The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-01-14

should be particularly obliged il you
would go down yourself with the par
eel. 1t is no part of your business,
know but we don't like to trust so
valuable aparcel to our new shop-boy.
And besides, it would look like atten-
ton for you to 60 down; and she is
one OF our most profitable customers.
Her woman was here this morning,
and gave an extensive order, and
desired these silks TO be sent down
for her mistress to look at this even
ing. So if you have no objection /
should be especially Obliged to you
to go with them"
81 will go with great pleasure, sir"
answered Joseph, with O. heaming
countenance, delighted, perhaps, to
be able to make an answer at once
truthful and polite.
Poor boy! he had begun to fear
that. he was never to open his mouth
without giving offense or making an
enemy.
Chats like you, you are very
obliging. And do you know, you
good-looking fellow, that think she
would like you to go down to her
villa; l have noticed that when she
comes to the shop herself she always
wants you to serve her; and if one of
us old fogies of the firm go to wait on
her to show our respect, she looks
bored, and doesn't like anything we
show her, and gets up and says she
will call again. All, you young scape-
grace, it's fine thing to be five-and-.
twenty, with nice auburn hair and
whiskers!" said Mr.. Brown, passing
his hand over his shining ivory pate.
Joseph Morriss Redeemed with the in
genuous blush of modest young-man-
hood, as he answered truthfully-
Eyes, it is"
The partner looked up in mild sur
prise at this very candid reply, saying
to himself
1.-THE conceited young puppy! Is he
as vain as all that? Yetn he cannot
be, for he is blushing now at the inn
putation OF being admired by an heir
ess. must have misunderstood him.
Then speaking up, he said
"And have something else to tell
you, Mor1iss, and. mind, it is secret
yet. Come this way.
The young man followed his princi-
pal to a covert behind some hanging
dresses, and continued
"You see l wish to have thepleasure
of telling you the first myself, and as |
am going down to Paisley to buy
goods this morning, | shall not have
another opportunity"
Joseph looked interested and curl
Gus. MIR. Brown glanced around to
see that there were no eavesdroppers,
and continued
"Well, you see, on Saturday night,
partners and myself we're having
snug little supper together at the
Angel and Gridlron'-rum name for
o tavern, isn't it?"
at is queer combination of sub
| jects, " replied the young man.
! "And not so queer neither, for [ am
sure, If my cook would always send
me up such juicy, well-broiled steaks
and chops as we get there, should
call her an angle at the gridiron! Ha,
ha! ha! good, that, though L got it
off myself-isn't it?
"Not so very answered the truth
teller.
"What does he mean?" asked Mr..
Brown of himself; 81 don't under
stand him this morning; he is certain
| ly queer"
But being too much interested in
the matter he had to communicate to
| fly after any collateral subjects, he
passed it by and continued
"Well, as | was saying, we were
all snugly seated at supper in pri
vate room OF the Angel and Gridiron,
when we began to talk 'of you-of
your intelligence and fidelity, and
pleasing manners, and popularity
among the ladies, and-a-a-ln
short, we thought it would be the
right thing to take you into the firm,
and give you q fair share of the bust
mess"
"Oh, Mr.. BrownW burst
forth the young man in q
fever of gratitude and delight.
To be made member of the firm
at some far distant day, after years
Of faithful service and careful saving,
had been the goal of hisloitiest earthly
ambition; but to be taken in now,
without capital, merely upon account
of his personal worth, was rapture.
"Hush! don't break out in that way;
you'll be overheard, and the affair is
dead secret as yet. There, the shop
is half full of customers, and we must
bring our conversation to an end.
Yes, you see Black is going to retire
altogether from business, and l shall
be the senior partner"
II wish you joy, sir"
eyes, and congratulate yourself,
too, for think shall make kinder
master than our rather tyrannical
head, Black. But at all events, after
the First Of May proximo, the firm
will be styled, Brown, Green, White,
and MQrriss, if you raise no oblec-
tion.'
ooh, Mr.. Brown, my heart"
eyes, / know know. Well, that's
the secret. Now, you know the Others
wish to surprise you, therefore you
are not to 90 and say that told
YOU"
"No, not unless they ask me-"
ooh, they are not going to do that;
they will be mum until the time comes.
And now am off to Scotland; and
you had better go and attend to those
ladies looking at the prints"
So Mr.. Brown departed, and the
young man took his accustomed place
behind the counter to wait upon the
customers.
"You are sure, now, that these
coIors will not fade?' inquired young
lady, examining o neat cotton print.
"No, miss, l am sure they will fade"
replied the truth-teller.
"But they are ticketed fast colors,'
so how do you know they will fade?"
Because an old lady bought dress
of them last week, and washed piece,
which faded quite out, and she came
here on Saturday and made COM
plaint abont it,
~ should think she might; but you
ought not to ticket prints fast col
ors, unless you are quite sure that
they are so.
"No, miss, know we ought not"
"And now that you have found out
they fade, you should take the ticket
/ off,