Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-10

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get along aIl right. Give MY love 70
Cousin sue and tell ner hope she'll
soon be better. And don't tire yourself
ont caring for her. Yes. III remem
Der to feed the cat. and that Bob Is.
fond of pudding, and that the sceman
comes on Thursday. and mumsey, do
hurry or you.n miss your trslnl..
With gay wave Of her hand, Mar
gerry watched her mother out Of
sight, and then went into the house.
Il whole week Of housekeeping BY
herself Margery actually Rugged
herself as she thought. Wouldn't she
prepare the greatest feasts for fa-
Their and Bob9 she'd make their
mouths wateri
LET'S see. what time 10 II now RI
unused Margery. slipping into ging
ham apron that enveioped her from
head III foot. .Quarter 10 ave. Time
to get supper ready guess I'll hare
potatoes and salmon land Oh isn't i
glorious to be housekeeperi And
Margefy whIrled around the room to
get rid Of some Of her bottIed-up de-
light.
II was the second day Of Radford
a Is furlough AS be dIseonsolately
wandered about the town he wondered
gioomily what to do with the time on
his hands Suddenly something hap
pened
He VAS starting up new street,
when ont Of the corner house vision
III blue and white, with dying brown
eurls, came dashlng into bis arms. 80
II seemed
ssOh, Tom /" breathed the vision who
By this time had taken the shape Of
very pretty, very excited young girl.
do come III and see Il ron can fix our
kitchen range The old thing won't
oh II beg your pardon !" And the girl
backed away IN great confusion and
establishment
II say, what's the matter ex.
claimed Radford. regaining his breath
and finding out that he liked this
rather extraordinary proceeding than.
otherwise.
ron, please excuse me" stammered
Margery II thought you we're Tom
r., one of our neighborsi He's q
sailor. too, and you look exactly Ike
him. Z
I'm sorry I disappointed you, re-
turned Radford with an amused smile.
"Yon seem to be ia trouble. Pardon
me. but can't | assist youi"
'If you don't mind. dimpled Mar
gerry. II would ike you to see II ron
could fx the old thing.
Ten minutes later d flushed Radford
with smudgy face Strengthened up
from over the stove and announced
cheerily to Margery its all right
now it was only clogsed up. You
can use It
with relieved sigh Margery drop
ped into chair How can ] ever
thank your she said II never could
have fixed it myself. and should
have had to walt until father came
home, or Bob. on. don't ron want to
wash your face9r jumping up'.it's
rather dirty .
- think you said when you came
ID that you had no particular place
to 90, began Margery. Would you
she gasped at her own holiness, but
bravely finished care to stay for
supper with father. Bob and me?
Egg beaters. spoons. cake tins. sift-
ers and such were very much IN evi-
Sience during the next half-hour. while
i very pink checked Margery and Rad
ford. with an apron on. too, hurried
back and forth. both chatting merrily
as they worked.
Imagine Mr.. SIS and Bob's sur
prise when they came home that eve
ming to be met at the door By 3 radi-
ant Margery 1ourishing an egg beat
Ell. while behind her doomed q tall,
good-Iooking sailor. With broad grin
on his rufdg face
Folks. began Margery excItedly,
.'pIease meet :
But she never finished, for with one
leap Bob 81 reached the side Of Rad
ford, and exciamatIons such as these
issued from the eager lips Of the two
young men
Great Scott You here7 Why.
thought I'd lost track of you forever I
How the world
why didn't ron tell me you lived
III this district I'd been up here
yesterday. Grst thing Boy. but it's
good to see a familiar face =
with eyes wide open. MarEery STARED
iii the excited two. Who were shaking
hands vigorously. and pummeilng each
other on the back Had they gone
craxy7 But Radford settled her doubts
by explaining 10 her with twinkllng
eyes IT'S my turn to introduce. Miss
s. Your brother B0b and are old
friends; we roomed together II college.
and we haven't seen each other since
graduation. =
That night the little party gathered
around the supper table.
After merry evening. Radford de-
parted, bat not until he had left BE-
hind him promises 10 return and talk
over again ne college days with
Bob.
True 70 his promises, Radford did
come often and was cordially greeted
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