Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-01-04

o voice slightly tinged with sarcasm;
"Ah! how do you do, Miss Williams;
very glad to see you"
Miss Williams drew herself UP very
rigidly, stared at the fioor-walker in
most naughty manner, and SAID, very
Indignantly:
''Who are you, sir? don't know you,
sir. What do you mean, sir, by adj
dressing me?"
WELL" said the foor-walker. 81
thought / recognized you as the Miss
Williams who once was employed here
as a cash girl"
'No. sir. l, cash girl! am not the
person, sir, at all. / don't know you.
Am / to be insulted?"
'Oh, no; / did not mean to insult
4, you" said the hoor-walker, taken some
what aback by her grand airs. Il must
have been mistaken"
Miss Williams bowed frigidly in rec
ognition of his apology and pushed her
way up to the counter. She bought sew
eral Of the dolls after examining them
very closely. paid for them and ordered
them sent to house in West Forty
fourth street. She stopped at several
other counters and bought other ar
ticles, which she had sent to the same
address.
In the meantime tho foor-walker,
whom she had so brusquely repulsed,
had been talking to young cash girl of
more than usually intelligent appear
ance. Evidently he was not satisfied
OF his mistake so far as Miss Williams
was concerned, for he said to the girl:
"You just follow her. Don't lose sight
of her IL it takes until tomorrow morn
ing. II she goes into house, wait for
her. II she goes into store follow her.
II she stays there, find out whether she
is a clerk or not. If she don't, keep on
following her until you run her down"
In consequence, when Miss Williams
again went into the street the little
cash girl was following her at q respect
full distance. After her experience with
the floor-walker Miss Williams had be-
come very wary. She had maintained
with considerable success the naughty
demeanor she had assumed, and even
when she stepped out into the street she
held her nose high in the air. But after
she had gone about half block, and had
looked around several times to see II she
was being followed, the success Of her
bluff tickled her so much that she burst
out laughing. In moment the laugh
had departed and her face had resumed
its usual demure expression, for she was
sharp enough and experienced enough
to know that such indulgence might
prove fatal to her purpose. There were
several other stores along Fourteenth
street in which Miss Williams stopped,
and at nearly every one she purchased
something and had it sent to the Forty
fourth street house. She frequently re-
ferred, when her memory was at fault,
to the notes she had made; but this was
usually done on the street, and only
with great caution within the stores.
From Fourteenth street she started
up town on Sixth avenue. One Of the
first OF the big stores that she came to
was more than usually crowded because
of certain advertisements that had APP
peared in the paper Of the day before.
Before entering this store Miss Williams
spent several minutes in studying over
her notes. As she looked up from them
and was about to put them into her
pocket her eye caught the young cash
girl, who had been following her. There
was hardly change in her face to de-
note that she recognized the girl, and
only for moment did shade of annoy
ance linger on her brow. Then she pre-
tended to resume her study of the notes,
but all the time she was watching
the little girl out OF the corners Of
her eyes, She had seen the girl in the
store, and recognized her from this. 1t
was now her aim to put the little
one off her track. She put her notes
into her pocket with q decided air and
turned about as though to retrace her
steps. The little girl did not bulge.
Miss Williams walked half a block
away, then turned round as though un-
decided, and saw that the little girl had
still not moved. For moment Miss Will
Jams was in doubt as to whether or not
she had been mistaken. AS she stood
there outside the door the little girl
looked as though she were waiting for
her mother to come out, and not as If
she were playing the detective. To
make certain, Miss Williams decided
upon another test. She turned quickly
and walked around the corner, stopping
so she could soc through the
windows of the corner store on
to Sixth avenue. A minute passed
and the little girl had not appeared.
Miss Williams was about to return when
she saw the cash girl come slowly up
the avenue, apparently with no special
idea in mind. Miss Williams stepped
back into doorway and waited to see II
the girl would pass, but she was too wise
for that. After having waited several
minutes Miss Williams stock Of Rtience