The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-10-10
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was only thing for him to do. He must go to her
He threw his weight upon the lid and snapped one
hasp into place while she made fast the other But
by CAD, you know, he gasped this beats the very
jim-jams!" '- Il -. >e...r .*zEE
Her hat. veil and cloak lay on the couch in the
inner ROOM She swept into them and began, with
unspeaking rapidity to put them on. . ><s j. -:
IF you would offer even half syllable Of expana,
tion," he said s..., 49, 49,, - ..
Explanation! AS If it wasn't who had a right to:
an explanation! Though don't think for "a moment
that I'd listen to one now! AS If for a month back
you hadn't been deliberately sighting in every =
possible way for-yes, for the very servants!" ~
Isabel take it for granted that when, purely as
matter of wisdom speak to old Katy" III
Eyes, as matter of wisdom! Yesterday morning
you'd got the length of calling her an angel" she
burst surgingly back upon him. "I'l just ask you
when, last, you called me an angelo"
Talbot 8. retreated rapidly behind the "o]d SOCK
dollager." Well, dear, will! I'm its-its been
the merest oversight! I'll call you"
you'd better! You even 1ohisper It'll and after
yesterday evening, tool '
At that Mr.. Talbot Smith began to be good and
angry himself II suppose you've gone to work and
discharged them all, by way of making everything
lovely?" 49, 80.
i've done nothing whatever. You shall be the one
to do, after this! Oh I'm leaving you with full re-
sponsibility!" =
There was a sound of wheels stopping in front Of
the door, and an expressman up the stairs Mrs.
Talbot already indicating what trunks were to be-
taken. TO have attempted any further Intervention
now would have been to invite the expressman into
the scene And Talbot s. had that masculine instinct
which, from the soul, abhors scene even when it is
confined to the party of the first part and the party
of the second 49,. :,
Also as soon that expressman had felt the weight
of the "sockdollager" he gave him the deadly bull
dog eye and he had to help him down the stairs with
it.
This gave him chance, too, to that 1sabels cab
from the station was now coming lopingly up the
street. He looked from it to her.
"Oh-oh" she choked, "do ev-ev-everything you can
think OF to hurry me. 1t wasn't enough-enough for
you to express your willingness to help me pack"
"1sabel!' he said, trying to keep his voice from.
going up into falsetto IF had thought, after be-
Ing married to you for more than three"
4es! she cried-and her voice attained the falsetto
at one leap. And If had thought after these three
years-tt had had the first idea that all Of sud-
den in one month-yes, in little more than two weeks
wouldn't only have lost all the love you once pre-
tended-but would be looking about for ways to show
your contempt for me! Oo-hoo-hoo-hoo-h
hoo-hoo!" She rushed for the cab and pulled the
door to after her.
It was Talbot s. who had once more to speed the
parting guest by giving the indignantvisaged Jehu
his driving orders.
He went back into the hall. "Ah-ah Bertha" he
said, Mrs. Smith and are going away for-for a
few days-a little visit you know You can lust or
der whatever you need to along on in the mean
time And If you'd be good enough to send on any
mail coming for Mrs. Smith to Mrs. Villa Cameron
Ridgewood-" -,
AN docs yours go there, too SIR" asked Katy
with face rent by commiseration. .:.. p.
sN.naD oo3dT Tai nk-o HNIo
He got himself upstairs and began to put together
what things his mans feeble Imagination told him he
might possibly need. When he doing this It &C.
Cured to him that he could have saved at least few
shreds Of his selfrespect by telling Katy that his
mail should Of course, be redirected to the Office
All three were awaiting him when he came down
stairs again. 49,. .-~ -. T.
And how long did ye say ye'd be away sir?" asked
Katy again. For we'll be ahl women alone here
now" =:
"Oh. not long-not long really. I-11l let you
know later. Mrs. Smith will let you know" . -
"Begobs," said Katy, shes let us know already!
She says she's never comm back at ahl, at ahl!"
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Some ten days after the foregoing cyclone Mrs.
Villa Cameron, by the exercise of incaculable de-
grees of patience and diplomacy had succeeded in
once more getting the Talbot Smiths together in
that little home Of hers in Ridgewood. She had even
made it plain to Isabel, now materially enlightened
that the entrance of the masculine coehcieut into
the servant problem might be the best thing in the
world especially as that masculine coefacient had
expressed his limitess unwingness to have anything
more whatever to do with it. In fact, Isabel had
softened far to admit that could not quarrel
with the service Bertha Regina and Katy had given
them; she had seen that they promised well in the
beginning: And If Talbot chose to change his mind
and cooperate with her ped. .-- IT, s 81
They had got so far, indeed, that Mrs. Cameron
was again ableto enter into it.. She showed them
what was really the greatest point of ALL they had
the chance at last to enter their house with the feel
Ing Of masters. And now, If they would just take /