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By MRS, C. S. PEEL
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t1Ritereb0::04 -itis wife, but by no
eats 144lig'eAtt to the attrao-
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Y4,r AlCaadal, a man Or.
strong passions, unaccustomed to
self-control, alternately fascinated
and repulsed by Thea s• strange
personality, conscious in his soul
of a lo* morality and a wasted
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for the purchase of the business of
Victor D. Falconer
COAL, WOOD AND BUILDERS' SUPPLIES
Clinton, Ontario
Tenders will be received by the undersigned until
12 O'CLOCK NOON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1949
This is an'established retail lumber business with valuable
Igood will, doing business in coal, wood, lumber and builders'
supplies for the past 16 years. The property contains seven
buildings, including plywood panelled general and private office,
panelled display room for builders' supplies, and storage for coal
and lumber.
Full particulars and conditions of sale are available at the
office of The Canada Trust Company, London, Ontario, who will
arrange inspection of the premises and stock.
Tenders must be on a form obtainable from The Canada
Trust Company, London, Ontario, and must be accompanied by
a certified cheque for 10% of the amount of the tender, a further
15% will be payable on acceptance of the offer anal the balance
will be payable on the date of closing. /
Deposits accompanying tenders not Iccepted will be returned
without interest. The highest or any tender will not necessarily
be accepted.
Mrs. Sadie Jane Falconer
and
THE
CANADA ' TRUST COMPANY
Huron & Erie Building, London, Ontario
Executors of the Estate of Victor D. Falconer
F. Fingland, K.C., Solicitor, Clinton
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thea 'Surface,. 'Black and horrible be -
neat L
EaCla tithe that Simeon Lister
parted from. Thea he vowed that
he would put an. end to the affair,
but the excitements and occupa-
tions
ccupytions by means of which (lie tried,
to banish the rnemory of her eyes
and lips, her long white hands,
failed him. A dreadful, restless
boredom possessed him. After all
he wasn't going to do the girl any
harm, he argued.
It was in -the heavy heat of an
August summer afternoon that
Thea and i Simeon were together..
Through the foliage of silver beech
and young ash trees the sun
splashed pools of light uppn the
grass. The brook rippled across
stones and flowed silently over
patches or mud.
Simeon's great sheep -dog lay
nose on paws, and Jou-Jou, releas-
ed from his duty as a sadly bored
and reductant model, jumped awk-
wardly down from the tree -trunk
which served as model's throne.
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daxi
iooboolay IQng .0410r bale
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a bot7la S cl i
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be happy tv i e . w
a qa$ �ti
the opened her eYS, (* n and
wriggled herself higher Ogo4Oot his
shoulder.
"People are alwitys bothering
about things, what they .slight to
do, what they ought not tole, and
what do they get out, 0,140 Look
at Mother. Dull, dull, 4101IM1, From
morning to night she's ,always do-
ing her duty, and she doesn't know
it but she',s always dull, ankrAther
unhappy, I don't ,believe Wes ev-
er been alive—really alive in all
her life. And Daddy too- nd he
might have been. But he's:-a1'ways
doing 'things because he Qught.
He's never really happy—mad-1r,,
joytully happy. And all the rest
are the same—except Mrs.', Blank-
basset
lankbasset and everybody thinks she's
mad. Really, she's the only sen-
sible one. If Mrs. Blankbaseet
wanted to go paddling in Sole
Pond up under the fir trees, when
the moon shines and allhe night
is softly alive and beautiful, she'd
do it. And then every one would
say, 'Poor Mr. Blankhasset-,poor
man!' Why shouldthey be sorry
for him because his wife” does
what she likes and is happy? Peo-
ple make life just like the garden-
er makes the lawn when he's sown
new grass: all little pegs and lines
of cotton so that the sparrows
daren't go and eat for fear of be-
ing tangled up in it. Why should
there be tangles all over every-
where? Religion! morality! ..cus-
tom!! they're only just tangles to
make everybody behave just' like
everybody else."
"But, Thea, you can't live in a
community and do just what you
like. That would mean might's
right and the devil take the hind-
most. Can't you see that people
have got to try and be—decent?"
"If you're happy you are decent.
Goodness and happiness are one
and the same. Can't you under-
stand that, Simeon? Beauty and
joy and happiness and good.
they're all the same."
She slid from his arms, tore a
spray of ivy from a tree -trunk, fls-
c{d it in her hair and began to
dance.
As she swayed slowly to and fro
her eyes were Stied off Simeon.
Presently she paused, ) anting a
little.
"I feel like some pagan woodland
thing of long ago, dancing, alive
and joyous, out in the sun. Life
add light and love and everything
else forgotten."
She began to dance again and
then again stood still. Suddenly
the sunlight faded and a"faint wind
stirred the leaves until the flutter-
ing of them sounded like failing
rain.
Then the wind dropped, and an
anxious, waiting stillness seemed
to encompass the earth. The dogs
crouched close to Simeon and the
air thickened.
Still Thea,stood listening and on
her face a look of fear grew. Now
her eyes stared out into the dis-
tance. "And then when the, sun
no longer shines and love is dead
then I shall die. The life in me
will fade and shrivel and go flut-
tering aut."
She raised her hands, opening
them gently, and so great was the
spell of her that the man sitting
there saw the poor little shreds of
life floating away.
The wind rose again, and once
more there came that moaning
amongst the trees, that 'anxious
stillness.
Far out in the distance, as if in
answer, came the mutter of. thun-
der, a flash, a louder peal and
great drops of rain.
That evening, Thea, entering the
house by the side door, dawdled
into the 'gun -room; and with her
usual disregard for practical mat-
ters sat down in her damp clothes.
Jou-Jou, wet and muddy, jumped
upon her lap.
John, home for the summer holi-
days, was busily engaged in clean-
ing a rook rifle, while Hugh, the
silent, lounged upon the hearth -
rug, lazily playing with the Irish
terrier.
At the entrance of his sister
John frowned and'then flushed, He
worked away for a few moments,
an uneasy look upon his face.
"I say, Hugh," he said at last,
"you get out."
"Why should he get out?" asked
Thea.
"Because I say so."
Hugh exchanged glances with this.
twin brother, and got out accom-
panied by the Irish terrier.
John, rather redder in the face,
held the rifle up and squinted
down the barrel.
Then suddenly he made up his
mind and came to the point,
"I say, Thea, you'll have to stop
it."
"Stop what?"
"You jolly well know"
Tea's face whitened a little, but
she 'lounged back in her chair still
more indolently.
"I know you can't spell or write,"
she remarked—the letter writing
of John was a matter of standing
reproach — "but surely you can
speak plainly."
"I'll speak too jolly plain to suit
you if you don't take care," replied
John heatedly.
Thea sighed with ostentatious
boredom.
John's fair countenarice became
almost purple.
"Well, if you don't choose to
take a hint I will speak obit. What
were you doing with that Lister
chap this afternoon?"
"Is that your affair?" queried the
girl.
Her voice was unconcerned, but
'she gripped one band sharply, on.
the arm of her chair.
"Yes, it is my affair. Y'onlire
no business to make yourself cheap
with a mate who's married. You've
got to stop it, Thea."
"I 'shall do' exactly as I please."
"Don't be a fool." There was
anxiety in the boy's voice. "Whir
all the servants will be talking
soon. Old John gave me the tip.
Thea had moulded a clever little
figure of the dog, while Simeon sat
watching her beautiful fingers
fashion the clay.
"That's good" she said, and then
suddenly, "Oh, how beautiful it is
to be alive! Simeon — Simeon,
don't you feel how beautiful it is?"
She came towards him, leant
lightly against him and put her
arm round his neck.
For a moment the man almost
shrank from her touch, then fierce-
ly gathered her into his arms and
rocked her to and fro.
"Oh, Thea, Thea," he said; and
there was desperation in his voice.
Presently be sat still, looking down
at the face of the girl as,she,lay
in his embrace. "Thea, I can't un-
derstand you. Do you know what
you're doing, or are you just play-
ing with fire? You don't seem to
realize— Child, a man isn't a
doll, or a block of wood—"
The girl looked up at him,
"Aren't you happy, Simeon?
What more do you want? To he
alive and loved and warm, here
out in the sun. What does any-
thing else matter? What more
can anyone need?"
"And if some one finds out—if
some one sess us? What's to be
the end of it all? Besides—I'm no
prude, heaven knows, but how
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CHURCH SCENE.
PRETTY WEDDING
Mount Pleasant Church, Science
Hill, was the scene of a pretty
wedding on Friday at 12 o'eloele
noon for the marriage of Grace
Harper MacPhail, only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie MacPhail, and
Ivan (Mannie) Bennewies, young-
est
oungest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A.
Benneweis, McKillop Township.
Rev. H. Dean officiated. The
church altar was prettily decorat-
ed with fern and white and mauve
gladiolus and midsummer flowers,`
with white satin bows marking the
guest pews. The bride, given in
marriage by her father, looked
lovely in a gown of ivory blush
satin with long lily point sleeves
and tiny buttons extending to the
waist line. Her full skirt extend-
ed
xtended into a long train and lace med-
allions
melallions with tiny seed pearls trim -
fled the peplum and the square
nylon net neckline. Her finger-tip
veil was held with a crown of iv-
cry
vcry satin. She wore as an only
ornament a three -strand 'pearl
necklace, a gift of the groom. She
carried a bouquet of red rose buds
and fern. She was attended by
Miss Rose Bennewies, sister of the
groom, as maid of honor, who wore
a gown of lavender blue silk cord-
ed taffeta with a white beaded
headdress and shoulder -length veil.
Miss Joy Simpson and Miss Flora
Harper, cousins of the bride, acted
as bridesmaids. The former wore
a gown of yellow silk corded taf-
He heard something said in the
village.”
"It's nothing to
persisted the girl.
"Yes, it is something to do with
me. You think, I'm a belly fool,
but I'm not. That chap Lister's) no
good. You're my sister, and I'm
not going to see you make an ass
of youiself. The rottel's got a
wife already, I tell you "
"I really don't mind il' he has
ten wives," drawled Thea. "It
doesn't matter to me."
"Then it's just got to matter.
Look here, Thea. 1 told you it's
get to stop and' I'll stop it. 1f you
don't give me your word of honor
you'll not meet Lister again, I'll
go to Mother."
"Then you're a sneak as well as
a spy/' flamed the girl.
(Continued' Next Week)
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:tieXinewles and 1letty, Daimag'e,
nieces of the groom, acted} ae
dower girls. The former wore an
ankle -length gown of Pinl silk tat
feta, the latter an ankle -length
gown, of pink silk taffeta. . Hach
wore matebfng headdresses of
wreathed flowers. The bride's bro-
ther, Jack Ma.c'Phaii, was best run..
Ushers were James Harper anal
Norman Eggert. Mrs. Lorne Muel-
ler played, the wedding music and
accompanied Miss Grace W�i ter -
sen, soloist, Who ' *as wearing a
gown of pink nylon net over taf-
feta. She sang "Through the
Years" before the ceremony, and
MO Promise Me" during the sign-
ing of the register. Immediately
after the ceremony a wedding din-
ner was served to about 50 guests
in the beautifully decorated church
parlors. The bride's table was cen-
tered with a three-tier wedding
cake and pink candles. The bride's
mother received, wearing a dress
of nav 'blue printed crepe with
matching accessories. Assisting
was the groom's mother, who wore
a dress of navy needle •point .sheer
with white accessories. They both
wore a corsage of pink roses. Lat-
er in the evening a reception was
held at the home of the groom's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ben-
newies. The attendants were pre-
sented with gifts from the bride
and groom, maid of honor and
bridesmaid's and soloist with cups
and saucers,'while the flower.girls
received small cups and • saucers;
organist, a silver butter dish; best
man, a billfold; ushers, . tie clip
and charm. The couple chose as
their honeymoon a trip to Mus-
koka and other Northern points,
the bride travelling in a wine suit
with gray accessories. They will
reside in Waterloo.
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