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RE Le ERR a lB TR coe Ju THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1931 Ariel tion. © Cass whose husband had deserted hy descended the steps, « the fox-skin Mary Texis had given THe Lucky LAWRENCES By KATHLEEN NORRIS were all for Lenore. kill her one night." "Oh, horrors! ~Gail said. But she felt no real sympathy for the unknown Lenore, They drove through Los Gatos, sleepy in the late afternoon sun and ringed with wooded hills, and turn- ed southwest on the boulevard that Jed to the ocean twenty-six miles away. The car mounted slopes, rolled smoothly under migh- ty caks, left the paved highway for a comfortable dirt road. 'Few houses were visible now. But the gates bore names, Jackson Farm Road, Hidden Paradise Road. The gates into which Van "at last turned the car were marked with several signs: "Murchison Farm Road. A. TE. Chipp. No admittance. A. E Chipp. No fires. No Thorough- fare, Keep out. A.E. Chipp. No shoot ing Over This Property. A .E. Chipp." And, like an after-thought, the name, "Far Niente." He drove about the shoulder of a hillside neatly planted to prune trees and down a slope towurd a heavy forest of oz2ks, red-woods and Lawrences, danced later with Gail | bavs, Gardens and roads and for- Br Tondhome, and yiihin » week 'est were broken here with patches % of 5 lof lawn.and with perhaps ten or og the Ghipps, his = unele 'a dozen cottages.. Bits of roof and (awninged windows were visible on INSTALMENT IX ! Friday afternoon Van stopped his flat open racy-looking roadster at the library at four o'clock and Gail She looked charming in her old brown coat, The luck that had brought the Poston Lawrences to California just at the beginnning of the gold rush ed to have deserted the prasent eration. From a 4,000 acre ch, their holdings had shrunk to a small farm and the old family home in Clippersville, The death of their poetic father had forced the three eldest child- "ren to work so that Sam and little t continue their educa- 1, now 25, had gone from school to e iron works. The girls had managed to capitalze their voracious interest in litera- ture. Gail by working in the pub- lic library and Edith in the book department of Clippersville's larg- est store. Besides their" financial worries, 17-year-old Ariel was now more and more of a problem, and Phil was being fascinated by "that terrible" Lily her with three children to support. Ariel justified her sister's fears by saking out of the house twice at "night for joy rides, but she hood- winked ed a chain of flour mills, returned . from Yale. He and Gall had been very close friends before he Went away to College and Gall now had visions of the turning of the Law- rence luck. Dick Stebbins, Phil's best friend, had the run of the house. Van had supepr with the chimney into the afternoon sun- shine, * There were fruit trees here too, scattered in amonn the natural 10+ ~st trees; there was a tennis eourt, dappled with shade and light. Tlower scents were everywhere, brauty was everywhere. Below the He tried to, al sides; smoke rose from a kitchen | p+ Edith, her own brown hat, Ariel's . best blouse with the frill, and now chamoise-skin gloves charged that mountain-side on which the cabins were perched a canyon fell steenly away; its sides, , files of redwoods, were already veil- clothed in rising | "day at Muller's, ied with purple gauze. Beyond. the Van leaped out to take her suit- west and the ocean flamed together case; they were laughing, delighted | Under a rose vine on one of to be together against, as they stow- ; porches four persons were pla ed it in the rumble. | bridge, Gail, as she and Van One thing still disturbed her. proached. recognized one of these as When she came downstairs that her hostess, morning she had found Arie! ling- | Mrs. Chinp looked up at them ering over breakfast and Edith, af- sharnly and. without changing her | ter some inter:sted questions re-|nosition, concentrated her cards in garding the day's plans, had said her left hand and streiched a hand | ~ "Did you notice what toward Van, the Challenge last] "Oh. hello dear! How do vou do Miss Lawn 2" She said In a puzz- ouick aside: "Van, they're all swim- mine and there's nobody here to-- suddenly. happensd to night?" "Ne--" Gail had said with a led expoctant glance. "TI got rid of it!" Ariel had an- nounced in a conspirator's tone, "Got rid of it? What for?" "Because--" Ariel had marmured with a cautious glance about for ' possible eavesdroppers, "because it said that Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chipp had gone down to their Los Gatos place on Tuesday and were opening it for the summer." "Oh--" Gail had stammered with !ezcuse me just on= 'second, Hilver," ishe interrunted herself, sneaking fn Jone of the players. "Van." she went on, "I'm not sure where the Duch- | {ess has put Miss--Miss Tawr (Prt you take her up to tha gp , cottage and just let her park her | self somewhera until tha Dnrhess explains Will you do that, like a | darlin?" Rernlutelv Gail would not let her- a suddenly deepening color and a ' self fael that it wasrude;thatitleft | 1'° nvihire uncaid. undone. pickly laugh. "Oh--" "I'll be all Her voice had right!" she sald with dropped flatly. * 'She, the mentor. the guide, the ex- 2 smil» and 2 nod. walking off with and Edith has no right-- # {ad 18 Wibser!" Ariel had helped her | i And the younger sister i ming ahd walked out to meet Van| had given her a sudden passionate, t*n minutes later, lookine her pret- | "I love you, Gail!" Ariel had | fiest in a white frock, whit2 shoes, a | - N 1 . high spirits when she was with Van | son, i Mrs. Chipp made no answer, ample of this little sister, had stood ; Van. absorbed in her shamed and detected, trying to find she was again amusing what was a most painful game. . and humiliating moment, | Van led the way to one of the "I don't blame you!" Ariel had, cabins, a brown enchanting place haa said. But it isn't--it isn't as if Phil, into a central sitting-room. He has no right-- that, were my father. they're all full "Neither of them" Gail had re- said neering in at doorways, "Here-- commenced, with a little difficulty, [ here's one--this must bayou. Make "nsither of them understands how vourself comforiable. Are you go- much--how awfully one wants to go 'in> to swim?" «places--co things--" "I think not. . "Phil. who runs around with Lily A willl" She decided , against Not--well, maybe I the swim- rafully, Kiss. Bai psiskly., iis white hat. But this rare demonStration from | The bov I EEC ein. am sponsive happiness to Gail's heart. | Mack bathing suit, with a towel To have Ariel protecting her, abet- | across his shoulders, They went ting her in eit, in dealing with | up®owards the swimming poo! to- what was not open and fair, had zether, hearing, as they anproached given her a wretched sensation that it, the oddly echoing sound of the solid ground was failing be-|larchter and voices rear water, + neath her feet. Boys and girls. as wet and sleek Driving along the country road as seals, weregsprawled in the late that were smothered in spring sunshine on the grassy ramp beside beauty, her spirits rose. Nothinw the pool. tould prevent her having a week-' A girl Immediately rot un and end in a Los Gatos country house hurled her dripping self at Van now. On Sunday evening she would ; Who flung her instantly ints the isin the family at the dinner table, (Pool. leaning after her himse!f just bn Monday morning she would be | before the hands and feet of sev- back at work and everything would eral of the others could assist him in return to normal. But she would the plunge. A general scrimmage have this wonderful memory as so | ensued, with much shrieking. mvch pure gain. | When this quieted down Gail «She was always "in a gale of found herself the only seated per- the only dry person, in the Bnywav: it was impossible tp be|8roup. The circumstances seemed otherwise; he was the gayest of the | to alienate her from them. She gay. He laughed at everything, he listened, smiled, made herself ap- ade » Joke of everthing. his life | Pear at ease, as a low-toned con- 15 one long search amusement | versation evidently interrupt y and tneertainment fava L \inment. ; begun again among the girls, But why shouldn't he? Gail] The men merely rolled in the sometimes ask herself," 1pok- | sun, yawned and exchanged mon- 0 the handsome. likable face. : syllables. took fun with him wherever he | "You did not. Quit that!--* Gail if, "He was not a fool, for all [heard over and over again. s frivolities. Over and over agdin| "Oh, come on," said the Duchess ne. was struck by his shrewd- | suddenly. "we'll never get dressed!" the real wisdom behind his| Immediately they were all run- Hand | with geraniums and Jghelia, in tne b #7 was sorry to--to have to do window boxes and a'wide'open door DF "Take any of these rooms--gosh. | of sitcases!" Van | : ering inetne garden | pool little Ariel had brought,no re- | rath, waiting for her, was trim in a | training was not right, her back- ground was not right. She simply did not belong here and they were all more or less conscious of it. This nice Mary Spence, herself a stranger in the group, was being cordial merely on general prin- ciples. It was nothing to her that these Californians had social dis- tinctions among themselves; they, were all the same to Mary Spence. On the top step Gail thought it all out. | \ "I shall have to work!" Gail told: herself grimly. She must work, talking, smiling, keeping occupied' for all this endless evening and all! tomorrow and most of Sunday, It' sounded like an eternity. ] Suddenly she noted two of her' companions in the cottage, Lucia and Lenore, walking with the boys named Bill and Jim down the path to the house. They must have left the cottage by the back door which faced toward the men's cabin, Per haps the boys had called them. That left only Mary in the house and if she also slipped away Gail wolild have to go down to dinner, at some spot unknown, all alone, 'Her anticipation, Presently a middle-aged woman came up the path toward her and with a not unamiable half-smile for Gail stood still, a few feet away, calling "Mary!" Gail recognized her as one of the card players. "Yes, Mrs. Billings!" Mary called putting her head out of the door. "Mary, you know what I asked you to do?" the woman said. "Oh, yes!" Mary answered, "Will .you do it now, dear?" "Oh, yes; instantly!" said Mary, | running out of the cabin with the | soft skirts of her flowered crepe gown blowing about her angles and | her dark hair in order. She and Mrs, Billings, conferring, went rap- {idly downy the path together. Gail swallowed once with a dry throat. | Then she got up and began to saun- | ter slowly affer them. She encountered the boy named Fred Hunter in the path and fell upon him with all the boldness of j desperation. She laughed with him and when he said somewhat ner- vously that he had been going up to the cabin to wake Van whose aunt felt sure he had fallen asleep | Gail said gayly that she would go too. v awakened the .drowsy sur- Van and they all laughed to- and Gail, still holding firm- to the now manageable Fred, t for Van on the porch of tne cabin. She walked down to e. between the two of them, disposing of Van's good-natured at- tempts to shake voung Mr. Hunts by a determined, if Mght, hold upon | the latter's arm At dinner, which began immed- iately she was between the two young men. So far =o gnod But it was work. It was bitter hard endless work; all struggle no where. She was eon- ving a heavy hand!- ir were all against her ored her; they looked bor- n che spoke, they deliberar=- d the eonversation infin | channels where she must be ill a! {ease and unfamiliar, They talked of persons and events that meart 1g to Gail. of European wa'- e places, of nolo; they used nch words. Italian words to ex- «5 fine shades of meaning. Gail fought on. Her cliecks blaz ed, her blue eyes shone, She lost 211 corsciousness of Van as the man for whom she was beginning tn care, of the beauty of the place and the summer night, of the noselty of dining here with these fashion- It was all a blur through which she was delermined to hold i= own despite them all When Lenore at the end of the eal said provocatively to Van smething about needing him to pire with her upon something would. surnrisg the others, Gail untered by saying that she and Mr. Hunter wanted to get up a | charade, { The infetuated Hunter was by this time jhcapable of any emotion. even surprise, and he and Gail went [down to a marble bench on the lawn where she held him as long {as she could, listenin gto his rat- {uous vague words and laughing and | keep him laughing as if it were I the greatest fun in the world. Lat- er she annexed Bill Billings and fell |into a deep-toned conference with | him about airmen and air records, straining herself to remember everything that Phil and Sam and Dick had said about them and pre- tending to be so absorbed in the conversation that when Van came to get her to dance she had to call a few last words over her should- er Bill: "But he didn't have a fair break on that test!" "You bet your Bill shouted back. They were dancing on a sort of platform with vines trailed up over its latticed top. The moon shone down between the leaves, the radio droned and choked and aroned again. Gail danced well and loved dancing, and was happy for a few minutes, Suddenly they were all fighting as to whether they should play bridge not able folk life he didn't"! risical-sounding words, - ning down the path to the cabin, Gail with them. The only one who took any notice of her was the Bos ton girl, named Mary Spence, Mary: io was rather serfous-look- ay ong. straight dark har drying on her thin shoulders. ers--they. Soke Dow 158 then kindly to Gail As they a an a flurry of dress- 0 ving morn- {ing for dinner, ight day| Gail, who was not going to n games : change, sat on the upper porch step - one wants toa few feet above the path and th to: take ' the {stared at the beauty and Juxury of | R fei. | Far Niente as it lay on the sloj # iota Tevis; Ss eighteen, {isfied and absorbed in what she or go down to Mockerson's. Mock- erson's was a roadhouse over by the Halfmoon Bay road, sixty miles away, "Come on, let's go dance at Mock- erson's! Maybe the placell be raided." } "Not for me!" Gail sald firmly. "Oh, why not? It's a sweet place: it's always in the newspapers," Bill Billings pleaded heavily. ¢ "It's. an awful place!" Gail argu- ed as he paused, 3 "I've never heen there" Lenore *aid with the faintest stress on the pronoun. "Oh, well, neither have I!" Gail saw. Already she knew several things that she had not known | Mary | When she she had. left Chippers- | And ville at four o'clock in the after- | nd Pred Hunter-- [noon things that might have pre- A t he broke his | vented her coming at all, But it and Bill Bil- | was {oo late for that now: she must get what she could out of this ex- so re y she co - bre Murchis, uld ana for get the rest--and that Te was Mbotoh, well, she's was about it. at was all there year younger n am. But e knew now that all thy vague 6 lived mostly with her grand. (shy fears she had felt in ani) Meir her. She's getting a divorce!" {Ing visit were going to bd more dv? It seems to me dhe than justified. SHe knew tha} Mrs. ly 14 vil Ha Ras Hot oink to be nie to an awful rotter, 1 her, that the girls were entirelk in- thn details hecauss I [diffefent to her and that s p rhoe!, but T knew mv not have Jo he oe ie s vig Ded and every one Her clothes were not right, Jher below her and pretended to be sat- Vassar nefx fall." evis' niece?" 1) or was gaid laughing. Instantly, as a brief second of pause intervened, she hated herself. (To be continued) 2 / CLAREMONT Claremont, Ont., July 3.-- Anniversary services were held 11 the United Church on Sunday last with splendid congregations iw attendance, both morning and evening, The Rev. Mr. Coburn, of Toronto, brought an inspiring message in the morning, taking as his theme, "The Open Door." The evening service was conduct- od Wy the Rev. Mr. Cragg, ob King Stréef United Church, Oshawa, as- sisted by the Rev. M. Stevens of ' Clar@nont Baptist Church, Mr. heart began to beat hard in nervous Cragg preached a most impres- sive and timely sermon on "The Church of Tomorrow." The choir 1cndered special musie for the oc- casion and was assisted by Mr. George Swanton, baritone soloist, and member of the Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto. The Baptist Church dispensed with its evening services and join- ed in worship with the United Church. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed in the United Church on Sunday morn- ing, July 5th. The concert given in the Com- munity Park on Friday evening last under the auspices of the Park Board was one of the hest ever given in Claremont. 'On account of the numerous garden parties, the attendance was not sn large as might be desired. Those who were present were well repaid, however, as théy had never heard a better program In the village. Al and Bob Harvey, the popular radio artists, were at their best, and every number was heartily encored, Jackie Rae, the boy comedian, was a wonder and kept the audi- ence in roars of laughter with his Scottis's and otaer numbers. Should he ever return to Clare- mont again he may be assured of a hearly welcome. The piano ac- cordianist and guitarist, in their duets and solos, proved excep- tionally géod musicians and were generous in the number of their selections, The Park Board is to he con- gratulated on the splendid pro- gram which it provided, although it is to be regretted that the crowd was not larger. A large number from Clare- mont and vicinity, attended the garden party held on Tuesday evening on Andrew Wilson's lawn on the 5th line of Uxbridge, un- der the auspices of the 5th line United Church. Those in attend- ance were well pleased with both the quality of the program pre- sented and the delicious supper served by the ladies of the con- gregation. The league football game, Geodwood vs. Claremont, sched- uled for last Saturday evening in Claremont Community Park, was postponed on account of the pic- nic at Musselman's Lake, as the Goodwood team wished to com- rete there. This Saturday, Cherrywood and Claremont play here. * Claremont has not been ex- empt from the extreme heat which has visited most parts of Ontario during the past week. The light rainfall on Thursday afternoon cooled the air .and made it possible for citizens to enjoy their night's rest again. Mr, McLaren, of North Clare- mont, who is foreman of a num- her of workmen employed on No. 7 Highway at Greenwood, was overcome by the heat on Wednes- day forenoon and he and his men quit work for the remainder of the day. A large number of High School pupils together with their par- ents and friends attended the an- nual picnic of the Claremont School, which was held on Mon- day to Eldorado Park, Bramp- ton, The trip was made by mo- tor cars and was much enjoyed by all, as they found the park to he an ideal place for a day's outing. Miss Edna Selman has return- ed to Toronto after spending a two week's vacation with her par- ents. Mrs. Wilson, of Toronto, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Aitkin during the past week. Mr. Duval and daughters, Miss- es Nency and Maggie, of Toronto, are spending a couple of weeks with E. and Mrs. Bryan. After a lingering illness, manfOW1 PA Laura Morgan passq n Tuesday, June 23rd, er 2 of thirty-six. She manif{ _. Sh/onderful patience end fo, (Ud ¥ during her long confinel and when the end came ent®pd into rest very peace- fully. The fuperal service held in the Baptist Church on Thurs- day, June 25th, was very largely attended, an evidence of the re- spect in which she was held. The #ympathy of the whole commun- ity goes out to Mr. Morgan and family in the double bereave- ment they have suffered during the past six months. The deceas- ed is survived by her father, Duncan Morgan, four sisters, Mrz, D. Pugh, Mrs. Feasby, Mrs. Orm- erod and Mrs. E. Pugh: two bro thers, Roy of Claremont, and Alex of Bobcaygeon. She is also survived by a large circle of oth- er relations. The {interment took place in Claremont Union Cemetery of measure. - over-subscription of two and one-half times. Canadian business men are familiar with.the loan. They knew that the Gov- ernment had sufficient as- surance of large blocks of bonds to guarantee the objective. They knew that the real success of the loan depended on an over-sub- scription from the free flow of bonds in private hands all .over Canada, which would come forth at the call of the Nation. But even the most opti- mistic were hardly pre- pared for such a success- ful flotation as the figure which the Prime Minister revealed to the country in his budget speech. The Conversion Loan was not merely a success, it was a success in the largest and widest The degree of response with which the loan was met may be attributed to scores of factors, but one of the very definite reasons for the smooth- ness and rapidity of the transaction, the readi- ness of the public, the lack of question, and the ease with which tens of thousands of small transfers were put through, lies in the applica- tion of the force of advertising in the daily newspapers of Canada. The Government carried a series of clear-cut announcements in every daily newspaper throughout the Dominion. These in turn were THE LOAN N MAY 11th Premier Bennett announced the Dominion Conversion Loan with an objective of $250,000,000. On June 1st the Prime Minister announced that the Loan had been subscribed to the sum of $639,816,500 -- an AND THE NEWSPAPERS * A Story of Intelligent Advertising of banks, supplemented by the individual advertisements bond dealers, and financial houses. The useeof other media was inconsequential. Nearly all of the expenditure went into the form of advertising in Cana- dian daily newspapers. Advertising made the work of' the Conversion . Be Rtn of Poa 4 0 we THE PREMIER SECURITY IN CANADA eer So | DOMINION OF CANADA 1931 CONVERSION LOAN easy! Advertising brought thousands and tens of thousands of small indi- vidual investors into the offices of banks, financial brokers 'and trust come panies with their bonds. - wy. ¢ * auf Smif ty FEE Ret te TLE AL Reagan nl A. o " ate be Sot 1911, 0 sown sempre = trestle te ot 0410 1 Sa ports 12 Mon UL nto pas A rT TRAM Hp awa oan ™ dia usd 1h Son ovemmms Ta an THT SC Xread Sorin 1 Kner JT, bering 4117, nn po aon bu 1% Mp 19 Vi pd = Ge anh Qa J nn aT Je Momate 19M. sd ia Ma ond YL deen aa -- heb he ted nl Sint nt bso sto So lithe 0 ty Chadd Wh nb Sy haw ln 0 eid Jon SA So Bt Joel bh Rb Prin, J _ What newspaper adver- tising accomplished in this particular instance it is accomplishing day by day for the whole fabric of commerce and industry » in Canada. In this Dominion there is no substitute for news- paper advertising. The geographic extent of Canada, its span of provinces extending over the vast breadth of a con- tinent, its scattered popu- lation, its trading areas with widely differing busi- ing in this ness conditions, all tend to make the Canadian daily newspaper the one universal medium of information and advertis- country. This is why the newspapers of Canada occupy an outstanding the Dominion's welfare and progress. This is why the. successful ¢ national advertiser in position as the messengers of Canada, without J exception, looks upon the Dominion's skein of daily newspapers as his primary and indispensable medium. Ask any recognized advertising agency. The Dominion Government advertisement reproduced in miniature above, and those which followed it, were published in every daily newspaper in Canada, coincident with the announcement of the Dominion Conversion Loan, which had an objective of $250,000,000, and secured $689,816,500 within two weeks. HE DAILY NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA