Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-03-07

lay TO be all things to all women in
order to earn her salary.
She was glad when pleasant little
Miss Baker, of the mail order, came
to see her with long memorandum
to fill, and chatted brightly over the
task, promising before she was
through to bring her a lot of sam
Piles OF reduced black dress goods for
her mother.
Then came her lunch hour, and on
her way back to the counter visit
to the cashiers desk. Thursday was
pay day, and being Thanksgiving,
the day before was substituted. AS |
she approached the desk she was |
struck by the expressions OF face in
those who were leaving-some angry,
some detected; some scowling, Others
almost in tears-and she was not al
| together surprised when the amount
was handed to her 60 cents short.
Gan right, said the cashier, irown-
ing, in answer to her look ofinquiry.
can salaries reduced 10per cent. from
the Diapers down. Sign, please.
Next" And she was pushed away
by those pressing behind. The silver
made her purse sarcastically tull, she
thought, bitterly, and it was fuller
yet, when, later in the day, she plac-
ed the sample from Miss Baker in the
same receptacle for safe keeping.
When at last the long day was end
ed, the ribbons replaced in their box
es, and she stood on the street cor
ner waiting for her car with the rich
: sealskin coat almost covering her
neat black dress, and a pretty black
J hat crowning lac golden tresses, she
, felt herself fraud, and the fat purse
, in her hand was but of piece with
: the rest of her toute ensemble. In
deed, there is nothing about her to
suggest the working girl; she looked
! much more like rich young woman
Z belated in her shopping. 1t was too
!, late to walk, and a few flakes OF snow
: were falling. which made the ride i'm
/. perative Tor the sealskin. Tessie
: promised herself never to wear ii
;, again, as she boarded the crowded
= car, and felt that she must stand q
while longer.
y But beauty, becomingly dressed
:, has charms to melt the heart OF man
, and a MISUNDERSTANDING gentle
man. young enough to be impressed
!. by such charms, gallantly Offered
y her his seat. She sank into it will
u graceful and grateful thanks, ant
u having paid her fare, slipped he
purse in the fur coat pocket. Peopl
a began to get out, and presently sh
1 H was able to make room for the polit
- gentleman who had vacated his sea
~ in her favor. Having done so, sh
~ looked straight out of the window
y, as a well-bred girl should do. Tw
9 gentlemen on the other side of hel
y, ~ men of substance, evidently, wer
y talking. A sentence caught her il
~ terest. 81 see Draper has sent $40
ne y 600 to the sufferers by the Wester
y, floods"
~ "Yes; what a public spirited ma
NJ he isl"
y, ~ Tessie's heart burned with an il
-. sane desire to supplement the stat
~ ment with that OF the reduction
ne ne his employees salaries.
~ 1--WE gave that money, not he
va she thought. 81 heard it said on
Nc that the salary list is over S21, 600
81 week. At any rate it wouldn't tai
~ long, at 10 per cent. to make up Il
as ten thousand!'
as So absorbed was she in her indi
~ nant reverie that she failed to mott
tn when her handsome neighbor g
4, out, and the conductor called h
- street twice before she heard him.
"a Instinctively, as she reached t
~ sidewalk, she put her hand in h
IN pocket to feel for her purse.
ter 1t was gonel
Her heart went down to the toes
~ her shoes as she felt first in the otf
60 coat pocket, then in that other DIRE
oar in vain.
ks. 1t was too late to stop the c,
Cet and, sick at heart, she went hon
MI There had been fifty cents in
oil pnrse besides the weeks salary, \
the a large amount, it is true, but is r
.ich resented a hard weeks work, q
he sit was much to her." 1--WE mi
the have a chicken instead of n turl
for Thanksgiving" she thong
oor "Well, We'll call it rose-turke.
nre and she tried to smile over the sol
L
worry mamma SC"
om Mrs. Wilbur was Watching for
her at the window and opened the dc
ont almost before she reached the st
ted "How cold it isl Come in and
ove. dinner, and then we'll bundle up 9
GO marketing for tomorrow. W
what is the matter, child?"
ear. Tessie told her story of the
purse.
V MS Maybe you dropped it.
know the conductor, don't yol
she suggested her mother. "We will
to the car stables in the morni
,bis- Why, what is this?" and Mrs.
on't bur, who was searching the poe
iuss of the sealskin coat nervously,
up a gorgeous diamond ring wi
tax. Tessie recognized as the one wi
into she had seen sparkling on the h
/ de. of her polite friend of the street
she There was little litin the poe