The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-07

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work the name or every tailored. cola
eyed woman who passed, their I'M
comes. number Of servants, children,
who's husbands drank. whose nagged,
ana whose were stingy. VI all she
watched wtsttully. none interested her
like a tall. slim woman OF her own
age who lived next door. But the
SOFT sleek. gray pompadour or Mrs.
Anleil was quite unlike the wabbly
never stopped to learn the knack OF
selr-srooming. Mrs. Anjell's clothes
ntted her slim form us we'll as any
Soung girls and she carried herself
as Nouthfully. 1t was only when you
saw her close. without a veil that you
could detect the crows feet around
her chilly brown eyes. Chilly! They
were frosty. They rested upon home-
~ Mrs. Cooper's without seeming to
be aware h q they hehcld anything at
all.
But Id like to know her." Mrs.
Cooper sighed to herself. She looks
TO school with back in Ohio" Her
How many. many years have passed
since those school days:
1t seemed that Mrs. Anjell was so.
cia! chief of the street. Every one
nodded to her with that degree OF
pleasure which signifies a bit of syco-
pnancS. Mrs. Cooper noticed that
people often crossed the street for
the chance Of nodding to her.
Dear me! I would like to know
her. ever II I ain, her kind" MUIR
INJURED Mrs. Cooper to the rhododen-
drons, with which. for some reason,
she felt on more intimate terms than
with the hydrangeas.
me summer, however. waxei hot
n waned. Autumn came and COW
cred the green lawns with red and
yellow leaves, and still Mrs. Cooper
sat lonesomely On the porch, except
on the few occasions that she motored
and brought home with her the Saun-
ders children, whom she stuffed with
cake. candy. and ice cream till their
to eat home fare any more.
And then one night Mrs. Cooper,
going out to the back porch for some
thtng-she forgot afterward what
found Mrs. Anjell-frostly Mrs. Anjell
-tearfully. prayerfully begging her
maid to come over and help her get
dinner. I've got company and it's
TOO late to get q caterer. At least.
I've telephoned and telephoned," she
wistful eyes grew reminiscently soft.
was saving. despairingly. And they
are people that Mr.. Anjell is very
anxious to entertain. To think both
cook and second girl would leave me
in a lurch like this"
Maggie didn't care to 90. Not at
all. She shook her head at the prof
fered bill. Maggie had an engagement
With a gentleman friend just the min
ute h served Mrs. Cooper's little dab
OF a meal. Mr.. Cooper wasn't coming
nome for dinner and Mrs. Cooper
never Qf0 much AID s~k-
airi!y sauntered Maggie. Mrs. Anjell
turned away.
"Wait." called Mrs. Cooper excited
ly. 9Th Let me come over and
cook your dinner. I can't serve," hes
itatingly. But Tn an elegant cook.
II I do say 1t myself" .
YOU" said Mrs.. Anjell. why
why-its awfully kind Of you, butt
y dream Of Imposing on your
GOOD nature There was a blend 81
doubt and frostiness in her voice. The
doubt was a tribe y the ascendency.
1t amt. good llaturs." said Mrs.
Cooper. But. I'lI SD plagued tired
OF sitting. alone. evening after evening
and day after day I'd like to mis- IN
some pudding and salad for entertain
ment." She spoke desperately. And
and amt meaning that I want to
sit down with the folks who come. It
o.ut l.ol' tHey II never Know but
what I'm a hired cook"
Mrs. Anjell had stepped >away.
paused. and was lost. And the LAYER
Of freshness and haughtiness melteI.
oh. II you WILL" she cried, thank
fully. II hate to accept. but"
But you are going to-" declared
Mrs. Cooper. How do you want the
fish served? ?" :
A week later Peter Cooper, OPENING
his mail at the breakfast table. waved
q square white card triumphantly at
his wife. II told you they'd get ac-
quainted with us in time. Here's an
invitation to dine with the Aniells-
high-toned folks. I've heard, and stiff
fish. but real good natured when YOU
get to know EN- -
Mrs. Cooper smiled tolerantly. Illus.
bands merely were. husbands. She
had an idea that hers might not al
together like. to know that she had
spent a strenuous evening in the An
jell kitchen. So she merely said
heartily: IT don't know about him.
but Mrs. Anjell is. awfully sociable
once o . get past that outer layer
OF standoffshness. I know. And T
guess l will get me q real nice new
Dress" ~"
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