El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-24
HE THIRD YEAR
By MABEL
HERBERT URNER
MARRIED LIFE THE

, could not take Winifred she would not
have wanted to 60 But now it was too
/ late to protest
At it was light enough to raise the
| blinds and turn off the lights. At $50
she went in to awaken Warren. He
stretched, yawned and stared at her
sleepily.
HUH Six-thirty? All right III
get up in moment. Turn on my bath
IN there, will you?"
Later when he was shaving Helen
came TO the door with a closely
Dear. could you get this in your
trunk
iii see." shortly. Leave it there. -
Helen knew he had room in his trunk
but retrained from asking him to put
in any more of her things, knowing
he would grumbIe about taking so
many unnecessary trump erieS.''
Della had breakfast ready at half
past seven. Helen went to the table,
poured Warren's coffee and then rose
hurriedly.
Dear I don't want bite for break
fast--and there are some things I
must
Now you sit down there and eat
something" he ordered. You've pot
tered around here half the night and
now. you say you haven't time Ior
breakfast"
And Helen was forced to come back
and guIp down some coffee and toast.
But in a moment she was up again, put
ting the last few toilet things IN ner
hand bag.
are YOu. Ready.
Trunk ready?" demanded Warren,
appearing at the door of her room a
few moments later.
Yes. dear-in just a second" flutter-
ing anxiously over the tray to be sure
that everything was in and securely
Here" as he pushed her aside and
closed and locked the trunk, you'd
never have it ready. Now there's your
key handing it to her See that you
don't lose it Bag ready?" turning to
lock that.
ready in a moment"
Well, you'll have to get a move on
yOu-its ten minutes after eight now.
You can't leave everything till the last
second"
In spite of HeIen's efforts to get
everything ready in time, the last few
moments found her hurried and flus-
tered and fearful that something had
been forgotten or overlooked.
Warren had already tagged the bag
sage with the First Cabin-Wanted
on voyage tags, strapped his cane
with the two umbrellas, rolled their
rafncoats in the shawl strap with the
steamer rugs, and now stood waiting
lmpatlently, his overcoat on his arm.
Helen was darling anXiously from
one room to another, trying TO make
sure that she had forgotten nothing.
all the time giving repeated directions
to Della about closing everything up
before she left. For Della. after giving
the apartment a thorough cleaning,
was to go to her sisters for the six
weeks they. would be away.
Here's the cab now" announced
Warren as the telephone rang.
With nervous hurried fingers Helen
tied on her veil while the elevator boy
took down the baggage.
Come on shouted Warren from the
nail, and he WhiSked her into the ele-
Vator While she was still calling back
directions to Della
lou r,esra fre-
were already up on the cab top and
the hand baggage inside.
Bundles Her In.
Better drive down the avenue and
across Twenty-1Ourth street" Warren
called up to the driver, as he bundled
Helen into the cab. jumped in after her
and slammed the door.
Helen leaned back, her heart flutter-
ing with excitement and her mind in
a whirl, trying to think if there was
any tnlng she had forgotten or had
failed to tell Della
Warren. after settling the suit case
Dag, steamer roll and umbrellas on the !
seat opposite, glanced at his watch and
leaned back with an air Of relief
Helen's anxious expression, What's |
the matter with youT'
Nothing, dear, II was only Won /
aerlng II 1 put in my Overshoes."
For heavens sake, don't begin now
20 think OF the things you've left. You /
were pottering around there all night /
ought to have got things in"
For several blocks Helen gazed out i
the window in distracted silence. while /
the cab rumbled noisily through the 1
quiet street of the early morning. |
she made a little start of dis /
may:
Well, what is it now?" asked War /
rem with good humored contempt.
-Oh, dear, didn't bring the scissorst |
had them in my handbag. but took /
them out to cut that cord-and forgot 1
to put them back I must have ieff !
them on the bureau"
What if you did? Can get scissors
IN London, cant you?"
steamer
-Jove. you are the limit Here you've /
been wild about going. and now that /
were really off-you're not thinking
bout the trip, but of some fool tbinS
you've left behindrs