Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-11

Wnetner It was the kindly act of
death in gliding virtues and glossng
faults, or whether Celeste was moved
by the sentiment that there could be
none of the same recriminations nor
the same reconciliations in the ru-
ture, she declared with fearful m
phasts to h sergeant that never. be-
o r had any servants had such a
good and kind mistress. There never
had been such another. She was al
ways SO gay, which was for the most
part true; never put out. which was
grossly far from the fact: she had
never received anything but kindness
from her-so forth and. 50 on. IN
More friend than Mistress" Crisp-
suggested tactfully during 4. momen-
tary pause in which. Celeste wiped
her eye with what the detective
deemed a very fine handkerchief for
a woman in her position :,
Exactly, monsieur"-the idea pro-
PEELED Celeste on a new current Of
praise and exposition. There was
nothing that milady did which she did
not confide to Celeste" and so on.
Sergeant Crisp may have privately
doubted whether milady was likely
to have been SO extremely indiscreet,
the maid. He said. instead that he
understood her to have been devoted
to Sir Ralph.
But yes'@Caeste was OF again.
Mi'ady was an angel. OF course, Sir
Ralph. everyone thought him such a
good, kind gentleman, but he was a
great deal, OH, many years, older than
muady. He could not help that, Ce-
leste admitted, but milady-!. Ce-
leste interpreted her commentator
with a large number Of Isl gentile6,"
&c 1nIInE !" ~ on -~,r~ -.
impression that in her opinion. kind
gentleman though Sir Ralph was re-
puted to be. he was very tar from be-
ing good enough for her ladyahip. In
deed. Celeste seemed to have cons4d-
cred him rather to blame that he did
not realize this inferiority for him
self, that he did not recognize that it
was only right and proper that a lady
of milady's charms and youth should
partnership of always the same per-
son." as Celeste put 1t, with an .uncon-
scious condemnation Of monogamy of
which Crisp was able to perceive the
humor.
"Oh, then. Sir Ralph objected to
them sometimes, did he-to all these
young men who anne about the
house?~
"Oh, we'll, 'obiected!"-Celeste
"S~AN aV O0 O0xk0 sure dVOUS lllc
objected" She did not quite know
what the word meant, but Sir Ralph
would look-oh, yes. he would look.
He would look and not speak, no, he
would not speak, he would not Jake
his part and be gay: he would be Cd
lent And he would look. Monsieur
knew how much might be expressed
by the eyes. And Celeste turned her
own, which were very expressive, as
II. by way Of demonstration, truly
ocular, full blaze into the little acute
gray eyeS Of monsieur, as she spoke.
The sergenat replied that he un-
derstood fully; and then with what
might ave seemed irrelevance, asked
incidentally IL 1t were not true that
her ladyship was extremely fond Of
dogs
droll ideal" A ripple Of high-pitch-
ed Gallie laughter came from the
woman % II she found the suggestion
exceedingly humorous. Why, miiady
had them in horror as indeed had Ce-
leste herself. For her part she de-
tested them. II It was VI now-ah,
q cat!
ceiste went 0 n into a brief
panegyrc on the engaging, graceful,
Crisp mentally ~contr2sted this view
hed in common by maid and mistress
of Our canine friends with the asidu-
Gus petdng, on the part Of the maid
more especially OF the keepers dog,
Ranger. ~ described to him by Live
say. To Ay the least, It was very
curious
When the French woman came to
an end Of her recital Of the feline vir-
tues. Sargeant Crisp led her back to
the previous question by asking her
whether there WAS anyone OF the
young men who caIne about the house
30 much for whom her ladyship had
shown any particular preference. Was
st the same with ali OF them or was
there one In eGpec1Alr
All, well. theFo was one. Celeste
Aid. But did msnA4eur think that
no ought 70 ay9 she, who was %
M mi.adys confidencs7 Would * be.
lr4ehtr
Monsieur. appaalsd to. declared
warmly that Celcstsis high oenso ..of
honor aid her the GREATEST credit; that
~ her Iadysfhip were stu aHvS he
would n~ctsSusgsst for msnsnt .that