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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., JULY 19, 1945 Delicious and Refreshing SALADA S(glE® TEA cruelty," said Meridel. "It is all that and more. It is--" she looked about her. "I shall leave the children with you, please, Miss Car-rick. I must talk to my uncle at She was waiting at the loot of the stairs when Rudolph came down after conducting the visitors to his mistress' apartment. "Why, Rudolph?" she said at length. "Why did you do this?" He gazed fixedly at the carpet. His voice was very low, very hum-hie. "I knew from the start it was "You were butler in this house. You never were anything more than that, were you?" "No, Meridel." "All the letters, the pictures, the • #Mi %fip m m & si, your kinsmen and kinswomen in Gratzen -- all lies, Rudolph?" "All lies. I thought, you see, that no one would ever find out. This was another world and I did not dream that the two worlds would soon be hurled together. The first . intimation I had of your coming was when I saw the piece in the paper and your pictures and the story about your rich uncle in Canada. I confessed to Madame Fabre-Lusignan at once. She is so kind and good. She would not hear of my telling you that 1 was only a servant, only a poor failure. She was once the famous actress, Mi-mi Fabre--" you understand." "But of course. I will go with you, if you will have me. I have some money saved. I wanted madame to use it for you. She would not. Now we shall go and we shall be happier. I know I shall sleep better at night. I'll do anything. I'm sure I can find work in the city as a waiter or doorman or the like. I can keep you and Rosine and Pol Martin. I know I can. We shall be not rich maybe, "Poor Rudi! Go now, please, and make ready. We shall carry with us only the things we brought. We shall thank Madame Fabre-Lusignan. Yes, I have heard of Mimi Fabre as a great actress. I have proof of it now." "Thank you. child." Madame spoke from the dimness of the landing. "I could not help hearing you, though I would make, no apologies for listening. And it is well I did hear; I think I can understand now why you feel as you do about -- about the little game of make-believe we played. Believe nir, it was never staged from any HOTEL METROPOLE All Beautifully Furnished With Running Water. _ Rates: $1.50 up NIAGARA FALLS v OPPOSITE C.N.R. STATION ISSUE 29--1945 "You are, as always, kind, madame." Meridel smiled up at her and curtsied. "And it was a lovely play, for which I thank you on behalf of the little ones and myself. But how the play is ended, you see. And fliis time the princess really does become Cinderella." The .train whistled drearily and its light shone whitely through the darkness. The silent children, clutching their little suitcases, were shepherded on to the dingy train; then Meridel got on, and finally Rudolph. But warm was their welcome at the Coq d'or. "Stay with me tonight!" Jules stepped back when Meridel told him they would shelter with him until tomorrow. "Stay with me always! I have this big housg -- three floors. All wisrm. All furnished. My business is good here. It is well here." From then on there was a new partner, a new maitre d'hotel, at the sign of the Golden Cock. Rudi! Emit and Magda played each evening while dinner was being served, sometimes Meridel sang, and when that sweet contralto came stealing into the ears of the guests the sound of cutlery, of clinking glass, of busy talk, died out and everyone listened raptly and marveled and gave the full meed of applause. Who was this lovely girl, they wondered, who looked like a queen, who made the beauties of the screen look artifi- cial? lat ^ • histor Rosine had written to madame to tell her how they fared at the Coq d'or: "To say we are as happy here as at Philihert would be no lie, madame. and no reflection, I trust, on the wonderful kindness you showed to us. We shall always remember that and bless your generous heart. But here too' we are happy; here we have found a true and loyal friend and honest welcome. Uncle Rudi has invested the money he had saved. with Jules, and is now part owner of . He "Pol Man in and Rosine They love their school i are happiest when they g< or skiing or on the tobog their playmates. But the; ways asking for you an< will Roger come back a; will they go to Philibert. . in our hearts. "I guard the picture you gave me. I think I shall always treasure it. Have you had any news of that one?" It had been very lonely for the old lady after the Morpins had left her. Never before had she realized how much she was dependent on Rudolph, how much the smooth running of the great house had : sted ' ner was capable and willing and the government officials had sent a very fine man, Gerard Chamber-land, to help look after the children, and another governess. Miss Rightly, had come to assist gentle Miss Carrick. But there was no one like Rudi, no one like Meridel and madame often wept when she thought of little Rosine and Pol Martin. The noisy honking of a motor horn aroused her from her dreaming. Roger! The sight of that tall, spare, blue-clad figure brought a rush of gladness to madame's heart. "You -- you young fiend!" she called. "Stop that horrible (To Be Continued) Sow Had 6 Reasons For Staying In Hole Two marines on Okinawa who dived into a foxhole in a night air raid had the company of a sow which would not budge. Master Sergeant Joe Tyson, Jr., Oregon, Mo, and Pfc. Walter Dahl of Puposky, Minn., s-tayed with the sow that night and the next morning found she had six reasons for not moving--six little pigs. Sergeant Tyson and Private Dahl dug themselves another hole. CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM Gwendoline P. Clarke It is said that we should count that day as lost on which we learn nothing new. Well, last Wednesday I learnt plenty--but to say I was scared In the process is to put it mildly. You see I set out to do another big washing--with my electric washer, you understand. The first time I used it Daughter was helping me but on Wednesday I went at it alone. Everything went fine at first. I started the motor and left the gyrator to do the work while I fed the chickens, thinking how marvellous it was to be ablle to do two jobs at one time--and with such ease. On my return there were the towels and things all ready to rinse. But then my troubles began. No. I didn't get my fingers in the wringer... I had had enough warnings about that... but no one had warned me how a loose thread or a fringed edge can result in towels twisting themselves around the wringer worse than anything I ever saw. In my ignorance I saw-no reason why the cotton bags I was rinsing shouldn't drop down on the other side of the wringer unassisted. So I went merrily on, feeding bags and towels to the wringer without paying much attention to what they were doing. I was too busy diving for the next one to put through. Suddenly I noticed the rollers well padded. I knew very well what I was supposed to do--release the rollers--but before I could do it something happened--and the wringer stopped working. I think my heart stopped too--or if it didn't it was somewhere up in my mouth. "What have you done .. .what kind of a stupid fool are you?" I asked myself. You see I really thought I had broken something. However I sprung the release and then I suddenly realised that not only the wringer, but the motor had stopped. I tried to remember all the things I had over heard about what to do when a fuse blows out because by this time it had dawned on me that that was what had really happened. I didn't want to bother the men because they were still at the barn milking. So I went down cellar and tried to figure things out for myself. "Shut off the power." I experimented with that idea until I was certain I had it right. And glad I was it was daylight so that what I was doing didn't make itself felt at the barn! "Remove burnt out fuse--replace with a new one." Yes, but which fuse? There w;ere six of them. I studied the direction of the my mind's eye connected them with the fuse which I thought they belonged. Decided which was which, put in new fuse, turned on the power, came upstairs, pugged in the washer--and presto! away she went. The towels and bags were finally untangled and in about twenty minutes my heart beat had returned to normal. But what a lot I learned in half an hour! Experience is a good teacher. Incidentally, had I examined the closely I would, ha' that the burnt i had turned black in the centre so I need not have worried about which was the one to replace. But that, of course, was something Of course we are right into the haying--and it was such good drying weather most of last week. Towards the end of the week we SHADES OF '49--IN GERMANY Chosen bythousands OF BUSY CANADIAN HOUSEWIVES Kellogg's cereals have an important place in Canada's kitchens--now, more than ever. Appetizing anytime-- for breakfast, lunch, between meal snacks. Add flavour to leftover' dishes, too! BOYS! GIRLS! They're free ... 9 Coloured*Cards In every package. Save 'eml Trade 'eml had more hay ready for the barn than Partner and young John could handle alone--that is if they were to get it in before rain came again. So we asked our local 'Rep' Reminiscent of the days showing German war wagons" as they return of the California gold rush #ihis picture efugees in a train cf ox-drawn "covered d to Bavaria from Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. to Rooen 421, 78 Ade-West, Toronto. Print name, address, style for a Farm Commando. The man who came was strong, willing and knew what he was doing, so the men got along fine--that is, until five o'clock when rain put an end to haying for that day. Before he went our Commando remarked--"You don't know what those two home-cooked meals have meant to me, Mrs. Clarke. I live in restaurants all the time and I'm telling you, you people in the country have no idea what that really means and how sick and tired we get of it all." I thought it was very nice of the fellow to voice his appreciation that way. He could easily have taken it all for granted. German Submarines Had Our Tide Tables The U-S89, first German submarine to surrender in North American waters, contained a lot of very interesting items. One was a set of tide tables for the St. Lawrence River mouth and ihe Bay of Fundy. 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