El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-14

ont the medicine shelf in the DaLnrooLn'
hurried to the door with a bottle in 4
one hand and a dust cloth in the other /
A man in a gray suit and a dusty /
derby had already stepped inside the /
haI and was looking around inQuir- /
ingly.
From the Il Van company-to !
make an estimate On moving your
things here"
Helen nodded and led the way first to
the sitting room The man TOOK a qulcA
mental inventory Of the furnishings
NO piano?' as he stepped into the
front room
NO there is no piano"
Top comes off that boOkcaseF
Yes, that top lifts off"
In the dining room he examined the
gfdeboard. Bad piece to move. All
these things have to oe handled mighty
carefully" making some notes on the
pad in his hand
cob. YES. I wouldn't want them
scratched" Helen said anXiOusly-
Needn't worry about that, ma am
We've the best men in the business
He gave only a briet glance into the
kitchen. That icebOL goes tooE
Thirty Dollars for Moving.
ooh, no, that belongs to the house
Then this is all the stuff? Just
these six rOOms?'
Yes, that's all"
well, two vans viii move 1850 for
Thirty dollars! Oh. viii 1t be as
That's very cheap. man, for this
class Of stuff. And now round the first
Of October-we can get any price we
Eyes. know" hastily. Il guess
thatu be all right Then yOu'u be here
what time Saturday,
-'Nine-sharp-"
When the man had gone Helen called
IN Warren at his O1IlCe to tell MIN
about the rate.
Fifteen a load? That's pretty stiff
he commented. But I guess we couldn't
do much better now"
The rest of the day Helen spent in
packing the china, silver and bricabrac-
She had sent around u the grocery FOR
some empty barrels ard excelsior
But every picture and article that she
took from its place caused her pang-
She couldn't conceive Of these things In
that new apartment Everything here
had been either wedding present OF
bought for some particular place IN
these rooms. Each piece Of furniture
seemed to belong to its special nook
They could never be arranged so well
anywhere else.
And vet Warren's determination to
move had not wavered He had vowed
not to stifle through the summer in this
apartment. Outside rooms and more air
that was what he vas determined 70
have, even though the house was less
attractive and the ne.ghborhood not so
good.
We're not going to get all that shelf
full in this barrel" announced Della as
she wrapped a gravy tureen In q news
PAPER and carefully fitted 1t in.
Troubles of Packing.
yes I know. But wen have room
left for some Of these with the. cut
glass. Oh, Della, put more paper Z
around that-thats the bowl Aunt
Mary gave me. L suppose we ought to
have had the men pack this best china
and glass. But 60 cents an hour seems
so much, and If were careful think
we can do il just as we'll"
sure we can, ma am helped Mrs.
Mccarthy move three years ago last
May, and she had five barrels Of china
and three Of cut glass-and not piece
When Warren came home at six the
place was in all the disorder and con-
fusion Of packing
"Weu, how're you coming On?" as he
stumbled over some rugs that had been
rolled up to keep them from being lit
Tered with excelsior.
Fair back YEARLY. 1T takes so long to
pack china"
"Oh, well. you've got plenty Of time
another whole day"
tonight, won't you, dear?"
That's what I said this morning,
wasn't it2" His voice had a note Of i'm
patience. Now hurry up, if We're go
ing out to dinner"
Helen took off her sprOn and started
into the bedroom. III be as quick as I
can. There's the box over in the corner
for the books, if you want TO put any
OF them in while I dress"
Now just leave that TO me. / said
I'd pack them tOnight-but I'm not
going to DO il before dinner"
A little later they were seated In a
restaurant few blocks below. From
now until they were settled in their
new apartments they would have to
dine out. Helen, who was almost too
tired to eat, leaned her elbow on the
table and her head on her hand and
gazed abstractedly at the salt cellar
we won't have 20 pack that big
stand lamp, win we2 And the Candida
hras-can,t they go rs they areE
Look here-yOure to eat your din
ner now. Let the packing 60 until you
get to it."
Something Forgotten.
For several moments Helen ate In
silence, then she looked up with sud
den, ~Oh, Warren, 90 you know what
We've forgotten?"
"H-m2"
gas turned on in the new place!"
That's easy. III phone about It to-
And oh. must tell the milk man
and the ice man and the paper boy
end have the mail forwarded We
mustn't leave everything until the very
last"
well, for heavens sake let up on it
now"
AS they left the restaurant. Warren
paused at the corner.
Want to go down to the new place
for a few moments see how they're
getting along with the papering2"
Helen hesitated. "Oh, dear, I'm so
tired, and there's so much more to do
tonight. And you've got your books to
pack"
see here, how mary times do you
want me TO tell you that I'll pack those
books tonight2"
But dear. I was only saying it would
make US so late"
Not make US late at all. We can get
there and back in 40 minutes. Come on
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