Glacier County chief., 1940-03-08
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the two upstairs rooms are inhabited
by Mr.. and Mrs. Quickest They don't
use the drawing room or dining room
on the ground floor. The lady house
keeper has the back of the house, Of
to herself"
TREMENDOUSLY
Il hope you will find it so, Fraulein
Jansa. But fear you will sometimes
be lonely, for Mrs. Quicksot lives en-
tirely alone, and her husband spends
an his time in place he had built In
ms M garden working necessarily on his
Luise will never forget her first aft
ernoon and evening in Loyesmere Her
new EMPLOYER, who met her at the
railroad station, was younger than she
expected, and had a thin, haWklike
race As they motored the five miles,
ne SAID scarce word, but as he
slowed down IN the village street he
exclaimed, There is my wife!"
Sure enough, in window of the
mouse which Luise at once recognized
from the description she had had of
~ sat a woman. Her back was toward
me me nght, and she was apparently read
AS they walked in by the side door,
MI; Quickshot observed. II hope you
Will be happy and comfortable here
Fraulein. I am sorry that owing to the
peculiar condition of my wifes health
you will have to sleep on the ground
lioor: but she cannot bear any noise"
By now they were actually in the
mouse, and Luise noticed that to the
lett OF the passage there was a stair
case, while on the right were three
doors. He opened them all one after
another, and Luise saw a small bed
room, a small living room, and finally
a large, roomy kitchen. Her feminine
eyes told her at once that her prede-
ceSsor had been a dirty and slatternly
woman, and feeling Of pity for the
man by her side rose in her heart.
You will only have to look after the
ground floor. and do the little cook
ing my wife and I require. Mrs Quick
sot cannot bear any one near her but
me, so look after her entirely. I spent
my youth in Africa, thus am quite
handy man."
For the first time he smiled. and it
transformed his face making him look
quite human and pleasant
And now I must leave you for l
nave work to do: BY the way, Mrs.
Anderson, the rector's wife, has asked
you to supper tonight. You cannot
mistake the rectory it is next door to
the church"
A pleasant evening followed, for the
rector and Mrs. Anderson were kindly
folk. and when Luise got up to leave,
for fortnight, but 1 hope we shall
see good deal of you later"
She turned to Jack Tenby. Please
escort Fraulein Jansa back to the
Thatched House"
The young man obeyed, and when
they were close to Luise's new home,
he said in low voice, and handing
her visiting card as he did so, Maybe
I ought not to say this. but do not
share Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson's liking
for Mr.. QuickSot. To me there is some
thing curious, strange, and sinister.
about that man. You know that I
come to LoveSmere most weekends, and
you must let me know if at any time
I can do anything for you. Please re-
gard me as friend, Fraulein Jansa."
She murmured a low Thank you,
Mr.. Tenby," and then he left her to
find her own way along the path to
the side door of her new home
To her surprise that door was locked
She rang the bell, and Mr.. Quicksot,
with a lighted candle in his hand, ad-
mitted her silently He did not even
say good night" as he turned and
went upstairs.
fao tllS ny, anu
more did Luise Jansa feel the strange
ness of her position. She felt ever in
creaSingly lonely, and longed for Mrs.
Andersons return to Lovesmere. for
that first evening that she had spent
at the rectory remained in her mind
as her only happy hours since she left
Vienna.
When not with his invalid wife. the
master of the house was in what he
called his workshop, and the house
keeper had orders never to disturb him
for any reason whatever. The only
thing of which he ever talked was his
invention. Then the usual expression
looking face, and he would tell of the
wonderful effect on the world it would
make.
Everyone will fly then! There will
be aerial trains, and the automobile
will become as obsolete as is now the
hanson cab
Sometimes Luise would follow what
he told her with interest. But her mind
did not dwell much on Mr.. Quicksot;
the man to whom she often threw a
grateful thought was Jack Tenby. She
SenSed that he had really meant his
parting words, You know that come
to LoveSmere most weekendS, and you
must let me know if at any time I can
do anything for you. Please regard me
as a friend, Fraulein Jansa."
Carefully she kept the card he had
handed to her: not that she supposed
she would ever need it.
And then the monotony of the
strange life she was leading was
broken, for Mr. Quicksot came into
the kitchen where she spent much of
her time. and explained, Il want you
to go to London and draw some money,
F'raulein! Up to now have had to go
about once month to do SO. but do
not want to leave Mrs Quicksot for
SO long. She is less well than usual"
Luise felt overjoyed at the prospect
of being away from the Thatched House
even for a few hours and. as her face
frightened, he went on, Il shall give
you a letter for the bank-manager,
and YOU will have to take with you my
wife'S power of attorney. The money
you will draw is her money, not mine"