The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-07-08

robustness. The service" on the es-
tate was certainly abundant. II was
only necessary to whistle and one OF
the birmingham veterans would come
running.
In spite OF the complete satisfaction
/ 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 calculation
beyond my powers. At dinner they
were in the merriest humor. The per
formances of the little army through
out the day had amused them greatly.
"How delightfully."- feudalP ex-
claimed Alice. REALLY we should have
mOat and drawbridge to make the
thing perfect. Constance and i are
the best protected women In the
world !"
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 that
before help could reach US we were in
danger of being starved out by the
enemy. They called into play the poe
try which had so reused Antoine's
apprehensions, and their ialk bristled
with quotations. Alice rose after the
salad and repeated at least 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
Browning's "In a Balcony" at each
other as though they were imprOvis-
| ing. The befuddlement of Antoine and
the waiter who assisted him added to
the general Joy. They were undoubt-
eddy thought the two women quite out
of their heads, and II was plain that
/ suffered greatly In AntOine's estima-
ton by my encouragement of this fri
volity. Mrs. Farnsworth walked majes-
tically round the table and addressed
to me the lines from Macbeth begin
ming:
CLAIMS thou art. and cawdor; and
shalt be
| Wnal lnOu pIOHliSSus
while Antoine chung to the sideboard
listening with mouth open and eyes
folling.
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 to
my Importantly with "Ben Bolt" and
then dashed into a sparkling thing OF
Chcpin's, played II brilliantly and
rose, laughingly mocljng my applause.
left the house like a man over
whom ar enchantment has been
spoken and was not pleased when An
tome blocked my path: pardon me.
sir"
Bother my pardon; what's trou-
bling you now?" l demanded.
Its nothing troubling me, sir; not
particularly. If you give me time, l
think I'll grow used to the poetry talk
and playing at being queens. Its like
children in family l 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?"
Its about Elsie, sir" / groaned at
the mention of Flynn's German wife
I'm sorry, sir; but thought should
report It. 1t was a 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 it happened, Pierre-he was 6
waiter at the birmingham, Swiss, who
understands Serman-had gone into
the garage for a nap; he's quite old
sir, and has his snooze every after
noon"
Hes entitled to it." j remarked
! "he must be thousand years old"
: From what he heard Pierre thought
: the man a spy. sir. He wanted Elsie
to steal something from the house, 4
= was a fan he wanted her to take mos
! particular, and 1t was to be done soon
E today If she could manage. 1t wal
= for the love of the Fatherland that HI
:. wanted her to do 1t. Did you notice
: sir, that Mrs. Bashford didn't have
the fan tonlght2 Not that one SHIT
= | M Oh In ufohf