The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

anu atJeE breakfast MIS-. w enIWOrCl
came into the kitchen and said, kindly:
You need not serve the table while
you are doing the cooking, Julia. III
attend to that myself"
And, later, Juiana hearing the Lady of
the house dlscOursing IN tones repr0Ying,
aTgumentatIve, satiricaI, but always too
subdued for the words to carry, and the
answering laughter from Mr.. Kane
Farnsworth, guessed that she was under
discussion, and went about her work
with a growing wrath within her and a
paragraph seethIng In her brain about
seH-respecting working girls being sub
iected to the surreptitious and patroniz-
ing attentions of supposedly welI-bTed
young men, Not that she was able to dis
cover anything either patrOnizing or sur
reptltlous IN MIR. Farnsworth's behavior.
He came out into the kitchen during the
afternoon, cheerfully slamming various
doors behind him so that all the world
might know where he had gone.
Pairing potatoes for dinner, Juha2"
he said with great good humOr. al
VIII help you"
cit IS quite unnecessary" returned
Juhana, looking very naughty, In spite
waist
Again you miss the point" he said.
1t Is not a question OF necessity, but
Of ethics. Here am 1 iding, and you
doing the work of two" He got a large
apron and tied 1t carefully around his
neck Then he got a knife and seized
a potato. You understand, Julia"
he said, unheeding the averted face and
stony silence Of his companion, that al
the work of the world could be done,
and well done, If each person devoted
four hours to it. Authorities differ
somewhat as to the time, but four hours
Is the maximum Now, you and I"
Mrs. Wentworth entered Her face
was flushed and her eyes were bright.
Juliana, to her great disgust, felt her own
face flushing Her eyes, after the first
glance, she kept on her potato. Mr.
FarnswOrth spoke I'D cheeTfully: 81
was just explaining to julia" he said,
that If we ali worked four hours a day"
Mrs Wentworth interrupted. Her
voice was quiet, but 1t was the quiet that
Is achievement Are you thinking Of
choosing Homework as your eareer?"
"'Do the duty that lies nearest, ~
he quoted, not without an accent of
virtue He finished the potato and Sc
lected another.
81 wanted you to help me hang some
pictures N the library" " said Mrs, Went
worth Between fear of losing her cook
and fear of losing her brother she was
really q pathetic sight Juhana felt
strings of sympathy.
In few minutes" be said Having
put my hand to the pillow, In other words
to the potato
4" would prefer to do the potatoes
alone" said Juliana- You pare them
too thick"
He looked at her aeeusingIy and Sc
Iected two pieces Of peeling from the pan
Exhibit One" he said. "Peeling removed
by Miss Julia" paused iaquiringiy,
and getting no answer, repeated with q
closing infection, "by Miss Julia Ex-
hibit Two"
"Kane!'' said his sister sharply. He
gave her an innocent and inquirine smile.
There Is a great interest IN pairing
potatoes" he observed Nov notice
the way IN which Julia holds hers"
Juhans, uneomfortzbly aware Of her own
lack of skill N the potato pairing line,
grew scarlet under the two pairs of watch
ng eyes She knew how Mrs Went
worth was interpreting the blush and
breathed q sigh Of rage and relief when
Mr.. Farnsworth finally drew his athletic
figure to a standing position and followed
hls sister from the room
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