The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-02
L,AKtY Ward met her husband a,

Its come !" she cried.
 "WhatY" Clifford kissed her, held her back and let his eyes rest upon her with the delighted possessive gaze of young and very much in love hus- band.
 Why you know! Aunt Julia's gift. It's oyer at the station now-the freight station. They telephoned to say here was a crate for us. A cratel It. must be the phonograph I'm dying to see what it is. Clifford, dear, could you go after it--now, while I'm get ting supperT'
 Ap Clifford smiled.
 q could but suppose it is too big Ar the cart?" ,<
 wCrates aren't usually,- and that's qIlesl a strong cart"
 Ewell, I'll take the cart, then, and kgol But mind, Early Worm," he called heA tint when he wanted to tease, '.y@ have something worth while on the Ftable when get back, for I'm huTkry this minute, and l shall be lotslhungrier when get back"
 AgShe trundled away with the lit tie 4rt Early flew to her parsnips. Patstips cooked with bits of pork, sl(culent, fragrant mess suggesting spring. Mrs. Adair next door had hand ed them over the fence to her that verJafternoon. Oh, neighbors and pars- nipaSand tiny new bungalows of four rOomt and-and husbands like Clifford made the world go round very agree ably Early thought.
 Wkn presently Clifford returned he still bundled the little car empty, but behind him wobbled truck and the crate Vas in the truck.
 Whit can it, he2Y Early thought as Clifford dashed off the slats with the hammer they had, after all, postponed stppee \ order to investigate the gift. She gAssed as out came the gift "A bureauY And became silent.
 1t wAshn enormous bureau or rath- CT chkN of drawers of cherry, with brass draEer handles, as high as Early's shaulder and calculated to hold every arti4e of clothing a family should posssss in lifetime.
 So, thatA the gift" Clifford snorted. T don't sd what we're going to do with it."
 ''Nor l." Earlys face drew down. But we will have to put it some where" E E
 After all th( parsnips did not taste so wonderfully Early was wondering where they w0tld put the bureau and Clifford was wRdering what his Aunt Julia Van KleSk meant by sending them such aNmpnstrosity. He remem- bered the old buteau well; it had been made by hisN grandfather, who was Aunt Julia's f(tlhr, out of a tree that had stood on tke family estate. It was an heirloAm,N certainly, but clumsy one. Ane why had Aunt Julia wished to part wiS it, anyway? She had g big house 6nd\could have tucked it away in q dSzeR different places. It must be that she shad set a high value on it andy had thought it worthy gift. Still when she had writ ten that she was sending them a pres ent Clifford and Early lad both re- marked that they hoped it'might be a photograph. NM place for the old bureau. With only four rooms and all of them small and two of them upstairs chois of space seemed to be limited the kitchen or living room. They Nut it in the living room and it glowFed at every
 "i'n tell you," Early sid hopefully. Maybe when it is polishei-it is rath- CT shabby now-it will look better"
 Clifford's eyes lit with hope. shop!"
 ''0h, my dear! We }coSld never af- ford it. We'll have to do 1t over our selves"
 They did it over and worked hard at 1t, too, with the result that the bu- reaus complexion became mAre florid ; it looked liEe an apOplectic pSrson who IS suffering from heat-just that same shiny retlntss characterized it. Red and glowint, it put Early's dainty wicker and ehintz to shame. She shud- dered every time she entered the room.
 Tt will have to go upstairs she walled.
 Mir. Adaii came over and he and | Clifford lugeed the bureau upstairs. It | stuck on thd landing and left a litter | of damage in its wake. Early wept as she received It into her bedroom. said.
 Eventually they put it in the guest room because they did not have guests | often. It was there when Aunt Julia ,ame with anS overnight bag, just to take peep ather young folks, as she said.
 It was hoG night and Aunt Julia being n large aid unctious person, felt | repre$ed by the contents of ler room. She shpt badly. Early knew she did, for she Aeard her fussing with he window in @e night.
 Red is such uncomfortable col | 'r in hot weath@," Aunt Julia said 'uminatiyely at feakfast next morn ng.
 Scarcely had slA departed when a etter came from (Early's best friend md recent maid ,Sf honor, Charlotte Voorhees,. Charlete was coming for brief visit-~justa day or. two,h
 We can't leaVel that bureau in the yuest room for Chrlotte to see," Early :ried in despair. \e'Charlotte is SO 70 artistic, ClifforJ. And 1t swears so , n my blue-blue- She was crying.
 Clifford took herin his arms.
 Never mind, ankeI," he said firm 7; well get rid the thing. Wen ell it."
 Sell It ] What will Aunt Julia say?'
 T don't care whal she says. We've