Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-03-22

s'Of course it isl she interrupted
vehemently. "Didn't 1 buy it for
such?''
''l'll bet anything, my DEAR" said
her husband with a smile, "that,
whatever you thought, Mr.. Sewell
never said SO, in so many words.
Now, try and think. Did hep
Thus put into the witness-box-
to be cross-examined, as it we're
Mrs. Brown, after some hesitation,
acknowledged that she could not de-
clare positively that Mr.. Sewell had
said it was brocaded silk. 'sBut
its looks are enough she added. s'It
wasn't necessary to say anything
about it,"
ssI'll venture to assert, he never
guaranteed it to be real brocade; l
know old Sewell too we'll. He will
sail just as close to the law as he
can but he will take very good care
not to get into it's clutches. He'll
let people make mistakes about his
goods but he'll not commit himself
by lie in words. He thinks that
smart, as a great many men do.
For my part, l think it cheating.
Now, this silk is not real brocade
-
"What? Not real brocade? ?" in
terrupted his wife. sWhy, John,
see the figure !''
eyes, my dear: but the figure is
not woven in, as in true brocade;
it is stamped as furniture velvet is
stamped. You'd have found it out
for yourself, if you hadn't been in
such hurry to secure bargain.
Come here and look at it in this light. )"
AS his wife turned to 60 to the
window, Mr.. Brown caught Mrs.
Armour's eye. She gave little nod,
as much as to say she had already
discovered this fact.
The deception has been very we'll
managed, my dear" said Mr.. Brown.
81 don't wonder that you were taken
in; anybody would be, at only a cas-
ual glance. But now, don't you see
that the figure has been stamped
Look here, at the back; the indenta-
ton is evident. Oh, they do these
limitations admlrably."
"Pll take it back to Mr.. Sewell, y
cried Mrs. Brown Indignantly. ''It's
a regular cheat
"No, my love-" interrupted Mr..
Brown, in tnrn. 81 am a lawyer.
and know that you havn't any case
for YOU couldn't swear he sold it as
real brocade. You'd only make
yourself laughing-stock, for having
been imposed on so easily. Better
give the stuff away, as l did my sui
of shoddy clothes"
''Of course, l could never wea
the thing" said his wife, ''now
know it is sham.
Exactly" said Mr.. Brown. ''No
would | wish you to wear it. BE
and not seem, is my motto. If on
can't afford to wear the real thing
get something of a different kind
though not so expensive. Get
cashmere, if you can't afford a silk
but don't wear sleazy silks"
''That has always been my rule,
remarked Mrs. Armour, "with tn
single exception of the cheap carpet
And there" with laugh at herself
II got just what l deserved.
Eyes" said Mr.. Brown; 18th
true rule is to always pay a fai
price, and get good article. Neve
buy an inferior thing of its kind
get good cloth, Or good silk, or goo
cashmere, or whatever else you ca
afford but never buy thing merel
because it's cheap; for merely chea
l tbinuS alwauS tnrn ont dear SIM nj
because they are worth next to moth
ing"
A good many years have passe
i, since these incidents happened; BIT
I the lesson she learned that day. ha
never been forgotten by Mrs. Brown
y she no longer comes home boastin
i of her gl eat bargains.