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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1931-07-16, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-AtVOCATE TMW.W. Jl.'I.r Ml, mi ROWENA AIDff n» RUMBl- COPVtttGHT 1951 BY THE AUTHOR . * ‘ THIRD INSTALMENT jRuckruff Motors hire Rowenda to accompany peter on a nation-wide tour in their roadster as an ad vertising stunt. At th© last min ute Little Bobby is engaged -to act as chaperon. They are wafting for Bobby to show up to make the start. NOW GO ON WITH THE' STORY A few miles .out B:obby becomes tearful at being parted from her ’ ’sweetheart and' Rowena insists on * taking her place in th© rumble so that she can ride with peter apd have him to talk to about Carter. .jtoWena gets Peter to consent to Rivide the expense money each week as soon as it arrives, and as tonishes Peter by eating too econ- , oinically. To his intense amazement Rowena flushed hotly and bit Her lip in some confusion, and most surprising of all, said nothing. Already Peter found it amazing when-Rowena had noth ing to say. Certainly she had plepty to say at Niagara Falls when Peter prepar ed to do his picture of the Rackruff roadster, with her at the wheel, both Showing faintly under a fine mist of falling water. When it came to doing pictures, Peter was unbear able. ’Cartel’ himself could not have * been more hatefully distatorial. He told her what to wear, how to sit, liow to rouge her lips. He told her how to hold the wheel, .which way io turn her head, just where to fluff Jter, hair anc) where to draw it back. “Oh; Peter,” protested Rowena , fahhtly, “Please, don't ao my pro file. I’m terrible that way. My face ds too .thin for a side view.” “Dili, I’ll fill if in for you,” said Peter comfortably. “It shows up .better in the car.” “Oh, the car, the car,” muttered Rowena crossly. “It’s all you think of.” . . “It’s all I’m paid to advertise,” said Peter cheerfully, When he had1 finished the picture Rowena wrote a brief adjectivorous story to, go with it, and both were dispatched to Rackruff headquarters for immediate release. In addition the motor story she .wrote a short sk*it every day for use in the news papers of •' different cities as passed through. At Rackruff headquarters in oago theyz received their first from home. There was one fat lei ster for’Rowena, addressed in a big boyish hand. And there was one for Peter from the .company with in structions for 'the tour and a cheque for the following week’s'expenses. Bobby was thrilled with a huge package of telegrams, twenty’ in all anfl every one from Carter. It seem- -ed that feelings each of with a come home at once. Even infills wildest nightmares, be said in the telegrams, he had aiever conceived of a horror equal to that of seeing her much-loved fea tures on public posters and -mon strous bill-boards on every“•conspicu-. ous corner in town, advertising a cheap new roadster. Bobby’s first intention was to ig nore each and every one telegraphic outbursts, but afternoon she had relented to send him a five-cent picture of Lake Michigan. At sup per-time she sent a telegram saying they had arrived safely and were leaving early in the morning; and then kept Rowena awake until three o’clock in the. morning with • the scratch of her pen as she wrote him A detailed account of everything that Lad happened $o far.. After Rowena haff read her single fat "letter and smiled over it, and frowned over it, she went to he.r pocketbook and coumea her money, down even to the nickles and dimes. Then she called Peter s room on the telephone and asked if please week’s “Of you lie; ~—Don’t ever run short of money, Rowena, w& can always a little extra some way.’ “Thanks a lot, Peter> ena gratefully, age after this, make the offer Eveiji Rowena was amazed at the number of things about Which Peter had Ills own ideas, all bad ones. The toads provided an unfailing source of dissension. Thei? route was and definite. From Chicago ’Were to go south to St, Louis, Rt. Louis to sas City to be plainer, stretched a traveled. ear was supplied with the best of they Chi-’ mail every one -of Carter’s finer were highly outraged, for the twenty telegrams ended stern command for her to of these by mid- so far as post-card he would give her her share of next* expense money right away, course,” replied Peter. “If :d more I can let you have it. motor maps, and the roads were Clearly nmrked at every turning, Rowena-—sittiuv in the snug shad© of the stout umbrella svm had bought was 'Comfortably satisfied to travel swiftly, steadily along the main high ways from one objective point to another, But Peter was all for short-cuts across ‘country, and for aR liis de ceptive air of extreme amiability, was gtrongjy entrenched in his per sonal preferences. At every town— although not, as Rowena disagreeab ly claimed, at every telegraph pole— he hade hopeful inquiries for short cuts—for side-roads—for country lanes -away from the travel© thor oughfares, - ’ ? Bobby, a less professional chaper- , on, was non-commlttaly neutral. But so far from appreciating her disin terested’ amiability, it seemed more irritating to the others than the out spoken. opposition, they met in each other. And often they turned upon her sharply as if she were to blame for the entire argument. It was in an exquisite wooded dell in Southern Illinois that Rowena had her revenge. They .had stopped at a quaint roadside log cabin for lunch eon, and Peter, gazing pensively through a wide-open window, decid ed to do a picture on that very spot. Rowena had .spent the morning in the rumble seat inditing swift notes on mid-western motoring and was anxious to transcribe them to th© j typewriter before her memoranda' froze on her. So she asked Peter, j very politely, if he would please* do < th~e picture of the roadster and the' wooded dell first, while she was put ting he notes into permament form, and then paint her in behind the wheel later on in the afternoon when the rest of the picture was done. Pe ter was-.perfectly willing, even eager, to lay over the extra day, thus to allow time for her work as well as his, but he said a picture never turn ed cut as well when a lady, or a house, oi’ even a dog, was added to a finished product. Said it always stuck out like a soye thumb and never looked just right. • Rowena put up a gcoa argument —Rowena always put up a good ar gument—-Rowena lost her temper— she usually lost her temper—and the delicious log cabin waffles and lioney wer© ruined. When, very sulkily, but prepared to pose, she flounced Gown where Peter haff parked the car beside a shadowy pool and was setting up his easel, he said he thought better of it and would not use her in that pic ture—said Bobby was willing to sub stitute and the change would be a good thing all round. Peter was quite, pleasant thought lie was doing her a favor, but Rowena, from being merely sulky, was suddenly furious. She said she had been hired for no other purpose than to serve as* a dumb model for his art and that she would jeopardize her contract by accepting this substitute. ‘'But Peter insisted that Messrs. Rack and Ruff had left everything about the pictures to his own exclusive judgment, was his judgment. “Bobby is sports suit,” costume will green dell,” “I .know Bobby’s clothes are much better than mine,” said stiffly. “I know my thjngs shabby and threadbare, but scarcely necessary to throw me.” “That is very unfair of you, Row-j ena,” said peter gravely. “You are i very beautiful in everything you put I oh, and you know it. I couldn’t speak unfavorably of ypur appear ance if I wanted to.” Rowena, without another w-Qi’d, plumped herself down behind the wheel with -a set chin, a stern glint in green eyes, and a death grip of her slim hands on the wheel. Peter walked slowly up to her and looked her steadily in the face. “Then Rowena,’ see you to paint about it, Smoothly. “Try to cheer him won’t you, darling? He’s very bln®-, Tell him about Carter.” “I will,” said Bobby sweetly, “I’ll tell him abot the time he proposed to me. it was terribly thrilling. We were out in a canoe-—1—’’ “Peter's waiting," interrupted Rowena quickly. “Yes, tell him about that. Poor dear! He’ll be interested,” • A little later, her portable type writer in her hand, she passed that way to seek a secluded spot in the Woods for her own work, Bobby, dimpled and delighted, sat low be hind the wheel, Peter, looking just a bit grim, moved restlessly from one foot to the other before his can- ,vas„ Rowena’s eyes showed cloudy flam© in blue when she went by. “And he forgot we were^n a can-, oe way opt hi the middle of a deep river. He dropped the paddle over board and bounded down on the cushions beside me, ‘Darling,’ he said, ‘you do love me, don’t you?’ And splash, Over we went, cano©, cushions, luncheon and all! But a little thing like being ppset in a cold river didn’t bother Carter. He went right on kissing me and said over and over, ‘Darling, you do love me —you do love me,’ and it wasn’t un til I promised to marry him that he swam off after the canoe and------” “The poor fishes lived happy for ever after,” said Rowena softly. There were five telegrams for j Bobby in St. Louis and, curiously L’J enough, five for Peter also, Rowena, • he noticed, had another fat letter ad- ! dressed in the boyish scrawl, and watching with'some curiosity as she i read it, he saw that while her brows 1 frowned over it ever so slightly, hey; eyes smiled to their softest hazgl. Immediately she finished reading, she counted the bills in her purse and asked the way to the telegraph office. “Oh, Bobby, wild! He threatens to send the police after me unless I come right straight home. He calls me a little devil in plain English by Western Union. “Oh, Bobbie,” begged Rowena, “pleasure spare us until we get a ‘ I little of the well-known fine, black, 1 sandy loam of the Middle West out of our ears.” When they stepped into the ele vator, Bobby stumbling blindly as she continued to devour the passion ate phrases with her avidly shining eyes, Peter motioned Rowena back. “I want to speak to you just a minute—about business—if you’ll excuss us, Bobby.” Rowena turned back at once and handed her the five telegrams without a word. They were all from Messrs. Rack and RuG» saying Rack- ruff Motors Jnc., was in a state of persistent persecution at the hands of a red-haired chemical engineer who had threatened to sue the com pany, to -burn down the factory, and to bent up every member of the firm, “Whijt the deuce dp you suppose It’s all about?” wondered peter. 4 “Oh, it must he Carter.” said Row ena brightly. “He’s mad at IRbby,” So they went up to have it out with her at once. They told her she must quit tormenting him, and write- him all the details of their trip, how she came to be a member of the party in the first pice, and t-o send him a copy of their complete itiner ary, Especially she must call him peremptorily of Messrs. Rack ana Ruff, who >vere likely to become an-; noyed at such persecution and cancel the trip. Bobby finally agreed talize him further and write him a complete adventure. continued next pot to tan- promised account to of THEIB GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. W. J- -Smyth, of Du- ean, op. July gth-celebrated the JSGtli .anniversary of their marriage at their home on concession 4 of Bld- dulph, surrounded by their family of three children, Mrs. p. Dickens and Frank, of Bid'dulpb, and Edgar B„. Of Midland, their grandchildren and friends, who wished them many more years of happy wedded life, * - A purse of gold was -presented to them, by the family. Mrs. Smyth was, before her marriage, Miss An na payis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Frank Davis, and both she and Mr. Smyth have spent their entire life in this vicinity. They were married in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Kir-kton on July 6, 1881, by the late Rev. E. M. English. Mr,. Smyth has been secretary/treasurer of the school board otf section No. 9 for 22 years and has assessed the Township of Biddulph for 25 years, Those from a distance who attend ed were: Mr, and Mrs. Frank Wash- burn. Mr* and Mrs. F* E* Taylor and non, Howard, of Guelph; Mrs. Aktu MacNalb and Miss Annie Washburn, of Toronto, and Mr* and Mrs. JU. B« Smyth and aon, Howard; of Midland. Magistrate—’But if you were do ing nothing- wrong1, why did you run when the officer approached you? Prisoner—"I thought that he want ed to try to sell me .a ticket for the policeman's annual concert! ...............■■' ‘ ” ""$» ............’ '■ We never believed a. woman could be so fat, but w© just read in an English newspaper about a woman who lost two thousand pounds. .. How Could It Ue dear,** complained Mr. New- ‘'there’s a hair in this apple “My lywed, pie.” Wifie—“My goodness, J can’t ac count for that, because the grocer distinctly told me those apples were Baldwins!” he and this putting on he said, show up nicely in this her little “and the Rowona are very it seems it up to if you will have ’ he said gently, hanged before I you in this lovely snot. squeeze out said Row- I can man“I think But you’re sweet to clear they from Kan-Kansas City, from Denver, Nothing could Between these cities broad highway, heavily expensively paved. The the truth, “I would would try I am so disguested with the way you act sometimes that 1 would probab ly paint you with horns and a taili which, between you and me, I often suspect you have concealed about you. If I painted you the way you look to me right now they’d never sell another Rackruff short of Ge henna,” Rowena’s lovely red lips"*parted, then closed with a sudden click. Her eyes grew so wide, and turned so deep a hazel that Peter marveled he had over thought them green. She got out of the car and went up to the log cabin where- she met Bobby coming out of the ladies dress ing-room, all dimpling smiles in the pleasant prospect of “Peter is terribly today, poor dear,” posing, tired, and cross said Rowena listen to this!” chortled little ecstatically. “Darlings, he’s He’ll never forgive me, never- * Rocky Mountains Are Ideal Holiday Land week Beauty unrivalled, health-giving altitudes, all -the comforts that- modern ingenuity can devise and “something to do” all the time await the army of travellers from all over the world, which annually invades th© glorious Canadian Rockies through the Banff Springs Hotel and the Chateau Lake Louise. 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