The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-10


~na' aback by her grand airs. n mus
have been mistaken"
MISS Williams bowed frigidly in rec
ogni'ion Of his apology and pushed Ne
way up 10 the counter. She bought sev
erai OF the dolls after examining then
very closely. paid for them and ordere.
them sent TO a house In West Forty
fourth street. Shc stopped at severa
other counters and bought other a.
ticles, which she had sent to the sam,
address.
In the meantime tho floor walker
whom she had 80 brdsqucly rcpnlsed
had been talking to young cash girl .
moro than usually intelligent appear
ancc. Evidently he was not safisacf
OF his mistake 30 far as Miss William,
was concerned, for he said TO the girl.
"fou just follow her. Don't lose sirh,
OF her Il II takes until tomorrow morn
ing. II she goes into house. wait "a,
her. II she goes into store follow her
u she stays there, find out whether shf
Is . clerk or not. IN she don't. keen On
Following her until you run her down. ;
IN consequence, when Miss Williams
again went into tho street tho littlc
cash girl was following her at respect.
ful distance. After her experience with
the hoor-walker Miss Williams had be.
come very wary. She had main tained
with considerable success the naughty
demeanor she had assumed. and even
when she stepped outinto 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 il she
was being followed, the success OF he-
BLUM tickled her SO much that She bnrs
out laughing. In moment the laucb
had departed and her face had resumed
its usual dcmure 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 stopnsd.
and at nearly every one she purchased
and had 1t sent to the Forty
fourth street house. She frequently r.
ferred, when her memory was at fault.
70 the notes she had made; but this was
usually done on tho street. and only
with great caution within the stores.
From Fourteenth street she started
up town on Sixth avenue. Ono OF the
hrst OF the big stores that she came to
was more than usually crowded because
81 certain advertisements that had an
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
md was about to put them into her
rocket her eye caught the young cash
yirl, who had been following her. There
vas hardly change in her face to de-
tote that she recognized the girl, and
My for moment did shade OF annoy
nee linger on her brow. Then she pre-
ended TO resume her study OF the notes.
'ut all the time she was watching
he little girl out Of the corners Of
lcr eyes. She had seen the girl in the
tore, and recognized her from this. II
'as now her aim to put the little
ne Of her track. She put her notes
nto her pocket with decided air and
nrned about IS though to rctrace her |
teps- Tho little girl did not bulge. |
liss Williams walked half q block
way. then turned round as though un-
ecided, and saw that the little girl had
i'll not moved. For moment Miss Will
ms was In doubt as to whether or not
lc had been mistaken. As she stood
lere outside the door tho little girl
oked as though she were waiting for
er mother TO come out, and not as IL
70 were playing the detective. To
axe certain, Miss Williams decided
pom another test. She turned quickly
ID walked around the corner. stopping
she could see through the
Indows OF tho corner store on
Sixth avenue. A minute passed
ID tho little girl had not appeared.
iss Williams was about TO return when
Q saw the cash girl come slowly up
Q avenue, apparently with no special !
% in mind. Miss Williams stepped
ok into doorway and waited to see IL |
0 girl would pass. but she was too wise =
that After having waited several \
nutcs Miss Williams stock Of patience \
s exhausted, and she came out. There 4
8 tho little girl standing on the cor
:, calm as over, with just little hint !,
, confident smile on her face. La
You little rogue" said Miss Will n
IS TO herself, ''you knew l couldn't Il
re gone to the other corner in SO short 9,
imc, and SO you waited for me to Il
nc out Of hiding. Well. we will Sec" o,
iiss Williams walked right along now II
though she had really had some bust in
3 In the house from which she had a,
srged, and returned to the dry-goods | 70
70 she had started to enter whom in ",
'upted by the little girl. But all ye
unpleasant experiences were not yet
cd. She was examining some toys ad
N : clerk said, sharply: sh
See here, what store do you come Of
n?" ~
What do you mean,r returned Miss an
liams, again assuming the airs Of be
On. "a
Oh, know YOU" returned tho clerk. mi
ave seen you before" to
low dare you insult me-" said Miss ur'
liams. II shall report YOU" de-
)h, that's all right" said the clerk. ma
ont want to insult you. but won't or
you any thing. You can not buy pa,
thing here sps
veral other customers who were
ding near looked up in surprise. to