The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-15
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4 ont of his car to speak to her. she
| led in a roundabout fashion TO the
| subject of The Moat and its inmates
81 hear that queer old place has
| got some new tenants. lave you
| been called in professionally?
DR.. Barlow shook his head. lie
| was stroking the near pony ana al
miring both animals warmly.
mo. AS a matter of fact, I don't
| know ANYTHING about these people. 1
| was told the other day in the village
that somebody was i'll in the Old
| house, but perhaps it was only Cos
| sin. You know what the village u.s.
| Mrs. Northwood. They are only too
| glad TO have some new subject to
| discuss. and these people have afford
| ed a good lea Of matter for gossip
and talk
You must come and dine with
me-" said Mrs. Northwood. Choose
your w night shall be here for
a week at least"
After she had parted from DIR.
Barlow, Mrs. Northwood drove on
! and then skirted the village where
| the p~ostofice was and made her way
by another road in the direction of
| The Moat, which lay, as has beer
described, a little way out of the vii
lage.
She was stopped o than once
on her morning drive, or pulled up
to speak to one Of her pensioners.
And at one old cottage by the road
| side. she sat forward M beckoned
to a girl whom she caught sight OF
| hanging out some clothes on a line.
The girl hurried forward, wiping
her damp hands on her apron. She
made a little curtsy as she APP
preached the pony carriage.
"Well, Kitty, and how is your
grandmother? Is her rheumatism
any better?" .
In a shy fashion, the girl gave an
account of the old oma with whom
she had lived and had brought her
up.
And then Mrs. Northwood asked
after her sister Ellen. And as they
were speaking, a trim, neat looking
elder girl came out of the cottage.
She too made a curtsy to Mrs. North
wood.
The two girls belonged to a family
in which Mrs. Northwood's husband
had been very interested, and she
now made the suggestion to the
elder girl that she should come into
her service.
The girl grew very red in the face.
sant. --,of1,a, - che cold at am Cn
sorry-I should just love to work for
you-but I've taken on a situation
1 am going to it tonight"
"Oh, that's all right said Mrs.
Northwood. I'm very glad you
have a situation. Where is it,
ELEM"
Its at The Moat, ma'am. I'm
to be a housemaid, and to do a little
waiting for the lady. You see. l
want to be a lady's maid, and
thought this would be a good way to
begin. I'm to have good wages, and
Grannie thought as 1 had been long
enough with farmer folk it would be
q rise to be with gentry. OF course,
if we had known!i ,1I-}r
We'll, YOU must let me know how
you get on" said Mrs. Northwood.
You know l am always very inter-
ested in all your family. 1 am so
glad to have such good news of
your grandmother, and to know that
your two brothers are doing so well"
"Oh, Ben's got a rare fine job out
in Canada. And George-well, you
know, ma'am. how fond he was of
horses-so he is in the right place
with MI. Wallis, the vet. You won't
be coming in to see Grannie, will
you?''
mot this morning, but o might
take in that basket. / had it packed
for her. There are some little odds
and ends which may tempt her to
eat. Tell her / will come and have a
good long talk with her before / go
back TO London" She was just
driving away when she pulled up
again.. How did you get this situa-
ton? Who engaged your"
NEXT CHAPTER; DIR. Julian re-
turns.