The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-02-09
Mr.. SUDDS SPEAKS
BY KEITH KENYON.

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tory to a mornings sh6bplhgi Outside
the big stone house GGve-grOy car,
with two men in dove-gray livery, |
waited before the steps.
Then something occurred to the mis-
tress of all this magnihcence and she |
pressed bell. "Send Mr.. Sudds to
me, Hutchison.'
When the private secretary dp-
peafed she sat down 1--WE just thought
of something, Sudds, and / guess I'll
get it off my mind before 20 out.
Take that chair therel"
He bbeyed.
"It's about Miss J6onuG. She is COM
ing today, Sudds,"
Eyes, Mrs. Van Kreeperi"
ITS a little difficult for me to ex-
press exactly what ! want you to do,
but it amounts to ths Her GRANDPA
Their and myself want her to get mar
ried. Her parents, you know, are
both dead, and the earlier she marrles
tile better, for we are not going to
live forever and there are settlements
to be made and so on.
"Now, I've tried to talk marriage
to her and so has my husband, but
she just laughs at lis. So have been
thinking that if you would put the
gravity of the situation Gr to her,
show her the business side of it ard her
duty to us, it might bring the desired
result. And incidentally there are two
young men you might mention. One IL
Reginald Crecy, the other IOughtOn
Vance. Either Une would be accept
able to us They have family and
money and all that You understand"
Joanna came. The house was alive
and astlr with new life before she en-
tered the door. Youth, beauty, vital
ity and certain quality of incOrrigi-
bility that was irresistible came with
her.
She changed her clothes and tflling
d tune as she came DOWNSTAIRS she
stuck her head into the small office
Off the library.
"Hello, Suddsyw
GLOW do you do, Miss JoannaT
"Oh, just call me Joanna"
"But Mrs. Van Kreeper wUuld--"
"Oh, can Mrs. Van Kreeper. Yes, /
know she would, Sudds SO don't do
1t when she's around. When there's
just you and me, though, YOU do Ms
l say. I'm going to cell you Billy"
"Oh, Miss l mean Joanna. What
would Mrs. Vah-'
"Never mind, Sudds. 1 mean Billy.
Come on out and show me the new
shrubbery and the last baton If pup
pies and eterytbing' Let those let
tiers CO."
"Gladly, Miss Gladly, Joanna /"
ooh, never mind calling me that If
It's going to give you st. Vitus' dance.
You can make it 10 if you like. That's
right Lock up the desk. Too bad
you're English! You'd have made II
perfectly bully Americah. Come OH
now and tell me what grahdma's got
up her sleeve about Reginald Crecy
and HOughton what's his name2"
Sudds found his tongue after n
while. "She wants you to marry them,
Miss Joanna. l mean JOnana-Jo."
Mercy l couldn't do that. I'd get
cross-eyed trying to keep an eye on
cach of them at the same time"
'Well, she wants you to marry one
of them. l guess she doesn't care
which,"
"Oh, just one!"
"And I'm to tell you it's your duty
to her and Mr.. Van Kreeper to make a
proper alliance and these men have
money and family"
"And red hair-that is Reggie has
and an awful temper and he's selfish
as pig. And HoughtOn hasn't enough
brains to go in out of the rain and
he's sick in bed most of the time. Be
sides, they both drink Ike fishermen
, You don't want me to marry them, dc
you, Billy? Now answer me In youl
own capacity, not as grandma's secre
tary."
mo, Jol"
BILLY !" after silence.
Eyes, JO."
"Did you ever hear Of Capt. Miles
StandishT
ayes, JO"
"And PriscillaT
"Yes."
. "And John Alden"
. eyes"
She flushed furious red AM
laughed nervously.
"What kind of girl do you imas
/ inc Priscilla was to do what she did
Little and white and kind of milk ant
I water?"