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The Clinton News Record, 1932-11-17, Page 3PAGE 2 Clinton News -Record With which is Incoi`perated THE NEW ERA Terms of Subscription—$2:00 per year in advance, to Canadian ad- dresses; $2.50 to the U.S. or oth- er foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paidunless at the eption of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is ,paid" is denoted on the Iabel. advertising Rates—Transientadver- tising i2e per count line for first insertion. 8c far each subsequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, not to exe eeed one inch, such as "Wanted", "Lost," 'Strayed," etc., inserted once for 85c, each subsequent, in- sertion 15e. Rates for display ad- vertising made known on applica- tiom. Communications intended for pub- licationmust, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. H. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer Financial, Real Estate and Fire In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance Companies. Division Court Office, Clinton, Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont, CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc. Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Store CLINTON, ONT. ' B. R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including Fire Wind, Sickness and Accident, Anre- mobile. Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Trust Bonds Box 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 67. DR. J. C. GANDIER • Office Hours: --1.30 to 8.80 pan., 4.80 to 8.00 p.m. Sundays, 12.30 to 1.30 pm. Other hours by appointment oniy. Office and Residence — Victoria St, DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont. One door west of Angiiran Church. Phone 172 Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. PERCIVAL HEARN Office and Residence: Huron Street — Clinton, Ont, Phone 09 • (Formerly occupied by the late Dr C. W. Thompson) Byes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. H. A. McINTYRE DENTIST Office over Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont. Phone, Office, 21; I•Iouse, 89. D. H. MCINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist Masseur Office: Huron St. (Few doors west of Royal Bank). Hours—Tries., Thurs. and Sat., all day. Other hours oy appointment Hensall Office -Mon., Wed, and Fri forenoons. Seaforth Office -Moms Wed. and Friday afternoons. Phone 207. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron 'Correspondence promptly answered, Immediate arrangements can he .made for Sales Date at The News -Record Clinton, or by calling phone 103, Charges Moderate , and Satisfectior Guaranteed. THE Mc1IILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Officio, Seaforth, Ont. President, J. Bennewies, Brodhag- en, vice-president, James Connelly. Goderich, Sec, -treasurer, D. F. Mc- Gregor, Seaforth. Directors: Thomas Moylan, R. R. No. 5, Seaforth; ` James Shouldice Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesbore; Robt. Ferris, Blyth; John Pepper, Brueefield A. Broadfoot, Seaforth; G. R. McCartney, Seaforth. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 3. Clinton; Jahn Murray, Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth; Ed. Pinchlayt Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, er at Calvin Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applica., tion to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post of- fices. Losses inspected by the direc- tor who lives nearest the Beene. 1 ANADIAN` A 'i0 A a kit* • :+ TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 7.08 a.m. Going East depart 3.00 pm. Going Westt depart 11.50 p.m. Going West, depart 9.58 p.m. London„ Huron '&c Bruce Going South 3.08 p.m Going North, at. 11.64. eve. 12.10 a.m. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., NOV. 17, 1932 esses, kisses, endearments her rich hair tumbling ovee white pillows in a cataract of gold, Soft whispering allurements. Stupid dinnners tire- some people, alien towns, queer un- interesting teas ---destroying play, spats, boredom. There; was the 'be- ginning of the road; she was, ready. to take him from his city, to carry him away, to make him forget. Perhaps she had sent him. The n'• , qtl y 'v Q c9 curtains were drawn to; Even then wtawuar' +(,,." ' j , i d `" "i !9 she might be coming down; running 1 RACE Z.C.9 FINAL INSTALLMENT John had refreshed himself in the dressing ramie He looked in the mirror appraisingly. The deep tan. of the open was being leeched . out by the city of shadows. He brushed back his •stiff hair. He smiled so like Gilbert Van Horn. He •hardly i cared. What. did Josephine want'? After dinner they eat in the familiar library, • '1 leased the house, you know, after •Gilbert's death, They changed ahnost everything, every- thing but this. I love this room." A , fire was crackling in the open hearth, a wide deep ehair, Van Horn's chair, was near the glow of flames. John, standing till Jose- phine' curled on the lounge, sat down. Tashi brought a tray and Josephine lit a cigarette. Then she jumped up. John had a cigar and she lit a match, cupped the flame in her hands and held it for him, bend- ing close to him. Tashi had gone. ' Josephine drew her feet up on the lounge, and propped by cushions, blew smoke wreaths toward the fire. Tashi returned with a tray. Both took •Curaco. "John, you must tell me about your adventures, in South America." For a long while they talked, aim- lessly. The noises of the city were dim. Memories grew about the Planes. John glanced up at the painting of Gilbert Van Horn, life- like under the light. Then they sat in silence. Sudden- Iy Josephine reached in a fold of her bodice and drew forth a package, handing it to John. "These belong to you. John—I've kept them. you see." The letters were in his hand, the outpouring of his fresh enthus- iasm, the ones in which he told her of the aqueduct, and of his plans. She had kept them through it all. She stood before him, against the firelight, a presence outlined, her shimmering dress aflame. An un- easy fear held his breath. "John," and then she was on her knees, her pbia, get married, John, at last. And then, after a while, we can come back and settle things here, and go, go a- way for a few years. Oh I am •sa tired of New York." Late, very late, John Breen kissed Josephine and left, • i John's last day in the realms of uncertainty passed swiftly. He got up early, tubbed and tock a brisk walk. Then he •sent off a cable to London. "Cannot accept China post." That, for that; He packed a small trunk, whistling the while. Several times he almost phoned }larboard and Pug. "No use, I'll wire from Philadelphia." Were they to be mar- ried before, or after? 'He wondered, Josephine had a very puzzling way about her. He called her up at noon. "Come after dinner," she laughed delicious- ly. "There's a tn.00n tonight, for the elopement. We'll pick up your things as we go through Thirty-ninth Street, Good -by, dear, till eight." Something sounded like a kiss, or a smack, over the phone. He had several hours on his hands. He sat and smoked. What a washout the old town wast What a place. Still, be would never be lonely again. He kept trying to pic- ture the years; the years ahead. Jahn had an uncanny imagination. lee kept saying to himself, "This is rot. this is belly rot." He kept con- juring up pictures of John Breen, perhaps even John Van Horn, lolling about the world, the lucky husband of a very attractive woman. a' weal- thy woman constantly followed by admiring glances, and 'sly comment. In the years to come he would drop out of the famous company of the unknown few. Engineers would no longer refer to him, seriously, among themselves. Newer and greater work, would rise, men would forget him, long before his death. Such dreams came to him. He tried to enthuse himself with visions of Josephine, with mind pictures of soft head buried in his lap, sobbing, Her nights, velvet nights of Iove, and soft breasts pressed against his long delicious mornings, in bed. trS erre on fire he kissed her brutally carelessly, lee I e1 her Oen— ar,A • ooked into her eyes. "Why tenet yee gat i»er-+ a i�@.� a+•r.+ h; knees, her hair glowed under bit in the light, "I have always loved you —always!" She looked up, tears glistened like stars; oh, she was beautiful! His cigar had fallen, he lifted her. Her face so close to his, The years sped away. Over the mantelpiece, Cilbeet Van Horn locket' clown on them whileJ i se rp o hicru' out her p e ed heart, John,' teeming her, his hungry soul crying for love, held her close. Life, what is it? What are the things that comet? Why are we here? In the cubconscious half-light of the mind, under the patter of love. he seemed to know. Josephine in feverish impulse poured, forth her strong ,affection. She had jilted bin, and now, at last, she had relented: "I am tired of this. place. We will leave. John, leave it all. We will travel, we will live in sunshine, The world has much to offer us." Jose- phine and Jobe sat on the wide lounge, he held her, her head on his shoulder, her hands clasping his. It had been a long, long road, but at last, at last—. "You know I've sold the house, they are going to build an annex to the'hotel next door. Everything is changing, the people are changing.. The .best New Yorkers now live a- broad most 'of the time. Oh, John, how glad I am that you found m a" John was on fire, he kissed her brutally,' carelessly. He held her close and looked into her eyes. `Why can't we get married.. now, tonight?" "No, John, dear. No! no! We will leave tomorrow -might. I ,:have . so many things to settle. The movers and storage people will be in early tomorrow. .1 want to get 'some of my things icy order. Go back to the club, like a good boy, tonight. Get sneer things packed. I will put .my thing's in ,the small car trunk. Well take the coach, motor to Philadel- "Rats," he kept repeating, The in- activity of the afternoon was weary- ; ing. He dated not look out on the Istreets. He hacl dinner in the club! He arranged to give lit his mini. 1"r11 he back for my small trunk to- night. A motor trip. Iio]d my mail." John grew nervous, as the time came for his departure. He kept wonder n what t g vha he would do. Jose- rhine certainly was a superb woman. The experiences cf the night before kept gripping him. I -Ie hardly knew whether he had captured her or whether she had captured bin. Sev- eral messages carne for him at the last moment. "Tell everybody I'm gone, for a few days." Mr. Wild of the old aqueduct fight came in as John was leaving. He had not seen Wild for years. It was with a genuine pang of regret that he hurried cut, and walked up Meth Avenue in the''cool dusk. So he sev- ered one of those loyalties men feel for each other, those .strong bonds of friendship transcending even love; love which demands so much because of its giving. As he walked north, he gradually increased his pace. He would get to Josephine at eight o'clock. It was a splendid idea of hers to start the journey by night;, in that huge lux- urious chariot, rolling like a separ- ate little universe across the smooth roads of New Jersey, under a clear. moon: The curtains work; she drawn. The driver and footman, automatons, efficient nonentities, looking ahead, night think their heads oft for all site or he cared. It was this flair for unusual adventtire which' made her so. entrancing John. wondered what she would wear, • As Ile turner] "east, past, the hotel,. ho was stopped fox' a moment. Hie hand was in his pocket. Ile should have sent flowers, brought a ring,, eagerly toward hien. The great car frightened him. It would carry them or .have done a half dozen things far, far -away from the city forever. that any comnpetent lover would have The lines of the short letter burn - attended to. His hand fished up an ed in his hand. He had no needto a - envelope. He remembered the note amid the crowd of things that came to him on leaving tate club. With the sight and handshake of old Wild, in the flurry, he had forgotten it. He stood in front of the Van Horn house. He was about to go up the steps. Then he thought. Perhaps there was something in the note he should know, before leaving with Josephine? He tore open the en- velope, under the street light. His eyes followed the brief lipes, they blurred and clarified, and magnified, His .coat seemed very warm. He hooked his stick over his arm and stepped nearer the light. A 'huge black car had conte to rest behind him, silently, a great car with cure tains drawn. It was behind hits with dimmed headlights, live great eyes, as if a monster eavesdropper was trying to read the note also. John glanced up at the lighted win- dows. He seemed to hear the notes of the piano. Josephine was evident= ly singing. playing. She was no doubt ready, waiting for him. The footman passed him. John caught a waft of scent; a man with a scent, possibly parfum Josephine. The ar- ea door opened. Tashi and the foot- man brought out and were strapping a patent leather trunk on the rear carrier. It was all real enough, John looked. There was plenty of room for another trunk. The area door clanged 'behind the men. He thought he saw Josephine part the heavy library curtains and look out. lie must be quick. Again he read the note, it was very concise; it was insistent. The whole overwhelming problem swam before his eyes. Josephine and foreign lands, palace hotels, Iong hours in exotic bedrooms, car - gain peruse them. Dear John, • Can you join me at nine o'clock tonight, at my Wall Street of- flee? Am arranging hundred million dollar foundation. We must stop planning and begin to rebuild the tenements. Offer you full charge of construction, as Director and Chief Engineer, The city needs you. Almon Strauss. The house door opened; it was only Tashi, but John Breen without look- ing, turned hastily and walked east toward Madison Avenue, across Park Avenue, toward Third. Halfway down the block his attention was attracted to a Lighted window of a Easement resident and within was a scene that paused his steps. A moth- er, seated with child on her lap, both looking up in smiling assurance into the face of the father bending over them. John Breen stood transfixed. Slowly he turned; slowly he started to retrace his steps. Suddenly the full import of the decision he had yet failed to make came upon him. As his fine mind grasped the facts his step quickened. "My work ... or my Josephine . , which?" he muttered aloud as if seeking to know that all the years we"e summed up in those few words, "First love wins," said John Breen, r great light of happiness coining to his face. He pressed the bell. Josephine, herself, stood in the door before him. In her eves was that look which only one man ever sees , .. deep into the soul. "Mei love ... my first, my only love," said Josephine as John Breen took her in his arms. THE END. DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD Scouting Popular in 'Persia There are 5,000 Boy Scouts in Per- sia, and their number is growing rapidly under the enthusiastic lead- ership of the Persian Crown Prince. Scout troops have been •organized at the English American and Armepian missionary schools. . 0=1 A Scout Ctioir Good Turn The Boy Scout choir of Christ Church, Hartlepool, when camping this summer gave, their services` to the local church which lacked a choir, provided music for the wedd- ing of a daughter of the farmer on whose land they were aenipi, ng, and formed a guard of honour outside the church. Where the Modern Boy Finds Adventure Rescuing a man from a Iedge half, way down a 400 -foot cliff; fighting hay fires on farms; searching for a child lost on the moors; rescuing 4 valuable horse that had fallen on its back in a narrow ditch—these 1932 camp good turns remind that Eng- lish Boy Scouts are not behind their Canadian brothers in finding adven- tures in Scouting. o=3M=> Another Educator Commends Scouting Discussing "Waste Forces of Hu- man Nature" in the "London Obser- ver," Prof. L. P. Jacks credits Bad- en-Powell with making through Scouting "one ,of the greatest dis- coveries of modern tines in the field of utilizing human forces otherwise wasted," i.e., converting the play hunger and love of adventure of the boy into self-eontrol, oourage, loyalty and readiness to accept responsibil- ity. • ' :3' ss a Young Spanish Life Savers That Spanish Boy Scouts are not behind those of other lands in life saving skill andcourage was shown this summer at a Spanish bathing resort when two young woolen were swept several hundred yards from shote by a strong tide. Two 14 -year old Scouts went to their aid, and af- ter a long struggle got them near shore, where other Scouts helped. One young, woman recovered; the Socuts persisted four hours in a fruitless effort to revive the other: No effort was made by onlookers to assist in the rescue. MAN WITH CONSCIENCE IS FOUND IN FLORIDA lee There are occasional evidences, even in these days that people are still developing consciences. The latest example has been made known in a letter received by the Canadian National Railways at Win- nipeg from a man in Lake City, Florida. He writes: "While engage ed in manual labor on the Canadian National construction, a thing took place that has been one of condem- , 'nation to me. Once or twice when returning from work I carried off a shovel. It is a long while past but I am some day to stand and give an account sof just and unjust deed's. I am now confessing my error and want to make restitution." Tlie Cbm= pang has given the penitent the op- portunity he seeks, 1'Ii1, SIGN Theme be spells whereby this sorce- ress season Old in magic to betwitch the mind, Thinking to entrap our laggard Tea - son Casts flurries on the crying wind: There be sleeps and long enchant- ments laid That fight the river from its early song; And portents of fierce music made That hold the wildbirds wintering too long. But I have been where meadows meet the flood And poplar 'buds are crimson with new wine, There is a whiter magic in the wood; And I have been vouchsafed a sign. Be cautious, spring, for mortal' though I am, I have you now. Today I saw a lamb!' —(Anne Elizabeth 'Wilson in The Canadian. Wife to Professor—"Do you know, it is ten years ago to -day that we be- came engaged?" Professor --"Heavens! Wily didn't you remind me before. It is high bine we were married."' The great national pastnte this weather is squeezing the expenditure eclutnn so that it will remain in peopot'tiou to the revenue. The first step in this, of course, is making a decision as to what items are absolutely necessary to the well-being of our minds and bodies and consign- ing the balance to the limbo of "things we will have when times improve." 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Its advertising columns bring, into your hone the best offerings of the stores and shops with Prices and description. The classified adver- tising column ts ameeting place for buyers and sellers in every conceivable line. The News -Record costs you but four cents a week. If you will read it thoroughly intelli- gently, you will receive many, many time over a return in value, And The News -Record is a good paper for the fancily to read. There are many things children may learn front its col-. umns, but nothing they should shun. It's col- umns are clean, carefully editedsand contain all the NEWS, If you are not already a subscriber to The News -Record take advantage of the short term trial •rffer below. Do it today—,NOW=-- while you think of it. THE NEWS -RECORD, Clinton, Ontario. Enclosed please find 20c as subscription to rho News -Record ontil'the end of 1932 on your Special offer At the end: of that time 'I will notify you if I wish it discontinued: NAME . . St., P.O. Box or R. R. 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