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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-04-06, Page 6THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATETHURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1033 © DOUBLE DAY PoRALl CO. T The taxi stopped and they got out.’the end of romance when ■____ . ............. I rinnr ’They were given a corner table in * called a woman ‘my dear, an alcove. He ordered went away. “When one said me?” you,” he lunch, and the waiter comes to think of it.” wonderingly, “why de .corrected obstin- a but me man now like from the she felt as taken a Barbara you like “Love ately. She went on as heard. “I am nothing if she had not Didn’t she know’ arms round her my precious, take Take care of hus- care ‘him EIGHTH INSTALMENT | I “I don’t imagine he will, though,” | Barbara said quickly. J “O course he will. I thought you had put that idea out of your head. I’m sure he really likes you Barbie.’ Barbie.” Barbara gave a short laugh. “I’ll J do my best—if you really want me to,” he said reluctantly. I “Thank you so much. Then you’ll j be at Grand Central.” Barbara turned away phone. She felt angry; it she had deliberately treasure from a child’s hand, as she put on her hat and coat and sent for a taxi. Pauline was a fool to leave Den nis in New York, couldn’t she see the way the wind was blowing?) It was absurd to be! so blind and trusting. She rea/clied Grand Central a mo ment before the train started. Paul ine was already seated. She looked somehow like a child going back to school after a happy holiday. “Don't lean out of the windows," Barbara teased her, “and wait till the train stops.” Pauline laughed. I’ll send you a wire directly after I get home, Den nis da.rling—and you’ll write to me.” He made a grimace. “You used to write lovely letters when we were engaged.” Barbara laughed mockingly. “What a shame to throw his hasty past in his face.” But she was bit-! terly jealous of that past and of the letters he had written to Pauline. The guard blew his whistle, and Pauline leaned out of the window and put her band’s neck. “Good-bye, of yourself. Barbie.” “He’s quite capable of taking, care of himself,” Barbara, said cool-; ly. She stood silently beside Dennis till the train was out of sight; then she spoke. “I’ll take a taxi. I’m in a hurry.” I“Where are you going?” | “To lunch with Jerry.” “That’s not true,” Dennis said calmly. “I run into Barnet at the station ten minutes ago and he told me he was going down to to the races.” Barbara bit her lip and answer. Dennis hailed a followed her into it. “Romano’s please,” driver, said as they drove away. | “You’re very positive,” she sneer ed. I “I am—as positive as I am that; you never intended lunching with Barnet.” He laid his hand on hers but she drew it sharply away. “Why did you tell me such a fib?” he ask ed. She shrank back away from him, into' the corner. I “I feel such a cad,” she said al most violently. ““How do you imagine I feel?” j “I don’t think men have any con-.; science wen they want a ly enough.” “As badly as I want mean?” She did not speak, and “You’ve made mistakes, Barbara haven’t you?” “Dozens.” “And paid for them?” “Bitterly.” “Well—I'm paying now.” “You’ve a vivid imagination.” “Have I?” suddenly and She had taken held her palm it were something unutterably prec ious, almost sacred. Barbara closed her'eyes. This was what she had wanted; this was what se had donged for and almost pray ed for, for months, and yet now it had come she was not happy. She thought of Pauline, speeding away, and again that terrible feel ing swept over that she was robbing a child of its dearest possession. “If you want me to lunch with you, you must behave,” she said coolly, and put on her gloves. Windsor made nc taxi and I told the “You’ll lunch with me,” he he thing you,you he went on He caught her hand raised it to his lips, off her gloves, and he against his lips as if you admire—you say I drink too much and stay out too much at night. You think I have too many men friends,” “I don’t think, I know.” “Yes, but I think you'd better sit up and try and look less interested in me. I’m rather well known here. “You seem to be well known any where you go.” She sighed. “I am. How can I help it? It’s my life.” “I wish I could take you out of it.” “Dennis, don’t be foolish.” Bar bara sipped her cocktail. “It’s good, she said. “Well here’s to you.” “And to you, and to everything that might have been, and ihay be yet,” he said obstinately. Barbara drained her glass and set it down. “Everything that never will be, she said firmly. “What sort of a wretch do you think I am? Pauline is my friend.” “She is my wife, but it makes no difference to the fact that I love you.” “You thought you loved her when you married her.” “I did love her: some ways, but not the love I for you. I can imagine that possible to love many women love her, but only possible to one as 1 love you.” “You should write a book,” bara mocked him. “I suppose you’ve heard every thing I can say to you from other men,” he said savagely. She shook her head. “No. None of them have been like you.” [ Lunch was brought. I “Will you dine with me .and Stor naway to-night?” Dennis asked. “Certainly not. I don’t like Dr. Stornaway and I know he doesn’t approve of me. met in there.” “He “No, “Pauline requested you to look af ter me,” he reminded her with a glimmer of a smile. x Barbara grew suddenly grave. “Have you ever thought what happens if Pauline ever knew—ever found out—” She stopped, and he broke in quickly. “Found out—what?” “That you talk to me like this.” “You mean that I love you love me?” » "Well—have you ever what she would do?” Dennis was silent for a then he said, the blood deepening in his face, “I want to say that, if it would not harm Pauline terribly, I hope she would—let me go.” “And you have been married only a few months,” said Barbara. “It doesn’t take as long as a few months to discover a mistake.” “I think life is horrible,” she said fiercely. “It’s horrible because we know we mustn’t do the thing we want to do,” Dennis agreed hoarsely. “Be cause there is a so-called code of honor that says a man and a woman shall stick much they Barbara hate her. “No, no, one of the There was a long silemce; then Barbara said suddenly: “When we say good-bye after this lunch, Dennis, -it is to be good-bye.” His face flushed and his lips sneeerd. "For Pauline’s sake, or for mine, or for your own?” he asked. .Sudden tears started to her eyes. “The world is upside down,” she said tremulously. “Only the other day I told Jerry Barnet that it was I I do love her in have it is as I love Bar- You forget that we the hospital when you were knows nothing about you.” but he imagines he does.” you, and thought moment, together no matter how hate one another.” cried out: “You couldn’t Nobody could.” I didn’t mean that. She’s best—sweetest—” you’ve said it it seems to the very beginning.” “The beginning -of a love that will never end, Barbara.” She drew her hand away. “We’re talking like a sentimental boy girl,” she said. “Ask for the and let us go.” It was raining a little when left. . . „ “I’ll take a taxi—don’t wait, Barbara said. “Do you imagine we are going say good-bye "Why not? any.” “Not good The conceige had fetched a and Dennis and Barbara drove together. “I've never seen your home, nis said suddenly. 1 I ve often to picture where you live.” “It’s very unromantic.” “It wouldn’t be to me. Let me come to your home, Barbara, just this once.” “You won’t be the first Jerry Barnet often comes.” “It makes no difference.” “Very well, your blood be own head.” But her heart beat with piness that was yet half pain. , would be something to know he had; once been in the rooms where, she; had dreamed of him so often; some-’ thing to remember when all thisj foolishness was at an end. I “You’ll hate it,” she told him as the went up in the lift to her flat., “It’s like when you first saw me.” She opened the door with her key. He followed her into1 the sitting room, and Barbara stiried the -iie into a blaze and looked around hei with critical eyes. Hitherto se had been rather proud of her flat, with its queer colorings and very modern lighting, but to day she felt vaguely dissatisfied, with it. She knew quite well why she felt dissatisfied. It was the pres ence of Dennis O’Hara that made her choice of furniture and fittings look tawdy and bizarre. Dennis him self was so wholesome, so clean. There was nothing artifical or pre tentious about him; he had come in to a stuffy scented room, with which she knew she would never again be satisfied. iShe sighed again and came back to the fire. “Take off your coat, wont you. There’s whisky on the and cigarettes. Mix me please.” (She sat down in one velvet cihairs and leaned her head back, watching him with grave eyes. He looked so at home there in her sitting room, in spite of his tweed suit, which was oddly at variance with his surroundings; he looked somehow as if he belonged, she thought, and and a little shivei of joy shook her as she realized how wonderful it wonld be if it was really his home as well as hers, if they (had the right to shut the door on the world and be happy. Unconsciously her eyes misted over as she looked at him. So dear! so beloved, but the husband of an other woman. Dennis whiskies. Barbara “I want there at a please.” fire and held her hands to Its warmth. Barbara had beautiful hands, slender and white, and sud denly Dennis found himself con trasting them with Pauline s. Barbara went on after a moment in a brisk unemotional voice. “All this—nonsense has to stop, Dennis, you know that.” She looked round at him and quickly away again. “We’ve behaving like a pair of rotters, paused, but he did not she went on: “Are you break her heart?” Dennis said, “If it is of her heart or yours—” She cut in the kind that got to look at dared not look but she could contrast spoken words and the stark desola- Tt would only she and bill. they to like this?” It’s as good a way enough for me.” as taxi away Den- tried Dennis. on your a liap- It me-—as you thought I was} came I I .sideboard, a whisky. back with two her reet. to you. No—stay,*rose to to talk nice respeictable distance She m<oved closer to the hands had that you belong to me as much as I belong to you, and that nothing will ever (Change it even if—if hs you say—it’s got to end. Well?” he quer ied, as she did not speak. Barbara’s lips moved, but no words came. Then quite suddenly she put her head down on his shoulder, “Love me, love me! Please love me,” she said wildly. At that moment he was far more to her than just the man she would have married if he had been free, he was all the different loves of life that had never been hers, fathers., m’other, lovetr, (child,',—everything. lie held her very gently, his face against her hair, speaking words of which he had never believed him self capable. So often had he told Pauline that he could not “talk like a poetry book” and that sihe must take his love for granted. Poor little Pauline, who, although she was his wife, had never been his love. And then Barbara gently disen gaged herself. “I’m sorry, it’s your fault. I’ve never been such a weak idiot before The tears were streaming down her face, and though she tried to brush them away they still fell. “If I’d met you years ago, Dennis, I might have been quite a nice woman,” she said sobbing. “And oh, look, at your coat, all wet with my tears. Let me wipe them away.” But-he held her wrists, prevent ing her. “No, let them be, they are mine anyway,” he said; then he kissed her hands, the palm of each, and yet her go. “And all this doesn’t help us or tell us what to do,” he said ruefully Barbara laughed shakily. “We don’t need to be told—we know al ready. You’re married to one of. the sweetest girls in the world, who adores you, and I—though I’ve the reputation of being a husband steal er, somehow I can’t steal you, Den nis. Perhaps it’s the one decent streak in my nature looming to the top at last, I don’t know. I can't understand myself. I’m not given to decent actions. It’s not for Paul ine, either. I’m fond of her, but not fond enough to wear a martyr’s crown for her sake.” She was standing by the fire again now, her arm resting on the mantel piece, her eyes bent on the leaping flames. “It must be because I love you so much,” she after a moment. “You know, the sort of thing you read about in books. She loved him him too well to spoil his life sort of thing,” she said cynically; then sud denly arm. ed to pened any happiness; all my life every thing’s gone wrong.” Dennis watched her silently; his arms aclied with tiheir longing tc hold her, but he was afraid. Barbara spoke suddenly: You’d better go, Dennis. There’s nothing more to say, ,and it’s getting late. You’ve got to dine with Dr. Storna way, you know.” “I can put him off.” “Nonsense.” She turned ed him bravely. “I look don’t I? Women always they’ve been icrying, and that’s why they cry when there’s nobody to see _I cry torrential tears at night.” He took her in his arms and kiss ed her. Some day—” he said very j hoarsely, but she would not let him • finish, she laid a hand on his lips, silencing him. and at that moment there was a sudden knock at the front door. Barbara gently disengag ed herself. “I expect it’s M)ellish. I’ll let her in’.” She gave a hurried glance in the mirror. “I look a sight, but she won’t notice.” She turned to go, then came back and put her arms round his neck and kissed him, but then, when she would have gone, he held her and kissed her many times, and ^Barbara said breathlessly, “Do you remem ber the story of the plain princess who only looked beautiful when the man she loved kissed her, and so •she always looked beautiful to him? Well, I think that must be me,” then, as the knock was repeated, went swiftly away, and Dennis chanically lighted a cigarette walked over to the window. (To be continued) ZEPPELIN IAIDS Interesting Side-Lights on Havoc of Bombs From Aircraft During the Great War. j Some very interesting facta re garding German air raids on Great Britain are to be found in “The War in the Air,” by H. A. Jones. Mr. Jones says that the British airmen always knew when a Zep pelin raid was beginning, for they signalled home that they had only H.V.D. on board. The letters stood for the long German word "Ilandel- schiffsverkohrsbuch,” alluding to the official code book which was used by Gorman aircraft in sending messages to the German Mercantile Marine. A ropy of this code book was canturcd by the British in Australia o-rly in the war, and another was ih’.hoj up inter from the depths of the sea by a Lowestoft trawler. In spite of the fact that the Ger mans must ha-ve known the British had a copy of this code-book, they continued to employ it in official cor respondence. When starting on a raid on the British Isles they always left behind them a more confidential naval signal book; hence when their wireless flashed the message "only. H. V. D. on board” the British Air Force knew that it was time to get their Archies loaded and their other defence guns unlimbered for action. The first German raider who did serious damage to old England was Heinrich Mathy, the greatest Zep pelin commander of the war. On September 8, 1915, he flew straight to London and dropped fifteen high explosive and fifty - five incendiary bombs. ’ Twenty-two persons were killed and 87 Injured, and the money value of the damage done by this one raid was over $2,500,000. One of the bombs weighed 6 60 pounds. A relic of this raid, dropped near Barnet, was a scraped hambone., Round the shank a German humor ist had painted the tri-color; on one side of the bone was a drawing of a Zeppelin dropping a bomb on the head of an elderly civilian labelled' "Edward Grey.” Beneath was the inscription, "What shall I, poor de vil, do?” On the other side of the, bone were German words which; meant "A memento from starved-out Germany.” Mathy was killed in a later raid on October 1, 1916, when, his Zeppelin was set on fire by Lieut.; W. J. Tempest. It fell in flames at’ Potters Bar. 1 During the whole war period, Mr.i Jones estimates there were 51 Ger man air raids on the British Isles, during which 5,751 bombs were dropped. Altogether the casualties; were 556 killed and 1,357 wounded;; the estimated monetary damage was about $8,000,000. lExeier Qlrnwa-Afciinratr Established 1873 and 1887 Published every Thursday morninf at Exeter, Ontario SUBSCRIPTION—$2,00 per yeaT In advance. RATES—Farm or Real Estate tor sale 50c. each insertion for first 4 four Insertions. 25c. each subse* quent insertion. Miscellaneous ar* tides, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found loc. per line of six words. Reading notices 10c, per line Card of Thanks 50c. Legal ad* vertising 12 and 8c. per line. In Memoriam, with one verse 50o. extra verses 25 c. each. Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Professional Cards GLADMAN & STANBURY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &c. Money to Loan, Investments Made Insurance Safe-deposit Vault for use of our Clients without charge EXETER LONDON IlENSALL CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &c LOANS, INVESTMENTS INSURANCE Office: Carling Block, Main Street, EXETER, ONT. 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I tried many different remedies, but they did not seem to give me much relief, but after I had taken Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills I could hardly believe the change they had made in my condition.” iYir sole e* ^11 dm* ■ .nes; pul up onl< bv tion in her heart, speak—only say something, told herself in despair. And then She heard him move, and felt his hands on her shoulders gently turning iher to him, and she raised her eyes slowly, slowly, till they met his. There was a little silence, then Dennis bent and kissed bf-r ips. , “Tf this Is what you call trying to ' catne, rathfirrt, don’t trv Scientist Says They Live In Caves Under Sahara Desert. Discovery of a "lost tribe” living in underground villages in the re mote interior of the Southern Sahara desert was announced by Dr. Arthur Torranee, Los Angeles physician, author and explorer. Dr. Torrance, who returned recent ly from 18,000 miles of expedition, through central and northern Africa,, contends man evolved from a lower; type of human animal, but his origin1 was in its present form. Man’s origin,: he thinks, may, be In the southern! part of the Sahara rather than ip Centra] Asia. I Dr. Torrance said he first located) the habitat of the 'Tost tribe” in 1923! but was unable to penetrate to the native center because of the hostile nomads. Definite evidence was claim ed this year. • He said the nomads are self- appointed guardians of the 10,000 natives and have repulsed all efforts ito white men to learn the secrets of the underground village dwellers. I “They are of the Negroid type,”< the explorer said, "but are more! Aryan than anything yet discovered' hi the search for the cradle of ear-] liest human life. They must be de-i scendants of those primitive people| who wandered into Europe spread into the Himalayas.” Dr. G. F. Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S. 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