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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1944-06-30, Page 71 sr JV s santio er o3' latera hhat'rain wi char and his; and glome khean' seethed. to ;.: c ea -1 !bed ..I oxi feterniii o`uletly " elpl?h 7 CLIEAN • ct r Biarciaxer, •Umoll I o ,_E#1>. - QwrikRIO ;Branch Office - 1104844" • Behaa11 Sege** 111011€1113 Phone 178 IKEDICAL SEAIC C �'�1 TH �N .. DR. E. Al, 90414 STER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto. . The yClinirs .e fully equipped with ,coins/tete and modern X-ray and other up-to-d'ate diagpoetic and therapeutics equipment:' Dr. F. J. E. 'Forster, gpeels,list In diseases of the ear, eye, •nose and Umiak- w -ill beat -the. Clinic the first :Tuesday in every month from 3 to $ y held Free _WeII•Baby Clinic will .:be on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 pen. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A. M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H$. ROSS' OFFICE Phones; Office 6-W Res. 5-4. Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A.,'M.D. Physician and Surgeon, Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90=W - Seaforth - DR. F. J. R. FORSTER. •-Eye, -Ear, .Nose and_ Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Terento. . . Late ..assistant New York Opthal-, mel and Aural Institute, Moorefleld's eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pital,.• London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY. in each month, from 2 p.m. So.. 4.30 p.m.; also . at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. AUCTIONEERS HAROLD 'JACKSON . Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and 'Perth Ceuta' ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. ' For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD .JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea - forth: •RR.R..4, Seafeeth." ' W. S. O'NEIL, DENFIELD ' If you want to realize greater re- tutns from your auction sales of live stock and farm equipment, ask those who • know and have ;heard me. Fif- teen years' . experience. Sales con- ducted anywhere. For sale dates, Phone 28.7, 'Granton, at my expense. 8979) ''PERCY C. WRIGHT Mr. Percy C. Wright will accept auction sales pertaining to farms, stock, implements and household ef- fects. Prices reasonable, with an ex- perieneed as's'istant- Satisfaction guar- anteed. Phone ,90 r 22, Hensall. LONDON and CLINTON NORTH A.M. London, Lv. „ 9.00 Exeter 10.17 Hensall. 10.34 I+Cippen ' • 10.43 Bracefleld 10.55 Clinton, Ar. 11.20 Clinton, Lv Brucefield ,RippeII,. Hensall Exeter London, Ar. SUNDAY ONLY ' Toronto to Goderich• (Via London And Clinton) SOUTH P.M. 3.10 3.32 3.44 3:53 4.10 5.25 (COntinued .fklb; He 1h "Gyeek) Lai* Warminster had not been e e gave an -order for: a.' table'wood, 04.0 -04.0 -to' *miss 'very .roach .:.of filer took Oslo on to the Hoof... The go1rt aiiow bUl 4odged energy, in the repp orad musicians were playlad' with ening• Of theho se, R was mdseor gusto,: as though they ep,io'ed ter less •always-. Open. The butler, the. job.,, They Were Under the .Ilireetiol�, of. an , enorniouslY fat Man .echodid startling. "things. en a sax00/19ilb, from time to time. s ;'belly end : these' of, the orchestra 'swayed tp the rhythm of their mush; and their feet marked time. The very essence sot jazz oozed from their • instruments. And every one of them *ore a broad grin which stretched from ear to ear. A. gay and simple lot, just' as the dancers. were. "You know how to choose," said Garniingay. "This ie immense: I 'Won- der if • they bave applied mosquitoes among other accurate attractions. May I kiss them away if they attack you?'e. _.e "You have a free hand," she said. - He, held, her tighter. And above the musiche heard the song of a bird. And thus they danced and danced, wedged in on every side, unnoticed, mere atoms in an eyer-moving scum, breast to breast. The generous band gave few pauses. Then, suddenly, there was a clash of cymbals, the dimming of lights, and a mass move- ment to the tables. A colored girl,. half naked, sprang into the deserted circle. Gamringay looked 'at his watch, • "It's one o',clock," he; said. .. "Let's• go," • And with uncharacteristic•obedience Helen threaded her way to the door. Her blood, was dancing and her eyes were very bright. • In the car Gamlingay bent forward and kissed her on the lips. Like a member of the hoi pollee a happy shop -girl, Helen put her head ..on his shoulder. As they entered , civiliza- tior,t she sighed, laughed, sat- bolt up- right, and began to powder her nose. They might have been husband and wife by the time they arrived at the. house, except for the fact that he said something. under his breath, that only lovers say: To. which she nod- ded and replied unevenly: "Give•me half an hour. Then ,be careful. Creep." He might have been Sir Walter Ra1- eigh as h,e handed her out. He open- ed 'the door with a latchkey- and they went into the hall. There, waiting as usual, but •a. new expression of anger and •hor- ror, stobd Erskine Dalbeattie Farqu- har, the American aristocrat. , "My God," said Gamlingay, under his breath. "Something's gone wrong, I'm afraid." ' And Helen replied: "I'm afraid so. Something a'Iways does." "I . want you both, if you don't mind," said Farquhar. "Will you come to the morning -room, please?" They followed him with the 'great- est reluctance and both of them were cold.' The expression on Farquhar's face and the extraordinary snag of his shoulders had, brought an .`instant cloud up which had completely cov- ered their sun. He marched up to the fireplace. A cable hadbeen placed against the said Warminster. "Noose of mine are clock. He said: "This is from Ana -j tuppence about laws or rules. Sibyl, stasia. It was here when I' got back.' Evelyn and even Gladys, although• I've been waiting to read it to you.". she's ,still at school, wouldn't think He took it up and drew the mes- 1 twice, any of 'em, about going away, sage from its envelope. "It says, 'Bet- l'qui"e .openly, with any :man they fan- ' cied." At which Lady Warminster ruffled her feathers, uttered a • series of barn ;aril (wises, and turned with genuine anger upon the pessimistic specialist. "They've never done and never will du.. anything of the sort. How can you say such a thing? -And even if they did, it would be perfectly pro- perly done. I mean they would go together, protecting each, other, with a maid and thoughts of me. P.M. Toronto, Lv. 6.00 London .9.40 Clinton Ooderich, Ar. • C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST 11.55 ).2.20 Graderieb....,...... Hoimeavilie , Cl triton Seaforth St. Columban iDdbin Mitch&l ' ' Mitchell - WEST Dublin St.. Columban Seaforth Clinton Godericb A.M. 6.15 6.31 6.43 6.59 7.05 7.12 ?.25'' • 11.27 11.37 11.40 - 11.51 12.04 12.35 teePbenate $ reed Warminster 'O hose memory 'vita&' good, ':I.orbenstelnl" • Farquhar sbuddered:, and a chill ran down .his •spine. .belfeelieePer, the two footmeFargo- - Helen's hand we:': nshaken out ,of har's valet and a nucleus of. maids, its unerriug ' pre94ri;art. Site made a were permanent fixtures., although, as red stain on her erlieelt. Think .of the a rule, they were not required to be glee of reporters 04. the nasty job on active service for longer than two of the ' women .whet ;rad never been months a year. They lived in clover. able to climb let°. tier list of invite They might have been civil Servants tions when it got. sheat that Jean was permanently engaged in the simple in°love with a mxpeietirrh such' a name! -Whitehall process of winding and un• He's the rage o%,idliusical London," 'winding •bails of Government tape, said Lady Warminster; who, though They lived on a glorified dole: And 'greatly . distressed, 'thought that she were consistent movie fans. What ought, in her kind, way', to temper the mindd they must have lradil The •pres- wind,, the gale, " Ike ; .gave two con- ence of Lady Warminster annoyed certs at Queen'•s High''that were • pack - them very much. -.- ' ed to overflowing, -The Tatler devot. With eictrordinary' punctuality. Far- ed ::a whole page to.his photograph quhar and Helen walked up into the and he has been taken up by several •-dra ane room. Greetings were a' lit- duchesses and is able to hang his hat tle abrupt - like those that occur' an the most exclusive houses. between relations who have assembl- " "Exclusive "houses,"'broke in War- ed from distant. parts to attend a minster, with a sneer; ""Find 'em, find cousin's funeral. 'em.. I ctin't, • . They -.had driven up from South- "At, any rate, he was a great suc- ampton. and had left., a man to ease cess both on and oft the concert plat - their things through the Customs and form. According to Sibyl, who has follow by train to town. Anxiety had seen and heard him, . he is the new not prevented Farquhar' from keeping Paderewski, And when I asked her 'himself fit -on board. Sea and salt what he was like, she said that he breezes, ball given his face a • beeom- was a cross between Pella and the ing tan. It ,was not a lack of affec- angel Gabriel. Which conveys moth- boil that 'Made, him merely peck his ing to me. He 'did something to. me,' . sister's cheek. He was in a hurry to she said, in her strange language. He ask about 'his daughter. She was his had the same effect upon her, she obsession. He was hurt and disap- informed me, as half , a 'tumbler of pointed, therefore, not to find her in Creme Yvette: it . made her feel the room. mauve." "Pretty good," said Warminster, in. "Mauve!" ' The word made Farqu- a more and more excellent temper. har sick. - "Although everything else has gone "Then,;; too, he seem's to be very to pot, the steamship lines maintain well off. He drives • about in a Rolls - efficiency, I see." • Royce, has a fiat in Berkeley Square "It's awfully kind of you, to have and has even gone to the length of -got •things ready," . Farquhar said to buying one • of the most beautiful hous- his sister. "And to have met us here. es in 'England, the' Sterkeleys' place, Where s. Jean?" 'Old Burgess' -you know it, Erskine. "Tee Paris," •announced. Warminster, You rented it, I remember in 19 . before his wife could speak, 19 Oh dear in.e,:I'm getting so Under any "other circumstances she bad at dates." . . would have been'. almost angry ae his "That makes no difference," said having commandered the first of her Farquhar., "The man's a Jew." surprises. Helen spoke. She said: "Did Jean "What!" cried Farquhar. "My God." leave for Paris simply because she • Helen threw up her hands. • knew that we were coining?" "Yes,". said Lady .Warminster, "I'm "Not at all, my dear. 1 really don't sorry to have to tell you that she believe that she ' had you in her went away yesterday. Morning, early; thoughts." before any of us were pressed. She "That's obvious," said Farquhar. left a message to say that she would "When I told her that, you had ask- be skbe in Paris that night.", ed me to open the house, she insist - "Why Paris? And why couldn't she ed on cpming with •me in the kindest have waited to see us? I suppose you possible way. She 'buzzed from room told her that we were coming?" to room and seemed.' to enjoy the fun. "Certainly 1 told her. I did every- She brought Max "Lorbenstein with thing that you asked me to do, and her several times, showed him all one or two things on my own re- over the place, made him try the sponsibility that I thought might help piano and was very merry and bright. a little." I have never seen -a girl so happy or "Where is she staying in' Paris? so full of herself. But she wasn't Paris! This isi a goose chase." thinking about you. In fact, she nev- "With the Duchesse de Bexley- er mentioned your name." which is so -teething to ybe thankful The old lady's simple frankness .cut for. I•t' means that she is . being con- Helen' like •a sword. ventional and not, as .Harry prophe- With a sort of sarcastic courtesy sied when I told .him of her departure; • Farquhar said: ''You paint a charm - 'out, on the loose.' " ing picture. ' Please go on." "I know these gels, that's why," And Helen, with something between a Laugh and a sob, put a• cushion be- hind -her back. She saw no• reasonwhy she • shouldn't be comfortable even if she were forced to listen to a perfectly good-natured but stagger- ing indictment. "May I ask you," she said, "if' at any time during our crossing Jean saw the various mes- sages that we dosed you with?" ' "Oh, dear me, yes," said Lady War- . minster. "She .saw them all. Every morning • I called her into my • bed - ,room• and handed them to her." "What did she do?" • "She laughed.. They appeared to amuse her immensely, and she called you 'dear old things.' Don't run away with the idea that she not fond' of you. She is. In fact, I have never heard any girl say nicer things about her parents. She really admires you both. But in thinking it over, I've come to the conclusion that she has grown out of you.- In fact, she's told me',that she was 'on her ewe.'" "Yes, but that's impossible," said Farquhar. "She's in a partnership. And if . she doesn't realize this , - . I was going to say that she must be made to do so, But, my God, how?" Helen straightened and narrowed her beautiful eyes. Her fighting spirit was roused'. It seemed to her to be a cruel and peculiar thing that the only person in the world who had ever stood up against her was the girl upon' whom she had lavished whatever love -she could' spare. ".We will see about that,' she said. Farquhar reverted to 'a point which had began -to rankle in his. mind."Am I really to understand, my dear, Ana- stasia,' that she brought Mr. Lorben- stein. here? After all, this is my House." • "Marty times, my'fdear. Thee have been. together often in this very room and when I came downstairs on Fri day 'last, after satisfying myself that your beds were properly made and all the towels were out, I found .her hunched .up on the sofa listening to that young ;ran, who was 'playing 'the piano 'like an 'angel, with his long black hair over his eyes." "Long black hair," said Farquhar "I could have betted on that.," "He was playing Debussy. • I love Debussy. I confets that I forgot all about everything, beds and towels and all, and, 1 assure you on my word of honour that as -ver in, my 'life have 1 heard such an exquisite tendering of that ma'n's music as Was given by .that' boy." "Boy? How old is the Mellow"then?' "Not a day over twee •t1-t1ve," said Lady Warminster. "Aiid " fie looks: even Younger than that 'If you don't mind my saying so, he'i-ed'a11y rather a dear -iso kind, so Ahgti htful, so entirieous. To watch :i:1to's'e: two to- gether is like looking ata a picture- of a nymph and a faun ; ielfie , n trs,cn •lonely to life. TheY:10,0 anti .p•oke" and play, Side and a'i'dit,--anti One ' e,tpectt silver birches: to; lrbilt c'u't of the' carnets Mirth hear the soling. Of ter come over with Helen by next "boat. Jean is deplorably in love with a pianist. He is a Jew.'" PART V It Was Lady Warminster's turn to feel like a bird of ill omen. This was her husband's 'role in life. She Preferred the part for which she had been boric -the placid barnyard hen. She was waiting with Lord Warinin: ster at 40 Grosvenor Square for the arrival of her brother and -his wife. "They" had pelted -her with wireless messages on their way across the At- lantic and the last of these had beg- ged•her to be good enough to see that their hotse' was in order and to meet them ' there with Jean.' Lady Warminster had two bad" surprises •for• the anxious parents up her sleeve, one of which the dear soul dreaded to have to spring. The elderly Diehard was cheerful. On the top of his form, by •George. He "revelled'•in disasters and crises. He was never so ,happy as when he stood on the very lip of a chasm. Ile was one of those prophets of 'gloom -the aftermath of ,the war -who love to be able to say., "There .you are, you see," and "What did I tell ,you?" PM. 2.30 2.50 3.13 3.21' 3.27 3.35 3.47 10.33 10.44 1.0.56 11.10 11.35 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST Goderich Meneset M eGaw Auburn Blyth Walton McNaught Toronto Toronto .- ".. 71 CNatigl t Wyat� Auburn WEST P.M. 4.35 4.40 4.49 4.58 5.09 5.21 5.32 9.45 A.M. 8.20 P.M. 12.0.4 ,• 12.98 Meneifet . . 12.89 1231 . r 12.64 Y,lf r e,e i,Y's i V i". ►:E.R;i`m e'i!i4 y�, :o� • To Farquhar the production of this domestic red • herring was the epi- tome of irony. He had not driven that great finer all across, to him, the loneliest of the seas. to listen to wrangles about other people's. girls. Angry and terrified he had dashed ever to put a stop to the anarchy of his own daughter and haul her out "1 ,rn association the mere mehtio•i of which among the gossipmongers would mean disgrace, to the family -name. The presence of two perfectly drill- ed footmen with all the appurtenanc- es of an, English tea held up further words. Lady Warminster settled. Warminster,; who loved crumpets with an almost perverted passion, stood ready to pounce. 'Farquhar, on edge with impatience, marched up and when a more than usually horrible down the room in which all his tree - prognostication comes true by acct- sures mocked him. And Helen, tired, spent and nervous, proceeded to make up her .face. She would have done this on 'her way to the scaffold as we!'1"'as"to "a throne. Joy and sorrow, excitement and depression, Were 'all Marked by the pr'oductiori of powder and lipstick from the ,depths of a ery smbrt. bag, ' Almost before the door had closed upon these mechanical 'men, Farqu- har started again. "Who is this per- son'?" Ire ast-e-d, "and bow the devil did Jean come •across him? Surely not in your house?" - , "Why notr asked Warminster, with his mouth full and a blob of butter on his chin. "Liberty Hall - that's what my house is. If ever I feel inclined to meet bounders and loose fish all I have to do Is tb make a tour of inspection. Behind clouds of tobacco smote every afternoon of the week 'you can always find poets, ragtime artists, kidgiove socialists, Balliol bibodb," racing touts . . ." • "Oh, Harry, don't go on like that!" "For the leve of God," cried Farqu- har, "concentrate on us. I beg your pardon; but under the circumstances I think that -you might answer my questions and- let me know the facts. Who is this man, and where does he come from?" "He's an ifrerican," said Lady Napbleonid, a Masterly eifposition of Warilt9.nster. "Iia name Is Max. strategy, a frightful business.: see; had Malt . . Oh dear me, I cannot remeel, beenbarn loltg after hie time. ber names:" dent. There was something tragically comic in:' the way in .which• he had planted ,himself in the middle of the drawing -room with his thumbs in the slits of his waistcoat there to meet his distressed American relations as. soon as they entered the house. -What a chance was his! With what eloquence he could denounce the mem eloquence he could denounce the members of the younger generation, the decay of manners, the demoralisa- tion of ethics, and: get . off some of ,, jae well -preached ,sp.eeChes at' which his oven young people yawned or said, "Oh: God•!" • He was a dear old boy, all the same. Appalling to- live with, but a delightful nearby neighbor. His heart was exactly in the right place. He was 'generous, kind and easily moved by kindness, in fact rather pathetically grateful when one of his young bobs treated him decently and spent_.the day out shooting with film or playing two rdunds of golf. .His love of country was passionate' and, splendid. Any day of the week he would redly die for ins 'Retie. He was good with .dogd and horses: and tenants; would• --smell fine ox,: bad wea- ther ides '-a seller, knew trees and flowers and wall fruit and instantly becatne a rietboolboy at the sight of a ball His croquet was Bistnarckian; strong, )itorinai, vik its ea9 it ax o late. 'Phis picttri'e of ,Jean With her Eton bah and short skirt, ,.§0 'uita'a .modern; .- so ' • dolly, ;.sophisticated prancing about like -.a Spring maiden, with a wan ,with'. knit black hair and a curly nose ',fi7,led. thein with disrnayi and astonishment. T;;tey couldn't {be- = e it was true "How did ,sahe- pick Whim • up?"' asked Helen, eThe`t'a what I can't under-' stand." • "O.h; my dear," said Lady Warmin- ster, "that was easy enough. The, 'bay was the latest hero. Duchesses asked one to meet bile, Be- was. their. strongest card. If one couldn't put on "'one's invitation '.To- greet' Max Lorbenstein,' one was. not . in the run-, ning, • one was 'aa gaud as dead. I trove never had the exact 'story from Jean, but Sibyl told me that, of+ter. hearing him -play at Queen's Hall that afterneen, your dear girl was driven to Carlton' House .Terrace by Lade" Idridgehaye, saw the boy, and fell instantly in love. Ever since then these two have been inseparable. the tautii'f'the-town. It goes without saying, of course, that he fell in love with her. ,-Sibyl tells me that he pro- posed to Jean the very next night. at Ranelagh." "My God, are they engaged? Has it gone, as far -as that?", ."Oh yes, indeed'," said Lady War- minster. "It's ' ail quite ,proper, you kriovv: 'You see the poor boy's' a gen: tleman, although he was born a 'Jew." Once more Farquhar :turned to his wife. and caught her stultified gaze., "Go on from there," he said. "Ia there any more to tell?" "Isn't theme? I mean, - why have they gone to Paris? Why didn't Jean stay to meet us? Why didn't this nice boy, 'whom you admire so much and who's such a little gentleman;-• stay over and come to see me, and say, 'You have the 'honour- to meet your future son -in law'? If•he'really,knows how to _behave, why didn't lie -wait to. receive my congratulations, my fath- enly. blessing, anti all that ' sort •of things? . . . My daughter, Mrs. Lone benstein. My daughter who. hasero mitted social -'-suicide. My son-in-law to whom the doors of every good: club in America are absolutely eiosed." "Well, you see, Mr. Lorbenstein had' several engagements in Paris, and of course he had to go; It seem- ed perfectly natural for Jean to go with him, although I argued the point with her: "She's staying with the Duchesse de Bercy. Max has a house in. Paris - an amazing place, they say." . .. "Did she go alone' with him?" "Oh yes, quite alone." Lady War- minster ar minster looked up' with an odd little smile aria added: "They do these things today." And. after -a lengthy silence, during which Farquhar paced about, he went to his :wife -and put his hand' on her shoulder, and said: "Tell me, can you be ready to catch the Continental train in the morning or shall I do this thing myself?" e utref Iiiy, .,..:, tZe n as; i ndrh'aII,tag- of the fat .. to trow a sly on Flthe s; ,.,may,?' -he- -401i4../.60, Farrquhar rwaa am! 'what the 4017047 Havele't You x eai'd that+ chef _ He. may be a : gen?th•i ls. ?day bea genius, lis May ,be lmaplfiug as a; moving: piotut;e. , star. :1*nay have enough money with which' • ;to big. me up, but. the- fact that• he is , a Jaw rpakest•'•+liiinpi, ' gVith ', us in A,rnerica, a. pariah dog,. Ilacta'l preju, dice it stronger in my country today;; than it has ever 'beeb. The mere sage: • gestien of his_ marrying m� daughter. is 'inconceivable. I°pai not .a seo: ; I -don't care who Jean eventually rear ries so long' as he's ap hor est, decent; .fellow, is9th a straight 11.00, Oen' if he's a polleemene-altbougil 1 I'd very. much rather she did nothing of• tete sort. We've chosen the. man.,we Naar AS >Mrs. Lorl►enstein- it :-would • be •ut- terly impossible for Jean to' hold tip: her head in Nevi' York. And, she has. got to live in . New York. Don't , you: understand?" ::,Greatly • to his Warminster was -s As„ a.. fele- he had pulled his walrus the question more wife's astonishment; ilent fora moment, Plenty to say.. He moustache and gave consideration than he was in the Habit of doing. a "No," he ,said finally, "I don',t " "Why not?" "What you say as to the :American point of 'view comes as `a surprise.. 'I ought to tell_ you. that, over here, we're not so•down on Jews.. Since the, days of Disraeli, who was a damned fine ' chap; and later, during the Edwardian regime, tolerance has spread • and racial prejudice gone be the board. In this country we say) 'Live and let live:, We have our pet Jews .here and they are Men of great . brilliance and integrity. We don't hesitate, as you must . know, tp appoint theme to the highest places'. They are to be'.•found•in both Houses.. of Parliament, at the? Bar, and in, Society. We like 'em and treat 'em well. If they are 'good men and do their-•yobsewe'--tibri'l;•"chi '5 t'uppeimY- what sorb sort of noses they have, and there are notable instances of their having married. our daughters, although theyprefer to .. inter -marry. They are proud people. I may go 'as far as to say that they have their aristocrats. .Personally I never had the vaguest prejudice against 'em, not the vaguest, and I may tell you, quite honestly, that if this man Lor- benstein is a gentleman,- as my good lady believes he is, I wouldn't hesi- tate for a single minute in giving my consent to. his marriage to any" one of my gels. In fact, I would a jolly sight rather that Sibl or Evelyn mar- ried . a .full-blooded Jew who is an excellent and responsible person than a young waster who belongs tp 'one of our oldest families -became the wife of a worthy young "fellow, what- ever his nationality -or religion, than the silly, ass son of a member of my class suet as I frequently meet of ahi9us lie ,huffs much '-to that• ,of hrs Wif .:'at that -1r had oiled: e p tete 'dee/1 tri ehes once end •become as •01?. as his socralrs%c Boit _. aohievenient,: and 'be,ras So, . were they Dot rtt," Farquhar and, ,bas 'wife appalled a•s welt. it Farquhar "left his y . ter.. 1 -le felt -that' that: Irl lady, the mother rot ix `Q,,. the ,wife, of a man. wits„'40? his back to ,. the on^War' . In things and : made a• 1401.4*.* might .be able' to render. his e 16Il 'the way over on the" ,sh'ip , had... ,been in a state o1 Aloof dejec- tion. Her usual babble of converse tion had dried up, • .b,rightitess had ,deserted leer ,and. she had hardly laughed et. all. Farquhar could .Com Pare her only with et plaice like Vichy out of the season, with its Casino ^ ' closed, its- music gone, its Powers over, its seats turned up, its Park deserted, and the leaves. of all its delightful•trees scattered by,the wind. ,?„ it had been very diseoncer'ting to him. It had added to his burdens. He..had -wondered. what she had been think- ' ing about as she sat hour after hour:` in her deck -chair, enveloped' in rums, like a mummy, with her eyes fixed-. on the horizon which came above the rail of the shill at one moment and,. , sank beneath it at another. He had seen quite . plainly that her thoughts were not to this Jean trouble -, although when he had spoken about. it, as he did again 'and ..again,she• had answered him, "agreed with his -poifl't -of ' view; -and ---appeared .-to -be- anxious ,to he with her daughter But as he had watched her from his chair at her, elbow, it had dawned upon him. that Gamlingay, and what he had, meant to hero was the main, subject of . her rumination. And from what she. had let drop from . time to time, unguardedly unguardedly especially " one very clear night when they were pacing the deck together before turning in -he believed that she had begun to • recognize' the horrible but inevitable truth that, as in his own case, it was . - time that she began to be good:, (Continued Next Week) 4 THEY'RE YOUR VITAMINS! Don't feed vitamins -to the air.. . it . doesn't need them but you do! Oven -cooking "'causes waste . . . you can't ,see it . . . but don't let that stop you. Cook food until it is just done, and not a split second longer . .. it's your win. sa LONG NIG NOW BEGIA! AT !STANCE TES P.M. PLEASE make' only essential calls ® especially to war -busy centres -at ,1 e Seo t'he ., ,..wi n.«,.v..h, r<•ro��•, .-+w+m�+ea�+e.m ,m�mmmsbr•,14) wery4 !guy's 4140:424, R. 1'. Jori ,., ail °e 41