South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-21

Express arriving on track -" Helen
hurried over TO the gate. Anxiously
she scanned the crowds as they surged
through.
Would She Know Her.
II had been two years since she hal
seen Alice. and then only for one aft
ernoon. Would she know her among
all those people?
Isn't this Cousin Helen?"
Helen turned quickly 10 greet the
very pretty and very well dressed
young girl who had touched her arm
inquiringly 1t was Helen who was
somewhat disconnected and confused.
Alice was wholly at her ease.
Where is Cousin Warren" was
almost her first question.
Why, he was very busy and
couldn't come" Helen found herself
apOlOgizing
well. that wasn't nice OF him,
was il? / thought, of course, he'd be
here. on. yes. turning TO the porter
who approached suggestively, you
can put that down" Then. as she
glanced in her purse. Il haven't any
thing less than a dollar. Will you
give him quarter. Cousin Helen ,"
Helen handed him "A quarter, al
though she would never have given a
porter more than a dime for carrying
suitcase off the train.
Now. we'd better see about your
, trunk" she suggested.
"Oh, I'm so tired. Can't Cousin
Warren get il tomorrow? I've got
enough things in here" nOdding to-
ward the suitcase, FOR tonight
A Needless Trip.
Helen hesitated. THAT would mean
"A needless trip for him in the morn
i -
| while were here
Then 1 ought to have kept the
porter. that suitcase is so heavy to lug
around"
II was heavy, but Alice calmly let
Helen carry it. At the transfer desk
Helen paid the 70 cents Tor the de-
livery Of the trunk. while Alice looked
on without protest.
OF course. she had intended TO pay
it, and would have insisted on doing
so, but somehow she felt a growing
! resentment that Alice should not
even offer-that she should take
everything for granted
They made their way out Of the
station, Helen still carrying the suit
case and listening to Alice's recital of
how long and tiresOme the trip had
| been. As she led the way over to
take the car at the corner. to her as
constituent, Alice suggested quickly:
"Why, hadn't we better take a taxi
with that suitcase? These cars look
so crowded"
Helen felt her face flush. but she
answered firmly. These cars take us
even quicker than a taxi, and they go
/ almost 20 the door"
That was not quite true, but it would
! take more than the calm assurance
| of Warren's cousin TO make Helen take
/ a taxi.
/ II - - z-.---z.. 49,. - ID
/ Helen had an awkward time with the
suitcase while she tried to get the
money from her purse. Her flush
/ deepened at the frOwning disapprOval
/ OF the other passengers, who knocked
| against or stumbled over the suitcase
/ as they passed.
Il thought we should have taken
/ taxi" murmured Alice, plainly an
! noyed.
To this remark Helen made no an
swer. When they left the car Alice
still did not offer to help with the
suitcase. And Helen carried il to the
door, where the elevator boy ran for
ward to take it from her
If she had expected Alice to COM
ment on the imposing building and
/ more imposing entrance she was dis
/ appointed, for Alice viewed it all with
| calm indifference. Even when Helen
| showed her into the dainty bedroom
she had fixed up with such care, Alice
hardly glanced around.
"Oh. il was the most tiresOme trip"
she complained again. They couldn't
get me anything but an upper berth
and l didn't sleep at all. / think I'll
| take a bath and lie right down" plac-
ing her dusty suitcase on Helen's clean
white counterpart as she unstrapped
it.
1--WE emptied those two drawers
for YOU" explained Helen. trying not
TO notice the suitcase, and this side
of the closet"
Spoiled and Selfish.
When Helen drew down the blinds
and left her, and went into Warren's
! room TO take off her own things. She
had often heard that Alice was spoil
ed and selfish; that Aunt Emma had
! humored and waited on her always.
But surely a girl of eighteen should
be more appreCiative of what Warren
and she were trying to do for her
Her whole attitude was rather that
she was comforting a favor upon them
by her visit, instead Of being indebted
for this refuge from the distressful
condition of her home in Dayton.
"Oh. Cousin Helen" Alice was call
ing from the bathroom. Haven't you
any almond meal? l never use soap
| on my face
Helen coldly informed her that they
had no almond meal.
Then 1 suppose this will have to
do" shifting at the cake of toilet
/ soap. But my skins 50 delicate-I
| have 10 be careful what / use"
SO this was what she would have TO
put up with. Helen told herself indig-
/ nantly. And Warren-would ne put
up with il at all? Would ne tolerate
the attitude of this self-assuTed young
woman-even if she were his cousin
Helen was filled with misgivings. AL
ready she was beginning TO wonder
II they had not been very unwiSe in
acceding Co Aunt Emma's request that
Alice should visit them.
The next few weeks were going 10
be very difficult ones. and Helen felr