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THE TOY WIFE
GERTRUDE GELBUN
1
RESUME
Guberts and Lopise Brigard, who have 'grown sy at a zöhpol, in France, coma hème to live'at' their father's plantation is pres Civil War Loutalana, Gülberie, called. Froufrou by everyone, le thoroughly naive and delightful, spassing only a fondeama hua band who will dance and duel and buy her jowaïs, Georges Bar- toris, young tasoyby friend of their father's, la wounded by a prisoner he is proagouting.""ite come to the plantation to no
Kadame cuperato.
Fallaire, osoner of the plantation neigh boring the Brigard's, takes Pros- frou and Louiso to New Orleans. They arrive at her oily home to find her son andra host at a
seild,party,. Froufrou, despije Madaing's orders, alipa în to the party to watch the fani: Andre not knowing, soha sló te, givea her champagne and "pursuaa hor to her room, Next morning Afa- dame Vallaire kurrjos the” piris back to the plantation. dectiles to follow tham,
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THE ROAD TO, HEALTH Froufrou and Goules returned from New Orleans to the plantation to and thele kómo a.make-shift hos- Gborgen Bartoris had de- pital veloped a high favor; the knife wound in his arm had become fa- fected. Old Busanne informand the girls that the doctor didn't yet know what the outcome would be...
For a wook, Loulas, strangely pale, worked in the sick-room," ad- ministering to Georges, alternating with Suzanne through the long hours in nursing him back to Froufrou made some at
health.
Fras from to the
family"" ibi exclaimed,
never equal France or England.
"You'll scul” he unawared gally, "No You and I may not soo; but our children—if we over have any
"Monsletir!" warned Buzanne sharply. "Ah don't lak dat port of tall"
"Ob."" cried Georges. "polities bores you, does it?"
"It sint de politica" Buzanne an- awernd_tartly. “Dat's just foolish- ness. But dere's no call to talk to mah young misay about you-ali'a children befo' day's oben talk ob a weddin'."
"Buranne!" Louise blushed furl-
ously.
""őft on wid yo' letter-writin', Ma- demoiselle," Suzanne admonished Governly. "You aint here to vielt wid de gintlemin."
Georges and Louise both laughed. "First" begged Georgos, "have I your permission to ask the young lady a question, Madame Buzanne?"
"Befo' Ab_says 'yes' or befo' Ah says 'no Ah got to hear what da question la."
"Well, I just want to know it she's going to marry the Count do La Bichello
"Good heaven, no!" protested Louise,
"Who's dat?" demanded Buzanne. "A coriain French nobleman, who, Rumour says, was at her feet in Paris."
"Buch as Idoa novar entered my head!" cried Louise,
I
"Or his?" tensed Georges,
"If it did," she hesitated, "well—,
knew nothing of it",
Then rumor is wrong," George. "You are not going to marry the Count de la Richelle,”
"I am not," she answered with a smllo, and busied herself with pet and ink, writing his letter for him.
Their conversation persisted with her for hours afterward, and her heart sang within her. The next day, she eagerly awaited the hour. appolated she was to spend with
tampt at helping, but Loules and him; but household affaire inter- Buzanne spod found she was morn | fered, Withnaigh, who realized of a hindrango than a help
she would have to forega her sick- Louise's efforts were zówarded the foom duty, Well, she musad, Bren- day Georgas opened his eyes and frou would have to give up her with a slaw amalle, thanked her for | níternoon ride with Andra and take bor kindness. His recovery from hor placo. that point was surg, and although Froufrou was delighted. She the doctor declared him qured, he rushed to her room and called Plok zemained too wenk, for visitors, to help her change into her gayest “You siny Hare untu you are com- track. Bho changed her mind a pistoly well," insisted Monsieur Bri- dozen times about which dress it gard. "My daughters and Suzanne should he, and spent an hour a will care for you and gladly." ranging the bows and rumies of the
And, soj "Georges remişined on at]onn she eventually chose. the plantation. - Now Louiso and "You take a mighty lot of trou... Froufrou both spont hours with ble to gil yo'soif ready to read to him, rinding to him, writing his Monsieur Georges," Pĺck observed letters for him, convorsing with him, all under, the watchful and chaperoning oye of Buzante.
lyly,
“it, nover hurts to look right." Troutrou answered, and with a final qulok glance of approval at berself in the mirror, abò ran to Georges'
One morning, while hurrying to take up her welcome duties in the sick room, Louise halted a hand-| room. Buzanne, finding herself "oo- some young man whom „Piek was cupled assisting Louise, promptly ment Pick after Froufrou as a wahering in to nos Gedrica.
"I'm
sorry," sho apologized | chaperone. "Monsieur Sartoris isn't to have vis- itors today."
The man bowed. "Wall then, it Doina another time."
Poutrou opened the door with
a happy "hello" and found Georges propped up la a chair, a book" in fla hands, "Oh!" she cried, "that's
Thank you, she smiled. "Who not fair. You're reading all by ahnit I any called?" "Andre Vallaire."
"Good morning, Monaleur faire."
yourself and what are you rend- Ing?" She looked over bis shoul- Val-der at his book. "It's pormal" she said in a shocked volcs. "By Lord Good morning, Mademoiselle." Byrou! Why, where did you get a Loulas hurried away and Andrej book Bko that?" turned toward the door, Batoro ho "Andre Valtaire lent it to me," could reach It, his name was called ho replied. "And evan 18 I am read- aloud. He turned to And Froufrou) lng it myself, perhaps you'll turn smiling up at him. She put out her thь pages for 'ma-nty atm is no band, but his expression romtnined; heavy nad clumsy in its bandage, soriaus and formal, and ho.bowed I can't do that for, myself.”" Doldly.
She dropped on a low stool beside him.
"You have a long face, Monsieur," aha observed partly,
"And a bad consolence, Made moiselle."
"Oh,” she answered airly, "My alalari tolls: me I should have one too. But I'm not sorry I want to your party,"
A however, am very sorry that! I didn't know who you were and that I was not quite myself. thousand apologies." He bowed and reached for the door,
A
"Besides," he continued with a smile, "I want to hear you read theho indicated a passage in the book.
She put her head naar his to seo the page botter, and began to read: "Bha walks in Beauty Ake the night of cloudless climes and starry
aktor,
And all that's best of dark and
bright
Meetin her aspect and hor "Monsieur Valilaire," she pleaded eyce impulsively, "I consider what hap: She looked up at him, "We weren't pened entirely my own Cault, and allowed to read Byron at school I hope you'll forgive me, and that | because of his wicked life." the sald write you very often."
naively. "But papa and Louise think
His moe lighted as he thanked everything you do is right. Besides, her.
this dosen't sound at all wicked, does it?”
"Oh, but don't call me froufrou," she exclaimed. "I'm Froufrou only to my family!
What pity," he laughed. "The nato malts you."
"I think so too," she answered. "However, I'll remember, Miia. alberto."
Ho didn't answer, but continued gazing into her eyes. "I don't be love you're latening to me." she Booused laughingly. What are you thinking of: The poem?"
THE
TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY MOTOBER 25, 1938.
Hard Work Means A Edinburgh's
Chance
of Long Life
GREAT length of days in a hoon desired by the majority of men and women. We grumble at life, but few of us can have enough of it. To prolong life has ever been man's dream.
Elixirs, compounded by the alchemists, held out a spurious promise for our forebears of the Middle Ages.
First Air Raid
CANADIAN
IAN PACIFIC
Blast Furd – HOTELS
← RAHWAYS - EXPRESS
BERTHING PLANS FOR 1939 ARE OPEN
E picture of sandbags in the MAKE BOOKINGS EARLY to secure accommodation desired wonder what the ghosts of Old TO CANADA, UNITED STATES and EUROPE
closes of Edinburgh makes one
Edinburgh must be thinking-these closes which many a time rang with the clash of steel on steel, but never reverberation of missiles
with the
one
air,
We smile when we read of these fearsome concoctions; from the oes not require to be a yet we are little better in this age of science, since most ghost lo wonder at the changes that of us seek to prolong life by means completely at variance with science.
les, and
reserves,
our
brings. One only needs to be In the thirtles to realise how re- volutionary was the advent of the
We
aerocarcely thought of war when
new dero-:
first we saw those wonders. My first glimpse of them is one of the most vivid of
my early recollections. Everybody in the town knew that] some time that day the acroplanes were to fly over to
the drome at Montrose. We were in school as usual, although we could not understand the mentality of teachers who could expect us to keep quiet on such a day. I often wonder at the patience of our teacher when forty of us-and it must have been the same in overy room-ant with eyes fixed on the window and сат strained to hear only one sound. Discipline Forgotten
emotions have Orthodoxy tells us that we are develop; that entitled to tiree score years and ten. adequate freedom for expression. Modern Instances suggest that we These three factors in right living a much longer span constitute the art of life, the most may hope for But only if we live according to difficult or all arts. It is the tragedy. those unwritten laws of nature to of every unhappy life to look back understand which is to take the first to see too late that fallure followed on inability to master the extra- step towards length of days.
Henson might suggest that to live ordinary dificult technique of living a second But life never gives us a ong it is necessary to conserve the
that reason that body's energies. Scientific facts ré- chance. It is for veal the somewhat surprising in- we should strive to learn rapidly so formation that we call on but one that we can apply our now know- ninth of our body's function capaci- ledge while there remain years of
therefore possess enormous vigour and activity ahead of us. Generally speaking, then, we never Those Who Have the Secret know our full physical capabilities, There are several ways of doing or, in the terms of the biologists, our that. One way is to ponder on the “potential." And this is true, too, of causes of failure; another, to examine our brains, we work them only to the lives of those who have obtained something Ilko ninth of their both success and length of days, for capacities.
their secret.
Psychologists tell us that after a certain ago our minds develop no Enormous reserves, therefore, are further, that we reach the limits of
add, did always kept uncalled upon. But this our intellectual growth. They does not mean that we possess improve in our technique of life by
that beyond that
point we grand, wide margin with which we
the fruits of experience. can play about. All things being
It is from experience, then, that equal, to
attain
ripe old age it is essential that the organism should we must learn. A repeated error Is function to capacity. Those of thoughtlesiness. But the iron law a confession of stupidity or at least longest two live most intensely, to use again the biological term, who applies, and for every repeated error function to the limit of their poten- we must once more suffer.
There is only tlaL
one criterion for meang maximum every action, and every mental pro- we cari gauge its the cess by which on
Living Intensely
Good health function,
D
and that both
however.
onniving the
As
Time passed, and we began to lose) heart, when suddenly one small boy let out a piercing yell, pointed to the window, jumped to his feet, and rushed from the room,
With one accord the rest of us hurled
our possessions anywhere and for nobody in, thiose dayy could even pronounce the word-1 hear: It called "europolan"-and dashed up the "hilly" which formed our playground.
arcon "ouling "Ar-e-o-plane. {
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physical and the mental side. And value: Does it increase our interest "Ar-e-o-plane!" was heard, that is but another way of saying in, and enjoyment of, llle?
Take, for example, the man who work.
Ordinary people, it is safe to say, may argue, can ho be expected to has "uninteresting" work. How, he suffer from mental strain duu
see it, for him there to overwork. One used often to enjoy it? hear of "brain fag," but according to are only we remedies; to cast about and therefore modern physiology, there is no such reservoir of unused thing. One distinguished scientist for other work that examine his recently went on record to the effect approach to his present occupation. that it is impossible brain, such are it to overwork the The mental attitude towards what we do goes a long way towards de- Direct evidence of such facts as termining its effect upon us. the foregoing is obtainable to-day, Great Reservez
In
reserves.
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and
There it was, a little speck in the sky, but we yelled ourselves hoarse, and tore down the bill, shouting and waving an
after it it was out of aight. don't know how we were got back to school but we were, for three times after that the shout of
three times we tore out of the school,
The next time our school
was affected by those new birds of the air was very different. Now we knew that they spelt danger. Darkened streets and newspaper reports helped to engender fear, but, of course, we all knew that the Zeppelins would never come to our insignificant town. But one night the lights went out, the trains stopped fathers went out as special cons- tables, and we knew that the Ger- bed mans were coming. We went to early, for there was nothing else to do with no light, and it was a very lark night. Some brave souls slept, but I lay in the pitch darkness wait- ing. Soon the throb nt
engines would be heard,
Lost in Mist
running.
our
Sure enough the air was full of them hafore midnight. In fact, the
Zeppelin, lost in the mist, clreled over the town for nearly an hour.
were heard, and the whole house was in an uproar. Waiting for what was worst to happen next was now the part of the night. Two more bangs again. —but father away--and then silence
thanks
to the perfection of the technique of laboratory methods of I firmly believe that there is a vast research. We may take it, then, aa reservoir of unused and therefore proven, that we run little danger of wasted ability that is inoperative be- shortening our lives by the vigorous cause of the badly-assorted condition pursuit of physical and mental ac- of the mass of workers. The world tivities.
is full of square pegs in round holes. But, whatever one may do, the Three Vital Forces
fact remains that
much ot the Work, whether it be work for the world's work must be performed for
110 better Joy of it, or work for gain, or work the means of life. In such cases I purpose than to procure imposed by economie necessity, in think iffe may still be enriched by volves us in function, and function development of the unused abilities takes us towards health and life.in The more fully the organism tunc, the leisure hours. We should not Then three resounding explosions
pity the bored; we
should despise tions the healthier it is.
It should be our object, therefore, life in a world such as ours that
them. To have so weak a
hold to get out ourselves this potential, haurs hang heavy is to invite the which is the greatest contribution of first processes of deray that lead to which we are capable in the particu- premature old-age. The men and lar environmental setting in which women who live long lives usually we find ourselves.
have lived very full ones. Now the render will probably be Examination of the old in one's criticising this proposition of mine own circle will, I already.
He will likely protest that same capacity to enjoy life and to think, reveal this work may be so distasteful as to continue at work. And for the same make its performance a hardship. reason; the life-instinct is so power- To that I heartily agree.
ful that it thrusts back the approach The problem of getting the best of decay and decrepitude. out of life, or living our fullest, be The old adage that appetite comes comes that of getting for the three with eating is never truer than of components of our make-up the best life itself. The wider our interests, possible conditions. We have to see the keener our minds, the deeper that our bodies have a fale deal; that our sympathies, the greater our love, our minds have the opportunity to the better our chances of long life.
Golf Is Not The Game It Was
When a wonder
· មករ We
I don't know how long we there shivering, but eventually heard a train go down the line and we knew the raid was over.
the
By next morning our fears had evaporated. In fact, they had given way to boasting. The scene in school hall was unforgettable. Every person yelled at lils or her neighbour, members of the staff stood up before The Janitor, the rector, and various as to quell the rlot, but it was no
good. In the end one of the masters, who for some reason Was more effective, bowied "Silence" in stentorian voice—and silence there Wis.
Remembering those two incidents, I often wonder what would happen in a big school if a real air raid did take place. The danger seems BO very near in these days, when we are afraid to turn on the wireless in case war has been declared.
WHEN I first played golf it was a of the game, the modern golf gallery. W mild, carefree game.
what percentage of the man seriously took it up, it was re- crowds that follow round the big cognised that he was past playing personalities in the game, outlining more strenuous games and was the path down the fairway to the Are the pupils to be left sitting In gracefully yielding to advancing green at every hole, and occasionally their classrooms, or are there any middle age.
diverting
ball from a mishit
the arrangements for shelters near the We were not obsessed by thoughts rough, actually play golf and under-schools? Are pupils to be given air- points in the gameraid drill as they have ordinary re- of "birdies" and "eagles," the day of stand the Aner the big-money tournaments was not they are supposed to be watching. drill? Are
have they ever to yet, and the news value of the game I rather think that many are drawn: practice In putting on gas-maske? was comparatively negligible. by the shme hysterical hero worship Day-Night air raids are as likely as
ralds at
teachers night, and To-day the tempo of the same has that makes them mob cinema stars.
puplis should-be prepared.. been speeded up; ilke all other sports Just a Business
it has been largely commercialised..
Are
carried off almost exclusive-
and
If it was difficult to maintain dis- cipline in school on those occasions I have described and how alight the cause for excitement seems. now!- what will it be like under present conditions?
It would be a pity to frighten children unnecessarily, but it seems. to me that the present European
And in the process much of ita There is very litle sport about falsurely charm has disüppeared. Championship golf nowadays. It has It was formerly a sport at which become partly a business, and to en- the middle-aged could excel, but time courage interest in the game, and taken its revenge, and it has be consequently in their wares, manu- come a young man's game. The facturers have worked up a lot of championships and the big competi personality interest
round a few star 19 "by young inen serentifically me
can imagine how contemptuous strenuously trained for the occasion, some of the grand old men of the situation does make some preparation for the simple reason that older men game who did wonderful things with in schools essential, have not the resilence and stamina a gutta ball and a few primitive clubs to meet the nerve-racking conditions would be of the armoury of expon- ander which modern competition golf ive, anely made steal shafted clubs
played.
which most players consider, neces sary
The poem?” he asked vagusly, "Los-you. Go on, Madamolasilo Troufrou laughed with an infer- Proufrou-#She waika ie, beauty
#hjul I've read that once" sha tidua gaiety 1883 mads Andre know there was no realsting her, and she protested. hersatt felt sure that they would But I want to hear it again," be great friends.
he wald softly. For the next week, routran "Alright," she sighed, "though.r found him a happy popanib dar did what to talk to you butinis Ing these hours when she was not) párty next wask-?" something-in needed in the sick room. And sotse- his glanes stopped for, and drap- how, Louise didn't mind taking over ping her eyes quickly to her book, her sister's dullse for Georges. As who repeated the ines from Byron: a matter of fact, Loilles grew rudi- ipa smalks is beauty like the night antly, happy," ate khel MRICS, 16] Of cloudless ólímes and Georger, wrote his lollars of road his booke aloud to him, under the watchful eyes of Buzanne.
One afternoon their conversation turned to the future ukakmarton: George insted that is witla farie among the greatest donatrise in tha: world: Loules maintained it would i
starry
Its Froufrou boltokat Georgeat. Dose she really dare for:Mm-ar la Andre the man Take favoraf gând what about Louiseľ Bajautu! ta' read to- morrow's chapter, dan
COUNT THE TELEGRAPHS EVERYWHERE
Nervous Sirpin
ship match.
There are now available sets of A former holder of the Open clubs so matched and balanced: that Championships of Britain
was so they all swing alike. In fact, so near. overwrought that he never could eat perfection are modern clubs that they anything before a big game; and We fatter the efforts even of the "rabbit tead of women players breaking into and the modern ball travels tears under the stress of a champion- far as the old mutta perche wice as The manufacturers have been sue- To my mind the misguided gentle conful in making the game easier and man who set out to play ten rounds therefore more popular with the at golf in a day, clad in singlet and average, longhandicap players, but running shorts, and carrying only one golf has been shorn of much of its club, is typical of the new spirit that delightful, if sometimes has crept into golf, a spirit, that; "is hazards and complexities.
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the tail (0)
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(8).
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23 Immortal (7),
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cut apparently (7).
25 The Buddhists' goal (7).
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