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ricul- The THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1929 Representative of British overnment Will Visit Canada For Conference Bone athesing. She will speak on 0 Make-Believe Wife By KATHLEEN NORRIS About a Young Girl Who Married Her Employer CHAPTER 1 For a while she stood looking b-) box of flowers thought i odd, pussled, qu and faintly frowning expression upon her serious face, Under the silky, cool layers of pale-green tissue paper there was an ink-smeared envelope, with a card inside, The girl--she was a tall girl, with a creamy akin and rich, dark red halr--stuck card, envelope, inclosing wire and all in. to her coat pocket, and went to get & vase, She had come back, and was put- ting the violets into a crystal bowl, when an older woman came into the soom, "Bee," sald the newcomer, pleas. pd "1 didn't hear you come fin, oar, "I've just come in, Mother," ' *I suppose," Mrs, St, John sald in distaste, "that idiot, Roger New. berry, is wasting his good money on violets nowadays. In my opin. fon, that young man had better be about hig engineering business--" "These aren't from Roger," Bea- trice sald, in a rather troubled tone, She raised her eyes slowly, and their grave beauty met the alert glance of her mother, "Aren't?" Mrs, St, John echoed, with relish, Mrs, Challoner died! Oh, dear, she looks glok, , , .she looks strick- en, I suppose she thinks that I've been trying to get him, I wouldn't have him--" "What'd the card say, lovey?" Mra, 8t, John asked suddenly, The girl's mother was a privileg- ed person, a fussing, loving, inef- fectual, loyal, exasperating little woman who had always been years younger than her oldest daughter in character, and who was now be. ginning to be mothered by the tall, ufet younger daughter as well, ween Marela's and her mother's ages there were but seventeen years; Mrs, St, John still felt her- self to pe the bewildered, pretty, helpless creature who had been widowed at an infantile twenty. seven, with a capable little girl of ten, and a baby in arms, for whom to care, "I'm just as much interested In your beaus as you girls are!" she rved, Beau! Mr, Challoner!" Bee sald scornfully, 'Well, a man that age sending a girl flowers means something, Bee," her mother assured her ser- fously, "Marcia, tell me about the cold," the younger girl command- ed abruptly, "Oh, it's much better! How'd things g0 at the office?" Marcia There was another brief silence, | asked Then, carrying the flowers to the mantel of the shabby, crowded lit. tle sitting-room, Beatrice sald, over her shoulder: "Mr Challoner sent them." "Mr, Challoner!" the older wo- man echoed, amazement giving place to awe, and awe to something almost approaching rapture, in her voice, "My dear!" There was a long silence after that in the room, while the clock ticked and the softly falling snow outside whispered against the wind- ows and the shouts of snowballing children came in, softened and dis- tant, from the street, Beatrice did not turn to face her mother; she straightened books on the mantel and came back to the table to crush the paper box and the green tissue and the string into a lump of rubbish, Without speak- ing again she bore these from the room, When she saw her mother a few minutes later, Mrs, St, John was in Marcia's room, Marcia had 8 wretched cold, felt miserable, and had not gome to the office at all today, "How are you, darling?" Beat- pice asked, seating herself on the foot of the sufferer's bed. "Fm petter," Marcia said. "Some flowers came for you--I took them in. Who from?" she asked ani- known her employer's first wife well, had shared with him the sor- row of her untimely death; she had accompanied bim through all the ups and downs of 8 voyage from simple beginnings to great success, and what she felt for him, If a sec- ret from the world, was at least no pporet from her sister, ii $9 ¢hat Beatrice knew exactly what she did when she answered Marcia's question. She had fejt side the opened box of violets, a fow minutes ago. Yet answered it had to be. "Mr. Challoner sent them to me =-violets," 'she ssid, as lightly, snd "All right, Mr, Challoner went down to look at the Bay Street pro- perty at about noon, Mr, Flint's wife has a little girl--"" "Another girl! Oh, too bad," Marcia said interestedly, There were now litle bright stops of color in the cheeks that had been pale, and her eyes were unusually bright, She was acting, "I suppose they were disappoint- ed--he was quiet about it, Marcia, have you had any lunch?" "I slept until nearly eleven, and then Mummy brought me in some hot coffee, Is the snow holding up traffic?" "Downtown it's preity bad, But out here all the youngsters are shovelling like mad," CHAPTER NI Houston Challoner, had hrought Beatrice home in his car, but she did not mention that, She felt troubled about the whole situation, Marcia might as well know the truth, now as later, if it were the truth, after sll. But what a waste it was! Why should Houston Chal. loner like her, like Beatrice St. John, who was not even thinking about him, and overlook completely darling old Marcis, who had work- ed so hard for him, who had loved his wife, and who was so pitifully ready to drop into his hand like 8 ripe fruit! "I'll get you girls anything ad for lunéh}" Wie, St. John of ferred without moving, Her eyes were still far away, "¥ou will not," Beatrice said laz- u have a tray in here?" "I'd love some tes," Marcia sn. swered gratefully, "Any--any ob- jection to letting me see the dard, Bee?" she asked suddenly, out of & silence, when Beatrice had carefully brought in the lunch tray and their mother was out of the room, "Now, what 4id I do with #t?" Beatrice murmured, setting the tray down carefully, and looking about with an excellent simulation of un. certainty. "It must be in the oth- er room." "What did it say?" Marcis ask- ol, taking her napkin out of its 8. held HH Be ; £ B girl asked thoughtfully, "Oh, hear her! And ses the blush!" It was Marcia being arch, pre. tending to know all about flirting and love affairs again: an attitude that always made Bee's blood run cold with a sortof shame and pity combined, She knew {instinctively that Marcia had no knowledge of these things; that it was all uncon scious imitation and acting; that Marcia had never felt end never would feel the wild warm rush of conscious youth and power and in. stinet that had belonged to her, Beatrice, from her first happy high. school summer, "He's over 80 014," she said cares lessly, buttering toast, "Forty-eight," Marcia supplied quickly, jealously, "Couldn't you-- couldn't you ever--like him, Bee?" the older sister pursued lightly, It was part of Marcia's general, pathetic ineptness, where.these so much more than delicate matters were concerned, that she could trample into them roughshod, could" discuss love and emotion with all the bland assurance of the born outsider, "Oh, like him--!" Beatrice said, with an unhappy laugh, "A man sends me violets--Why, Roger has sent me carloads, and you and: Mummy don't get excited, --' But this was equivocating, and she knew it, Houston Challoner, quiet, elever, rich, handsome, for- ty-eight, had just turned her whole world topsy-turyy by asking her, as he drove her home through the softly powdered snow--well, no, not exactly to marry him, but what she would say If he did ask her to marry him, She had been conscious of heart pounding and cheeks blazing, of course, A mere clerk in the big architectural firm's employ--one of the "librarians" who hunted through old blue prints for details or through files for letters, and was paid eighteen dollars a week for her labors--she had never thought of the big srehitect him. self as: being, by any possibility, aware of her existence at all, That Marcia, his trusted confidential sec- retary, cherished a hopeless, sec- ret, uncomfortable feeling for Hou- ston Challrner Beatrice alone knew, Sometimes she thought that even Marcia did not know it. Certainly it was not "love," Bee would re- flect, with healthy distaste for her sister's humbly adoring, blindly Jealous feeling toward their em- ployer. Marcia had felt much the same feeling for Mrs, Challoner, in her lifetime: a passionate, almost ar 3ry conyictiop that whatever the Challoners did was perfection; that they were the most significant and important persons in the world. After all this was not fair that he should fancy her, Beatrice, instead of MaTcial In the apartment's tiny kitchen, a little later, she washed the lunch dishes, and could talk more freely to her mother, "Marsh looks awfully run down, to me, Mummy." "Marcia hasn't been well for a long time," Mrs, St, Jobn sgreed, without uneasiness, "But what's the matter with her, Mummy?" "Oh, she's just--run down," the older woman conceded indifferemt- ly, Mrs, St. John was incurably ro- mantic, and Beatrice's affairs, as far more romantic than Masreis's, in- terested her at the moment more es i LH i hil ii B., C.B,, Will Attend Edu. cation And Leisure Ses. sions in Vancouver In April This Year Vancouver, B, C,--Among those who are coming from overseas to at- tend the Conference on Education and Leisure which is to be held in Victoria and Vancouver early in April, under the auspices of the Na- tional Council of Education, will be a particularly interesting and repre~ achtative delegation from Great Bri- tain, One of the most notable persons accompanying _ this delegation will be Sir Aubrey Symonds, K.CB, CB, permanent secretary of the British oard of Education and, therefore, in a sense the direct representative of the British Government at the con. ference, Sir Aubrey, who will be accompa- nied on his trip to Canada by Lady Symonds, was educated at Bedford School and University College, Ox- ford, He filled the position of sec- ond secretary to the Ministry of Health from 1919 to 1925, At the conference he will speak on the sub- ject of the Cinema in its relation to Hatin and Health, With Sir Aubrey will come Henry Maunsell Richards, C.B,, senior chief inspector of the Board of Educa- tion, Educated at Merchant Taylors' and afterwards at St. John's College, Oxford, he became His Majesty's in- spector of schools in 1902, division in- spector in 1911, chief inspector of the training of teachers in 1917, and chief inspector of elementary schools in 1918, Mr, Ricahrds will address the conference on the subject o "Hobbies and Handicrafts," and "Music in School and Out" with spe- cial reference to Folk Music, Another distinguished visitor will be Sir Charles Gmant Robertson, C.V.0.,, vice-chancellor and principal All Souls College, and former senior tutor in history at Magdalen College, Oxford, It will be of particular in- terest to Canadians to know that he was tutor to H.R.H, the Prince of Wales from 1912 to 1914, when the latter was an undergraduate at Mag- dalen, In 1920 Sir Charles was ap- ointed by the Crown principal of a University, as successor to Sir Oliver Lodge, and by his un- tiring cfforts increased the attend- ance by 60 per cent; added a new law faculty and he has also made possible further addition of a medical school which the city hopes to establish in conjunction with a new hospital cen- tre. Sir Charles is a profound student; he is devoted to music, pictures and the drama. A speaker of outstanding merit, he is to give a series of lec- tures on his way across Canada and will address the conference on "Music," "The Drama" and "Health," The attendance of Professor Wini- fred C. Cullis, O.B.E, M.A, D.Sc, professor of physiology at the Uni- versity of London and president of the British Federation of University Women is being looked forward to with keen interest. Miss Cullis is one of the most outstanding of Eng- lish women and will haye a valuable contribution to make to the confer- Sir Aubtey Symonds, KA: the subjects of "Speed," and "Noise" in their relation to "Health and to Our Present Day Shullization.s dai ust at e when the ques ¥. an av of the wire loos ppermost in the minds of all nadians, the presence of IE C. Sto- bart, educational director of the Bri- tish Broadcasting Corporation, will ost portune, As early as 1923, Mr, Stobart was associated with he "B.B,C." as one of His Majesty's nspectors under the Board of Trade, and in 1925 he resigned his duties there to take the office which he now ds, Mr. Stobart is in charge of the two branches of British Broadcasting Cor- poration which control adult educa« tion and school broadcasting, and the students who attend this aerial unis versity number more than 100,000, Their instructors are chosen from among the most distinguished educa- tionalists of England, Mr. Stobart also will give a number of addresses on his way to the Coast, At the conference he will speak on the "Place of the Radio in Education" Ernest Raymond, author of "Tell England," will also be included in the British representation and will prove an interesting speaker during the conference deliberations, Educated at St, Paul's, Chichester Theological College and Durham Uni- versity, Mr, Raymond was for five years a schoolmaster in the English reparatory schools, At the out. reak of the Great War, almost im- mediately after his ordination, he of Birmingham University, Fellow of t was gazetted as a chaplain of the forces and he saw service on six fronts--Gallipoli, Palestine, France, Mesopotamia, Persia and Russia. He was associated with Major General Dunsterville (Kipling's Stalky) in his famous march with his "Hush-hush f | brigade" across Persia to Baku in the Caucasus to the relief of the Ar- menians, On demobilization he was associated with the Rev. "Tubby" Clayton in the "Toc H." movement, but in 1923 he resigned Holy Orders to devote himself entirely to litera- ure, The list of Mr. Raymond's works includes many well-known books, but as the author of "Tell England," he will play a prominent part at the conference, on which occasion he will deliver addresses on "Literature" and on "Health" Major Robert Jarman, director of hysical education for the city of ceeds, but who has been for the past months associated with the Manitoba School Board where his knowledge and experience have been of great value, will also come to the confer- ence, He will arrive at the Coast shortly, and in conjunction with the school boards of Victoria and Van- couver, will Prepare a special demon- tration of physical training and folk dancing, number of school chil- dren in both cities will participate, and on each occasion Major Jarman will give an address by way of ex- flanation and suggestion which will e followed with great interest by those in charge of physical education at the Coast, hf In addition to the British delega- tion, representatives from Overseas are expected from Japan, Germany, Czecho-Sloavakia, Italy and France. Australia and New Zealand will have a strong representation and al- ready the attendance of Dr, Rabin- dranath Tagore, and other Indian delegates have been assured, Montreal, March 14--The charge that motorists of the Province of Quebec, get more than they give which was recently made in the Que- bec Parliament is refuted by T. C. Kirby, general manager of the Mon- treal Motorists League, "Car owners in the Province of Suche are not the fortunate people t many citizens believe they are," he asserted, "When 3 man refers to a motorist as one who takes all and gives nothing it is time someone put him right. : : "To with a motor car owner Claims Quebec Motorists Are Saddled With Many Taxes in this province, besides paying a tax for his vehicle, also pays a tax of five cents on every gallon of gasoline he uses. 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