Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-05


With a muttered oath, Warren
turned off the faucets. Just how much
the water had been left running. Hell
en- could not tell. as the plumbing was
OF the improved type" the tub being
filed from the side.
Anybody that hasn't any more
sense than to put flowers in tub 9nd
go off and leave the water turned mt
stOrmed Warren. Here" turning TO
the fireman, this waters got to be
mopped up or it'll he all down in our
place"
IN have to have some sort Of a
cloth to get up with" mumbled the
fireman, sulienly unwilling.
Take these" and Warren jerked
from the towel rack some long
fringed, mOnogrammed towels.
"Oh, dear, Wait-wait!" tluttered
Helen. Don't use those-TU go
down and get some old cloths"
That's all right; you use those
towels ordered Warren. We've got
to get this water up, and get IL up.
pretty blamed quick"
While the fireman was hopping up
the water and wringing the towels
out in the tub Helen instinCtively
glanced around. She had always Won
dered what this apartment was like.
and how it would be furnished.
The Sandfords Return.
Through the open bed room door
she caught a glimpse of the library
and drawing room beyond It all
showed lavish expenditure of money
without being in particularly good
taste. II was too ornate and too
crowded. Helen could not help but
think how much better their own
apartment looked. and how much less
money they had spent on it.
There was a sound Of the outer door
opening and of voices in the hall.
ooh. Warren, Warren" Helen
whispered paniC-stricken. Can that
be the Sanfords? Oh, how dreadful
for them to catch us in here"
Warren, who was overseeing the
hremen mop up the water only
grunted.
Even when the voices were at the
door of the bed room he did not
trouble to turn. Then, to Helen's
horror, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford en-
tered
Afterward Helen told herself that
in all her life she had never passed
through a moment of such anguished
embarrassment and awkwardness as
when those people confronted her in
their bed room. Evidently they had
come up on the other elevator and
knew nothing of the invasion of their
apartment, for Mrs Sanford gasped
and gazed at Helen in petritied
while Mr.. Sanford STAN
mered an astOnished,
II beg your pardon"
They had not seen Warren, who
had been standing inside the bath
room door, but now he stepped out
with a cool:
You left the water on here and
flooded our place. The superin-
tendent was out, and | had the man
break in. We've been trying 70 mop
mp some of it-but you'd better get
up the rest before il soaks through
Mrs Sanford was the first to re-
cover herself She had darted into the
bath room, but stepped back quickly
as the water soaked through her thin
evening slippers. Then she turned 10
Warren with an icy:
Helen Ashamed.
This is an unfortunate accident, Of
course. but I hardly think you were
justified in breaking into our apart
ment"
Then that's a point, madam, on
which we can not agree. I'm of the
opinion that we've done you quite
service i'm not letting your careless
ness do more injury than IL has. Be
fore you so cut. hereafter, l. would
advise you 20 turn of the water in
your bathtub."
Just how they got out in the hall.
Helen hardly knew. Mr.. Sanford
started to say something sort Of
stammered apOlogy-but Warren had
cut him short with a curt:
Good evening"
In their own apartment Helen threw
herself on the couch and hid her
burning face in the pillow
oh, il was dreadful" looking up
with her cheeks atiame. When they
came I'm there and found us like that
~ thought / should go through the
floor. Oh, / never was so embar-
rassedt"
Embarrassed" snorted Warren.
They're the ones 20 be embarrassed
The nerve of that woman"
And what viii she say when she
finds all her embroidered towels were
used TO wipe up that water
The shrug of Warrens shoulders
expressed his complete indifference.
But, dear. she may make a com
plant about us breaking i'm the apart
meut"
Let her Iguess we've got one or
two kicks coming looking up at the
stained ceiling. Pretty stiff ones,
too Don't you worry. she's going 10
Ue mighty busy keeping still"