The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-15
ACCORDING
TO INSTRUCTIONS
BY JEAN DICKERSON

IN MS pocket
Am detained in town until evening.
Meet Lily Black at 2:20 train. Be a
gear and amuse her until come
Bessie"
Amuse her, indeed!" repeated
Giles wrathfully, waving his pipe at
the surrounding furniture. May in
qulre why that precious bit of onyx,
Lily Black, must be amused by me-
me-until her mistress arrives? II
this is the present status of the serv.
ant question, the sooner women obtain
Suffrage and the men folks take up do
nestle problems and solve em the
better!"
There was no reply to Mr. Towers
indignant remarks, for he was all alone
In the room His widowed sister had
moved into this pretty suburban villa
and the house was hardly settled when
the cook, imported from the city, over
come by loneliness and the hooting Of
nocturnal birds, had packed her tele-
scope bag and departed for town leav-
ing Mrs. Emery and her bachelor
brother hungry and forlorn.
This morning Mrs Emery had gone
to town on an early train hoping to
persuade an old and favorite hand
maid to return to her employment.
This ebon damsel rejoiced in the con-
Trajectory name of Lily White" and
1t had always been Giles Towers within
to speak Of her as Lily Black"-hence
his amazed disgust when he read his
sisters message saying that Lily was
on her way TO Roselawn. and that he
was to amuse her until Mrs. Emery s
return
Il that isn't just like Bessie" sigh.
ed Giles as he gathered together his
sheets of manuscript and locked them
away. 1T doesn't appear that she has
told Lily to prepare decent meal for
me-but there, suppose Bessie will
dine In town and | must feast AGAR
from the emergency shelf Well
here goes for lunch OF some sort"
He went into the disordered kitch
en- where there we're visible evidence:
of the few scrappy meals he and hi'
sister had contrived to prepare sinc'
the departure of the owl-haunted cool
the day before. He prowled In thu
pantry and from the shelves Of tinne'
foods, bottled fruits and biscuit boxe
he managed to get together a rattle
dry end unpalatable meal.
When 1t was over he left the debri
for the further surprise of the con
ing cook, and going to the garag
II got out the car and started for tn
station, thinking resentfully Of his II
II terrupted work aud frowning darl
4 " at the remembered instructions c
| his sister to "anuse Lily Black"
Hi She can alnuse herself by toyin
II with the dtshpan and dustpan," grun
bled Giles. Il suppose ought
II amuse her with the mechanical plan
II or invite her to a game Of tennisl"
II The big car swung to a standstill {
the station platform just as the trai
II rushed in. Giles left his seat an
Il walked slowly toward the new arrival
II There were about half a dozen In a
but nowhere did Giles see the tai
commanding form of his sisters
Il vorite handmaiden. Lily white
Black
The 2:20 pulled creakingly away
other and more distant suburbs, ar
the half dozen passengers entered v
rious waiting vehicles and departed
all save one, a slender. fair-haired 81
who now and then glanced curiou
" at Giles as he stood ponderir
what to do.
The girl was surrounded By vario'
bits Of baggage.
III Giles sought the station agent wi
was trundling another trunk along Il
platform. This trunk was q cheap 4
fair of colored metal and peeping fro
under the lid were various fol-
OF many-hued garments as II Il
trunk had been packed hurrtedly. {
one end there struggled q name
white painted letters.
Miss Lily White. N. T."
Giles gazed with mock sentime
at the frowsy looking trunk ct
hersl" he murmured.
when is the next train duer'
asked the man.
"Three-thirty," was the reply.
III Didn't see anything Of q color
woman on this one. did your" ask
Giles. following the agent to the ba
| gage room where Miss Lily White
4 trunk was unceremoniously dump'
on the floor with a bump that ma
Il culver from rickety end to end.
I Didn't see any colored woman" vi
1 the gruff reply. and Giles went back
the car.
The pretty, fsir-haired girl left b
baggage and went to the station ma
ter Giles watched her as she asked
question. and be heard the low grul
+ ible of the mans reply, accompanied
a negative head-shake.
Refore she returned Giles had stal
,ed his machine for spin during Il
ltsdfous wait for the next train. ArouI
Goselawn station was a wild, pictu
osoue country quite unsettled as "
bpt the roads were good, and 1t is 1
WayS pleasant to motor In octobe
rime oassed swiftly enough for Gle
and once more he drew up al Il
4 nIatform Just as his train rolled l
In one swift glance he noted that Il
rra,tv girl vas still waiting. and thi