El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-01

think so. dear?'
That's all right" agreed Warren
IT'S a good bedroom paper. Wan
both rooms in that?'
'Oh, yes. we want the bedrooms
alike"
Now would you like TO see some
; borders2" asked the salesman.
No borders" said Warren briefly
| We're trying to get away from the
| over decorated rooms. Now we'll look
! at something for the library.
The diningrOom and bedroom paper
! for the new apartment had been easy
! to select. But the library must har-
! monte with the front room into which
| it opened, and since that had been
| lately done over with a most eXpen-
| sive cloth paper, they had decided to
/ leave it as it was. So, armed with a
! sample of that paper, they were trying
1 to get something that would go with
The salesman brought out one SAM
| pie book after another, but the front
| room paper was grayish green, and
| there are no shades more difficult, to
combine than greens.
"Oh no, that wouldn't dO-that has
/ a yellowish cast. You see how faded
! it makes this look?' And Helen held
up the grayish green sample.
That's going to be a devilish hard
| shade to match" complained Warren.
Don't believe we can get it. Why not
/ harmonic"
But, dear, we want those two rooms
I the same tone" objected Helen
well. we won't get it. Everything
| we've seen so far kills that shade"
A Difficult Task.
When the salesman went back for
| still another lot of samples, Helen left
her chair and walked around the room.
The walls were lined with shelves
filled with rolls of paper. Her glance
fall MI AZ
from the end of one of the rolls She
! held her own sample beside it and then
! eagerly drew out the roll
ooh, WaTren-IOOki I've found Just
the thing! It's exactly the shade"
Warren held it up critically Yes,
that's pretty good"
Why dear" excitedly. its a PER-
Feet matchP'
But when the salesman came up, he
informed them that that particular
paper was no longer in stock.
Couldn't you get it," persisted
Helen eagerly. Couldn't you order it
for us?"
No, ma'am, they are not making it
another customer. Now I'd like to
show you paper in here" and he put
the book on an easel and began throw
ing back the pages
But there was nothing anywhere
near the right shade Having seen a
could not be reconciled to anything
else.
What's the use to keep harping on
that?" exclaimed Warren impatiently-
You can't get it He's told you he
couldn't get it. Now that's not so
bad" as the salesman showed still an
other sample.
On. no, dear, that wouldn't do.
Can't You see il has a blush tinge?"
We'll, we can't fool around here all
day. We've got to decide on some-
thing and decide on it quick"
But, Warren. we might find It
somewhere else"
we can't find it anywhere else.
These people do all the decorating for
those apartments; that's why the
agent sent US here"
But dear, if we pay for it our
selves? I'd rather do that than spoil
the room"
Warren's Selection.
well. 1 wouldn't You've got this
whole stock 10 select from. Anybody !
who wasn't so darned particular could |
find what they wanted right here"
And in spite of Helen's protest,
Warren finally selected a plain brown /
ish green, that he declared would go I
well enough"
The next morning Helen went up to /
the new apartment, taking a sample % J
the paper Warren had selected. When |
she pinned it on the library wall and I
stood back to see how Invent" with /
the front room, her worst fears were |
realized. The two shades of green
clashed loudly. Then she pinned up a
sample of the paper she had wanted
and which the clerk had said was not
in stock. It harmOnized perfectly.
The rest of the morning Helen spent
in going determinedly from one wall
paper store to another. At last she
found the paper-eXactly the same as
her sample. They had only u rolls /
and could get no mOre-but u rolls
were enough.
Then she went back TO Gregory &
Shells where she had been yesterday
She found the clerk who had waited
On them, and made her reGuest-that
they buy the paper from the other
house, allowing her to pay any diff
lerence in price.
It was such an unusual request that
he clerk was puzzled.
You'll have to see Mr.. Gregory
Lbout that. 1 wouldn't have the au-
hcTity to make such an arrangement"
He directed her to the private office.
Mr.. Gregory was debating some let /
ers to stenographer, and Helen
waited with awkward self-cOnscious-
less. She. had not minded asking the /
Jerk, but somehow she felt painfully
-iscOncerted before this tail gray
aired, rather distinguished looking | ;
nan, who now wheeled around in his |
hair with a brisk Something I can
% for you2"
Helen's color deepened, and as she ]
ervously explained what she wanted /
suddenly seemed rather foolish and
nbusiness like.
$50 you feel the paper your husband
elected will spoil the room? And you Z
7ish US to buy this from another firm ]
nd substitute it-preferably without ]
is knowledge. Is that it?' 6
Helen, flushing crimson, rose from q
er chair. She had not said anything $
bout not wishing Warren to know l
ct that was what she really wanted. t
ut she resented fiercely this mans T
cen intuition.
I'm afraid I've made a very foolish a
equest. I'm sorry I troubled you. h
lease let the order stand as my hus- a
and gave it." 1
Outside she walked blindly up the ! 4
rect, going over and over again the 7
,ene in the office. It was not his a
ords she so resented, but the lurking Q
nused note in his voice and manner I
5 he so quickly sized up the situa- l
on What a little fool he must think L
er, and how browbeaten by her hus- .
and, that she should have so little ;
loice in such a matter. :
Looking 1t Over. :
All week the incident ranked in y
elens mind. It was Sunday after ,
'on that Warren suggested they go I "
Ter to the apartment. "
Guess they must be about through ! -