The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1943-02-25, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25th, 1943
Secrets in Love”
by Phyllis Moore Gallagher
. QUESTION
During the next minute (Peg had
more emotions than she bad ever
before entertained in a like period.
She felt anger, disappointment, mis
ery and disgust, and in the midst of
all that a kind of nagging fear that
she didn’t know Hewitt Gill at all.
Which she began to winder, of
all his many personalities was the
real he? Maybe, after she and
Hewitt were married, he’d turn into
some
ent.
was
that
her duty to catalogue
men important to him. That in all
the many friends they would make
single real
They would
to agree
llllR
litle
j Plunk of his felt hat on the hall
tall
soft
one utterly strange and differ-
But more than
shocked because
as ‘Hewitt’s wife
anything she
she realized
it would
the wives of
be
there wouldn’t be a
friend among them,
just be people to flatter,
with, tO‘ use for the most that could
be got out of them. !
Peg swallowed, miserably. Friend
ship to her had always been a beau
tiful thing . . it was like the light
of phosphorus, seen plainest when
all around was dark. All her life her
father had taught her to value her
friends—to be a friend. She thought
"I could never do it. I couldn’t delib-
out
his
do.
was, she thought bitterly, precisely the hall. She heard the
what Hewitt deserved.
She laughed U crazy wild sort of -table, the movements of
laugh and then suddenly she wasn't
laughing at’ all. She was crying. She
was discovering slowly and miserab
ly that it was possible to fall ill love
with a man, to lose respect for him ( started toward them,
and yet not cease to love him.
Peg never knew just how long she j was saying,
sat there at Hewitt’s white desk.I Pete’s sake, what are you and Aunt
She had gone through the various Mehalie doing? Holding a seance?
mental stages of returning Hewitt’s i Well, bring on your ouija board and ring, of breaking the engagement*
with cruel bitter words.
She had felt that something beau
tiful had turned into a hideous
mockery and had promptly amended
that thought with the 'belief that
she had :a clear -and a deeper under
standing of Hewitt now. She de
cided finally, as perhaps women
liaye decided since the world began,
that she would make him over. She
would teach him the value of friend
ship, of sincerity, of character
was not measured by material
cess.
Ills
coat.
"Hey!
next instant
living room
He still
not seen that ominous shadow,
half laughing: !
body shedding her
Anthony yelled,
‘home!” and in the
1 them in the. dark
-anybody
. saw
and
had
He
"For
I’ll ,
He never finished. Peg shrieked;
"Anthony—watch out!”
Anthony wheeled instantly. In a
split second he saw the shadow.
He came slowly into the room; his
hands went up even more slowly us
the man said: “Hands up!
move, I mean business.”
Battle for Card
(Don’t
that
suc-
with
emo
went
the
ANOTHER DISASTER
" Peg walked home that night
a draging weariness. She was
tionally drained out. Wfhen she
up the porch steps -and in through
the wide fanned door, she was so
near ’exhaustion she just stood there
in the hall, nothing registering on
her. She was vaguely aware that
the house was just the same and yet
not the same at all. There was no
scent of cooking, no quaint little
humming as Aunt .Mehalie scuttled
j around the kitchen, no rattle of
erately catalogue people and set
to meet some. one, to charm
brokerage account to Hewitt if I
I couldn’t. J couldn't.”
And for tne first time in all
months she had known Hewitt, she
began to remember things that had
been said about him at the office.
The girls in the office saying:
"Hewitt Gill’s a lickspittle. He picks
his friends by their rating in Brad- dishes. There was a queer sepulchral
street and by their addresses. He's stillness about everything,
reached the point where he doesn’t
know any one in Washington who owy living room,
can’t do him some good, one way or: ness she could see the form of Aunt
another. And as for his former | Mehalie sitting absurdly erect in one
friend’s he’s used them all he can
and now he’s kicked them out. . . ”
Peg was biting her lip as she
started to put Otto Nelson’s card
back in the file. All at once she
became conscious that there was
something written on the reverse
side. She looked at it through eyes
that- were beginning *td mist. She
saw hei’ own name. She saw: "Peg
Patterson, goddaughter. Richmond
girl. -Father and mother killed in
auto accident. Nelson deeply de
voted to her and has remarked on
several 'occasions he intends to leave
her his entire estate which may not)
be so. Gould be used in obtaining,
partnership with her influence. Be(
careful never to be seen with her or
let ’Mr.
may be
in the
history.
Cave-dweller stock. ...
There was much more. Peg read it
all and then slammed the card down |
I
Peg peered wearily into the sliad-
In the semidark
of her little Empire chairs. She
didn’t look around when Peg said,
"Aunt Mehalie—what on earth!”
And then with a little scream,
started toward her at a run.
CHAPTER XIX.
Peg
saw
him.
Nelson suspect that motives
serious. Avoid repercussions
office later. Likes bridge,
Lives with a maiden aunt,
on the table. So this was the way
she had appeared to Hewitt that first
day in Mr. Nelson’s office when their
eyes had met across the old gentle
man’s desk. Not as a girl who was
flushing furiously beneath the in
tensity of his dark gaze, already a
victim of his charm . . but as some
one to be carefully catalogued, some
one to be filed away for further use.
She hadn’t the slightest doubt in
that moment that Hewitt Gill was
marrying her because of t h e part
nership. She thought miserably:
"He didn’t think I’d ever see this
card. He probably thought he had
destroyed it by now or else he had
to have that Josiah Bates card so
bad he just chanced this risk."
In the next moment Peg
the man. She didn’t really see
She saw a shadow, silent as
shadow, emerged from the bay-win
dow. Saw the shape of a’tall, pow
erful body (melting in the darkness.
Saw nothing really of him but the
cold steel automatic that gleamed
in a black gloved hand.
; ] The shadow loomed closer, the
p j wooden floor creaked with the
1 stealthy footsteps. . The dreaded
I voice spoke, biting .off separate
words.
“I want that card which you took
out of (Madame Damara’s bag, Miss
Patterson. I’ve searched this house
many times in the last month. It
! isn’t here, I know you have it.”
- Ice ran through .Peg’s veins. Her
voice came through hei’ lips, strange
and weak, "I—I don’t have it. I—I
put it in the wigstand ages ago. It
—disappeared. I don’t know where
it is.”
"Give it to me!” the man rasped.
He was so close now that Peg could
see a long scar that ran beneath
.eye. But she really' couldn’t see
!face.
i i
I
one
his
HER MESSAGE
Facing Intruder
man said: "You
go't it and I mean
He paused a moment
was deathly still.
hear Aunt
it.
I
Her hand was trembling when she-
reached for the telephone and asked
for the telephone office. She dic
tated Hewitt’s address very care
fully. She quoted all the essentials
on Joseph Bates’ card,
came to his likes and
"many prejudices, She deliberately]
changed and reversed
risque jokes, the New
should see Europe 'before
Likes to talk, about his
OldMaid,.
pitching.
Dislikes golf.
But when it
dislikes, his
Americans
America.
Monopoly,
horseshoe
drinker,
fishing, bridge,
"And that,” said Peg to herself
"is that. When Hewitt starts to
work on old Bates, lie’ll think an
other cyclone lias hit Florida!” It
took
to have
; and the
So still
Mehalie’s
some one
Then he
The
You’ve
it.”
room
(Peg could
I breath like the gasp of
who has run very fast.
said: "I won’t hesitate at anything
to get that card, Miss Patterson.
I think you should understand that.”
Suddenly Peg began to tremble.
Anthony’s quick step was on the
flagstone walk now, his gay, care
less whistle which he always assum
ed when coming to the house, was
splitting the night air. The manthem; loves | splitting the night air. TLW -----
Deal, thinks | seemed to hear what Peg was hear
ing. He looked away an instant with
cautious air, like an animal scenting
danger. Then he turned back to Peg,
leveled the gun at herz-and flashed
Aunt Mehalie a look' that rooted
them both in blanched and silent
horror.
Peg heard Anthony knock on the
door and then without waiting for
any one to admit him, come into
tennis and
Two - fisted
salt water
Itching, Burning, Stinging
Eczema or Salt Rheum
Eczema* or salt rheum as it is commonly called,
is one of the most painful of all skin troubles.The intense burning, itching and smarting, espe
cially at bight, or when the affected part is exposed to
heat, or the hands placed in hot water are most nn-
bearable, and relief is gladly Welcomed.
j The relief offered by Burdock Blodd Bitters is based on the knowledge
that such ailiberits as eczema, and other skin troubles, are caused by an
impure^ blood condition.
Bring; about inner cleanliness by Using B. B. B. to holp cleanse the
blood of its impurities. «
Ask at any drug counter for B. B. B. Prico $1.00 a bottle.
Tlid Milburn Co., lAmitod, Toronto, Ont.
him
and
like
“I suppose,” said Anthony with
a perfectly controlled voice, "that
you came for that card?” He didn’t
wait for an answer, He went on
evenly: "If you will permit me to
lower my hands long enough to get
it , The man nodded and Anthony
reached in his pocket, drew out a
little leather case and profered it.
When the man reached for it An
thony struck out with one power
ful blow that caught him on the chin
and sent him reeling back against
the wall. His head hit the sharp edge
of the wainscoting with,.a sickening
thud and he groaned like a wounded
animal.
Then Anthony jumped on
as a panther lights on a deer
they fell to the floor, fighting
savages, each close upon the other’s
throat, wrestling with each other for
possession of the gun. They rolled
heavily onto the hall floor, two pow
erful big men, equally matched.
A ‘belch of smoke came up from
between their writhing bodies and
the air filled with an acrid odor. The
gun had been discharged—silently.
Anthony, holding it, slipped in a pool
of blood and sprawled across the
floor. Unarmed, panic seized the
other man like a stinging whip. He
stumbled toward the door, clutching
his shoulder, groaned with pain.
And, like a rat escaping from a trap
that had crushed part of him, he
staggered out the 'front door and
down the street.
Peg saw none of this. When
Anthony had struck the man she had
stood there too rooted in horror to
move. She had begun to fall, silent
ly, her knees sagging beneath her.
For the first time in her life she had
fainted.
When she opened her eyes she
found Anthony hovering over her,
his hand feeling her heartbeat
through her dress. Aunt Mehalie
was standing there, too, white
faced and shaken. Anthony cried:
"Peg, speak to me. . . .”
brilliance of his charm, dazzled by
the bright tight a first shallow
expptiou that had blinded her be
cause it was the first—-and the
love of <a woman for the only man
in the world who would ever matter.
Something lay very still and lovely
in peg’s heart- “I love Anthony
Covington,” she thought. "I have
never really loved any one else."
She touched his lean
her trembling fingers,
right, Anthony?”
lie said;
frightened me
else,”
"You were
Anthony. And
said just what you did, I don’t know
what might have happened.”
"I don’t know why I thought
bird was after the card. I was
it had been taken a month ago.
when I saw him here and remem
bered what Joan had told me about
the house being broken into so
often, I was sure what he wanted,
"Peg, you're mixed up in some
thing pretty sinister, We’ve got to
try to find out what it is, If we
just had some clue, something more
than a suspicion, something tangible
to turn over to the Intelligence
Service—or the police.”
• He paused a moment and smoked
thoughtfully; “Do you know what I
think this is all about? I think you
got hold of something accidentally,
almost fantastically . . something of
terrifying importance. Something
that that gang has got to have. And
until they do get it .
He got up from the sofa then and
walked over to the mantel. When he
swung 'around and faced Peg he
said: "If we only knew something.
Even where Nadeja Damara is. I
don’t know why I was such a damned
fool I should have followed that
bird.”
"And you would have if I hadn’t
been stretched out on my face. You
thought I had been shot, didn’t you
Anthony?”
Anthony said, grimly,
guess I did.” And then he said,
queenly shaken voice, "Peg—I
scared stiff.”
Aunt Mehalie came rushing
the room then with smelling salts.
She said, excitedly, “Well, I’m glad
to see you’re all right, Peg. And
thank heavens it was you who came
in Anthony, instead of Joan. Thank
heavens something kept her away
tonight. She would have been sure
to have done something reckless and
impulsive and gotten herself hurt.”
cheek with
Are you all
HEYISAR^
WHERE’S
YOUR
MINARD’S
SOLDIERS
RUB OUT TIRED ACHES
Perfect,
ip pre
brave
•clever.
Peg. You
than anything
and splendid,
if you hadn’t
that
sure
But
i
a
"Yes,
in
was
into
(To be-'continued)
guard about the tactics employed by
astute enemy agents who engage a
man in seemingly casual conversat
ion and lead him into divulging any
thing of value he knows. They are
told that one apparently unimport
ant bit of information, might be the
piece the agent needed to complete
a jig-saw pattern pf information and
enable him to send a complete report
to Berlin of Tokyo or Rome.
Ignorance accounts for the spread
of further military knowledge which
should not be divulged. Some people
fail to realize that because a piece
of information seems worthless to
them it is not necessarily worthless
to the Axis agent, trying to fit to
gether his jig-saw puzzle,
The Army describes these agents
as men who are "not all parading
about in our military establishments,
preparing to waylay a
steal the plans of a
move. They are quiet,
investigators who go
their eyes and ears, and picking up
a little item here and another there
by encouraging people to say more
than they should.” „
The Army is training its men to
make a spy’s job a mighty tough one.
back, a .distauce of about 1$. miles.
Although only 'a couple the 4'0
men had been on the long runners
‘before they managed the trip with
a few spills but plenty -of thrills,
Canadian soldiers are used to
carrying oh their regular routine
work during sub-zero temperatures
and the men now being trained
should make excellent ski troops if
the time comes when they will be
battling in northern climates.
The district surrounding Camp
Ipperwash is especially adapted to
the training of .ski troops. The land
is rolling and there is, the odd large
hill that allows more expert man
oeuvres, Bush trails teach the men
to be on guard and ready to execute
turns quickly and accurately.
The outfits worn by the men are
the regular white .hood and caps
that have been found so effective in
winter fighting,
the wearer so
the landscape.
The men are
to ski but also
their equipment. The importance of
having them in good shape at all
times and ready to use at a mo
ment’s notice is stressed.
Enthusiasm for the sport is
spreading througout the camp,
stimulated greatly by the fact that I
skis are available for the asking, f from the effects of his injuries.
There are many pairs of the best The truck was loaded at the time
quality here and the. .men are at|’of the accident with poultry feed,
liberty to test their skill anytime j which it is alleged was a total loss
they wish. j Bills and accounts are listed at
$1,322.91 and loss of business and
depreciation of ti
General damages
asked.
The corporation
of defence, denies
tion, lack of repairs or inspection of
the bridge, and maintains that the
action was due to plaintiff’s own
negligence, maintaining that David
son drove his heavily loaded truck
on to the bridge at a high rate of
speed off
highway,
ports of
broken,
lapse.
McConnell and Hays, Seaforth,
are acting for the plaintiff; Camp
bell Grant, Walkerton, for the de
fendants.
They camouflage
that he blends into
taught not only how
how to take care of
T
MRS. F. WILLIAMSON feels like a girl
again. A sick liver made her always tired,
nervous and irregular. Fruit-a-tives brought
relief promptly. Buck up your liver with
Fruit-a-tiyes, Canada’s Largest Selling Liver
Tablets,
tion or lack of proper repair or
both; and also improper inspection
is alleged. «
Davidson is said to have suffer
ed a fractured vertebra and ankile
and other injuries. He claims he
was totally incapacitated for four
teen weeks and is still suffering
general and
forthcoming-
hardworking
about using
■New zest has been added to the in
fantry training at Camp Ipperwash
now that there is plenty of snow for
skiing, and the men are learning
that this exciting winter sport can
also, be used to advantage in the grim
game of war.
Among the first to have organized
instruction in this mode of travel are
the men of No. 3 Company in charge
of (Major L. G. B. Lavoie. This group
of 40 soldiers who have completed
their advanced training are being
taught the rudiments of skiing by
Lieut. D. M. C. Shaw and Sgt. C.
Gowan and they are taking to it like
ducks to water.
The first organized run at Camp
Ipperwash was to Port Franks and
This addition to the training pro
gram is another instance of the in
tention to make Canadian soldiers
as versatile and well-trained as any
in the world.
NO CRIMINAL CASES
IN HURON COURT
the Spring Assizes of the Sup-
Court which opened in God-
on Monday before Mr. Justice
Makins there is only one non
action set down for hearing.
At
reme
erich
J. C.
jury
There are no criminal cases.
‘Charles R. Davidson, Brussels
trucker, is suing the corporation of
the County of Huron for $13,547,91
damages allegedly received when a
county bridge, which spans a creek
on the county road just south of
Ethel, collapsed on May 29, 1942.
The driver and his truck were
thrown into the stream.
The plaintiff alleges that the col
lapse of the bridge and the result
ing injuries and 'damages were
caused solely my faulty construe-
in its statement
faulty construc-
the traveled portion of the
and into the lateral sup-
•the bridge, which* were-
causing the bridge to col-
Capper’s Weekly: Private Mose
Washington—"Yas-suh ah 'done got
put in de guardhouse ’count o’ my
furlong.” Corporal Kinky Brown—
"You mean furlough, not furlong.”
Mose—."No, ah means zackly whut
ah says—furlong. Ah went too fur
an’ stayed too long.”
IN HIS ARMS
She felt his arms tighten around
her; felt him picking her up and
carrying her to the old sofa. She
yielded to his strength. Hewitt was
forgotten in that moment. Aunt
Mehalie, who had scuttled off for
smelling salts, was forgotten.
Even the man who had broken in
to the .house was forgotten. She
seemed to be floating with Anthony
on a broad- and shining sea. There
was nothing in the world but this
man’s arms holding her, this man’s
courage enfolding her like a pro
tecting cloak. And she realized
vaguely that this was the second
time Anthony’s arms had had the
power to make her forget every
thing in the world but just the two
of them.
Suddenly Peg was looking at An
thony Covingtoh Us if she had never
seen him before in all her life. She
saw him with utter detachment—
a motherless little boy who had
ached for warin, .loving arms, a soft
bosom to take his small childish
troubles to, a little bOy who had al
ways been lonely. And she saw an
other small, shadowy figure beside
him, a replied of him ... a Small
sturdy boy with blue eyes and sandy
hair and a gently curving mouth
that could never say harsh. Cruel
things-—a small boy who would have
all the love in the world. Her sori
Anthony’s Son. And in that moment
everthing came clear to her. She
wondered why she had not seen it
before. Why she couldn’t have been
given just one gram of insight into
her own heart, . . befofO it was too
late.
Real Love Conics
THE tPrC«
. “A BANK WHERE SMALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOME4
From Directorate of
Public Relations Army
a training offier said
a typical lecture on security,
ene-
and
you
Modern, Experienced Banking Service the Outcome of 125 Yeats’ Successful Operation
Enemy agents aren't going to
learn anything of value from a Can
adian soldier if he obeys security in
structions which are given to new
recruits in training camp lectures—
and there are penalties for men who
disobey.
“Anyone, anywhere, might be an
enemy agent,”
in
"Don’t give information to the
my. Keep him guessing, always,
shorten the war. if by silence
should bring the war to an end just
one day sooner, surely your .silence
would still be worth while.
"The enemy wants to know about
troop movements, morale, what
weapons you’re using, how you are
training. Tell him none of these
things through correspondence or
conversation.”
The army has four main causes of
indiscretion; conceit, faith, enthus
iasm and ignorance, and the purpose
of the lectures is to make the sol
diers so instinctively security-mind
ed they will instinctively remain
mum on military matters under all
circumstances.
Conceit is listed as the most com-,
mon cause for information leakages.
It’s human nature to ’boast 'and often
there’s a woman to be impressed by
the soldier who "knows all the an
swers.”
Faith causes more leakages. Faith
in the safety of mails, telephone, and
telegraph, all of which may be used
by Axis agents. Faith that mothers,
sisters, wives and Sweethearts Won’t
tell. But often they give away infor
mation with the best Intentions and
without realizing What they are do
ing. They can’t disclose information
if they are hot told it by son, Mother
husband Or boy friend. Keep in mind,
if the soldier doesn’t Say much about
What lie’s doing, lie’s obeying orders,
but if lie does, put him right and
don’t repeat what he said,
Enthusiasm gives away more in
formation an enemy agent could use.
it’s difficult not to talk about an Ik-
teresthig military job, what honors
In that -moment the little girl
Peg died and in her place stood a
grown young woman who no longer
groped In blindness. Who understood _ ... ___ _____
,the difforneco between the youthful! a unit has won, or an impending
blind infatuation she had had for transfer which would disclose a tfoop
Hewitt Giil-Miiat Wild ‘beating her I movement.
inexperienced wings against the Soldiers have been put on their
To Carry On Tour War Work?
Every Canadian citizen has a part to do in winning
this “survival”war against the international bandits
who are trying to kill freedom and enslave man
kind. Your war work is your most important job.
The Bank of Montreal encourages war-time saving,
rather than borrowing, but there are cases where
a timely bank loan not only saves money for the
borrower but helps him to do a better job for
VICTORY.
If you find it necessary to borrow money in order
to perform your highest duty as a Canadian citizen
—whatever that duty may be—please feel free to
discuss your financial needs in confidence with
the manager of our nearest branch. We have
hundreds of branches throughout Canada.
SAVINGS
CERTIFICATES
Exeter Branch: W. J. FLOYD, Manager
19.6