Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-03-27

lcssly kept and perfectly administered
The only room In the house which
Sabre did not like was the slttin"
room on the ground floor, and It was
his own room furnished and deco.
rated by Mabel for his own purticu.
lar use and comfort But she callo
II his den" and Sabre loathed and
dctestcd the word den as applied 10
a room a man specially iuhabts. It
implied 10 him masculine mtidincsa,
and he was intensely orderly and
hated untidinoss. II implied customs
and manners of what he called board.
ing house idea" the idea that man
must have an mtidily comfortable
apartment into which he can retire
ana cnyelOp himself in tobacco smoke.
and where he "can have his pipes ana
his pictures about him. and where he
can wear IAN old shooting jacket and
slippers and he loathcd and dctest-
cd all these phraos and the ideas
they ccunoted He had no "old shoot
ing jacket and he would have given
II TO the gardener if he had; and he
dctosted wearing slippers and never
did wear slippers; II was his habit 20
put ON his boots after his bath and to
Keep them on TIN he put on shoes
when changing for dinner. Above all,
he loath"d and detestcd the vision
which the word den always con
jurcd up to him This was a vision Of
the door Of q typical den being opened
by a wife. and of tn" wife saving IN
minCing voice This Is George ~
his den" and Of boarding house fe-
males peering over the wife's shoulder
and smiling fatuOusly at the deni2en
who, in an old shooting Jacket and
slippers arinned yacuously back at
them. TO Mark this was a horrible
and unspclkablo vision
The matter of the den and another
matter, touching the servants, came
up between them in the very earliest
days of their married life Mabel
had been busy settling things" ard
she took him round the house with
delicious pride and happiness Mark.
sharing both, had his arm linked in
hers. When they came to the fourth
sitting room Mabel announced gaily.
And this is your dem"
Nlbl n saw q MUM Slpdi' vi,
lord, not dem
Yes, Of course, den. Why ever
not?'
II absolutely cant stick den" He
glanced about who on oarth's left
those fearful old slippers there
"Thcy're a pair Of fathers | took
them specially for You for this room
You haven't got any slippers Ike
that"
He ga2ed upon the heels downtrCd-
den by her heavy father. He did not
much like her heavy father. mo, !
haven't" he said, and thought grimly,
Thank GOd!'
Mabel opened the kitchen door
"Tha masters come to see how nice
the kitchen looks"
Two maids in black dresses and an
extraordinary amount of stifiiy
starChcd aprons and caps and stream.
ors rose awilwardly and bobbed aWk-
ward little bows. one was very tall
the other rather short Mabel looked
from the girls to Mark and from Mark
to the girls, precisely as if she were
exhibiting rare specimens to her hus-
band and her husband to her rare
specimens. And in the tone of one
exhibiting pinned dried and complete
ly impersonal specimens, she an.
nounced, They're sisters. Their
name is Jinka."
Mark, examining the exhibits, hal
been feeling like a fool Their name
humani2ed them ana relieved his awk.
ward feeling. "Ha' links, eh? High
links and Low Jinks, what?' He
lau-hed 1t struck him as rather
comic; and High links and Low Jinks
Uttered broadly, losing in the most
astonishing way the one her severity
and the other her guinness.
Continued in Our Next lsue.)