The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-03-07
MRS. MAX MINED Up.

81 am perfectly satisfied that Mrs. Jack
Daring went to the French ball with Bob
Billings. danced once across the floor, had
a glass Of wine and danced out again.
said Mrs. Max 70 Tie me-, who was pre-
pairing a grape fruit.
The major regarded the lady in an alb
senculinded manner for a moment and
/ then remarked:
The center Of the grape fruit should be
! cut out with a sharp knife, tEEs-at once
removing all the seeds and the tough,
I fibrOus core, and making a cup into which
/ YOU pour a glass Of kimmel, thus. Then
you add a plentiful supply Of powdered
sugar and gently press the sides Of the
fruit backward and forward. That works
the sugar and kimmeI into the flesh Of the
fruit. where, mingling with the acid juice,
they produce a liquor which is as refresh
ing as it is beneficial. Madam, yours IS
PREPARED. You made some observation
concerning Mrs. Jack Daring. Has that
amiable and amusing person eloped with
Bob Billings or introduced the strong
man At one Of her afternOOns?'
4 said, began Mrs. Max severely. and
then stopped to take a spoonful Of liquid
from the cup Of her grape fruit. When
She had done so, her manner was mOlII-
fed. u said | thought she was there, for
I saw her maid in a plaid street dress just
like the one described in the papers which
was worn by a masked lady at the ball"
And the man swallowed three crows
said the major in a PARKWAY voice.
''What in ever, major, are you talking
about? I said nothing about crows! OF
course Mrs. Jack will tell me, for she al
WAYS does, after awhile, but it IS SO much
more fun to know a thing when you don't
know it, don't you know, than to know 1t,
YOU know, when you dO-er-you know
what / mean, major"
In pure intellectual activity my life is
an alternating current Of JOY, determining
things which you know that | should
know, but which you do not tell me, my
dear. AS understand the present puzzle,
YOU desire to know whether or not Mrs.
Jack and Bob were at the French ball, not
because YOU want to know, but because
you don't know. Am l blazing away &C
curately by the compass of intuitiveness?'
"You are absurd, and l think the eX-
| preston blazing away must come from
the army. What can Mrs. Jack have to
do with a blazc?'
Two souls with but a single match;
Two hearts that blaze as one,"
murmured the major.
2 Mrs. Max had a finger of each hand IN
5 her finger bowl and was tracing the pat
; tern on the dolly beneath it when she be-
l gan laughing in a way so knowing that
the setter. which had stolen into the break
| fast room. winked at the major as if to
warn him to be on his guard. "Would
/ YOU think, major" she said, THAT 1t was
. very wicked of Mrs. Jack to go to that
Il ball with Mr.. Billings?"
n TO go to the ball, no; to go with Bill
I lings, yes. Decidedly yes"
"Why:" asked Mrs. la in some alarm.
SWELL" said the major t~houghtfully,
Bob is such a harum scarum he would
he sure to disclose his identity, and from
e his it would be an easy step to guess that
of his companion. To go to the ball for
a 10 minutes lark l should consider no
sin. To 90 with Bob would be the height
of ndiscretiOn."
II Mrs. Max stopped laughing and looked
= grave. The major looked solemn and or
dercd the setter out of the room severely.
"Of course, major,'' she began in a
As voice of deep humility, 81 intended, OF
course, YOU know, | meant to tell you that
" that was only joking about Mrs
IS Jack. because, Of course, you know was
80 only ioking, yOu see. and, you know, sac
y wasn't there-thcre at the bail you know.
II "Pardon me, my dear, bat You are mis-.
II taken. She was herewith me-
"Naj0r!'
lr eyes. | knew she was the only woman
e. in our set who had spirit of adventure
, enough for that sort of thing. so We
- wcut.'
or con, she's the only woman in your Sc
III who had the spirit to go for a - minutes
a lark. is she? Well, whose set Go l belong
to- was there with Bob Billings.'
~ "Cyrtuinly. my dear, that IS the wa.
st we arranged it. Now, do not excite your
Nv self, Mrs. Jack. Bob and | planned til
whole programme, and you've concluded
Il il beautifully. Mrs. Jack told her hrs
er band she wa, going with Bob, and J0cI
asked why you and I did not 90 Wit
IT them. Bob thought you wouldn't 90, an
| bet him u dinner You would, ana Mrs
IT Jack bet me a dinner you would not COZ
n f,ss until next week. SO you've Won bot
@d bets for me-"
= Mrs. Max was flaming now.
"Do YOU suppose | would 90 unless
las knew it was a joke and that you were s.
ing, toO='' she demanded.
"Certainlv not, my dear. | told Mrs
ct JACK to tell YOU as a secret that vas :,
a ing 50 that you would so and WouId vi
IN Bob's bet"
ny There wasa long, thoughtful silenc,
rN which was broken at last ~ hrs. Ma
VI ~Major Bob Billings was here yests
"Of course he was. my dear. Itoll hin
Mrs. JACK had helped me win my ''
a from him and suggested u him that
III could square that account hy urging Eo
~" to confess tbs week instead Z next ~
Ty. thereby make Mr.. Jack lose l.'r be-, ..
81 he ut-e you."
'c& Mrs. Max stood up AMI made a spec.
"Najcr Max" she declared, all III
1t and Mrs. Jack nari"-& are wicked, decei.i'
tie things. Mrs. Jach called Yesterday Il:
Isl, urged ne, just to carry ont a J"He' :
said. not to tell you until next W = III.
for va. rb,rr Then that miserable Bob -
vas Iiprs came and with tears in hi Vol
begged me to confess today. saying lie"
conscience stricken, and Things, don [ y
/ II know, Now it seems everybody knew E
.eTs erythiug about everything EXCEPT tnat
knew only that it was all right for me
/ a go because YOU were TO lie there. You II
: 81 a set Of villains. and | shall never spt.
n that horrible Billings nor Mr.. ia