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The Clinton News Record, 1939-11-02, Page 2-PAGE 2 THE • CLINTON NEWS -RECORD apture ¶Beyond by KATHARIIIE nEUILIIt BURT p NINTH INSTALLMENT ere ear, worked 'under Kent and was, sent to jail for malting what was adjudged Synopsie a false affidavit upon; which worth„ Jocelyn Harlowe, raised in a French less :stock was sold ea his townap- oavent at the age of ,eighteen joins people. Jocelyn objects to his tell- eher mother,; Marcella, in New York. ing her: this tale but tells Ler mother -Worried about her safety, because that she'd like to delay her marriage sane is unfamiliar with : the modern for a while. Her father, having move avorid and has developed into a ed to a better apartment, she goes to ilbeantiful woman, her mother's first see him to offer to help him, but be- •tiwish is to get her safely married. fore she makes her offer he autiel- Attending her first ball, Jocelyn pates her plan and denounces it. meets Felix IKent, rich, handsome and meneteen years older than herself. En- asoura'ged by her mother, she and.. :Felix quickly become engaged. Alone :in her apartment one night, a cripple, „Nick Sandal, enters by the fire :escape, confides in her that lie is her lathier and that her real name is Lynda Sandal. Uncertain about 'whether she wants to get married so -.quickly, . Jocelyn goes to talk things over with her mysterious father. `There she meets Jock Ayleward, a gambler, who gradually interests her snore and more. When she mentions -the hame of Felix Kent, he tells his :story of how he was a mining engin The Clinton News -Record with which is ;neorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRRIPTION "It's just exactly the right I have. The dispensing of cruel truth is a parent's ,first ,privilege, my dear." "I have had very little" of the truth from either` of my parents!": cried Lynda. "If it is your privilege to he cruel, then I might at least have the benefit of your honesty" At that his eyes; his face, his whole soul seemed to narrow itself. "You have more of the truth in your tongue than you've admitted. The ,sharp truth, Lynda. I will ask you now to go back to Mrs. Harlowe. You are, after all, her daughter. That is to be remembered." Lynda started blindly for the door. She was opening it when Nick flung himself after her, caught her and turned her about "Aha," he trinsnphed, malicious. laughing mien while he winced with the pain of his impulsive movement. 4$1.50 per year in advance, to Can- With some extraordinary effort he .radian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or had changed his front, impelled by a .ether foreign countries. No paper sudden panic at really losing her. 1 discontinued until all arrears are "I've broken down Miss Harlowe's .paid unless at the option of the pub- high . mightiness, eh?" Roughly he wisher. The date to which every sub- pushed Isis hand to and fro over her -scription is paid is denoted on the shining head until its repressed curly, :label. . masses were 'wild enough to shame a ADVERTISING RATES — Transient Fiji Islander. "You came here to cola' ,advertising 12c per count line for 1 $leseend to me, didnt' you, my girl? l fz'irst insertion. 8c. for each subse- l Have I taken the condescension out 'Ment insertion. Heading counts 2 of you a little?" eines. Small advertisements not to i It was the truth and she recognized `exceed one inch, such as "Wanted',' it. "Lost, " "Stra edetc. inserted once "Conte, Lynda,, let's go out. I'm "Strayed", r -for Mc., each subsequent insertion darned if I like the rooms, myself. 15c. Rates for display advertising I've had a bid to join some of the made known on application. !crowd tonight at rather a swell joint.' Communications intended for pub- Want to come? They'll like to look lication must, as a guarantee of good at you." 'faith, be accompanied by the name S Are you really well enough, eo£ the writer. I Nick?" was her only pretest. Reas- E. HALL - - - Proprietor sired roughly by being told to mind .her own business, she went into his 'bathroom to wash away her tears and Notary Public, Conveyancer I In a taxicab which it cost Nick 'd'inancial, Real Estate and Fire In- some torturing moments to enter, surance Agent. Representing, 14 Fire Lynda forced herself to ask, "Will tiasurance Companies. I Ayleward be there?" Division Court Office. Clinton „ " I dare say. "Nick, do you know his history?" "A man's history is the least im- - H. T. LANCE to restore passable order to her hair. Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. EBerrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, LC.r nllomi Broca Clinton, Ont. D. II. McINNF g� CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage aface; Huron Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Sours—Wed. and Sat. and ,by. appointment. FOOT CORRECTION .sis manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT ,11.4censed Auctioneer for the County of Huron Correspondencepromptly answered !Immediate arrangements can be made 'for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone ''08. 'Dharges Moderate and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 'THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company dread Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: 'President, Thomas Moylan; Sea- forth; Vice ?resident, William Knox, l've no intention' of ' changing any- killing For the sake of Mrs. Felipe Kent." "We mustn't quarrel." "Ah, so you do love me a little! I'ni not angry now, nor hurt. Only, Lynda, don't try to chtfige, me. As to young Ayleward, if you fell in love with him" "In love—with him!" He went on evenly, "then Ishould be forced to free myself of you. Never of him. Now listen, the boy is gold." "You did not say that before, Nick. You said that he Was not the man that Felix is. You said that he had a poor outlook on life and a character. that might be called unstable. "Well, all that is true, And of all possible husbands-." "But .I should never dream—" "Of all possible husbands for Miss Jocelyn Harlowe I can imagine none worse. A man with a grudge against life is not a happy partner for any woman. Better far a man who has given life a grudge against him." "What does that mean?" "A man who has put his foot on the neck of life and thrashed the hide off it!" "You bhink that Felix Kent is such a man?" "Frain what I know of him Felix Kent is such a man." The "swell joint" was really rather' pretentious though Jocelyn suspected it to be rarely frequented by people known to her mother or to Felix Kent. Through glass doors the sup- per room appeared, decorated quite charmingly to look hke a formal gar- den with a narrow pool in the center where a fountain played. Lynda was of course enchanted. To one of the retired tables Nick Ied her. Here were already Jock Ayleward with two of the ilei Lynda had met on her first visit; James Drury and Gustav Lowe, looking extraordinarily sleek and solid and greeting .her with a good deal of startled gallantry. Almot immediately two other men joined them, young fellows in well- cut evening clothes, very slightly the worse for liquor, with the grace and tang of gentle folk and the flexible frank faces of youth at revelry. They seemed to Lynda predestined victims of the ancient game of Fax and Geese, two' goslings• ringed by the hard -eyed three. Lynda was the only woman at the table and these new- comers visibly. rejoiced. One on -each side of her they sat and made love pleasantly. They were not so far gone its wine that they had lost their wit and gentleness. "Please give me the gun," she said. portant thing about him, Lynda. But =yes. I know it. "And you believe his tale of 'per- secution and of treachery? Do you know whom he accuses?" "Yes. Your young man." "Believing that, you let me marry Londesboro;'Secretary-Treasurer, M. Felix?" A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors, Alex. "Let you marry? Is it my business Broadfoot, Seaforth; James Sholdice, to let you in any sense of the word? Walton; James Connolly,, Goderich; I don't know the truth of Ayleward's W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Chris.ltale. 1 don't care. If Felix used him Leonhardt, Dublin; Alex. McEwing, as a cat's-paw to pull a million out of riel-th; Frank McGregor, Clinton. la badmine it's probably no worse a List of Agents: E. A. Yeo, R.R. 1, start toward' fortune than that of eGoderich, Phone 608r31, Clinton; many another highly respected James Watt, Blyth; John E. Pepper, lianaire. Having what he wants. now, Brucefield, 11. R. No. 1; R. F. McKee -,wealth and you,he'll be a -cher, Dublin, R. R. No. 1; Chas. F. security, efiewitt, Kincardine; R. G. Jarmuth, ! better husband than a less successful 'Bornholm, R. R. No. 1. and more scrupulous man." Any money to be paid may be paid "I know hien well enough to dm - to the' Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of believe Jock's story utterly But it is Commerce, Seaforth, or 'at Calvin Cbtt's Grocery, Gaderich." not easy: for me to meet Jock. There Parties desiring to effect insur- is a sort of disloyalty in my know ;once' or transact other business will ing hili at all." are promptly attended to on applica- ion to any ,of the above officers ad - .:limed to their respective post offi- ,ees. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. VOA D "I wish," she said with coolness, almost with nonchalance, "that you'd get rid of Ayleward, pay 'him off and start. again." ."Why sa, gracious and gentle lady?" "He hae been in prison. He is a professional gambler. I hate to think Lynda would havh, liked to warn I than; but this seemed not only treacherous but an act of such peril that her heart fluttt' red a t the thought. And Jock already hated her. He obviously wished her anywhere else. Why, she heard him mutter to Nick, had he brought the girl? "She'll be all right. I'll look after her." "It's not her safety I'm thinking of. It's business." Jock tauntingly rose and asked her oto`dance. His expression dared her to refuse him. They danced together 'smoothly and in silence. 1 "You've learned," said Jock pres- ently, speaking close to hese ear, "you've learned to bear the tauch of a jailbird. You can even let one hold you in his arms." "I've come here. I must go through with .it. I do not enjoy this dance." "I think you do." "Really?' She looked straight up• into his eyes. "Some of you enjoys it," he went on in spite of her icy look. "We dance well together. We both love music. If you could forget everything you think you know about me, if you weren't • jealousy of me—." she half stopped, "with Nick. -I' they went on, "and if you werentl a little bit afraid—" "You're wrong. I'm not a bit afraid." "Then why don't you tell Mr. Far- leigh and. Mr. Judson that they are the ;guests of same perculiarly adept gamblers and that ,before daylight] they will certainly be sadder, wiser and poorer gentlemen?" As he spoke this word which re - TIME TABLE that you are. dependent upon his n charity, that you live by what he retrains will arrive at and depart from steals." Clinton as follows: "A gambler doesn't steal, Saint East, depart 6 G.43 a.m. Buffalo and Caderich Lynda. Ile eases people from their' 'tsbing .4 Going East, depart eine leve money only by their own consent. In Going West, depart 11.45 a.m. other words, you are ashamed) of me, Going West, depart 9.50. 1p in my life, my friends and my con-' London, Huron & Eracerydition,?" ()Going .North, .ar 111.21, lve. 11.47 a.m. t "No." 'Going. South ar. 2.50, leave 8,08 peal "Then why try to change their? called to Lynda her first use of Kent's name in Jock's hearing, her very ex- pert partner made, a misstep, glanced doubtfully, 'down at lien, recovered himself and almost with violence drove her, doubling the time of their rhythm and dancing like a devish, away from that part of the,room and before she knew it he had taken her out through one of the glass doors of the entrance. "What is the matter? Take me back to Nick." "I'm going to be fool enough to take you home." "Mr. Ayleward!" "Toni Padaona's woman is in there dancing:" "And you're afraid of Tonics fists?" "Perhaps, 'hough as a matter of fact, I don't think Toni is present. Certainly it is not Toni who is danc- ing with her. But I believe Nick would want me to take you home." "I can't possibly trust you." "Miss .Sandal, if you force me to make a .scene you will regret it more than any one. Have you forgotten hew angry you were with me once when I. involved you in a scene?"' Ayleward stood above to block her view of the glass doors; so she missed the rhythmic passing of Toni Pad- rone's woman clenched in the arms of Felix Kent, her eyes, blazing into his with. something that looked like hunger and reproach. A few minutes later she stood out- side on the pavement with Jock. He hailed a taxicab. "I'!? send you home, Miss Sandal?" "No." She spoke quickly, arrogant- ly. "Te Nick's rooms. I must see him again tonight." "But, Miss Sandal, I have to go there now myself, at once." "I'll only be a minute." "Please go back and ask Nick—" "I'm not ready for him to leave. He'll hold the party together for me." In the taxi she asked, "Shall I have to wait very long for Nick?" "No. As soon as I get back there I'll send hien to you." At the door of Nick's lodging house Jock let her in and in spite of her repelling gesture he mounted with her. "I'm sorry. I must get something." The something was an automatic pistol. He took it quite openly from the table drawer, examined it and dropped it into his coat ppcket. Lynda said slowly, "Some day you will see again the inside of that state's prison, I am afraid. And' that will break Nick's heart. lie thinks you are—pure gold." "Please give me the gun. I'll be alone here. Quayle may find his way "Not a chance." But Jock's voice was low and uncertain. "He doesn't know this place." He took the blunt firearm and slowly , as though her eyes compelled him, lowered it and laid' it on her open hand. And over this hand, gun and all, his finger strongly closed. Lynda felt a rapture of body and of blood. It was sweeter than honey, THURS., NOV. 2, 1939 Y+�nrrvre+wrrrrvr�rrerrrer rrrrrrrrrr.`.v: r.�:: o-.�•Y�ra ::� YOUR WORLD AND MINE (Copyright) 1 by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD I have been 'meeting a marc of contributes generously to the money strong personality. He is 45 years of age. He was barn in New Zealand, but has travelled widely. By profes. Sian he is a salesman, and Sas been a very successful salesman. He is a man of good character, affable, in- tense, ambitious, likable, forceful, clisionful. But he cannot spell many common 'words correctly! And in my contact` with him he has not revealed hinvsela as having any love of books or reading. 1 have to conclude that he is what we call a man lacking a good ,school education—"Ari un- educated man". Yet this •man can write first-class business letters and. in his conversations he speak correct- ly. Here I think of a young man whom I 'met in Oban, West Scotland. He was "boots" in a hotel there, meaning a 'man who cleans one's. boots and does other low-grade work connected with hotels. I thought that he was a university student down on his. luck. I thought this because of the quality of this young man's speech: he talked like an educated man. Yet he told me :that he was just a common sailor, without any special education -tea sail- or without a ship, and so glad to do any work open to pian. Also I recall a number of Aberdeen fishermen with whom I talked: they spoke the lang- uage anauage of educated men, though, ,prob- ably they had had a minimum of school education. Scotsman in their own country speak like educated men. Perhaps not all Scots, yet most of them—this; at any rate, according to my experience. Now, we in Canada who have had much schooling do not talk like edue sated' men. We make many gram- matical errors, and we mispronounce words wihic'h we should pronounce correctly. What is is my mind is this: The uneducated man; and the man lacking an interest in books and culture, is handicapped rather badly in his prog- ress through life. There are circles !which are closed to him, and there are classes of employment whioh are 'shut to him. The uneducated mean, land the man lacking for books and culture, can be a great success as a money`maker, and he may attain to high sooial levels; yet he remains shut out frone some companies of men and women because of his de- ficient education in things literary and cultural./ am thinking of a man who is now a millionaire. Today he owns a yacht, and he has admission to certain groups of persons of good social status, but he is admitted to these groups because of his money. He is put on committees because he needs of societies and organizations, lie lives in a fine home, and he taa tertain, creditably but .his cultural deficiencies are perceptible to many wha accept his hospitality. Now it nsay riot be disereditable to a man if he lacks a good. education amt has no yearnings far a good education, yet he ought, if he can, to give his children a good education and should encourage them to acquire appreciation of everything which tends to refine one's mind and man- ners anners and habits. One's progress in life is aided when one' education is good and when one is able to meet others of influence,' power, high posi- tion and cultural attainments; on equal terns..: Not long ago I met a young man who is a printer's salesman. He told me that he had gone into'"a printing establishment when he was 12 years of age. He had surprisingly quick promotions, because he was ambitious' and competent. Today this, man, in his early 30's, is earning. over $5000. He said to me that he was trying hard to repairhis poor education;. by reading much and by having as- sociation with mien better educated than himself. I can see thio man, in the years ahead, getting out of Iife great riches—not money riches, but the riches which are obtained from books and from the companion- ship of educated people. A good education may begin with a.4 or 5 year course at a university, but it is not completed when one leaves a university; one goes on and on—or should do so—in self -educa- tion, in mind, in manners, in sym- pathies and in cultural attainments. This is true: our universities are being entered in these times by young men and women still in their teens, whioh is far too young. Those who enter univlersities ought to be of ma- tinee years and experience; they should be much better educated than they are when bhey became freshmen in a university. Holding this view, I read with much interest what I saw in a recent issue of the New York Times. The article was !headed "Harvard in Drive on Bad English". From this article I quote as follows: The Special Committee on the Use of English by Students has managed to stir up considerable faculty interest by means of a study of a cross-section sample of undergraduate essays, .One conclusion of the report was that "the quality of English revealed seems on the whole to be un- worthy of Harvard freshmen and sophomores;" conspicuous faults included meaningless; incoherent statements; the attempt to attain distinction by high-flown figures. of speech misuse of rhetorical questions and other mechanical tricks of writing; and, of course, misspellings, 'telegraphic' -style, uncouth abbreviations, and care- lees punctuation. "Unless a man_ can write re- spectable under pressure/", the re- port went on to say, "he will write badly even when relieved of the pressure." The students as a group had • had very little 'training: in writ- ing in preparatory sehools. Stu- dents who had done well in school Latin rarely had any trouble with English in college. There is a t definite relation between ability- to bilityto write and academie 'standing. Meas who are taught better Eng- liar's usage usually im:prov;e their r general academic standing. It is true, of course, that most of us are=not called on, in the matters of our 'business oe. social life, to do - much writing; yet it is true that we - expect university graduates to. be able to write correctly, in respect of gram- mar and rhetoric and' spelling, and to speak grammatically and to pro- nounce correctly. But whether or not we are called on to write or to speak in .publio, we—all of us': will find it, advantageous to read good books' and to increase our understanding and appreciation of literature, art, music, architecture, and so on; and if we make ourselves particularly well in- formed on a special •subject—astroit- only, or the literature of the Eliza- bethan period, or archeology, or wheat, or finance, or Russia, or ora- tory, or 'postage stamps, or printing -then our life will be incaleulaby enriched, and we shall find ourselves getting admission to 'choice literary, cultural and social circles; also, we may become the recipient of high honours. Thus, Samuel Vauclain, wha began life as an apprentice in the shops of the Pennsylvania Railway, has been honoured by many univer- sities and association. He never had much school education, but he was al- ways advancing himself in the mint. ter of technical knowledge in the field of locomotive building and design. Ile made himself, culturally, to stand before kings. So I am hoping that some of my seeders, handicapped by a poor school education, will use both times and opportunity to acquire a better edu- cation, and' have an 'abiding purpose to improele themselves culturally. "The purest form In which tobacco con be smoked" more heady than led wine. She sat ------- -.---•--------•-. ' --.-------.-•--- '-- still, knowing herself possessed. She was not ashamed; nor afraid. And suddenly she knew why she had come back with him, why she had allowed hien to accompany,her. Jock came ..) round the table edge, drew down her hand to the other in her lap, fell to his knees and laid his forehead on her hands. She felt his lips moving', she heard him say, "I love... I love..." And she was conscious of what he said, of its meaning, of the havoc that it caused. She lifted her eyes as though for help. They met Nick's eyes. He had fol- lowed thein from the cafe instantly, had come in, had seen them and now throwing himself . in one painful con• tertian across the room set his tor- mented hands upon Jock's collar and, using all his strength, jerked. him up and back. "You dare to take bay daughter here, to make love to her. My daugh- ter. Kiss her with your mouth of a convict, touch her with your hands of a card -sharper." Jock fairly cowered. His face look- ed dazed. IIe quivered at the two words as though Nick had used a lash upon. him. Then, carefully, not to hint Nick's hand's, he freed hinifself and went toward the door. He said nothing, did not turn to look at Lynda. "Don't be frightened, little Lynda," she heard her father saying. "He won't touch you again." She could not speak. "You did wrong to come to me," groaned Nick. "No matter where I live my life d'efi'es your fingers." Speaking, he was caught by a par- oxysm of physical agony which kept Lynda there inpitiful and sacred 'at- tendance until nearly morning. At last she was driven to ,summon- ing Jock Aylward. Her father had gasped out a number and almost at once after .she had taken clown the receiver Jock answered. (CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE) STRICT ENFORCEMENT Attorney-GeneralDead n Gordon Conant has ordered law enforcement officers to enforce aggressively the ()Mario Liquor Control Act in Huron, Perth and Peel counties and in the district of Manitoulin.. The Supreme Court ruled recently this was lender juris- diction of the Canada Teusperance Act. "These instructions," Mr. Con- ant said, ' "are entirely consistent with the Government's police', previously announced; We will not enforce the G.T.A. but we will enforce aggres- sively the L.C.A. to the fullest exe tent the law permits." You C't to send out hand written letters, especially if your writing is poor. Make your letters easy to read. Avoid possible errors by using an Underwood. Portable Typewriter. " al Can to buy an Underwood for as little as FIFTEEN CENTS A DAY. A small down payment, a dollar a month, and the machine is yours. You won't miss the money. Priced as low as 845., complete with carrying case. etanztard keyboard. anti all the iateee improvements. See the Underwood Portable at Tho Clilitoll NWSa aoord