El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-24

-'Half-past three
Half-Past tlree, Why in thunder
do you want TO get up at that time
Dear, 1 must I've so much to do
yet
Just like a woman-putting every
thing off till the last moment and then
breaking her neck to get through
Warren, 1 haven't put things of
I've had so little time to get ready
But, dear, you needn't get up that
Should say wouldn't But that
internal thing will go off and wake me
NO. dear: I'll lie in the front room.
so you won't hear it,
It was after twelve when Helen fin
ally threw herself on the front room
couch. So many things were still to be
done that she would have WORKED
through the night had she not feared
to tax her strength too much, lest she
be more apt to be sea-sick.
Above everything else Helen had a
horror Of being sea she had
never been on the ocean, and now her
first trip held for her all the poSsibii-
ties of the unknown.
But, tired as she was, her fear that
the alarm might fail to go off, or that
she might not hear it, kept her from
sleeping. Every few minutes she
would wake from 2 troubled doze to
look at the clock
Gets Up at Three.
Realizing that she was not resting,
softly so as not to disturb Warren.
Then, to make quite sure that he would
not near the alarm, she buried the
clock under the couch pillows, where
it went off half an hour later, its shrill-
ness smothered TO sullen buzzing.
While her steamer trunk was almost
packed, there were still many small
things to put in the tray and hand bag
Helen packed everything with pains
taking care and a beautiful precision,
but she did It very slowly Almost
every article had TO be wrapped IN It's
sue paper and fitted in with anxious
eNactness.
But far more difficult than the pack
ing was the deciding of what to or not
to take. Would she need this pair Of
low shoes or another pair OF high oneS2
And how many shirt waists should she
take 2HoW long would it be before they
could get any laundry done in London.
ct how could she take so many things
with only a small steamer trunk and a
hand bag?
one problem after another confronted
her, and it was her indecisiOn, her lack
of knowing what she would need most,
that made the packing such long and
anguishing task
The boat was to sail at 10. and War
rem had ordered a cab for $50. And
now through the early morning hours
Helen worked with an anxious deter
mination to get everything in shape so
at the last she would not be hurried
and flustered and go off with some
thing forgotten
At first they intended taking Wini-
fred, but Warren's mother had insist
ed that ii would be foolish to drag
child of that age to Europe and that
she would be much better off with her.
Warren had agreed with his mother,
and Helen was finally forced to con-
sent.
They mad taken her over yesterday. !
She had cried little at first, but had
been pacified with a new set Of doll
dishes, and they had left her setting /
the tea table on the floor.
Cries Over Separation.
Helen had restrained her own tears /
until they were outside, where War 4
rem told her not TO be a little goose" 4
said his mother had raised six children /
# her own, and was certainly compe-
ent TO take care Of another. which was
lnquestiOnably true, but which did not
make the parting any less hard. Had