Show i lly Short Stion is on StoryE Story ITh E TEAHOUSE By FANNY GRAY ri ht 1916 by the McClure p Syndicate fetter utter r was helping her mother Saturday cleaning and bakIS bakas bakas bak- bak as rebelling in her soul Not so particularly disliked tho the IS but the thought that she that kind of thing day after lout lout even a maid servants servant's to anger Her father rous roux farmer could well af- af it as she knew yet he heo o think it was the natural and thing hing for herself and her sister Florence to scrub 5 week satisfied with tonal Jonal small sum with which out of high school two that time had urged father father to let her learn some lake aka some kind of position or lung Hing for that at least to pay lar tar wages for work in the ut father was not modern in inand rand Tand and couldn't see why Lucy lb be contented as she was she was feeling a bit more than ithan usual over the situa- situa friend who had be- be had passed the theand und and on some Saturday after after- sure ure her new suit and stylish laiming her an Independent Lucy finished her work she sher r walk rather aimlessly down downto Ito to rest and cool off Her td just acquired through a aret ret ret- reta e ea a piece of property of acres adjoining his land on ons s a picturesque little cottage ached a place in the road ope op- op e new property she stopped the tiny house and the old lowers flowers bordering the walk r climbing roses over the ther Emerson came along wo stood there together Fred stUng young oung chap with quite already He had for i been casting longing glances direction but being some- some he had not progressed In his wooing a s' s they viewed together the theof theof theof of land and the house with Sale sign against the stone nought of himself and nd Lucy home rushed into his mind anted canted to give gi expression to the l found himself saying was Lade him think of the little s-ome s some women had opened the in Riverside flashed through Lucys Lucy's mind is' is Fred went on she rushed farm le house and found her Jf what's r-what's hats hat's father going to do Clapp house this year that I know Jurse U he wants to sell it he let me use the cottage do Smother mother mother 3 cottage For the lands land's sake r ve ye got an idea You II I visited Aunt Carrie last in iny n Riverside Some women t tea a house not half so pretty app PP place and sold tea and motorists over there and andrie andrle rte rie said they made a lot of ot could make more here beon beon beon be- be on the State road heard about them answered r r But those women had a an I n nithe the city and knew all about ne ne You couldn't do it it Ether Ither I wouldn't try to do a ahey as ashey ashey s hey did We could just have ittle biscuits and jam an and d ake take Do you think father fathe r me try know Lucy Im I'm sure Ip lp persuade him mother if V. 1 I wont won't neglect the housely house ly be afternoons when we started Considerable persuasion tomer to tomer mer mer ner Cutler give his consent mother on Lucys Lucy's side and ill dl eagerness he finally gave fitly l 1 business anyhow was his remark on the subject Wanting to spend money on onig ig ag and then It'll all peter t F worked with a will all theand the Sand i and contrary to prophecy f fask ask their father for a cente cent e they had to have Lucy l of f a small sum she haday haday had ay They cleaned out the ge g themselves It was In order corder already and was fur- fur tier here were three rooms on dj dl floor They turned the ich was the largest Into the proper and nd made a sort of om ot the dining room The za they decided would hold holds s s. s si Tables and chairs Those difficult things to arrange icy lCY had a 0 bright idea She the Womans Woman's club and ask Mk se se which the club kept for parties etc Mother loaned hate hite and gold eggshell china lom om saw the light of day Ito Jo supply the first little his his- vas a dabster at making del- del rones that fairly melted In h There was plenty of I jiam to which Lucy felt she right having made it three days before they were werey y y put a sign out on the the street announcing the the tea house Half a mile road road was a motor repair h h she felt would play Into i as sometimes the owners l 1 manY tedious moments to afternoon she told herself must st no not expect any anyone one beat high with he same same as she and Flor- Flor hite muslin dresses and ns waited ln In the had Thad co cottage age ge a bunch uh of ot flowers in bier ibler and there was wa a great and daisies In a n nd woman driving driving- through T yf in a buggy were their cE A mot motorcYclist and one nobile lobile ile party made up ther the and they thought ht it r If gIng even if father did W when I n told Fred Emerson aI und 6 o'clock jUst to p he said But It liat the he cheering process nee was I I I I lasted all through the prosperous season season sea sea- son which followed I The tea house was a great success on the whole Poole and when the time came cameto cameto cameto to close it and Lucy counted up the exact profit she was highly elated and began at once to plan for tor the next net year earlIer ear Her lIer surprise was very great when her father told her that the cottage was no longer his to dispose of ot It had been sold and she sho must apply to the new owner for a lease that owner be beIng being being be- be ing Fred Emerson For some reason which she didn't quite comprehend herself Luc Lucy felt shy about going to him Bu But one day when she was alone at the cottage putting away the last things for that season Fred appeared Lucy began at once Father told me you had bought the tho place Fred I want to know if I can have havo it again next year and what the rent will wUl be It isn't necessary fog us to know in just what words Fred told her that the house was hers on one condition and that he had been determined to bin tJ n It and Install her as mistress ever since the first day he watched her moving about in it looking so sweet and dainty serving tea to her guests She must have accepted the condition for forthe forthe forthe the next summer saw the little cottage transformed into a comfortable livable livable livable liv liv- able home hom and there were biscuits and tea but the order was for tor two |