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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-12-10, Page 7«THE EXETER T1MES-ADVQCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, PECEMSER Wtb, 194z P«8f> 1 The dumacters ns You Meet Thein PEG PATTERSON — Orphaned ward of Otto Nelson, rich Washing­ ton broker, who is her godfather and in whose office she is employed. HEWITT GILL — Ambitious sales­ man in Nelson’s office, who is work-; ing to acquire a partnership and who professes to love Peg, ANTHONY COVINGTON — State Department attache just home from the Orient. MRS. DE'MAREST POLK—Wife of a newly rich Senator, MAIZIE DARTON—Another typist in the brokerage office. The Story So Ftir After Peg had witnessed the shoot­ ing in the dark garage where she 'had hidden to escape from Anthony, she was terror-stricken because she felt she was a witness to a murder.. She rushed back to the office and phoned Mr. Nelson, who had gone home. Hewitt was not there, so She could not tell him of her troubl­ es. She seeks solace from Maizie. Notv Bead On Peg told herself' desperately:, "Hewitt’s mine! He loves me now no matter what happened last year. She shan’t come back and spoil it!" And was promptly ashamed of this pathetic little scarecrow of defiance which she had set up in her mind to foil that sneaking, ugly jealousy which had swept suddenly over her. “Call Hewitt, you idiot! He’s had time enough to get back to his apaytement. He’s probably waiting for you to call him," an inner voice said to her, A Message Peg reached for the telephone, began to dial and suddenly with­ drew her hand. Not until that mo­ ment had she seen the white, en­ velope with her name on it, bal­ anced against the inkstand. Her heart .leaped at the sight of it, almots as if Hewitt had come out of the twilight shadows of the of­ fice and put his arms around 'her, had held her head against his breast, comforting her. She slit the envelope with a pa­ per knife, opened the carefully folded sheet and sat there feeling a little as if she were slipping through space. He wouldn’t be able, Hewitt had written, ’to pick her up after business school to­ night. He was driving over to Balti­ more to see what could be done about those Granville bonds. He didn’t expect to return until tomor­ row morning, but he'd see Peg then. He had signed it simply H. It was nearly 6.3-0 when Peg dried her eyes, put on her hat and scarf and walked out of the office door toward the stenographer’s domain. Her walk was steady now. In her tears she had found poise, had been able to set her lips in a cool and artless smile. A typewriter was going in that wide white-walled outer office; a small black animal with its teeth chattering. ' Maizie Darton was huddled over it, a slight, alrqost frail blonde girl with no colour under her skin, and yet something like de­ termination in the hazel eyes that compelled attention. Peg stood there in silence for a moment, taken -aback by the sudden realization that Hewitt was probab­ ly responsible for Maizie working overtime tonight. She thought, mis­ erably: “Oh, Hewitt, how could you!” For, despite the fact that Maizie was always bragging about weighing Only 105 and that she could probably work right up to the last minute without any of Mr. Nelson’s customers knowing, it was pitifully obvious that she was going to have a baby. And every one in the office knew that Don Darton Was out of a job and that Maizie was almost sick with fear and worry. Peg said quickly: “Anything I dan do -to help, Maizie?" Maizie Maizie looked up, and her* long, dark lashes threw shadows on her Cheeks. Her smile was bright, but there was nanness In it, too. She said softly: “ft’s all tygiug, Peg, and you don’t know how "yet. Mr. Gill asked me to get these reports out tonight. I could have done it just as well tomorrow. They don’t go to the -committee until next month." In that moment Doris Murphy, one of the stenographers, came back from the ladies’ room to get her purse. Her eyes ' were dark and sullen* She said: “If I didn't have a very ill mother I'd do that for you, Maizie. You -know that, don’t' you?" And then she -swung around toward Peg. “Maybe you’d like to help me preak Mr. Gill of one of his habits which I don’t like, Peg?" Peg tried to smile: “And what's that, Doris?" “Breathing," said Doris, evenly. Out in the hall Peg pressed her finger to the elevator button and stood waiting, conscious that every­ thing seemed wrong tonight. AU at once she wanted desperately to see her father, to hear that voice which she would never hear again, -to touch his hand and hold -to it for the pro­ tection she had always found in it. All -hei’ values of life were somehow distorted now. She couldn’t quite gather around her the world her fa­ ther had taught her to love; -a world of poetry and music and beauty, where loyalty was set with pearls, where honor and character and kindness were the finest things of all. No Appetite Peg ordered dinner that night on a high stool at an F Street drug store. A bowl of steaming soup, steak with small mushrooms around it, peas and beets and a cup of black, strong coffee. Behind the counter the red-headed fountain boy re­ garded her, grinning. “Not interested in the old feed bag tonight. Miss Patterson?" “Not specially," said Peg. Fan­ tastically she could see him in a wit­ ness chair, and could hear him say­ ing: “On the night of November 15 Miss Patterson came into the drug store and scarcely ate -a thing. She looked nervous and frightened, and kept glancing over her shoulder, as if she expected some one to come up behind her. . .” chapter in Peg ate most of her dinner, paid her check and hurried around the (corner to the big brick building with its windows flat and golden in the night. The name of the business school blazed and blinked in neon lights across -the, roof. Upstairs a young girl, hanging out of the win­ dow, yelled lustily, “Hiya, Peg. Bet­ ter step on it, kid. You got about -two seconds flat to mooch up those steps, and if they aren’t the best little indoor set of Alps I ever climb­ ed I’ll eat my favorite fur-lined syrup .mug." But two hours of sitting in a small hard chair typing “qwert" and “Yuiop" and “the lazy red fox jumped over the high brown fence" in perfect orderly little columns does something to the -m-orale. Thoughts began crowding Peg again, shatter­ ing the defense she had gathered around her. Thoughts of a garage, of an old woman who wasn't an old woman at all, of a revolver shining through the shadows.... *. After school Peg walked home, wanting the sharp wind in her face. But .neither the wind nor the walk helped. That feeling -of suspense, that odd sense of helplessness, walked with her. Georgetown’s quaint and romantic atmospheres was. lost in the darkness, in the icy chill of her thoughts. It seemed robbed of its Colonial beauty by the bald efficiency of progress; shabby and dirty, even a little sinister. The chain stores and Negro shanties and hovels of -the poor stood out like de­ cayed teeth between the rows of old Georgian homes. “I’m just making a tragedy out of something 'that doesn’t concern me at all," Peg railed at herself as she hurried through -the little picket gate ht Aunt Mehalie’s. And then she saw the first .floor was light­ ed. That Miss Suzy-Q, a newly painted red jallopy, was parked at the old carriage entrance on the side of -the house, which .meant that Duncan had arrived a day early to spend his usual Week-end with them. DunCan Peg dashed up the steps and No Happiness in the Home When Mother Is Sick The tired, worn out mother cannot make a happy home if she is sick and worried by the never ending household duties. She gets run down and becomes nervous and irritable, downhearted and discouraged, can't rest at night, and gets up in the morning feeling an tired as when she went to bed. Women suffering in this way may find in Milbum’s Health and Nerve Pills a remedy With which to help, recuperate their health, build up the run down system, and assist them back to health—happiness again* Price 50c a box, 05 pills, at all drug counters. Look for out trade mark a “Red Heart” on the package. The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. fung the door open. Her lips part­ ed to call Puncan's name and then closed soundlessly, Duncan Patterson, jn the full dress regalia of the Air Corps, was in the wide high-ceilinged hajl, stand­ ing far back in dark shadows, He had not heard Peg come in. He had been talking evidently on the tele­ phone fox* he was putting the instru­ ment back on its cradle. In that unguarded moment he seemed somehow utterly weary. His body sagged; his shoulders and his head and his hands were all col­ lapsed and inert. There was a gray and rigid line along his jawbone. He was a handsome young man, not especially tall, but solidly, per­ fectly built with crisp dark hair, brush cut, rugged features and a decisive chin. That chin explained how he made West Point and ulti­ mately a commission in the army. Not having the political contacts for an appointment, he had done it the hard way—two years’ enlistment' as a private, a prep course at Fort Mon­ roe, and competitive examinations afterward. But for all his firm jaw and serious ruggedness of face, for all his keen inventive mind whicn was recognized at Wright Field as bordering close on genius, there was usually an irresponsible gayety about him. There was no gayety about Dun­ can’s face now, however. Peg, look­ ing at him through eyes that were vaguely alarmed, saw the furrowed brow, the upper teeth clamped down hard on his full lip, the sag­ ging weariness of his body. He came straight to her, hugged her brutally, ruffled her hair and hugged her again. It was the way he always greeted her. It was ex­ actly the same, and yet it wasn’t the same at all. Hei’ heart cried: 'Duncan, what is it? What’s hap­ pened?’ But she couldn’t say that. Nineteen years of being Duncan’s sistei’ had made hei’ realize that you ' couldn’t say things like that to Duncan Patterson; you couldn’t ask questions....you just had to wait, wait. Duncan said: 'How’s the cork­ screw language going? Wearing you -down?’ ‘To a nub,’ said Peggy brightly. ‘The typing's awful. My lazy red fox simply won’t jump over the high brown fence* He turns brown under my capable fingers and jumps into a red bed. And as for shorthand. Well confidentially Dune, I think the Messrs. Gregg and Pitman ought to have their noses tweaked.’ , Not a Stranger Then suddenly her fpreed frivol­ ity dropped from her like a mantle. Over Duncan’s shoulder she saw Aunt Mehalie sitting very prim and stiff by the flickering light of the hearth. She wasn’t alone. A very tall young man was with her. He was leaning against the mantle neg­ ligently, a spiral of smoke curling up like an adder from the cigarette in his fingers. He was in full eve­ ning dress now, looking even more handsome than he had- this after­ noon in his wedding splendor. Duncan saw her wide eyes. He Said, his voice amused: ‘Tony Cov­ ington’s not exactly hard on the optics, is he, Peg? He’s a swell guy, too. You’ll like him. We struck up a friendship in Manila when he came’ out from" China with some refugees after the bombing of Shanghai.’ In that moment Anthony Coving­ ton looked up from Aunt Mehalie’s pale, chattering lips and saw Peg Standing there in the dim amethyst shadows of the hall. His face lightened; he started to speak and then, glancing swiftly at Aunt Me­ halie’, Who in her primness was the Very symbol of convention, seemed to think better of it and didn't speak at all. He let Duncan present him. His face was very serious. He said Without a single infliction in his voice: 'How do you do.’ But his gray eyes were wickedly amused, Duncan began to draw up chairs by the fire. He was saying: ‘I think Peg ought to dash along with US tonight to the embassy reception. I can Call my attache friend and get an invitation lined up easily enough. But Peg heard nothing but the sharp ring of the telephone, a burst Of bells shattering' the quiet calm of ■ that spacious old Georgetown home. S’he got up quickly and rush Od into the hall, nearly overturning a chair in her hurry. Her hand trembled as she put the receiver to her ear. Telephone Call Mx\ Nelson said furiously, ‘Peg, that you? Well, just what was the idea sending me on a wild goose Chase like that? I got in touch with the police. We went to that home* There was no dead there. No ono shot. There was not a remnant of a struggle in the garage, iiof & drop of bloodstain anywhere, Senor Pedro Gonzalez, who lives there as­ sured us that he had been home all day, that his servants had been off, • that he had not been out of the house—not even his garage—and therefore had not been shot! I’ve spent a good hour apologizing to Senor Gonzalez and to the gentle­ men from the Third Precinct. Try­ ing to ‘convince them, too, that I hadn’t just escaped from St.Eliza- beth’s. Look here, if you ever let your wild histrionic imagination get me into a thing like that again*,. I'll,* by the gods, i’ll./ Peg put the receiver back on the hook. tWell, that’s that/ she thought. She couldn’t know, of course that it wasn’t, She was still standing there, try­ ing to think hex* way through the puzzle, and yet vastly relieved when Duncan came out into the ball and picked up the telephone. T’m going to fix up that invita­ tion for you, Peg/ he said, grin­ ning. ‘Tony’s keen on your going with us. Get upstairs and into some­ thing very femme fatale. Make it snappy, brat—both as to selection and time/ Squeezed in between both of them in the red jallopy, she managed to get in that she was wearing her hymnal dress, the Frock of Ages, and to please have respect for old age. Duncan, listening not at all, promptly slid into second as the light turned green, and Peg cried out; ‘Oh, Duncan, -now you’ve done it!’ Duncan pulled the car over to the curb on fashionable Sheridan Circle, and parked there beneath the hazy nimbus of a street lamp. It took a full minute to untangle her wide black chiffon skirt from the ‘ancient gear-shift. Then the three of them piled out of the car, and huddled over the mangled dress: a small girl gathering the black folds in her exploring fingers, shaking her fair head lugubriously; a young army lieutenant glitter­ in with braid and brass buttons and saying something about stop­ ping by a drug store for glue; a tall young man digging in his pockets, feeling under his lapels in the futal search for a spin. They didn’t see the limousine pull, up on the driveway, behind them, nor the slim daik'girl with an ermine bow in hei’ hair and an ermine cape about her shoulders who stepped into the limousine; nor the dark young .man who took his place beside her with a fami­ liar nonchalance. Election Returns ■f * * parkhill Mayor—Thomas Browning, 2X8; Edgax* Robinson, 302,, Council—Elected: Marshall Box, 228; James On-, 252; William Sturdevant, 241; William Ross,; 235; J* C. Goodhand, 232; Charles potter, *213. Defeated, John Gra­ ham, 192; Roy Smith, 182, BJyth Council — Elected; Emerson Wright, 146; Anslem Taylor, 144; Franklin Sainton, 128; Herbert Dex­ ter, 116. Defeated: Arthur Barr* 108. Colborne Township Reeve—Alex Watson, 234; Wil­ liam Thom, 146; Nelson McLayty, 1'00. Council—Elected: James Feagan, 332; William Clark, 268; Ross Fisher, 262; Stanley Snyder, 245, Defeated, Leslie Johnson, 242, Tni'nberi’y Township Council—Elected: P. King, 226; R. Porter, 17'5; J,. Breckenridge, 160; J. Fisher, 140. Defeated; R. Wilson, 138. West Wawanosh Township Reeve—Brown Smyth, 369: Thos, Webster, 218. * Council—Elected: Everett Finni­ gan, 382; David McAllister, 298; Gordon McPherson, 240; Wallace Miller, 2L8. Defeated: George Webb, 2'05; George Kennedy, 204; Harold Gaunt, 191. Mistress: “Jane! Yesterday you broke two vases and today you.’ve broken three plates and four cups. What will be broken tomorrow at this rate?” Maid: “Not so much, ma'am. It’s my afternoon out." HAY COUNCIL The regulai' monthly meeting of the council of the Township of Hay was hold in Town HallZurich, on Monday, November GO* with all members present. The minutes of. the November 2, meeting were adop­ ted as read. Aftex’ disposing of the communications the following reso­ lutions were passed: That the petition, for drainage work presented by Bruce Koehler and signed by Mrs. Oscai' Koehler and others be accepted by the Coun­ cil. That T. R, Patterson, Hngineex* be appointed to make a survey, re­ port, etc* for the Council. That T- H* Hoffman, manager of Dashwood Central of the. Municipal Telephone System be allowed $42.10 pex* month to cover extra cost of November 1942, That accounts covering payments! J. on Township Roads, Hay Telephone $g8,>00; System, Salaries, Relief and Gen-I $28,00; A......1........................ ~~ $45.00; Schwalm Drain, 9Qc; revision voters* lists, $52,00. eral Accounts be passed -as peri Vouchers: Township Roads—M. G, Deitz, gas, I 1 r wW 2-W I t I t i i tI »> :: ««» AO Envied The dark girl said: ‘What a giddy little red car over there on • the circle. Sometimes I think I'd like to have, a car like' that. To lead a life that belongs to it. To be rattling around in it tonight, instead of being on my way to the Embassy reception where I’>11 see the same faces I see each night, and do the same things I’ve ‘ done a million times before/ She said in a soft bored voice because she was twenty- one and she couldn’t,remember ever •all her life her every wish 'had been granted almost before she conceiv­ ed it. This was her inheritance from the millions of Senator Demarest Polk. The young man beside Thalia Polk did not look at the red car; he did not take his eyes from the clear-cut beauty that ■ was hei’ pro­ file. Thalia turned her head a little, ■until her gaze met those dark eyes beside her. ‘Did you miss me, Hew­ itt?’ .she asked. 'I’d like to think that you did, you know/ Hewitt Gill reached over and took her slim, pale hand and pres­ sed firmly between his two palms. ‘What do you think, Thalia?’ To Be Continued EXPECT CHANGES IN HURON COUNCIL Numerous contests and some changes may take place when the municipal elections in Huron County are held, it is predicted in some county council circles. Reeves were reluctant to declare whether they would be contestants or not. Some expressed the opin­ ion that there would' b® few elec­ tions in the county, citing the fact the farmers are too busy and the scarcity of labor. Next year it Will be the Liberals' turn to choose a warden. ‘ Some of those eligible for the honor, if elected, are Reeves B. W. Tuckey of Exeter; A. F. McDonald, of Ash­ field; R. Redpiond, East Wawa- nOsh, and S. H. Livermore, of Mc- Killop. , 4 Municipalities holding nomina­ tions on November 27 and elections on December 7 are: Ashfield, Col- borne, Goderich town; Goderich township, Hullett, Stanley, Turxi- berry, East and West Wawanosh, Hensall and Wingham, eleven in all. Others holding nominations in December and elections in January are Hay, sStephen, Usbotne, McKil- lop, Tuckersmith, Hawick, Turn­ berry, Morris, Grey, Exeter, Brus­ sels, Blyth* ■ A man who was running for pub­ lic office found the first half of his speech in the local paper. He went to the editor and wanted to know ( why they didn't print all his speech.. The editoi* replied, “Wo ran out of I capital t’s.” locate*mi/ Montreal-1 oronto i#CfiRHf - L'T (■ A I. O U: gD Laing, inspector drains, $9$.90; iQ. Becker, hauling grader, J, Suplet, relief, $16,65; Dashwood police village grant, $61*00; De­ partment of I-Iealth, insulin* $5*7.5; |H. Lawrence, drains, $1,513.50; A. ! „, Kalbf leisch, Division 'Court, W. Fritz, Division Court, Henry Thiel, caretaker, H. Steinbach, inspector, oil etc, $64,0-0; Moore Brothers ac­ count $4.90; Dominion Road Ma­ chinery, repairs, $7.20; pay list $47.83. Telephone—G. Armstrong reeve, $15.00; Councillors W. Haugh, R. Geiger, A. Crerar and F* W. Haberei’ The Council adjourned to meet for the final session of 1942 on De<- cember 15, at 1.30 o’clock in the af­ ternoon. A. F. Hess, Clerl? each $10.00; T. H. Hoffman, salary, etc. $303,35; Bell Company tolls, September* and October, $193.17; H. K. Eilber re Stephen l’ates, $25.00 E. R. Guenther, cartage, .40c; A. F. Hess, secretary-treasurer, $87.5-0; H, G. Hess salary $217.10; Nor­ thern Electric, supplies, $7.86; C, C. Pilgrim, re Stanley rates, $5.00; G. E. F'arwell, adjustments, $3.50. Twp. Salai’ies—Reeve, $75.00; four councillors, each $65.00; * Clerk and treasurer, $90,00. General Accounts—Huron Exposi­ tor, advertising re drains, $2.94; Times-Advocate, adv., $3.15; T. R, Patterson, Willert Drain, $110.00; T. R. Patterson, Zurich Drain, $220.’0'0; expenses re tax deeds, $5.00; tax overpayments, $15.5'0’; T. PRESENTATION AT DASHWOOD Last Saturday evening, November 28, a number of relatives and friends gathered at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Phillip Fassold to pay honour to Melton and Reta Walper prioi’ to their departure for Ingersoll where the formex’ has secured exnploy- ment. The evening was spent in. music and games. The honored, couple were presented with a part­ ing gift from their friends, after which Melton made a few fitting remarks, All partook of lunch, af­ ter which they departed for home, wishing Melton and Reta the best in their new' home and work. Mel­ ton, Reta and little Carol will ba greatly missed in Dashwood. Hr. WOMEN TOO—ioin “that men may fly." Canadian women fill vital j obs in the R.C.A.F. 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At present applications are being accepted for air crew at R.C^A.F. Recruiting Centres throughout Canada. a If you tire physically hi, menially alert, over 17’/2 ancl riot yet 33, you tire eligible. If you are fiver 33, but have exceptional qutilihcatidns, you may still be consider­ ed. Lack of formal education is no longer a bar to enlistment. leasing men fot air crew duties. Recruits ar* needed, ago 18 to 40, physically fit, with at least High School entrance. Many useful and fascinating jobs await you. No experience heed­ ed. The Air Force will train you quickly to take your {place with Canada's airwomon. Full in, formation at any R.C.A.F. Recruiting Centre- hr write address below lot booklet. Royal Canadian Air Force ’ AIR CREW ’fj MM /ZJBS IZW’v? 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