Show ANDRA THE JEALOUS S I cL By Ja Jane e Phelps CHAPTER Another r U Unhappy happy Day I Late Liate ate iri In tri the afternoon f r o n I ordered the I Icar car and went for ride ide I 1 went alone I ha had ha noticed what I 1 thOught thought an eager eager look jook on pu Miss Mis's Pierces Pierce's face and so 80 so o Oi out of f. sh sheer er perversity J I 1 would not even take Junior and leave h her hu r. r free fre to todo do do as she might wish for foran forn forI an n hour or or two I neith neither r Im knew w nor cared where I went I 1 l I leaned b back ck and nursed my my Jealous thoughts It had hid b been eri always would be Leola that first wife Then been Irma rma Bal Bai Barton on Now Now It It was wa's was to be Marta Pierce What a name namo I for a dependent almost a servant I I thought sneeringly Marta surely Everetts Everett's penchant for odd names was alwa always s 's cater catered d t to in every woman he seemed tc to care for at all all Leola eola Irma Sandra and nd Marta 1 It was nearly time to dress for tor dinner when I returned no happier because of my ride I realized there ther was wag an unusual activity in the dining room roon but J if I gave Jt t thought at all it occurred to me that Mrs Gray was talking to the servants perhaps findIng finding find find- ing fault with something I hurried upstairs into the nursery I played a afew afew afew few moments with Junior then went into my own room to dress That eager light ht was still in Marta Pl Pierces Pieces eyes eyes What could it mean mean I heard beard her I crooning over Junior J a as i she put him to bed and my Up curled Was Wal she so happy because o of ot Everetts Everett's at attentions attentions at at- the she must needs sing Right then and there T I made up my my mind she should bould go I 1 would say nothing to Everett But the next neit da day daj I would start l looking up another nurse Of or course she must be com com- patent But she need be neither pretty pretty pretty pret pret- ty nor oung I l' almost regretted letting letting letting let let- ting Miss Miss' I Lane ne go She might have stayed with us a hundred years and andI I shouldn't have to feel Jealous of herIn herIn her herIn In a spirit of ot perversity I 1 put on the most unbecoming dress I had When I looked at mj myself self in the mirror a picture of ot Miss Pierce came before me ale and I qu quickly took toole it off ott and calling Het y to help me I dressed as elaborately as if I were going out You look lovely lI Hetty tty said when wIen I was ready to go down What ailed them all all all' Hetty too had an eager look in her eyes Suppressed Suppressed Sup pressed excl excitement fairly radia radiated ted from her Oh well I it was because they were happy I thought while thought while I Iwas Iwas iwas was always miserable I wasn't always miserable and I knew it But ButI I was in one of my ny moods of ot self pity in which I could see nothing but the dark outside of the clouds and had no wish to see the silver lining which Is always alway to to tobe be found if we e look lor for or itI it I heard EA Everett erett come In In Why didn't he come e upstairs upstairs' I ct cr t toP o the he nursery door and listened Had Miss Pierce gone down and were they again talking confidentially I I 1 i h heard ard her moving about the nursery nursery nurs nurs- ery cry and returned to my room slightly relieved 7 Then en after offer a few moments Everett came up the stairs whistling gayly S v Why v y all this elegance he asked as s he kissed me with unusual tenderness tenderness ten ten- Oh I felt like lUte dressing up that's all r answered ungraciously Ve We always dressed for dinner but unless we were going out I seldom put on onI I my v very ry best dinner clothes as I 1 had done ofle one that night lt You YO look very charming but not but not very happy Anything gone wrong wrong No nothing No nothing Then Ill I'll run in and say goodnight to Junior and get togs Mrs Gray said dinner was nearly ready I started to follow him Into the he nursery Then I halted I No I would let them be together If It he wanted to make malee love loveto to to her I I couldn't stop him by going in and nd I might hear something If It I listened d. lIe He left the nursery door or open He played Just a moment with Junior then I distinctly heard him say You did as I asked you to to Yes Everything is all all ready He Me made no reply but his face was I beaming when he came back bacle He lIe I hurried to dress and I did not sp speak ak to him save to answer a question until II H Hetty tty announced dinner that eager look Jook still on h her hOr x fa face e. e CH CHAPTER CHAPTER PTER An Anniversary and nd a a Surprise Blithely Everett answered the summons sum um- mons mona humming gayly as he took my ThY arm and led me downstairs As we wen weneard n neared r d the dining room room he whisked a handkerchief from his pocket and playfully said said- Im going to blindfold you Sandra Suiting the action to the words he tied the handkerchief loosely over my eyes before I could object so 80 astonished astonished- was I I. I He led Jed me into the room where in spite of t being blindfolded I sensed a suppressed excitement and a feeling that there were people in the room He placed me in my chair then untied the handkerchief Bewildered I 1 looked about incapable of ot speaking The table was brilliant with T flowers and all alt the best s service ivice There before me were Alice and Duane Duano Sloan Barrett Edmonds and aid Miss Callum Callum Callum Cal- Cal lum Mr and Mrs Weeks old Weeks old friends of f Everetts Everett's and people whom he knew I liked although they were so much older than I and I and Ruth LorIng Many 1 happy returns of o your jour our annl annl- anniVersary Sandra It was Duane Sloan proposing a toast to which they all all aJI re responded responded responded re- re b by the standing and drinking drinking- cocktail which had been poured before We wo sat down I w was as s absolutely overwhelmed and nd chagrined It Jt was vas our wedding anniversary anniversary anniversary anni anni- and I had forgotten all about it it because I had been lieen so busy nursing a and Marta 1 grudge against Everett Pierce But Dut the drinking of the gave me a moment In which to recover myself my my- self I would not let them know I 1 h had hd d fo gotten foi-gotten gotten although ugh Everett of ot c course was vas indifference aware of my I II iI I had laid my hand on a box beside my plate plat as I sat down and now it lay lay there without my r realizing it It Look at your gift front from Everett vere t Sandra Alice Sloan urged We W are all lId ild ild to see it it itI I 1 opened the b box jox x and the most wonderful wonderful won won- derf ll tope rope of pearls lay laYon on the white satin bed bed They were superb and I gave a little cry of delight and appreciation elation as as I looked at them Oh Oh Everett how ow lovely J 1 1 exclaimed almed forgetting for a moment the guests at atthe atthe atthe the table I I am delighted if it pleases you he said In his his' most most courtly m manner but with a loving loving- look Then I passed them around to be bead bead- ad admired mired d After they had all seen them Everett rose arid and coming to me clasped them about my neck at which they all exclaimed over their becom becom- becomingness in I ness The dinner which now claimed our attention was perfect ct Mrs Gray had outdone herself hersell There were were favors f for r I all dainty all dainty iridescent fans on satinwood satinwood satin satin- wood sticks for fOJ the ladies ladles and cigar cutters for the men beautifully initialed ini in- in I I After dinner we plaY played d' d bridge an and then before w we broke up J I played for them on my lovely new pI piano rio and nd Alice lice I Sloan It was aft after r two when they left Did you enjoy m my Thy surprise Sandra 1 Everett asked as the tha thedoor door closed after the last guest 1 Indeed I 1 did It was lovely And my pearls they are simply wonderful and I thank you s so much Everett Eveiett 1 I Isaid said nothing about it but I 1 was horribly horribly hor hor- chagrined ned th that t I had not remembered it and had a a. gift for him Then I asked Ho How Hov did you come to think of ot getting those thos dainty fans tans for the ladies ladies' They were lovely That was what Miss Pierce and I 1 had our heads together over the day cay you came cam near surprising my secret t I had seth seen one but it was the only one kin in that store I asked her l if she would go and shop for tor them and she kindly consented to t do db so on her afternoon out S SHe e attended to the marking of f I Ithe the cutters also I h hadn't the time al although a- a though I selected the style of lettering I 1 I wanted So at all the excitement I had noticed the private talks the eager looks had I been because of ot something which was I to please me me I never never flever had felt so so humble so meek as I did when Eyer- Eyer ett unclasped my pearls and said I II I think dear everyone in the house 1 was l happy appy because they were going to help make you happy I felt they all should have a gift ift from the cook to to Mrs Gray because they entered so sQ o whole heartedly In my mv plans glans for your surprise S ST T To be continued l' l lT |