Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-04-19
The House
On the EHill
By PAULINE d. EDWARDS

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| Come, Molly; the autos waiting"
"All right, Imogen; I'll be with you
| as soon as l can tie on my veil. Have
you your gogglesT"
Goggles? No! Do you suppose
| would make myself hideous by wear
ing such things!"
1mogen went out to the piazza. where
at the foot Of the steps the automo-
bile was waiting, and said to the chauf-
| feur:
You needn't go today, William. I'm
going to drive myself"
Yes, MISS
rs everything all right?"
Yes, miss"
Come, Molly; let's be off,"
Molly came hurrying out, trying to
adjust a veil and pull ON pair of
| gloves at the same time, a somewhat
difficult feat to perform. The two got
| into the auto, and the machine chug-
ged down the driveway to the gate.
1t was a mild spring morning. and the
roads were fine. Imogen was quite
an expert driver, and there was moth
ing to mar the pleasure of the trip till
they had been out couple of hours
and We're some thirty miles from home.
Then one of the tires subsided and
let the wheel to which 1t belonged
down on to the ground.
"Oh, dear!" exclaimed Molly. what
shall we do?"
There's shed or stable or some
thing over there; let's go over and see
if we can get any help"
Having placed the auto on the side
Of the road, they both walked the hun.
dred yards that separated them from
the house and found man in over
alls tinkering with an automobile.
"Oh, how fortunate!' exclaimed Mol
ly. Its a garage"
We've got puncture or some
thing" said Imogen to the man. "We've
left our auto out there in the road.
Would you mind coming out to see
what's the matter?"
The man left his work, went with
them to their auto, inspected the wheel
and said:
Its not case of puncture. There's
rip in the tire
"Oh, dear" exclaimed Imogen. "Can
1t be fixed?"
mot here. haven't the TOOLS"
"What shall we do?"
I'll put enough wind in it to get
your machine into my garage, and
there it must be left till you can get
another tire see you have no 'ex-
tra.'"
The man managed after much diff
Guilty to get the auto into the garage.
Then he said to them:
Il will take You to your home, and
you can send some one out with an
extra tire to take your auto back"
"Do you think that's the only thing
to dor
Eyes. Please wait till 60 to the
house and get off these overalls. I'll
be back in moment"
He went up byroad and disappear
ed. The two girls occupied themselves
looking at an imposing mansion on the
waited.
"That's fine house," said Imogen.
"I wouldn't mind being at the head Of
that house-that is, If had husband
to be-
"At the foot" supplied Molly.
In few moments the man returned
in chauffeur costume.
81 should think you'd be hungry"
he said. "It's past lunch time, and
you'll not get home before 3 o'clock.
Perhaps you'd better go up to that
summer hotel" pointing to the hous Z
they had been admiring, "and get
something to eat. It's not yet opened
for the season. but 1 think you'll find
| something to stay your appetite"
"What beautiful site for a hotel!"
| exclaimed Imogen. 'We thought it a
private house"
They climbed the hill, were admit
ted by a maid in white and black uni
form and shown into a dining room
having none of the appearance Of one
| belonging to hotel. There a delicious
luncheon was served. On attempting
/ to pay for it the maid said that there
was no one in the house to receive
cash and they would have to pay an
other time.
| We'll leave 1t with the man at the
garage down there" said Imogen.
Eyes, miss" the girl assented.
Returning to the garage, they found
the man waiting for them with an
auto ready. They entered it and start.
ed for home. On the way home the
chauffeur became more communicative
and 1mogen remarked sotto voce to
Molly that he used very good language
for an auto tinker. When they reach.
ed the house Imogen took out her pock.
etbook, asking him how much his
charges would be, including the lunch
con.
The chauffeur replied that there was
no charge for the ride; on the con
trary. he had been much honored. As
for the luncheon. he owned the house
in which they had lunched, and in this
too. they had honored him.
The girls looked at each other Ii