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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, TUESDAY: MARCH 31,.1931 er SP : "4 THE DAILY SUN-TIMES SERIAL sTORY | JILTED $v By Margaret Widdemer « When Helen Heather becomes 3 Pain to Tommy Delamater i is'more than a ripple of ment in the social circles Singsway. Helen is quite most charming girl in town. 4 Tommy, outside of being thing of a apollt child, has Basured social position, as his ather is president of the bank Which Helen {s a typist. Helen With her cousin, Nina Hig- n, & young and wealthy who had married a man her senior, after throwing courtly Ethan Kingsway } again, Nina sets her cap for Shan once more. She even ws him to Europe, Tommy's ther has eecured a place for in a bank in Wisconsin, len prepares to join her fu- husband. She gets a tter from Tommy breaking the ement. It is plain that S, Delemater has encouraged : y's action. Doris Milliken, Who Is secretly engaged to Nina's n, Ronny, tries to comfort len. Half sick, Helen wanders 'date the Kingsway grounds, Ea knowing Ethan has returned uch 'from Europe. Ethan and his 'dittle, cousin, Patricia, sit on a Bench near Helen. In trying to t away, Helen strikes the dmb of a tree and {is stunned. The Kingsways take care of len, She becomes governess for little Patricia. INSTALMENT XIV, 'Helen rose from the walnut Shine longue, and pulled herself er. She had forgotten her- _8elt and her trouble for the first ~ time since they happened. She smiled. "I suppose it's because | mother would have loved it all so," bs she sald, and found her coat and and gloves and bag, and went down the hall again under the round walnut frames which held - valuable engraved reproduction of ® Thorwaldsen's Night and Morning. Someone stood at the head of the stairs, leaning lightly against the wall. She saw, with a little mervous shrinking, that it was Eth- an. But when he turned to greet . | her there wa. none of the covert J antagonism she had always felt a er his manner. All the charm 8 friendHness he had half hidden, { or held out and snatched back, be- ere here mow, with no hid- . Perhaps it was because he 8 In his own house. As friendly, 28 human and simple as his mother been, he looked at her, the cur- "fous long gray eyes narrowing into 8 Iriend's smile. You are better? I am so glad." The words were commonplace enough, put behind them were a Warmth and actuality that Helen Accepted with a feeling of peace AE least, this trouble was gone. ... Perhaps Ethan felt a sympathy for 'anybody who had been jilted... . NO, she wouldn't think about that "ILthe time! iled back at him, uncon- S somiatdo., without any / million, 1 e had such a grandmother's " , it was. You'd either like % hate ft. Her personality is S#¥istrong In it still that I believe Seople' Who sleep there might al- pst "be calling on Grandmother." 'He spoke as to someone who would upderstand his language, Yes, they were friends. He was taking her in as one of his own kind. i / *I felt as if I were back home." '/ 8he gave him back friendship for / friendship in those simply spoken if words. They were not antagonists, suddenly. "Did you " His voice was in- terested. 'Yes. You would," He looked at her, suddenly, as if he had not seen her like this before, as if he were seeing something new. She wondered why; sd far as she knew she was just the same. Then she realized that she had seen someone different in him, though the proud, easy figure, the strong grace and the gray eyes, were not changed. They were on common nd. They loved and knew the same things. The Ethan - whose grandmother had owned the same green cloth set of George Elfot, and put her feet on the same Brussels hagsocks that Helen's grandmoth- or had, the Ethan whose great- grandparents had been simple and i herofe and sentimental about the same Civil War, and who had told the same jokes about President William Henry Harrison as Helen's, was more than her friend. He was her own kind. He was her ally. They had both known its under- neath, and fought it. Now they were fighting no more. She. laughed, suddenly. wonld laugh till she died. made him a curtsy, "If you please, sir. governess." Anything less Tike a governess. with all that light and color. had never been seen in the old Kings- y house. 1 Jaughed, too, His face chang- 'od to the most helpless masculine she had ever seen in him. 'here were places where armored nd invincible Mr. Kingsway was . Buwman, then! Helen, womanlike, _ Mikpd him better for it. ¢ nk the Losd!" sald Ethan ! y. "You are really going ; io thks charge of our little wild an- "Oh, you really do need me, i " Helen spoke with pleasure. . so afraid your mother was g a place for me, She is such a " Helen She I am the "Need you!" sald Ethan bitterly. 'have done exactly one half my kc at the office since she came, my polo is rotten, what there | 4s of it. I llked my cousin John, yu no man has any business to die and leave a child like that to a #y man and an {pvalid woman! You are the first besides my- self she has tolerated anything said, with her new-found friendli- ness, "I do like to be needed. But, the whole situation is so exactly! what any girl would be crazy to get, such a darling." And I love this house, of course, I nover saw any- thing quite like it. As for Patricia, I really think I can manage her. She's such an--an exciting child!" "I don't know," he said, "that any girl would find herself fitting Into this household as'you seem to bo doing." a 'Well, it's like this," said Helen. "All you need to do to be comfort- able is to keep near people who think the same things are valuable, and the same things worthless, that you do. If you hegin having con tracts 'with people who don't you get into trouble," "That's wisdom," said Ethan, spiling. "It took me a long time to learn it, but I think I am begin- ning to mow. And," said Ethan, with a sudden forthrightness, *I want to apologize to you if you will let me. I have misjudged you. Will you forgive me, Miss Helen? Even--" his eyes lighted with amusement for the moment, "even if you've tried to make me mis-! judge you?" : od Color and light flew to Helen's face. | "Why, of course, I forgive you!" she said. "If you thought I was horrid you couldn't help it, could you? And I did try to shock you, when I found you did," she added honestly. "Thank you, Miss Helen," said. It was only when she was back at Mrs. Birch's, sitting down to sort out her ideas, that she remem- bered something. Not a word had been aid about Nina. Possessed with a curiosity which she felt was equal to Marietta's, she ventured to ask Mrs. Kingsway, two days after she had begun her duties as rat ricla's professional aunt, *if Ethan had seen her cougin 'when he was abroad. "Nina never writes unless there is business to be attended to," she was able to say truthfully, "and I'd be glad to hear from her." It was Patricia who. answered, rejoiced to have any éxcuse to abandon "her copybook. « There were all three in th library by the hearth-fire. "If her last name is Higginson, she telephone twice, But Fthan he that I wasn't sure. Your mother is | times and spend times with you. 3% could stand even Principal Export like Miss Russell and Miss Horton! were 80 crazy over, with those ele phants to look at." | When it was done they survey- ed it with delight, and had a. reads ing lesson on the spot, elen im- proving the mood of the moment. ~~ '(To Be Continued) J Press of Canada Makes Comment (Continued from page 4) tions, in which personal malice has no place. The old-time newspaper, in the columns of which the editor took sundry slaps of every person against whom he cherished a grudge, is a thing of the past. THE POUND OF FLESH (Moose Jaw Times-Herald) ' Newspaper publishers have to be constantly on their guard in the publication of news in order to pre- vent the possibility of just such oc- currences as the case in question, The fact that there are not more mistakes of a similar nature is due to the eternal vigilance of the men in the newspaper offices who handle the news stories. When they do oc- cur they are "mistakes'" uninten- tional and without malice. No re- sponsible newspaper publisher de- sires to offend any citizen by pub- lishing an accusation which is not founded in fact, and the willingness which newspapers all over the world show to correct such errors is evi- dence of the publishers' desire to be fair and just. The case tried at Whitby is one which is interesting to newspaper publishers, in that it established the fact that an individuz! <who has been innocently offended and is not satisfied with the publisher's offer to make retraction and apology, and persists yith the intention of, as Justice Kelly rpmarks, going 'out for law," is not encouraged in this by the courts. Shakespeare, in the "Merchant of Venice," pictures Shylock in his ef- forts to enforce the full letter of the law to get his pound of. flesh. Though not exactly similar, the plaintiff. in the action in question, not satisfied with the reasonable offer of the publishers, and refus- ing to recognize the fact that the mention of his name was inadvert~ sought to secure damages against the paper because of the fact that his name had been used. "OUT FOR LAW" HAD NOT SUFFERED (Toronto Telegram) At the trial the jury founq that the plaintiff had suffered no Jess in pocket mor in reputation, ang recommended that the action be dismissed. In giving judgment, Mr, Justice Kelly imposed costs on the farmer, In answer to protests from his counsel. His Lordhip remark. ed: "I am not imprased at all with your client because the evidence showed that he did not co-operate in mitigating damages. I am quite convinced that he was out for law, I don't encourage any such con- duct." The man who whets his appetite. for law may find it an unsatisfy- ing diet. SHOULD HAVE EFFECT (Halifax, N.S., Chronicle) The decision should have a sal- utary effect in restraining frivol- ous actions arising out of purely technical mistakes, published with- out any intention Of injury and corrected as soon as discovered. The jury took the view that the plaintiff should have been satis- fied wiht the apology published, and his attitude of being 'out for law" only brought confusion to himself as he was penalised by hav- ing to bear the costs of the action. The verdict is a wholesome com- Reports of Sales Tax Therese Still Unconfirmed At Ottaiva Ottawa, March 30.--The Govern ment in secking to balance its bud- get for the fiscal year which begins next week may increase the sales tax from one to five per cent. That it will do so or what alterna- tive it may pursue there is no means of knowing till the budget is brought down in May. Meanwhile, though this is the prevailing impression of probable policy, there is nothing to justify the positive assurance with which certain business interests thronghout the country are presum- ing to speak in forecast. For re- ports that such a policy will be brought in right away by order-in council can lower taxes. By that pro- ever, The Government by order-in- council can olwer taxes, By that pro- cess it can. now raise or lower cus- toms duties. But Parliament has to deal with taxation, The sales tax is a statute which can be varied only by an amending statute. The revenue situation this year un- doubtedly calls for extraordinary action. Revenues are down in the neighborhood of $100,000,000, Fixed mon-sense finding which those too ready to rush to the courts might do well to seriously ponder. charges are very heavy, even allow- ing for economy in conttollable out- lays. Consequently new sources of revenues have to be explored. A turn- over tax was rumored, because once, when in the opposition, the present Premier favored it, but mich opposi- tion has been aroused. The sales tax is considered to. be simpler and easier to collect. This is what gives rise to the belief that resort will be had to it. Whether, and to what extent this will be done, the budget only will disclose. The budget need not' be expected before May, Mean- while interest in different. parts of the country, which are announcing what is to be done, preparing for it, and giving advice, are at least de- cidedly premature. Travelling Health Clinics The travelling health clinics which 'are in operation in the pro- vince of Alberta, under govern ment direction, and' which will penetrate to the more remote dis- tricts to furnish health and medi- cal services, visited 27 points last year, including 4306 school dist- ricts.. More than 8,000 children were inspected by public health nurses, more than 3,000 being giv- en dental treatment alone, No Moderate Drinkers (From the Hamilton Herald) by a woman "moderate" drinker is to be found in Harper's Magazine, and it should be read by the numerous women who are letting themselves fall into the liquor habit, and by the young women who permit themselves to be tempted by young men to break the boundary that separates the al- coholic from the abstainer. Part of the testimony is to the effect that there is no "moderate" drinking This is true, and true to an extent that the beginners can scarcely re- alize. This woman testifies, when asked what is the damage from mod- erate drinking: "Force of character, that peculiar quality which constitutes authority, goes first, choice next. Put me in a store and ask me to choose a hat after one of my modest sprees, and | am helpless. Still less can I decide on a course of conduct. All letters involving choice or decision must wait, as must apy prolonged act of thought, concentration, or invention What remains is a sham. On the A very frank and useful confession. The effect upon the children who have to meet their mothers in this post-spree condition is described. A girl said to her mother: "Mother, I wish you would not drink cocktails. The comment is: "She was right; for if a lit. parent is an unprofitable sight, a sanctimonious infant is still less profitable. But, of course, what happens is that the children soon stop being embarrassingly censorious. Soon they, too, grasp a glass in de- termination. 2 "There is one thing certain in all this: There is not a child who can bear the thought of his mother being even the most infinitesimal shade al- tered by drink, the slightest iota lit. And that is what happens to the vast majority of women if they drink at all." An increased enrolment in both common and high schools, an in- crease in the number of teachers employed, and an improved aver- age attendance were indicated in the report of the schools of New other hand I can talk. I am never more persuasive. I can sell an idea." Brunswick for the year ended Oc- tober 31st, 1930. You'll Find New and Lower Prices--New Style Ideas and Startling Changes in our EASTER DISPLAY ! (Woodstock Sentinel-Roview) IA jury found that the plaintiff suffered no monetary loss or def- amation of character and that the didn't have time to see her. He had to hurry home with me." . LJ Ll Helen fled down the right-hand pathway of the maze with her bright scarf blowing behind her and dropped, laughing, on the stone seat, She could laugh again, and it occurred to her that it was al- most incredible, nly a month; 4p 0 be laugly + ° pT v.\ ing, mereiy becaus uw, eT, ho stage flapy. JP it was a tingling September day, with ,leaves crackling underfoot and a smell of burning in the afr, and a child to play with and bring you back to the pleasure of running outdoors! J "Oh, here you are! You aren't very clever in your hiding places," sald Patricia. Helen had crouched down in the curve of the S-shaped windbreak, near "Mrs. Kingsway's pet walnut" which had been the beginning of her association with the Kingsways. "I forgot. I really wasn't ex- actly hiding--I was just enjoying the weather," Helen. explained. "Give me time to get my breath and we'll do it again." Helen had found it impossible to deal with Patricia as with a child. Most other people found it impossible too, but they still tried to do it. Helen had stopped, it worked better. Helen found that her association with the Kingsways made a good deal of difference in Mrs, Birch's attitude toward her. Small gervices wero showered on her: and = the proposition that she take down Mrs. Bireh's wall-adornments and put up her own things was acceded to sweetly, instead of being met, as be- fore, with: an aggrieved feeling that Helen didn't like Mrs. Birch's ideas of art. Patricia, as Helop told her, 'had as much *"satiable curiosity" as the Elephant's Child. Every moment of Helen's life, past and present, had to be in her posses- sion; and, Helen, remembering that she had undertaken to civilize more than to give her formal teaching, allowed Patricia (if allowed was a word you could ever use with the clear-headed, dominant child) to help her reconstruct the little room at Birch's. Helen camo to like the room better than her silken expen- sively brocaded one at Nina's, in- deed. This was all her own--Iits prettiness pald for out of her gener- ous salary, which Ethan always gravely sent her, with a bil] to re- cept, every week, saying, 'To Tam- ing Patricia" {in his small square handwriting, Patricia and she were driven by Andrew to Philadelphia, where they found exquisite Persian-patterned Indian prints; the eolors and pat- terns, even where they were in bright colors, blending as softly and beautifully as a Cashmere shawl. They bought recklessly, one to cover the narrow bed, one for the bureau and chiffonier, eacn; a soft smooth dull green Mumdah rug--this was an extravagance, re- duced to nine dollars--for the bed- side; and, a final gift from Patric- ia's own pocket-money, bought very futively while Helen was in the rug department, two trumpeting ele- phants who were book-ends, which mado the pine shelf for Heien's, books a charming and exotic spot. "They're to match the deariiittle yellow elephants very dim under the palm grees on the bureau," she explained, her whole face and body aquiver with tba excitement of EWell, that's ® relief," Helen giving, "And I'll come here gome- apology published was sufficlent, { &nd recommended that his lordship dismiss the case, In doing so, the judze said to | counsel for the plaintiff: "I am not impressed at all wit your client because the evi showed he did not co-ope | mitigating damages. I convinced he was ouly 10 do not encouragg . r law, 1 1 oo Evidence by the plaintiff at the trial, purporting claim of damage suffered, was en- tirely refuted by local witnesses. Had even slight damage been proven, the jury would have made a proportionate money award. But the testimony showed otherwise, indicating that the plaiatiff sought without due cause to mulct the defendant publisher of some cash. Directly bearing upon the point was his indifference to publication of a correction of apology. His lordship's criticism is a condemna- tion of the "pot-hunting" type of lawsuit, and from such a source may well be heeded by others "out for law." THE LAW OF LIBEL (St. John, N.B., Telegraph- Journal) . While the freedom of the press is an acknowledged right, the laws of the country, and especially those relating to libel, contain pro- visions for the punishment of any publishers who may be inclined to overstep the bounds of decency and proper behavior. The libel law was put on the statute books to protect the good name, as well as the business and peronal standing of everyone in the community from unjutified and untrue statements in the columns of various publica- tions. It was not designed, how- ever, to permit persons to cause newpaper owners and executives the expense and inconvenience of being brought to court in trivial cases where no intent to cause damage existed, and where every effort to rectify a palpable error was made. Every reputable newspaper de- sires honestly to keep its columns free from libel, but where errors creep in--and as long as men are human such errors will occur-- they are anxious always to do all in their power to right any wrong which may have been done, WILL BE WELCOMED (Hamilton Spectator) 2 The verdict will be welcomed by all lovers of fair play. The newspapers which does its best to report the news accurately and without malice is entitled to ex- pect protection when it falls into error of this kind. A mere slip, which any careful reader could correct for himself, is plainly ex- cluded from the category of ma- ilcious or defamatory libel. Re- traction and apology should satis- fy any reasonable complainant up- der such circumstances, especially in cases such as that tried in Osh- awa, where the judge, addressing the plaintiff's counsel, said: "I am not impressed at all with your client because the evidence showed he did not co-operate in mitiat- ing damagse. 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