El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-25

as he opened one and threw another
into HeIen's lap.
She glanced over the headings of the
various graft and scandal cases that
had developed since they left There
is nothing that so emphasizes a few
months absence as the unfamiliar names
in the newspaper headings. Warren
had turned to the stock reports.
Nearing Home.
Huh, pretty strong market. Steefs
! up-Union Pacific, too. Election doesn't
seem to have affected things much"
But Helen was too excited to read.
In a few moments they would be at
| home-and that evening they would go
| Warren's mother from the dock the
moment they landed Winifred was
well. but Mrs. Curtis had insisted that
they should not come for her till eve
ming, so that Helen might have time to
rest and get unpacked.
''Oh, Warren, lookT as they passed a
1 towering office building. That's al
most finished-they didn't have the
framework up when we left"
They put things through in q hurry
here. Takes a trip TO London to make
You appreciate that"
''Oh, dear, can't realize that we're
almost home! l wonder how the apart
( ment will look
I
should say"
yes. know: but nothing ever looks
/ quite the same"
at last they drew up. Helen jumped
her and ran up the steps with her heart
a-beat There was a new elevator boy
she missed the freckle-wreathed
smile of the old one.
Six dollars is a mighty stiff price
for that cab" grumbled Warren, as he
Joined her in the hall, while the janitor
| brought in their baggage.
Why, you didn't have to pay that %
in dismay.
''Oh. those eabmen from the dock al
ways soak you. Regular holdup game.
But there's no use kicking-if you want
your baggage brought up with you,
that's your only way"
And think how cheap taxis were in
Loadon! I'll never want to take one
here"
Home at Last.
Della had evidently been watching
and had seen them drive up. for she
was standing at their door when they
left the elevator.
"Oh, Della, 1 was so afraid you
wouldn't get my letter in time" was
Helen'S first greeting.
"Oh, yes, ma'am; it came Thursday.
got here yesterday morning"
Helen was gazing around the sitting
room How unfamiliarly familiar it
looked! Then she went from one room
to another. Everything was just the
same and yet curiously different
Warren was locking over the pile of
mail on the sitting room table. He
threw out some letters addre ssed to her
and glanced hurriedly over the others.
Then he want to the phone and called
Up the office.
'Oh, Warren, you're not going down
right away2" as he rang off
That's what you heard me say,
wasn't it? Think I'm going to hang
around here all morning? He was I'M
strapping his trunk now "Where'd
you put that bundle of papers-the one
1 had out on the steamer? Want to
take them down with me-"
Helen found the papers and saw him
OFF with curious dread of being left
alone.
There is usually a '1et down. with the
homecoming from any trip The ex.
eitement and interest of getting ready
for a journey is very different from the
more or less depressing effect of un-
packing afterwards. And now Helen
faced this day of getting Strengthened
OUT and putting things away with a
certain shrinking dread
As she unpacked her trunk, every
article recalled some incident of the
trip. This was a veil she had bought
at one of the big Oxford street shops.
And here was a bottle of tooth powder
from a quaint old chemist on Fleet
street.-the address was on the label
But the dinner cards, theater programs
and souvenirs were the hardest to look
over, for each one brought up many
memories.
Yes. it had been a wonderful trip. It
seemed more wonderful now than it had
at the time Why do we always appre-
ciate things more when they have
passed? She felt homesick longing to