The Glenwood post., 1923-09-06
SYNOPSIS

CHATTER Living in a barn, coo-
vsrtsd into a dwelling. Mrs. Pendeld y
manager of an apartment building known
- the "Custard Cup originally "Cloister
CooTt Her income is derived from laun-
~ work. her chief patron being q MIA
horauus Weatherstone. whom she has
nsysr seen. Living with her are "Crtnk"
- has adopted. They all her "Penzie."
ThAd tells Penzie strange man was In
curing for her under her maiden name.
CHAPTER ia tenant, Mrs. Gusais
Dssley. induces Penzie to take charge Of
. package. which she does with some
0isgivings.
CHAPTER III.-Searching q refuse dump
fer things which might be Of value. Crink,
yctsran at the game, encounters small
Gll Letue, who proves foem6n worthy
q his steel. He takes her to Penzie, and
Lstts Is adopted into tho family.
CHAPTER t.-uncle Jerry arranges TO
occupy the loft above Mrs. Penfield's
sSods.
CHAPTER vI.-Uncle Jerry meets Pru-
eancs Hapgood, no longer young, but at
-: srcavs, and & the Two & appear to hit, hits II
fsnsie's. tells her Of her engagement to
Dtok Chase. also a mutual friend
CHAPTER vII.-Friendship developing
between Uncle Jerry and Frank Bosley,
husband Of Gussie. worries Penzie.
CHAPTER vII.-Calming a tenant.
Mrs.. Sanders, on the verge Of a nervous
beeakdown, Mrs. Penfleld reveals the trag-
70 story of her own life. the sudden loss
q her three children In an epidemic and
The subsequent death Of her husband
CHAPTER IX.-Letties pet aversion In
The Custard Cup has long been certain
Mr.. Josiah Wopple. and the animosity cul-
inmates in physical encounter in which
much water is spilled
CHAPTER x.-D4ck Chase conhdes to
Mrs. Penfeld that his fiancee's step
mother. Mrs. Percy. by pleading physl al
helplessness, is seeking to prevent their
marriage Penzie skilfully exposes Mrs
Percy's sham, and the latter Is forced to
withdraw her objections.
CHAPTER xL.-The domestic difficult
gossip among the other tenants of The
Custard Cup.
CHAPTER XI1.-Letue, having subtly
Of Frank Bosley as companion Of Uncle
Jerry. denounces Bosley and appeals to
Uncle Jerry to give up the acquaintance
chin. ThAH lAsagh. at -hAr
CHAPTER x1I.-Endeavoring to pre-
vent the marriage of Lorene and Dick
aging Lorene's rousseau. Mrs. Penheld.
by the hardest kind of work. repairs the
damage. and the wedding takes place.
CHAPTER XIv.-Remarks let fall by
Mn. Bosley leave Penzie in utter be-
Uncle Jerry and the Bosleys. Uncle Jerry
u evasive in his explanations.
sie. Lettie "entertains' Prudence Hap
good and Uncle Jerry. with disastrous
results.
Of the Penfeld household insist on a
Christmas celebration. Lettie engaging to
provide whole dollar for the occasion.
6he has an inspiration, and evolves a
machine which she submits to an ad-
vertsing agency. The manager is not at
first Impressed. but finally sympathizes
with the earnestness of the child and
gives her a dollar for the invention.
CHAPTER XVII.-Mrs. Penfield and
Lettie go shopping and with infinite craft
the dollar is expended.
CHAPTER XvuI.-In her Joy over the
coming festivities. Lettie actually makes
friends with her longtime enemy, Mr.
Wopple. and Mrs. Penfield improves the
occasion to Impress a moral lesson on her
small charge. The Christmas celebration
's a huge success.
Mrs. Weatherstone's shoulders re-
laxed; the tension in her bearing
blended into her usual grace. what
do you mean?" she asked weakly.
"Ill show you. but you'll have to
come into the kitchen" She led the
way and pointed to spread, thrown
across a line. 1t was of cashmere
, satin, woven in India and embroid-
cred with delicate silks in raised
pattern. Hundreds and hundreds Of
stitches had gone into every square
inch.
Handmade dyes" said Mrs. Pen
field casually. "They don't use any
others for that kind of work"
Mrs. Weatherstone's eyelids lifted
with involuntary surprise. Mrs. Pen
field smiled, but made no explanation
Experience in wealthy family had
given her this knowledge, but she al
lowed the Information to stand alone,
as Mrs. Weatherstone would have
done
= I'D only just begun to iron the
hanglngs." continued Mrs. Penfield
presently. She held up length of
TOst Silh Sthtltith
design of self color. Mrs Weather
stone stripped off her glove and felt
OF the material. She shook her head.
~ wouldn't have believed 1t could
be done. It's marvellous. Do you
mean, Mrs Penfleld, that you washed
this and the spread in the water, as
you would white embroideries
Land, no. I'd have ruined 'em that
way for sure. I washed 'em with n
bag"
with ~ Did you say bagT'
"Yes, like this one" Mrs. Penfield
produced from the cupboard n small
bag Of muslin. half filed with soft
substance
Mrs. wcatherstone felt of that. too,
but was still puzzled.
"Is 1t something that you buyT
Mrs. Penfeld laughed. "Oh, no.
make 'em myself. It's a mixture Of
grains and"