The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-21

looking girl II somebody put decent cor
sets on her and showed her how TO dress
The groom liked the cape, too. He tod
her she looked like a peach IN II anu
praised her up so that she turned All
colors He even asked my opinion as 10
how il looked. However, she hauled IL
off at once when she heard the price,
but her face fell to zero and she looked
very nearly ready to cry when she SAID
that after all she believed coat would
be more useful. and picked up the $40
coat she had tried on
well. so it would be more useful" said
the filter. jabbing her pins in line an eX-
act distance from the armhOle and hold
ing the garment to view. Did she get
it?"
mo: she's got the cape" was the an
swer. and I'm as much pleased about IL
as she is That young fellow she is go
ing to marry is a great, hulking clown,
but he's got big heart and as much deli
cacy as a duke. When the girl took the
cape off and looked so disappointed he
motioned TO me behind her back, holding
out a s. bill and then he said out loud:
Here miss Is that the lowest you could
take for this cape? She's bought two
dresses and a pair of shoes. and some
handkerchiefs down stairs, and ii seems
to me you ought to make her better
price than that. The cape amt worth a
cent over $40
~ pretended to consider a while, and
even walked away as though 1 went to
consult somebody in the matter. While
the girl was examining the precious cape
for the fifth or sixth time. and L was be-
hind a screen hanging UP some cloaks. he
came behind there and gave me the eN-
ira $3.50. Don't let her know. whatever
you do he whispered, I'm hurry. Shed
never take it if she dreamed | had helped
to pay for it. You make out that you let
her have il for ten. It's her wedding
cape and / want her satisfied Then |
went up to the girl and told her that as
il was the last cape We had of that par
ticular kind we would let il go for So
''WelI, / never said the filter, dropping
her pins: II didn't know before that you
were such an actress. The stage is los
ing by your being here in the cloaks and
suits ROOM.
who couldn't act with that young fell
low so dead set for his girl to have the
cape, and she SO openly disappointed? She
wasn't much more than a child, You
ought to have seen her face when | told
her she could have it. Why. she just lit
up all over like a sunburst and she
handed out the $40 bill in jiffy and went
off wearing the new cape. as proud as
though it was silk velvet instead of We
lours and was lined with real silk in
stead of farmers satin
What sort of trimming did it have on
it?' asked the filter. resuming her mea-
surements
IAN sorts. was the answer. cit was
one of those with vandykes of jet run
ming up to the shoulders. and a beaded
collar and lace down the front. 1t was
lined with red. OF course at the price
the velvet had to be mean and fiimsy tic
allow for SO much trimming. but the girl
does not know the difference. They have
gone down to the restaurant now to get
lunch | doubt if the young fellow has
much money. but he's head over heels in
love with his girl, and he's as tender of
her as If she were made of crystal and
likely to fall to pieces in his hands any
minute"
81 90 like to see real lovers said the
filter with emphasis, as she turned UP
the coat sleeve she held just three
quarters of an inch. Its nearly lunch