Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-28
CHAPTER TX (continued)

Winnie came 10 dinner, SWllIHSs
and rathsr excited.looking raa
Have you accepted a proposal from
a nice college lad?" .
"Huh!" and Wins head tossed. II
guess you'll open your eyes when 1
tell you what I have accepted"
Tell it out, Angel Child. Relieve
your own impatience."
Well, if Q please. I have accept
! ed the post of social secretary to Mrs.
Randolph Schuyler"
"Winnifred Elizabeth Calhoun! You
+, haven't" d. slA, *
II thought I'd arouse some slight
interest," she said, and she calmly
went on with her dinner.
I looked at Aunt Lucy, who sat
with a. resigned expression, toying
with her unused oyster-fork
"She has done just what she says"
replied Aunt Lucy. But only for q
few days. Miss Crowell@" y
Let, me tell!" interrupted Winnie.
TITS my party! You see. Chef, Edith
Crowell is wild to have the place, and
is going to take lit, but she can't go
until the first Of next week: And she
doesn't want to lose the chance, so !
went over and told Mrs. Schuyler
about it. And then as she WA simply
swamped with letters and kilograms
and telephones and callers, end good
ness knows what all. I Offered to help
her till Edith a get there. And
she was 30 gfateful-oh. I think she
is a darling I v saw anyone !
liked and admired 30 much at first
sight"
she is charming. I conceded,
but what a crazy scheme, Win! How
did you \ persuade Aunt Lucy to
agree?"
bobbed her wise young head, canntly'
1t came to me in a moment. Though
not exactly a tuft hunter, Aunt Lucy
deur and elegance. And it came to me
at once, that Winnie's tales Of the
great house and the aristocrAtic peo-
pie, had a strong influence on our
aunt's views and had brought about
her permission for Win to go there
for a few days. And it was no harm
1t wasn't a Il Winnie were q regular
for Miss Crowell. was simply a kind
deed. .M
And so. after dinner, I settled my
self in our cosy library for q com.
Portable smoke, and babe Winnie tell
me every single thing that had chap
pened through the day.
ooh, it was thrilling" Winnie ex-
claimed: Part Of the time. I was a
the time upstairs in Mrs. schuyler.
very own room. She was 80 kind to
me. but she is nearly distracted and
I don't wonder. The undertakers' me
were in and out, and those two old
maids-his sisters, you know-were
~everlasttngly appearing and disap-
pearing. And they don't like Mrs
SCHUYLER an awful lot, nor she them,
i Nh $hA1ysro .nH1ifn onA all that hut
you can see they're Of totally differ
nj types, I like Mrs. Schuyler heaps
better, but still. there's something
! about the old girls that's the real
thing. They're Schuylers, and also
they're Saltonstalls. and farther back.
I believe they're Cabots or some
And Mrs Schuyler. what is she?"
1 asked, as win paused for breath.
II don't know. Nothing particular.
I guess. Oh. yes, I learned her name
was Ellison before she was married,
but the sisters don't consult her about
family matters at all They do about
clothes, though. And she knows q lot.
Why. Chess, she's having the loveliest
and the sisters, they ask her about
everything they order-to wear, ]
mean. And. just think! Mrs. Schuyler
never wears any jewels but pearls.
It's a whim, you know, or 1t was her
husbands within, or something, but
anyway. she has ocean Of pearls, and
no other gems, ~ ALL"
did she tell you so!"
Yes; sbut It came in the convsrsa,
ton. you know. She is no boasteY. No
stree! She's the modestesta sgentles,
sweetest little lady ] ever saw. I Just
love her! Well, I answered a lot OF
letters for her. and she liked the way
I did It, and she liked: ms. I gNess. Tor
she said she only hoped Mtesscrowell
would suit her as well I
".She knows you're my sister,"
"Of course. But that isn't why she
likes me, old bunch. Of conceit.
Though. I must admit, she likes you,
Chef. She saiu you were not only kind,
but you have q fair amount Of intel
ligence-no,, she. didn't use those
words. exactly, but I gathered that
was what she:meant. The funeral is
to be tomorrow evening. you know. !
tiers tended to II mostly"
| Was there much said about
| about the actual 3caSeLWinnie ~
You mean about the murder p
| Wins cl4ar 7syes didn't blink at the
word; mo. not much In my hearing.
but Mrs. SCHUYLER wasn't in the room
Ill the llMJ9.4 !. KNOW MT. SxOHuey
isn't he the detective was there
once, and I think, twice."
Ibid you anyone else 2"
"'Only some of the servants. Mrs.
Schuylerss own maid, her name u
Ttbbe1f1, II the sort you read about in
Ene1tAh novels. "A nice, motheTly
masr,W with - hair and. black
siik apron. liked her, but he maid
| didn't ike her 10 well. /,
Never mind tina maids. toll me
more about Nrs. Schuyler. Goes she
think vicky Van killed Mr.. Gchuylerf
Since you're IN this thing - fdSsp
Win, there's % use mineing matSers.''
y should ~ not! -. Of eeirse.
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