Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-16

eve permit no Inattcnlion to Gus.
TONER'S" he was saying Miss Ray
m0Dd why don't you serve this lady:
Looking at yourself in the glass is not
cYrllllG your wages
ION. dear me- said GllSsic. who had
really been exchanging Chances in the
long mirror with in rnAmOurrd youth
OF eighteen. who now Sidlcd away
blS,hing.
IL suppose | may keep my hair-pin
from dropping out, Mr.. White; besides,
jas not my place that is being neg
Elected. II is NIiss I.ciyh'S. She has been
off chatting with customers for-I don't
know how long
ooh" said Mr.. White. "To your
duty. Miss Leigh. to your duty
And Grace. with flushed checks and
beating heart, FASTENED to weigh the
Boston chips, and fill box with can.
died violcts.
She was very busy for many minutes
Then Il lull occurred. and MI White
took advantage of it.
$50 you really left the counter. Miss
Leigh" he said II could not have be
licved it possible. The most atrociolls
conduct -GoSsiping Oh the floor with
some acquaintance"
mo, sir" said Grace. II suppose il
was wrong to leave my place. but ii
was to attend to II customcr--an Old
lady who could not get a waiter to listen
to her. ! called Tom. and then brought
her Il bag she had left at one of til,
tables"
VERY wrong" said Mr.. White. "and
it may lose YOU your place. you know
We have constant applications from
persons who understand their business
l shall have to report You. Miss Leigh.
And lie made Il memorandum in what
the girls spoke Of as that horrid little
notebook Of Old Whites" and troltc'l
away to abuse a waiter who had al
lowed Il tray to fall, with disastrous
! consequences to some glasses.
Meanwhile Gussie Raymond. regard
less Of all else. had been staring at ''hcl
ideal" who for the last few minutes
had been standing near the counter at
tcn,ivrly listening to Mr.. Whites eX
Ordium.
AS the latter trottrd away he fol
lowed linn, and now they were talking
together.
ooh. Grace" she whispered to tho
girl ut her side. who was trying t.
crush back the tears thai, filled hcl
valuable 10 her, and Mr.. White owcL
her Il GrudGr. and was one to have
vengeance when he could-"Oh. Grace
There is that splendid gentleman again
| He has been looking at me ever S,
long. and now. see. he is talking to Mr.
| White ] believe he is asking for AZ
introduction to mo. 1t may be love a
first sight with him. ] feel rs though
| he were my fate. See they are coming
| this way together
And in truth, the next moment ths
| two men were once more beside the
| counter. But it was at Grace that The
| gentleman looked. not 1T GuSSic. AnC
| it WAS TO Grace that Mr.. White said:
Mr. BOnnicastlc desires an iutrUIluc
ton. Miss Leigh
IN ORDER" said the gentleman. ''i'
offer you my thanks for your courtesy
to my dear Old grandmother. who has
been telling me how kind you were Il
her. And | have explained 10 Mr.
White. whom / have the pleasure Of
knowing'-Nr White bcamed will
gratification-''hOw it was you hap
pened to leave your post Of duty.
II comprehend now, Mr. BonnicaS
tie said Mr.. White. craSing the mem
orandum from his book with Il bit Of
rubber Oh the end Of his pencil. Il wa-
not aware who the lady WAS, OF
course
And then the old lady came up and
smiled. and nodded and whispered aside
10 Grace:
"Thc brute of man. But they ara
all alike. except my grandson. This is
INV card. my dear and ] want you Il
come and take tea with nIe at the -
hotel Sunday afternoon. 1 want 10 tall;
TO you ! used 10 know some L"ighs III
my youth. and you have The family
| features
Meanwhile Gussic. pale with wrath
| regarded this scene with enviOlls eyes
and listened IficrwarI TO Mr. Whites
explanation.
.BonncastIn Of New York One OF
| the wcalihicst merchants in that city
| Met him five years ago. Devoted 10 his
| grandmother. She brought him mp and
| gave him his start in life. Fine old
! family. Wonderful old lady. Eighty
| five and as active as a girl. Dear me,
| / wish the young ladies in this cstab
| Iishment wcrc as acirr. They can't
| stand w without leaning against the
wall. She is; rs upright as-as anything
| yOu can m"ntiOn.'
| BIT there WAS Il time wien GusSi"
! looked still more cnvious.
| This WIS on q morning. two months
| later. when. sitting in a pew III -
| church. she listened to III" marriage
/ service. and saw Grace Leigh trans
| formed into Mrs. Howard BoIIiicaStl"
Little old Mrs. Bpnnicastlc gave the
bride away. for she WAS without rcla,
| tiyes. though she had proved TO be Il de
| sccndaut Of the old I-"iglis' whom tho
old lady had known in her youth. And
| it was al this moment that Gussie said
| TO herself:
Who knows but ! might have been
| in her place if had been polite I" that
old lady: STORY Paper.