reached Blyth in time for dinner. Then they took the C.P.R. right-of-way to Auburn and it was rot easy going. At Auburn 'they found that a plow had just set out for Dunlop and, securing a car, they 101 - ;Mita. The twenty -odd mites were made In ten hours, but few Men, save Bald worklug farmers, in this prover- bial "pink of condition," virtiYtid .have attempted the journey.--Geidetich Sig- nal -Star. float a personal ambition or a sinister design, as is told by the author of the article, Mr. J: P. Cope, editor of a South African weekly, the Forum. The Smuts government coalition built around the United Party -width - under Hertzog and Smuts brought South Africa. its longest period of in- ternal contentment -has aclear ma- jority of 19 in an Assembly of 153, but a Parliament elected in 1938 may inadequately reflect public sentiment La 'the Union today. Mr. Cope says nothing to justify an impression that certainsevents add- ed strength to the Smuts regime and war policies, and 'he ' does nit offer comments on Afrikaner reactions to the German invasion of Holland, to successes by South African Droops in African campaigns,; and to a possibly clearer realization of what the Nasi New :Order would do to the --people of South ,Africa, So. long •as the Smuts government is allo'*ed to stay in power it will not be swayed from fighting against the, Axis Powers, but the defeat of the government would be a mischance which would' seriously affect the plans and strategy of the United' Nations. Once the war is over, however, the petted Party.that is the government's main component may find the two spoon: of thought within it at vari- ance with one another. These schools of thought within the United Party are liberal 'and con- servantsand are consolidated only in their mutual accord to defend the Union against:Axis -aggression: After the war, Mr. Cope says, . the native question will undoubtedly become the great political issue in South Africa. If that be so, the liberal view within the United Party may be expected to be as progressive as was that de- manded by General Smuts' most pro- bable successor in the leadership of the party, Mr.' Jan Hofmeyr, who withdrew from a former government that in this respect declined to go so far as he demanded;"but, the conser- vative view will almost certainly be less progressive, and tend' in- other matters to more material concern for mining and agriculture and other vest- ed interests.l As the United Party is at present constituted it is. the bastion- in South Africa that guards parliamentary democracy and• stands for the Union's association within the British Com- monwealth of Nations. These issues, are among those the government is fighting for in this war, but they'are, too, among the reasons why the op- -position seeks its defeat.. The .official opposition to the Smuts government comes from the Nationl-- ist Party, as led' by Dr. D. F. Malan, but other groups fight the opposition. and themselves in a struggle to hold political control when the war is ov- er, if not sooner, and act in concert ; 4ve the ;�4de i �moelG a 3 ,�:li el/p e's 41,04,lxdatnati9n 9R lou eft general S.lraitts- in• v7 to defend ttte:,Du,1e , g i ,, i Rowers. They eujoged the' p x.19,510' o> of 'General Hertzgg; who WO' bh s est-, r,r wally to the New ''OrdergroltPr trot, which the Afrikaners have }ittle� taste, „ The large following. of younger and more radical Afrikaners attracted to the Osaewa, Brandwag 'has emerged out of a cultural movement based oh the trek. of the Boers from' the Cape in '1838, 'and by adopting militant. Nazi' lines has become South Africa's noun terpart of the Irish Repuplican Army. The Qssewa Brandwag is not official- ly- represented in Parliament. Its- ac- tivities scared Dr. Malan into fear ofi full association with it, but by sabo- tage and other' violent acts seems to have raised -an unpredicted strength which Oswald Pirow adroitly strives to range in the backveld areas against the Smuts government. The .commgnl aim of these opposi- tion. units is to establish a republic making South Africa independent of the British Commonwealth of Nations, to admit to citizenship in that repub- lic only members of the Afrikanervolk, to an immigration;' 'and to segregate some eight million black 'natives into political and • economic powerlessness. These planks in the scheme •Of the New Order are offered in South Afri- ca by those who wish a German in- fluence within the Union and want to oust the government that Is carrying out the Smuts' war policies, to bring final and full defeat 'to all that Ger- man domination stands for. , Y.+.;i f? isd 222Gft,Klit S and men. To er'.4ave ,9E,:911.(39 a need Thttyi #ta�'e tnt't $Oilcan$ of i;leir r cul'nie struggle They ;have react trained armies, the xlav campaigns of sabotage aud'oltiisition.,, to the Nazis in their hom,ae Norwegian&,. Dutch and 44e1gi940 hevo paid . their own way while' other free governmehts have'had to 1loITQw ,from Britain or',the- Uni'tedt-Staten to keep,. 4 sz The driving force behind- alt these; governments is the desire to win'the war...This .emphasis upon victory:has made it possible to produce a Amity, far' beyond anything achieved intern- ally' before. Representatives of all - shades of_political o inion front the extreme. right to, the eilainne'le t joist hands' in con"im in, determination- to defeat Hitler. These attempts 'to be non-political; essential , and inev3tabier. though they are in strengthening the governments during • the war, some- times . produce .calif:ming• situations.. For example, there was the control' versy over the entrance, of Charles " yallin,' the -extreme rightist, into tire"" Fighting ,French, . The Yugoslav goy- ernment, has been under fire from the, left and a' well organized campaign to discredit General 'Mikhailovich is going on in Canada and the United States. It is apparent" that these . all- inclusive • national governments will have great difficulty' in "formulating The little boy's favorite uncle was and agreeing upon post-war plans. • - Generally speaking, the exile gov- - wedding the youngster approached eruments are •in agreement„that there up• mother, "Murhmy," • he said rather dolefully, should be a hard peace .imposed on Germany and that the crimes com- hey give them anything they like mitted by -the Germans should' be pun- ishe'd. Some governments have urged, gather evidence against the Germans in • preparation• .° for the day of reckoning,;`.. , ey. are GOVERNMENTS IN EXILE'., disillusioned about riuntra'hty and 'with one accord- label it' � Wirt/1k `.'•: policy. But instead' of seeking;;-;&r.so. lution to the problem of maintaining . , peace 'in a revived League bf" Na'fione' a• their citizen's to or 'in a United States of Europe, they ' king. The very magnitude of the are examining other plans. Thus the. Poles and the ..Czechs have agreed upon a federal union'with related -currencies, a, customs• union,; and co-operation; in national planting, transportation, telegraphs and, de- fence. The Jugoslays and Greeks en- 'un visage a, similar ion; but here the problem is complicated by a struggle, between the Serbs, Croats and Slo- venes, inside Jugoslavia. The Scandin- avian - avian countries have 'talked ' about a Scandinavian' union, but ,the Norweg- ans and Dutch,, with great shipping nterests, are more -concerned with world co-operation. The federations suggested are not, however, to be closed corporations; they visualize he ultimate adhesion of their neig'. bars to them, There is of course Considerable doubt if many of, these refugee gov- ernments will long, be in power. after the .war is, over. But the Foreign' Policy 'bulletin, conceding this, 'be- lieves that, they can serve as a very useful bridge between the periods of, war and a permanent) established• to pulldown the, coalition govern-;r.:enis 'n- e,,lle have helped tremend- peace. being married. ' Shortly before • the his "t to eat -for the last, day .or two; don't they?" (Winnipeg Free Press) Defeating Hitler and freeing Eur- ope of Nazism is a stupendous under - to task has tended to overshadow the fact that this is only half the lob. Af- ter Hitler. has been defeated the con- tinent of Europe riiust againTe or- ganized. Self government must be restored to the conquered countries. Otir success or failure in this enter- prise may profoundly affect the course of human history for generations. A. study of some phases ,of the problem's ahead was recently made by the' For- eign Policy Association in a bulletin, on the war and peace aims of the: Al- i lied governments in London. The free governments in London differ widely in form. Some are made up of men and. women who were part of the governments of their countries t before the war. Three, monarchs, `King Ilaalcon of Norway Queen Wil- helmina of The,Netherlands, and King -Peter of Jugoslavia, head exile gov- ernments.' Other free ' governments are made up, of men and women who ''i'o had little or to place in political life before the war. , In -the a^.'*negate, these govern. Y R.C.A.F. Women Get New Uniform • e ESP �;x The Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) has a new and 'streamlined version of its trim blue uniform; and as present ones wear out, they will be replaced by this attractive design. Planned and executed by Canada's foremost fashion authorities, it is practical, becoming, and incidentally saves fabric. Most notable change is the cap -- a curving, wide - visored model of fabric on felt. The tunic has slimmer lines, false upper pocket§ and. patch pockets below; its back is tailored in one piece, with a detachable belt - Kick -pleat skirts are giving way to a style with six flat gores and plenty of swing to the hemline. The greatcoat, with an inverted pleat and half belt at the back, with its lapels flaring higher, and pockets on a diagonal slant, promises greater, warmth as well as flattery. Calor, material, and insignia have not altered their proud Air Force identity. Only one "extra" has been added •- a flat shoulder bag of blue leatherette, Which. swinging from right shoulder to left 'Side,' will, nitre than etallfthsate fort the departed pockets,