The Bourbon news., 1912-12-27
lrl BOURBON NEWS PARIS KENTUCKY, DECEMBER 27 1912
LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
By o. V. NET'TLESHlP.

shall ever do with all our things"
sighed Mrs Hemming when she and
her husband decided, after much dis
cussion, to move from their house,
which was too lonesomely big now
that the children had all gone away
to homes of their own. "Our apart
ment won't begin to hold our furni-
ture, to say nothing of all the things
we have stored in the attic"
"Pick out the furniture you need
and then turn a secondhand man
loose in the house." suggested Hem
ming.
"But, Charles, you wouldn't want me
to sell all our old keepsakes, would
you?"
Most assuredly. What earthly use
to any one are lot of old books,
vases and pictures that no one ever
looks at except at house cleaning
time. Do they do anybody any good?''
mo, don't suppose they do" reluc-
tantly admitted Mrs. Hemming, ''but
I hate to part with some of them.
That's just sentiment, my dear. The
fact is, it will be a relief to you when
you are rid of all that old lumber"
Perhaps l could select just a few
of the Oldest things and we could put
them in the storeroom of the apart
ment. You know there's nice big
storeroom. Charles"
'Yes, I know it, Harriet, and I'm
planning to keep my golf clubs there
and my fishing tackle. So if you
please, we won't fill up that storeroonl
| with lot of useless trash"
| After the secondhand dealers visit
| Hemming said to his wife: 81 hope
you were sufficiently strong minded to
let everything in the attic go?'
well, nearly everything" answered
Mrs. Hemming There are a few lit
tie articles that it seems a shame tc
| SELL such as"
! Never mind enumerating them
/ Harriet. l shouldn't be interested il
list of crippled furniture or ancient
photograph albums"
But what l thought of keeping was
| the two old"
Nov, Harriet, we decided to gel
rid of all our old stuff. Don't let Han
kins leave thing tomorrow when he
comes with his wagons
When the wagons drove away load
ed with furniture and bric-a-brac
mostly of a peculiarly inartistic pc
riod, Mrs. Hemming laughed away
her regrets. Charles was right" she
said to herself 1T would have beer
silly to keep that ugly trumpery."
About a fortnight after they were
settled in their apartment, Hemmins
came home one afternoon carrying &
large box
81 have little present for you, Har
riet," he said with boyish pleasure
You'll be surprised when you see
what it is. was passing Devlin's an
tique shop this morning when some
things in the windows caught my eye
and took me back about 40 years tc
, the time when l was counting a Ger
{ tain pretty girl in her grandmother
best parlor, which was lighted with
green glass lamps. There, my dear
what do you think of these?" He tri
umphantly drew from the box two
large green glass lamps of old-fash
ioned shape and decoration. do they
| make you think of anything, Har
riet?"
Yes, they do-they make me thinl
of a lot of things" she answered
How much did you pay for them?"
"Devlin let me have them cheap
You see, one of his collectors picked
them up for little or nothing in an old
out-of-the-way Vermont farmhouse
where antiques aren't appreciated, 81
he sold me the pair for $40. Really
Harriet, I'd have given $50 if he'C
asked it,"
well, I'm glad he didn't ask it,
replied Mrs. Hemming, ''for l solo
these same lamps to Hankins three
weeks ago for 81 apiece"
Great Scott! Are you sure they're
the same lamps?"
"Of course I'm sure. I'd know then
if you bought them in Egypt. / wa:
brought up under those lamps"
"a dollar apiece! And 1 snapped
them up for $40 the pair!" musec
Hemming, trying not to look sheepish
"Yes, and I'm glad you did," re
sponded Mrs. Hemming. For the.
were what l hated to part with most
l wanted to keep them and I'm awful!
glad to have them back"