Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
THEM TWO, =
Copyright, 1905. by: Lonise r. Baker,,
Written for The Stsr

Mrs Burdette's was so far away from the
city and the asylum that Rosy and Maud.
after travelling part of two days and re-
mafning all night IN queer little town
hotel, quite decided that they never bl their
lives would again see Miss Morgan or the
head nurse or any of the orphans. Mrs
Burdettes house was white, with green
shutters and 1t stood back from the road
in a beautiful green yard.
The children. being told they We're al
most there, saw swing and tennis
court in the green yard, and Maud, point
ing them out to Rosy, whispered, with a
nope stirring In her heart, What are they
fors.'
The hope in the little girls heart was say
ing, They might be for two little girls
called them two. at the asylum" and the
blue eyes looked at Mrs Burdette. as she
brought the horse and carryail to a halt
befpre the front gate, and she seemed al
most beautiful. and, most certainly, she was
big. Mrs. Burdette wouldn't want 10 swing,
and the other thing-the orphan asylum
children, as a rule were too small to play
tennis and hence even them two" did not
know tennis court when they saw it
the other thing was also something to play
with Miss Morgan had told Rosy that she
was sure Mrs. Burdette was a kind and gen
erous %ollan-and those things in the yard
must have been put there for the benefit OF
the little girl help and the little girl boarder
Then 1t came to Maud, with a fear, that
Mrs Burdette had only wanted the little
girl help and that 1t is impossible for a
small girl to play all by herself.
Are you looking at the swing?' ques-
tened the mistress, land the tennis COURT
What are they for?'' asked Maud aloud
I reckon they're for you much any
BODY, said Mrs Burdette, and that you'll
get ahead of the others, as you're here first
They're for the summer boarders.''
OH said Maud.
Eyes, | keep summer boarders," said Mrs
Burdette. "lf 1 didn't, | wouldn't want
anybody TO help with the work, excepting
Jim, the coiored man, for / certainly can
wait on myself
"Of course. you can wait on yourself, -
said Rosy, for Mrs. Burdette was looking
as if she expected her to say something.
Her voice sounded strange even to herself.
She had thought that Maud would be the
only boardcr. The head nurse had ex-
planned to them what a boarder was and
said that Maud would have a jolly time and
shat Airs. Burdette wouldn't want her
boarder to get lonesome, so Rosy would
have good time too
WIN there be many summer boarders,
Mrs. Burdette?" asked the strange little
voice, while NTaud's mouth fell open and
ner blue eyes stared.
II have as high as twenty, lots of EN-,
children said Mrs. Burdette. "Jim's get
ting ready for them. He put the court up
while l was gone"
Then the mistress helped them two out
of the carryaH and they followed her into
the house.
The house seemed small after the asylum
although the hall was wide and the rooms
good size and plenty of them, judging
from the numerous doors
Silently the little girl help and the little
girl boarder followed Mrs. Burdette through
the hall and into the kitchen, where they
found good fire and a kettle boiling over
I'm glad / cleaned the place before my
trip to the CITY, said the mistress, "for I
Fslgs 10 in 1,S,f bro, tya5
Does the coiored man COOKE" inquired
Maud. who had heard kathy say that it
was very stylish to have a man cook and
who was hoping against hope that Mrs.
that she and Rosy would have a good time
after all.
"The colored man. cried Mrs Burdette,
ashast. Jim? Laws, no: it's as much as
Jim can do to boil a kettle. Colored men
don't cook in this part of the country. You
didn't have a man cook at the asylum
"Oh, no." said Rosy, hastily, Maud just
thinks it would be nice
81 cook myself said Mrs. Burdette care
fully regarding the little girl boarder.
Does the colored man wash the dishes?'
asked Maud, unabaghed.
Laws a mercy, nor screamed Mrs. Bur-
dette. He's got plenty to do without tend
ing to womans work Jim takes care of
the horse and the garden, millxs the cows,
drives to the station and carries the board
ers around the country, keeps the house in
tell you that wasn't ALL
"Of course, colored men do work like
that" said Rosy OF course. they do"
Il wash the dishes myself" asserted Mrs.
Burdette, emphatically.
'Then Rosy will get lots of time to play
with me, won't she?" cried Maud, her face
lighting up. when were through dinner,
can we go out and swing?"
1t was pretty, eager face lifted up to
the mistress, but Mrs. Burdette did not
smile back.
Look here, Maud" she said, 81 want
you to understand from the beginning that
you're a boarder; that boarders have moth
ing to do themselves declare. they're the
LATEST people on the face of the earth,
piling out here from the city and groanng
every time the weather strikes us hot, be-
cause they've come to keep COOL / never
allow any boarder, young or old, to inter-
fere with the running of the house. You
mustn't be teasing your sister to play with
you. When she's got time to play, she'll
let you know"
Then the little girl boarder bravely
struggled with two things, her pride and
her hearty detestation of work. and said
slowly: Mrs Burdette, I'll help my sister
with the work.
NO." said the mistress, I'm not going
to have the city folks running back to the
asylum with tales They pay your board,
and you've got to be boarder.''
Couldn't we both be little girl helps half
the time and both be little girl boarders
the other half, Mrs. Burdette?" asked Maud
pleadingly.
Laws a mercyr' exclaimed the mistress.
turning to Rosy, ''how does your sister
come to think OF such arrangements?"
'She always did, said Rosy proudly:
"but 1 don't want her to work; I want
her to be a boarder."
well. that's what she is." said the mis-
rress.
And hope" added Rosy timidly, "that
when you get her home it viii be with
rich people and beautiful mamma" But
to this the mistress sand "Humphp'
Mrs. Burdette was not used to children.
When she showed Rosy little cot In a
low eilinged room over the kitchen, with
a staircase leading down to the kitchen
and a door opening into her own room, and
said she guessed the little girl boarder
would be satisfied to sleep on cot she was
going to put up in her own room, she did
not expect an outburst from the little girl
boarder, who, of course, was not far away.
81 want my cot in the room with my
sister," walled Maud. 81 want ii close to
her cot. / want
Mrs. Burdette interrupted. ST want you