Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-04-02
POLLY AND PAUL. PARIS
A Story of a Couple on Their Honeymoon

TIN going 10 find a flat and hou,e-
keep. aud meet You every evening with
an apron on, You don't know what I
can de-. once make 40 my mind TIA
going to prove to Aunt Sue that you can
be domestic IA Paris
CHAPTER XII
I, was simply y miracle that they
found u Norma brady knew a British
newspaper correspondent who had an
office In the Hue d'Antin. just two
streets from the Opera, which is the
heart of Paris Acruss the hall was a
little furnished nat whose tenant had
been called abroad.
~, won't be- vacant 10 minutes" Nor.
INA told Polly. "The concierge has the
renting ot u. and 10 you e. instantly and
maze love Ia her ana tell her now n!re
YOU are and what desirable tclaant
you'il he. you may have "a chance. III
20 with You. aud when your French falls
down. I'll rush b. the rescue"
They roved In the very next day.
thrilled with the fun and the novelty.
II was tiny place. 'cubby fiat" ON
the firth flom Of an oidfashioned typl-
cal Paris building. From the street you
entered by huge double door apparent.
lly built Ia withstand an invading army.
ana found yourself In a rt0ne.pavef
court. Al the left was the door-ths
lnreuseyc glass dcor--of the concierges
Quarters.
ON the Dawsnn'a floor. besides their
cubby nat. was the office ~ the English
newspaper man and the apartment Of n
stout gentleman whom Madame. tho
concierge. called "un viveur''-one WIN
knows how 90 liver The top floor was
tented In single rooms. It's tenants an
old lady and her ca, n girl from n mod.
iste's. young man who worked on
the night shit In the Metro" the Paris
subway: a woman who wrote fashions.
and a waiter from the little wine shop
below.
The Dswsons' door with liz enormous,
absurd key opened into fair-sized att
tins room with two long. door.lIkc win.
dows overlooking y square courtyard.
open to the aty ard fiankcd by the win
dows ~ many other houses There were
elaborate velour curtains IN rose and
gold stripes. worn looking. hut CHEEKY.
Ca he pulled across the windows nj night:
a fireplace. a big funny shaped clohes
closet with nothing to show from tho
outside u was cioact except keyhols
and crack In tho wallpaper; a broad
tat couch with pillows. two equally fat
| upholstered armchairs on either side the
center table with an electric droplIght.
tempting you ~ long. cosy evenings at
home. And there was a piano. with old
fashioned ei;' sconces each side the mu.
sic rack. t-
A narrow door opened into The va.
room. The led filled almost half IL u.
under its faded covcrIet Of coffee-coiored
brocade. Hut there was space for n pref
~ dr~ssing.tsble and mirror. q iabouret
and small chest ~ drawers
The curtains were long affairs az
soffe.tinted taffeta. which somehow kept
their look 81 elegance despite many
sings n wear-iike cid dresses In grand.
mothers trunk. The bedroom windows
also looked into the court. and Polly
never wearied Of gazing from them.
there was ~ much IN sec.
A dopr opened into q long. narrow
pssssse. tile paved and draushsy. which
led to mysterious regions and hack stair
wavs. that Polly never fully explored
Pine place for a getaway after tho
murder" said psrl