Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-22
GOING SHOPPING.
Not For Yourself, But for Your Neigh
bors.

| Not For Yourself, But for Your Neigh
bors.
They met at the railway station and the
little woman with her bonnet on awry
| dropped herself into one seat and her
| bundles into another with a groan.
'In never come into town again until
the thermometer registers zero, and then
I'll sneak in under cover of darkness, -
| she said.
You said that last week." returned the
tall woman, calmly. More commissions,
1 SUPPOSE"
IA few"
" thought so; I always told you that
you were too kind hearted to live in the
suburbs"
"Well, you see I found just the piece
Of silk l wanted advertised so cheap that
could save my fare on that alone, so
| just had to come. l didn't mean to LET
anybody know, but my cook must have
told Mrs. Fidgett' snurse, for she ran
| over while I was dressing TO ask If
would get her u yards Of lawn, like her
sample, exactly 171A a yard. She said
she dreaded the heat, and as l was go
ing anyway she was sure wouldn't
mind"
"Of course you said you'd be delighted.
Really, Amelia, you are so kind-hearted
that you couldn't refuse to let neigh
boris hens have holiday in your flower
garden If you were asked"
Il said I'd get it. On my way to the
train met Dora. She asked me TO get
hen five yards of lace to trim the chill
drens aprons; It must be half an inch
wide, Of a quality sure to wash. and
cheap. / lost one train while she ran
back for her sample. Oh, yes. she wanted
basket of cherries, too. She said she
was sure 1 wouldn't mind missing my
train; it would give me half an hour less
in the hot city"
And you were so cool waiting on the
hot platform for the next train
And while l was waiting Mrs. Wheel
er came up. She said she was glad
she'd met me. l could save her a trip TO
town and she hated so TO go. Wouldn't
get her a nice novel, hammock that
wouldn't fade and a couple Of tin. horns
for the boys"
Tin horns! and you her nearest neigh
Dor. And 1 doubt If your conscience
would allow you TO forget them
she said also, that as 1 wouldn't be
at home all day, she'd run over and bor-
row my wheel, and"
"A nice bill for repairs you'll have, too.
Two punctures a day is her allowance.
Go on"
well, when I got in I thought I'd at
tend to my commissions first. But Mrs.
Fidgitt must have told me the wrong shop
for her lawn; It took me two hours to
find 1t, and then it had gone up TO 20 cents
a yard. After I'd walked six blocks
decided she would ra,ner pay the advance
than lost it, so I went back. In the in
terval they had sold out the piece and
had to wait while they found out whether
they could match Il in the reserve stock"
"Humph. And all the thanks you'll
get will be the intimation that she'd have
gotten It at her own price II she had
come herself"
Il know that, dear. Then hunted
Doras lace. 1 could only match her
sample at one shop. and they had only
four yards and a quarter left. After I
had searched every shop in State street
remembered IldL she Ndu Cdllcu dALtE me
that It needn't exactly matcn. Then I
got it at the first shop I had visited.
Next I got Mrs. Wheeler's novel, and,
lest she read it. took couple more. so
she could choose. The hammock was
easy enough to get, but I lost It some
how and had TO replace t."
After you had decided that you
couldn't afford one for your back
porch?"
Mhm. Then I got the horns and
Dora's cherries. When went TO pay for
the latter l found she had given me a
bad 50-csnt piece, so l paid for them my
self and put it down TO profit and loss.
knowing shed never believe It was the
same coin. though she saw me put It in
the flap Of my pocket book
Poor thing" said the tall woman.
well. here's your train. You must show
me your silk on the way OUT
II didn't get IT," said the otherwom-
an, meskIy. when I got through with
my commissions Il was train time. and.
besides. hadn't money enough lef; 10
paw for it."-Chicago Times-HeraId-