The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-11-28

this did not occur to her at the time
She received a brief note In reply
saying that the furnishing and decor
ating were nov practically completed
and the house ready for her inspection
any time she cared to come up e
town Hence this joyous expedition.
Daphne had half expected to find her
husband waiting for her at the house,
for the parliamentary ecess was over
and she knew he was almost certain
to be in town. Instead, she was re-
ceived by an overwhelmingly polite In
dividual named Hibbins. from the
house fu~rnishers'. Mr. Hibbins' ap-
pearance and department proved a
sore trial to the compesure Of Nicky.
who exploded at frequent and mex
pected intervals throughout the after
noon. lamely alleging the fantastic de-
sign of some very ordinary wall paper
or the shortness Of Stify's Sunday
trousers, in excuse. sn
1t was essentially. a masculine house.
furnished In accordance with a mans
ideas Of solidity and comfort. The
high oak paneling and dark green
frieze IN the dining room pleased
Daphne, who recognized that glass
aud silver. well illuminated. would
show up bravely in such a setting.
The drawing room was perhaps q little
too severe ir its scheme Of decora-
ton. Daphne would have preferred
something nor feminine. but that
comes" she reflected characteristical-
,ly, "of leaving 1t to your p~artner!"
There was a billiard room in which
Nicky declared 1t would be a sin to
place a billiard table, so perfectly vas
It adapted for waltzipg after dinner.
Opening out of the billiard room was
a plainly furnished but attractive little
set of apartments.--.the bachelor
suite" Mr.. Hibbins, designated it,
consisting of a snug study with an
apartment adjoining containing q
small camp bed and a large bath.
Daphne's own ooms consisted Of q
bedroom and boudoir on the first door,
with wide bow windows.
The nursery came last. It was a
large irregular shaped room at the top
of the house, full of unexpected cor
ners and curious alcoves such as chill
dren love, affording convenient caves
for robbers and eligible lairs for wild
beasts, fabulous or authentic. besides
the regulation nursery furniture there
was a miniature set In green stained
wood, a table barely eighteen inches
high, a tiny armchair and a miniature
sofa upon which Master Brian's friends
might recllne when they came to drink
tea or its equivalent. Round the whole
room ran a brightly colored dado Gov
cred with life size figures of all the
people we love when we are young
Jack the Giant Killer, Old King Cole,
Cinderella and the Three Bears. Even
Peter Pan. with residence and follow.
ing. was there. The spectacle of DR..
Johnson taking a walk down Fleet
street would pale to insigni6cance com.
pared with. that of Master, Brian We're
ker Carr enjoying a constitutional along
his own dado, encountering, a new
friend round every r
Daphne suddenly realized chat here
was yet another aspect of this strange,
impenetrable husband Of hers. The
room In its way was a work Of genius
the genius that understands children.
AS they departed to catch the after
noon train to Snayling the obsequious
Mr.. Hibbins produced a letter.
Sir John Carr, he explained, had call
ed at the head Office of their firm that
morning-in person, Mr.. Hibbins add
ed with a gratified smile-and request
ed that this letter should be handed to
her ladyship in the afternoon. Sir John
had also instructed Mr.. Hibbins to In
form her ladyship that any improve
ments or alterations which she desired
had only to be mentioned to be carried
oct.
Mr.. Hibbins having handed them into
a cab and hidden them an ~unctuous
farewell, they drove away to the sta
ton, Nicky atoning for previous aloof.
ness by hanging out of the window and
waving her handkerchief until they
turned the corner.
The journey from London to Snay-
ling-involving, as 1t does, a run OF
forty miles by mail line, a wait Of In.
definite duration at a junction, furnish.
ed with no other facilities for recrea-
ton than a weighing machine and u
printed and detailed record Of the W.
full fate which awaits persons who
compass the awe inspiring but cum
brous crime of travelling by a class
superior to that to which the ticket In
their possession entities them and con-
GLIDING with an interminable crawl
along a branch line-is not at first
sight an enterprise that promises much
joyous adventure. but Nicky and
Stifry, who usually contrived to keep
ennui at arms length, had a very toll
cradle time of 1t.
Their efforts at first were directed
to securing a compartment to them
selves. an achievement which, wheI