Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-22
MadeEine'S ast Moving Day.
By HARRIET NGnTGsNV. <.
'pyright, l9o7, by N. VI. CunningHa.:.-

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 Madeline. see tlese HG}g"tHi. apartments will he ready fce-,t=.,..5l,. cy April l. wish %eH.a sss s#e.t. .#''. on your WAY home torl154oy"
 Mr. stanhoIo lowercsi his fape9 a3... glanced first dcsua"in@1y nj Arale1f..- then half supplicatinssly u lis vie
 My dear. don't believe we can it. prove oil this apartment. I'm sure We have room enough"
 But the landlord was here toda.. and said he would not rcpapcr. and that horrd stain in Fred's room
 Well, that is not the landlords fault The servant upstairs admits she left the water running. I'll have the cell ing calcimined.'
 You'll do nothing of the sort. This janitor is perfectly overbearing any how. and when l complained about Mrs. BrantS dog running up and down the hall he said there was nothing in the leases against keeping a deg Just as if there wasn't law against main taining nuisance. Anyhow, I think Fred ought to have larger room, and We can fit it up as den, and Madeline ought to have the north light for her work
 Madeline broke iii earnestly:
 "Oh. mother. dear, 1 do so little here at home now that my room does very well indeed"
 Well, l heard that those Bulgravia apartments had buffers pantry and Anyhow. you stop off and see them"
 No one answered. MT Stanhope sat staring with his unsecing eyes at an article in the evening paper on the proper preparation of food for infants. but before his n.cntal vision passed a succession of moving vans, furniture that needed rcTarnishing, pictures that had to be regiazed.
 Madeline. cn her part focused her mental vision on a succession of days lost illustla ions unfinished. while she restored or.,er in the new home lon@ hours devo.cd to r.c!ii'sg and unpacl.- ing her fra gle lia"sNaa helon ri e. As fet l'"ed he tintoed out Of thc !i- hrary and HnNn 'he fa!l tc where I:,- tient NoraIl Was singing over her dis! washing
 Say. Norah mDt.'ae's SC, the 12ovin" bee ill her bonnet 9>s T. Be: were out of this Ilejlse Ky .Np".l l.,
 Narah dropped her tea towel in wide eyed dislna;:
 "Sure. an' a sunshinier kitchen I niver worked in. Dive a good moind to give me notice.'
 Madelines grlhood had been spent in a pretty suburb half an hours ride from the bustling city, but Mrs. Stan hope had wcarieI of the ubiquitous servant girl question that stalks at the heels of every suburban housewife Ill town even if they had no maid they could at least eat at nearby restau be something more than household drudge There were business openings in town for bright girl. but Madeline was not strong enough to commute
 After all, it was Madeline who not only secured a position in q fashion design studio but who went to intel ligence offices for help and haunted real estate offices for desirable apart ments. For four years Mrs. Stanhope had seemed absolutely obsessed by the desire to occupy new and more desir able quarters. Each spring they had moved until the pretty new furniture with which Mrs. Stanhope had started her city career as a housewife looked far less presentable than the old fash toned stuff they had sold at the auction before leaving Grafton Heights. All her ambitions seemed to center on showing off the new apartments to her women friends and assuring them she had secured a bargain which should make them turn green with envy.
 The next morning Madeline and her father left the house together.
 Do you think 1t is becoming ma nia?" he asked anXiously.
 ''No; she has nothing else to do. I wish sometimes"-
 Madeline stopped and looked down the long stretch of asphalt pavement. Her father supplied the words.
 udI we were UdCk III OIdl lUu Heights where she had roses to train and the neighbors' chickens to shoo off our lawn. Seems as if all city women are restless"
 "Yes: 1 guess it's in the air. I felt as though I must be doing something big. getting somewhere, for awhile aft CT we moved to town, but now
 They separated at the corner.
 "I hope those Bulgravia apartments will all be on court, with no closets and an exorbitant rent"
 "No such luck" responded Madeline, with a forced smile. They'll be very modern and all desirable and if you are dear, sensible father you'll have a business call to Chicago about April 1. It will be over when you come back"
 Brave as were her words, Madeline'S