Show 1 Husband Husban W audI and I c BJ- BJ J Jane Jine Phelps lf S CHAPTER 37 I A Shopping Expedition As I dressed to go out to look for fori forthe forthe i the baby carriage I couldn't help a guilty feeling which crept in I assured myself I was doing nothing wrong But when Helen came for me and brought a dainty blue carriage rug I forgot everything but how sweet my darling baby aby would look snuggled down in it spoil both me and the baby I told Helen as I admired the dainty gift What if I do do she laughed Ive Iveno I no Io 1 0 baby of my own fo so o I have made up my mind to adopt yours yours i Be sure its it's legal I returned and so chatting an and laughing we started i iL out L The wholesale house was down on I Canal street an un unexplored region to tome 1 me I was so interested in m everything everything every every- every I thing Helen told me how her mother I Iwas was born in Ann An street and an uncle had lived in John street both now I given entirely over to dingy loft buildings But when we reached the I furniture house and I saw the rows I upon rows of baby carriages I forgot I all else in the delight of choosing I Helens Helen's friend was very affable and I told me not to hurry to take all the time I wished for the selection Finally I decided upon the one I liked and after saying so thought to ask the price five Twenty dollars to you you he replied smilingly AN EXPENSIVE PURCHASE wholesale price you know Sue Helen Interposed Perhaps she had seen the surprise I could not I help but show I do not know what I expected to pay for such a wonderful wonder wonder- I ful but certainly not 25 There are cheaper ones the man whom Helen had introduced as as' as Mr Barnes said But none so pretty as this one I I declared What do you think i Helen I asked I I think jou ou have shown good taste as usual she replied and If you have decided upon that one we will take no more of Mr 11 Barnes' Barnes time timp Give him your address dear so he lie can send it u Un up upI I gave him the address aldress my t eyes eye on the carriage then thanking him for his courtesy we left Of course you'll h have ve to pay the for bringing it up Helen remarked after she had agreed with me inc about its being the very prettiest i ione one we saw i How much will vill that th be do you I asked Oh I dont don't know Its It's a good way I perhaps a dollar That will make it cost you about 26 T I expect it would have been thirty-five thirty at retail I said nothing but I had haq begun to tobe tobe tobe be a bit frightened at my mv extravagance I gance But when as soon as we reached home Helen gave me the I 1 25 and said I need be In to hurr hurry I to return it I thought only of how I lovely the carriage carnage was Wa I. I and how daintily I should fix it up I TOM IS TOLD TOLD TOLD-IN IN PART When Tom came home I told himI him himI I had been down in the wholesale I district with Helen looking at bab baby carriages 1 You still think he must have a I carriage e that a isn't good goodenough goodenough enough h h for tor his royal highness highness' he asked as he took Tom Jr from me meso meso I so that I could assist the girl whom i iT T I had not y yet et sent away with the dinner Yes Tom He will look so cute In the carriage I dont don't mind if itIs it itIs itIs Is a little heavy to push T answered his unspoken objection and Tom see the rug Helen gave hl him toda today and proudly I showed the lovel lovely gift J I see where dad will have haveS to hustle hustle hus hug tle tIe to keep the young mans man's wants satisfied as he lie grows older Tom whimsically declared red So you dont don't mind if I get the I carriage I asked j Why hy no If you dont don't spend any anymore I more more than the I T priced wo would ld I cost but we cant can't afford anything I more expensive I Immediately dropped the subject I and commenced to talk of something else He lie hadn't asked me me how much I II II I I. I would have to pay had simply I I t taken ken it for granted that I could get I the carriage as cheaply because I had purchased it wholesale Tom knew as little about the prices of such I things as did I. I I CHAPTER CHARTER 38 S The Carria Carnage ge Is rs Delivered rom Tom rom had been gone gones arcey an the next t ext morning when wien th the he ex cC ross ross- I man raan brought my y purchase of t the day ay j S before beCore Brought it C C. O O. D D. as Helen HelenI I had directed I paid the man then I ran across the thc hall and called to Helen to come and help me unwrap ItI itI It I I knew you'd oud love to I said when she came almost immediately Of course she returned Soon we had torn off oft the heavy paper wrappings wrappings wrap wrap- pings and the dainty carriage was revealed looking even more attractive e by bv than It did at the house Oh Isn't it Just lovely T exclaimed as as after laying the blue rug in ln and a a. baby pillow lined with the same color I put Tom Junior in In waking aking him liim from froma a a. sound Hound sleep to do so Indeed II it is and it will he be large enough for hi him until he lie can walk waitt Bat But its it's pretty heavy Sue Sue Sue- she said as the pushed it across the room because of the rug 1 I hast hastEned hastened hastened ened to explain It will roll more nore easily In the street Really I did not care whether It would or not It was appearances I Iral ral td for TOM I IS DE DECEIVED S I r rather dreaded Toms Tom's homecoming that ought night I feared the lie le might aught ask 1 I knew he would find it itna na nard to forgive either my paying so much for the carriage arriage or borrowing money for an extravagance extravagance- If he found it out Whew Sue Sue what a II beauty he lie exclaimed I when ho Itji saw my purchase Then Ten with an anxious look Did Du Didou ou you nake the mon mony y I gave you do fer fert t that tr Nt i i quite He lIe a n n insisted upon giving the tho baby part of It It So o U It t Is paid for he queried look look- log ig rather e ed Tes s Indeed I hastily In d 11 look took 3 w 10 fk t I him And ri don dont don't Just insisted and I feelings could I I I M not nol perhaps No told loMI you what I know yourself under auY Please dont don't accept rl She las haB S SI from Helen I kind II IL he hep wont won't it If r 1 ran Can 1111 I I save myself I repeat To Th l j j about I said or she had none cause A FA FATHERS FATHER'S TH ERS ER'S PRIDE SM SMA h I dont don't wonder U UA kt without i ia A home thel to a home I b begin In no l f man arrn young isn't ne he he neHe getting tf l is' is la lathe lIe He certainlY f d dout mY the danger ot of of it the for out was over O p bring briel hiJII Jill must We saId Id fO T Tom It go good d man with ja g. g that tha t I screamed he It sue I mean laugh joined In the hell he'll be a Of OC course g f hasn't he a a. i mother I asked all gil Then hO be beI Suppose I thought I a because I I father But had done nothing In I shouldn't be SO 50 a mothers mother's 1 Ills His to te be t father tather will tr tY per think I Then out O bunch drawn will I HealY tr H II er A A I A dalL' dalL I 5 5 IJ |