Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-16
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CHAPTER v.
efoM the Tree q Lew.
There 10 hardly any use tryins d
1escfibe what followed. Anne Browu
4, sseaa - osy. s1A talk about he chm
ssrsn. (0hs went 70 Europe ooos and
tAysd uatil they IN got over tn
khoeDdnG coagh.) And Dallas sata h
ysA pull. bsoasse his mini co1trollsd
1 forgot how many votes. and the
thing 70 Do Wa TO b quiet ana CON
Portable md ~ woulA get cut in the
morning naxs eook Il ass Augo 1okA
AnA soUobo1y found him q tAo tslo
,hone. calling up his club. The Mer,
o. girls wers.- hystsrically gigslinG;
and Aunt Selma eat on sti&.backed
chair and took aromatic spirits Of am.
!, noniA. As foe. Jim. 10 had collapsed
On the lowest step Of the stairs, and
nat there with his, head In his hands.
q When hs did look up. he didn't dare
i . look at me.
+ The HARRISON maA was arguing
With the impassive individual on the
] top step outside. and saw him get
out his pooketbook and offer . crisp
bundle Of bills. But the man from the
heard Of, health only smiled and
Hacked ct his offensive sign. After
. while Mr.. HARRISON came In and
closed the door. and We stared at one
another.
Il know what I'm going to d." I
said. swallowing . lump in my throat,
"rm going to get out through base.
ment window ct the back. I'm going
home"
"Homs!" Aunt Selma gasped.
jumping up and almost dropping her
ammonia bottle. my dear Bellai
Home!-
Jimmy sroaned at the foot Of the
stairs. but Anne Brown was getting
over her tears. s1A now she turned ON
me In . temper.
Its all your fault" she said. II was
going to stay ct homo and get little
sleep-"
well. you can sleep now" Dallas
broke In. "There1l be nothing TO do
but sleep"
Il think you haven't grasped the
situation, Dal." said icily. There
will be plenty to do. There isn't .
servant In the house!"
NO servants!" svsryboAy cried aa
once The Mercer girls stopped cir.
Cling.
"Hoay eaas!" Max stopped In the
act q hanging up his overcast do
you msaa-vAy. can't shave myself
mi cuk nv head or"
pun do moro than that" I re-
~ grimly. You win carry coal
t,tend 1rss ana empty ash pans,
q. when you are not doing any of
bS things there viii b pots and
NO wash and beds to make"
az there was 2 row. We had
red back to the den now, and
3od IN front Ct the fireplace and let
storm beat around me, and tried
look perfectly cold and Indifferent,
nd not to see Mr.. Harbison's shocked
ace. No wonder he thought them .
lot Of savages. browbeating their host.
ess the way they did.
ITS fool thing anyhow" Max
Reed wound up, ITO celebrate the an.
niversAfy of . divorce-especially-
Hero he caught Jim's eye and
pped. But I had suddenly remem
tered. Bella down in the basement!
Could anything have been worse?
~ Of course she would have hys-
q and then turn on me and blame
for It III. Il all came over me at
e and overwhelmed me, while
ne was crying ana saying she
uldn't cook II she starved for It,
Aunt Selma was taking OF her
ps. I felt queer al over, and sat
IN suddenly. Mr.. HARRISON was
king ct me, and he brought me
80 Of wine.
1T wont be % bad 10 you fear"
be said comfortably. There will Be
% danger once We are vaccinated. and
many hands make light work. They
are pretty raw now. because the thing
= new 70 then. but By naorning they
viii b rsconciled.''
1T to0't the work: Il 70 Something
entirely Ai6ersnt.. sid. Ana It Wa.
Bella and work could hardly bo
spoken IN ths sane breath.
II I had only tarneA her out - she
deserved TO be, when she first came,
instead Of allowing her to carry
through the wretched farce about see
ing Takahiro' Or II had only run
% the basement the moment the
house VS. guaranteed. and got her
rut the areaWay OF coal hole! And
sew time was flying, and Aunt Selma
had mo by the arm. and any moment
expected Bella to pounce on us
through the doorway and the whole
sftuation to explode with bang.
It was after eleven before they were
rational enough TO discuss ways and
meanS, and, q course, the nrst thing
was that W III adjourn BE-
low stairs s.S o:.s= g; after dtnner-
I could hsvo sla1A Max Red for the
notion, and the Mercer girls for taking
him uD.
"of- course We vill." they said in .
lust. "What . lark!" And they actu-
ally began to pin up their dinner
gowns. Il was Jim who stopped that