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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 28, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page eighteen Winnipeg free press thursday March 28, 1940 by Daphne Dumaurier chapter 23 will you be entertaining Nuch at Mander Lcy. Mrs. De i heard the voice again suggestive rather inquisitive in the voice of that woman i had called upon who lived the other Side of Kerrith. And 1 saw her Eye. He always potters about on the Shore. He s quite a Nice fellow you need never be frightened of him. He would not Hurt a of i was t i said. Waited a moment humming a tune to give me Confidence. I m afraid that cottage place is going to rack and i said lightly. I had to go in to find a piece of string to tie up Jasper. The China is Mouldy the books Are being ruined. Why in t something done about it it seems such a i knew he would not answer at once. He Bent Down to tie up his shoe lace. 1 pretended to examine a Leaf on one of the shrubs. I think if Maxim wanted anything done lie would Tell he said still fumbling us. Saemg. Very different from he the old Days. They came because m 1 asked. he said. I threw the loaf away and picked another turning it Over in my hands. What did she use the cottage i asked it looked quite furnished. 1 thought irom the outside it just a boat House it was a heat House my clothes from top to toe. 1 did not want to see her again. 1 did not want to see any of them again. They Only came to Call at Manderle because they were curious and prying. They liked to criticize my looks my manners my figure they liked to watch Maxim and 1 behaved to each other we seemed fond of of a another so that they Conald go Back afterwards and discuss 1hey wanted to compare me to Rebecca these i would not return Ary More. I decided. Should Tell Maxim so. I did not mind they thought me rude and ungracious. When we turned at one of the hands i saw a Man walking along the drive a Little distance ahead. It was the agent Frank Crawley. He stopped when he heard i 1hc car. And the chauffeur slowed Down. Frank Crawley took off his hat and smiled when lie saw me in he id voice constrained again difficult the voice of some one who is uncomfortable about his the car he Sec mod Vlad to Setma subject. Then she converted like that had furniture put in. I smiled Back at him. It was Nice of him to be glad to see me. I liked Frank Crawley. I did not find him yes it is rather he said. I could Tell by his manner he was still on his guard As though waiting for a further question from me. There was an awkwardness Between us that could not be ignored. Something had to be done about it even if it covered me with shame. I said desperately i know what you Are thinking. You can t understand Why i asked All those questions just now. You think i m morbid and curious in a rather beastly Way. It s not that. I Promise you. It s Only sometimes i feel myself at such a disadvantage. It s All very strange to me. Living Here at Mander Loy. Not the sort of life i be been brought up to. When i go returning these Calls As i did this afternoon i know people Are looking me up and Down won Dering what sort of Success i m go ing to make of it. I can imagine them saying. What on Earth does Maxim see in her and then Frank. I begin to wonder myself and i begin to doubt and i have a fearful haunting feeling that i should never have married Maxim that we Are not going to be Happy. You see. I know that All the time whenever i meet anyone new. They Are All thinking the same Dif Ferent she is to i stopped breathless already a Little ashamed of my outburst feel ing that now at any rate i had Burnt my boats for All time. He turned to me looking very concerned and troubled. Mrs. De Winter please Don t think he said. For my part i can t Tell you How delighted i am that you have married Maxim. It will make All the difference to his life. I am positive that you will make a great Success of it. To be continued and i thought i funny the Way he Dull or uninteresting As Beatrice called her he did not say had done. Perhaps it was because Kobe can or mrs. Do Winter As i cd i was Dull myself. We were both peeled him to do. Dull. We neither of us Iliad a word did she use it a great i to say for ourselves. Like to like. I tapped on the Glass and told the chauffeur to Stop. I think i la get out and walk with or. I said. Yes. She did. One pc said. Moonlight picnics thing and we were walking again Side by Ide. I still humming my Little tune. He opened the Corr for me. I How i said brightly been paying Calls. Mrs. Cie Pic pcs must be great fun. He said. Yes. said. I called him Frank because Maxim did. But he would always Call me mrs. De win Ter. He was that sort of person. Even if we had been thrown on a desert Island together and lived there in intimacy for the rest of our lives. I should have been mrs. De Winter. I be been calling tin the i said and i found the Bishop out but the Bishop s lady was at Home. She and the Bishop Are very fond of walking. Sometimes they do 20 Miles a Day. In the i Don t know that port of the said Frank Crawley they say the country round is very Fine. An Uncle of mine used to live did you Ever go to them1 once or he said. I pre tended not to notice his manner How quiet it had become How reluctant to speak about these things. Why is the buoy there in the Little Harbor i said. The boat used to be moored he said. A strange sort o excitement wus upon me. I had to go on with my questions. He did riot want to talk about it. I knew that but although i As sorry for him and shocked at my own self i had to continue. I could not be silent. What happened to i said was that the boat she was sailing when she was he said quietly it Cap s Corner scotsman used Dummy As television Model fifteen years ago this month a scotsman named John l. Baird was working on a prob Lem in London. England. For years he had been in poor health but his mind was Busy. He was trying to find a Way to bring about Good Clear men had been making trials in this Field for More than 40 years. Sized and Sank. She was washed it was the sort o remark Frank Crawley always made. Safe con what sort of size boat was it vent ional very Correct. Asked. The Bishop s wife wants to know when we Are going to give a fancy dress Ball at i said watching him out of the Tail of my about three tons. It had a Little Rye. She came to the last one she said and enjoyed it very much. I did not know you have fancy dress dances Here. Frank he hesitated a moment before re plying. He looked a Little troubled. Of he said after a moment the Mande Jey Ball was generally in annual affair. Everyone in the county came. A lot of people from London too. Quite a big it must have taken a lot of or i said. He said. I i said carelessly Rebecca did most of i looked straight ahead of me along the drive but i could see his face was turned towards me As though he wished to read my expression. We All of us worked pretty he said quietly. I m afraid i should not be much use if w have a i . To no earthly use at organizing there would be no need for you to do anything he said you just be your self and look that s very polite of you Frank i said but i m afraid i should not be Able to do that very Well i think you would do it Excel he said. Dear Frank Craw Ley How tactful he was ind considerate. I almost believed him but he did not deceive me really will you ask Maxim about the i said. Why Don t you ask he answered. No i said. No. I Don t like to we were silent then. We went 01 walking along the drive. Now that i had broken Down my reluctance it saying Rebecca s name first with the Bishop s wife Rind now will Frank Crawley the urge to continue was Strong within me. I gave me a curious satisfaction i acted upon me like a stimulant. I knew that in a moment or two to should have to say it again was Down on one of the beaches the other Day 1 i said the one with the breakwater. Jasper a being infuriating he kept Barking at the poor Man with the idiot s you must mean said Frank his voice quite easy now kiddies1 show Friday. 9 . Mar. 29 children admission till 11 30 . Only. what made it i said. It can be very squally in the he said. Could not someone have got out to i said. Nobody saw the Accident no body knew she had he said. I was very careful not to look at him. Rie might have seen the Surprise in my face. I had always thought it happened in a sailing race that other floats were there the boats from Kerrith. And that people were watching from the Cliffs. I did not a now she had been alone. Quite alone out there in the Bay. They must have up at the i said. he said. She often went out alone like that. She would come Back any limn of the night. And sleep the cd Uags on the was not she he said no she was lot nervous of Maxim mind her going of alone like he waited a minute and then i Don t he said shortly. I and the impression he was being Oyal to someone. Either to Maxim r to Rebecca or perhaps even to him self. He was Odd. I did not what to make of it. She must have been drowned Hen. Trying to swim 1o Shore after he boat i said. He said. How Long afterwards was it that hey found i said. About two he said. Two months. I thought drowned people were found after two Days. Thought they would be washed to close to the Shore when the Ide came where did they find i is cd. Near Edgecombe about 40 Miles up he said. How did they know it was her after two months How could they i said. I wondered Why he paused before each sentence As Hough he weighed his words. Had in cared for her then had he mind id so much Maxim went up to Edgecombe o identify he said. Suddenly i did not want to ask Crawley any More. I Felt ick at myself sick and disgusted. Was like a curious sightseer stand no on the fringe of a crowd after someone had been knocked Down. Was like a poor person in a Tene ment building when someone has died asking if i might Sec the body. Hated myself. My questions had eco degrading shameful. Frank Crawley must despise me. It was a terrible thing for All of i said rapidly i Don t sup Rase j of like being reminded about t. I just wondered if there was anything one could do to the cot Tage that s All. It seems such a sity. All the furniture being spoilt by the he did not say anything. I fell hot and uncomfortable. He must have sensed that it was not my concern for the empty cottage that had prompted me to All these questions and now he was silent be cause he was shocked at me. Ours had been a comfortable steady Sor of Friendship. I Hod Felt him an ally. Perhaps i had destroyed Al this and he would never feel the same about me again. What a Long drive this said it always reminds me of the path in the Forest in a Grimm s fairy talc where the Prince gets lost you know. It s always longer than one expects and the Trees Are to dark and television set tested in a Home 12 years ago. Arrow Points toward opening where picture appeared. Most of the time Baird was poor f purse and his clothes were threadbare and patched but he cared Little about that if Only he could keep on with his work. Calling some friends together one Day he showed them Shadow Pic ures which were sent from one part of the attic to another through a partition. Gordon Selfridge a Condon merchant heard of the went and went to see a perform he beheld a Dummy which was made to Wink the Wink was married through Wood to a screen. This interested Selfridge and he agreed to pay Baird a sum of Money to show his invention in the 5elfridge store. Thanks partly to Money earned n two weeks of work at the store Baird was Able to go on with his work. On an october afternoon in 1925, he Felt a great thrill when changes in his machine made it pos sible to see the Dummy As a Clear Mage instead As a Shadow. Much excited he rushed Down stairs to obtain a human Model. A 3oy named William Taynton came Back with him and stood in the circe Light of the transmitter. Baird saw the boy s face on the receiving screen. Scientists were invited to see a showing of Baird s television in january 1926. One of them later reported he had seen living human aces with All the movements of he head lips and the Mages had come by television into he room from the top of the build 10 meanwhile c. Francis Jenkins and others had been Busy in the United states with tests in the same Field. Jenkins had sent a picture by radio rom Washington to Philadelphia. Let us end this Story with a note of a Home television test made in Schenectady n.y., on Jan. 13, 1928. N three Schenectady Homes people gathered around their radio receivers that afternoon. Each radio lad a Small opening three inches Square containing a screen. On the Croen they could see a Man speak no. Another performer hummed a song while playing a ukulele. Or. 3. F. W. Alexanderson a swedish born american prepared this Home television test. For invention or general inter est Section of your scrapbook Canadian legion chairmen named chairmen of the standing commit tees of the Winnipeg Branch of the Canadian legion b.e.s.l., were named at the first meeting of the new executive Council at the Lon Don Block tuesday night. They Are finance h. J. Ander son entertainment j. White sports and games j. W. Mills membership h. W. Smallwood bylaws j. V Johnston Hospital and sick visiting j. Watterson publicity j. V. John Ston. A Small committee was set up to meet with the ladies auxiliary to make arrangements for the holding of a joint picnic probably in june. 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