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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-12-31, Page 7by Phyllis Moore Gallagher SEW CHARACTERS IN STORY Count Paul Str any an-—Attache at a foreign embassy in Washington. Joan Covington-—Young sister of Anthony. Thalia Polk-—Daughter of a Sen­ ator and in love with Hewitt Gill, She do? She he she LAST WEEK embassy reception, where gone with Buncan and she was surprised over At the Reg had Anthony, the sudden appearance of Hewitt, who was accompanied by Thalia Polk, Hewitt had told Peg he was to be -out of the city on business, Hewitt is able to make P.eg believe that his relations with, Thalia are purely platonic and that his being with her was to enable him an account from the Senator. • they are talking an exotic enters the room, She is Damara, a -woman who holds a •strange influence over Duncan. her. How did she look when was a. tiny girl? What did she Had she been happy always, became a little remote when questioned her. And not until wa^ gone and he lay awake at night,, unable to sleep, did he realize how she evaded talking'of herself, Nadeja did not seem to have any probing curiosity about him, She did not even ask him why he kept bachelor quarters >ou,t in Chevy Chase when he could just as easily have lived with Aunt Mehalie and. his sister. In a way, .he suspect­ ed she knew the answer to that; his real reason for living alone, was deathly tired of being Nadeja in crowds. Where Where arms. of going they wouldn’t be seen, he could not take her He with Places places in his THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER SJst, W to get . While woman Nadeja Danger"' she would not let him come hotel suite; not even when out of the city, , Emmanuel was New York, "It would Nadeja had ex- "Doormen ’ and bellboys It would Duncan was, he knew, like Uncle Thad in so many ways. Ideals. Dreams. Visions. But not When it came to women. Uncle Thad had lived and died a bachelor. His work his duty and science always had been enough; in a way, the dedica­ tion of his life to the service had been like a marriage vow, exempt­ ing him from love trouble. But long ago Duncan had realized that his own brain, his own heart and his '"hotly passionate body needed a woman. .His woman. He had' found her at an Embassy garden party in the Spring. He had ■ lucked beneath a wide-brimmed hat into Nadeja Damara's shadowy eyes, had felt himself sinking slow­ ly into their violet, fathomless depths. They had »exchanged scarcely six words that afternoon, but he had known as surely as he .knew his own name that he would see her again and again and again. It was as strange as that. He had found out later, that.be­ ing in love was not the happiest time of a man’s life; that books and poems and songs were dead wrong about it. Most of. the time now his head throbbed, his eyes ached and every nerve -and muscle in his body clamored for a moment’s rest; every instinct of his heart and senses turned a dozen times a day toward the telephone—“Just pick up the re­ ceiver and call her number and you can hear her voice . . /’ Tonight he had stood there in the Stag line, in the gay spirit of the reception, but not a real pari of it. He had relived in a series of pictures the day he had met Nadeja and- the brea'thless, maddening days that had followed their meeting, . Life of Tinsel The picture he liked most was Nadeja in his own small bungalow in Chevy Chase. Nadeja in his arms. Her soft bare shoulders un- *der his hands, her slim, warm body, pressed close and for a moment her lips under his. Urging him bn with those shadowy eyes; yet holding him off, driving him a. little mad, with soft hands that pressed firmly against the white bosom of his shirt, with a enough, Nadeja getting up from the sofa and following him into the tiny kitchen and helping him squeeze oranges for a cocktail. When, she stood beside him, the top of her golden head came just level with his shoulder. Her fingers, pressed against* the oranges, were slim and ' white and the big gold ring with the serpent colled over a green stone, which, she sometimes wore, would catch the facets of the ceiling light. He had said once, looking at her, his heart crowding Iris chest: “I didn’t know that eyelashes grew as long as yours, Nadeja. They’re posi­ tively disconcerting.” * “So I’ve been told.” “I’ll bet you have. I’ll bet ynu’ve been told lots of -things. In a dozen different languages, including Scan­ dinavian,” “I have. And I’Ve been told that il might be dangerous to drink cockthi^' 111 a suburban bungalow with a handsome young man . Ho had wanted to know every­ thing about her; had hungered for all the details of her life which he had not been able to share with gaze that said plainly "No, Duncan—no.” For to her Emmanuel was which was often, always off somewhere: Europe, South America, look bad, darling,” plained, and elevator boys talk so. be dangerous Tor me to be talked about . . , -danger for you, too.” He had understood her real mean­ ing. For he knew that Emmanuel Damara was still madly in love with his wife, insanely jealous. He knew, too, that Nadeja only tolerated him. "What little I felt for him left long ago, Duncan. It is dead—quite*, dead. After all, our marriage was a European one, arranged and settled for us long before We grew up.” And yet she was. strangely .withdrawn when he urged divorce. "But money, darling , . , we’d have to live, you know/ And an Ameri­ can lieutenant doesn’t make such a great amount, does he?” Duncan had said: "Not such a great amount, Nadeja.” After that he had begun to think with a feverish persistency of his inventive .mind aS a possible means* to wealth., A woman like Nadeja deserved a gold and white drawing room as a background for her beauty; she deserved sables and diamonds and fine satins to accent the soft supple curves of her body He had no right to offer her what little he could, to take her away from all that Emmanuel could do for her, service . perately. would I could get out of -the he would think, des head ft- And at that his throb more painfully. CHAPTER VII and Anthony walked the Embassy reception, Duncan and Nadeja had danced to­ gether once or twice and then -dis­ appeared. Thalia ^nd Hewitt had vanished, too. Peg had observed without surprise. Thalia Polk was the type who wouldn’t stay very .long at any social function. There would always be a score of parties on her engagement pad for each eve­ ning, and she and Hewitt had pro­ bably gone on to one of those. Hardly without realizing it,. Peg clung to that thought like a guide rope on a swinging bridge. Even ■though she wouldn’t admit it to herself, she didn’t want to think of Hewitt driving somewhere alone with Thalia; or Hewitt'in that im­ pressive mansion just off Sheridan Circle, sipping cocktails in a dimly- lit drawing room, Joan Covington walked along with them' as far as hei* hotel on Con­ necticut Avenue, monopolizing the conversation. "If that blonde demon thinks she’s going to walk off With Duncan right from undei* my Small, freckled nose, she’s got another think coming to her,” Joan said firmly. And then: “Peg, she’s old; None Of us got a real close look at her—- Duncan was that quick about get­ ting her off somewhere to him­ self-—but even from a distance you could tell she was 30—maybe even 140. And she has a husband, be­ sides. Peg from home for Mystery “I asked my newspaper lad about her before he went back to the grind. He said he didn't know any­ thing except that her husband was a very wealthy physician or scien­ tist; that they lived very swankily in a fashionable hotel, and that they went around to lots of patties, The Gougli That Sticks ♦ 'W Gougk That Hangs On This is the Irind Of a cough it is hard io get rid of, the kind that bothers you during the day and keeps you awake at night. x , Why not get & bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup rind see hoW Quickly it Will help id relieve you Of this Coughing condition? ... . Iv HVW y. v-,; —.------ loosening the phlegm^ soothing the bronchial, organs. * ., ”Dr. Wood’s” has been on the market for the past 48 years. 'Pried 85c a bottle; the large family size# about 3 times as much, 60a, at all drug counters. c0.. limited, Toronto. Dnt. it hots promptly hud effectively, going to the foundation of the trouble, sninjr the phlegm, soothing the irritated air passages, and stihmmtmg mostly diplomatic ones, >They en­ tertained a lot, too: very important people. He said he thought they, were Russians, but then some one else had told him they were Ger­mans, and i§tili some one else had told him they were ‘such a delight­ ful Rumanian couple/ “Nq one seems to know where they’re from, really. Only that Dr, Damara is here doing medical re­ search with an eye to improving his sanatorium, which is -In the Alps or the Ukraine or on the Russian steppes. Why does Washington clasp to its social bosom people they know nothing whatsoever abou't?” Peg’s mind slipped back to that home on Massachusetts Avenue, where she had met Anthony, §he remembered the gossip about the people who had lived there, how they had failed to succeed socially in Washington, She said, very; evenly; "Perhaps it’s safer to have a background that's lost 'or mys­ terious rather than one that is an open book to every newspaper man and society editor in the country. Maybe that’s why the Damaras don’t care to talk about their coun­ try, whatever it is.” -She paused a moment, then added thoughtfully: "Or maybe they are Russians. Ive met one or two white Russians, They had had such a tragic, ho.rrible past they simply couldn’t bring themselves to talk about it.” To which Anthony, oddly enough, had nothing to say. He walked on in silence. And glancing at him now, Peg wondered • at the granite line of his profile, the firm jutting jaw and the continued silence. She said swiftly: "Do you know any­ thing about them, Anthony?” "Nothing particularly illuminat­ ing,” he said. And changed the subject without even- a pretense of dexterity, to football. * ? Worried About-Diuican But Peg was thinking about Dun­ can and Nadeja Damara, trying to look at the affair in a modern, sen- ■sible light. Duncan was 28, she, told herself. His heart, soul and body was wrapped up in the service. And the service would not tolerate a scandal ..involving one Of its of­ ficers. besides, care of Anyone could see, however, that he vtas infatuated with Nadeja Da­ mara. ( Still, he wasn’.t the first young man in the world to be charmed by a married woman, a woman much older than himself. Nor would he be the last. Something will happen and he’ll snap out of it, Peg decided, reason­ ably. They dropped Joan off at the May­ flower and Anthony, writing her a check for her hotel bill and train fare, made her promise she would take the first train back to New York in the morning. He would, he told her, send a telegram tonight to the school authorities, trying in his feeble way, to fix things up for her. "And I hope,” he finished gravely, "that Uncle Nathaniel doesn’t find out about this latest escapade.” Joan began to chuckle. "It would be a blow to the old ’boy, wouldn't it? First you defy him by becoming a foreign service man instead of a nice stuffed Shirt on Wall Street. Then I flashed thumbs-down on be­ coming one of those bespectacled little numbers who live to learn. Well, you’ve been disinherited, as you well know, and I seem- to be fast on .the way. Uncle Nathaniel will probably give every cent of his money to a home for wayward kit­ tens ■ or underprivileged guppies.” She burned to Peg then. "I just- don’t take to an education, Peg,” she said. "The sooner Uncle Nath­ aniel discovers that, the batter/* And then she^ added, seriously, al­ most shyly: “If Mother and Dad had lived I’m sure they wouldn’t make me continue in school oi* have a debut. What I really want is—a home of my own—and a little kitchen and a book of recipes and lots -of flowers in the back yard. And lots of kids. Maybe ten. Dun­ can’s of .course.'’ , "Joan!” • But Joan was gone. Prophetic , Peg stood in silence a moment watching the twinkling of her san­ daled feet receding across the lob­ by, the bright swirl Of the white satin around .them. She said, ally: “I hope she gets her ten She's adorable, Anthony,” Anthony grinned- “She is, she? Reckless and impulsive, sweet, too. She'd die for any one she loves/’ A long while later Peg would re­ member Anthony saying that, and always afterward the rustle of satin and the hushed' patter of sandals on a rug would give Peg a sense of the impermanence of pleasure, It would touch soma memory and she would never remember exactly why. Then Anthony added, soberly: “I Duncan knew that. And, he was old enough to take himself. He wasn’t a kid. take her around. He -did and she hasn't thought of anything else since. Dunean didn’t even see her. I doubt of he even realises I have a kid sister. Particularly one who is nuts about him.” And then Peg and Anthony weren’t talking of either Duncan or Joan. They were walking through the November night, talking things that two people talk when they have known each just a few hours: football and swing bands and Hitler. In the Moonlight On Buffalo bridge they stopped and stood looking over the wall, with Washington to their left .and the heart of old Georgetown to their right. They stood in looking down upon silvery of roads, at treetops and gurgling over rocks in a haste, She thought, T where his mind has carried him in this moment/ \ She couldn’t know that Anthony was remembering suddenly what a lonely child he had beep in Uncle Nathaniel’s great white house on New York’s Sutton Place, What -a lonely boy in prep school and later college. And that never at any time had he appeared to be these things. He had always beep gay on the surface, nevei* standing still with life or his loneliness, a ■ positive genius himself with gay thinking up wacky say. He liked people had never been really unhappy. But he had been lonely, always. He had been lonely even in love affairs. For there had been love af­ fairs, such as they were. Girls you metat frat dances and at debut halls. Girls you kissed and forgot and girls you kissed and remember­ ed vaguely. And more recently Evangeline Martin, daughter of a British Consul in Shanghai, But Evangeline had nevei* really matter­ ed, though for a week or two in his loneliness he had thought .that per­ haps she did. Then Shanghai had been bombed and Evangeline had sailed away with the first refugees. He wouldn’t, he supposed, ever see her again, didn't care, her he had ready for ready for marriage, even now. .But looking at Peg he found him­ self lost in the moonlight shining on her young loveliness, lost in the cloud "of her fair hair, her absurdly long lashes and 'her slim, pale hands. He knew, as he had known from the first moment that he had looked at her, that she was the answer to his loneliness, the one woman who could inspire hiinTo whatever great­ ness there was in him, (To be continued) about about Other teams silence strips water" foamy wonder He had for surrounding companions, for things to do and and life and he And he knew that -he Even if he had loved realized that he wasn’t marriage. He wasn’t fin- kids isn’t But Bullockhis For Better Results :ad a thick « chest and srh warmed Wvap'qRub The Improves Was' year and Presbytery in the near fu- IDA WISEMAN DIES Mrs, Mrs, He has been 18 months with the r.c.a.F.# and a crash which occurred of De- English HURON BOUNTY JUNIOR ASSOCIATION OF TORONTO PLANS BRIDGE - EUOHRE JAMES BOLAND SUCCUMBS IN MCGILLIVRAY TOWNSHIP Phone News Items to the Times- Advocate. Tips on happenings are always appreciated. Surviving are one sis- The I BROTHER OF EX.RTRR MAN HOME FROM OVERSEAS Sgt. Bob Newton, son pf Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Newton, of Strathroy, and a brother of Fred Newton, of Exeter, arrived home to spend Christmas and New Year’s with bis parents. "" ’ overseas following at night near Banbury, England, spent two months in hospital with internal injuries and since that time he has been resting up. He- was the only one of six in the plane to escape with his life when it crash­ ed and burned after falling 1,5»O0 feet. On the way home his ship was chased by a submarine, but escap­ ed by its speed. Sgt, Newton is to report back at Ottawa after January 2, and does not know yet where he will be sent, but states that as a re­ sult of the crash he has been per­ manently grounded. He has been receiving a warm welcome from host of friends in Strathroy. GREENWAY Christmas visitors here were: Miss Viola Curts, of London, with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curts, Mr, and Mrsx Ray Eagleson, of Hamilton, with Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ liam Eagleson. Sgt. Ross Griffith, of Halifax, at the home of Mr. William Hicks, Miss Lillian Ulens, of Windsor, and Miss Via Ulens, of London# with Mrs. W. T, Ulens and Dorman, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pollock and Morley with Mr. and Mrs. Ray­ mond Pollock and family, of Kerr- wood, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Brown, of Toronto, at the home of Mr. W. X Brown. Pte. Gordon Luther and Mr, and Mrs, Victor Lee, of London, with Mr. and Mrs, George Luther, Mr. Dawson Woqdburn with Mr. and Mrs. Chid Woodburn. Miss Evelyn Bullock, of Wood­ ham, with Mr, and Mrs. Ed. and family. Mr. Seibourne English, tyoit, with Mr, and Mrs, R, and Mrs, R, L. Sheppard. Mrs, 'Ed. Stewardson, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Ridley and Mrs. A, Rid­ ley, of Grand Bend, with Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Oliphant, of Burlington. Mr. Bruce Gardner, of London, with his mother, Mrs, J. Gardner, Mr, Hugh Horner, of Halifax, with Mr, and Mrs, Joseph Horner, Word was received here by re­ latives of the death of Mrs. John T, Appleton, in Rochester, N.Y. Burial took place in Rochester on Monday, December 21st, Mr. and Mrs, Appleton lived on the 19th concession of McGillivray prior to moving’1 to Rochester a number of years ago. A number from here attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Frank Tur­ ner which was held at Grand Bend on Sunday, We extend our sym­ pathy to the bereaved family relatives. At a recent meeting of the execu­ tive committee of the Huron Coun­ ty Junior Association of Toronto, Gerald Stewart wag elected presi-i dent for the coming year. Other officers elected ware, as follows: first vice-president, Mike Cook; second vice-president, Vera Elliott; secretary, Mary MacGregor; assis­ tant secretary, Margaret Cooper; treasurer, Bill Patrick; publicity committee, Grace Stirling, Kenneth C. Stanbury, Gordon Fowler, At the annual meeting of the As­ sociation, which took the form of a bowling party, the following com­ mittee was elected to manage the Association’s affairs for the 1943; Goderich — Grace Stirling, •Clare Parton (Doris Hill), Ken Hazlett (Norma Hill). Brussels—Mrs. Lloyd Grose (Mar­ garet Strachan), Wesley McCutch­ eon, Clinton—Mrs. Fred Elliott (V.era Dodds), T, G. N., (Mike) *6ook, Er­ nest W.- Hunter. Exeter — Mrs. William Patrick ((Dorothy Snell), Gordon Fowler, Kenneth C, Stanbury, Hensall — Margaret Cooper. Seaforth—Gerald Stewart, Wil­ liam Patrick. Wingham—.Mary MacGregor. Londesboro-Blyth—Bob Leiper. The Association is planning to hold bridge and euchre party on Mon- MRS. LEAH KIPFER" DIES IN LONDON HOSPITAL Mrs, Leah Kipfer, of Hay Town­ ship, grandmother to 57 and great­ grandmother to 49, died Thursday, DecemJ'^r 24th, in St. Joseph's Hos­ pital, London, following an illness of five months. She had been confined to the hospital for the past six weeks, residing with her. daughter, Mrs. Desjardine, near Grand Bend, previously. She -was in her 88th year. .Mrs. Kipfer formerly resided in Kitchener. She was a member of the Zurich Mennonite Church. Men­ no Kipfer, her husband, died 20 years ago. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Jacob Meyer, of Kitchener, Mrs. Thomas Kyle, of Hensall, Mrs. Desjardine, 'with whom she lived, Miss Edith Kipfer, of Zurich and Mrs. Jacob Gingerich, .also of Zur­ ich; seven sons, Jacob, Dashwood, John of Pidgeon, Mich.; Noah, of Rolf, Iowa; Ezra, of Hensall; Simon, of Fenton, Iowa; David, of Albia, Iowa; and Solomon, of Gilmore City, Iowa. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Chris Shrag, of Zurich, and Miss Nancy, of Stanley Town­ ship; and two brothers, Chris, of Hay Township and Jacob, of Oregon. .The body rested at the home of her- daughter, from where a private funeral was held Sunday at 1 p.m. Service was held in the Mennonite Church at Zurich at 2.15 p.m. In­ terment was in ’the Mennonite Ceme­ tery, Goshen Line, GRAND BEND Annual Meeting of W.M.S. The annual meeting of the W.M.S. of Grand Bend United Church was held, disclosing that this organiza­ tion had a most successful year, with encouraging reports On the year’s activities presented by the sec­ retaries of the various branches. It was also disclosed that this active organisation had met their alloca­ tion without any other method but freewill offering. The following officers elected will form the 1943 slate*. President, Mrs. Emery Des­ jardins; vice-presidents, Mrs. John­ ston and Mrs. Cleave; secretary, Mrs. 'Colin Love; assistant, Syr us Green; treasurer, Mrs. Turnbull; press secretary, Mrs. rus Green; literature secretary, E. Desjardine; Mission Band super­ intendent, Mrs. Willis Gill; Baby Mrs. Max Sy- Mrs, wish I hadn’t had Joan down here I Band superintendent, Mrs. Wellwood last month.i asked Duncan tn Gill. a day evening, January 11th ‘at Had­ don Hall, 310 Bloor St, W., Toronto. There will be a number of novelty prizes and lunch will be served. As this is the first event of the 1943 season, it is anticipated that a large number of ‘Huronites’ - and friends will attend. The committee is anxious to get in touch with new­ comers to the city,* and they are especially invited to contact their town .representative and arrange to attend this party. When Chest Colds Strike Give give the important job of relieving miseries to the improved Vicks treat­ ment that takes only 3 minutes and makes good old Vicks VapoRub give BETTER THAN EVER RESULTS! James Boland, of McGillivray Township, died Christmas Day in his 70th year, following an illness of more than two years. He formerly lived on the 14th concession of Mc­ Gillivray.; Surviving ate his wife, one daugh­ ter, Mrs. Harold Hagen, of Hatties- bury; 'three sons, Wilfred, of Mil- boake, Austin and Clement, both at home; two sisters, Mrs. 'Joseph Mc­ Carthy, of McGillivray, and Mrs. Arthur O’Neil, of Toronto; two bro­ thers, Edward, of Van Dyke, Mich., and John, of McGillivray. DIES Smith, of London, Victoria Hospital, 57 th year. She MISS M. SMITH Miss Margaret died suddenly in London, in her was born on the Parr Line near Hensall and resided in Hensail for some years. ■ter, Mrs. Bates, of London, funeral was held on Saturday, with burial in Hillsgreen Cemetery, near Hensall upon the arrival of the morning train from London. Rev. G. M. Grant, of St. Andrew’s Un­ ited Church, Kippen, conducted the graveside service. Mrs. William Con- sitt, of Hensall, is a sister-in-law. ACTS 2 WAYS AT ONCE to bring relief • . . penetrates to upper breathing passages With soothing me­ dicinal vapors . . , stimulates chest and backsurfaces like a warming poul­ tice ,.. and works for hours to ease coughs, relieve muscular soreness or tightness# and bring real comfort# j To get this improved treatment- just massage VapoRub for 3 minutes on back as well as _ _ . _ throat and chest# then spread a thick layer on <’ / cover with warmed cloth, Try it! REV. W. E. ALWORTH MAY GO TO ST. MARYS Rev, W. E. Aidworth, of Staffa United Church, who has been ap­ proached -concerning the St. Marys United Church pastorate which will be vacated in June, 1943, has sig- . nified to the chairman of the Perth. Presbytery his willingness to fill the position. Rev. W. A. Walden, who has been the minister in St. Marys for close to six years, is retiring next summer, having notified the congregation of intention a year ago. Mr. A'ldworth is a young married, man, a native of Hay Township. He graduated from Exeter High School and' went to. Saskatchewan, where, in addition to his work in the Home Mission, he studied at the University. He then spent five years in the ministry in Saskat­ chewan, and four years hr Staffa. The call will be considered by the Perth ture. MISS IN BLANSHARD TOWNSHIP Miss Ida Wiseman, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Wiseman, died suddenly at her residence in Blanshard Township on Saturday. She resided with her brother, Ro­ bert, and had. been an active worker in the W.M.S. of the United Church, Woodham. Besides her brother she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Lilly Gibb, of Lon­ don and (Eleanor) Mrs. William Rae, West Mitchell Road. The funeral took place from lot 15, concession 7, Blanshard, on Tues­ day, with service at 2 p.m., conduct­ ed by Rev. A. Laing. Interment was in Kirkton Union Cemetery. Are you getting your increased business in our town? For years our town has been the best business centre in Huron County. Actual sur­ veys have proven Exeter’s top rating. .. . ■ ■. iNow we have one of the largest airport of its type close at hand and many of the families of the R.C.A.F. personnel have moved in among us. This means a larger turnover for our businessmen. Our business rating is climbing sharply. Are you getting your share of the increasing trade? 4 To get new customers, Mr. Merchant, you must induce people to come to your store* Only A small fraction of your business walks in the front door uninvited* You have to make an effort to attract customers to your establishment* Yes, it’s true you have the finest merchandise in the land—BUT you won’t sell much of it if the public doesn’t know what you have in stock. That’s the purpose of advertising. WH3 . * . the Surest Mean of Reaching Your Customers