Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-05-13

nobody else's. We fused over it
lot; and because I most always con.
trived some excuse to chase out to the
Kendrick house at the boss heels
merely to help Tarbell keep cases on
him-there were plenty Of chances for
the fnssing.
1t was on one Of these chasing trips
to "Kenwood" that the roof fell in.
The major had gone out somewhere
10 the theater. guess-taking his wife
and Maisie Ann. and the boss and
Mrs. Sheila were sitting together in
the majors den, with a little coal
blaze In the basket crate because the
nights were beginning to get a bit
chilly.
had butted in with q telegram
which might just as we'll have stood
over until the next morning, If you
want to know. After l had delivered
1t, Mrs. Sheila gave me that funny
little laugh Of hers and told me to 90
hunt IN the pantry and see IL could
md piece Of pie. land the boss added
that If I'd wait, he'd go back to town
with me pretty soon.
found the pie, and ate it in the
dining-room, making noise enough
about 1t SO that they could know !
was there If they wanted to. But
they went right on talking, and paid
no attention to me.
DO you know, Sheila, they had
long since got past the 'Mr." and
"Mrs."-"you've been the greatest pos.
sible help to me In this rOugh-house,
all the way along" the boss was say.
ing. "You have held me up to the
rack, time and again, when ! have
been ready to throw it all up and let
go. Why have you done it?"
heard the little laugh again, and
she said: 1T is worth something to
have friend. Odd as 1t may seem,
Graham. I have been singularly pow.
erty-stricken In that respect. And !
have wanted to see you succeed.
Though you are still calling it merely
business DEAL 1t Is really a mis-
sion. you know, crammed full of good
things to struggling world. II you
do succeed-and I am sure you are
going to-you will leave this commu.
nifty, and hundreds Of others, vastly
the better for what you are doing and
demonstrating"
But that Is mans point Of view. "
the boss persisted. "How do you get
It? You are all woman, you know
and your mixing and mingling-at
least. since have known you--has all
been purely social. How do you get
the big overlook"
II don't know. I was foolish and
frivolous once, like most young girls,
I suppose. But we all grow older
and We ought to grow wiser. Besides,
the woman has the advantage of the
man in one respect; she has time to
think and plan and reason things out
as busy man cant have. Your prob.
lem has seemed very simple to me,
from the very beginning. 1t asked for
a strong man and an honest one. You
were to take charge Of a piece OF
property that had been abused and
knocked about and used as a means
Of extortion and oppression, and you
were to make 1t good"
again, that Is a mans point Of
view."
"Oh, no." she protested quickly.
There is no sex In ethics. Women are
the natural house-cleaners, perhaps,
but that isn't saying that a man can't
be ont, too. II he wants to be-
At this, the boss got up and began
to tramp up and down the room; !
could hear him. knew she'd been
having the biggest kind Of a Job to
keep him shut up in this sort of
abstract corral, when all the time he
was loving her fit to kill, but ap-
parently she had been doing 1t, sue
cessfully. There wasn't the faintest
breath Of sentiment In the air; not
the slightest Whit. When she began
again. could somehow feel that she
was just In time TO prevent his break.
ing out into all sorts Of love-making.
''The time has come, now, when you
must take another leaf out Of my
book" she said, with just the proper
little cooling tang in her voice. up
to the present you have been hammer
ing your way to the end like strong
man. and that was right. But you
have been more or less reckless-and
that isn't right or fair or just to lot
Of other people"
The tramping stopped and I heard
him say: II don't know what you
mean"
II mean that matters have come to
such a pass now that you can't afford
to tal'e any risks-personal risks. If
the plan the enemy Is trying doesn't
work, 1t will try another and a more