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r the georgatowii hem7 wednesday evening october 8th 1941 two keys to a cabin by lida larrimore the stobt cdapteb i charming wealthy cabrt r when ibe recelvi cilaptti a her face then e loua of kates intent and somewhat disconcerted gaze aha slowly relaxed compo sure slipped like a mask across her face she sat back in the chair arriving jn a cloud of dust she said her voice only a little shaken her eyes turning from kate to the door mud whicjimust certainly spoil the effect kate rose from the foot- stool well let us be brave me 1 feel braver standing she walked to the end of the hearthand stood leaning against the chimney her arm on the low mantel shelf on the radio a baritone sang melt- ingly of a rendervous on the laje of capri through the music came the sound of a door explosively opened resolute footsteps thudding across she couldnt orce gay to v her kate regarded with satisfaction a bun on a long toasfingfork which she held over the bed of embers in the fireplace she would be obliged to bear with her curiosity until the owner of the sweater appeared he was taking his time about it she and gay had unpacked the rumble of the coupe they had found a can of kerosene beside the back steps and had filled and lit ever lamp in the cabin the had brought two palls of water up from the lake preparations for a late supper were well under way now and still he had not appeared gay was in the room which shed called the master bedroom chang her clothes shed gotten her elf pretty wet bringing water up from the lake was it deliberate kate wondered not without just rea for suspicion what effect was he creating now before the mir ror above the chest of drawers sounded very blithe and gay her voice sweet and huskj influ enced no doubt by the flightclub singer who was the latest enthusi asm of gay and her intimates floated out through the open door she was singing with the radio appropriate kate thought whew a smell of scorching recalled her attention to the bun she removed it from the fork placed it with three others on a plate keeping warm on the hearth the coffee was boiling over kate rose from the footstool i which she sat and bent forward to lift the pot from the bed of em bers pale brown bubbles foamed down over her hand the exclama tion she gave sharp and unstudied topped the singing gay came into the room knotting a scarf around her neck salty language my friend she aid oh youve burned your hand here let me take it she unknot ted the scarf and wadded it around fiie handle of the pot does it hurt terribly kate ill probably survive kate flapped her injured hand so the keynote was to be simplicity she thought considering gays appear nee with a quizzically lifted brow she wore a dark wool skirt a white wool jumper ghulies and white an gora socks she had brushed her redbrown hair into a softly curling halo tied with a bright blue ribbon her face had a scrubbed and shin ing look the freckles across her nose undisguised by powder were young and endearing kate smiled isnt the lipstick out of key she asked it points the contrast gay un abashed returned kates smile the coffee smells marvelous she poured the dark brown liquid into cups from the picnichamper ar ranged with plates and forks and spoons on the low table beside the hearth does it i hadnt noticed kate returned to the footstool i cant smell anything except that perfume ys certainly off key no it isnt gay pulled an arm cnair close to the table settled her self bit into a sandwich it athes of the great outofdoors shed ferns mossy dells moor- i heather i bought it especially for the occasion kate made a derisive gesture it breathes of fifth avenue and the sil ver room at the ritz maybe youre right gay said amicably i adore hamburgers toasting them was an inspiration im starved but she ate scarcely anything she was listening waiting kate thought preoccupied with heaven only knew what thoughts memories anticipa tkms the continuing ripple of ir relevant comment was a smoke screen deliberately raised in the intervals of silence when she lay i in the chair her arms crossed under her head kate observer her warily she was excited thai was but though she smiled face in repose reflected some re tender emotion dont you think she began and stopped short there were sounds outside the cabin an expir ng exhaust a motor suddenly si lenced a brake jerked on a door resoundingly slammed kate watch- int g s her s forw v the bright trembling expectan cy unrelieved by humor or brava do- whicbforafitf m illuminated eems to be in a hurry he appeared almost before she had completed the thought a tall rangy young man in corduroys and a leather coat the brim of a dark felt hat pulled down over his eyes he halted abruptly in the doorway stood surveying the brightly lit room with an expression which changed as kate watched from brusque in quiry to blank amazement his jece lean and brown with promi nent cheekbones and jaw line was vaguely familiar she had seen him somewhere in a quite different set ting somewhere hello john gays voice sound ed completely natural neither very cordial nor very aloof certainly not at all surprised kate heard her rise from the chair the young man in the doorway slowly removed his hat his hair was thick and dark and cut short to thwart kate sus pected a tendency toward waves she doubted whether after the first quick glance he was aware of her my photograph- j gay ques tioned the press has been giving you considerable space recently he said in reply the press 1 had they done some thing stupid at home gays eyes flew to meet kates startled glance kates expression was not reassur ing she looked as though she was resigning herself to some inevita ble disaster gay turned again to john this time you have the advan tage she said we havent seen the papers tor two days she fancied for a moment that he as well as kate knew the thought which had flashed into her mind his expression was wholly ironical the kitchen floorkates eyes turnedjtj from gays profile to the door tt was referring to the rotogra- impetuous she murmured he vtire sections he said fiftycent magazines he hesitated then may i wish voir happiness he asked why not i do wish that for you he con tinued to regard her steadily but he slanting smile had vanished and his eyes were very grave thank you john his steady gaze presently altered he glanced around the room l im a very poor host he said youve had to bring in your lug gage and get your supper ive been nlking politics up at the village 3 why didnt you lei me know you were coming the question had for gay only ne implication resentment like a resh breeze blowing through a room oo warm and perfumed cleared the onfusion from her mind did you think i knew you were ere she asked quietly but with armth kindling in her voice he turned to look at her in sur presence in the room his eyes re mained fixed upon gay gay he said slowly incredu lously he had a beautiful mouth beau tiful wasnt a word you used to describe a man kate told herself it was beautiful though generous sensitive expressive wondering recognition kindled in his dark eyes for an unguarded moment some strong emotion gave his dark rath er grave face a glancing brllllarfce kale found herself in that moment silence almost holding her breath i have the advantage john gay said i knew it was you who ai here the brilliance faded out of his tace kate saw his mouth set a little grimly you usually have havent you ne asked quietly not always the question seemed to have shaken gays com- josure she turned to kate kate he said miss oliver may i pre sent is it doctor houghton now he asked turning again to the tall voung man in the doorway doctor houghton he affirmed he smiled at kate a little diffident ly ive met miss oliver he said certainly how do you do kate remembered now she had the answer this was dr lawrences nephew john whod come with him to gays debutante party this was the young man with whom gay had stolen away from the party that night she kate had seen them re turning she remembered now gays face soft and bright framed in the collar of a white fur coat upturned to the tall young man bend ing to speak to her in the dimly lit passage that led to a sidedoor of the ballroom she had the answer but it did not relieve her concern there was something between gay and this young man kate felt it vibrating in the air of the room though the irds they spoke were casual this was the motive then whether shed ktiuwn he was here or the meeting wis a coincidence this he was why she had wanted to come kate gave a distracted thought to gay s family to a blond young man with charming manners whom she liked very much heaven help us she said silent ly the shadow of events to come lying darkly across her mind and then because her rectory past would pop up now and then the prayers of the congregation are requested she added of course youve met kate the singing vibration was in gays voice im sorry i had forgotten i hadnt he took a few steps forward into the room miss oli ver rescued me on one occasion from a fate worse than death i remember kate said gay glanced at her quickly kate was lighting a cigarette her eyes in the spurt of flame from the match wore twinkling under the frown that knotted her brows you had she added speaking to john a tenden cy to bolt into empty rooms it was my first debutante party he saia his diffident half smile wid ening into an engaging grin ex cluded gay that studied indif ference enraged her now las it had when she was fifteen she had she discovered exactly the same im pulm to do something anything to attract and hold his attention you re looking well she said you re looking well too his eyts regarding her steadilyacross the space which separated them held d untly ironical expression which 1 1 remembered very well im relieved the engaging grin slant- ec sidewise your pho hi ve given me the impression that been skipping your vitamins ana losing too mur sleed but if you didnt why did you come resentment flamed into anger but anger was stupid she returned his glance directly her chin uncon sciously lifting her eyes bright and scornful you havent become less fatu ous have you she asked i didnt mean that the way it sounded he said quickly im not that fatuous i meant how did you expect to get in unless someone was here her level glance did not waver his momentary confusion gave her the advantage she pressed it reso lutely still smarting from humiliat ed pride why should i have had the faint est idea that you especially should be here she asked but who else would be his ex pression was frankly puzzled ive never rented it my kid sister had a houseparty here this summer otherwise it hasnt been occupied except when i ve been here she pressed her advantage stub bornly incensed by the posses- sue tone in which he spoke of her property who gave you permis sion to use the cabin at any time she asked permission he stared at her in perplexity didnt you know that uncle john left the cabin to me to you yes it was the granddaughter of david graham speaking the granddaughter of peter schuyler secure in her inherited assurance quite obviously taking pleasure in the routing of an intruder but thats impossible he said crisply his lawyer sent me a key three years ago nearly gay said just after uncle john died she watched him intently expect ing some attempt at justification explanations an apology perhaps she did not expect the smile of somewhat incredulous amusement which crept slowly upward from his lips into his eyes does that impress you as being amusing she asked with dignity uncle john was my godfather theres no particular reason is there why he shouldnt have left the cabin to me i suppose there isnt he said as ihough that point was of small im portance the smile deepened i jvas just wondering how many oth er people are likely to pop in here with keys you see he continued in reply to her questioning glance uncle johns lawyer sent one to me i naturally assumed that the cabin was mine and have used it whenewer ive had a chance she had not considered that possi bility it was true of course it was the only logical explanation she felt for a moment in sympathy with john who as well as she was the victim of some sentimentality or eccentricity contrived by a mem ber of an older generation but un cle john as she remembered him hod been neithei sentimental nor eccentric the lawyer had made a mistake perhaps at any rate it wnsn i john s fault any more than it v as hers 1 understand that she said because i assumed that it belonged to me neither pride nor resent ment was entirely proof against the humor in the situation against the clurm of his rare slow smile her eyes met john m laughter and sympathy then so you can t turn me out after all can you he asked no she said slowly consider ing but i can ask you to go his smile faded a little are you planning to stay indef initely he asked not- that he too was cw liderlng choos ing his words with deliberation try ing to gauge their probable effect upon her its rather an impor tant week he went on my last vacation probably for some time this week is important for me too gay said with equal delibera tion my last of she paused then added smiling of vacation prob ably for some time the slanting smile more mocking than amused told her that he under stood the implication of the pause and the smile snould be a gentleman and clear out i suppose he said slow ly unfortunately it isnt as simple as that im making an experi ment he said diffidently its just letting well under way amateur photography kate asked from her position against the rhimney probably of no- greater impor tance he said with a deprecating laugh kate shouldnt have gay thought feeling again that reluctant but com pelllng sympathy for john kate was getting back at her she de served 4 it perhaps but he didnt evan six years ago when hed bare ly started hed been very earnest about his work kate shouldnt have she wanted somehow to make amends i suggested photography gay aid i thought possibly the ma ten a is in your laboratory were things uncle john had left i m sorry its just that he ran his hand with an impatient ges ture across his crisp dark hair it probabl won t amount to anything but 1 wanl to see it through if i leave here now all that ive done will be lost i supfxisi i should be a lady and eat- uu in peace gay said qui etl quite steadily but with a silken thread of retaliation running through her voice unfortunately that isn t so simple either im making an experiment and you must make it here yes she said after a moment i came for that purpose i musi make my experiment here a pause followed noi warm ind intimate as the first had been this ajb a truce a break in active hos tilities john walked to the table and picked up his pipe gay stood half leaning against the back of the chair wjtching the movements of his hands in the yellow cone of lamp light she remembered them bioun and strong against a canoe paddle brown in lamplight as she l as we see it by j a strang i must make my experiment here saw them now moving chessmen across a waxed applewood board lean and brown but unsteady as they were now on the sleeve of a white fur coat hands had an identity of their own she would have recog nized them anywhere strange and very disquieting her throat ached and suddenly humiliatingly she felt the hot sting of tears behind her eyelids it is qtjrne a gift being able to say a great deal in a very few words winston churchul is good at it and besides that be uses such simple words usually some years ago at a baptist world wide meeting which was held in stockholm the question arose as to wbere the next world wide meeting was to be held and a representative from washington tx3 spoke for over an hour telling of the grandeurs of washington ac cording torhls idea his city was the proper place to select immediately following him the reverend camer on of toronto was called to say a few words for his home city instead of the usual long speech he merely told the following story a young lady confessing to her priest told him that a young man kissed me last night and the priest asked her how many times to which he replied fa ther i came here to confess not to boast needless to add toronto was chosen as the meeting place of the next conference v v y although the tomato soup strike is now ancient history yet we might be pardoned for wondering what these strikers would think if in stead or thert going on strike at the peak of thetomato harvest for higher wages ithad been the growers of those tomatoes who had decided to go on strike and had refused to pick or truck in to the factory any more of the ripe tomatoes of course the company might have been able to purchase tomatoes in the open market however they would not likely have s uniform and it might have been difficult for them to have se cured enough for their needs when we read of the wages that these strik ers are getting and compare them to what the average grower la getting for his tomatoes we wonder whet the factory worker had to kick about or again we wouldnt be surprised if these same strikers during these last ten jears wouldot have been awfully glad of even half these wages per week had they been able to get work if it was only the strikers that suffered during these holdups it wouldn t be so bad but everytoodj loses the company the strikers themselves and the innocent public as well one would almost think that bj 1941 there should have been some better way devised to settle disputes than by this outdated me thod of refusing to work v v v the big wind last thursday after noon did a good job of pruning out the dead wood on the shade trees it also took its toll of apples and clean ed up on the leaves tfhat had begun to fall it also shook down the horse chestnuts so that the squirrels can now gather them for the winter ahead we dldn t notice any serious oamage around here although it did blow down the street v v v the visit of the duke or windsor to his ranch at high river al berta recalls the following to our mind the fall following the dukes abdication we were stayin at v motor camp over night and our next door neighbor in camp that night was an american he wanted to know if we could tell him the average canadians opinion regarding the dukes action we told him that we thought that most of us were of the opinion that the duke had let us down however we werent worrying very much about it he had been on quite a long trip through canada and he told us that in his opinion his fellow americans were much more disappointed in re gard to his abdication than were any canadians that he had met the duke s last visit to his ranch in alberta was in the summer of 1937 when hte title was the prince of wales he was accompanied on that trip by his brother oeorge the pres ent duke of kent we drove through to the pacific coast that same sum mer and although we did visit cal gary on the trip west we dldnt drive down to high river to see the dukes ranch we were staying in the city of victoria though when the two princes were visiting that city they used the lieutenant governor of bri tish columbias car while staying there we could easily vstgwh it as it carried no license plate the two young men would drive out each morning to the colfax oolf links to play golf judging by their appear ance at that time we thought thai the prince- of wales looked as though he was fed up with the fuss that was always nude of mm whan he appeared in public and his brother prtnos oeorge appeared as though he ni getting quite a kick out of it thai of course was wily our opinion you buy have read this one be fore a backwoods mountaineer one day found a mirror that a tourist had loston the road weh if it alnt my old dad he said as he looked m the mirror i never knowed hehad his pitcher took he took the mirror home and stole up to the attic to hide it his actions did not escape his suspicious wife that ni as he slept she slipped up to the at tic and found the mirror miminn she said looking in the mirror thats the old hag he has been chas ing treasurers sale land for taxes town of georgetown county of halton to wtt by virtue of warrant issued by the mayor of the town of qecrgotown bearing date of the 14th day cvjmt 1941 a sale of lands in arrears of tana in the town of georgetown wm be held at the municipal office u the town of georgetown at the hour of ten oclock in the forenoon on the 8th day of december 191 unless um taxes and cos ar sooner pd notice is hereby given that the list of lands for sale for arrears of taxes has been prepared end the said list may be seen at the munici pal office georgetown and the m list is being published in the ontario gazette an september 6th 1041 one insertion only notice is also given that it is ttw intention of the council of the town of georgetown to purchase any of the said lands for which the amount of fered does nob cover the taxes sad costs thereon harrison treasurer j 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