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The boys will
probably burn down the house, and where I'll find a woman who will
tolerate them, I don't know."
"Employ a man until you get control," suggested Leslie. "They are both old
enough; hire a man, and explain all you want to him. They'd be afraid of a
man."
"Afraid!" cried Mrs. Minturn. "They are afraid of Lucette! I can't
understand it. I wonder if James----"
"Poor James!" laughed Leslie. "Honestly Nellie, don't impose too much of
your--your work on him. Undertake it yourself. Show him what a woman you
are."
"Great Heavens, Leslie, you don't know what you are saying!" cried Mrs.
Minturn. "My only hope lies in deceiving him. If I showed him the woman I
am, as I saw myself back there in that swamp an hour ago, he'd take one
look, and strangle me for the public good."
"How ridiculous!" exclaimed Leslie. "Why must a woman always rush from one
extreme to the other? Choose a middle course and keep it."
"That's what I am telling you I must do," said Mrs. Minturn. "Leslie, it
is wonderful how I feel.


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