OCR Text |
Show Married Life the Third Year The D, nner Celebrating Zarren s urn Jy Is a JVlost Expensive One fe&IABEL HERBERT URNER. Je "0W about some broiled j!9l j'ini:'-;i hen?" asked War-ijgB War-ijgB I i en gmially. That sounds j)ogJ prPtt pood doesn't It?" rj3 Helen c,i"'- :i hasty glance of ffi the dinner curd before her 1 'ifTOlled -n $125-12.06. Iafc dollar- for the roast alone Jhout an. vcgei hh-s "i salad' Oh. Jgfls point: I" I" a f ris 1. 1 fully ex- ('' dinner." ft'ell. what about It?' persisted Iferreu- "Tou llk- ttulnean hen. IDh, yes." And then In a low voice jHle waiter couldn't hear. 'But K that hich .:- h -rwu dollars. Kthcy (h.n'i anything with Jftll. what if 11 Ib? I puess we j egfforc ri i ! I dinner tonitrlit. 1 Ve. w;i i i i i i". . tbat broiled p.rVBen bee .. :, I 1 l I If S a iTood BHnp It w'.th some creon peas I artr '... I ' in: i lain butter fee with that a rl iehoke- not Hol-njlelse. Hol-njlelse. A n . 1 brine a portion f roll ro-ll "Vic. Serve it undressed In a bowl U dress il h- ." Now let's see ft will'- avi." :flk waiter hurri-d off and War- Ueeileil hn-k wlti :: ib of mil- I Be Back, it seems deucedly pood to apain. I toll you. It takes of montl S "it wef t to make appreciate New York. It'B bine wliere they know how ings riant." was vacuely hopine that lie y Something about the pleas-dn pleas-dn at h mi twain not be-' be-' the -ltv but becauBe of In? together apain. Slnee rn vesterday he had been kind even thnuah it was hn tolerant kindliness. And ve'- ready ti 1" lieve In his her. wns now eaiterly a wait - word of nff"otinn. Hmes Bhe had "made" him fir " Tier "Ob. It IS ,vnn-be ,vnn-be together ncat'n. Isn't It. iad heen freouent. And he wer. with a '--rialr! Indul-nee Indul-nee "Of course It k. klt-rr.r klt-rr.r lm ,m was so much en was now encouraged to hello. Curtl. old man! yen were om west." and a In arav strode up to the are von Ptanton?" rlslnp tine hands cordially "I (lot fterday I believe you have . howlntr court eously, "I've t pleasure.'' I vqi join us?" beckoning to ! for another chair k you. ii". I've lust finished ar. appointment with Hart-leht Hart-leht Bv the wnv, he was me av,r,ni that Rcnnlngton jmderstund yovi put thai deal fen. eloird thai up Saturday t'aifli i -. J . ( 'In' ki n if a touch nnui to handle." fa 1 ard Rul Hai tv"tl mid lust ). ,,, i,(,ndle him. Jmt he nine "ii Prop in offi tonmrri v if voi; ran few things I'd like to talk rVith Eii sin ess. Bn'B a mlrhiv nlc- fellow." rren wh.-n he l,nd one "But vt0Vt wants- t., -.., ,, Im'II have to gjlii" '!!' ' I :., I..., l,-i:-v Ml.-I 1T0D' ID 'in, arr,u, i,.ui,, ,jp nv-I nv-I On. thru makes m- think." aru: K.n... ntte,-H from his pocket .jnaklncr ii,,t ,,,, t)f. ),,,,. k ,lf :in , .' r". "I''.'. i,, ,.n up wal-. wal-. pm.rr..w , ,Wver .wise . "'"L L 7'," 1 rnil to write buck 0" nehliiH,., i.,., ., think I unit K IP mf,r"r'aiidum of that. ' ?. t6 ( L " ""H'-i hius, . f pride. WSr Swai-h-d . turned -.ver lt. theU yery :"': '"yc- Never had ho r 8 M" " IJ' '' :,,"' t "an .f ! f P th man ,,f affairs. rn,uea- irnjs jy ,,.,,.,., thl:i hniJ ""a a II ha. Riven him a 1 Hpsuraii''" an iti'-ioKphf rr. of nr'- Mtvi ;: ,. mrj ien a -lgl atinx peraonalltv. but now h" S'fW rn"ro In.piilslvely Helen ovei 11m- laH... .1. t .-ii I .an -(. now it must jlW n1'-" this Bi-n- 11" 0,1 And -di. I was bo Lw "'n Mr Stan I on said yog he onlv man who could ban-Marknon." ban-Marknon." fell. I'd' Mk- to have ci't! anv-jl anv-jl WmVr 'ifUlo ir.m , umpi.i-entlv t " ft don't want t-, be up aHinat IpC like that ayaill. Sh Vflil iBt ahoiit i-n.-uBli. Will, miKlity ittoii'--- ami the Hamr-d un..r. tkttnit 11 1 l-il V'MI ;,s '- 1 wan I dflHV. v it:i 'i:m..ii . Hympmiu-, "i know It MUST have been hard. And I'm afraid my letters worried you. But, oh. Warren, it you'd only explained ex-plained Instead of wrltlncr as you did. Your letters were BO harsh. Oh. dear. I wonder if JTOU knew how cruelly harsh they were'" "Now, let's not begin that! We're herd for a pleasant evening aren't We? And we're not poing to have any post mortem? The thine to do is to look forward not back. lt'a about tftne you learned that. ' "Oh, I know- r didn't mean to bring up anything that was unpleasant. Oh. dear. I'm so plad to put it n aside and forget H and begin all over again. " Carving the Hen. "That's it! That's the wav lo talk I That'a Bomethlng like It. Now hero comes the dinner. And Ifs going to C R rattling good one." The waiter brought on the guinea hen and raised the silver cover for Wo i 'en s Inspection, "Shall T serve it sir'" "No, put it right down here- I'll serve It myself And pet a larcer bwl of that salad I ran't dress it In that. Anrl hrlncr about a teaspoon of dry Enijllsh mustard " Helen Watched every movement of his strong, capable bands as he carved the guinea hen. There was no one like him! A dozen times since tbev had been slttlnp there she had iold herself that There was no one to whom the waiters pave surh attentive at-tentive servi e. no one who had such an alp "f knowlnc what h wanted ami petfine lt "Pretty good guinea hen, isn't It? Much better flavor than chicken and this Is n particularly fine one." "Oh ves. It a delicious." murmured Relen. who was thinking of everything every-thing but the food .Tnst to be with him neri-.-s t hegr his voice to sit -,.cp fhi table from him she could hne eaten anything and thought it flelir-loiiB. Vnrl ii waa a very happy dinner Under fhe cental influences of iii wine and mtislc Warren unbent and told her manv amuslne Ineldents of his irln. evnlalned to her more fullv nhoul the deal, talked of tb. tfir.an that h had made it rul his plans for lnveetnc Ti"t of it. A a th left the ro--taurant he mo-fiep.-. i fe,r ;i tnlcal. ''Oh. no no dear are '"in iret a car int nrmtnd the corner " "" rleh " amofl haturedlv. "hut l thin If we've earned a little blow-no blow-no tnnlvht eti?- nh ye dear but it will be ai-nwipi ai-nwipi two dollars for n taxi and Td s-- much rather have the monev anv other wav." When tl ey lSfi their car at the ,-rtw.r Warren drew Ivr toward the brilliantly lit windows of the drua store. I 'l's st'ip here and blow In the wo flnllaea we saved n the taxi Come on'" a" aha hesitated "What d '-oil wa ni "" "h Werren." ftnahlnc slightly "T don' need sm thln-r lust now." "Y. k mi tin, ' leading (he wav to the t' ''el ! nnter "A womm al wnvs IVe these fandangles Now, which shell it be"" Tnre was an elaborate dlr.av of nlnV blue and white celluloid toilet articles More Expense. "Oh. 1 Should Hke a hand mirror." murmured Helen "1 cra-ked mine Dome time hc- and someone paid I'd have had luck until I pet a new one." "All right T don't plve a hanir for voir superstition, but a hand mirror r lust the thins Here young man. let'a see that one." "Three dollars and fiftv cents," Fahl the clerk, haiirtlnp It out 'That's very nice." murmured Helen. "But haven't von anything smaller not quite X" expensive''" "No that'a ail rlsditi" Interrupted Warren, with an air of affluence "ir vou like that one that's tbo one we'll tiikc." Whe- a liitle later Helen mi-Wraoped mi-Wraoped the hand mirror and nul il OH her dresser in place of the broken one. It whk with a curious fsellna of hatipv superstition that this might ba an emblem. At least she would believe that. This evening had been such s happy one. Never had Warren been more penlal or kind MiPht not the fates wish to show her through this new mirror thai the future was to be M)U&Uy happy? Mlaht not the throw-Inp throw-Inp a wav of the old mirror and re-pladng re-pladng It bv the new he n svmbol 'f I lie brlchter davs to eonie? "Whew are those other shoe trees?" railed out Warren suddenly from the nSXl room. "I left two pair here, didn't i?" "Yes. dear. USt In moment.'' and puttlrip down the mirror she hurried in to tet l hem. Oh. Ii waa good .just to WAIT ON HIM again! |