Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-10
Married Life the Second Year
By Tad

ia pack them tonight-hu- I'm not going
TO do II before dinner
a little later they we're seated in
restaurant few blocks below From
now until they were settled in their new
apartment they would rave 70 dine out.
/ Helen who was almost too tired TO eat,
leaned her elbow on he table and her
head OF her hand and Eize1 abstracteGly
at the salt cellar before her.
we won't have to paaS that big
stand lamp. will we? And she cander-
aLra> cant they go as they are7'
! "LouL here-%ou're to cat your 6!"ntr
nav. Let the packing K, until YOU set
to it
Foo several moments Helen ate In sill
enee then she looked ~ witt. 2 sudden,
"Oh, Warren, do you know what we've
foi pnucr9'
| "E-u,'
w. rpven't seen abSut having the gas
TUNED on ~ the new place"
"1hats easy, I'll phone about 1t to
morrow
And oh ! must tell the n,lr man and
tho ice man and the paper boy INA have
the mail forwarded. We mustn't leave
everything until the very last.
we'll, for heavens sake. let up on Il
now
As they left the restaurant, Warren
paused AZ the correI,
went TO go down to tae new race
e Cor a few moments to SEQ how they're
q Ee ting along with the papering:'
i Helen hesitsted. "oh. hear. I'm so
n tired, and there's so much more to do to-
night And you've got your books to
n pack
See here how many times do you want
mo to tell you that I'll pack those books
" tonight?"
. But. dear. ! was only saying it would
make US so late"
Not make us late at all. We can get
there and back in forty minutes, Come
- on-heres a car now"
When Warren opened the door OF the
new apartment they were greeted by a
y sitting odor Of paint. He turnedion the
lights in the hall and front room. The
u walls had been partly scraped. and one
side of the room was repapered. Several
. large cans Of paint. some brushes and
y soiled rags we're on the floor In the cor
. ner Rolls of wall paper we're piled up on
=. the mantel, against which leaned lad
" der.
II oh they're not nearly through" eN-
claimed Helen, who was holding her skirt
closely about her. so as not to touch the
= wet paint.
n yes, they are. They'll finish up to-
d. morrow"
:. He was exploiting the other rooms
now, turning on the lights as he went
Helen followed. carefully stepping over
% torn strips OF wall paper and some boards
y on the floor.
y There is nothing more cherries thar
empty rooms in the process OF painting
'' and papering And Helen could not
brow off a feeling of depression at the
j bought OF living here. A real sense OF
,mesickness for the apartment theS
ere leaving possessed her. ~.
>, Il was only after when they got back
y Helen quickly slipped into a house dress
y and started TO pack the rest OF the china
Now here are plenty Of newspapers Il
you want to line that box before you pu
20 your books in, No-wait-I'll line 1t 10
a. you"
~ She carefully smoothed the papers II
= the bottom and over the side of the box
" There now" dragging 1t up TO the bool
% case. this will hold your encyclopedia
30 and the books on that lower shelf-ant
there's two more boxes in the dininI
~ room for the rest" A.
Warren took off his coat, and, plainl
reluctant began 10 put In the books
When the box was about one-third fu
1' he Strengthened up and pushed II back.
So Now. II you or the girl can't pac
those books tomorrow I'll send up ma
10 do H. I've got a lot of work at tn
en- office in the morning-and I'm going
!" bed. I can't afford 20 fool around here
70 I need the rest