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1 Jo fell In work. There
was nothing she liked to do
in the way of housework
hotter than the making of
bodB. It was a long time since
ahe had had ia her hands such
mutenal with which to make
beds hm these sheets* and blankets
which ramr ont of the big pack
ing eaae. In the large, airy
rooms, with all windows open,
•he shook out the paired sheets
of exquisitely fine linen, all
hems!itched by hand, each top
sheet with a monogram—S. C. C.
The blankets were soft and light,
of summer weight, with pale
colored iw>rdrr* bound with
silk. As Jo tucked in her sheets,
drawing them smooth and firm,
she was enjoying to the full her
own expertness and its results.
AIbo—she was living over again
certain past days. As she left
each i ooiu she looked about it
happily, delightful in its old
fashioned charm.
And soon the silent old house
would be teeming with lefc
children’s voice* would resound
through it; and the beautiful
person in the pew Jo had once
watched throughout a church
service because she was the wife
of the splendid |»ersoii in the
pulpit, would be here to become
a friend -for this Jo expected
l.«. I. Ul_1_ II
»»v» tv saw* nuv tv i r i» ttI'II
thnt though she was taking the
place of a servant, it was easily
;in her power to make herself
known ami liked by Mrs. Schuy
ler Chase otherwise than us ser
vant.
Downstairs she helfied Norah
lay the table in tlie pleasant
dining room, whose windows
looked out upon the rear lawn
and garden, where Norah’s
Jimmy was frantically weeding
and trimming m the lest minute
endeavor to have everything
about the place look tended. The
lunch cloths and napkiiiH and
silver for the table had come out
of the packing ease, hut thp
china was old blue-anil white
Clanton from the shelves in the
corner cupboards.
“I don’t know much about
•an 'wiehoa,’* Norah said doubt
fully, pushing her hair out of her
•yes with her forearm, ns she
©yed the loaves of bread and the
pots und jars of tilling material
hastily ordered from the grocery,
all of which had been deposited
upon the scrubbed kitchen table.
“1 do —I’M make them, if you
like, offered Jo. She could
guess what Norah’s sandwiches
would be if she attempted them
—big hearty slabs fit for a
labourer s fist “I love to make
them—nice, thin little things,
•cveral different kinds.”
“Do thirn, now, with my bless
In’.”
There were innumerable mat
ters to see to—ire for the ice
fresh milk from a diary farm
a mile out; wood for the fire
places—“Hhe’ll have ’em all go
to ’when it’» rool,” Norah was
mrc. Flowers for the (able—“She
wouldn’t think site could ate
without flowers. Jo ran out to
pick pink and yellow and nr-nge
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borders of the old garden. She
arranged them not only upon the
diiiing table but in the square
paror and uyin the bureau in
Mr. < base's room. She would
*ha-ve lingered over this task but
Woraii spurred her on.
b? here anuy minute
now. Best get on the uniform.”
nhe commanded. “She’ll like ye
better if she aoes ye lookin’ the
way she’s used to.”
When Jo appeared Norali
looked her over.
“Dark blue, not black,” she
commented. “Sure it looks nice ,
if she’ll let ye wear it. An’ the
apron's nice, an’ the cap is that
becoming’! Ye Iho'.s like a ser
▼out— an ’ ye don t! Are .• sun*
ye know the ways of sp'aki '*
They're very partic'lar about
that,I know.”
“I think I ran manage it,” !
•Joseph nr Jeniuy. a gay sparkle
B*>h at Thrill Rjiulitr*'.
Pram tire Mi immpalls Journal
We are asked to JkI eve lb t tit
two dRU thieves who lo tnl HI P».ui
human while beui; educated at tit
university at lire >Ul *» r*jr*i * are
v9tH.trtlau.rlhF bnU«, o' stmwe..
We sir sum asked to believe tint
borrd with the humdrum of oid m
erinina life. Urey stole lor the Uiril1
o* It.
Thai is Mkiia ua to brume* in >
now. it Ths ram aiiamreb hmiiV t! j
nm ) he H**r 'as *11 the <epii :i» ot
the mil ttuk • 'b in cvru a;*; t
to like
Th« boy who haa aur real tiu, .ru.
In Um- umvetstty the atudvul id sii/
in t>er eyes. “And I’m glad you
think I look nice. Norali, for I’m
really -now that it comes to it—
just a little scared.”
Norali eyed her alarmedly.
“Sure, and I was feared maybe
ye’d be regrettin’ your rash
ness,” said she. “Versilf a
t'acher an’ all an’ then eomin
down to bein’ what they call a
maid, in a unyform.”
“But I don’t regret it. You
see, I want so much to he with
the sort of people these are. Ami
1 don’t mind waitii/; on them. I
should mind waiting on—well—
the (lildersleeves — or the
Broughtons. ”
Norali understood. "Ye would
mind. I ’ll not scrub their floors.
They think themselves the upper
crust —an’ they’re not. They
treat their help like the dust
ben’ayth them. They’re nobody
at all, an’ ye’ll see how they’ll
bend their hacks bowin’ to Mrs,
Nlivler Chase, because they know
she’s somebody. They was that
way to old Miss Cherry—an’ she
takin’ no notice of tliim, though
she was (hat polite to tliim you’d
have thought she like tliim. But.
I know she didn’t. Who couldT
They’d not notice me when they
met me on the street. Miss
Cherry’d turn aside to spake to
HIP —Bn* if flu* I ■ i h I oi'ulnn Y’Pu iimiu
lookin' n i she’d turn 'way round
to do it. She—■ The saints an’
all!”
The telephone, recently in
stalled according to orders, was
ringing.
‘‘That’s thim. Hun. Miss .Ten
ney! They’re on their way.”
.To ran, calling back, ‘‘I’m
Josephine-don’t forget that!”
And then answering demurely—
‘‘This is Cherry House.”
A voice which by contrast with
Norah O'Grady’s strident tones
sounded peculiarly pleasant to
Jo’s ears, replied ‘‘This is Mrs
Chase. We are expecting tp
reach Cherry Hills in half an
hour. Can you tell me if Mrs.
O’drady lias the house readv for
us!”
“Yes, Mrs. Chase. Everything
is ready.”
‘‘There'll be eight of us, so T
hope there are plenty of sand
wiches. Please tell Mrs.
O’drady to make some coffee.
We’re bringing fruit. I should
like to have small tires y» all
the fireplaces. I think that’s all,
and you may expect us by
seven.”
‘‘Yes, Mrs. Chase.”
“Ye sound like ye look,” was
Norah’s comment. ‘‘I’m thinkin’
ye'll do. Coffee, is it! An’ eight
people. There’s hersilf an’ three
children—an’ the nurse—an* the
cook. That’s six. An’ she drives
herself. Who’s the other two!
I told ye there’d be company!”
In less than the half hour the
ear in—a big. shining, ear full
of people and luggage, with
^ally Chase's capable gauntleted
hand at the wheel. It was closely
followed by another—a high
powered roadster driven by a
hare headed, fair haired young
man whose face was deepiy
tanned. With him was a giri.
'•lit JO nau iio eyes just then tor
anybody but Mrs. Chase—her
mistress! She was tingling from
head to foot with the strange
senatinn of being actually in the
employ of this lovely young
woman, in the capacity of a ser
vant. Had she done wiselyt
Somehow the aspect of the whole
party slightlv daunted tier, it
looked so disturbing sophisti
cated even in its careless travel
ing clothes. And the middle
aged woman ou the hack seat,
who must he the cook, seemed,
with her solemn face and austere
black, decidedly formidable as
the fellow servant she was to he.
Could Josephine denney really
bring herself to play her part as
it must be played f
“Hun and help with the
stuff!" N'orah O’Orady had
commanded under her breath,
ami Jo obeyed. Mrs. Chase,
sliding out from the driver's
genuine in ntal brilliance, need no',
look nut ode tor tits thrills
Conversely. Uu* boy who fUids him
self, ’ bo.cd with life" ntiuiig the myr
iad ami'iti oi iu u.il adventure
which the university curriculum
opens to turn, it m out of place tu
the mine, .tty u an accordion player
m a tvmp'iutty otchettra.
W-* are a died to believe Ural one
ot tf> 13 bay4 htu the makttni of a
jicrt, tn • other the making*
ut a g.ffed artist
We have »*ett s^mf of tht pu iurf^
fltltf I* fltt‘ Cf !>***♦ ry by
(tie pair Fur the cute who aspire*
la taut • in the field o! puiturial art.
their u perhaps a Cham.'* that he
seat, gave her a quick, compre
hensive glance.
“Are you Josephine? How
nice that you could be here from
the first minute! Please take
those bags and that hamper.
This is .Mrs. Lawson, our cook,
and Mary, the children’s nurse—
Josephine. And these are Bob
and Barbara and little Schuyler.
Is he fast asleep, Mary? That's
great. We’ll pop him into his
crib and he mayn’t wake till
morning. Oh, and there's Mrs.
O’Grady!”
There followed a busy half
hour. Sally Phase, herself, re
minded her new maid of a child
in spite of her competent way
of setting the machinery of the
house running. Between agree
ably given orders to her force
she could be heard here and
there exclamining over the vari
ous details of the house itself,
the briskly burning fires, fhe
view from the windows, the
rows of pink and white peonies
budding in the garden. The
young man and the girl who had
leisurely followed the party into
the house could also be heard
laughing at her; and later, when
Sally and her cousins—for so
they proved to be—were consum
ing sandwielips with young Bob
and Barbara, and Jo was serv
ing coffee to the elders and milk
to the children, the chaffing was
still fcoing on.
Jo understood perfectly that
demurencss in a maid is the first
requisite, so she went about with
downcast eyes and a composed
face. But she was able to note
4 li 4 L a »«-i n ■« itoiKMit iifail a i'
attractive youth, full of spirits,
and that the girl was quite his
opposite, being a languid erca
turp, either temperament or
selection, with smooth dark hair
which lay in perfect waves above
her white brow, and who seemed
to frown more than she smiled.
Nobody except Mrs. Chase gave
the quiet maid a look, except,
once when five-year-old Barbara
dropped half an oozv chicken
sandwich upon the floor, and Jo
hastened to pick it up and to
wipe with a fresh napkin the
stain from the child’s dress.
Then little Barbara stared up
into her face and said, smiling at
her: “You look Ike Miss Buif
nett.”
At which everybody smiled
also, and the young man, with
a quick look at Jo, said with a
chuckle—That’s a compliment
for somebody.”
“Miss Burnett is one of Bar
bara’s favorite friends,” ex
plained Mrs. Chase, at which Jo
herself smiled, but knew better
than to make reply. As a mat
ter of fact, she had been saying
to herself ever since she had seen
these people come in that she
must never for a moment forget
her position. It would take very
careful remembering not to be
betrayed into speaking as she
would not be expected to speak,
or showing in some unexpected
way that she was more accus
tomed to giving directions than
to receiving them.
The children were sent away
to bed the moment they finished
eating, but the others lingered in
the dining room, both the guests
smoking over their coffee, while
Mrs. Chase sat making lists of
things to be ordered. Jo, wait
:.. tv,..
by. as Norah had told her to do,
could hear the talk.
“You’ll be buried alive. Sallv,
5n this dead little spot,” proph
esied Bradley Sturgis.
“I eanie here to he buried
alive,” retorted Sally Chase. “I
was on the point of being buried
•lead in the eitv parish, there
was so much to do. Here, with
out a responsibility outside of
my family, I shall become more
and more alive. So T shall be
able to resurrect myself with no
trouble at all when Schuyler
comes home in October.”
And she returned to her lists.
It was at this point that her
other cQUsin, Adelaide Sturgis,
began to speak. She bad said
practically nothing since she
had come in at the door; had
nihled two of the delicate
sandwiches, hail drunk thirstily
two cups of coffee, and had
smoked three slim cigarets from
her own chaste ease.
may make a living at it some day,
provided he spends many Iona hours
in practice And it looks a* thourh
he uuy soon have opportunity to do
so In the seclusion of the St. Cloud
re.ormatory.
But at (he other, he who would
serve the Muses Euterpe and Erato -
tile Ukellhutd Uiat he will ever be
able to write poetry, to judge 1 root
the sample* at h&nd is at least no
greater than lire likelihood that
t leant e It Remus will be elected head
at the Ami Ha toon Ira gut
We are asked to believe also, and
this time by the jailed student* them'
selves, that sentences to penal sent*
i suite, it now tinuo..«*d. will nun two
“Sally,” said Adelaide, in tfw
low slow voice which seemed tc
be an acquired art, since few
normal young women are able sc
to control their desire to give
expression 1o their thoughts
“will you let me stay here with
you! I’ve been upstairs and
picked out the room I want
Nobody seems to be going to use
it.”
Sally looked up, startled
“You stay, ’Laide! Why! Why
should you want to!”
Bradley threw hack his fair
head and laughed consutnedly
“There you have it, in a nut
shell,” he said. “There eager
guest, the reluctant hostess. Of
course she doesn’t want you
’Laide.”
“But—my dear,” went on
Sally, “this is no place for you
As Brad has said, it's the sleep
iest little town imaginable
Unless, of course, you had some
body coming out to see you all
the time, and—frankly—”
“I should’nt have much of
anybody,” promised Miss
Sturgis. “I’m tired to death of
people. I want to stay quietly in
the country ami got back my
complexion. I’ll not bother you
—if you won’t object to having
my breakfasts sent up.”
She sat looking at her cousin,
her eyes half closed between her
heavy lashes, her long, thin form
yielding piiantly to the high
hacked dining chair in which
she sat, her slender knees
crossed, one foot swinging
lightly. Sally sat looking back
at her. Bradley, still grinning,
watched lhem both.
“Don't take her, Sal, if you
don’t want to,” he advised. “She
says she won’t have anybody
coming out to see her. She can’t
keep ’em away and she’s too
lazy to try. Yo don’t wont a
yawning, stretching pussy cat
like her always on your hearth.
You want a nice friendly bark
ing dog like me, to gambol about
the lawns and keep you jolly.
Let me stay. You need a man
in the house.”
“I’ll have neither of you. I
came here to be as lonely as I
like—and I like to be very
lonely.”
Sally was smiling, but her tone
showed she meant it. Once more
she returned to her lists. Then
she got up and came out into the
pantry where Jo waited. She
stood still and looked at Jo, as
if she found something about her
to challenge the attention. Jo.
found her heart quickened a
beat, so much depended upon
having Mrs. Chase like her. In
a moment more she actually had
the assurance that she had
made a favorable impression in
this strange new role.
“I think you are going to be
very nice to have about, Jos
ephine,” said Mrs. Chase in her
charmingly straightforward
way. “Oae can always tell very
quickly, you know, whether one
is going to like other people. If
you have half as pleasant an im
pression of us, I know we shall
get on beautifully.”
“Thank you, Mrs. Chase,”
said Jo, and gave back the
friendly smile. There was noth
ing patronizing abont Sally
Chase, or Jo would have felt it
instantly, being keyed high at
this critical hour. And the fact
that the new maid let her reply
go at that, and didn’t add, as
the ordinary housemaid would—
“I'm sure I hope to please you,
ma'am,” made her new mistress
feel certain of being pleased. But
she was becoming even more cer
tain that Josephine wasn’t just
the ordinary servant.
“I think you’ve never done
this before, my dear,” Mrs.
Schuyler Chase said to herself,
with conviction. “Such a beau,
tiful. high bred face, such a de
lightful voice and iutonation.
However, as a maid for whom
Xorah O’Gradv vouches, I must
accept you ami be thankful.”
(TO BK CONTINUED)
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Everybody's Weekly.
*T thing the fellow you married, Is
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“Yes. but you should have seen the
one who got away."
Q. What kind of material did the
Egyptians use for wrapping their
mummies? E P
A They used linen bandages about
six incites wide.
promising careen MMMM If 'here
are any promising careers being
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boys themselves when thev began
stealing things out of other folks'
homes That they were caught with
the goods this early In (he game may
have saved them from eventually be
coming murderers.
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Ribbons are streaming every a ha..
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dresses and suit* ill use them An
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cue ribbon edging it v »d trimming
It.
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' WEALTHY DRIVE
FRENCH OUT OF
NICE, COMPLAIN
Nice, France (UP)—“Th*s delignt
ful winter resort, the capital of the
Cote d'Azur, is inhabitab’e now only
by American millionaires and their
staffs of servants," said Jean Perri
gault, formerly editorinc’nef of the
Petit Nicois, to the correspondent of
the United Press. He was comment
ing on complaints of hotel keepers
and apartment owners of the bad
season of 1926-27 and their fear that
there will be repetition of loss with
out profit this year.
M. Perrigautt recountel his own
experience when he came to Nice a
couple of years ago to taka over di
rection of the Petit Nicuis He told
of his long and futile seamen for a
modest apartmtnt of three rooms and
the fabulous prices the proprietors
were demanding. In one particular
ly flagrant care he brought suit only
to learn that the judge before whom
the case was tried was the owner
of the apartment.
•‘All the same,” continued the edi
tor, “the judge wa3 not unreasonable.
He told me he wouldn’t send me to
jail, that I was free and could go. I
went—back to Paris. So did most of
my compatriots who thought they
could make a living in Nice and save
some money. That's the reason we
French have given up the Riviera.
"Nobody can live here except a
millionaire. Several of my friends in
the civil service rejoiced when they
learned they were transfered to Nice.
Their rejoicing didn’t la3t long when
they discovered that a salary of
1,800 francs ($75) a month they had
to pay $480 a year rent.
“One of these days I expect to see
Nice handed over bodily to the
wealthy foreigners. There will be no
more state employes, no more mail
carriers, no more street cleaners, no
more tramways. Perhaps the million
aires will attend to those necessary
duties themselves.”
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Heme Miss on Money is
Used Chiefly for Whites
Cleveland, Ohio, (UP)—Mere than
200 out cf the 305 local churches in
the United States receiving aid from
one of thr* major denominations are
in localities that have at least one
other protestant church, according to
C. Luther Pry of the New York In
stitute of Social and Religious re
search.
The major portion of the funds
spent fer heme mission work, which
with seme denominations approxi
mate 90 per cent, goes to native
white churches, Fry declared.
The balance of from 10 to 25 pel
cent, is spent for the upkeep and
monetary losses of negro. Indian of
foreign churches, he said. Five de
nominations, it was estimated, dis
tribute $5,000,000 a year in home mis
sion work.
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Beauty Culture for Men
Is Given Trial at Paris
Paris (UP)—Beauty culture has
been extended to include mere man.
A famous Parisian cosmetics firm has
opened a parlor where monsieur can
purchase whatever he deems neces
sary for the obliteration of the rav
ages of time, just as madame has
been doing for ages.
It is expected that the big depart
ment stores will follow suit so that
when a man walks in and asks for
a lipstick the salesgirl won’t ask him:
“Is it for your wife? What shade does
•he use?’’
The innovation is being attacked
In many quarters on the ground that
although this is a sophisticated city
It has not yet accepted such extreme
ideas.
Icarus
From the Emporia Gazette
The Atchison Globe editorially ex
pressed the wish that Col. Charles
Lindbergh would “quit his perilous
flights.’’ On the other hand, as one
who wishes Lindbergh well, the Gaz
ette hopes that he will add triumph,
peril to peril, until the fatal fall. It
should come quickly, tragically, beau
tifully.
Lindbergh is one of those “immor
a few brief months out of a dull past
is youth incarnate vis:.:- this earth
in his day of glory, which should be
a short and radiant season. Even now
about this boy lovely folk tales are
weaving—tales which exalt his man
ly virtues—courage, generosity, sim
plicity, sincerity. Mortal flesh can
not hold so much nobility as the
loving hands of idealists are putting
into this young man.
The sooner death comes and the
more glorious his flight to meet it,
the sooner will he be cast into mem
orial bronze to live forever in our
hearts—a young god who flew for
Into a shimmering glorious myth, a
myth created out of the age old
longing in the human heart for
wings. Only death can save this
young god—immortal, changeless un
conquered. the Ideal of an earth
bound race.
Achilles. Ariel Joan, St. Francis
Savonarola—the glorious procession
of shining youth that has saved the
world by dramatizing its ideals—all
beckon frem the Elysian shores to
this young Icarus ol th; machine.
He should hurry on his way through
the dark hangar to Join the company
ol his peers.
--
Q. When did China and Oermeny
adopt their new Hags? F M M
A. China adopted a new flag wnen
she became a republic In 1912. Tire
new flag of Germany was adopted at
the Weimar convention tn 1919.
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