Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-22
Copyright: 1885: BY Ann Bridge)
IN TWO PARTs-PART TWO


Everything was difficult even at the
Haupt Post-Bureau. There Mrs. Nor
gan James found herself in q large hall
dOWs OF boxoffices, each with q legend
above them; she wandered round
slowly Qor she was very tired after
her long journey from LsoIidon), read
ing the legends, but none said ''Poste
Restante." It was several years since
Mrs. Morgan James had been In Ger
many and she did not realize how COM
pletely the language had been purged
of French words; 1t took her some
time to discover that the window she
wanted was labeled Brief -lagernde
queue she found she must show her
passport before she could get her letters
There were two, and both were dis
appointing. One was from Anna Sattel
but while 1t contained the warmest
expressions OF affection and regret and
explained the serious nature of her
mothers illness, it held out no hope of
a return. There was clearly no use ia
waiting at Munich on her account. The
other was from her son, her only and
much loved son, Morgan. Morgan was
settled in Europe; he had been in
Spain on business when she came over
and he had promised to come and
meet her at Heidelberg as soon as he
was through" But he wrote now to
say that this would be impossible,
business" called him back to London
and would keep him there for some
weeks. Middle aged as she was, the
angry tears started to Mrs. James
eyes as she read this. BuSinessl How
could he lie so to her? II was that Lady
WitIey-she had read only a few days
back in the papers of her return from
South Africa to her London house.
It was when she had read these let
ters second time, sitting in her
room at the hotel, that she rang the
bell which summoned Trude. There
was nothing to stay in Munich for, and
nothing in particular to go on any
where else for, she thought sadly; all
those registered marks which she had
got with so much trouble, making her
bank procure double the usual allow
ance so as to entertain Morgan royal
ly, were now useless. Meanwhile, she
was so, so tired, the immediate thing
was to have q light dinner and get to
bed. She liked a glass of cold milk
to sip last thing at night, so she rang
the bell and ordered it. 'Ein glas katie
milch," she said in her careful Ger
man. She noticed that the maid, neat
and pretty, had a curiously discomfort
the order. 1t wasn't, Mrs. Morgan
James thought YEARLY, at all pleas
ant hotel. But perhaps her dinner
would restore her a bit.
It didn't. The menu was all in Ger
man and she had great difficulty In
finding out what the dishes consisted
Of; the service was slow and to her
frayed nerves seemed casual and re-
luctant. 1t was with a weary sense OF
relief that she went upstairs again,
hungry as she still was. Now she would
nave bath and then go to bed
there, with her cake Of chocolate, her
milk and her book she would get some
aOurishment that she could fancy, and
oeace and rest. All through her bath
and her rather elaborate night toilet,
the looked forward to that glass of
milk which was awaiting her beside her
When she had got into bed, arranged
he light and the pillows, put on her
'pectacles and opened her book, she
Jut out her hand and lifting the glass,
frank. Pewghl In sheer disgust she
pat the mouthful back into the
umbler. 1t was boiled, full of floating
fragments of skin; she had had them
n her mouth; they made her feel sick.
This was too muchl Angrily she rang
Ter bell. They could not even give one
simple thing like 8 glass of milk in
his odious hotell
Trude appeared. Mrs. Morgan James
aboriousiy and Indignantly demanded
mother glass of milk She had ordered
old miIk-this was cooked milk. 1T is
old" said Trude, putting her hand to
he tumbler with a strange, almost
ovetous, and by no means respectful,
Expression on her face.
Yes, but it was gekocht, Mrs. Nor
an James said irTitably, and to show
hat it was not fresh-what was the
serman word for fresh?-she dipped
er finger into the glass and brought
D a clinging fragment Of skin. Exc
81" she said Indignantly word
Dr. disgusting she did remember.
To her establishment the chamber
laid struck her hand away from the
lass. "At least do not touch it, then
theirs can drink itlD she said furious