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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES. MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1930 PAGE SEVEN The Secret of MARGARET YORKE By Kathleen Norris fhe Story Thus Pars Margaret Yorke, a New York gir: is companion to Mrs. Cutting, in Jalitornis, and governess to Mrs Cutting's small, adopted son, Jim Stanley Crittenden Mrs. Cuttings nephew, Is much attracted to Margaret. Mrs, Cutting tells Margaret that Mrs. Cuyler Theo- bald of New York, the former Shirley Wilson, and once Stan ley's fiancee, Is coming back to Set a divorce, At the mention of Cuyler Theoba!d's name, Mar @aret turns pale. Stanley takes the news about Shirley calmly He and Margaret find them: selves falling in love. Shirley meets Margaret and questions "tions her about Stan, She tries to find out. from Margraet Stan's sttitude on Mrs. Cutting's adop- tion of the child, She meets Stan and has a talk with him and for the first time recog- nises that Margaret Yorke is her rival In securing Stan's affec- tions. Shirley (Invites Stan to spend an evening with her, The next day Stan phones his sunt that he is bringing Shirley to Uplands. Shirley makes herself very agreeable. Shirley and Stan go to a house party at Peb- ble Beach. On his return Stan tells his aunt that Shirley has abou! made up her mind to se- cept him, Mrs. Cutting is taken 111 and dies. Margaret decides *o take Jim and live at the *anch. Stan goes to the ranch and Margaret tells him Jim fp her son, Shirley comes to the farm for the week-end and re- celves a telegram that Cuyler Theobald, her recently divoroed husband, is dangerously fil. Margaret faints upen hearing the news. Stanley and Mars garet realise that they are In love, Shirley decides to return to New York to see Cuyler in the hopes of Inheriiing some of his fortune, She exacts a prom. ise .from Stan not to see Margar- et during her absence. However Stanley cannot resist the tempta- tion to go to the ranch. He finds Margaret in a state of dee pression. She informs Stan tha! she and Jim are going away from the ranch. Stan takes them in. to to'vn the next morning. INSTALMENT XXIV Margaret and Stan decidea, at breakfast, that their (ast day to- gether should begin with a 'walk, Then Jim should be bathed and dressed, before lunch, and Mar- garet finish some small ends of packing and immediately after lunch they would all drive into the city, Stanley leaving them =t the Fairmont Hotel. And after that they would not see each other again, decided upon this Margaret course of action resolrtely; she seemed cheerful! «nd strong this fmorning. But her mood sohered, as time went on, There was a strange end exquisite beauty ahout these last hours, spent alone *owsther, and In the place they both Inved so dear. iy. Stanley rememberad that he did not know when her birthday was: Margaret knew his, of eourse. She had pleked him out the fitted suit. ease, in his aunt's day, and man- aged more than one elzchorate bir. thday party on the last day of Jan- vary. He seemad oAdiv fascinated with the thovght of her own, and repeated the date In a dreamy tone, a dozen times, "My mother's birthday was In April," he told her, "And what was her name, Stan? [ don think T ever knew.' "Mary, Mary Burgess Crittend- on." "ten said, "Im Marv. too, Margaret sald, pleased, "Morgaret Mary. And my mother was Mery Ronse. Rut she used only the Rose.' she added. "Her tare name wae Rose Irwin." "Then your were Marraret Ir. win?" "Oh, no Margaret Yorke, Ded's name war Yorke. I wanted-- nothing!.from my husband, rot even his name," Margaret sald, enl. orfng. "You know, years ago, when mv mather need to talk to me ahornt the future." she grid, "she used to give my advice. Khe used to ber me to he earaful ahont mar. riewe: 'It's gn easy tn make a wreerk of evervthine when von're vanne' she used to say. 'And {ta so hitter. lv hard to met out of the wreck" All yotnesters hear those thines Stan *. Maresret added, thoneht. "nlly, "bt whv fs {t--why fs it- chev ean't seem to unferstand® 7 ged to letan to my mathar and nod mv heed and sav 'Vas, nth. * and al the time, In my heart, there wae a sort af comfartahla can. vistion that thines econldn't go wrong, with me, that | knew all my mathar knew, and more hasidpe #2 thet, no matter haw olily T wan J anid alwevs wot ont!" "T rememher Avnt Fat telkire to me, two ar threa nirhta after T got enmnead tn Shirlav," Stanlev mised. Vvervihing she sald woe trre, She told ma--or roller #ha peed me, nort of timidly,- if 7 Aan think Shirley wae a little worltw and not ant to settle down? All ft 414 was make me furinve, Ryery word ha sald seamed tn hit me on the raw. T wanted to he rode to her and tell her that she was an old fusser--as a matter of tart ¥ naver for ane instant lot my. gel? think that it mieht ha frre! 1 Jnet lietanad, elvillv. and seld, '7 undavetand, Annt Wat, but von don't eat Shirley rieht, she's never at her hast when vou're aronnd and that wae al] thave wae fo it, 1 I'~tenad inet au T'4d have listened tn anv athap tirsrama port of sti? eavine tn myself, 'Tt'« only Aunt Wat Tat her rave on!'" "whan the naint 1n* summaries. ad Mavnapet, "that there simnly {sn'* anv wav that older nainle can ransh vonneer ones, The words inet Aan't rewister!" "1? Nature has gotten in her (Asatte. work," Stanley agreed. "~he saftens them with some sort "One moves in a sort of dream, sald the woman; "other people talk, go about, other things hap- pen, But the one thing in sight is that ruinous, imbecile, reckless wedding, and until that happens, they can talk of uety air!" After Sronktunt she "and Jim and Stan went for a long walk, begin- ning with the familiar barp-yards an dstables, and wandering on up into the woods, After an hour of it, during which Jim had been triumphantly riding upon Stan's shoulder for st least fifty minutes, they sat down upon a dry log, in an open sunny &pace, to rest and get thelr breath. The sun was hot, here, and the whole world wag bathed in radiance and sweetness, There was a good smell of osks, and rotting wood and damp earth, Thero was not a cloud in the pale blue sky, the great grey-green mountain ranges fell away below them like the open- ed fingers of an enormous hand, Far down, in the vallevs, n lonely farm, here and there, sent up a plume of pale-grey smoke into the sparkling morning air; nearer, the steam was rising from the sloping tangle of roof that was "Upland ' and Jim could {dentify the rew windmill and the empty pool, and Battersby, walking past the barn. The cattle were toys now, of red and white, and Hang, coming out 10 get a pumpkin, only another 'ov, Jim revelled in » sense of larre ness, of superiority; his elders studied the stretching magnificencs and beauty of the panorama with eyex as full of pain as pleasure, "Margaret, If T must marry Shirley, I'll sell all this!" Stan sald, with sudden bitterness "Oh, don't ever sell it!' she pro- tested, "Where will you bo?' he usked, after a pause, "l thought of Carme!, Stan. Thats warm and qniet and pear [not ery. even the small forms of Tony and' | the sea, wonderful for the small boy. Or Inverness. I don't know anyone, either place," Margaret added, her volce shaking a little against her will, "I ean run over to Carmel from Del Monte in ten minutes," Stan sald. "Then it won't be Carmel," she' decided, with a rueful little smile, | "It simply mustn't be that we are constantly meeting. If you dropped dead to day I should s'mehow get over it, and that's exactly the way I must get over ft--all anne. If you marry, I'll know it, never fear (and if you don't and T am ever free--'" | "If it {sp't Shirley--and it won't | be Shirley! It will be nohody, of course!" Stanley reminded her moodily, * "If it fsn't Sbirley it simply means waiting, There'll never be anybody else, I know that, It fsn't any one thing I love ,ou for, Margaret, any one thing that soe other woman might have," he sald, "It {sn't being in love! everything, your wrists and your eyes and your voice, and 'he things you talk about, and vaur point of view, and the expressions you nse, and the clothes you wear' I'd rather feel," Stanlev 'A'ed. pres- ently, as she did not speak, 'the way 1 feel today for vears than £0 back to where I was hefore vou came along and changed me! Yor make life wonderful to me--T ive simply want to be where you rre and do everything I do with enn and meet you In town and | you into my ear, and diene with you, and tell you alont office, and dig In the pr=as you, The words burst tone almost of desre'r hig shook, Immediately he npang stretched a hand to the ohild, a* started down the homeward tref Margaret followed him. Tha su was velled now, and the air wa mysteriously. cool and vneasy; th follame of the live-oaks rustle, an: a chill wind went over the world The dogs whined, and when Stan'e naused, in a thicket, to guide Mer garet across. a particularly tan~ led bit of wood, thev saw deer, tw does and a mottled fawn, lean'y- liehtly and nolselessly away int: the deeper forest, Buck and Lily and Lady wen' after the deer, with mad barkin- and uproar, but they returned pre sently crestfallen, and econtente' themselves with earthing a red fo and covering thelr magnificen' coats with a whirl of {ine black flving dirt, Back at the farm araln, Jim was In solend! spirits, talking fast throneh Nora's hand and the wagh- reg that were making his gmalt fare preeentahle for lunch, Nut Stan and Margaret's moed oddlv matehed and subdned sad Mianee that had come over the hright day: the eir felt her mi seles sora; her head ached a lttla: she felt cold It was one o'clock already. At tour it world all he aver, At five o'clock she was "ying on a couch in the hiz hotel room, staring dullv at tha flowered wall, and the desnrous mahozany fur. niture, and the hig, freshiv-curtain- ed windows that lnoked dawn upen the rrey, dlamal wonden houses of "an Francisco, and the beautv of the crowded nlers, and the exnuisite sween of the bay, and the islands, and the hil, Nora and Jim had rone out; the roomd were still. Marenret and Stan had norted, here in this room onlv half an hour ago, They had narted without words, with fus one aulek ant avfel Lise, The girl's heart seemed to have heen torn alive from her body; fr was dark, empty, hopeless; she wa dead. Stan's volea still echoed Ir her ears; the touch of his hand war unon her own: the memory of hi big figure in the tweeds, his burr ed, lean face and twisted grin, wo' shutting everything else in the of mental poison, maybe, just as they sav a snake does the banes of w bis victim before he swallows it!" BE Ne ta world away from her sfnses, He was gone, Magaret could a . .. Is! But the immense desola-! tion of heart snd soul and wind imost frightened her. It seemed "ysically impossible to get up, esently, to brush ber har, to rder Jim's dinner and take even a faint interest in her own, She must, just once more, see him, speak to him, be near him, She looked at the telepbone, She »n1ild telephone him Even while she looked at it, the bell rang. The blood rushed to Margaret's face, her hands were cold, and she felt 8 sudden weak- ening and collapse. Nobody else! knew that she was here, Her hand was shaking as she took the receiver, even while she told herself that it was just the office, asking if she wished a din- ner card-- : "Stan!" she stammered, as the delicious, familiar voice fell upon her starving ears, "Margaret," he sald "I've got to see you!" ; She did not speak. She could not speak, : "Im coming up," he sald. "I've had & wire from Shirl She and Theobald were re-married again, this morning, She says he's much petter and that she's the happiest girl in the world!" (Continued tomorrow) ODDFELLOWS PLAN CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR THE KIDDIES The annual Christmas tree en ertalnment of Phoenix Lodge, I. ),O.F, No, 22, to be held in the ydge hall, King street west, Tues- ay night promises to be one of 1 jolllest parties ever held in he history of the lodge. It is to e in truth a children's night and the whole program is arranged with a view of providing "bar. els" of fun for the youngsters. Santa Claus has promised to be here and it has been arranged 0 present each child with a big ag of candles and nuts, Clowns will be on hand, while singers ana musicians will contribute to the program, In addition to the entertain ment supper will be served to the children and there will be an abundance of good things to eat, Through arrangements made with CFCA, Toronto, starting at eight o'clock. a portion of the pro- gram will be broadcast over the quickly, Oddfellows are urged to be present with thier wives and fami- les and any Oddfellow in the dis- trict who has not received an In- vitation should communicate with Samuel Rotish, manager of the Scotland Woolen Mills store here, or any other member of the com- mittee In charge. In addition to their own children many of the members of Phoenix Lodge are lanning to take to the entertain. nent the children of needy fami- OCA! ORANGEMEN INSTAL OFFIC™RS O.L. 2167 and L.O.L. 686 Have Joint Installa- tion Meeting t a joint meeting last week, in- tallation of officers was held by both L.O.L. 686 and LOL, 2167. Wor. County Master Bro, R. J. An- drews conducted the installation | ceremony, and there was a good at- tendance at the meeting. Among those present were P.M. Bro, Kerr and Wor, Master Bro, Stewart from Whitby lodge. After encouraging nddresses from the new officers, re- freshments were served, The officers installed for L.O.L. 686 were, ILP.M,, W. Brown; wor. master, W, Pritchard; deputy H, Jackson; chaplain, A, Howard; marshall, Bro, Foster; 1st lect, I Penton; 2nd lect.,, W, Thompson; rec. sec, A. Sargant; fin, sec. N, Smith; 1st comm, J Bristol; 2nd comm, R, McKenzie; 3rd comm. Bro. Speers; 4th comm, Bro, Rahme; auditors, G, Thompson and J. A, Moore, Officers for L.OL, 2167 are, LLP.M,, John Short; wor. master, Gordon Crawford; deputy, John Al- lan; chaplain, Clarence Rider; rec, sec,, R, J. Andrews, jr.; fin, sec, H. M, Bateman; treas.,, H. J, John. ston; marshall, Murney Gray; 1st lect., Jos, Bhortt; dep, leet, T. Whitsill; 1st comm., R, J, Andrews, sr.; 2nd comm, Fred Harris; 3rd comm,, George Lakas; 4th comm, William Blair; 6th comm,, F, Page; organization and social committee, H, M, Bateman, R. J, Andrews, sr,, Fred Harris, H, J, Johueton, Clar- ence Rider, GIFT SERVIC AT BAPTIST CHURCH First Baptist Sunday School to Distribute Goods to Poor A fine "White Gift" program was presented by the Sunday school of First Baptist Church in the church auditorium Thursday night, A large number were present and recelved inspiration through the hymns, the address, readings and exercises, Rev. A, W, 8mall, pastor of the church, acted as chairman and in a few brief but appropriate remarks he pointed out that it was the cus- tom of giving gifts to one on one's birthday and that ag Christmas. in the birthday of Jesus we should bring our gifts to Him. Obviously, | he said, it is impossible for us to give Jesus personally any material [school classes which contributed to the program included the Baracas, Philatheas, Amici, Fidelis, Starlit, ther without hope of return, Hymns which were sung includ ed "Hark the Herald Angels Sing,' "We Give Thee But Thine Own' [Onward Boys, Primary snd B.Y.P and "0 Worship the Lord in tne |U, A large number of gifts were Beauty of Holiness," Sunday | presented to be distributed among stressed, Is that while it must need the form of gifts to our fellows, and in that form is acceptable to Him, it is not the exchange of gifts between friends, but rather the yielding up of what we have to ano- At and whether our presents be in money or goods we have to find some way of giving to proxies-- giving to others in the spirit of giv- ing to Him, The essential element in our gifts to Christ, the speaker the poor and needy The program was concluded with the sinving of a hymn the last lines of which are "Thy face with rever~ ence and with love, We fu Thy poor vould see LECTED wig v Wad er Ee GROCERIES Ensure the Finest Foods for the CHRISTMAS Table Tue., Dec, XMAS STORE, HOURS Mon., Dec. 22, open till 10 p.m, Wed., Dec. 24 open till 10 p.m. 23. open til' 10 p.m. by not getting their share of LOBLAW'S Wonderful p' Made from a very fine Old En il SE wl A A in ol oe - Per Pound California Budded ..............mmmininimm Lb, Brazil Nuts Fancy, Large Washed --New Stock , Almonds 'arragona--Fancy Large... 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