The nonpartisan leader., 1915-12-09
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And though during the day many de-
Nghtful crises were precipitated the
most interesting were the expressions
that devastated Polk Hayes and Lee
Greenf1eld's faces as they came around
the side Of the house to see what all
that hammering was about.
Gardiner exclaimed Lee, in per-
feet agony, as he beheld the lady Of
his ardent, though long restrained, af-
fectons poised across the wheel Of the
wagon tugging at the middle Of
heavy plank which Mrs. Dodd and
were pushing up to her, while Mamie,
the mother of seven, stood firmly on
top Of the wagon guiding it into place.
"Helpw gasped Polk, as he started
to take the ak from Jane by force.
Then we all stopped while Jane
quietly gurgled the molasses of the
situation to them, and sent them on
down the street sadder and wiser men.
thought Polk was going to cry on her
shoulder before he was finally persuad-
ed to go and leave us to our fate, and
the expression on Lees face as he
looked up at torn, dirty, perspiring
Caroline, with a smudge on her nose
and blood on her hand from an abso-
lutely Insignificant scratch, was such
as ought to have been on Ned's face
as he ought to have been standing by
Mamie with the asafetida bottle.
That's mixed up, but the five ought to
catch the point.
1t took up all Of Saturday afternoon
and part Of Monday morning, but we
built those tables, thereby disciplin-
ing masculine Glendale with severity
that I didn't think could have been
in us.
We all rested on Sunday-that is, os-
kensiby. Jane put down all sorts Of
things on paper that everybody had to
do on Monday and on Tuesday. Hen
rietta sat by her in a state of trance,
and It did me good to see Sallie out
IN the hammock at Widegables taking
care Of both the kit and the pup, la
boriousiy assisted by painting Aunt
Dilsie, because Jane explained to her
so beautifully that she needed a lot
Of Henrietta's time, that Sallie ac-
Auiesced with good natured bewilder-
ment. OF course Cousin Jasmine help
ed her some, but she was busy aiding
Cousin Martha to beat up some mys-
FERROUS eggs in the kitchen, with the
shutters shut because it was Sunday.
Ht was something that takes two days
to "set" and was to be the piece de re-
e1stance, after the barbecue.
Mrs. Hargrove couldn't help Sallie at
all with the kiddies either, because she
was looking through all her boxes and
bundles for letter from her son which
she thought said something about IA
poring woman's rights, and If it is like
she thinks it Is she Is going to 20 to
the barbecue and get things nice and
bot instead Of having them brought to
her cold
! l had hoped to get few minutes
Sunday afternoon to myself so could
go up into the garret and look through
one OF the trunks brought from Paris
with me to see how many sets Of things
have got left. am going to need a
trousseau pretty soon, and I might
need it more suddenly than I expect.
] don't see any reason for peoples not
marrying Immediately when they make
up their minds, and my half Of ours is
made up strong enough to decidedly
influence rapidity in his. But then ]
really don't believe that the Crag
would care very much about the high
lights Of a trousseau, and it was just
as well that Nell came in to get me tc
help her write letter to national
headquarters to know If she could have
any kind Of assignment In the cam
paign for the convention to alter the
constitution In Tennessee when II
meets next winter.
Have you msde up your mind fully
TO go In for public life, Nell?" asked