The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-23

Darpurd Dilnkeu naru ana tried %
think In spite Of her confusion.
ut Is one Of the marvels Of the age,~
she began family. and then more Wig
orously: "Do you want me to start In
right now?"
Yes, IL you can," said the young
man, leading the way to the kitchen.
you see we had woman who said
shed do the cooking and washing. but
she left after the first week. We can
mtnage somehow with the cooking,
but we're up against II without some
one to wash. It's pretty heavy. What
do you say to three and half per
dayT'
1t was that question that settled
the matter in the mind of Barbara.
She knew she could never make that
much selling the magic washing pow
der, and perhaps. 1t flashed through
her mind, after she had had the ex-
perience of washing for day she
could talk persuasively to women who
did II every week.
'There'll be two days work, any
way" went on the young man. BY
of the kitchen, and apparently he saw
Barbara's face and sllgnr young body
for the first time.
"But you can't do washing" he
exclaimed. THAT is-are you sure
you won't find 1t too dlfficultf"
mo more difficult than some other
things" said Barbara with a little
nd
young man was he was very attractive.
Barbara washed all the morning,
and when the young man and his
brother appeared In the kitchen ad-
joining the laundry room at noon to
try and mix up some dinner" she
asked whether she couldn't stop WASH
ing long enough to get dinner for them.
II seemed to her as II cooking would
be blessed relief from the hard work
at the washboard.
OF course they agreed, and It was
while she was busy mixing batter for
corn fritters that they asked her what
they should call her.
"Just Barbara she said not wish
ing TO give her last name and being
too inexpert in the art of assembling
to think of giving name not her own.
"Our name is Davenport" said the
young man who had opened the door
for her in the morning. "They call me
Fred and my older brother here Mr..
Davenport. You see, we took this place
for the summer. We both had some
writing to do and we had already en-
f..t. l,.N ell.
didn't like the village. There weren't
enough movies" and she didn't like
the kind OF butter we had-or some
thing Of that sort"
1t was after the two Mr.. Davenports
had consumed the last of Barbara's
corn fritters and drunk the amber clear
coffee she had made for them that they
asked her rather timidly II she would
consider taking the position as cook
and laundress for the summer.
"We had to give that other woman
$50 month to come out here, and L
guess the place is worth it," they said.
"Certainly If we have to go on with
out any one to work for us wen never
get any work done. You see have
to get revised edition Of one Of my
books in before college opens in the
fall, and my brother here-but that
doesn't interest you. The point is,
will you take the jobT
Barbara did some figuring. There
were nearly three months more before
any college opened. Presumably she
would have $240, or near that, in
hxy tha Af N
Since she had left college In search
of Job she had discovered that that
was quite large amount for any
student to make between terms. So
she accepted the proposition.
She wouldn't have told that she
wasn't a washwoman by profession II
1t hadn't been that somehow 1t trans
pired that Mr.. Fred Davenport, WELL
known psychologist, was going to Bar
bara's own college as head Of the new
psychology department. And Barbara
had hoped to take some work In that
department. SO she couldn't keep her
secret any longer.
"Tm a student myself" she told Mr..
Fred Davenport. II was hoping to
take one of your courses myself next
term. You may see me sitting before
you in the classroom next autumn"
II hope not" said Mr.. Fred Daven-
port. 81 hope that will see you be-
fore me pouring coffee at my break
| fast table by that time. A professors
wife really doesn't need to finish col
lege. She gets nothing but college for
the rest Of her life. Barbara, will you
marry mef
"But did you know was a wash
woman In disguise-that 1 was
student or somethingT
II wouldn't be much Of a psychol-
oeist II / hadn't been able to discover
that. But will you marry mer
/ And Barbara said she would.