Chapter 13 EVERYTHING BUT THE TRUTH

"I don't see why the colonel didn't invite some of the ladies," Mrs. Harrigan complained.

"It's a man-party. He's giving it to please himself. And I do not blame him. The women about here treat him abominably. They come at all times of the day and night, use his card-room, order his servants about, drink his whisky and smoke his cigarettes, and