Middletown transcript., 1897-05-01

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said she.
81 have . charming sitting-ro0m and
q little diniDg.room; my own bedroom
is quite regal apartment, and l have
a little den where I can always put
fellow up.s
81 have three bedrooms" quoth she.
"But not a bathroom, ''he said firmly.
Now, In-
"But have a bathrooms beauty.
Heaps of hot water.n
"Mine has shower-bath.
81 can't say that care about a
shower-bath."
s.Ahl' said he. It was evident that
be pitied her for her shower-bathless
abode. He scored one.
~ have a lift,' she said triumphant
ly.
"Noisy," said he.
"Mine is not noisy" she said, and
unconsciously she rolled up bread
pellet in her fingers and laid 1t beside
her on the table. The scoring should
be quite fair.
She became gracious. She said "You
must come and see my fat. I am al
ways at home on Sundays"
"Thank you,n he said, and he was
brutal enough to add. at is little
out of the way for me, Of course. !" His
hand wandered toward bis dinner
roll.
"0f course it is, she rejoined sweet
ly ''but you must come into the reg
gions of civilization sometimes.
A second pellet was in course Of con
struction, when the hostess bowed, and
she sailed out of the room, her train q
yard behind her and q splendid smile
upon her lips.
Goodnight" she said. q little later
I shall expect you some Sunday.
And he went.
The porter kept him waiting some
minutes in the hall.
''abominably managed place."
''Very draughty," he remarked. set
ting himself down into his coat as the
lift bore him upward.
"Faith, it is sorr," said the porter,
being Irish.
He decided it would be Objectionable
to have a man with an accent like that
about the house.
He CROPPED with aggressive caution In
the passage, when the maid had ad-
mitted him, and knocked over an UNI
brella loudly.
His smile was beautiful and bland as
he entered her drawing-room.
II am so sorry to enter in such 8
noisy fashion," be said, ''but It's so
dark in your passage that I could see
nothing, I'm afraid I have knocked
over lot of things"
I'VE have the electric light" she re-
piled, sharply. "Why was it not. turned
on?n
Perhaps something has gone wrong
with it," he said kindly. "These elec
trio lights are not quite dependable. /
always use old-fashioned lamps. my
self.;'
'.a~fully nifty, aren't theyY" she
said. laughing, and holding her nose.
ss'Not if they are managed properly"
be replied, with a somewhat superior
air.
He liked her wallpaper -"Oh, yes,
it is very nice. What pity there
are French windows go very cold"
"But airy. like air."
Il think I could give you hint
about your mantelpiece. he said
presently. "If you saw mine; it's''-
But haven't seen yours, you see,
aud at present | am quite pleased with
my own." The atmosphere was
cnaTged With war
He planned little dinner, with the
theatre afterward. She must see bis
fiat. H.r aunt should chaperon her
and he would ask Heathcote-she knew
Heathcote; be was at the dinner the
other night-to make fourth. stMy
dining-ro0m is only slip of
room"-
"Ah you should see mine i'' she cried.
ungratefully.
She took him along the passage
lnow lit), and flung open the dining
room door.
''Very hot in summertime, I'm
afraid, +" be said. doubtfully.
sand warm in WINTER,
She showed him her little dodge for
summoning her parlormaid without
getting up from the table; her oak
sideboard- picked up, great bargain.
at country sale (.'Some little bits of
1t really are genuine,n he said); her
new blinds. her bookshelves, her escri-
toire with the funny little drawers.
His whole air said, "WaIt till We'd
nesday." Wednesday was the day she
was TO dine with him.
"0h, I wish l could show him the
bedrooms.n she thought. aMy own
dressiDg-lable and the spare bedroom
carpet would, must, impress him. But
perhaps he would think it odd.n
What | like about my fat, . be said
walking down the passage again, and
shifting slightly, sis the little hall. 4
have little hall with sky light, and
Il makes the whole place 50 light and
airy.s'
Rather waste of room, isn's it p,
's0h, mol l use IL as smoking
room.''
| EVERY room must small q tobacco y