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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1939-04-27, Page 8PAGE EIGHT WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES Thursday, April 27th, 193® SYNOPSIS When the wealthy foster parents of Marjorie Wetherill both die she finds a letter telling her 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 in the world, but with a fortune of her own, she considers looking up her own fam­ ily whom she has never seen. A nei­ ghbour, Evan Brower, 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 and gradually persuades them to ac­ cept things they need. When the doc­ tor calls to see her mother she notices that he seems particularly interested in her sister. (Marjorie goes to church in Brentwood, where her family used to live, and becomes very much inter­ ested in the young minister there, with whom she 'later has lunch in the city. While at Brentwood she sees the home her family formerly owned, buys it back for them and gives the Heed to it to her father on Christmas morning. The whole family is very joyful. While preparing for Christ­ mas dinner the minister and doctor both drop in and are urged to stay to dinner. All are enjoying themselv­ es when Evan Brower makes a sur- prise* visit. He is unwelcome by all, but Marjorie agrees to have lunch with him the next day. * * * “Oh, no!” laughed Marjorie firmly, "I’m not going back yet. I haven’t •finished my visit But I’ll be ready at eleven if you like. Thank you again . for the orchids. So nice of you to think of me,. Oh—as he swung the door smartly open, “it’s snowing again, isn’t it? How lovely! Christ­ mas always has twice the thrill when it snows sometime during the day! Well, good night. I’ll be ready at el­ even.” So they started in to sing again, discovering a lot of sweet old Christ­ mas songs they all knew. A little after eight Gideon rose. “Friends, I’ve got to tear myself away,” he said. “I have a service at nine. I came here originally to get re­ cruits for it, but I haven’t the heart to tear you apart on Christmas night. Though it would be great to have that last song repeated, and if the doctor would come top he and Ted and I could do the trio!” "He wasn’t going to ask us! No, he hasn’t the heart to tear us away! And yet he’s fixed it all up for us to was coming down the stairs, a kind of triumph in his tread. “Is Betty going?" she whispered as she passed. "I don’t dare ask," he grinned back. "Leave it to Doc, Perhaps he can work the trick!" But Betty was flying as fast as any of them to get ready. Here was a chance to go out with a good-looking young man and wear her new fur coat and her new gray hat, and Betty was not the one to turn that down, even if it was just a religious service in a lit­ tle old despised chapel! By common ponsent the doctor went with Betty. It was a beautiful service, There was much singing and prayer, won­ derful, tender prayer from both min­ ister and people. There was a.heart­ searching talk from Gideon Reaver, pressing home the fact to each soul present that the Lord Jesus was born and suffered and died just for him. And then after another tender brief prayer Gideon called for his quartette — and Ted calmly arose and led the way to the front. Marjorie as she walked behind him marveled at- his coolness, his revent attitude, as if he were a young priest going to perform his duty at the altar. She found her­ self a little nervous about Betty. But Betty came, and her alto’’ was deep and sweet. wall of Betty was the doctor’s "Something Wondering thewide ahead at the blank room' in the darkness, thinking of the look on face when he had said, real about this place!" about the doctor, thinking of all the fun he had made-for them during the afternoon and evening. Contrasting it with a few experiences in her meager past that she had called "good times.” * * * The next morning Marjorie became aware of something strained in the at­ mosphere that hadn’t been there the day; before. Finally she said to^Betty. ’"Have I done something wrong?" "Oh, mercy, no!" said Betty sharp­ ly. "It’s just seeing that high-and- mighty friend of yours, I suppose. Have you known him Ibng?” "You mean Evan Brower? Oh, yes, I’ve known him practically all my life." “He means to Jake you home with him,” said Betty. “Excuse me for lis­ tening. You’ll go, too. I can see that! And if-you do it’ll be good-bye sister, all-right! Are you engaged?" “Mercy no!” said Marjorie. “Where did you get that idea?” "Out of his masterful manner. If you aren’t, you probably will be by the time lunch is over. You ought to have told us about him before you us all get to caring "about you. let It He looked at her as if she were crazy. ___------ ---------------------------------v:-- - ■ ■■ . *.■ . ■ ■ .... ■ . ■■■ Then they went home with the me­ mory of the little chapel in its gala greenery and the sweet songs, the ten­ der ldoks on faces, the Christian tes­ timonies with which the meeting had closed, all a holy beautiful ending to a day that had been* wonderful from start to finish. Marjorie lay awake for a long time be on the program!” laughed the doc-£and thought it over, step by step, ’ thrilling anew at the memory. There- was just -one part she forgot to re­ view, and that was the interlude in which Evan Brower figured. ' And none the least among her me­ mories was that of Gideon Reaver. Betty lay beside her, eyes staring .tor. “But friend, you’re going to have the surprise of your life. We’re going, of course, aren’t we, Betty?" “Oh!" said Betty both eagerness and withdrawal fighting for the mas­ tery in her eyes. Marjorie passed her brother as he Round Tripe Bargain Fares MAY 5 - 6 From WINGHAM To Stations Oshawa and east to Cornwall inclusive, Uxbridge, Lind­ say, Peterboro, Campbellford, Newmarket, Collingwood, Meaford, Midland, North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Capreol and West to Beardmore. P.M. Trains May 5 All Trains May 6 TO TORONTO Also to Brantford, Chatham, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, London, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, St. Catharines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Strat­ ford, Strathroy, Woodstock. See handbills for complete list of destinations. For Fares, Return Limits, Train Information, Tickets, consult near­ est Agent. T121C CANADIAN NATIONAL wasn’t fair, after all these years with­ out you.” “Betty!” Marjorie whirled about to­ ward her sister. ' ’“What in the name of peace is the matter with you, Betty?” (Marjorie said, half ready to cry, “there wasn’t anything to tell. He’s just a friend of’ the family and there’s nothing at all between,us. I’m nob engaged to any­ body, and don’t mean to be for some time, if I ever am.” “Oh, yes?” said Betty again incred­ ulously. “Well, wait till you come back.—if you come back!” Suddenly. Marjorie rushed at her sister, half laughing, half crying, and gave her a loving shaking. “There!” she said breathlessly. “Stop this! I’m not, going away with 5him. I wouldn’t think of such a thing.” Then a taxi drew up and she was gone. Down in the city Marjorie had trou-. bles of her own. It was Evan Brow­ er’s idea of a good time to make Mar­ jorie suffer plenty for having gone off without leaving him her address. So Marjorie was seated at a sump­ tuously appointed table in one of the most exclusive hotels in the city, with a stern companion who lectured her as if she .were a haughty little girl, ■ At last she "looked up and smiled. “Now, Evan, don’t you think we’d better- talk about you a while?” she CHINA’S AMBASSADOR TO LONDON IS SORRY FOR JAPS view, that he feels sorry for the Jap­ anese, "Japan is like a man who has His "Excellency Mr, Quo Tai-chi and his wife are China’s official rc- We have time with space, The more territory Japan conquers in China, the presentativ.es to the court of St. put his foot in a quagmire: the forth- farther she is away from the conquest James, and this well-educated, philos- $>hfoaJ .ambassador said, in an inter* er he puts it in, the harder it is to get out China is the quicksands of Jajpan. of China " suggested. "And how in the world did you get away from your family Christmas party? I’m afraid you hurt your mother's feelings terribly." That was an unfortunate thought. She saw it at once, Evan stiffened immediately, "I came away, I had to, I felt that you needed my protection and I had something to say to you." He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out 3. tiny velvet case, of the color of violets. She looked at it and an anxiety entered her soul, “Open it!” she said, “I want to watph your face when you see it." * There seemed nothing to do but take it and open it. She held the lit­ tle box gently in her hand as if it were a living thing that she might hurt, and hesitated, looking at him, and trying to think what to do. Then she touched the pearl spring and dis­ closed the wonderful blue diamond set in a delicate frostwork of platinum. For an instant she caught her breath at its beauty, for it was a charming ring. Then suddenly the trouble in her eyes grew definite and she shut the cover down sharply with a snap. "Oh, Evan! Please! You ought not to hate done this! Not now anyway! I told you I could not think of such things now. Please! I’m sorry, but I couldn’t take that!” “Please!” she insisted. "I could not take a thing like this until I was sure.” His face was haughty and frozen. “And why aren’t you sure?” he ask-. ed. “It’s been nearly ten days since I asked you to marry me. You’ve had plenty of time to think it over," “No,” she said firmly, “I haven’t. I’ve had, other things to think about and settle. They had to come first be­ fore anything.” “Well, haven’t you got them all set­ tled?" • ’ A gleam of something like joy flit­ ted across her face, but she shook her head. ' “Not all, yet." “How long will it take?" There was a trace of anger in his voice. “I’m not sure, but when I come home I can talk with you about it. I shall know then what I am going to do. " She laid the box down definitely on the table between them, and sat back with finality. "But I love you, Marjorie!” She studied him rather, hopelessly for a minute and then she said: “If you truly love me wpn’t you prove’ it to me by putting that ring back in your pocket and just sitting there and talking to me in a pleasant natural way as you always have done, without any perplexing questions or anything?-Just le’t’s talk!” He looke^l at her keenly for a min­ ute and then he said 'quietly, with an inscrutable mask on his face: “Very well. What shall I talk a'bout?” She knew by his tone that he was angry, but she could not help it. "Oh, anything! Suppose I ask you a question. It’s something I’ve been wondering. Evan, you were brought up a good deal as I was, you’re in the same church, and active Jn it. What do you believe about being saved?" He looked at her as "if she had sud­ denly gone crazy, “Saved?" he said. “What in the world do you mean?" “Why, saved from your sins. Fit to go to heaven, you know, when you die.” ’ . His face softened, and he spoke to her as if She were a sick person, or a very young child. " “My dear! I am afraid the long strain of nursing Mrs. Wetherill, and then seeing her die, has been too much for your nerves.” “Oh, no," said Marjorie, looking up brightly, “you don’t understand me. I’m not in the least morbid. In a way I’m, happier than I ever was in my life before, because I’ve found that I have a Saviour from-sin.” He Studied her face with vexed un­ responsive eyes a moment and then he said coldly: “So that’s the line of your new fam­ ily, is it? They are fanatics!” She sprang up -as if he had, struck her, and her eyes grew suddenly alien. . “No, Evan, you are mistaken! My I family arc not fanatics. But I heard this in a sermon, and then I read it in the Bible. It is there quite plainly if you will hunt for it." She was speaking almost haughtily, as if he were a stranger. Th<5h she glanced down at her watch. "And now if you will, excuse me I will take a taxi back home.” She flashed a distant little smile at him And walked out of the dining room. , He followed her, of course, instant­ ly, his face haughty and' indignant, but lie summoned a taxi and put her in, "You are very headstrong!" he said as he gave her hand a cold hard grip. "I didn’t dream you had it in you to be so hard. When are you planning to return?" "I’m not hard, Evan, really. Only: you’ve said some things that were ra­ ther difficult to. bear. But we'll talk about that when I get home, I shall good time yes- said to Betty, can't see where probably come a few days after New Year’s," He watched her gravely as the taxi took her away into the light falling snow, his own face stern, reproachful. * * * There was an elert strained some­ thing in the atmosphere when Mar­ jorie got back to her father’s house that melted at once under her smiles and her obvious gladness to be with them once more, "Didn’t we have a ter day?" Marjorie thinking aloud. “We all did, but I the good time came in for you,” said Betty sourly. “Oh, my dear!” said Marjorie twinkling, “I had the best time of my life seeing you all. open your things.". That evening after the children were put to bed they all gathered in the little parlor again, with the soft lights of the Christmas tree glowing, and talked. "Marjorie,” said her father/ "your mother and I have been talking things over«and we feel that there is grave­ danger, in our love for you, and our longing to have you always with us, that we shall be unfair to you, Since seeing the young man who called up­ on you last evening we realize more than ever that there are others whom you have known far longer than you have known1 us, who perhaps have a prior claim upon you.” (Continued Next Week) THE GROWING OF YOUNG CHICKS (Experimental Farms News) After hatching,- chicks should be housed jn suitable houses that are free from draught, clean, well lighted, ef­ fectively ventilated and properly heat­ ed, states M. H. Jenkins, Dominion Experimental Farm, Nappan,< N.S. The temperature should be 95 degrees F. at the start and gradually reduced as the chick's grow older. Then, with a correctly balanced feed mixture, carefully administered, - there should be no' great difficulty experience in getting the young chicks away to a good start. There are a number of well balanc­ ed mixtures than can be prepared, but they all consist chiefly of the common cereals grown on the average well- planned farm, such as oats, barley, wheat, (with corn'-' replacing barley when prices make it a morq econom­ ical grain to use), plus animal pro­ tein, minerals and green feed. . In chick, as in all poultry feed mix­ ture, the essential vitamins should not be overlooked. A and D are usually obtained by feeding cod liver oil, al­ though sufficient vitamin A may be provided through the medium of fine­ ly ground cereal grasses. Vitamin C is usually supplied by including in the dry mash mixture dried powder milk and is found in most of the ingred­ ients used in preparing a balance ra­ tion. Wellington Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Established 1840. Risks taken on all classes of insur­ ance at reasonable rates. Head Office, Guelph, Ont. COSENS & BOOTH, Agents, Wingham. DR. R. L. STEWART 4 PHYSICIAN Telephone 29. Dr. Robt. C. REDMOND M.R.C.S. (England) L.R.C.P. (London) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON DR* W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19. W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Located at the office of the late Dr. J. P. Kennedy. Phone 159. Wingham ”We were among the first subscribers on the Line" i pays Mrs. John. Schaeffer, Gowanstown, Ontario, "and we all use it a great deal. My husbemd is a drover and the> telephone exchange gives him wonderful service!" No farm home should be without , a telephone. It banishes isolation and loneliness. And[ it's mighty handy to call relations and friends — and quick aid if need be. * schaeff^ The Schaeffers pay only $1.60 a month for their telephone service. Enquire now about I LOHC I ' OlSTAKCf' UltfHOKt LOW RATES for FARM HOMES The baby chicks require a mixture, ly and fresh, clean water is supplied witty a little more protein, (about 16 ‘ daily. Finely ground oyster shell and. per cent). than do the older chicks,' especially after they go out on range (about 12, per cent). The practice followed at the Exper­ imental Farm, Nappan, is to use one of the good commercial chick starters until the chicks go out on range at eight to ten weeks of age. In addition thpy receive fine chick scratch grain from three to five weeks of age; then a mixture of 2 parts by weight of wheat, 1 part each of finely crack'ed corn and oat groats. This mixture is continued until the chicks go out on .range. While on range they receive a grain mixture of 2 parts by weight each of wheat, cracked corn or bar­ ley and 1 part oats, andi a dry mash mixture of 100 pounds each of ground oats, barley, corn meal, bran and mid­ dlings, 40 pounds white-fish meal, 25 pounds of meat and bone meal and 5 pounds salt. As the range dries out, 5% of alfalfa leaf meal should be add­ ed to the dry mash mixture. All feed changes are made gradual- grit are kept before the birds at all times. . ' - At Nappan it is found that the.- chicks, when making satisfactory- growth, take about 2 parts by weight of mash to 1 part by weight of scratch* grain while in the brooder house, but on range it is just the reverse—they consume 2 parts by weight of scratch­ grain to 1 part by weight of mash. To roast meat, heat the oven to the higher temperature given and keep the heat at this degree for fifteen minutes. Then reduce the heat to the lower temperature for the remainder of the period as given. Too much liquid will make acake- that ’falls easily.■t Custards usually whey or curdle be­ cause they are cooked at too high a. temperature or too long a time. Milk that is a little sour may cause curdling of a custard. Dr. W. A. McKibbon, B.A. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Located at the Office of the Late Dr. H. W. Colbome. Office Phone 54. 1 W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money to Loan. Office — Meyer Block, Wingham J. H* CRAWFORD 0 1 Barrister. Solicitor, Notary, Etc. 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