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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-09-01, Page 2THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE'OTJBSDAY, SEPTEM1SSB 1st, 1»SS “AFRAID OF LOVE” by Phyllis Moore Gallagher Roger fumbled in bis pocket, and. brought out a cigarette. As he 'Cup­ ped his hands to light it, Patsy look­ ed up and their eyes met. He eaid: “Every one at the hos­ pital knows von told the truth that night, A silver fox fur was found on the fire-escape, and -under Mr. Caldwell's bed a pistol. Miss Mit­ chell, the superintendent of nurses, checked the number and discovered it was bought by Mr. Caldwell him­ self. So whoever threw it there was some one pretty close to him. In his life, I mean. A pal or—" “A nice, chummy little pall” Pat­ sy smiled and hotped he wouldn t ask any questions. She hadn’t told anj of the hospital staff that night that she knew the identity of Victor’s as­ sailant. Kitty was still Lee’s wife and his name had been dragged thro’ the newspapers too much already. “Miss Mitchell decided, however, to drop any further investigation af­ ter Mr. Vallance put detectives at the hospital to guard Caldwell,” Ro- ger went on. “But enough of this dime mystery stuff. I read you were returning today and I came down to remind you that two years ago you promised me a date. That’s one^aw­ ful long while to have to wait!” Patsy had to laugh. She said: “Do call me some time!” and told him the name of the hotel ■where she was staying. At that moment Tippy yelled from the curb. “Patsy! Snap to it, kid! We didn’t want to buy this cab!—we just simply want to ■whip around to the hotel in it!” Patsy gave Roger her hand and he gripped it tightly. Not an actual word was spoken. Yet there, risen like a vapor from the sidewalk until it covered the soft blue sky, isolat­ ing them, were the three words in Roger’s eyes that need not be spoken to- be understood. She thought. “Why, he looks as if he’s trying to tell me he loves me! But that’s ab­ surd! He hardly knows me!” As Patsy hurried off to the cab, Roger Tate stood watching her, a tall, tweedy , good-looking young man. He felt a sudden sense -of peace, for he was no longer alone in his soul. He loved Patsy. He’d lov­ ed her since that first night when he had heard her sing at the Val- lan'ce 'Club. And now, he was go­ ing to marry her if he could. The audition was to be at 10. Patsy awoke with the rising of the sun and lay in bed for a long time, wishing frantically that all the fam­ ily hadn’t returned to Annapolis last night. If they were around she could talk to them, keep her mind -busy and lose some of this rigidity of body that was caused by nerves and tense anticipation. At breakfast her fingers trembled on her coffee cup and queer little noises rang in her ears. She could not remember when she had ever had such a tease of the jitters. In Milan, when she had made her de­ but at La Scala, she had thought that never again could she suffer such pangs of stage fright; But that j limp, feverish, jerking misery had been nothing compared to this. Nothing! When Courtney came at 9 o’clock he found Patsy pale and shaken, a look of fearful expectancy on her lovely young face. He said ignoring her jitters, for he knew what was best: “Into, your jacket my pretty maid, and let’s be on our way! By the by, I never saw you looking so lovely. Brown is your colour, all right!” 'Courtney’s confidence and calm assurance helped a little. At last the curb drew up before the Metropolitan and Courtney help­ ed Patsy out. “■Oh, Courtney,” she eaid, “Why didn’t I become a writer. I teould sit -off in a dark corner and write and hide myself when the 'public read my stories! Why didn’t I be­ come a painter! I wouldn’t even have had to attend exhibits and hear the wisecracks people said about my work. A singer has to face her au­ dience, has to perform when she is frightened—frightened! Oh, Court­ ney — I'm scared to death!” “Don’t be," he said, and squeezed her arm reassuringly. “Did you ever hear the story of Gertrude Winstoff’s audition? It was snowing that morning. She had ice on her high j heels. And when she entered the director’s office she fell and slid across the floor and sat there on the ■other side of his des-k, looking -up at Robust Health for Young People What a common sight it is to see a young person whose bloodless lace and feeble frame ate evidence of poOr circulation and Weakness where bounding health and rosy cheeks should reign. Young people in such a condition need a preparation containing iron. Milburn’s Health and Nerve Pills meet this requirement as they con­ tain three concentrated forms of iron of an easily assimilated nature io* gather with other valuable ingredients indicated to build up youf system and add to yout physical attraction, The T, Milburn Cd., Ltd,, Toronto, Ont. him. The director said, “Good morn­ ing Miss Whistoff. If you are as clever at singing as you tire at acro­ batics, we’ll need you at Metropoli­ tan!” When the season opened she was singing Violetta in *La Traviata’ and the director went around chuck­ ling about how much better she was at singing'than at aerobatics, and everyone thought he had gone nuts!” Patsy said: “I’m positive at this moment that I’m not good at any­ thing but curling up in a corner and dying!” They were a-bout to step into the building when the soft spring air was slit by a newsboy screaming, ‘Extra! Extra! Extra!’ Patsy said quickly: “Let's get it, Court—” Oh. anything to take her mind off of what awaited her inside that building—anything—anything! Courtney, understanding, whistled to the little urchin and then he and Patsy were standing there in the warm sunshine reading the headlines Courtney cursing himself for having bought the paper. Patsy turning as starkly white as a moonflower under lightning. With a little sob she dropped her end of the paper,1 swayed on her feet like a frond in aI gentle breeze. Her hands trembled and she clinched them at her sides. ■Over and over she prayed in her mind. “Oh, God—please, God—help me to bear this—help me—’’ CHAPTER XXVI Patsy would never remember how she got through her audition. She forgot the director standing by the tall window of his office; that he had said: “No, Mademoiselle War- field, no- accompanist. If you are as good as your press notices, you need none. If you are bad, an accom­ panist can’t help you anyway.” She forgot Courtney nervously; turning his gray felt in his fingers. She forgot everything but the head­ lines of the extra that had told of Admiral Benson being desperately ill at the isolated post 129 miles south of the expedition’s base and of Lee Cavendish, who had volunteered to try to get through the Antarctic Winter to him—with only one chance in a thousand of doing it. Cavendish had been missing for hours now all hope for both the young aviator and the commander of the expedition was abandoned. The “Madame Butterfly” aria that Patsy had selected was' one of heart­ break. It was not acting that had made tears dilate her eyes; it was not stage drama that sent her glor­ ious voice up. up until the director’s own hard heart felt wrung and torn with the poignant tone emotion that filled the room. It was Patsy’s own breaking terrorized heart in every note. And then the aria was over. The director was applauding wildly, kiss­ ing the tips of her trembling fingers in his extravagant style. Like one in a daze she signed a contract, answer­ ed the director automatically, heard a wan voice that must -be her own saying that it would be nice to make her American operatic debut in Ma­ dame Butterfly at the Metropolitan next December when the season opened. Nice!—she who had lived for this moment! Nice! Terror Grips Her Hour after -hour, night came over New York dark and frightening for Patsy, who sat alone in her hotel suite too miserable to eat, too fright­ ened to sleep at all. Still no word of Lee! For hours she sat listlessly in a chair with her hands between -her knees, her head thrown ba/ck and resting against th© wall behind. What use was there of getting up or going to -bed? During those frenzied days ol’ waiting she grew very thin and white and her blue eyes sunk like dark pools of turgid water in her wasted face. When she became utterly ex­ hausted she threw herself, dressed, upon the chaise-longue, her teeth chattering, that continual impression of a band of steel clamped around her forehead. At first Patsy answered the door and the telephone, but finally even conversation and excuses with Court­ ney and Roger Tate and all the others, who didn't know what she ■was going through, made her lose what little control she still had. She asked the hotel clerk then to tell any -one who called that she had gone to Cuba for a rest. All of her meals—what pitifully little she managed to force down— were brought Up from the dining­ room, and for days on end she sat scarcely a foot from the radio. She listened to every program for fear she’d miss the one thing for which she waited—news of Lee. And “Only silence from the Antarctic *— from Lee Cavendish who risked and per­ haps gave his life for his comman­ der,” a painful hoarse cry would rise in .her throat, while her blonde head beat backward against the- wall. Waiting, always waiting, and knowing nothing. If she could only know a certainty! Was Lee dead? —was he out afar in that awful dis­ tance of the Antarctic, forsaken, crushed, lost? — was he, by some miracle, safe? Oh, God - if she could only know something, some­ thing!—evei’ the worst! Anything but this horrible waiting— Lee Is Safe Two o’clock. On this morning as on all others since Lee had been missing, she lay with hands clasped and her eyes wide open in the dark. She was so feeble now from not eat­ ing and the 'Crushing worry that pos­ sessed her that she doubted if she could drag herself off the bed even If Lee should walk through that door, his arms outstretched to her. But when a news-flash broke into a dance program, the announcer be­ ginning in an excited voice “Stand by, folks! We have the most thrilling news of the year! From the Antarc­ tic comes word” Patsy sprang nimb­ ly out of bed, waiting, twisting Lee’s big navy ring on her fingei’ until it ground off the tender flesh tliat—“that Lee Cavendish is safe! He made that post 129 miles south of the expedition’s base. He made it with the odds of a thousand to one against him! No word got thro’ until today, for the plane’s radio was smashed in a storm and Ad­ miral Benson’s radio was out of ■commission until—” Patsy heard no more. All the rigid tenseness o-f those awful days slipped from her and she crumpled. Into a pathetic little heap by. the radio, calling Lee by his name in a lew, tender voice, as if he were quite close, whispering words of love to her. She could not know then that later, remembering the suffering that her love for Lee had brought her, would make her more afraid of love than ever. Sunshine Again It was the first time in four weeks that Patsy had been out of the .house or had had any urge to see any one or to do anything. On this morning —a singularly beautiful May day .of blue sky and warm golden sunshine; —she telephoned Courtney Vallance. and asked if he would like to _go| shopping with her for a wedding present for Ted. Ted had written that he and Mary Jane Carroll would be married at the little Naval Acad­ emy Chapel in Annapolis on June 15 Courtney laughed and said light­ ly, “Why, I 'can’t believe it’s really you, Patsy! And why in the devil did you shoot off to Cuba without telling any one good-bye?” His voice didn’t betray any doubt of where she had been these weeks, but Patsy was sure he knew she hadn’t been out of her hotel suite. She caid: “Didn’t you know I’m a member of the Metropolitan, Court, and consequently entitled to tan­ trums, tempermental fits and what have you! By the way, you’re going to be on hand at my debut in De-1 cember, aren’t you—or shall I have I to depend entirely on claques at $10 per?” Courtney told her she would not need any, to bear in mind that he had enormous, loud hands and could outdo any forty paid clappers. Then he asked if she had seen her splen­ did publicity work that the manage­ ment of Metropolitan was getting out. He might just as well have said, “Have you seen the pictures of Kitty Cavendish in all the papers, saying how proud she is of her hero­ husband and how anxiously she is awaiting his return from the South Pole!” For his voice gave him away now—that odd, anxious little twist in his words. Patsy said, evenly: “I read the papers, -cover to cover, Court in­ cluding the funnies.” Then she asked him to call for her in a few minutes and hung up. For a moment she stood there by the telephone, leaning weak and spent against the wall. Even in a little Spring suit of blue tweed and a vastly becoming blue felt riding hat, she looked wan and thin and shadowy beneath the eyes. She stood there thinking how dear Court­ ney Vallance was and how under­ standing. He had hoped she hadn’t seen those pictures of Kitty, for he had k-nown it would worry her, would make her realize that Kitty was more determined than ever to stay married to Lee now that he was a national hero. Lee to Return The expedition was returning to New York in June and Lee’s name was constantly in the news, maga­ zines were full Of his heroism in sav­ ing Admiral Benson’s life and radio programs had dramatized what had happened down there at that isolat­ ed dead end of the world, Fortunately, the newspapers — most of them — had ignored Lees court-martial from the navy. The few tabloids that hadn’t been able to resist mentioning it did sp by completely eclipsing its significance by his spectacular bravery, Courtney came promptly, a sym­ phony in browns and a little out of breath. He held Patsy’s hands be­ tween his palms and told her how beautiful she looked. But he thought “What she's been through! How thin and pale she is!” Late in the afternoon in a fash­ ionable Fifth Avenue jewelry store Patsy and Courtney looked over dif­ ferent wedding .presents. When the dapper clerk hurried off in search of something else to tempt them, Courtney pointed to an enormous solitaire in the highly polished case and said, in a sly, though hopeful grin: “That would look pretty neat on your finger, Patsy. Better think it over.” Color rushed hot and vivid to Pat­ sy’s hollow cheeks. She said quichly: “Please don’t Court — please. I love you. I do. But—” “But not that way? I know. .Still you can’t hate a guy for trying, can you?" She Faces—What? The clerk was coming toward them now with a brilliantly spark­ ling silver coffee urn on an oval tray. Patsy’s blue eyes danced. She could visualize little Mary Jane Car- 1011 when she opened that package, her fingers tenderly tearing away the tissues, rapt signs escaping her young throat. Precious little Mary Jane who had lived always on that bleak Maryland farm, who .had edu­ cated herself beyond the grades and who had no lovely possessions in all her 18 years. Patsy cried: “Oh Court! That’s it! That’s what I want. Can’t you picture that angel’s ex­ pression now!” “Right-o!” isaid Courtney, grin­ ning. “But wait till she opens what I send her! Kindly observe that chest of silver on the lower shelf. Colonial pattern. And' behold that cocktail shaker and those silver ser­ vice plates and those silver goblets lined with gold and . .” Court! Not really!” “And why not?” (To be Continued) Farm News More Good Lamb Required on Market Farmers are cautious to exercise greater care in the marketing of lambs at this season of the year.! Prices for good early lambs have been very satisfactory until about August 1st when many farmers, no doubt tempted by prevailing prices during the last week in July, began to market Iambs that should have been held on pastures for at least a month, and in many cases two months. A oversupply of poor lambs resulted in a serious drop on all lamb markets, and while the situation has partly corrected itself, the market it still sensitive to weak­ ness of producers continue to market undesirable lambs. As a rule lambs from the more common domestic breeds of sheej) do not finish for market at farm weights under 90 pounds to 100 lbs. (80 to 9 0 lb. at the market). Before selling lambs it is always wise to use the scales. This is particularly im­ portant at the present time so that the sale of underweight lambs may i be avoided. Good early lambs are in demand at all stockyards centres, pa-cking .plants and city markets. Lamb meat is an especial favorite in the home, at tourist centres and in hotels and restaurants. When it is said that Iamb is a popular meat, this means good to choice lamb from well fin­ ished 'carcasses. Light, unfinished lambs do not produce the kind of meat that is relished by tourists or by the Canadian people. Poor lambs are not good sellers and are unsatis­ factory to all sections of the trade, including the consumer. This year pastures are excellent all over Can­ ada and there is no farm animal that puts on cheaper gains than the growing lamb on good grass. All farmers can increase the value of their lambs by a closer check-up in weights and marketing at the right time. Rogueing potato© Fields Rogueing is a valuable method for the control of -certain degeneration or “running out” diseases of pota­ toes of virus origin. Rogueing implies the detection, lifting, remov­ al and destruction of virus infected plants. As a control measure the practice is particularly valuable against the three common potato diseases, mosaic, leafroll and spindle tuber. These three diseases produce characteristic symptoms on the -po­ tato plant. Mosaic diseases produce a mottling effect in the foliage. Leafroll causes a slight, general yellowing of the foliage, and an up­ ward rolling of the leaves. -Spindle tuber intensifies the green colour of the leaves, imparts an Uiprlglit, star­ ing appearance in the plant, and causes the production of spindly or missliaipen tubers with bulging eyes. It has been shown that rogueing, should be timely and systematic. Usually, mosaic and leafroll can be detected in the field when the plants ' are about four inches high, At this WILSONS REALLY KILL One pud kills flies all day and every day for 2 or 3 weeks, 3 pads in each packet. No spraying, no stickiness, no had odor. Ask your Druggist, Grocery or General Store. IQ CENTS PER PACKET WHY PAY MORE? THE WILSON FLY PAD CO., Hamilton, Ont. | THE CANADA YEAR BOOK, 1938 The publication of the 193 8 edi­ tion of the Canada Year Book, pub­ lished by authorization of the Hon. W. D. Euler, Minister of Trade and Commerce, is announced by the Do­ minion Bureau of Statistics. The Canada Year Book is the official statfeical annual of the country and contains a thoroughly up-to-date ac­ count of the natural resources of the history of the country, its insti­ tutions, its demography, finance, education, etc.—-in brief, a compre­ hensive study within the limits of a single volume of the social and econ­ omic condition of the Dominion. This new edition has been thoroughly revised throughout and includes in all its chapters the latest information available up to the date of going to press. Exeter Established 1873 and 1887 at Exeter, Ontario Published every Thursday moraine SUBSCRIPTION—$2.0i0 per year ip advance RATES—Farm or Real Estate for Sale 50c. each insertion for flrat fpur insertions, 25c, each, subse­ quent insertion. Miscellaneous ar­ ticles, To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found 10c. per line of six word*. Reading notices 10c. per line, Card of Thanks 50-c. Legal ad­ vertising 12 and 8c. per line. Ib Memoriam, with one verse 50c, extra verses 25c. each, Member of The Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Professional Cards stage of development the field should be systematically examined row by row for the presence of virus infest­ ed plants. Rogueing should be done preferably on dark or dull days as the light conditions are then best for the detection of mosaic. On bright days the poerator should -carry an umbrella or traverse the ipotato rows in such a manner that his shadow is cast over the plants immediately before him, The operator should carry some type of closed container, and when a diseased plant is detect­ ed, it should be lifted out in its en­ tirety with as little disturbance as possible and deposited in the con­ tainer, Undei’ no circumstances should diseased (plants be pulled and left in the rows, nor should they be carried out and deposited on the headland, Diseased plants should always be carried from the field and then immediately destroyed by burn­ ing. Rogueing should be system­ atically practised at weekly intervals until the potato vines begin to ma­ ture. -For further information ..rite to the nearest Plant ’Pathological Laboratory. The 193 8 Canada Year Book ex­ tends to almost 1,200 pages, dealing with all phases of the national life and more especially with those sus­ ceptible of statisieal measurement. A statistical summary of the pro­ gress of Canada is included in the introductory matter. T-his gives a picture in figures of the remarkable progress which the country has made since the first census of the Domin­ ion was taken in 187'H, sixty-seven years ago. There are over 30 maps and charts contained in the volume, and two photo-ge'latine inserts illustrating the sections on “The Flora of Can­ ada” and “Historic Sites and Monu­ ments,” respectively. Three litho­ graphed maps are included. Persons requiring the Yeai’ Book may obtain it from the King’s Printer, Ottawa, as long as the sup­ ply lasts, at the price of $1.5’0, which covers merely the cost of paper, printing and binding. By a special concession, a limited num­ ber of paper-bound copies have been set aside for ministers of religion, bona fide students and school teach­ ers, who may obtain copies at the nominal price of 50 cents each. GLADMAN & STANBURY (F. W. 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