The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-02
The House
On the Hill
By PAULINE D. EDWARDS

A girl was pacing the hall or coun-
try house impatienty. Presently she
stopped and called:
Come, Molly; the autos waiting"
.All right, Imogen; I'll be with you
as soon as can tie on my veil. Have
you your goggles"
Goggles? No! Do you suppose |
would make myself hideous by wear
ing such things"
Imogen 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 60 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, somewhat
difficult feat to perform. The two got
into the auto, and the machine chug-
ged down the driveway to the cato.
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 a couple of hours
and were some thirty miles from home.
Then one of the tires subsidized and
let the wheel TO which ii belonged
down on to the ground.
tniY al "a
shall we do?"
There's a shed or stable or some
thing over there; let's go over and see
IL 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 a man in over
ais tinkering with an automobile.
"Oh, how fortunate!" exclaimed Mol
ly. ITS 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 matteri'
The man left his work, went with
them to their auto, inspected the wheel
and said:
Its not a case OF puncture. There $
rip In the tire
"Oh. DEAR Exclaimed Imogen. "Can
1t be flIed?'
Not here haven't the tools"
What shall we do?"
"I'Il put enough wind In It to get
your machine into my garage, and
there 1t must be left till you can get
another tire. | see you have no 'ex-
ira"
The man managed after much diff
Guilty to get the auto into the garage
Then be said to them:
II 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
Yes. Please wait TIL I go to the
house and get of these overslls Ill
be back in q moment"
He went up byroad and disappear.
ed The two girls occupied themselves
looking at an imposing mansion on the
top of a hill at the foot OF which they
waited
That's a fine house" said Imogen.
81 wouldn't mind being at the head OF
that house-that is, IL had husband
to be-
cat the foot supplied Molly.
In a few moments the man returned
in chauffeur costume.
Il should think you'd be hungry"
he said. ITS 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 house
they had been admirtng, and get
something TO eat. It's not yet opened
for the season, but l think you'll find
something TO stay your appetite"
What a beautiful site for a hotel"
exclaimed Imogen. We thought 1t
private house"
They climbed the hui, 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 delicious
luncheon was served. On attempting
to paw for II the maid said that there
was no one in the house TO receive
cash and they would have to pay an
other time.
"We1l leave It with the man at the
garage down there" said lmogen.
Yes, 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