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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1945-06-15, Page 7Dairristter , -Solicit tri, Etc,. 'atriek 7 ,.'lfeeganell - , (Liens -716:Y§ ',$0.4FORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 .. J: 1it1.FAN , Barrister, Solicitor, Etc, S:1fAFORTII < - , ONfl,&RIO Branch Office - Hartsell Hengali 2honar113 Seaforth Phone 173 MEDICAL SEAFORT$ CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic ie fully equipped with complete. and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and. throat, .will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 pm. Free .. Well -Baby Clinic will, be held en the second and last Thursday in every month from 1. to 2 p.m. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon -m. IN DR. H. H. ROSS' ONFICE Phones: Office 5-W Res. 5-3 Seaforth • iMARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90-W Seaforth . DR. F. J. 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London, Lv.9.00 Exeter 10.17 Hensel! ... 10.34 Kippen 10.43 Bruceiie1d 10:55 Clinton, Ar. 11.20 - SOUTH a'se Clinton, Lac. Brucefield. Kippen Hensall. Exeter London, Ar. C.N.R. TIME• TABLE EAST Goderich Holmesville Clinton Seaforth St. Columban Dublin Mitchell P:M. 3.10 3.32 3.44 3,53 4.10 5,25 WEST Mitchell , .. . Dublin St. Colulnban Seaforth Clinton Goderich . A.M. 6.15 6.31 6.43 ' 6.59 7.05 7.12 7.25 11.27 11.37 11.40 11.51 12.04 12.35 P.M. 2.30 2.50 3.13 3.21 3.27 3.35 3.47 10.33 10,44 10.56 11.10 11.35 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST Gtsderieh Meneeet Gnaw uburn 01 P.M. • 4.35 .4,40 Watton McNaught 'Toronto '‘.WEST Toronto MMMeNanght Walton Blyth Auburn • 2deGa r Menet 1(jaftefiola ....: 4.49 4.58 5.09 5;21 5.32 9.45 • A.M. 8.20 P.M 12.04 1$,16 µ12k28 1249 12,4` 12.64 108" moo 4r. M, (Continued iraxn,last week).,.. One of the few Muga about Gloria that Ruth did not quite like was• her treatment of her servants. " Shea was. quite as., apt to ask the advice of George or Amy as one of her friends and in consequence they often offered it unsolicited. With Amy this course was all right. -She would storm and scold in true Southern negro fashion and take the resulting avoiding in good part, but if Gloria reprimanded George he would retire sullen/* to the lower regions of the house and pack his luggage and then appear with great dignity to offer his resig- i..ation. Whereupon Gloria would beg him to stay and he would consent to! clo so with apparent reluctance. Once Ruth had seen her put her hand on his arm with a familiar gesture w" lisle she pleaded with hiin to stay. • The - sight sent a cold shudder over her. To Ruth there was something sinister and repulsive about George, and she was.' almost sure that her feeling of distrust and dislike was fully return- ed. He went out now In answer to the ringing door bell; and returned with Terry Riordan, whi -Stood looking in. with wide. questioning eyes. Ruth watched his face intently, keen to see whether - he would show regret at` Gloria's going away. "Glad. I get here in time to say goodbye," he said,- smiling. "Who's going away?" "I thought George told you over the 'phone that I.couldn't see any one to- day," said Gloria. "I'm packing to go to Palm Beach, and now that you've satisfied your curiosity, perhaps, you'll run along." "Not at ail; I'm going to stay to argue with you. In the first place why go away, and in the second why go to Palm Beach when there are so many interesting places to go?" "I'm going away -because I'm tired of playwrights and actors and actress- es, and Fifth Avenue and Broadway, and if you have any better place than Palm Beach to suggest, I will be very glad to go there -only don't say the North Pole, for I've been :packing summer clothing and don't want to do it all over again." "Can't you say anything to her?" he asked, smiling at Ruth. She shook her head, answering him with her eyes and again she had the feeling of a secret understanding' be- tween herself and Terry. "Havea't..you any control over/this house, George?" he asked perching on top of one of the trunks and light- ing a cigarette: George made no answer, 'but• Amy grinned her delight. With her mis- tress gone George would assume more upper servant airs than ever and she would - have no court of ;.justice to which she could refer in time of do- mestic strife. "Please get off that trunk, Terry; there are chairs to sit on," said Glor- ia, drawing the red flower of her lip under her white teetth. ' "How can I sit on a chair when there are hats and boots on every one?" "Here, I'IT clear one for you," said. Gloria, and sent a hat sailing across the room. Ruth would never dare throw a hat across the room, no matter how much she Pelt like it. She watched Gloria in a perfect passion of admiration that half .drowned the sharp pain in her heart because she knew..that Ter- ry also saw Gloria's .beauty and felt the charm .of her. "If you really must go away, and I can understand that too, for I'd like to get away myself, why n,ot take a sea voyage -that's the real thing in test Cures. Go to San Francisco by tail and then take one of those boats that run to Hawaii and Samoa and on to Sydney if you don't 'want to 'stop at Samoa. Let me see, five days to San Francisco, eighteen days to Syd- ney, not counting a tong stopover in Hawaii and Samoa, and• by the time you return I'll have a comedy written for you, -a comedy in yvhich the en- tire plot rets on 'the heroine's being not less than six feet' tall-" "Don't tease me, Terry -it isn't fair -you've ,been writing that comedy for three years now -if you only would v'rite if I wouldn't care even if I had to play opposite a giant from a cir sus-" She was near tears, so neat that Ruth could, hardly restrain an. impulse ,to go to her and throw her arms about her, when Terry evidently with the 'same impulse went to her • and diff throw, one arm about, her shoul- ders, Ruth saw now thathey were exactly the same height. "My dear girl, I'm not teasing. The comedy is half finished now, only • I wanted to keep it for a surprise, and you won't play opposite a circus giant. If necessary I'll play opposite you myself and wear French Imola. "Don't `believe him, Ruth," said Gloria, smiling now. "He's always ,promising to write a comedy fbr me, but he doesn't mean It." , a,' while." buthisRiord'fa forebore to laugh, eyes. again sought Ruth's, in secret understanding. "I think I'll go up 1 and work .a while before dinner," she said. It was better to leave them alone, and she must work! she'must'work! she must work!, Purseant to her conversation with Dorothy Winslow in which she had announced her intention of painting landscapes with figures, Ruth had be- gun a new eaavas-a corner of the park with two children playing • un- der the "trees. She had been trying to get an effect of sunlight falling through green leaves. It Was badly done. She could see that now. Be- sides, she didn't want to paint chil- dren. She painted' then, out with great sweeps of her brush. They were stiff, horrid, complacent little creatures. Instead she would have only one figure, a shabby, old woman ;crouching on a park bench, and she would take the sunlight too. A thin mist of rain would be falling and the sky would be murky with a faint, coppery glow where the sun sought to penetrate through the clouds, but the chief interest of the picture would centre about the figure , of the old woman,, holding her tattered cloak about her under the uncertain shel- ter of the trees. If only she had the colour sense of Nels Zord--she would .get it in time. It was 'only a question of more work and more work. Would Terry Riordan really play opposite Gloria in the new comedy? The play was the. task that Gloria, had set him and when it was produced Terry could claim his reward. She would go to the wedding and no one would ever guess that her heart was broken. Afterwards she would live in retire- ment and paint; or perhaps she would travel and one day be thirty- five years old and beautiful with a strange, sad beauty and men 'would love her, 'but•she would refuse them all ever so gently. - .She worked steadily for almost an hour and then she began to wonder whether Amy- would have a very good dinner and how many would -be there. Perhaps Terry Riordan would stay. And she decided to put on a new din- ner frock that she had bought and wondered if she could dress' her hair as Gloria did, and • tried it, but found it unsuccessful and- reverted -to her own simple coiffure. When She went down she found that Terry- had indeed stayed for din- ner and Gloria had changed to a gor- geous gown and Billie'Irwin, whohad come in late from the hair -dresser's, had acqured a splendid aureole of golden hair in place of the streaked blonde of yesterday, and Philip Noel was trying, out some new music" and they had all promised to stay to din- ner and afterward there was a play that they simply must see, at least the second act. There was really nothing,.worth listening to after the second act, and all conversation'about going away or about the new comedy seemed to be forgotten. "You'll have a surprise on Sunday Morning," Terry told. her. "What kind of • a surprise" asked Ruth. "Can't tell now; it's a secret. Gloria knows, though." "It's a very nice surprise," . said. Gloria. Ruth glanced quickly from one to the other. Perhaps they were going to be married and woui`d announce the fact on Sunday. "Can't I guess?" she asked, trying. to imitate- their gay mood. . - -"No! you'd never guess," said Glor- ia, ",but it's really a ,wonderful. ,sur- prise. Only you mustn't ask ques- tions -you'll find out at breakfast Sunday morning and not a moment sooner." CHAPTER IV Sunday breakfast was a ceremony at the house ors Gramercy Square. Then Gloria broke away from her rule of breakfast inti bed, and clad in the most alluring of French negligees, she presided at the coffee urn in the big dining room, while around her were ranged friends expected and un- expected in harmonious Sunday com- fort. There was a delightful untidi- ness about the entire room that was particularly cheering -ash trays with half -smoked cigarettes on the white cloth and Sunday newspapers scat- tered at random by casual hands, Conversation for the first half hour was cor$fi.ned• to nods and sleepy smiles, but when. the second cup of coffee had. been poured people really began to talk. There was always, when the weather permitted, a fire -sin the grate, and atter breakfast there was an hour of intimate chat in which all the stage gossip of the sea- son was told and analyzed, and car- eers were made and unmade. Breakfast was at eleven o'clock, but Ruth had been up for hours, working away in her studio at the too of the house. At eleven ehe came down, for George 'avas intolerant of late com- ers, Gloria, Billie Irwin, Terry Rior dan And John Courtney were already there. They raised their heads trona. thef toorspapers and greeted her 'With stifles, for Gloria considered it the ' rawrst. tante floseiblg for any one +to 40014 'Mere ere Maee 'bad' had her'igrat clop, Of coffee, and ,'partictilatly 4110 "Walt and see," said Terry. "You do believe me, don't you Ruth?" But Ruth, gazing hopelessly on the splendid beauty of her aunt, and see- ing Terry's arm across her sholilaer could not answer: "I'll give you four week's more to -make odd,' Term" said Merle. "blear all the Jiink h*ay, George; r 'e ohan � ed my Input, Tin net going Way for disliked "Good mornd?g" spoken in a cheery tone-" "There is. net such thing as a good morning," fifiEe always. averred. "Morn ing is never ggotl',..Otcept for Sleep." At .thewmoment that Ruth entered George placed the";oeffee urn ens the table aifd Gloria IyOceeded to pour' the cups, logkin ` very lovely with the dusk of sleep still in; her eyes. Ruth thought it very odd to be at a table with four other people none of whom spoke a, word. No one else seemed to mind, they all devoted ehemsetyes to their breakfast wit=h the same earnestness that a few mom- ents before had, been bestowed on the Sunday newspapers. "Now, Terry, you can give Ruth ;her surprise," said Gloria presently. Ruth bad almost forgotten but now she remembered, 'teeing - them all look at her beanningly, as if she had done something very nice. Terry reached down to the floor and picked up a section of newspa- per. It was the theatrical section, Ruth saw, even re he handed it to her, and then, that it contained a story' about "Three Merry Men," with a photograph of the leading woman and grouped around it the sketches that Ruth had made caricaturing the players. The sketches had not been signed but under them was a print- ed caption,, "Sketched by Ruth May- field," She stared at the. page for some moments, -realizing that they were all looking at her and ekpeeting some sort of an outburst. Finally when she sat silent, Billie Irwin, less sensitive than theothers, spoke: "Isn't it wonderful, Ruth -we're all so proud and glad for' you -to think of seeing your work reproduced, and you've' only been in New 'York a few weeks." She put her plump hand on Ruth's shdulder with an impulsive gesture. Ruth restrained an impulse to throw it ea. She still kept her head bent, instinctively hiding her eyes un- til she should gain control of their expression. She realized that 'every one there thought that Terry - had done a fine thing in getting the sketches printed, that Terry himself thoughthe had done a nice thing. It ,would be impossible to explain to these people that she considered such work beneath her --that she, the fu- ture great painter, did not want to dabble in cartooning. But to them she was only an obscure art. student, She must say something soon - her silence was 'past the limit of surprise. "How• good of yak Mr. Riordan," she said at last. "I hard no idea that you were going to do this when you took nay sketches. It's quite Wonder- ful to see them -to see them in a newspaper like this-" "My word," laughed Terry, "I be- lieve that Ruth doesn't really like it at all, though I meant well, I did in- deed, child, and though you don't know it, cartooning is quite as much art as palating, and quite as difficult if one had not the particular genius for at. I gave the sketches to the `Sun' eriti'o and he was quite enthusi- astic. I dare say •you might get a .chance to do it right along if you wanted to." "Ruth is an ungrateful little wretch if she isn't both pleased and proud," said Gloria, smiling fondly at Ruth. - "I htti pleased add grateful," pro- tested Ruth, "but I don't want to be a cartoonist, not until I'm quite sure that I can never be a painter." "Better far be a clever cartoonist than a bad painter," said John Court- ney, "though 1 understand just how you feel. As, a young man, when I first entered the profession I wants to be a great comedian -I still think. I could have been she, for I have a keen sense of -humour, but it was not to be, I was, you will pardon me. for speaking of it, I was too ba,ndsome -my appearance forced me to be a romantic hero-" He passed one white hand over his grey, curled Bair, ,as he spoke, with a gesture as one who should say, "you can- see that •I' am still hand- some and can judge for yourselves of my youth." "Your fatal beauty was your ruin," said' Gloria,. He. smiled good -nature -KY. "No, not my ruin, I have done very well, but I did want to be a great comedian, and I've never seen a com- edian who did not secretly 'long for tragic roles. but 'there is a destiny that shapes our ends--' 'What is that quotation?" "Rough=hew them as, we `will,'" Ruth finished for him. "I quoted that myself to a girl last week and she answered me by saying that she in- tended to do a lot of .rough-hewing. "Still, even if you do want to.paint I think you ought to follow this news- paper thing up," said Billie Irwinkwho was a bit vague as to the trend of the conversation. "Your name is in quite large type and nothing counts like keeping one's' name before the public. If only I had dot been so re- tiring when b first started!" Just here George .came in with a letter which he laid beside Ruth's plate. "It just came by Mand," he explain- ed. , Ruth lost no time in, opening the large, kcfus;re eimOtgpe, hddreseed in • rpreeise; oldfitehit»1 ,' niascultne 9iand. r • ot" wi f tttdin Ii, isn't this splend cla4u1ed, passing the•copteuts of ,thei euve'lopei `.to of the students .• '.e era 3 to . o tit; the: private . view ,tou►orrow night, but i't's awfully exclusive and onlythe ?nen hors of the Academy aid the e- iiibitors: have cart* ,but each one is permitted one guest, Kele Zard, one Of the student exhibitors • is taping. Dorothy Winslow -and lie's asked" this Man, a friend and patron of his, ,to send .me his guest card. Hasn't he gat a queer /tame? Fou know never, met him at all. He mist be really fond of Nels-quite an old chap I suppose and perhaps I'll meet hills at--" Just then Ruth was .stoped by the expression on Gloria's face. She was holding the card away from her as if it were something dangerous and her face had grown quite pale, her big, blue eyes staring out with an'eupres= Sion that Ruth could' not analyze. "What is It -are you ill?" In tier fright Ruth has risen from her place at the table and moved to Gloria's side. Gloria waved her away with a movement of her arm, and seeming to recover a part of her composure be- gan to smile. "It's nothing ' .at all, Ruth," she said. "I was just startled for a mom- ent -you see Professor Percival Pen- dragon is -was, my hu§band:" Ruth sank back into her chair. "Then I suppose -perhaps you'd •prefer -I can send the card back to him and tell that I am unable to use it." • - "Not at all," said Gloria, twisting tier round, red mouth in the whimsi- cal way she had. "It you haven't met him he doesn't know that you are a relative of mine and you needn't tell Besides he's an awfglly good sort really. I always did like Percy. I didn't know he was in America. The •Inst I knew he was in Oxford, associated with the observatory there. He'll probably talk to you about the great star map." "The great star map?" questioned Terry. . . "Oh, 1 don't know what the thing really is," said Gloria. "Something that the astronomers are' working on now. It taken. about twenty years to make one, but it's no particular use to them after it's finished. They just make it with great work -but that's merely a rehearsal. Their children make another one, which I suppose is the dress rehearsal; and their grand-` children make a third, 'which is I suppose the' premiere.. Then, they compare their map with the one made by their parents' and grandparents and by some process discover that the planets have moved. They have a wild hope that they may discover t .0 deserih peopi.P lth ll their ars' rni t:' Inds9140 ways tun efi fGb seise, They. are wo i? y 4llo t t t aalntisl"Ysseadndaeeaovilc.regiu?�tshant'.",A elixp er folk,to 5gercetat<, ' apprev>ate fanytl�ing abut h transitory an az't," said' John • Cour ney.. ''It• iS the tra6e-0 Of...the., fession that the art of every: ,one;.ixi its dies; with us. The t'oneas, of"' Gia, ia's marvellous speaking voice: will not be heard by our descendants,. Booth is nothing but a memory sirs. spite of .his statue out •there in the. park. It is the .life o€ a butterfly„ Courtney,hadused his deepest em- otional voice in apeakOng,, and despite. custom 'and know'led'ge of his . mina! harmless) 'affectations, Billie Irwin,: shuddered and looked pained. "Butterflies are very beautiful at least," said Terri', reileeting in his face the concern that Ruth also .felt as she noted that Gloria was still :oo'.ing quite Pale, with 'a strained ex- pression xpression in her eyes as if she were seeing .things fat removed from the breakfast room. She determined to again ask her aunt if it would not be better to give up the private- view, as soon as she had an opportunity to speak with her alone. The opportunity did not come until late that afternoon, and then Gloria shrugged her shoulders in a careless manner and laughed at Ruth. '. "Certainly not, foolish child. He doesn't know that you live with. me. I doubt if he even knows, that I am alive. I've been off the stage so long and :besides he never goes` to the the- atre. This art . thing must be a new fad with him. Still he must have no - iced the 'name. Even Percy can scarcely have forgotten my last name. Only don't tell him about me. Don't let him know that you are a relative and don't let him come to the house." "The others are coming -Dorothy and Nels. I'm going to lend Dorothy a gown." "Do they know anything about me?" asked Gloria. "No; you .see I'm afraid to tell them just ,how happily I ani situated. They are all so poor and I've been afraid that they'd not take me ser- iously if I told them that I have nev- er been hungry or afraid of a land- lord or any of the interesting things that seem to be common In their lives. They rather look down 'on the students that have an allowance from home, so I've never- told thein any- thing about myself. Probably I shan't meet M'r. Pendragon at all. If he had ,wanted to meet me he would have coin,, iri.g the oadmis4 think' sn?" "Perhaps" satd (li Thext.' ul Iosbty ,aVE Ruth asked, her :the` been in her mini "Which one i gong„ "Which one Moria' went up in surmise ".011, ye what you mean, "which one on',"'m Percy Was _number cue. young when `I married•' Percy r ambitions'. It 'lvaa- let; Ole se' en years ago and we ' .Were 1 just one year. 1 haven. t 'seen. for nine years or heard oY ° him fR: at ' least five, and 1'f -Yon Tole 7inc Ruth, you won't let hint knoi , wh± you are or you won't mention,: You see I've been married` tlp;0+, since then and 1; don't want to me*e Percy. It would be painful toe t] of us. He can't have any interest Ii me, and certainly I have nine rr ug 410.I.or 4' e� i him." Her voice grew hard as• she s=poke the last words and her mouth set in a line that made her lips ;look almost thin, but her eyed were not hard Some deep emotion looked,- out . of them, but whether it, was pain or nate, Ruth could not decide. She could' understand ,that Gloria. :mould be embarrassed -at ..:seeing -her first husband, especially in view, of the fact that he had had two succes- sors, and that Gloria was contem- plating a 'fourth marriage. As Ruth's own admiration for Terry. 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