Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-03
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CHAPTER XI.-Continued.
She decided to decorate first, and
the great hamper of flowers was
forthwith brought into the barn, and
the chauffeur set to work twining
ropes and prays of smilax and as
paragus fern over doorways and pic
lures, and training it like a vine about
the stone chimney. Then came the
flowers. Pots of tall. starry lilies,
great, heavy-headed, exquisite breath
ed roses, pink, white, yellow, and
crimson; daffodils and sweet peas,
with quantities of sweet violets in the
bottom of the basket. Elizabeth with
deft fingers selected the flowers skill
fully. putting pots of lilies on the
window-sills. massing a quantity of
pink roses in a dull gray jar she
found among the kitchen things, that
looked to the initiated amazingly as
though it might once have been part
of a water-filter, but it suited the pink
roses wonderfully. The tall vases on
the bookcases each side of. the fire
place held daffodils. Sweet peas
We're glowing in small vases and glass
es and bowls, and violets in saucers
filled the air with fragrance. White
and yellow roses were on the dining
table. n three exquisite tall crimson
rosebuds glowed in a slender glass
vase Elizabeth had brought with her.
room on the little stand that she
judged would be placed beside the
bed when the bed arrived. The flow
ers certainly did give an atmosphere
to the place in more senses than one:
and the girl was delighted. and. flut-
tered from one spot to another,
changing the position of a vase or
bowl, and then standing off to get the
effect.
Nov bring me the big bundle, Jen-
kins, please" she said at length when
she was satisfied with the effect. ""Oh,
and the little long box. Be careful.
screws may. fall OUT 80
Jenkins was soon back, with the
things. , :
Now, you get the rods put up at
the windows. Jenkins. while I get out
the curtains and she united the big
bundle with eager fingers.
y Jenkins was adaptable, and. the
rods were simple affairs. He was
soon at work, and Elizabeth ran the
rods into the curtains.
They were not elegant curtains.
get nothing elaborate. nothing that
would be out Of keeping with the sim
plicity. They were soft and straight
and creamy, with a frost-like pattern
rambling over them in threads of the
same, illuminated here and there with
a single rose and a leaf in color.
There was something cheerful and
spring-like to them. and yet they
looked exceedingly plain and suitable,
no ruffles or trimming of any kind,
just hens. To Elizabeth,si mind they
had been very cheap. Shirley would
rave exclaimed over their beauty
wistfully and turned from them with
a gasp when she heard their price.
They were mt Of those, quiet fitting
things that cost without Haunting it.
They transformed the room into a
dream. -.
"Oh, isn't it beautiful" exclaimed
Elizabeth. standing back to look as
the first curtain went up.
Yes, Miss. it's very stunning, Miss"
said the man, working away with
good will in his face. -
When the curtains were all up,
Elizabeth pinned one Of her cards to
the curtain nearest the front door, in
scribed, with love from Elizabeth"
Then in a,panic she looked at her
watch.
ooh, Jenkins. It's almost six
o'clock. she cried in dismay. ''They
might get here by half-past, perhaps.
We must. hurry! Bring the other
things in quick now. please"
. So jenkins brought them in,
bundles and bags and boxes, an ice
cream freezer, and last of all the
cooking-outfit belonging to their tour
ing car.
Now you get the hot things ready,
Jenkins, while 1 fix the table," direct
ed the girl.
Jenkins, we'll trained in such things,