The Seaforth News, 1949-01-06, Page 10s
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By BLANCHE ROBERTS
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)Loney Aloare° successfully ateals the
2abulousIS valYable Sylvester Diamond
fromthe handbag o9 a woman 'In a Los
Angeles department store. Her friend
Soo Danburuo, professional thief, tries to
get It from her but is prevented from
doing so when be gets In a fight with
the man she loges, Dan Brewster. district
attorney. She takes a plane for San
Francisco but it becomes lost In a fog and
lands' In the sea lust off shore. She is
pinked up the lone survivor, by a 50u125
lawyer, Art Carey, who lives with his
mother near by,. She gives them the
name annoy Roe. but that afternoon when
She and Artgetthe newspaper her real
name to listed among .the victim.
CHAPTER VII
(Continued from last week)
"There is a spot near there that
I must get to right away. Will you
drive me there tonight- Please) It
is most urgent. I was going to it
when the plane crashed. I don't •
want to stay, however."
She did not lower her eyes as he
searched them for a clue to her
request. Then he smiled down at
her.
"Of course."
Together, they went forward to
meet Mrs. Riba, a dark and lovely
woman much younger than Art's
mother.
"This is Art's friend, Mrs. Riba,"
said Mrs. Carey and her eyes danc-
ed with merriment that the neigh-
bor did not see. "Miss Roe. She is
visiting us for a few da•s."
"How nice to meet a friend of
Art's," cooed Mrs. Riba sweetly, her
eyes alive with animation. "I can
see how pleased he is at (laving
you here. There is that love interest
in his eyes." She wagged a teasing
finger at Art.
Honey felt color creep into her
face at the woman's words, but she
answered pleasantly: "I and very
glad to be here, Mrs, Riba."
The woman looked vaguely fa -
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miltar, but Honey could not p ace
her, and it was disturbing to her
peace of mind. She watched the
woman from veiled eyes, wondering
where site had seen her before, -or
if they had met.
"We're driving up to San Fran-
cisco, Ma," said Art after a mo-
ment. "I think we'll leave now and
eat a bite on the way."
"Why not take my coat, dear,
instead of your light one?" asked
Mrs. Carey pointedly, and gave
Honey a quick glance of warning.
"It will just about fit you."
"If you don't mind, 1 will, Mrs..
Carey," responded Handy.
In a few minutes they were on
tiler way. Honey took a nice deep
breath, and let it out in a long sigh.
She felt like she had just escaped
another near disaster.
Art grinned in amusement.
"Mrs. Riba is very- friendly, but
a bit on the curious, snooping side.
If you had conte out in Ma's coat
she would have drawn all kinds of
conclusions. The way it is, she
probably thinks you didn't know it
was so cold out here and neglected
to bring .a heavy one along. She'll
try to get your life's history before
she goes home. But Ma will stall
her. She is awfully close about her
own life, however."
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"She looks familiar, but 1 am sure
I have never seen her before."
"If she had seen you, she would
remember it."
Honey changed the subject by
saying: 'Your mother is very nice,
Art. I like her. And before I leave
I will try to explain about my name
and other things. I really hate lying.
I have never done it before. But
right now I can't talk."
Many miles flew by before she
said in a very still voice:
"I want to go to an old ceme-
tery, Art."
•"The cern-" He closed his lips
over the word he was about to re-
peat, and Honey, watching him
closely, saw him square his should-
ers and lift his chin, "All rigtlt."
The gates of'the cemetery were
closed, of course, but Honey had
expected that. There was no. reason
why she could not get over the wall
with a little aid from Art, and he
was willing to assist her. -
"When I get inside, Art," site said
in a hushed voice just before he
lifted her to the wall, "you drive
around for a while so people will
not get suspicious and stop and ask
questions. No one must know that
I have been here. No one but you,
and I know you will not give me
away. Come back in an hour. Oh,
wait!" She just remembered some-
thing that was vitally important as
he swung her to the top of the wall.
"Have you a screwdriver or some-
thing like that in the car? I want
to borrow it."
* *
"1 have.""He went back to the
parked car and opened the trunk,
Silently he gave' her what she
wanted and then saw her safely into
the cemetery. It was dark and quiet,
and the white tombs stood like
sentinels guarding those who slept
in peace. She felt almost like an
intruder.
Honey shivered as she heard Art
start the motor and drive off. leav-
ing her alone in that place.
Inside the quiet graveyard, Honey
turned and walked along the high
wall surrounding the burial ground
to the big entrance gates tc get her
bearings. She had never been in
the place at night before and she
was faced with the difficult task of
locating the spot she wanted to find;
especially hard since there was no
moon to light the way for her. From
the gate she walked carefully but
hurriedly, malting her way among
the graves.
(Continued next week.)
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'Dear Santy Claus" -In all parts of Canada pencils have been
busy in little hands as youngsters, like this group, wrote to .
• Santa Claus, telling him they'd been SO VERY, VERY GOOD
all year, then filling in the rest of the letter with one long
sentence that started - "I want '
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• Gvie .donne P. C lei, 1e
Happy Christmas, Everybody!.
Isn't that just the loveliest greet-
ing? If it comes from the heart
what more could 'one wish even for
one's nearest and dearest? There
are different ways of expressing
one's Christmas wishes just 25 there
are different ways of celebrating the
Yuletide season, but if it all adds
up to "A Happy Christmas" then
"it covers all that we could possibly
wish for one another doesn't it?
Several weeks ago a friend asked
me this question -"What is your
first thought in connection with
Christmas?" It was one of several
on a questionnaire which she had
been asked to have completed. The
query intrigued ane and I in turn
put the question to several of my
friends. Now I am asking you -
"What is your first thought in con-
nection with Christmas?" Give your-
self an honest answer and you will
know just what Christmas means
to you. In the meantime perhaps
you would like to know sone of
the answers that were given to me.
One young fellow said That to hip
Christmas and carols were synony-
mous. Carols... a lovely thought
. it would be hard to think of
Christmas without then, wouldn't
it? Remember, as children how we
loved to sing-"Awayin a manger;"
That lovely little carol is still the
same, isn't it -but now we watch
and listen as another generation
carries its message in song and
story.
"Joy to the world . another
lovely carol. I remember lying in
bed, alert and listening, in my little
room across the Atlantic waiting for
twelve o'clock on Christmas Eve.
The big clock in the Church on the
market square would strike the
hour, then almost immediately, away
in the distance 'I would hear "the
Waits" playing well -loved and
familiar carols. Sometimes it would
be the town band, _sometimes the
Salvation Army -then as the last
strains from the musical instruments
faded into the distance, carol singers
would carry on, spreading the glad
tidings with their joyous and will-
ing voices. Once again the chal-
lenge would ring out -"O Come all
ye faithful . . 0 come, let us
adore Him."
Another answer to nay question
this time by the father of a grown
family. "My first thought in con-
nection with Christmas is the get
ting together of one's family, and
the remembrance of other Christ-
mases past and gone. To me Christ-
mas has always been a landmark
in my life -I can look back now
and recall almost every Christmas
- at home with my father and
another; in France during the war;
in hospital; and later with my wife
and children around ane. Yes;
Christmas to me is just that -a
family circle as complete as we can
make it.
Possibly that answer will be re-
peated many times over by those
who read this column. Perhaps it
is the simplicity of that Christmas
so many years ago -of Joseph and
Mary and the Infant Jesus -a com-
plete fancily picture -perhaps it is
that' which seems to make a family
gathering so exactly symbolic to us
of what a Christmas ought to be.
Looking back through the years,
if we can remember Christmas in
our homes time- time
o es as a happy a
of loving and giving; of considera-
tion for the old and understanding
for the young; then we can be quite
sure the Christmas message of
Peace and Goodwill definitely had
a place in our hearts and our homes,
If we have such memories then we
have much for which to thank our
parents. '
Yes, it is surely a wonderful thing
for a grown person to be able to
look back to a happy childhood,
symbolized by natty happy Christ-
mases, even though there might not
be too much of this world's goods
to do .with.
But if your are young, with host
of your life before you, and with
little children in your home, then
whatever you do, give them mem-
ories . . memories of Christncas to
treasure through the years. If you'
are in doubt as to whether you are
giving your children the right kind
of Christmas,- ask yourself this
question -"When my children are
grown up • what will their first
thought be in connection with.
Christmas?" The answer depends
on YOU. •
And 50 again -"A Happy Christ-
mas" is my wish for you -a Christ-
mas abounding with carols, gpod
fellowship, family gatherings . .
and MEMORIES.
POOR DAD
Two little , girls. on their way
home from Sunday School were
solemnly discussing the lesson.
"Do you believe there is a Devil?"
asked one, just a bit frightened.
"No," replied the other soothing-
ly. "It's like Santa Claus; it's your
father." -
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"One hears so anany stories about
stepmothers, Arnie Hirst, "writes a
happy mean, "I think it's about
. time your read-
ers learn ,of one..
who was perfect:
I married her.
"My first wife
died when our
second child
was born: The
children,had to
be Searated(
one living with
my family, the other with hers in
another country: They grew up
hardly knowing each other, though
I,got them together when 1 could.
It was six years before I met the
girl I later married.
"Those days, a long engagement
was considered, proper. But my girl
would have none of that. She want-
ed to bring these separated young-
sters together, and make a hoine for
us all. \Ve married the same fall
that we got engaged.
ONE MAN'S FAMILY -
* "IT IS not easy for a young wo-
* man to take over strange child-
• * ren, two who had been raised in
* different families. My wife gave
* it her best. She was firm but al-
* ways fair, and they grew to ap-
* preciate that. She was wiser than
* I.
* "Other children of our own
* came along. Never was there, any
* difference made alnoiy; them.
* These younger ones never knew
* the others were half-sisters and
* half-brother until one day a neigh-
* bor's child told our eight-year-
* aid daughter I remember that
* she rushed home crying out
* against it, in sheer disbelief. Her
* mother and I had some explain-
* ..ig to do, -I can tell you.
* "So it went through the years
.* -a happy family, guided by a
* woman unselfishly devoted to us
* all. The children married, and
* have children of their own. And
* I an proud to say that the two
* older ones honor and love my
* wife just as her own have done.
* "All stepmothers aren't like
* Cinderella. Yet in my work as a
* doctor I have seen enough of
* them to realize more and more, as
* the years pass, how lucky I and
* my children have been. Stepping
* into another woman's house, tak-
* ing over her ready-made family,
* meant sacrificing other interests
* and good tines she must have
* missed, yet she has never men-
* tinned i,once,
* "I am grateful to be able to
* offer her this tribute while she is
* still beside the to read it. (She
* doesn't know I'tn writing to you).
* If you can find the space for it,
* thanks, and good luck always."
To "WILLIAM": It gives me
pleasure to make room today for
your tribute to your wife. She knew
what a hone together, and with
g ,
their father, could mean to your
little children, and she loved you
enough to make the sacrifice. Your
continued devotion, and the apprec-
iation 6t' all your children, is her
reward.
The way of a stepmother is hard
She's "Ideal," They Say -We
have popularity contests based
on pretty Nearly everything
these days ; and in ,case you're
interested, Patsy Miller, above,
"Ideal Farmer's'Daughter."
indeed. If she indulges hex step-
children, she's neglecting them; if
she exercises, proper discipline, she
is cruel. It takes a',great love far
their father, and real strength of
character in herself, to do the job
your wife has done. She, at least,
is not tmsung.
* *
A happy family life is not
accidental. It requires discip-
line, unselfishness, courtesy, an
unialling •watchfulness. Parents
are only human, but when their
efforts are appreciated that is
all they ask. Anne Hirst under-
stands. If you need comfort or
reassltrance, write her at 123•
Eighteenth St„ New Toronto,
Ontario.
UNDAYSC OOL.
LESSON
By Rev. R. Barclay - Warren
Apocalyptic Literature in.
The Bible
Rev. 21:1-7; 22:1-5, 17
Golden Text: -The Kingdom of this
world have become the kingdoms of
our Lord, and of his Christ; and he
shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 11:15.
The quarter's lesson appropriately
conclude with a study of apocalyp-
tic literature. The word apocalypse
is derived from a Greek word which
means to uncover and refers to an
uncovering or disclosure of hidden
things, especiallywith regard to the
future. In addition to tate Book of
Revelation, parts of Zechariah, Dan -
id and Ezekiel- are apocalyptic.
Apocalypses have been called "tracts
for bad times." Their main purpose
was to encourage the people of God
in times of stress, Extensive use is
made of symbols and imagery of
various kinds.
Beware of the unan•who professes see ---y.
to understand all the details of each
apocalypse. 'The very mystery of
them ought to incite in us a sense of
awe. God's ways and thoughts are
above ours.
John's vision of the new heaven
and the new earth are extremely
beautiful. Some passages bring
great comfort as, "God. shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
there be any more pain ... There
shall be no night there." The de-
scription of heaven is followed by
an earnest invitation to all, "And
the Spirit and the bride say, Come.
And let him that heareth say, Come.
And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever wlethim take
will, a e
the water of life freely."
We too often live as though this
world was all. Actually, it is but
the place of preparation for our
everlasting abode. How important
then that we should study the Bible
which points the way to heaven.
Jesus commanded, "Search the
Scriptures."
MATTER OF FACT
My creed as a scientific worker
rests on an almost religious convic-
tion about the goodness of measured
facts; that all facts are good; they
may be facts about bad things, but if
they are facts they're good and val-
uable. I believe that the measured
facts of basic science, the observed
relations among thein, and the ten-
tative theories based on these rela-
tions, should be published for every-
one to know.
Sir Robert Watson -Watt,
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