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THE CFlARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

MARRIAGE

' o CONCERNING THE ACTION AN THE CHARACTERS

hiarinna Page. beautiful. _ liliei romantic has reached the discon- wmed stagp m’ mutrniiony. all‘! finds her hits-band. Charla-l. dull and utiinteresting- She sees Qtlal: Ctriiatu a fasclnatinl; Wung a“ m" star, who is creating :1 filrﬂie iii i‘ new p13)’, Charles meets Cuilam at m... club and a friendship dcveloliﬁ between them, although the lam’? in in complete ignorance 0i Charisse relﬂllmiﬁhiii t0 Dciris-‘lmfi Charles does not know oi‘ Cullamsf and Dorisfs acquaintance. nor 0 hiariunn of Culldlil-

LOVE CONQUERS

As the weeks went by and the charity pageant began to» take de- finite and pleasing form. D0715 W“ seeing Craig ‘Cuiiam daily. some- times more than once in the course otf each twenty-four hours.

Often they lunched together be- fore the afternoon rehearsals ot the chorus, which Ihe was so ably whip- ping into shape. Whenever he could do s0 he pretended some important need for consulting her alter she had left him and zone about in" own particular end of the work. At those times, he arranged to meet her after his evening ‘Deriilimimce and took "her to quaint. quiet little restaurants for a bit 0t" supper.

He experienced the tnost mad- denlllg difficulty in making "i959 engagements. She was so cool. so remote, so impersonal, she gave {him to encouragement at all. E1011 time he asked her. he felt that he was deliberately imposing n90" her. Hel- attitude. always charming 1y courteous. seemed to say Th“! 311° owed him whatever social oblig- ation heasked. 9"!“ he ‘had 5° 89"‘ gmulsly given hi6 services l0 B

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the knees oi the gods- In her "set." he was only an actor, no matter how splendid he was to look at, how talented, how inﬁnitely worthy i" a man He knew that her world Wail prejudiced. What right had he m ask such a girl to marry him “mi share his bohemian existence? lt. wouldn't. be fair t0 her-

‘His blood was as good :15 11ers- thnt was his only comfort. He had come to a family which could hold up its head with the best. But, loft father-less. and practically nonm- less, at fourteen, with a frail. help- less little mother to support, he had turned to anything as a means of livelihood. He had sold papers. been an office boy. With the beginnings oi his marvelous voice, he had sung in church choirs. The dramatic tal- ent urns still latent in him. but in the course oi a tiew years, he had become identiﬁed with a small dra- matic club whose youthful members put on tabloid dramas and ‘bits oi musical plays from time to time. ‘The roster oi that dramatic club would now show names which are pricked out in electric lights on Broadway nightly.

One of these amateur offerings of the little club had attracted the at-

tention of a local vaudeville man»

ager on the look-out. t'or novelties.

He polished the show up a bit, en-

gaged the cast as it stood and pre-

sented it. When it made a hit loc-

ally. he polished it a tbit more and

sent it out for a limited booking in

the Middle West. Craig Culiam“. playing the lead, attracted the at-l tention of other managers. They

were quick to see his possibilities,

his remainkabiy good looks, his sup- enb, but untrained voice. his. com-

pelling magnetism.

At twenty-nine he was starring. it had been a long hard pull. .l-le had given up everything for his work, Gay times, late parties, idle acquaintances. these couldn't. be

cause in which she was deeDiY iii ‘ terested.

considered when he had to cram every ounce of brain and energy in-

He DBVi-‘i’ Kueased ma‘ Dorwliﬂ leﬂrllillg the technique oi‘ acting

‘pride was sol-cine upon her a "tie which she found the greatest dif- liculty in maintaining. She had 1on5 since ceased to struslle ﬂKﬂiilﬂi h charm. it had been a. worthy baf- tie. vShe hadn't succumbed easily. but she knew she had met Willi sharp defeat in this. b" ﬁrst. on- paunter with Love.

Day by day as she watched him performing his self-appointed task at the pageant committee's head. quarters, she came to admire and respect him more. He was so court- eous, so well-bred. so modest. and thoughtful in his demeanor, so un- deniably handsome and charming- iEvery woman in the place was mad about him. it sickened her i0 see the way they hung about him. lfalr- ly fought ‘for his attention. It was “Mr. Cullam this," and "Mr. Cul- lam that,” and "Mr. lCuliarn don't you think strand-so?" They deluged him with invitations which he gravely, but graciously declined. His very appearance in the room was signal for the flapper: to gig. gle. the married women to preou, and the spinsters to become kitten- hh

if ever Doris had caught. upon his ‘race, the slightest suggestion of a conceited smile, the faintest trace oi ironlcal amuesment- she would halve cut him then and there, des- pite her own increasing personal in- lerest in him. But she never did. I-ie conducted himself admirably, quite unconscious of his good locks, and the magnetism which brought women flocking to his side.

The truth of the matter was-that, to (Julian's mind. ihese women were just so many encumberers oi the earth. which must =be endured for the sake of proximity to Doris. He had eyes for no one else. eam tor no voice -but here. Ho loved her as he had never believed he could love. And he was desperately un- barny-

eeing her among her friends and acquaintances, he had come to real- lze that his world and horn was iar apart. She in: beautiful. courted. socially prominent, nnheirass. He lud nailing to offer her but a stage rabotutiou, a voice. a clean life, a fpturo which wu, utlll on _

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and cultivating the voice which everyone prophesied would s90“ land him in grand opera.

3° Craig Cullanfs life had been singularly free of girls. no was friendly with many, but he had loved none. He had been reserved by a whimsical Fate to lfali in love with a girl who represented the class he might have shared if his father bad not squandered a com- fortable inheritance and pre- maturely ended a wastrars liie.

The knowledge was very bitter to Craig Cullam.

(Cepyrldifit 1924)

Gleanings ﬂare And There

The Prince Edward island Car Ferry which has been in Halifax Dockynrds undergoing her annual examination and repairs is expect- ed back home on the Tormintino to Borden route on Friday of this week, when she returns the‘ Scotia which has been taking her place will go back to her work on the Strait of Canso. The Scotla while not so large as our own Car Ferry is well equipped for replacing her as she carries several cars on her decks, but cannot stand very rough waters as she was built for a ‘shorter route, the Canso Crossing, being less than one mile in width, while the Tormentlne to Borden route is nearly eleven miles.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Robertson of Borden. are soon to leave On s two months’ trip to Fredericton, N. B.

Owing to iii health Mr. S. Crabbe has not started yet for the Klon- dike gold fields but expects shortly to be able to leave for that. mining district in the North. where he has already spent many years in pros- pecting for gold. We wish him good luck in his venture.

Mrs. Donald Nicholson, nod ‘i8, of Bordon in very seriously iii at her homo. '

Mrs. Neil Dlfflli of Bordon who has been confined to her borne through licknon for the p"; m". night is now recovering. which will be planing new: to im- many friends. .

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July celebration at Bord-en are very anxious to make this import- ant event a great success. It is expected that a. large gathering of people from the mainland and throughout the Provlnpozwlli be present. Borden is a beautiful spot for a day's outing. As it is our newest and youngest town. built up since the large piers and Car ferry were established as our main line of traffic, many will be anxious to see for the first time the “Gateway of our Province." Bor- den is the first place visitors com- ing to our fair Island may see and the inst place which our feet may tread upon of “dearold P. ill. 1.," when we may go sway from our shores.

A meeting to which all interest- ed are specially invited will be held in the new Borden Hall on Tuesday. the seventeenth, at eight o'clock to perfect more iuliy plans icr providing for the entertain- ment nnd amusement of the large crowds who may come. Meals and refreshments and games will be provided. Ten tables, each seating about thirty will bear the many up petlzlng victunls so abundantly furnished. As the first share of the revenues secured that day will go to assist the orphans in the new Orphanage at Mt. Herbert an invitation is given to indies and others in the districts nearby or far away to send all poulble help and attend this meeting on Juno 17th if possible and have a share in this beneficont work and so make the celebration a notable gathering.

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