Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-05-19
MISS FINCH
By cLARlssA MAckiE.

III ~ III UL IlNHI lOI@
Mar family noted for its Feminine
nulch,ftude hu, ~ Rosamond tha cid
est he mad only heard achoas ~ nor
cain, beaufy. Men soid she WAS q
marble statne and thar nothing could
awaken her dreaming neace
.My sister Rosamondg ~ t,al,s had
repeated one dav "gbe,s The dearest
thing but She wouldn,t ba interested
Il any ,f thIs - IN waved har "a, =,
tbs room fnll Of doncars aSbo q
BROWSING AMONG booke mos, ~ Tho
ttme IL tbe most ahsont.uindod creo.
ture imag.nahIe ann~we ara m,ss,ne
most of this dance aran,t weg, she
ended wistsu1Iv
Neil o-nolog,zad ana IN a n,omont
fhev ware VANISHING n tha moza
0na afternoon whom tbe cover NJ
spriny was a rho DIR ana no co,,Ia
not remain indoors barnessod 70 tbe
rontine of q h,sy oa,co Nail got into
bis car ana rods an, Fost oyenna 70
tha country c,uh Tha Einch r-osidenco
was An East ovap,,o and no nod nossod
Mrs Pinch ond the yo,,,ga, oiris IN
the shahbv car driven 10 a mtddIa.
ooed nagro M r,nohas ,ro,o snoor
IN This ,yorld,s ooods hut os the,
came of a good I'D fa,n,Iv and had
many r,ch ,aiot,uas tha othar,ass5
fomiIv want oyo,nd . r,,aot do,I and
ente,toiraJ oo-cosionalr ~ tha,r ,o,,a
" doca vine home ailod WITH be,r.
looms
Inst % Nah ,oachad tba Pinch ,os,.
dance no becon,a .y,o - mot No nd.
chine needed water maid wos
standing With bar bock 70 him hanuino
nut : s,,o,yy w,shina 30 olothas
Sh4 wore ) n,nl, s,,nhannat hui he
couid see a co,rnla Of clothesnins nro.
trudtns from tha danths IL tba honnat
Good morning /" no said IN bis Meas.
ant voica .NJov n ,,ave nal, oP
wafer NV cor-" ha ala not finish tho
sentence h,t noused ~ d;smar Cor INC
clofhasnins wore removed from the
loyaliest ~ line on,y no f.oo t,,r,,aI
n his wos navar u u af on o,,di,ar ~
maidSarvont Spcb rara haopty could
only be,onp 10 tha sister of dsol;a ma
Etbei-.ha say bic on,ho,ra semen,
and smiled groveIv
.rwatar9 cartoinlvr sho so,d II a
voice which made his nnlses t,ngle
.If Won VIII come 10 the horse I will
give Won a mil. there is water in the
garage but YOU may as well fiji the
uali IN the Kitchen she led the way
into d great kitchen. immediately
clean. where Mn ancient colored wo.
nan erippled with rheumatism. 81,
In a comfortable armchair nv the fire.
She crooked boorse nrotasts whom Tho
girl gave Neil a shining pail.
mo, Miss Rosamond. honey, done
you be waitin' on folks lax that"
"Please, be quiet, Aunt Heppy,r
chided the girl.
II am sorry to trouble you'll didn't
know that | might be intruding-i am
acquainted with Mrs. Finch and her
daughters and"
"You must be coming to dinner to-
night, them suggested the girl. II
recognized you at once-T am Rosa
mond Finch"
Nell took her hand. May stay a
little while and be kitchen companyr
ne asked. "Fd IKE TO get acquainted
Rosamond looked doubtful. Then o
wave of color invaded her fairness,
\ q D glad, Mr. Latimer' Y Won
see II would emparrass mother and the
girls II it We're known-you see, Heppy
Is crippled So as we cannot AFFORD
ahother maia, 4 come ana heip'
Heppy airects me ana love 10
cooK-
ons ~ ue p' eooN
M.ttupieu nepps.
hosainonu joined u Nells iaughtef.
Heppy y 2 gooa Ieaeher. ahu y gives
ene Younger glris 2 nance 70 10
about. I've beeh out Two seasons ~
reauy, ana ! 40 me a ehanee 2 Keep
W Win my stndies must ny aroind
nov z T. alnner q geI
On We nave az extra Ior that
% nell Aoher Y me mhihg roonn. Cah
you NIX mayonnaHeF
Can lW e washed his hands
and pushed back Els CUTS.
If o will LEI me help you a lit
tie I'll forswear ail9 knowledge of you
and your dark p%lottings in this
Kitchen.
Very WELL" SIZE laughed merrily,
only you must III at the stroke Of
four, 50 that YOU will not scandalize
mother and the s .rls."
Neil never forgot that hour spent
in the kitchen with lovely Rosamond
Finch.