New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
WY HEART and MY HUSBAND ADELE GARRISON'S NEW PHASE OF
 ReDeIations 0f a Wife

nnrN resolved tO put aSlut flHpfoN'- ly any thought or reference to the BnNViCW unplcnHrutu"sS uutll should Do able to invite them down.
 Putting my resolution into practr" immediately, SpranE up, put my room in order, then crossed the haIi to the guest room and prepared it for l.ininr and her little daughter 1T shuold be able to invite them down. As finished, remembered with iI little start of compunrt,on katic'S re- mark when she took th" @oil"d cake dishes from mo: "You know how you help me more dan !ia Tn" }Ir' evidently wished som" favor of me- and had utterly ignored her request. Nhut Katie Wanted.
 hurried down stairs, h"aId hey rornliur i0yolIHIv in the kitchen long , before l reached it.
 "Eutir," | said HpoloEetiCnliN, m SO sorry 1 forgot Chat you Wantr" 'a" lo do something for YOU. What IS It
 She turned an astonishcd face {" mo.
 "I not know vat you mcnn. "Why! When you took tn" r'k" things from me to wash th'n' N"" said that | rolId hrlp you more some other WuN."
 "Oh. doi" Katie chlrckcd delight cdIy. "Dot only vay to get Nou out by Kitchen. no place for pretty hands. no want nOtn&8. Iiul if you NAn' Ct" something's, y0u plcrHc get flowers you want for house now, fcrN dem, den get all mess rccNcd up uF""It.
 "l will gather them right HW'N' said. and in a few minutes W'A m tn" garden gathering great clusters ct roSrS with which the &Hrdcn "houndS. | left d few of the very rholtCSl lor my rose bowl in the living room, 1n- tending t0 arrange these tn" very last thing, and with my basket ana arms hCupCd high made my way pack to the house, rolIiding Am"rtly upon the kitchen porch steps with a small man in the express cOmpanYs uniform. \ Surprise Arrives. "Oh'" | exclaimed ContrtcIN, 'l hope didn't hurt Nou!' The man gave d rhuCltlc in inverse proportion to his size. Sure an 1t Wud be tukin' moro than a bit iv a gurrl loikc you, Miss. to hur-rt the likes of m".' he answered in q hroGuc as rich as the "ould Sod' itsolf. "An' if you'll be after telhn'
 me now where you do he Wnntn' this box on uc wagon it's big enough fer | an elephants cage, so il is!' "Why, Why!" | StummcrCd. "Jm 1 not cNprrrjuE any largo box, there must he some mistalc.' l. "IIuNrm't veg got a little bye here, ! VT little brother. miss, perhaps" this with an infectious bnrneYinE smilo 1 that at once ncknoWl >dEcd and de- 1 fcnded the cXtravaEnnt assumption. 'IIercs the name on mo book, Master l Richard Graham. Junior
 almost dropped th" roses l was
 carrying. In all probability the box
 contained some cxtrnVnpant present
 for Juniors first birthday from pickN.
 Did this mean that nicky wasn't
 coming homo after all?
 "lt do be for here .1I right" the man asserted, and pulled myself
 together.
 "Yos it iA for my little son." re- piled with dignity, fore stnllinE any
 more comment by the brisk direction i "I;riuE it around to thiS door," "I don't believe il will go in the
 door, ma'am," the man protested.
 'Thcn we will unpnCl it on the
 porch,' I Snid quietly.
 But when he hnd brought ii, I saw that he had exaggerated it's size It
 could cnSily go through the door, and . as l looked at the directions print od , upon it, my spirits rose decidedly, and
 l superintondcd the placing of the
 big crate in the store room with a
 heart filled with hope.
 For in big black letters across tho
 box was printed:
 Not to he opened nGl the arrival
 of scndcr.'
 There was no namc 10 indicate who