Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1920-06-10

ri0usness. The service" on the -
tate was certainly abundant. II waa
only necessary to whistle aIbl one OF
the birmingham veterans would come
running.
In spite OF the complete satisfaction
l had expressed to Terrence as to the
perfect Integrity and honest intentions
OF the two women, the curiosity OF the
American state department and the
visit Of MOntani required elucidation
beyond my powers. At dinner they
were Ia the merriest humor. The per-
formances Of the little army through
out the day had amused them greatly.
"How delightfully."- feudal!" ex-
claimed Alice. "Really we should have
a mOat and drawbrldge to make the
thing perfect Constance and l are
the best protected women in the
wOrldw
We extracted all the fun possible
from the idea that the estate was un-
der siege; that Alice was the chate-
laine Of beleaguered castle, and tina,
before help could reach us we were IL
danger of being starved out by the
enemy. They called into play the poe
try which had so reused Antoinet
apprehenslons, and their talk bristleC
with quotations. Alice rose after the
salad and repeated at least a page OF
Mallory. and the Knights of the
Round Table having thus been intro
duced, Mrs. FarnswOrth recIted sever.
al sonOrous passages from "The Idyls
OF the King" They flung lines from
Brownlngs I'm a Balcony" at each
other as though they were improvis.
ing. The befuddlement of Antoine and
the walter who assisted him added to
the general JOY. They were undOubt.
eddy thought the two women quite out
of their heads, and it was plain that
l suffered greatly in Antoine's estima.
ton by my encouragement Of this fri.
vOlity. Mrs. FarnswOrth walked males.
tically round the table and addressed
to me the lines from Macbeth begin.
ming:
CLAIMS thou art. and Cawdor; and
What thou art promised,
while Antoine chung to the sideboard
listening with mouth open and eyes
rolling.
Later, in the living room, Alice sang
some old ballads. She was more ador.
able than ever at the piano. 1t was
a happiness beyond any In my expert
ence of women to watch her. to note
the play of light upon her golden
head, to yield to the spell OF her voice.
Ballads had never been sung before
with the charm and feeling she put
into them and after ending with
Douglas Douglas" she responded &c
my importantly with "Ben Bolt" and
then dashed into a sparkling thing Of
ChCpins, played 1t brilliantly and
rose, laughingly hooking my applause,
l left the house like q man over
whom an enchantment has been
spoken and was not pleased when An.
tome blocked my path: "EGrdOn me
SIR"
Bother my pardon; what's trOu |
bling you now" demanded.
Its nothing troubling me, sir; not
particularly. If you give me time,
think I'll grow used to the poetry talk
and playing at being queens. It's like
children in family served once; an
English family. most respectable But
in widow, sir"
GOD knows we ought to be glad
when grOwnups have the heart to play
at being children and can get away
with it as beautifully as those women
do! What else is on your mind"
IT'S about Elsie, SIR" l groaned al
the mention of Flynn's German wife.
I'm sorry, sir; but | thought should
report 1t. 1t was man who came tC
see her this afternoon. You was out
for your walk, and Flynn had taken
the ladies' for drive, SO Elsie was
alone at the garage. This person rode
In on the grocer's truck from the vii.
lage, which Is how he got by the gate.
As 1t happened, Pierre-he was
waiter at the birmingham, a Swiss, who
understands German-had gone into
the garage for a nap; he'st quite old,
Sir, and has his snOoze every after
nOOn."
Hes entitled to IT," remarkedt
he must be thousand years old"
From what he heard Pierre thought
the man spy, sir. He wanted Elsie
to steal something from the house, Il
was fan he wanted her to take most
particular. and 1t was to be doNe soon,
today If she could manage. II Wa
FOR the love Of the FatherIand ttpG he
wanted her to do It Did you notice,
Sir, that Mrs. BashfOrd dl0n't have
the fan tonight Not that one she
carried last night"