Show I Saint er Sinner I It was a wonderful dinner Rhoda We Ve all enjoyed it very much Faith said aid said smiling into her new maids maid flushed happy face Joy will help you wash the dishes dishes- Aw Faith I Joy protested as s-s she the speared the last flaky crumb of Ihoda's Rhodas perfect apple pie pic I didn't have ha to help Mrs Isn't Rhoda going to be our new new new- Joy I Faiths Faith's voice was sharp with warning See that she polishes the glasses nicely Rhoda She's Sise's a lazy little demon sometimes Come Into the lying living room and listen to the radio when you two children are through In n the kitchen Cherry scarcely waited until she and Faith and Bob were in the living lI room before she turned upon her sister Ister In hi fury ury I 1 think the whole thing Is per- per ridiculous Getting a maid and then hen treating her exactly like one of the family or even e better bettor Making a guest out of her hen Well We'll be the laugh- laugh laughIng log Ing ng stock of Serenity Boulevard when tills his story gets geLs around I Dad marries the first servant you ou OU have and then you ou hire another one and and and- Cherry Bob interrupted in a portentously stern stem voice which caused Cherry to turn the contemptuous fire of or her golden eyes e S upon him I thought I made it clear just before dinner that you were not to meddle In this particular affair Faith is the mistress of tills this establishment and I Iam Iam am nm to use an art old fashioned but ery sery good cod expression the head of it I think it is up to us to decide how this child shall be treated Please Bob Faith pleaded I 1 prefer not to quarrel Bob said coldly But ButI I think Itis it 1 perfectly clear who and what Rhoda Jonson Is She Is a rather fine type of American girl and undoubtedly will one day be bea beery a very ery rich girl Not Hot that that alters things he hc caught himself up con- con contemptuously The point is she is not nota a servant in the ordinary sense of the he word I saw instantly that it had never occurred to her that she would be humiliated put in her place as a I domestic menial She aim sIm- sImply ply ly took it tor for gran granted d that she would be e an honored member of ot any fam- fam famIly family Ily ly that was lucky enough to get her heras heras heras as a Q helper Probably she herself has had iad hired girls' girls helping on her farm farmIn In n Minnesota and has treated them like ike farm folk do You must remember remember remember ber she Is Js country born and bred as self-respecting self as you are and In her own eyes she has not degraded her her- herself herself herself self by by seeking the only employment for which her life has fitted her Per Per- Personally serially I admire her spunk and III Ill tell the world I admire her cooking Faiths Faith's hand had crept up his arm armas armas armas as he talked and before he had fin- fin finished shed It was cuddling and patting his cheek She had not felt so close to him In hi many weeks as lIS she felt then curiously enough when he was de defending do- do fending another girl against Cherrys Cherry's selfishness Thanks for the Chautauqua lee lec lecture cc- cc ture tore on democracy I Cherry flashed refusing to admit defeat but accept- accept acceptIng acceptIng Ing ng It In hi her own way Please dont don't be bitter Cherry Faith alth pleaded Bob Is right It would have we been an unpardonable cruelty to o send her away 0 ay from Irons the table ta ble to to- to banish her to the kitchen I only hope we can keep her that that awful brother of or hers doesn't come cometo cometo to o claim her Be sweet to her honey You can be so very sweet when you ou want to be NEXT EXT Rhoda springs a surprise on the Copyright 1927 NEA Service Inc |