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CHAPTER. XV in be mar-

rimultfhisbeléeritis ’ aid f‘ ed ay ' s "yqu can fancy, AIEXIS‘. hUW dreadfully flurriod we have been.

George, Earl of Cropshire K.C.B. M.P.. and a mreat manly other

letters after his name. only I don't know what they mean.'_' n

“I'll wager ivou hdon band all! Alexis erome, aug ing -

ruwlgg his eyes. “I'll gwitraioiee ‘you selected m.» chap yourself- with nice dlscrlrninati .

“I was never." said COB-Filme- “ss clever as y0u 111188111911» And Annabelle was quite caPﬂ-blﬂ v!

i failing in love without my 811541" I once."

"So she is in love?"

"Dare We doubt; it? Yes, he ll suite a lamb. although I have dif. liQlLltY in understandlni; i times. Some of his friends are ‘stopping’ with us also. Lady 3"!‘ don. Verv ho-rsy. My 191-1181‘ 35 quite fond of her. Hossett plows breakfast in covered dishes on the buffet. Alice Lady Brandon.- picks up herring with her fingers

rushes to the stable with Luke Then I converse wiﬂi George and Berwvn. the besbman tii»~be, and I have learned ever so muoh about English royalty - - - instructive Father and I are R0- iug lo visit Ireland next year." At last Alexis Jerome Interrupt- ms soft, amusing chatter: “But what I renllv want to talk about is your extraordinary DIO- ieue. Nathan Pierriiie I want to understand more about him I didn't know the oidiashion-Ed t-e nmerlneiil-i-ll geniil r»in "ITHBTPSC type still existed And why. PPM’. am l’ not to mention your name to him?"

Constance was silent a moment. Uliliiiilllﬁi “New I must be flaw- lesslv discreet I know so little about this Pierrille. in fact.’ she said, "First loll me what you think of him "

He patted her hand “I believe you invented the Socratic meth- od. To be candid I think the 15d ls erratic, sclf-pltving. self-won shipful. volcanic uncultured. too diligent one-sided, and visionary‘

“You are." asked Constance trying to describe a genius?" In fact. it was a portrait of Alexis himself. twenty years aim

"Exactly" said Alexis Jerome His slanting brows met in a frown which revealed an unusual anx- lety. “Mv dear, please tell me all vou know about the boy. It is really most importan "

She was perplexed It was un- like Jerome to concemhlmseli so personally. humanly. with a Dro- misinz young mart _ mlsine young musician

Constance improvised “He was brought to my attention in such

‘Are you ﬂlllhlfffﬂ uggq offend or who! you tart hill‘ P

(lear Your n ' mplunndsklnb nilahui b‘

vote life? Before she could reply. Alexis went 0n. "C . bBhl That erratic old Bohemian given atop that anocloitl

erybody Nathan nvust have the best he lofted down alt face caressed by i-h iireliaht. “I wish." he said you would interest yourself _ him. As you once interested yourself in a young musician." Her B11881‘ did not betray itself. She ooriatrlved to su-iiie vaguely and to make a demecatins dove- 1‘ sound in her throat. 03:34; ong ago loved

same Eunpiie sofa she Alexis: she had aapiored him him. ‘Ihat was the time when Thowbridge was Brock constantly. When srrogantly flung Trow. bridge into disaster it was im- perative that his wife wade into the quioksands and help him flounder back to the steady earth. It was as it Alexis had beautiiiul hands which fcil slice-t one note of an octave. The one note was loyalty He could understand generosity only if it stopped this side of sacrifice He could hear the chord of honor if it did not stretch toward devotion. But that had been her choice. and she had never blamed Alexis until this moment when he lightly termed her passion an "interest " She had not even blamed him when he decided that as an ar- tisl. he was deameaned by lean. in: on her strength socially He decided that after he arrived and to explain the artist to his predatory self he had defiantly married a plump Alsatian who sans: in an English music hall “Sylvsnief Constance remembered And also there was fresh in her remembrance the evening when Alexis conducted his first symp- honv here in the Academy nf music and she first saw Sylvanie in a box-gilt curls. seductive body almost bursting out of diamonds an blue velvet: her complacent smile. At Constancels side sat Trc-v-‘biidec, lacking down at his hands as pathﬂtii-r-lly as a con- valevent since Hilda Brockis anil- ine for "tum" Thai then. was liar evening. cf iriuvnph lr\\!'I“'{l which Jerrmc hid her-n propell- ed bv the stubborn faith of one woman She watchrd him play vrith the baton cruelly as if it were her own loyalty And she knew that he considered his suc~ cess as an ironlcni victory over her. the soft, faithful little wife

of Destinn Sylvanie

and

had

a. roundabout way-a friend whose judgment 1 respect felt that he had talent It was most-

lv to please "my friend that I

dared . . . _

‘Talent . " exclaimed Alexis sharply. - “That is a. lukewarm word. But. Constance, allow me to make my own Judgment about his ability. What I wish to know is about his family. his background. He is so reticent that I suspect he is as of something. And in that case I shall. . never mind please tell me what you know of .

Hastiy she tried to remember scribbles from Tom's letters. Tam was coming tomorrow. How uri- fortunate she hadnit arrived be- ffo-iie this luncxpemed cross-ques- tioning. Then Constance would have been hreDﬂred to reDly with assurance. Now she said casual-

ly:

"It is difficult to tell ixhat one really knows of a person. I he- lieve. ves. I am sure that his fa- ther was Francois Pierrille, a violinist. and his mother is a little German woman. I think. They have no money. but Santo Ci-essin-l. an eccentric old music master has taught Nathan since he was a child."

"Ah. ah, very good.‘ cried Jer- ome his faoe enlivened. “Fran- cois Pierrille-he was a 800d violinist. He was with the New York Symphony the Boston 5Ym~ nhony-—I remember hearimc of him long ago. tThen h; Went away. didn't he? Where?"

She could not understand his inexplicable anxiety. Why should it matter, really. to Alexis Jerome who unlike Constance. ' no

After two years divorced Alexis and left her daughter in his custody The reports of her then. were vague-a age here. a ikvorce the-re. The name of Sylvanie Jerome. which she retained. was still good for two paragraphs in any citv newspaper. Ln an unbalainc. ed despairing mood Alexis re- turned to Constance. of course. His vanitv was so deflated by Sylvanles fickleness that he swore his career was over. Little by little Constance again restor- ed his old confidence and when his wounids were healed he went awsv more arrogant tihan before. Then she was adamant about not seeing him again. in spite of all his importunaite letters. He accused her cf weakness. of cold- ness of wwardice. but she had not answered until asking that he consider" this, work of Nix-than Pierrllle. At Christmas time when Tam sought this favor. Consul-ice had one of those re- petitive letters on her desk; she hisen and concealed it in a drawer murmurixis thoughts which must have soimded irrele. vnnt. She could not explain to Tani why she hated writing to Alexis Jerome. (To Be Continued)

MANY ennui-fines

At the most. sheep are dipped twice a year in Canada, In the Republic of Colombo. South Amer- ica, if cattle on the lower eleva- tions of the country are not dip- ped every two or three weeks they run the risk of dying from the attacks of ticks or what is called Texas fever.

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WAE. TALK

ACJIN" GOSH,

FER A WHOLE WEEK.’

WHAT’ ABOUT .1 i HAD TH’ CIVIL AN’ SPANISH mamas

By J. R. Williams

RE YOU YAWPIN’

v LIFE “WHATEJ

THE CHAR LOT TETUWN GUARDIAN

Bristol Vicinity

The condition o! Mr. Walter McEwen, s patient in the P. E. L Hospital remain: unchanged

Friends of Mrs. William MacDon- ald will learn with regret that sho is confined to her homo through illness.

Pte, Valentine MacDonald who arrived from overseas on the lslt boat at Halifax has arrived homo after a short stay over with his sister, Mrs. W., A. O‘Brien,‘in the city. He served in Germany and after tho detest of Hitler was wounded in the arm but he return- ed to the lines. He is one of the three sons of Mr, and Mrs. Wil- liam MacDonald who have been in the fighting, Another brother, Joe, is on his way home at present but the third, Cpl. I-‘iua, is still in the war zone,

The serious illness of Mrs. Bill Ayiward at her home here i: much regretted.

Friends of Mrs. Catherine Aly- ward will learn with regret that she was injured last week while being driven home from the P. E I. ljlospital. The‘ car she was tra- velling in was in collision with nn- other car and she had her back in- jured. She is at present resting at the home of hez‘ daughter, Mrs. Joseph Walsh, Morell rear.

City police court received a otrlk. lniz demonstration of the ancient art of controlling the law of ﬂvg_ rages, as practiced by profession- al gamblers The Edmonton Jour- nal reports. Constable Silver, the R..C M P. expert on such matters, displayed a collection of strange devices seized in a raid and ex- plained how they worked. The equipment shown included every- lhiﬂf.’ from Special pens for unoli- truslvely marking cards to an ar- tificial hand placed up the opera- tor's sleeve for the purpose of quietly withdrawing and replacing cards from the deck, There were various typos of ‘educated’ (lice as well as decks of cards WlilPh would always turn up the same no matter who dealt or out them. A familiar, but always fascinating Eﬂilget was the "shaded deck" which looked quite normal but in which some of ihe curds had tlcli- cute shndings perceptible nnly m a man wearing special tinted glass.

DI‘. R. J. MacDonald, Si, Peter's, "H? daddy of all the doctors, is at- tending some patients here. Dr. MacDonald, who i5 eighty-errant has been pl‘i'\"ll(.‘ill{! licre for fifty- eiglil years He has in-ouizhi lllilflﬂli

' inio the wtrld, wnli-hcd them grow

up. Attended their ivt-ddings and brought their babies lnio the world scores and scores of limes. This revered octor has travelled hundreds of iiousands of imles day and night. mostly night, 01st, west, north and Jllllll in all kinds of ivesilicr, and many times over. for nothing as many poor pggpjp could not pay him_ No may; can 58y he ever refused to attend .-iclr needs. Their wish is that lie may yet be spared to his friends.

The SYWDBUU’ of this vicinity is extended to Percy Robbins and family in the sad loss of a wife and mother

Mi‘. Carol McAdam, recently tlis- charged from the army liiiv‘ g served since the first rlav erected a lovely home in Mort-ll village near his fathers ri-r. .. .

The new (lo-operative packing plant at Red Head Shore is almost F9ﬂ§1y but will not be used imlil spring, The building. seventy |"-1\l. llllill. is said io he the only plnnt of its kind with iwo floors. The Co- Op. is looking ahead and the scr- ond floor may be used for other work while fish packing is going

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6n down stairs. The building la all sealed inside to make it warm for the help in early spring and late fall work. ‘

H. l-I. 00x, unloaded a car hero last week this helped a little the coal shortage hero.

Mr. and Mrs. Lester Mcvarlsh, and daughter, Edith have moved into their new home in the City. which Mr. Mcvnrinh erected dur- ing tho summer.

Friends here of Haber Mclwen. will learn with interest that he was one of the attorneys at the trial of the Luzon’: in Ontario. a short time ago. Mr. Mcliwen taught school in Bristol a few years ago before he began the study of law. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. B W. Mcllwen, Morel].

Mr. Joseph A. MacDonud, wal l visitor to the city this week on business.

Mr. of cool

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick on the arrival of a new baby boy, at the P. E. I. Hospital last week.

Russell Hswbolt, wig served sev- eral years in the R. .A.l". hm received his discharge and taken up farming.

Harry Aldershaw, who was re- leased from the R. C. Navy a short time ago has been recalled. B

Britons Affected by Wartime Diet

LONDON, Dec. l0—-(CPl—Biit- lsh doctors are worried by in- clT-‘BSIHS sympions oi‘ under- nourlshment among their patients. Dr. Franklin Blcknell. an author- llY on diet. said most patients complained of ‘terrible tiredness," feeling blown out after lunch and hungry before tea,

"EVPFY doctor knows these signs," he said, “and the next stage is usually one of complete collapse. There is no answer to this except food. For years past we have been getting only gllgnt. ly more than half the meat and half the fats required for health."

Directed Transport of Troops to France

LONDON. Der. Gen. Gilbert Szlumper, authority on railways who ganlzed the movement of HIP British Expeditionary Force and its equipment lo the embnrkation ports in 1939. has retired. Tlic Ministry of Supply announcedhis release from the post of director- general of supply services.

In the First Great War, he was senior railway transport officer of the British Army. When the Army was mobilized in was released by the

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VANCOUVER. Doc. l1—(CP\— The postman never foils to bring a (at handful of letters to a (‘ori- sin house in Vancouver. They're always addressed to Mrs. Muy Allison, but inside the salutaiion usually is "Dear Mn."

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iers have been serving. You see. Ma's family is more than 1,000 strong and it takes a lot of letters to keep up with every member, Mrs, Allison had ll children- ninc daughters and two sons- her sons joined the armed services when the war broke out. When her sons joined ihe armed forces it was then Ma began her career an a one~womun entertainment

unit. She estimates she has served thousands of dinners to service- men.

Mu kept frat-k of her slant family in n little black book which now contains addresses through- out Britain, the United Billie-B. British West Indies, South A- mericahMexlco, Bouth Africa and Newfoundland. -

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She knows definitely ihsl ilir of her "sons" have been killed ' action. But it's hard to keep u with casualty lists published J other countries. In some en letters have ceased to come an she suspect: the worst,

By Ham Fisher

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