The Detroit times., 1917-05-21

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imagined myself deeply resent
ful Of Harper Carletons loye-mak
ing: and altho he had supposed me
unconscious al the time. J had de-
termined to put an end 20 our close
friendship but when attempted 10
act differently. Harper looked and
seemed so puzzled, pressed me No
hard for some reason for my al
tered manner that rather than tell
him what had heard, gradually
relApsed
Our new home was nearly nm
lshed and I spent a great deal Of
time IN selecting the draperies etc.
We would nae what furniture We
had. as Robert had suggested, until
we felt we could AFFORD 20 buy new
Then we would sell the old and en-.
tirely refurnish But as the win
dovs were OF a different size and
there were many more OF them. ]
was compelled 10 buy curtains for
nearly all OF them. used the old
ones for the third floor. the kitchen,
and maids room but even then
they had 10 be remade. and the
worn places cut away
Ia the old house we had occu
pied ever since we were married
the nursery had been somewhat OF
makeehift. as we were cramped
for room But in the new house
we had made large room on the
third noor into a play room for the
children. with the nursery sdjoin-
ing
We had been extravagant in Mt
ting up these rooms so that they
would be attractive and absolutely
sanitary The walls were covered
with a washable paper. altho IN the
play room we had frieze OF Moth
ct Goose characters had fitted
up the nursery entirely in white
even 10 the floor covering The
play room was al little more elabo-
rate az far as the room itself went
There was broad and deep FIRE.
place a. one srd with rhymes from
Mother Goose above and French
windows which swung outward on
covered balcony with 2 high rail
ing In bad weather they could play
outdoors with no danger OF getting
wet Robert had insisted upon this
balcony as being necessary FOR the
childrens health Their sleeping
room had windows on two sides
which were simply screened, so that
4, Vas practically a sleeping porch
altho re had the glass windows
also. which could be closed in bad
weather.
No one but mother knows how
happy was in arranging these
room, for my darlings A tiny bath
room. across the hall for their eN.
elusive use. completed our plans for
their comfort Bruce's pride ana
delight in the arrangement was
amusing MY rooms" he called
them. until impressed upon his
childish mind that baby sister
shared them equally with him,
Myrtle helped me sew. and Har-
per insisted upon doing his share
He sent the children several new
oys. and then came 10 help place
them and 20 hane some pictures he
had sent them Contrary 10 the
usual opinion that anything is good
enough for children, provided II is
brightly colored he gave them OK
cellent reproductions OF famous pic
lures Yet all subjects they could
understand animals. children. ete.
We did all this while Robert vas
away, and ! almost forgot my indg
nation AZ being left behind in the
thought of his pleasure when he
saw what we had accomplished
while he was gone
Harper asked me once again 10
ride with him. but refused, plead
ing nerves.
I'm not quite over the accident"
I told him.
Put you 20 out IN your own car.
7 hatter myself am as expert as
the man YOU take with you" he ex.
postulated.
"It isn't that don't blame you
for the accident. Put really feel
little nervous even in my own car
haven't tried 10 drive myself since
that day.
I'm sorry that anything should
have happened 10 make you uneasy
while with me" he replied.