St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-31

for sale here"
"Isn't that funny! You'd suppose
they'd have it for sale where theil
mills are" Dolly said.
But Mr.. Miller laughed, and sale
they didn't sell stock that way. Aft
er an abashed moment, Dolly put or
a wise look and was silent. She
prided herself not a little upon hel
knowledge of her husbands business
and business affairs generally.
The next morning Stanton drove
| them about town and showed them
such points of interest as the place
could boast; and in the afternoon he
and Mr.. Miller rode over to see the
North side plant. Dolly pleaded a
headache and said she would stay at
the hotel. She had seen SO many cop
per mills already that everything had
q coppery look, she averred.
The business Office of the Coal
escent Copper company was nearly
opposite the Lakeville hotel, and from
the windows of her room Dolly could
look over into the Office. Her husband
and Stanton had scarcely departed be-
fore Dolly gave the heavy coils of her
hair an extra twist or two before q
glass, and then swiftly stepped across
the street. Her headache seemed to
have suddenly disappeared. A half
hour later she came forth from the
Office of the copper company and
mounted the stairs to her room al
most at run. Once inside, she
flung herself into q chair and gave
way to a fit of hysterical laughter.
When her husband came back, late
in the afternoon, Dolly met him with
shining eyes and heightened color.
She said her headache was quite gone
and that she was feeling very we'll
indeed; she had been little lone
some without him, she confessed, but
she had watched the people passing
and had managed to keep amused.
The next morning the Millers left
on an early boat. Stanton was at the
dock to see them off, but had not
been to the company's Office since re-
turning witt, Mr.. Miller from the
North side the previous afternoon.
Perhaps the water at Lakeville had
hurt him. At all events, Mr.. Miller
fell i'll on the boat and was sick for
two weeks.
One day, when convalescent, Mr..
Miller glanced over the market news
in the morning paper. Copper
hasn't gone up yet, Dolly" he said,
scanning the previous days quota
tons. ''In fact, it is lower than when
I was taken sick; I rather thought
there would be a rise before now.
Lucky didn't wire an order to buy
when was in Lakeville."
els it's it much lower?" Dolly
asked a little TREMENDOUSLY.
ooh, not very much-three or four
points; enough to make quite a diff
ference in the price,
Mrs. Miller's pretty face wore a
troubled look, but just then the door
bell rang, and Mr.. Cary, Mr.. Miller's
confidential clerk, came in. It was
the first day the doctor had allowed
his patient to talk business, and Mr..
Miller had sent to have his clerk
come to the house.
eyes, everything has gone all right
during your Illness" Cary announced,
comfortingly. ''The copper has ar
rived-that is the largest part of it;
a few tons that the invoices call for
have not come yet. We've been won
dering what you intended to do with
it. We had a pretty good stock be-
fore you left, you know"
Mr.. Miller appeared astonished.
''The copper!" he repeated. "What
"copper""
''Why, the copper you ordered when
you were in Lakeville. Two hundred
tons were invoiced."
1.-TWO hundred tons! Great Heav-
ems, Cary! never ordered 200 tons.
There's some mistake"
"Well, we thought twas strange
you ordered so much. We couldn't
what you intended to do with
it. But 200 tons were invoiced and
$50 tons have already arrived. Didn't
you order any when you were there?"
"Not ton" Mr.. Miller's face wore
a perplexed look. II can't imagine
how the mistake occurred" he said,
after a pause. "But there's only one
thing to do, and that is, ship it back
again. We couldn't use 200 tons in
ten years"
When Cary had gone, Mrs. Miller
burst into tears and hid her face on
the arm of her husbands chair.
"Oh, Franklin" she sobbed, Il or
dered that copper"
"You ordered It, Dolly! What do
you mean? Are you crazy?"
II don't know! don't know!" she
walled. Il thought you wanted it, but
you couldn't buy it there.
You said you'd have to wire an or
der to New. York. And I went out
that afternoon and found you could
buy it there, after all, and could pay
for it Just as usual; so ordered it,
and was going to surprise you. You
had said something about buying 200
or something-I couldn't remember