The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-02-15

Whatre you usins-eoid cream 1
mink olive oils much better.
Helen brought the oil. and Mrs. Stew
Ems ripping off her long. white gloves.
smeared face.
Because of her aversion for the giri.
ana the feeling that she was not on err
el-an, Helen had shrunk from touching
ton she watched Mr. Stevens uncon-
sciOus solicitude.
~ you'll give me brush. I'll brush
out this singed hair"
:, I've only. Eot a comb" faltered
Emma as Helen turn-d TO her bureau
Never mind. II get NINE knowing
she could never use IL afterWard.
EInna . hair was oily and faxed with
out any seeming reluctance.
MS ~ really very good for your
n nIi,iI. rea cas- ] pay 70 have mine
thing"
Under Mrs. Stevens hindliness and
tact. Emma was fast recovering from
the shock. Her hair brushed. thew Der.
suaded her TO lie down.
o. IN the bathroom. Helen gave Mrs
stevens hand-brush and a fresh cake
OF guest soap. But. lacking the over
squeamlshness that was with Helen al
most an sfniction, she merely rinsed
her hands under the faucet.
How il sheT' called Warren How
about Going out for dinnerg'
You and Henry stay In there0Ss.ii
serve the dinner In no time
Ihey found the kitchen freezinEiy
smoke had ali blown out Except f saS
broiing the chicken and the sauce Tor
'nf In cGte asi WET everything was ready.
dinner on the table.
,,,Wonder there's not more accidents
Win these gas stoves" commented Mr..
stevens as they sat down Lucky N
didn't burn her face"
she must have turned on the oven
he ma
rem Mighty dangerous thing to do
I've warned her about that repeated
~. Helen was served the soup but
her minds not on her work-she's thtnk-
Ing OF those elevator boys"
~ don't quite like her eyes" unused
sirs. stevens. taking on one OF Emma's
aprons. she doesn't look straight at
That's part OF her furtiveness. Oh.
she's the slyest thingi I never know
S Mhsn she's telling the tru;h-and she's
TTl n 5aSs TO, too, When her months up.
You can't let her go now" broke in
warren Cant discharge n girl right
on TOP OF an accident like that"
But. dear. I've already told her She
expects 20 20 the twentieth"
Don't care what you told her-we're
soing 20 keen her another two weeks"
Then well have trouble with the
Gordons. She simply lives in their kit
G ehenMi can Keep her out know Mrs.
I'd rather pay her for an extra half
month and let her GO
maids-thats sure. Lncky n we csn
pay the rent this year"
Perhaps II was Mrs. stevens presence
that gave Helen unwanted courage FOR
.., answered with a show OF frmness.
Then III pay her for the two weeks
and DO the work myself"
you'll do nothing OF the sort The
grill stay right here and do the work
until she's in shape to take another iob "
Ihen with n shrug he turned to Mrs
stevens. NOW you see a sample OF
Helen's obstinacy"
It's not obstinacy." holly. It's
simply that Emma's so dishonest we
SHOULDN'T keep her. At first she took
only my perfumery and a few ribbons
but yesterday found one OF your Ties"
whats THAR brusquely. "One OF
TT was under the paper in her bottom
drawer"
The. deuce Il wasi good tie7,
one OF those silk popiins YOU got I'm
London. suppose she wanted IL for
the elevator boy"
See here this won't do Wen not
stand for that-not by a long shot Why
you can't get those poplin ties in this
country When's her month up-the
tWenueth! Well, she don't stay any
longer! And you see that my rooms
Kept locked until she goes"
with deepening colon Helen averted
her eyes TO the bread she was crumbling
by her plate. Her fnesse was success
ful. She had avoided n further quarrel
before the Stevenses. and had won her
point as TO when Emma should go
That II had been a lace collar OF hers
and not tie OF Warren's that she had
her. Emma's dishonesty was the same
And Warren would have only shifted at
the puriOininE OF her "fripperies'' while
he took most seriously the appropriation
OF any OF his own.
what ahaf1 ba hav. 90. at.,..- 81.