El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-10
Married Lies Troubles
Warren Insists Upon Breakfast at
Home, Although There Is Moth
ing in the House.
By Mabel Herbert UrneP
/, EWILDERED by a sudden awaB

~ EWILDERED by a sudden awaken
ing, Helen sat up in bed. Another
- insistent peal of the bell, and she
! reached for her slippers.
Warren turned, grunted. and then,
as the bell shrilled on. ne raised him
self on his elbow, with sleepy, ir-
ritable.
What the devils that?"
THE kitchen bell, dear. I think it's
selves and Helen, now in her slip
pers and dressing gown, hurried out
to the kitchen.
"Oh Mrs. O'Grady. I'm so glad
you've come" as she opened the door
to her Irish washerwOman. Il was
afraid you'd be promised for today"
Yes, miss, this was Mrs Collinss
day, but 1 put her off till tomorrow.
I knew you'd need me right bad, just
getting back. Did you have nice trip,
miss? You look real WELL" for Helen's
pink gown and disheveled hair were
20, do you HAVE to go 20 Mrs. Col
lins's tomorrow" disappointedly. Il
wanted you the rest of the week
may not yet get a girl before Mondas."
why amt Maggie coming backP
mo. She's got another place. Yes,
dear, in just a minute IN answer TO
an impatient call from Warren Get
your things off, Mrs. OGrady, and be-
gin in the front ROOM" and Helen ran
back to the bedroom
See here" demanded Warren, who
was just getting up. why can't We
send her out for some things and have
breakfast here? I am not keen on
going to any restaurant this morn
@But. dear, there isn't thing in the
housenG en mi dF tS og si anyt6 opt we
Got kitchen knives and forks
haven't you? Now, you send her for
whatever you need. Wen have break
Helen hurried back to the kitchen
and pensiIled a list of bread, butter,
Getting Breakfast.
"I guess that's all" giving it to
Mrs. OGrady. We've got coffee. Just
go to that little grocer's around the
corner. Half a pound of butter will
do don't think they have very good
things. And, oh. you'd better get a
cantaloupe-Mr. Curtis will want some
If Warren had only told her yester-
day that he wanted breakfast mere
thought Helen resentfully, as she
dressed quickly and began to set the
table But he had said they would go
out, and now nothing was ready.
He didn't have no cantaloupe SO
got two oranges as Mrs. O'Grady put
down the packages on the Kitchen
table.
the butter on one Of these small plates
and penciled a list of bread, butter,
make the coffee. UGH there's a
roach,' as Helen took down the eoffee
canister. There's another! And told
Maggie particularly TO put soda around
all these shelves and in the sinks De-
fore she closed up
where's the paperE DEMANDED war
rem. appearing at the kitchen door
"Oh, I forgot to order it yesterday:
I'm sorry, dear, but I'll be sure to tell
boy today"
ready2 It's getting late.
There wasn't a bit of coffee, and L
had to send her out again" apollo
getically, but she won't be a mo-
If Warren had had a paper he would
have been less impatient striding up
and down the dining room, ne caneo-
Its ten minutes OF nine can
wait around all morning
at won't be a moment now" hur-
rying in with the cut oranges come
sit down. dear, and have 70 yoq 16,,0 0ganse
"Pretrv bum orange" as Warren
gouged into the juiceless, pulpy fruit
with a kitchen teaspoon:
ooh. there's the mailr and Helen
ran to the door hopefully
The mail diverted Warren, until she
brought in the coffee and the three
minute eggs.
ssWant another teaspoon here" he
frowned, as he broke an egg with
kitchen fork.
ssYait. dear: I'll have to wash the
one you had for your orange We've
plenty Of kitchen tablespoOns-but only
two teaspoons
Helen Stirred the coffee and ate her
egg with the tablespoons, but Warren
was never expected to put up with any
more make-shifts than necessary
Now. try to get things in shape so
we can have dinner here tonlght-ln
sick of restaurants you'll get some
r-~ of OF
7 hone So" doubtfully. THAT Swed-
ish agency promised to send me one
this morning-but you can't depend
on any of them"
ssyVi1 YOU come here a minute, miss
called Mrs. OGrady.
Helen found her upon the kitchen
chair before a shelf Of utensils
ct thought I'd wipe off these sheIFes
while you were havin' your breakfast
and see what I foUnd!'
From behind a wooden chopping bowl
and stone crock she drew out a news
paper in which was wrapped one OF
HeIen'S best dessert plates. There was
a large v-shaped piece broken out or
the scoloped edge.
Helen took it with little cry or
you were always sayin' Maggie
never broke nOthin'," with vindictive
satisfaction, for Mrs. OGrady and Mag
stead of tellin' you when she broke
things. she did away with EN- She
must have forgot about this I'm
guess if you count up your china you'd
find a lot of 'em gone"
With flaming cheeks Helen took the
plate in to Warren
Warren, look; just look at thisi It's
one of the set Cousin Ellen gave US
when we were married. Maggie broke |
it and hid it away. Do you suppose
she's broken other things? 1 never |
dreamed she was that kind of girl"
Warren shrugged his shoulders. Il
thought she'd bear watching, but you !
seemed to think she was such a jewel" |
why Warren, you're the one who I
thought she was so wonderful-just be- /
cause she was a good cooki I always |
said she was sullen, but 1 did think she |
was honest"
See, here, I've got enough to worry !
about; for heavens sake don't bother |
me about lot of fool trifles Found |
the whole office upset yesterday: they'd |
let everything go while I was away. /
I'm going to fire that stenographer /
soon as get time to break in another. |
Now you ought to be able to run things |
here without everlastingly bOtherinS /
me"
oh, ] know you've lots to worry 1
YOU" with quick self-reproach. Don't /
think about anything here I'll get |
along all right. Mrs. O'Grady's so fast /
Wen have the whole place clean before /
night" with forced cheerfulness.
His Trunk