The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-17

Irised to hear you use that Stevens
expression. However, l am afraid
sweeping will have to do, as we have
neither sand nor soap"
Leaving Dolly. Lal made Il sudden
descent upon the hearth rug. shook it.
rolled. it up and carried it out. He
o out the cradle as we'll. very gently
putting 1t down in the shade without
waking the child. The chairs he piled
Oh the table. The curtains he tucked
up. Dolly took her place outside with
the rest % the furniture and stood in
the doorway. watching and laughing.
Lal paused. leaning OH his broom in
the middle Of the floor as Maud Muller
might have leaned upon her hay rake.
Suddenly he made Il triumphant
pOunce ui,on Mrs. Scarle's brown tea
pot. which spent all its days upon the
hob. He emptied away the liquid tea.
shook out the leaves Oh 4 broken plate
and began to strew them with fasti-
! dious .lnSe"s about the floor. The con
trast between him and his task was
piq,lant. Bernard would owe have
attempted to sweep at all, I-ucian
might have tried. but he was not wise
enough for the tea leaf plan. Dolly's
imagination could see him happily
grooming all the dust out of Tie opel
door and gatherin. it up with his fiji
gers wher it lodged in the inequalities
of the flooring. This amateu-. louise
maid worked i'll different style. Neat.
deft. precise. that was I.al. He coax
cd the tluc out of the orncrs he lifted
the fender and swept undcrneath: he
took away cobwebs from the wilelow
and spiders nests from the angles of
the ceiling. and swept all his glcanings
into Il symmetrical pile.
"A dnstpan. now he said, looking
round inquiringly.
"'Therc's no such thing. Let me do
it now. You've proved your powers"
".No." said I.al. no" His eye rest
ed on a copy of the local paper. In d
trice he had it folded firmly with sharp
edges and was bending it into a con
venient receptacle for the debris.
which he enpticd into the fire. Then
he busted the furniture with his hand
kerchief and put everything back i'll
place twitching the ragged hearth rug
straight to the eighth of an inch and
arranging all the chairs exactly.
But it should have been %scrubled,'
he wound up. With Il sigh of regret.
Il won't have if. Mrs. Scarle wouldn't
know her w room. DO YOU know
| never thought q man could have 50
could be-
Gould have so much sense La
finished quantity.
We'll. didn't. Where did YOU Learn
how 10 do it," said Dolly, laughing.
Miss Fame. | have Il pair Of eyes
and our oo,ns at home arc swept
sometimes.'
"-Ah. but you've the hands too
II know it, Ial said. diSplayin.
them With disgust. Dolly looked Will
Il wise little nod and went into tn,
scul,cry, She brought back Il tresl
towel. a piece of yellow soap and
tin hasintul OF clean hot water.
THAT is good" Lal said. plungin:
in his hands with an air of relief. Dol
ly was looking 1T her own. II thinl
I'll wash, too she said. and Withou
more ado stripped back her cuffs ant
Slipped her fingers in beside Lal's
The sunlight spanked in the water an
flashed in silver circles. following til,
curve of the white meta. Dolly chased
the piece Of soap ali round the basin
and I.al captured it and cave it to her
Her wrist was >oft to the touch as
bal'v.s. Lal WAS warmly alive to TIL,
charm of the moment. and would HAY,
prolonged it: not so Dolly. She with