The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-07-08

. Devine, along about 2 O'Clock,
~ to inform him that guests
were expected at supper.
''Beg pardon, sir, but it is impossible,
sir. We are not prepared. There's
only q small filet in the house, sir, and
not a duck-not single duck"
''Have squad, then"
''But, sir, we haven't
"Oh, don't go on telling me what you
haven't got. Hash up anything. Make
some sandwiches If you can't do bet
ter. Only don't come to me with your
troubles. I'm no chef. But I'm going
to have some friends here tonight, and
I shall expect you to feed them. That's
what you're here for, isn't it?''
"Ye-e-e-es, SIR: Az what hour, sir?"
"Eight-thirty, sharp
"And how-how many plates, STRIP
III don't know, Ten or fifteen or
twenty. Better. make it twenty, and
then you can discard"
I'll do my best, sir.'' ....
"That's the way to talk, Epplngs."
Having made these ofhand prepare
tons, Mr.. Devine sat himself down on
the. veranda. He heard a step and
looked up to see before him the ar1s-
tocra figure Of the Countess Vecchps
fathe. Mr.. Hewington seemed some
whit agitated.
You must pardon me, sir, for q
seeming 1mpertdnence," he began, ''but
I have just learned by accident that
you contemplate giving a party here
tonight. Is it factY'
Mr.. Devine nodded. "Just 4 few
friends, dozen or so.''
"Ah! Friends Of yoursW Mr.. Hew-
1ngton gave the words significant
emphasis. "Then would it not beer
prudent perhaps discreet is the bet
ter word-for my daughter to 60 else
where for the night-to the hotel in
the village perhapsT'
There was twinkle in the Cherub'a
blue eyes as he responded, ":Afraid of
q rough house, are your
my daughter, sir, is not exactly &C.
eustomed to-er-the kind Of persons
who might
"Oh, / see. Well, suit yourself about
1t-suit yourself. But it isn't at all
necessary. I shall try to keep them
quiet. There are to be only a few
neighbors- Walloways and"-
'The Wallowaysv'
Eyes, and the Wilburs and the Nil.
ler-Tremways and old Bishop Horton
and stray baron or two"
Bishop Horton! Is Bishop Horton
coming? Coming hereY'
why, yes. The bishops q friend Of
mine. Know him, do your ..
I'VE were college classmates, Mr..
Dev1ne," said Mr.. Hewington.
'That SO! never went to college
with the bishop, but I've crossed the
ocean with him twice, and once I held
his hat while he made a speech
"Extraordfnaryv' said Mr.. Hewing-
ton.
"Think so? It may seem a little
queer to you, but the bishop doesn't
appear to look at it that way. Come
down and meet him and the rest Of
the folks, won't you? We're to have
little supper about half past s. And,
say, bring the countess-that is, unless
you're afraid of the crowd" '.
This last was violation Of a para
graph in the Cherub's own code Of
ethtcs, a paragraph which read, when
the other fellows down and ont don't
rub It In" But tho words had escaped
before he knew it. Fortunately Mr..
tHew1ngton did not seem to notice the
allusion, for he retired, repeating In an
undertme: 1.-THE Wallowaysl Bishop
Horton! The Miller remwaysg'
And. sure enough, early IN the even.
ing the big rooms Of the great house
began to echo with the lively chattel
pf many guests. There was the portly
|Mrs. Walloway, whose dinner dances
are always such brilliant affairs; there
were the naughty Wilburs, the hyphen.
ated Tremways and a half dozen 9th
ers without whose names and pic
fazel eaR.aa1l : ]. !! Z Y