The San Francisco call., 1913-10-06

got your letter but | amt
coming back any more. l got
place where the work amt so hard
on me. 1 don't have to clean no
hard floors, and no ironing. l hope
YOU get somebody just as good,
Respectfully, Maggie Murphy.
So Maggie was not coming back,
Helen's dismay was mingled with in
dignation. If she had thought the
work too hard. why had she not said
SO before they sailed?
Helen looked helplessly around the
dusty dismantled apartment The
first thing to do was to get some one
to clean UP. Hurriedly she penciled
note to Mrs o'Grady. her washer
woman and standby, asking her 10
come at once-today. if possible; if
not, the first thing in the morning.
When she had sent the note she got
out of her travelling suit and into a
working house dress. She wanted to
get some of the dusting done before
Warren and the trunks came. or there
would be no place to put anything
when she unpacked.
VERY DEPRESSING
There is nothing more depressing or
discouraging than the opening up of
an apartment after several months
absence, and for the moment Helen
was almost homesick for their rooms
in Paris Just now her minds pic
ture of those rooms seemed more ia
miliar than this their own home.
It was almost an hour before she
saw a cab with their trunks driven
up and Warren jump out. Eagerly
Helen ran out to the hall.
Dear. she's not coming back" she
announced, tragically. as Warren
stepped from the elevator followed by
the boy with their bags.
Who's not coming back? Now,
where do you want these things put?"
Tn my room-Tn unpaek every
thing in there. Why. Maggie-here's s
a letter from her. She says she has
a place where the works not so hard
And after she promised so faithfully
to come back
Wen. what of it?' glancing over
the pile of mail on the dining room
table. Plenty of other girls. What's
! this bill from Ardman's? Thought 1
paid that before we sailed
L haven't had time to look over
any of the mail yet. Oh, here come
i the trunks and Helen ran to hold
| open the door BE careful-don't
scar the walls! You can take them
right into the last room"
When the men had gone Warren
glanced around the apartment with
an Indifferent air.
We'll, you're all right now. 1 must
be getting down TO the office
But, dear. what shall do about a
girl? Had we better advertise? 1
/ dread going to those employment
agencies. Wonder if we could get
that sister of Mrs. Stevens girl? She
wanted to come last winter"
Nothing like that; we don't want
any one carrying news back and forth
to the Stevens. Get a girl on your
own hook
Helen hesitated you know that
Swedish agency? It's not far from
your office. Do you suppose you'd
have time to run in there?"
Now, see here. I've enough to do
today without trotting around for
any girl If you can't go yourself.
telephone. Get my umbrella out of
that shawl strap, will you? Looks
like it'll rain before night Jove, this
place is dusty" as ne took his hat
from the hall table.
S-IST MAG
Il know, dear. it's dreadful. You
wouldn't think If would get so dusty
when everything's been closed up.
I'll try to have the worst of it off
before you get home. Tve sent for
Mrs. O'Grady. but she may not come
today"
Don't know what time I'll be
home.7 as he strode toward the door
But we'll have to go out for dinner
tonight anyway, so it won't matter"
Helen followed him to the door
with wistful:
Dear, do call me up some time
during the day I'll be so lonely here
all alone"
A CRUEL REPLY
Lonely" as he rang for the eIe-
vator. Should think you'd have
enough to do to keep from being
lonely. Til not have any time for
telephoning." and Warren entered the
elevator with curt, so long.
/ She turned back into the apartment
/ 1t had never looked to her SO DESC
/ late The lonely day and the drear-
mess of unpacking lay before her.
She could have cried from sheer de-
spendency.
IT was the Inevitable '1et down"
| that comes after a trip. There is no
mental state more depressing than
that which comes with the unpacking
of ones trunk
And the heartsick lump in Helen's
throat stayed there most of the dav
GLADSTONE'S EARLY WIT
Gladstone, when a boy. was visit
ing in the country and the farmer