Bogalusa enterprise. [volume] (Bogalusa, La.) 1914-1918, 1916-01-13

wasn't n,aaso, Ness' ana naturally
t WASH a,.1 pleased. But Jane insisted tb,.
the girl was hungry; she had wa' .u..
on ner sympathies so that Jane ' rs.''.
believed her. A0 feally
Didn't give her enough n o,..,
peated Helen, dazed. And shs ' c,,e,'
house," 0en mo
I'm sure I don't know" with
s sup re shrus. But, really, Mn
Gurus, since servants are 80 1o.s,.. 3
l think it would be Just a. VOL, !;
your maid and Jane were not " az
friendly" Ao' 70 4
So tina, was what Mrs. Gordon had
beea leading up to! Helen'a f.o.
famed. '"''
I'm very glad you've meptionaA
this, Mrs. Gordon. I've Just had .
talk with Anna about this very thin,.
l assure YOU it was quite as ansov.
ing for me to have your cir. in N,
kitchen as it was for you to bav.
Emma in yours. And | shall trv "a
see that lima has enough food" sar.
castically, so your mid will not fee,
obliged to feed her.
'"Oh, hope, Mrs. Curtis, you're M.
going to be offended! OF course /
didnt believe a thing Emma said
You know how servants will gossln.
Yet it seems that you've listened
to their gossip"
IF I'd thought you'd have taken n
this way Mrs. Gordon Use hauehtily
Il certainly would not have .old youe
Il don't know what you mean By
this way''' Hylen rose quite u
haughtily arl followed her t. the
door. IN simply assuring you that
my new maid will not trouble you.
I've spoken to her already, AID shall
speak to her again."
We'll, I'm very sorry, but Of course
if you insist on being offended can't
help it. I'm sure l meaLt it in .
neighborly way. Good afternoon" !.
Good afternoon" And Helen closed
The door ,ery softly to keep from
closing it very Lard.
Rushing out to the kitchen, with q.
cited, vehement warnings, she con,
fronted the astonished Anna. Never,
never, under any circumstances, must
she 90 near the Gordons' kitchen Of
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,
IL always made her i'll And now the l
thought of Emmas treachery and Mn. /
Cordon's naughty insolehce inaamed
her to the point Of hysteria.
f.! BY the time Warren came homA
her head ached, her throat acbed md
she had worked herself up into an
actual fever.
ooh. " nat do you think? Who DO
you thinks been here?' was her inco
herent greeting And what do yoa
think that sly, hate III Emma Is sa7inl
about us?'
How should know" inditferently,
as he tossed her the evening paper
anu peeled off his overcoat.
THAT we didn't give her enough to
eat! That's what she told Mrs. Cor
CONS maid, nd Mrs. Gordon came
here today and told mel"
Huh, she had a lot to do!'
"And that isn't ALL" excitedly. "sns
said her maid had to practically fesd
Emma because we didn't give h0
enough. That Emma was always ID
her kitchen, and that she hoped ~
keep my new maid OUT" I:
well, she's right about that"
"Oh," famingly. Wasn't her mao
always in our kitchen? The very nn'
thing told tnis girl was not to %
near the Cordons maid"
Just see that she don't tnen.
What's the sense of getting all ftsse0
up about it,"
Put, dear, don't You care? Aren't
you furious that Emma should ."
such things about US? She's tolo er :
erybody in the house, know sne ass
that we're so stingy we didn't s''
her enough to eat!' -.
What if she has? We know ~
not true, don't we?' ~.
But other people don't on w.
rem, don't you care at all what pe0p"
think Of u.s. -
mot anybody who'd listen 10
Of backdoor gossip" ~
well, I care-it makes mo WIZ.
And the idea of Mrs. Gordon com'..
in here with such a story! I'd loVs~
write her a note and tell nor
what I think Of her. -
Nov, see here. Don't you pun -
any rumpus with the Gordons' w.. ~,
in too close quarters to sur W
rows" 10Y
~ st;- IN row, Why. haven
been near her! She walked ID a''
with her naughty. overbearins ~
hardly said a word. you Auo"
nel er tar back" ~
"Oh, you're not so alFheu =. nm