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OTIgA'�i V"'
mind' informed! him witli more
e than reepeet that this wait-
Mg
aitlug for precisely the right ogee+
Mon was nonsense. He set him-
self to think of a time at once, to•
mgaeraw, to get this small matter
over with. It would be easiest to
make an occasion in 'her clam*
room at the primary school. The
regular routine of his supervising
took him there once in so often.
He would arrive near the end of
the afternoon session, and stay on
after the children had gone.
Yet, when the next afternoon Jae
stood beside the teacher's desk, his
mouth was unexpectedly dry as he
said, "I feel a little tired, Miss
Barney, after my round of visits. I
believe I'll just sit here for a Mo-
ment after you have dismissed the
class-"
Alarmingly young she seemed to
the man who eat waiting for his
-.voice to come wader his control and
who knew well how fatigue added
years to his own aspect. He had
beenmade to eonsider laying in
such callow untried hands the po-
tential dynamite he had brought
'with him. He was again not sure
what was best to do, what was
safe to do. He waited.
The silence and the softly dusty
sjfnlight lay, like an amber pool
around the feet of the man wait-
ing to feel surer of himself. The
young teacher gave a small yawn,
and looked apologetically at the
visitor to see if he had noticed it.
Absurd that this should give him
the reassurance he needed, With-
out ,bringing the front legs of his
chair to the floor, his head still
tipped -back against the wall, he
heard his voice, natural, unhurried,
unemphatic, just as he ;would have
had it, begin to explain to Susan
Barney his real reason for what
had logked to her like kindness to
old Mrs. Washburn.
She sat up, she laid both hands
Sat on her desk, she leaned for-
ward a little as if not to lose a
single one of the .astonishing
words.
She said nothing at first. When
she finally .perdeived that he had
finished, she exclaimed 'tI never
heard anything so interesting in all
my life!"
He dropped the front legs of his
chair to the ifloor with a click.
"Interesting?"
"Why, you could do that to any-
body," she said eagerly. And lean-
ing forward asked, "Did you ever
do it for anybody but Mrs. Wash-
burn?"
"Oh, yes!" The dangerous con-
fession came without his knowing
it.
She sprang up, stepped around
the table, sat down near his chair
on the edge of the low platform,
doubling up flexibly like a •child,
and asked in a low, confidential
tone, ".Did you ever figure Miss
tra
-Timothy Hulme, principal of
a good but impoveriahed Ver-
mont academy, lives a studious
bachelor existence with only
his deaf Aunt. Lavinia for com-
pany. They take their meals
at Miss Peck's, where other
Clifford faculty members (lath-
er. When Timothy is rude to
talkative Mrs. Washburn his _
action is misinterpreted as
kindness by a new teacher,
Susan Barney, who tells him
how much she admires him
for it. Now he feels he must
explain.
That night, as he sat in his stu-
dy correcting English papers, Ids
The Voice Of
Temperance
A. truce County paper brings the
news of drunkenness at dances. It.
is so bad that the editor writes
about it. He wants the young peo-
ple to have a good time, but points
out that drinking ruins the party.
/Mere Ian's mach fun in seeing
young men sprawled out on the
dance floor dead drunk.
The writer of this paragraph
would point out that this happened
in Bruce County where the Ontario
Liquor Control Act is in force. With
its authorized outlets and with its
advantages for law enforcement,
it has not solved the problem of
alcohol. We still maintain that the
Canada Temperance Act is a bet-
ter
better temperance ,measure. We join
with the Bruce County editor in
pleading with our young `people not
to let liquor turn their dances into
drunken brawls. -`(Adv.).
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v:d
Peck Out that way?"
, The, answer • to " that particular
4}lestion involved nothing nail=
cious.. Andt lie remembered that
Miss Peok, looming large In the
gtirrs life 3ust now, •probably was
the `blankest of enigmas to her.
"When • I came to Clifford twenty-
two years, ago," he began in a tone
of leisurely narrative, "Miss Peck
was living with her father. Her
mother died when she wap a ,tittle
girl. You've perhaps heard older
Clifford -people talk about Lawyer
Peck."
She nodded.
"A good many people here
thought he was clever because he
was malicious. Well, clever or not,
Lawyer Peck had had a chance to
begin making his daughter look
ridiculous while she was still a
little girl with nobody to stand up
for her.
"She was •handsome in a massive
sort of way. She looked like, well,
like a Roman empress, and she
acted like a dumb little girl that's
just been scolded -dropping things,
doing everything wrong, twisting
her fingers. Honesty, I took her
to be subnormal mentally.
"Well, old Lawyer Peck did the
one kind thing of bis life. He died
before he had quite wrung his
diaugilter's neck, and he left her no
money -not a penny. Only the
house. She began to take in board-
ers.
boarders. She had to do something. It
was the saving of her. She found
she could cook, and she's cooked
her way back to life. For she's
alive now, all right. The wounds
her father gave her have healed
over. Lots of scars left, of course.
What everybody . calls her queer
ways are the scars."
He was silent -
Murmuring low as if not to break
the thread, the girl said, "I feel as
if I'd never seen Miss Peck be-
fore," and waited for him to go on.
His only comment was, "Do you
know, I've come to think that .Mise
Peck is one of the most intelligent
people in town? Probably always
was."
The girl's wide eyes gazed dream-
ily through him at the newly dis-
covered Miss Peck. "It sort of
takes my breath away," she said in
an undertone. A change came into
her face. "I wish you could figure
out my sister Delia this way. It'd
help us both such a lot to know
whether she really should go to
college, or just to Normal School."
He was abashed, and answered
in confusion, "I'm afraid there's
very little that's reliable to be done
about figuring out young people.
The point is, don't you see, that
when everything has happened to
a person that's going to -an older
person like Mrs. Washburn . . ."
She got up from her child's
graceful crouch on the low •plat-
form, walked around the desk, sat
down in her teacher's chair again,
Varna W.M.S. Hears
Reports of 1950
The monthly meeting of the W.
M. S. was held in the church on
January 4. Mrs. S. Keys opened
the meeting with the theme, "God
Working Together With Us" and
the Call tel Worship. Ali joined in
singing Hymn 571, verses 1, 2 and
4, "Standing At the Portal." `The
meeting was followed as in the
1Vlissionary Monthly, Mrs. B. Keys
being the leader, and Mrs. Fowlie,
the reader. Hymn 375, "Jesus,
Thou Divine Companion," was sung
and Miss Hern led in prayer. All
joined in singing Hymn 356, "Take
My Life and Let It Be." Mrs. Geo.
Reid then took charge for the busi-
ness. The minutes of the Last
meeting were readand adoption
moved by Mrs, W. R. Stephenson.
Thirteen members were present.
The roll call for February is to be
answered by a verse containing
the wordPrayer." 11irs. Robert
Taylor expre ed thanks to the
ladies who sent. cards and other
expressions of sympathy during her
bereavement. 'Thank -you ' notes
had been received from Mrs. L.
Hill and Miss Diehl: Three abut -in
calls had been made. It was de-
cided to have a Baby Band meeting
one Sunday a month' during the
last half• of the' church service.
Reports for 1950 were completed.
The study book was taken by Mrs.
S. Webster,, Mrs,. Harvey Hayter
and Mrs. S. Keys. The meeting
closed with the benediction.
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,Sk b®rase hey.
pose •• 0U '
what 1 was
nines ills •: R lme �a
:.atly." t:"„lykata,:lva$
washbtrrn•' I was'• thliili' abet
•Hoe tried to help h fit#ut. "I#snow
1 know, You did Stake `arse I0,4er,
•stand. Yell had, a. mo04etlt of gen•*
Brous happiness when you thought
there was seine real happiness in
the world, more than, you'd . - ,
She eut him ¢•hurt, impatient with
his n,isunderatanddng. "That"b
what l was afraid you thou,ght::
It .was not generous... It wasn't
even Mrs. Washburn I wan think-
ing about. It was my sister Delia
and me. I'd always thought that
nobody cares, not really, about
anybody ,but his owe folks•. So when
I saw you being nice to that tally
old woman, why, it seemed to me
all of a sudden that maybe we
weren't so all by ourselves; Delia,
and I. But when I tried to tell
you, I couldn't seem to think of
any way to say it that wouldn't'
sound as if I was asking you to be
sorry for us. . . . " She held her
head high, her gray eyes sternly
bade him pity her at his peril.
"It doesn't sound like that. Not
in the least!a he assured her, his
heart pounding in the sympathy
she had not asked for, and stop-
ped short, his eyes fixed on the
knob of the door. It was slowly
being turned.
The door opened, revealing tl}e
janitor in faded overalls stooping
to pick up a pail. He had plodded•
several steps into the room before
he saw that the superintendent was
still there, in the visitor's chair,
and the teacher on the platform
behind the desk. 'Oh, I didn't
know as anybody was here, Pro-
fessor Hulme," he said, setting
down the pail. "I better do some
other room first, mebbe?"
Mr. Hulme stood up, reaching
for the hat he had left poised on
adci
9 think I'sµ. 4
.wen `,,ties Barney We
along, ioget .er ands #nib
,nsttfer on the way,:" :�..
Hµt she, lauding her head Over 'ever
the papers on her desk muranured of the abeurti ,
wit.h a sudden shyness "Thank eptOate alp here. ani
you, Mr. Hulme, I Brave a little ia'z ,sof h18 Parana
;work .to do before I go."
"'Good afternoon," he said a'tilb
ly, put his hat on, :Went 'through
the door, that it behind him and
walked down the corridor, his steps
echoing dismally in the empty
b ilddng. He was furious.
u'He had just laid his hand on the
front door knob when he heard the
Glick of a lifted latch at the other
end of the hall. Susan Barney's
voice Balled, "Mr. Hulmae!"
He halted, said gruffly, "Yes?"
Turned around and took off his hat
as if grudging the gesture.
She came close to him. She was
breathing rapidly, but she said at
once, "Maybe there isn't any more
kindness in the world than I
thought. But there's more honor-
ableness."
Ale felt it was the first time he
had ever seen her, the first time
he had ever seen anyone. Turn-
ing away rather quickly she walk-
ed back to her classroom, shutting
the door behind her.
Lying on his bed that night,
Timothy Hulme knew very well
what was happening to -what was
likely to happen to him. The clock
in the tower of St. Andrew's sound
ed out an indifferent two, not Bar-
ing what sleepless ears might hear
it. But sleep war almost within
reach now. He began to feel
drowsy. And turning his head on
the pillow was surprised to see the
sun framing his drawn shades with
a sparkling line' of gold. He must
have been asleep for •hours. He
shack On it, ulz'�i�14
;tows of 't1a1)iloc 191otlu ai Ar ';tf
o.:o.ire,`. , .•..
t that,. ane , ! the 1, ktlu ?udloti,
ed farmer on a back toad, tiat'eold
for nothing. It would be a retreat;
a week -end. hermitage.
once, Mr,,
student a't,<Acad'
:day afteruoOn.'tglen You
Mg' aload, those .was, a,
here who. X, (,ked 4"41
Re ca lla .r dou ' ncleV T im
ilarated, Ti?o0.At#ry' INIme
raced down the stairs, three atop
ata time, found the coffee not too
bad and told Aunt Lavinia about
his plan. 'B
"Susan arney's sister's here for
the week -end," remarked A1lnt La-
vinia. "I've asked them both for
tea today at four."
"Very well then," he agreed, get-
ting up from the table.
To do decent honor to Aunt La-
vinia's guests, he came back to the
house after.,his last afternoon reci-
tation, washed his'°faee and hands
and changed his clothes. It wee a
becoming outfit, and he. was- not
surprised by the` admiration, re-
spectful, almost intimidated, in the
eyes of the two country girls when
he joined `them before the hearth
fire.
Susan had a hat on, not a good
hat. It hid most of her spasills
hair, and coming down too far on
her head, covered the `broad arch
of her brow. She looked almost
plain. That must have been a
dream last night. The much-taTk-
ed-of sisters Delia was a chubby,
black -haired dowdy adolescent.
Susan and Aunt Lavinia soon
went into the kitchen to get the
tea things. Left with the sister,
5b by
"Very ilkely, When 14P; ;mss
college 'Canby often_ used .to .comet
up for the .week ends But he , µ
not;" said Timothy Hulrne .t itle llu-
necessary grptuess, 'tin the 10
related to, me. He is my, sister,~.
in-law's nephew. I think your ;nasi,"e
be mistaken about his looking like,
me." He liked. Canby Hunter well''
enough, perhaps mere ' than, any;
other of the innumerable boys he
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