Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-28
CHAPTER xx.
sreskIna ou, In 2 New PIaae

Breaking Out In New Place
 Hunger reused everybody early the next morning, Friday. Leila Mercer had discovered a box of bonbons that she had forgotten, and we divided them around Aunt Selina asked for the candied fruit and got it--quite 6 third Of the box. We gathered in the lower hall and on the stairs and nib bled nauseating sweets while Mir. Harbison examined the telephone.
 He did not glance in my direction Betty and Dal were helping him. and he seemed very cheerful Max sat with me on the stairs. Mir. Harbison had just unscrewed the telephone box from the wall and was squinting into it. when Bella came downstairs. It vas her first appearance. but as she was always late. nobody noticed. When she stopped. just above us on the stairs, however. we looked up. and she was holding to the rail and trembling percepdbly
 "Mr. Harbison, will you-can you come upstairs?" she asked. Her voice was strained. almost reedy. and her lips were white
 NT. Harbison stared up at her, with the telephone box in his hands.
 "Why-er-certainly he said, ''but unless it's very important I'd like to fix this talking machine. We want to make a food record"
 "Fd like to break a food record, !" Max put in, but Bella created a d. version by sitting down suddenly on the stair just above us, and burying her face in her handkerchief
 Jim is sick" she said, with a sob. "He-he doesn't want anything to eat, and his head aches. He-said for ne-to go away and let him dlel"
 Dal dropped the hammer immedi- ately. and Lollie Mercer sat petrifed, with bonbon halfway to her mouth. For, of course. 1t was unexpected, finding sentiment of any kind in Bella, and none of them knew about the scene in the den in the small hours of the morning
 Sick" Aunt seIIna said. from a hall chair. sick, Where?"
 "An over." Bella quavered. His poor head is hot, and he's thirsty. but he doesn't want anything but wa ter"
 Great scottl" Dal said suddenly Suppose he should-BeIla, are you telling us all his symptoms?" Bella put down her handkerchief and got up. From her position on the stairs she looked down on us with something of her old naughty manner.
 If he Is III. you may blame your selves. all of you" she said cruelty. You taunted him with oeing-fat. and laughed at him. until he stopped eating the things he should eat. And he has been exercising-on the roof. until he has worn himself out. And now-he is ilL He-he has a rash"
 Everybody jumped at that, and we instinctiveiy moved away from Bella. She was quite cold and scoruful by that time.
 "A rashl" Max exclaimed What sort of rash?"
 T did not see it," Bella said with dignity. and turning she went up the stairs.
 There was a great deal Of excite meut. and nobody except Mir. HsTbi. son was willing to go near Jim He went up at once with Bella while Max and Dal sat cravenly downstairs and wondered if we would all take it. and Anne told about s man she knew who had it, and was deaf and dumb and blind when he recovered Mr. Harbison came down after a while. and said that the rash was there, right enough, and that Jim ab- solutely refused to be quzrartined; 1; that he insisted that he always got a rash from early strawberries and tha; if he did have anything. since they were SO touchy he hoped they would all get it If they locked him in he