New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-15

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he had ever acquired then-there came
a knock at his door. At the moment
he was perched upon stepladder,
smoking a short pipe and taking a rest
before he fatigued himself by begin
ming to arrange things.
Come in."' he roared, without NOV
ing, expecting to see servant Then,
at a slight hesitation on the part of
the persona hesitation that he felt
door,
aOh! All beg your pardon" he
apologized with alacrity, laying down
his pipe and jumping from his perch.
You see I'm bit 1oored. I'm
He paused rather helplessly, waiting
for his caller to explain herself, though
he felt vaguely that she was welcome,
thought she had dropped from the
clouds, so frank was her gaze, SO fas-5
chatting the way the thick hair rippled
away from the low, broad forehead SO.
utterly womanly her face.
/ Mamma sent me- she explained.
"T'm Miss Manice, and she thought
perhaps the maid and / might be able
/ to help you out. =
She looked about the room inquiring-
/ ": then, as her eyes came back to the
new lodger's blank, helpless face, she
4 caught her lower lip between her teeth,
Ethus holding back the smile that strug-
1 gled to escape.
'.Havel you ever moved?' he asked
ruefully. surveying his heller SHELTER
possessions with fresh aversion, and
/ at the question she laughed out a
/ laugh SO girlish and infectious that
Wentworth laughed, too, catching for
moment the point of view from
\ which his dilemma was funny.
/ what the world needs he went on
plaintiyely, lis automatic, self arrang-
ing furniturefu furniture that, placed in
the room. will adjust itself and save
/ its owner all trouble"
1 That's what we will have when the
millennium comes,' answered Miss
Manice gayly, "but meanwhile, if You
really loathe the task of arranging
your things and will leave it to me-
4 She paused questioningly, while
wentworth gazed at her very much as
/. If she were the straw and he the
8 drowning man Again her face dim
y pied.
You Wouldn't-not really?' doubt
ed he. with the shamefaced air Of q
person who has taken a paipable jest
q in earnest
) I'D Just love it-that is, if you thini
a i can arrange the room to suit you
You might give me a general idea OF
:. how you like things, and
Wentworth cut her short.
! eff you can give it something of tht
5 look of that little drawing room O
yours, lie said warmly, q shall b.
II more than satisfied The fact is, yo1
5 have saved my life. he finished can
didIy.
8 =..Wait until you see the rooms, she
Fl cautioned as they parted, he to go t.
II his office with a burden off his shout
ders and she to confide to her mother
as she got into great apron that coy
cred her from neckto ankles.
HE seems nice, grateful LODGE
man, mother mine. Perhaps it won
. be so hideous to have stranger in tn.
3 house after all. And think Of the mon
81 ey!''
: When Wentworth opened the dool
of his sitting room that evening quicl
approval flashed into his eyes. All tn
inanimate objects that had huddle(
together so anonymously in the morn
! ing. as IL there wasn't an ounce O
! self respect among them, now facet
. him with serene dignity, once NOR
: clothed in the beauty for " ich q
: had bought them.
! Awestruck at such insight, he passet
into his bedroom, half fearing tina
J here the charm would be broken, tina
! convenience would have been sacri
J feed to looks and that he Woult
have to dive into a pocket nailed to th
closet door for one slipper and the
dive again for the other: At the sigh
Y of them standing openly and demurel.
e beside the fireplace Wentwo rth voice.
the highest praise to be spoken of VIC
man.
BLESS her hearth he said softly
"She ought to be bachelors wifeH'
, During the three months that 70
lowed this conviction grew more an
more fervent His admiration for TIL
skill with which Ethel Manice (at otl
err times merry, companionable CIR
\ ran the household, reducing friction t
} the minimum making life a continue
y joy, grew into sort of religion to hin
And it was something of this sol
d that he said to her one night, scare
J knowing that hes;Was saying It an
y adding to it a humble request tha
she marry him.
She looked at him oddly for a M
! ment. Then she laid her hand upon hi
\ arm and said half kindly, half noel
\ mg1y::
\ What you want IS a housekeepe
= Mr.. Wentworth, not a wife. Then.
4 little more earnestly Please let US;
= not remember" And Wentw worth, fee