The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-28

A pretty, dark-eyed, young woman
clerk (dark-eyed people are always
good looking) who is noted for her
obliging manner, was having her
| troubles yesterday 20, dear, it seems
as If o'clock would never come" she
yawned 1--WE have worked early and
| late during the holidays and I am
going to bed as soon as l get home to-
night" But you received extra pay,
did you not?" I asked Yes, we got
| O. certain percentage Of our sales but
| the new girls who came in for the
holidays only and were put behind the
counters where little kniclnacks are
sold, got a percentage Of their sales
also, and you see they sold the Things
that people bought most while the
regular clerks, especially in the depart
ments where the heavier lines Of goods
are sold, didn't fare remarkably well,
though working just as many hours l
wonder if the parable of the labOrers
and the penny a day is applicable
here.
I fancy the man who took my new
rubbers is having lots Of fun these days
trying to get them on over his brogans
| hope he will split the rubbers and
thus be repaid for his attack of klepto-
mania. had a nice pair of goloshes
which cost $1.50. They were left at my
boarding house in the umbrella rack,
and somebody took them and left pair
of SO cents arctics which are several
| sizes too large for me. | stuff paper in
them and manage to get about but the
immense size Of the feet annoys me
when 1 look down.
Someone stopped me yesterday-it
was a beautiful damsel-and she said:
why what is the matter with your
feet? Have you got the gout?"
| replied spitefully that it was evil
dent that / had her rubbeTs by mis-
take and If she would return mine
which l was sure she could not put on,
I would buy her some cheap candy. She
thought me unkind l don't care. l
want my rubbers back. II the miscreant
who took them reads this, please send
them by express prepaid to the Editor
Of Town Tales.
Christmas presents and rival beaux
have involved a girl friend Of mine in
a problem in psychology Of the most
puzzling kind. She has thought about
it since Christmas morning, and the
| sole result is a perpendicular wrinkle
between her eyebrows, which she fears
will be permanent. She told me about
| her trouble so that others might be
told of it, who perhaps may be able to
solve what is too hard for her.
! 1t seems that before Christmas she
| had a quarrel with Charlie, whom she
| fancies a little the more of the two,
which made her treat Arthur with
more warmth. which pleased Arthur
| but did not prevent Charlie showing
great anxiety to recover her good
| graces. Christmas morning she re-
ceived two gifts, neither Of which bore
! the name of the giver, but which I'M
doubtedly came from the young men,
/ One gift was very expensive, and the
other quite inexpensive. Now as the
young men enjoy about the same in
| come, and have always appeared to be
| equally generous, the question is
which gave each gift? Who would be
! likely to be more generous. Arthur,
who wanted to retain my friends ia
vor, or Charlie. who wanted to regain
/ it?
/ That is what bothers my friend
! She can't make up her mind whether,
/ If she were a man, she would give
| more to keep a girl, or to get her.