The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-08-23
to make things look honey so 1 nd

to make things look honey SO I DID
not come myself. May we come int"
He stood aside in silent Invitation.
He followed them into the house, and
his admiration for the personality of
the brisk young woman increased as
she rapidly moved from room to room,
giving the touch here and there that
was needed to transform the apart
ments!
you're u Magician" he declared as,
with a final pat to the sofa pillows,
she transformed the parlor and moved
into the dining room. Now it looks
like a place to be lived in"
Its the purely feminine touch that
no bachelor can acquire" she said,
with a little laugh. IF l had known
that you were alone, l should have
been out yesterday morning before you
arrived"
"Im glad you waited" he said sim
ply. won't you and your mother stay
to supper? l can cook If l can't keep
house. l will put the horse up and
you can telephone your brother"
II am e. Marsden,'" she explained
II have no brother. When father died
l decided to keep up the business. Eva
Marsden did not look very we'll, and,
besides, people do not like to do BUSH
ness with q woman So, between the
simple initial and Il typewriter, l man
age to get along"
"You should come to town." he ad-
vised, land call yourself a home
maker 1t ought to be worth a lot Of
money"
"That might be profitable in winter"
she agreed. perhaps l will try it,"
"But in the meantime, supper" he
insisted. "Tl look after the horse.
There are a couple Of magazines you
might care to look at while l am gone.
I shall not be long"
He dashed out to get the horse under
cover. He returned the back way and
surprised the girl bustling about the
kitchen.
"You can help" she conceded, with a
smile, "but | just know that you can't
make biscuit"
"Eut l cam" he insisted. "Ill show
Jou some day. Meantime I'll make the
coffee and put the things OIL the table,
1.-The table is all set" she cried.
.You must think me q very slow house
keeper"
at takes me longer than that" he
admitted, Though l suppose that prac-
tice makes perfect. and before long |
shall be able to do as well as YOU"
"Ill come TO tea on your last night
here and let you give n graduation eX-
hibition,' she promised, with Il laugh.
meantime you might get some fresh
| water"
Prescott was sorry to see them drive
! off, but the girl left behind the fra
grant memory Of her presence. and the
| place seemed homelike at last.
Prescott saw much of the Marsdcns
in the days that followed. and long
before the end Of his month he had
come to love the light hearted girl
| who had faced the world so bravely
when necessity demanded.
The vacation drew to a close all too
soon, and Prescott insisted upon hold
ing Eva to her promise to attend his
graduation exhibition. Afterward they
sat out under the trees while Mrs.
Marsden drowsed %contentedly upon
the porch.
"Have you been thinking over that
homemaking propositiony' he asked.
Eva looked up, with u smile.
81 think l lack the courage to make
a try" she confessed. ut has been
very easy here. 1t is best to leave
| we'll enough alone"
"Do you think you would are to
take on a single contract?" he suggest
ed. "You have spoiled me for a bach
elor apartment"
II might help you get started in a
fat" she agreed. II usually take a
vacation after the summer season is
over. I could help you buy your
things and settle them"
"But I should want you TO stay and
help use Them" he explained-"to be
a perpetual homemaker to n lone
bachelor. What do you say, dear!"
II Think she whispered. that 1
| should like that plan better than the
first"
"Then seal the contract with a kiss"
| pleaded Prescott. aa.