The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-11-21
least he had gotten somewhere and
learned something today.

least he had gotten somewhere and
learned something today.
- .
Lady Sandison, having finished her
own tale promptly, had had to listen
to her brothers recital of his life and
triumphs and then to dissertation
on Roberta. her beauty and talents
and finally to short resume of Robs
difficulties with her.
Listening, Aggy's lips had closed
tightly. She was not one to approve
of halfway measures, and was in full
sympathy with her brothers deter
mination that things should not go on
this way, for the girls own sake.
what now, precisely, are you
thinking to do" she finally asked.
Macbeth looked at her appealingly.
81 am puzzled" he admitted, with the
frankness of the truly great. "What
would you do?"
at is not for ME to say" retorted
Lady Sandison promptly. 81 have
seen her but the once"
I'm not one for driving a girl to
open rebellion
NO" agreed Aggy.
"COme, Aggy, you always had a
tremendous lot of sense and I'm in
need of wOman's eye as well as
my own. Could you be persuaded TO
run this house for me. Aggy, for
money!" ....-.-.
"You know well I'd do it for love. >
Aggy told him sternly. since love is
not word 70 he used often and
relations
But that would defeat your plans
Use sense, woman. Nobody but you
and | need know our arrangement, and
would it not he better for you to work
for me than for a stranger?"
ut would depend. How much au-
thority would you give me? Things
must lie in my own hands, if I'm to
make Roadway and help you"
Done" said Rob Macbeth. 81 paid
my last housekeeper two hundred and
fifty dollars a month"
MlCHty IpD uOl
charge you the like of that"
at will be saving if pay you
three hundred" said the crafty Rob.
'yOu TO take over the entire direction
of the house, leaving Roberta with
nothing but her own affairs to attend
to. She won't like that"
"Fine. see your plan, but the pays
far too high. Say two hundred"
"Three hundred or nOthing!'
"Have it your own way, but I'm not
to be used openly against the lass"
Rob was so busy planning his CAM
paign that he did not notice how her
little blue eyes were twinkling. "Tm
just going to make Miss Highland
Mighty see where size gets off, if she
doesn't behave" he said.
"Have il your own way" agreed
Aggy, demurely. what about Sir
Geordie? Can you no help him to a
place or use him here?"
Rob Macbeth stared at his sister.
He said nothing for what seemed to
her a long time.
Il can't ask him to do anything
menial," he announced puzzled.
you cannot" she declared shortly.
81 don't know what he's fitted for"
"He's had lot O expensive school
ing; lot O. still more expensive SOL
diering, when he was hardly more
than laddie, and a thin time Of it
in the wilds of Central America"
Hmm" said her brother, frowning.
I'm away" announced his sister,
rising, Ito look over your kitchen and
see if can get together tea for you,
and him and me. You can be thinking"
She started toward the door.
I'm very much puzzled" said her
brother.
Don't strain yours IT," Lady Sandi-
son told him driIy. There's such
things as secretaries in America, are
there not? And you lying here help
less far from your Office"
"By George! That's an idea!"
Aggy looked at him without speak
ing, and left for the kitchen. That
Rob, after all these years, had &C.
copied her and her problems, including
Sir Geordie, without either astonish-
ment or hesitation, did not seem to
her remarkable. 1t was what she had
expected. Would she not have done
the same thing for Rob?
Some twenty odd minutes later she
reappeared, carrying tray on which
toast, deliciOusly Drowned, jam, cake
and tea were invitingly spread forth,
and went toward the library. Evil
IDENTIFY Sir George had assisted Mac
Beth to get there, for she could hear
the two men talking.
Both looked UP at her, and Sir
George sprang to clear a place on the
table and take the tray from her.
"You should have called me, Aggy,"
he said reprOachfully.