but firmly. "We shall go to the hotel until we can arrange a home. I
have already rented a house and it won't take us long to get settled."

Nor did it. In a few weeks Jaffray and Renestine were
occupying a small house, not far from the river that skirted the town,
with Josiah and Caroline in charge.

"I do not see how anything can be prettier," said Renestine one
day after they had been in their home about a week. She had just
finished looping the pretty Swiss curtains at the windows of their
living room. "I really do not," she continued, stepping back, her
finger tips together, her head quizzically on one side. "Nothing can
be sweeter or prettier than our home. Jaffray, have you noticed how
dainty the chintz furniture is and how well it goes with the walls? I
think I deserve commendation for that wall paper, Jaffray."

"Indeed, you do, my darling," returned Jaffray, pulling
solemnly at his pipe and looking half amused, half serious, at his
young wife. "Are you quite sure the pattern is large enough?" he said,
laughing.

"Oh, you ungrateful man, you are making fun of me, I do
believe. Come into the dining-room and have dinner. Caroline is just
bringing it in."

Arm in arm, they stepped into a long, narrow room which went
the width of the house, only excepting a little room off the main
bedroom which was used for a dressing room.

The house consisted of a living room, a small hall and across