The Brussels Post, 1939-5-10, Page 2ME. BRUSSELS POST
WEDNESDAY, MAN 'ltttlt, 1»3:9
ENTITLED
The Doings of Diana
By Pat Moore
Dianna felt tenanted W reify that
If she ever put anything away in Le
groper place, she might be able to
and it again, but knew that Mrs.
Nairn was inclined to be touchy,
and thought 'that any such remark
might only cantle bad feeling, so
reentented herself with retrieein,;
the arrant powder box from: under-
neaith the washing basin.
',Thanks so much, darling," Mrs.
Nairn bundled back into the drawer.
and began powdering her nose vig-
eirously, '"you are such a help,
whaterver should I do without you?
Oh, and by the, way, I've never con-
gratulated you about your splendid
Piece of good folkune,"
She paused l ,ll cesively, giving
Diana, who was combing out her
mass of ehort dark curls to wonder
what she was talking about,
"I mean, of course, your marvel.
Dns luck inhaving your chair uext
to Captain Marlow's, If you take
Illy advice, dear," she turned from
the looking -glass, and waved an
admonishing powder puff at the
girl, "you'll make the most of your
time, and try to nail down to a
denite proposal of Merria ge before
We get to Tilbury."
Diana felt that to receive tilts
advice twice in one morning was
enough to try anybody's patience.
"What a perfeetly horrible idea.
ha riled, her brown eyes, filled
"4witie indignation.; "I don't even
know the man, at least not more
1than to thank him for picking nU
papers, when they blew awn;"
this morning,'t
"You may not know him yet," re -
,torted Mrs. Nairn coolly, "but it will
be your own lath if you tidn't get
to know him pretty intimately very
soon. Alted all you have got every
opportunity sitting next to him as
you are doing, and: you must remem-
ber that he is far and away the best
catch on board tram, the tmatrimon•
Sal point of view, 1 should have a
try for him: myself, if it were not
for the fact that I have a perfectly
goal busband roasting to death on
the plains of India:'
Dianna made no reply, nut on her
way to the dining -saloon, she asked
one of the stewards to move her
chair to a different part of. the deck,
giving as, an excuse that she had
e ttnd its original position rather
windy,
She found; however, that she need
not have troubled when, during the
aeternon, glanetng across to where
her chair had stood, she saw Mr's.
Martinsitting all alone. She had
not been the only one to think of
having her chair moved, Captren
Marlow had evidently moved as
well.
Diana gushed up to the roots of
her hair as she wondered whether
he had overheard any part of lire,
\1lartiu's conversation during the
morning.
At any rate," she told herself
with a hint of grimness, "that
settled it, even if 1 wished to serape
an acquaintance with him, he
wouldn't be willing," •
CHAPTER III.
The Storm
AG the day wine away, it became
more and more certain that Mrs,
Martin's prediction of bad weather
was going to he fulfilled.
The wind gained In violence, the
sea, a tumbling mass of leaden
coloured waters, became covered
vette vette horses, and at the
horizon sea apo •gky were merged
Into ane threatening flue of grey,
It was very cold too, and Menne
wen=t dQw11 into her eabill to retell
a thicker coat. On her way back
she met Mrs. Martin, heavy of eye,
and green as to the face, clinging
wildly to the leand-rail 01 the con
' panion way,
She lokced :0 thoroughly miser.
able, that Diana promptly forgave
her for her remarks earlier in the
day, and enquired solicitously,
"Aren't you feeling well?"
"Not very?"alms. Martin closed
her eyes, and swayed uneasily from
side to side With the motion of the
ship, "I think I've got a cold cots -
tog on."
Nat tee worlds would she have
admitted that all her much vaunted
remedies for sea sickness had fail-
ed her.
Diana helped iter to her cabin
and deposited her on her bunk, thea
went back on deck herself, She
noticed that a good many of the
was an excellent sailor ,and thor•
oughly enjoyed lying In her chair,
while she watched the waves, mount-
ing ebery momeut higher and high-
er,
When she looked round the
dining -room that evening, DIana
pasengers had failed to put in an
appearance, It'll,, Nairn, however,
who was also a good sailor, was in
her usual place, although .she looked
rather pale, atul she was glad to see
it. Mlle. Nairn was SOU:ieatly
exacting and tidiness, when she
was well, it was cliffleult to imagine
what she would have been if she
bad felt
After dinner Diana made another
attempt to go up on deet., but
though she put on 'her thickest
things, It -¢vas intolerably cold, and
she retired to the saloon, where
dancing was in progress.
She danced with a couple of men,
and then gave it up, Like a walk
on deok, it was impossible, for the
ship was rolling and pitching in
such a way that the couples kept no
losing their balance and lurching
against one another,
Diana still felt sufficient of an
invalid to want to go to bed early,
and when she reached the cabin elm
was very surprised to see Mrs.
Nairn in her bunk. Asa rule she
sat up playing Bridge till far into
the night,
"FIu1o," she cried, "you have
come to bed Kitty,"
"Yee," replied Mrs. Nairn in a
sober tome of voice very unlike her
usual highpitehed and affected one.
didn't feel like staying up any
longer,"
"Nett feeling 111, are you." asked
Diana, Looking at her anxiously.
"No, thank you,• 'replied her com-
panion, still speaking in that sub-
dued voice.
I was afraid you might he feel-
ing sea sick," Diana explained, but
even .hie aCeueatton ]ailed to rouge
Mrs. Nairnto any semblance of
We,
She .simply stated with a depre5-
ed air that she had never been sea
sick la her life,
"Then what is it'?" pursued the
girl, "I am sure there's some-
thing the matter."
Mrs. Nairn produced a handker-
chief, an inefficient scrap of silk
Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival
ploveers and music will be the
Highlights of the seventh an -
dual fipple Btosaam-Festival in
Igtf a gcoir?is ;;Annagpoils Valley,
largest stegle apple, belt in the
British Empire, from lune third
tdtltth thMM Year: - The 'commodt-
ous•Cotdw£111s #nn at1Kentville
uplift be headquarters 802 the fes -
Veal .,and ten:Mr:ge t home for
many hundreile.of visitors ;from
ed an ' f It d St4to who
a d tSe, tin, e. a s
Sino t0 s€8'the Laadof Evange-
line kt the teak of its'beatt#y,
Festival arrange1nentb- Cali kor
the elsetion ;staid oorop*tlon of the
Rueful, Sole .danced and 8ongd, an
Apple Blossom Ball at the Corn-
wallis Inn, memorial services at
Evangeline Park, colorful parades
and pageants,
Of unusual significance will be
the visit of Miss Florence Small,
of Potterels, Brookman's Park,
Hertfordshire, who is "Queen of
the Engiish Orchards," and who
Will represent England's fruit
growers at the Canadian Festival,
The first apple trees were planted
in the Annapolis Valley 300 years
ago and the province bas the dis-
tinction of exporting more apples
to Great Britain than all the other
overseas dominions combined.
Visitors will have the oppor-
tunity of seeing the Shrine of
Evangeline at nearby Grand Pre,
the ancient willows, and the pic-
turesque old well, and Church
n tel o e
described in % g 1 wa pis
romance.
This festival is an unfailing In-
dloation that the summer vial/Alen
Period has arrived in the charm-
ing seaside resorts of the Mari-
times, Three popular Canadian
Pacific resorts are opened for the
summer) The Pines at Digby,
?8,S., June 24; Lakeside Inn at
Yarmouth, 148., June 27, and the
Algonqutl Hotel at Si. Andrewse
bee tbe•Sea, I'f.B,, June 30,
*q
CApoR.
The purest farm le eke'
s•a,ccy Ken to }rooke,"
and lace from under her pillow, and
began to cry Into it, with a henry
broken air,
Diana, wito by ibis time was be•
ginning to feel thoroughly worried,
sat Bowe oe the edge of he rbunk,
and began t0 soothe ber in much
the saline way one would soothe a
fraofloes child.
it took her some time and a great
deal of patience .to get to the root of
the trouble,
At last Mee, Nairn sobbed out
the eoueeesi0n, '1 ani so frightened'
"What bete- frightened you," asked
Diana, %modeling in a wild flight of
imaginations; whether she bad been
losing entire than She could afford at
Bridge, and yas afraid that her
husband would be aught.
Mrs. Niairu threw one bare men
fretfully across her eyes,
"Isn't this storm enough to
frighten anybody" she demands,
'Oh; 10 lout all?" laughed Diana,
"1 tbouglift there was really some
thing the matter."
'Don't you call a storm 413414hing?'
asked, the older woman,
"I dont think it's enough is
worry ayout, Diana pointed out.
"Atter aid there can hardly be a.
voyage• without at least one:,
"That doesn't make it any better;
sobbed lbs. Nairn. 'I've always
been. conlineed that I ,sh=ill be
drowned one day, and I'ln terrified
at the very thought of it"
'Then I shouldn't thinit about it"
"But I can't help thinking about
it," her voice almost a well, "Suet
look et the way the ship Is rolling,
1 am certain we are going to the
bottom,"
"I don't suppose we are for a
moment," laughed Diana, ''after all
hardily any ships do sink, when you
come to think of
'Oh, yew, they do," replied Mrs,
Nairn fretfully, "I could tell you
the names+ of half -a -dozen• straightanvay."
"Yell but If you lookedin the
shipping lists, you could find the
names of hundn'ecls that haven't
sunk," said the more pi -entice,
Diana tri un1d1ent17.
She pinked uyi a small bottle
from the wash-eStand, and taking off
the stopper shook a couple of tab.
lets out into her hand.
"Now you had better take these
aspirins,' 'she said standing them
with a glass of water to her corn -
Penton, 'and then try to go to sleep.'
Mrs. Nairn elivellowed, the tablets
obediently, but it took her some
time to go to sleep and till ber eyes
had finally closed, Diana sat on the
edge of the bunk, trying to comfort
her.
By the time she was at liberty to
get ready for bed herself, she found
that the movement of the ship had
grown con siderably worse, and. it
was only with the greatest difficul-
ty that she managedr to undress.
For. some time atter she was In
her bunk she lay listening to the
whistling of the wind and the roar
of the waves, but at last she too
went to sleep,
For a, couple of hours'there was
no movement Prom ,either of the
bunks; then both the sleepers were
roused simmltaneously by an ear.
.spitting crash, and a shock which
very nearly landed them on the
floor.
"What on earth was that?"
quavered Mrs, Nairne
The next moment she utered a
little scream for the ship's siren
had uttered Swo prolonged blasts.
"Two blasts of the siren," she
cried, 'nwhat does that mean?"
"I target,' 'in psite of all her
efforts at self-control, Diana's
teeth were ohabteninp, as she spoke,
for she did not doubt that some-
thing very serious had +happened.
In order to keep herself in her
bunk at all, she had to chug on to
the edge of the pont ]tale, for the,
ship had hated terrbbly, "If you
watt half a militate I'll turn, on the
light, then we shall be able to look
at the chant"
IP To her relief when she pressed
the switch, the cabin was hooded
with, light, she was afiraid that the
collision or whatever it was might
have affected the eleeia'ic current;
darkness wouldhave added coneld'
erably to the horror of th,e situa-
tion.
"Two blasts of the afros," she
read from the chant which bung on
the wall, means "Go. up on deck."
With a wile scream of the purest
panic, Mrs. Nairn flung herself "Mnio
how out of her bunk, and once on
the liber she did not wait tenger
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than to seize a coat and pair of bed -
am slipper before ctasduilg out of
the cabtn,
Diana had, the presence of mind
before following her to drag her
1'.febelt out from under the bunk,
and having put on her thickest
coat, slipped it over her head, then
she walked quickly curt of the cabin
best to quieten. the frightened
belt as she went.
Once outside the door of the
cabin, she found herself caught up
in a sle'eam of terrified humanity,
clad In every variety of undress,
and all of theme with but two
thoughts in their heads, one to tie
the strings of their lifeboats, which
In many oases were proving re-
fractory, and the other to get up on
deck in the shortest posibie time,
The enema, and crew were be.
having magnificently, doing their
best to quieten the frightened
people, answering questions, anti
restoring chl•ldeen to their parents.
"It's• al lright, mia.'aany"'Diana
heard one of the stewards assuring
a frightened passenger, "you've got
nothing to worry about, There's
been a bit of a collision but jest
you go ug) on deck, and you'll be
took off in a nice lifeboat, lee
'really; quite all right," -
'.Swept along by tilt] elate of ter -
rifled humanity, Diana somehow
Inatlagatl to reach the Bede group of
people sitranding by the liftboat to
which her cabin section had keen
alloted.
Frightened as she was, she yet
had the time to look round her on
the scene of ordered Confusion. The
passengers 'wade being shepherded
ineo their right positions by the in-
detfatigable crew, and there was
something undeniably thrilling in
the sight,
TO BE CONTINUED,
Teeswater Old Boys'
August 6th,. 7th, 8th, 9th
There will be dancing every af-
ternoom and night during the 01d
Boys'. Tdte men ll'1i* have obtain-
ed the privileges are planning a
wonderful time for the dancing
public. There will be goods floors,
good oiicheseras 811(1 dances to
please everyone.
There will be 17 Ibands there
during rive four days Re -Union --
10 pipe bands, 5 brass bands, 1
trumpet band and 1 Jazz band.
• • •
There will be a two-hour show
a!' vaudeville acts. every afternoon
and evening. Those acts include
a sixplece band, singing, dancing,
tumlbleng, acrobatic stunts, tight -
wire walking, etc.
• • *
There will be 'baseball games
every day; softball games- and, pro-
bably, lacrosse,
• • •
There will Ise, (both .daylight and
night flreworltn. display,
• * •
There wall be a fall afiteunen's
horse race program on Wednesday,
Aug. 9th, .Ohe,rlot Race on Mon-
day, Amg. lith,
* • •
There will be the second largest
midway in Canada --amusement for
all, 10 rides .indening 3 rides for
kiddies only,
• • •
There will be a roll call at the
school of all former pupils, ow Mon-
day morning, MISS Sharpe will /Ma
there to greet ,them, -
• • •
The neeelytoraned Boy Scouts
Will have their antfermuq shortly
and 'they w1)1 be able to aselet In
many ways. during the lte-Union,
• • •
Three Special platforms will have
to be erected to take care of pill the
attraction*, *deli ern] be run oft en
Monday Cettetdonton Games,
The wife of the mnryor of Saynia-
says• she has, been so busy house-
cleaning she 'has not lied time to
become excited over the prospect of
being presented to the queen, At
least She will have something about
Which 40 converse with 13'er-
Ma jesty.
H'OW TO GET A HANDOUT
Housewife, You look stro'ug'
enough to work and earn your 121.
Ing, but still you seem to prefer
begging,"
Tramp, ' know, madam. And
you are beautiful enough to go uu.
the stage, but evidently you prefer
a simple home life."
The newapalper may neve its
faults, but it doesn't interrupt ire
selrf every fli;teen minutes to tell
you which aim you are reading,
comments an exchange,
Dropped shoulders to go with
dropped fullness in sleeves for a
new style gesture, "dropping"
lines.
hi" •
''Dict the doctor take your
temperature?"
"I dunno. All I've missed so far
is my watch,"
HAROLD W. LOVE
Ethel, Ont. — Phone 22.89
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