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had been vicious. mung lit- t0

had but one rind her mother-

Paige hesitated. someone 11M‘! W gay somethmfl- she drew, ‘ breath, and said with flrnuuss. n Erica's iovcrncss and. 001111191119: Miss Cullibert, 1 can prowl-w 3°“ that there will becafiefigffif-ium 9‘

~ 8.Il.0|‘I100Il$ oc ' - mks Erica's governess and 0011194“ 11m, llldmfll increounty fouklll- WW,“ disapproval on the Misses Cuthberts joint countenance. Miss P111812 scents vcry young to be put-in autu; ority in a situation oi this sort. the elder Miss‘ Cuthbert. stated 1n and held terms.

bagillie was hurdle itware that they had spoken. she was aware 0111.1‘ 0! Michael Herions startled reaction to her sldlfllltllt, his swift scaicll- n11; ol her lace. But whatevel hi5 1111101‘ 160111135, thu- were carelillll! hidden bcllniu 111s qlllt-‘l PFQU- Y9“ hate 111v uslnilte lnasurallc-s. he said. “ma; 311;; Paige IS luliy qualified to assume lllll charge of Erica. and to be responsible for l1er behavior in the futulef’ _

For as long 11s she lived. Fame felt that snc \\'Ulllll never loll?! T116 surm- 01 glkillillfif: and adlniratlon which snout 0101' her. No sooner had the illsscs Cuthberl taken their de- parture tonly slightly molllfled. buf- convinced that they had done 11116-1‘ duty and could do no more). than she turned to llllll and said. a little unsteadzly. "Thank you for covering ma that 111112" She flushed. “You sec. I had come 1n lo ask you if I. mlilht slay 011-" ,

"Ihats an odd coincidence." he interrupted. “I had intended to ask you to change your mind about leav- ing--uot because you need the lob.’ he basally" amended. "but because I

much need your 1181p with Erica. . . ."

I1. was hard to know whether he was tolling her what “'21s really true. or whether he was trying to make 1111x114: easier for her. "Thank yo ." she mezcly‘ acknowledged.

Hc said l1usk1ly_ "Her takmg the car, poor baby. It's ghastly—u.nd ut- terly comprehensible.”

know."

"Tnen she told you?"

"A little. But ll in things she didn't. tell me. I could read her rebellion atzainst aooerninx life on its own terms."

"You can't blame her for it." ha replied bitterly. After a. moment. he went on in haltlntz explanation. "Erlcas mother and I were not mar- ricd-arid Erica. as you know. is not my child."

P211215 said nothlnc. Hen wore pieces of a mattered z-nirror. They fitted together, but they did not re- flect. the full picture of this strange hcilschold V1111]. all its suffering and confllct.

"I loved Marcia." he continued. It lengh. and Paige felt the essence oi ...o portrait. suddenly fill the room. "Shes the only woman I have ever loved-or ever will love." I-Iis uxlc tluptned with intensity Ls i1 11c were lilklfll a sacred vow. "I '.\ 11.11 Erica could understand that it mum brlllg us tic-MEI‘ . . . 1 wanted marriage-so very much-but Mar- (lft was older than I. and I could never quite bflllil her t0 see that roars didn't matter. that we were uieant for each other . . .”

He stopped talking, and. walked to the WPJUOW to stare out into the dark shadows of the lawn. Paige waited silently. tryinrc not to hurry otr constrain him by her thoufllrts. It was so difficult for hlm to talk. He ruined finally, and met her gaze. “I u-ant to tell you everything." he said. "I want you to know all there 1s to know, so that you can 1Z0 to Erica. with understanding. If she told you that I killed her mother. she's not entirely wrong from her point of view.

It. happened six months mo. We had 11nd luncheon-Marcia and I_—- celebrating somethintz or other with a bottle of her favorite Vouvray in a. Little inn. We drove back toward nurhtfall. I was drivinlz." His voice had become toneless and lines of

am and n1e1now sharpened about 11s nwuth. "There was a clot: 111 the road. we hit a rock. I “'11s thrown clzztr of the car as i/t went over. When I calm: to her. she asked me if I would try to take her place with Erica. There was a. younger sister, but. Marcia hadnt seen her for years —b@yond that. therre were no rela- tives. Ericlt was at school. but last month I opened. this house for her to spend the summer here. It hadn't. been opened since my mother's death. I didn't know what else to do. But 1t hasn't worked out."

Paige felt like putting her arms around him: ln his deep confusion and arlcf he was as much the child ns Erica.

“Ihank vou for telling me," was all mitt she could bring herself to SJ)".

He rtgardetl her with a faint. har- ried 5111110. "I understand that Miss Mollllltll ircls this position is a c.1110; hard nut to crack."

P.1l"t~ 511111011 ten. "flint 1- doscrllwd 1t to mo. . I still-lime. Luca hasn't let

>111 stay. Do you still want

was the \\'L'\\' " . I,

any of l to uw- it?"

"Very much. Sorrow can't last for- cvcn and l'l11 sure that. with a little companionship Erica will soon be. Oome hcr normal self."

H8 511112250. ‘That's an excellent altitude to take with her. but 3,1011 lzilk like the physician who has ll(‘\'('_l' 11o. n 111."

‘lye been very ill," she said. "I've 111111021 d1! d ul the sickness of grief- so I (in know yt-lur‘. 11's all about, be- llcvc mo. I know."

Ho looked at her. arrested. and an expression 0f compassion crogsed m; far/q’ "was 1t. someone verv clo5e to you."

kite remembered that lhe had fnvntioned the loss of her father t:1.1t allernoon ln the employment. nacncy. There was no longer any ncorrto play around with the truth 01' hide her ldenttly. she had told hlm so much, he might as well know cvcrythlnz.

CHAPTER. VIII

PRlRe had probably malzniflcd the necessity of taking another name, l1, was ital-hlm: but a 301100121113 d“. mutilation of her own importance, and. she was belrlnnlnz to fegl l, little ashnmed of the entire per- formance.

"Did you know Tod Griswold?" 511g Milan-reticent. as he had been, to bare her inmost feelings

He nodded. "In a business way. Not intimately. But he was a great figure.”

"Yes." said Palke "He was a mat "We ""11 Pun“! °" "-

THE CHARLOTTITOWN GUARDIAN

31M SPORTING NEWS‘

Pride Of Yankees And Cards wow Cards ls Their Pitching I" "i"!!! "l

By Iltbon lhllqy Aloohted Prom Sports NEW YORK. . 2

Pltchlnit is the Dflde 0f Yankees u well as of Cardinals this year and if the World Series brinzs thee two clubs ltlmlethfl‘ next week anythinn may

apoen. -

In the National Leanne. Mor Cecil Cooper, the biz rlkht-hmded star of the Cardinals. 1s considered the outstanding hurler in baseball. But the American 1.1068110 is per- fectly willing to back another huae nghrhander. Em Bonham of the Yankees.

These two ntlaiht meet in the first name of the series a week from Wednesday and settle the armi- IIIGII .

Rlzht now. o! course. 1t is imoos: ible to be sure whether the Card- inals or Dodzers are tossed onto the griddle against. the Yanks. who have been in six World Series in the last seven years and won eyerv time

The Yanks themselves have been hopmlz the Dodgers would repeat. their National Ieamle success of last year and the reason may not be en- tirelv a question of aate receipts.

Red Sox knock" Over Yankees

In II innings

Wrlhr 1- (AP)- New York 8t. Lo

NEW YORK. Sept. II—(AP)—, Marvin Breuer New York Yankee-S six-foot ZOO-pound 1121111181111"- learned today that you can hand- cuff hitters like Boston Red Sox in general and Ted Williams in par- ticular just so 1on8. Then thinks happen.

They happened in the late frames today and the Red Sox knocked ov- er the Yankees 3-2 in 11 lnninlzs as Tex I-Iulzhson chalked up his 21st victory of the season-four in a row 331% the champions-with a seven-

Tlgentllwwwhftelox

At Detroit. Tmnmy Brldkfl k917i» nine Chicano hits well spaced and Don Ross and Barney McCofi-IW belted home runs as Detmlt T111"! defeakli mTl n S201- 211ml.”

eep a ye lzer opes -

lvlsion spot in the final American Lealzuo standlnszs.

REMEMBER WHEN

(By the Canadian Press)

Big Chuck Conacher. former rlyht winger on the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Kid Line, joined line-mate Busher Jackson on New York Americans’ roster three years ago today. Con- adher, possessor of one of the hard- en. 51101.5 in hockey. came to the Amerka on ion from the Leah and was moved back to r. defence post.

Baseball Results

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Plttlburlh 000 000 100-1 St. Louis 000 010 001-2

Gorniekl and Lopez: While W. Cooper.

Philadelphia 100 000 000—1 Brooklyn 300 000 00x-—3

Johnson m4! warren: Hlzbe Owen.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

chm." 00o 100 201-4

Detrolt 012 002 0lx—6

Haynes and Dickey: Birldxos ans.

01 101 and

42 72 and

9 10 0 and

Boston 000 000 002 lib-S 6 1 NewYork 00020000000-2 71

Hulzhson and Peacock: Breuer. Turner (ll) and l-‘tosar.

WalkJTfielend Title at R. A. F, Station Tonight

A booting match will be held to- night at the local RAF. station to decide whether an airman or a sail- or will have the Maritime welter- wellzht championship in the future. LAC. Walkey. RAF. Station. Char- lottetown. is the holder of the title at present and will defend it a- zainst Ordinary Seaman Noonan o! HMCS. Queen Charlotte tonitzht.

The bout promlses to be one of the best contested llehts to be seen here yet. Wnlkcy will be tryintl to hold his tltlc lonz cnouzh to take it back to the Old Country while Noonan will be- dnlna his beat t0 nnchor 1t in Canada AIRLINE TRAFFIC

SHOWS INCREASE

WDINIPEG, Man" Sept. 21-11; all three services. passemzer. air 1111111 and air express. Trans-Canada Air Lines showed increases in Auszust. HCCOfClllllZ to flrures re- leased today. The number of pas-u- zcrs carried totalled 9.584. an in- crease of 144 over the previous month and 300 over Auaust 1941- Mnlls amounted to 208.617 pounds. which was 15.646 pound: better than Julv and 179.190 over the vol- ume of Aluzust last year. increm- lmz by 5.512 pounds over July Ex- press totalled 38.835 pounds. In improvement of 16.966 pounds over the correspondlnk month in 1941.

The three moat heavily populated countries 1n th world are Russia, India and__C_hl1_B_.

There was a silence. ‘men he mid coldly. "I'm sorry that you have had your share of ruflerl .

Elle stared at him. mgnner had undergone a c-hanozc. hi! W 0 a cold repression. It was a few mom- enta before ahe realized how he had cormtrued her relationship to Tod.- a rlch man's darllnr. trylnn to pose as his child's zovemess. and adrift now after hlr death. She almost laughed out loud. but instead she studied hlm curiously as he llt his his eyes 5.10m!

uinslxtfninln train ouowe spriéxu in:

4 fighting, trustworthy wd 1

1e belnlz had tlkhtened back lnlo tr

The Yanks have no doubt that! Wfl-ihp the Dodxors’ hurlers at will. but. the Cardinals are a dlfforvnt propoatlon. They beat the Yanks

. 21 nuns: aka-inst seven setbacks. not only I the kind of pitcher capable of hold- lna the Bombers at. bay. but ho also

ton is younsz enoulzh to make two or

even three appearances l! the series should no the distance.

The strenath of the 5t. Louis staff noes much deeper man ll; we, however. It is well balanced with six rirhthaxulers and three left- hunders and with startlnz and relief specialists.

The Yankees’ staff ll ltrormer than last year in every way except southpaw talent. Lefty Gomez ha; faded into the background and Mar- lus Russo. who pitched a four-hit- ter amlxut BIOOKIVn lag, fall, ha;

been sulinz all aeason-wvorkina on--

lv 42 innings in eight names.

Manazer Joe McCarthy's startlnz selections will be made from a- monk Bonham. Charlev (Red) Ruf- flnit. Spud Chandler. rookie Hank Borowynand possibly Atley Donald or Marvin Breuer.

Connie Mack III May Be Comer-up PHJLAD Sept. 21-(0?)

ILPHIA —If the younlzest Connie Mack has llnyl-hinz to say about it. he'll carry on the name in baseball when the

oldest Connie quits the name-if he

ever does. Though he’; only 12, Con-

nie the third has his eye on an out- fielder’: berth and he knows he has a chance use Grandpa says so_ and Grandpa should know.

Rixzht now he's only the Athletics new batboy. Wbtchlnz the 1511135 from the bench with Connie the first. 79-year-old manatzer of A's. But outside Shibe Par-k he's a three-letter man in grammar whom athletics-basketball. baseball and football.

Bruins start

Pre-seasorz/ Training Oct. I5

. Sept. fll-fAfi-Man- ager Art. Ross of Boston Bruins to- nuzht notified a. squad of about 30 players to report at Po Arthur.

.. Oct. 15 for three weeks of pre- season practice. bald he had charmed the Blrulns tralninz camp from Her- shey. Pa. to the Ontario cltv be- is situated about halfway between the east and west coasts. He pointed out that no passports would be required for the many unauura the Bruins normally have at the trainlnz camp for tryouts.

Europe Faces Serious Health; Situation

NEW YORK. Sept. 21 - (AP)- Wor conditions in Europe have created a health situation which is threatening a calamity worse than dispatches

ay. A nrorbago of doctors. equip. xeaohms the United States said ment and medicines, the 51.111111 of war, deficiencies ln diet, an lnflux of foreign workers of uncertain health, and return of soldiers from the battlefields where they have come inlo contact with disease an vellmln. were said to be creating a serious problem for Germany. con- cerned wlrth keeping up the e1. fluency of her industrial and hmnc roni .

from Germ any through

Reports neutral mannels said Nazi medical 3° circles WGTQ alarmed by the num- 1*

ber of oases of dysentery. tuber- culosis, physical exhaustion, and

typhus. which produced havoc in the last war and which appeared in Germany from the oc- cupied east last winter. Dysentery was said to have approached erpldemlc proportions, while typhus was conceded to be the (red/test healllh danger this winter.

Scanlet fever. diphtheria and spinal paralysis caused by a lad: of vitamins were reported to be current among young people,

The hospitals were said to be crowded with war wounded, and doctors too busy to give adequate attention to civilian-ll.

"Blitz Treatment"

German dentists were said to have adopted a "blitz treatment." one recent Berlin resident report. ing that a. well-known dentist had filled alx teeth in 20 minutes.

Surgeons were said now to me- fer amputation of seriously injured legs and arms rather than risk 1n- fectlon from poor-quality bandaqes and limited lslnfeclants durlni a long treatment.

Qualified medical authorities were said to have reported that stomach wounds at the from are nearly all fatal, kidney wounds 87 per cent. 11o, and leg and thigh wmmds ex- ceedingly dangerous.

Infection from Jouay clothinl, mock and delayed treatment 0cm. tributes to the death rate from wounds. it was said.

Because ammunition brains take

oe, it. l5 sometimes weeks before a wounded mm can be ed on a hoipfltatl train from the from, 1t wan explained.

Aocumta figures on wound , nick and dead are unavailable, 0M dlsrmtches added, but dogtm were said to believe the death HM was tremendous and wmlld lrlaun this winter u a result cl a com- bination of , poor food cold notices, and bombings .,

M Edge Pi rates

Tqrww YOREI. Sept. Iéz-(AB- e pennan -purs1un1r . Louil Cardinals broke a. l-i deadl with an explosive nlnth-lnnlnz w- day to defeat Plttshumh Pirates 2 and maintain their Zia-lune mp on first place in the National motile as they moved into their final five names. The game was played at 8t. Louis

season to tie the record of the Cardinal team of i931. which breezed into the chum- plonshlp that year. It. was their 13th one-run victory sinoe they launched their amazing pennant drive to overhaul Brooklyn Dodgers. in wlnnlna 36 out. of their iut 43

zames.

A slim crowd of 4.849 not patient- ly through two hours and l8 min- utes of play before they not an opportunity to cheer their heroes in the dramatic ninth.

After George Kurowski. Cardinal third baseman. had to start the inninlf. Marty Marlon was passed and promptly stole second. while the Pirates were charidnz in attemptlnz to break up a sacrifice. Ernie While. the Redbirds’ tri- umphant pitcher. an-ounded Frankie Gustlne. '

an. alnrled and Marlon raced across with the win- ninz run.

Dodiers Cling to Slim Hope

at Brooklyn. xlmy Hizbn nave a

15.361 Brooklyn fans continued pen- nant hope. is well as a fine case of the litters, as he pitched the Dodkezs to a 3-1 victory over Phil- adelphia Phlls.

The die-hard fans. brief spell Sunday thought hanalnl was too good for their Bums. came back in force today to root their tea-m in. and on occasion it appear- ed all their cowbells and whistler wouldnt be enouszh to do it.

Spotted to a two-run lead in the first lnnlnz. f-Ilabe was 1n hot water

. a own wildness. coupled with a little saottv fleldinz behind him. kept hlm stewlmz.

As far as what really counted was concerned. everythim happened in the first lnnlntz when all four runs of the name were scored. ere- after it was a uuestlon of how ion: I-Ilzbe could walk the tlxht rope.

He was opposed by the veteran s1 Johnson. who deserved a better fate. Johnson allowed seven hits. but out- side the first innlnl. When three unearned runs were chalked up apsinat hlm. he had evervthlnz under control.

p ,,,,. iSport Shorts From Britain

By Allan Nlckclson Canadian Press Staff Writer

IDNDON. Slept. 2l——(CP)--Base- ball is beinll played all over Bri- thin-much to the bewilderment of most of the populace-so the 1on- don News Chronicle hit on an oriK~ inal idea to educate the masses.

Under a three-column headlnl "Ever Hear of Baseball." alonil with a dlarrram of the pinyin: field and positions. the paper published a purported exchanae of pleasantrles relating to the game betweenfTom 'I‘lpp1e of the British Army. and. “Joe Jukes of the American Army.

The scene was laid ln "The Ham- met‘ and Tonzs." a pub. and. many a m-lld and bitter went down the hatch before the American finish- ed explainlnz the name to his czicket-thlnkinz ally. Initiation in- to the rudiments of the sport be- tzan for the Tommy when the Am-

d erlcan commented that the Red Box

had hlm worried "because they're zolnlz to slide." Then it went like this: “Why don't you pull them up’):

Further dlaloaue about "socks and “sox" and then Jukea says: ’For crylnlt out loud. I mean the Bed

Red So . The American

. (sadly) "Sure. It's the name where flown- up men attack a little ball with p. club." Tipple declares.

Then the lesson bezins. with the barmaid lnterlectlnz to ask if the audience ever kills the umpire “like I hear them call out ln the flllu (movies)?

Rina Notes: Cpl. Ernie Roderick. British and Empire welterweiaht kink took time out from his air force duties to return to his na- tive clty of Liverpool and knock Jim Herliithy of Dublin kicking... Herllrrhy’! lmmenrss proved his downfall for he decided to mix lt with the champ and went down 1n the fourth of a scheduled IO-round.

t....'rhe nonsz saved hlm from the count ds threw ln the toWQL. Petrln of Montreal. Canadian bantam champ- ion. vnll shortly make his second appearance n a London rlnz 1n an Ald-Fpr-Rtlssla 3- - . a toukh cus- tomer from the RAF. Eddie’; 14m. don debut wasn't. so successful. He wire. "*1: I

ac e .nam ) Pate exhllbltlon affair and hlgwliomdeck earv.

Womd Mhedh Swltnerlgend of °1§$i?’u1l§n§‘§fi2hi§ rowlna champion,

Iii-infinite; gnUI-Ie was re rd.

ed as the pioneer of Swiss 20.5%,. TIDY ACREAGE ,-

Jlbln has $581796 square

miles of to l l area since shim; 310 ‘Hapmm

ut his secon Pie. Eddie

who for o i

flgllffl, when 11¢. dled, 1 muted y," the stem of 1t. Bhe could put 111m (m, gm, m. w“ bufled M; Se,“ and stral ht. of course. bv simply saying. for ntonllts afterward I could ltvver "T0 {Griswold was mv father. you are wan-r wlthout. feellmz that lf I idiot’ But her prldg w“ all over lturled myrclf mm 1t. 1 00.110 find the vim a Mn 11¢- dldnt deserve lo m, w." w rend, Mm, may, how I be out stra zht. Let him think what know ,0 we“ What 3mm m“ whm he wanted about her until he came me wok m, cu- _ _ _ n to his senses and knew better. (To be Continued)

a Iflpulntlon whose resistance bu been sffladlly lowered.

w-{IFQBW 1 my There are 0f insects.

0f which 10,000 are destructive f0 mm and his posaessio

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