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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-03-09, Page 6• PAGE SIX VI-I awi-ij . ..i... ■ -p-!-..!," , FUGITIVE FROM FATHERLAND r > WINCiHAM AD VAN CE-TI MRS * SYNOPSIS When the wealthy foster parents of Marjorie Wetherill both die she finds Si letter telling that she has a twin sister, that she was adopted when her own parents couldn’t afford to sup­ port both of them and that her real -name is Dorothy Gay. Alone ip the world, but with a fortune of her own, she considers looking up her own family whom she has never seen. A neighbor, Evan Bower, tries to argue her out of it and tells her he loves her and asks her to marry him. She pro­ mises to think it over but decides first to see her family. She goes to their address, finds that they are destitute, have sold all of their furniture, have no coal, her mother is sick and her ' father has no job. Her sister treats her like an enemy and resents her of­ fer qf help,, but finally, after many ex­ planations, agrees to take money to buy coal and food in order to save her mother’s life. Marjorie goes out and buys food, coal and other supplies which are joyously welcomed by her sister. Her father comes in sick and hungry but hurries to the cellar to build a fire and get the house warm. Her brother Ted comes in, ful of her being there at when he finds all that she both .lie and Betty decide their new sister.f * * * He studied her for an instant then he said gravely: “But we can’t live off of you! great of you to help us out a little till we get on our feet, but we can’t keep on letting you feed us. Perhaps I can get a job soon and pay you back." sThe brightness went out of Mar­ jorie’s face. “Listen, Ted, if I had lived here, and you had plenty, wouldn’t you. have shared it with me?" “Of course!” said Ted crossly, “but that’s different! I’m a fella!” “Well, that’s all right, “fella” dear, hut it isn’t different. I'm a part of this family, unless you throw me out, and what’s mine is yours. And now, •come, I’d like to say a word about what you did to me when you first came m. You took that cup of tic­ kets away and told me they wouldn’t interest? me. But they do interest me. They interest me very much. They’re pawn tickets, aren’t they? Well, what are we going to do about them, Ted? Are those Mother’s things that she’s fond of? Oughtn’t we to go and get them?” “They’re her things. They’re all the things she has. And she couldn’t get ■new things even if she did want them. She can’t get these either,” he added dejectedly. “1 tell you it costs a lot of money.” “Yes, but how much, Ted?” persist­ ed Marjorie. “It * isn’t your responsibility,” said Ted doggedly. “It’s mine. I pawned them.” “Now look here, Ted, you just stop pushing me out of the family like that. Now you reach up to that top shelf and take down that teacup and we’ll add those tickets up and see what it comes to, Please!” Half shamedly Ted 'did her bidding. They got out the tickets and Marjorie added them all up, a pitifully small sum it seemed to the girl, to represent the househi to the boy fortune. “Is that he handed her the sum, “Why, I can give you that right away.” “But I can’t bring them till five,” said Ted. “That will be dark, too. Tire neighbors are so “Well, don’t bawl!” said Ted cross­ ly, brushing his hand over his own eyes. “I can’t stand bawling! I just told ya because I thought you’d wanta know. We haven’t always been down and out this way. We had a swell home!” “Well, let’s make this one as cheer­ ful as we can before evening,” Marjorie taking a deep breath, get the money!” She went into the parlor to ■handbag that she had left on the bare little back eyes “I Marjorie when to * 'UNG LARGE ON THE HORIZON OF WESTERN ONTARIO Id goods it seemed after after curi- of a home, but a breath-taking said ‘TH "You don’t know where she’s gone?” is resent- first, but has done they her r ■ r* Fattost man in all Ontario ts ths bueai; nf Arthur Hill. The Chatham • easily overflows two ordin- master of cercmoniesAt the Western Ontario Corn and Seed Exhibition held in Chatham armouries. high mantel shelf .and brought a roll of bills that made Ted’s open wide, put in a little extra,” Said his sister, smiling. “I thought perhaps you'd think of something we need that I’ve forgotten.” “Gosh!” said Ted gazing down at the roll of .bills in his hand. “Don’t know’s I can trust rayself out alone. I might get held up carrying all this wealth.” The boy grinned. “I can see where you’re going ous. Mother hates that! Having them all find out just what we’ve got and what we haven’t. You know we used to have a nice home over in a suburb on-the other side-of the city. Nice big house, built of stone. Plenty of room. We each had a room to ourselves, and there was a garage and a big gar­ den, and flowers and fruit trees. It was a swell place. And Dad’ had. a position with a good salary. That was before the depression, you know.” “Oh, my dear!” said Marjorie quite honestly crying now. “My dear! I’m so sorry you’ve been going through all that!” spoil us for living again when you’re gone.” ’“Gone!” said Marjorie with dismay in her voice. “Do you want me to go?” “No, 'not on yer life! But you’re not going to stick, aroupd these dig­ gings^ Not with the home you’ve been used to! Say!” he added irrel­ evantly, “you -look a lot like Betts, and yet you don’t. I could tell you apart already! You don’t look quite so frowsy as Betty, and you've got a cute little quirk in the corners of your mouth. Maybe Betty would look like that too if she hadn’t had to work so This man is seeking sanctuary. in Canada, a deserter from a <German freight boat. Even the pilot’s parrot shouted “Heil Hitler,he said, as he passed through Chatham, ......;.............................................. away ^aw him eyes, and to- NEXT TIME “I’LL HAVE A TICKET”NEXT TIME “I’LL HAVE A TICKET Thursday, March 9th;. 1939 ther. He had been struck with her beauty then, and wondered that he had never seen it before. been not to make Marjorie sit down and listen to him the other night! Evan Brower got into his. car and drove away in much dissatisfaction. So! She had gone. Headstrong lit­ tle,, girl! Impetuous! He hadn’t ever thought she was like that. If he mar­ ried her, and he had practically com­ mitted himself to that course, he’s certainly have to train that out of her. Marjorie had slipped neatly right through his fingers and gone her own. way in spite of his protests. He would try the letter carrier and post office of course, though they were not sup­ posed to give such information. But the post office when consulted said they were to hold all mail further orders. She had left no dress, Well,, somehow he must get touch with her. • So he went'his way, and made plans for going after Marjorie when the right moment should come, and that would be the first minute., he knew where to find her. He went out and bought a delight- • ful Christmas gift for her. He even went so far as to look at engagement rings. The more he thought about it the more his thoughts became intrigued with the girl who was-so sweet and unspoiled. How easily she could be molded to fit the environment in which she would live if she were his wife, Then, he reflected, Marjorie had al­ ways been fond of his company, had been jeady to accept his invitations always, although until recently he had taken her out very little.' There was no reason thinkable why she should not want to marry "him. And it was quite the thing for him to marry and moi-e as he, turned it mind his common sense his inclination approved, the plan. And it was comfortable to think of the girl of his choice as being utterly unspoil­ ed by contact with the world. There had been no other man in her life, he was sure of that. He would not have to worry about any youthful indiscre­ tions. Innocent and lovely,, that was what she was, and very likely he had been the ideal man in her eyes. Not that he had always had one ideal of womanhood; but of course men were different. It was man’s part to choose, and naturally, he had.con­ sidered other girls, but had’ never been quite satisfied. He began to think back to his first consciousness of Marjorie, when she had come ’home from college after graduation. ■>- He remembered her as she sat in church, across the aisle, a row in front of where he Was sitting with his mo- He had watched her during the ser­ vice, as she gave attention to the ser­ mon; her sweet seriousness attracted hard,, and have such a lot of trouble.” “You’re sweet!” said Marjorie, and suddenly reachd up with a quick mo­ tion and kissed her new brother on his lean hard young cheek, Then he turned- sharply ward the window and she brush lriS hand across his swallow hard. “Yqu’re aw’right,” he said grudg­ ing!^. “Thanks awfully!" said Marjorie, trying to enter into his spirit. “But who -is that coming in the door?” “That’s Bud,” said Ted, peering through the crack into the hall. “Hey I<id! Hush up there! Dad and Muth's asleep!” y A boy about ten came panting into the room," so out of breath- he could scarcely articulate. “They—sent me—ta tell ya—!’•’ he panted. “You 'gotta come right away an’ get th®" kids. Bonnie’s got a fev­ er —an’ she—wouldn’t eat her cereal —an’ she is crying, for Betty—an’ Sun­ ny is yellin’'his head off!” “Okay, you come- with me, Kid. We’ll get ’em,” said Ted, “but 1 don’t know what we’ll do with ’em here. Gosh! Can you beat it?” He cast an apologetic eye at the new sister. “Whot is it?” she asked puzzled. “Who are they?" “The kids!" answered the brother in astonishment. “Didn’t you know about them?” “No!” said Marjorie. “Oh, I re­ member, Betty said something when I first came about taking the children- .somewhere, but I had forgotten about it. I didn’t realize there were more of us.” “Two besides Bud!" said Ted lift­ ing his chin maturely and sighing. “I don’t know how we’re going to make the grade with any more sick folks.” 1 5 Marjorie gave a little gasp of am­ azement and then her soft lips set firmly. “We’ll manage!” she said. “.I’ll go with you 'to get them. I can carry one of them?” They walked along almost a block before Marjorie spoke again and a great shyness was possessing Ted. Then they arrived at the nieghbor- hood creche and Ted led the way in. About that time back,at Marjorie’s home in Chicago, Evan Brower was standing at the front door impatiently ringing the doorbell. Since he had left, Evan Brower had been vaguely disturbed by Marjorie’s attitude, and wished he had stayed, in spite of her request that he go and let her think things over. He should have reasoned with her right then and there. He had never considered Marjorie Wetherill impulsive before, but now he recalled a certain- look in her eyes as she had spoken of .her own people, that smacked of fanaticism. Also, she was young and utterly without experience in financial affairs, and here she was suddenly left with a fairly large fortune, and menaced by a family of unknown quantity and quality. These thoughts had been milling about in his brain all day as he drove from one oppointment to the other and then back to his home city, com­ ing straight out to Wetherill’s instead of going to the office first. He walked around the to house to the garage where he found the chauf­ feur out wasihg the car. “What is the reason I cannot get any answer to my ring?" he asked severely. He was the kind of young man who always required perfect ser­ vice, and usually got" it. The chauffeur looked up from his work deliberately, recognizing a friend of the family. '‘Why, sir, they’re all away for the holidays. Miss Wetherill went last night and gave all the servants a holi­ day while she is gone. Very kind of her, sir. She’s always'“kind.” “Indeed!” said Evan Brower as if it were somehow the chauffeur’s fault. “You don’t know-where she’s gone? Haven’t you her address?” “No, sir, I haven’t/’ Evan Brower frowned. This was really Seriotts. What st fool he had appropriate her. More over in his as' well _as Loretta" Ecclestone is home in ‘Hamilton. .Since she left home she had stowed away on the Queen Mary and had been sent back to Canada on the Auronia. On her return home-she him strongly. " . t This difference they had had -the last time he had talked with her, ov­ er hunting up her own people, had been the first unwise decision he had ever seen her make. In the meantime his mind was mak­ ing itself up definitely'’that Marjorie was desirable. The more so as he dis-,' covered through an old friend and confidante of the Wetherill family that an unusually large number .of shares of a very valuable stock were a part of the Wetherill estate which Marjorie had inherited. Marjorie had was arrested on a theft charge for Toronto police, whom she eluded on’ the return journey. Next time “I’ll have a ticket,” she said. a lot of money., and needed the right­ man to look after it. 'And he was con­ vinced that he was the right man.. That was the day lie selected tlyj ;great blue diamond engagement ring. But Marjorie was walkihg.along a sordid back street holding the .thin •cold hand of a little new brother who- was crying. • Marjorie, suddenly, swooped down and swept the youngster into her arms. She had never had much to do with children before, but she was quite Strong and held him firmly. 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