St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-21
The 1adte. Didnu Buv thu, Grapes.

Both ladies were elegantly Dire ssed as their
liveried coachman brought the horses to
halt in front of a retail grocery at Seven
corners one bright sunny morning Lust week.
OF course, the waiting clerk came out to the
curb stone to receive from the ladies what
ever order they might desire TO leave. They
wished to get some grapes. The clerk -ac-
cordiu gly returned to the store and brough
out two small, neatly arranged boxes of this
fruit One of them was filed with large,
dark purple Isabellas and the other
the small reddish brown grape, that is
known everywhere as the Delaware. When
he boxes were uncovered by the obliging
ND obsequious clerk the ladies each took
{ ne of the small boxes and began expressing
heir admiration at the beauty and attrac-
Ii veness of the fruit, and their delight at the
ri ch grape perfume that exaled from it. As
as natural, they began to compare the re-
So ective merits OF the two specimens of
or apes, and carelesSly and languidly each
pu lied some of the grapes from ahe stems
auGl tasted the fruit. 1t was diff
cult for them to decide which,
in their opinion, was the best,
the arye, dark purple ones, or the small.
redo ish brown Delaware. They first tried
one and then the other, and the choice first
fell ,Pon the dark purple and then upon the
SINAI l. reddish brown fruit, and the more
thest / ladies tried them the more they fell
into doubt as to which was the best. BY this
time the fruit was pretty well picked to
piece 3 When the clerk first removed the
cover the grapes presented smooth level
surfa X aud looked very attractive.
After these elegantly dressed ladies
had Il nished their sampiing the grapes bad
sorry appearance. In one part of the boxes,
holes kad been dug down into the fruit and
the bt jsxelled fingers of these delicate ladies
had I=sgn thence some plump attractive
grape, which looked as though it might de-
termin le THE test while in other part of the
boxes ragged stems from which the fruit
had b cen pulled, protruded, and the con-
tents the box were pulled e.-eryway and
wholly plOwed up by these ladies' delicate
hands. So the mean time the poor
clerk ST, 10 1pon the sidewalk trying to smile
and app Facing TO be pleased, while be saw
two boxe Of gra pes being mauled az, wholly
ruined. He die not know what to ssy or
what to q ". Tn eSe ladies were hands omely
dressed s.,,d telor, Ced to the best so, ,iety.
Evcrvthi NO about t lem was rich and elee ant,
and DIANE ,nds sparl led from their dele ate
hands. The livery Of the coachman " as
rich, SUBJ lued, Sud eli giant, and very stylish :.
Everythii ~ about {. Re establishment was
such as to indicate great quality and
wealth. Under such sui DUNG circumstances
what wa, the pc or clerk to DOB That was
what be wanted 20 know. 1t would not do
for him TO suggest to thos ladies that they
were ruining tine sale Of tt use two boxes Of
grapes That wo uId have been regarded as
an insult to the &C. .upsrts Df the carriage.
st the same time felt tina it was neces-
sary to put q stop |, such geuteel, graceful,
well bred. well dres sed vandalism. II he
could have known I hen that these ladies
would have taken [ lie grapes often thus
treating them he coult have beeII satisfied and
would have had little cause 10 complain
This, however. be cou I'll not know, and just
here was the trouble. The ladiesS soon re-
moved all doubt from his mind by languidly
returning the boxes. ' nth the remark that
they were not quite So ssfied and would look
further. They were N ash obliged, and IT.
GREETED having troubled the clerk. The car
rage rolled away : nS the poor little
clerk was left stan. Ing on the side
walk, so inferrsl} mad that he
could not speak : lis Was = very