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The Brussels Post, 1939-4-12, Page 6THEB tit sits 'POST ENTITLED INFIDBL1TY M is Par' M'' Sally stared tut the tit again and yet gain. There was Ironies in It to cause her any anxiety, and yet she could got shake off the foreboding that possessed her. It was not like Colin to stay all 'tight at his club, and that he ahould de it to -night of all nights slime she needed him so deep/alley. It teemed an evil whim of fate, To add to her uneasiness Bob was waiting for her. Before going to him she must see Colin or speak to him at least and 'phoned through to the club only to be told M -r, Bavidson had lest more than an hour since, Salty hung up the receiver, and again foreboding shadarwedher heart, but inaction was impossible, She asked Mrs. Thompson to call a taxi, then ran up to her room, flung a fur coat ober her pretty crock—Colin's latest gift, a coat of softest :mink 'that any princess engirt have been proud to wear— and gawe the address of Colin's club to the Mailman. atht Itot hot' Mrs Mer Bly doI Jk+le hal ley Set his 1 BPI fog Ian da; 1 By Stella Scott letter—read When she ari,1'wad she was told that her husband had not yet re- turned and wondered: if she would wait, but was afraid it might seem add. St was not for herself she minded, she was thinking of Colin and, in any case, este was afraid to delay too long before going to Bob. What sre wee going to say to him she did not quite know, but, some- how she must stake him realise she had to stand by her husband how- ever badly he may have behaved. Also she must assure him amends should be made as tar as possible. a' As the taxi rolled, north-east to the address Bob had given her, her brain reeled in a contusion of doubt and' fear. ' She knehw that in going to Bob She was taking a grave risk, but if she did not keep her promise the consejuences to Colin might he serious. And to save Colin from hurt she was ready to take • any risk. When she reached the lodgin•g- ihouse, she told' the taximan to wait, then knocked at the door, not too 'boldly. There was no answer, no light anywhere. In her agitation she bad not thought of the hour; it :muss; be after midnight and probably, thby had all gone to bed, yet, is the 1 circumstances, it was unlikely that Bob would have done so, She knocked again—a little louder than before.. Presently she heard the Bound of shulflire, foota¢eN the scraping of bolts, then a woman's shrill voice— "Who is it?" '"Will you ask Mr., Fielding if he can set me a moment?" Sally asked. "'Reis expecting rate " "He did s:ty something about a lady callirg," the shrill vbice 'con- ceded. ,'He said 'I was to tell you he'd gone—yup, gone," floe 'stemma repeated atter Sally. "He packed his things all int a hurry and went not half an hour ago.' "Without !leaving any address"" Sally asked incredulously. "Without leaving no address." "But didn't be say why?" Salty added. "'Didn't he leave any other massage for me?" "No," the women answered un- convpromisinglY• "Just 'that" She 'rattled the bolts, suggesting the conversation bad: gone on quite long enough for her liking, and,, tak- ing the hint, Sally returned to the taxi, relieved to escape a difficult ' sending you financial help." Interview but mystified and vaguely "And you think your money could afraid. make amends?" Bab cried. "Do you think money is going to make up for stealing the girl I loved?" "No," Coin cut in harshly. "You thought you'd have it all your own way, didn't you?" Bob went on savagely, "But you're not going to --she's coming with' ane, see. You can't atop her—•Plc kill you first" Colin, was very pale, blit this iron will helped to keep his temper under control. 1 about arch" t^.oltn ,Gat Alert IiMr angry abuse. Y happened to be outside my drawing -room window when you were telling my wine and your voice,a carry very well." "Lt's a wonder you're not ashamed to show yourself!" Bob burst out. Colin winced. It was ditfieubt for a man of his pride to take each an insatlt and worse still to know it was deserved. "I have not come to discus's ms state of mind or to excuse myself," he said calmly. "I'm here to do what is best -for my wife's bappd- ness--to bangin with you if you like." "Did she send you?" 'No," he rapped out. Them—"I m ankious to cause her es little salfettng as possible. Probably she will not wish to see me again." Bob stared at him. "I would: Ike you to know," Colin went on 1n incisive hones, "that when I learned of your innocence my sole anotive in. not telling 'my yif-e was to spare her happiness, I argued that to tell her could, do. no good, and it would distress her, It seemed to me to late to do more than make what emends I could by CHAPTER VI. The Mysterious Lad;'. How closely the night 'guards its secrets! ' Even as Sally was being whirled ihrough the London streets in her taxi the two men a -bo had, been the biggest influences in her life were tatversing the seld-same streets. It would have surprised her in- deed to see Bob driving side by side with her husband, with the bitterness quite gone from hie eyes and in its place a complacent smile, while 'Colin wee looking as though his world had tumbled about him, When Bob's lanlady had told him there woe a gentleman to see him he thought she must be crazy or blind. It was ;Sally, of course, it must be, and when' Colin David- son walked into the room the hatred he had nursed against him these last few months blazedup, and as suddenly flickered out, in face of Colin's calm. "I knew exactly how you feel "There's no need to go to those drastic measures.' As I told you, I'm here to do .the best for Sally. You were her first choice, 1f It is to her happiness to keep her promise to you I'l'l give her freedom on the understanding that you do not see her until the divorce has gone through, ,Sinus I'm fibs one to blame it Is I who must bear the brunt of the scandal, She must be spared as amok as possible, Of course I shall settle an allowance on her, and. I'll use what influence I have to get you a better berth with another firm. That is a better plan for :Sally than any you may J Music of Many Races AMMO= Mosaic, illustrated with the music of the many noes settled in Canada, will be the subject of a series of ten broadcasts which will be produced J.. Murray Gibbon, general pub. telt" &gent, Canadian Pacific Hallway for the network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion on auua4ays, commencing January f. Frances James, one of Canada's leading sopranos, will be the soloist interpreting songs epeetally "written on Canadian themee to tame which have been brought to this country by the races in question Freugh, Scots, English, Irish, Welsh, Scandina- vian, German, Ukrainian, Polish, Czeoho-Slovak, Finnish, etc. The Toronto Conservatory String Quartette under the leadership of Elie Spivak will contribute instru- mental music by the outstanding composers of the races in ques- tion, The idea of, this merles of broad- casts is to create a better under-, etandtng of the contribution made to Canadian culture by the vert- one racial troupe in Canada, and may be considered as an interest- ing eequeneeto the Folk Song Festivals organized at various points in Canada some years ago by the company. The time for the broadcast will be 7.30 to 8,00, E.S.T., 840-9.00, A,S.T., 8.30-7.00 C.S,T„ 6.30-6.00 Mountain Time and 410.6.00 P.S.T. The layout shows Mr. Gibbon, Miss James, and Elle Spivak 1n rehearsal, and insert are Leo Smith, Harold limbers, Elie Spi- vak and Cecil Figeisky members of the Toronto Conservatory Strias quartettM Wi0ONI'7S]AY, APRIL 2.411, 1030 The num% form in which salines. con be ,mislaid" have had of running away together.' Bab did not know what to sh•Y. His bitter hatted seemed to melt. Cello Davidson tar wronged him, rgt 110 was Snaking handsome amend s, "Do you agree to do as, I ask?" Cohn added, 'Not to see Sally again mail site is tree?" "Yes;" Bab stamanereal, "I prom- Ise." Then suspiciously. "'Burt you mustn't see her either, or you'll steal her from me again. It most be promise tor promise, 1.'11 keep brine if you give me yours." "Very well, 'Colin agreed. "I promise not to see her again. Only, for me, it will be for ever!" he add- ed; and such a world of sadness crept into the wods that even' Bob, Immersed as he was in his wrongs, felt sorry for his enemy, "14 you get your things together I'll drive you to an hotel. Please don't think I distrust you, but it will be the safest and qudokes't way. Lf I, can get my passport through I shall be leasing for Paris in the morning, and, shall want your ad- dress to put my solicitors in touch with you." ,Colin had it all planned out to the last detail. T'roug'h his heart suffered, hi;s, brain worked clearly. No detail was overlooked, no eventuality forgotten. He planned, that Sally should get his letter of .explanation by ten o'clock the following morning, by half -past he was on the Iboat-train for France, • • • Sally read Colin's, letter telling her he was giving her freedom, over and over again, and with each read- ing she grew more bewildered. The words danced before her eyes In a hazy way, Giving her her freedom .because he realised It was Bab she toyed! Giving her her freedom because he realised this was the only way he could snake amends: for the great wrong he had done her and the man, of her choice! What made him think it was Bob she loved? They had been so happy together, so happy she had been afraid. it was too good 'to last—too good, to be true! She tried to piece tbdngs togetrer tided to recall the scheme with Bob. In his letter Colin explained he had intended coming in by the drawing - room window, just as she expeoted, "My dear," the letter went ony "you might have known I would set you free to go to your first love," What made him wilts that? What made frim think it? Then eche remembered she had told Bob she would follow flim—not In the least meaning she would run aweY with him! But 'Colin, bad misunderstood her as Bob had done. Then Bob had kissed her. "Oh, my dear, my dear!" she tided, aloud In her anguish of heart. "Why did' you doubt my love? It was you I loved' from, the very first—you and yon only!" There was, no ,finis to waste in giving way t0 her Motions. She must think what to do and act quickly, But 'thouglt she went to his club, and afterwards to his lawyer, she could not get In, touch with Oolin. For nearly four months, they had spent almosit every ,hour of every day together, and no'w she eeeened as out oft from him as though ho were dead. All the news site could get was that he was setting her free and she did not want freedom. In her deePerate plight she won- dered it Bob could help, but Bob too had vanished from her ken. In her anxiety to get in, touch with Colin she applied at the office, but she negbt as, well hope to got in- formation out of a brick wall as to hope Mr. Blenkinsop 'would part with information: lie had been, told to keep to himself. While'Sttily was talking t0 him a 'phone message came through from Coldnfe solicitors waning Fielding'e address, so Seily, at least, obtained trrut Information. She wont straight to the small hotel where he was staying. He was out, but she waited. When he sem her in the vestibule' he looked both pleased and, anxious, "You simvdmlt hese come," he told her. "I In'amdeed not to eta You, until you until it wee all over. It might evoke things difficult'' "Make what difficult?" she asked, ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES From BRUSSELS APRIL 211102 To TORONTO Also to Brantford, Chatham, Goderieh Guelph, Hamilton London, . Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, St. Catharines, St. Mary's, Sarnia, . Stratford, Strathroy, Woodstock, To Stations Oshawa and East to Cornwall inclusive, Uxbt•chge, Idndsay, Peterboro, Campbellford, Newmarket Collingwood, . 111eaford, Midland, North I3ay, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Capreol and West to Beardmore, SEE HANDBILLS FOR COMP'LETE LIST OF DESTINATIONS. 1m Fares, Retrrn Limed, Train tnlorn.allon, Tickets, coincide nearest Aunt, See Handbills, CANADIAN NATIONAL "Why, for the: divorce to se through'!" he whispered, glancing round, "Ask 'these to call a taxi," Sally commanded, "We can't talk here, There's soy much I have to say to yore so match I have to explain) ' Someiwbet unwillingly he obeyed. "Tell him to drive round the park until he's told to stop," Sally said. And Bob wondered and, was a little awed. Sally md:gdrt have been riding in taxis all her life, It was as much SS he could do not to pro- test at what seemed 'waste of money. "You know why Colin' wants to set nye free?" she began, as soon as the door of the taxi closed on them. "Yee," Bob answered. "He's trying to do the right thing at last.' "Lt may be the right tilting," said Sally quietly, '(but I don't want him to do 1't," He -turned to her, incredulity rather than anger In his eyes. "•I'm sorry, Bob," she went on, "It was a mistake to fay and keep faith with, you. I mean from the beginning it would: have been better if I had ,broken, with you instead of urging a hasty marriage as I did. I was fond of you, Bob, and I'm fond of you still, but it's e0olin I love with heart and soul. Beoauee of you I tried to crash love out of my heart, but tit wouldn't be crushed, and now I'm his wife he means more than the worald to me." Bob listened to her outburst in silence. This love was as far be- yond) his comprehension as the moon and the stars. "But he wants to set you free," said stupiidly. He could think of nothing else to say. TO BE CONTINUED. NOTE AND COMMENT With, so much wild driving going on in Europe the Poles possibly heeded, a little support. We have aready discovered that paying an added tax on gas does not make it last longer or travel any further, Int Tweed district a two -headed Iamb has, been. morn, It can watch the price' of wool and mutton at tile same time. Students at Waltham, Mass„ Swallowed 67 live goldlsh in 14 minattes, After readdng that we are net mucin inclined to doubt the story of Jonah, During the war years German sub- marines were known' as U-boats, , an. dithia year we babe many U -cars running about the streets here, Ottawa has seized 10,000 lottery tickets, anti our experience leads to the belief it would take more than that to produce a winner. (Premien' Hepburn, said in debate that he had squirted Plenty of onion Juice in the eye of 'Co. Drew. We suppose our statesmen, must have their playtke moments, Seven hundred' :,Students of West- ern University paraded in London am a protesit to the provincial legis- lature decreasing the grant to the university. They could hardly have anticipated the out would have been restored right; after the parade. A Holstein cow in the three=Year- olds elate has produced, 24,460 pounds of milk in a year and 916 bounds of butter tat. With a Sew wave like that In the country it is small wonder we have a sung= of butter. 1~ietr sigaporters for W. 41, 73er- nidge'e group for political reform met in Tomato and decided to or- ganize, A preacher was chairman and, expaiaedi 12 was not the listen - tion •t4} form a now party, And sMotwilewnvevesaworirossaftiessit that of eours'e leaves uswondering.. Just what they intend 'to do. Six Bdtnonton Chinese arrested in Lethbridge ori a charge of assault. ' were released on 16,004} ball which, they put up without any difficulty. We used to rave a saying in this - country about "Go west, .young , man," and perhaps, after all there, was something rather sound in it. 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