The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
Nv JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

rupted, "it always seems so deathly still
at my house just after Dick goes TO
work. 1t makes the day go better to
have q. chat, and, besides, I.wondered If :
you had heard about Marjorie Jones"
The Busy Neighbor pushed her own
fishes aside, and turned inquiringly to
Fhe-Woman-w who-Talks-Too-M o-Much.
No" she said; what about her?
'"why. she isn't going back to tne
Chestnut Hill Seminary came the reply
IN a tone which implied that there was
a reason. w
'@Why." said the Busy Neighbor, Il
thought the Jones' set such store by
Chestnut Hill that they wouldn't senu
Marjorie anywhere else for all tne
world"
'rWeIln went on The-Woman-Who-l
TaIks-Too-M Much, its my opinion they
have refused to take her. There was
Tuss lust before school ended last year
Marjorie was caught giving champagne
SINNER. and was all but expelled. Sne
of the teachers broke in upon the gTls
she had invited TO her room just as IheS
were getting ready to break up inc
partv. and there was a lot Of talk theA
about Marjorie being expelled and every
body thought the only reason she WASH
sent home was because the end OF Ihe
term was so near. I'll wager you tney
won't take her back this year.
Decided TO Cut the Girl.
The Busy Neighbor thought it quite
likely, and made up her mind then ana
there that her Bessie should cut the
Jones girl henceforth and forever.
And when The-Woman-Who-Tal Talks-Too-
Much had gone home the Busy Neighnor
hustled through her dishes, gave Ihe
cleaning of her home lick and prom
lse changed her frock and went do"h
a couple of blocks to tell Jane Mason
..I thought you ought TO know eN-
rlained the Busy NeighbOr, that the
Chestnut Hill Seminary has refused 10
have Marjorie Jones again this year pe-
cause she gave champagne suppers ldSt
session. getting her friends and herseh
90 jntovicated at one Of them that they
became so noisy that they We're louHu
ont. lust knew you wouldn't want
ruth seen with her under such circum-
stances, and 1 thought it my duty 10
tell you" 49,,
For which little Mrs. Mason SAID she
was very grateful to the Busy N-lGhuoi'
for her Ruth was very fond OF Marjorie
and was seen much in public with her'
ali of which must, of course, cease now
On her way home the Busy Nelghbor
stopped for awhile to chat with MIS-
Graham, and although she had no daush-
ters to be protected, the Busy Nelghpor
thought she had as well know. and the
story EdlnGTGtl ltFO4NAAAe
was spun out the third time
TeIepboned 1t Around.
Having never enough to do nor TO
think about, The-Woman- W no tLIas- ana
Too-Much called up several Of her friends
5rJri1g the morning, and, among other
cherished tid-bits of gossip repeated the
tale she had left her dishes unwashed
earlier in the day in order 10 teH lLe
Busy Neighbor.
In the afternoon she went TO a mat
Jnee- and there she met an olo-ullie
friend. whose daughter had gone 10
school with Marjorie Jones Tor seEera'
years and again The-Woman- w no
-Too-Much reveled in Description
of the champagne supper; Marjorie uIs-
grace of the previous year, ana lhe re-
fusal of the school to have her as
- pupil again this year, for by thls tiils s
The Woman Who-T o-Talks-Too-Much hao
,.ana,+ed her original tale so often that
81 she had come TO be so thoroughly con-
,inced that this was the reason Tor the
GIRLS failure to return to Chestnut Hlli
that she no longer said it was her opin-
ion. but stated it as a fact
And when the evening came the Jones
,virI nut on her prettiest frock and looked
very sweet and girlish when she KISSED
the Jones mother good-by before leaving
the house for a little party 10 WHICH
Carrie Keen had invited her.
Oh yes the Busy Neighbor's BESSIE
was there as was also chubby huth ma
son. together with the daughter OF th'
oJ5H+iroe friend of Wornan-Who.
Taurs-Too-NIuch. and others who hao
beard the story, which began as mole
biII but finally grew, through repetiuoh
into such a mountain that every oli'
Is nrenared TO snub Marjorie Jones'
and to snub her hard
deliberately InsuIted Her.
When she ran across the room to kis'
rbubbv Ruth Mason, who had been al
intimate friend, the Mason girl coldL1
turned her cheek TO receive the caress
Tho Busy NeighbOr's Bessie walked oe
lTberately away when Marjorie gave ne
a pleasant and accustomed "heio' an'
a,,sn Carrie Keen, whose guest she was
- so stiff in her manner that Marjori
,o,,ld scarcely keep back the tears, no
control the strange lump which woul'
keen rising up in her throat. AFTER
little. when the fact that she was no
wanted. although she had been invited
became obvious, she pleaded head
ache. and went wonderlngly nome 70 pou
o,,t her fearful story of the dehberat
insuIts she had received to her mother
- sat reading in the Living Room un
iii her little grille should return
.sThere is something terribly wrong,
sobbed the girl, 'and l cannot make
o,yt I have thought ana lhouBhI Gil
Thought until my head seems pursuing
What have 1 done?
THE Jones mother soothed her VII
tender caresses. and said that there wa
surely some mistake, and that It Woul
Al come right
THAT II did come right was not due I
THE Woman who-Talks-Too-Much, 70
she gIoried in the mischief she had don't
dscIsring that 1t would teach the Jone
girl a lesson"
Several days later, when chubby Rut
Mason had come over to get some book
she had loaned Marjorie earlier In thel
vacation the phone rang. And whe
the Jones mother had received the mes
sage. she turned a radiant face to he
young daughter.
TITS going to be all right, dear," sh
said: father has won.
turning from the phone to Marjorie
one-time friend, she said, in explanation
1--WE were so afraid we would not b
able to send Marjorie back to ChestnJ
HIIl this fall because Of law suit
which Mr.. Jones has been involved
recover a portion of his fathers estat
which he seemed likely TO lose, and witt
out which it would have been impossibi