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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-12-05, Page 2THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5th, 1910 THE EXETER TIMES-AD VO CATE 51! STARTING THIS WEEK chapter I To the casual observer, the Put­ nam apartment was a sprawl of sunny and desirable rooms, fur­ nished with taste and elegance, breathing an atmosphere of valuable and well-bred distinction. It was plain to even the darkest eye that much care and pended on it. But a critical cover a trail of nificent antiques, a neglected droop to the heavy damask curtains, a film upon the long wide windows. The handsome rooms, some were down In andra Putnam sat enthroned at her Louis XVI desk discussing an im­ portant xnattei’ with her son, Lyle. She and ite Her "I see no alternative, to Lyle, “but marriage.” Lyle Putnam’s eyes flared sudden rebellion. “But I don’t the girl!” he protested. Alexandra remained unruffled. “Jill is a charming youngster.” she smiled serenely, “and right wife for you.” Lyle exploded into “How many times do say—” cost has been ex- glance might dis- dust on the mag­ like the hand­ people who lived in them, becoming ever so perceptibly at the heel. the sundrenched study, Alex- was a large woman, imposing majestic, with a hint of gran- behind her flawless features, voice was calm, cultured, 1 she cold. said with love exactly the open rage. I have to The Ultimatum His mother’s voice cut across the syllables with the deft sharpness of a surgeon’s scalpel. ‘‘If you tell me once more that you're not in love with her, I shall go quietly mad. Nobody is asking you to fall in love with her. All I say is—” “That I have to marry her.” Lylo finished the sentence with vicious emphasis. “Or else—” “Or else learn a trade. You’ve tried bond selling and insurance with an equal lack of success. Lyle. You haven’t made enough money in the last three years to pay your gasoline bills. Frankly, you have no business ability. Or perhaps—” her tone was edged with steely scorn—“perhaps you’re lazy.” “Can I help it,” the son grew petulant, “if times are hard and nobody has any money to buy?” Alexandra curled hei’ fine lip. “If you spent less time at cocktail parties and more on the job, you might find it easier ever, let that pass, your record to date thing but impressive, money. We need money ately, iLyle.” “Damn money!” he son a cigarette with an angry “Money isn’t everything!” Alexandra’s ^intelligent gray eyes appraised him accurately. “No, money isn’t everything. But un­ fortunately some people need more of it than others. It’s an undeni­ able social problem, but it exists, nevertheless. Now the mains—” Lyle tore the sentence “The fact remains that I’h the Morton money like—like gigolo.” “Few gigolos,” his mother swift to remind him, “enjoy expensive background and rating. .■sensible and face this thing, Lyle. We simply cannot go on the way ■we have been living. The rental of this place is simply fabulous. I’ve had to let the servants go, one by one. have have voice tunities are better than mine.” “What happened to all the money Dad left?” “That,” said his mother curtly, “has been going for the last ten years to provide good schools for you, club memberships, a suitable address, English tweeds and cus­ tom-made shoes—and —pin money. to sell. How- You’ll admit has been any- And we need desper- mashed finger fact re- in half, to marry any was your social Now you may as well be Our bills are appalling. We no reserve left. One of us will to marry for money—” her dropped— “and your oppor- means The principal symptom of bron­ chitis is a dry, harsh, hacking coxigli accompanied with a rapid wheezing and feeling Of tightness across tho chest. There is a rising of phlegm, espe­ cially in the morning. This phlegm is at first of a light color, but as the disease progresses becomes yel­ lowish. or greenish, and is sometimes streaked with blood. You will fihd in Dr. Wood’s Nor­ way Pine Syrup a remedy to stimu­ late tho weakened bronchial organs, subdue the inflammation, soothe the irritated parts, loosen the phlegm and mucus, and help nature to easily dislodge the morbid accumulation. The T. Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont, by ANNE MARY LAWLER Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll You’re an undeniable asset, Lyle, but a very expensive one. Now un­ less you eaxx discover some way of earning money, lots of money—and your talents (lon’t run in that dir­ ection, we’re—’’ Worse Thaw Penniless sup­“Penniless is the word, I pose?” He smiled obliquely. “Worse thau penniless, Lyle. We have debts—” He shrugged carelessly. “Every­ body has debts.” Alexandra’s mouth hardened. “Not like ours,” she said pointedly. “If you decide not to ask Jill Mor­ ton to marry you, then you’d bet­ ter find some way of earning a liv­ ing. Y’ou’d make a handsome chauffeur. Or perhaps even a danc­ ing instructor. I can’t think of anything else you do well. I can go East and live with Cousin Mar- ilia. We’ll have to sell the car, my pearls, the antiques—everything.” Lyle’s voice teetered between shock and amusement. “Now. Moth­ er, things can’t be as bad as all that.” She fingei’ home, two—and you never could— appreciate what all these mean. We’re—against the Lyle. We can’t longer.” Lyle lit a cigarette from the relic of its predecessor, avoided his moth­ er’s eye. “Suppose,” he said de­ liberately. “that I happen to oe in love "with another woman?” Alexandra looked at him intent­ ly fox* a moment. “In that case, she said, “I can only hope you’ve chos­ en one with good financial stand­ ing. Have you, Lyle?” Lyle created a uebula of careful smoke rings, ignored the anxiety ixx hex’ tone. “Suppose Jill Morton ■won’t have me? Suppose she isn’t in love with me?” he finally de­ manded. “It will be necessary,” Alexandra sharpened the words on her impa­ tience, “ to persuade Jill that she is in She’s love, cult what She watched her son intently. So handsome, so slim and dark and dis­ tinguished, and selfish, ly: He was too much, ness and strength, I’m impatient with him. ‘‘This isn’t easy, Son," she said, voice and glance softening. “I sup­ pose it’s my fault, I’ve managed things badly. I wanted you to have —so much. I deliberately closed my eyes when I knew we were get­ ting beyond our depth. I did it— fox’ your future. I’d hoped you’d fall in love with some one—suit­ able.” She sighed. “Is there any reason why it should be more diffi­ cult to fall in love with a wealthy girl than with a poor one?” Lyle Agrees Lyle dropped a relieved kiss on his mother’s beautiful white hair. “Weep no more, my lady,” he grin­ ned. “Our problem is solved. I and I alone will save you. I’ll get hex- in a corner one of these days and speak my pretty piece." “You’ll ask hex* Saturday night/' Alexandra remarked coolly. “At the Alan Carter Ashby’s party—in the little study on the first floor. They have a fire on the hearth, The room is small—and romantic. Hardly anyone knows it’s there. I’ve had my own engagement ring reset fox’ you.” She smiled. “I have also ordered a corsage of white vio­ lets for Saturday, vorite flower.” Mothex’ and soxi challengingly, the dark and sulky; the mothex’ agxn and strong and determined. "You were pretty sure of every­ thing, weren’t you?” he asked slow­ ly. “I know you bettex’ than yoxx alize,” They’re her fa- faced each other boy young and •S said Alexandra Putnam. re­ tapped a bulky folder with a obviously manicured at If you could add two and -you’d bills wall, go backward any love with you. She’s young, romantic. She’s in love with You ■shouldn’t find it diffi- to convince her that you’re she wants.” So unutterably weak She thought regretful- all I had. I loved him I reared him in weak- now when he needs Lyle’s Idea of Love can me, length of the the desk. “If offered tenta- with a startl- “Love isn’t something you turn off and on like an electric light” Lyle flared into unreason­ ing fury. “This is my life. I have the right to live it my own way!” His mothex’ looked, for one swift instant, old and defeated. “Yes, it’s your own life, Lyle and nobody can live it but you. I want you to do the thing that will- make you happiest. That’s the most impor­ tant thing in the world to whether you realize it or not.” ILyle prowled the room, back again, to she takes me—”he tively. Alexandra thought ed pang of remembrance: How like his father he is. Impatient and headstrong—and helpless. “If who takes you, Lyle? Jill— or the other girl?” “We were talking about Jill,” he said evasively. “If she takes me, I suppose that would mean an early wedding?” Alexandra nodded. He Whistled ruefully. “I was afraid of that. However, Jill's a nice girl. Pretty, too. And a good sport. We’d — get along.” His mothex* agreed. “Her father,” Lyle’s mind scam­ pered ahead to new and alluring vistas before him, “would probably give me a good job. Not much work but a fine salary.” Bitterly, “Rich men do that when their daughters marry poor but hones* youths.” Then a thought crossed his mind and he brightened. “He’d probably even, settle a nice figure on her.” “John Morton/’ Alexandra con­ ceded graciously, “would be more than fail’. And, besides, When Jill is 25 she inherits her mother’s mon­ ey. Not an enormous sum, but— enough.” Father and Daughter Morton home was less beau- appointed than the apart- shared by Alexandra and order that pervaded every T h e mahogany shone no patina of dust. The were invisible barriers, with symmetrical “I 'hope,” he said sev- “that you'll be home early change, young woman.” kissed her father irreverent- his bald spot. “It’s Saturday “Besides, I’m I’m twenty.” The tiflilly ment Lyle Putnam. The difference lay ixx the atmosphere of care and me­ ticulous room, through windows Draperies lxung pride. Fom the depths of a heavy leath­ er chaix1 John Morton surveyed his only child, erely, for a Jill ly on night,” she chided, not a baby any more. “Not old enough to vote,” he re­ minded. Hei’ sxnile was teasing. “But old enough to get married.” “Any prospects?” The question was casual, but John’s heart pump­ ed worriedly. “Dozens,” she boasted. “But don’t you fret. I won’t desert you. I’ll be an old xnaid, a prop and stay to your declining years.” He said wryly: “I’m not ready to decline yet. Going to Ashby’s par­ ty tonight?” Beneath the swirl of copper curls hex’ eyes burned unusually blue. “Naturally,” she said. “I’m going with Lyle Putnam.” Her smile was careless, but hex’ glance was wary. “Handsome boy, hex’ father con­ ceded grudgingly and watched the color sweep her cheek and throat. “Nice boy,” said Jill with quick defiance. “All the girls are simply mad about him.” “Are you?” Jill Admits It alive/’ would to do.” twenty admir- “Maybe.” Her eyes met his, em­ barrassed him with their ardent admission. “Jill—” he began, then stopped. What could a father say to a beau­ tiful and reckless and spoiled crea­ ture, tipsy with the heady wine of youth. “If only Louise were he thought wistfully, “she know what to say and what But ILouise was gone these years. He watched his daughter ing herself proudly in the tall wall mirror. She viewed herself care­ fully from a dozen angles, fussed with ‘her copper halo of curls, fluff­ ed the long froth of daffodil-yellow skirt. “I must say that old man Morton has a killer-diller daughter,” she punctuated her boast with an im­ pertinent grimace. “Good night, darling.” A second red heart was printed on his bald spot. “Now don’t wait up for me,” she ordered. A whiff of valuable scent, a rustle of skirt, the tap of high, determin­ ed heels on the parquet floor, the tinkle of bracelets—and John was alone. He heard her voice in the hall be­ low, young, eager, ardent. He vis­ ualized her smile, bright and tell­ tale and vulnerable, wasted— wast­ ed—. He took a typewritten report from his pocket, scanned for the hundredth time. Alexandra Put­ nam’s statement of her finances was not more detailed than this. “Paupers,” John Morton growled, “If I thought for one minute that he was after hex' money, I’d—I’d—” She was beautiful and gallant and debonair. She was Morton had. The best in was not good enough for she loved Lyle Putnam. The Proposal At midnight, Jill left and gayety of the Ashby party back in the ballroom and turned down the quiet, dimly lighted hall. Het fingers on the heavy knob trembled all John the world her. And the noise stood a mo- the semidark­ sound beside laugh. And slightly. “In fifteen minutes,” ho had breathed against her hair, “I have something—important — to tell you.” Something important—n” She closed the door quietly be­ hind her. The room was unlit and only a singing fire on the hearth painted light and shadows on the paneled walls, She ment, uncertainly, ixx ness. There was a her, Lyle’s delighted then she was iu his arms. “You’re late,” he reproved. “I couldn’t get away.” Jill drew away from him. “Henry Farrar—” “Henry Farrar,” he stated ‘de­ cisively, “should have been drown­ ed at birth. Oh, Jill—I—” He pressed his face against the coro­ net of coppei’ curls. Jill laughed, a timid, unsure, half-frightened sound. “You’re— crushing my flowers, Lyle.” ■He held her at arm’s length, smiled slowly, tenderly. “Do you mind?” “Not very much,” she looked in­ tently into his face, then lifted her lips to meet his kiss. He was thinking; little thing. I do not like Valerie, of the same thing at sweet, take. She won’t Declaration She’s a sweet like her. She’s course. It’s not all. But Jill’s be too hard to of Love Jill was thinking, in . time rapturous rhythm of her And to the heart: I suppose I’ve always known it would be like this. A quiet room, a fire on., the hearth, shadows on the wall, music ixx the distance— and Lyle. I suppose I was born knowing this would happen to me. “I — love you, Jill.” “And I love you, Lyle.” Thus so simply, so completely the pattern of dreams matched the pattern of reality. “Will you—marry me, darling?” Now, he thought, it’s done. And it was easy. So easy. She smiled hap­ pily, and Lyle winced at the devo­ tion in her eyes. “Will you marry xne, Jill?” “Of course,” said Jill serenely. He drew her down to field before the fire, cheek against his own. “Whenever you say, The suddenness of struck hex’ like a blow. “We’d have to tell Jill explained, seriously, “and you’re mother. I into a big fixings—” “All the twisted the “but if yoxx “All I want is you,” said Jill. “I’m not.” lie heard himself sav­ ing slowly, “‘half good enough for you.” And was amazed to discover that he meant it. Jill linked hex’ fingers in his, laughed gently. “Let me be the judge of that. We’ll be happy to­ gether. We were made—for each other. That’s a silly thing to say. isn’t it? I suppose all people ixx love feel that way, but—funny—it’s as though I were the first persoxi in the world ever. to say it—and the first to hear.” “I haven’t a thing to offer Jill,” he said, honestly. ‘‘I've enough for a dozen.” stopped his protest with a deter­ mined hand. who want you? other the chester- cradled her “Soon?” Lyle.” his answer “Tonight?” Dad first,” suppose they’ll talk us wedding, with all the pagan trappings.” Lvle phrase with impatience, want them—” you you. Jill “If you were the one had the money, silly, you’d to share it with me, wouldn’t Why shouldn’t It wovk the way round?” The Money Question thought bitterly, ‘‘If I wereHe the one who had the money—-if 1 were the one who had the money, Jill, I wouldn’t want to share ii with you. That’s where you’re wrong and mistaken. I’d ask VaJ- erie Brooke to marry me. But J don’t have any money, Jill, and Valerie Brooke wouldn’t marry a poor man. That’s why I’m trying to do the best I can with my life.” But he said, “A man doesn’t want to be dependent on a woman.” Jill’s eyes were serious in the dancing light of the fire. “You’ll never be dependent on me, Lyle. Everything I have is yours, as I’m of age, I’ll sign it you. Then—” a burst of “I’ll have to come and ask carfare and lunch money.” “Why couldn’t I have fallen in love with Jill instead of Valerie?” ■Lyle asked himself bitterly. “Val­ erie’s not half the woman Jill is. Valerie is froth and strong heady sun and wind I’ll make her himself; least.” Jill fingers', cover you were in love with me?” she asked. “Or were you like me —did you know it all the time?” “But I’m not in love with you/’ he wanted, ironically, to tell her. “I’m too fond of you to be in love with you, if that makes any sense.” The Engagement Ring But Lyle merely smiled, drew her closer into his arms. “I’m not very good at ancient history,” he ad­ mitted. “Now about a ring and all that business,” he fumbled awlG wardly in his pocket and drew out a small velvet box. “I wish I could tell you it’s hew, that it cost a mint, that it's the Kohinoor’S twin bro­ As soon over to*, mirth— you for “I’ll flame and Jill—Jill is fresh water, he promised i.t wine. and cool happy,” do that much, teased his ear with tender "When did you first dis- Monday is washing day in Britain, and it takes more than a German bomb to interfere with the cleanliness of a London East end home. 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Roulston, L.D.S.,D.D.S. DENTIST Office: Carling mock EXETER, ONT. dosed Wednesday Afternoon* ther. It isn’t. I couldn’t buy you the sxnallest chip of a stone oxx my income.” He slipped a magnifi­ cent solitaire on her finger. —didn’t earn this, Jill. It— mother’s engagement ring, wanted you to have it. And tlxe Putnam pearls, too. That’s about —all we have left.” he confessed. Jill stared at the stone, blurred and vague through lxer tears. “That — was sweet of her,” she said gravely “Shall we tell her now?” Lyle might easily have said’, “Tell her? She knows already. SLp planned it all—ring, setting, vio­ lets, everything—” He merely tucked her arxn close­ ly ixx his and said, “Yes, she’d — like to know.” , Jill turned to face him at the door. I love you so much.” she said intensely, “that I’m afraid. Afraid I’ll wake up and find this is all a dream,. I wish I weren’t so much in love with you. —safer1” Jill Breaks Next morning’s foamed into Jill’s bedroom, etching hone.y-hued shadows on the wall, weaving new golden patterns on the soft Chinese rug. All "the olri familiar verities surrounded her— the same soft rose hangings, the same sleek modern appointments—• so old. so familiar, yet today new and fresh a n d bewilderingly strange. Jill lay quietly ixi bed. slipping back to wakefulness gently and eas­ ily. It was no dream, after all. The brilliant diamond on hex’ fin­ ger gleamed reassuringly. Lyle loved her. They were to be xnar- ried. The whole world spun or. that theme. The little square clock on the night table revealed the hour—8. Usually Jill did not join her fathex’ and Aunt Lucy fox- breakfast, but this morning—this morning was different. She hurriedly showered, brushed hex’ hair, slipped into a quilted robe. John Morton and Aunt Lucy glanced up in surprise as she swish­ ed into the dining-room. “Do you think," Lucy addressed hex- brothei’ with a troubled frown, “that she suffers from insomnia? Should we call Dr. Huston?” Jill distributed kisses and swept gx’audly to her chair. “No insomnia. I came to break­ fast,” she announced, “because I had some news for both of yo'u.” John Morton bent over his melon, said nothing eloquently. Aunt ■Lucy’s eyebrow arched with quiet curiosity. “You don’t seem interested, eith­ er one of you,” Jill wrinkled her engaging nose. “And it’s very im- uortant news. It will shock you right out of your chairs.” Johxx Morton carefully placed his spoon on daughter, he said. All the had planned deserted her. merely flushed darkly, held out her hand. The diamond winked bright defiance. “The Putnam boy?” Boards of Directors had wilted before the orton frown, but Jill simply smiled. 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