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1h Iaetem Palestine may be seen what have been called “housos o1 hair." Actually these "Iiouses" are Arabs’ tents made of hair-cloth. hence their name, The remarkable thing about them is. that while stone-built towns, with "neu- cas- tles. columns and tcmpleil", have

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steps on the stairs - she knew how menu. how many on the sec- ond-floor landing. And now he was outside the door — knockinll;

xlvmost die wept. “Oh —" sac said, confused. knowing that_her face was burning, sick with disap- pointment. "Oh how do you do? Will you ccme in?"

He stepped inside. looked around

y. “Pretty late to come oallin ," he laughed a little. "but I wan a few more facts about Miss Harrison. The bass think-s she rates a ‘Aali- column with pictures ~ successful buliness l that stuff‘;

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"I'll give you what I know." said Virginia patiently. "It isn't en- ieivsive — Teresa was rather a lone wolf. But her husband is at thc - he could give vou beginnings —- things like

"r didn't know she ma a hus- band"

“Neither did I. till just lately." She told him what he wanted t0 know. hurriedni, nervously. bray- ing that. he would go before Mike came. She did not want to bc cm- barrassed by the presence of an outsider when she first saw Mike. At last he folded the paper, clipped his pencil m his pocket again. shrugged up the wllar of his overcoat.

"Oh. b the way - I saw Mike Pauli ay," he remarked.

"You saw today?" she tried to keep her tone casual. "Saw him in New York ~ but he didn't see me. But from what I saw — well, every thing's all right again. You must have done a good piece of work. I knew — when I téllduyou about Harriet that you'd

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"About Harriet?" The pain that was sudden and keen colored her voice. in spite of all shc could do.

“He was with her — and it look ed to me as if everything had been fixed up fine. Swell Job — I know it wasn't easy for you to do. Well, much obliged. Good night.” He pounded down the stairs, but

‘ she stood where she was, stunned

and cold, unable to mc-ve. Harriet Hillery! she had put the thought of Harriet Hillary away bruskly, with all the other doubts that had rocked her. She had been so sure! _And now, here it was again ~ tai" prowling specter. this black» hai ed girl, thrusting in again be- tween herself and Mike. She shut the door slowly. mov- like an automaton into the room. stood there looking at the little table, at the flowers looking at_ their own bright faces in the mirror. Nothing was settled.

been deserted and left to fall into ruin, their very sites being buriedl under the desert sand, these frail? "houses of hair" are there to-day as they were thousands of rears ago. Again and again the have been pufihcd back for a and then have returned. their pa- tience and perseverance outlasting the strength of mighty empires

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She did not hear the footsteps on the stairs.

But she saw the door knob tum and braced herself‘, cold n5 ice,

_ again, 1061mm’ at her with bewilderment in his face. 'I'hen, slowly. he close edHthe e so . , I'm back!" and then tried to grin, not doing very well at it. Then he tcok off his hat and tossed it on the table and came a little nearer. "Well, Ginny?" he said, and there was a defensive uncertainty in She dragged sounds from her $148121, throat. She said, "Hello, e."

wire came closer. but she drew away. He must not touch her, he must not kiss her - not yet.

H9 891d. “Mad at me, Ginny?" Something wistful in the words that caught her heart and tore it. That charm of his - that boyish, young. and tender thing - oh, that was the wny it was, that was what had destroyed her that little Hnpealing way Milne had — with women.

She said slowly, “No -— I'm not BMW"

“Then come here, Beautiful. and kiss your wandering black sheep." He had his hands on her shoul- ders, but she pulled awav. walked away. stood beside the little table picking a fork up. put‘l it down.

She said hoarscly, “ ike, Sam Hinchey was here-J’

“Oh. was he? How's old Sam?"

“He came -- to ask about Teresa. She died tonight."

"I know. I went there. Too too

"I'm not upset abou‘. Teresa. I - Mike. Sam Hinchey saw you - h New York this morning"

"Oh —" slowly. "he did. did he?"

She sat down I-Ier hands. twfst~ ing together to stop their tremb- ling, were cold as ice. "He saw you - with Harriet Hillary," she said levellv

Mike strode across the room, his brows drawn in angrily, his face dark.

"So - he saw me up there - having lunch with a girl and two other newspaper boys. He didn't mention those fellows. I suppose? He Just came running to tell you he'd seen me with a girl I've known gvlllthmy life-a girl I've worked

"The irl you were going to marry, ike. before V011 met me." she added quietly.

" -- he told you that, too, did he" he asked resentfully.

"I've heard it - from seven] sources -- but not from Wu. Mike. You did not tell mo."

A trapped. harried look drew his face to a sharp edge. His eyu narrowed and he grew paler. He said desperately, "Look here, Ginny. we don't need this past-mortars this - uwpey - end] done w m!

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Lnig work Mrs. Gilmour has awarded the Scrvlcc 4 Palm Leaf of the Order of St, John. The Service Med is given only for conspicuoiw ser- vice and to date the number of such medals granted in the British Em-

IYHSS MARGARET MACLAREN

OTTAWA, Jan. 31. — The ap- pointment of Miss Margaret Mac- Laren oi‘ Saint John, N, 15.. as Lndy Superintendent - in - Chief of i-he Nursing Divisions and Corps of the St. John Ambulance Bri ade has ust been announced in O tuwa by r. W. J. Bennett, Commandery Commissioner. Miss MacLnren suc- Coeds Mrs. E. Kathleen (lilmour of Toronto who is trnnsferriizg to iihe Reserve because oi ill health. Miss MacLarcn. u daughter of the late Colonel. the llon. Murray lvlnc- Laren. former Licut. Governor o! New Brunswick, was a Lady Pro- vincial Officer in the St, John Am- bulance Brigude prior to olng over~ seas with the first con lngent oi’ Brigade personnel in January 1944. Ass sting with the organization and admiration of the London l-Ieadquariers Miss MacLaren has been in charge there since June 1045, and it s not anticipated she will be back in Canada until the London Brigade Headquarters are closed and the Brigade personnel presently sewing overseas nrc re- atriatcd. A graduate oi’ McGiil Iniversity in Arts, an Officer 4S» tcrl of the Order of St. John, Niles MacLaren is well known a us: Canada in social and government-ti circles. Mrs. Gilmour, a Commander (Sisieri of tho Order of St. Jclm. as Lady Provincial Officer and later as Lady Superintendent - in- (Xiief. Organized the war work of the Nursing Divisions and Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade

V, A, Dis were recruited for work in military hospitals in (Ianada, Brigade nursing personnel were en- listed for service overseas N: nurs- ing aides and transport drivers,

of the Brigade was established. In recognition of her outstand- been Medal Wlltl"!

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of the bunch assume that it's seri- ous and nobody horns in; and 50 it goes along for a while. and af- ter a while the two people them- selves sort of - aocﬂpt the situa- ‘tlon nn-zi so it goes, It could hap- pen to anybody."

“But — you were definitely en- gaged to her." It was a statement rather than a question. "And you gave her a ring?’

"I did give her a ring. It was an emerald ring. and she lilzcd emeraltL; A Ginny. wlmt the devil is this third dcgrce. anyway‘? I'm not in love with Harriet Hiliery. I (lid inkc her to lunch - I mct hcr at Bill Foster's place, but there was a gang around—" his look s-liarpened and darkened. "Maybe you've gone out to lunch with scinebodtv while I've been away. I'm not saying a ward abou‘ t-lﬂl orchid I found here in your room. If some man gave you an mchid that's fine. I didn't lock you up in solitary when I married you. I left you free."

"Mike. we aren't getting an?- wherc. walking around the man issue like this. I'm not nngry be- cause you tock Harriet Hillcry to lunch. What I have to know - even if it breaks my hcnrt to ‘near you‘ say it - is this: You were engaged to her when you met me. weren't you? And you didn't take the trouble - or you didn't have the courage to end the affair before you marr ed me? That's the truth. isn't it, Mike?"

"All rigihl." he said eullenly. “l! you've got to have it — that's the truth."

"And shc went on believing - believing in you, till she saw that piece in that horrible or till someone wld her." she went on in the nine dull, tonelesa voice. "You didn't write to her - or send her any message?"

“No, I didnt write to her. I didn't have time." -

"You didn't wriie to me, either - only one letter in five weeks-J’

"Ginny, l was on the run ever! minute. And Bill had to have two thousand words a day. I

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Plans for ‘ Mansion lltepital

MONOTON. N. 8., Pub. I -( t —-The hoard of truntm‘ -of he Mnncton sitar Hospital ‘lg! ad- vised by t o gity fennel‘: lrtllrdl? g epure p a or ow osp- r3151 colt about OUUMW.

Stresses National- Housing. limit

KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont, Feb. 4 _(CP)- Mrs. Dorise Nelllen, leg- illutlve secretary of the Llbo: Pro- gressive Party and former member of Parliament, tonight ur Id the federal government to em rk im- mediately on a MDOOJIILOOO pro- gram of national houlin designed to give Canada 250.000 new houses in the next five years at the rate of 50.000 a ear. .

In an ad ress to a public meet- ing Miss Neilsen said wartime hous- ing was born of a wartime emer- gency Ind was "not sultnolu for peace time requiremenil." She said she had horn cut off the air

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In emphllizlng her eppul for government ectlon to solve the na- tional housing l “ , she e- cllred um in saint John "there are slums in every street."

KING'S RDYHO0D HOME TO Bl RENOVATED -

KJTCHENIIR, Ont, Jan. 8i —- Plnns for the renovation of Prime Minister Mackenzie King's boy- hood home, “Woodsidt-j‘ near hate, will be approved within about a month, lt was announced yeater» day by the Liberals‘ Mackenzie glng Homestead and Park Foundri- on. .

A Canadian landsca e artist, Carl Borgstrom, is competing the plain, the foundation said, with the lclp of Prime Minister King, who is helng consulted on (Ieialls.

in the Muritimea rcrentyl when‘. in u radio broadcast. the rioacrihcdi wartime houses as "match boxes." Slit‘ did not elaborate.

Shc said that in Ontario "and other wealthy provinces," hoth federal and provincial governments should pool their resources to pro- vide a subsidized low-rental hous- ing program.

Miss Noilscn described the city of Saint John, N. B., as "on: hig slum." She said it was "rat in-

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A Halifax chaplain of the R. 0 A. F. and a shown above among the 1.200 R. O. A. F‘. personu 1 to return to aboard the Ila dc’ France on Saturday night. Mutuolly oongrntuit each other on their return to Halifax are, loft. Sqdn Ld-r. the m: m" C. P. MacIntosh. senior Protestant chaplain of the Nor-plum 9.5mm"; a. c. A. n. with headquarters at rm, in England, who returned ant-L 2 years oversees to rejoin his wife. the former Mill Zdnu ‘I'm h and their non. Deny. and ‘l. at their homo 8 Preston Sweet. Hslitqgi: Sqdn. Ldr. Macintosh was pastor of 8t. Mark's United Churqﬁ Do ‘" lastown. N. 8.. before joining the R. 0, A, F” bu; MW makes his holg". ' Right. is shown Bat. n 1.. Ross, o1 e Shore an. h...“ mouth. who returned after serwce in France, Germany and Iienm .' as a motur transport driver. He was formerly at Eastern Air my‘. "land Hﬂlillluarters wihere he served three yearrbefore going oversea‘.

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