[CHAPTER V]
“PLAY BALL!”
Just then Mabel came in with her hands full of flowers that she meant to arrange for the table. She stopped short in consternation as she saw the thundercloud on Joe’s brow. For a moment she thought that he and Reggie had been quarreling.
“Oh, Joe, what is it?” she asked in alarm.
Joe looked at her lovingly and his brow cleared.
“Nothing, honey,” he said, as he came up to her and slipped his arm around her. “It’s only that I’ve just found out from Reggie what it is that’s been worrying you.”
Mabel shot a reproachful glance at Reggie, who looked a little embarrassed.
“Joe got it out of me, Sis,” he explained. “Said he had a right to know and all that sort of thing, don’t y’know. And ’pon honor, Sis, I don’t know but what he’s right about it.”
“Of course I’m right about it,” affirmed Joe. “There can’t be anything now that concerns Mabel that doesn’t concern me. Don’t you agree with me, dearest?”