The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1891-11-05
''bus | shall bs delighted to win my spurs

"but shall be delighted to win my spurs
In your service"
Every prettily answered." she re-
turned laughing, "but do not be fearful.
! am not going to set you fighting any
dragon or indulging in any tournament;
It might spoil your clothes"
WINGED; she was making fun Of me.
and hugely enjoyed my discontinue.
put the best face ! could on the
matter, however, and replied that l
should be delighted to slay all the knights
and dragons in creation, IL she so com
manded.
"Why." she said laughing. Its not
quite so bad as all that, but l would be
very much obliged to you II you would
leave this little package at the ribbon
counter at Jordan q Marsh's for me.
know it's o good deal to ask this hot
day, and 1t will be q dreadful bore to
you to do 1t, but you see have to be In
Cambridge in half an hour and can't
possibly go myself" protested that I
should be delighted to execute the COM
mission, and asked II there was any mes
sage to be delivered with the packet.
"Messagei no, indeedi Do you think
know you men so little3 Why, would
no more think Of giving q man q mes
sage than would Of flying. There is q
little note inside that explains every
thing, so all you will have to do is to
leave 1t" and she departed laughing. |
stood for o moment or two watching her
and then laughed myself. She was GER
tainly very original, and the whole cpl
sode rather pleased me.
sauntered up fremont to Boylston
and did two or three small errands on
the way. Then l started down Wash
ington street, but only got as far as the
Adams House, where l saw q friend in
the Office, and just dropping in to chat
with him for minute stald nearly half an
hour. Suddenly remembered the pack
ct, and my conscience smote me; per-
haps Miss Ormsby wanted It delivered
in q hurry. and I had forgotten all
about 1t.
was soon at Jordan & Marsh's, and
after some trouble found my way to the
ribbon counter. Speaking to the first
girl that confronted me said: II was
requested to leave this little package
here. l suppose It is expected" The
girl hesitated for q minute, and while
she did so another young woman came
hurriedly up and taking the package
said: "Yes, 1t is all right-the purchase
was made from me; am expecting it. /"
I handed 1t to her and turned away, say.
ing as did 80 that the message was in
closed within.
l had scarcely gone more than step
or two when I heard something heavy
fall, followed almost instantly by q cry
Of dismay from the girls at the counter.
Turning around saw that the girl to
whom had given the packet had fallen
to the floor, and q moment sufficed to
discover that she had tainted. A little
crowd had gathered around her, but she
was at once carried away to . dressing
room near by, where she received such
assistance a. was necessary.
The crowd followed as crowds do, and
I was left alone by the counter. Before
me lay the package, which she had let
fall when she tainted. It was opened
and saw that it contained q sample Of
purple ribbon and no writing of any kind
whatever; evidently 1t could have had
nothing to do with her faintness, which
| supposed was caused by the heat Of the
day.
It was . bore anyhow, and l hated
scenes Why could she not have tainted
Q little later, and have given me q chance
to have got out Of the wayT Most Of the
people who saw it, suppose, thought l
had something to do with It, and II I
stayed here much longer should make
fool Of myself. l accordingly moved
Of to another part Of the store; but be-
fore could get to the street was met
by several Of my lady friends, who
seemed much amused 10 See me in Jor-
dan q Marsha Twas glad they had not
seen the little episode; should never
have heard the last Of 1t. Ny little con-
versation with these ladies, however,
took up some time, and when reached
the main entrance was annoyed to find
that the girl who had tainted was Just
being helped into Q cab. | followed
her out Of the store, saw her put into the
carriage and heard the driver directed to
q house in poor but respectable part Of
South Boston.