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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1947 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Today's Short Story PAINFUL SECURITY By Constance Edgerton WEEN Kay told her grand- mother she was in love with Kip Farley, the old lady was speechless--but only temporarily. "Haven't I warned you about newspapermen?" she asked. "They never want to be where they are, and when they reach their dream place they want to g0 back where they were." Kate Arden knew what she was talking about. She had been mar- ried fifty years to handsome John Arden whose heels were loaded with wanderlust. Her five chil- dren were born in five different places. While those fifty years were gay, happy ones, Kate was | a homebody. When her last baby .was born she stayed in Gays Mills, started a bakery and pros- The old lady's gift was a bunga- low, furnished as Kay wished it to be. John spent week-ends with the family, changing jobs often, and complimented Kate on her busi- ness success. To keep him with the family she bought the local weekly newspaper and gave aim a free hand. She kept on with the bakery, .expanding it to a chain of retail stores, . 4 Kay, her granddaughter, the apple of her eye, lived with her, kept books in the office, and of a sudden fell in love with Kip Farley, a reporter, He dated on woodsy murders, floods, arson, wrecks, kidnappings and bank robberies. "Forget him," grandmother. "I love him." "Love? What is it?" "It is what you had for Grand- pa--or did you?" "I certainly did! followed him* to--" "What adventure you had, Gram. I love the story of how you both pawned your watches and were arrested because the police thought the watches were stolen." "T wasn't as intelligent as you, Kay, nor did I have the formal education," If I'd had a college advised her Would I have education, do you think I'd have married a tramp reporter?" "If you loved him" "TI told you I loved him!" The old lady gave them a won- derful wedding, and her gift to them was a bungalow. furnished as Kay wished it tq be. . They settled down. Kip was a home- just as Grandma told herself she had misjudged him, that all news- papermen weren't alike, Kip got a job in Florida and off they went in their old car. Kay wrote of flamingoes, bouganvilla vines, warm sands, sea and a cabin. would push on soon.: Which he did. The next letter was from Georgia where Kay loved the stretches of red clay r-1 forests of tapped trees. Their cabin was on stilts. Kay learned to make corn pone: "with water and no shortening." That set the old lady off en- tirely. "She shoul use shorten- ing, and milk too, if she had it," she told herself. She sent a check for two hundred dollars to keep the wolf from the door. Two weeks passed. A letter came. Kay had used the check to defray hospital expenses. The and beautiful, and so utterly de- pendent upon their parents (the | letter ran), that it was a shame to drag them from town to town. They deserved security, and the bungalow in Gays Mills was security, and the old car was pointing for home. The old lady closed her eyes, visualized the fisher shack on the coast with sea air soft and warm. Her children had gone barefoot, scantily clothed, but there was always a throb of joy in that little shack. When John came into sight each evening the children ran to meet him and she stood in the doorway and the breath lessness his presence always caused fell over her like a mantle, Was the little house of dreams still there? Had some stiff gale blown it away? The little shack was like the haunting rhythm of a song, Never had there been such trailing radiance to falling ' stars as came in daylight on that bleak coast when John was com- ing toward her. The blue en- chantment was etched brightly in her memory . . . Kay was leav- ing adventure for security. Kip would settle down to a humdrum fattish man without romance, Oh, Kay and Kip! What is security when you are young and holding your hands 'out to life? Maybe I harped too much on sinking your roots. If I had it to do over again I'd follow John to the horizon's edge, and be- yond. I'd put the children in boarding = schools, and . gypsy around, making it look like my time was John's time, his dreams were my dreams. I'd pass dull little towns like Gay Mills by, laugh at security, hold John's hands and reach the sky. . ¢ « | ag. (Copyright). ies. body if there ever was one. and The old lady knew that Kip twins--Kate and John--were fat, W.A. Meeting Held at Zion Correspondent Zion, Nov. 13--The November meeting of the Zion Women's Asso- ciation was held at the home of Mrs, F. B. Glaspell. Presiding in the chair was Mrs, A. McMaster, the president. The opening hymn was "Faith Of Our Fathers", fol- lowed by everyone repeating the Lord's Prayer. Mrs. Russell Stainton had charge of the worship service which open- ed with the singing of a hymn, "Blessed Assurance", Mrs, G. Glas- pell read the Scripture taken from Proverbs, 31st chapter, verses, 10- 31. Mrs. R. Stainton read the les- son of the "Ideal Woman", followed by prayer also by Mrs. Stainton. A hymn, "When thers of Salem", was sung. Mrs. G. Glaspell took charge of the program which consisted of a solo, "My Cathedral", by Miss Pearl Leach of Solina, and a harp solo, "By The Well 'Outside The Village" by Mrs, Herman Haas. Next, Mrs, Boys of Oshawa gave an inspiring talk on "The Women Presbytery of Canada". Miss Pearl Leach sang a solo entitled "Smiling Through", The meeting closed with the Miz- pah Benediction. A delicious lunch was served by the November group. Mrs, F. B. Glaspell, Mrs, Gerry Glaspell, Miss Bttie Flintoff and Mrs. Russell Stainton: At the meeting next month it will be the election of officers, On Tuesday afternoon of this week while gathered in the Sunday School room at a quilting, the friends. and neighbors of 'Mrs. Hans Gelssberger presented. Mrs. Geiss- berger with a genuine leather purse and a dainty handkerchief. Mrs. Mc- Master made a short speech. Mr. and Mrs. Geisserger are leaving for Switzerland on a visit soon. Tuesday evening the Young Peo- ple's Union held a meeting in the Sunday School room. Next meeting will be held November 25. °' Mr. and Mrs. Morley Flintoff and family, of Maple Grove, were Sun- day visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Wes- ley Cameron, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Stainton and Grace, also Miss Marie Killen, wére Sunday, visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard McEwen of Klinberg. Mr, and Mrs. Wm, Slingerland and Linda, of Bowmanville, were re- cent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Davidson. Mr, and Mrs. Reford Cameron and family were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hoskin, of Harmony, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Leach were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs, A. Youngman of Tyrone. Mr, and Mrs. Ivor Gerry of To- ronto, were Tuesday visitors of Mrs, F. B. Glaspell. Mrs, W. Glaspel] of Oshawa, spent pis week-end with Mrs. F, B, Glas- pell. Messrs. Roy Cameron, Jack Cruickshanks, and Hans Geissber- ger are all away deer hunting, Inquest Ordered In Infants' Deaths Brantford, Nov. 14--(CP) -- An inquest into the deaths of the two baby daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Draper will be held in about two weeks when police investiga- tions are completed, Crown Attor- ney F. E. D, Wallace sald Thurs- ay. " The death of Nancy Carol, the Drapers' five-weeks-old second daughter, occurred in Brantford General Hospital Oct. 24. Death of Betty Ann, the other child, occur- red August 25, 1946. Her body was exhumed after discovery of the rea= son for Nancy Cahol's death. A TANG OF FROST in the air... Court Frees 275 Pickets Of Charges Montreal, Nov. 14--(CP)--Crim- inal court judges Thursday orrered withdrawn 275 complaints lodged against union organizers and strik- ers during the packinghouse work- ers' strike here last month. oThe charges were withdrawn af- ter John Bumbray, joint crown pro- secuto, told the judges most of the persons arraigned, had returned to work and that there was peace now between employers and employees. In view of this the crown recom- mended the withdrawal of tharges. Most of the strikers and union officials had been charged with vag- rancy, intimidation and resisting police officers. The only complaint arising from the strike left on the criminal court roll is against Jacques Casgrain, United Packinghouse Workers or- ganizer, charged with causing an illegal assembly and disobeying a Superior Court injunction against picketing. "Yes," said the host to his visitor, "the walls have been papered beau- tifully." At that foment the host's small son came in and with a crayon drew a big pink elephant on the new wallpaper. "I say," said the startled visitor; "did you see what your boy did?" "Yes," said. the host, proudly, "and do you know he has only seen an elephant once!" | Copr. 1947, King Features Syndicate; Toc, World sights reserved." = Po "They must have a short circuit somewhere. The minute I pressed the bell, the lights went out!" Yes ; ; : Dad and the lad ; 3: : and Mom and sis £00 . ; . all love their new Nash "600" . . . for its super comfort with Weather Eye Conditioned Air : . . for its extra smooth riding ease on coil springs all around . .-. for the added safety and strength of its unit body-and-frame construction . . . for sand mortex insulation that reduces road rumble : : . and Dad especially likes it amazing operating economy--more than 500 miles on a single tank- ful of gas! That's NASH "600" ; ; ; the big, economical family car! 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