The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-04-17
Only n Remnant.


away amidst the luxuriant disorder of n
ladys shopping bag. A slender slice OF
shiinmering silk In close companionshlp
with dainty pocket u
buttou.hook. a very rich portcmonnaie
with very poor interior. ten or twenty
wrinklcd hair-pins, three car'tickcts, u
rccip, or two, a card case. and mis-
ccllancous assortment OF caramcls, gum
drops. and dreamy. complex atmos-
phere Of patchouly and hamamclis.
Only n remnant.
But n remnant with history, a rem
nant with future full of romantic pos
sibilitics.
That remnant was plpribHs Wium:
that Is To say, one Of many which were
10 find temporary accommodation IN
that shopping-bag; many which were
To be got by means similar To those which
secured this.
But our business at present j. not with
them, but with this one only; this soli-
tary remnant; this silkcn hermit.
On the morning of the day which found
this remnant in Mrs Shoppington =
shopping. .bag. Mrs. $. started out bright
and early. arrayed in her best attire and
her most insinuating smile. This was
sufficient Indication that she was ben,
ON day of pleasure. to.wit, she was go
ing shopping
Following the injunction OF old, she
took ne scrip in her purse, or none TO
speak of. Money is the last thing thought
ot or needed Ia the woman ON shop
ping tour. There Is this difference be-
tween the sexes, man buys, u woman
shops.
Mrs. Shoppington. her shopping-bag
and itS contents, including the remnant.
the hero of our story, had just emerged
from the establishment Of Sa,insheen X
Grosgrain's. Mrs. Shoppington had
been successful in that establishment.
She had made u gcOdly begin
ming. and Ms. Shoppington was happy.
She had told the clerk that she wished
to look at som, of his silk. She was
better than her word. She looked at all
the accommodating clerk showed her.
and he showed her the entire stock in
trade. Then she informed him that she
was not ready To purchase that day.
She had not come prepared to buy. In
decd She had not thought of visiting any
store. being in a great hurry Ia visit n
relative in the suburbs; but Just rs she
was about passing the door she rcmcm-
berrd that she wished 10 look nj some
silks, and she couldn't resist the temp
tatiOu To step in for Just y moment. She
was vcry sorry she had put him To such
trouble. but would the clerk give pat
1,,...I,s i'll xsl.t.l Ian
eyes fingered so admringly.
The clerk would. and he did, and
hence the remnant in Mrs. Shopping
ton shopping-bag, and hence her hap
py countcnancc.
Bu, Mrs. Shoppington did not hurry
away to the railway station. Possibly
she had forgotten her relative in the
suburbs whilst foasting her eyes upon
those silkcn temptations or in her JOY
OYER the remnant in her shopping
bag.
For she entered the dry-gooGs house
of Hamburg X Co. u few doors away,
and went instinctivcly Ia tho silk coun-
ter. She was shown several invoices Of
the glossy fabric. and then. as in Satin.
sheen n GroSgrain's. she informed the
patient clerk tat she did not intend to
purchase. A friend aSkc her To look nj
some silks for her and gct few pat
terms. alrs. Shoppington did not men
tion who this fr.end was. Possibly she
referred 10 that relative in the suburbs.
The clerk begged her pardon. but IL
was contrary 10 rules 10 give patterns.
Mrs. Shoppington was very sorry. Her
friend wOull Ice so disappointed. Then
she looked at tie silk again. and re-
marked that "that" would just suit her
friend. she was sure. Now, couldn't
the clerk brcal the rule for this once7
She wouldn't ask such a thing for her
sells. But her friend
The clerk relenied and cut OF u snip;
aud having done this, IL was the easiest
thing in the world to induce him To give
patterns Of three or four more pieces;
for possibly. you know, her friend
might prefer some enc Of the others to
the piece which suited Mrs. Shopping
tons eye.
Only remnant.
But solitary remnant no longer. II
now had several companions, - rich
and lus.rous ~ itself.
Mrs. Shopp'ngton's step was lighter
and her smile swcs tier than when We
first saw her emerging from Satinsheen
n Grosgrain's, :, Notwithstanding she then
looked >upremcly happy.
Mrs. Shoppington's shopping tour
promised 10 he successful one. And
il was cminently successful. Ii is un-
necessary 10 follow her from store to
store. or to relate the sweet little subtcr-
fugcs through which she possessed her.
self Of silken patterns of every hue and
in goodly number.
Only remnant.
Wien she arrived home. after her day
of pleasure, she opened her shopping
bag. and. with face aglow with joy. dis.
played to the admiring family the result
Of her operations.
THERE she exclaimed. triumph
antly. "rve got enough now. I'm GO
ing to work on II tomorrow, and /
guess YOU won't find another one Ia
the city that will begin to compare with
it."
4 woman's no simplcton. say what thou wilt;
She can get without money silk crazy quilt
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