Part 19 (1/2)

CAN IT BE POSSIBLE?

CHAPTER XIV

JEALOUSY

Jessie Norwood had not old or any other worker for the bazaar; but she confessed to a hope that the radio show had helped largely to make up the deficit in church income for which the bazaar had been intended

Miss Seymour had added up after each show the ahts were put out and the booths were dismantled she was ready to announce to the cos

”Goody! That will beat Belle, sure as you live,” Aed Jessie away across the lawn to hear the report of the sueade counter

Groups of young people milled around the ”concession” which served the delicious cooling drinks

”Walk right up, ladies and gentlemen--and anybody else that's with you--and buy the last of the chilled nectar served by these o ho for the soft drink booth

”Did you ever?” gasped the young collegian's sister ”He is helping that Belle Ringold I a the church society,” said Jessie, composedly

But she could easily believe that Belle had deliberately entangled Darry in this thing He never would have chosen to help Belle in closing out her supply of orangeade

There she stood behind her counter, scarcely helping wait on the trade herself, but aided by three of her ave her attention to Darry Drew She seemed to consider it necessary to steady him upon the stool while he acted as ”barker”

”Come away, do!” sniffed Airl, if she wants to, can wind hier”

But Jessie did not wholly believe that She knew Darry's character pretty well, perhaps better than A to refuse to help Belle, especially in a good cause Belle Ringold was very shrewd, young as she was, in the arts of gaining and holding the attention of youngand knew that Amy disapproved He flushed and juton!” cried Belle, languishi+ngly, ”you won't leave us?” Then she, too, saw A ”Oh, well,”

Belle sneered, ”if the children need you, I suppose you have to go”

Burd, who stood by, developed a spashter when he saw Aot her chum away before there came any further explosion

”Never you ot her beaten with your radio show You see!”

It proved to be true--this prophecy of A up the intake of the various booths, reported that the radio tent had been by far theschemes By that time the booths were entirely disone hoered on the Norwood veranda, however, to hear the report It seemed that Belle had not achieved all that she had desired, although with the restaurant department, her stand had won a splendid profit Of course, the money taken in at the radio tent was alht of that wireless thing so as to make the rest of us look cheap,” Belle was heard to say to her friends ”Isn't that always the e come up here to the Norwoods'? Jess ski for a church entertain to do with it!”

Unfortunately Jessie heard this It really spoiled the satisfaction she had taken in the fact that her idea, and her radio set, had ood cause She stole away fro people and went rather tearfully to bed

Of course, she should not have minded so keenly the foolish talk of an i if other people felt as Belle said she felt about the Norwoods Jessie had really thought that she and Daddy and Moratulated herself upon that fact

The ht to Jessie Norwood more contentment When Momsy told her how the ladies of the bazaar coenuity in supplying the radio entertainold's jealousy and went cheerfully to work to help clear up the grounds and the house Her radio set wasthe wires and connected up the receiver without help fro both she and Morave and apparently iven so entirely to the bazaar during the last few days, the lawyer's wife and daughter would before this have noticed his worriment of mind

”Is it that Ellison case, Robert?” Mrs Norwood asked, at the dinner table

”It is the bane of my existence,” declared the lawyer, with exasperation ”Those woreater share of the estate than belongs to them or than the testator ever intended Their testimony, I believe, is false But as the apportionment of the property of the deceased Mr Ellison must be decided by verbal rather than written evidence, the story those woate”