The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-11
was busy from morning Is nuisAt oH ~,

was DuSy from mOInln8 20 0l8nS 0&lSSA
Stock Exchange. q
The Hay Denvers had hardly moved
In before number two also struck Ia
piacard. and again the ladies' FOUND
that they had no reason to Il. ;discont.
ed with their neighbors. Doctor Hal.
thazar Walker was very we'll known
name in the medical world. Did not hiG
qualifications, his membership, and thA
record Of his writings All q long half
column in the Medical Directory" iron,
his first little paper on the .'Qouty
Diathesis" in 1859 to his exhaustive
treatise upon AFFECTIONS OF the Vaso-
Motor System" in 1884? A successful
medical career which promised 60 end
In presidentship Of college and 1
baronetcy, had been cut short BY his
sudden Inheritance Of q considerable
sum from grateful patient. which had
rendered him Independent for life, and
i,aa enables him to turn his. attention
to the more scientific part Of his profess
sion, which had always had q greater
charm for him than its more practical
and commercial aspect. To this end he
had given up his house In Weymouth
street, and had taken this opportunity
OF moving himself, his scientific instru.
ments and his two charming daughters
Che had been widower for some years.
into the more peaceful atmosphere Of
Norwood.
There was thus but one villa unoc.
cupied. and 1t was no wonder that the
two maiden ladies watched with q keen
interest, which deepened into a dire
apprehension, the curious incidents
which heralded the coming of the
new tenants. They had already learned
from the agent that the family consist.
ed OF two only, Mrs. Westmacott, q
widow and her nephew. Charles West
macott. How simple and how select II
had sounded! Who could have foreseen
from 1t these fearful portents which
seemed to threaten violence and dis.
cord among the dwellers in The Wilder.
ness? Again these two old maids cried
in heartfelt chorus that they wished
they had not sold their field.
Well. at least, Monica" remarked
Bertha, as they sat over their teacupa
that afternoon. however strange these
people may be. it is our duty to. be a.
polite to them as to the others.','
Most certainly" acquiesced her sis
ter
"Since we have called upon Mrs. Hay
Denver and upon the Misses Walker,
we must call upon this Mrs. Westma-
colt also.''
Certainly, dear AS long as they are
living upon our land feel as IL they
were In sense our guests, and that 1t
is our duty to welcome them.''
'Then we shall call tomorrow" said
Bertha, with decision.
Eyes. dear, we shall. But, oh, Wish
1t was over!'
At o'clock on the next day. the two
maiden ladies set off upon their hospit-
able errand. In their stir. cracking
dresses of black silk, with jet-be-
spangled Jackets, and little rows of
cylindrical grey curls dropping down
on either side Of their black bonnets,
they looked like two old fashion plates
which had wandered off into the wrong
decade. Half curious and. half fearful,
they knocked at the door Of number
three, which was instantly opened by a
red-headed page boy.
Yes, Mrs. Westmacott was at home.
He ushered them into the front room,
furnished as a drawing room, where in
spite Of the fine spring weather a large
fire was burning in the CRATE. The boy
took their cards, and then, as they, sat
down together upon settee he set their
nerves in a thrill by darting behind a
curtain with shrill cry, and prodding
at something with his foot. The bull pup
which they had seen upon the day be-
fore bolted from its hiding place and
scuttled snarling from the room.