South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-01
By MABEL HERBERT URNER.

asked Helen anxiously
What for? Nothing for me TO do
here, and / ought TO be at the office.
I'll phone you around noon TO see
how they're getting on They won't
have those things out before then"
Warren always managed TO get out
OF everything he disliked. So Helen
was left with Della 10 look after the
moving.
They had tried TO get three vans. but
on account of the rush around the
first OF October. they could get only
two. So one had TO come back for
the third load.
When at length the two Tans got
off. Helen decided il would be better
to 20 over TO the other apartment and
be there 10 receive those things, tnan
TO stay here for the third load
Della carried the French glass clock
one OF their wedding presents, which
Helen was afraid 10 pack, and Helen
took a fragile crystal vase wrapped In
tissue paper.
When the car came In sight OF the
new apartment Helen was surprised
to see two large moving vans drawn
up before the door.
why. surely they haven't got here
YETI"
"Oh, no. ma'am Them amt our
vans" exclaimed Della They couldn't
come as quick as we did
When they left the car and crossed
the street, Helen saw they were vans
from another storage house. and that
they were moving someone out:
The sidewalk was strewn with FUR
niture. There we're a lot of bundles
wrapped in sheets and box of
E l.. Is fInnnVQTR6
ing the blackened skillets and stew
pans. y
Household effects never show to ad-
vantage when they are being moved,
but Helen knew her things would look
better than these. All her boxes were
neatly nailed and there were no sheet
ed bundles except the mattresses. At
least she would not be ashamed for
anyone to watch them being brought
in-cOmpared To these they were good
looking
Upstairs in their apartment the
janitOr was just spreading down some
building paper to protect the floors.
"Oh, MIR. Simpson, while you're here,
/ want TO ask about putting up some
shelves in this closet leading the way
into her bedroom. and opening the
closet door. Couldn't two shelves
be put above that one?"
yes, ma 'am, the carpenter VIII De
here tomorrow. I'll send him up"
Helen wanted to know if the house
would pay for that work or if they
must. but she hated to ask just then.
They had already asked for so many
things. and she did not wish the jan
itor TO think they would expect too
much.
When he had gone, Helen raised one
of the front windows and leaned out,
looking for the vans. But they were
not in sight. The was nothing she
or Della could do until the things
came, and they had a long depressing
wait in the empty apartment
1t was after two before the vans
drew up. Then, to Helens dismay, the
men found they could not get the
freight elevator. IL was still being
used to move out the people on the
third floor. whose things Helen had
seen on the sidewalk.
More Delay.
This made a wait OF almost another
hour, and Helen grew almost frantic
with impotence. Think of all the
time they were wasting. And one of
the vans had still to so back for an
other load.
If she had only thought and had
Della bring a scrubbing brush and
some soap, she could be scrubbing up
the bathroom.
When at length the things began to
come up Helen looked eagerly for the
box with the cleaning things, so Della
would go to work.
But that was almost the last piece
to be brought in. And, in the mean
time, they did not even have a cloth to
dust the furniture as the men set it
in place.
back for the last load. Helen and
Della were trying to straighten around
as best they could, but found most
of the things they needed first had
been left for the other load. The bed
was here but none of the bed clothes;
the box of books, but not the book
case. Helen went from one room to
another, hardly knowing where to be-
gin.
When Warren came at six they had
been able to accomplish but little.
Haven't got all the things here
yet?" he demanded angrily, when
Helen hurriedly explained about the
'They couldn't get the freight ele-
Vator. dear
Like to know why they couldn't!
Didn't you see the janitOr?'
Yes, but there was nothing he
could do He said they'd have to fin
ish taking the other furniture down
before they could bring ours up"
We'll. I'd have seen about that, If
I'd been here! This is a fine state of
things, It'll be nine o'clock before
they get that stuff in"
Yes. they said it would be late"
admitted Helen.
well, we're not going TO stay here
tOnight-I'n tell you that right now.
Put some things in a handbag and
We'll go to hotel"
"Oh, but Warren. that'll be so ex-
pensive-and it's cost US so much to
move! Surely we can get the bad
fIxed and things straight enough"
Il told you we were going TO a
hotell I'm tire and I'm going TO have
a comfortable night"
Helen turned away with ouIVerinC