The Washington times., 1930-08-18
CHAPER 13

ter FarnSworth and his bride
weren't going to live with them.
They were just coming to visit
for o few days She was
ashamed Of herself, being so
relieved. Only few moments
ago she had been thinking that
it was an awfully large house
for two peoule. and at the bare
thought Of her husbands be-
loved son coming, she had been
on the defensive right away.
II guess I am tired" she de-
cided before she fell asleep that
night. 'Ill feel better when !
get more used to the house. I
wish we didn't have so many
servants and that Mar
guerite! Brr she gives me
the creeps. I'm perfectly sure
she listens at keyholes, she's
Just the kind /. II hope Chester
and his wife don't come for a
few days wonder what
they'll think finding me here
maybe they'll think Mr..
Farnsworth shouldn't have mar
ried me I've heard about
grown children being furious
when parents married again
i. and it might be something
about money They might
think I was going to get what
they should have Some
times I wish I hadn't
hadn't :" But no! She
wouldn't wish she hadn't mar
ried Mr.. Farnsworth. That
wouldn't be loyal. She wouldn't
wish it, not even to herself.
Breakfast in Bed
She woke late. After 9
o'clock. Mr.. Farnsworth must
. have been gone an hour. Pale,
wintry sunshine filtered
through the closed windows.
Someone must have been in to
close them, and to light the
small fire Of pine-knots that
burned on the hearth. While
she was speculating, rather
Sleepily, on who it could have
been, there was a discreet tap
and the door opened softly, ad-
mitting a young China boy,
bearing breakfast tray.
"Glood morning" he said
brightly. "You like eggs soft?"
Cathie no. d ded, a little
abaShed by the boys heady
eyes, and the consciousness Of
her tousled hair and flimsy
nightdress.
"All light. These soft" He
permitted himself a faint trium-
phal smile, deposited the tray
on the table and left.
"Well, I may get used to this
eventually" Cathie thought,
and grinned as she drank the
frosty orange juice and lifted
covers to peek at hidden dishes
on the charming, yellow-lac-
quered tray.
What would Ma say If a
young Chinese boy should walk
into her room and put a break
fast tray on her table the min.
ute she woke up?
Grows HOmeSick
Wondering about Ma made
her homeSick. She had intend.
ed to call in style in the after
noon, but she couldn't wait
that long. She pushed the tray
away and jumped out of bed.
The green going-away suit was
the first thing she came across,
so she put that on, and in 90
minutes she was out of the
house and on her way.
It was good to see the little
patch of lawn, and the Gala
lilies still blooming along the
side, and everything just the
same.
MAI" Cathie cried, fairly
tumbling up the back steps,
fhnging open the back door.
And there was the warm, sunny
kitchen with the geraniums on
the window sill, and Ma max.
ing mayonnaise at the sink. .
"Cathie!"
Down went the egg beater
with a clatter. Mary Paige
opened her arms wide, to en-
fold her child to her heart, and
laugh. and cry, and lombard
her with questions.
'Lookin' just the same, for
all the fine clothes! Oh, Cathie,
Cathie darlin', that I should
ever live to see the day e.
the rich Mrs. Farnsworth 4.
La, it's funny. My Cathie
with a"
''Oh, Ma, let me look at you!
And the kitchen! Honestly this
is the incest room in the world.
What smells so good in the
oven? Is it a."
"Cathie, is the place really as
big as"
Queries, No End
"But where's the carp" Jean
demanded when she came in to
lunch. why Cathie, why didn't
you bring your car?"
"Yes. why didn't you?" Mary
Paige asked.
"And what was it like in Mex
leo, and did you play those
gambling machines? And did you
see the races? And Cathie, is it
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