The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-11-15
THE THEFT or A IRESS.

men was very bitter. Little Bill
Stedman. one OF the cleverest sales
men in the great retail store OF Square
shcll, Shields & Co.. considered him
self every whit the equal OF young
Ernest Trevor. the rich brokers' son,
who did not work for living and
wore yellow kid gloves every day OF
the year. rain or shine. Nevertheless
Mr. Trevor was wont to look down
somewhat on Billy and would perhaps
not have condesccnded to notice him
at all II certain circumstances were not
constantly throwing them together.
Miss blillicent Turner, The head
saleswoman in the cloak department
Of Squareshell. Shields g. Co.'s, was q
singularly beautiful, young woman.
Tall aud shapcly, with big brown eyes
deeply fringed with heavy laslies. tiny
hands and feet aud carriage In which
decision aud grace were happily Blend
ed. she was very refreshing object to
look at on warm day. Her most re-
markable feature. however. was her
hair. which was Of rich bronze tint
and curled away up on her head like
shining pyramid Of silk. When she
Jet il down sometimes for the amuse-
ment Of the other girls. 1t fell almost
to her knees ia perfumed torrent thaS
excited both admiration and envy on
r~cry side.
Miss Millicent had many admirers
and among them were numbered both
Billy and Trevor. The latter had ac-
companied his mother one day when
She had come to look at some cloaks.
lie Was smitten at once. Notwith-
standing his superior station in society.
the Young mans conduct had been
propriety itself. There was no sug-
Ecsiion Of frivolity or impudence about
1t. He Fad sought IN Introduction in
a perfectly Legitimate way and from
almost the first day he made her nc
quaintance had been her devoted
slave.
Billy owed his acquaintance with tho
charmer 10 the very practical inter-
course of dry. every day business. He
had improved his opportunities and
stood At this time very high in her good
graces. They were together great
Zeal and It was common rumor about
The store that they had decided to make
match OF 1t.
The beautiful saleswoman was to
sertnin degree impartial In her treat
ment OF her two adorors. True. she
was more with Billy than with bis
rival. aud their Intercourse was nat
arally more familiar. 1t would have
been very hard for an outsider to pick
out the winner. Both had made dec
lnration Of love to her and besought
her to put them out OF their misery.
10 Billy. who had looked very hand
some with his curly brown hair and
pathetic blue eyes as he knelt on the
damp grass ut Lincoln Park to make
bis avowal. she had said that they were
both too poor to marry; to Trevor, who
had pleaded with all the impetuosity
pfa pampcred boy Of 20. she had said
very preitily that she could not think
Of entering family where she was
sure her present occupation and posi-
lion IN society would prevent her re-
sewing a welcome. Both young men.
however. despite these refusals, con-
tinued to call on her. Neither Of them
know that the other had proposed and
boon rejectoj--a fact which was Ia IT.
self a high tribute to the fair ones
good sense---and though they general
~ happened to strike separate oven
ings for their visits, they occasionally
met In the tastefully decorated little
parlor. At such times they would
exchange monosyllnbls remarks. or
glare at each other like prize-fghterA
until their pretty hostess In sbeer des-
peration and dread Of bloodshsd. would