The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1881-02-03

Her New Shoes.

She was a woman. If you ever run a
shoe store you will know what followed as
she entered the store. She looked su
around, picked up pair Of shoes off the
counter, rubbed her thumb along the sOles,
and timidly asked Of the smiling clerk:
DO you keep ladies' shoes here"
1--WE do" he promptly answered. "What
style shall show yOu"
For more than three weeks she had had
her mind made up for pair which laced
on the inside, and all her friends had en-
cOuraged her idea, but it wouldn't have
been like a woman to ask the clerk for that
particular style.
Lets see? Let's see?D she unused. Il
suppose you have the French heels?"
"Oh, yes" he answered, and he soon had
twenty pairs before her. She closely in
spected each pair, from 2's up to 6's, asked
the grade Of the material in each, and twice
during the fifteen minutes she seemed on
the point Of trying on pair.
"Are you sure these are the French
heels ?" she finally asked.
"Oh, yes; you can be sure of that"
"Well, I guess I won't buy any to-day. I
did think some of looking at some button
shoes"
Certainly, here is q large variety. &c
you wish kid?'
Il presume" /" she answered, as she wet
! her finger and rubbed the heel of the shoe,
shat kid will wear longer than morocco ?'
"Of course. These are patent buttons,
you see"
"Yes I see. If I ever buy a pair Of
/ button shoes, 1 shall insist on the patent
/ button"
Didn't youwant q pair Of these?'
Lets see, she mused again. fastening
| her eyes on the top shelf
She was buried in the deepest thought
| for long minute, and the clerk hardly
| dared draw his breath. Then her eyes
gradually dropped from shelf to shelf until
| they rested on his garnet neclZtie, and she
said:
Not to-day. Have you shoes which lace P'
"Oh, yes.'
Those which lace in front"
"Yes'm. Here is something fine. can
sell you pair of these for 20 shillings."
"Can you Why shoes must have either
gone up or -dOwnp Shoes which lace in
front are stylish, arn't they?"
"Oh, yes"
And they wear as good as any q
"Just as good. I can recommend the
material in these shoes, as they were made
for US here. VIII you try on pair"
She seemed about to do so. She looked
over at the lounge, seized a pair of threes,
and was then halted by o new idea. She
put the shoes down, let her eyes drop to the
floor, and, after q mental calculation of
seventy seconds, she suddenly inquired:
Did you say you had shoes laced on the
side?
ayes, we have. Would you like to see
them ?'
She hesitated, looked up and down the
shelves as if perplexed, and finally said she
would. He emptied two boxes, praised the
style and material, and advised her by all
means to get those shoes if she wanted to
be in style and have good fit.
Il can wear threes," she observed, as
she partly turned away; but owing"
"Yes'm. You dc not want glOve-ftting
shoe. You are.y-Ty sensible or that point.
Fives are much tco large, of course, but
they are better f.r the feet in winter.
These are hvC5 but very small ones. In
some stores thy would be marked threes."
Il guess IlITy them on" she family re-
marked, as she sat down.
'Yes'm. Pm sure
HNO, he wasn't. She had suddenly paused
again. What if there was a hole in the
heel of her stocking! Suppose her big toe
had worked through, as big toes sometimes
will
'I can try them on alone" she finally
said, and, while the clerk was busy on the
other side Of the counter, she ripped the
buttons off her right shoe, pulled it of, and
got her foot into the new one. It was a
pinch. Her toes felt cramped and her heel
complained.
"DO they fit ?" asked the clerk. as lean
ed over the counter.
She didn't say.
"Perhaps you had better try skies, with
a broad sole and low instep7 he sag-
gested.
What ~ sne exclaimed, as her face red
dened; why can hardly find my foot in
these! III take them on account of my chill
blains, but only to wear around the house.
Very we'll I'll wrap them up"
She paid for the shoes, took them in her
hand and went out with 4 sweet smile on
her face, but she was the woman who was
heard saying to herself on the street car:
Gone and made a Ounce of myself again
by getting tight shoes 1 wish I'd thrown
the money into the fire r'-JL Quad.