The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-04-05

and the pink ribbon, then. That's dollar and
q half and the only one in the store for that
ridiculous pricel''
The girl put the nice cap she had lust finished
in box, and held out the other one, saving:
We'll, this is the best / can do for you, then,
after ALL"
Ruth looked at me and I looked at Ruth.
while Dot said: I'm sure it's good enough"
hope your grandma will think so" said +
to Beth
Well, maybe she viii" sighed Beth. gloom
lily. "She called ne an ungratefuI girl, cause
/ said l wouldn't wear that sun-bOnnet mother
bought for me- So l hope she wont despise this
costly, handsome cap"
Yes, nice. handsome cap. with grapes and
lots of trimming on it, added Dot.
While the girl had been tying the cap up for
US, we had been leaning ON the showcase, and,
just at that moment, the glass gave way with 8
crash beneath Cur arms.
~Oh, ulyi what thin glass it must have
BEEN" said Beth, turning pale.
my gracious! Tkm!S said the first girl.
q" I'm afraid you'll find it win cost you enough
to have it mended. It viii be ten dollars, IL
it's cent?
But never had so much money as that. IN
my life" cried Beth. I've can't pay for il 20
The woman who had refused to let US have
the cap now came tearing up to Us, exelaiming.
Give me every penny you have and then
clear ont of my shop" She seized Dot as she
spoke, and we soon found ourselves standing
outside on the pavement with no money and
no cap.
Oh, what dreadful, dreadful woman!"
cried Beth. land wasn't she just as mad as q
halter ;"
You mean as mad as a eapper," said I; but
Beth was too frightened to see the joke.
In fact, we were all half crying by the time
We reached the house. We wondered if Mrs.
Bunee would wear her bonnet all day, and Dot
said she would lend her her -handker-
chief, and welcome. But, in my case, we Wera
prepared for q seolding.
Why, where on earth have you BEEN"
cried Beth's mother as We SUNK into the room.
" Mrs. Tibbetts said you hurried off so she
couldn't keep up with you"
"Why-eeI" exclaimed Dot "Mrs. Polly
Ann Bunce has got her cap on"
| raised my eyes from the carpet, and 10 and
behold there sat Mrs. Bunee, and on her head
was the very cap we had left in the ears.
Yes; Mrs. Ithamar Tibbetts brought it."
said Mrs. Bunee, serenely. 1.-The day would be
spoiled for me without my cap she said and
you children didn't want the trouble of it. so
she took care of it herself. Pm sure Pm glad
didn't have to wait for it till you got here,
though Lucius's wife said she would lend me
cap; but, bless me 1t was such q smart-loOk-
ing one, / should never think of wearing it.
Pink ribbons ON it !" added Grandma Bunee,
with real Mortified look.
Beth and I often wonder whether Mrs.
Ithamar Tibbetts brought that cap from Tuck
ertown, or whether we left it in the cars and
she found it; but, as near as we could find out,
she never told any one how we ran away from
her in the depot at Providence, nor how near
Mrs. Polly Ann Bunce came to losing her cap.
And, somehow, we have liked Mrs Tibbetts
a great deal better since then, and / for one,
have concluded that it is very silly to take
prejudices against good, generous women
St. Nicholas.