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The Brussels Post, 1939-10-4, Page 2THE BRUSSELS :POST ENT IT LED issi gT e a BY LILIAN IVERSON Bridget, however, had not the sllghtest opportunity whatever A. forded her of following iter sister's counsel, Robin was .apparently engaged on. work right away from the farm, and did not turn up for any. meal, Adrian, meM1wi1ue ,at Hardwicke, 'had decided that at all costs he ]trust run ,over to Hopcolt, if only for an hour that day, He was bus)' ins ersed in various absorbing 111- 's conneetecl with his seholas- titlea; and peesonolly he would es ` soon postpone his Viuit for notlir day. e strong .feeling that little would be eusappointed if he d to put In an appearance stili pipermast in his mind. He entetlsed himsel'. for his Polly ceding the matter So soon, had possessed him? Surely ow of the autumn was partly leible far it, the alluring light hadee; the misty loveliness of countryside around Hopcolt, peace andquietness, the girl's ative ebarnts, the longing tc gat agvay from himself and stifle the Pangs ofhomeles•egess. that had so unaccountably swept over him just them iT must go on with it,' "he assur- ed himself dogmatically, ',I can't woo and win and cast away. But I couldn't tie myself irrevocably yet, although they may expect it. The Grays will stand no nonsense, they will be hard bargain drivers with regard to those girls. All the more so because they have no deep-rooted affection for them, and hope to get back in all directions what they bave expended on them." As he walked down the town to- wards the road that would take him the most suickly to Hopcolt, he and a man, ton- Saw Cynthia Seadon ned by a foreign climate, and they were so absorbed in what they were talking about that she did not see Man. iCettehia looked very animated and very attractive, and he drew in .ehiaIlps tightly. What a fool he had been, for at one time he was cer- tain he might have had a chance with her. Biddy and her claims upon him seemed suddenly to hang like a heavy weight around his neck. .He felt submerged in the coneequemces of his awn rashness. qty had he not recognised all that Cynthia could be to h1m? Why had he neglected to sustain their friendship and further it along more intimate lines'? Who was her FIVER 1) REIT R R. 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''Don't let us walk of anything 510 He fancied' he caught Cynthia!serious' and so awfully lasting," she tau=teal laugh, he knew how that blurted out finally in a muffled tone, laugh would be accompanied by a "1 can`t endure it, I-1---you—i 000 brilliant glance of amusement,. or it' t will never come oft." of quick response, He was on the point of seeing He Went on using. mgrs and more daylight, at least, so be imagined. Bigrstrides to Hopcolt, and 'f::,: child was jealous, bewildered. Bridget„ but his heart remained be. Stories had been carried to her, hind, and suited its pane to Cynthia she had been told she was not itis and her escort, wondering what equal, too young orsometlihrg of had called up all that merriment, that silly type, She had 103 1 It he lied but known, it was courage and heart. Cynthia's favourite cousin, who was "13ic0,ly," he s.tid, patiently, Be in England for a betel while from sensible, Don't mind what others Africa They had played together please to thrust at you, take the in childhood, been as brother and sister, and he had married Cyn- a ' hiaworld as you find it, Why should- thianet we discuss our marriage, It closest friend. Long ichors will have to some off one day and Passed between the women -folk there is a lot of .preparation that and Cynthia was glad to hear must bother us beforehand.' verbally all aoout their doings and She drew her hand away from his. how the babes were growftlg and "I couldn't marry you, it was all a just when Jessica had decided to mistake. I want my freedom. I pap England and her old life a swift must have it. I should never sue - visit, too. Bridget received her fiance tents- teed as your wife. It's' not in me to cope with that life. I should be a tively, and because she had so very failure, a rank, awful failure." much on her mind, she was nervous Adrian, conscious' that Mrs. Gray and ill -at -ease. was approaching them and that a Adrian's guilty conscience pricked walk was out of the question now him into realising that he was the because of the time went forward cause of her flurry and pallor. to speak to her then, as soon as he "She suspects. something," he con- directly could, beat a hasty retreat, jectured "and Is so tender-hearted, All the way beak he was shrug - She is the kind to thunk only of ging his shoulders metaphorically others, Her whole being would be speaking, at Biddy's outburst, What aflame with self-sacrifice if she fierceness she had used. .011 self - imagined I wanted to marry else- sacriflce,"as he lead pictured she where." might indulge in, But could he avail himself of her sweetness? It touched him, for Adrian, the school -master and head, and the man whom Biddy knew, were prac- tically different persona She saw merely the tender side of him, the off duty mood, when he permitted himself the license to waver and fluctuate. 'Where shall we go for a walk?" he asked and studded his watch. Afraid I have very little time to spare to -day again, Little girl!' "There was no need to run over. I didn't expect it," she heard her- self tell him in a harsh strident voice that did not send an atom like her own. She had to speak so in order to hide her eagerness. For, oh, she did ao wish, that he would stay away from Hopcolt until she had quite realised exactly what her duty was, and if it was her place or not to take the first step towads separating, and undoing the knot they had just begun to loop, `yWhat is it, Biddy?" Adrian pressed gently, "It is all right. I will not fail you. We are going to be very' happy, girlie. , You shall come with Anne or your grand- mother, and state what improve- ments you would.' prefer done in my glooany old house. We shall have to keep on there as long as I am at Hardwicke, but we might brighten the rooms in various ways. Cream walls would d0 wonders and less heavy furniture about." 1I couldn't, I couldn't live there," shuddered; Bridget, openly, Adrian way grave at once, per- haps sniff and cold. He hal not reek oned, with this kind of opposition from -Biddy, this vehemence and 0elf. entredness, it annoyed him in his present frame of mind, it was so unexpected, "My dear child," he replied, and now he might have been rebuking a pupil, "this is rather extreme. Where a husband's work lies there he has to be, in cases like mine. I couldn't afford a sperate household and it would be rather foolish, as my salary includes the house and all expeneete cleared, Don't you take it in that I should be a much poorer man if I rented another home After awhile I may move and then be fortunate enough to get rich better quarters than at Hardlwicit We wrist hope that it may be so, although I am verycon- ant witti an that my present pout entails," The Increasing coldness of his manner was lost on her, A11 She could recall was that he was in very truth referring to an ins. Mediate marriage between them. Anne's warning rang in her esire and deafened, her, se did her newly. found friend and hie 'Cynthia Sete don's Robin 'Cardrew, Oh! she dare not let her thoughts dwell on him! Yet It was the next day that Bridget He was not a cad and he meant, despite all, to stick to his Promsie and provide her with a home, It §'o chanced, that he ran full tilt into Cynthia Seadon, as he crossed the street that would lead him. most; directly to the road in which the school stood, He was honestly rushed tor time, and yet he could not let her pass without exchanging a few sentences with her. .She was stili looking supremely happy, from a casual observer's point of view, and it nettled him, for at once his mind reverted to her companion of an hour or so ago, "You seem radiant," he said gruffly, "Have you been on the links, and performing an incredible miracle there?" She laughed, ',Indeed, no. I have been in Africa, right amidst the various plantations and learning heaps. I am competent now to start one myself and hire natives galore, also do battle with beasts associated solely with the zoo over here," "Don't treat me to a lot of non- sense, he growled, and because his tone was so rude and there was a light of battle in his eyes, 'Cynthia's heart sang, for such are the wage of man when they are not indiffer- ent to a woman, "'I must go," she said, suddenly and: as it slightly annoyed' with her- self. "My cousin .has been here. He is in England, for a short while and came down to see us.He married) my greatest pail and she and I write 'almost every week. It took me right away to hear all be had to say. I mice Jessie fright- fully now, although she has been married tour yeare," "Oh," he murmured, and did not try to detained her but there was re- lief In his breast as she entered the school and: applied himself to hours of *se labour. "Tom's visit hasp done you good," Mrs, ,Seadon remarked to her daughter as they dined quietly as usual that evening. "Once I thought you'd marry him and not Seasick" "Never,' 'smiled Cynthia. "Tom and I were brother and sister, that was all. Pmt, fond of him and so is he of me, but never once should we have cared to change the rela- tionship. What a enatchml e,er you've always been, treater darling." Mrs. Seadon sighed, for Cynthia did not consider it worth while to mention that she had seen Adrian, too, CHAPTER IX. Unravelled Tangles, - ',,. 1 >ea . WIbD21ifiS1)AY, OCTO0311ri1, 4th 1929, STILL r• ri ease l,, SS itr�, i�, ii1 ,'iR ',r +1y ley':-] u.. - o ,•: Ri` - ;,q , r 4f1,f il1rr1,f,1lil{II' dSSI t t/l, Il�l�r(i/l(r�('lill 1� (tl�l II.r b,:is o at fy �t I..t: fy rrJ ,+A` 1 (r ilii./ pill jj �,t�! FF1yce.. :, i frf'll,{dlr�tj.J, n'.!Is��cf I 1 �fli fl,. l - ai -, a c(.,.�u t•,t } � li W,,.S�!lt'..� rill] ii l�l� 1 t �- a ; .:.�� ih i Ill I t � � l{. l i 11�r'il lit 9 I I Ai fir] ' I its ,e it fl t i 11 I IIS !f �l ,r4,111it JIM/MU (f l I I 11 I! 1 1 I J I lilt ,Itt,,6�1�i111 l,'II1JI,�i df, dr I :" j� i I'i ,, 1 i f t' � , i�.,ulft�, flt,(�i'lr(rt.r��1/1��f11,�i�d�� I+i'� I � �, ��`il�I !� I {� Xeacieti ii 2 demands constant pioneering—discovering and ��f lit 4�J�II� ISI I, 1� developing the new and better method of doing till j Rj I,Iq 111 f(,i l/1 the things we have to do. rilh�?Jtill Time was when the introduction of a new implement was a mem- orable and historic event, but these were the early days in the appli- cation of mechanics to farming operations. Today, changes succeed each other with greater rapidity and even the most revolutionary innovations are accepted with little acclaim. Not in any period of the ninety years of Massey -Harris history has such skill been employed in the designing and developing of machines for the farm as there is today. The Company's engineers, in their extensive field experiments, are constantly testing new ideas and developing, under actual conditions, machines and attachments specifi- cally suited to the requirements of the territory for which they are intended. Thus, whether it be a one -handled walking plow to be used by a native, and even perhaps drawn by natives, on the South African veldt; a power -driven mower to cope with the luxuriant growth of grass on an English meadow, or the One -Way Disc Seeder developed to help the farmer on the prairies of Western Canada combat soil drifting, it is the result of definite scientific research by the Company's fleld engineers. And in the motorized mechanization that is taking place in farming operations, Massey -Harris is in the forefront, still pioneering in bringing to farmers the latest developments in Tractors, Combines and other power equipment. found herself face to lace with Robin •Cardrew, for, although he had slept at Hopcolt Farm and had had I breakfast there, she had seen' nothingof him. He had come in for the midslay meal, and they were all sitting round the table. Mr. Gray, as usual was complaining about the weather conditions and other evils, It was obvious that he liked his new employe, that notwithstand- ing his grousing, Robin reslpeoted the owner of Hopcolt Farm. ,,,The two talked together of the work; each listening to the -other with de- cided attention, Bridget was receiving want Lydia had whisperingly confided to her concerning the present poverty of Robin Cardrew, She had poured out the information before the girl could'; step her. .She had empha- sised that Robin had lost every penny and moreover had no one to back him now, and that was why Mr. Burleigh refused to keep him, 'Burleigh is' dead -set on raking in the money, eo, as Robin. Cardrew could not pay the arernged, amount, out he had to go," Lydia sniffed, "and with bitter reproaches, too, .ear that he had ever been burdened with him. Burleigh made no bones about it, ,He said he'd no room on his farm for more wage-earners, all he wanted was pupils to help him pay his way.,, Lydia had panted for breath there but had hastily concluded, "Bur- leigh was that scathing and vindic- tive that Robin Cardrew never waited to argue further. He was for bundling out neck and crop, and then he met your grandfather, and Chep talked things over, and in the end Mr. Gray made him au offer which Card!ew seized gratefully." TO IIIE CONTINUED. Royal Canadian Pacific Engine at World's Fair An impressive feature in the "Railroads on Parade" par geant at the New York World's Fair, Canadian Pacific Railway Locomotive 2850 is attracting marked attention, The Royal de- corations it still carries' recall the important part it played in the westward passage across Canada of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and make it the outstanding engine on ex- hibit. Locomotive '2860 impresses at four daily shows as a powerful, efficient piece of machinery, It is, above everything, the engine which hauled the royal train from Quebec City to Vancouver,' a dis- tance of more than 3,000 miles, the longest continuous run ever recorded by a passenger train. At the end of that run, Locomo- tive 2860 worked its way back to Montreal in regular duty, com- pleting practically 6,000 miles of ennti:moue service, The Cana- dian Pacific Railway announced that the entire trip had passed without engine trouble of any kind; that the locomotive was still in perfect condition and could, it necessary, be turned right around and operated back to the Pacific Coast again, It is one of 60 engines of the same aeries capable of a similar per- formance, Four times daily during August the cyclopean Canadian Pacific locomotive goea on display at Now York; and four times a day spectators echo the words of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth when she inspected the locomotive dur- leg the tour: "Isn't it lovely, en- gine?" Standing on We engine he this pioture are the "Gay Lassies of Yesterday and Today," members of the cast of the pageant.