Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-02
ru,s BEGINS THE STORY
CHAPTER III
a Glimpse Of the Dangerflelds

:, n. fashioned, ugly looking structure
..ood halfway down the one street
sov Importance in Little Helptor
Tsilv's announcement was greeted
- skouts of deriion by the five boys
Std round the table.
AZ All their mouths were more or less
N AZ bread and jam, 1t was rather
Srnit 10 distinguish any particular
Sssrt from the storm hurled at her.
isscislly as every one spoke ut once.
HWben you've all done shouting -
remarked, in the first Jul of the
IN "perhaps you II listen to what
~ 70 say. In the first place,
nsssed in his old wood, to get those
.irroscs''-shc polluted to n dish OF
iittle yellow flowers which adorned
center Of the table. "And Jumbo
q along"
9Ns roars Of laughter broke out again.
T;ood old Molly! Just the name for
= Isn't he like Il baby elephant 2"
"a. who was sitting next to his sis
thumped her on the back. Jumbo !.
~ great! Well, ard what did he
~,
Molly BInllcu.
"Well, first he told me to clear out,
~ or less, you know, but talked
lin nicely, and in the end he said
= might 80 into the wood whenever
liked; at least" she added more
sthfully, "hc said that ] might, but
ySu boys are good Ill let you come
"Didu't know he could be so gencr-
!" said Leslie, with biting sarcasm.
He's as rich os Croesus, and as mean
-is mean as they make 'em!' he
1ded disgustedly.
"He didn't look mean" Molly inter-
rssed, '.'In fact. ! rather liked him
Rsd. headed Ned from the other side
4, The table shifted. "Some people will
ilks anything" he said with great su-
s1iority. "I'll bet he didn't like you
< at least he wouldn't If he knew you
vre one OF us. That sleek headed sec-
NARY Of his hates us like poison, SO
I'M bet your boots he's told Jumbo
about us. and that Jumbo hates us,
no."
III told him was a Dangerfcd."
Mollv answered. "And he didn't seem
| b mind. As matter Of fact, don't
Ieleve he'd ever heard Of us before"
Poor chap" said Leslie commiscrat-,
Insly. 1--WE shall have to introduce
Danelyes." He winked portentously at
lS brothers.
II won't have you getting up to any
hicks!" Molly said sharply. "He was
pite decent to me, and II you start
IDAyins jokes on him he won't let me
! The woods again; so you'd better look
|sut, or there'll be n. row." she, added,
|flising her voice to fling her words
lfter the boys, who had finished their
Ne and were tumblins over one an
sther in their anxiety to get out of the
|leom.
When they had gone. Molly leaned
her elbows on the table and looked Mt
he dish of primroscs with thoughtful
|ges.
What she had told Harden that morn
|hs was quite true; that she had been
mt away to convent school because
|lobody could manage her ut home, and
though 1t seemed highly improbable
mat she would ever be anything but n
|emboy, the two years. restraint had
zone her lot of good, and already she
vas beginning to see that the boys,
|nough perfect dcars. and, of course,
~ adored them, were Just little too
yell, she could not find a word to ex-
plain what she meant.
|. The Dangerfelds had lived all their
n!ss In Little Helpton.
For one thing the White House was
ner own, and so it did not matter at
ul II 1t fell to pieces about their cars.
lsd for another thing they had not got
ne money with which to effect re-
neyal.
Mrs. Dangerfcld was an invalid, md
ls husband, so Little Helpton had it,
wes a rogue.
gerhaps that was putting it rather
wrongly, but at any rate he had nd |
nittedly been the black sheen OF nm
'tlerwlse white flock, and his family
y a.q many years ago washed their hands
als marriage with a girl socially his
I%!etlor had been the first unpardonable |
aa ne mad committed, and as year by |
~ MS family increased beyond ali |
Eoportion to his minute income. the |
.inous brothers and aunts and uncles
.ao were blessed with the aristocratic |
usme OF Dangcrfcld decided that
aenry, as they called Mo!ly's father.
'ss best left to himself.
an elder brother, and head of the
sm'iy, mad certainly paid for Molly'a
w., wv years schooling. much to ever |
.us . 5 surprise, but it had been with the
NY NJ aennite understanding that moth
= more need be expected of him.
M Joy had been home a week now. |
I ~. dmiready she was beginning to see
aAt Nie, at Little Helpton was going
\ we rath"r a dull sort of thing, with
'.nty OF work to do if the White House
nj nj 70 De Kept In anything like order,
la very little play.
que was not afraid of work: on tbe
nv hrst day of her arrival she had
II. w. una tried to reduce something
~ ~ aHlncSs out OF the chaos, but Il
~ hopeless task. WV -
LIS s' Dangcrfield hardly ever left hcr
I'M .vm she was pretty, faded little
y who had long since ceased IN
= anything of life but that She might
- showed to lie on sofa holf fhe
~ .w, with pink ribbons in her tea.
'SSth, ana read cheap novels.
a.. Sne adored her husband. and the
%:' %' aha,-in a different way-NIolly,
~, ~, put She did not understand anv ri
-. % II anything went wrong she said
w. sue 'cou Id not be bothered" that
n "auc her head ache to even think
Ioll, % she consequence was that until
'~my o,y appeared on the scene, tbe housc
Us SdI,, or less managed itself. with a
nu u'' shove of assistance here and there
MI MI June, the slovenly maid Of all
ma ma VINO spent more than half her
ain. a"shlhg og at the boys antics and
'ss s "nd abetting their mischievous-
VI should think wc'rc tbo t,r,;os.
IA on IN the whole world" Molly =.
81 stoaI .ne nrst night of her return, AZ
teben 'ou helplcSsly In the chaotic
bsyi,, ana wondered where one ought
jsnsa ANN to put things to rights.
IA hJr oh miss, don't you worry" she
/. hnt tV,lul,y' I'VE may be funny
!, !. 9ut we do enjoy ourselves. Which