The herald., 1917-08-30
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GIRL IN OVERAILS
BY JANE OSBORN.
-s"s-s.-s-.-s -. ..-.. ... $50


! II was twelve O'Clock, and Il seemed
| to the girl as she welded a brush s1tu-
| rated and dripping with vcrdaut green
paint, that it was about time the latest
| sleeper had arisen. And, besides. as
/ MargOt of the paintbrUSh knew, there
was nobody in the cottage next door
! but a certain very dlvertlug two-yeur-
/ old laSSie named Peggy ana her moth
/ er. Why the alarm clock? For the
! Gregory cottage and the Kenyon cot
I tage, located in the middle Of cozy
/ little pine wood not far from the lake
were the only habitatIons for mile or
| SO.
There IL was that MargOt and her
/ brother spent their vacation and week
| ends, and because Murgot's brother
| had merely grunted vague promises
/ every time she suggested that he put
a much-nceded coat of paint on the lit
/ tie dollhouse cottage, she had finally
made UP her mind TO paint il herself.
! Suddenly, without any warning, the
| ladder slipped and MarCot was left sit
/ ting on the ledge of the Sloping roof.
/ She worked her way along until she
/ reached one Of the windows. Her feet
dangled just above il. She tried TO
persuade herself that she enjoyed sit
| ting there looking through the pine
! trees.
81 wonder if / shall have to sit here
all day till Tom gets homer How hun
CRY shall be-" she was rejecting. And
then she heard the twO-year-Old Peg
gy's shrill voice of rebellion in the next
! cottage, and she thought of her neigh
Dor.
"Oh, say, Mrs. Kenyon :" she called.
Mrs. Kenyon, Mrs. Kenyon, won't you
come and help me?'
There was an echo of the baby wall,
! then sounds under the trees through
the brush and then a tall young man
stood below her. His sleeves were
| rolled up to his elbows and over his
white flannel trousers was firmly tied
a blue-and-white Bingham apron.
"WOuld you awfully mind setting
that ladder up against the house," she
said. I'm hOusepainting and ii slipped
and I'm hungry and | want TO get
down"
The man leaned the ladder up
| against the house. 1T is great to be
able to do things like that" comment
ed the aprOned young man. Il like
painting"
Il don't mind the part you can reach
from no
going to spend the rest Of the after
noon doing the porch and the things
that l can reach. l have had enough
Of ladders for today. I'll go up again
tomorrow, though"
Margot stopped at the shrill call Of
, the alarm clock next door.
''There it goes" said the young man,
impatiently, and making hasty apollo
gies he darted through the underbrush
toward the other cottage.
half an hour later the girl, her over
allS covered by bungalow apron, the
green paint washed from her hands
and her face, walked rather timidly to
the end of her pine clearing.
"Mr. Kenyon" she called. "Mr. Ken
yOn, If that Is your name"
And when the young man, this time
with Peggy wailing rebelliously under
his arm, came to meet her she asked
him whether he was alone. He told her
he was.
Then you are hungry, l am sure. l
have made some cinnamon toast and l
Know you would like some. Shall l
bring it to you or will you come over
and have it in our house,"
They compromised by deciding to
eat it under a pine tree midway be-
tween the two cottages.
"Why do you have alarm clocks
sounding all the timer" asked the girl,
pouring out q dainty cup of iced chOc-
olate for her new-found friend. She
had brought tray full Of goodies for
their informal repast.
well, it is this way" said the young
man, pulling a book from his pocket.
-What else could you do? Look at this:
g 80 a. m, get up and dress the baby;
a. M, milk, zwieback; 9 a. M, orange
juice 10 q. m, cereal, cup of milk u.
bath; p. IN, broth, vegetables, stale
bread, baked apple; 9, cereal and
toast; c 80. put to bed; 10 p. H., milk
How on earth can man keep track
of things like that? How am to re-
member when l am in the middle OK
fixing up the house, for instance, that
it is time for orange juice or bath or
a dish of milk?"
Lets swap jobs" suggested the
girl. I'D like to take care Of Peggy
If you'll finish painting the house. And
my brother needn't ever know and
neither need your sister"
A week later MargOt said: II sup
pose your sister will think it 10 won
derful because Peggy has been taken
care Of 50 well. Ny brother thinks l
am the most wonderful girl he knows
because | have done all the painting
and everything"
81 don't know that my sister-ir law
will be so surprised" confessed the
man.
"Why nOti" asked MargOt.
Because it has all been cooked up
You see she told me that the prettieSt
girl she ever saw lived next door and
! she said she was sure | would fall In