The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-06
The "Installment Plan.

tisemcnts of the day? Do you read it in
the denominations of rhyme and jingle
that are lined and loaded and spaced oil
like poetry Here is specimen:
<Come, every one, without delay,
And welcome the suspicious day
When chairs and tables, forks and knives,
70 make the happiest set of wives
When dishes, too, and other things,
Which solid comfort always brings,
Can be procured without expense
BY those who're blessed with common
sense
Just sense enough, my modest man,
TO buy on the Installment Plan
To buy Of him who'll bless you all
That give him Just friendly call
So, up, Young man, and straitwaY 90
TO the Magic Monstrous Never-failng
An-contaiuing Emporium Of Suckerman
N CO.
Charley Langdon read the advertise
ment, and swallowed 1t.
Dear Molly" he said to the blue
eyed damsel who tondly hoped, one of
these DAYS. to unite her life with his,
why should we wait longer Here we
can get every thing we want for furnish
ing our house-everythiDg from cellar to
attic-for kitchen, parlor, bedroom and
hall-aud the amount to be paid down Is
Il mere bagatelle.
Molly read the advertisement--read
the poetry. and read about the great
blessing, which Suckerman was throw
lug all about him. to be picked up and
appropriated by those who were wise.
But" she suggested, ut has all got to
be paid Tor at some time.
"Certainlv." said Charley; but don't
YOU see the amount we shall have to pay
monthly will only amount to sum equal
70 what y fair rental would be; and thus,
in the end. we shall own the property all
clear declare, Molly, II is great
thing. Just think of it; the furniture Is
really paying for itself. The use we shall
get from it will be worth all we shall
pay for the first year; and that rent Is
,buving the whole thing. Come, darling,
let Us 90 and see"
Molly could not refuse that; so, on the
following day, she went with her lover
10 the Magic Nonstrous Never-failing
Ali-containing Emporium OF Suckerman
~ Go.
Things did not look exactly as Charley
had expected to find them looking.
There vas a disagreeable smell of paint
and benzine, and that all-prevadlng,
nameless horror-so ghostly and coffin
like. which comes of new, cheap varnish.
And then things We're not as cheap as he
had anticipated. But he had come for a
purpose; he was young and buoyant; his
hope was enormous, and he allowed that
hope TO become assurance. And then
Mr.. SuckeIman presented the case so clear
Nv. lie knew exactly what the young man
wanted-he had been there himself-lt
was a great want, and for a most noble
and holy purpose What could there be
on earth so beautiful, so sublime, as the
gathering of two loving, faithful hearts
into one homer And should that home
not be made attractive and comfortable
All. how grateful he was that be had IT
In his power TO assist his needy fellows.
Molly was charmed by the mans talk.
Poor child! She did not know the world
AS she will know it later in life. And
Charley was captivated. OF course it
was as Mr. Suckerman said
"Nothing in TIE world can so put vim
and energy into young man as to have
a beautiful home to pay for
At the moment, with the prospect OF a
home ready made 10 hand before MIN, ne
did not give due thought to the much
better thing of home paid fer.
All the Installment Plan was an i'm
mense thing,
Charley and Molly selected their furni-
ture. their kitchen and table ware, their
beds and bedding; and when all had
been set aside it made grand show; and
il would make a still grander show al
home. But the bill was little start
ling. Goodness how the seemingly
trivial things, separately priced, came to
swell in the aggregate Six hundred dol
lars-and he had not selected an article
not really needed. OF course, on the
celebrated Installment Plan, where the
trade was entirely for the benefit of the
buyer, said buyer could not expect re-
duction of price. However, only one
hundred dollars was to be paid down
For the remainder Charley was to give
five notes, of one hundred dollars each
payable quarterly. He was sure that DC
could do that easily. As Mr.. Sucker