The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-30
A Treasured
Memory
D. MURlEL LEE
"a. i,Io. w...rn S.w.pap.r uni,nb

for my oli home and ! mus, take al.
vantage % the opportunity To- incrras.
my income"
VERY we'll" ass.nird Richard War
n.r r.signedly we nre old friends
aud We have been good tcnnnts-i sup
pos. you know thnt When We took
the hous. for fS. years you in'imatei
that We might renew u for lifetin.
II ". wished There was some senti'
fn.nt In the thing. too. for my wife
had been your wifc's closest friend
There was something Kind of sacred
about the hotDe wher. she had lived
81 long for both " US"
Robert Pcrrivai thought back and
WINGED. Well b. recalled the sati<
faction b. had experienced In hsyin.
friends occupy the old HON" whn had
known Ethel aud treasured her mem
Dry almost as fully ~ himself u.
had even left articles u furniture and
adjournment when D.. brok. up house
Keeping aud t"ok apartments ~ n bo-
tel best suited. he judged. &, u lonely
Old man
Another thing" procr.-i.i Nr.
Warner, we viii hav. To- move out
IN April aud our daughter Margery l.
tn marry IN June. Poor child she
loves the old place ~ II She lad been
born IN H. hut no hari feelings Fer
cival. You mus, look out for your
Interests % course Your new ten
ants want 10 look over the house. !
believe you said,'
Yes 10 suggest the decoration and
some changes" answered rercival.
Well her. IL u key 10 III. wing
door. We wont be nj home tomorrow.
Nv VII. says sh. would cry all III.
time to see strangers who are goln.
Ia succeed Us Its liz. a Dissertation
'o her. II could AFFORD II ! would
meet YOUR terms and remain hut we
have tu figure clos. on our it'll. all"
Robert rcrcival was not naturally
u grasping man. hut an incrras" of
over three hundred per cent. although
IL Looked like profit--rine was n vast
temptation to the nvaricinu- prompt.
ings 80 current with times out IL
Joint everywhere. lie felt dissatisfied
and uneasy ss he pursued his way
~. had dearly loved his wife. After
her death Their. was a rnre comfort
In calling upon the Warmers n look.
81 ns though they had purIoscly re-
tanned N. appearance 10 many rooms
as they had been The chair Ethel
had sat In To sew occupied IT. old time
plac. near the window. Tn. curtains
and draperies P.rcival had given them
appeared as though his wife had
sniooth.d them out aud hung them la
her own peculiar way. All this con
soled and comforted Percivai.
lie revisited II now. The next day
he found the Warmers absent and let
himself In at the wing door. Some
how ~ was like entering the sioreroom
Of poignant memories. A. he passed
from room 10 room. In every one there
was some trace 81 fidelity 10 the taste
81 his departed wife When he came
To the sun parlor that had been de-.
light tn his wife. her portrait On the
= wall n stool she had one. covered.
q pillow she had made almost brough,
him TO the point 81 tears. II was q
halIowed spot and sensation of
sham. and remor>e appealed Ia his
better nature. as he reflected the pain
and discomfort he was causing tried
and true friends who had Lowell Ethel
In the past and had never ceased Ia
remember her.
His reveries and half inclination 20
allow his old tenants To remain were
disturbed by the arrival Of the people
who had made the proposition 10 take
the place at an advanced rate Tie let
them In aud regarded them for the
arst time. for his dealings with them
had been carried on entirely by corr~-
spondencc. They would take the
hou~e only 10 altered rs they desired.
they had written. and showing them
about from room To room percivai
waited ia Dear what they would say.
Within I've minutes he realized the
vast contrast between these loud. new.
~ rich people and the Warmers. The
woman was capricious. fault-nnding.
almost insolent. There must he .
thorough renovation. The paper on
the walls was OF the styh ~ n past
century The sun parlor must be con
verted into Q music room. Those
abomlnable rags OF draperies must be
replaced with gaudy patterns and
colors
"You WON'T" almost shoutei Per.
cival. once they were out NJ the house
why these vandals would modern.
Inc the place. as they call u. I'LL II was
a sort Of gewgaw museum. Disturb
the sun parlor where Ethel passed the
happiest hours ~ her life Throw
aside the old memsn'oes that the War.
ners so cherish that keep Ethel In my
mind In comforting. peaceful way
No. and Maryery wishes To he married
here. and they have made all their
plans And she was such a favorite
with Ethel. When ! have told Warner
how ashamed Of myself am for ever
thinking 81 such a thing as turning
him adrift. I'll probably feel less like
Q sneak and more like man than DO
Just now"
u CHANGED that Margery came home
I a a.