| Show I The Evening Telegrams Telegram's l Daily Short Story I FROM THE BRIDES BRIDE'S BOOK By LOLA AVIS Copyright 1914 1 br br the Mc McClure lure Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate When her ber hU husband and b-and had gone to business busi busi- ness nose Allison Alion Hunt Runt slipped clipped out on the tho cool veranda oranda and dropped into a 8 chair behind tho the honeysuckle vine In the kitchen the maid was waa Washing wishing the breakfast dishes Upstairs the nursemaid nurse nuree maid was dressing Tommy Jr And And hero here I aia free am-free free to go ahead realized Allison She Sho had waited long I for such uch a n chance Ever Evor since the tho little bride brido across tho the street had come como to nestle in her bower of Juno June roses Allison had had a wonderful plan in her hor head hend It was a plan whose execution would re rc quire quiro a full day Yet Yet now that the time ia is here thought Allison Im almost afraid to begin I 1 J JOn On tho the other hand however she eho was wag almost afraid afraid- no not to begin Tom had seemed so changed of ot late Sometimes sometimes Some some- ome times it seemed as if she were losing his lovo love altogether It was imperative that she take some step to rekindle it And she could do no better to this thiB end ond than to take a a leaf from the tho little brides bride's book Day after aft day she sho had watched the girl wife flying about m making kin her heT nest neat attractive to her young oung h husband band It seemed as if she worked some little change in the house or the garden cardon every day Tho The entire nei had formed the tho habit of being about in the evenings when tho the young husband returned from work smilingly it watched tho the oblivious young youn couple as as' as they hovered over OTer the newest change chango But Allison had watched them only sadly Tho The joy jO- with which h the tho young youn husband turned up his walk reminded her of the eagerness that used to glow low glowin lowin in Tom Toms Tom's 5 lace face but three years ago when whon she was a bride How he loved even en my little extra ex ex- ex tra I he she called caned wistfully Sometimes it almost seems to me that his joy in our home honio left him when I learned to economize This Thia thought had g given gon on her the great treat plan She would turn spendthrift again She Sho would no no longer quench the wild impulse impulso to spend which swept over her every now and then thon sho would no longer be a model wife She had al always always always al- al ways observed that in novels no mon men ly Iy y chose the women best suited for domesticity do do- indeed seemed scorned to love lovo tho the inefficient typo type tho the most Now sho she would havo have an opportunity of seeing if this was true ot of oC flesh an and blood men Ill just spend for spend all the tho time timo Ivo Ive been she abe cried recklessly as 83 she elm sprang to her feet and started in into to the house Up to her room she flew Sho She snatched u up the pocketbook containing the month months s 8 money dollars she counted Ninety out That ought to work a few changes about the tho plate place ObI OhI how glorious it was to sit at atthe atthe the telephone and Bay say calmly to tho the florist Suppose you u send around two potted potted potted pot pot- ted palms and enough roses to cover the roots s of the veranda eranda vines vines all all the tho way round the tho veranda and enough h pansies to fill a a. three foot bed I want the flowers blooming bloomin blooming-all blooming nn all of them She Shot Shel chuckled like liko a naughty child as she sho hun hung up the tho receiver Now for a boy to dig diJ the pansy bed she hurried on OD It was not hard to find a boy Within five minutes she had ono one harat hrat har hr at work on the front lawn A vivid color ha had had flown flown to her her cheeks cheeks when she he returned to the telephone and gave tho the number of a a. dealer in rustic furniture She looked more like hike a u. girl sirl than she had for months month as she made her ber second order I Will you please send around to Mrs Thomas Hunt one of those thole rustic veranda swings with the tho heavy brass chains the kind you have in your Jour window You might send a rustic and two bl big chairs too If I like liko them thorn Ill I'll take them She positively trembled now w M alie he hung up tho the receiver Im almost afraid to have havo Tom come homo hom I sho half balf whispered Yet Yot she went rc recklessly on oa It had been boen so lon long long- since she had spent prodigally prodigally prod prod- I Her Hor next extravagance was WIlS a aset aset set of four foul han hanging t ferneries which the florist who had just arrived had Drou brought ht on on tho chance of her ner wanting ting The only ones in town he tempted Them rustic and th them m brass bras chains will 11 look pretty swell hanging up between your honeysuckle vines ines The brass braS'S chains settled it she chic had to have havo them She Sho answered c for fear would change her ner mind As ho he started to put the flowers in in she went inside Wearily sho she dropped 1 into one of the thc big sitting room chairs She had only only- 20 left Oh dear dearl Oh Oh dear she wailed Yet it must be confessed she was not wailing over the tho monc money spent spent not not yet et she sho was WM wondering if she dared spend that remaining twenty twenty- dollars I do need a tea set so o badly to goon goon Joon go Jo on that rustic she lon longed edA ed A green one would be bo i irresistible It was irre irresistible Within the hour she had chosen one down street At 3 o'clock clock that afternoon it waa was on the And at 4 0 o'clock lok Allison dressed iJa in iJ a cool green an and white Whito striped voile 0 il c. c was wa-s in iu the tho new han hanging in swing nervously thinking over her sins Oh here comes Mrs Grenville she cried wat watching hin a a spare pare darkly dressed woman pick her way nay over the I lawn Of course she's come como to hear hel all about the changes I But Mrs Grenville Gren did not hear out the rhan changes s She heard beard a low melodious ripple of rather general talk She received d a cup of delicious tea from the new new green tea teapot teapot pot Although she remarked upon the delightful color scheme she was able J to evoke very ery that was wa satisfactory tory ton regarding the tho sud sudden en change ch At last the caller went Allison sank sanc back in the swing Sho She cover covered d her face with her ha bands The Tho womans woman's talk had irritated her She wanted t to think to think to rep regret et with rith all her heart th th- th reckless WIn why had harl she hc done it Had she actu actually tIr planned it deliberately 5 In Tn look looking n l heck ck over ocr it now if if- if seemed incredible that she had I I I I surely didn't t plan pIa it she hc told toM h herself her self repeatedly I I did it because I Iwas was swept wept away awa by v that old old love loe of spending Why Id I'd have havo been mad mall to think that Tom could care more mor 3 about Out a 3 wife t as as foolish foolish foolish-as as lawless lawless- us as that Then came the hour boor for Toms Tom's borne home coming InI Instead of t waiting for him himat himat at tho the door as I usual Allison on just crept into his hh dan cn and anil curl tl herself up mis- mis in hi his big leather chair ellair 4 8 the use use of toeing 1 11 the tho displeasure dis dis- dis pleasure on his bis face she site thou thought ht II I I can picture it quite well enough Here ho he found her hor HP Ho came into the room with quick sharp steps Allison t he ho cried What That docs does this all mean Sho She lifted a tear wet ct face That 1 Ive I've vo spent spout the month months month's s mono money she mi said th that t T Ive I've 0 been carri carried away l by that old love loe of spend in leg ing Oh Tom Toni T I ye c spent it all all Ob Ob Oh what hat ar are you going in to do di divorce di- di J vorce oree m oP me To h her T amazement she felt Tom To Toms Tom's s 's arms arm suddenly close round remind her ber His ITis face above h hers rs held not Dot anger anJer but thai that old look of eager J. J r interest that had IH been en there when she h was a bride little girl ho said paid in th the soft lenient tone tono he hail had u used II long ago apo II Why Why don dont don't t you yon think Ill I'll forgive for- for give c you 1 Do you ou think T a n girl rJ your OUT ape age to to be he a model To tell ten you ou the truth Allison Im I'm glad plad vou you did it Im I'm glad Jad you Jou haven't lost that spontaneity that J I 1 marred von vou for lor |
