The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-10
WON BY DECORATION.

" And so YOU are building that pretty
cottage I'll Tor Yourself Llowellya='
saiG DIX CErgrLg--, from across tsC
cll1-LauL, wng-e hr L.aei with k.z
ftr- shame. VIE I cane pom" AMI
tr--l -.v w-rr pa-..uE up . E,asr,
vua -Ir" yG-g ErC .urHgsorc uIcLc-9--J...
uLt eoEE 20 SOAR seas s..
No m.r-. said FLOYD, laughing.
81 SHAH not DO -.-t u-'il Two taken
Ia.ve ,s them. No, Dick. III never mar
r. but 1 wa-ta home Of my own, lst
:. Tut a homo isn't anything without
= wife" demonstrated tie happy
Eo1cIiek.
FIayJ pureI several scornful rings Of
smoke IA the air.
II believe you're in Iovo yet, old
man" l.. said quietly. After moon
iur two wEoIo Years over Europe you've
'.er .r bod 90 pvG-- ~.
-" Worse" said Dick boldly. q tell
you, Llew, you will miss the greatest
happine 5 that can befuu man il
YOU
=. Spare ne, Dick - cried his friend with
comical aversion. " Let Us talk about
the house. Il is all done, you know,
ready for furnishing. That's the only
thing don't ike aboutit. ] don't want
TO have all the trouble of buying carpets,
and curtains, and matching one thing
and another. These stOre-peOplc drive
me mad
. You're not going to do 1t yourself?"
cried Dick in horror. NV dear fellow.
/ have n very good opinion of your
taste, cS a mans taste goes; but that
isn't in our line, you know. You'll make
a botch of il If you try. A house needs
= wCmar's decorative touch. You can't
create n homo, LIewellyn, without having
Il woman s influence In 1t somewhere"
=" Women bc h-ugged!' y said Lloyd
imPaticntly.
Tncn he added:
- have O. housekeeper but don't sup
pose she'd do
Dor' said Dick scornfully: 81 should
say not. Do YOU think the arts would
flourish under such patronage Mo- III
tell you what Llcwellyn. l knowa person
who viii 10 up the whole thing for YOU
in tho proper shape; and 1t Will cost you
very uJtle, too
I don't care what it costs, so You sc.
sorcobOdy,' said Floyd recklcsSly. I'm
sick of being run after TO buy this and
that For the past month my life has
been q burden 70 me
Dick laughed.
Never mind :" he said enthusiast
c1Ty. I'm get somebody TO attend TO
ali that for you-and l promise you'll be
pleased, too, Do you agree
90 To anything, my dear fellow.
"AN right, tLeuW
So the bargain was concluded: and
half On hour later the two men passed
bv the wind wv where Nelly Griscom sat,
painting = spray of autumU-lsaved wood
binc on a screen OF India mating.
There goes that Mr.. Floyd who Is
building tho new house, Gertrude" she
said QuicSlv.
And "a tall fair girl who was sowing by
the fire. looked after the TWO men
cuUiOUsly.
= wonder what he is going TO mako
out OF IL inside" she said. - Ii il such
a pretty housei I hope he won't spoil
IT but men axe more apt TO have ideas
OF architecture than about Interior dec
Grafton
e wish he'd let You furnish It." said
Nelly wistfully. :" You'd make perfect
paradise OF It, Gertrude. IL would be
such iun. too. buying ali OF the things
with somebody elses money. And. then,
YOU would bc actually launched in the
business Of q decorator. It would be
great deal better than working under n
big firm that buys up all your new ideas
for q mere song, and sells them at q
premium
Gertrude sighed. but soon forgot the
passing wish she could not crafty.
She was sewing on q plush table-cover,
ordered by Doryng and Steln-
The quaint applications In Turkish
design were very interesting, and Mr..
Floyd's house had quite passed out o.
her mind, when there was a knock at the
door that announced Mr.. Caruthers.
Miss Griscom, I believer" he said.
bowiug to Gertrude ana handiny her his
card. " understand that you are will
ing 10 undertake interior decoruuonsr"
- have doac some work OF that
kind" esid Gertrude modestly, her heart
all in a fiutter. while Nelly's brush hung
Fuspended IN the air In an expsctant hush.
have helped IN ths festival dec0ra-
&c q 9. -. Matthew'S, and =
- az cutie -St-sdcd as 10 yCu~ 00-l-
n0t .-- =" int -ruutcd Dick. a-vu
he II YOU from Mr.. Doryn-. WHO H.
ujs;gl l.y house. al want TO .--oU =
whether you would be willing % under
IA g tho entire furnishing OF = new
house. IL is Mr.. FIoyd's house / Tcier
to-"
Yes. sir; would be willing to DO
that"
E. Very we'll" said Dick. Then you
may consider yourself engaged. Can you