Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-01-31
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The young man oppoalte moved un-
comfortably 70 his chair.
Now. Janey,r he remarked, sYoa
have decided upon everything In our
prospective home. without giving me
= look In. I kept quiet. while you ar
ranged the living room IN fancy. and
lifted out your dining room: nor did
say word when you left no place
for my hobbies or studies. But my
mother will come to visit US too. and
she happens to have preference for
yellow.
.sft's been almost an obsession with
her-a CHEEKY sunshiny room. I've
heard her dream over Il often. and
coax dad in her difident way for a
new rug or a set OF curtains, and he.
reading and smoking over his paper,
put al her dreams to flight with a
casual refusal. old rug good enough =
he'd say, or What do we want with
new fixtures when Jim Is leaving for
home Of his own; and mother would
smilingly submit.
Poor mother, putting always my
wishes before her own. So I made a
little plan. 1t was the very night that
you said yes. Janey, and was swing
Ing along under the stars, and glory
Ing over our home. and said to my
self, mother will have her yellow
cheer-rooms there. and she can come
to II as often as she wants. So. little
lady" big Jim moved closer and
placed his hand over Janey's. "you'll
give In on this. won't you. and come
out to choose a yellow rug?" The girl
withdrew her hand.
"My mother" she returned evenly.
"has always loved blue. And she al
ways had to buy furnishings which
happened to be cheapest at the time,
Or more. serviceable, so her own
particular room Is conglomeration.
She managed, and serimped. the way
mothers do. to make my room rose
colored. And I'm bringing my rose
severed mahogany to our own house,
Jimmy. After you left me that night,
I did some planning Of my own. 1t
was blue room that planned. for
mother to revel In, when she could
steal away for time from father and
his exactions, and-I will go with you,"
ended Janey firmly. "to choose n blue
rug tomorrow"
Jim turned from his fiancee without
kissing her. Goodnight" he said abb
ruptly. and was gone.
Rebelllously. Janey went to her
mother.
Sometimes" size said, anger flush
Ing her. cheeks, ~ feel as II do not
want to marry Jim. He's so terribly
dominating: II allow him to. rule me
now. mother. shan't have the life Of
mouse"
The woman bending patiently over
her niending smiled. "How does Jim
try to rule you. dear?' she enquired.
about our house." Janey excitedly
replied. II want blue guest room; /;
you know you also like blue, mother
and Jim is obstfnateiy determined on
yellow"
Mrs. Wilfred turned q seam, yellow
Is bright and pleasing" she noncomit-
tingly returned.
Jim found his mother reading.
"How is our little Janey tonight 2"
she asked brightly. ,"Janey." her
somber faced son replied. "has ex.
hibited this evening new phase Of
character. And don't like II. She
has showed me that am TO have no
word in the planning of my own home.
Mrs. Gray looked distressed.
"Girls usually like to plan their
houses" she defended. perhaps there
Is Just one certain thing that Janey
has set her heart on
When Jim, stubborn in his suffering
determination not to surrender to
what he considered Janey's whim.
absented himself from her presence
for weeks, Janey, too, suffered In
silence. The little house in Already was
neither sought out, nor tenanted /;
while blue room or yellow room, were
not to be thought Of bearably--at all.
Janey's mother and Jim's mother con.
suited together. dismayed.
"My DEAR. said Janey's mother to
her one day, II want you to 60 down
to Hedstrom's and select blue rug.
Father sees his way now for us to re-
furnish my upper front ROOM"
And "Jim." begged Mrs. Gray diff
hdently, "would you mind stopping nj
Hedstrom's this noon during your
lunch hour? There Is a yellow rug
there that ] have arranged to buy
The salesman will show It to you. I'd
like your judgment before having the
rug sent to the house"
The salesman at Hedstrom's wa.
becoming impatient with his apathetit
customer. Janey. listless, pale, viewed
indifferently one blue rug after
another; she, was wondering how jim
could so persIstently avoid her--ant
II he had known this queer longing
ache, which constantly possessed her
A gruff voice nearby caused the sales
man to turn with.a start.
Something in yellow" demande,
Jim. His eager eyes met Janey's "Il
lin blue I mean," he amended breath
lessly. I'm interested only In blu,
rugs, understands; I have no wisl
to ever see-a yellow rug again." TIL,
salesman stared: His llstless GUS
| toner was suddenly close at this quee
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