Middletown transcript., 1881-07-15
BUYING A BONNET.
He STARTED FOR 81 ONE, BUT
PAID S25.

BIC h1tu IleI SuILIll0f DOlln6C, DuG at Ine
mention of bonnet he turned round and
belched out
Bonnet Mother new bonnet
Why don't you go down and buy out
every internal bonnet foundry on Wood
ward avenue and done with it p
g haven't had but one this spring.
she meekly protested.
" One Why, you've had forty -
"Only one, my dear, and can show
you the bill.''
"Well, that cost forty or fifty dol
lars"
"Oh, no. The bill is only nineteen
dollars
q Nineteen dollars Well. that's an
outrageous swindle ~
1T is a very plain bonnet y she re-
marked, land was only for spring."
"How much will a summer hat
cost ?' he asked after reading down to
the end of column.
"Well, I'll try to get along with ten
or twelve dollars, but you-''
"Ten or twelve demons p he yelled
as he half rose up. I tell you it's an
outrageous swindle, and no one but an
idiot would submit They tack the
price on because they think you don't
know bran from brOomsticks ~
"Then you go down with me and
make the purchase"
"Egad 1 will I'll go this very
day, and if I don't buy better bonnet
for S4 than you have ever had for $40
I'll eat shingles ~
That afternoon they entered a milli-
merry store in company, and the old
gent had the look of man who was
bound to win if it broke leg.
"My wife wants bonnet, y he began
as he got settled down on stool.
Very well. About what price ?''
Say from S4 to &c."
g Yes, sir. Here is one for S4. 1t
is one for kitchen girl on Sixteenth
street, and 1 call it an elegant thing
for the money"
"LI guess we don't want one for
four dollars, y he muttered, as chill
flew up his spine.
"It's very cheap, 1 assure you, and
the colors are very popular with kitchen
girls but here is one for six dollars. y
"Ah that is more like it ! Now 1
call that handsome
$50 it is, sir. That is for a second
girl on Winder street, and she certainly
has good taste. 1t is the cheapest bon
net 1 have made for year,
4 Yes I -ahaeEa- -ne dnnhtlu gasInad the
old gent as red streaks began to color
his neck and chin. "And what's the
price of this one ?''
ssThat is sold to barber's wife for
S8, but 1 could get you up the mate to
it if you want. "
Barber's wife ahem-eight dollars
and this one ?''
"WeI, 1 made the price very low on
that one, as it is for a seamstress who
always buys of me. only charged her
S12 for that p
Seamstress, eh ?''
Yes. She goes out for seventy-fve
cents per day, and of course she can't
afford any better than this. -
Old Milestone was as red asa straw
berry by this time, and it was only by
tremendous effort of will that he
could repress gosh darn it -
''You wouldn't care to look at this
SIG bonnet, as it is for a mechanics
wife, - softly remarked the milliner.
''No-ahem- perhaps not, . he grunted.
''But this one at $40 might possibly
do,' she went on, although your
wife's position in society would only
permit her to wear it for second best.
Just wait and 1 will show you some
thing for S25 which will charm you.''
"I won't III be hanged if wait
minute - he exclaimed as he rose up.
don't feel very well, and I've also
agreed to meet a man at the City Hall
at o'clock. Martha, you go ahead
and pick out a bonnet"
"One or-for-for-for four dol
lars,' she whispered.
"Four be-hangs Who said anything
about four dollars If you can make
one for $40 do you, I'd take it; but if
you look better in one for S25, you can
have it sent up. What 1 was seolding
about this morning was the shape Of
your bonnet-not the cost; still hold
that the shapes are outrageous but
you've got to have one all the same.''
And when he got outdoors and
around the corner, he struck the air
with his cane and yelled:
eff man had played that on me,
I'd hunt him to his narrow grave l''-
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