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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-10-18, Page 7ti $ 9 . 1 r. 6 M. FtIAA? TOB-N.L�t,? (Continued from last wk) Alongside the lake lay the residee- tia�i. Peat "cif Spring Water. The streets were wide, the houses, large, roomy, and. far apart Every ,home hrre had a wide lawn, big verandahs and au air of security and well-being. As Emil passed one of these spa- !pious pa!pious homes he heard some one 'call .his. Attlee. A woman was, running down the (stele of one of these hous- es. She was running toward•him. He recognized Lena Rosen. As if through a m,•ist.:,.he recalled ewe one's telling Of the Rosen boys' opening recently a , new store in. Spring Water and of the Rosen fam- ily's moving into the exclusive part of the city. "I hardly recognized you at first," • W 8. 0'N iIL, DENFIELb, ONT. Llcethieil' Auotlellebr Pure bred sales, '.also !earn ,stook Mid implements. One pee', eenty, Charge isatiefactiOh guaranteed. 'For oda dates; PihOne 384 'Granton, at 04 utile: OW. k3tnfl cm:arised- Though he Zia seen Lena many times before, his r collea n 0 of her e noww ill r that of little- girl who talked to him o4 th. first day of his arrival , and who at took him to school and introdee him to. -the kindly, smiling woes teacher. He compared •the 'picture; of the child with•. the black curie with. the young lady who stood beaming at him, and it seemed to him as it Lena's long .dresees and, women``ly manners were only a pose and that soon she Would reappear again in her real self, the little Kiri'. with curls, asking him whether he could add and subtract, d ed the corner where she was to turn e- •off to the hawse, she shook•, banes, a .with Emil, exacting a• pronlis.e from e him thltt he would • come to see them er the next day. Her brothers would ed surely like to ,.see him. And, she_yyas_ an•anxioup to talk to him about the Una, versity—she Would like to go. to the ,University herself. She" was to gradu- ate from high school in June. Emil• caliecl of the. Rosea home the next day .and tee evening before he left. When he was back again at the University Emil sent Lena a postal card giving a view of. some of the col- lege buildings. He received in reply a long letter; wiittee on scented pa- per. -He did not know how to answer• it orad postponed 'writing; to her from day to day: Then the examinations were nearing 'and he had little time to write=at least that was what he told himself every tithe he thought of the unanswered letter, Abpuli two weeks before the close of the 'semester another' letter came. Lena Attributed his not answering her nate to his preparing for the exgmina- tions. She knew what' that meant. Then she mentioned seeing him .as soon as he came home for. his 'vaca- tion. She was. anxious to see him, she wrote: There were ' so., many things she wanted to talk over with him. She hoped 'that they would see much -of each other during the summer and talk over everything—everything, for Emil knew so much, and understood everything so much better than the people in Spring Water, the people around her—. Emil spent an uneasy night• -after reading the letter, It crowded all else out of his mind and Lena stood before his eyes. In fact thereevere hovering" before him two Lenas: one a girl et eight with black curls, who spoke in broken Yiddish' and led him, a green, ghetto .-boy,"to school; tIie•'other, a young lady who wrote on :scented .pa-. pelf—who waited fir him to come, to talk to, hint, to confide in him. . He lay awake -Mr h'ou'rs thinkiug of the girl, recalling her voice, eyes, hair. . He would write to her in the .morning—the first thing. • Sleep finally overcame' him, but Lena remained with • him " in hts dreams. . - When Emil stepped' off the train in Spring Water, full of eager anticipa- tions for his vacation, he • was met 1v his father •who looked blanched ar.d greatly w,orried, • • In a„few Words Aaron apprised 'him •that Hai.•ry. had • •been stricken 'wall typhoid for. more .than., a Week.. He had kept it from Emil, 'his father ex- plained, because he did' not wish to worry him during the examinations, - The -next morning"GEmil ;took the. train' for the little town where Harry lived and there stepped into, his sick beether's place id the store,• By the time Harry recovered' sufficiently to be able .to tend. to business once more the 'vacation season was, over. Emil had•barely time to snatch three days' rest. and wdnt back to the University. He saw nothing of Lena that summer. He followed her into the house. Mrs. Rosen, who had,been gaining in corpulency out of all proportion 'since Emil last sew, her, began hopping' about, him, repeating excitedly all the while: "Ah, what a guest, what a guest!,”. • . "-Abe,' Mrs: Rosen, •lprotrudilig her head tlrr,ough the heavy Persian por- tieres, .add'r•ese d her husband, "guess who is'here, A .." 1VIr, -Rosen d.'f not guess, but' walk= ed right into. the parlor and was face to face with young Witte,. who was still standing in the micidld of the room: He' caifght Emil's hand. .and shook it• heartily, He looked h;m ov- er in a fatherly manner,• tapped him on the shoulder as if to signify that everything was all right, arfd 'puffing heavily—for .Mr. Rosen, , tee; was growing stout—started to pull a Mor- ris chair toward his guest. When Emil was seated Rosen be- gan to entertain him in his own fashion, which cdrisisted of question- ing the 'youth minutely. • Was it going to be a dector..?., Na? Well, then, Mr, • Rosen cupliosed that he would be a lawyer. But whe'n this su,;rposition 'also .proved wrong, Mr: Reese's cariosity 'was aroused in earnest. If not medicine or.law, what could cite go to 'tile University for: what else was there? Emi] began feeling uncomfortable under this rapid are ',of questions which followed ' his •monosyllabic' an- seers.' Lena' noticed this and was atterripting to explain to her father that there were other "branches of knowledge taught at a university. be- sides medicine and the law, when Mrs. Rosen entered the 'room, a carafe itt one, hand and a well -stocked plate in -thee other. , This ended the 11.isCirs- •r ion. • As Emil was leaving, after having promised yirs. 'Rosen that lie would not "act like 3, stranger," and would come to visit them often during the holidays,. Lena slipped en' her coat and went out tvi•tkr him; . They, walked: toward the lake: -Now Lena was. showering 'questions upon Emil. • But, her questions were so dif- ferent. Emil not only _ answered them but he soon found himself talking to her as he had never, spoken to a stranger' before: . Lt even seem - d• to him that Lena was no stranger, but -was something like a sister of is, somebody somebody very near to him: , Why should not he feel, so toward ber? She was the one who had un- ocked the gates of the new world to She had led him to school for he first time. He •recalled that episode of their ;hildhood•• Lena laughted. • "And now," Emil said, and the nerds seemed` to linger in his .throat, 'now you are "a big girl — a young He stopped and looked at her in admiration. A light flush came -into Lena's cheeks. "What about yourse]f?" she -retort- ed laughingly. "You, too, are a big boy—a man now. . . I suppose you are in love already," she added after a monient, eeith a roguish twinkle in I eye. - • Emil,,turned his face from her. 'A weak e'mile played about his lips. He I to say something equally clev- er arid daring; but could find ne words "'Th''ey reached the lake. He pick- ed up a handful of , pe tbies and was throwing them in the ,seater. As he did this the ungainliness of his frame, Iris physical shortcomings came into view. The Russian Pale had put her stamp 'upon his' physique. She had rnarked him' as ' her- vWir- Emil 'was slightly .below medium Leight. His shoulders .were a trifle tooped, his chest caved in. It was quite evident that.he paid little at- tention .to physical training and was a total stranger' to' athletics. Lena quickly shifted her gaze from his body to, bis face,and head. Vague - she felt' that it was by his face and head that Emil would be judged. It was his 'face, and especially his head hat made him attractive. 'Ste began talking about his work, asking what his plans were on gradn- ation. He would •be a senior in the all. A deep.. earnestness settled • over! Emil's face. `'He was debating with himself whether to answer her ques- ion, -whether to initiate the girl into his cherished ambitions. Lena, how; ever, was looking at him so expect- antly, patiently and so full of faith, hat he did'not see what harm there ould be in telling her his plans. "I intend to teach," he said, simply, and then vi 'rite—on the side. Many men have done this." •.'You intend to be•'a "writer? Lena aid', forgetting about his teaching. She lied not the slightest intimation before that thle was Emil's ambition. But the way he .looked aa he spoke f writing„convinced her that that was. xactly what Emil should do. "Yes,” he said, gazing far out on he water-, "H'ave Siou written things already?" "Hardly anything.;' "Poetry? Have -yeti written any verses?" she persisted,. - "Only a few." • The atmosphere which was mild a few minutest ,before suddenly became "brisk. The tips of Lena's gloveles$, fingers began. ,tQ' wimp. 04 ,starts Way from the lake. 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Rand was glad to "see a man drift.ie arid ask for a ipb,,' Still maintaining his air of b.ore- dom,' however, the pity editor said: "There is, no. opening on' the staff right 'now -a" • The ringieg of.. the, telephone inter- rupted him.' When Rand bad hung up the receiver, he again turned to Emil Witte with a seeuiingly absent but an reality searching gaze: • He - picked up the letter of introduction once mole', —it was from an influential lawyers who- had taken an interest in young Witte—and read it clear through. . "You speak several languages?" Rall' asked. Emil, nodded • affirmatively, "As I, said," continued the editor "there is no opening on the staff;, right now: However, • this, is a metropbl•i- tan city, and ,e man who speaks „ a nuanber of 'languages aught to be use ful. Come in again next Thui-sday Perhaps something will turn 'up in the meantime." Nothing had turned up. by Thurs. slay, but Witte' was"told to come in again at one o'clock the foilowing day. Lae came and and motioned to him to sit down near one of the desks. With ° this Rand .etypareetly"- .forgot him. • At fife o'clock• the city editor crooked •his finger at Uo'itte and the latter came up to• his desk at a run, "Go out and talk with the ,woman," Rand said, handing hint te clipping from an evening paper. Witte wrote, the interview a,nd laid the copy on the city editor's desk. He was again forgotten until nearly micinig.ht. 'i'hen Rand in passing told him to• go home, adding, "One o'clock tomorrow." mil Witte had secured his first' job. ..... Every beginner on The Express was started in with the."Labor,run." N -- was a city of a quarter of .a million people. It was one,.. of the growieg manufacturing, centers' in. the Middle West. , There were abdut two score' labor unions" in the. city. The news' of ",these unions- Was printed -°aevel'y morning on the tenth or • eleventh page of The Express under the head- ing' "I t the Labor World." The following• Hensley Rand gave Witte• a slip ,of paper with half' a dot - en 'addresses, of the' principal unions and briefly .explained what was ex- pected of him can the labor:.run, "•You will•, pick up the names or the other. unions as, you- go along,". Ptand said. "'Today, be sure to look up -the iron molders.' Talk to their 'business agent, Weber. The molders have been threatening, to -strike. See what you can get • on it." On the way -to the headquarters of the .mold,ers, .Emil .studied the third of a column• of labor news .in The Ex- press. Much of i.t sounded strauge. The phrases, "closed %shop," "open shop," "boycott," •"]ockoutr' were new to him. . • "What became of Cochrane, was --he flied?" Weber asked 'when 'Witte in-' troduced himself a.s• the new reporter from The Express. Witte did not know • Cochrane, did- not know who his --predecessor. was. •The good-natured, • bantering way in which Weber asked the question •re- assured him. 'The,agent seemed to be a good •sort of fellow. He-' was kind and genial at any rate. So Witte threw himself at the • mercy of the business agent. 'He told him• that he was just beginning his career • as a reporter, that he had been on The 'Ex- press only three days and in the city of N only a week. He would ap-, preciate it, therefore, if Mr. Weber, Would give him all .the •news there was. Be would, be 'especially. grateful. if ,the •business agent would give him the news as plainly ase possible so that, he dould write it down correct- ly for- the paper. Weber listened .to the frank state- ment' of the embryo reporter. "You want to write labor news cor- rectly?" the business agent said with a wry smile. "All right, my boy, go ahead, try. The Lord help 'you. You will need His 'help if you. are to get union, news into The'•Express correct- ly. But I .am afraid'even the Lord cannot protect you from your city edi- tor's blue pencil." , While Witte was pondering over Weber''s "words, the business agent was studying tile 'reporter curiously. Witte was so different from Ills pre- •decessor•. He was simple and •un- sophisticated, id the city ways. "Is your father a' wprkman?" the labor man asked. Witte nodded, and he felt the blood come into his face. Suppose the busi- ness agent asked his father's trade? But Weber did not ask. ..Weber supplied the reporter with the names of a number of unions whose headquarters were in the neigh- borhood• and advised him what men were Worth while seeing in 'each of these unions. As for the molders, there was no news that day, he said. As Witte was about to leave, Weber added as an after -thought: "You might say that the molders are firni in their demands, and if the negotiations now pending with the employers come to no satisfactory conclusion, nothing can avert a strike." Witte wrote 'down the statement word for word. • Weber watched the reporter not -un- kindly. To an experienced newspaper man he would not have said that much. He would have taken for grant- ed that the reporter would. have gath- ered the attitude of the Molders' un- ion indireetly. Wttte's `f li arimis cion of his inexperience had moved him to .this indulgence. ' When Witte read, off to. 'the. city edi- trot the brief statement of the business agent, Rank grunted. Witte could not Make out whether it meant approval or disapproval. ' "R'effede!" ate* caller at:ro8's the room. A reporter at the' farther end .aid ,aside the;: afternoon paper ,he was• • C ufepded for 1ast wee,-; silo I1iAng L l:almoot oyes' 'fol an other year. She yV:Yi S rnet Thursday evening at •tide ixame of Mas , hiss Tilrama Dinsmore" *mg w -Oa in charge •of the pi'Q %kw.:: Owing to th,e a-imiveis:dry gervaces 'i>y the •areafee tt'gf;ted 1"}ilz'ch on the eii a ng Sunday,."Blftlfe ser;Prce will be W'ithareWe in the eftereeet., -. Mrr W.. e. ante ,aa 440004 of ,hja farina ' to . a '.nae .. from near Hglatein, nt • • Mr. and Mrd,. Urban fluclkarnl.e anti f i ml 'Hensel' n y, QR• `� s li a ]� 'st �. r.>• Regis , i� .at Duektaru e, of London, . and Mi'. and WS: M". Ducharme and'family, of near Mount Carmel, vistI with Mr. ..and Mrs. 0. Dudharese. Several folks are ill with . the sum mer.. flu in the • vipinity. Mrs. R. Hopkins. and lady friend,. of Hinsdale, Ill;, ' calked "en 'tee form- er's cousin, Mrs: H. Finlay. ]h,ey were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. H. McMurtrie, of Hensall. Mrs. Fiscus, of, Kitchener, visited her farilily a couple' of days, also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Jeffrey. Mr. Lawrence Regier has his car running again. The Bethel W.A. and W.M.S. held their autemn thankoffering in . the- church' he.church' mil Thursday, -Oct. 3, with Duff's,. Winthrop and McKillop 'veep of the Walton Church as their guestg There were 70 ladies present. The theme foe the meeting,"Jn Christ=like Lives." The meeting opened by sing- ing Hymn 358," followed. by -prayer. Words of .welcome *ere given by Mrs, Willis Dundas. The Scripture read- ings were read by Mrs. Geo. Dundas and Mrs. Duncan McNichol. A quart- ette from Winthrop sang, and the re- sponsive reading, "The Jesus Road," was read responsively. Hymn 383, was sung and Mrs. J. Hillebrecht gave a rdading on India, The thanl:offering was then received • and dedicated by •singing, "We Give Thee But Thine Own." Mrs. Earl Mills then had charge of the second chapter of the study book, "India' At the Threshold." This chapter , dealt with village life .in India. ' Mrs. Ralph McNichol and Mrs, Stanley Hillen conducted a food 'quiz. A chorus from the'Walton group was then sung. The guest speaker for the rneeting was Mrs. Jas. F. Scott, of S'enforth, whic;l Inas followed by a solo • by Mrs. Patton. Mrs. Leonard,Leeming expressed the thanks of the V.V,A, and V1M,5, to Mrs, Scott for her inspiring message. 'Mrs. E. 'i'o11 gage a :reading; •Hymn 28 • Was sung, .and.,.Ur's. • Patton. closed ;the meeting .with prayer. Lunch was served by,Wilma McNichol, Ruth Den- nis, Carmetta McNichol and Tennis Dennis. . A social time was: spent. Anniversary services 'will be held in Bethel Church on Sunday, Oet. 13, at 11' a.m: and 7.30, p.m., with Rev. Pen- man, of Londesbero, as guest speak- er. reading and strode up to the city edi- tor`.s desk. (Continued. Next Week) AeJ�~±re3it1 �t> n Illefi00eryq}it( andee nervous syste1 60 cte. Ecortorl y hase);s 0 t,bo.ra NEHVF soot wo lu* j.S. wi:s.To*, s ! , A windy hill at sunrise .. a wopclla31d trait at noon. 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One pee', eenty, Charge isatiefactiOh guaranteed. 'For oda dates; PihOne 384 'Granton, at 04 utile: OW. k3tnfl cm:arised- Though he Zia seen Lena many times before, his r collea n 0 of her e noww ill r that of little- girl who talked to him o4 th. first day of his arrival , and who at took him to school and introdee him to. -the kindly, smiling woes teacher. He compared •the 'picture; of the child with•. the black curie with. the young lady who stood beaming at him, and it seemed to him as it Lena's long .dresees and, women``ly manners were only a pose and that soon she Would reappear again in her real self, the little Kiri'. with curls, asking him whether he could add and subtract, d ed the corner where she was to turn e- •off to the hawse, she shook•, banes, a .with Emil, exacting a• pronlis.e from e him thltt he would • come to see them er the next day. Her brothers would ed surely like to ,.see him. And, she_yyas_ an•anxioup to talk to him about the Una, versity—she Would like to go. to the ,University herself. She" was to gradu- ate from high school in June. Emil• caliecl of the. Rosea home the next day .and tee evening before he left. When he was back again at the University Emil sent Lena a postal card giving a view of. some of the col- lege buildings. He received in reply a long letter; wiittee on scented pa- per. -He did not know how to answer• it orad postponed 'writing; to her from day to day: Then the examinations were nearing 'and he had little time to write=at least that was what he told himself every tithe he thought of the unanswered letter, Abpuli two weeks before the close of the 'semester another' letter came. Lena Attributed his not answering her nate to his preparing for the exgmina- tions. She knew what' that meant. Then she mentioned seeing him .as soon as he came home for. his 'vaca- tion. She was. anxious to see him, she wrote: There were ' so., many things she wanted to talk over with him. She hoped 'that they would see much -of each other during the summer and talk over everything—everything, for Emil knew so much, and understood everything so much better than the people in Spring Water, the people around her—. Emil spent an uneasy night• -after reading the letter, It crowded all else out of his mind and Lena stood before his eyes. In fact thereevere hovering" before him two Lenas: one a girl et eight with black curls, who spoke in broken Yiddish' and led him, a green, ghetto .-boy,"to school; tIie•'other, a young lady who wrote on :scented .pa-. pelf—who waited fir him to come, to talk to, hint, to confide in him. . He lay awake -Mr h'ou'rs thinkiug of the girl, recalling her voice, eyes, hair. . He would write to her in the .morning—the first thing. • Sleep finally overcame' him, but Lena remained with • him " in hts dreams. . - When Emil stepped' off the train in Spring Water, full of eager anticipa- tions for his vacation, he • was met 1v his father •who looked blanched ar.d greatly w,orried, • • In a„few Words Aaron apprised 'him •that Hai.•ry. had • •been stricken 'wall typhoid for. more .than., a Week.. He had kept it from Emil, 'his father ex- plained, because he did' not wish to worry him during the examinations, - The -next morning"GEmil ;took the. train' for the little town where Harry lived and there stepped into, his sick beether's place id the store,• By the time Harry recovered' sufficiently to be able .to tend. to business once more the 'vacation season was, over. Emil had•barely time to snatch three days' rest. and wdnt back to the University. He saw nothing of Lena that summer. He followed her into the house. Mrs. Rosen, who had,been gaining in corpulency out of all proportion 'since Emil last sew, her, began hopping' about, him, repeating excitedly all the while: "Ah, what a guest, what a guest!,”. • . "-Abe,' Mrs: Rosen, •lprotrudilig her head tlrr,ough the heavy Persian por- tieres, .add'r•ese d her husband, "guess who is'here, A .." 1VIr, -Rosen d.'f not guess, but' walk= ed right into. the parlor and was face to face with young Witte,. who was still standing in the micidld of the room: He' caifght Emil's hand. .and shook it• heartily, He looked h;m ov- er in a fatherly manner,• tapped him on the shoulder as if to signify that everything was all right, arfd 'puffing heavily—for .Mr. Rosen, , tee; was growing stout—started to pull a Mor- ris chair toward his guest. When Emil was seated Rosen be- gan to entertain him in his own fashion, which cdrisisted of question- ing the 'youth minutely. • Was it going to be a dector..?., Na? Well, then, Mr, • Rosen cupliosed that he would be a lawyer. But whe'n this su,;rposition 'also .proved wrong, Mr: Reese's cariosity 'was aroused in earnest. If not medicine or.law, what could cite go to 'tile University for: what else was there? Emi] began feeling uncomfortable under this rapid are ',of questions which followed ' his •monosyllabic' an- seers.' Lena' noticed this and was atterripting to explain to her father that there were other "branches of knowledge taught at a university. be- sides medicine and the law, when Mrs. Rosen entered the 'room, a carafe itt one, hand and a well -stocked plate in -thee other. , This ended the 11.isCirs- •r ion. • As Emil was leaving, after having promised yirs. 'Rosen that lie would not "act like 3, stranger," and would come to visit them often during the holidays,. Lena slipped en' her coat and went out tvi•tkr him; . They, walked: toward the lake: -Now Lena was. showering 'questions upon Emil. • But, her questions were so dif- ferent. Emil not only _ answered them but he soon found himself talking to her as he had never, spoken to a stranger' before: . Lt even seem - d• to him that Lena was no stranger, but -was something like a sister of is, somebody somebody very near to him: , Why should not he feel, so toward ber? She was the one who had un- ocked the gates of the new world to She had led him to school for he first time. He •recalled that episode of their ;hildhood•• Lena laughted. • "And now," Emil said, and the nerds seemed` to linger in his .throat, 'now you are "a big girl — a young He stopped and looked at her in admiration. A light flush came -into Lena's cheeks. "What about yourse]f?" she -retort- ed laughingly. "You, too, are a big boy—a man now. . . I suppose you are in love already," she added after a monient, eeith a roguish twinkle in I eye. - • Emil,,turned his face from her. 'A weak e'mile played about his lips. He I to say something equally clev- er arid daring; but could find ne words "'Th''ey reached the lake. He pick- ed up a handful of , pe tbies and was throwing them in the ,seater. As he did this the ungainliness of his frame, Iris physical shortcomings came into view. The Russian Pale had put her stamp 'upon his' physique. She had rnarked him' as ' her- vWir- Emil 'was slightly .below medium Leight. His shoulders .were a trifle tooped, his chest caved in. It was quite evident that.he paid little at- tention .to physical training and was a total stranger' to' athletics. Lena quickly shifted her gaze from his body to, bis face,and head. Vague - she felt' that it was by his face and head that Emil would be judged. It was his 'face, and especially his head hat made him attractive. 'Ste began talking about his work, asking what his plans were on gradn- ation. He would •be a senior in the all. A deep.. earnestness settled • over! Emil's face. `'He was debating with himself whether to answer her ques- ion, -whether to initiate the girl into his cherished ambitions. Lena, how; ever, was looking at him so expect- antly, patiently and so full of faith, hat he did'not see what harm there ould be in telling her his plans. "I intend to teach," he said, simply, and then vi 'rite—on the side. Many men have done this." •.'You intend to be•'a "writer? Lena aid', forgetting about his teaching. She lied not the slightest intimation before that thle was Emil's ambition. But the way he .looked aa he spoke f writing„convinced her that that was. xactly what Emil should do. "Yes,” he said, gazing far out on he water-, "H'ave Siou written things already?" "Hardly anything.;' "Poetry? Have -yeti written any verses?" she persisted,. - "Only a few." • The atmosphere which was mild a few minutest ,before suddenly became "brisk. The tips of Lena's gloveles$, fingers began. ,tQ' wimp. 04 ,starts Way from the lake. 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F.eedsl••• Poultry :Coni- centrate, t oultry 'Mash Pellets, Calf Meal and Calf. Meal Pellets, Pig Starter, Hog Grower and Hog Concentrate, Dairy Concentrate, 011 Cake Meal and Chick' Starter. SEAFORTH PRODUCE .: LVIlTE'D. PhM 1/6*. : 'REPO "k24 arid tee the, city editor o E ) Iress, r7 1 l, h111 ey a ovi the letter of intrnrzl{(.tion itnded fi by nli1 Witte rlhd T1U it to one tic with an di7 of ei[trelne wearine, watchlnettho; city edit+ai's gvery anove coireluded tliati the must ]r at roast the nth lxian woo hadwr .tl#te. to ask for n lair tbat mo ging. eeeh of ena. has prevented just such a tet. trY x, i IatxAd:4411 tie as IL's, a ;khat these lettersd '.their bearers were the bane'of nd'' .existence As a rosettes. of ;i;aet a reporter teed left The Express the preceding weelt. The vaea rcy bed • not been filled, and. Rand was glad to "see a man drift.ie arid ask for a ipb,,' Still maintaining his air of b.ore- dom,' however, the pity editor said: "There is, no. opening on' the staff right 'now -a" • The ringieg of.. the, telephone inter- rupted him.' When Rand bad hung up the receiver, he again turned to Emil Witte with a seeuiingly absent but an reality searching gaze: • He - picked up the letter of introduction once mole', —it was from an influential lawyers who- had taken an interest in young Witte—and read it clear through. . "You speak several languages?" Rall' asked. Emil, nodded • affirmatively, "As I, said," continued the editor "there is no opening on the staff;, right now: However, • this, is a metropbl•i- tan city, and ,e man who speaks „ a nuanber of 'languages aught to be use ful. Come in again next Thui-sday Perhaps something will turn 'up in the meantime." Nothing had turned up. by Thurs. slay, but Witte' was"told to come in again at one o'clock the foilowing day. Lae came and and motioned to him to sit down near one of the desks. With ° this Rand .etypareetly"- .forgot him. • At fife o'clock• the city editor crooked •his finger at Uo'itte and the latter came up to• his desk at a run, "Go out and talk with the ,woman," Rand said, handing hint te clipping from an evening paper. Witte wrote, the interview a,nd laid the copy on the city editor's desk. He was again forgotten until nearly micinig.ht. 'i'hen Rand in passing told him to• go home, adding, "One o'clock tomorrow." mil Witte had secured his first' job. ..... Every beginner on The Express was started in with the."Labor,run." N -- was a city of a quarter of .a million people. It was one,.. of the growieg manufacturing, centers' in. the Middle West. , There were abdut two score' labor unions" in the. city. The news' of ",these unions- Was printed -°aevel'y morning on the tenth or • eleventh page of The Express under the head- ing' "I t the Labor World." The following• Hensley Rand gave Witte• a slip ,of paper with half' a dot - en 'addresses, of the' principal unions and briefly .explained what was ex- pected of him can the labor:.run, "•You will•, pick up the names or the other. unions as, you- go along,". Ptand said. "'Today, be sure to look up -the iron molders.' Talk to their 'business agent, Weber. The molders have been threatening, to -strike. See what you can get • on it." On the way -to the headquarters of the .mold,ers, .Emil .studied the third of a column• of labor news .in The Ex- press. Much of i.t sounded strauge. The phrases, "closed %shop," "open shop," "boycott," •"]ockoutr' were new to him. . • "What became of Cochrane, was --he flied?" Weber asked 'when 'Witte in-' troduced himself a.s• the new reporter from The Express. Witte did not know • Cochrane, did- not know who his --predecessor. was. •The good-natured, • bantering way in which Weber asked the question •re- assured him. 'The,agent seemed to be a good •sort of fellow. He-' was kind and genial at any rate. So Witte threw himself at the • mercy of the business agent. 'He told him• that he was just beginning his career • as a reporter, that he had been on The 'Ex- press only three days and in the city of N only a week. He would ap-, preciate it, therefore, if Mr. Weber, Would give him all .the •news there was. Be would, be 'especially. grateful. if ,the •business agent would give him the news as plainly ase possible so that, he dould write it down correct- ly for- the paper. Weber listened .to the frank state- ment' of the embryo reporter. "You want to write labor news cor- rectly?" the business agent said with a wry smile. "All right, my boy, go ahead, try. The Lord help 'you. You will need His 'help if you. are to get union, news into The'•Express correct- ly. But I .am afraid'even the Lord cannot protect you from your city edi- tor's blue pencil." , While Witte was pondering over Weber''s "words, the business agent was studying tile 'reporter curiously. Witte was so different from Ills pre- •decessor•. He was simple and •un- sophisticated, id the city ways. "Is your father a' wprkman?" the labor man asked. Witte nodded, and he felt the blood come into his face. Suppose the busi- ness agent asked his father's trade? But Weber did not ask. ..Weber supplied the reporter with the names of a number of unions whose headquarters were in the neigh- borhood• and advised him what men were Worth while seeing in 'each of these unions. As for the molders, there was no news that day, he said. As Witte was about to leave, Weber added as an after -thought: "You might say that the molders are firni in their demands, and if the negotiations now pending with the employers come to no satisfactory conclusion, nothing can avert a strike." Witte wrote 'down the statement word for word. • Weber watched the reporter not -un- kindly. To an experienced newspaper man he would not have said that much. He would have taken for grant- ed that the reporter would. have gath- ered the attitude of the Molders' un- ion indireetly. Wttte's `f li arimis cion of his inexperience had moved him to .this indulgence. ' When Witte read, off to. 'the. city edi- trot the brief statement of the business agent, Rank grunted. Witte could not Make out whether it meant approval or disapproval. ' "R'effede!" ate* caller at:ro8's the room. A reporter at the' farther end .aid ,aside the;: afternoon paper ,he was• • C ufepded for 1ast wee,-; silo I1iAng L l:almoot oyes' 'fol an other year. She yV:Yi S rnet Thursday evening at •tide ixame of Mas , hiss Tilrama Dinsmore" *mg w -Oa in charge •of the pi'Q %kw.:: Owing to th,e a-imiveis:dry gervaces 'i>y the •areafee tt'gf;ted 1"}ilz'ch on the eii a ng Sunday,."Blftlfe ser;Prce will be W'ithareWe in the eftereeet., -. Mrr W.. e. ante ,aa 440004 of ,hja farina ' to . a '.nae .. from near Hglatein, nt • • Mr. and Mrd,. Urban fluclkarnl.e anti f i ml 'Hensel' n y, QR• `� s li a ]� 'st �. r.>• Regis , i� .at Duektaru e, of London, . and Mi'. and WS: M". Ducharme and'family, of near Mount Carmel, vistI with Mr. ..and Mrs. 0. Dudharese. Several folks are ill with . the sum mer.. flu in the • vipinity. Mrs. R. Hopkins. and lady friend,. of Hinsdale, Ill;, ' calked "en 'tee form- er's cousin, Mrs: H. Finlay. ]h,ey were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. H. McMurtrie, of Hensall. Mrs. Fiscus, of, Kitchener, visited her farilily a couple' of days, also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Jeffrey. Mr. Lawrence Regier has his car running again. The Bethel W.A. and W.M.S. held their autemn thankoffering in . the- church' he.church' mil Thursday, -Oct. 3, with Duff's,. Winthrop and McKillop 'veep of the Walton Church as their guestg There were 70 ladies present. The theme foe the meeting,"Jn Christ=like Lives." The meeting opened by sing- ing Hymn 358," followed. by -prayer. Words of .welcome *ere given by Mrs, Willis Dundas. The Scripture read- ings were read by Mrs. Geo. Dundas and Mrs. Duncan McNichol. A quart- ette from Winthrop sang, and the re- sponsive reading, "The Jesus Road," was read responsively. Hymn 383, was sung and Mrs. J. Hillebrecht gave a rdading on India, The thanl:offering was then received • and dedicated by •singing, "We Give Thee But Thine Own." Mrs. Earl Mills then had charge of the second chapter of the study book, "India' At the Threshold." This chapter , dealt with village life .in India. ' Mrs. Ralph McNichol and Mrs, Stanley Hillen conducted a food 'quiz. A chorus from the'Walton group was then sung. The guest speaker for the rneeting was Mrs. Jas. F. Scott, of S'enforth, whic;l Inas followed by a solo • by Mrs. Patton. Mrs. Leonard,Leeming expressed the thanks of the V.V,A, and V1M,5, to Mrs, Scott for her inspiring message. 'Mrs. E. 'i'o11 gage a :reading; •Hymn 28 • Was sung, .and.,.Ur's. • Patton. closed ;the meeting .with prayer. Lunch was served by,Wilma McNichol, Ruth Den- nis, Carmetta McNichol and Tennis Dennis. . A social time was: spent. Anniversary services 'will be held in Bethel Church on Sunday, Oet. 13, at 11' a.m: and 7.30, p.m., with Rev. Pen- man, of Londesbero, as guest speak- er. reading and strode up to the city edi- tor`.s desk. (Continued. Next Week) AeJ�~±re3it1 �t> n Illefi00eryq}it( andee nervous syste1 60 cte. Ecortorl y hase);s 0 t,bo.ra NEHVF soot wo lu* j.S. wi:s.To*, s ! , A windy hill at sunrise .. a wopclla31d trait at noon. 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