Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-01
The New
Governess
BY GEORGE HASKELL
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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
inr."
"Serene Lacy!"
disappointment and evaporation
were about equally mixed in Marjorie
Elake'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 it nipped
in the bud is some jolt" retorted the
girl. II thought If I came to visit
you in Il place where I wasn't known,
l could tell for once whether people
liked me or fathers millions. l was
going to wear my pluinest frOck. have
an aspiration for art, and n desire to
earn my own living. thought I'd find
out If there were brains and q heart
enough in the whole crowd to care
for real woman II she hadn't cent.
l wanted new sensation. Now it's
all knocked In the head. I won't come.
I'll save mp for another time after
I've bound and gagged Helen Trask."
"Oh, DEAR" sighed Marjorie.
'"There are three coming, and one girl
short does make 1t 80 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-
gun to think. Suddenly she burst out {:
"Oh, 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 plnce!"
Serene threw down the magazine
and give vent to a peal of laughter.
"Bully!" she exclaimed with more
, gusto than elegance. LEAD me to 1t |"
At just about this time confer
ence was going on in the handsome
bachelor apartment of Jnck Baker.
The host, good-looking fellow of
about twenty-eight, was sitting with
an unsmoked cigar in his hand, while
his friend. George Parsons pulled com.
pOsedlly on the other side of the table.
"We've got to get someone to take
Parker's place. Deuced inconvenient,
his father being so thoughtless us to
run into an auto just ut 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 Gun you do it when
you've got to be agreeable to two at
q time"
"Mnybe I could get Don Fnson," re-
Joined Baker. "Poor chap, he isn't
quite so full up with dates us he used
to be before he lost all his money.
But he's thoroughbred, you know,
and a good locker. Belongs to good
family-tfat is when he had one.
wonder If he has decent evening
suit"
swell, maybe we can toy him out,
II he hasn't"
Il don't know-he's prouder than
but let's sect"
George Parsons grabbed the tele-
phone, and got his nun on the wire. 1t
required some expOstulation and q
good deal Of tact to get his consent,
hut he gained it. Parsons hung up
the receiver and laughed.
"You heard my trump card?' he
asked.
II suppose it WINS Miss Serene Lacy,
the million heiressi" answered Baker
rather grimly.
"Yes Don has been making series
Of failures ut trying to earn a living.
I'm afraid he has got down to where
he'd marry for money"
"Don't you think you're a trlfle pre-
viOus," said Baker, with a touch Of
annoyance. Marjorie Blake has
been telling me she has the charming
Serene picked out f,r me. You know
don't have to marry for money, but
I would have liked clear course. II
this desperate fellow goes butting
in"
"Oh. don't say he will. Anyway,
Jack, you ought not to be real scared"
Meanwhile Helen Trask had arrived
ut 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 II wire from Miss Lacy
that she hnd been detained on account
Of illness in the fumily, but hoped to
come later. She had begged Miss
Mathew, her brothers. governess to
make up the party. Miss Mathew had
given up another engagement to oblige
her, and she thought it was especially
kind of her. Marjorie had managed
with tact to show that while Miss
Muyhew was in the position of a
teacher, her social standing was as
good as her own.
Baker and Parsons exchanged COM
lcal glances, and managed that the