The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-06-27


there TO that house on the side
OF the hill? She was not on calling
terms with Mrs. Frazier Indeed, the
only time she had ever been within
the house WAS the day that there had
been a parent-teachers' meeting thore
And as for Mrs. Frazier's son. Rod
Frazier-well. Sallie's cheeks burned
even now as she thought Of him
Horrible boor True. he didn't look
like boor nor yet did he act like
one to anyone else. But with her
Sallie shrugged and walked on two
or three steps.
After reaching the end Of the
grounds though, she turned back res
olutely. After all, petiiness or being
little" about things WAS something
that Salie despised, and what differ
ence did It make how polite or 9th
erwise Rod Frazier might bel
But as she climbed the steep path
TO the hillside house size could not
help remembering the way he had
acted about the party. All the teach
ers had been asked to attend the
party.
Rod, you can take Sallie Piper
Marjorie Gray had said when they
had been planning who should go
with whom. "That'll fix us all up
fine p
And Salie had waited for Rod to
cpaaE ta har obort unino with hin,
had waited one day, two days, three
days-a week AS the time for the
party came near she wondered wheth.
err or not he had meant Marjorie
Gray's words to stand as an invita-
ton. That might be the strange Gus
tom our in this little town where she
had come to teach the Kindergarten !
If 1t were the custom, Sallie thought
wryly, II was not TO her liking at all
But when the evening of the party
arrived SalIie had heard nothing from
Rod. 1t was well along after eight
O'Clock that he rang the hell where
she boarded and brought with him a
beautiful fve-p0und box of candy
tied with gay red ribbons and sealed
with gold seals. Nonchalantlv he had
sat down and they had talked of ev-
erything, il seemed TO Sallie, under
the sun moon-except the party. And
to that he made no reference.
And because she had not gone to
the party, none of the other teachers
in the school talked of it to her. al
though she saw much less of those
other teachers than they saw of one
another. and this was because her
little youngsters were dismissed at
eleven o'clock instead of twelve and
at the hour of three instead of four
Time had passed since this party.
but SaIIe's face yet famed when she
thought about it
81 saw the notice. Mrs Frazier"
she said. when she sat with Rods
mother in the long living room, "about
the selling of your household furni
ture You're not going to part with
that Japanese cabinet, are your"
Mrs. Frazier nodded without speak.
ing for. a moment. Then she replied /:
Everything is to be sold, my dear
The house has already been sold and
we are moving to the ethyl"
ooh !" sad Salie. I'm sorry !"
"And |, too" said Mrs. Frazier
with a smile that seemed infinitely
sad to Sallie 1.-THE truth is my dear"
she said with little rush of words
that seemed to surprise even herself,
''some investments have turned out
miserably and Rod can earn great
going there, you see. Were you inter
ested in buying that Japanese cabi
metz" she asked merriy.
"Ah, mol" said Sallie. "There is
nothing should love to have more
than that. My uncle, you know, was
the head of the anthropology depart
ment at the university and he went
to Japan every year. Twice he took
me with him when | was in my teens
and wondered-it is probably pre-
sumptious of me to question your
knowledge on things Japanese-if you
realized the great value of that cab
fnet?"
Mrs. Frazier shrugged: 81 know lit
tie about anything in the house, Sal
lie. The house belonged to nv grand
father and when it came down to my
mother and then to me, everything
was Just as it is now. It's a pretty
enough cabinet but" with frank
laugh. 81 hate busting all that cary
ing! Old Mr.. jenkins has made ar
offer of $15, but the auctioneer asked
me to leave everything as it stood I'm
til the day of the auction and so
shall do that. If you want the cabi
net, though"
"Fifteen dollars !" echoed Sallie.
''Ill be glad TO put in any bid yor
wanted to make if it is auctioned of
in school hours" continued Mrs Fra
zier.
"But it is worth well up into the
thousands" said Sallie, aghast. I'll
you want me to have Uncle Toms
friend come out to appraise it he
could come and perhaps could get 6
buyer for it who will pay something
approximating its WORTH
thousands !" repeated Mrs. Fra
e 4,