Evening journal., 1899-06-22
Their First Purchases.
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HI r,s a good lhIng doa,l Lave 10

II rs good thing ] don't have TO
work tomorrow" said Henry
I'm about :uckercd out already"
The young woman with the thin face
and imitation astralhan cape slid one
Of her black cotton gloyed hands sym
pcthetically into his as The elevator
dropped down into the department
store basement, and the stout woman
with the quyerlug pink roses in her
black bonnet, who had them both in
charge, laughed as if that was about
the best thing she had heard for
long while.
You've got worse than this before
you, Henry" shesaid, shaking the roses
at him archly. You're only just be
/ ginnin'. Wait till you've bin married
25 years-then you can talk
Going up" called the elevutor boy.
rattling at the gate.
"IIerc let us get out" scid the stout
lady, excitedly. "He nearly took us up
again" she added. with another laugh.
as they left the elevator. "Now. Henry.
have you got that list?'
Henry. who was a short young man
with pendulous lower lip and heavy
black. .mustache. felt in Two or three
Of his pockets and at last produced n
4 creased and soiled paper, which he
handed over TO the stout woman. Then
he winloed kindly at the ginl in the as
4 trakhau cape. who smiled brightly at
] him in return. after which they stood
q. 1sas f1.-n nta~ftf
cd room with its CLEAN Of polished
\ brass and shining tinware among the
y stacks and rows Of odds and ends Of
!, household utensils, while the stout eld-
4 erly woman locked down the list with
h knitted brows, spelling the words ont
with some difficulty.
1--WE might as well make a start some.
where" said the stout woman AZ last
Il suppose we'd better get a transfer
slip first. Here, III get it, and you &c
on over TO the tinware and be loolSin
around"
She hurried OF and The two young
people looked at each other and smiled
again.
Lets CO." she said. catching him by
The coat sleeve. I'VE want a whole lo
0f tinware. That's pretty near all W.
do want. wish mother'd let us do thi'
all by ourselves, don't you2"
"Oh. I don't know" replied Henry
dubiously. ~ don't know what ther'
is we need no more n nothin', an don
b'lieve YOU know much more"
Don't 1? Oh. well ] guess / do--l
few" she rejoined. 81 know what
want. anyway, an / didn't want tina
! bedspread she picked out. / wanted
, that one with a violet pattern. but yol
! wouldn't back me up. Noihingn d.
mother less it's got red in il. II wa
the same way about the carpets He
mouth dropped rather pafhetically a
the corners.
''You can have the other bedsprend. !
you want" said the young man. i'm
pulsively. Lets go up an get 1t now.
"N-no, we can't afford the two.
guess like the one we've got prett,
we'll Twenty-Five dollars don't go sucl
an awful long way. does it? Sometime
! wish we'd got the things on the in
Ftallment plan, but then I guess IT.
better TO get what we can now an ge
the rest when we can. Here's on
thing we want first thing-a dishpar
You goin' to help me wash dishes
uenry?"
I'D break EN-" grinned the youn
{ man.
"Was you being waited on?" aske
Z one of the young saleswomen.
Henry looked sheepishly at his con
L. III
: herself "We're waiting for some one.
u she explained, and looked expectantl
around. and the saleswoman stuck he
: pencil back IN, her hair and retreate,
I, When she was out of hearing the gil
!, turned to the young man, and the
- stood smiling at each other for the IN
: space Of a minute and half. Then I'll
= girl said:
/. II b'lieve she took us for" lnstea
\ of completing the sentence she blushe'
i That blush and the half-shy look th'
i accompanied it transfgured her rattle
- plain face.
= 1--WE will be this time tomorrow
!, y said Henry
!, Il was up in the rooms early tn
morning" said the girl. after sho
pause. Mrs. Harden was real nice
me. She says if there's anything she
got that we want we'll be welcome
OF borrow. l don't think Wen want
le borrow anything. though"
''Not If hold my job, said Henry.
IS 81 see you've got the stove all set u
ty Mrs Harder said she thought IL was
=, real bargain. Oh. | met Ella BerneI
She's going with that Al Berrier sti
or she thinks she is. She told me n
body wouldn't catch her getting ma
- ried und keeping house in couple
~ rooms. What do you think of that?
said TO her: 1T don't look as thoul
=. nobody would and she just Tipped o
!. I don't-ch. here's mother. wond
where she's been"