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ELIAS T013ENKIZ
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(Cqz tinned; front last week;
As' Enni1'`held the . clic u "S.fi.;tween•
it.;s tre>an'b>tng ;ugerii, his eyes h1'led.
'Fail a.liaze it Vas as; if hit 1St ii, just
received a emaintutatioa ,of a, long pri-.
,sen ,sentence.'"' 1or tho" hgh lie had -for
,some weeks 'given every moment he
mold spare to. ,the articles for • Mr.
Brinton; the changes that were being
made or were pending in the pffiee,
had not escapedhis attent'bn; Sev-
eral stories hehftd written were cuf
down by Bradford' to one-third of
their original length. Several other
etories of his were killed in proof.
Clearlyhe would .have' to be going
'scion. The cheque. was his •passport
into the world
It was the. .last day of March, but
the breeze that evening .was as mild
as that of it -May day. Witte not only
walked home, but hetook his coat
.'
oft and ��oye de Crest 'ephewa.
Makin ;'g $saner -planned hits lutttre.
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et; ecce, Witte handed the -Cheque to,
Zelen,
Elie .gazed , at the,°•green slip of
paper before her and then. fixed tier
Ores : Ppm her husband. There was
a solemn look in ' Emil's. face.
"What will It be next?" she asked.
"New York," he answered.
Quietly Witte opened. the door into
the Sunday editor's room. Bradford
turned in his swivel chair,. and per -
6 -lying the repotter, grinned lolly,
Witte; without knowing -why,. thought
of a fox as he gazed at.' Brad!or•,d's
smooth -shaven, slick , face
"1 came' tb pronounce, my, valedic-
tory," be smiled, in turn. "I want to
g1ve you, twe ; weeks': notice. 'I {shall
leave.; at the end of that time."
The icy :grin disappeared from
Bradford's lips. Witte had ,stolen a
march on him. He had resigned- and
deprived• him, . Br'adford; 'o$,,,ase plea --
sure of freezing vim. out. . '
';Got a jdb, t pre"sume," Bradford
said bluntly..
"No," Witte replied. "I have •not
tried to get a job here. I. am going
to New York."
The Sunday 'editor , started slightly..
In his• heart of hearts-,heshad faith in
Manning's judgment and respected
Manning's choice 'of men: And Man-
ning n t only had chosen, but so -con-
sistently stood by Witte Bradford
knew that far better than .Witte.
' "I am sorry you are going," Brad-
ford ended a silence .that was becom-
ing. awkward. "I am sureyou will
make good there. Anything I can do
for you -don't hesitate to ask me."
The announcement' ,that. Witte was
going to New York' created a respect-
ful atmosphere ,in the, office toward
hie.. One older member of the staff
spoke Pegretfully of his own lost • op-
portunities. He, too, should have
gone to New York 'at a certain point
in his career. Several of the younger
writers ' talked wistfully of the day
when they, too, would leave Por the
metropolis. . Witte was much in
demand now. Everybody was glad to
split a bottle of beer with him ,and to.
express confidence in his ability to
make good in New. York.:.... .
He wrote a -letter full of tenderness
to_ his parents. His finances did not
permit his coming home .to say good-
bye to them. 'But he hoped to spend..
his.. vacation • with them in the near'
future_perhaps in a year. He would
come to see them at the first'"oppor-
tunity. . His going away to Nev. York,
he feared, would be a blow to them.
.They would find it hard to reconcile
themselves• to 'it.
To lois' surprise the attitude. of his
parents was ,the very "opposite. They
v. ere glad he. was going. to New York.
.They had confidence .in"his ability ..to
make good 'there, boundless Tends,
dezrce. And: when be made good -
who could tell but what they might
join him 'in ;the great metropolis:
Here' his father's lettergrew, inti-
mate and subdued. Not' only his
mother, Masha, but he; Aaron, too,
would like to leave Spring Water.
They weuld like to join Emil in New
York. They were getting old.
He, Aaron, .was not as, strong as Por-,
merry..:. The life of a pedlei was
becoming too hard for him. In a city
he inight find. some lighter work. And
he would be • among his people
among Jews- They longed to .be
among Jews again., ' It Was hard
bend 'to
end 'one•s deciii z�ug 'years"' among
"goyim" (Gentiles).
Parental blessing and repeated con-
fidence 'in him • closed the missive
which acted as a depressant on Witte
the re,st of the day and evening.
They ate their last 'supper in sil-
ence. . Helen quickly disposed 'of
the dishes. She put them away in the,
improvised -little closet' in . their
screened -kitchen, ready' for use by the
Zest •couple that should, .move into
"their" 'moms. , The trunks had
already .been packed•the landlady
notified. In the•, mornin(Helen, woulil
move into another iooin, She had al-
ready got back her job with Mr. Ai.t-
man and woeht go to' wok as soon as
reaaei*ot'}e:C14gaen Stas
S4cyp4tknow; Prieli1ey,
the
edi-
tor
eyed. Witte sympathetic""hill^, Thorn,
ton was ford of the old copy reader
in, Chicago. ,The -two had worked
side by side fQr Y years.' Priestley
was considered by : far the', bfigli'ter
man- : It was Thornton'e *fitful,how-
ever, to -be pushed upward' wherever
he worked. Priestley stodd• in one
"place. '
They talked about Chicago. Thgrn.
ton recalled his own days in the news-
paper, ,fleid .with a, feeling: not unlike
Men .
that with which en speak of their
boyhood• days. He was a man past
forty-five and had been out of news-
paper work ' for twelve. years. He
Mentionedseveral editors, ,but Witte
did`hot know them. ,A new genera-
tion had come and one since Thorns
ton left.,
"Priestley," the editor said, assum-
ing a business tone, "tells me that
You come here to do,,ipagazine' work..
What do you intend to coaf<'ne your-
self to -'fiction or articles?"
"Articles, fiction -both," said Witte.
"I'll try my hand ' at everything.' `
"Yes, that is the best Way," Thorn-
ton;.added.'.
After a pause he asked bluntly:
"Howare you fixed financially?",
Witte told him he' had thirty-five
Emil left-
It was still light', and they sat by
the window , looking out upon the
street which 'With the •breath of- spring
'w -as assuming -new' life. Their shoul-
ders touched, but they avoided look-
ing at each other, for each sensed the
tears in' the other's eyes.
'They could repress themselves no
iGnger`.
. .. The tears . came with 4
rush: . , . As iS.. seeking protection
against th•e, overpgjiering emotions;
they9-held each other in passionate
-embrace and • wept on each other's.
shoulders, •
' It was' peat midnight -when sleep fin-
ally,, relaxed their tense nerves ani
t ade an end of their whispened''son-
fidences: -At the break of day, how-
ever, Emil was awake. He raised the
shade 'slightly and in the pale morn-
ing light'Ile watched, Helen's even
breathing: There was a faint flush in,
her cheek. •,She looker almost •like a
''child to him -and she was FO .pat)aeti.
cally lonely. A great sorrow seize
him: He was -leaving her alone with-
out money, •without friends, without a
protector. . Its •was•••eruel, eruel
of hi to'leave=her, cruel of the woi4ld
to -se irate husband and wife for the
sake of bread,
He 'took her soft hands' in h:is--Lind
covered them with 'kisses She
opened her eyes. There was a blur
red 'smile in them. She had been
awakened in the midst. of a pleasant
dream. She nestled up' close to ,him,
twined her arms about his neck sand
was asleep again in an instant.
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W. a. "O'NEEIL,, DENFIELD, ON't.
k: -Llcinetit Aubtlloilee "
Pere bred id* fibitl d~ M stock
intige'tiknitL One Htief° co1iit .
d.. $atisfactioli Ftli nte�& ;For
PUione 214, Gratitoir, "at
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CHAPTER BVI
,LETTERS -ANP wMORt?;l I Y YRS
Witte had fortified, himself with let-
ter$ to New York editors before tear.
Int Chicago. 'One of these wtss to the
editor ,of the Ad'vace, Mrftow'ifi`'(i
Charles' Thorrttoti., Jt was Wriffelt 'by
art old ant. of ' Thorn'ters, a eOp'wr
tui
dollars in his pocket.
The editor winced at the young
man's inexperience.
"I would suggest," he -'said; "that
you try to connect up With some
newspaper here. You don't want, of
course, to take a•regular job, if you
.to do magazine works but you
ought to get some special work to
do. Magazine wri'ting,is a precarious
business in the beginning: You ought
to Ory and make •your living. through
the newspapers, as a free lance. You
ought to have no. trouble 'selling stuff
to the Sunday papers. •;:.
'With- this Mr. Thornton dismissed
Witte, after urging him to submit his
stories or articles to him as, soon as
they were written.' . • , •
"Do you know Mr. Merrick of. the
Universe?", Thornton asked as Witte
was' about to leave, "Merrick is • a
Chicago man. Better go up and see
him. Tell him I sent you to him. He
is a good man to know,"
At. the end of two days Witte had,
rounded, up, the half dozen editors to
whom he had. introductions. The,third
day 'was Saturday. He "pitched ,his
tent," as he wrote Helen, .in a room
on Eat Fifteenth. Street, and put in
the same evening in writing:a feature
which he had observed during , the.
day. A Sunday paper, he thought,
would take it: He worked -on it all
Sunday morning. In the afternoon he
*rote to Helen:.
It is threeo'clock.," he wrote
in part. "The street 19 teeming with
people dressed in their best. Even in
the ghetto, apart of which I can see
by looking out of my window; every
one seems to be observing Sunday.
There is a whole afternoon and eve-
ning ahead 'of me. Itis the first Sun-
day' afternoon and evening without
you. I don't count all the Sundays I
spent before I knew you.. They have
been obliterated : by your presence. All
1 remember is the joyful Sundays we
spent together= When I think of
.having to spend the next twenty or
twenty-five- weeks without you - as
"things ' are 'shaping themselves now I
cannot expect to have you here much
sooner -when 1 think of being away
from, you all_ ;that Time, 1,, feel ail en-
ergy escape'' me. Yet this"nmust not
lie:. L must have my -energies keyed•
to the highest, .as .this, and this alone,
pan bring nearer the' day of your com-
ing to me. . . ." •
My impressions of New
York," he wrote in another letter,
"are mixed. It holds roe spell -bound
at times, and then again it .horrifies
me. Was it Heine 'who said `I am a
tragedy, I am a comedy?'' New York
might, appropriately -.take this for ,it's
Motto,. emblazon it over, its skyscrap-
ers, . It is*everything in one. It is a.
beast,• it is a God. • It is in one breath
the most American City in the United
States, and yet , -the most foreign city
Stu Aitnerica. The squalor' of the old
world and the genius ofr the new are
often house .within a block of each
other. • The •flower of the natio'n's in-
tellect and the 'ebb of humanity pass
each other on' the 'street, rub shoul-
ders with one another in streetcars."
"Unsettled as I -am;" •he wrote on
another occasion, "I 'ant still settled
in a rut. My free lance aewspaper
articles give me a living, and no more
and the magazine articles 'keep com-
ing baek, with polite ,regrets from ern:
tors. Three months have ,passed and
still . I have not , larded; . still your
coming is as far off as on •the first
day I came -here:... ', it is bocoming
intolerable -I Suffocate for want; "of
His .next letter was a pan of tri
umpb•, A story of his had been accept=
ed by the Universe. The clouds were
clearing, and the sun was breaking.
Ie was the beginning of further suc-
'ceeses.. He had three more stories,
travelling ainong Magazines. Soon he
Would be in a position to send for
her'.
Within the next two weeks, howev-
er, every one ,of the stories came back
with a personal note of regret from
the editor or a reader of the magazine
It was not a bad story, but -in
every case there was the same "but"
-the.- story did not quit the needs of
the magazine.
He had become friendly with, the
assistant editor of one of the maga
zines, a young man recently'out of.
Harvard. The latter explained to him
why Ills stories, though the editors
honestly thbught theni good, were not
accented.
"Sou no doubt reniernber the role of
the. Fates, in Greek inythoIogy;" .the
assistant editor,-'ennings, said.- to
hizic► ,"What the li'atesi, had spite, Alt
eu tits iliiods could riot urravel, te-
fore ttt4 ' %tse avillu» toot tea's`
heif►hs'ss
`" 1 he edi f ora at in .zz5u it the Sar it
cpunc}t lif thu ! owzzship of • E y
ru tjle I(t tcil chamber c Zurich,
ldayK� $� 2z Jt
1.Q pm, The
own 0,q, A Xioe 'w ls" Pi'es-
etltep^ Vetei`a9oi$dr rs, Wu► •Suth-
.ewlanel R. O St ati�fiu4xeter Board of
Edticationz N W. t$l er. '•
The following "'.notions Were" p*5
ed: That the counCii have reeensi'der--
ed the request of Jos,,,Cantin and that
the. council will eat open the IT441,'
h>rt'Mr. Cantle may! -offers same :at his
own expense provitillg there• is a•
le al lead ..all .wance .That the nom-
'
aow,;uNt 5{o,f 1914964,ohc; o•;riaxini
conlectthor; be,inaton yt-law Na ;JP," 1946t and13y
conedge
';read n,,third. time; That
aceo>lnt(r 19,04447,P9, Roads, Relief,
1y:,Mzut Cipa1 Telepltone•S stem atllg.
Hay. Twp. ,General.;Acoounte be paid
as.';per voucher: •
Hay Twp, ,B•oads-Zurich. • Motors,
$12,50 Rose Garage, ;$19.21; Leonard
Meknes, $.7,50; 'Trees,` Stephen, Twp.,
$1,30.; Treas. Huron Co., $144; Roof-
ers' ,Supply; $281,89, . Arnold Kuntz,
$4.20; L. RestemaYer,; $2,60, Dennis
Charrette, $fi, •Louis:.' Masse,, .$13.60;
Alfred Denomthe,; $14; Jack . Tinney,
$1.40; Ellis,•'Noriilse tt, $1.40; B. 'J.
Gould, _ $1.30; Maxum;.. Jeffrey, . $3•.20;
'Eldon_ •Ortwein, -'$6; , Philip Maese,
$3.20•; Sandy McArthur, $7.20; J. L.
•i.ostell,. $32.85; • Ed, .Penhale,. $1.6e;
'
Lloyd Campbell, $3.60; Elwood Truem
ter,. $4.60; Jo..hnston,, & Kalbfleisch,
$11.05; Ed. Weltin, 5,Oc; Elmore Dat -
ars, $19.10; Jas. Maxie, $96.95;•H. W.
Brokenshire, $7.42; Treas., Zurich. P.
V., 416; Sam' Miller, $4.20; Earl Dat -
ars, $8; Percy Campbell, $4.87; A.
Masse, $44.10; Matthew Denomme,
$4.40; Chas. Ald.worth, $2.70; Wm. J.
Gould, .$3,05; Paul Ducharme, $4.60;
Alfred Meidinger, $7,50; . Daniel .Os-
wald, $3.20; Wm. Ziler,' $3.80; Wm.
Dabus, $20; Horace. Pfaff,, $14.40;,
position. Each mago,zine has set up
a certain standard. It has,.made up
its mind -•to' appeal to 'a certain -.class.
of the public. ; It has therefore decid-
ed upon a certain kind of story that
V; wants. Your stories are good, but
they do not happen to fit the needs..
of the, magazine as we see them, :or
think them. In this case the editor is,
helpless. What he likes to read per-
sonallr is not always the stuff he
dares give to his readers-"
Severalweeks laterthe cheque for
his first story came from the Universe.
It was a cheque :for sixty-five dollars..
Witte looked' at it long and mourn-
fully. There were, stores current not
only among the public, but -among
newspaper men as well,- that short
stories were prize .articles. ' Fabulous
sums were being' paid to short •story
writers. O. Henry -was' getting a thou-'
sand dollars for two or ,three pages.
(Continued Next Week)
Ration. Coupon Due Dates
Coupons now Valid are sugar -pre-
serves Si to S3$, buttel'B29 to B35;;
meat M56 to M64.-
' All sugar coupons in book five, all
evaporated milk beaver coupons, but-
ter B29 to B3I and meat coupons M,56
to M63 expire December 31,
• Moils
era Herbal Pills to treat the C" at
its source.Moxzey back jf ie rat
hdttle does l not satisfy.'
,,At y9?lr l.ocal.
Diug`,Stores"
Howard Ford $5.60; Harald Campbell
V-•80; Eben Weigand $3.65. Total,,,
$992.0.5.
Relief--7ghn Suttlat, -:$25; Emma
Bassow, $8.90•; IVIrSS. Edith. Mason;'; $15
•A, flgidop1an, rent, *$4. Total, 851,90.
Hay 7vpG
General Ac
cou
nt
TH ,
Fuest 113.1.0; ' FI, w:, i l•'okewik,ire,.
$302,32; . Wm, , Edi h ff G
H g a.. et, $5:�J0,
G. Sewell, $1; Treas., Hay Municipal'.
'Telephone - System, $1,000; W. Thiel,
$10; Treas., Exeter 'air Bd„ 325.00;'
4Trea4 Huron :C. , tgx Am , *30.82;,
E. J. Willert, $a9;'Oscar Kropp,' $79,.
A. J. .Kalbtieisch, $2*;; Corp. Village,
of Exeter, . Ration Bd., .$30; Treas.
Federation of Agriculture, $126.17;
Harry Bassow, 41.50; Philip Hartman
$1.50; Harry. McAdams, 45; Howard
Kropp, $1.50; Treas, .Zurich P. V-.,
$2,444-97; Treas. Dashwood P., • V,,
$1,145.81; ' Reg., Knight, $3; C. t:
Smith, $34.25; Treas. Zurich Fair Bd.,,
$75; Treas. Tizckersmith Telephone.
System, $1,158.32; William Haugh,'
$111.75; $am Hendrick, $79;- Earl
Campbell, $79; Ward Fritz, $28; Con.
Siemon, $13.6.35; Johnston & Kalb-..
iieisch, $10.25; Wzra, Ducharme, $4
Provincial Treas., $7.671 Bruce Tuck:.
ey, S.S. 3, $1,377.60; Jas. McAllister,
S.S. 2, $1,043.83; Delbert' Geiger, S.S.
4; $1,042.05; J. Gingerich, S.S. 6, •$1,--
042,20; Geo. Deichert, S.S. 7, $2,488.63;.
John Rader, S.S. 8, $748.90; Geo. Tin-
ney, S.S. 10,, $1,099.22; G. Patterson;
S.S. 11,. $1,07037.; E. B. Homier. S.S.
12, $1,201.72; Wm. J. Petty, 5:5. 14,
$295.78; Clayton Prouty, S.S. 13,
$185:64; E. J. Wine -ft, S.S. 15, $861.68;
Lawrence Regier, S.S. 1, $389.05; • E.
Gingerich; S.S. 9, $644.19; R. A: Goetz,
S.S. 16, $1,165.68; Fr. W. Bourdeau,
S.S.S. 1, Hay, $737.7$; Alvin Rau,
S.S.S. 1, Stanley, $25. Total, $40,
140.66. -
Hay Municipal Telephoner. System -
H. G. Hess, $305.9.4; H. W. Broken -
shire, $132.72; Fred Watson, $KK; W.
Haugh; $59.75; Sam Hendrick, $32;'
E4r1:.Campbell, $32; Adolph Bedard,
$9; Stromberg-Carlson, $193.14; T. H.
Hoffman, $492.62; L. B. Hodgson, $25;
Victor Fuller, $5; E. J. Willert, $32';.
Oscar Klopp, $32; Bell Telephone Co.,
$347.75; Automatic Electrfa, $21.89;
Northern Electric, $518.14. Total,
$2243.95..-
The meeting adjourned,, to .meet
again on Monday, Dec. 16, at 1.30• p.rn.
Haugh, ]reeve; H. W. Broken-
sbire,.Clerk.
It. has been impossible for .the
velop power in sufficient ' quantity to, ice
of the enormous s
increase:.i t o - r d
n 91e:demand maxid fo p wer.:
Seaforth - in h com"-on 'tI
m with all other municipalities,
must do its utmost to conserve flower"b exercising
� , ... � g
thk strictest economy in its use:
You, the consumer, are asked to co-operate by:
1. Exercising strictest economy at all times
areai
2. Turning off lights when not required.
3. Avoiding the use of electric air heaters.
Making the most frugal use of .electrically heat..
ed water '(and checking, up on leaking hot water
faucfts). '
Avoiding the operation of range elements ' on
`high' when a lower heat will serve the purpose,
and turning off all elements as soon as possible.
6. Avoiding all unnecessary outdoor lighting. •
SEAFORTH PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
41114
•
rot faCoac„been driving. a••1946Chev-
this dad ought in August of
Fear, am
ed with
thethe sp k Sean d 'reliable s action of
bra
ROOMere car.
Levere,
Examiner for Driver's License,
Winchester, Ontario -
nn
gave mot,
gteek
rolet Seda
range la°
approval.
Chevrolet
caleaslY
x trou
Krhatevel
"As the f
priced Bel
riding en;
the adva:
priced ca
fDads, the
eet cbntr
holes or
re a seven
946• C`hev
t.mountain
aQ feet' BF'
.e and the
grades
' mechaai-
Perienced••
burn,
Ontario
t the low,
low-priced
found all
zich high -
On rough
s you per-
; ruts, pot -
"During cur fifteen year in the
taxi business, we: have never had
any bar or cars the{ `Operated so
economically and trouble-free as
these 1946 Chevrolets are doing.••
• Emile Lantbier,
Montreal, P.O.
FROM DOCTORS ... from farrners ... from business-
inep .....from salesmen ... from fleet operators and
men who drive a car for pleasure - from ,purchas-
ers in every trade and occupation across the Domin-
ion, conics praise'••tif 'the new 1946 Chevrolet. To
them, Chevrolet's.:B.ig Car Quality at Lowest Cost ...
its flawless, trouble-free operation ... is an actual,
proven fact. Throughout their letters. expressing
, their pleasure and complete satisfaction in the new
Chevrolet, certain phrases oceur again and again
"Unbelievable that such performance can come
from' a car as ,low,, priced ii,c Chevrolet' , . "The
best Chevrolet yet" ... "Definitely worth waiting
for". • •
A PRODUCT Of GgNERAL MOTORS '
* Ex.'rpts from Viral Letters on file at .
General Motors derriere ndross Canada.
"The men using these cars cover
every part' of the Dominfolr. In
,..sending out a questionnaire,. as to
•the performance and comfort in
driving their nAALL ALL have ars,
the rep
'SWELL'
1• R. Ross,
of Canada Lt Rubber Company
Drummondville, P.R.
1 could name many featual;tpb 0
will mention fust o eWhen Particular
porkma vetwit me, they invatl- ,
ably reeople•,.maf kr ,You have a beauti-
}arty finished car."
I Ii Iry eg, ...
Letb,rids .
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Makn•Y•g•ir Nonni
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• LOCATED on wide SPADINA AVE.
At College Street
• ; , RATES ... .,
, . Single $1:50.13.50
Double. $2.50- $7.00
Write for Folder
We Advise Early Reservation
A WHOLE DAY'S S!GHT-SEEING
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE
A. M. POWELL, President
LEGAL
McCONNELL & 'litA'RYS
• Barristers, Solicitors, Etc:'
Patrick D. McConnell - ti:.Glenn Hays
'SEAFORTH, ONT. '
' Telephone 174
A. W. 'SILLERY
Barrister, Solicitor, Etc.
SEAFORTH - ' ONTARIO _
Phone 173,. Seaforth
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MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC'
. DR. Ea A, Mc CASTER M.B. •
Physician t -
DR. P. L. BRADY, M.D.
Surgeon `
Offlce hours dally, except Wednes-
day: 1.30- 5 ; p.m,, -7..39 P.m.
Appointments for consultation may
be made in advance.
•
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A.;,,M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
IN DR. H. H: ROSS' OF +'ICE
• _ _!-..T , 1111..
, Phones. Office 5-W; Res. 5-J
- , .. Seaforth
MARTIN W. STAPLETON,' B.A.,' M.D.
1 Phyelclan . and Surgeon
Successor to Dr. W. O. Sproat
Phone 90 -Nr • Seaforth
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER.. . •
Eye, Ear,.Nose and Throat
• Graduate in'Medicine, Uulversity of
Toronto.
-, Late assistant New York Opthal-
mei. and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye. and .,Golden SquareThroat Hos-
pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL'
HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY hi each month, from 2 p.m.
to 420 p.m. " -
,b3 Waterloo Street South, Stratford.,
4
JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
' Phone 110 - Hensall
,• - 4068x62
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DR. F.H...$,CHERK•-•:
Phyelclan and Surgebn -
Phone 56 ` - Heiman
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, Specialist in . Farm and Household
Stales. .
Lioensaid in Huron and Perth Coun-
ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction
guaranteed.
For information, etc., write or phone
L.>rtOL D JACKSON,. 14 on 661, Sea -
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Household, faklili etook, implements
Sid pure bred 'sales. Special training
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You sales •service that is most effici-
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et; ecce, Witte handed the -Cheque to,
Zelen,
Elie .gazed , at the,°•green slip of
paper before her and then. fixed tier
Ores : Ppm her husband. There was
a solemn look in ' Emil's. face.
"What will It be next?" she asked.
"New York," he answered.
Quietly Witte opened. the door into
the Sunday editor's room. Bradford
turned in his swivel chair,. and per -
6 -lying the repotter, grinned lolly,
Witte; without knowing -why,. thought
of a fox as he gazed at.' Brad!or•,d's
smooth -shaven, slick , face
"1 came' tb pronounce, my, valedic-
tory," be smiled, in turn. "I want to
g1ve you, twe ; weeks': notice. 'I {shall
leave.; at the end of that time."
The icy :grin disappeared from
Bradford's lips. Witte had ,stolen a
march on him. He had resigned- and
deprived• him, . Br'adford; 'o$,,,ase plea --
sure of freezing vim. out. . '
';Got a jdb, t pre"sume," Bradford
said bluntly..
"No," Witte replied. "I have •not
tried to get a job here. I. am going
to New York."
The Sunday 'editor , started slightly..
In his• heart of hearts-,heshad faith in
Manning's judgment and respected
Manning's choice 'of men: And Man-
ning n t only had chosen, but so -con-
sistently stood by Witte Bradford
knew that far better than .Witte.
' "I am sorry you are going," Brad-
ford ended a silence .that was becom-
ing. awkward. "I am sureyou will
make good there. Anything I can do
for you -don't hesitate to ask me."
The announcement' ,that. Witte was
going to New York' created a respect-
ful atmosphere ,in the, office toward
hie.. One older member of the staff
spoke Pegretfully of his own lost • op-
portunities. He, too, should have
gone to New York 'at a certain point
in his career. Several of the younger
writers ' talked wistfully of the day
when they, too, would leave Por the
metropolis. . Witte was much in
demand now. Everybody was glad to
split a bottle of beer with him ,and to.
express confidence in his ability to
make good in New. York.:.... .
He wrote a -letter full of tenderness
to_ his parents. His finances did not
permit his coming home .to say good-
bye to them. 'But he hoped to spend..
his.. vacation • with them in the near'
future_perhaps in a year. He would
come to see them at the first'"oppor-
tunity. . His going away to Nev. York,
he feared, would be a blow to them.
.They would find it hard to reconcile
themselves• to 'it.
To lois' surprise the attitude. of his
parents was ,the very "opposite. They
v. ere glad he. was going. to New York.
.They had confidence .in"his ability ..to
make good 'there, boundless Tends,
dezrce. And: when be made good -
who could tell but what they might
join him 'in ;the great metropolis:
Here' his father's lettergrew, inti-
mate and subdued. Not' only his
mother, Masha, but he; Aaron, too,
would like to leave Spring Water.
They weuld like to join Emil in New
York. They were getting old.
He, Aaron, .was not as, strong as Por-,
merry..:. The life of a pedlei was
becoming too hard for him. In a city
he inight find. some lighter work. And
he would be • among his people
among Jews- They longed to .be
among Jews again., ' It Was hard
bend 'to
end 'one•s deciii z�ug 'years"' among
"goyim" (Gentiles).
Parental blessing and repeated con-
fidence 'in him • closed the missive
which acted as a depressant on Witte
the re,st of the day and evening.
They ate their last 'supper in sil-
ence. . Helen quickly disposed 'of
the dishes. She put them away in the,
improvised -little closet' in . their
screened -kitchen, ready' for use by the
Zest •couple that should, .move into
"their" 'moms. , The trunks had
already .been packed•the landlady
notified. In the•, mornin(Helen, woulil
move into another iooin, She had al-
ready got back her job with Mr. Ai.t-
man and woeht go to' wok as soon as
reaaei*ot'}e:C14gaen Stas
S4cyp4tknow; Prieli1ey,
the
edi-
tor
eyed. Witte sympathetic""hill^, Thorn,
ton was ford of the old copy reader
in, Chicago. ,The -two had worked
side by side fQr Y years.' Priestley
was considered by : far the', bfigli'ter
man- : It was Thornton'e *fitful,how-
ever, to -be pushed upward' wherever
he worked. Priestley stodd• in one
"place. '
They talked about Chicago. Thgrn.
ton recalled his own days in the news-
paper, ,fleid .with a, feeling: not unlike
Men .
that with which en speak of their
boyhood• days. He was a man past
forty-five and had been out of news-
paper work ' for twelve. years. He
Mentionedseveral editors, ,but Witte
did`hot know them. ,A new genera-
tion had come and one since Thorns
ton left.,
"Priestley," the editor said, assum-
ing a business tone, "tells me that
You come here to do,,ipagazine' work..
What do you intend to coaf<'ne your-
self to -'fiction or articles?"
"Articles, fiction -both," said Witte.
"I'll try my hand ' at everything.' `
"Yes, that is the best Way," Thorn-
ton;.added.'.
After a pause he asked bluntly:
"Howare you fixed financially?",
Witte told him he' had thirty-five
Emil left-
It was still light', and they sat by
the window , looking out upon the
street which 'With the •breath of- spring
'w -as assuming -new' life. Their shoul-
ders touched, but they avoided look-
ing at each other, for each sensed the
tears in' the other's eyes.
'They could repress themselves no
iGnger`.
. .. The tears . came with 4
rush: . , . As iS.. seeking protection
against th•e, overpgjiering emotions;
they9-held each other in passionate
-embrace and • wept on each other's.
shoulders, •
' It was' peat midnight -when sleep fin-
ally,, relaxed their tense nerves ani
t ade an end of their whispened''son-
fidences: -At the break of day, how-
ever, Emil was awake. He raised the
shade 'slightly and in the pale morn-
ing light'Ile watched, Helen's even
breathing: There was a faint flush in,
her cheek. •,She looker almost •like a
''child to him -and she was FO .pat)aeti.
cally lonely. A great sorrow seize
him: He was -leaving her alone with-
out money, •without friends, without a
protector. . Its •was•••eruel, eruel
of hi to'leave=her, cruel of the woi4ld
to -se irate husband and wife for the
sake of bread,
He 'took her soft hands' in h:is--Lind
covered them with 'kisses She
opened her eyes. There was a blur
red 'smile in them. She had been
awakened in the midst. of a pleasant
dream. She nestled up' close to ,him,
twined her arms about his neck sand
was asleep again in an instant.
* * e ,
W. a. "O'NEEIL,, DENFIELD, ON't.
k: -Llcinetit Aubtlloilee "
Pere bred id* fibitl d~ M stock
intige'tiknitL One Htief° co1iit .
d.. $atisfactioli Ftli nte�& ;For
PUione 214, Gratitoir, "at
is,
CHAPTER BVI
,LETTERS -ANP wMORt?;l I Y YRS
Witte had fortified, himself with let-
ter$ to New York editors before tear.
Int Chicago. 'One of these wtss to the
editor ,of the Ad'vace, Mrftow'ifi`'(i
Charles' Thorrttoti., Jt was Wriffelt 'by
art old ant. of ' Thorn'ters, a eOp'wr
tui
dollars in his pocket.
The editor winced at the young
man's inexperience.
"I would suggest," he -'said; "that
you try to connect up With some
newspaper here. You don't want, of
course, to take a•regular job, if you
.to do magazine works but you
ought to get some special work to
do. Magazine wri'ting,is a precarious
business in the beginning: You ought
to Ory and make •your living. through
the newspapers, as a free lance. You
ought to have no. trouble 'selling stuff
to the Sunday papers. •;:.
'With- this Mr. Thornton dismissed
Witte, after urging him to submit his
stories or articles to him as, soon as
they were written.' . • , •
"Do you know Mr. Merrick of. the
Universe?", Thornton asked as Witte
was' about to leave, "Merrick is • a
Chicago man. Better go up and see
him. Tell him I sent you to him. He
is a good man to know,"
At. the end of two days Witte had,
rounded, up, the half dozen editors to
whom he had. introductions. The,third
day 'was Saturday. He "pitched ,his
tent," as he wrote Helen, .in a room
on Eat Fifteenth. Street, and put in
the same evening in writing:a feature
which he had observed during , the.
day. A Sunday paper, he thought,
would take it: He worked -on it all
Sunday morning. In the afternoon he
*rote to Helen:.
It is threeo'clock.," he wrote
in part. "The street 19 teeming with
people dressed in their best. Even in
the ghetto, apart of which I can see
by looking out of my window; every
one seems to be observing Sunday.
There is a whole afternoon and eve-
ning ahead 'of me. Itis the first Sun-
day' afternoon and evening without
you. I don't count all the Sundays I
spent before I knew you.. They have
been obliterated : by your presence. All
1 remember is the joyful Sundays we
spent together= When I think of
.having to spend the next twenty or
twenty-five- weeks without you - as
"things ' are 'shaping themselves now I
cannot expect to have you here much
sooner -when 1 think of being away
from, you all_ ;that Time, 1,, feel ail en-
ergy escape'' me. Yet this"nmust not
lie:. L must have my -energies keyed•
to the highest, .as .this, and this alone,
pan bring nearer the' day of your com-
ing to me. . . ." •
My impressions of New
York," he wrote in another letter,
"are mixed. It holds roe spell -bound
at times, and then again it .horrifies
me. Was it Heine 'who said `I am a
tragedy, I am a comedy?'' New York
might, appropriately -.take this for ,it's
Motto,. emblazon it over, its skyscrap-
ers, . It is*everything in one. It is a.
beast,• it is a God. • It is in one breath
the most American City in the United
States, and yet , -the most foreign city
Stu Aitnerica. The squalor' of the old
world and the genius ofr the new are
often house .within a block of each
other. • The •flower of the natio'n's in-
tellect and the 'ebb of humanity pass
each other on' the 'street, rub shoul-
ders with one another in streetcars."
"Unsettled as I -am;" •he wrote on
another occasion, "I 'ant still settled
in a rut. My free lance aewspaper
articles give me a living, and no more
and the magazine articles 'keep com-
ing baek, with polite ,regrets from ern:
tors. Three months have ,passed and
still . I have not , larded; . still your
coming is as far off as on •the first
day I came -here:... ', it is bocoming
intolerable -I Suffocate for want; "of
His .next letter was a pan of tri
umpb•, A story of his had been accept=
ed by the Universe. The clouds were
clearing, and the sun was breaking.
Ie was the beginning of further suc-
'ceeses.. He had three more stories,
travelling ainong Magazines. Soon he
Would be in a position to send for
her'.
Within the next two weeks, howev-
er, every one ,of the stories came back
with a personal note of regret from
the editor or a reader of the magazine
It was not a bad story, but -in
every case there was the same "but"
-the.- story did not quit the needs of
the magazine.
He had become friendly with, the
assistant editor of one of the maga
zines, a young man recently'out of.
Harvard. The latter explained to him
why Ills stories, though the editors
honestly thbught theni good, were not
accented.
"Sou no doubt reniernber the role of
the. Fates, in Greek inythoIogy;" .the
assistant editor,-'ennings, said.- to
hizic► ,"What the li'atesi, had spite, Alt
eu tits iliiods could riot urravel, te-
fore ttt4 ' %tse avillu» toot tea's`
heif►hs'ss
`" 1 he edi f ora at in .zz5u it the Sar it
cpunc}t lif thu ! owzzship of • E y
ru tjle I(t tcil chamber c Zurich,
ldayK� $� 2z Jt
1.Q pm, The
own 0,q, A Xioe 'w ls" Pi'es-
etltep^ Vetei`a9oi$dr rs, Wu► •Suth-
.ewlanel R. O St ati�fiu4xeter Board of
Edticationz N W. t$l er. '•
The following "'.notions Were" p*5
ed: That the counCii have reeensi'der--
ed the request of Jos,,,Cantin and that
the. council will eat open the IT441,'
h>rt'Mr. Cantle may! -offers same :at his
own expense provitillg there• is a•
le al lead ..all .wance .That the nom-
'
aow,;uNt 5{o,f 1914964,ohc; o•;riaxini
conlectthor; be,inaton yt-law Na ;JP," 1946t and13y
conedge
';read n,,third. time; That
aceo>lnt(r 19,04447,P9, Roads, Relief,
1y:,Mzut Cipa1 Telepltone•S stem atllg.
Hay. Twp. ,General.;Acoounte be paid
as.';per voucher: •
Hay Twp, ,B•oads-Zurich. • Motors,
$12,50 Rose Garage, ;$19.21; Leonard
Meknes, $.7,50; 'Trees,` Stephen, Twp.,
$1,30.; Treas. Huron Co., $144; Roof-
ers' ,Supply; $281,89, . Arnold Kuntz,
$4.20; L. RestemaYer,; $2,60, Dennis
Charrette, $fi, •Louis:.' Masse,, .$13.60;
Alfred Denomthe,; $14; Jack . Tinney,
$1.40; Ellis,•'Noriilse tt, $1.40; B. 'J.
Gould, _ $1.30; Maxum;.. Jeffrey, . $3•.20;
'Eldon_ •Ortwein, -'$6; , Philip Maese,
$3.20•; Sandy McArthur, $7.20; J. L.
•i.ostell,. $32.85; • Ed, .Penhale,. $1.6e;
'
Lloyd Campbell, $3.60; Elwood Truem
ter,. $4.60; Jo..hnston,, & Kalbfleisch,
$11.05; Ed. Weltin, 5,Oc; Elmore Dat -
ars, $19.10; Jas. Maxie, $96.95;•H. W.
Brokenshire, $7.42; Treas., Zurich. P.
V., 416; Sam' Miller, $4.20; Earl Dat -
ars, $8; Percy Campbell, $4.87; A.
Masse, $44.10; Matthew Denomme,
$4.40; Chas. Ald.worth, $2.70; Wm. J.
Gould, .$3,05; Paul Ducharme, $4.60;
Alfred Meidinger, $7,50; . Daniel .Os-
wald, $3.20; Wm. Ziler,' $3.80; Wm.
Dabus, $20; Horace. Pfaff,, $14.40;,
position. Each mago,zine has set up
a certain standard. It has,.made up
its mind -•to' appeal to 'a certain -.class.
of the public. ; It has therefore decid-
ed upon a certain kind of story that
V; wants. Your stories are good, but
they do not happen to fit the needs..
of the, magazine as we see them, :or
think them. In this case the editor is,
helpless. What he likes to read per-
sonallr is not always the stuff he
dares give to his readers-"
Severalweeks laterthe cheque for
his first story came from the Universe.
It was a cheque :for sixty-five dollars..
Witte looked' at it long and mourn-
fully. There were, stores current not
only among the public, but -among
newspaper men as well,- that short
stories were prize .articles. ' Fabulous
sums were being' paid to short •story
writers. O. Henry -was' getting a thou-'
sand dollars for two or ,three pages.
(Continued Next Week)
Ration. Coupon Due Dates
Coupons now Valid are sugar -pre-
serves Si to S3$, buttel'B29 to B35;;
meat M56 to M64.-
' All sugar coupons in book five, all
evaporated milk beaver coupons, but-
ter B29 to B3I and meat coupons M,56
to M63 expire December 31,
• Moils
era Herbal Pills to treat the C" at
its source.Moxzey back jf ie rat
hdttle does l not satisfy.'
,,At y9?lr l.ocal.
Diug`,Stores"
Howard Ford $5.60; Harald Campbell
V-•80; Eben Weigand $3.65. Total,,,
$992.0.5.
Relief--7ghn Suttlat, -:$25; Emma
Bassow, $8.90•; IVIrSS. Edith. Mason;'; $15
•A, flgidop1an, rent, *$4. Total, 851,90.
Hay 7vpG
General Ac
cou
nt
TH ,
Fuest 113.1.0; ' FI, w:, i l•'okewik,ire,.
$302,32; . Wm, , Edi h ff G
H g a.. et, $5:�J0,
G. Sewell, $1; Treas., Hay Municipal'.
'Telephone - System, $1,000; W. Thiel,
$10; Treas., Exeter 'air Bd„ 325.00;'
4Trea4 Huron :C. , tgx Am , *30.82;,
E. J. Willert, $a9;'Oscar Kropp,' $79,.
A. J. .Kalbtieisch, $2*;; Corp. Village,
of Exeter, . Ration Bd., .$30; Treas.
Federation of Agriculture, $126.17;
Harry Bassow, 41.50; Philip Hartman
$1.50; Harry. McAdams, 45; Howard
Kropp, $1.50; Treas, .Zurich P. V-.,
$2,444-97; Treas. Dashwood P., • V,,
$1,145.81; ' Reg., Knight, $3; C. t:
Smith, $34.25; Treas. Zurich Fair Bd.,,
$75; Treas. Tizckersmith Telephone.
System, $1,158.32; William Haugh,'
$111.75; $am Hendrick, $79;- Earl
Campbell, $79; Ward Fritz, $28; Con.
Siemon, $13.6.35; Johnston & Kalb-..
iieisch, $10.25; Wzra, Ducharme, $4
Provincial Treas., $7.671 Bruce Tuck:.
ey, S.S. 3, $1,377.60; Jas. McAllister,
S.S. 2, $1,043.83; Delbert' Geiger, S.S.
4; $1,042.05; J. Gingerich, S.S. 6, •$1,--
042,20; Geo. Deichert, S.S. 7, $2,488.63;.
John Rader, S.S. 8, $748.90; Geo. Tin-
ney, S.S. 10,, $1,099.22; G. Patterson;
S.S. 11,. $1,07037.; E. B. Homier. S.S.
12, $1,201.72; Wm. J. Petty, 5:5. 14,
$295.78; Clayton Prouty, S.S. 13,
$185:64; E. J. Wine -ft, S.S. 15, $861.68;
Lawrence Regier, S.S. 1, $389.05; • E.
Gingerich; S.S. 9, $644.19; R. A: Goetz,
S.S. 16, $1,165.68; Fr. W. Bourdeau,
S.S.S. 1, Hay, $737.7$; Alvin Rau,
S.S.S. 1, Stanley, $25. Total, $40,
140.66. -
Hay Municipal Telephoner. System -
H. G. Hess, $305.9.4; H. W. Broken -
shire, $132.72; Fred Watson, $KK; W.
Haugh; $59.75; Sam Hendrick, $32;'
E4r1:.Campbell, $32; Adolph Bedard,
$9; Stromberg-Carlson, $193.14; T. H.
Hoffman, $492.62; L. B. Hodgson, $25;
Victor Fuller, $5; E. J. Willert, $32';.
Oscar Klopp, $32; Bell Telephone Co.,
$347.75; Automatic Electrfa, $21.89;
Northern Electric, $518.14. Total,
$2243.95..-
The meeting adjourned,, to .meet
again on Monday, Dec. 16, at 1.30• p.rn.
Haugh, ]reeve; H. W. Broken-
sbire,.Clerk.
It. has been impossible for .the
velop power in sufficient ' quantity to, ice
of the enormous s
increase:.i t o - r d
n 91e:demand maxid fo p wer.:
Seaforth - in h com"-on 'tI
m with all other municipalities,
must do its utmost to conserve flower"b exercising
� , ... � g
thk strictest economy in its use:
You, the consumer, are asked to co-operate by:
1. Exercising strictest economy at all times
areai
2. Turning off lights when not required.
3. Avoiding the use of electric air heaters.
Making the most frugal use of .electrically heat..
ed water '(and checking, up on leaking hot water
faucfts). '
Avoiding the operation of range elements ' on
`high' when a lower heat will serve the purpose,
and turning off all elements as soon as possible.
6. Avoiding all unnecessary outdoor lighting. •
SEAFORTH PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
41114
•
rot faCoac„been driving. a••1946Chev-
this dad ought in August of
Fear, am
ed with
thethe sp k Sean d 'reliable s action of
bra
ROOMere car.
Levere,
Examiner for Driver's License,
Winchester, Ontario -
nn
gave mot,
gteek
rolet Seda
range la°
approval.
Chevrolet
caleaslY
x trou
Krhatevel
"As the f
priced Bel
riding en;
the adva:
priced ca
fDads, the
eet cbntr
holes or
re a seven
946• C`hev
t.mountain
aQ feet' BF'
.e and the
grades
' mechaai-
Perienced••
burn,
Ontario
t the low,
low-priced
found all
zich high -
On rough
s you per-
; ruts, pot -
"During cur fifteen year in the
taxi business, we: have never had
any bar or cars the{ `Operated so
economically and trouble-free as
these 1946 Chevrolets are doing.••
• Emile Lantbier,
Montreal, P.O.
FROM DOCTORS ... from farrners ... from business-
inep .....from salesmen ... from fleet operators and
men who drive a car for pleasure - from ,purchas-
ers in every trade and occupation across the Domin-
ion, conics praise'••tif 'the new 1946 Chevrolet. To
them, Chevrolet's.:B.ig Car Quality at Lowest Cost ...
its flawless, trouble-free operation ... is an actual,
proven fact. Throughout their letters. expressing
, their pleasure and complete satisfaction in the new
Chevrolet, certain phrases oceur again and again
"Unbelievable that such performance can come
from' a car as ,low,, priced ii,c Chevrolet' , . "The
best Chevrolet yet" ... "Definitely worth waiting
for". • •
A PRODUCT Of GgNERAL MOTORS '
* Ex.'rpts from Viral Letters on file at .
General Motors derriere ndross Canada.
"The men using these cars cover
every part' of the Dominfolr. In
,..sending out a questionnaire,. as to
•the performance and comfort in
driving their nAALL ALL have ars,
the rep
'SWELL'
1• R. Ross,
of Canada Lt Rubber Company
Drummondville, P.R.
1 could name many featual;tpb 0
will mention fust o eWhen Particular
porkma vetwit me, they invatl- ,
ably reeople•,.maf kr ,You have a beauti-
}arty finished car."
I Ii Iry eg, ...
Letb,rids .
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