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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-02-12, Page 2THURSDAY, FW, 12tli,,«■ THE: EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Page 2 • Serial Story All That Glitters ANNE TEDLOCK BROOKS SYNOPSIS A strange coldness has come be tween Banny and Tamar because she resents what she believes inter ference in her affairs, the leasing of part of the Randolph plantation- to Major Towne, who has found a rich .pocket of gold ore. Tamar, Ranny, Dick Sheridan and his sister, Selby, have gone to a night club where the boys hope to find a way to prevent Knox -Randolph signing a contract with Towne, During the evening Dicta finds time to tell Tamar what ought to be done about the lease, Both young men become rivals for the affections of Tam, Tam’s laughter pealed out. Ran some scowled. “I could shake you. Tam, for that,” “Oh don’t take it that way Ranny. Those were almost Dicta’s identical words.” Raniny’s scowl deepened. He felt like groaning. He supposed that to Tam he seemed the most un romantic figure in the »country. That’s because they had played to gether so. Would Tam ever be able to forget their companionship basis? He didn’t want to be a companion to heir now. He danced her straight through the open door. On the veranda he dropped his arm and tucked her hand through it “You can see that, although Dick and I might talk the same language, we’re not really alike Tamar.” “No she said your not really alike,” She trembled and felt Ran- ny’s arm slip about her shoulder. “I have something I want to ask you,” he said with determination, pausing at the river’s edge. Chapter V “I remembered that Phoebe jerk ed me by the arm and said that my folk would take care of my religion.” She turned her face toward him. The twins are doing all right in Birmingham. Lazarus has married and has twins of his own. Theoph- ilis is running a burial society.” Ransome laughed. “Phoebe had a phobia for high-powered names. Aristotle fox* the last one I” They lapsed into silence. They had shared so many childhood ac tivities together. “We’d better go back to the lodge. I’m afraid we’ve not been very polite,” she suggested. For the first time in their relation together, they felt the constraint that their ages had put upon them:. They would ’never be just a boy and girl again, maid, and the white moonlight lay about them, coloring their with romance and emotion, felt the wistfulness that panied hex' passing youth. The rest of the evening past quickly, and it was late when Ran some drove up the winding drive to Shadwell. He was thankful that Dick was in his car, for that allowed him to see Tamar every moment of the evening. “It was a lovely dinner party,”. Tamar said as she-allowed Richard to help her out of the car. “Selby, do drive over one afternoon this week.” She smiled at both of them. “Good night.” Another Morning The next morning Tamar was de termined to corner her father at the breakfast table about the new ment her eyes bered she. had to do. Now they were man and world Tam accpm- threw a bridle over her pretty head. Madcap was their last remaining claim to saddle horses, and had been retained only because she was not a valuable mare and would not bring in enough cash to pay them to sacrifice her, “Yo’ in a te’ble rush, Miz Tamar? Madcap gwine to k?ck up dem heels fast fo’ yo\” 'Aristotle’s ebony face broke into an excited grin. “Thanks, Aristotle,” Tamar said as she gathered the fulness of her culottes into, the saddle. Then she was off fox' the lane to the highway. She rode along the soft shoulders of the road, saving Madcap’s feet from the hard paving. Tamar’ turned into about a quarter of a taking the old rode The wagon tracks had grown up with weeds, that had been lately crushed with the recent haulin; materials for epuipping the Nearing the Mine As she rode ■ along the trees grew thicker in the red soil and the way grew rougher. In the distance she could see the fringe of trees that hugged the' bank of the Chestatee. A crow cal led and a hawk flew in unsteady circles above the woods on Cricket Hill. Tamar heard a sudden blast and the ground rumbled. They were blasting with dynemite in the lower tunnel ‘of the old mine. “Whoa, Madcap!” She drew the But of ’ xnare up shortly. She could see shook her head , “but Ah ain’t!” She "marched toward the kitchen, hex* white head held high. Plans for Future Tamar and her father chatted on for a few minutes, and then went upstairs to talk with Maris. For an hour they discussed the new contract, and the amount of the net percentage that the mine would pay them over and above the cost of labour and equipment. Maris Randolph was excited. Color had come into her pale cheeks, and Tamar knew that she was happy with the thoughts of all that the money would do for all of for repair and upkeep on Knox Randolph that the (Major sign. “There is one do, Tamar/ went into old trunk the attic. I’m sure about Cricket Iiill. I Grandfather’s papers were never] carefully gone over. Of’ course, the; main deeds, contracts, his will and I so on were looked through. 1------, course we should have the original.the temporary quarters of the crew papers to make this deal legal.” I who had been testing the ore. “Would you like for me to put on! Three tents stretched their khaki- some old clothes and go through the (colored walls in tjie shade another trail mile further, to the mine did not had not Tamar’s white dress sheathed, her in, its wraithlike folds as she leaned against the trunk of the big tree and waited for ’Ransome Todd to ask her. She knew that she was trembling, for in her heart she realized what he must say to her. In his evening clothes Ransome still looked the part of an All-Ameri can halfback. As Tamar watched him through half closed eyes, she knew that he had caused the flutter ing of many feminine hearts. “Tamar,” he said softly, “I want to ask you to forgive me.” » She suppressed an almost uncon-• trollable desire to laugh. He wanted [ to ask her forgiveness for his kiss j this afternoon! And she had thought— Ranny continued: “I am afraid that I was carried away with my in dignation about Major Towne coming in to mine Cricket Hill. Y’ou can forget jt, can’t you?” “Of course, Ranny. And I do think! that you were wonderful to go to Dick about it. I must thank you for helping us.” In tlie Moonlight He took her hand and they wond ered down to the edge of the river. It lay shining like a stream of molten gold where the moon’s path fell upon the water. Ransome Todd’s heart beat un- '• steadily. He# wanted to take Tamar into his arms. He wanted to ask her to marry him', for he needed her desperately. Stafford would' be heaven with this slender girl as its mistress. His father had decided to retire hekt fiionth. His mother had been dead for the past five years, and the two men were lonely there. They needed a woman’s presence. As they walked along the path that had been made by many eager feet along the bank of the Chesta- <tee, Tamar’S thoughts- were upon those earlier days together. Many moonlight nights while their elders had sat talking on the veranda, she and Ranny had taken hands for courage and followed the Negro's path to their meeting house in the woods. “Ranny this, is just like the night that we saw .Brother Bascom bap tize Phoebe’s twins. Remember?” “Do I!” his laughter .rang out. “Remember how solemly we sat on the- bexich? And how you wanted Brother Bascom to get you some re ligion?” Childhood Happiness and confer with him contracts. The mo- opened she remem something important She sat up, and her long black hair fell to her shoulders. She bound it up quickly with the blue ribbon that had fallen off in the night, and with a toss of the com fort, sprang out of bed. Tamar closed her shutter and be gan her exercises'. Just .before she sped into the bathroom' for her shower, she touched the rope 'that hung from the ceiling. , It was a re minder of the better days. She pul led the cord. That was her signal to Phoebe that she would be down to the little sun-lit breakfast room to join her father in a few minutes. She put on a 'blue linen dress and brushed her hair back quickly, but it sprang out defiantly in curls about her white temples again. She ran down the long wide stairs. Her father was already at the table, ing paper “Hello, him. She glimpsed the morn- as she left the stairs. Dad,” she said,kissing length cheeks At Breakfast He held hex’ off at arms and smiled at her. His red were almost' shining, and his blue eyes were the exact color of Tam ar’s. He ‘hastily rose and seated her" deferentially. “Did you have a good time last night?” he asked. She nodded. “Did should have called chided. “I simply couldn't xnajor’s clutches, apologies. Maris is eating her breakfast now, and we’ll go up as soon as you’re through.” Phoebe waddled in with a squat pitcher of batter to pour into the shining waffle iron, the only mo dern equipment in the room. “Morning, honey. Will you’. hab a little sausage to go wif dat waffle?” “Make it two, won’t you’ Phoebe I please? I’m hungry this morning!” j “Musta had a big ebenin’ wif |Mist’ Richa’d.” There was nothing like a romance for Phoebe to pOhdei' over and stir up into her household activities, to embellish at will. She rolled her big eyes at Tamar. Tamar drank her orange juice and said, “Honestly, Phoebe, I’m asham ed of you. You’re getting to Old for romance. Let’s see, you’re old man’s been gone ten years now.” iPhoebe clapped her hands on her hips and sniffed. “Yes’m, he lef’ I me wif Aristotle to bring up. He’s | even ibeen daid five years.” She i laughed, her plump body quivering. I “But talking about romance, Miss Tamar. He may be daid,” you? Mums,” •Y’ou she theescape I’ve made my is enter the old mine for fear of cave-inis. But it was a place where they Monthly Rates TORONTO^- Hotel Wcsverley Spm»d*4 AvE, AT CPiMtEG®. St< RATES SINGLE - $1.50 to 93.00 DOUBLE - $2.50 to J6.0Q Spocial Weekly Victory Loan Canvassers The Exeter Times-Advocate Established 1873 and 1387 at Exeter, Ontario Published every Thursday morning SUBSCRIPTION-— $2.00 per year la advance RATES—pam or Real Estate for sale 50c, each insertion for first four insertions. 25c. each subse quent insertion. Miscellaneous articles. To Rent, Wanted, Lost, or Found 10c. per line of six worda. Reading notices 10 c. per line. 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Two of the men can carry it down.” “I don’t like to ask you to do it, but I hav*e promised to go ovei’ to the xn|ine this morning. < It’s dusty and you’ll get your hands grimy,” Tamar waved aside her excuses,: “It’ll be fun. Perhaps I’ll run across '__ some of Grandfather’s old love let-1 k® ters, and maybe a skeleton or two, in the Randolph chest,” she laugh); ed. “You’re almost as bad Phoebe,” her father said. The Old Trunk’s Secret Tamar was anxious -to begin task, and going to work, knelt on) the library floor, before the open) trunk. i She masterfully sent Phoebe on her way back to the kitchen, > The papers were yeliow and a ’ faint film of dust , was over all. u The hinges rusted from reluctantly, tically. Horses, newspapers, when her grandfather was a young man. One packet of legal papers was' tied about with a heayy cord. In a flourishing scrawl the cover said, The Crickjet Hill Mine. The cord had to be papers came apart, them neatly in piles, centre of the packet was a paper whiter than the others. With in terest she opened up the document. Grandfather’s neat/ flourish tinued: “In the event the Cricket Hill produces during her lifetime, I be queath half the ownership to my dear granddaughter, Tamar Ran dolph, the Other half to my son, Knox Randolph and his heirs, other than said granddaughter, Tamar.” Tamar gasped. It was a full minute before the words could penetrate her consciousness, CHAPTER VI A Pimple Covered Face Kills Many a Romance The lives of many young people are made miser able by the breaking out Of pimples, and yoU probably know of cases where a promising romance has been spoiled by those red, white, festering and pus filled 8016 The troublTis not so'touch physical pain, but the mental si&feting caused by the embarrassing disfigurement which very senerd Wlh aBmdock Blood"Bitters helps to cieanso the blood and with the blood cleansed the completion should clear up. Tha Milburn Co., Lintilted, Tdibnfd, OhL g of mine. £» scrub sandy could dramatize .stories of wealth. clump of zpines. It seeins strange to find working here she thought, child used they of a meh As a Toddwhen she and Ransome to ride over to Cricket Hill had been forbidden' ever to of the ’old trunk were1 disuse, and came open Tamar began systema- Auction sales. Old Some of thpm dated They had been exploring one month during Summer vacation, She re membered that IRanny had reluc tantly let her play the part of Her nando De Soto, They had dug out of their State history enough to know that he had probably found some of the very nuggets that were like those iii the old mine. Madcap Frightened Tamar waved to the men as they looked her way and started Madcap on down the trail. Another dyna mite explosion rent the silence and Madcap reared suddenly in the ail*. The and ing GLADMAN & STANBURY (F. W. Gladman) BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, &c Money to Loan, Investment's Made Insurance -Safe-depoBit Vaults for use of ou»' Clients without charge EXETER and HENSALL horse came down on all fours stood’there trembling, not tak- another step. (TO BE CONTINUED) ---------V--------- Is the date on your label correct? CARLING & MORLEY BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS, <&©• LOANS, INVESTMENTS, * INSURANCE ' Office; Carling Block, Main Stree*. , EXETER, ONT. ' W. G. COCHRANE, B, A. 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As she worked she thought about the consequences that her finding the document might have upon tlie new contract, If the major were reluctant to sign, perhaps the very fact that she was part owner might have a great deal of bearing upon it. Tamar’s deft finigers flew over the remaining contents of the trunk. Not stopping to replace them, she paused briefly to wash her hands and dashed down the stairs. She did not want to -pause to give her mother a message, for the explana tion would take time, She must et to the mine as soon as possible. Carried Notvs to Father Her father had driven the car and it would take too long to walk. She hurried out to the stable, cal ling out to Aristotle to bring her saddle, as she approached. Mad cap was at the meadow 'gate, and she oo ARTHUR WEBER LICENSED AUCTIONEER For Huron and Middlesex FARM SALES A SPECIALTY PRICES REASONABLE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Phone 57-13 Dashwood R. R. 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Mis' death,, following a seizure, ended a spectacular which brought him international fame and unprecedented prosperity to Williamsburg, a quiet crossroads Locke as His to Village of 400 people, has treated as many people tn a single day. was $1.00 a treatment b.ody. at his miles heart career 1,800 charge ©very*