Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-22

eyes blazing with anger In her small
/ white face.
For a moment the older woman was
almost too startled to speak. Then she
became very angry. This was lntoier-
{ able. Since the moment she arrived she
had felt that she was being III served
treated with scanty consideration ~
the Bismarckhof-but that servant
should now strike heri She rang the
bell, three loud peals-the summons
for the boots-and sent for the mani
ager. Leave the rooml" she ordered
Trude, Leave the glassl" when the
maid made q movement 70 take II.
There was some delay In producing the
manager, which only added to MRS.
Morgan James wrath, but she was IN
sistent and eventually he came. The
manager spoke English and Mrs. Nor
gan James fairly let herself go.
The manager was frightened. This
looked like being a tireSome affair.
Apologizing, promising to investigate,
he withdrew. He sent for Trude, he
sent for die Ritter. Trude denied hav-
ing done more than push" the lady's
hand; she apologized: finally she wept.
Die Ritter, in q private consultation,
said that the maid Gertler was hot
tempered, not very respectful. and fire.
quently late, she would be no loss. he
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trembling now after her fit Of passion,
in the service roon-sent down after
him to his office where he handed her
months wages in lieu Of notice and
dismissed her on the spot Her face
made his quite uncomfortable-she put
her hand over her mouth and stood
there, her eyes staring at him over her
hand. ''Not-dismissed? she said at
last. mot me? Not foi that? For a
kf.fg T4gsralF-
tor" she almost sprang towards him
with q sort Of anguished energy, g.
what about my Lilli?"
Herr Heinz knew nothing about Lii.
He put her hands-she was touching
his coat sleeve now-aside; really she
was a very uncontrolled sort Of per-
sonl-and told her to go without max
ing q fuss or he should send for the
police. And at that she collapsed and
went.
When Mrs. Morgan James. was for
n1ally told by the management next
morning that the peccant chamber
maid had been dismissed and that
they hoped that the unfortunate Incl
dent might now be regarded as closed,
she was rather upset. She tried to-
argue with herself that the maid had
behaved most improperly, and anyhow
they we're always told that there was
no unemployment now in Germany.
But she could not get the matter out
Of her mind, All day, during her rather
aimleSS sightseeing, the picture OF the
little white faced chambermaid kept
coming up before her eyes The woman
had looked underfed, almost i'll, with
that same look Of fatigue and strain
which today she was noticing on al
most every woman's face in the street.
Had that maid also had, like herself
some personal anxiety or distress which
had set her nerves on edge? 1t was a
most disquieting thought. BY the after (
noon the thing was 50 much on MRS. E
James mind that she almost began to /
feel that, humtliating as u would be, (
she would have to make inquiries on
her return to the hotel into the maids
But finding herself sud-
denly at one end Of the Sendlinger-
Strasse, she remembered that that was
where the ASam-Kapelle was, that
strange mixture of Gothic and baroque
which Morgan, in an earlier letter,
had said that she must certainly not
fail to see. And under an impulse OF
maternal piety-so much stronger to-
day, at least than filial piety-she set
off to find 1t.
The Asam-Kapelle is certainly well
worth seeing, though it Is not every
oody's taste. To the street it presents
q dark, sober and quite inconspicuous
front of smoke grimed Gothic. But in
side Il has been turned into a sort Of
oval cavern of gilt baroque-golden fig
Mes, wreaths, flowers and urns sprawl
Ill over the walls and most Of the cell
ng, in a turgid gilded confusion.
Mrs Morgan James, having passed
through the doors Of the inner porch
and pushed aside the heavy leather
found herself in this aston.
shing place. It was already dusk and
he lamps and tapers were lit. The
voice Of the priest and sea-hke muir
nur OF response from the congregation
'ose and fell in lternation-Mrs. Nor
ran James realized that they must be
Getting the Litany. She moved noise
essly into pew and sat down. Her
was simply to wait till the
ervice was over and she could ex-
mime the church at leisure, but while
he sat there this purpose gradually
ost its importance and presently faded
way. A vague sense Of peace welled up
n her, her diSapp0 intment, her vexa-
ion, her sorrow over her beloved Nor
IAN, even, all seemed smaller, less inn
,ortant, in this quiet place full Of the
ound Of prayer; a warm feeling, a sort
# happy benevoIence overcarne her.
firmly she resolved TO face the mortifi-
alton of making representations about
ne maid 70 the 0OJel &utNoTlLleS. NO
onger impatient for the service to be
yer, she waited quietly till the end.
after the blessing some sort Of lesson
r sermon began and most Of the con-
regation remained. Mrs. Morgan
ames, however, stole quietly out Be-
ond the leather curtains In the inner
orch something rubbed against her
kirtS, she saw that it was dog,
mall, ancient plebian black and brown
og, which shifted at her with ami
BILE injury She stopped to pat 1t and
ddressed it gently, You can't go in
here" she told it. While she was talk
lg to the little dog an old woman
anne out into the porch holding black
nawl over her head with work rough
ned hands. The little dog ran up to
er and she, too, stopped to pat it,
milling little as she did so ct Mrs.
ames
Il wonder If it is lost or II its owner
inside" Mrs. James said In her new
)und mood of benevolence to the
ranger, its trying TO go in"
Zach nein, he never tries to 60 ia"
Aid the old woman fOndlinQ him