South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-09-04

Get along with your barney"
SIZE said. laughter, but I knew that
she liked the reference, nevertheless.
You needn't tell me. Madge. that
you were born IN this country. II
was the Emerald Isle for yours. I'll
be bound"'
1 laughed again as turned away.
but the laugh covered dismay at my
forgetfulness. Dicky would be re-
sentful. and rightly 50. OF my silence
regarding the despouing OF our
home. must get him on the tele-
phone as soon as I possibly could,
0u' / must do IL from soma public
booth IN the village.
When went into the kitchen 7
found Katie and Jim III a whirIwind
OF work. The room was being rapid
ly reduced 20 order. but at sight Of
me. Katie lifted Up her voice in lam
entatiOn.
"Oh-h. DIissis Grahami" she said.
Youse might shoost as we'll sell
els house. Walls OF dining room ard
kitchen all spoil. cost mooch money
20 feex."
Katie's words brought me up
standing with a lively realization Of
an unlooked-sor complication in the
matter OF the despoiled rooms. Cur
house no longer belonged TO Us. The
ruined paper and paint OF the rooms
meant considerable expense In re-
+ storing them. I had heard vaguely
Of the labor conditions, and I won
I derea worriedly If IL would be posi-
BILE 10 get the repairs done before
house 10 the new owners.
I had been worse than negligent.
I Acknowledged 70 myself, in not
telephoning Dickey about the mis-
chief done in the house. That 7 had
not realized the extent OF the dam
age was no excuse, neither was the
/ fact that Mrs. Durkee's excited pre-
parations had kept me busy. It was
I his right TO know at once what had
happened. Instead. I had acquiesced
I in Lillian's domination Of the situa-
ton.
Miserably I remembered a scath-
/ ing comment which Dicky had made
not long before 10 the effect that
/ Lillian and I when together pro
ceeded TO run the universe" I quail
/ ed a little as I reflected that he was
/ certainly entitled TO vicious COM
ment upon this occasion. and that
probably he would abate no Jot or
title OF his privilege.
become conscious of Katie's face
watching me curiously. I pulled my
| self together and answered her cas-
/ ually:
1T may not be as bad as you
/ think, Katie. Clean it as we'll as
you can, and when Mr. Graham
| comes we will see how much repair
ing mas 10 be done"
"Shoost wait till Meester Graham
see dis" Katie prophesied with an
/ involuntary chuckle. He go straight
oop in air. higher dan ever he did
/ in bees r-o-plane."
OF course I made no outward com
I ment upon this speech, but inward
! ~ I echoed the girls shrewd COM
ment. foresaw a difficult quarter
of an hour for me when Dtcky
should arrive upon the scene.
"Can YOU leave this conveniently
I for a few minutes. Katie?"-I asked
quietly. Ct want to go up stairs
/ with you and show you what has 10
/ be done in the rooms there. We
/ shall sleep here tonight, Mr.. era
ham and I. and we will also have
with US Mrs. Underwood and Mar
| ion"
sure. I COON right away she
answered cheerily. following me TO
| the upper rooms humming a Polish
folk song beneath her breath, while
thanked my particular little star
/ for the volatile good@nature Of my
/ little maid. What a dilemma I
would have faced II I had had to