Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-10-31
HIS WIFE'S
REVENGE
CHAPTER vIl.-(continuedl.

place at the kitchen fire, rather resent
ed them. There was too much hustle,
and Mrs. Cheney and 'Tunia kept fly
tng about the fender and compelling
him to mind his toes.
There was pile of beautifully
brown mullins, done to turn, stand
ing on the fender rest. There were
some dripping cakes in the oven,
which had tC be looked at from time TO
time to see that they did not get over
baked. There were sally-luns, which
TUNA toasted slice by slice, handing
them to Mrs Cheney to butter, and
there was hot buttered toast, which
was being specially prepared for old
Mr. Tossiter. of the combined room,
who didn't eat cakes.
The tea table was laid in the cosy
sitting room next to the kitchen which
was Mrs. Cheney's own apartment,
and the table had had to be made
larger for the occasion. The extension
had been accomplished without much
difficulty; the only drawback was
that the space between the chairs and
the table was extremely limited
But 'Tunia was thin, and she as
sured Mrs. Cheney that she could
squeeze through when her services
were needed if the guests would
kindly tilt their chairs forward a lit
tie.
Mrs Cheney glanced at the clock.
1t was twenty-five minutes past 3. In
another five minutes the company
would, by previous arrangement, come
down stairs.
There would be the drawing room
fioor-Mr. Frank Allister, a young nov
elist who had written one or two
books which had been favOrably criti-
cised but had not, in spite of the crit
fcisms. quite caught the public fancy.
There was Miss Maggie Allister, the
young nOvelist's sister, who had come
to town to attend the Guild Hall
school of music, and played so beauti-
fully on the piano her brother had
provided for her that old Mr.. TOssiter
was quite sure she was going to be a
second Arabella Goddard.
There was the combined room-old
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the property master in famous West
end theater, and had, owing to defect
i've eyesight, retired on a small pen
sion generously given him By the man
agement.
There was young Mrs. Peyton Peth-
erick. who. when she was gOverness,
had lodged with Mrs. Cheney, and had
only left to be married to Mr.. Peyton
Petherick. a well-preserved, middle
aged widower, whose acquaintance
she had made through riding to town
with him every morning in the same
bus.
Mrs. Peyton Petherick was quite
well off now, and lived in one of the
charming old houses on Denmark
Hill, but she often paid her old land
badly a visit and was tactful enough to
put on all her jewelry for the occa-
sion.
And. last of all, there was May Will
son May was Extraordinarily, tall
and pretty. but with a pathos in her
prettiness that had greatly interested
her fello w-lOdger, Frank Allister. The
young novelist had been struck with
her the first time he met her i'll Mrs.
Cheney's sitting room and had an OPP
portunity of talking to her.
THAT girl has a story" he said to
his sister; I'm sure of it"
"Oh. nonsense, Frank" replied his
sister: you are always reading ro-
mances, and pasts, and stories into
the people you meet. It's your bust
ness, | suppose"
But, so far as the inmates of The
Winery knew, there was no romance
about May Wilson She had posi-
ton in the show room of a famous
Regent street firm of milliners. She
had gone there with a recommended
tion from a customer in the. country
aid had begun as an assistant in the
showroom with a small salary. But
she had found favor with the man
ageress of the department and had
worked up until she had attained d
salary of 593 los week. and on this
she was able to dress well and to live
comfortably in the ''parlors" at The
Winery
As the little clock in Mrs. Cheney's
sitting room struck the half-hOur Mr.
Tossiter entered, and having wished
Mrs Cheney many happy returns OF
the day several times since the morn
ing, wished her many more happy re
turns. It was the most appropriate
entrance-Iine he could think of.
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minute later, and Frank presented
Mrs. Cheney with a bunch of flowers
which Mrs. Cheney accepted with {
delightful "Oh, you shouldn't" ant
'Tunia, taking them from her mistres:
20 arrange in jug for the center O
the table, named each different f1owe1
for the benefit of the company anC
added, as she always did on such oc
casiOns, ''Of course, l know all abou
such things through father"
May Wilson came in a little hurried
Iy ooh, | hope I've not kept yol
waiting" she said, smiling at every
body, and kissing Mrs. Cheney, "bu
we were kept later than usual this al
ternoon. We had a big mourning Oh
der come In by telegram just as w
were closing, and | had to get every
thing together for one of our travelling
staff to start away with"
Frank Allister, perhaps because a
a novelist he was always eager for dc
tail, at once entered into converse
ton with May Wilson.
He thought it must be very paint
for a girl to have to go into a hous