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The Huron Expositor, 1949-03-11, Page 7By MRS!, QPR +h •t+g+h!. a i (Continued, from last weak) eke stuck the ,last pin in the lin- ing, covered the dummy again, and came tawarde the table. Henry rose. "What's past is past, and 'we'll net need to mention it again. Shall we consider It 'settled then, Nettie? !ta'11 hold it as an honor if y4P'il take • my name, for you're •a woman that I can respect, my dear." Nettle's face softened- into one on her rare smiles, then became grave again. The look of,calm dig- nity habitual to her reappeared; Your respect and your trust will be safe with me," she replied proudly, :"and I'll do my best to make your home happy." Sheheld out her hand, and tak- ing it Henry Burns drew her to- wards him and kissed her gravely. Many were the talk▪ s which took place In the workroom as Nettie prepared the work for the next day or finished some difficult piece of draping, while Gladys drew, and: Henry flitting before the fire smok- ed and stroked' Loo -Loo, perched upon his knee and blinking • at the Bickering 'flames. Both the decor- ating and the dressmaking bud - How COWS aff Your ION The kidneys are very delicate organs, easily affected -especially by a cold. Their duty is to filter impurities and excess acids lrom the blood. When you have a told extra work is thrown upon your kidneys. Dodd's Kidney Pills help, your kidneys dear your system of excess acids and poisons caused by colds, and ,give you a chance to shake infection sooner—feel better faster. If you have a cold get and use Dodd'a Kidney rills. - 139 Dodd's° KidlleY Pills LEGAL McCONNELL & -HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS County Crown Attorney SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Phone 173, Seaforth MAYOR= - ONTARIO MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC E. A. McMASTER, B.A., M.D., Internist P. L. BRADY, M.D., - Surgeon Office Hours: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., daily, except Wednesday and Sun- day. EVENINGS Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7 - 9 p.m. Appointments made in advance are desirable. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth M. W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W,. C. Sproat Phone 90-W - Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nese and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Mbore- neld's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hospital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, Seaforth. 63 Waterloo St. South, ;Stratford. ' JOHN • C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 - Hensall DR. J. A. MacLEAN Physician and Surgeon Phone 134 - Hensall OPTOMETRIST M. ROSS SAVAUGE Optometrist Eyes examined and glasses fit- ted. tted. Oculists' prescriptions accur- ately filled. Phone 194, Evenings 1120, Seaforth. VETERINARY J. O. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.S. Main Street - Seaforth PHONE 105 AUCTIONEERS • nes; ! w .o 71 and t • .n ef'e d.ln� ��., . n_, ht'et'4a axzdi ?dgnry had Falai, pact by. Gladds, tivuglr • she said' . Bottle, showed in njlany way% that school was, ho 'eager pleasantto her, and BPrµ'y was of the opinign that she. Should receive abetter educ'catiolz than that offered •lay the Council. scltool, Both Nettie and Henry d'is liked the feeling that their affairs furnished tittle-tattle for the neigh- bors. Thus it was finally, decided that a move should be made to an- other neighborhood, Nettie hoped that she would be able to extend her business, which had already outgrown. the Banner Street prem- ises., Customers now came to her from all parts of London, and she felt certain that they would follow her -wherever she might go. Finally, after much considera- tion, a house was found in Sloane Street. The shop, it was agreed, should be used by Henry Burns fur his -decorating purposes, leaving the basement for general use while the upper floors • were required for showrooms and fitting rooms, work rooms and Living rooms. Nettie and Henry, alike in their love of order and cleanliness, epent many agreeable hours in planning the arrangement of their new quarters. Alice, friend of trine years' standing, was taken into the con- fidence of her emrployer. "Little did I think," she confid- ed to Gladys, "wen I come to your Ma, and you a baby in arms which took to me from the very first, that we should end like this. Premises in the West End, and ladies of title to make for! That satin on Number Three's for a countess. Never having seen a and decorating buAness had done countess, I took the lining down to well; and Gladys had benefitted by your Ma to fit and had a look at the family's prosperity, for no ex- 'er, and 1 must say it was a disap- pence had been spared upon her rointment. The image of Mrs. education and upbringing. Finders—she that's the wife of Mr. As the years passed Nettie lost Finders, retired from the ironmon- something of her tragic look, Igery in Chepstow Villas—if it though her face was always that wasn't for the 'air which is redder, of a woman who has touched the and her manner nothing like so depths of human suffering. A great love such as Nettie's had been for Ivor Selincourt must always prove a force for good. Its result in Net - tie's case was a deepening and broadening of her whole nature and the awakening in her of a B1TSwESS keen sympathy for all suffering. •.; lµt howl'.'1ke e a bit s#} iTh Ohl:' :yqu'r hettOt ,e /rth tese yhul ae>!t, G�1 4 rhe'n "790 .01;t4 a art ikoae Tit; ever' +hare rte 'oh&nee,'' replied .Cllad+ysy the 'attics . -"Mien X •• 'ow yin X shalt) make seinie 'nage,: luta- to draw the` faah ons In the 'Oche, but ;I ..*hail draw them. tar+ i;ber differently - audi better, I shall marry,. and have'a nice house and a 'servant and••two littler girls, and •Mumale and Rurnsie will come to dlinner every: Sunday, and you'll come to tea, Alice, and Tay two lit- tle 'girls will love you like I do." At length arrived the great day when all was • readiy. Nettie and. Henry, attended by Gladys and the limping, excited Alice, attired in a mud -colored "costume;' crud colored tulread and a mud -colored straw hat, adorned with bunches at forget- me-nots, were married at the Reg- istry Office, and later the party, augmented by Loo -Loo, whining and shivering with, excitement, Lett, Lind, the canary, singing his shrillest, a small kettle which had been strangely overlooked, three umbrellas ana handbag, journey- ed southward' in a four -wheeled. cab, drawn by a horse which Gain fered from alternate depression.and spasmodic bursts of energy. Thus a contented household ar- rived at 500 Sloane Street, newly painted and bearing on its spotless frontage two brightly -gilt scrolls: MRS. BARNEP, Robes_ H. BURNS, Decorator. CHAPTER VI • "Three friends together: we might make a happy home." Hen- ry Burns had spoken these words on the night when he asked Net- tie Barnet to be his wife, and in truth it had proved an exceeding- ly happy home to which Nettie, Henry, Gladys and Alice had jour- neyed on that April afternoon sev- en years earlier. The dressmaking HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and House- hold Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; Bats 1efaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or: phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on RSI, Seaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer • Correspondence promptly answer- ed. Immediate arrangements- can be made for sale dates by phoning. 203, Clinton. Charges moderate and; satisfaction guaranteed. JOSEPH L. RYAN Specialist in farm stock and iia-, p1onients and household effectb,i Ottiefaction guaranteed. LicanBc4 in Huron and Perth Countless. J'or particulars and opeh, date,', 'write or phone JOSEPH L. /MI" R* 1, Dublin, Phone 40 * 5 1Dluta. 421716 EVERYBODY's Nettie, as the happily married wife of some commonplace young man in her own rink of life, would have by How many times,, have you said : "I must do ...;" "I feel terrible about not writing to •" "One of these days I'm going to see . f."? Suchremarks show we all realize that procrastination is a bad habit — but that we are resigned to it. We're not really convinced that it pays to "do it now". Yet the more we put off doing something- because it is distasteful or difficult, the larger the task looms. It weighs on our' minds, handi- capping the performance of immediate duties and be- clouding our pleasures. Obvi- ously the sooner we do it, the. happier we'll be. Even trivial matters should be dealt with promptly in order to develop the action - habit. Is there someone you should write? If so, don't de- bate with yourself whether you'll write now or later. Reach for your pen! Such spontaneous actions help to develop an efficiency that makes for success. If it were not for life insur- ance agents, many people would put off -taking the vitally important step of pro- tecting their familie§ against financial emergencies and providing an income for their own old age. 259 been a woman of fine character, but it had needed the influence of passionate enduring love, of deso- lating sorrow and later of the at- mosphere of peace and affection in which Henry Burns enwrapt his household to develop all the line and beautiful- qualities latent in her nature. During . her married life Nettie only once spoke to Henry of the time prior to Gladys' birth. It was. on a hot summer evening, sitting out in the park overlooking the Serpentine. "Gladys is getting a big girl, Henry," she said. "I've never told her anything about—her father since she was eight years old. You remember?" Henry nodded. "Yes, I remem- ber." "She's never asked since. I must tell her some time—it's right that she should know?" "Yes, it's right she should know. Though there's no need that she or I should know who her father was, Nettie girl. It would unset- tle the child perhaps. I've never wished to her his name, and as things are there's no need we should." "It's a hard thing to tell a child, Henry." "Why not let me speak to her? Perhaps it would be easier for her, and it.would save you, Nettie." "I don't want to save myself if it's right that I should tell her." The old man looked at her fond- ly. "You're never one to spare your- self. ourself. But it's a choice that ,should be left to Gladys. Let it come in its -own time; and, if it should be for me to tell her, I don't doubt that the story will fare better by my telling than by yours, my girl." Nettie laid her hand on that of the speaker. "You're the truest friend a wo- man ever had, Henry." It -was the eve of Gladys' fif- teenth birthday, and she and Hen- ry were waiting for Nettie to come to supper. A careless tvorkgirl, pressing a seam with an overhot iron, had necessitated the partial unpicking, and remaking of a dress promised for delivery that night, and Nettie and Alice were working late. Gladys, who was sitting by the fire sketching, suddenly put down TOWN OF SEAFORTH Tax Pre Payment Receipts for 1949 The Town of Seaforth will pay 4 per cent per annum up to August 31, 1949, on all Prepaid 1949 Taxes. Certificates and full particulars may be obtained froni the Town Clerk's Office in the Town Hall. D. II. WILSON, Treasurer. il. tRl %)i0. 0rnlrl'et"r d tfa`+Olork'ow t4ea>fIJ" y t yo>t thihit 1 oitglzt tsa no tach ' The olid, Mati.Sltdl aa+at° aa�werr r a ;mole lt, TkOl ,'. •he 0441 "gave' TO Ryer 00 #00,;.', rgotIer,09,4710": ' "No, But I'veai'w470 lnr0 'pF-* tit a way. 1 pit You thi ih I'df Li:Qt- 'ter Icnaw really` Row, 7flurrlsle? "Yes, I thinkyou've'a' aright:,•' to: know. Gladys " There :vas silence for a few m•itl:.,. Utes, and then the girl turned lin_ pulsively and faced tile *an: "Often live wanted to ask; Rut I pouldn't. I can't bear to, name - how. I don't think I could. Wouldn't you tell me, Burnsle?" She put her head down on her hands, which were clasped across Henry's knee. "Yes, Gladys, I'l1 tell you. Your mother an.d I spoke Of this but a few months ago, and I told her then, that if you were content it should be so, Id tell you, what there was to tell. "It's no new story, child, and no less sad for that. It's the story, of a girl who loved, who loved, too. well to think of aught but her; lov- er. Who your father was, Gladys, I've never asked, but this I know:. he was a gentleman, and to do bitn justice he .told your mother from the first that he couldn't marry her —the couldn't marry, out of his own station, so he thought.. It doesn't come to all to love as your mother loved. When you opine to think about it after, look at what she is, Gladys—a woman such as there are few like, not a mean or cheap thought in her --nothing but what's great and good and kind. "It was all over between her and him before you were born. Can you be content to leave it? It concerns none but we three—unless .perhaps the man you'll marry, and he'd be but a poor rat if it made aught of difference to him. You've but to look et your mother's face to know what she's suffered. My poor Net- tie—my poor girl." Gladys had buried her face in her hands. After a few minutes she looked up, her eyes full of tears, her face flushed. "Don't tell me any more. I don't want to know. I hate my father! Why shbuld he have .had all that love and not cared a bit? It makes me feel as if I' hated every man in the world." She got up hurriedly and dash- ed out of the room, banging the door behind her. Gladys never again mentioned her father, but an added tender- ness was to •be observed in her manner to her mother. After this interview, life flowed Peacefully on again, its tenor brok- en roken only by an unusually busy sea- son. Mrs. Barnet wan obliged to re- fuse many orders, and the girls• worked overtime night after n'g ht. Henry had long planned to `'take Nettie and Gladys for a day's plea- suring on the river to see his old home at Wallington, and had fix- ed upon a Sunday in late July for the excursion. But when the day came, Nettie, worn out by the season's rush, was laid up with an unusually severe headache. "Don't disappoint the child," she said. "The hamper's all packed, and, indeed, a quiet day in bed will do me more good than anything. Alice will see to me." (Continued Next Week) Skin y men, women gain 5,10,15 lbs. Get New Pep, Vim, Vigor What a thrill) Bony limbs 1111 out: ugly hollows fill up: nock no longer scrawny; body loses half- starved, sickly "bean -pole" look. Thousands of girls, women, men, wpho never could gain before, aro now roud ofThey thank the special vigo -b idmg, flesh -building tonic, °stray. Ire topics, stimulants invigorators, iron, vitamin SI, calcium, enrich blood, improve appetite and digestion so food gives you more strength and nourishment; put flesh on bare bones. Don't tear getting too fat. stop when you've gained the 5, 10, 15 or 20 lbs. you need tor normal weight. Coate little. New "got acquainted" size only 60o. Try added p ands, tx his very Tablets for druggtootal SURGE MILKERS DAIRY MAID Hot Water Heaters zl t w'el ut i llxl t.141 rsona, retultned 't+�' her V J3enheld on ;Slindny`,,: :',The World tray df I'ra ^:#r 711-1; 1l; observed:* I7u4t*, 4i Church here :Au, l''ri after-' •hoon. The} ladles', Of C isei insist ,and HillsgrCen have +been; lhvited to attend. Messrs. Itocitue and Bert Faber hthde a business triP to' Loudon oe Saturday of last Week: Mr. Jas. Donaldson, of near Stratford, moved to Kippers this Week with his wife and four :elt,il- dren' Mr. Denaldson has accepted a position as herdsman • on ,larrott Tiros. farm. Mrs. Richardson, who has been with Mr: Sinclair and Marguerite for some time, left . :last Thursday for her home in Millbank. Mrs'. Alice Cook, of London, spent Sunday with her mother,: Mrs, Jas. McCiymont. Mr. Norman Jarrott was in Lon- don ondon over the week -end. ZION Miss yarson Russell, who has spent Aline tilne with Mrs. Earl Barker, returned to her home in Russeldale on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Malcolm ac- companied Mr. and Mrs. Ross Mur - die to Woodstock on Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Daynard enter- tained the young people of Zion last Thursday night. A good time was reported. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Malcolm at- tended the 'Schneider -Ritz wed- ding on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gordon and Donna visited Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Malcolm on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Robinson vis- ited..Mr. Lionel Strathdee in Strat- ford General Hospital on Sunday, Mrs, J. Balfour and Dalton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lawr- ence Barker. ELIMVILLE (Miss Mary 'Skinner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Skinner, wins a patient in St. Joseph's Hos- pital, London, for the past week. Miss Ordell McAllister, of Wood- ham, visited with her aunt, Mrs. Thos, Bell, on Wednesday. Cpl. O. Bird, of Ottawa, spent the week -end with his wife and son here. Mr. and Mrs. Hilson Whiteford and babe, of Ingersoll, visited with Mr. and Mrs. W. Routly on Sun- day. The euchre club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Johns with ten tables in. play. The winners were: Ladies, high, Mrs. William Johns; men's high, Keith Weber; travelling prize, Gilbert Johns. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Johns enter- tained cousins of the Johns and Passmores to 'a euchre party on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rundle and family, of Thames Road, were Sun- day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Skinner. ''Kip: ARtt we*l ?bra, iMgdp, an Exlit?tt, on •,I' rill's, 71ii, lt, .041.Gb I � .. Township at.k',:li xtaa: , . ,9t.,' ! Toronto:• gradilate :of ,p, Ca •VII' giYe &.:tall: O zlaer-• yetion 41l0 crop retaati9.n: -illllst'rut ed; with; Verlag Pielnres „ 'J hie, going to 'he,a Worthwhile ineeting and all intereated in farming are. asked to attend., M. John Argo and Jimmy Lee, Toronto, were week -end guests at the home of Mrs. A:, McConnell, The members of St. Jobn's An- glican. A .n glican Church spent as very sopial time at the home of Mr. and Mrs,. Harold ,Elliott last Wednesday eve. ning. Theevening was spent in games and music, after which re- freshments were gerved, Mr. and+ Mie. Geo. Rowson, in com'patie with M•r,. and Mrs. Spears and their families were entertain- ed, at the home of Mrs. Wm. Hart last Thursday evening. We regret to report that Mrs. Horner, Zurich, who spent the past two months at -tike home of her daughter, Mrs. Ings, had the mis- fortune to fall, breaking her hip. She is in Clinton Hospital, and her many friends hope for a, speedy recovery. Mrs. Horner is in her 89th year. Chesterfield s and OccasionalChairs REPAIRED AND RECOVERED Also Auto Seats and Backs, Ver- andah Swings and Steamer Chairs Repaired, Stratford. Upholstering Co., Stratford TELEPHONE 579 For. further information apply at Box's Furniture Store SEAFORTH THE McKTLLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. '-IEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont. m OFFICERS: Frank McGregor, Clinton - Pres. Chris. Leonhardt, Brodhagen, Vice - President, Merton A. Reid, Seaforth, Manager and Secretary -Treasurer. DIRECTORS: Chris. Leonhardt, Brodhagen; E. 1, Trewartha, Clinton; Harvey Fuller, R.R. 2, Goderich; J. H. 'Mc - Ewing, R.R. 1, Blyth; Frank Mc- Gregor, R.R. 5, Clintono Hugh Alexander R.R. 1, Walton; Wm, R. Archibald, R.R„ 4, Seaforth; John Ili Malone, A.R. 6, Seaforth; 9, H. Whitmore, R.R. 3, Seaforth. AGENTS: Finlay Mckercher, R.R. 1, Dub• in; E Pepper. Brucefield; J. E PruPter Rrodhagen; George A Watt, Blyth. you clatrllnya^,srr7textarya� a<rzx "'tibp;, Then leo t, r Vegetable oMprathAtioielleV .toter s fer,,.t take Puridlla;n'e: Clolarpptz Iarly ,to help ltuhd •up its age net' thzs diatx*e, • , Purkhara'a CemPect ltci noopiat -no .blf4oz Lydia E►in`I • :. also leads to ;the bank. Por both; :4 market and^bank are essential to, gaol" family living. Tlrl•oygh' four generations, it bases been a tradition with many thousands of Canadian famili esto use theservices of The Canadian Baulk of Commerce. From cashing payroll and salary cheques to safeguarding family sav- ings, or lending funds for educational . and medical services, you'll find banking at Commerce helpful to every member of the family. Plan to open an account now. ;r ra•��l, c�' THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SEAFORTH BRANCH: G. C. Brightrall - Manager HANDS IN TRAI IlG .:.FOR ONTARIO J. B. HIGGINS PHONE 138` SEAFORTH Authorized Surge Service Dealer Seaforth Monument Works T. PEYDE & SON Memorial Craftsmen Seaforth Exeter Clinton Seaforth Showrooms Open Tueeday See Dr, Harburn for appoint- ment any other time, or Phone 414, Exeter. NOTICE ! Salvage WANTED Iron and Aii• Idinds oft Metal, Rags LeaCash• Pxit ae paid L0aaa� HZL»k�D We WltI;:$$dit 4115 Learning to Make Plastics IN Ontario the wheels of industry turn for the benefit of every single one of us. Our lathes, dynamos, drill presses, farm combines, tractors, business machines, etc. are producing goods and services which earn dollars. These dollars provide food, clothing, medical care and other necessities which contribute to our securityand high standard of living. Every single one of us, therefore, has a very, personal interest in the flow of a steady supply of trained workers to industrial plants. These workers will operate machines which are important to our way of life. We should appreciate; then, the co-operative efforts of government, industry and labour in the field of employee training. In 'schools and in factories our workers, young and old, are given the opportunity to develop new and specific skills in every field of business and industrial activity. For instance, as in the pictures shown here, evety effort of Ontario's newly -skilled plastics workers will mean better plastic products — will help to make Ontario a finer place in which to live and work. THE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTTARIO) Our Way of Life Rewards Trained Hands Ontario workers know they can earn more, have eicecutive responsibility and enjoy a higher stanaatd of living in direct ratio to the skills they ac- quire and the way they make use of them. That's always true in a free economy —that's why ons cam. petitive system will eontiittue to make Gatiada great go a ,gt at placein which to live. •..•...*,.*d'••..11•' r r •t f, • w • Y• :% r • y •'• •0 • !• 4 a