Glacier County chief., 1940-11-15

ary Ills and Trans
forms a WOman's
Character
N TWO PARTS-PART ONE
Mrs, Prescott Smiths daughter
Nd secretary watched her climb
LIN the train, and exchanged a
nok of guilty relief as the door
i,mmed. Their joy, however. was
,smature, Mrs. Prescott-Smith
s;II had some final instructions to
deliver. IN,
ndsome face. surmounted by a for
5sble turban hat, out of the window,
! beckoned to them to come closer.
You'll exercise the dogs before you
IN the village, Mary. I don't like
am taken on the main road. And
M forget the flowers, Miss Cart
,ht will not have time as she is
INC the car to Camberley this aft
tn0n You've got the list, Miss Cart
YES YES Mrs. Prescott-Smith."
4Well don't be any longer than you
hqIp because there IS plenty for
to do at home. And drive carefully
{rye been so long over those notices
the Institute. Mary won't be able
| take them this afternoon as I had
mad but she can call at the rectory
{stead with the parcel I have left in
e hall, and then-what Is 1t, Mary?'
IMyS Prescott-Smith did not like to
Interrupted in full flow of organ
Stion Mary turned red and looked
~ frt on n
| Cambcrley with Miss Cartwright this
EeTnOOr
what for?"
~oh vell-its Just that I've a bit Of
tcpp!nr I'd like to do and thought
n like to- =.
Efr mother looked at her with dis
Isle She often wondered how 1t had
(.ma about that she should have 4
3bugh,er like Mary. A great gawky
feature with a red face and so little
fftja,!ve that If you told her to post
Iiet.er !. was necessary to ask her to
tamp Il. first. She Is not child
k,ber her mother thought. Thirty
Sars old. and not a man has ever
foked at her twice. 1t was not sur
rising.
Aloud she said sharply, ITS exceed
krly inconvenient to suggest that now.
Nm didn't YOU say so before? Can't
LIS Cartwright do your shopping for
ku? What Is 1t that you need so
(rgen,!y? We shall be going in again
Lmcrr0W and you can come with me
hen. particularly want that parcel
leyered at the rectory, and Mary
The whistle blew. Mrs, Prescott
em!th leaned cut further. and shout
y after the receding forms on the
b.ator!u. Don't forget to tell your
Either Her last words were lost IN
be w,ni Something about Mr. Bates,
Mary 'Hought sadly, and tea. If he was
D VS.. hem, or her father was 10
10 % nm she had not been able 10
Itch AID there was no chance her
|a'her pould know. There would be
double
Mrs Prescott Smith settled herself
b The corner and muttered angrLy
trter h,r breath.
The might have had the gumpuoonr
b III. she was saying to NerSeA.
There they stood like dummy figures,
Ind made not the smallest attempt 70
bear wat she was trying to say Il
FaS = msolence. she knew vel!
Enough aow to deal with that, it was
'heer Stupidity. She would have liked
10 knOci their heads together.
That >1rt of stupidity. she said 10
II imaClnary Mary sitting opposite
her comes from lack OF consloera:-
ton. BIT it was not much good say
ng that sort of thing to Mary IN the
lesh She agreed meekly, which lelt
he conversation curiously suspended
70 that YOU had to go on and say a
y!eat deal more than you had meant
70 in the first place. and then She
gept.
Mrs Prescott-Smith moved impa-
iently in her corner seat. Id ike 10
ZEE anybody reduce me to tears, she
bought 1t was extraordinary how PEG
lie cried. Her servants were constantly
\ tears over one thing or announcer
Shen she ran the house. 1t was I'M
possible to keep them. In the end she
lad allowed herself to be persuaded
o leave the housekeeping to her Sec
etary. 1t set her free for more i'm,
,ortant work, as her husband had
,ointed out, and there was no doubt
hat Miss Cartwright managed to staff
ne house and run 1t well after
ashton. 1t was convenient to have one
erson responsible, also, when Things
rent wrong. They could not wriggle out
nd pretend it was somebody else
BUSINESS.
People were astonishingly incompe-
ent, she reflected. At home, in the
tlage, wherever she went it was the
anne thing. You would think they
'ould be grateful to find somebody OF
cal organizing ability among them,
'ho was willing to devote herself to
neir interests. But no. they resented
!; They preferred to muddle along IN
neir own way rather than be shown
low to do things properly.