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CHAPTER I11
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE
Lisbeth Carmichael lived
alone with her mother, Gay,
who had been divorced from
Bob Ferris, before he was sent
to prison. Gay had been going
with Reid Terry, who Lisbeth
loathed. One day visiting Dev.
vine, fashion authority, Lisbeth
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met Joe Everton, whose father
was head of a farm implement
business. He asked for a din-
nor and show date the next
night.
Not until later did it occur to
Jon that she had said "would
be," not "is."
Abruptly she was smiling,' her
hand outstretched to his. "This is
where I live."
Jon's fingers closed around hers
warmly, hard. He felt absurdly
let down because 6hey had reach-
ed their destination so quickly, be-
cause, obviously, she wasn't go-
ing to asic him in, "But I'll see
you again." it was 'a statement,
not a question. "I've got to see
you again! How about tomorrow?
How about dinner -gat seven, shall
we say? And we could see a
ehow."
He thought her fingers returned
the pressure of his own. He
thought there was a queer breath-
lessness in her low voice, saying,
"I'd like that." But she was gone
before he was quite sure'. .
Letting herself into the fourth -
floor apartment she and her
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Barristers, Solicitors, Etc.
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SEA.FORTH - ONTARIO
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mother'shared, Lisbeth heard: vote"
es, 'Gay's and a man's. Recogniz-
ing those slightly mocking mascu-
line tones as she slipped out of
her coat in the beltway, Lisbeth
was aware of a eharp upweiling of
distaste. 16
Reid Terry!
What Gay saw in the man had
never been apparent to her daugh-
ter. Lisbeth despised his sleek
good looks, his brittle, sardonic
humor. She would have gone to
her own room to await his de-
parture, had not her mother's
voice stopped her in mid -Hight:
"Lisbeth, Darling, is that you?"
Lisbeth went into the living -
room because there was nothing
else to do. She amid at Gay, and
greeted Reid politely for her
mother's sake. Only one lamp was
lit in the exquisitely furnished
room, its dim glow falling- on the
warm rusts and browns of fabrics,
the pale, dull wood of modern
furniture. Gay and Reid sat side
by side on a low couch. Gay was
wearing a house gown of palest
ivory, high -necked, long-sleeved,
classically simple. She was so
lovely it made Lisbeth's throat
ache a little.
In that light Gay Ferris might
have been twenty instead of al-
most twice that. Her hair was
much lighter than Lisbeth's, a true
golden shade, and her eyes were
a deep, purplish -blue. Her skin
seemed as vital and glowing as
Lisbeth's own, and if considerably
more time and effort were re-
quired to keep it that way than
Lisbeth would 'have dreamed of
lavishing on hers -well, that was
Gay's affair. Nor did she begrudge
the money paid to a skilled mas-
seuse, or the hours of physical
discomfort required to keep her
figure slender, but delicately, ma-
turely rounded.
Now she exclaimed, drawing her
daughter down to the arm of the
couch, "Sweet, you look positively
bedraggled! Your 'stockings are a
mess. You shouldn't walk in this
beastly weather"--a.•faint quaver
marred the smooth flow of her
voice, but she smiled bravely -
"even if we are practically desti-
tute."
estitute." •
Reid lifted his glass to Gay,
"That's the spirit, darling. Car-
ry on. Keep up a front if it kills
you. After all, you've been broke
before," Reid said.
Lisbeth wondered when Gay had
heard about Bob Ferris. Perhaps
Reid had told her. There was a
sadistic streak in his nature; he
always seemed to revel in being
the bearer of bad news.
Gay Found Out That
Her Income Had Stopped
"Don't mind me," Gay pleaded.
Her tone was light, but beneath
the lightness was a note of panic.
Lisbeth could sense that, being .so
close to Gay, knowing. her so well.
She felt, in that moment, older
than her mother, stronger, cur-
iously protective toward her help-
lessness, her hidden fears.
Gay said bitterly, "I hate Bob
Ferris! He •always was a fool."
"For being dishonest -or get-
ting caught?" Reid inquired, one
eyebrow quirked in bhe supercil-
ious way Lisbeth disliked so
acutely.
"Both! And for several other
reasons, which we won'•t go into
at the moment. But he was gen-
erous about alimony. I've never
denied that. When I remember
how Steve Butler fought against
even the tiny settlement that judge
allowed me . . . "
Lisbeth wished, poignantly, that
her mother wouldn't speak that
way about former 'husbands. It
made her sound -cheap. The fierce
young flame of Lisbeth's loyalty
flared, hotly at the very thought.
Gay wasn't cheap. She was won-
derful. She was sweet and kind
and gracious. She had been -un-
fortunate in her marriages. Ex-
cept the first one. Gay had loved
Mike deeply, sincerely. It was the
sort of love, Lisbeth told herself
staunchly, that would have gone
on and on through the years, if
only
Reid Terry was drawling, "Per-
haps it would have been kinder
if he'd been less generous. As it
is, you've grown soft, Gay darling,
accustomed to luxury. And habits
like that are hard to break, as
I've learned from experience. Since
you were doomed to be plunged
from the sunny heights of a very
generous alimony to the gloomy
depths of no alimony at all . . .
"You're such a comfort to 'me,
darling, so helpful." But Gay's
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tone was tth4llt�I4
a0Xed Plain v�,ly, *4,4
any conatruetive $ugtet?l4•tut
fer?„
I. "You might go up to Slug Sil#g
on visiting day and Tann B00'0ad,,
Y.ice. He rhas a Mach 0040 heed
for business than I. Qr" Ugidaet
I his empty glass on a low table
beside him and .l'aid.'bis"hand light-
' ly. affectionately, over (,lay's IfYou
might marry me."
Gay's laugh was delicately de-,
risive. "How touching, Reid. The
supreme sacrifice, I take it?"
"Not at all. I think it might work
out very well. At least, we amuse
each other, and that's more than
I can say for a great many married
couples I know. There's just one
obstacle."
"I know," Gay said with elabor-
ate naivete, "but why speak of
money at a time like this? We
could be so 'happy in a little walk-
up
alkup flat, you going out to work each
morning and coming home, •tired
but exalted, at night, to a deli-
cious dinner I'd prepared with my
own hands."
Reid lifted one of those hands
to his lips with an expertness that
sickened Lisbeth. She slipped un-
obtrusively from the arms of the
couch. They wouldn't miss her.
She closed her bedroom door on
the sound of their laughter, of
Reid's voice saying, "So you spurn
a poor man's offer of honest matri-
mony?" and Gay's, answering,
"Darling, much as I adore you,
I'm afraid you aren't the stuff of
which husbands are made."
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Gay Was Really
Worried About Ferris
Lisbeth's room was small and
rather plain. Gay had •offered'
more than once to have it done
over to her. But Lisbeth liked
the simplicity of maple and chintz
and crisp ruffled organdy. She
leaned ,agAinst the door nowand
let the cool, peaceful charm of the
little room envelop her. The acute
distaste she felt for Reid Terry
receded a little. If only Gay didn't
like him so well. If only she
wouldn't let his influence make
her flippant and amused over
things that weren't funny. Real
things, like men and women loving
each other and being content, no
matter how little they had, be-
cause the one they loved was
there to share that little with
them.
It wasn't Gay's fault. She wasn't
herself just now. She was shocked
at this thing that had happened
to Bob Ferris, worried over the
sudden cutting off of the alimony
she had come to depend on. If
Reid hadn't been there, Gay and
Lisbeth could have talked, ser-
iously and without pretense, of
the future. They could have dis-
cussed ways and means. But Reid
was there. Heaven knew when
he'd go home.
Lie•beth crossed to the window
and stood there, staring out unsee-
ing into the sodden dusk. She'd
have to figure things out alone.
Perhaps it was just as well. Cray
was so helpless, so dependent, so
sweet. Love for her mother wash-
ed over Lisbeth in a great tide.
She thought, "If we sell the furni-
ture and move into a smaller place
Gay won't , like it, but what
else can we do? With no money
coming in at all . . .
Her thoughts went round and
round in tightening circles. It
would have been easier to plan
constructively if the memory of
gray eyes, looking down into hers,
an eager voice demanding, "But
I'll see you again. I've got to see
yon again!" hadn't kept getting
in the way.
Lisbeth didn't know bow long
she stood there. • It was quite
dark when her mother's voice,
petulantly insistent, reached her
ears. The girl moved swiftly across
the room, not troubling to turn on
a light, and through the adjoining
bath to another, larger bedroom.
Gay sat before her dressing table.
She said, not turning at Lisbeth's
entrance. "You'll have to help me,
darling. I'm dining out at seven
and I gave Jenny the evening off.
Run my bath, that's a dear. Not
too warm, and lots of crystals."
Lisbeth said, hesitating, "I hop-
ed we'd have a chance to talk."
But Gay pleaded, "Run the bath
first, sweet. Then, if you'll get
out my things I'll have time to
lie down for fifteen minutes and
we'll talk. Isn'•t it too vile about
Bob? I'll want my dubonnet din-
ner dress and diamond clips . '
Later, while Gay lay flat on her
back, astringentpacks over her
closed eyes and a rejuvenating
cream spread thickly on her face
and throat, Lisbeth began pur-
posefully, "But Gay, we've got to
decide things! We can't go on as
though you still had an income. I
want to try to find a job."/
"A job!" Gay's tone was scorn-
ful. "What could you do, what
could either of' us do, that would
bring in anything like a sufficient
amount of money to live on?"
"Not as we've been living,"
Gay's daughter persisted doggeoly.
"But if we found a cheaper apart-
ment and sold some things . . . I
might be able to get on with an
orchestra; or do radio work . . . "
She wasn't talking nonsense.
She had a sweet, small, husky
voice, a distinctive way of putting
over a song that had been much
praised, even among the more crit-
ical members of the sophisticated
crowd in which she and her
mother moved. And last year Russ
Georgio, whom she had met at a
party, had seriously offered her a
job as singing girl with his band.
Gay had scoffed at the very idea.
But now, with their financial situa-
tion altered so drastically . .
Lis Keeps From Her
Mother, Meeting With Jon
But Gay was saying piteously,
"Lisbeth, you mustn't think of such
a thing! I can't bear it - truly,
I can't! You mustn't mention It
again. As if I'd let you support
Me! Something will turn up, dar-
ling. Something will break." She
went on gtilnkly, then, before Lis -
beth could speak, "I've had about
all 1 can stand at one session.
Let's be cheerful, so I ca.n relax a
little. Didn't anything nice happen
today? Where did You go? What
did you do! Tell me."
(Continued Neat Week)
�Val'.0 g lLege)080 1:tA heY;OI,t,}1p0r
pvaa;,eld in the church abed when
�tboli 500 attended; 4 play,. "#en
JPecked %Teary," riro!in Walton, 'w'aa
very much enjoyed after the sap.
;per,
fi . Wm. Johns and Mrs. Chas.Ste»ilen attended the W.M.S. con-
vention at Grand Bend on Tuesday.
Mr. Lewis Woods and Jim Sin-
elair spent the week -end at the
former's cottage at Stokes Bay.
Mr. Elgin Skinner, teacher, of
New Toronto, spent the holiday
week -end with Mr. and Mrs. E.
Skinner.
WINTHROP
The organization Meeting of the
Winthrop Young People's Unipn
was held in the basement of Cav-
an United Church on Sunday. The
meeting was opened by the Call to
Worship, followed by Hymns 562
and 541. Rev. H. E. Livingstone
outlined the purpose, organization
and objective of the Young Peo-
ple's Union and directed the meet-
ing. The nomination and election
of officers followed, with the fol-
lowing elected: President, Dorothy
Dodds; convener of Christian Fel-
lowship, Betty Montgomery; as-
sistant, Rome Johnston; convener
of Missions, Earl McSpadden; as-
sistant, Irwin Johnston; convener
of Citizenship, Eric Anderson; as-
sistant, Don McClure; convener of
Culture, Lorraine Smith; assistar}t,
Marjorie McClure; Recreation, Ar-
thur Bolton; assistant, Harry John-
ston; secretary -treasurer, Leslie
McSpadden; assistant. Mac Bol-
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WI WI1-ELSEA
Mrs. Clarence Fletcher attended
a shower on Saturday last at the.
home of Mrs. Earl Atickens, and
trousseau tea given Thursday at
the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hebert Davis for
daughter Janette, who on Saturday
became the bride of Jim Barker of
Lucan.
Miss May Jackson, Walton, spent
a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Bailey and Betty. • Miss. Jackson re-
turned home on Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey, who spent the clay
with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jackson at
Walton.
Misses Joy Whitlock' and Win-
nie Smithson, of St. Thomas, spent
the week -end with Mr: and Mrs.
Freeman Horne.
Sunday visitors with Mr. and•
Mrs. Ivan Brock were: Mr. and
Mrs. Clyn "Dobbs and Mr, and Mrs.
Tom Stevenson, of Glencairn; Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Oke, of Seaforth;
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Oka, of Hamil-
ton; Mr. and Mrs, Cliff Brock and
Mrs. Minor Dobbs, of Elimville.
Mrs Newton Clarke is spending
a few days with her daughter, Mrs.
The Voice Of
Temperance
Said a minister to a beaten alco-
holic: "Harry, in God's name, how
did a man like you come to this?"
The answer came: "Well may you
ask that question. I ,bad a good
home. But I was a young fool. I
knew what liquor had done to
many, but I was sure it could not
happen to me. I could drink and
let it alone. I ought to have
kown better, that no one can safe-
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hol. One thing I completely over-
looked, that alcohol is a habit-
forming
abitforming drug. I was goings to be
a moderate drinker, but before I
knew where I was, the habit had
me in its grip. Oh, sir, if I could
only start over again, I'd never
touch a drop of the infernal stuff:
In my young days I thought the
teetotallers, as we called them,
were fanatics and fools. I know
now that they were right." -
(Adv.).
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Mr
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Mrs Riyfus` 1Torue of •''l'o -
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Mrs GeosKellett ttpen�t` a 0i
days wlikMr ncl'A'Irs; .Art sear
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•Mr. and' gra..Jack Cooperr, Al
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Mr. Geo. Kellett,
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