The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-03-19

all day. You've got to have some
thing to make these holes"
Eyes, know" admitted Helen. 81
intended 10 get little gimlet but for.
got 1t. You get down-Irl try"
Helen worked until her fingers
aohed, but the screw made hardly
moro than am impression in the hard
wood. Yet when Helen undertook a
thing she rarely gave it up. And
now she finally struck on the plan of
| driving a nail and then drawing It
out, which left a holt and made it
easy to start tho screw. But it was q
tedious process, and 1t was after four
o'clock before the curtains were up
on the three dining room windows
Now, Della, let's see If we can't
get these shades on the lights in the
front room. Those white globes are
SO glaring."
But we won't have time, mann.
ought to be SEEM about dinner
Yes we will, If we hurry. l want
to unpack that box anyway, and get
it out of the hall"
| AN IMPORTANT FEATURE.
The proper shading of electric
| lights, Helen always considered most
| important. She had bought num-
! Der of rose colored globes for the
other apartment, and now she was
, eager to put them up here.
! The fixtures were different, and
they were hard to adjust, but Helen.
who really loved to tinker with things,
finally got them on.
There. now" as she climbed down
! and touched the button by the door,
flooding the room with a soft rose
light. Aren't they lovely? See how
much better they make everything
look? oh, there's NOTHING that
helps a room so much as the right
kind of light! Now let's get this box
out of here and you can go on with
the dinner"
which the shades had been packed,
and Della went grumbling into the
! kitchen.
But Helen worked on, hurriedly get
ting things into place, trying to make
everything as attractive as she could
| before Warren came. The men had
not brought all the things in until late
! the night before and in the morning
everything had been in hopeless dis
order. Now almost everything was
! unpacked and even the curtains were
up. Surely Warrent would be sur
prised that she should have done so
! much in one day.
She turned on all the light so he
would get the best effect the mo-
ment he entered, gave last glance
about and then hurried in to dress
If only she would have time to get
into her new dinner gown.
She told herself joyfully that he
would expect to find her tired and
disheveled, with the apartment only
half in order and packing boxes still
strewn about. How surprised and
| pleased he would be to find every
thing to rights. And they would have
a wonderful first evening in their new
| home!
The hall door opened and closed
1t was Warren. A few last hurried
touches to her dress and hair and she
ran out happily to meet him.
She had pictured him standing al
the door of the front room looking
around with pleased surprise. He
might even say, fine, Kitten!" which
from him was the highest praise.
BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.
But he was not at the door of the
front room. He was not in the from
room at all. She hurried through into
the library. He was standing witt
his hands in his pockets looking
frowningly at his desk.
See, here, Helen, this won't do
Why on earth did you put the desl
that way? Can't get any kind of {
light on it there. Here's the place fol
it," pointing to where the book case
stood.
Il didn't think of the light. dear, i
looked SO we'll there. But it ism
heavy-we can easily move it,
Yes. but you can't bulge that bool
case now with all those books in it.
Della and l can take them out anC
move it tomorrow, murmured Helen