The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-06-11

r. see it. and then It was too late for
him to smile.
We had tea in the loggia. and dined
with the family in the countess apart
ment at 8 that night. think Mrs.
Titus was rather favorably impressed
when she beheld me in my wi raj.
ment. Britton had smoothed out my
evening clothes until they almost shone.
and | managed to carry myself with
unusual b%uoyancy.
Everything went very well that even
ing. We were all in fine humOr, and
the dinner was an excellent one. | per.
petrated but one unhappy blunder. !
asked Mrs. Titus If she knew the Riley.
Verkheimers and the Rocksworths In
New York.
"yisually." she said succinctly, and
I made haste to change the subject.
The countess looked amused. and Colin
graft said something about 1t being
more than likely that we did not have
any mutual acquaintances In New
York. His sister came to my rescue
WIFI Il very ulAuoIA6 IL Aoc6SSulNu
account of my experience with the
Riley Werkheimers and RockswOrths.
JASPER was enthusiastic. Something
told me that l was going to like him.
NV troubles began the mex day. and
at the rather unseemly hour of 8
O'Clock in the morning. Colingraft
came down the hall in a bath gown
l:,>, knnrnI -, t,v bo6pnouo
door and wanted to know why he
couldn't have hot water for his bath
He was too full blooded and all that
sort OF thing. he said. to take Il cold
| plunge. Moreover. he wasn't used to
taking his tub in Il tin cup. THAT was
his sarcastic way of referring to my
portable. handy bathtub., | asked him
why he didn't ing for Britton. and he
said he did. Dut that Britton was as
sisting Jasper in a wild chase for a
bat which had got into the lads room
during the night.
THANK your lucky stars it didn't get
into mothers ROOM" he said surlily.
| silently thanked them.
He made such a row about his tub
| CIdl ! nuu " EANC I'LL SuC pan VI IN
water Britton had placed in my bed
room preparatory to my W bath.
At breakfast Jasper complained about
the bats. He couldn't for the life of
him see why l didn't have screens in
the windows.
Later on Mrs. Titus, who had coffee
and toast in her room. joined us in the
loggia ndkannounced that the coffee
was stone cold. Moreover, she did not
like the guest chamber into which she
had been moved by order Of the
countess. 1t was too huge for a bed
chamber, and the iron window shut.
tiers creaked all night long.
But you love the view you have OF
the Darube:" l inquired rather mourn
fully.
81 don't sit in the window al! night,
Mr.. Smart" she said tartly.
at once insisted on her resu1nina
possession Of my bedroom and prompt
~ had all of my things moved into
the one she had occupied during the
night. When the countess heard OF
this arrangement she was most indig'
nant. She got me off in a corner and
cruelty informed me that ! hadn't the
vestige Of a backbone. She must have
said something to her mother, too, fol
when evening came around l Il tC
move back into my W room, Mrs
Titus sweetly assuring me that under
no consideration would she consent tC
impose upon my good nature and hos
pitality to such an extent, etc.
During the day at odd times Colin
graft made lofty suggestions in regar(
to what could be done with the place
to make it more or less inhabitable
and Jasper-who, by the way, wa:
beginning to fear l should not like aft
err all-said he'd just like to have
whack at the thing himself. FRS
thing he'd do would be to turn SOM
of those old. unused rooms into Squasl
and racket courts. and he'd also put il
a swimming pool and Il hot waite
plant.
Late in the afternoon | stole far ~
into the eastern tower to visit IN.
adorable friend Rosemary. We played
house together on the nursery floor
and ! soon got W. M feeling Of de
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