Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-03-25
yea on Thursday, Hannah an.

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Yes"
81 s'pose it won't be no trouble as
you're buyin', to buy me black me-
reener. too, at the same time"
None whatever" Hannah's smile
was getting hollow.
How long be you goin to stay?"
''1ill Monday"
"rll be round Monday evenin' with
the money. You can got me 70-cent
stuff. about seven yards"
She departed with as little ceremony
as she had entered.
Il told you sol told you so, said
| Mrs. Goodrich, as she lighted candle
and went down cellar with the milk.
''Ef you do fur one you'll have to do
fur the whole town."
Miss Brown, the dressmaker, drop
ped in little later.
Il heerd only just now that you're
.goin' to York.. she said, as if to apol-
ogize for not coming sooner land that
you're goin' to get some things for
Mis- DowningP"
Yes. dress" Hannah returned,
while her mother gave tremendous
'Ahem!"
$50 heard. l don't get to York
very often myself. and I'm afraid I'm
| getting a little behind the fashions.
1t don't pay, you know. for me to get
behind" she simpered. Miss Brown
was more noted for her shippers than
for the correctness of her styles.
.Of course not"
so made bold to step round and
ask you, as you're going to the city
anyway, an will be loolin' at the
fashions, to just give look for me. {"
Il shall certainly study the fashions
we'll for my own benefit"
Il can't say exactly how many
patterns I'd like you to buy me-"
.'Oh. you want me to buy patterns,
do youF" Hanna asked quickly. She
was one of the most obliging girls in
the world, but this sort OF thing was
becoming monotonous.
LAS long as you're in the city. an
goin' right by the fashion stores,
s'pose it won't be no trouble for you
to step in and buy q pattern or SOP
You can get whatever you think is
pretty-some sacks, bodies and skirts.
and so on. You can tell better'n
can when you see 'em. You might
get about S. worth. i think it'll pay
me. I'll let you have the money when
you know how much it is or I'll sew
it out. "
While Hannah was silent making a
note of this Mrs. Dobbs, their next
neighbour came in.
pretty neighbors you are" was
her greeting. Pretty neighbors!
Nellie she just come up from the
store. Ma SEE She what do you
think? Hannah Goodrich is going to
the city a-Thursday a-shoppin', and is
going to get Mis- Downing dress.
wonder if she wouldn't buy me felt
hat I'm sick an tired of Mis- Mil
ler's hats. OF course she would seq
/. "A pretty neighbor she'd be eff she
wouldn't"
why certainly, ~said Hannah. try
ing to call up smile. 1t was only
the ghost of one that responded, how
ever. What kind OF hat will Amelia
want?"
She's goin' TO leave that to your
judgment. Somethin pretty and
dressy and stylish. and thatll be be-
comm to YOU"
Hannah was dark, with delicate
features. and very pretty; Amelia was
light. with coarse features, and home
ly.
She's willin' to go as high as five
dollars" Mrs. Dobbs went on. Still,
eff you don't have to spend so much
she'll be tickled. Looking around &
leetle and not taking the fust thing
that's offered you kin sometimes save
as much as fifty cents.
Mrs. Green. from the Corners, Mrs
Drake from the Confer, Mrs. William:
from North Witham, Mrs. johnson,
Mrs. Jones Mrs. Coles, one after the
other, we're ushered into the sitting
room and begged to have piece o
goods matched or. something big OF
little bought in the city. They Away.
knew it would be no trouble for hel
as long as she was buying for herself
and not one offered to advance the
money for the purchase.
After supper on Wednesday evening
Hannah wrote out her list in full
She was studying it. little amused
and very much vexed, when he
mother entered
Ma I've been counting up" sh,
said.
oWaalP"
The things l am requested by thu
nelghbors to buy amount at a rough
guess to $3.50. They would easily fill
three trunks, and the work of hunting
for them would occupy me at leas
four days. Not one has offered ;
cent in advance or the money to pay
expressage. / have just $50 and two
days to spend in the city,"
II told you sol told you So"
What could doP / should have
offended every one of them If hat
put the case to them as it is. "
'Waal what air you going to do
You're in for it. you see."
Pm not going-thats what I'll de
about it. Well buy our winter
dresses at Blake's, as the rest o
Witham will for all me- The mex
time | make up my mind to go Il