Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-14

Dealingly to the waitress, young and
venturesome person, as woman to wo-
man. "You must know of something
l could do, Nelly!"
1.-THE Warnings, ma'am--"
"You told me you'd been there, and
that everything they had was cooked
for their own dinner"
The eyes of Irish Nelly sparkled.
"That's just 1t, ma'am. Mr.. Warnings
home late tonight, and they're only
just now sitting down to the soup. l
seen it going in through the window.
If YOU" she stopped tentatively.
"Well, well-say it,"
sure, they'd loan you the whole
dinner, ma'am. If you asked it."
The light of kindred inspiration kin
died in Mrs Calender. The neighbor-
hood was practically a joint stock food
company. where maids might be seen
fitting through the back yard at any
hour OF the day or evening, with the
spoils of the borrower. But an entire
dinnerl The magnfcence of the
scheme took Mrs. Callender's breath
away. .,.
ma'am." said Nelly impartially
Mrs. Calender gasped-and assented.
"Comel" she said. and followed by
the maid washed out of the kltcnen
door down the back piazza steps, and
then up again on the piazza or the ao-
joining house. .to
dining room looked up at the long
window. amazed to see Mrs Calender
gesticulating insanely at them from
without -
she called insistentlv. Don't help any
more OF it-wait till ] get IN Tne
window opened from the inside ana she
hurled herself into the room. NO
no,' she answered the look on thelr
horror-struck faces. "it's not poisoned.
I don't mean that-it's all right; put
I want II myself / want your dinner.
Oh will YOU let me take 1t home WIN
me?" -, .,,
"My dear Mrs Calender" expostu-
lated Mr.. Waring In a quieting voice.
rising cautiously.
7 cav. MY husband has brought home
company and we had only canned
dinner and they can't eat 1t pecause
they've been in Afriea-and, oh, can't
explain. And it's so important 10 treat
them well, and-oh, you dear thlng
For Mrs. Waring had handeo the
soup TO Nelly and was already giVlhs
orders to her own maid.
"Don't say another word" she com
manded rapidly, with womans per,
ception grasping the situation sem
ms over lust what you have in ex-
change We have only plslh hoiiie
dinner-roast beef, vegetables, maca-
roni cottage pudding-you can put the
things in your oven again. Henry.
carry over this roast, will you? Don't
make any noise, any of you"
"TIl take the potatoes said MRS;
CALENDER fervently, but as she CLIMBED
her own piazza steps once more anu
saw the ghostly procession mat came
and went stealthily bearing dishes, her
knees suddenly bent under her ana sne
leaned against one Of the piazza postS'
too weak from laughter to move.'
"Take care, you'll drop that dlsn,
said Mr.. Waring, interposing dexter
Gus arm, while he endeavored 10 PAL
ance the roast on the railing. Mrs'
calender, don't sit down on the pl-
azza: get up. You'll have me laughlhg,
too. il you don't STOP and i've got 10
take this in and go back for plates.
I'VE have plates" said Mrs. Callen-
der. strangling. "Oh, Mr.. Waring, we
Rave plates-we have something! on,
Mr. Waring, go and leave me, go ana
leave me! I'll never be able TO stano
up.I o, ~, 70,
lender. with an excited whisper, came
neering out into the semi-darkness.
i''rhat back door keeps letting In an
internal draught. What on earth are
you and Waring doing out here, Gym
fhia? And you without thing over
vour shoulders! call that mean, haV-
ing a good time out here by yourselves
and leaving me inside to do all the
a..4o.toiDinu Don't Won know tnat