The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-03-07

''No, desc are not to madame's
superior S." put his hand in his
pocket and drew forth little orna'
ment of very beautiful CHINA
Cupid with a butterfly on its shoul-
der. "Zere!' he SAID, spreading
both hands abroad. low about
zis Y
"Well. 1said Mrs. Pattipan, that
is loveIy.n
"And zere is no more ; 'e come
from Paris" SAID the old clothes
man.
"Oh, he is sweet p said Mrs Pat
tipan "I'll see what | have
And upstairs she rushed, a1d
gathering from drawers and closets
al. the old pantaloons with baggy
knees, and all the old coats with
frayed cuffs and greasy collars
which were in the house, laid them
al the feet of the clothes man.
But now it was the old mans
turn 20 be scornful.
"Zese rags! Oh, madame, not
zese rags for my loiely Cupid from
Paris" he sighed repruachiully.
MADAME will find somezng else
she will not expect re poor old
clo'es man to cheat himself Mad
anne has some pretty silk dress-a
cloak, shawl-madame will see J"
Madame, who could not give up
the idea of possessing the Cupid,
now that she had once harbored it,
ran upstairs again. She searched
her drawers. her wardrobe, but re-
ally she had nothing. Suddenly it
occurred TO her that she had
broche shawl, and that she never
wore it. Shawls were out Of fash
ion, and l. she hated anything 1t
was shawl turned into a cloak.
The thing would lie there useless
for years, or she should give it TO
Mr.. Piltipan's Aunt Jane. She
would never wear it again, that
was morally certain. Why moi
buy the Cupid with it?
She unlolded the shawl and felt
an unusual contempt fer il, it look
ell so oll-fashioned. 1t had cost
$25 when 1t was bought, and was
as good as ever; but what an ugly
thing! Yes, she would dOit! She
carried it down stars, therefore,
and The clothes man condescended
to accept If. However, he also put
into his bag The old clothes gar
mpnts.
81 will not leave zem about 10
trouble madame" he said II will
oblige her by carrying zem away"
Mrs. Plliipan returned to her
parlor to adore her Cupid-ceriain-
ly very lovely little being,
"Uow | admire il It's my IDEAL
ity and my form | suppose" she
said, becoming chronological again.
81 should have been an artist, hav-
ing form and color so largely de-
veloped." ....
Then she placed it on the cabi-
net shelves, and as she retired TO &
distance TO observe the general
effect, saw that the counterfeit; bill
that she had thrown into The china
bowl after tearing it across had
vanished. The old clothes man
had taken it-there could be no
doubt Of that.
"But he was so acquisitiye he
could not withstand temptation"
SAID Mrs. Pattipan. "Well, | hope
he will moi pass it on some poor
person. and don't care if he does
get himself into lrouble-he de-
serves it,"
At all events she had her lovely
Cupid-hOw much better than an
old shawl that she detesled Still,
she would not mention The old
shawl or the coats to Mr.. Pa,tipan.
Since she had made the awful mis-
take of exchanging his best trou-
sers for a maich-holder it was un-
derstood between them that old
clothes men were not to be per-
mitted to cross The threshold.
No, she could buy what she pleas
ed, and Mr.. Patlipan never thought
of asking where it came from. II
should 90 so. But, oh /! her lovely
Cupld-how she adored il
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon Mr..
Pattipan returned IN very fine spir-
its.
swell, Ducky," he remarked to
Mrs. Pattipan, "I've got a surprise
for you. Shan't tell you what it is
until have had dinner. 1t is a
birthday present"
Then he concealed bundle be-
meath the sofa.
Mrs. Pattlpan felt pleased 10 be
: remembered. She was as charm
ing as possible during dinner time
and Mr.. Pattipan made her guess
what he bad brought her; but her
guesses were all failures. Not rO-
ses-not book-not his photo
graph-not a watch-not a ring
not dress patiern-not a null
81 meant 10 buy a muif, said
Mr.. Pallipan; but this was
, brought into my Office by some
: body-quiie as though | had asked
the spirits to help me, YOU know
Come along, my dear; want t6
see you sail up and down the par
= lor in it. You are quite queenly
4 sort Of figure, you know, and I
shawl
+ "A shawlT' said Mrs. Patiipan
I "Ahr' said Mr Pattipan, wh'
: was now unfolding his parce
! basi,Ie the narlor liable, "a shawl