The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-02-26

| Rsvn's dignity vas su.A tAa1 -
scarcely aav tAs naa vho took ~
coat And hat, aAA vhe rsesivsA -
greeting fron his nastsr. Lanfa Rava
needed 70 sDeak 70 hin ths soooaA
| time.
Well" aaiA he. turniAS anA sighlaS.
"hovs everythiAs?"
Very we'll. John
Not 20 bod. eh!- He jssksA 0
thumb to indicate the iaks.
ITS grand" saiA his wife, yet WITH
no vast enthssiasn in her toas.
Il should say 1t u grand! ANYHOW.
there's nothing graa6sr aroSn1 c.
caso. There's not vssy nseA hses IN
the way Of seeasV. OF cosrss. II
New York"
oh. don't let - talk Of New Yosk.
John"
Il don't sos bow I could stand any.
thing bigger or grasAsr than this."
II could not have bssa called Q
wholly happy family satAssiAs. this q
Graystons Hail. In6ssl. h lAeks1
perhaps thrss ssssratioss. Dsssibay
three seoas. Of bsans haSpy.
With little moro speoch aftoe tho
evening meal than they had had -
fore. an hour. psFAaps. vas passsA
in the room which the architect called
the library. Mrs. Rawa called tAe pr.
lor. and Mr.. Rava calhA the goll
room. Then Laura Ravn, - vas her
wont. passed silently upstairs to hss
own apartmsnts-or her bedroom. -
she called ft-widely removed. in the
architects plans. from thoss Of her
husband. One room. one couch. had
served for both in Kelly Row.
.
In appsarsncs virginia Delaware
might have won approval from . clos
er critic than John Ravn. Her facs
really was almost classical In it,
lines. her poiss and dignity now might
have been that Of some young. clean
limbed wood-soddess Of old. She q.
ways seemed unAt for humdrum d.
ties.
We have some letters this morn
ing. Miss Delaware" began Rawn.
You couldn't quite take care of them
all. eh?"
We handled all ~ could, Mr..
Rawn. have referred y large num-
Der to proper department heads, and
answered quite q number. II seemed
better to refer these for your own 40
tion."
Business growing. eh?" said Rawn,
turning around to his desk. The girls
reply was Just properly enthusiastic
for the business:
IT'S wonderful the mail We get.
Inquiries come from all over the coun.
try. Yes. indeed. it seems to grow"
Il was about to say. Miss Della.
ware." Rawn answered. that I am,
as you know. very busy man"
Yes. sir" she said. evenly and i'm.
personally.
Il have 10 many things to do, you
see, that l don't get much time to
attend to little things outside of my
business. A mans business 10 q mill.
stone around his neck. Miss Della.
ware. We men of-ahem!-of Affairs
| are little better than slaves"
Yes. Mr.. Rawn." she said gently.
Il can understand that"
For instance. don't even know,
as long as I have been here In Chi.
cago, the names of the best firms OF
decorators. house furnishers. that sort
Of thing"
Does Mrs Rawn get about very
much. sir?"
Mrs. Rawn unfortunately IL not
very well. Also she has the habit of
| delaying In such matters. Then, a. I
don't myself have the time to take
care of everything you see"
Her eyebrows were 4 tribe raised
by now.
SO was Just wondering whether
l couldn't avail myself Of your-your
very possible knowledge Of these
stores-shops. I mean"
"Of course. Mr.. Rawn. I'd be willing
to do anything could" she said. II
know the city pretty we'll. having lived
here for some time. II you would
rather have me use my time In that
way. 1t would be great pleasure I
like nice things myself. though Of
coul Sc l could never have them I've
Just had to datten my nose against
the window-pane! But what is the
color scheme. Mr.. Rawn?"
About everything the confounded
builders and decorators could think
Of" said Rawn frankly. Il think they
called 1t gray -and-silver motive. I
know there's something in white, with
dark red for the doors and facin9s"
Miss Delaware sat for q moment, q
pencil against her lip. engaged In
thought.
Certainly, Mr.. Rawn. I'll be very
glad to do it. II ! can be spared from
the office"
| .sThat'a all Misc nola us ro