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The Huron Expositor, 1949-05-20, Page 7Il A 9 (Continued from 'last; week)! No one would have been kinder than the estimable German' had Thea confl.ded her sufferings„ but even at their worst it was 'only on a plea of sudden toothache or some such material excuse that Thea could bring herself to invoke the bedside presence of her Fraulein. Of her physical woes she could speak; her mental miseries she felt constrained to endure as bent she might in secret. Fortunately as the months passedher health improved, and these nights of hor- ror .became less and less frequent. Long after, some chance allusion by Fraulein to Dante's Inferno sud- denly drew from an inattentive pupil a sudden gleam of interest. "My Inferno was a worse one than Dante's--lt was ' Worthing," she remarked, but would vouchsafe no explanation of this arousing statement. Shortly 'before Thea'e fifteenth birthday, it was considered fitting that he should be prepared for confirmation. She had received the usual re- nI o s teaching of • 'h lfgithe careful) y brought up girl, and hadattendedi church on Sunday morning's, and LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS .Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. PATRICK D. McCONNELL H. GLENN HAYS County Crown Attorney tri SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. Phone 173, Seaforth SEAFORTH - ONTARIO MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC • E. A, MCMASTER B.A., M.D. st Interni{! erect, P. L, BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office Hours: 1 p,m. to 5 p.ni., daily, except Wednesday and Sun- day. EVENINGS: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only, 7-9 p,m. Appointments made in advance are desirable. JOHN A. GORW1LL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR, H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 54 Seaforth M. W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90 - • Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assdstant New York Opthal mei and Aural Institute, Moore- tleld's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hospital, London, Eng. At OOM.MERCIAL HOTEL, Seaforth. 63 Waterloo St. South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 - Hensel). DR. J. A. MacLEAN Physician and Surgeon Phone 134 - Hensail OPTOMETRIST M. ROSS SAVAUGE Optometrist • Eyes examined and glasses fit- ted. Oculists' prescriptions accur- ately filled. Phone 194, Evenings 120, Seaforth. VETERINARY J. O. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.S. Main Street - Seaforth PHONE 105 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and House- hold Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; sat- isfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, 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 ana svatlefaction guaranteed. JOSEPH L. RYAN - Specialist in farm stock and im- plements and household effect's•. Satisfaction guaranteed. Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. For particulars and opeit dates, melte or phone JOSEPH L. RYAN, R.R. 1, Dublin. Phone 40 r 5, Dublin, 4217x52 C.N.R. TIME , TABLE GOING EAST (Morning) Goderich (leave) Seaforth Stratford (arrive) (Afternoon,) Goderich (leave) Seaforth Stratford (arrive) GOING WEST (Morning) Stratford (leave) Seaforth Goderich (arrilre) (Afternoon) StI atfard (leave) R'eatori A.M. 5.40 6.20 7.16 P.M. 3.00' 3.46 4.40° A.M. 10.45 11.36 12.20 P.M. 9.35 -. . 10.21 j1BakiA4:yj.yV)1N i on special occasions of Feast, or .Fast, She • listed ,going . tp CIi*Freh and. Thea's Sunday morning iudi positions were 'a joke to leer broth ers and a real trial to her mother. Mr. Blankhasset had suggested that Thea should take a Sunday School class, and bad endeavored to interest her in a 'Guild of Ser, vice; in both cases without result. ".But, my, girl," suggested .k'rau- lein, "it is perhaps your duty to do these things. How then?' , Thea looked at her out of in scrutable grey eyes, but would vouchsafe no reason for ,her (firm refusal to teach, or to 'become a member of the Guild. Fraulein sighed. "If you would believe it, myThea," she said, "Ihappiness can only come because you do that wbieh is right. "It all depends what you mean by happiness—and •by right," was Thea's• reply. Kind. old Mr. Blankhasset sat in the schoolroom for an hour each Wednesday afternoon -instructing his youthful parishioner in the dog- mas pf the Anglican Faith. Thea listened more attentively, t or lase t ntively, awl aread that which he gave her to read. On ;the occasion of the clergyman's fourth visit she said: "How do you do, 'Mr. Blankhas- set? Dosit down in this comfort- able omfortable chair. I want to tell you something. I know you won't like it, but I can't help that, I'm afraid. It's just this. I don't believe what you tell me.", Mr. Blankhasset gazed: at his pupil in utter perplexity. You don't believe—" he be- gan. "No, I don't," said Thea flatly. "The fact is I'm not a Christian. I don't like the idea of Christianity. Why should one innocent person suffer for the sins of all the guil- ty? It's horrible. It's unjust. I'm I. and you're you, and if I have to be' cad' gOt' to zav elf, 4*t for ,eoSo. oixo ' )see lea nota Citrlsltian,?;add 1 d4en3 want to be tletilai." , '',My dear` childaeany, dear cilli exPeetniatec the; ell touleded pri. "I'm very sorry to worl'y' indeed, I Elea Mr. lilankhasset, We no use aaiing khat I believe Wags that 1 tient believe in, a that 1 don't waft to believe in, hate the idea •of Heaye;4 044.)14e You only live ,perhaps seventy a ar is Ude world, P.e?'hapa les ands then you're peniehed. or prat s- ed. for Et/smite.. Eternity -.,--d She ,spoke the word with a elo intensity. "Eternal punishment • for wh You've done in the' silly little tim here! It's out of proportion. B sides, I dent want to have an more of it. I'd rather go right ou Sometimes I love to 'be alive s much that --that i't's almost &ea ful, and sometimes I hate it — - hate is so that—that it makes m feel as if I were going slowly, h ribly mad. I shall have quite e ough of it all here. There'll b only a few shreds of me left to g to Heaven or to hell—dust shreds. The girl was standing leanin against the schoolroom table. S•b seemed to have. fbrgotten the ho rifled old man in the chair oppos ite. As she, spoke, her eyes wit their 'dilated pupils' gazed• out int the dim distance; she moved he white nervous' hands, and the puz zled, fascinated old man seems to see the great'hooded figure o Do: th, from whose skelton hand shrivelled shredis of IPfe fell on by one. That afternoon Mr. Bl)a.nkhasee went •home wearied, and • dejected and aat him down in his shabby arm -chair. His wife, now grey- haired but sprightly as ever, look- ed up at him ,affectionately. She was sitting in the untidy study, by a table on which were bowls of water and of paste and lumps of pappydooking white stuff, out of which her quick brown fin- gers were fashioning headed'resses in the'shape of rams' horns. These were destined to adorn the heads' of a chorus, in a Masque to be enacted upon the Vicarage lawn. Abandoning her enthralling oc- cupation, she left' the room and returned with a box of plasmon biscuits. Mr. Blankhasset took one and be- gan eating absently. "What is it, Robert?" Robert explained. "Oh, my dear," replied Mrs. Blankhasset, "I shouldn't worry if I were you. Leave arguments for the present, and just try and put some ideas of the beauty of holi- ness into Thea's red head, and let her think it out for herself. That's a strange child—an artist to her finger-tips. Perhaps, if she ever gets' the chance, she will find for herself in Art that which you try to give her in religion" She pinch- ed and prodded a piece of the wet paper pulp and then went on: "It infuriates me the stupid way in whoch they baffle that wretched girl at every turn—they're always pushing . her in on her Self. If they don't take care one of these days the I in. Thea will eat her all. up. She ought to be allowed to live hard and use her wits: to be up against the big things of life. She wants something to cut her teeth on, and that reminds 'me,, Robert, eat another biscuit, for I don't quite know when' we shall get dinner. I wanted some brown paint and varnish, so Ethel bicycl- ed into'Reading for it. I said 'she needn't hurry. I knew she wouldn't, even if I didn't say so." "Ah, then perhaps I had better eat another'biscuit. And as for Thea, I daresay, my dear, you are right. God 'comes to us all in the end." The tired old man leant back in his chair and shut his eyes. Soon his mouth opened' and he snored softly. M. Blankhasset again left her work. She looked round the room vaguely. A gaudy robe of yellow chiffon and spangles, destined to trans- form a stout pupil teacher into "The Lady of the Sun," caught her eye. Catching it up, 'site tucked it across her 'husband's 'knees and chest, and stooped to'kiss the top of his, white head. "Bless him," she remarked cheerfully, and once more return- ed to the fashioning of papier' mache horns. a. Ch, eat;. ri; nit' I 11. ye s, 6- w, at e e- t. 0 d - I e or - n e 0 g e r h 0 r d f s e t THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont. OFFICERS: Frank McGregor, Clinton - Pres. Chris: Leonhardt, Brodhagen, Vice - President. Merton A. Reid, Seaforth, Manager and Secretary -Treasurer. DIRECTORS): Chris, Leonhardt, Brodhagen; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Harvey Fuller, R.R. 2, Goderich; J, H Mc - Ewing, R.R. 1, Blyth; Frank Mc- Gregor, R.R. 5, Clinton; Hugh Alexander, R.R: 1, Walton; Wm. R. 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And use this coupon today for a special in- troductory subscription. $1 'rhe Christian Science Monitor One, Norway St., Boston 1S, Mass., U.S.A. Please send me 00 introductory subscription to The Christian Science Monitor — 26 issues. 1 enclose $1. U. 9. Funds (name! (address) P13'1 (city) - (zone) (state) Mt:ella M'r' , +i�et bl Dilute„ ., 'P. Fr1daIr dYenbia,in London. Dr, :and• Mn,rJas, Annie, and 2a Uy, Windsor, visited his • ,pFents, Mr. and Mrs'. Wilbert 'Melaka en, Sunday: Mr, and Mrs.. Chas. Roney nAld Carl and Mr, A'lber,t Irony ,r,•isited Mrs.., Roney at the hospital#t Stratford on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo, Pepper and Mr. and Mrs. Rose Pepper had as, their guests' on 'Sunday, M• r, and Mrs. Glenn Pepper and family, Ilia and Mrs. L. Barker and Bonnie and Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Moore and Wanda, and Mrs. Balfour and Dalton. derings, and treated her with tol- erance and a mild affection, the fruits of time and use. Thea looked at herself in, the glass. Her pale oval face., with the scarlet lips, and grey, dark: lashed eyes, in its frame of burn- ished copper-redhair was •beano- ful. From her own vivid youthful, countenance her eyes travelled to that of Nurse—the eminently re- spectable, restrained face of an. unmarried woman of fifty, who 'has lived her life in the home of others. "I do wonder what goes on in- side- nside• her?" thought Thea. "What sle> wants—what she thinks—what she' hopes. Hurry up, Nurse, I shall be late, and I don't want a. row this morning. I don't mind them, but Daddy does." "I can't be quicker than quick, Miss Thea. You should be up in time.. You're always, starting when you should be finishing," The girl wriggled her head free from the restraining hands; stuck a large tortoiseshell pin into the heavy coils of hair, threw herself into ber dress, Leading two hooks unfastened, and the tie hanging crooked. "Miss Teea! Miss' Thea! You know that your Mamma—" But Thea was down the stairs and across the hall. She opened the dining room door hastily. The long white panelled room was lighted by the pale March sun, and a great bowl of daffodils gleamed yellow on the table. The crocuses in stone vas- es on -the terrace opened their pet- als widely to welcome the sun- beams. Ivor looking older than his forty-seven years—was cutting ham at the sideboard and' turned to greet his daughter. She flew to him and kissed him. Jean—pouring out coffee—,paus- 0:! "Good morning, Thea. Many happy returns of the day. You will find my little present on your plate." "Good morning, Mother. Thank you. How lovely—how very kind of you." (Continued Next Week) CHAPTEK XI On her eighteenth birthday Thea -rose late. Like moat other highly nervous persons, she disliked the early morning, and the effort of getting up and dressing. "Eighteen," she said to herself as Nurse, who now acted as Thea's maid, brushedout her beautiful waving red hair. "Nurse," she remarked sudden- ly, "which do ydlh think I am— eighty or eight? Sometimes I feel one, sometimes the other." Nurse made no reply and con- tinued to brush. She was accus- tomed to Thea's erratic mind wan - 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 from'the Town Clerk's Office in the Town Hall. Iv D. H. WILSON, Treasurer. CHEMICAL TOILETS far SCHOOLS, SUMMER CAMPS, and COUNTRY HOMES Modernize your property by in- stalling a Chemical Toilet—cheap and easy to instal; no water pres- sure required. No worry about odors or troubles; instead, all the comforts of a city home. Prompt shipment. Fully guaranteed. Write us for full information. TWEED STEEL WORKS LTD. TWEED ONTARIO NOTICE ! Salvage WANTED Iron and All Kinds of Metal, Rags Highest Cash Prices paid. LOUIS HILDEBRAND WE WILL PICK UP Chesterfields and Occasional Chairs REPAIRED AND RECOVERED Also Auto Seats and Backs, Ver- andah Swings and, Steamer Chairs Repaired,. Stratford Upholstering Co., Stratford TELEPHONE 519 For iut4hee Irtferinatioti apply at Box's FurnitUre Store aEAP4r til S�pepiai 4ot#eg+s Day,'eiwi'M held ill St, . )pdde*r , IYAlted u1O11 bine OA -Sna., :•Mast,, 'Otte le, Or was made up of titan y . 9tt :t'i;o ptday 4e119o1 girls 1 e regular chair,. Ali 0, * Yi'5d, lig by the glrie ands. a dtt�tir 'AY ,Inn and Marie Sieeidir, Waltie *Bride gave a reading midi the, dtbry of David Livjigatvne . We<a)* T a�xd ,by Mrs, H. Caldwell „ ¥any large baskets of flowers adorned the altar in ' memory of departed `farmer members of the eongrega- tion: In memory of : Mrs. Wan..Sin- elair, by the family; in memory 'tie Mr. and, Mrs. Sproa t, by their family; also two large baskets' by Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sproat in mem- ory of their parents. ,A vase of red roses, sent to Rev. and Mrs. Hin- ton by their., son and family, - of Alberta, were also lent for the oc- casion. ELIMVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Harold .Bell, Mr. and'' Mrs. A. Cooper and Mr. Phil Murch visited with Mrs. Philip Murch in Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, on Sunday. Mr. Elgin Skinner, of Milverton, spent Mother's Day at his home here. Mrs. Minor Dobbs and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dobbs, of Glencairn, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dabbs, of Langton, visited the former's daughters gtern and families, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Brock and Mr.' and Mrs. Ivan Brock on Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Keith Fraser and Mr. and Mrs. Jas. 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