Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-08
By j. Hartley Manners

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O'Farrell opened the sailcloths, and
out sprang Michael, dusty and dirty
and blear eyed, but. oh, such q happy.
fussy. atfectionate, relieved little ca
nine when he saw his beloved owner
waiting for him. He made one spring
at her. much to the lawyers dignitied
amaZement, and began to bark at her
and lick her face and hands and jump
on and roll over and ove upon Peg in
an excess of joy at his release.
Peg offered O'Farrell an American
dollar. She had very little left.
O'Farrell Indignantly refused to
take it.
oh, but We must, indade We must"
cried Peg in distress. Sure l won't
lie aisy tonight if We don't. But for
you poor Michael here might have
been on that place We spoke of-that
quarantine, whatever it is. Ye saved
him from that. And don't despise it
because it's an American dollar. Sure
it has a value all over the wurrld. An,
besides, l have no English money!
Poor Peg pleaded that O'Farrell should
take it. He had been SO nice to her all
the way over.
Hawkes. i%nterposed skillfully. gave
OFarrell 5 shillings. thanked him
warmly for his kindness to Peg and
her dog, returned the dollar to Peg,
let her say goodby to the kindly sail
or, told the cabman to drive to Il GER
tain railway station, and in a few sec
onds they were bowling along and Peg
had entered a new country and Il new
life. They reached the railway sta
ton, and Hawkes. procured tickets, and
IN half an hour they We're on a train
bound for the north Of England.
During the journey Hawkes. volun-
tcered no information. He bought her
papers and magazines and offered her
lunch. This Peg refused. She said
the ship had not agreed with her. She
did not think she would want food for
a long time to come.
After awhile, tired out with the, rush
and excitement of the ships arrival,
Peg fell asleep.
In a few hours they reached their
destination. Hawkes. woke her and
told her she was at her journeys end.
He again hailed a cab. told the driver
where to go and got in with Peg, Mi
chael and her luggage. In the cab he
handed Peg a card and told her to go
to the address written on it and ask
the people there to allow her to wait
until he joined her. He had a business
call to make in the town. He would be
as short a time as possible. She was
just to tell the people that she had
been asked to call there and wait.
After the cal had gone through a
few streets it stopped before a big
building. Hawkes. got out, told the
cabman where to take Peg, paid him
and, with some final admonitions to
Peg, disappeared through the swing
doors of the town hall.
The cabman took the wondering Peg
along until he drove up to a very hand
some EliZabethan house. There he
stopped. Peg looked at the name on
the g%ateposts and then at the name on
the card MI. Hawkes. had given her.
They We're the same. Once more she
gathered up her belongings and her
dog and passed in through the gate
posts and wandered up the long drive
on Il tour Of inspection. She walked
through the paths dividing rose beds
until she came to some open windows.
The main entrance hall Of the house
seemed to be hidden away somewhere
amid the tall old trees.
Peg made straight for the open win
dows and walked into the most Won
derful looking room she had ever seen.
Everything in it was old and massive.
1t bespoke centuries gone by in every
detail. Peg held her breath as she
looked around her. Pictures and
tapestries stared at her from the walls.
Beautiful old vases were arranged in
cabinets. The carpet was deep and
soft and stifled all sound. Peg almost
gave an ejaculation of surprise at the
wonders OF the room, when she sud
denly became conscious that she was
not alone in the ROOM, that others were
there and that they were talking.
She looked in the direction the
sounds came from and saw, to her as
constituent, a man with a woman in
his arms. He was speaking to her in
a most ardent amer. They were
partially concealed by some %statuary.
Peg concluded at once that she had
intruded on some marital scene at
which she was not desired. so she in
stantly sat down with her back to
them.
She tried not to listen, but some Of
the words came distinctly to her. Just
as she was becoming very uncomforta-
BILE and had half made up her mind to
leave the and find somewhere
else to wait she suddenly heard herself
addressed and in no uncertain tone of
voice. There We're indignation. sur
prise and anger in Ethels question::
"How long have you been here?"
Peg turned around and saw q strik-