Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-06-21
4 Nan in a Millinery Store.
From the petrest Free Press.

A Nan in Millinery Store.
From the Detre;t Free Press
She had mildly limited that she did
not care to 60 to church again until
she had her summer bonnet, but at
the mention of bonnet he turned
around and beiched out: -:
sBonnet!s Mother new bonnet!
Why don't you so down and buy out
every internal bonnet foundry on
Woodward avenue and be done with
it, :
! hayen't t had but one this spring.
she meekly protested. g s.al
'sOnet Why, you've had iorty'"
''Only one. my dear, and I can
show you the hill.'' ata
.sWell. that cost forty or fifts dol
.'oh, no. The bill is only nineteen
doliors
uolAaIs Is.sE - vaaszas ssssl flS aaf
ssNineteen dollars, Well that's an
outrageous swindle!''.
"It's a very plain bonnet" !" she re-
marked, sand it was only for spring."
s'How much will summer hat
cost!" he asked after reading down
to the end of a column. I
''WelL I'll try to get along with
ten or twelve dollars, but you"
ssTen or twelve demons." he yelled
as be half rose up. II 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 broom-stieksi'
"fhen you go down with me and
make the purchase.
: "Egad! 1 will I'll go this very
day, and if / don't bay better bon
net for "a than You have ever had for
$40 I'll eat shingles!''
That afternoon they a,.ared a mil.
linery store in company, and the eh
gent had the look of a man who was
bound to win If it broke leg.
''My wife wants D bonnet" he be-
can as he oo. settled down nm !. s,oo,
every we'll Abont what nr;ce p,
uSav from 81 tn s6.r 4F
ayes sir. Herr ia one IA, a. Il
| is for kitchen oiri On sixteenth
street. and 1 call it an elegant thing
for the money!
.I puess we f,on,t want one for
fo,r do,,ors - ha ,,,..araa .. .,;,,
few nm HIS sn;ne s.s as.le.ag >
uIt,s ve,v cha.n I .ssure vo. aud
| the eolers are very. ponular with
Kitchen girls. but here is om for six
dollars 81, z1,.s .r.szas.
"Ah. that is more like it, Now l
call that handsome. ,, st.a aa4.R ,s.r,
$50 If is, sir. That is for sec.
ond girl ON Winder street and she
certainly has good taste. II is the
cheapest bsnnet / have made. for n
wear ~...sl. ..9 e...a.oz. -.
| "Yes-ahem--no doubt!'s gasped
the old man as the red .streaks began
to color his neck and chin. '.And
what's the price of this ones" =
'tThat! That is sold to BARRIERS
wife for ss, but I could get you up
the mate to it If you want . l.aa
BARRIERS wife-ahem--eight dol
lals-and this ones' nl tz4 et' aa
"Well, made the price very low
on that one, as it is for a seamstress
who always buys Of me. / only
charged her $12 for that. ".5s s.4
| 'Seamstress, ch?''
| sYes. She goes out for seventy
live cents per day, and OF course she
can't afford any better than this"
4 Old MILESTONE was rcd as straw
berry by this time. and il was cply
by a tremendous effort OF will that
be could repress s.gosh darn it,
/ .ssYou wouldn't care tn looL at this
,ls16 bonnet as it is for a mecl,sa;e,s
wife" softly remarked the m;lliner
4 Observation-Disclosures not >, he
grunte,l.
/, but this one at $50 might possi.
Ibly do" she went on s.al,bougl,
| your wife's position in society would
tonly hermit her In wear II for second
best. Just wait and 1,lI show vou
. sometb;uo for sas which will ebaru
, von ., - 4as @ s4sz
;, II wont, In be hanged if I wal,
!. n minutei', he exclaimed as he rost
, also agreed tn meet a man at the Cir,
D Hall at 2 o,cio,.L. Mart,,a t,.oua or
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