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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1926-06-10, Page 6PAGE MX Tat GODERICR MUS e was watching the performance rhext I accosted her. Aa Roulette *MUSTY OF WESTERNONTARIO* had not came intodose cen;*et with SPECIAL COURSES FORi any t+f the da:tce-batt c'ec�s.d, she Summer Schoolwas surprised at the tone thee girl assumed. 1 "Bella! Looking for quiets:" Laure began. Mhos Kirby shook her Stead in i vague denial, brit the speaker eyed her with open hostility and there war an unmistakable sneer behind her next words : "What's the matter? Have you trimmed all the 'Seeding citizens?" "I've finished my ork, if that's what you. meati.,, "Now you're going to try your hand at box -rustling, eh?" Rouletta'a expression altered; she regarded her lnquiaitor more intent. ly. "You .know I'm not," said she. -"What are you driving et?" "Well, why don't you? Ara you too good?" "Yes." The visitor spoke coldly.. She turned away, but Laure stepped close and cried, in a low, angry vele.: "Oh no,you're not! You've"fooled the Wren, but you can't fool us girls.- was addicted to reminiscence of an I've got your number. I know your enc rirninating sort, and he totallylg. game." nored: Roulette's protests at s-hring "My gone? Then why don't yo::. the secrets of his guilty past, As take a shift in the"..gembling•room? for the Snowbird` he was fond of WhY"Yourk in here? o understand me," the other. telling her fairy -stories. They were Persisted."Too gacd for the dance - queer fairy stories, all beginning in a hall, eh? loo good to associate with the same way : us girls: too _good etct live like us "once 'upon s time there was a = Yostop at the Courteau douse, the: beautiful Princess aand leer name was t Reuletta " ) respectable hotel! Bab! Miller fell. for you, but—you'd better let well 2. Ceases la Pd►31s Heath prat Itis+ s.e+.s.atr• :f. Comers,te French sCu,,.reetien. Rrt.c"t.n`»K. e"'tt►a.irap ATMA=a M.. sbrrsr ettter.eper rt be Aommreeir, �,..w �, .,L, i:.wt.tr> R____� _ r____ Fr_rrtamerr, Latin. ova rir.iw: eet.wi;iteeae1 a„1 stir. brie bmemmee t1,ra,e lmot the .moire ei emoks. late,..111 *met Wdr.►.tey •!Seri; zialii,uutC 1. of me* emit roommate*. . • JULY $eh se AUGUST 14th rile itho fDiDM $er,i M. R.xi...e.rr,wro.. X. P. R. **Xis &gir" caAPTEllt :l'tiI. (Continued) Keanwhile, cis 'Pigeon continued *ia celebration, k. chests grew more sae more tneseralele; at last he so- bered obe ed vp "sufficiently to rt:aliae he was baiting her. He was frankly puzzled at this; be riet her reproaches with carstess good-natere, irushing aside the remonstrances of Lucky road and his fellows by declaring that lie was having the time of his life, and erguing..that he injured nobody. In •thea end the girl prevailed upon him to stop driniin, and then bound hon to further sobriety by means of a sacred pledge., When, p3rhaps, n week later, he disappeared into the hills Roulette and her cores of self-ap- pointed guardians breathed easier. But.tite .troy„ did nos relax their watchfulness; Roulette was their sparge and they took good care of her. None of the Rialto's_ patrons, far instance, was permitted ;t: follow alp his firth: acquaintance with "the ratltr dealer." Some member •of' th'.: ,plan was alwaysa on hand to frown down such un attempt. Broad or Bridges useal)y brought her home, 'the Snowbird anti the Beach. Kid msde it at practice to fake her to supper, and when she received invitations from ,ttheer sources Cris cr the other of them. trailed the would-be host with such iia lteveient suepieion thee the invita- sisn was never repeated, Far from faking offence at this espionage; lieu- . lett* Tether enjoyed .1t; she grew to Jibe these ,ruinous, and that liking be teunemufaal. Soon most of themtock her into thcti ' conbdence with a vein- pleteness that threatened eto embar- rass her. AN, for instance, when they discussed in her hearing when in their colorful livea that. the hloanted U004 The Mocha Kid, in particulate new con - All the familiar characters figured :n these narratives, the Wicked enesiCh heI Witch, the Cruel Bing,. the Hand- hats precisely what do. If some Prince; there were other char- there wexe a better hotel that` th serer r, tiro, suck ,its the Naso Ow, tCourteau House I d stop there. But there isn't. t Now, then,suppose you the Farn:er'o San, the Boob Detect- tell me what really ailyou."- ire, the Virgil Mary Ann and • the I.aura'a dusCy eyes were blazing, Stoney -hearted Jailer.her "�oice was hoarse when she an - The Snowbird possessed a fertile swer d ; fancy but it ran in crooked channels; "An right. I'll tett you. 1 avant Although he launched his stories se- you to mind your' own business._ cording to Grimm, he, sailed them Yes, and I'm going to see that you through seas of crime, of violence, do. You can't go home alone, can and of bloodshed too realisticed to be you? Afraid of the dark, I suppose, the product of pure imagination. or afraid some mien will speak to you. The adventures " of thebeautiful My goodness! The airs you put oh Prineess Roulette were iatood-euid- :you! Sam Kirby's girl; the'dgh- ling in the extreme, and the doings ter of a gambler a--" of her criminal associates were un- "Leave my faher out of this 1" mistakably autobiographic. Natural- Ther was something of Sam , somKrhy's ly Roulette never felt free to repeat" forces in this t sharp commande these stories, but it was not long be- thing of his 'cold,sforbidding anger fore she began to Took forward with in his daughter's #ace. "He's my re - avid interest to her nightly enter. legion, so. you'd better lay oft of him. tainment. Speak out. Where did I tread , on Inasmuch. as fierce Phillips.' went your toes?"' off shift at the same time as did. "Weil, you tread on them every Roulette, they met frequently, and time you stop at the goldseales, If more than -once ho acted as her es. yolk want to know. I havea relig- cart. He . offered such a marked Con- on, too, and it's locked up in, the trast to the other employees, of the cashier's cages„ Rialto,: his . treatment of her was at There was a pause; the girls: ale. such total variance with theirs that praised each other with mutual dis- entexested her .rn an aitcgether 1 k a • e a's attention : Not a i+ Day. For Two Yoars Heart sod Nam Were Bad was. L. P. Jesoe, *iagsrife, oat., wri*.m—"i sea writing to•rlay to tin Iau abort what Ifilburti's Mart sad Norte Pills have dense for awe I ma now tweet:three yaws of sge, ad have bad three children, +rad: IM badly seer` a well dell' for the past two Thine K7 heart hurt eta SO, at time,, that I' felt I was not loag for this world, es I could not sit dam to sew; could a set stead the least noise, or the chil. dren erring; in ,feet r could not de enetking that was steady, and after a *there'''. day I would go to bed and get a little resist, - bat odd sot sleep- ' leep-' mach. After I started to tAs Milburn's IJeaxt and Nerve Pills I seemed to Ifs more ambition to work, and ear heart and nerves are a lot bettor ,in every way, ea I will gladly i�eeowmend them to all those who are suffering, xA I did, from their heart or sterses.,a • Put up only by The T. Mitblisti Co r, Limited.'roeoete. tint. WIMMONOPMMWWWWIIIIMWM tt,wasn't mach use my trying to tell 'tiva that he wits cheating himself. I don't think he i ndarstood. I feel al - Meet —will, motherly toward hien." Hilda Wadded gravely. "Of tours. you de. He has it." "Has it? What?" "The Ball—the appeal -the same thing that lets Henn get by." "Oh, he's nothing like the Count!" Roulette protested. quickly. ' The elder woman did not srgue the point, "Pierce has more character than Henri, but a man can lose even that in a gambling -house. I was very fond of him --fonder than I knew. Yea, it's a fact. I'm jealous of Laure, jealous of you--" "Jealous? Of me? You're jok- ' inyC!" "Of -course: Don't take ane seri- ously. Nevertheless. I mean it." The Countess smiled queerly and rose to her feet. "It's improper for * married woman to joke about such things, even a woman married to a no-good count, isn't it? And it's foolish, too. Well, I'm going to do something even more foolish --I'm going to give you some advice. Cut out that young man. He hasn't found himself yet; he's running wild. He's light in ballast and he's rudder. - Jess. If he straightens out he'll; make some woman very happy, • otherwise—he'll .create a good deal of , havoc. ,Relieve me, I know what I'm tanking about, for I collided with Henri—and—look at the result," (To be continued) no standing by reason of it. It was only a part of the big adventure, a passing phase of his development, an experience suck .as came to every man. Since it had left no mark upon him, and had not seriously affected Lour. the scare was even. He dis- misees Roulette's words as of. little Consequence. In order, however, to prevent' any further .unpleasant scenes he determined to put Laure 1n. her place,,;once for all. Itorletta went to her oomr, vague- ly disturbed ' at her own emotions. She could still' feel the touch of Phil- lips' hand, she could still feel his gaze fixed earnestly, meditatively; upon hers, and she was amazed to discover the importance he had assumed- in her thoughts. Importance, that was the word. Ile was a • very real, a very, interesting, person, and there Wan ' some inexplicable. attraction about him that offset his faults and his failings, however grave. For one thing; he was net an .automaton, like the other ' men; he was . a Iiving, breathing problem, and he absorbed he like. R rl tt Pumpkin. Negroes; note the oe. 'Prom- . . different way. Itis was an engag 'Tau mean Mr. I'biilips? I' f She was sitting on the edge of her issory;,taco n'sa':. Primitive; nil, not ms. ing••-personality, but just why she , .. "1. do. See that you dell hien."Mia. bed, staring._ at<'the wall, when the - Synonyms grew so fond of lune she could not,_••ter,' and learn to walk home; Alone' Counte�s's•. Cousteau :lEtracl.e d ather toil; he was neither especially witty '•Don't order me. I can't take Oro- door and entered: The *omen had Evidence, dotuonstratton, props, de.. and aceom liahed nor did he lay him-'� became geed friends, frequently the auction, certainty, de igtteton. pere, Author, CeaaWr, dee,igner, originator, self out to be urausuaIly agreeable.. I.aiare: was beside herself at this elder one stopped to gossip: 'The..&ourcei, agent. Ile was qulet and reserved; never- defiance. She grew blind with raga, Countess flung herself into a chaser, .+, Catcn, capture, clutch, grasp, grip, _` tireless, be had the knack of- mak- sp much so that she did „net notice ro+led' and lit a cfgarette,'tben said: aeoure,sei• e, anatob, entrap, ensnare. Ing friends. quickly. Roulette had Phillips himself; he had approached '1ell' :I see you and Agnes. saved Candid, : honest, crank, lair open, known men like Broad and Bridges,' within ' hearing • distance. "You've the bankroll 'again:' A strapte, truthful, stur:ere, al -biased, . and the Mocha Iud all her life, butfieulettii nodded. '`Agne •z is an:straightforward. t the boss; he's crazy about you, ,awful •bluff. I never load her. But spoil, rtfi i t, decay. decompose; putrefy, Pierce was of a typo quite new- and • but Pierce is mitre-- diverting. She. speculated consider- sessthat's thaw, it was Phillips of coarse nobody knows that. Impratnptu, imprc rlsed, eateinpor ably regarding -sunt. who spoke: "`What are you aa; le Yalu re a veer :youngster.. "`1 vel Sr). et sternpoiaaeuus, Bred,t. unhand. ,,, never known a girl quite like you. Word Study. Their acquaintance, white interest --about me, Bosh,. girls started.. Bvoryhody is taikfng about you." `.. Ing, had not progressed much beyond Laure turned upon him fureously. N t`'t �„ Use a word three times and it is • RED gO!?EFTEA , 5 Oa fictocklfinrwa Time THURSDAY. JUNE loth. 111' 1 When a man has his price it le us-! 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Prom:Mi ce the as in"ate," and not "necleed." . • • . Intertneezo. - Pronounce inter nied- :6o. "Note the "med." Inopportune. Accent last syllable. Hundredth. • 1'ronoauce . "dretith," not "derdtb,". ; Words Often Misspelled • Ninth.; not nineth. Pareait ;. not Per.. - i welt u e "Indeed? ,. the nice people yours" Lut ue increase our vacabu• - Nice people. The. Countess lift laryby mastering one word emcee day, ed her brows. "You mean those at Worth: :tor this Lesson: the Barracks and up the hill? ' Yes; MALICE ; evil intention to Injure they're talking about you, too." others. "With malice awards mono, "I can laitugine what they say.' with charity for ate.' Roulette drew her brows tcgetber' in PATHETIC; arouaing -cess 0 sion ; a frown, "No doubt they think I'm �ppsa waapirtlretiap e3eiasaiees of the just like the dance-hall'girl''s: .I've INSEPA1cAtILE; that Wench eannat seen a few of them ---at a distance. bo eepai sted, 'Upton and liberty, one . They avoid ane' as if I had Measles." sad intielriarable, novi and eorever." "Natrraliy. no .you care ?" 1:'AIrSIFIC t_7:ION ; the aft or pro- - one of them. not"Certainly I care. I'd like to be of of nlattyidg. were �rtilsiitcation of his boola was discovered. a --a specimetr. DIVERT; to urn aside. "'Ala *nee .t at point h Ro l tta experienced I m serving notice on this faro- • a disagreeable shock. She had .*trot-- dealer, that's all. But it goes for led into the :theatre one evening and you, too---" Phillips' eyes opened, his face whitened with an emotion neither girl had beforo `r, •n, 13 Roulette he said, quietly: - "The other. boys are busy, to I game to take' you home." - Laure cried, wildly, hysterically : "Don't do. its I warn you!" "Are you ready to go?„ "An ready," Roulette agreed. To. gether they left the theatre, Nothing was said as the two trod the ' snow banked streets; not until AT every pts; from 754 to 0.00, Mssassrch-Knelt Hotiery+vtliae. presents , --4listreadt Greta Stripe� et. $1.00. Pure silk, for eicb, sisters and basting ateoatinsett . . --tainfocced with -fibre smelt for long wear. Every newest color -end if a "twat" should start it anoint pass the sec. matt "stop run." The Roof of roar Garage Pet sr roof ori` yon- garage that will harsroaiza wdtlt yam. tree. sad sit data any sarrouitdiags W-*. Breathed Roof ef Asphalt Slate. re*rsaistint, listing sad ecoseateiteL alit l c r i ;�Ce►ilrttiww..l talraa stl•rel. Ontario pariCeipsit Pewrolsiewat awe **Orli* R.e.ih g r.srier.d i.y . Illasom► a/ M 1 Wouldn't you?;' dotes diverted his to flow lalrorera frost "Ura` -m, perhaps. f. dare say I their work," • they tet«euld. be one of them if it weiren't for RECITATION ; the trot of interceding. eYettat the door of the Cotler- C'•ou'rteau.. ;People . • forget - things . "TLe mediation boas d fa to be appoint. teat( ouse did Roulette speak; then s ,: quickly i»anew Country ed by,lite orebgidelnt." IP she said : ,"Why did you take him back? I'm I wouldn't have let you do this,don't>, . TRY THIS BU CTI;RSCe7TCS sureyou care for hunt. • only --I have a temper." „ , LAYER PIE , riot in the least. #fes the sore "So heave •1," Pierce said, shortly. of man you ean't love or bate; he's. Tbi1 pie defiers from the ordinary _, `It's humiliating to own up." Id id. in that it is made up like cake. a nine -spot. Just the same, he pro- iyaratdelixe� one quarter of a cap ty "I was wrong. I have no right to tecta free, and can't help being gtenulated sugar lit a�a eaimeled ware . hurt that' girl's feelings." ` • sorry for him." Saucepan,: overs al`:thtWhiber lire. Watch .. "Right»" Ile laughed angrily.,. Rat:letta smiled. "Fancy you need- caretully and uttr aoss It doesstet.'"She had no right tomake a scene.'' ingprotection attai lum.gfvir:.11'"`'catch- Creaxatogr!oup °mixt.."Whir lint-?_.She'a .fighting dor- her. .. serou'don't understand.. H°e`prateuniul tautter�atttione sugar, three egg t, -• own, isn't Mahe?' •Site's honest about sects me from myself. I mean. it. ddtl ons beaten, brown e&. tit, at feast." Notin `1?iercr`'s .Xeres- { , yolks. well land ons•baalt tea - Bion of surprise, It1 uletta went. on: ; I ni es unruly as the average. woman spoon silts lldcl two cupfuls liar milk ",and I make a fool of myself on the sod the caramelized auger. Place ie You expect me. to be shocked, buts slightest•• provocation. Henri 1s�:* as �ensmefed sato double► boiler Waley I'm not, for I've known the truth in i loafer,' a gond-for-nothing, to be sure, wiitittsare the deltcate.color and tau s a general way. You think fait going but nevertheless I have resumed his of than cresatny fitliaa. iittr caustsntiy to preach. Well, I'm not going to support. It was Messier than refusinguntil thlClcned. do that, either. I've lived a queer, ft. I help broken miners. I feeCut twatae moods about a quarter of life; I've seen women like inure ---in l hungry dogs. Why shouldn't I clothe .an j tt m he pia plate ndrprick tweet fact, I was raised among them—and and feed a helpless husband`! It's a wit e s fork. Bake 10 a hot oven punt nothing 'they do arrprises "'me very, perfectly feminine, illogical thing to delicately browned. r i much. Brit I've learned a good many , do.,, When the pastry end tlilinai„are coal, .thIeeaeana around saleaans. sand sie►raaf>YinlC-i,... ss her.,.ptolilt ••dorm •*hard-your•--Puttba pts o0 tore also. i layer caste 1 Father taughtes ins lith t.at Ne Cheat. i opfnion of ittni. He can. be very meting lne made of the tree eegg wCorer hltea gate agreeable, very charming, when he beaten Witte adz tahlespoonsful of pored• everybody a square deal,-ineludmg tripe" himself.. It's a good thing to think 1 '"Of course. That's °•his stock in a et sugar.rarBrown eliglrely in to hand• about—a square deal all around, even trade; that's hien excuse for being. t ,~.-- " ' to yourself." : Women are crazy about him, as you • SCHOOL FA,.............-....m AVI DATES "That sound* like "an allopathic , probably know, but -give me a mem sermon of toms sort, said Pierce,' the men like." There was a pause. Thr following are the dates of the '"but I clan's . xis. jerk how it applies doe you "don't enjoy the thing you're `school fairs to ba held in the County to tsar. Iiwxremr, I'll think it over.' +„ ' Huron this_ epS. "'You're a belek, Kirby, ant I'm doing," Irate it! I hate the whole at- Grand Bend --.pt, ith sorry if you baled t $npheasant mo- mosphere--the whole underworld. It's= ah cd"- fSth intone' He tacit Roulette's- hand and ° -•-unhealthy, stifling." Crediteese Sept. 9th h held 11 while ,he stared at her with a « khat Inas happenedt" Wye t,ra--•Sspat. th frank, rcnteaplativp graze. "You're Slowly, hesitatingly, Gorrje Se Sept, 13th Roulette told � an *mutual poses, sad you're about o1 her enonuntsr wlth lasure. The 'Dottie --Brei. 24th the njcast girl I've met. I want you; Giantess listenead silently. Bluevale•--Sent. 15th to like me*"'It +�aa sn tmpleasaat shark;' the Ashitrid »fkpt. itith Ass he walked back down -town girl concluded, "for it brought 'me Heri.ns--9.pt. lith Piet* pondered Roulette's wards, "a 1 hark to my surroundings. It lifted Colborn. --,'lilts. lllth square deal all around, even to your-' the curtain and showed mee' whit's Ilsrnnall-sept. lat th *elf." They were a trifle pussling.: stilly gwisg est. It's a pttjr l"iere* ysirmiw•.I# pt. da Whom had he cheated? Surely not; Philips is entaagisel with that Brea- yam—Sept. !dad rd Lain% From the, very Arlt he had tarn. for he's a nice chap and he's' la thel-Sept. 14th 'Protested his lack of Perko* tautest tot ii, in him to do b thetas*. flat wanes --Sept, 3t7th In her, and their stabetelsernt relations 'I'p. 2$th were entirely the result of her un-, iliarr—. . >�tlx herself. Ile had misted, ehe hadGodericii erasing efforts to appro,ariate" Minx to ,/r1e A i T I Dsblia--Sept. 34"�e Clinton—Oct. ii and 4 persisted. 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