The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-08-31
A Storm in q
Teacup

G. isss. By western Newspaper un'oa }


Maud Darilcy stood pcirined. STAR
ing at the discriminating object. oh
hut perhaps we'd better begin At the
beginning Hop Sing was
No. better start with the Dartleys
and the Jetleys. They lived NEXT door
t. each other In Roperstown. Each
inhabited an identical frame house,
painted green and black Each had the
same strip ~ lawn Each shared the
robins impartlaily. They wer. In fact.
typical suburhanites. and loved each
other as suhurhanltes do.
Each owned an auto and gramo-
phone. baby and a baby carriage.
and neither owned a servant.
Mr.. Dartley owned Mrs. Dartley.
and Mr.. Jetley owned-nol Mrs. Dart.
ley owned Mr. partley and Mrs. Jet.
ley owned Mr. Jetley. Mr.. partley
also owned some fine pleated shirts.
which Mr.. Jetley very much admired.
Mrs Dartley was giving party.
You know those parties-lced grape.
fruit with n cherry In u. aud unfcr.
msnted grape juice, and cut glass over
round lace doylies Mrs Dartlcy had
made the terrible discovery that her
best doylles were dirty. Hop Sing
had to be called into instant cquisi
tlon.
Thursday. Hop sins. Thursday :"
Mrs. Dartley held up two fingers. aud
she said THURSDAY very loud. which
H. as every one knows the way to
make Chinaman understand any.
thing.
This was "Wednesday night. and
Mrs. Dartlcy had called az the laundry
TO IND out how her doylies were get.
ting on.
There was some trouble about &c,
ting In. hut Maud nartiey was q deter.
mined woman. especially with heather.
she went through the window. She
called and called. and then wen,
through the house
She found Hop Sing In a tiny room.
lying on box couch. A tiny PIPE.
peanut oil lamp and some black pills
were beside him Hop sing opened
his eyes and grinned fccbly NJ her
one arm went round IN the air In
peculiar manner II was Just n n
Hop Sing had Imagined that the air
was her waist.
Mrs. pariley. drcadfully shocked.
ran back into the laundry.
That's what comes ~ opium snok.
Ing" she said with conviction. It's a.
most as had as beer drinking"
II was clear she would have 20 ~.
tend 20 the doylies herself Hunting
about the shelves. Mrs. Dartley sudden.
" came upon her husbands things
She recognized them Immediately by
the pleated shirts.
Suddenly her heart gave a bound
Among the shirts and collars which
Mr.. Dartley had done up himself. as
was his custom. she saw a pink silk
waist And then her heart seemed TO
stand still
Tina, pink silk waist was Mrs. Jet.
ley'sl
Monster oh. what does 10 mean ="
she whispered. as. forgetting the doy.
lies. she totierd homeward She had
trusted Mr. Dartley too well. She had
left him look after his own laundry.
which Il the height % confidence In
devoted wife. and be was sending Mrs
Jetley's waist with his ,hings
There was no mlstaking that pink
silk waist. which had Haunted Itself
over innumsrable unfernented grape
juice tables His guilt WAS clear. Mr.
BARLEY was paying for Mrs. Ietleys
laundry. Worse. he was sending II
with his.
What scandal II IL became known
In RoIrrstownl
She hurried home. her eyes brim.
ming with tears. Hut wh.n she
reached the strip n lawn before the
house she recoiled. Their. sat the
monster. with Mr. Jetley on one side
and Mrs Ieiley on the other. smoking
cigars and drinking cool drinks chat.
tins and laughing as II the world had
not suddenly tumbled about their
ears
She crpt round toward the back ~
the house under the shelter ~ the big
locust trees. Inside she paused un.
certainly. How could she nerve her.
self for the denunclatIon which II was
her wlfcly duty to maker
And yet II had 10 be made.
She stood In then hall The voices
~ the men came floating out Ca her.
Il guess that's one on you. old man"
laughed Jetley. II found out the place
all right. all right"
"You did. confound youf'
"Surr did. Dartley. aud say I
got dozen Of the prettlesi plented
shirts you ever saw. n trine shop !
soiled. but Just like yours. aud old
Hop Sings doing them NJ for me.
Maud Dartley gasped and stood ON
the steep 81 the house.
"Iiello. dearl why. what's the mat
ierf" asked her husband.
"Oh. darling. Ill cant get the
ioylies. and I don't know what Wen
90 tomorrow :"