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CHATTER I--James Wilson or Jimmy
as he Is called by his friends, Jimmy was
round and looked shorter than he really
ken seriously, but people steadily refused
TO do 80, his art is considered a huge
Joke, except to himself, If he asked people
Jimmy marries Bella Knowles; they live
together year and are divorced.
CHAPTER II.-Jimmy's friends arrange
70 celebrate the first anniversary OF his
1ivorce. Those who attend the party are
Miss Katherine McNair, who every one
calls Kit. Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Brown,
the Misses Mercer, Maxwell Reed and q
Mr Thomas HARRISON, a South American
when Jimmy receives a telegram from
his Aunt Selma, who will arrive In four
hours to visit him and his wife. Jimmy
gets his funds from Aunt Selma and after
ne marries she doubles his allowance. He
neglects to tell her of his divorce, as she
IS opposed to It, Jimmy takes Kit into
his confidence, he tries to devise some
way, so that his aunt will not learn that
he has no longer a wife. He suggests
that IN M Kit p1aiy the hostess for one night
but is finely prevailed upon to act the
part
CHAPTER III.-Aunt Selma arrives
and the deception works out as planned.
as she had never seen Jim's wife
CHAPTER Iv.-Jim's Jap servant is
taken III, his face is covered with spots.
Bella, Jtmmy's divorced wife enters the
mouse and asks Kit who is being taken
away In the ambulance, she insists it is
Jim. Kit tells her Jim is we'll and is in
the house. Bella tells Kit it wasn't him
she wanted to see. but Takahiro, the
services. HARRISON steps out on the porch
ana discovers man lacking a card on
the door, He demands an explanation.
The man points to the card and he sees
the word smallpox printed on It. The
man Is an officer from the board Of health
and tells him the. house is under quar-
nj h0f fhn re- xxyin hoy fn
stay until the quarantine Is lifted.
CHAPTER v.-The guests suddenly
realize their predicament, the women
shed tears, the men consider it good
Joke
CHAPTER vI-Harbison pleads with
Kit to tell him the real situation Of
things She finally tells him of Bella'S
Incarceration in the basement.
CHAPTER VII-The all important
question arises as to who is to prepare
the meals and perform the other house
hold duties. HARRISON finally solves the
matter. He writes out slips containing
the various departments of the house,
each one is assigned to his or her du-
ties
CHAPTER VIII-After the lifAu. OIL
the quarantine several letters written by
the guests were found in the mail box un-
delivered, one is addressed to Henry
IleWellyn, Union Nitrate Company.
49u r5} sa chile HI which was written by
Incarceration, also Of his infatuation for
Mrs. Wilson.
CHAPTER IX.-Harbison attempts to
patch up one quarrel after another be-
tween Kit and Jimmy. Aunt Selma is
taken i'll with la grippe. Betty acts as
nurse.
CHAPTER X.-Harbison finds Kit sulk-
ing on the roof. She tells him that Jim
has been treating her outrageously. Har-
bison fully believing that she is Mrs
Wilson. tells. her that she doesn't mean
the thlngs she is saying about her hus-
band. Kit starts downstairs. when sud
denly she is grasped in the arms of a
man who kisses her several times She
believes that HARRISON is the one who
did it and is Inundated.
CHAPTER X1.-Aunt Selma tells l1m-
my her cameo breastpin and other arti-
cles Of jewelry and her money has been
stolen. She accuses Betty of the theft.
CHAPTER XII.-The following morn
Ing Jimmy was in a rage. The papers
published story about the incarcera-
ton of the party, and that one of the
guests had attempted to escape by means
of laying board across to the roof Of
the adjoining house, but was frustrated
by detective who fred a revolver at
him.