Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-02-18
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had rcv"r IUc"l her to giving up
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"i 'Ac Ni!N H'Ale""ld III Inc moon
i.-"t N!jh iftHA ana her younger
b7"th' ''r r" completed.
! ne Weeks that followed found him
SlHFdiailnG and drawing conclusions
On everything that happened about the
I9IIcR ItQ Ta,H4f.ll ,,,ls1 ftgt q no
time he had been there the only Sery-
ant ever seen WAS the gdWky Young
girl who waited ON the table Frank
came 10 her meals daintlv dressed.
langu;d and unrulIlcd. but very late.
and lie Froy began 10 suspect that she
was not 50 heluless rs she looked. Try
as Ne would. he never could discover
any traces Of what she din Stout
sweet. motherlv Mrs. Vinton must he
n wonderful housekoener and ca mirbt
Franz, ha with . bouee of bnr own
Eut in this comfortohIa borse tbora
WIS one Elurhcard.s chomhor tho
Kitchen The entrance "a tho din;n,,
room ,v,. nrntact.d Inv q do,,l,, s,.,oo,,
From tI,t chamber of mvsto,ios thorn
c,,,, e,,oh ,io,, ,,.,,, nr.', 49,.
meats iuicv and hot nostrv Auffv ond
Delicate rs ho,rdnr navor heforo ,,nt
to mouth Tho Vintons, cool, u,,s mo
doubi n treasure
How WAS all This and evarvtbino
about the house done With 60 littlo
fric,ionq Even tho hoots which bo
true Briton stuck outside his door
each night had never heen noIisbad en-
we'll but tha "boots, who did th.m |
was as uoiseIrss rs the dead Ono
,norn;,.. u.hor To rro,. 1,,-,, ~;
door and the boots were NOT there be |
suddenly resolved to do y little detoc.
tive work. "Roots' miobt miva d, claw
to the rest Of the mystery IIe sot Inv |
the door. A short woit wos r.v,r,,od |
bv tho softest of stems ON tho stoirs
He drew the door IN nentIv upti, tho |
cto,Ithr foot,.on. roo,t,oI - -,
denly flung if wide omen and faced-
Frank bol1ino his ..roat hoots -, .rn,.s
length Her hand Jronrod md tors
of humiliation foil on tho hr;obt no,iSb.
cd c,rf,co ~ +ho haat. IT, 1921
those plitterinr drons and thop drovr
her inside
..I oon,t an. =, , - A., ,u,
apolocized and for once in his lifa no
bncame e,ocuent .You,va nolishod NV
boots with your fears I'll nut tbem
under glass and worsh;n Thorn hocouso
you've touched Them unless vou'u LOT
me kiss the tins sf vours for tho rast
of nv DAYS. III wait on Won and tota
care of YOU and keen Won from harm
You'll be the wit and RI he tbe musc,e
of tbe family if vou,u or,y COW ,ho
word"
And that was how if came To mass
that Frank and lie Froy two months
later were sitting in n luyurious state
room of a vessel about to port in Iiv-
ernooI~ Fronl, q d,iutv color ,;.;n,r =,
the pale cheeks. mischieyous light in
her eyes. was questioning her bus-
band.
You have never told YOUR mother
and sisters YOU married the daughter
of your boarding house keeper:'
Never re..iOtely limited at it, dar-
ling"
Said mother belonged to one of the !
most ariStocratic Philadelphia fami-
lies?'
Yes, my star; | enlarged on that"
Il found out long ago that most peo-
pie respected men who worked. but
rather looked down, especially women
who didn't work. on women who did.
l Know American women, and I've
heard English women are worse, and
II you don't follow my directions I'll