priest.

Ers was clearly the Padre's admirer. "They say he had the best pulpit in
London before he went over to the Catholics--big salary, and all that.
Then he had to begin all over again as a layman. Went to school, by
gosh!--dead game! But when they made him a priest he jumped right to the
front. His last money went into the college he built. He has only five
hundred a year to live on now. You know, Griffin, if it wasn't for the
rotten way the Church treated him, I honestly believe the Padre could
put some religion into me. He's a power here already. Look at the way he
makes that girl at Killimaga work." It seemed to Mark that the detective
was beginning to fence again. "She's a stranger, isn't she?" he asked.
The detective half closed his eyes. "How do you know?" "You told me so."
Saunders blew a thoughtful smoke ring. "I guess I did. You know, of
course, Killimaga was rented to her about the time Padre came here. The
old Irishman who built it, died, and his family went over to your
country to buy a title for their only daughter. The girl up there must
be a rich one to rent such an estate; and, Griffin, that old Irishman
had taste, believe me. His gardens are a wonder. Ever see them?" "No."
"Try to; they're worth while. This girl spends her money and herself on
the Padre's charities. He directs, and she does things for the mill
people. By gad, Griffin, they just love her! I passed her just now going
into O'Leary's. The old man was crushed at the mill, and died yesterday.
It's dollars to doughnuts she takes care of that family all winter.
Where she gets the money is beyond me." "You Americans are all rich,"
said Mark. "You English think we are, but you only see the gang that
goes over to the other side every summer. There's one Atheson family in
America worth millions, but I know that crowd; she doesn't belong to it.
I don't know what Atheson family she does belong to. She's a mystery,
with her Killimaga and her money and her veil." "Why," said Mark, "every
woman wears a veil--the sun, you know." "Yes; the sun, and the r

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