The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-02
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TIE GUEST
BY OLIVER LoRlna.

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vor h,,.. es'eo Jerry ar
w ns s"'d' gettns to his f:et an
sy - 0s SNokel
Q 'Ass =" I've aooe'
: NY ! thought you were Patsyl"
ra'svs no. my names Dennis"
{ M o wretched JOKE" said Jerr,
with contempt. :
JOKE. SAD Dennis. III
Q ~" uu now couid u % q jokef"
{ I.ook nere' ! haven't got time h
..sn" nere sna answer riddles. Just
W.. a'ouna " tAe k'tcaen and then
a. the mess you've made all over my
Moo' auu ven me u you think III get
.nrous" oeloFe the DAY after tomor.
row."
nut Dennis only looked At her
smooth flushed cheeks, swapping gray
eyes ana the rebelli0us hair that shook
curls over her forehead when she
".Aeo'
Just look at It, ! say"
rms time his eyes followed the d.
fection OF her finger and he saw 4
taD'e tuil OF pots and pans. bowls and
spoons ready for washing.
Jerry regarded him curiously. "Say,
are you really a grocery man Of what,
vi dressed up that way? And what's
tas .hatter with fatsy today?" a
fatsy couldn't come. 80 came In
MS place."
'oh see! Well, do you know what
Fatsy would do II he spilled the beans
q conee and things1"
He'd apologize! ! suppose
"Apologizel Humphl He'd pick
en all up"
"but ! was just going to-"
Going to? You're cyclone, aren't
you!
Dennis looked puzzled. \ withcut
more talking he pulled up bis trousers,
got down on his knees and went to
WORK.
Say" said Jerry finally when three
neatly-assorted piles had been brought
out OF the chaos. do you like choco-
late cake?"
Indeed do" admitted Dennis.
"And doughnutsT
you're right"
"And mince pie7"
Z like 1t very much. indeed"
well, I'm going to give you 4 sam
PIE OF each while I'm washing these
dishes. Sort OF try 'em on the dog,
you might say, to see how they 90. I'm
gong to let you 10 on q secret. I'm
not the girl. I'm the nnissus, or one
Q them. There's three Of us. Aunt
Genevieve and Meg and me. You'll
get to know us better some day. We're
poor as Jobs turkey and proud as
Lucifer-the whole bunch. Of US. That
is, Aunt Genevieve and Meg are. I'm
not"
Jerry set a plate Of good things. be. II
fore him and perched on the edge of
the table. well, they think I'm the
limit because I've got no family feel.
ing, as they put It. Our mothers Il.
ther was the seventh son Of q some.
thing or other. and our fathers rela.
tives are all away up in g In England. /!
Last year Meg went ovsr to visit some !
them" Jerry sighed, then sudden.
", "Say, how's the pie?" i
tits just splendid" said Dennis. a
Il never tasted anything like II. You
ire a wonderful cook. aren't your"
'They all say that. and that's the
When anybody's coming
lave to spend days in the kitchen here
70 get ready. and I'm nearly dead. 4
Why, you ought to see that pantry, t
I'VE baked doughnuts and cakes and a
lies and all sorts Of things to get D
eady for the earl" il
THE earl" Ol
"Oh, forgot. ! didn't finish about :,
leg. When she went to England :,
here was an earl she liked very much, =
wnen she found nc was coming to I"
.merica this week q invited him to OF
lsit US. He's coming tomorrow. That's st
ny I'm fixing things. Gee. I'm tired" de-
ITS too bad" said Dennis sympa- M
1etically, looking down at the head OF
ylng curls. But I'm going to help ,
ash these pans and things. You don't :
eed to worry about my place. The
'ocery boy had an accident and was Al
lssing. They took him home and the B,
uck to the garage. There was only III
lie box OF groceries to be delivered. "a Il,
said Ia bring 1t In my car. Come On. -
hat do you do f1rStW . VI