West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-09-11

diving for her purse without asking tho
price. They n suit me to a charm
But whatever Is upP' says |. You
surely can't bc wanting those fairy
slippers for Yourself. Miss J-P'
'Shc colorcd up as looked at the
bottom OF her skirt with the suggestive
moss OF an old friend bat burst out
laughing I'M minute. I've a plan In
my mind that TN tell YOU about, saws
she. II YOU promise never to tell.
Il promised solomnly. and then she
went on 10 tell me of a new bOarticr at
her mothers, an old curInudgcon OF "A
bachelor. richer than "a pawn broker
aud crankicr than setting hen. whom
she had made up her mind 10 WIN for "A
husband through the inStrumcntality of
those very slippers. One of the prime
cccontricities of this old fellow was an
admiration for large women with small
feet And he had frequently been
heard TO declare that until he could
meet his ideal girl, who must bc "A
blonde of ample frame and vet of in
hnitesimal feet he would nuy"~ sue
cumb to feminine charms. no latter
how captivating in all other respects.
Now, you partly understand the case
Mr. Nj -, said Miss = i'm conclu-
sion, for I'm both blonde and ample,
amt I?'
Yes AMI comely to boot. said T.
"Well, continued she. dangling the
CindcrallaS in the air, and these will
answer To fill out the bill, so far rs the
talry-like tootSy-tootSics are concerned.
and don't you forget it.
Then She laughed again. paid for
the slippers, and lit out with 'cm. We'll.
sir, Just rs sure ~ You're born she
played that little game for all il wa,
worth and won her man. 1t happened
in this way. On the very next dav. as
the old bachelor was nosing aimlo>sly
through the back parlor, after luncheon,
he saw his landlady's comclv and
buNom daughter lying apparently fast
asleep on IA lounge in n studicdly care
less attitude, but with her bcetlc-mash-
crs Snugly out of sight, rs matter OF
course, and with thoso tiny clippers
lying on the lloor at her side, as if
kicked oil. for additional ease. lust be-
fore she had fallen asleep Well, the
old fool first gaZcd at those slippers as
if fascinated Then his eyes straved
over the fair siccpcr, and he doubtless
fell 10 admiring her general gct-up and
wondering how strangely such above
board robustness COntraStcd with the
sylph-likc feet that must bc somewhere
smuggled under those skirts i'm order
TO ht those amazingly small slippers.
Then he sighed and went out This
ruSe was repeated on several occasions
till at last The old fool couldn't stand il
any longcr, and went at making hove 10
Miss J. in good enrnest She had
hooked him with vengeance, and
those slippers were her only bat
I'm just two months after she began
angling for him she landed him high
and dry at the foot of the altar When
she got back from her bridal trip she
came sailing i'm here one day so covered
with expensive clothes and ornaments
that i hardly knew her. But she car
ricd small bundle in her hand. and in
that bundle was that pair of black satin
slippers. i gave you sixty cents for
y EN-, and give 'em back TO you for
nothing, Mr. NJ M, said she. smiling
swectly, a she opened the bundle and
handed them TO me. They did their
work nobly. and / only hope that their
next pOsscssOr may find as much luck
in them. or rather out of them rs did
Thank you; my husband. Mr. b, is
well, and try 90 make him happy
'At last my curiosity gOs 80 much the
better Of me that ] couldn't help asking
if Mr. B hadn't kicked just the least
triile on finding the difference between
her feet and the slippers he had fondly
hoped were intended TO cover them.
Mrs. b grew suddenly stately, but
she didn't get downright angry over
the question, after all Mr. NJ
said she. TO be- chagrined over disap-
pOintments ~ times is only human, and
J do not claim that my husband * super
human. But I think he l1as found out
by this time that ! make him a good
wife, or. at all events. if nc thinks any
thing 90 the contrary. he is careful not
TO express it,
Mrs. IS S- is so rich now that she
doesn't need 20 buy any thing second
hand, any more. said the dealer
But you said the slippers had come
back 10 you twice, said the reporter.
"Was there any other romance con
ncctcd with thcm2"
"Not that ! know Of" softly replicd
the secondhand shoe-dealcr. settling
down TO his work bench ~ rather
think that for one pair Of number one
black satin slippers, hand-sttchcd and
patches warranted, that was about ro-
nance enough. IN T. SUn