Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-19

her bills tucked away In odd places.
usually under the paper that lined her
lower bureau drawer.
But now. to her horror when she drew
out the drawer and felt under the paper
nothing was thefe7 HurrIedly she took
everything out and lifted up the paper
hut stu no sign OF the bill.
Could she have put It between some OF
the clothes instead Of under the paper?
She unfolded and shook out each gar
ment, and then took the drawer out en-
tlrely and looked back Of It. ,,,.
= When Della came TO the door wondering
what kept her so long. Helen was sitting
on the floorr with everything dragged
out OF the drawet and piled in confusion
around her
"why. ma'am. the mans waiting for
his money!
"oh, yes, / know-but I put a bill here
and now can't find IT. exeiterly.
Have you any money. Della? Pay him II
you can and I'll give 1t to you in the
morning"
Della went into her own room to get
the money and Helen again shook out
each article, again looked behind the
drawer and around the floor in the futile,
nervous way that women have in search
ing for thing again and again in the
same place.
Where could It be? Could she have
put il in one Of the other drawers2 Then
she looked under the paper of the other
three drawers. under the paper on her
closet shelf, in the blue vase on the 'front.'
room manteI-all places where at times
she had hidden bills. ....
do you want me to leave them irons
on. ma'am? Is you going to finish the
ties?" asked Della.
"oh, yes, I'll press the rest OF them
but must find this money first"
For the next hour she tore out every
thing in a feverish. hurried search And
at length she found it--in the bottom Of
her glove box in the top drawer. She
had never put II there before and she
didn't remember doing so now. But, oh.
what a relief TO find IT,
Ii was at dinner that evening that War
rem asked abruptly: Man come to fix
that hot water fAucet?"
oh. Warren" with note Of d.smay,
Il forgot to telephone about it,
Huh. you must have lot TO think Of.
Strenuous day today
Oh. dear, it wasn't that with an
apoiegetic laugh, but / did such fool
ish thing this morning that it drove
everything else out Of my mind"
swell, what was 1t this timer
"Oh, nothing flushing consciously.
"oniy / hid away a ten-dollsr bill and
forgot where. I Usually put u under
the paper OF the lower bureau drawer.
but this time it was in my glove box
and l looked just two hours before
found H. That's why / forgot about the
bathroom faucet"
See here, what you need is q box
with a combination lock. Then you'd have
some place TO put your money instead
Of tucling it away in outiandish places"
a combination Iock7- TonderinEIy.
yes, then you don't have to bother
with key. Every woman ought to have
a cash box around the house-they never
have time I'll send one Up tomorrow. |
Have to 60 down through that neighbor- |
nood In the morning anyway"
The next day about o'clock the box |
came. j, was a heavy Japan tin box |
with combination lock and a card or |
instructions for opening Il.
Helen had seen Warren open his safe !
at the office. and il had always seemed |
a fascinating thing. And now she took |
the box over TO the window with all the !
delight Of child with g new puzzle.
Carefully she read the directions.
Give the knob at least three full l
turns backward to the left. stopping