Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-11
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MER CLOTHES.


10 still wearing his "cvery days"to busI-
meas. and saving his "blacks" ne Novelist
barrie says, for the sunday dress parade
In the avenue.
hut he Was near II, within seventy-nve
cents Of II, In fact, and those who stood
by will remember for . long time 10
come the tense feeling they had while
he stood between love and duty, a. u
were, until his firm adherence tn prin-
clplr conquered.
Then Mr.. sage dropped that seventy
i've down Into the pocket of the old
Jeans In which he carries = mint or two,
shut out the glare Of the dazzling "hand.
me-d0wns" with one up raised hand,
that they should not tempt him second
time, and went his way.
The si2 suit In question IL one OF many
that make up q noisy array In the WIN
dow Of dealer who recently began busl-
ne.s beneath Mr.. Sage's ofilce In the
Arcade Bullding. No. IL broadway.
They are "show" clothes, and with them
hangs . sign which says;
"Auy Of these suits for si2."
II was that slgn which caught the eye
Of the great and frugal nnancier as he
passed out on his way from his ONCE
overhead.
Twelve he murmured In himself
"tweiye." lie glanced over each suit In
turn. The gray one Of severely re.pecta-
BILE type; the blue one, that WAS too
blue to be matter for serious considers
ton; the yellowish one, that smacked OF
SPORTY" tendencies; the blsck-he had
black sult M home that had s'ood him
In good stead, aud he mentally dragged
the yellow and the blue ~ dangerously
apt Ia give the Impression that the
wcarrr had too much money.
Hut the gray ones, the gray one Tor
twelve, the gray one With the pants
these were not trousers-so severely
creased, these were not en- easily dis
posed Of. Mr.. Sage hesitated before
the window like q man who fears to
court temptation which may hurry him
Into some soul-searing extravaganza.
A breere stirred the "pants" while he
watched them. They waved there Tor
second, like q new banner lung Ia the
wind. Mr.. Sage looked away from them
for q moment, hut he had already waited
too long. A moment later be entered
the shop. The iinAncier had decided To
daily With the gray ones.
lie had not decided Ia give up 81 In
acknowledgement events proved that
much but be- had made up bis mind to
see them at close quarters. lie had latin
In his own steadfAstness to principle.
A salesman on whose head there WAS
little bsld spot and whose lower law be-
spoke firmne.s, stepped forward Ia give
battle over the grays. lie Knew MI
sage, and In a measure Was forearined.
Mr.. sage on the other hand, did not
know that this young man had sold
louder clothes than these 10 the ~ilds OF
Arizona, where his customers were
Apscbes, .,Greasers" and cowboys, nor
did ne know that he had been seen look
ing At the ell slgn, and Was thought To
be waiting for q lower quotation.
They stood there for moment, the
great finAncier aud the salesman from
the frontier, as II taking each others
measure. In the background the gray
sult swung proudly In the breeze from
the open door. Mr.. sage could soe u
over the salesmAn's head, but he steeled
himself against II. Influence, and when
the clerk said In q buslness-like way,
"what can do for you, Mr. Sage the
man who might be at will "lhe man
Who broke the brokers down In Wall
street." answered With . carelessne-s
which might we'll have been worth
million In some transactions on Change;
III wish To look at some of those suits In
the window"
The salesman complied With alscrity.
aud In a moment he had handed down
ak or seven suits. Mr.. Sage examined
each with care. lie did not say word
about his prediction for the grays, but
he put the others aside when a sui ~
that color Was placed before him, And
ran HE hand over the cloth.
II WAS pretty good warm weather
value apparently. The cloth MAS
smooth. There wasn't q loud note In
ia. piece. i,epose nestled In the
"pant..- The coat Was discretion itself.
The vest Va, q trine narrow. lie fond
Iei q sleeve absently for moment, Out
recovered himself At once and got down
Ia business.
GLOW much IL TIL. oney' he asked.
Twelve" the salesman said, In a
nlniy way. They're all twelve" -.
There Was some silence then, aud
while Il lasted three or four fortunes
found new owners In the Exchange.
Twelve whaty" Mr.. sage asked, at
length.
.Dollar.," the salesman said, hurried.
IN. almost startled out Of his Ari,ona self
possession. "Dollars, Of course"
There MAS another pause, during
| which the light danced upon the grsys.
| Mr.. Ssge's hand ran over them again.
when his hand Was still he had made up
his mind. =.
"Tll tell YOU what III do, young man"
he ssId, with a risk, "l'll give you ten. ="
Couldn't think of It." the other said
firmly. "why, you can stay out IN the
rain with these. They'll he ~ swell as
ever. They're easy at twelve"
"No," Mr.. sage said, With some evil
dence Of an inward struggle, "Tll give
YOU ten and q quarter, though.
The salesman Was immovable. Mo-
hammed seemed Tn bc coming To the
mountain. "No," be said again, "he
couldn't do It."
"well," the fnancier said, doggedly,
'ten and half, them"
"Not under twelve. Mr.. sage"
Snow. I'll tell yoa What ! Will do,
the financirr said a. u finally, make u
SiO..5 aud I'll take them away m,.eli.'
"Csnt possibly do II under sls" the
salesman answered, "but ] Will do THIS (;
| n You'll pay fiity cents down Ill give
YOU a call on these goods for one week
at sll.sO, and that's positively the best
that I can Co."
But the great man had "gone' his
limit. lie turned slowly away, aud
standing where he could not see the
gray ones, be said refectively-"Men,
never mind, young man. The warm
weather will soon he over, aud ! guess J
can make this suit last I'LL next hummer.
The light played upon the blue aud
yellow "h,nd-me-downs" unlnterrupted-
ly q moment later. The figure which
darkened the door had gone.-New York
Herald.
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