Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-06-04
value will deteriorate. really CANT,
undertake any more work for q long

value will deteriorate. really CAM.
undertake any more work for q long
time"
But she was paying little attention
to what he was saying as she movet
about the room eagerly touching this
piece and that, wondering and exclaim-
ing at the loneliness of his things. "a
And you made them all?" she
asked.
eyes, most of these are originals:
made by my own hands," he smiled.
II have other things here. Would you
like to see them?"
I'D love to- said the once naughty
Miss Wedgewood.
And be led her down the hall where
there were other rooms containing
odds and ends of Mains Made things.
But just then came man who must
be seen, and Mains excused himself
and left her to roam about az she
chose. Ten minutes later he returned,
to find her in the back room whaagS;
was the orangewood boudoir ReS&Bne
flung her hat away and was sitting
before the dressing table where the
afternoon sun streamed through the
window. i
Mains was startled to see her there
for he usually kept this room locked.
These things were sacred to Mains.
and not for the eyes Of the casual OBJ
server, but when he caught the picture
Of her there as her regal young head
dropped slightly under the weight OF
the halo Of her pale bright hair. he
stopped in the doorway.
You are the first woman," he said,
softly, who has ever looked on the1o
things"
ooh, I'm sorry" she glanced up
startled, and arose contrtely. ''Thsy
they are the loveliest things rye
ever seen"
eyes, he said. looking down into
her eyes, II wanted them to be. For
seven years I've been making them,
bit by bit, in my little shop up stairs.
Making them. you know, for the dream
girl who might some day be fooliah
enough to-love me-" He smiled wist
fully.
"She would have-have to be wary
wonderful dream girl to be worthy q
of such thoughtfulness and-and
sense Of beauty" said Irene Wedge.
wood. as she stepped hesitantly pass
him into the hall. And few moments
later she left the original intention ct
her visit to Mains completely forgot
ten.
Two months later when Irene
Wedgewood went out to superntend
the arrangement OF the furnishings Of
her new house, she found certain
orange wood boudo1r set already UNI
packed In the room adjoining her bed
{~s ch hAl
hands over her surprised eyes and
then looked again. Star.eyed and with
flaming cheeks she went to the teso.
phone before which she sat for some
moments in deep thought then sud
denly she changed her mind. for she
slipped into her coat and drove her
car furiously back to town.
At five that afternoon she entered
Mains studio rather breathle-s]y.
1--WE come" demurely said the once
imperious Miss Wedgewood, to- pay
for-for the boudoir set"
Mains smiled down into her eyes,
standing close. ut was a fancy OF
mine to send it. You were the first
woman to see it. and-and so were
entitled to have it. It's value isis
entirely other than fnsncicl-so, you
see, money cannot pay for it,
IL didn't mean money" A tear
slipped down her cheek. 81 thought
might be the--tke dream si-l-and
and pay for it witk--love." She
stood there with bowed head and
warm flushed cheeks.
Whereat Mains reached out and
gently cuddled her to his heart, collect
ing his first payment promptly. AND
the present Mrs. Mains will tell you
any time that Mains Made happiness
is even more wonderful than Mains
Made furniture.