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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-05-14, Page 761, f qR • r �' �a .l�^""'•I "i''�r' m ..: r aaa+rrp'`°"riw�n rcr u,wn. rw. sN'"' (** any''" 1,4,41irf DO 114)T1111( CHAPTER 11 SYNOPSIS Timothy .Hulme, principal of a _ ' good but itupoverishedl Vermont academy, lives ra,.studious bache- lor existence with only his deaf Aunt Lavinia for company. They take their meals at Miss Peck's, where other Clifford faculty mem- bers gather to eat -and usually to gossip. Now that the teachers were all back a good many people ate their meals with Miss Peck. Anyone at that long table was bet- ter company than `Mrs. Washburn and usually Mr. Hulme sat down as far as possible from the tiresome old wo- man, leaving her to" •the , latecomers who deserved what they got. 'It was while he was walking slow- ly home with Aunt Lavinia under the flaming October maples that his mind came bounding up with the colorful hypothesis that perhaps the•repulsion felt for bores, by normal people does not come from mere selfish im- patience, as moralists would have it, but is based on insight into the real nature of things.. The flight impulse aroused by the sight of a bore might be justified by the facts if one under- stood them. The next evening his mind, which usually sank into a •coma at the mere sight of Mrs. Washburn, sat ntp alert as he took -the chair beside her. `Nice autumn weather,. Mrs. Washburn," he remarked unfolding his napkin. She answered eagerly. Mr, Hulme's mind swooned for a time. When it came to,, later on, Mrs. Washburn was saying, ". - - and so I always tell people it 18 sim- ply out of the question for me. Other people can, but,I never could." "Oh, Mrs. Washburn, how very in- teresting," exclaimed Mr. • Hulme, in all sincerity. But he reminded 'him- self that generalizing. from one case is unscientific. He must listen to her many more times, to allow for pos- sible variations from the norm. But hese first indications certainly look- ed as if his theory about the norm was correct. • The . people around them began to push away from the table and rise heavily from their chairs. He folded his napkin, allowing him- self the derisive smile o hold,, secret, E • malice. And looking up cas ually, was staggered "to see young Susan ,Barney's eyes deeply fixed on him- on him—with a penetrating in- timate expression of emotion. He was as startled and shaken as f, in a room where he had. locked himself up to do something he was not very proud of, he had' turned around to find an intruder greedily watching him. She looked quickly down, slid her` folded napkin into the ring,- and keeping her lowered eyes on her hands, began humbly.to gather he dishes together to carry into the I For a moment longer, Mr. Hulme sat still. When he.' stood up he gave his shoulders a shake ,and glanced around to find 'his aunt. What under the sun did Susa�,n Bar- ney think she was looking at?" he asked•'himaelf, perturbed, uneasy, and said aloud, "Well, Aunt Lavinia, rea-. dy to start back?" They walked slowly from the .light- ed room's yellow glow into the clear I of the autumn twilight outside. Some one behind them called in a ow tone, "Professor Hulme." His aunt hanging on his arm, he turned. They faced Susan Barney coming to- wards them over the lawn from the back of the house. Under the dense shade of the old maples the twilight had thickened al- most to dusk but he thought` he could see that she was a little pale. She, I • put on a large apron as if she had begun her kitchen work, and hen, seeing them leaving the house, had, after all, come out on an impulse. Her face was serious. She began at once, "Professor Hulme, I wasn't .. . was only . . . 1 don't want you to hink' . . Although they were a considerable distance from the house she dropped her deep voice to a still ower note. "I've been so sorry for old Mrs. Washburn! Ever since I've I • here I've been noticing how ev- erybody treats her. You know bow' mean they all act. It made me feel o . . . so happy . . . to see you being nice to her, talking to her, in- ereste ,,te what she was . . my bands." She held up hers, stiff :talon -crooked fingers. The girl searched the sunken dark eyes with a long , look and smiled. "Oh, could I? And could I bring my sister sometime, when she's here?" "Any brae ye're free,". said Aunt Lavinia easily, "and, yes, indeed, bring your sister if ye like—if she won't fidget. I Can't stand fidgeting," To her the incident seemed ended. She nodded and took her nephew's arm to go on. But he could not of course go on without having said something. Like a tongue-tied boy, not' a word could he find. He opened, his mouth. And closed it. Good heavens, what was there to say? Everything that came into his head was wrong, would but pull to a harder knot the misunder- standing he was ashamed to leave, ashamed to clear away. Aunt Lav- inia began to move slowly on. He bowed a little, his hat in his hand, but Susan was turning back towards the house. If she would only look at him—once!—he might make her see . . He concentrated on making her look at him. But she did not. She walked quietly away' over the grass. Now Mr. Hulme's mind had no time for play. He sent it racing out to find the answer to an imperative question. That question was not at all whether he should clear up the misunderstanding. When a man puts his hand into his pocket and finds a purse that is not • his,' he - does not debate whether to keep it or not. At least Timothy Hulme does not. The question was how to do it. Here was no .simple gesture of handing back a fistful of •coins. What had he to say except that his apparent kind- ness to an old lady had been nothing but stony-hearted malice? But how could a safe, way be de- vised until more 'was. known about the person to whom restitution was to be made? The first step was of course to find out, what kind of hu- man being this Susan Barney was. Could any evidence be extracted from these last two all -too -well -re- membered contacts with her? Not very much. The girl who sat across the table, transfigured with the' joy of those who feel the world's heart beat, after long doubt of it as fire or ice --it was impossible for the man who had fooled her into that deluded gladnessto recall it objectively. He looked away from her to the other girl, half -veiled in blue twilight, lift- ing her .'hand with that slow gentle gesture to brush away the golden autumn- leaf. The Principal of the Academy took a drink of water. The idiocy a man's reflexes could inflict upon him. And at any age! For two decades his classes had been made up of girls and boys, young women and young men. He had taught them— and they had taught him that young beauty is a mute. deception. Shining candid eyes, looking• straight into yours, enshrined deceit, mediocrity, and` cold egotism quite as readily as honor and integrity. He was, he . of- ten thought, inoculated against the almost invincible magic of youth, from having been exposed to it so long. Holding forth one evening at Miss Peck's table, Mr. Hulme became a- ware of a dialogue going on at the other end—Mrs. Washburn was put- ting Susan through one of her ruth- lessly prying inquisitions. He hastily withdrew from the talk he had begun and cocked his ear to profit by ques- tions which would have been beneath his dignity to ask. "No, I don't re- member my father and mother," Sus- an answered patiently. "They died when I was a little girl. Delia—she's my sister—was a baby. Yes, Father was Peter Barney's son. But I don't know much about the Barney rela- tives. Grandfather Cadoret brought us up. Yes, it was his mother who was John Crandall's wife." There was a name Mr. Hulme re- cognized. John Crandall was the far- mer and sheep raiser who shortly af- ter the Civil War had left his money to the Academy, the only gift ever made to it since .its foundation and all that made its existence now pos- sible. - The intrusive questions continued, the candid answers followed. "Grand- father died the year I graduated from Normal School. No, he didn't Leave us the house. He had put a mortgage on it—bigger than it was really worth. That's what had put me through the Academy and the Normal School. I believe one of the Ashley banks took it over. No, I don't think the bank ever found any- body to buy it. It's a very small house and too far from the valley road to be practical • to farm. It's the last one on the 'old road to the Crandall Pitch." To Mr. Hulme it was easy to fill in the gaps of this` outline; and a good many times after that, when he Was holding his newspaper before his eyes he was ,telling himself the whole story—the little girl who grew tip ae fast aa she could to take care. Of the house and the younger sister. After school hours Susan came to the house to, listen to the gramophone and, as she grew more familiar, to Mr. Hulme was blushing, • Not since is little .boyhood had •he felt shame o burn its way over his face; For n instant his very eyes were suffus- d with heat, so that he could hare - see through the dusk the girl's verted head. Aunt Lavinia "dropped is area and took a step forward, sn.y- g warmly—not put off as another, tight have been by Having no idea that people were talking about . . . Ye're 'r -right, Miss Su,ian Bar-r-ney, ty nephew Tim's a r -reason for think - t' better of us all. I'm glad some- ody has the wit to know it." She Lid a withered hand on the girl's boulder and asked, "Do ye like mus- '? Would ye care to listen! in my coin some free half hour ye might ave? I'm always Makin' 3t by ma- hinhry since the rheumatism ,Book m .r.BJ�dk6ti bring a • little, Ondex A the` room where -thio grail%phone tood. • Timo- thy was usually: in his {pffice in the Academy building But sometimes before she had left he oitme back fox his late afternoon reqing of the newspaper. Once as' hit started up the stairs she came running down. He could of course have stopped her then and told her what he felt he must say to her about old. Mrs. Wash-, burn, But he had been able to think of nothing, as he looked up at her, save the filmy lightness. of her hair, her rapid descent. . "Oh, good evening, Mr, Hulme." "Good evening, Susan." She -passed him with a sniffling nod. The front.. door opened and closed. She was gone. .Timothy stood silent, halfway up the stairs, his hand on the railing. • On one afternoon the week after this,; she herself gave him an excel- lent opportunity to tell her anything he wished, by appearing in his office at the hour he kept open for consul- tation with teachers. But she was for the moment so entirely Teacher, and the question she asked engaged his pedagogical attention so instant- ly that he stepped at once automatic- ally into his professional role of men- tor. "It's about nature study," she ,said, the quality of her voice announcing that she was out of patience with nature study. "You know the chil- dren are supposed this term to learn fifteen birds' nests and tell the. name of the bird that built each one. They can't see what difference it makes. And neither can I. Honestly, isn't it just another list of facts somebody has thought up for them to memor- ize?" He turned his head a little to one side, looked down thoughtfully, strok- ed back his hair with his right hand and said, "Well, of course to learn just the names of y things without un- derstanding„is foolish. I wonder if— well, see here, suppose one of the children should tell the class that a crow was the bird that built the long oval nest that hangs at the drooping tip of an elm branch? Or that' it was an owl?". .. "Anybody'd know better than that!" "How so?” She said tartly, "Why, those birds are too heavy. They have to make their nests on a strong btanch.• And they're "Bo' big land- stronl;``Yirie) ea' keep enemies away from their eggs without bothering to hang the nest where nobody can get at it." He tipped back his .chair and ask- ed, "How's that for one answer to your question?" She looked at him intently now, fol- lowing Lis idea, looked eagerly for a flaw in his reasoning and pouiiced on it, "Oh, but—yes, I see what you mean. But, Mr. Hulme, there are• lots of birds no bigger than an oriole and no stronger that don't build, their nests at the tip of a thin branch." (Continued Next Week) Fuel -Shortage The farmer who owns a well-man- aged woodlot of 20 acres or so has little to worry about in the present serious fuel shortage in Canada, states the Dominion Forest Service. If the lot is in good condition it will provide from one-half to one cord per acre every year and actually leave the stand in better growing condition than if nothing was cut from it. A well -stocked woodlot on suitable soil will bear from 30 to 40 cords per ac- re. It most of the trees are sound and spaced so that_ all the crowns re- ceive their. fair share of sunlight, they will grow a cord an acre per year. But unless this cord per acre per 'year is cut regularly, the crowns will soon become crowded, the growth rate will become much slower, and finally so many of the trees will die that the loss from this source may be even greater than the annual growth; It is a serious mistake to exploit the woodlot—t•o cut all the, trees that are large enough to slake fuelwood at one time. Such treatment would mean' a wait of many years before there would again be trees large en- ough to' cut" Not only that, but the growth on the few trees left would be much less than the land is cap- able of producing. The proper procedure is to "select and inark the trees that should be cut each year before actually starting to cut. First select the dead, defec- tive and old, poorly shaped. trees; second, enough ,„sof the largest trees scattered here and there' to make up the cord or so per acre should- be selected to let. light in to trees be- neath; but not so many should be taken in .ane place that large 'open- ings will be made in the crown cover. It is a good idea to divide a large woodlot into a number of sections of 5 to 10 acres .each, and cut the whole Year's supply from one section at a time; then leave that section undis- turbed until all the other sections have been cut over in the same way. That ftl; instead of cutting over the whole 20 -acre lot. to get 20 cords, Out 20 cords from Otte section., each year. • 'rar'4ening beginners .often, m re the sointake of asking for trarletles thatf perhaps were popular Many' years. ago, Without realijing- that there Mas been vast . improvement, and mucks, better' kkitds are now available. Plant bz ,edeas nave 'been steadily turning out better varieties, bigger, earlier and more tender than m'any of us knew in the old days. Corns have been developed that. give larger cobs, .thicker and juicier kernels. There are beets and carrots that grow more quickly; radishes that are fit to use in a matter of days from 'the time of seeding; spinach that will not go to seed and become coarse so quickly;, peas that will be ready to put in the pot in from 50 to 60 days. All these points are most import- ant, and especially to the beginner or the r gardener in parts of Canada where early frosts are all too fre- quent. ' These varieties are much too numerous to be mentioned in detail here. The prospective' gardener is advised to secure a good seed cata- logue or ep-to-date government bulle- tin, which lists varieties suitable for the various areas .of Canada. Inci- dentally, all varieties listed in Cana- dian seed catalogues are specially se- lected to thrive under Canadian con. ditloua; ,.. Tatar is ;Opt, pl map,,,,, necte�d. wit* , Arden :.f X, y$ a 6'reat in'any 'Gl} p sno0, 'ca t Celery, . toaQtatoes and ;`Re143p;ter,, Pally bo►Ig?t as A:taa> telt pial# frQ s•edsmen or greeuhou„see and', set o$ an' peixnanent gtuarters, while: •'almost any flower—perenziial,•as well as ally nual—can be purchdeed in is vi!ay. The same, of Bourse, applies te` all nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, roses, vines, etc.. The secret of successful 'transplant- ing is to purchase in the first place good, healthy, stout stock, and then in doing the job expose the roots as little as possible to . the air. net out on a dull day or in the evening. Firm down the earth well around the plant, tree, or whatever is being transplant- ed, and water well. With big trees -- six or seven , feet high'—this may mean a pail of water eaeh, and every few days if , possible. . With small things like .tomatoes or cosmos, •a pint or so around each plant will be: sufficient. ( Earth around the roots should he fine and of good fertilitjr, and it sheuld be kept well cultivated while the plant is getting establish- ed: • With trees this means cultivat- ing for at least the first ydar and for about three feet all around the trunk. s 4,1 Big tincts: or• hail'; P. Has; tomatoe0, peony, dole*if well,• as. fruitand .dra�ryrner4fl�' will b@a'efit OM' 8ta#tdng hold: them firxoly iu, paws! ti ;rf` ing the wind ,moving rtllieia 4010, breaking off tiny' feed; ug yh Stakes are best driven in. at tr. Planting timeso as not to dinti the roots. The stakes should be fairly stout, - at °least an inch square. The •plagti should be tied to the stakes with soft twine or raffia. All side shoots on staked tomatoes are pitched off a-, soon as they form, but not of eouree ." the blooms which 'come at the j1'uc- tion of side shoats and the main stem. .. " rsofP/anaedM_a/s; Now you can be sure your family gets good nutrition. Follow the 63 varied menus in this Free booklet. Here's the book you have been waiting for , . the practical way to gobd nutrition. No need to be a student of dietetics! You simply follow the menus planned for you, confident that you are serving.meals as healthful as they are appealing. This is an important part of your war effort! For proper food is vital to health, and therefor to all-out production. Yet Government surveys show that 60 per cent of Canadians fall short of good nu- trition, even though seemingly well-fed. So learn the way to meals that are as healthful as they are ap- petizing! Send for your copy of ."Eat-to-Work- to-Win"'k noir/ SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY Just send your name and cddress, clearly printed, to "Nutrition for Victory". Box 600, Toronto, C ,nodo THE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) in the interests of munition and health as an aid to Victory. *Tbe nutritional Stat m,, tr is `"EAI- hot-Wat*et6-IFier Ara7fiffe table Nutrition Sromiere, Doe:rtat t"% 't Hsaltb, Ot€aloa,, for tbeCarrddianNsatri- tion Programrue. . NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE First Compulsory Employment Transfer Order - NOTICE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES that men in specified lines of civilian employment, b classes' already designated under National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations, must report for interview not later than May 19th, 1943, at an Employ- ment and Selective Service Office. A. Objective: The Order makes available for essential -employments the services of men in classes already designated under National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations, who are now employed in specified non- essential employments. B. EMPLOYMENTS COVERED BY THIS ORDER: Men, of the specified categories, are covered if now employed at: •'(1) ta- verns or liquor, wine and beer stores; (2) retail sale of candy, confectionery, tobacco, books, stationery, news; (3) bar- ber shops and beauty parlours; (4) retail and wholesale florists; (5) service stations (gasoline -filling stations) ; (6) r,ctail sale of motor vehicles or accessories; (7) retail We of sporting goods or musical instru- ments; (8) waiter; taxi driver; elevator operator, hotel bell boy, domestic servant; (9) any occupation in or directly associated with entertainment, including. but not restricted to theatres, film agencies; motion picture companies, clubs, bowling alleys, pool rooms; (10) any occupation in or directly associated with dyeing, cleaiaing, and pressing (not including, laundry work); baths; guide service; shoe shining. C. AGE AND MARITAL CLASSES OF MEN COVERED BY THIS ORDER: (a) Every man born in any year from 191.'7 to 1924 (inclusive) who has reached age 19; (b) every than born from 1902 to 1916 (inclusive), who, at July 15, 1940, wasunmarried, or divorced or judicially separated, or.a widower without child or children; (e) every man born from 1902 to 1916 (inclusive) who has become a widower since July 15, 1940, and is without child or children now living; (d) every man born from 1902 to 1916 Men referred to above 'rust present (inclusive) who, since July. 15, 1940, has been divorced or judicially separated. D. Procedure to be Followed: All men as defined above must report to an Employment and, Selective Service Office not later than May 19,- 1943. Men resident outside a city or town having an Employment and Selective Service Office, too far removed to call per- sonally, may write to the nearest office, and await further. directions. E. OBLIGATIONS OF EIVLPLOYEES: When directed to accept employment, men referred to in Paragraphs B and C above are required by the Regulations to follow the direction. , F. OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS: It will be illegail for an employer to retain in his etnploy after May 19th, 1943, any men referred to in Paragraphs B and C above, unless a special permit has been obtained from' Selective Service. G. Transportaaion: P:rdovision will be ,made for transportation of men moved to a new plate of residence. H. Appeals: If objecting to transfer to other employment when directed, a man may enter appeal with a Court of Referees within, 7 days. I. Penalties: Penalties are provided for either employer or empiorees failing to comply with this Order. J. Authority: This Order is issued by the Minister of Labour under National Selective • Service Civilian Regulations (P.C. 246 of January 19th, 1943, and amending Orders in Council). documents at the employrgss_t_officea indicating compliance with Mobilization Regulations. ' DEPARTMENT Or U'ilomPFtREY Mrrenau.., Minister of Labour L0 X71 1v' 181*• 1c t.' Si` l • A. MAAN5MARA, Director National Selective Service e. ly ,,r'� In .. 1 ,s .. 1 ••14 -TS'.: . Illarrieters, 8olltitor E fintniejt IR Al¥Qonnell - IL Olsen IlsYs Ri7•'•13, ONT. Telerlindlo i74 II.LMeLBAN Barrister, Solicitor, Eto. . BHAFORTH - ONTARIO Branch Office -- Gene ll Pleasall -Seaforth BLlone 113 Phone 173 MEDICAL F. SEAFORTII CLINIC DR. E. A. MOMASTER, M.B. graduate of University of Toronto PAUL L. BRADY, M.D. graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic is fatly equipped with eemplete and modern X-ray and .otlrar lip -to -date diagnostic and therapeutics etiniememt. Dr. F. J. R. 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Anyone at that long table was bet- ter company than `Mrs. Washburn and usually Mr. Hulme sat down as far as possible from the tiresome old wo- man, leaving her to" •the , latecomers who deserved what they got. 'It was while he was walking slow- ly home with Aunt Lavinia under the flaming October maples that his mind came bounding up with the colorful hypothesis that perhaps the•repulsion felt for bores, by normal people does not come from mere selfish im- patience, as moralists would have it, but is based on insight into the real nature of things.. The flight impulse aroused by the sight of a bore might be justified by the facts if one under- stood them. The next evening his mind, which usually sank into a •coma at the mere sight of Mrs. Washburn, sat ntp alert as he took -the chair beside her. `Nice autumn weather,. Mrs. Washburn," he remarked unfolding his napkin. She answered eagerly. Mr, Hulme's mind swooned for a time. When it came to,, later on, Mrs. Washburn was saying, ". - - and so I always tell people it 18 sim- ply out of the question for me. Other people can, but,I never could." "Oh, Mrs. Washburn, how very in- teresting," exclaimed Mr. • Hulme, in all sincerity. But he reminded 'him- self that generalizing. from one case is unscientific. He must listen to her many more times, to allow for pos- sible variations from the norm. But hese first indications certainly look- ed as if his theory about the norm was correct. • The . people around them began to push away from the table and rise heavily from their chairs. He folded his napkin, allowing him- self the derisive smile o hold,, secret, E • malice. And looking up cas ually, was staggered "to see young Susan ,Barney's eyes deeply fixed on him- on him—with a penetrating in- timate expression of emotion. He was as startled and shaken as f, in a room where he had. locked himself up to do something he was not very proud of, he had' turned around to find an intruder greedily watching him. She looked quickly down, slid her` folded napkin into the ring,- and keeping her lowered eyes on her hands, began humbly.to gather he dishes together to carry into the I For a moment longer, Mr. Hulme sat still. When he.' stood up he gave his shoulders a shake ,and glanced around to find 'his aunt. What under the sun did Susa�,n Bar- ney think she was looking at?" he asked•'himaelf, perturbed, uneasy, and said aloud, "Well, Aunt Lavinia, rea-. dy to start back?" They walked slowly from the .light- ed room's yellow glow into the clear I of the autumn twilight outside. Some one behind them called in a ow tone, "Professor Hulme." His aunt hanging on his arm, he turned. They faced Susan Barney coming to- wards them over the lawn from the back of the house. Under the dense shade of the old maples the twilight had thickened al- most to dusk but he thought` he could see that she was a little pale. She, I • put on a large apron as if she had begun her kitchen work, and hen, seeing them leaving the house, had, after all, come out on an impulse. Her face was serious. She began at once, "Professor Hulme, I wasn't .. . was only . . . 1 don't want you to hink' . . Although they were a considerable distance from the house she dropped her deep voice to a still ower note. "I've been so sorry for old Mrs. Washburn! Ever since I've I • here I've been noticing how ev- erybody treats her. You know bow' mean they all act. It made me feel o . . . so happy . . . to see you being nice to her, talking to her, in- ereste ,,te what she was . . my bands." She held up hers, stiff :talon -crooked fingers. The girl searched the sunken dark eyes with a long , look and smiled. "Oh, could I? And could I bring my sister sometime, when she's here?" "Any brae ye're free,". said Aunt Lavinia easily, "and, yes, indeed, bring your sister if ye like—if she won't fidget. I Can't stand fidgeting," To her the incident seemed ended. She nodded and took her nephew's arm to go on. But he could not of course go on without having said something. Like a tongue-tied boy, not' a word could he find. He opened, his mouth. And closed it. Good heavens, what was there to say? Everything that came into his head was wrong, would but pull to a harder knot the misunder- standing he was ashamed to leave, ashamed to clear away. Aunt Lav- inia began to move slowly on. He bowed a little, his hat in his hand, but Susan was turning back towards the house. If she would only look at him—once!—he might make her see . . He concentrated on making her look at him. But she did not. She walked quietly away' over the grass. Now Mr. Hulme's mind had no time for play. He sent it racing out to find the answer to an imperative question. That question was not at all whether he should clear up the misunderstanding. When a man puts his hand into his pocket and finds a purse that is not • his,' he - does not debate whether to keep it or not. At least Timothy Hulme does not. The question was how to do it. Here was no .simple gesture of handing back a fistful of •coins. What had he to say except that his apparent kind- ness to an old lady had been nothing but stony-hearted malice? But how could a safe, way be de- vised until more 'was. known about the person to whom restitution was to be made? The first step was of course to find out, what kind of hu- man being this Susan Barney was. Could any evidence be extracted from these last two all -too -well -re- membered contacts with her? Not very much. The girl who sat across the table, transfigured with the' joy of those who feel the world's heart beat, after long doubt of it as fire or ice --it was impossible for the man who had fooled her into that deluded gladnessto recall it objectively. He looked away from her to the other girl, half -veiled in blue twilight, lift- ing her .'hand with that slow gentle gesture to brush away the golden autumn- leaf. The Principal of the Academy took a drink of water. The idiocy a man's reflexes could inflict upon him. And at any age! For two decades his classes had been made up of girls and boys, young women and young men. He had taught them— and they had taught him that young beauty is a mute. deception. Shining candid eyes, looking• straight into yours, enshrined deceit, mediocrity, and` cold egotism quite as readily as honor and integrity. He was, he . of- ten thought, inoculated against the almost invincible magic of youth, from having been exposed to it so long. Holding forth one evening at Miss Peck's table, Mr. Hulme became a- ware of a dialogue going on at the other end—Mrs. Washburn was put- ting Susan through one of her ruth- lessly prying inquisitions. He hastily withdrew from the talk he had begun and cocked his ear to profit by ques- tions which would have been beneath his dignity to ask. "No, I don't re- member my father and mother," Sus- an answered patiently. "They died when I was a little girl. Delia—she's my sister—was a baby. Yes, Father was Peter Barney's son. But I don't know much about the Barney rela- tives. Grandfather Cadoret brought us up. Yes, it was his mother who was John Crandall's wife." There was a name Mr. Hulme re- cognized. John Crandall was the far- mer and sheep raiser who shortly af- ter the Civil War had left his money to the Academy, the only gift ever made to it since .its foundation and all that made its existence now pos- sible. - The intrusive questions continued, the candid answers followed. "Grand- father died the year I graduated from Normal School. No, he didn't Leave us the house. He had put a mortgage on it—bigger than it was really worth. That's what had put me through the Academy and the Normal School. I believe one of the Ashley banks took it over. No, I don't think the bank ever found any- body to buy it. It's a very small house and too far from the valley road to be practical • to farm. It's the last one on the 'old road to the Crandall Pitch." To Mr. Hulme it was easy to fill in the gaps of this` outline; and a good many times after that, when he Was holding his newspaper before his eyes he was ,telling himself the whole story—the little girl who grew tip ae fast aa she could to take care. Of the house and the younger sister. After school hours Susan came to the house to, listen to the gramophone and, as she grew more familiar, to Mr. Hulme was blushing, • Not since is little .boyhood had •he felt shame o burn its way over his face; For n instant his very eyes were suffus- d with heat, so that he could hare - see through the dusk the girl's verted head. Aunt Lavinia "dropped is area and took a step forward, sn.y- g warmly—not put off as another, tight have been by Having no idea that people were talking about . . . Ye're 'r -right, Miss Su,ian Bar-r-ney, ty nephew Tim's a r -reason for think - t' better of us all. I'm glad some- ody has the wit to know it." She Lid a withered hand on the girl's boulder and asked, "Do ye like mus- '? Would ye care to listen! in my coin some free half hour ye might ave? I'm always Makin' 3t by ma- hinhry since the rheumatism ,Book m .r.BJ�dk6ti bring a • little, Ondex A the` room where -thio grail%phone tood. • Timo- thy was usually: in his {pffice in the Academy building But sometimes before she had left he oitme back fox his late afternoon reqing of the newspaper. Once as' hit started up the stairs she came running down. He could of course have stopped her then and told her what he felt he must say to her about old. Mrs. Wash-, burn, But he had been able to think of nothing, as he looked up at her, save the filmy lightness. of her hair, her rapid descent. . "Oh, good evening, Mr, Hulme." "Good evening, Susan." She -passed him with a sniffling nod. The front.. door opened and closed. She was gone. .Timothy stood silent, halfway up the stairs, his hand on the railing. • On one afternoon the week after this,; she herself gave him an excel- lent opportunity to tell her anything he wished, by appearing in his office at the hour he kept open for consul- tation with teachers. But she was for the moment so entirely Teacher, and the question she asked engaged his pedagogical attention so instant- ly that he stepped at once automatic- ally into his professional role of men- tor. "It's about nature study," she ,said, the quality of her voice announcing that she was out of patience with nature study. "You know the chil- dren are supposed this term to learn fifteen birds' nests and tell the. name of the bird that built each one. They can't see what difference it makes. And neither can I. Honestly, isn't it just another list of facts somebody has thought up for them to memor- ize?" He turned his head a little to one side, looked down thoughtfully, strok- ed back his hair with his right hand and said, "Well, of course to learn just the names of y things without un- derstanding„is foolish. I wonder if— well, see here, suppose one of the children should tell the class that a crow was the bird that built the long oval nest that hangs at the drooping tip of an elm branch? Or that' it was an owl?". .. "Anybody'd know better than that!" "How so?” She said tartly, "Why, those birds are too heavy. They have to make their nests on a strong btanch.• And they're "Bo' big land- stronl;``Yirie) ea' keep enemies away from their eggs without bothering to hang the nest where nobody can get at it." He tipped back his .chair and ask- ed, "How's that for one answer to your question?" She looked at him intently now, fol- lowing Lis idea, looked eagerly for a flaw in his reasoning and pouiiced on it, "Oh, but—yes, I see what you mean. But, Mr. Hulme, there are• lots of birds no bigger than an oriole and no stronger that don't build, their nests at the tip of a thin branch." (Continued Next Week) Fuel -Shortage The farmer who owns a well-man- aged woodlot of 20 acres or so has little to worry about in the present serious fuel shortage in Canada, states the Dominion Forest Service. If the lot is in good condition it will provide from one-half to one cord per acre every year and actually leave the stand in better growing condition than if nothing was cut from it. A well -stocked woodlot on suitable soil will bear from 30 to 40 cords per ac- re. It most of the trees are sound and spaced so that_ all the crowns re- ceive their. fair share of sunlight, they will grow a cord an acre per year. But unless this cord per acre per 'year is cut regularly, the crowns will soon become crowded, the growth rate will become much slower, and finally so many of the trees will die that the loss from this source may be even greater than the annual growth; It is a serious mistake to exploit the woodlot—t•o cut all the, trees that are large enough to slake fuelwood at one time. Such treatment would mean' a wait of many years before there would again be trees large en- ough to' cut" Not only that, but the growth on the few trees left would be much less than the land is cap- able of producing. The proper procedure is to "select and inark the trees that should be cut each year before actually starting to cut. First select the dead, defec- tive and old, poorly shaped. trees; second, enough ,„sof the largest trees scattered here and there' to make up the cord or so per acre should- be selected to let. light in to trees be- neath; but not so many should be taken in .ane place that large 'open- ings will be made in the crown cover. It is a good idea to divide a large woodlot into a number of sections of 5 to 10 acres .each, and cut the whole Year's supply from one section at a time; then leave that section undis- turbed until all the other sections have been cut over in the same way. That ftl; instead of cutting over the whole 20 -acre lot. to get 20 cords, Out 20 cords from Otte section., each year. • 'rar'4ening beginners .often, m re the sointake of asking for trarletles thatf perhaps were popular Many' years. ago, Without realijing- that there Mas been vast . improvement, and mucks, better' kkitds are now available. Plant bz ,edeas nave 'been steadily turning out better varieties, bigger, earlier and more tender than m'any of us knew in the old days. Corns have been developed that. give larger cobs, .thicker and juicier kernels. There are beets and carrots that grow more quickly; radishes that are fit to use in a matter of days from 'the time of seeding; spinach that will not go to seed and become coarse so quickly;, peas that will be ready to put in the pot in from 50 to 60 days. All these points are most import- ant, and especially to the beginner or the r gardener in parts of Canada where early frosts are all too fre- quent. ' These varieties are much too numerous to be mentioned in detail here. The prospective' gardener is advised to secure a good seed cata- logue or ep-to-date government bulle- tin, which lists varieties suitable for the various areas .of Canada. Inci- dentally, all varieties listed in Cana- dian seed catalogues are specially se- lected to thrive under Canadian con. ditloua; ,.. Tatar is ;Opt, pl map,,,,, necte�d. wit* , Arden :.f X, y$ a 6'reat in'any 'Gl} p sno0, 'ca t Celery, . toaQtatoes and ;`Re143p;ter,, Pally bo►Ig?t as A:taa> telt pial# frQ s•edsmen or greeuhou„see and', set o$ an' peixnanent gtuarters, while: •'almost any flower—perenziial,•as well as ally nual—can be purchdeed in is vi!ay. The same, of Bourse, applies te` all nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees, shrubbery, roses, vines, etc.. The secret of successful 'transplant- ing is to purchase in the first place good, healthy, stout stock, and then in doing the job expose the roots as little as possible to . the air. net out on a dull day or in the evening. Firm down the earth well around the plant, tree, or whatever is being transplant- ed, and water well. With big trees -- six or seven , feet high'—this may mean a pail of water eaeh, and every few days if , possible. . With small things like .tomatoes or cosmos, •a pint or so around each plant will be: sufficient. ( Earth around the roots should he fine and of good fertilitjr, and it sheuld be kept well cultivated while the plant is getting establish- ed: • With trees this means cultivat- ing for at least the first ydar and for about three feet all around the trunk. s 4,1 Big tincts: or• hail'; P. Has; tomatoe0, peony, dole*if well,• as. fruitand .dra�ryrner4fl�' will b@a'efit OM' 8ta#tdng hold: them firxoly iu, paws! ti ;rf` ing the wind ,moving rtllieia 4010, breaking off tiny' feed; ug yh Stakes are best driven in. at tr. Planting timeso as not to dinti the roots. The stakes should be fairly stout, - at °least an inch square. The •plagti should be tied to the stakes with soft twine or raffia. All side shoots on staked tomatoes are pitched off a-, soon as they form, but not of eouree ." the blooms which 'come at the j1'uc- tion of side shoats and the main stem. .. " rsofP/anaedM_a/s; Now you can be sure your family gets good nutrition. Follow the 63 varied menus in this Free booklet. Here's the book you have been waiting for , . the practical way to gobd nutrition. No need to be a student of dietetics! You simply follow the menus planned for you, confident that you are serving.meals as healthful as they are appealing. This is an important part of your war effort! For proper food is vital to health, and therefor to all-out production. Yet Government surveys show that 60 per cent of Canadians fall short of good nu- trition, even though seemingly well-fed. So learn the way to meals that are as healthful as they are ap- petizing! Send for your copy of ."Eat-to-Work- to-Win"'k noir/ SEND FOR YOUR COPY TODAY Just send your name and cddress, clearly printed, to "Nutrition for Victory". Box 600, Toronto, C ,nodo THE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) in the interests of munition and health as an aid to Victory. *Tbe nutritional Stat m,, tr is `"EAI- hot-Wat*et6-IFier Ara7fiffe table Nutrition Sromiere, Doe:rtat t"% 't Hsaltb, Ot€aloa,, for tbeCarrddianNsatri- tion Programrue. . NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE First Compulsory Employment Transfer Order - NOTICE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES that men in specified lines of civilian employment, b classes' already designated under National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations, must report for interview not later than May 19th, 1943, at an Employ- ment and Selective Service Office. A. Objective: The Order makes available for essential -employments the services of men in classes already designated under National Selective Service Mobilization Regulations, who are now employed in specified non- essential employments. B. EMPLOYMENTS COVERED BY THIS ORDER: Men, of the specified categories, are covered if now employed at: •'(1) ta- verns or liquor, wine and beer stores; (2) retail sale of candy, confectionery, tobacco, books, stationery, news; (3) bar- ber shops and beauty parlours; (4) retail and wholesale florists; (5) service stations (gasoline -filling stations) ; (6) r,ctail sale of motor vehicles or accessories; (7) retail We of sporting goods or musical instru- ments; (8) waiter; taxi driver; elevator operator, hotel bell boy, domestic servant; (9) any occupation in or directly associated with entertainment, including. but not restricted to theatres, film agencies; motion picture companies, clubs, bowling alleys, pool rooms; (10) any occupation in or directly associated with dyeing, cleaiaing, and pressing (not including, laundry work); baths; guide service; shoe shining. C. AGE AND MARITAL CLASSES OF MEN COVERED BY THIS ORDER: (a) Every man born in any year from 191.'7 to 1924 (inclusive) who has reached age 19; (b) every than born from 1902 to 1916 (inclusive), who, at July 15, 1940, wasunmarried, or divorced or judicially separated, or.a widower without child or children; (e) every man born from 1902 to 1916 (inclusive) who has become a widower since July 15, 1940, and is without child or children now living; (d) every man born from 1902 to 1916 Men referred to above 'rust present (inclusive) who, since July. 15, 1940, has been divorced or judicially separated. D. Procedure to be Followed: All men as defined above must report to an Employment and, Selective Service Office not later than May 19,- 1943. Men resident outside a city or town having an Employment and Selective Service Office, too far removed to call per- sonally, may write to the nearest office, and await further. directions. E. OBLIGATIONS OF EIVLPLOYEES: When directed to accept employment, men referred to in Paragraphs B and C above are required by the Regulations to follow the direction. , F. OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS: It will be illegail for an employer to retain in his etnploy after May 19th, 1943, any men referred to in Paragraphs B and C above, unless a special permit has been obtained from' Selective Service. G. Transportaaion: P:rdovision will be ,made for transportation of men moved to a new plate of residence. H. Appeals: If objecting to transfer to other employment when directed, a man may enter appeal with a Court of Referees within, 7 days. I. Penalties: Penalties are provided for either employer or empiorees failing to comply with this Order. J. Authority: This Order is issued by the Minister of Labour under National Selective • Service Civilian Regulations (P.C. 246 of January 19th, 1943, and amending Orders in Council). documents at the employrgss_t_officea indicating compliance with Mobilization Regulations. ' DEPARTMENT Or U'ilomPFtREY Mrrenau.., Minister of Labour L0 X71 1v' 181*• 1c t.' Si` l • A. MAAN5MARA, Director National Selective Service