The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-11-04

TACT
BY JULIA A. ROBINSON.


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Mrs. Wentworth had mored INTO 4
new apartment on Lowell Hvsnue. i
was In fashionable pnrt ~ thr-rity
The apartment was up to '.ate. with al
modern mprovements-and yet what
was there about II thai did noi sui
Mrs. WentwoI'ih's artistic asre?
"pm going TO have san" shnnges
here" she said 10 her neighbor IA tn,
suite below.
But you don't know Mr. Dunker,'
ref0rted the other. You won't get q
thing done. promise you that: none
OF US can. I've been trying myself fol-
the past five years to have him do q
few little things for me and haven't
got a thing yet. He's the most stingy
man know of; won't put out cent II
he can possibly help it,"
well. well see" Mrs. Wentworth
replied with her usual hopefulness.
Mr.. Bunker was the landlord, owner
Of large automobile factory. Mrs.
Wentworth thought she did know .
little about him for she had been so
frightened by his looks when she went
to engage the apartment that she had
hardly dared, sneA aloud, thoughgshe
was usually afraid sOf nOthInss -,
Yet this brave Iittis woman was not
dannted BIZ her nsg9hh0r'a report, She
Knew jGst Wat sAe vented. GtlN Wsfitl
ed to make the house what II ought
to be ana she meant to have II. Very
sweetIy and humbIy Mrs. Wentworth
sought Mr.. Bunker: Perhaps you
haven't noticed Mr.. Bunker" she
began With one Of her most fAs-
cinating smiles. ''but the paper
10 falling off from the living
room walls. 1t must havs rained In
sometime; and the ceiling is stained
and cracked. Don't JON really think
something ought 10 be donef"
"Why, yOs. yssl Surely !" assented
Mr.. Bunker hursisdly. ~ mast be put
in order, OF course. l meant to have 1t
done before. I'll send q man round to
see about It at once. Pick out the
paper you want"
OverjOyed, Mrs. Wentworth picked
out the prettiest paper she could find
and the most expensive.
When Mr.. Bunker came around to
see the progress Of the work pretty
Mrs Wentworth stood in her front
hall, with It's background Of dark
green paper-the dreadful kind that
fllls one with thoughts Of sea-sickness
and everything gloomy and makes the
whole world look dark and dreary.
"Oh, Mr.. Bunker!" she cried in a
pleading voice, yet with the cheerful
spirit that was usual to her, and that
made her so attractive, don't you see
how dull this hall Is with this dreadful
green paper that makes the whole
place look dark. How can Ak any
thing pretty here1 How much more
artistic pearl gray would be! 1t would
set off my things and be just lovely"
"Well go ahead and have it DONE"
he returned with half grin, as he
passed out of the door.
The hall was papered In artistic
gray, but that was not the end. After
The papering was finished Mrs. Went
worth thought she would like to have
The back porch fixed up; it would make
such a beautiful place to sit in the
if only she could have Did
she dare ask for anything more? Yes,
she did; and she got it, and many 9th
er things, little later. : a
Go ahead and have It done.", Mr..
Bunker assented when she told him
how much prettier it would look to
have the porch finished In gray instead
Of the dingy red brick. 1t was done In
gray and the ceiling sheathed. She set
out her jardinleres Of ported plants,
her little work table, with her knitting
bag and basket. She arranged small
tables for afternoon tea, with tiny
cups and cut flowers. Then she invit-
ed her nelghbors. 49, ~asNR
Isn't 1t just lOvelyw they cried
Pearl gray! How did you get 1t donel
I never should have dared to ask for
anything so elaborate, or, indeed, for
they confessed. did Mr.
Bunker really do all this for you?"
"Why, yes" she smiled; II just
asked him, and he had 1t done. He
taid himself It was much prettier; and
he simply adores the paper had put
on the hall and living room walls; and
he says he is sure l never could have
got along without that hot water heat
er for the bathroom"
you got all thatp' they exclaimed
in establishment. "How did you ever
dare ask"
"Well, you see, l just asked; and IL
didn't seem so very hard after I'd once
made a beginning. IT SEEMED TO come
kind of natural after the first"
But she wondered to herself how
she had managed to do it, when they
all thought it was so hard to get any
thing out of him. Then one day Mr..
Bunker himself enlightened her.