Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

larry os the key turned the lock ana
she stepped within. ,.o,,
Tho next instant she gasped ana .,s nrem |
back, Had she gotten lnto ,s VIZ and
house by mistake? a dash outsiue ,snrs ais
an anxious look up at the brass nun ilpshbs ths
niaSad nj, SstI evenly below the fanlight OF tne
door removed that possibility. ana she
re-entered slowly. .,.,., ,o,r,
For the house was furnisheu. ,,,,,. Gumn
pleteiy furnished. with a weira aScu, nu.
Iation of stun which smacked OF new
ness n taste incomprehensible, ana
full purse souandered futilely; QuiNeu su
| ing bead portieres OF a tfopCal Va
lance of ,colors hung IN the ,Ut oot'MSy snort.
ing "tdies." In the center Of the hV,ng;
| room. a very spindly-legged table heio
I up a marble top, itself sppporsing q
plaaSstter-of,pa Paris gr9Hp OF otturpidMstnpid rds =
she exclaimed mot 20 realize that every
woman wants II hand In fixing up ne,
own home. IT'S her prerogatiVe MI MI
yet, I suppose I'll have to live with TINS
| dreadful stuff forever. L can't hur!
Steve's feelings after he's gotten II ana
| thinks II will please me-"
YEARLY, disconsolately, Jerry rose and
wandered about the rooms, hndlne
nothing to alleviate her first lmpres,
sions. Everything spelt crudeness ana
utter lack of appreciation of all that Is
artistic and beautiful Sadly aware that
with half the money here expended, sne
|
in keeping with its attractive ex.
terror the girl wondered II she had not
entirely misconstrued the character or
the man she was going TO marry.
ITO think of Stephens doing thing
like this !" she cried aloud. addressing
no one in particular unless II was the
chrome of overripe fruit on the dining
room wall
other than stephen himself and Jerry
realized instinctively that the test OF her
love for him was 1T hand.
IT'S simply perfect, steve, dear" she
cried Elorying in her lie. simply per-
feet! Now tell me how you happen to
be here"
"Oh. got through sooner than ex.
pected" beamed the man. Reached
your house only to find you were out
Rushed over here on the chance. Some
place, isn't It? OF course, all this stun
bought" no paused to light his pipe
; while Jerrys last hope took wings and
flew away. SO he really had bought II
ALI this junk I bought along with
the house We'll turn over to the second
hand shops for what itll bring. The
couple who owned the house wouldn't
Sell otherwise-didn't want the bother OF
getting rid Of it piece by piece. And the
whole thing was downright bargain
Seems they had tried housekeeping and
were sick of it-wanted to go to board.
ing"
welt and could you blame them. in
the midst of such awful furniture ?" re.
marked Jerry complacently
mo" said Stephen. Certainly not
Then dismlssing tho former occupants
of the house, he drew its future mis-.
tress into his arms Tell me. little
sweetheart" he commanded. are you
going to be happy here?'
Yes" murmured Jerry absent-mlnd'
edly, "some of those chintz over-drap.
cries at the windows--a rug. littlo but q
real oriental. before the freplace--a
good wing CHAIR"
Have II your own way" grinned
Stephen, nterrupting her rhapsody. al
| know about such things is to leave
them to my wife -
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