Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-26
THE SHANSI WOMAN


to tip US of. we don't need you there
now"
That's right" said Lush. 'Lissie's
been working inside long enough to
make it look probable"
I've been Mr.. Bellows second maid
for over three months"
TOO bad the old geezer didn't fall
for her little" said Badly.
That don't cut no ice whatever"
her. like he's going to-" 10.
Yes. after he's dead" said Lush.
Breaker looked furtively over his
shoulder. but the room remained I'M
occupied. No outsider was listening.
Before he's dead"
Let me get this straight" said
Lush. I'm there already In old Bel
LEWIS garage. Lssie is there already
in the house. What thenT
You don't come in yet atsall." said
Baby. Not for long time yet"
les lies: ne does does, said Breaker.
Lush watches him where he goes.
II Lissie quits inside and can't watch
MIN and l marry her up there in that
nick town on the same day old Bellew
makes a public speech in Cleveland.
that will look funny afterward Lush
sticks to Bellew like a wad Of gum. If
he ever goes to a lodge meeting that
day Lush wires us. see?'
He better wire me, not you guys"
said Badly '----1
That's right. He can wire you the
The price Of coffee. I'm going into
the coffee business, see / go up there
ahead. and start a coffee st6re. That
way l buy all my coffee of old Bel1ew
and get inside by mail. I can write
Bellew letter easy, asking him about
something. That way I get his sig"
= l.
HVOU get the sig so can be learn
ing to write it for the W edding
certificate" Breaker was the hand
writing expert of the company. "You
do that as quick as you can. If we
work from Lissie's town we can begin
as soon as we get the sig almost.
The will we can work different. I'll
sign it more careful fifteen orxtwenty
t hase Before beforehand and, and pick but the
But they'll watch you sign it." said
Lush.
Them hicks?" Lissie tossed her
pretty nose in scorn. You can make
them see you sign it standing on your
nesday"
Il can fix it," said Badly. IT can
fix up special desk SO they can't"
We ought to begin calling each
other by our new names. SO we won't
make any breaks"
Lissie might start in any time,"
said Breaker. "She might begin right
now-learning to say Dave"
They call him Mr.. Bellew, almost
everybody" said Lissie. I'm calling
him the same. Anyhow am until
were married"
AFTER that you can call him honey
or ducky or some tubby name"
"Fn call you husband
Breaker has a pipe remembering
his name" said Badly
Lissie is the girl who has the pipe"
Breaker retorted. 'She don't have to
change her name: all she has to do
is to take her. old name people knew
her by before
What was your name. Lissie?"
Lissie Peters"
Stick that in your hatband. Break
er. She's Lissie Peters until you mar y
~ her. and after that she's your wife"
We all better practice calling her
MRS Beliew for the time after she mar
ries me-"
You better start on me. If open
conee store in that burg. You don't
want to forget and call me Badly. I'm
Matthew Matters now"
Mr.. Matters" said Lissie. my hus-
name"
How long is this funny work going
to take% asked Lush. .s--
Long enough to do it right and
proper. How would it look sto have
me marry rich husband and him DE
on the next week. Eight or nine
months: and maybe longer. This is
some big job-don't forget that"
He glanced uneasily alta group of
newcomers. but these sought out a Sc
cluded table for themselves, and after
q moment Lush continued his search
for knowledge. esr
How long after the will before"
Before we can use it? Nobody
knows. He might come down almost
any day after that with typhoid, or
take a drug by mistake. or get his
car wrecked In an accident. Life is
uncertain"
He could take something siow-act-
ing and natural"
THE natural part don't cut any ice
at ALL
Even splits" said Lush. Flat
Neck and neck. Sure. There's stake
enough for everybody"
II we put it over we can build fires
If! II? ! don't know IT, said Lis
sic This is a cinch. We can't lose.
Not with them signed papers"
Not unless some dick spots u.s."
That wouldn't hurt the main job
u0"e. ooiu oTedher lou ana me
don't appear in the big ring. Only
Lissie. Lissie is just David Bellew's
widow. After I marry her it's like she
says: the papers Will be straight. and
that's all she needs. All we do is to
start the game for Lissie"
BY this time two more groups of
Quiliey's regular patrons had arrived.
one of them taking seats at a table
just outside the alcove. The quartet
thereupon shifted their conversation
to other matters. After a little they
arose. Ltssie leaving with Lush for
David Bellows house on the drive.
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T ISSIE returned to Eden Center
shortly after Christmas. The time
to make friends with Fortune is while
she is facing you, she cannot be stopped
from behind.
Among those who remembered her
most clearly was the editor of the
Enden Center News
Harrington at this time was a young
man of twenty-eight. Like all news
papermen. he was curious to know:
but whereas Editor Blake, his prede-
cessor, had been curious UP to the two
thousand words or three of his story.
Harrington's curiosity had little to do
with column lengths The instinct to
see for himself. to verify. to search
out causes. to take nothing for grant
ed that could be proved or disproved.
lay deep within his nature and had
matured with it.
He had always sought to see things
himself. Thus Miss Barnum. his teach.
er in the third grade, one day found
him pulling butterflies apart to see for
himself what was inside them. A few
weeks later another teacher caught
MN at Work upon a frog. happily de-
ceased with his new iron pocket
knife. Later still he took the hack