The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-02-06

james Randolph flushed guilty.
That's So" he said, with sidelong
glance of curiosity.
Mrs. Curtis lec the way to the din
ing room, and James Randolph fol-
lowed meekly. "The only hope ! see
for you," she said, presently, is in
your Scranton visit You can stop at
Horace Perkins while you are there.
or course, don't know anything about
Hates housekeeping. She used to be
reprehensibly lazy as girl, but pre-
sumo marriage has brought her out OF
some of her bad habits. And anyway,
she'll have servants, and even If she
shouldn't have, what you do get to
eat will be home cooking and will
agree with you better than the slabs
of heavy food they serve at hotels and
restaurants"
James Randolph looked uncomfort-
able, as II already smitten with an
advance installment of the inevitable
dyspepsia. tits very kind Of YOU" he
said, Ito take such an abiding interest
in my digestion, but l don't see how
l can accommodate you. don't like
to stop at Perkins. 1t doesn't look
well. He Is the man l am going to
strike for the biggest pile of money
while l am gone, and 1t looks hog
gish to soak him for several hundred
thousand dollars worth of stock and
live off him at the same time. It's add
ing insult to injury"
81 don't know anything about the in
jury you propose to infiict," returned
Mrs. Curtis, "but do know that Kate
and Horace would be insulted If you
were in Scranton for a week and didn't
stay with them. I'll write to Kate to-
day and tell her you are coming. I
am sure she will invite you to be their
guest"
James Randolph demurred volubly
and with spirit. but his demonstration
of disapproval was ineffective. That
night the disconnected correspondence
with Cousin Kate was renewed with
fervor. Two days later an answer
was received, and~when James Ran
dolph left New York on the following
Monday it was the understanding all
around that during his stay in Scran-
ton he would accept the hospitality OF
Mr.. Horace Perkins
The Horace Perkinses lived in style
1t was made plain to James Randolph
during his first meal that there was nc
danger of his going hungry while un-
der their roof, and that if his stomach
suffered, it would be from overstimula-
ton rather than the lack of It, James
Randolph rejoiced in the gastronomic
abundance provided and the excellence
thereof on his wife's account as well
as his own.
"The dear girl will be delighted tc
know that am so well taken care of, >
he said to Cousin Kate. II must write
at once and tell her how I am fixed
otherwise she will be worrying herself
sick for fear l am starving to DEATH
Notwithstanding the business acumer
which Mr.. Smith flattered himself h
had discerned in James Randolph. thai
young man was in some respects 9
simple soul. Never was his innocence
more blatantly displayed than in hi:
letter to Mrs. Curtis.
II am living on the very fat of the
land" he wrote. Your Cousin Kate
may have been rather lackadaisica
when girl, but she has certainly de
veloped into remarkable housekeep
er. shall try to tell you what we hat
! for dinner last night. We had som,
kind Of soup with little green speck.
floating in it, forget the name Of it
two or three kinds of meat with ap
recipe for which must have beer
| CLEANED from the angels, and coffe,
that might have been brewed IL
Heaven. l don't believe New Yorl
could show better menu than that
Really, Minnie, you ought to see MI
eat. My appetite must astonish tn,
Perkinses. They probably think that
tasted for several weeks before com
ing to Scranton. l am sorry that
shall wind Up the business here IN ,
week or ten days. l shall hate to leave
1 think would get fat IL l lived will
the Perkinses long"
Delectable as was the fare, Jane!
Randolph stretched facts little wheI
describing the variety of the Wand,
served, but he did 1t in good cause
and his conscience was in nowise out
ragged. He awaited with impatienc,
his wife's reply. When 1t came HI
wished 1t had been delayed littl,
longer. It's brevity frightened him.
Dear James," she wrote. II an
glad you enjoy Kate Perkins cooking
Under the circumstances perhaps i
would be well for you to prolong you
visit indefinitely"
For the first time James Randolph
realized that he had overshot the mari
in his former gushing epistle. "B,
George!" he said, "the little girl II
jealous. thought understood Min
ME clear down to the ground, but 1
seems l didn't I'm on the track o
her idiosyncracies now, however, ant
another letter will bring her arount
all right"
In his second letter James Randolph
changed his tactics.
II am not In good shape at the pres
| emf writing" he said "If things con