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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1930 PAGE FIVE The Secret of MARGARET YORKE By Kathleen Norris The Story Thus Far: Margaret Yorke, an attractive young woman from New York, e Story Thus Far: is companion to Mrs. Cutting, In California, and governess to Mrs. Cutting's small, adopted son, Jim. ' Mrs. Cutting knows nothing of Margaret's antecedents. Margaret takes a dislike to Mrs. Cutting's nephew, Stanley Crittenden, be- caus: of his appar. atly idle habits. Stanley is curious about Margaret. At a bridge game he is much attracted 'to Margaret, bu' she is coldly indifferent to hi*.. Mrs, Cutting comes to Margar-t's room at night and telly her that Mrs. Cuyler Theo- bald of New York, the former Shirley Wilson, and once Stan. ley's flance, is coming, back to get § divorce. At the mention of Cuyler Theobald's name, Mar- saret turns pale. INSTALMENT 1V Ten days later a trip to the {ranch afoot. These were apt to be trying times for Margaret, for Mrs. Cutting changed her plans in- cessantly. On this particular oe- casion Mrs. Cutting did not make her final decision until some twen- ty minutes before they were act- ually supposed to be on their way. "I think the Wylles' aunt, Miss Potter, may go down with us, Miss | Yorke", she said anxiously, "Will that upset everything?" "Why, no,' Margaret assurei her soothingly. "We might telephone Hang to tell the Spanish woman to have the porch room made up " "I bad Stan do that!" Mrs. Cut- iting interrupted capably, ! "Ah, well, then. There's always enough to eat, and enough beauty and sunshine for everyone," Mar- garet sald, with her friendly look. "My dear, you're a great comfort |to me!" Mrs, Cutting assured her, sitting down on a trunk. "I dlan't know whether to ask her or net," she said, with a dep sigh, of Miss Potter. 'Rudolph is stop at ihe {Wylies' for her bag, and she and I'll go down in her ear, and then she'll gend it back. Now, Nora--' "Nora and I with Rudolph and the bags?' Margaret tried to sup- ply. An anxious, weary look came over Mrs, Cutting face. "No," she said patiently. "I had it all though out--it's gone out of my mind. I had fit all thought out. Oh yes, I told Stan that I'd meet him at the club, at |four after the tennis, and go own with him. But I want vou to do that, because I want youn to tell him about Shirley Wilson--=Shir- ley Theobald, as I supposs she le now!" | "Oh, you've heard that rumar |confirmed, then?" Margaret ask- | ed, pausing. "Oh, yes--yes! It's only too true. bat it with a hard brown palm. "Darn it, I think it's busted again," he said simply, "Now, look here, Stan," said Miss Lee Galvin, crossly, 'You've got to come back! Now lsten-- listen" She was over on his side of the car; her voice fell into one of low entreaty and reproach, Gtan smil- ed indulgently, as his brown, strong face considered her agitat- ed little flowerlike one, with its trimmed eyebrows and reddened lips. He had a long nose, Mar- saret noted, and rather fine grey eyes and a big mouth twitching now with amusement at Lee's ag- itation, "Mama wag ready to skin me, anyway," Margaret heard her say. "She hates Plerce, and che says Calvert parties have come to be perfect riots--Daisy positively will not go--there was too much booze last Thursday--! didn't touch fit, but Madeleine Lako was terriple." "Cut it out and come down with us to the ranch!" Stan suggested, wiping some ofl from his firgers with' a hideous rag. Margaret, now established with Jim in the low seat, felt once more a sort of sublime and scornfu] weariness sweep over her, The ranch, with its peace and quiet, was fo be outraged by the unexpected pres- ence of this flapper! She would squeeze in here on the fron! gent and absorb Stanley--not that it mattered, but Margaret was so tired of them all! "Stan, I'd adore 1t!" Lee sald, ag Margaret had known she would, "Your aunt would lend me a nigh- tie?" "Sure," sald Stanley. 8ut he had not really meant the invita- tion, and Margaret could tell by his tone that he was wondering ex- : in the hills, and ran between up- stisring up here in the mountains, infinitely refreshing after the bot day. . They turned north agaip, high land meadows where the curly polled Herefords were grazing, The grass was already brown, and there was a scent of tar-weed and clean country dust. "I pegin to feel the utter delight of getting to the ranch," Margaret observed. She was surprised at Stan's expression of pleasure, "Are you so fond of ft?" 1 "I don't think there's any place in the world like it!" They could see the farm now, a typical, straggling, sun-burned Cal- {fornia milk farm, but Majgaret thought it the most enchanting place in the world. A child's heart ~-never long lost to a tempera ment like hers, always seemed tol return to her here; she and Jim; were equally eager to get !nto, shabby old clothes, and be off upon! the fascinating round of inspection! that was thelr first duty at the| farm, i Today Mrs, Cutting and ler e'd-! erly guest joined them for the first stages. They peered into the dim, warm milking-sheds. The cowe were in the stanchions; mild eyes strained! L whole thing...." -- group dispersed; Margaret heard the rushing sound of the ster's motor and saw the whee'ing ligths agross the low ceiling of ker room while she was undressing. road~ "He could make himself very de- lightful to » woman, if he liked her," man who married Cuyler I'Leobald Jilted him! It's funny.... she thought. "And 'he wo- "It isn't so awfully funny, the - ZION NEWS Zion, Nov. 25.--The "Buds of Promise' class of 'teen age girls and their teacher are holding a (Continued tomorrow) cafeteria lunch at the Sunday school |, rooms, on Friday evening, Dec. 5th, Musie will be supplied during the lunch, Rev. Mr. Bick gave a splendid message on Sunday morning. He also taught the Bible class in the absence of the teacher, Mrs. Jesse Arnott, who is 111 with 'flu, Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Balgon spent a little while with Mr. and Mrs. Harri. son at the home of Mr, Thos, Wray, Hampton, on Sunday. The Women's Association realiz- ed the sum of $21.00 at their home cooking sale, on Saturday last, in Oshawa, Mr. Gordon Hardy held a very successful sale of stock on Friday last, Messrs. Jackson, auctioneer; J. W. Balson, clerk, PRODUCTION DECLINES Figures supplied in the Annual Livestock Market Review prepared by the Dominion Department of 'riciilture disclose a steady falling off in hog production during the past five years, From a total of 1,286,154 hogs graded and sqld in 1925 production was down to a to- tal of 1,060,542 for 1929; a decline of over 215,000 hogs. That the de- cline has been gradual is shown by the fact that production fell off in 1926 by over 140,000; in 1927 by 21,000; in 1928 by 27,000 and last ar by nearly 30,000. General in- ations for 1930 to date, however, that hog raising is losing 'none of its importance in the live- adugtry, being essentially on a sound basis with, the prospect of increased production in the near future, ¢ NOVA SCOTIA COMES IN In conformity with the expressed request of the Nova Scotia Fruit (Girowers Association the Export Fruit Regulations of the Dominion Fruit Act are operative in Nova Scotia this year for the first time. The Dominion Fruit Branch lost no time in organizing the apple pro- ducing districts of the Province in- to inspection districts and in plac- ing a corps of competent inspectors on the ground for the servicing of the. requirements of the export trade with respect to inspection. All apples going into the export market from Nova Scotia this year will be government. ingpected, and will go forward with the certificate] of the federal inspection service. The same inspection service is available to buyers or shippers in the domestic market where inspec- tion is requested. UNEMPLOYED BOMB NEGRO WORKERS Couchatta, La., Nov, 28.--A group of 40 negroes, driven from a construction camp by a crowd of white men who hurled dynamite, were housed temporarily last night in the old Red River Parish jail for | | safekeeping, The mob visited the construction camp, forcing the negroeg to leave the vicinity in order that white men now unemployed, might obtain work, officers said. 1S. OFFICERS WIN TROPHY AT ROYAL Faultless Performance Fires the Enthusiasm of Large Crowd Toronto, Nov, 28.-- With superb and faultless performances by every member of the team that gent blood pounding to temples and gripped the crowd of 15,000 persons who witnessed the event, the United States cavalry team last. night carried off first class honors and the long-awaited out- standing event of the Royal Winter Fair horsze show, the internation- al officers' team jump for the in- ornatinonal challenge trophy es. tahlished by Hon. G. Howard Fer- guson, Canada In Fourth Place There were only thre prizes awarded in the event, ,and the winners of them, the Americans, Germans and Irish were well ahead of the runners-up. The Canadian team was next in line, its compar- atively unfavorable team score of ten and a half fault points being due to a combination of bad luck coupled with nervousness of the mounts and their tendency to make uncalculated lunges at the ob. stacles, BRITAIN ADMITS NORWAY'S CLAIM TO ARCTIC ISLAND London, Nov. 28.--Two weeks af- ter Norway formally relinquished to Canada its claim to the Sverdrup group of islands in the Archipelago, ireat Britain announces that she has recognized Norway's claim to the island of Jan Mayen lying be- tween Greenland and Norway in the Arctic Sea. Norway's claim was put forward in a royal decree dated May £, 1930, It generally is accepted that the fis- land was discovered by Henry Hud- son, British navigator in 1607 in the first of four voyages which resulted in the discovery of Hudson Bay. to see them as the opening door let the Portuguese milkers sang as they worked. They found Stam in one of the sheds, in delighted consultation with Battersby, the superintendent, over a springy litle new-born calf. "She's a beauty!' the superint- endent said, almost reverently, He picked the ungainly baby ap in his arms; the mother followed jealous- ly, as they went out of sight bet- ween the barns. Margaret and Stan walked after the others, It was one of her par- fact hours, when she was relaxed at peace in mind and spirit; and she had had sorrow enouzh, suf- fering enough, to appraciate it when it came, Utterly 20ntented, commenting, exclaiming, ing. actly how Aunt Hat would iike it. "I can eee it--tucks broidery!" said Miss Galvin "vith a laugh, "Stan, it's exactly what I want to do. TI ean cut tha whele thing tonight," she said plaintive- y. Here, however, her frisnd lazily interposed a firm, "You ean not! Why. you yourself asked the Bak- er girl to dinner at the club!" "Oh, well, you can take her off my hands!.. said Lee, easily. "I could, but I won't" Hyde-Brown said positively. "It's going to te an absolute frost, to- night," she added, "and 1 wish we were well out of it. But If you g0 down with Stan, IT go too!" "Come on---loads of rom!" said Stan, feeling suddenly that there was safety in numbers, "Not in the car," Sally observed, "And 1 couldn't, anyWway,"' "Sure there is-- Miss Yorke ean take the kid down with Ruislph," And you'll have a splendid chance to tell him, today, I suppose Jim will ery--1T sald he might gr down ' Tet me! in} with Stan in the roadster. gee, I could take him with me, the Pierce--" "I can take him," Margaret sug- gested. "But you're going with Stan-- brightening. "Take him with you in the roadster I see. that." The day was burning hot when Margaret. with the Immaculate Jim in the briefest of dark blue suits beside her, reached Country Club. '"Hot, Dimski!" panted Margaret, when they had found seats on the bleachers, and Jim was sprawling in his favorite attitude in Ler lap ----where she could kiss 'he tip of his ear, now and then. There were a few cars parked beside the nets, 8 few woinon seat- ed, and groups were forming and breaking, quite indifferent to the play. Men and women asavntered fo and fro, and four youths, who lobviously wanted this particular feourt as soon as the match was 'over, were hanging upon a low Yes--do ied, | "Whew--w!" he breathed, with a the ! {ond the moveing alr smote them Stanley - suggested; knowing from Lee's annoyed expression that the matter was already settled, snd anxions to get rid of the girls. "Oh, no, it's ridiculons!" sald Miss Galvin, with tears of vexation In her eves. "Of course we can't --I was onlv fooling anyway! But | te yon don't come hack tonigh*, oh, yes, I see!" sald Mrs. Cutting. | "ten." che said viciously, in part. "I'l never speak to you "No sueh luck!" Stan murmur- as the ear got undar way ine, Amain great gasp of rellef, when they weve out of the merciless sunlight, with a graceful coolness. Tut the incident of tho girls, trifling as it was, had chilled Mar- garet, and she maintained an un- encouraging silence. It would have been so characteristic of Stan's in- souciant casual selfishness she re- flected, to squeeze Lee Galvin and the Hyde-Brown girl into the road- ster and throw all his aunt's plans into confusion. She was silent, as they ran smoothly along the highway, bet- ween the hot lines of the young orchards, and through the hot, fence, jealously watching the 'al.-!uzlv little towne. -- poe. { Jim instantly found the spring. ing white figure that was Stan, nd shouted a elear, "Hello, Uncle tan!" "S-gsh!" Margaret said. Stan paid no attention until he had mashed a ball at Willy Priest's feet. Then he shouted back: "Hello Jim!" And to Margaret he added, "Five minutes! It's a leuce et!" Margaret nodded; comscious of curious eyes about her. She sat on, glad to rest, She bowad to Jane Wylie and Joan Bisnop; how. jel to Mrs. Priest, and the Tubbses and the Bristols, "Frightful!" she said inauaibly, when they all called at her the single word "Hot!" The courts emptied; the two fur. |ther contestants springing over the Inet. Another quartette sauntered on, another umpire mounted the boy, The young men raised their balls with a simple touch of the racket's edge; sent a few practice shots flying into the nets. Before e¢he had expected him, Stan and the roadster appeared below the bleachers. Margaret 'helped Jim down the steps and 'smiled gravely at Stan, ; He had had a shower; his mouse-colored hair was slick under jthe cap he raised. Two young wo- men, wandering along, stopped by the low car. "I would have given you and the roungster a lift home, Miss vorke!" sald Sally Hyde-Brown. "Oh, we're going to Cupertino, o 'Uplands,' " Margaret explained, {vith her appreciative nod. 'Mrs, Cutting went down this after. noon." "Oh, but say--Stan, you're com- ing back for tonight!" sald the /other young woman, in alarm, "It can't be done, Lee," Stanley answered, shutting the engine hond |with upward jerks of the hasps. "They turned off at Sunnyvale. they were in Cupertino, and had started on the circuitous hil road, Margaret, cooler now, and with her resentment fading, suddenly remembered her mission, "Mr. Crittenden," she sald, dis- posing Jim, who was drowsy, more comfortably in her lap, "did you hear about young Mrs, Theobald, of New York, who's coming out here this year? Wilson, I think her name was" "Shirley Wilson," briefly, his jaw set. "Yes, that was the name," Mar- garet sald, a little bit frightened. "She--they were saying at the ciub yesterday," she added casually, 'that she has gotten--or almest gotten--her divorce!" "Sure, I know Shirley," he sald presently, fn a comfortable tone that relieved her spirit like a great draught of spring water. "I used to be crazy about her. But I dount--I doubt if she has the nerve to come. back to Burlingame, 1 don't see why she should. Some of the boys were telling me that she's been In Los Angeles--estab- lished a residence there, and hae cut Theobald loose. Well, I've not met him for years, but I saw him about three years ago, in New York, and 1 can't say I blame Shirley! He's an awful = boob-- drinks, and all that, He doesn't seem to have good sense, exactly." "Your aunt was afraid it would --trouble you!" Margaret sald hes- itatingly. Stanley laughed, but with mere annoyance than amusement, "Oh, Lord, isn't that just ike Aunt Hat!" he sald, impatiently. "No, she's an extremely clever wo- man, Shirley, and she used to be an extremely pretty one. have about as much interest in her now as 1 have In Nora!" Margaret made » contented Iit- tle sound in reply: her duty wa he supplied 'and leaning over his gas gauge to | done. There was a delicious and om- | Sally But 1|ed The big cemanted swimming | pool, up above the house, was full; in a flood of mote-filled sunlight; | she followed Stan and Jim a%out, | admir-' | | lights gleamed and moved upon the | | white-green of the water, and the! | pots of formal eypress were reflect. | ed, broken, and shakingly restored | again, as a breeze, or a bird's wing,| [stirred the pale jade surface The | water was so clear that Margaret |could see dark leaves resting against the blue-painted bottom | Beyond was the grove, where they were to have supper in a lit. | tle while. Hang and his assistant | were coming and going with bas. | Keto and pots; a great hroller of split chickens was already sending | an appetizing odor out upon the | alr and there was a rave fehing hint of coffee. Blum smoke |'rose up into the clear soft after- noon light; the sun was not gone, but the rise of mountains was breaking the flerceness of the sun- set, and the grove and the oaks about the house were already in soft blue shadow, The two elderly women, {he child, and the company of his, friendly man weie enongh for Margaret, tonight. Bhe didn't like' Stan, she told herself, when he was with the {diots of his own set. But here, in his simple elothes,' sitting on redwood log and picking | a chicken bone, between gulps of coffee from an enameled cup, he | was oddly pleasing. After all, | he was far better than the usual jrun of rich young men. Jt was | just--It was just-- ' She found it hard to define. Rut he was a little too much all things to all men, His clothes ware too correct, his manner too artfu'ly adjustable. He could be perfection with his aunt, recalling the late Ross Cutting with serious interest and devotion, pleasing her thor- oughly with everything he found to say, He could dance with a 1ebut- ante, or with a grass-wiiow of forty with the same attentive charm. He dressed for golf, ten- nis, polo, yachting, hunting, with unvarying negligent. perfection, and he seemed to change his nature | with his clothes. : Which was the real Stan? Nona of them, margaret fantled, but I1f~ stead the eager, responsive lost of tonight, a man whose sun-tauned face was almost ugly In its strength| and whose manner was onti~ely simple, like that of a contented boy. But after dinner her softer mood toward him stiffened again. 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