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“Secrets in Love”
by Phyllis Moore Gallagher
pess on n silver platter.
In that moment he was afraid pf
•himself, Pf what he might do to
Peg. His arms tightened around her.
He said, ciutehly, "Peg, I love you,
I need ypu. If I should ever forget
and wandex’ off, or eveix want to—
hold me, Peg.
Promise me that-
be happy without you."
"Hewitt, please—please don’t talk
like that. It frightens me.”
"AU right, Peg. But if I lose you,
through my own fault ox* any way
at all . «
Bon’t let me go,
*-foi’ I could never
CHAPTER .XV
The State Department, an im
mense granite structure epitomizing
in many ways an epoch in Amer
ican architecture, stood in the noon
sunshine, a confused impressionistic
picture of broken lines and planes,
of broquerie gone frantic.
Peg hurried up the steps of the
south facade, sent a runner to An
thony’s office. She waited for him
just outside the door of the ante
room of the offices of the Secretary
of State, Slip waited, clenched her
fists nervously in the patch-pockets
of hex’ coat, her cheeks pale and her
lieart pounding.
Around her tourists were milling,
heads thrown back to gaze at the
portraits of former Secretaries . . .
Jefferson, Madison,
Jennings Bryan,
•she stood there
one horrible in
that somewhere
gawking faces there was a threat,
personal danger.
She saw Anthony coming down
the granite stairs, his hand running
along the bronze baluster. He was
wearing a gray tweed suit, a light
blue shirt and a dark blue tie. He
looked very young and very hand
some and completely worried.
know, you would have told me." He
paused a moment. "I didn’t have
the right to ask you anything about
it, Peg,"
Peg Tells About Card
him all about the gold
the crazy thing she had
Clay, William
It seemed that
hours, feeling some
the crowd, feeling
behind those mild
be-
and
had
she
and
llillIlllIlillllinilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllhT:
They passed a great many people
sitting ipxx benches, sitting supinely
in the sun waiting for nothing to
happen. On one bench was a small,
wrinkled old lady bending ovex- a
worn purse, her mitten fingers
fumbling clumsily for something ixx
its depths, She looked up as Peg and
Anthony passed. Peg thought,
vaguely puzzled and disturbed!
"Why I've seexx her before, poor
old soul . and didn’t place hex’ at
all. Promptly forgot that she had
thought it.
At the corner of Naval Hospital,
Anthony flagged a cab and gave the
number of Peg’s office. "I’ll ride
along with yoix to the door," he said.
"Just playixxg cozy, darling. Though
I don’t for a
any danger,"
second think you’re in
Scolded
Steps in the Hall
Slxe Meets Axxtlioiiy
He said quickly: "Peg! What's
wrong? What is it, dear?”
"Anthony, I’m—I’nx in a jam. Can
I see you some time today? I know
I shouldn’t come here like this. But
—but it is important.”
Anthony sounded comfortingly
anxious and very dear. He said:
"Any time you say, of course. Have
you had luncheon?”
Peg had not had luncheon; she
hadn’t even known that it was near
luncheon time. When she told An
thony this, he said: "Wait a second.
I'll dash back to the office for a
moment. There are one or two let
ters I’ve got to get off by air mail.
Wait right over there by that door.
When I come back we’ll go across
the street.”
When they goF’tb’ the restaurant
and sat there at a small table,
bright with a green-checkered cloth,
Anthony wouldn’t let
she had eaten.
He said: "Plenty
ward. We’ll walk
coin Memorial and sit there in the
sunshine wth the rest of the unem
ployed. Maybe someone with a top
hat will come along and we can
heave a snowball at him.”
It was a cleai’ blue-skied day with
xio wind, with a good bit of warmth
melting the hard-frozen crust o f
the snow. Peg and Anthony walked
along past the Navy Building and
across the Mall to the great temple
with its Greek doric columns. They!
sat on a bench at the edge of the
reflecting pool.
Anthony was looking deep into
her troubled eyes. "You’re calm
now, Peg,” he said evenly. "What
were you going to tell me? Some
thing about—Hewitt?”
* Peg flushed suddenly. She didn’t
do. When I get an
I can no more stop
■can stop a dynamite
it has started. And
. . well, I just did it,
her hands together.
I—crazy? Am I being
and highly imagina-
1
her talk until
i
of time after-,
over to Lin-:
i
I
Peg told
chatelaine,
done, the card with the strange mes
sage on it. She said; "That’s what
was the mattex’ with me the night I
had hysterics, Anthony, I couldn’t
tell you then, I was too ashaxned
of what 1 had done, of having a few
cocktails too many." She *told him
the rest, slowly, very carefully. Hex’
belief in what happened, her visit
to the hospital.
As she talked she pulled a twig
from a little pine which stood
hind the bench they sat oxx
broke it into tiny needles. She
a handful of them now and
threw them away, nervously,
put hex’ fingers over her face. Wheix
she took them down she went on.
"It frightens me, Anthony. What
happened to Paul and the waltex’
might just as easily have happened
to me. May still happen. I don’t
know what made me do what I did,
but at the time it seemed a very
right thing to
idea like that
myself than I
explosion once
with a few cocktails, which I’nx not
accustomed to
that’s all.”
She wrung
"Anthony, am
melodramatic
tive in thinking what I do about
Nadeja Damara and those men? Or
do you believe they didn't have a
thing in the world to do with what
happened to Paul and that waiter?”
Anthony said, grimly; "I don't
know, Peg. Paul Stranyan has a
way of having unpleasant things
happen to him. Washington hus
bands resent backdoor romances.
Foui’ years ago a Washington hus
band resented it so fiercely that
Paul Stranyan found himself lying
in the grass in La Fayette Square
with a bullet wound through his
shoulder. It was meant fox’ his
heart. He was recalled instantly,
that affaii’ didn't reach the papers.
But it has been gossiped about over
teacups ever since. Something like
that might have happened last Fri
day.”
"But the waiter, too, Anthony?”
"That might have been a coinci
dence. And then again, you might
be completely right in your deduc
tions. I don’t know of course.”
Peg sat quietly looking at a squir
rel lugging a battered peanut over
the frozen ground and tears gather
ed quickly in her eyes, sparkled on
her long dark lashes.
"Anthony—I'm afraid.”
Promises
turned a little on
faced her squarely,
much as touch her,
spoke his voice broke.
the
He
but
Anthony
bench and
did not so
when he
"Peg don’t you know I’d never let
anything happexx to you? Don’t you
know how much I want to take care
know exactly why. But suddenly she’of you? ThatT’ve felt that way evei’
caught herself wondering why she j since I first saw you at the house on
had gone straight to Anthony today j Massachusetts Avenue? That I’d die
ixx her trouble instead of to Hewitt, j before I’d let anything happen to
She found herself wondering, too,
with that swiftness of thoughts,
what Anthony would be like as a
lover. Like the othei’ night on Buf
falo Bridge wheix he had kissed hex’
you? Look at me, Peg, and tell me
you know that."
Blinking through searing mists,
Peg met his grave eyes.
- moment she nodded.
—tender and gentle and yet pas-'simply, “j suppose
sionately possessive? Hewitt was the | if i hadn’t believed
only man she had ever really kissed.' have come straight to you.
Those innocent little pecks in a’
rumible seat oi’ behind a walled gar
den in Richmond or jn the shadows
of great elms at the University of
Virginia didn’t really count. Not
even Anthony’s kiss on the bridge.
Hex* flush burned deepei’ nt hex*
thoughts, and then she said quickly:
Anthony, did you read about Paul
Stranyan?”
He said:
call youi’ attention to it, but
lxow I couldn’t bring nxyself to
Aftex* all that was your coat
beside him. You had come
hysterical that night.
"I thought it wasn’t any of my
business what liad happened that
night. If you had wanted xne to
"Yes, I did. I meant to
some-
do it,
there
home
After a
"Yes,” she said,
I do, Anthony,
that I wouldn't
I—I
wouldn’t have thought of you first
as I did.”
“If you ever tell me that you want
to be taken care of in every sense
of the meaning—I’ll be there, Peg.
Always there. Waiting.” And then
he said quickly, "I think I ought to
have a look at that card of Nadeja
j Damara’s. That’s the first thing. I’ll
drop around at your office tonight
and pick you up there. In the mean
time, sit tight. Don’t Worry. Don’t
talk to any one about this, Not Aunt
Mehalie ox1 Duncan oi* 'Hewitt or
Joan. Remem.bei’ that, Peg. After
I see that card I’ll decide then just
what we should do.”
. They got up then and Walked
through the park toward the river,
was coming out of his
that afternoon when,
to the office. He said,
"Well, I hope you had a
Mr. Nelson
private suite
Peg got back
gruffly,
nice time, Peg. Some movie you
just had to see? Or weren’t you in
the mood for the office today. Listen
to nxe, Peg Patterson . .”
(Slxe was in for a scolding, she
knew. Yet she couldn’t explain just
what had kept her away from the
office for so long to-day. Noi’ was
she the slightest bit of good at lying.
So she said, interrupting him with
the rush of hex’ words: "I’m awfully
sorry, Mr. Nelson. It— it won’t hap
pen again. I promise you that."
"Now you listen to me, young
lady," Mr. Nelson began afresh. "I’nx
paying you $.20 a week to sit .behind
that desk and work! Not to idle at
home on the pretext of being ill
not to. galavant around the streets
in the middle of a working day with
the, most flimsy excuse for your
absence. I don’t know what has got
into you in the last two weeks. And
don’t think I’ve forgotten that wild
goose chase yoxx sent me on . . a
woman shooting a man in a garage.
If I live to a hundred, which,
fortunately, isn’t probable, I’ll nevei’
forget Mr. Gonzales’ face when I
told him.
He broke off abruptly for the door
had opened and a group of men
came into the office. 'Mr. Nelson
moved away from her desk, shook
hands. He beckoned to prim Miss
Chase, his secretary; he said, "Bring
me that Dickenson file, please,” and,
to Peg’s immense relief, ushered his
visitors into his office. Before he
closed the door he turned once and
scowled furiously at Peg. His blaz
ing eyes said "I’ll attend to you lat
er, Miss.” Then he was gone, slam
ming the door behind him.
Hewitt Gill heard Mr. Nelson
slam his door. He came out of his
own office, his dark eyes bright with
Excitement. He didn’t speak at
once. He stood there watching Peg
take off her coat and hat, not miss
ing the trembling of her hands
the pallox- of her cheeks. Some
the light went out of his eyes.
“Darling, what’s the matter?”
asked. "What’s got you so jittery?”
'Peg swung around. She smiled
a little. And she was surprised
that she didn’t tell Hewitt every
thing despite the warning Anthony
had given her. Very soon now there
wouldn’t be a secret between them
ever. She said, still smiling: Noth
ing, Hew. Why?”
"I thought there was,” said Hew
itt. “Are you sure evertliing’s all
right, Peg.”
"O.f course, darling.”
Then Hewitt said: "Did Mr. Nel
son tell you, Peg? About me? About
us?” He went around the desk then
and took Peg in his arms. Held hex'
close against him with the hard
firmness of his chin against her
hair.
Peg said: "Oh yes, 1-Iewitt. He did
tell me. This morning. I didn’t
see you .before I went out to lunch
and I g6t back late and Mr. Nelson
just gave me a neat little bawling
out so I-—I
little while,
happy about
He didn’t finish. Peg laid a hand
over his mouth and he kissed it,
kissed the cool soft inside of hex*
fingers, -pressing them hard against
his lips. And then his lips were on
her, with hungry ferver that made
everything else in the world seem
pf no importance , ,
A step sounded in the corridor,
just outside the office door. They
sprang apart and Peg, with a sud
den vivid rush of color to her cheeks
sank down in her chaix’ and became
very busy indeed with the papers
oxx hex’ desk, Hewitt raised his voice,
importantly. “An'd when you finish
that letter, Miss Paterson , .”
The steps went oxx past. Peg said,
"Whew!" and fanned her hot face
With limp fingers.
Hewitt grinned at her. "You’re
beautiful and completely irresistible
when you’re embarrassed, Peg. I
think I’ll spend the next six months
of our life together embarrassing
you."
Just before going back to his own
office h e told Peg that h e might
not be able to see her tonight. “I
may have to fly up to New York.
We’ve about agreed to float those
Eric Callman bonds, Peg. That is,
if old Eric can be made to see that
we have to make a fair profit. But
I’ll call you later, Peg, and let you
know."
He went into his office then
closed the doox’ and stood leaning
against it, lighted a cigarette. He
was thinking, "A man with any guts
at all caxx get everything ixx this
world he wants. With his own
hands. With his head." And he
went over again in his mind how
well he’d done without a single ad
vantage. The bleak, miserable years
that had been his childhood. The
small dirty house in Foggy .Bottom.
His mother with hair stringing over
her face and gnarled red hands. The
evil-smelling homes where he and
his childhood friends had gathered
to play ox* to plan, ways of outwitting
the cops on the beat. The cheap girls
he had knowxx ixx his teens and the
gradual realization that this wasn’t
what he meant fox* his life to be.
He had sold papers, worked after
noons in a drug store. He saved his
money and had seen it all go in
those last six months of his mother’s
illness.
and
and Mrs. Bowen were appointed to
help with the packing. Mrs. Earl
Russell gave the topic on "Whole
some Recreation,” and a prayer was
offered by Mrs. A. Frayne. The
Scripture was read by Mrs. Gerald
Skinner. After singing "Land of Our
Birth” Mrs. Woods read a letter
written by Mrs. Whiting about the
work done at the Bella Coola Hos
pital. A reading entitled "Don’t
Forget Your Oil Can” was given by
Mrs. H. Murray. The closing hymn
was "O Jesus, I have Promised."
Lunch was served by the committee
in charge.
(To be continued)
or
of
he
forgot it f o r* just that
Oh, Hewitt, I’m so
it. So proud of you."
Promises
a lot, Peg. A servant.
Hensail Council
vil-
Minutes of the
were read and
of A. W. Kers-
Rev. Weir ap-
motion
Fink,
delegate from the Pub-
Board and reported on
He requested that the
The regular meeting of the
lage council was held Monday eve
ning in the council chamber with all
members present,
previous xneeting
adopted on
lake and E.
peared as a
lie Library
the work,
grant be increased to three-quarters
of a mill. IF, W. Smallacombe and
James .Parkins moved that we give
the Library Board three-quarters
of a mill, same to be payable in
June and December. Miss C. Mit
chell appeared, complaining about
her assessment and taxes being too
high, also re insulin, etc. R. J.
Patterson, tax collector, reported on
tax arrears and as having received
$115.50 of the roll since last meet
ing. Reeve Shaddick reported a
request' from the Ration Board for
the use of the hall to issue ration
books the latter part of the month.
Same was granted with the sugges
tion that they use the council chaxn-
bei’ oix account of the heating. A
Do You Suffer
From Headaches?
. It is hard to struggle along with a head that aches
and pains all the time,
A hcadachejnccd not be an illness in itself, but it
may be a Warning symptom that there is intestinal
sluggishness within,
To help overcome the causo of headache it is
necessary to eliminate the wasto matter from the system. Burdock Blood
Bitters helps to removo the, cause of headaches by regulating the digestive
and biliary organs, neutralizing acidity* regulating the constipated bowels
and toning up the sluggish liver, and When this has been accomplished the
headaches should disappear,
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Tho T. Milburn Co., Tjimitccl, Toronto, Ont.
request from Fred Haters for per*
mission to cut down some trees at
the rear of his property was ordered
to be looked into by the street com*
mittee. The report of the municipal
auditors was received and consider
ed, also the- comments made by
the same. On motion of F. w.
Smallacombe and A. Kerslake the
auditors’ report was accepted as pre
sented and the clerk was author
ized to have sufficient copies print
ed. Janies Parkins and E. Fink
moved that $2000.00 extra fire in
surance be placed on the hall and
$2,000,00 on contents. Correspon
dence was read as follows: Bickte-
Seagrave Ltd,, Gutta-Percha
her Co., Gladys (Petty) Smith,
neth
teitlx,
fare,
surer,
Department of Agriculture, Depart
ment of Health, Department of La
bour’, Association of Rural Muni
cipalities, Good Roads Association
Municipalities, Good Roads Associa
tion, Municipal Association, Sick
Children’s Hospital. Same were
considered and filed,.
Bills and accounts were read as
follows and ordered paid on motion
of Councillors Parkins and Kers
lake: Association of Rural Munici
palities, membership, $5.00; Dept,
of Highways, license for fire truck,
$2.00; Thos, Kyle, salary, $70.00;
J. A. Patterson, freight, 50c; Hydro
Commission
$22.20
grave Ltd
School
$1,000.
salary,
Wilson
$56.10;
$6.90,
Dick,
$3.00,
hour,
total,
streets, $34.20
hour,
hour,
hour,
labour, rink, $5.25; F. Kennings,
labour, rink, $2.70; C. Schwalm, la
bour, rink, $2.88; W. Taylor, labour*
rink, $2.25. Total, $1,399.71.
Councillors Smallacombe
Kerslake moved that a forced
heating system be installed in
hall. Carried. Adjournment
moved by Councillors E. Fink
F. Smallacombe.
F Hicks, Monteith &
Department of Public
County Clerk, County
McColl-Frontenac Oil
Rub-
Ken-
Mon-
Wel-
Trea-
Co„
rink,hall, $13.15
total, $35.35; Bickle-Sea-
supplies, $6.48; Hensail
Board, current expenses,
.0 0; Monteith & Monteith,
$75.00; postage, $1.50;
Allen, snow plowing streets,
; Fred Daters, labour, streets,
rink,
labour
total, $6.60
streets,
$25.05
$1.35, total, $8,25; R.
, streets, $3.60,, rink,
A. McEwen, la-
$4.50, rink, $20.55,
I. Geiger, teaming,
; W. Hildebrand, la-
streets, $8.70 ;W. Dabus, la-
streets, $10.20; J, Pfaff, la-
rink, $41.70; T. Richardson,
rink, $5.25; F. Kennings,
and
air
the
was
and
MRS. MARIETTE BURROWS found out the
cause. A sick liver gave her dizzy spells,
sleepless nights—made her always tired and
constipated. Fruit-a-tives quickly made her
'*> strong and healthy again. Just try them,
Fruit-a-tives are Canada's Largest Selling
Liver Tablets.
A woman went to the barracks
to see her son, who had joined up
some time, and as his name was
Brown it was quite difficult to lo
cate him. The sergeant on guard said
to her: "There’s a man named
Brown in the Officers’ mess. I won
der if that’s him?" "Yes, that’s 'im
all right," she replied, "’e was al
ways in some mess or anothei’ when
he was at ’ome, so it’s ’im right
enough.”
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W. H. HUNKIN,
MITCHELL, DIES
A highly respected and well-
known resident of Mitchell, William
Henry (Harry) Hunkin, passed away
suddenly from a heart attack in Lon
don on Friday morning, in his 82nd
year. Born in Usborne township, on
July 3, 1861, he was the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Hunkin, and
spent the early part of his life in
that district. Fifty-seven years ago,
he married Elizabeth Jane Campbell
and about a year latei* they purchas
ed !Lot 13, Concession 8, Logan twp.
now occupied by Mr. and .Mrs. John
Drummond, where they farmed for
twenty years. They moved to Mit
chell and resided on Quebec street,
for several years and then moved to
Brandon where IMr. Hunkin was a
partner in a shoe store. He also
farmed foi’ a year at Tantallon, Sask.
In 1916, they moved back to Mit
chell,where Mr. Hunkin worked with
the late Janies Kane in carpenter
work. Mrs. Hunkin died in Mitchell
several years ago and for the past
foui’ years Mr, Hunkin had made
his home with his daughter, Mrs.
James A. Myers, in Mitchell. He was
a membei* of the Main Street United
church and held office on the board
of elders. He is survived by one son,
Lloyd Hunkin, South Porcupine,
Ont.J two daughters, IMrs. George
Jaoltson (Rhoda), Grand Coulee,
Sask., and Mrs. James Myers (Flor
ence), Mitchell; and one sister, Mrs.
Samuel Passmore, Exeter. The fun
eral service was conducted by Rev.
Harold C. Vernon,
United church at
Sunday afternoon,
made in Woodland
would make way for nearly
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that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up
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of Main Street
1:00 o’clock on
Interment was
cemetery.
It’ll mean
A really nice apartment somewhere.
Maybe in a hotel. A car for you,
too.” He talked a moment
the partnership would mean
both. But despite the fact
loved her-with a burning,
fied passion that had nothing to
do with the level thinking that he
once refused to let madness possess
him, he couldn’t help thinking now
that all this wasn’t really1 what he
had set for himself in life. Long
years ago he had laid out his life,
Hite a relief map, as it were, certain
that when he should arrive at any
particular peak of eminence the
right girl would bo beside him. AI the toll. The business was conducted
very right girl with wealth of her by the president, Mrs. B, Tuckey. An own, with prominent social contacts I appeal was made for clothing for the
that could bo served up to his bxtsi- Russian Relief, and Mrs. Sweitzer
of what
to them
that he
unsatis-Main Street Evening Auxiliary
The February meeting of the Main
Street Evening •Auxiliary was held
on Wednesday evening last, at the
homo of Mrs. Harold Sk,inner, with
Mrs. G. McKtiight presiding, The
meeting was opened by singing "Oh
Master, Let mo ‘Walk with Thee”
after which a prayer was given by
Mrs. McKnight. Mrs. R, Hopper, sec
retary, read the minutes and called buy War Savings Stamps
’hhd Certificates Regularly.X ft Rolfe
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