Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-14
Continued


 She sent for me that night, just ss l had taken on my gown: so I threw on dressing gown and went in To my horror. Jim was already there. At 8 gesture from Aunt Sc lima. he closed the door into the hall and tiptoed back beside the bed, where he sat staring at the figures on Jne sIIk UOl.s.sc--t
 Aunt Selina's first wGvds were:
 Where's that nibbertv-gibbety-
 Jim looked at me.
 She must mean Betty 1 explain so. Ss-1 ss A=s gnne to heS, think"
 t-let-her-in-this - room again" she said. with awful emphas- sis. She is an infamous creature"
 "Oh. come now. Aunt Selina." Jim broke in: she's foolish. perhaps. but she's nice little thing" Aunt Se- nna's face was a curious study Then she raised herself on her elbow. and taking a fiat chamois-skin bag from under her pillow. held it out
 My cameo breastpin." she said solemnly; my exhibitions with gold rims and storks painted on china in the middle; my watch. that has put me to bed and got me up for forty years. and my money-S510.40i- with the doors locked under my nose" Which was ambiguous. but forcible.
 But good gracious, Miss Car Aunt Selina!" exclaimed. you don't think Betty Mercer took those things?-'
 "No." she said grimly; T think I probably got up in ny sleep and lighted the fire with them. or sent 'em out for a walk" Then she stuffed he bag away and sat up resolutely is bed.
 Have you made upT' she demand ed. locking from one to the other of us. Bella, don't tell me you still persist in that nonsense"
 What nonsense?' I asked. getting ready to run.
 That you do not love him"
 "Him7"
 James" she snapped irritably. Do you suppose I mean the pohceman?' I looked over at Jimmy. She had got me by the hand, and Jimmy was ma GAu8 lAduNlI bCSLQIGo lO UGH NtT LIle whole thing and be done with it. But I had gone too far. The mill Of the gods had crushed me already, and I didn't propose to be drawn out hide 0usly msngled and held up as an eI. ample for the next two or three weeks, although it was clear enough that Aunt Selina disapproved of me Thoroughly. and would have been glad enough to find that no tie save the board of health held us together. And then Bella came in, and you wouldn't have known her. She had put ou . straight wnlJe wooIen wrapper, and sbe had her hair in two long braids down her back. She looked like Q nice 1e-eyed little girl in her teens, and she had some lobster salad and glass of port on a tray. When she saw the situation she put the things down and had the nastiness to stay and listen.
 I'm not blind" Aunt Selina said, with one eye on the tray. You two silly children adore each other; I saw some things last night"
 Bella took a step forward; then she stopped and shrugged her shoulders. Jim was purple.
 'T saw you kiss her in the dining room, remember thatl" Aunt Selma vent on. giving the screw another turn
 It was Bella's turn to be excited. She gave me an awful stare. then she fixed her eyes on Jim
 
 you told me today that you loved her. Don't deny 1t. James"
 Bella couldn't keep quiet another in- stant. She came over and stood ct the foot Of the bed.
 Please don't excite yourself. dear Mss CarUfhers," she said. in a voice like fee. Every one knows that he loves her; he simply overhows with lt It-lt is quite a by-word among their friends. They have been sitting together fn a corner all evening"
 Yes, that was what she said; when [ had not spoken to Jimmy the whole time in the den Bella was catfish, and she was Jealous. too. I turned on my heel and went to the door: then turned to her. with my hand on the knob.
 You have been misinformed." said coldly. You can not possibly know, having spent three hours in a corner yourself-with Mir. Harbison." I abhor jealousy in a woman.
 WelR, Aunt Selina ate all the lobster salad, and drank the port after Bella had told her 1t was beef. iron and wine. and she slept all night, and vas able to sit up In chair the next day, and so infatuated with Bella that she would not let her out of her sigbt 5at that is ahead of the story. At midnight the house was fairly euiet. except for Jim, who kept walk tnz around the hails because he