Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-02
CHAPTER m.
! MIaht Have Known It.

-Al A4IAtt I AdA consented TC- gretted it After all. what were Jim my's troubles to me? Why should help him impose on an unsusrectfng elderly woman? And 1t l. as only gut ting o1 discovery anyhow. Sooner or later. she wonld learn of the divorce, End-Just at that instant my eyes fell on Mir. Harbison-Tom Harbison, as Anne called him. He was looking. on with an amused, half-puzzled smile, while people 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 up a toy bear that Max had brought her What would he think? It was evident that he thought badly of us already-that he was con temptnously amused, and then to have to ask him to lend himself to the deceptionl
 With gasp I hurled myself after Jimmy, only to hear a strange voice in the hall and to know that was too late. l was in for it, whatever was coming. It was Aunt Selma who was coming-along the han, followed by Jim. who was mopping his face and trying not to notice the paralyzed si- lenee in the library.
 Aunt Selina met me in the doorway. To my frantic eyes she seemed to tower above us by at least a foot. and beside her Jimmy was a red. perspir. ing cherub.
 Here she is," Jimmy said, from be- hind a temporary eclipse of black cloak and travelling bag. He was on top of the situation now, and he was mendaciously cheerful He had not said. Here is my wife" That would have been a lie. No. Jimmy merely said, Here she is" If Aunt Selma chose to think me Bella, was it not her responsibility? And if I chose to accept the situs ticn, was it not mine? Dallas Brown cane forward gravely as Aunt Selina 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," ts said. with his best manner. but this-this Is beyond our widest dreams"
 We'll, it's too awful to finger over. Anne took her upstairs and into Bella's bedroom. It was a fancy of Jim's to leave that room just as Bella had left 1t. dusty dance cards and fa> vors hanging around and pair of dis rIgD NF F-~ k1l I think 1t had been swept since Bella left 1t believe in sentiment. but like 1t brushed and dusted and the cobwebs of of It, and when Aunt Se- tina put down her bonnet. 1t stirred up a 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 e chair before she let Hannah. the maid. put her cloak on it.
 Anne looked frightened. She ran into Bella,s hath and wet the end of e towel and when Hannah. was chang ing Aunt Salinas esssai--her conces- sion to evening dress-Anne wiped on the obvious places on the furniture
 What's that young woman's nancy" she asked me sharply. when Anne had taken the towel out to hide tt
 Anne Brown. Mrs. Dallas Brown" replied meekiy. Every one replied meekly to Aunt Selina-
 Does she live here?"
 ~oh, mo- l said airily. They are here to dinner. she and her husband They are old friends of Jim's-and mine"
 ~seerns to have a good eye for dirt" said Aunt Selma and went on fastening her hrooca- When she was finally ready, she took bead purse from somewhere about her waist and took out a half dollar. She held it up before Hannah's eyes.
 "TomorroW morning" ehe said sternly. you take of that white cap and that foI-de-roI apron and that bfack henrietta cloth. and put on 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 a char; sne stared belplessIy from Aunt Selma to the haf dollar. and then at me. Anne ,vas trying not to catch my eye.
 -A,d another thins" Aunt Selma