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wird Ava THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1929 YY YY BARBERRY BUSH One Girl's Marriage Problems By KATHLEEN NORRIS The story thus far: Barbara Bush Atherton lives her father and sister Amy ' a modest little bungalow in w Cal, Lincoln Mac- kenszie, the richest. young man in town and one of the nicest, is in- terested in Barbara, but she shows a preference for Barry du Sijain, t 'and dreamer, Yet n Marianne Scott, pretty and histicated, visits Cottonwood a attracted by his wealth, wins k's; love, Barbara finds herself Waccrmtebly distressed an pulse she and Barry marry d go to his old ranch to live. esolutely Barbara adapts her | self to the hardships of life with | her irresponsible husband, Mari- anne reveals the existence of a | husband from whom she is get | ting a divorce, and Link, rvealiz- ing that it is his money she ts, breaks their engag t | After two years of marriage Bar. | bara is a tired, overworked mo- ther and the restless Barry seeks | amusement away from home, A rich woman in San Francisco of- fers to send Barry to New York and pay his expenses there while he is getting his start as a play- wright and he deserts. Link helps : Barbara through a long illness: ' and wins from her an avowal of gratitude and love, but not her romise to divorce Barry, Then t is discovered that the clersy. | man who married them is an im- | postor, so that the marriage is | not legal. Barbara is free to wed | Link. Barry comes back, insists that he has been trying to make good for his wife and child and veproaches Barbara for her lack COAL-- Phone 193 W. J. SARGANT | Yard---89 Bloor Street E. Orders Promptly Delivered ) WTR TR TR TT TE VE TE Va Nw Ta ve TIME TABLES | CPR. TIME FABLE, New Schedule taking effect 12.00 1 Lae, April 9, 1928 a" Going West 5.48 a.m Daily. 6.23 a.m. Daly Daily except Sunday, BF es unt - vy, Daily a | | £23 a.m. Daily 8.55 a.m. Sunday y Bam Daily Et Sal nd dt cs A) PIED TEP Ta TEP TAP TP ver va | of faith, She refuses to return to him, but when she learns that he has gone out to the old ranch miserable and alone, she follows to comfort him, "You've saved me," he tells her. "I'll make you proud of me yet. INSTALMENT 36 Morning came. Afternoon, Morn- ing again, A quiet foggy afternoon and a mist-shrouded morning, t was autumn now and although the noons were hot and still and flower- scented, dark came early, and lights were lighted on Amy's breakfast table. "If J am good, it will all come out rig! Barbara said. "The only thing is to be good, not to mind one's ride being hurt, not to hurt any- ody. She lay on the bed in Amy's spare room, where the new chintz curtains awaited hanging and the new paper glowed with roses and twisted blue ribbons; she went downstairs to push aside untasted 'meals; she followed Amy to the sheltered side garden, where only a glimpse of their white skirts, or the sound of the children's voices, betrayed to the that they were sitting trees, . It was all strange and unreal. It was like walking through a dream, Friday passed, Saturday passed, It was a warm, sleepy Sunday and Bar- bara told herself that they must be at breakfast, for there were corn bread and bacon. Amy was talking resentfully of the staring at church, But what did staring matter? Some- body was suggesting that they sit out of doors, it was going to be hot. Later they would go for a drive, "Dad, dear" This was Barbara herself speaking, in an odd, lifeless voice, "I saw Mrs. Rudd yesterday, She hasn't been able to find any one. So I'll probably go back to school tomorrow. It's really better to go on as if nothing had happened--" She stopped on an uncertain note, looked at him steadily without ex- pression, almost as if the words had no meaning for her, and went away went slowly upstairs. "Barberry, your heart's breaking-- your heart's breaking!" Amy mourn- ed, catching her in her arms, during the course of the long, slow morning. "I don't think so," Barbara spoke carefully, gently, like a person who has been very ill. "Dearest, can you get through it?" "Minute by minute, perhaps." Her voice was hurt, puzzled. "What else Amy, can I do?" she demanded simply." Amy could make no reply. To have Barbara's castle in the dust, to have her to return to boarding at the Duffy's, and school teaching again, to have the beautiful rooms, the beau- tiful life, that had been awaiting her empty, was almost too much for Amy to bear. What it must mean to her sister she dared not think. under the G. E. FLEMING ACCOUNTANT, AUDITOR I specialize on Income Tax Returns Have your books audited and your returns prepared early by a competent accountant. Satisfaction guaranteed, OFFICE 4, DISNEY BLOCK Phone 3116, Res. Phone 2358W 5.45 a.m Daily except Sunday. $3 a.m Pay am. Daly except Sunday. 206 p.m Daily except Sunday. 4.3 p.m. Dail 7.14 pm. 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Barbara liked to have Amy's little baby in her, arms; she was never far from Kate, In the heat of the burning, perfect autumn Sunday morning she and hee eed an For better values in DIAMONDS Burns' Jewelry Store Corner King and Prince, Cash or Terms Influenza Relieved for colds and influenza, the best remedy for prompt relief is Rheumatone Capsules In its first stages is the proper time to check Fin, Ask for them at all good Drug Stores, Accept no substitutes, The green capsules in the green box, Amy and the children were upstairs, in Barbara's room. Amy had been talking, desultorily, timidly, of the ! future, but her sister had not ap- peared to listen, "Listen! Ward's calling me." Amy, her ear turned to hear the doctor's voice, in all his irregular comings and goings, said, bending her head sideways, She ran to the door, dis- appeared through it, and closed it. hen there was a long silence, Barbara thought idly that it must be a well-built house. Amy and Ward, and perhaps Ward's mother and Amy's father, were all probably in consultation in the sitting room or library, Yet not a sound penetrated Jo the quiet, orderly room where she ay. That all four of these persons so vital to her happiness, and the clos- est of all, Link Mackenzie, had met just outside her door, with frightened and solemn faces, and were now no farther away than Amy's bedroom, she naturally could not dream. She would have been amazed to identify the fifth person in the group as Tomas Bettancourt, One. raucous voice whispering steadily, in broken English; the others merely interjecting horrified ejaculations, "Abalone rock, eh?" "My God--my God--my God--" "Did he swim? Did he struggle?" This with gestures, and Tomas ges- turing feverishly in answer, "He must have slipped from the rock, daddy, Nobody in the world could live five minutes in the wash below it. The water simply boils and sccthes there." This was Amy, white- faced, "Let's see the card again. He gave it to you last night?" "Meest' du Spain geeva da card lasta night," Tomas persisted, "Say, geeva da wife." A pasteboard card, an irregular bit wrenched from a shoe box. Still pasted on it, a strip of bright green glazed paper. And penciled upon it little more than two score words, un- signed, "Barberry Bush, your bread-pud- ding future of real estate and pressed suits doesn't appeal, We can do better than that, You'll never know what a hit you made Thursday, com- ing to comfort me. You did the only thing that would have worked, Love," "Daddy--was--it--do you suppose --did he deliberately" "We oughtn't to say that, Amy, or even think it. Even if it were true "Oh, you're right, Link! Even if it's true, we mustn't say it." "My God, 1 can't believe it!" "Poor hoy--poor boy. We ought to send--as soon as she knows--" "Link and I'll attend to all that, professor, 'Poor Barbara, she's had more than her share of jolts" "He might have slipped, really, It's frightfully slippery at low tide," "We must say he did, to her and to the whole town. We must stick to it. I don't think we ought even to say that he sent the note in." "You're quite right, Link!" "Tomas says the face is quite un- touched, but that the rocks--" "Oh, don't!" "She did the only thing that would have worked, ch? That looks prt. meditated--but we aren't going to speculate, Poor boy, perhaps it was the happiest solution for him, after all," Prof. Atherton mused. "She had made the peace with him--she had given him to understand he might win her back." Strange silences, during which they all looked into space, with darkened eyes. Exclamations and broken com- ment ; this aspect of it and then that. 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