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CHAPTER I.-James Wilson or Jimmy
as he is called by his friends, Jimmy was
rotund and looked shorter than he really
was. His ambition in life was to be ta-
ken seriously, but people steadily refused
TO do So his art is considered a huge
Joke, except to himself if he asked people
10 dinner everyone expected a frohc.
Jimmy marries Bella Knowles; they live
Eosether year and are divorced.
CHAPTER II.-Jimmy's friends arrange
70 celebrate the first anniversary OF his
1lYorce. Those who attend the party ere
Miss Katherine McNair, who every one
calls Kit. Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Brown,
the Misses Mercer, Maxwell Reed and a
Mr.; Thomas HARRISON, a South American
civil engineer. The party is in full swing
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
he marrtes she doubles his allowance. He
neglects to tell her of his divorce. as she
IS opposed to it: Jimmy takes Kit into
way so that his aunt will not learn that
ne has no longer a wife. He suggests
that Kit play the hostess for one night.
part
CHAPTER ITI.-Aunt Selma arrives
and the deception works out as planned.
az she had never seen Jim's wife.
CHAPTER IV.-Jim's Jap servant Is
taken III. his face is covered with spots.
Bella, Jimmy's divorced wife enters the
house and asks Kit who is being taken
Jim. Kit tells her Jim Is we'll and is In
the house. Bella tells Kit 1t wasn't him
she wanted to see. but Takahiro. ths
services. HARRISON steps out on the porch
ana discover man lacking card on
the door. He demands an explanation
Inc 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-
ant1ne and that the guests will have to
stay until the quarantine is lifted.
CHAPTER v.-The guests suddenly
realize their predicament, the women
shed tears, the men consider 1t good
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
Yes, that was what l said. I know
it sounds like raving delirium, but
when Max came down and squizzled
some bacon. as be said and told
Flanagan about the robbery and how,
whether it was joke or deadly earn
est, somebody in the house had taken
Anne's pearls, that wretched police
man winked at me solemnly over
Max's shoulder. Oh, it was awful!
And, to add to my discomfort the
most unpleasant ideas would obtrude
themselves. What was Mr.. HARRISON
doing on the first floor of the house
that night? Ice water, he had said.
But there had been plenty of water in
the studio! And he had told me it
was the furnace
Mr. HARRISON came back in a half
nour, and l remembered the eggs. We
fished them out of the tea kettle and
they were perfectly hard, but we ate
them.
The doctor from the board of health
came that morning and vaccinated us.
There was a great deal Of excitement,
and Aunt Selma was done on the arm.
AS she did not affect evening clothes
this was entirely natural, but later on
in the week, when the wretched things
began to take, nobody dared to limp,
and Leila made a terrible break by
wearing a bandage on her left arm,
after telling Aunt Selma she had been
waccinated on the right.