The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-06

eve are in your hands, you see, MT.
Pierce. Are you going to help us
And when she asked him that, u was
plain to me that he was only sorry ne
couldn't die helping.
"If everybody agrees to It," he SAID,
looking at her, land you all think JUS
feasible and | can carry 1t OH, I'm per
fectly willing to try"
"Of course" said Mr.. Dick, i ex-
pect to retain control, you understand
that, suppose, Pierce? You can come
out every day for instructions. dare
say sanatoriums are hardly In your
| line"
"Eh-oh, well no, hardly" he said;
"I've tried everything else, ! believe.
It can't be worse than carrying
bunch of sweet peas from garden to
garden"
Mr. Dick stopped walking and
turned suddenly to stare at Mr.. Pierce.
"Sweet-what?' he said.
Everybody else was talking, and
was the only one who saw him change
color.
Sweet peas" said Mr.. Pierce. "And
| that reminds me-Pd like to make one
condition, Mr.. Carter. feel in meas
ure responsible for the company; most
of them have gone back to New York,
but the leading woman, Miss sum-
mers. is sick at the hotel in Finley
vile. I'd like to bring her here for
two weeks to recuperate. assure you,
have no interest in her, but I'm sorry
for her; she's had the mumps."
"Why, you've just had them, too,
Dicky,' said his wife. They all turned
to look at him, and / must say his
expression was curious. Luckily,
had the wit to knock over the break
fast basket, which was still there, and
when we'd gathered up the broken
china, Mr.. Dick had got himself in
hand.
I'm sorry, old man." he said to Mr.
Pierce, but Pm not in favor of bring
ing Miss-the person you speak Of
up to the sanatorium just now. Mumps
you know-very contagious, and al
that"
"She's over that part" Mr.. Pierce
said; "she only needs to rest"
Certainly, if she isn't well, brint
her up" said Miss Patty. Only
won't she know your name is not Car
teri"
"Shes discretion ITSELF" Mr.. Pierce
said. Her salary hasn't been paiC
for month, and as I'm responsible
I'd be glad to see her looked after"
Il don't want her here. PHIL pa.
, her board at the hotel" Mr. Dick be
, gan, only for heavens sake, don't
He stopped, for every one was star
ing.
i why in the world would you d.
that?" Miss Patty asked. Don't b.
, ridiculous. That's the only condition
} Mr.. Pierce has made"
Mr.. Dick stalked to the window an,
/ looked out, his hands in his pockets
! "Oh, bring her up! Bring her up!
! he said without looking around. Il
Pierce won't stay unless he can pla,
< the friend in need, all right"
2 That was Wednesday. In the after
] noon Miss Julia Summers came wit
. three lap robes, white lace veil an
a French poodle in sleigh and wen
r to bed in one of the best rooms, an
, that night we started to move out ful
! niture to the shelter-house. Towar
daylight Mr.. Sam dropped wash-bow
2 on my toe and went to bed with Al
: arnica compress.
i limped out in time to be on han
r before Miss Cobb got there, but wha
J. with a chilblain on my heel and hardl
J. any sleep for two nights-not to mer
i ton my toe-I wasn't any too pleas
n ant.
e She told me about Miss Summer
being still shut in her room, and no,
9 she'd offered Mike an extra dollar L
give the white poodle Turkish bat
z lit being under the weather as t
: health-and how Mike had soaked tn
d little beast for an hour in a tub q
I water, forgetting the sulphur. and
mad come out sort of mustard colo,
e and how Miss Summers had had by.
terics when she saw it.
i Mike dipped him in bluing I
bleach him again, or rather he
! It's name is Arabello--' Mis-
d Cobb said. but all it did was to max
n 1t notified like an Easter egg. Ever,
body is charmed There we're no dog
II allowed while the old doctor live,
d Things were different"
e, Yes, things were different" a
d scented. "How-how does Mr.. Carte
r get along?"
s. Miss Cobb shifted.
y, Well" she said, goodness know
II I'm no trouble maker, but somebod
a ought to tell that young man fe
things. He's forever looking at h
T. thermometer and opening windows
n declare, If hadn't brought my woo
+ en- tights along I'd have frozen
E death at breakfast. Everybody's cor
to planning" -
put that away in my mind to spea
ie about. 1t was only by mailing the wi
dows shut and putting strips of cottc
So batting around the cracks that We
q ever been able to keep people the,
ne In winter. had my frst misv,v,,