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His voice, slow an like a tom-tom ag: wrought nerves. Suds Back To Port 5 break up into little BY ETHEL WILLIS HEWITT Nick, Cris is no in her seemed to go to pieces, to Ne herself into his arms wildly. THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL d agonized, beat ainst her over- denly something bits. She flung thing to me -- - I've The story thus far: Months a laugh. lentine, wealthy sportsman, told Elsa Swan that he'd be waiting if she decided to come to him niless and jobless in New York, Elsa accepted his offer, and is. now on shipboard sailing for France. Joe Sterling, professional gambler and friend of Cris, finally tells Elsa that Cris doesn't intend to marry her, as he has thought. Elsa is amazed and | heart, leaving her cold and numb. frightened. But she has met and "Well become very much attached to Nick [ing her with sudden fur; Hudson, young Texan on his way [ Still she couldn't speak. to study art in Paris. "And I wanted you for my wife when--" CHAPTER IV. : He caught her to him crushing She got up blindly and went to- re 'Mean--you know darn well what I mean. Dumb fool that I was!" id in an explosive whisper. he He caught her by the shoulders. "So, youre visiting friends in Pari Going to Cris, you mean!" he added savagely. E felt the bload drain from her he said hoarsely, shak- her in his arms, pressing ward the steps. On the lower deck fierce fisses on her mouth, hurting there was music and the soft shu jer cruelly. He was beside himself fling of many feet. At the foot of | jth fury; mad with a vanished the steps she came face to face with dream. Nick. Ignoring the fact that he had been looking for her for hours, that neither had dressed. or dined, he drew her out on the floor and into his arms. Again he danced with that close, deliberate fury that intoxicat- | --as common as you are, ed her, not speaking. Elsa tried to | dully. draw back, but his arms were like [ His face was agonized, his young steel. When the music stopped he |eyes sullen with the bitterness of led her up on the boat deck. By |defeat. the two chairs she and Sterling had | "Nick--I can explain, if--" occupied he stopped and turned her | Nick laughed. "Try a new one, around abruptly. that's out. It's been used since Eve's Welllotheres something you had|[Lue by) womeniwho) lave wrecked toliell me?" he questioned, almost [mens lives Tike said Disterly , in a little desperate rush, * she managed weakly. "For sake--Nick--" He loosened her suddenly. His arms limp at his sides, he sank back against the lifeboat. You're right, that makes me as he said ic heaven's rudely. Sy ln ee him, laid her hand 5 $ on his arm, - beating. "Nick, please--" "What do you mean?" she asked | "Don't touch me -- I don't want in a small voice. you that way -- No!" He pushed "2 %cd, a wild, reckless her aside rudely and covered his face with his hands. Elsa sank into a chair, caught in his despair, numb with the hurt of his arms, his kis: The moon was up, showing white acro: never been anything to fany man, I swear it. Look"at me--look in my eyes! There must be some way a man can tell," she cried, her voice trailing off in a faint whisper. Nick didn't speak. She drew back, stood with her arms stretched down at her side, palms out,.her face up; tears trembling on her long lashes. She could pay back the money she owed Cris--some way. She'd make Nick believe her, he'd have to, it meant life' to them both. He was looking at her dumbly. "Nothing can change the fact that Sterling knows -- this. That this Cris and his friends know," he sail bitterly. "But Nick, you didn't hear it alll You couldn't have heard everything Sterling told me--"" < no use." His eyes rested on hers, burning, tense, agonized. "Elsa!" Tt was the merest mut- ter of a whisper, full of heartbreak, reaching out for her, wanting her, sweeping - everything: aside. Tlsa waited, humble, her eyes bright with tears, her heart beating wildly. They "stood, like splendid young animals in a jungle, where muscles flex equally to desire or to tear cach other to pieces. Nick's eves widened, but without brightness. His nails dug -cruelly into his palms. "No!" he exclaimed in a heart- breaking sob. : He Yurned abruptly on his heel and left her. Elsa sank back against the boat like a wounded thing, bleed- ing, left to die. She made no pro- test--uttered no word. Tt was early afternoon of the next day, and the smoking room was full, crowded with those who had lin- gered since luncheon and would be two. added three recruits and 3rd Troop, The Scout Troops and Cub Packs of Oakville had a busy fall season. Six Cubs went up into the Troops at the annual "Going Up' ceremony held in St. Jude's Parish Hall in November. Besides these, Ist Troop four. Pack membership was aug- mented by eight in Ist and 12 in 2nd, and all new Scouts and Cubs are enthusiastic-and doing. well In inter-patrol competition the Foxes beat the Beavers by a narrow margin, in 3rd Troop. The Gulls, winning patrol in 1st Troop, were rewarded by a swim during the holi- days at Hamilton Y.M.CA. Tach Troop has been on hikes, passing _fire-lighting and cooking tests and playing "wide games." The Sea Scouts have their new boat to replace the one lost in the fire and are eagerly looking forward to when the ice goes out. 2nd Pack had two hikes, one in October and the other on the wedding day of H.R.H. Prin- cess Elizabeth, Fires were lighted and assorted foods ably cooked over them, which was a real achieve- ment as it had rained heavily the day before. December 18th the two packs com- bined for a Christmas party. About 68 Cubs attended and the associa- tion is very grateful for the use of Knox Parish Hall, where we had lots of room. Our thanks, also, to District Scoutmaster Dean Wilkes, who presented Proficiency Stars and Badges, and to Mr. Park Hughes, who showed movies. The resignations, in December, of Miss Jean Crosbie and Mr. H. C. Laird as leaders of the 1st Pack, made it necessary to find a new Cubmaster as soon as possible, and we were fortunate enough to per- suade Mr. Jack Braid, of the Oak- ville Hardware, to assume leadership of the Pack. Our best wishes go to our new Cubmaster. Good hunting, Jack Braid! SEWER EET BEE Thutsday, February Sth, 1g, Scout & Cub Activities| TRAIN dance music from New York. It jazzed away merrily as the first officer absently at the bold photograph of a ship_on the wall. No Hursaay, TRIES TO TAKE TO AIR WITHOUT WiNgs' y i . oe iSpect 2 . Sh a = W -- BA ; 4 "A strange sight it was to the passersby on Aliso St in Los Angee Calif, when they looked up and saw a locomotive hanging over them, Santa Fe's Elcapitan, the four-unit diesel-engined train crunches through a wall at the south end of the Union station and left the fron end dangling. Brake failure was blamed for the accident and no on on Soiured. After uncoupling its coaches the engine pulled away, a route to the roundhouse, and as it approached the end of the tracks, th, gineer applied the brakes, they failed to work and the train plo SE the end of tracks, over a curb, through an 18-inch wall and came rest against a power pole. mouthful to the left jaw and iy a 'bony hand through his scant crf of damp hair. "Thick weather, gale from nor --high sea," he snapped shortly. "Humph," Bell muted down, had picked up some adjusted his cap, gazing Suddenly, the Beers. 1 there until dinner. They were ex- pansive in luxurious comfort, taking their receation at cards, reading, ar- to where the liner churned a fan of white lace that widened and dipped below the horizon. Music drifted up from below, and the tang of sea air lost its sharpness in the perfume of women and smoke. the rail. right past you. what he is to yo something compelling in his voice in the tight clasp of his arms. "Aren't you human know what you've dome to You've destroyed my belief in every thing fine and -decent. Toronto publisher Jack Cooke has been arraigned in an Edmonton court on a charge of conspiracy in defamatory libel. His magazine published an account of Alberta practices in baby adoption, al- leged to be defamatory. Writer of the article, Harold Dingman, was arraigned with Cooke. Great in- terest is shown in the case as the issue concerns Canadian laws re- garding freedom of the press. one woman in the woman he wants for his wife." "Don't lie to me! I was there by I heard -- too much. As much as T could stand, then I walked T've a right to know There was enough to me? You've cheated and lied. You've let me hold you in my arms as a man holds only world -- the guments and flirtations. Sterling sat at a table with the ship's doctor, Halburt, chatting about the races at Ascot. Elsa came in, lovely in pale yellow flannel, look- ing listless, some of her brightness "What about this -- this Cris? | dulled, her eyes shadowed. She What's he to you?" Nick asked dog- | stopped at their table. Looking gedly. around, she sank wearily into the "Nothing, I--" she stopped, not |chair Sterling drew up for her. knowing how to tell him. "There's a little roll" she said He drew her up before him |suddenly, her face a shade paler. roughly. Sterling leaned over and filled a glass. "Have a drink," he said ami-. ably. F "Haven't seen young Hudson to- day," the doctor said with a sly glance at-Elsa. "Thought I might drop into his cabin to see if any- thing's wrong." Elsa. flushed. Sterling caught the quiver of her mouth' and changed the subject. "There is a slight list, on the port side. Noticed it last night when we were at the bar," he said drolly. The doctor laughed. "Probably a cased a or Jan. 27. Halton Deanery Meets The! winter imevting of ithe Clergy Slice Lo: | hold No. 21 had stove. Three Chapter of the Church of England, oe grunted the first), omohiles had shifted abou § officer. { Deanery of Halton, was held at St. Jude's Anglican Church, Tuesday, Prior to the business ses- sion Rt. Rev. L. W. D. Broughall celebrated Holy Communion. This was the occasion of the 15th anni- versary of Bishop Broughall's con- secration to the Episcopate. In the afternoon a discussion on the conversations toward the mutual acceptance of understanding between the Church of England and the United Church took place. Rev. Dr. A. C. Cochrane, of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Port Credit, gave a paper on the conversations from the people's point of view. He pointed out what appeared to be a weakness in that it failed to grapple music, crisp and clear, wore thin beneath the stronger atmospherics. It picked up again for a brief blare of saxophones, then trailed off into form together and strolled ward the steps. | Below, the first officer discover the fore-and-aft bulkhead in up feet to port. He squared his ders and went forward. was something to locate the trot He gave orders and sent thet termaster to take. a look au starboard. This done, he took through the lounge, along. the pg enade deck. The :ship's pass were taking it informally. Pl bridge, strolling the decks, = In the wireless room the sandy- haired, squint-eyed operator munched a sandwich. Bell, the night operator, sauntering past, dropped in for a quip or two. "How's tricks, Lancaster?" he asked - jauntily. Lancaster, about to set his teeth sandwich, removed it pa- in his tiently. "They'd better cork us up; we're in for a good shaking." He lifted the sandwich again; this time his strong teeth dug in. "What's the lowdown?" Bell asked jerkily. Lancaster deck chairs or napping. Hé whistled softly-as. he clr} to 'the boat deck; his eyes al mist that blurred the horizon. | Copyright, The Chicago br News, Inc. | (Continued next week) | paused, shifted his with theol, that exist. Archdeacon W. F. Wallace, Hamilton, discussed the problems from the Church of England point of view. two broke loose. If there's a list they'll straighten her up," he re- Look These items Over COUNTRY FRESH EGGS, Grade FIRST GRADE BUTTER PURE LARD ... PEAMEALED BACON .. PURE PORK SAUSAGE (We All Kinds Fresh & Smoked Fish Including TUNA, SHRIMPS, SCALLOPS, é Frozen Lobster Meat Choice Beef and Pork OAKVILLE FISH & POULTRY -- WE DELIVER -- Large, 57c doz. 70c 1b PHONE 30 marked with® confidence. "And if the ocean gets too kinky. I suppose they'll flatten her out, so you needn't worry, Miss Swan, the ship's officers are the last word in efficiency," Sterling jabbered lightly. The- crowd was thinning; little groups, laughing, betting, arguing, drifted up to the horse races. Ster- ling glanced.again at Elsa, as they left the smoky confusion of the room. "Anything I-can do?" he asked in a muted voice. Elsa ran her arm through his, smiling up at him gratefully. "Shall I stick around?" he asked quietly, as they went up to the races. "Please." That was all. They watched the ship's horses lined up, made their bets and waited. Silly, childish pastime. People bet- ting, throwing dice. Jockey stewards pushing wooden horses along the improvised track. Crowds pressed together, eager, excited; shouting to No: 2, No. 4, with all the gusto that sweeps along at Louisville, Ascot, for you or your family--let us fill it prescription. Qualified pharmacists c= used. 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