Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-08
THETOO MEEK WOMAN
AWKWARD ADVENTURES or ONE
WHO WAS NOT AssERTivE.

Uncousciousiy she Placed Herself IN a
had tight. aud later, when She Rna
Up Against Another stronauiinacd Per.
son. She Game out second Best
'Thnt text blessed are the meek H. "a
| great comfort TO me" uid aliitlc woman
the other day. 1.-THE meek surely ought Co
have some reward hereafter. Tor they have
a hard time ~ 10 here. often regret thpt
have that kind u disposition, and feel
willing 10 forrgo the reward promised In
the rest of the text. Tor they shall inherit
the Garth Tor fine, oyorbcring, bullying
spirit
u was shopping I'm hig Sixth avenue
store the othcrdn with my daughter. and
We were looking ~ some mr' henp,-i on
bargain counter On the counter was
prriiY msn with q purse pocket on one
side N ", and ~ I admired Il picked IL
up. showed II 20 MY daughter md told her
that II her fathur and the children wanted
to give me pr. ont 10 BE- sure aud bet
them know that would prefer mud just
like that
Look ~ this dear little purse pocket
on the side ! said. ~ unbuttoncd the
cover Of the pocket and looked IN. Their
90 my surprise, saw tiny lace hHndke
flllA MNNA HINNIF NNNNtNa instantly IN
Thought struck me that | had picked III,
some customers muii by mistake. and AZ
the same time sharp voice sounded in'
my cars, aging, What are you dung with
my mum
II turnrd around and saw tall, we'll
dressed woman looking Vt me augr.ly, aud
! regret ~ say I llushed deeply NJ NY
awkward mistake She oyidoniiy took the
blush Tor u guilty one and proceeded to
scold me loudly and inslnuntc that want
ed to steal her mua and money.
AlTuCLrHEH TOO MlEE.
~ ought 10 have answered her with
equal ycltmrncc, suppose, but just here
my unfortunate mcokncss came into play.
and reflected that my own stupidity WIS
responsible Tor putting mo In u position
where looked Ike u sneak thief. and that
the woman was justified IN thinking 10
All did therefore was 90 apologize Tor
my action but this seemed only to confirm
the suspicious ~ the woman. the alou
girls and the lloor walker
Finally the woman took her mun. shut
Oh her stream u wUnls aud walked away.
Seeing That had not convinced her " my
Innocence, ! turned 10 the floor walker to
explain IL TO him. but be- said he had not
time "a listen, and lutimnted that the store
would prefer TO get along without visits
from me In the future Now wasn't that
ap,cc inheritance for my meckncsst
after hnh recovered from my moril
ncntion somewhat we won't into another
big store ~ look at some hats Thrr, were
more customers than shopgrls Ia the nil
uncry department, and 20 I did ~ many
others wcrc doiug-tricd on number u
hats before the glass without waiting
for sh0pgirl 10 help mc. Not find
ing any hat 10 suit me, decided to
20 out, aud looked around Tor my own
bat, which | had laid down on table
~ was tying othrrsDn. Il wa. gone. /
looked ever whrru, but could not nud a.
when suddenly my daughter spiod Is ou the
head " another woman, who was trying IL
on before glass.
OVERCOME ny MEEgNTsa
"Golng up to her, said politely. That is
my hat you have on
"'lndeed. its not your hat, she answered
hutly. i don't care II you. did pick 10 out.
have chosen Il, too, before you paid for IT,
aud intend to keep IT,
Here my meokucss ovcrcame me again
saw that 10y laying my hat down among
the ones for sale had led this woman TO
think II was for sale also. Was sls 20
hlnme' Was not ! ut fnltg Surely. 70
apoiogiled again aud was about to assert
once more that IL was my own hat. when
the woman appealed noiscly to shopgFl,
say Ing that was trying TO bully her. aud
producing her purse she asked the price u
the hat and declared her intention " pay.
ing .pr It and carrying il away Ia spite u
ANY creature
"Tho -hopgrl looked ut the hat for a
moment AMI then said that II was not "a
store hat ut all, and was not made there
Then why is II on the table for saloY
asked the woman shriily
put Il thrw by mistake while WIS
trying On some hata, said II IL my own
hat, trimmed II myself
Anybody could sec It was CHEAP.
second hand, hldeous thing, said the won.
nn now In towering rage Take your
old rag and she threw IL down on the
table aud hurried out, leaving NC over.
whclmod with confusion aud feeling like a
guilty wretch suppose | should have
charged her with stealing, IKE the other
woman did nc. But, then, you know the
meek shall inherit the earth I'm not ono
Of those people who want the earth. hut |
am hold 20 say that never yet Jaw meek
person who seemed 10 Inherit ~ much of IL
ms the other kind do New York Tribune