The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-02-03
A MATTER OF MEMoRY.

She had been ON a shopping tour
since morning, and therefore seemed
very happy when she Joined her hus-
band on the home-bound evening
train. After they were comfortably
seated she said, with great vivacity !:
Il struck great bargain in gloves
to-day. Now, what do you think,
got three pairs of dollar and and
quarter gloves for two dollars. I
can't undo the parcel her, but when
we get home I'll show them to you,
and you Il just open your eyes"
The husband smiled at her girlish
enthusiasm, when she suddenly ask
ed: did you order the quail to be
sent out from the market ?"
"Great Scott p he calculated, in
sort of hysterical confusion, "I forgot
all about it."
"Now, I'm in nice fix Mr.. and
Mrs. Reginald Jones Brown Smith
are coming out to luncheon to-mor-
row, and what am I going to do?"
II should think he responded,
with philosophic smile, ''that when
these people hitch their various names
together in that way, linked sausage
would be the most correct and consis-
tent edible to place before them"
Linked sausage, indeed !" she
said, with emphasis; perhaps you
think you can get around your for
getfulness with joke, but can tell
you it's no joke. l am always the
sycrticcr vFfncn you cS'siiIe OUT wTrn your
fimsy excuse-'I forgot it, Tdlike
to know where we'd be if 1 were to
forget all the time ~
"We'd be a great deal worse off,
my dear, because you never forget,
and to that fact l attribute all the
prosperity that we now enjoy. If
you had forgotten, for instance, to fol-
low up the advertisement that offer
ed three pairs of one dollar and
quarter gloves for two dollars, /
should have to give you one dollar
and seventy-fve cents. You have
saved me that amount-one dollar
and seventy-hve cents-on your glove
deal, and l think 1 can now afford to
buy myself pound of tobacco cost
ing that amount. You see, you did
not forget my wants in your beauti-
full economy. You said to yourself !:
That dear, good-for-nothing hus
band of mine is running short on to-
bacco, and I'll just save him enough
money on this glove purchase to lay
in stock wish you had purchas-
ed about 80 pairs"
"Why, dear?" she asked, with a
half-satisfed, inquiring gaze.
"Why, because then you would
have saved me twenty-one dollars
and half, and I would be in posi-
ton to lay in a much needed top
coat.
"You probably forget, with your
usual genius for forgetting, that 1
haven't had new hat this season"
"But there's one thing I'll never
forget, if I lived to be hundred, !"
he said, trying to turn the subject
from the hat.
"Such statement from you is at
least encouraging, and l am burning
with curiosity to know what it is that
you'll never forget ?"
"Why," he replied, tantalizingly,
"I shall never forget that expression
of exaltation and relief that lit your
beautiful girl-face and seemed to say
Saved, saved at last = that day at
Mount Desert when I in moment
of forgetfu1ness proposed, and"
"Sir, you forget yourself y
"Well, 1 will never forget myself
again in the same way if 1 can help
it. On that occasion I couldn't help
it, owing to the irresistible girl and
the subtle influence of love as inspir-
ed by her. Say, Laura, just tie a
string around my finger that l may
never forget"
"Me?" she broke in, with sweet
sixteen smile.
"Oh, no." he replied, "the quai
for luncheon" ]"
''I will tie the string on when we
90 home,' she said, with a frown
ut will be the string tied around the
gloves. But then the luncheon will
be tomorrow, and suppose I'll have
to go out and purchase few pounds
of harps.'
"Harps, harps-why, what do yot
mean by harps?" he inquired.
"It is suburban chops that are al
strings" she replied, softly. "Ant
l think it is just too mean for any
thing that you went and forget thos'
birds. I suppose l shall have to Civ,
them those tough, badly trimmed
raggedy-oh, oh p she sobbed.
sFYou will be all safe, though,
replied her husband. cheeringly, IS
long as you have such lovely ware t
serve the chops on. These Jones
: Brown Smiths are ltra-swells, and a
such will never consider the food S
long as the ware is rich and artistic
Now, the chops will cost fifty cents
while the quail would cost three dol
lars"