Other shelves held lace pieces, luncheon sets, boudoir pillow-cases,
table scarfs, and all the exquisite embroidered bits that are the delight
of the home lover.

"Perfectly wonderful!" Elise declared; "looks just like a shop in Venice
or Nice. How do you keep them so tidy? and where did you ever get so
many?"

"Oh, I've done quite some shopping to get our Lares and Penates together,
and Bill let me get whatever I wanted in the house furnishing line. Yes,
this linen room is my joy and my pride. See, _this_ cupboard is all
curtains. I do love to have fresh curtains as often as I want them."

"Well, it's all like Fairyland," Mona said. "I have beautiful things,
too, but they don't look like this. They're all in a jumble on the
shelves, and everything is hodge-podge."

"Oh, well, you're just as happy," laughed Patty. "I chance to be
naturally tidy, and I just love to potter over my things, and keep them
in place. Some time I'll show you Baby's wardrobe. Her little things are
too dear for anything. But now I'll take you to your rooms. This is
yours, Elise. I picked out this one for you, because it's lavender,--and
I know that's your favorite colour."

"And the wistaria vine is looking in at the windows!" Elise noted, with
joy. "Oh, Patty, I won't live on the porch, either, I'll live up here."

It _was_ a beautiful room. A deep seated bay-window, with latticed panes,
opened into a profusion of wistaria blooms, and the fragrance filled the