Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-27
WHAT HE WAS BUYING.
The Pleasant Result OF a Ten Cent In
vestment on the Street.
from the New York SUM-

vestment on the Street.
from the New York SUM-
young brooklyn benedict sauntered
do wn Nassau street several months ago in a
reverie. He was thinking of his home
across the bridge. An interesting event
was soon to happen there, and he was on
his way to fruit store to buy some dain-
ties for his young wife. His face beamed
with happy anticipation of the thanks of
the little woman who awaited his return.
He pushed through the crowd of pedss-
TRANS without needing anything or having
the train of pleasant fancies diverted IN
til he passed young italian image ped
dler.
The Italians stock of plaster work was
displayed in high doorway out of the way
of the busy throng. The sunbeams light
ed up the statuettes. The benedict looked
down at them, walked on a few steps, then
turned back. Two tiny busts had attract
his attention. One represented boy cry
ing, with his cap pulled down over his
right eye. The other was dimpled checked
girl laughing. They captivated the young
benedict's fancy.
Chow much are they!" he asked the Ita-
| lian.
"Tena centa," replied the peddler, his
face lighting up gayly at the prospect of
purchaser.
Gail right. I'll take 'em," the Brooklyn
| tie said and when the peddler had wrapped
! them in an old newspaper he tucked them
I in his overcoat pocket and continued on his
way to the fruit store. He had the images
| when he got home, and without his wife's
| 1aJc %ba, al
the dining room, where she would see them
the first thing in the morning. "It will be
a little SURPRISE" he thought The plan
worked to perfection. The mistress of the
household gave little cry of delight az she
caught sight of the girls head.
"What pretty dimples," she said, when
the young benedict came down to break
fast.
eyes; rather pretty for the price.
thought you'd like 'em," the husband re-
piled.
In two months time the happy event
that tho household had been looking for
ward to an1iously had happened. A good
natured girl baby had come to further dis
tract the benedict's mind from the dry de-
tails of business. He had weeks before
forgotten the trifing purchase from the
humble Nassau street art purveyor.
A week later the healthy infant looked
| up at the ce1llng and smiled. her tat cheeks
creased into two unmistakable dimples.
The benedict laughed. He was immensely
tickled. The dimples looked as pretty as
could be and he was proud of the fact.
"But where on earth did the dimples
come FROM" he said. "There haven't been
any in.our families"
ga happy whim of nature, I suppose,
said the young mother, and she kissed each
dimple several times.
The benedict went down to dinner alone
half an hour later. His eye CHANGED to
scan the mantel and rested on the Scent
bust of the laughing girl.
"By George!" he fairly shouted, "there
are three dimples now-the very ones.
Well, I call that about the best investment
of dime ever made"
It was another illustration of the whims
Of nature, explains the New York Sun.
The dimples had captivated the young wife.
She saw them daily. They had made q
lasting and pleasing impression upon her
mind, and, as often happens, what the
mother most admired had been reproduced
in her child.
"It's lucky it wasn't boy" said the
benedict philosophically. 1t might have
been a crior of the worst description"