Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-05
opyright, 1918, Information
News Service.)

NCOpS III IJlct IiilSi
News Service.)
Helen and Warren had planned
long before the holidays not to give
presents to each other. This COM
mon agreement had come about
through long discussion, and had
finally been decided upon only be-
cause Helen had said that inasmuch
as they had so many people to re-
member at that time of tlNe year,
| they might save any amount they
had planned to spend on each other,
and spend it some time later when
there was not such demand upon
the common pocketbook.
In spite of the fact that Helen
had really meant this when she had
suggested it, she had hoped against
| hope that Warren would ignore it
when the time came. She had said
to herself many times, Warren will
surprise me, | just know he will"
and when Christmas had come and
gone, and there had been no present
from Warren, Helen had been ter
Iibly disappointed.
Then had come the unfortunate
experience in the rain, and Helen
had taken 81 terrific cold. All
through that awful time Warren
had been more than considerate
His usual irascible self had been
temporarily buried, and his one
thought had been to make Helen
happy. Helen hardly knew him,
and she determined that if ever she
were able to once more face the
world she would make it up to him.
For Helen was really seriously ill,
and she mad stayed in bed for the
greater part of a week with nasty
fever, and with pains in every part
of her body.
When she had finally struggled
to take her usual position in the
household she had told Warren one
evening that he had been n darl-
ing.
"Why, Warren, you saw to every
thing. l just had to lie there and
let you arrange things for me, and
/ knew L was horribly cross"
Warren, proud of being told that
he had come through the trying
time with flying colors, smiled and
said that it was the least he could
do: but Helen knew that he had
exerted himself, and she determined
| to do something to make up Tor 1t.
All during her conValescence she
tried to determine just what ii
would be. and she finally decided
upon gift brought out of some
housekeeping money that she had
saved.
There were about seventeen dol
lars put away in a pastboard box,
which she had bored hole through
and which served beautifully as n
bank, and she had saved in addition
to that eleven dollars since her ILL
ness.
That makes thirty-one," she said
reflectively one warmish day when
the sun was shining and Helen, with
a1 lnad fNlannad
to shop. THAT much ought to buy
something really nice, Why, | know
what it will be, a set of full dress
studs and cuff links. Warren has
always made those cheap studs do,
and has worn his gold sun links.
He will appreciate gift like that
more than anything else
All during her trip downtown,
Helen imbued with the idea, could
hardly wait to invest her money.
When she finally found herself pos
sessed with pair of pearl and gold
cuff links at eighteen dollars and a
set of studs at eleven, she was
utterly, blissfully' happy.
Warren, dear" she said that
night at dinner, there's a surprise
at your plate.
"a surprise, what's all thisE'
said Warren, discovering, suddenly
a tiny white box half hidden under
his napkin.
open it and see If you like it,"
Helen said excitedly.'
"Well. WELL" said Warren, TAX
ing up the box, what does this
mean? Why should I have a sur
prise?"
"Just because l wanted to give
you one"
Warren had slipped the box out
of it's tissue wrappings and had