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


Helen busted out the bureau draw
ers she had just empued. and carefully
fitted In the fresh paper lining. Then
She opened the door OF her crowded
closet. trying TO decide how many
hooks should be cleared off.
To make room for a guests clothes
in crowded New York apartment Is
always Il problem. And Alice was 10
arrive that afternoon at $3.50. Helen
had thought OF course, that Warren
would meet her but at breakfast ne
had CURLY declared that he could not
spare the time.
why should anyone meet herr" he
had demanded. why can't she take
"a taxi and come UP herself2"
But Helen had protested that for
the looks Of the thing she would have
10 meet her IL ne could not. AL
though Alice was Warren's cousin,
Helen knew from the beginning she
would have 10 assume the burden Of
entertaining and looking after her.
By O'Clock Henelen's room, which
was TO be Alice's while she stayed, was
in perfect order. The muslin curtains
had just come from the laundry. there
was a fresh Counterpart on the bed,
a fresh scarf on the bureau and even
the pincushiOn cover had been done
up. and was run on with new ribbons.
il was "A dainty. restfuI room. Surely.
after the horrors and hardships Of the
Dayton flood. Alice would appreciate
it.
The Clock Was Slow.
BY the time Helen started to dress
20 go TO the station she was almost
worn out. Then she found that the
clock was ten minutes slow, and had
10 hurry, which sired her more.
She reached the station just three
minutes after half-past. What If the
train was already in, and she sohuld
miss Alice after all?
That $3.50 train form the west is
not in YETI" she asked breathlessly of
a guard.
"Forty-five minutes late" pointing
90 the bulletin board.
Forty-five minutesl To have to
wait here for three-qUaTters of an
hour. Resignedly she sank on one
Of the benches in the main waiting
room. For a moment she closed her
eyes YEARLY and listened to the nu-
merOus sounds Of the great depot-the
shuffling of many feet. hum of
voices and the hOarse shout of the an
nOuncer calling off suburban towns.
A German woman with two children
one in her arms and one clinging to
her skirt, took the next seat to Helen
while the man with her put down
Shabby, bulging bundle and hurried
off To get the tickets.
Helen smiled down at the child
poorly clad and not over clean who
was reaching for the tassel of her UNI
brella. The man came back. said
something in German as he took up
the bundle and they all started OF
toward the gates. Helen looked aft
er them. wondering vaguely where
they were going.
Another couple came up. a young
woman in a smart grey tailored suit.
small travelling hat and a black
dotted face veil. Helen caught a
.whiff Of viOlets as she sat down beside
her The man with a brown derby
and "A brown spring overcoat, put
down a suitcase covered with foreign
labels and hurried off TO the same
ticket window.
Got plenty of time" he announced,
coming back with his stick under his
arm and the tickets in his hand.
Train is just made up. No chair car
yet"
IL is a varying crowd that passes
through any railroad station of a
large city. and Helen watched with
interest the different types of trav-
elers.
In a corner was a newsstand with
the gaily colOred magazines and re-
cent fiction attractively displayed. A
glass case Of chocolates was well
patrOnized. The number of people
who bought chewing gum and candy
before they took their train was as
tOnishing. All the penny-in-the slot
machines were doing a thriving bust
ness.
At length the minute hand of the
station clock pointed TO ten minutes
after four. only five minutes more. The
. minutes late on the bulletin board
had not been changed. so evidently
there had been no further delay. But
IL was ten minutes more before the
train came in.
AS the announcer called Western