Show aa r ft ROSE AND BLUE 88 by CAROL WHITNEY 0 mcclure newspaper syndicate service doris whitford gave a last look at the clipping in her hand nodded in a satisfied way and pushed one of tho the many bells in the apartment house vestibule ves tible when the door clicked she pushed it open land and waited in a few moments the elevator door opened and a young man opened the th door did you come to see me he asked oh doris smiled mr air storey yes charles storey yes I 1 came to see sec you about the rooms roams only I 1 supposed it was mrs airs storer it usually is Is it strange stian gc though I 1 suppose its only natural will you come up doris dons entered the elevator and charles storey closed the door and pushed the indicator for the third floor the elevator quietly ascended he took doris dons to his apartment unlocked the door and usher ushered edher her into his living room loom its nice it she said looking about in a businesslike fashion yes this room is all right but of course it oh no of course not where is ahe room you have for me to look at charles led her across a small hall past a bathroom and clothes closet to a bedroom oh doris stopped in thedoor the doorway what a nice room windows on both sides and such lovely sunny windows but she hesitated a moment a little confused yes charles storey laughed just it but and I 1 dont know wrong I 1 suppose you do you can refurnish it just as you want just as I 1 want yes just as you want I 1 suppose you can get all the stuff at starlings cant you well just charge it to me and it will be all right but really doris beamed as bright and gay as the spring sunshine that came in the wide window yes really its the first time in my life I 1 have ever had a room just as I 1 wanted it and youve no idea what fun it sounds 1 I suppose most people have ideas of their own oh answered doris most decidedly cid edly the people ive knowland know nAnd such funny ideas too well what about it will it be all right all right of course doris sat down with a pencil and little notebook carl can I 1 have new curtains certainly anything you want only make it look human this apartment belonged to my uncle hes gone abroad left as it is the living rooms pretty decent but the rest is awful doris longed to ask him what the rest of the apartment was she knew the words of the advertisement ti had brought her here pleasant room with big windows plenty of sun to rent to young lady share kitchen be decorated if desired she wished the other lady would come in perhaps it was his s sister or his mother in the meantime she was making notes and sketches and figures measuring the room with her eye visualizing it as it would look with new draperies some new furniture and much rearrangement would you think corn colored net over the windows and ruffled blue side curta curtains his that hang to the floor and are looped back halfway up with big bows I 1 think using them now would you think that was nice well I 1 like blue you be putting any pink in the room A rose colored slip on that big brown upholstered chair I 1 think and perhaps a rose colored pottery lamp with a natural parchment shade with blue stars on it I 1 could make that but blue and pink somewhat well rather it a very avery strong combination is it for a m man an no I 1 suppose not but ive always loved it always longed for a room with deep blue curtains and a deep rose contrast I 1 think it will be sweet now 11 dor dons is blushed with a sudden confusion what about price I 1 guess that comes next up to you said charles storey we needle bother about that now will you get it fixed up next week oh yes said doris early in the week half an hour later charles storey sat comfortably in his batche lors living room loom trying to surround himself with the peace and contentment that usually came to him when he passed within the doors if his apart apartment ment but lie he was unsuccessful in his efforts peace and contentment had gone he quite decide why perhaps it was the thought of li a rose colored and soft blue bedroom perhaps it was the memory of a wistfully eager girl pretty and young sitting on the a arm rm of his big chair making sketches and figures irl in a little notebook but roe and blue I 1 should have shown some spunk told her I 1 want w ant it I 1 thought they always tried to find out your taste anyway I 1 guess she had bad me bewitched he had just reached that point in his cogitations and would probably have i reached cached no further when his telephone bell rang he picked up the receiver and a worried womans comans voice hurried over the wire in explanation oh mr storey this is miss brown of the interior decorating department at starlings I 1 had an appointment to meet you this afternoon at your apartment and make plans to do your bedroom over I 1 just cant explain or apologize I 1 forgot the appointment I 1 had it in my notebook of course but I 1 just see it I 1 you come questioned charles then who did nobody im home now checking on the days wor kand I 1 found your appointment in my notebook im awfully sorry oh all right miss brown quite all right I 1 seem to have bad another engagement too and ill want you to do the room over you know how about coming back in well a month I 1 think ill want it in blue rose and ill know by then the change in charles Sto storeys Stoie reys ys point of view toward rose and blue had been startling even to himself when he took off the receiver he hated rose and blue when he learned that his visitor of the afternoon had not been the interior decorator he had ordered from starlings he had bad been puzzled and blue and rose furnishings went from his mind As he listened to apologies his eye wandered to the paper opened to the want ads there he read among rooms to rent the words that had brought do doris ri s whitford ord to his door pleasant room with big windows plenty of sun to rent to young lady share kitchen privileges with another lady room will be decorated if desired de aired storer and the address of the apartment hes lived irl in it was that storer woman a couple of floors above they often got mixed up storer and storey and suddenly his liking for blue and rose draperies soared high if perhaps he could get hold of doris and explain if perhaps she could get a room with miss storer for a little while if perhaps lie he could persuade her to change back to his apartments after she had known him for a decent interval well then why by no not i a room done in rose and blue THE END |