Show JUMPING JASPER B by CLAIRE AIRE RI RITCHIE achie jenifer slipped on a grape and toll fell the cream pitcher poised high in one hand and a plato plate of hard bard golden butter in the other flew in opposite directions ions she felt carefully then got up and wiggled both feet around in turn jenifer returned to the kitchen and looked around its just my luck to have to stay home from the circus and cook while all the family enjoy themselves she sighed nothing remarkable ever happens to me it I 1 were to teed feed a charming prince I 1 could cook all day but just beti because luse father ran across a prosy old judge at the panama exposition I 1 have to gracious 1 I believe some things burning A few minutes later she heard beard a violent commotion among the chickens near the barn she raised her eyes high in the air was a balloon with something hanging to it A parachute man of all things she cried he must bo be from the circus the man showed some signs of animation as he be neared terra firma he landed on the barn wait a minute ill get a ladder she ehe cried never mind be shouted theres a straw stack ill jump which he did before she could protest will you tell me please where I 1 am our name is jordan my father la Is abner jordan and that is our house over there will you please excuse my getup get up miss jordan will you please tell mo me low how far it is back to town about lour four miles great caesar did I 1 come so tar far and I 1 must get back right away la Is there a rig or horse I 1 could borrow 1 I dont think you could scare up so much lucli as a donkey for miles around the whole country has gone to see you except you why 1 I bad to stay home and cook dinner theres a judge coming too bad really thanks but not so bad as it was it was kind of you to to what do you call it float over this way and land on our barn like who was it all baba or or somebody like that lie he laughed the man with the flying trunk like me ho he had bad no name I 1 like you wide eyed im incognito tor for the present known only to the world as jasper the jumper you can have a rig when the family returns of course thank you its a little late but ile he glanced at her sideways can I 1 help you it I 1 wait well you arent dressed exactly like a chef I 1 should say but I 1 can lend you a big apron and a cap ive a pink one that would look cute you are making tun fun of 0 me ive abood a good notion to go out to that straw stack and sulk tor for the remainder of 0 the afternoon aft ernon 1 I spilled all the cream irrelevant ly forthe for the lee ice cream now we cant have it 1 I dont know what to do ill bet the judge hates it anyway I 1 have a hunch hed tike apple tapioca instead 1 I dont know how to make it oh dont you well I 1 do trot out the tapioca and milk and apples and stuff I 1 told you I 1 knew how to cook the preparations in the kitchen progressed wonderfully and when the jordans returned the house honse was full of delicious odors its the queerest thing we find the judge abner was exclaiming on the front veranda while his spouse rustled to reconnoiter good gia gracious clous she gasped stopping in the doorway for there was an apparition in green tights only partially covered by a ging gingham liam apron trying to spread white icing on a chocolate cake its going to run he was saying when sirs airs jordans exclamation cut him short oh mother are you home this is mr jasper the jumper you say ile he came in a balloon and hes helping me with dinner but mrs airs jordan had fled her face was enough to make abner himself fly to the kitchen to investigate the trouble wrong wrong he stood tor for an instant as had hla his wife speechless then ee it it aint the judge happened and what in time are you doing helping to get my own dinner you see plague take this icing it wont stick I 1 came unexpectedly the parachute man got sick and my room being next to his bis in the hotel edid idid I 1 did what I 1 could for him and offered to fill his contract today he needed the money and its a cinch to do it I 1 came of a family of athletes you know it if be so kind as to lend me a horse ill get to town and change to company clothes and perhaps when I 1 return ill get a chance to show miss alias jenifer that im not all buffoon I 1 really do know that homer past was a poet and homer present is a grand opera singer miss jordan well keep it toi to yourself if you do she bhe laughed im going to have you show mo me the best way to make fudge copyright 1916 by the mcclure newspaper syndicate |