The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-06-22
The New
GOVerneSS

BY GEORGE HASKELL


Copyright. by w. G. Chapman.>
"Look here. Marcy, did you tell
those men l had money!"
mo, but that little fool, Helen, did"
"Well, that settles it. I'm not COM
Ing"
Serene Lacy!"
Disappointment and evaporation
were about equally mixed In Marjorie
Blake's tone and manner, and she
dropped into chair in kind OF col
lapse.
"Well, after I'd carefully planned
this little scheme, to have 1t nipped
In the bud Is some jolt" retorted the
girl. Il thought If I came to visit
you in place where wasn't known,
/ could tell for once whether people
liked me or fathers millions. l was
going to wear my plainest frock, have
an aspiration for art, and a desire to
earn my own living. I thought I'd find
out II there were brains and heart
enough IN the whole crowd to care
for a real woman If she hadn't cent.
| wanted a new sensation. Now It's
all knocked In the head. / won't come.
I've bound and gagged Helen Trask."
"Oh, dear !" sighed Marjorie.
"There are three coming, and one girl
short does make 1t so awkward"
Serene did not answer. but began
looking over magazine as though she
had dismissed the matter. Marjorie
knit her brows in perplexity, and be-
gan to think. Suddenly she burst out;
ooh, Serene I've thought of some
thing!"
Serene looked up inquiringly.
you know we've been looking for
governess for Neddy. Suppose you
pose as the new governess Miss
Lacy didn't arrive, as expected, and
urged you to take her placer
Serene threw down the magazine
and gave vent to peal of laughter.
"Bully!" she exclaimed with more
gusto than elegance. Lead me to 1t I"
At just about this time a confer
ence was going on in the handsome
The host, good-looRing fellow of
about twenty-eight, was sitting with
an unsmoked cigar In his hand, while
his friend, George Parsons puffed COM
posedly on the other side of the table.
"We've got to get someone to take
his father being so thoughtless as to
run into an auto just at this time
| George says 1t isn't serious, but his
father wants him with him. Marjorie
Blake expects every man to do his
duty, and how can you do it when
you've got to be agreeable to two at
time"
maybe I could get Don Fason," re-
| Joined Baker. "Poor chap, he isn't
quite so full up with dates as he used
to be before he lost all his money.
But he's thoroughbred, you know,
and good locker. Belongs to good
family--that is when he had one. ]
wonder If he has decent evening
suit"
well, maybe we can tog him out,
il he hasn't"
II don't know-he's prouder than
but let's seer
George Parsons grabbed the tele-
phone, and got his man on the wire. II
required some expostulation and q
good deal of tact to get his consent
but he gained 1t. Parsons hung UP
the receiver and laughed.
"You heard my trump card?" he
asked.
Il suppose it was Miss Serene Lacy
the million heiress?" answered Baker
rather grimly.
eyes, Don has been making a series
of failures at trying to earn living
I'm afraid he has got down to where
he'd marry for money"
Don't you think you're trifie pre-
vious," said Baker. with q touch of
annoyance. Marjorie Blake has
been telling me she has the charming
Serene picked out for me. You know
/ don't have to marry for money, but
/ would have liked clear course. II
this desperate fellow goes buttine
| in"
"Oh, don't say he will. Anyway
Jack, you ought not to be real scared
Meanwhile Helen Trask had arrived
at the Blake home, and been carefully
coached as to the new governess, Miss
| Mayhem.
When the gentlemen arrived Mar
| jorie, with great regret, announced
that she had wire from Miss Lacy
| that she had been detained on account
of illness in the family, but hoped t6
come later. She had begged Miss
Mathew, her brothers governess tC
make up the party. Miss Mathew had
given up another engagement to obligt
her, and she thought it was especially
kind of her. Marjorie had managed
with tact to show that while Miss
Mayhem was In the position of o
teacher, her social standing was as
good as her own.
Baker and Parsons exchanged com
teal glances, and managed that the
governess should be paired off with
| Fason. SO far from showing an all
of resignation. he became greatly in