The Raymer enterprise., 1915-05-06

lAo Houb5. huu luhl II hll ! uO to
member.
was awakened by a terrible ham.
mering In the top of my head. |
reached out for the glass Of water
that | always put beside my bed at
night and l touched door-knob in
stead. Then realized that the knock.
Ing wasn't all In my head. There
was a sort Of steady movement OF feet
on the other side Of the door, with
people talking and laughing. And
above It all rose the steady knock
knock OF somebody beating on tin.
Cant do It," II was the bishops
voice. Il am convinced that nothing
but dynamite will open this tin Of
lobster"
Just a moment. bishop" Mr.. Tho
burns voice and the clink Of bottles,
Il have 4 can opener somewhere.
You'll hnd the sauce q la Newburg-"
Here. somebody. = glass, quick! A
bottles broken."
Did anybody remember to bring
! salt and pepper!"
Dear Mr.. Thoburn." 1t sounded like
Miss Cobb, Think Of thinking of all
this!"
The credit is not mine. dear lady"
Mr.. Thoburn said. Where the deuce
is that corkscrswi Nc. dear lady.
man makes his own destiny, but his
birth date remains beyond his con-
troll"
ladies and gentlemen" somebody
said. TO Mr.. Thoburn's birthday be-
yond his CONTROL"
There was the clink OF glasses, but
l had remembered what 1t had been
that was to remember. And now 1t
was too late. | was trapped In the
pantry Of my springhouss and Mr..
Pierce was probably asleep. I
clutched my aching head and tried to
think | was reused by hearing some
body say that Miss jennings had no
glass, and by steps nearing the pantry.
| had Just time to slip the bolt.
"Pantrys locked" said q voice.
"Drat that Minnie!" somebody said.
The girls a nuisance"
Hush" Miss Summers said. She's
probably In there now-taking down
what we say and what we eat Con-
yicting US out OF our own mouths"
held my breath and the knob rat.
tied. Then they found a glass for Miss
Patty and forgot the pantry.
Under cover Of the next burst OF
noises tried the pantry window, but
1t was frozen shut. Nothing but a
hammer would have loosened 1t. be-
gan to dig at 1t with wire hairpin.
but hadn't much hope.
The fun in the springhouse was got
ting fast and furious. Miss Summers
was leaning against the pantry door
and / judged that most Of the men In
the room we're around her, as usual.
put my ear to the panel OF the door,
and could pretty nearly see what was
going on. They were toasting Mr.. Tho
burn. and getting hungrier every min
ute As the supper was put out on the
| card tables
"Te the bottle," somebody said.
"In infancy. the milk bottle; In our
prime, the wine bottle; in our dotage,
the pill bottle"
Mr.. Won invalid came over and stood
beside Miss Summers. and could hear
every whisper.
Il have good news for you" she said
In an undertone.
"Oh, And WHAT
"Sh! You may recall" she said. "the
series Of notes. letters, epistles. with
which you have been honoring me
lately7"
How could forget? They we're
written in my hearts blood!'
Indeed Her voice lifted Its eye
brows. so TO speak. We'll, somebody
got in my room last night and stole
| dare say pint Of your hearts blood.
Iucg ic Soilc.
He was pretty well upset, as he
might be, and she stood by and lis
tened to the things he said, which, II
they were as bad in English as they
sounded In German, wouldn't like to
write down, And when he cooled
down and condensed. as you may say.
into English, he said Miss Jennings
must have seen the letters. for she
would hardly speak to him. And Miss
SummN's said she hoped Miss Jen,
nings had-she was too nice q girl to
treat shamefully.
And after he had left her there
alone, heard o sort OF scratching on
the door behind Miss Summers back,
and then something being showed un-
der the door. stopped down and
picked It up. It was key!
! struck match. and ! saw by the
tag that It was the one to the old
doctors rooms. knew right of what
II meant Mr.. Pierce had gone to bed.
or pretended to throw them Oh the
track and Thoburn had locked b'm
ini Thoburn hadn't taken aks
chances. He knew the influence M..
Pierce had over them all, and he and
his champagne and tin cans had to
get In their work before Mr.. Pierce
had another chance at them.
l had no time to wonder how Miss
Summers knew | was In the pantry.