The Washington herald., 1910-06-19
CHAPTER VII.
We Make m OmeIet.

II was Betty Mercer who said she was
hungry, and got us switched from the
delicate subject OF which was the thief
70 the quite as pressing subject Of which
was to be cook. Aunt Selma had slept
quietly through the whole thing we
learned afterward that she customaTily
slept on her left side. which was on her
good ear. We gathered in the Dallas
Browns room, and Jimmy proposed a
plan.
I'VE can have anything sent In that we
want" he suggested speciously. land II
Dial doesn't make good with the city
fathers. you girls can get some clothes
anyhow. Then we can have dinner sent
from one of the hotels"
why not all the meals?" Max sug-
gested I hope you're not going to be
small about things. Jimmy
1T ought to be easy" Jim persisted.
ignoring the remark. "for nine reason
ably intelligent people to boil eggs and
make coffee, which is all We need for
breakfast, with some fruit.n
Nine OF us" Dallas said wickedly,
looking at Tom HARRISON. who was out
Of earshot. why nine OF US? I thought
Kit here. otherwise known as Bella, was
going 30 show of her housewifely skill -
II ended. however, with Mr. HARRISON
writing out lot of slips, cook, scullery-
maid. chamber-maid, parlor-maid. fur
nace-man. and butler. and as that left
two people over-we didn't count Aunt
Selma - he added another furnace-man
aud a trained nurse. Betty Mercer drew
the trained nurse slip. and. Of course.
she was delighted. 1t seems funny now
TO look back and think what a dreadful
time she really had, for Admit Selma took
the grippe, you know, that very day.
Il was fate that / should go back 10
that awful kitchen. for of course, my
slip said cook" Mr. HARRISON was but
ler and Max and Dial got the furnace
although neither of them had ever been
nearer to a bucket Of coal than the cou-
pons on mining stock. Anne got the bed
rooms, and Leila was parlOr-maid. II
was Jimmy who got the scuilery work.
but he was quite crushed by this time
and did not protest at all
Max was in a very bad temper; sup
pose he had not had enough sleep-no one
had. But he came over while the lottery
was going on and stood over me and de-
manded unpleasantly, in a whisper, that
/ stop masquerading as another mans
wife and generally making fool Of my
self-which is the way ne put IT, And
knew In my heart that he was right. and
! hated him for IT,
why don't you so and tell him -
them?" I asked hastily. No one was
paying any attention 10 US. Tell them
that. TO be obliging, I have nearly
drowned In a sea of lies; tell them that
I am not only not married but that /
never intend 10 marry; tell them that we
are lot OF idiots with nothing better TO
DO than to tTifie with strangers within
our gates, people who build--I mean peo-
pie that are worth two to our one! Run
and tell them
He looked at me for minute, then he
turned on his heel and left me It looked
as though Max might be going to be
difficult.
While I was improvising an apron out
Of towel, and Anne was pinninz a sheet
into kimono, so she could take of her
dinner gown and still be proper. Dallas
harked back to the robbery.
Anne put the collar on the table
there, he said There's no mistake
about that I watched her do II, for I
, remember thinking il was the sole ere
minder had that Consolidated Traction
ever went above thirty-nine."
Max was loking around the room ex-
aiming the window-locks and whistl;ng
between his teeth. He was In disgrace
with every one for by that time 1t was
light enSugh TO see three reporters with
cameras across the street waiting for
enough sun to snap the house, and every
body knew that it was Max and his