St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-10
Detroit Free Press.

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SSNE@R" ''Oh, you have?
AN, ,lE4SAlk How nice! | am at
Az " W@VR liberty for an hour
" X E1WS and will go around
~ 9zANyTSiatha you tn,1 What VI; is
"Why, IL want-let's see-I want
some shoes for baby"
'Do you? Didn't bring up pair
day before yesterday"
Il didn't mean shoes. He must have
some aprons"
Aprons! Oh, well, We'll buy him
hundred in about ten minutes.'
81 shall be two hours looking around,
Mr.. Bowser, and if you haven't got
to go"
''Oh, lots of time. can spare all the
afternoon"
But it will annoy you"
mot bit Of it. | rather enjoy going
around with you. Well go in here"
The fact was that baby didn't need
any aprons or anything else. / had
come down town to look around, as all
other women do, and my meeting Mr..
Bowser was very unfortunate. He
rushed me into the nearest dry goods
store, hurried me back to counter, and
before | could say word he observed to
the clerk:
"Aprons for the baby. Throw down
sample of everything"
In five minutes he had selected eight
ready-made aprons and ordered them
sent up, and was about to ask what else
she wanted when fortunate incident
came to my relief. Our neighbor, Mrs.
Bunkum, came in with skip, and he
went over to her and said:
'Can this, indeed, be you, Mrs. Bun
kum?"
"Why, certainly"
''But it was only this morning that
Mr.. Bunkum was telling me that your
health was so poor he might have to
send you away. He said you could
hardly walk, and that he was taking his
dinner down town to make it light on
YOU"
Yes. l am not WE'LL" she slowly
replied.
'And here is Mrs. hampton! Well, 1
declare! Mr.. hampton was in the office
this morning to telegraph the family
doctor that you were going into de-
cline. l heard him say you hadn't sat
up for three days. A great and benefi-
cial change must have suddenly set in,
Mrs. Lampton?"
Eyes, there has," she replied as she
gave me murderouS look.
''And here is Mrs. ThOrnby, as live.
Well, this does beat all! Thornby was
telling me last night that he did not be-
lieve you would live month. Said he
was obliged to make his own bed the
other night, and that he ate most of his
meals at hotel"
YES" replied Mrs. Thornby, as she
plainly told me by look that our friend
ship was forever ended.
| tried to get Mr.. Bowser away, but he
replied:
Don't be in hurry. These ladies
are here to trade, and perhaps | can be
of service. Mrs. Bunkum, you wanted
to look at-at?'
''Some silk" she whispered.
silk, eh? l happen to know the
head clerk at the silk counter Right
this way, please, Mr.. Raymond, this
lady wants a silk dress. She'll depend
on your honesty. Cut her off pattern
from your best silk and send it to the
house. There, that's
Mrs. Bunkum turned about and
walked out of the store in high dudgeon,
followed by Mrs. Lumpton and Mrs.
Thornby.
"W-hat is it?"
You have mortally offended those la
dies
well, declare. What else do you
want tO-day?'
Nothing, guess"
eyes, you do. You would not get off
sick bed to come down town and buy
few baby aprons. You were speaking
about new cape the other day. Come
on"
AS we crossed the street we met Mrs.
| Gladwing, and Mr.. BOwser had to rush
| up to her and eXclaim:
SIS it possible? And you are down
| town"
us it very extraordinary" she asked.
sit really is. l walked down with
| Gladwing this morning and he was tell
ing me he was without girl, one of the
children down with the measles and YOU
hadn't been out of bed for four days"
IL had to come down." she said,
| looking much embarrassed.
"After medicine for the poor, sick
child, of course? Fll run down to the
drug store with you, or better yet, give
me the prescription"
She pretended to see her sister across
the street and hurried Off, but we had
! only entered the store when we ran
against Mrs. Wakefield, another neigh
Dor. She was going to kiss me when
Mr.. Bowser had to put in with:
well, this beats mel"
'What is it?' she asked.
''Why, your being able to get down
town. l was with your husband the
| OticI udy WuSil Hc was lclll1S Uuc
doctor that you hadn't month to live"
'Well, II am not we'll"
sAren't you? But dear me, how l
pity you! 1t must take lady an hour
to dress for a trip down town, and she
must be made of iron to stand on her
feet two or three hours additional."!
Yes. but l had to trade. | am all
through now and ready to go home"
She had purchased five cents worth
of hair-pins and two shillings' worth of
candy. Mr.. BowSer looked after her as
she tripped away, and then at the long
procession of women passing up and
| down. BY and by he said:
"Mrs. Bowser, are all these women
invalids?"
Eyes, every one"
"All under the doctors care?'
eyes. most of the time.''
Husbands pity them and worry over
them?"
eyes"
"And they get off their dying beds to
come down town and-and buy two
cents worth of gum and parade up and
down?'
"That's it."
And you are just like the rest OF
them?"
81 am.'
'Um! Yesl Yes! Mrs. Bowser, ]
may not be up to tea. l may not be up
tonight. Indeed, l may never come
home again. When our child gets old
enough explain to him how it was. and
warn him that of all deceit and hypoc-
risy in mankind woman has seven.
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