South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-25

DO I have to call today? ON, / do
dread il SOL"
Got 10 go some time" shrugged
with"
Tell me what he said about her"
pleaded Helen. Gle must have told
you more than that"
"Oh. he rceled of a lot Of stuff
the sort Of thing every man says about
the girl ne just engaged q. she is
3 nice girl all right. but never took
much stock in her father. Puts on
q lot Of side"
But THERE very rich. aren't they2"
conscious OF vague Jealousy That
Warrens brother should be marrying
q girl with a fortune
Yes. the old mans got money.
Holds on 20 IL. too. Misery old cuss.
Il wonder what I'd better Wear,
muttered Helen iTrelevanty.
Wen have TO have them here TO
dinner" Warren always Ignored
Helen's question Of clothes. You
might as we'll invite her now.
oh. / know it's going TO be dread
fully embarrassing. What shall I say
20 her? What do people say when
they make such a call2'
How do 1 know Women Ire sup
posed TO know about those things.
Say you're glad she is coming into the
fanesiy; you have hope she and Bobu
be happy-the usual stuff. w ell
draining his coffee cup and pushing
back his chair. shall ] phone Bob
that youll call on her today
Yes. yes. IL suppose So reluc-
family, following him out into the hail,
where he shrugged into his oyeTcOat.
The rest of the morning Helen wOr-
Tied about this call on her intended
sister-in-law. Not only had she never
met this young girl but Bob himself,
who spent most OF his time in the Chi
cagO office of his company, seemed al
most a stranger.
The engagement was not yet pub
lcly announced, but Bob had told
Warren and the rest OF the family last
week Mrs. Curtis and Carrie had al
ready called. and now Helen was to-
go this afternoon.
II was haIf-past four when she
started out. The address Warren had
given was fashionable uptown
apartment. With q shrinking dread
OF the ordeal before her, Helen left
the subway and walked toward the
imposing marble-fronted structure
\ BIG Rental
Ten rooms and three baths-$4,-
500" read "a black, gilt-lettered sign
hy the entrance. Four thousand I'VE
hundred dollars 1t was an extraNa-
CANT rental. and Helen knew Bob
could not afford TO keep a wife in
such an apartment
Inside. the hall was lavishly ornate
with carving and gilt. a uniformed,
white gloved dOorman announced her
What should she say first? How
should she begin tine conversation.
The big. bronze elevator stopped at
the ninth floor.
\ rim. W4ite-capped maid opened
the door and Jshered her through 10
81 large. over-decOrated, over-fur-
nished drawing room Everything was
expensive and aggressiVely new.
More money than taste was
Helen's first impression, and, with
glow of pardOnable pride she thought
Of her own simpler apartment with
its charming antiques.
Then Louise entered-a tail. slen-
der. ark-haired girl. attractively
gowned i'm a blue frOck.
Blushing wildly she came forward.
Helen saw that she was painfully en-
barrassed. and putting aside her own
seIf-consCiOusncss she tried TO put the
girl at ease
i've been wanting to come TO see
YOU all week" Helen began bravely
"ever since Robert told us. But IL
striving desperately for an excuse, 4
felt YOU might not want callers so
soon"
I'm very happy to meet all of Bob's
family. although with a deepening
blush, Its a little embarrassing.'
"Oh 7 know" sympathetically; Il
remember when 1 was engaged 20
Warren how / dreaded meeting his
people"
Helen Il Delighted.
Delighted that the conversation
had taken so natural q turn. Helen
told Louise about her own engage
ment.
Il remember every detail of his
mothers first call, even 60 her dress
and her black handled parasol. tt
was i'm the summer, she sat by "a win
dow and the curtain blew against her
face. L remember the very gesture
so like WarTen's - with which she
kept brushing 40 back
What did YOU talk about2' Louise