Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1930-05-22

nilci I'LL, MISS JeHkIn6 was merely
temporary companion In the parson-
age. 1t was Marjory. the pretty twin.
who, since the marriage of Helen, and
In the absence OF Miriam, mus, reign
as hostess. 1t was pleasant expert
ence for Marjory, and she took 1t seri-
ously. experimenting the entire ar
rangcment OF her fathers room for
the young minister. and merely per
hitting Miss Jenkins to dust and
sweep. and Ginger to wash the win
dows.
All during the Saturday morning,
as their hands were busy with their
pleasant toll, they chatted eagerly
of this strange and unexpect ID break
In the even tenor OF their lives.
"Too bad Helen had to miss IT.
said Ginger.
Il shall be very d!gnified. / dare
say he will think am twenty one"
"Well, remember mes a preacher,
and don't waste your good powder
On him."
"Mr. Westbury says he Is very
brilliant student, very"
"Such dumb name, Hiram" CON-
planned Ginger. Wouldn't you Just
know his parents were MethodIsts7"
BY one o'clock they were dressed
for his arrival. Miss Jenkins,
thoroughly rehearsed In her part.
seated herself sedately In the living
room with the Central Christian Ad-
vocate. Marjory repaired to her IA
Tiers room to give last deft touch
to table, to curtains. to the fall of
the lace bedspread. Ginger, after
meeting the postman half way down
the fagstone path, started to the
attic with her mail, six letters, each
with a small hard roundness In one
corner.
Slx dimes were added to her hoard
In the dolls trunk. Ginger shook the
trunk affecti0nately. Two dollars and
eighty cents now. Not so very much,
yet, but still, considering the original
outlay of three postage stamps, 1t was
doing very well. And certainly, busi-
ness was growing. Never day
passed now without at least one well
come letter ful t.. llliver, one dime
for the home. But fsl all ller INNER
sion In her growing fund, Ginger did
not overlook the Immediate interest OF
tie arrival OF Hiram Bnckworth.
While she would scnrn to helray an
undue curiosity about any male crea-
tnre. she did feel that q pre- knowl-
edge OF his general appearance would
assist her greatly in forming an esti-
mate OF his character.
Finding that she could not com
mand view of the street from the
high dormer window OF the attic, not
even by standing on the backless
chair, she turned the key upon her
accumulation Of dimes, and went down.
stairs. In her fathers room. the only
one opening upon the street, she
found Marjory, ostensibly draping the
curtains to more becoming lines, but
with long-lashed eye upon the ap-
prOach.
Il dare say he looks like most I'M
mature minister's" remarked Ginger
coldly. And judging by the Hiram,
he will have baggy trousers and
wilted mustache."
She descended the circular stair
case with great dignity. Miss Jen-
kins had abandoned the Advocate and
crouched behind the rortieres turning
an anxious gaze to the corner, a block
away, where the newcomer must first
appear.
Il hope he sees you." said Ginger
bitterly. 1T will give him such a
good impression Of our dlsinterested-
ness"
''I-just wondered II he was COM
Ing" said Miss Jenkins, fluttering
back to the Advocate. Nov, l am
Just to say who / am-and who you
and Marjory are-when you come
down, / mean-and tell him ten dol
lars week-before you come down.
mean, and II he argues, l am to
yield with dignity. And then take
him upstairs-after you girls come
down, I mean-and say dinner will
be served at six o'clock"
Obviously, the windows Of the liv-
Ing room were closed to scornful Gin
ger Ella. One vantage spot was left
to her, the basement, and she repaired
thither. AS the narrow window In
front was too high for her, she rolled
an empty apple barrel to the proper
position, stood 1t upright, and laid an
old ironing board across 1t. Then
she climbed up, with great care for
her best summer frock, and was re-
warded with a clear view OF the en-
tire street
At exactly two-ffteen, Hiram Buck
worth briskly rounded the corner,
and made for the old brown parson-
age, unaware that from various we'll
Swallowed recesses, three pairs of
steady bright eyes bore silent witness
to his approach. Hiram Buckworth
saw only pleasantly sun-burned
shingle-brown old house set in a we'll
trimmed lawn canopied with broad
branching naples, saw an inviting
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