Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-24

friendly"
So that was what Mrs. Gordon had
been leading up to! Helen's face
famed.
I'm very glad you've mentioned
this. Mrs. Gordon. I've Just had .
talk with Anna about this very thing.
/ assure you 1t was quite as annoy
ing for me to have, your girl in my
kitchen as It was, for you to have
Emma In yours. And I shall try to
see that Anna has enough food" sar.
castically, so your maid will not feel
! obliged to feed her."
"Oh, l hope, Mrs. Curtis, you're not
going to be offended! OF course
didn't believe q thing Emma said.
You know how servants will gossip"
Yet 1t seems that you've listened
to their gossip"
III I'd thought you'd have taken It
this way" Mrs. Gordon rose haughtily.
Il certainly would not have told you"
Il don't know what you mean BY
this way!" Helen rose quite a.
haughtily and followed her to the
door. I'm simply assuring you that
my new maid win not trouble you.
I've spoken to her already. and I shall
speak to her again"
We'll. I'm very sorry, but Of course
II you insist on being offended can't
help It. I'm sure I meant 1t In .
neighborly way. Good afternoon"
Good afternoon" And Helen closed
the door very softly to keep from
closing 1t very hard.
Rushing out to the kitchen, with az
cited. vehement warnings, she con-
fronted the astonished Anna Never,
never. under any circumstances. must
she 90 near the Gordons' kitchen or
even speak to the Gordons' maid!
Because she had to tell someone.
Helen repeated all that Mrs. Gordon
had said, her indignation and her rage
increasing with the rehearsal
When Helen was thoroughly angry,
It always made her ILL., And now the
thought Of Emma's treachery and Mrs.
Gordon's naughty insolence innamed
her to the point Of hysteria.
By the time Warren came home,
her head ached. her throat ached and
she had worked herself up into IN
actual fever.
"Oh! What do you think? Who do
you thinks been here?" was her inco-
herent greeting. And what do you
think that sly. hateful Emma II saying
about us?'
How should I known" indifferently.
a. he tossed her the evening paper
and peeled OF his overcoat
THAT we didn't give her enough to
eat! That's what she told Mrs.. Cor
don's maid. and Mrs. Gordon came in
here today and told mel"
Huh. she had . lot to dol"
And that isn't ALI" excitedly. "ehe
said her maid had to practically feed
Emma because We didn't give her
enough! That Emma was always In
her kitchen, and that she hoped I'd
keep my new maid QUIT"
well, she's right about that"
"Oh," hamingly. Wasn't her maid
always in our kitchenf The very iirst
thing told this girl was not to 60
near the Gordons' maid"
"Just zee that she don't then.
What's the sense Of getting al fused
up about it?''
Put dear. don't you care? Aren't
you furious that Emma should say
such things about Us? She's told ev.
erybody In the house, know she has
that we're 20 stingy We didn't give
her enough to eat!"
What II she hast We know it's
not true. don't VET"
But other people don't Oh, War.
rem. don't you care ct all what people |
think Of usf"
mot anybody who'd listen to . lot |
Of backdoor gossip"
well. I care-it makes me wildi |
And the idea Of Mrs. Gordon coming |
In here with such story! rd love to |
write her . note and tell her just |
what ! think Of her!"
Nov, see here. Don't you pull on |
any rumpus with the 0ordoni. We're |
In too close quarters to stir mp any |
rows"
II stir mp > row. Why, I haven't
been near her! She walked In here |
with her naughty. overbearing airl I
hardly said . word. You know can |
never talk back"
"Oh. you're not % ALFRED meek |
I'll wager before she got out you |
made her feel darned uncomfortable. |