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

value Will Qol6T1OraIe. really c4nA
undertake any more work for 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-
ling at the loneliness of his things.
And you made them all?" she
asked.
] Eyes, most Of these are originals:
made by my own hands" he smiled.
like to see them?" VT
I'D love to- said the once naughty
Miss Wedgewood. S
there were other rooms containing
But just then came man who must
and left her to roam about as she
chose Ten minutes later he returned,
to find her in the back room whore
was the orangewood boudoir set. She
flung her hat away and was Sitting
before the dressing table where the
afternoon sun streamed through tho
window.
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 these
things"
ooh, I'm sorry." she glanced pp
startled, and arose contrftely. They
they are the love1iest 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 gtat11
Making them, you know. for tho dream
girl who might some day be fo0alah
enough to-love me-" He smiled whist
fully.
"She would have-have to be avss9
wonderful dream girl to be worthy q
of such thoughtfulness and-apd
sense Of beauty" said Irene Wedge.
wood, as she stepped hesitant1y pASs
him into the hall And few moments
later she left, the original intention q
her VISIT to Mains completely forgot
ten.
Two months later when Irs0o
Wedgewood went out to supeFintan0
the arrangement of the furnishings OF
her new house, she found a certain
orange wood boudoir set already UNI
packed In the room adjoining her bed
room. For an instant she held her
hands over her surprised eyes ana
then looked again. Star-eyed and with
flaming cheeks she went. to the teeo.
phone before which she sat for some
moments in deep thought, then sud
denly she changed her mind, for sho
slipped into her coat and drove her
car furiously back to town.
At five that afternoon she ertered
Mains studio rather breathleesly-
eve 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 fancy Of
mine to send. It. You were the hrst
woman to see 1t. and-and so were
entitled to have It. Its ralue isis
entirely other than fnsnciel-so, you
see. money cannot pay for IT"
T-I didn't mean MONEY" A tear
slipped down her cheek. 81 thought
might be the-tEe dream sirl-and
and pay for it witk--love. She
stood there with bowed head and
warm flushed cheeks.
whereat Mains reached out ana
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.