The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-13
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My heart had heen going lower II
lower. SO he knew Bella. and he
knew | was not Bella, although he
had not grasped the fact that was
usurping her place. And the do
HARRISON man sat on the table n
swung his feet.
II wonder IL you know" he said.
looking around him, how good 1t is
to see a white woman SO perfectly
at home in a civilized kitchen again.
after two years of food cooked by a
filthy Indian squaw over a portable
sheet-iron stove!'
So perfectly at home. ! stood in
the middle of the room and stared
around at the copper things hanging
UP and the rows OF blue and white
crockefy, and the dozens and hum
dreds Of eomplicated-looking uten-
sils, whose names | had never even
heard, and / was dazed. tried with
some show Of authority to instruct
F'lannigan abou gathering up the
solled things. and, alter listening in
puzzled silence for a minute. he strip
ped Off his blue Goa with a tolerant
smile.
Lave EN- to me, miss" he said.
The miss passed unnoticed. Il
mayn't give EN- a Turkish bath, which
is what you are describin', but I'll get
the grease of all right. | always
clean up while the missus Is in bed
with a young 'un.'
He rolled up his sleeves, found a
brown checked Bingham apron be-
hind the door. and tied it around his
neck with the case of practice. Then
he cleared off the plates, eating what
appealed to him as he did SO, II
stopping now and again for a deep
throated chuckle.
I'm thinkin'. he said nee. stop
ping with a dish in the air. what a
deuce Of a noise there VIII be when
the vaccination doctor comes around
this mornin'. In a week every n
OF us VIII he nursin' q sore arm or
walkin' on one leg. begin your par
don, miss. The last time the force
was v~HcrtuarFd,- asked TO M done
behind me ear; I needed me legs n
] needed me arms, but didn't need
me head muchi"
He threw his head back and laugh
ed. Mr.. HARRISON laughed 400. Oh.
we we're very cheerful, And that aw-
ful stow stared at me, and the ket-
tie began to hum, and Aunt Selma
sent down word that she was not we'll.
-aHd-&ot+a -Ake-seTHe-"F4e}et-e ft her
tray. Omelett
knew that it was made OF eggs.
but that was the extent Of my knowl-
edge. l muttered an excus and ran
upstairs to Anne, hat she was still
smiling over her necklace, and said
she didn't know anything about
omelets and didn't care. Food would
choke her. Neither OF the Mercer
girls knew either, and Bella. who was
still reading in the den. absolutely
declined to help.
Il didn't know, and I wouldn't tell
you If ] did. You can get yourself
out, as you got yourself IN. she said
hastily. The simplest thing, II you
don' tmind my suggesting ii, liz 10
poison the coffee and Kill the lot of
us, only. IL YOU decide 10 do IL, let
me know; / want TO Ave just long
enough. TO see Jimmy Wilson writhe!"
Bella is the kin Of person who gets
on ones nerves. She finds a griev-
ance and hugs It: she does ridiculous
things and blames other people. And
she firts.
l went downstairs despondently,
and found that Mr.. Harrison had dis
covered some Eggs and was standing
h~elplessly staring at them.
''Omeiet-eggs. Eggs-omelet.
That's the extent Of my knowledge
ne said. when I entered. "Youll have
to come To my assistance"
Ii was then hat / saw the cook
book. 1t was lying on a shelf beside