El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-22
Married Lies Troubles
Helen and the Trunks Are Gone
When Warren Returns to
the Hotel in Paris.
10y Mabel Herbert Urner -

.HE room was charming. Heller

could hardly restrain an ex-
= clamatiOn of delight when the
| French manager unlocked the door
and crossed over TO draw the heavy
curtains from the long, low windows.
| The panelled walls, the furniture,
I the draperies. were all in old rose silk
! tapestry. The bedroom adjoining was
! eXquisiJely dainty in white ana pale
! blue. The low French dressing table,
! the cheTaI mirror, the two cane beds
| with the pale blue silk hangings and
| coverlets, made it look like a stage
| setting-.-Act l. Mile --'s BOudoir"
/ in a modern French play.
1t was all so surprisingly dainty
1 and luxurious for hotel that Helen
/ feared it would be most expensive
| more than they could pay.
| What do you ask for these roOms?"
twenty-five francs a day, Madame"
| ne answered in surprisingly good Eng
! lish-
And what for breakfast served up
! here2"
Two francs for coffee and rolls"
! Only nine more francs for the rooms,
| and the same for breakfast as they
| were paying nOwl Helen pictured
/ herself, in her dainty white morning
J gown and boudoir cap, having break
| fast in this rose silk room. This pict-
| ure decided her.
very well, ri take the rooms. We're
I at place on the Boulevard Capucines
| now but Wen come tomorrow morn
/ ing or late this evening"
| The manager took her down on the
! mirrOred elevator TO the palm lined
! hail and office below, where Helen
made deposit of 25 francs TO secure
| the rooms.
On the way back in the bus her
| courage began to WaYer- She had ar
sent or knowledge. But when she
/ again saw the dinginess and shabbiness
I of the rooms they were in and thought
| OF the Wretched breakfast they had
had hat Hars con crea r~r q
Bold Scheme.
As she packed the few things they
/ had unpacked for the night her
strongest desire was to move now. 1t
I was only half past one and Warren
would not be back until almost seven
/ " by not get a cab and take their bag
! gage over nOw-and have everything
unpacked and in place by the time he
got there?
There was a rusty pen and dusty
/ ink bottle on the mantel Helen took
some paper from her handbag ana
wrote hurriedly:
Dear-Have just found the most
| wonderful placei When / went to the
American Express company this morn
| ing to get our mail I heard some
American women talking about a de-
/ lightfUl hotel I took down the ad-
dress and looked it up at once The
rooms are so beautiful and so mOder-
ate, that couldn't resist engaging
I them
I do hope you won't be annoyed. but
this place is so dirty that I felt
couldn't stay. / am going to get d cab
and move the things over now, so
everything Will be in place when you
get there. The address is Hotel Ron
| ceray, 10 Rue MOntaigne. You can
get a bus on the corner that viii take
you to the door 1 will pay the Dill
here. Hastily, Helen.
flee and asked for their bill The man
seemed surprised and displeased, for he
had plainly expected them to stay sew
eIal weeks.
Helen was amazed at the bill She
( thought there would be only the room
for one night and breakfast-but there
was a charge for light service ana
I bath. However. she vas too glad to
escape from the place to make any
protest, and a little later she was in
a cab with their baggage on top,
driving to the new hotel with a. feeling
of mingled glee and awe at her own
It was just three by the French gilt
clock on the mirrOred mantel of the
rose tapestry sitting room, when Helen
closed the door after the pOrters who
had brought up the baggage
It was a real joy to shake out her
gowns and hang them in the spacious
closets and TO arrange her clothes in
the white paper lined drawers of the
chiffOnier and dresser The rooms
were so beautiful that there was a
sense of luxury in Just moving about
and getting settled in them
At six o'clock she decided suddenly
TO dress-to put on her-white chiffon
evening gown She would lay out
Warren's evening clothes, and when
he saw her all dressed he would hardly
refuse to dress too They would live
up to the luxury of the place!
BY half past six she was trailing
about the apartment in her white chif-
fon gown, looking at herself in the
BONDED lli,oJgiI and feeling as though She
was living in a play. The very for
eign atmosphere of IL all added to the
charm Although it was hardly dusk,
she turned on the electric lights, which
glOWed softly through their silken
shades
For once Helen was too excitedly
happy to worry over what Warren's
attitude might be. Surely, when he
saw how beautiful the rooms were,
he could not be angry at her having
moved.
But at seven she grew anxious. He
should be here by now. What if they
should not give him the note a that
other placer They had not liked it
such revenge? She had left the note
in the box with the key-how could
he fail to get it?
Quarter after seven-half pastt BY
this time Helen had forgotten the
charm of the rooms and was walking
restleSsly about in tense anxiety. What
could nave naDpeneQE
For the first time there came a.
doubt in her mind as to the wisdom
OF her moving in this way. Perhaps
she should have stayed. After all it
was a rash thing for her TO do They
were in a strange city. If he should
not get the note-hOw could he ever
find her?
She could of course. write to the
American Express company. where he
would go for his mail in the morning;
but what would he do tonight? on,
why had she done this2 Frantically
she wished herself back in those other
rooms. however shabby and dirty they
might be. Surely it would have been |
better to put up with anything than /
to risk any chance of mishap in Paris. ]
A sharp knock at the door She I
rushed to open it, and a French mes
senger boy handed her note. As he |
held it out to her she saw Warren's /
writing on the evelOpe. Her hands /
weakly trembling, with her teeth she I
tore it open.
Since you are so internally smart /
and want to take things in your own /
hands, you can keep it up You can 1
have a nice little dinner alone any l
place in Paris you chOOse-and I can /
have the same. I'll probably be there I
some time tonight but don't let that |