The Blyth Standard, 1930-03-27, Page 6The Lure of Gold
Winter Was Hard, But Hope
and Love Carne With the
Spring -Tide
13y Margaret Munro
Nancy Palmoro paused in the act of
h)11U og a handful of early daffodils,
just thrusting up precocious heads 10
the gentle warmth of the Afarch sun-
light, to glance drown the lane in the
direction of Nottingham.
I will buy the place, but 1 think you
should have another try to pull round.
It's such a pity to leave"this cottage
and these flowers, after you have tend.
ed them so carefully."
And because Nancy agreed in her
heart that it was a pity to leave her
hems 0110 agreed with him and de.
tided to wait a little.
Roger Norton—]le had told her his
name on the day that she shyly offer.
ed him a cup of coffee while ho elle]•
tared from a 0Pritlg shower—co0-
tinued to be her beat customer. What
he itad done with all the bulbs 11e pun.
I1 was foolish of her to think about chased she did not know.
the tall young 1000 with the blue eyes 9'11011 for a time she did not see
and curly hair, but she had thought hint, and suddenly she knew how
quite a lot about him since that 1)e much his visits had coma to menu to
comber day when he had knocked on
1110 I 'Io1 he would 10 call ae_1 10
the floor for the first time and brught There 011 , after all, 110 reason for
some of the bulbs, labelled, "Two n thinking he would. Yet somehow elm
Penny," which she lied displayed in had not thought it would end tiles this
the flout garden of the cottage elle 110 had dean 00 encouraging when
shared with her mother. things were dark; even the thought
10 r
In real sense those bulbs were that he would buy if 11eeeesa1'y had
pmt of Nancy's home. She had dug
been such a comfort to her, that she
them out of the two acres of garden had imagined he would continue to
and placed that o money
11011 111 or' push epee the gate every Tuer;day
der toget a little motley to Help them and Pride'.
along until spring came and they
could hope to tlpd a purchaser for the A figure came round the bend of the
little holding. ( road, but it was not Norton. It was
Two years before, when her father K011111, 1110 1'11111.0 p elman,
had died, Nancy had been so sure that She wafted for hint, and watched
running a market 1urden was girls' him search in his bag for a letter as
work. Evidently it wasn't, for those he dismounted at the gate.
two years had seen their customers "Have you heard the flows„ Miss
dwindling to nothing, until they had Patmer0?" 11e said, as he handed her
decided that there was nothing left two letters,
but to sell up the cottage and land and She shook her Bead.
move into the junction, where two "Well, let me tell you, then, for it
rooms would be cheap and she plight 11101110 money for you. A London
exchange the heartbreak of growing syndicate has bought up all this land
flowers that nobody seemed to want rowed here for a new garden city—
for a sure anis safe two pounds a week they say 1310 hundred acres of it,
as a typist. They've already bought those next
For not the easiest pari of the two lleldo, 00 3 oxpect they'll 1)0 wailt'
struggle had been the knowledge that in your little place. When they conte
Air. Foster, the solicitor who had loolc- along to buy, don't be modest—remelil•
ed after her father's small affairs, w•a0 bar it's worth a fair price to them."
willing to employ her just as soon as, She felt dazed at the news. A ru-
she was ready to admit that she had mor had reached her three days be -
failed. fore, and 110w it was true, That 11100101
She had just Peached the stage of 11)0 end of all their troubles, for as
standing at the gate, and looking back building land that little two -acre patch
on those 1181110 of flowers, where would fetch twice as m11011 as she had
tulips, early (Ian's, carnations, and been asking, 31r, taster had told her
roses had made the year sweet, and that, Supposing she had sold just ho -
trying to imagine life without them— fore—she would have done so if it had
life in a stuffy olfico after this outdoor not been for linger Norton.
existence—when he had opened the She thanked the postman, and ran
gate for the first time, into the house to toll her mother,
"I'd like some of those bulbs," he Oue of the letters vasa bill; the
said, adding, with a smile: "I suppose other was from 1\lr, foster, It interne,
you can guarantee them?" ed her briefly that the Reproduction
She had answered primly that they Building Syndicate had called at his
were Home grown, and the best in the of1100 and offered to buy 1100 property.
county, Ile had named a high price, and told
"flow many would you 111:0, s1)1" 010111 she was not eager to sell—
"Two dozen, he answered; nnd "worth the risk," lie wrote—and they
then 11e said: "Do yen like flowers?" i had accepted. Would she Please call
"I love them—daffodil geld in spring at his office the following clay to sign
time is worth all the money in the I the preliminary papers, so that the
world to me," she answered impulsive- sale could be completed without de-
n'. lay?
"Then why sell them?" 111) asked. Very early the next 111orning she set
"Because, alas! even w'on10n 1)1)101out, wearing her hest frock. The ear.
eat," sho answered. "And soon moth- Best daffodils were waving their gold•
er and I shall be leaving here alto. en heads to greet her, or perhaps they
nether, so It dl0eerl"t platter, anyway." wee waving to her own golden halt'
She had not intended to tell him so that escaped form the tight little red
11111011, but somehow he had the sort of hat. Icor mother came to the gate to
frank, open face that invited coed- swatch her go—and the sun was s111m
11ere00. ing. If only she had been ab10 to tell
"Bueinee) bad?" the inquired. Roger Norton all about it Nancy
She nodded. would have been happy. Bat he had
"You are thg,'first customer for a not been near again.
wacic, Somehow I don't seem to get Mr. Foster was waiting for her, and
any Mowers while they fetch a docent with 11in1 was the purchaser --a tall
price. 13y the time 1113 blooms come elan with unruly hair, who stood shy -
they 010 10n a penny." ly in a corner of the chesty office when
11e smiled an encouraging smile. 811e entered. Roger!!
"It's Bard,' 110 vitt. Flowers alone "This is 1\11'. Norton, one of 1110
are not 011011011 for a living, especially partners in the syndicate who are
for two, And this place is too far off purchasing your house and land," said
the beaten track—few people ever old Mr, foster.
pass. So that It's difficult to sell di- She nodded without speaking, her
3001 to the public," heart cold within her. So all the time
She found his sympathy very cent- 11e had been spying out the land—had
forting. When 110 went on to inquire only advised her not to sell because he
how much she wanted for the place a was softy for her. Well, she did not
little spark of hope entered her heart. want 1110 pity. She almost wished she
It was a pretty little place—perhaps had sold at the lower price. And elle
he would fall in love with it and buy had thought 11110 poor and lonely like
herself.
Ho mist have noticed the frown, for
11e said very little -just a few come
ntonplac0 remarks.
When the signing of the contracts
was completed she thanked Air, fos-
ter, bowed to Roger, and went, Though
she hurried down the street In the
direction of the little bus that would
carry her homewards he overtook her
before she reached it.
„Are you very angry with me?" 11e
asked, at her elbow. -
"I a111," she replied distantly.
"Are you sure that I deserve that
frown?" he continued. "After all, I
could have saved a lot of money if I
had not wanted to be honest with you.
1 could not tell you the truth without
being disloyal to my ,partners, but I
Where' Many Wealthy Canadians Go for th'.: Winter Months Because its the Thing to do
it.
When he carne back again, and
again, she felt sure that he would 11113'
it. Whatever they talked about, he
always managed to steer the conver-
sation to the house or the land.
Then suddenly his interest in 1110
place 0001h1ed to have evaporated, He
stlil called, still 1)011g111 bulbs, and
then early flowers from the little hot-
house. He was, indeed, her best cus-
tomer.' But instead of asking ques-
tions about the house, when she men-
tioned it ho advised her not to sell.
"Spring is coming; trade will look
up. I should not be in a hurry if I
were you. Those Poses look as though
they will do well this year—and you
can sell cuttings to people round
about. It you are determined to soli
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could advise you not to sell for a lit•
tie while,"
Ile looked so wretched that she re•
lented. After all, what he said w'as
quite true. Yet she 0011111 not forget
that he wasn't the strugling friend she
had imagined, but the Head of a that-
uess which could pay out thousands
of pounds for land and build houses
by the hundred.
"1 supose you bought all those bunts
because you could not tell he the
truth also? Or was it because you
were sorry for me?"
"I was cooling to that," he answer -
el, "1f you can spare five minutes,
111 show you why I bought those
bulbs."
Wondering, sho walked with him
along 1110 road, out of the village, to
an old collage Surrounded by a high
yew hedge that stood a little apart
from the laird 11e had bought.
He held open the gate for her to e11•
ter, Then he led the wily round then
house to the garden 1)0301111.
Suddenly it broke upon them -a
veritable sea of golden daffodils rear -
log their heads to the suusldno is that
shelled :pot, wills a lawn for their
carpet—a garden of peace from which
the cares of the world eeenm11 remote.
There 1110 your bulbs," he said simp-
ly. "I bought them because I wanted
to make a garden worthy of the
one
women in the world for me—if elle
will cshoeut to live 11e1'e, close to the
places and people she loves -with me.
What do you say?
Nancy, womanlike, had already for.
gotten the gold this Ulan ?candled, and
remembered only the gold 11e had given
her back—the gold of spring-lime—
mid the two blue eyes had looked at
her so hopefully, anxiously.
"Say?" she murmured. "What can
I say, except that I want to give all
those roses and flowers of mine to my
best customer, so that his garden shall
always be home to me."
For some minutes otU) the birds
moved in that garden of lhappin000.
Then a .l+ride-t0-bo walked slowly
among the nodding golden heads, 011
the arta of her man, smiling up into
his oyes.—Answers.
CHINESE PROVERBS
Do not take a hatchet to remove a
110 from your friend's forehead.
You may be arrested by mistake;
you will not be released by mistake.
When a friend is in your fruit -gar-
den, inattention Is the truest polite-
ness.
There le calm in the very rush 'of
brooks; there is serenity in the very
falling of flowers,
Tho lean of leisure is the owner of
Irolickling i.:nd, beckoning flowers,
white moon, and blue sky—in a word,
of all nature.
Faithful words offend the ears, but
they are good fm' character; malls
cities are bitter 111 the mouth, but they
cure sickness,
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The White Heron
Leslie Clare Manchester
"It's here in branches against the sky,
A cypress ancient, bearded, gray
I3eneatil whose shadow the marshes
. lie
Aglow with 111e red of early day;
It's hare 1' search the placid tide,
those Inzy shallows half asleep;
ICs here I see the bonnets ride
Ana the 111ally buds of the lotus
peep.
'1 drop like a star, a flashing thing,
o
A plummet shite to the pool below
I wade far out where the winnows
string
Against the title with its darkling
flow,
I pause knee-deep in the stilly stream,
T11e snow of my plumage reflected
thele; «
I curve my throat, 103 quick oyes
gleam;
And m1 to the fray I fare, I face.
"Tile thickets shelter a.cozy nest,
Those thickets of bracken and petal-
ed haw;
They spread above a tilt' guest
Asleep in a circle:of yellow straw.
So I fislt.in the poor where the lnihn7
hews aro
With never a net d} ' hook or line;
I fish 111 the 011111101 01 along the bar
Right glad the ellett0red nest fs
mine.,,
Oar -Dumb. Animals
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"Some 1011;0 00010 out of the theatre
last so 1111 look as it they had seats
in the front row."
FORTUNE •
Good or bad fortune depends some.
times upon the choice we make of our
friends,
"Wealth is not necessarily an im•
Pediment to a plan's admittance to the
Beyond."—Jahn Dr. Rockefeller, jr.
The Perfect Wife
13y L. C. Moore
Every man has ids own ideas of
what a perfect wife should be like,
and the ideas of most men are very
pronounced i10100d.
As 111e result of lmlumerablo and
long conversations on the hatter, it
has been possible to draw up a rough
sllecklicat.ion of the wife who would
meet With the approval of men in
guest,
In the filet place she would he good-
looking without being beautiful. A
beautiful wife is a continual source of
worry to a husband, since he is never
sue what sort of an effect she is hav-
ing on other amen. Therefore, her
beauty midst be mall as W111 appeal to
him, but leaps all potential rivals ah-
solntoly cold, '
Silo.must not, of courS8, be an auto.
ulnen, 1)11t must have ideas of her own
upon all subjects, able to talk intellt
gently with him about politics, foot.
ball, or any of the "other things that
platter, At the same time, however,
she must be reasona;lle,.able ,to real-
ize that lois ideas tiro the right ones,
She must not make herself a slave
to the Mune, That is the gi'eatest'inis.
take a„wife eau make, r fo>i., it must
mean' attending 'to' household duties
while the is at home, and a 111an-can-
not stand his” 1Yifo bustling round'
when the wants to 831 and read.
She must (t111s goes 111111001 saying)
always ,wake up _briglht and cheerful
in 111e mornings. 11 takes two,, to
mance a quarrel, and they'll lettd a cat
and slog life if 8110 Isn't:happy in the
mornings. Anl, moreover; her cheer.
fulness must he 1.110 ootconle: of a
sweet nature, which enables her to
understand that 1i loan cannot,. possibly
feel very chirpy 00hertfaced .with _the
proepect'of 11 day's work,
Money, of course, is very important,
The ideal wife should bo apse to' run
the house efficiently on a small allowe
once, -and -always have a few dollars
put by fora rainy; day.
SI1e, would ha1)lly,.'ever need new
clothes, but would keep herself aiiply
supplied by cutting down and'kemak•.
tug old things; She Woulii always'have
a smile, alwvays. be very. even'temper-
ed ,and never, in any circumstances,
question her husband's decisions, upon
matters great and small,
h1 short, she would he the most in-
slffferably perfect person on eai't11,"and
the most tiresome to live with.
Maj.l3urwash Finds .
Amundsen Relics
Canadian Explorer Locates
and Uses Cache of Nor-
wegian Confrere
When:Rould Anundsen, the Arctic
explorer, made the long -sought North.
'Yost Passage in 1903.5 11e wintered at
Gjoa Haven on I{ing William Island,
At Potcrssen Bay nearby he erected s
building within which 1)0. placed A
cement foundation for the instruments
110 used in malting 'observations with
reference to the magnetic pole, Whoa.
ho left to continue his joerlfey'west.
ward in iho spring- he placed a tin
ease beneath the base, 111 which he
had placed a photograph.
Tete picture was a portrait of. Dr,
0. Von Notunuyor, 01) eminent German
scientist, who had given Amundsen
great encouragement and advice be.
fore he sleeted uu his expedition. Prof,
Notmlayer made ,the request that
Amundsen bury the picture as near
the pole as possible, This Amundsen
did at Gjoa.
Major Locic!e Burwash, Canadian
explorer, used Amundsen's cement
baso for 1118 own itistvinents when
mal;iig observntfons In 1110 Name Orr],
tory last winter. Beneath the baso he
found the little tin case,- all rusted,
and with water seeped in. IIe care.
fully opened it and there inside was
Prof. Neunhayer's picture. The 3)01'.
11)111 was 111 excellent condition though
the white mouniing was marked` 0011
stained with h
1 st and i rust d` moistu101 -
The Canadian .explorer photograph
ed the picture, obverse and reverse,
and then carefully replaced It in the
case; which 1,3 sealed anew and en.
closed 111 another case which lie placed
again 111 its former reo1111g place. The
picture of Anuuulsen'e 31118nd, there•
fore, still lies near the magnetic pole
on the sante island which contains the
graves of Sir J01111 Franklin and his
men,
Inscribed on the photograph were
the following words 'written' by
Amundsen: "I deep gratitude end re•
spectful remembrance I deposit this
photograph 'on Nenmay-or Peninsula,
Gjoa Expedition, August 7, 1905.
lioald Amundsen.'''
LHILDREN
We are only big children, the beet
of us. That's the way the world's
keeping young, and God help it when
We're getting so clover there's no child
left ht us at all.—Hall Caine.
People first abandon reason, and
then become obetfnate, and iho deeper
they aro in error the more angry they
are. --Dr. Ifugh Blair.
Friends Together
In sinhshine and in shade;
We have been friends together,
Since first beneath the chestnut trees-
In infancy we played,
But coldness enrolls within thy heart,
A cloud is ou thy brow;
We have been friends together—
Shall a light w'or'd part to now?
We have been gay togothbr;
Wo have laughed at little jests;
Por the fount of hope was gushing,
Warm and joyous, in our breasts,
But laughter 11000 hall) fled thy UP,
And 01111011 gloot is thy brow;
We have been gay together-
Shall a light word part us now.?,..
We have been sad together,
Wo have wept, with bitter tears,
O'er the gras.grown graves, 1111810
slumbered
The hopes of early years.
Tho voices which aro silent there
Would bid thee clear' thy' brow,
We havo been sad together -
0, what shall part 110 110w?
—Caroline E. S. Norton (1808.77).
Finds Coal Under Cabbage,
Patches in English Town
Willenhall, bhlglaud.—Tho discovery
of coal.under Ilio cabbage patches ill-.
Groat Bentley Common has led to a
feud between the inhabitants of the
thirty -ono cottages and the miners
who are using, the wells for ,mine
shafts, •
Most of the houses have lost their
water supply, and the occupants' are
forced to carry water from a spring
three-quarters of a ntilo away, During
cold weather the women had to carry
buckets of burning coal to. thaw the
ice -bound spring.
The discovery ot'coal .was made
whoa It was seen glistening gat the
bottom of a well. A scaffold was erect•
ed halfway,downthe well and four
galleries wen's,• burrowed; , froln';,its
sides,
A GREAT SCIENTIST
The great question An :life 1s the
suffering.we cause; and the- utmost
ingenuity of metaphysics cannot just,
ify the man who has pierced the heart!
that loved him Benjamin Constant:
THE MIND
Th mind is the athnosphere'of the
soul.
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