The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-01-26
CHAPTER III.
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gretted It, After ALL what were JIM
4 my's troubles to me? Why should
help him impose on an unsuspecting
~ elderly woman? And it was only put
ting of discovery anyhow Sooner or
laNer, she would learn Of the divorce,
andir-Just at that instant my eyes fell
on MIR. Harbison-Tom Harrison, as
ANNE called him. He was looking on
with alp amused. half-puzzleh smile,
while pSople were rushing around hid
ing the roulette wheel and things OF
which Miss Caruthers might disap-
prove. and Betty Mercer was on her
knees winding sup toy ssGr that Max
had brought her. What would he
thinkf 1t was evident that he thought
badly Of as already-that NE was con-
temptuously amused, and then to
Have to ask him to lend himself to the
deception!
With gasp / hurled myself after
\ Jimmy, only to hea1f a strange voice
III the hall and to know that ! was too
late. was in for it, whs.tever was
coming. Ii was Aunt Selma who was
coming along the hall. followed by
Jim, who was hopping his face and
trying not to hotice the paralyzed ST.
,lence In the library.
Aunt Selling met me in the doorway
TO my frantic eyes she seemed to
tower above us by at least foot, ard
beside her Jimmy was red. perspi.-
Ing cherub-
@Here she Isl" Jimmy said, from be-
hind q temporary eclipse of black
cloak and travelling bag. He was on
top of1thd situation now, and he was
mendacio7Lsly cheerful He had not
said. .sFDese is my wife,' That would
have been lie, No, Jimmy merely
said. "EIere she Is" If Aunt Selma
chose to think me Bella, was 1t not
her responsibility? And If chose to
accept the situation, was it not mine
I1allas Brown came forward gravely
B - Aunt Selma folded over and kissed
me, and surreptitiously patted me
with one hand while he held out the
other to Miss Caruthers. I loathed
him!
We always expect something un-
usual from James, Miss Caruthers, =
he said, with his best manner. but
this-this is beyond our widest
dreams.
Well, it's too awful to linger over.
Anne took her upstairs and into
Bella's bedroom. It was a fancy OF
Jim's to leave that room just ais Bella
had left 1t, dusty dance cards and fa-
vors hanging around and a pair of dis
carded slippers under the bed / don't
think It had been swept since Bella
left IT believe In sentiment, blt /
like It brushed and busted and the
cobwebs on Of it, and when Aunt Sc
lima put down her bonnet, it stirred
up gray white cloud that made her
cough. She did not say anything, but
she looked around the room grimly,
and I saw her run her finger over
the back of chair before she let
Hannah, the maid. put her cloak on it.
Anne looked frightened. She ran
into Bella's bath and wet the end Of
| towel and when Hannah was chang
Ing Aunt Selina's collar her conces-
sion to evening dress Anne wiped
on the obvious places on the furniture.
Whats that young woman's
Udl4Gs Su9 dSACu AAG SHARPLY, WHEN
Anne had taken the towel out to hide
It.
4 ANNE Brown, Mrs. Dallas Brown" ]
replied meekly. Every one replied
meekly to Aunt Selma
Does she live here?"
"Oh, no. said airily They are
here to dinner. she and her husband.
They are old friends OF Jim's-and
mine"
asSeems to have good eye for
dirt, said Aunt Selma and went on
fastening her brooch. When she was
finally ready, she took bead purse
from somewhere about her waist and
took out q half dollar. She held 1t up
before Hannah's eyes.
tomorrow morning" she said
sternly. you take OF that white cap
and that fol-de-rol apron and that
black henrietta cloth. and put on a
calico wrapper. And when you've got
this room aired and swept, Mrs. vii.
son will give you this"
Hannah took two steps back and
caught hold Of q chair; she stared
heIplessly from Aunt Selma to the
hall dollar. and then at me. Anne
was trying not to catch my eye.
And another thing" Aunt Selma
sid, from the head Of the stairs, y
Dent those towels over from Ireland.
Tell her to wash and bleach the one
Mrs. What's-her-name Brown used as
dustery
Anne was quite crushed as re went