The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-07-19

Sther very we'll. and 1t is Jimmy"
aere, and Dial" there-Dallas
Brown, who went to India with
NE; you remember my speaking
Of him-and they are god-natured,
too. except at meal times. The
little hostess, Mrs. Wilson. took
over the coking, and although
luncheon was better than break
fast, the fod still leaves much to
the imagination.
81 wish you could see this Mrs.
Wilson, Hal. You would change
a whole lot of your ideas. She is
4 thoroughbred, sure enough, and
of course some of her beauty is
the result of the exquisite care
about which you and I--still from
our Andean characterized to
rant. But the fact is, she is more
han that. She has fire. and
duck, no end. If you could have
zen her this morning, standing in
ront of cold kitchen range. de-
ermined to conquer It, and had
cen the tilt of her chin when /
ffered to take over the cooking
you needn't grin; l can cook,
nd you know it-you would un-
lerstand what l mean. 1t was so
Hear that she was paralyzed
With fright at the idea of getting
breakfast, and equally clear that
she meant OF do 1t. By the way.
have learned that her name was
AcNair before she married this
Yould-be artist, Wilson, and that
he is a daughter of the McNair
Who financed the Callao branch!
! have not met the others so in
simately. There are two sisters
named Mercer, inclined to be noisy
they are playing roulette in the
lext room now. One is small and
lark, almost Hebraic in type
lamed Leila and called Lollie
fhe other, larger, very blonde and
!anguishing, and with a decided
preference for masculine society,
ayen, saving the mark, mine
Dallas Browns wife, god looking
smokes cigarettes when | am not
2round-they all do, except Mrs
Wilson. Then there is maiden
aunt, who is i'll today with grippe
and excitement, and Miss
knowles, who came for a moment
last night to see Mrs. Wilson, was
saught in the quarantine (see pa
pers), and, after hiding all night
N the basement, is sulking all day
N her rom. Her presence created
an excitement out of all proper
tien to the apparent cause.
N"From the fact that have
reason to know that my artist
host and his beautiful wife are or
bad terms, from the significant
chances with which the announce
ment of Miss Knowles presence
was met, the state of affairs seems
rather clear. Wilson impresses
me as spineless sort, anyhow.
and when the lady of the base
ment shut herself away from the
rest today and l happened or
Jimmy" as they call him, plead
ing iwth her through the door,
very nearly kicked him down the
stairs. Oh, yes, I'll keep out
right enough; 1t isn't my affair
by the way, after quarantine
and with the policeman locked il
the furnace-room, a pearl neck
lace and a diamond bracelet were
stolen! Just ten of us to divide
the suspicion! Upon my WORD
Hal, It's the queerest situation
ever heard of. Which of us die
it? l make a guess that not
few of us are folos, but which il
the knave? The worst of 1t is
/ am the only unaccredited mem.
Der Of the household!
"This is more scandal than
ever wrote in my life. Lay it t.
circumscribed environment, an
the lack of twenty miles over the
pampa before breakfast. We
have all been vaccinated, and the
officious gentlemen from the
board of health have taken their
grins and their formaldehyde and
gone. Ye gods, how we cough!
"hTe Carlton order will go
through all right, think. 'Phoned
him this morning. If it does, old |