Show HIS ARTISTIC EFFORT dinner was over and enderby had lighted his cigar but had not settled down for the evening suppose you chuck that work basket for once and we ve go over to mother other 8 he said to his wife W we e haven t been there in two weeks I 1 know it she answered but 1 I can cant t tonight to night somebody has to stay with the baby and augusta s going out bout augusta s going out that has a familiar sound dont don t be unreasonable dear you know we never have the least trouble with augusta when we engage our evenings ahead enderby indulged in a mild snort engage itar or evenings ahead if it its s ome come to this it its s time we made a strike for liberty mrs enderby dropped her ery tn in consternation it if you should do anything to make augusta leave she legan tegan l egan don t you worry if I 1 should act it would be done so artistically she shed d never know it happened he took up his newspaper and mrs enderby thought he had forgotten all about it however next morning just as augusta was bringing in the breakfast he looked across the table and said bald don dont t forget the reception tonight to night dorothy we ought to take the 8 03 train augusta went out with a perceptible cloud on her face and enderby grinned what do you meana his wife de banded I 1 mean we w re going over to moth ert ers to spend the evening if it its s nee essary to invent important engage ments I 1 can do it enderby came home early that night and mrs enderby thriftily pro posed that he put in his extra quarter of an hour opening the crate of fresh eggs that had just come from biscon wiscon V iscon sin augusta happened to be in her own room at the time and when end erby came back library he was carrying with furtive glee a paper bag containing a dozen fresh eggs I 1 just happened to think it would be nice to take these over to mother he said that s so I 1 in glad you thought of it oh vie we can cant t either mrs ender by added remembering the evening evenings s program how would it look to au an gusta it if we started to a reception with a bag of why do you suppose I 1 sneaked em in here now if not to guard i against g al as t that very well what are you going to do with them now that they re here I 1 with a masterful stride enderby walked to the waste basket and buried the eggs beneath its contents his ilis wife laughed outright at the tri tim look on his face but I 1 im in afraid she shell see us when we start she suggested and here s another complication well we 11 have to dress for a reception just to go over to your mother s that s all right he answered it 11 be a treat to the folks to see us s in our good clothes for one augusta put the baby to bed that night and then came to the for final directions from her mistress who was just getting into her evening wrap enderby high hat and cane in band hand was impatiently awaiting au an gusta gustas s departure when suddenly as it if prompted by some imp of darkness augusta walked across the room and picked up the waste basket I 1 forgot to empty this to day she apologized oh never mind enderby and his wife gasped in duet bit augusta with unprecedented swiftness already was disappearing through the doorway there said mrs enderby turn ing on her crestfallen husband this whole thing Is your aff affair air and you may get out of it the best way you can I 1 shan t be here when she comes back she disappeared into the bed room just as augusta s footsteps were heard approaching augusta pushed aside the portiere port lere and halted holding at arms arm a length the piper bag eggs she an bounced noun ced I 1 found em in the waste basket in the waste bask bash ta t how very singular enderby exclaimed then he raised his voice in craven tones dorothy he called what do you know about a bag of eggs in the waste baskett there was a half minute of dead silence but just as enderby was won dering what to try next a rustle sounded and mrs enderby swept regally really into the room I 1 know that a bag of eggs ought to be here on this table she an coolly I 1 thought wed we d have time before the 8 03 train to leave tapin them at your mothers if youve you ve reached the pass george that you absent mindedly drop a bag of eggs into a waste basket you need a guardian put them on the table augusta with a pitying look at her hair trained bral ned employer augusta obeyed enderby waited just long enough to let her get out of sight before he took two long steps across the floor to his wife and silently but warmly ex pressed his appreciation As soon as she could however she held him off with both hands george herbert enderby she said trying not to laugh your behavior was simply yellow and the last artistic scrape I 1 shall ever help you out of so beware bit |