| Show HOW WING LEARNED dainty flora lust from school to teach the willing coolie our dunning dainty little flora had enst from her eastern finishing school and had fetched a great many ideas of elegance in her wise little head mamma why do yon not have wing attend the door instead of the housemaid she said 1 I think it much nicer to have a man when wo can just as well because be cannot be taught said mamma jessie does it very nicely why I 1 am surd 1 can teach nixa said thu all important very well you may said wise roam ma quietly wing was immediately put into training the whole matter awaa first explained to him then miss flora took a card at haphazard from the ball table went outside and rang the bell wing opened the door just a little crack and peeked out N B the way they all do he waa instructed to open it farther being miss flora and not a stranger he complied and opened it as far as she indicated taking his bearings by the pattern of the hall carpet just how far this was then she presented the card told him how to show her into the drawing room performance was ann through several times the door was opened each time just exactly so far as was indicated the first time she was shown into the drawing room exactly in the same place and after politely saluting the ampro guest win returned with the card little lady flora was delighted with her success and thought some naughty disrespectful things about old and the like wing waa complimented and told that in the evening some gentlemen would call and he must do exactly as he had been shown wing was in earnest he meant to do it or die and put the card carefully up his sleeve the fateful evening came the doorbell rang fair flora flew to the head of the stairs and listened wing came stealing carefully through tho hau to the door and opened it a little crack what you want he said to the party outside you got um ticket you no come in you no got um ticket he said firmly there was a little smothered sound of something outside the door wing waiting held it just two inches open in a couple of ee conda which seemed an hour to tho little listening party crouching at the head of the stairs two bits of white pasteboard were handa ed in from the outer darkness wing held them up a moment then said you wait I 1 see um and shut the door in their faces he rushed hastily to the gaslight drew the lesson card from some hidden depths of his raiment compared the two new ones carefully with it flew back and reopened the door you no got um light ticket you no come in here he said proud of having done exactly the right thing and of nis having detected the bogus imitation counterfeit passport to the presence of the all beautiful when to his astonishment she flew past him like a swift winged bird and opened that door with a sort of wild eyed despair and invited those pretenders with tle forged tickets to enter her d presence the matter was too deep for turn he retired distrusted to his kitchen not to be again recalled jessie now waits at tha door milwaukee sentinel |
