Heppner herald., February 20, 1923, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5

Tuesday, February 20, 1923
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
PAGE FIVE
M 1 1 f F M I H
rr IS DIFFICULT
to imagine any
thing more fasci
nating than our
new serial story
The
Joy of
Living
By
Sidney Cowing
(Continued from page three)
no time to get here except by ear
I know he has to catch the ten o'clock
mail train from Seabridge. He'll have
to take the carriage there and start
early, too."
Billy emitted a stifled noise.
"It's all to save Dad pain and
worry," said Aimee complacently.
"One must consider one's parents.
Kever do to have him coming here Just
now."
"Great Christopher!" said Billy.
"But that doesn't explain how"
"I'm coming to that. I made a cir
cuit through the Home wood to the
cottage where Amy Snooks lives with
her old grandmother. I tacked up and
down in the offing till I saw grand-
)
amma toddle away on her usual af-
r-dinner visit to the woodcutter's
wife, and I nipped Indoors to have It
out with my dear old Snooks. I found
her packing for Jervaulx, and I told
her what I wanted her to do.
"Amy Snooks is what you call stolid,
and I've broken her in very well but
I'm bound to say she was absolutely
paralyzed this time. But she surren
dered, before I'd done with her. She
just came to heel. It may surprise
you, Billy, but she simply adores me.
Amy never refused me anything in
her life.
"Having melted her into flexible con
dition, I borrowed one of her print
dresses (she hadn't another black
one) and her second-best coat, and did
my hair like hers. I'm Jolly good at
doing hair.
"To cut it short, I cleared out and
tramped across country to Pilbjook
station and took the afternoon train.
Amy joined It with her two tin boxes
at Burnt Ash, and I got Into her car
riage at the next stop. I gave her all
the money I hail, and made her go on
to Seabrldge with one of the boxes.
She'll get herself lodgings there and
have a good time till further orders
she can last a week, anyhow. I took
the other box and came on here. And
now, partner what about it? Wasn't
it a brain-wave?"
Billy took off his cap and made dis
order of his honey-colored hair.
"You mean to tell me.," he said diz
zily, "that girl fell for It just because
you told her to?"
"Ah, you don't understand the
feudal spirit," said Almee complacent
ly. "There have been Snooks In the
Home wood ever since there were
Scroopes In Scroope Towers. They
help each other. When Amy and I
were kids and went birds-nesting, she
was always underneath when I fell
out of the tree. She has irregular
features, but a heart of gold. And, by
the way, of course Aunt Erythea has
never seen Amy she engaged her on
Pad's recommendation."
"But she's seen you !" exclaimed
Billy, "when you crashed the Sphinx
Into her carriage."
'Only for half a second. She's blind
as a bat. She'll never know me. Isn't
it great, Billy?"
He looked at her thoughtfully.
"Great Caesar's ghost !" he said, ex
plosively, "it is ! You're right. The
last place on earth those fool police
3
ould ever find you or look for you,
the house where the burglary Imp
lied. It's better than the cave, any
way, loull be right under my eye;
and among your own folk In case real
trouble came. But "
"But what?"
"Why, you can't do it! You, par
lormaid to Lady Erythea? It's the
acid test ! Partner, you could never
get away with It."
Aimee regarded him pityingly.
"Billy, I may not know anything
about men," she said, "but you
kjiflffi lesa than. jiothjn about
SELF INTEREST, HVMAN
SYMPATHY, DEMANDS
BACKING FARMER
The Condon Globe-Times re
prints the letter from a farmer's wife
which appeared in the Heppn,er Her
ald last week and comments on the
5
,iatter thusly:
Complaint is probably justified
in Morrow county at least. The bus
iness men of Conlon and other Gil
liam county towns should see to it
that such complaint is not justified
in this county. TI13 problems of the
Tarruer can be polved best by the far
mer himsrlf. But that is no reason
why bu!-iri-'f.3 nun. wlw.se prosperity
depends upon that of the farmer,
should not s-how interest in farm
problems and farm meetings, by at
tending these meetings and giving
thought to problems the farmer is
attempting to solve. Self interest,
as well as friendly human sympathy,
demands this of every business man
in farming communities."
; Advertise It in the Herald.
women. There Isn'f the woman
living, from six years old upwards,
that isn't a born actress, when she hag
-If 1 II
"The Young Person, My Lady," Said
Mr. Tarbeaux Softly.
to be. Most of us are acting all day
and every day whether you guess it
or not. I don't do that myself that's
why you and I get on. But I can! I
can get away with it, Billy!"
He put on his cap with a bang.
"Then let's get on !" he gasped.
"There's nothing else for it now. The
boats are burned. Away for Jervaulx !"
He leaned over and opened the rear
door of the car. "Jump down, part
ner, and get In behind."
"I sha'n't! What for?"
"Get down, I tell you," said Billy,
sternly. "I've been warned about this
If I'm seen talking to parlor maids 1
get fired. In with you !"
Almee obeyed like a lamb.
"Thii lias got my nerve," groaned
Billy, as he let in the clutch. "Here's
where we get ours."
He drove at a furious pace till, turn
ing into the park he approached the
abbey and drew up at the side en
trance. The door stood open, anil Mr.
Tarbeaux, seeing the car, came out as
Amy descended.
"Miss Snooks?" he asked patroniz
ingly. "Yes," said Aimee shyly.
Mr. Tarbeaux stared. In spite of the
screwed hair and the print skirt, he
had never seen such a vision of
beauty at Jervaulx.
"Her ladyship wished to see you Im
mediately you arrived. This way."
He strode before her through the
corridor Into the great hall, past the
suit of armor with which he had col
lided In the gloom of the past dread
ful night. Now, however, Mr. Tar
beaus was himself again. There was
a gleam of appreciation In his somber
eyes.
He opened the door of the wide
South room, where Lady Erythea sat
erect before the lire, knilting. She
did not turn her head.
"The young person, my lady," said
Mr. Tarbeaux softly.
CHAPTER XV
Exposed.
Lady Erythea laid aside her knit
ting, and picking up a lorgnette, In
spoofed the new parlor maid with Icy
deliberation. Aimee, though present
ing an unmoved front, trembled In
wardly. There was a faint chance
that her aunt might recognize the fe
male cyclist. Lady Erythea's Hps
tightened to a thin line.
"I was given to understand," she
said In the voice of counsel for the
prosecution, "that you were consider
ably less prepossessing in appearance
than I find you."
"Yes, m' lady," said Aimee meekly.
"H'm !" said Lady Erythea.
The lorgnette continued to direct It
self at the parlormaid's face.
"Kenllv. Anthony should wear
stronger glasses," muttered Lady
Erythea. The neatness of the girl,
however, her demure air, and the hid
eous manner In which her hair was
dressed, diluted her ladyship's disap
proval a little.
"I need not examine you as to your
capacity for your duties, or your char
acter. These have been vouched for
by Lord Scroope. My housekeeper will
Instruct you in the rules of the estab
llshment, which all my domestics are
required to keep rigidly. There Is,
however, one warning, that I.mnst give
you."
She wai Interrupted by the arrival
of the butler with a telegram. Lady
Erythea opened It; Its message was
not unwelcome to her.
"Car broken down. Regret Impos
sible arrive Jervaulx. No time. Must
leave for Closemlnster tonight.
"ANTHONY."
"There Is no answer," she said to
the butler. "Lord Scroope Is prevent
ed from coming. Cancel the orders I
gave you regarding his arrival."
"Very good, my lady."
Aimee's he::rt leaped with joy. But
her face remained unmoved. She con
tinued to look demurely at the carpet.
"I was about to warn you," said
Lady Erythea, "that your predecessor
was discharged at a moment's notice
for allowing one of my menservants
to make advances to her of an ama
tory nature."
"I don't understand, my lady," said
Almee faintly.
"She permitted," said Lady Erythea
PPlJt "my chauffeur to kiss her."
The startled ioo'k of horror and dis
gust which Aimee's features respect
fully expressed, carried conviction
even to Lady Erythea's mind.
'It is an unpleasant subject," said
her ladyship, "which I should have
wished to spare myself mentioning to
you. It was necessary, however, to
clear the ground. I hope to hear good
reports of you. You may go to the
servants' hall."
Aimee bobbed to her mistress, and
left the room quietly. Outside she
found Mr. Tarbeaux waiting for her.
Everything depends on the angle from
which one regards so supreme a person
as the butler. The new parlor maid
looked at him timidly. Mr. Tarbeaux,
with an air of mingled satisfaction and
apprehension, conducted her to the
women-servants' hall. The housekeep
er was absent.
At Jervaulx the male and female
servants were segregated In separate
apartments for meals. Mr. Tarbeaux
took his charge to a room next the
vast kitchens, where a meat tea was
in progress, presided over by a cook
of vast adiposity. The pageboy was
the only male in the room. Mr. Tar
beaux presented the newcomer in
form.
"Ladies," he said gravely, "Miss
Amy Snooks. Late of Scroope Tow
ers." And took his leave.
Aimee said "good-evening" shyly,
and seated herself. It occurred to her
thut she had never seen so many plain
women gathered at one table. With
the exception of the cook, they were
all angular and scraggy. Pulling her
self together with an effort, Almee
took a generous mouthful from n slice
of thick bread and butter. The fewer
words the better, until she knew her
ground. She seemed to detect an air
of faint hostility in the others.
"What's the feedin' like at Scroope?"
askd an elderly housemaid opposite
her, in a hollows-voice.
"They fare pretty good," said Aimee,
with her mouth full of bread and but
ter, "but the place Is dull. I been at
home some time."
"You won't be 'ere long," said the
pageboy regretfully, neglecting his tea
to stare at her.
"Why not?" said Almee with some
pertness.
"You're a sight too good-lookin'," re
plied the page gloomily.
"Albert !" said the cook with aus
terity, "pass this cup 0' tea an' don't
talk rubbish!"
Aimee took refuge behind her stone
ware teacup. She was aware of a
crossfire of glances, so sour and side
long, that the very milk seemed to
curdle in sympathy.
The morning sun, full of the prom
ise of a fair day, shone through the
windows of the long drawing room.
Aimee, in a snow-white cap and apron,
was wielding a feather brush among
priceless knick-knacks. Her manner
of dusting was desultory.
"I wander how long I can stick It?"
she murmured in despondent tones. A
Watteau shepherdess escaped destruc
tion by a miracle.
"In all my life I never saw such a
lot of frumps. And the taste It leaves
In one's mouth it's awful. It's all
very well sitting tight and saying
nothing. I shall break out I know I
shall, unless I can see Billy soon."
She observed a large photograph of
the Rev. and Hon. Alexander Lnmbe,
In an ornate silver frame, standing on
a table. Aimee recognized the por
trait, and flicked at it viciously with
the feather brush. She miscalculated,
the portrait crashed on to the floor.
When she picked it up the glass was
shattered.
"That's torn it. All breakages come
off my wages. I wish it had been his
silly face!"
At that moment Miss Georgina Per
nors entered by one of the French win
dows. She was aware of a slimmer and
more youthful figure than any she had
yet seen in the household. Georgina
made a point of always being civil to
her hostess' servants.
"Are you the new parlor maid?" she
said amiably.
Almee turned and faced her.
"1 Julio, Georgie!" she exclaimed.
Georgina, during the last three days,
had suffered more than any placid soul
should be called upon to endure. She
stared wildly for a moment at the slim
form In the cap and apron. Georgina
hnd arrived at the breaking-point. She
collapsed backwards Into an arm
chair; a series of shrill whoops came
from her; her hands beat the air.
"Georgina !" cried her cousin In a
panic. "For pity's sake don't do that.
You'll give the whole show away!"
"Honk! Honk! Honk!" said Georg
ina. Aimee had once heard a physician
declare that symvut'iy rn-l kindness
merely made hysterics worse. It was
time to change the treatment. She
grabbed her cousin by the shoulders.
"Shut up that beastly row !" suld
Almee fiercely, shaking her till her
teeth rattled. "Stop It! Do you want
to get me handcuffed and put In the
cells? Idiot!"
Georgina gasped, choked, and sat
np. She clung to her cousin desper
ately.
"I will be quiet. I will," she said
fah.tly. "Wh-wl.a-what does it mean,
Ai:::ie? Vi.;.-r
"Try to behave like a reasonable be
in;, and I'll tell you."
"Yes, yes! I'm better now, dear."
Aimee inspected her and, judging
the danger to be past, kissed her af
fectionately. After a cautious gl"ice
at the windows she proceeded, as Billy
would have phrased It, to put her
cousin wise.
Georgina, having heard her to the
end, pressed both hands pathetically
to the sides of her head.
"And you're, living In tbe servants'
hall?" she said" feebfy.
"It's no catch, I can tell you,
Georgie. But one mustn't grumble.
Billy's living at the garage In a green
uniform with brass buttons."
"Thut that extraordinarily good
looking young chauffeur?" said Georg
ina, staring at her. "Then he is "
"Now don't get sentimental," said
Almee warningly. "Y'es, he is not bad
looking, is he? Billy's great. If it
hadn't been for him " she checked
herself. "Don't you see what an ex
cellent arrangement It is, my being
here in spite of the little draw
backs?" Georgina gave a sigh positively of
relief.
"It's better than having you wan
dering about the country, getting Into
all sorts of horrible scrapes. It will
have to come out soon, and then Lady
Erythea"
"Yes, yes. Never mind Aunt. What
I want you to do, Georgie, is this oh,
bother ! Look out !"
Aimee seized her brush and, 'darting
to the sideboard, began dusting busily.
A step was heard on the gravel, and
Mr. Alexander Lambe entered by the
window.
"Cousin Aimee, you are looking
pale," he said in tones of concern. "It
is delightful out of doors, the air Is
so balmy. Shall we er take a little
walk in the rose "
Alexander stopped short, and his
features froze. II" had caught sight
of Aimee's face, with the light full
upon it, reflected In the mirror before
her. He stared for a moment with
remarkable intentness.
"Who is this?" he said sharply, step
ping towards her. There was menace
In his voice. "Who are you?"
Almee, preparing to meet her des
tiny, turned composedly and faced
him. She dropped him a small curtsey.
"Please sir, the parlor maid," she
said.
Mr.Lambe's eyes were nearly start
ing out of his head..
"Parlor maid? You?" he said stern
ly. "You are the woman who drove
thnt motorcycle. I could vouch for
you anywhere. You are" he shot the
words out with extraordinary ve
hemence "you are thnt abandoned
creature, Calamity Kate! You are the
woman who knocked me down !"
With unexpected agility he sprang
forward and seized Aimee by the
wrist. And with equal deftness she
wrenched herself free.
"Am I?" she said fiercely. "Then
keep your hands off me, or I'll do it
again. Do you hear me?"
Aimee, thoroughly roused, flourished
the feather brush In his face. Mr.
Lambe started back:, a little pale. He
placed his thumb jon the bell-push.
(Continued next week)
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