The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-13
A Bargain of Philippians.
By nARGARET JOHNSON.

come in" she called, hearing the girls
light step outside
She looked up proudly at her tall
daughter, whose smile was as sunnily
sweet and good humored as her own.
Now, mamma" cried Philippa. GAL
ly when Cousin Josephine was gone.
put on your little bonnet right away.
and come with me and see my 'shut-in'
people! And then, this afternoon if
you're not too tired there's Just the
sweetest bit of a hat at Madame New
ers. l saw it yesterday-precisely
what want to go with my green suit
and such a bargainl"
Off they went presently, with a rus
tie of silken skirts and a ripple of
merry talk and laughter.
At one o'clock Evelina met them
coming home to luncheon. She was
just leaving the house, and Mrs. Som
ers stopped her on the steps.
Were the children good today" she
asked kindly. you look little pale
Fraulein. You must take care of your
self. We cannot have you getting sick.
you know. What would the children do?
Good-by!"
Her eyes look tired" said Philippa
thoughtfully.
But the hours are short" said her
mother, easily. "She ought to be able
to rest enough in the afternoon to be
fresh for her work in the morning.
oh, no, can't get sick! can't get
sick!" said Evelina, as she walked
away. They prize me SOL" A little
bitterness was in her smile. She tuck
ed the little threadbare fingers of her
gloves closer into her shabby muff.
the spring air being raw and chilly and
hurrying swiftly down the crowded
aVenue-for car fares count I'D fast
and must be saved-turned down into
side street, where there shone the
tempting windows. of a modest restau-
rant.
She ate her luncheon here and hur-
ried back, not home, but to the crowd
ed avenue again, and toward the very
store to which Philippe, after hur-
ried luncheon, had already FASTENED
in her carriage. And so it CHANGED that,
seated in the inner room of Madame
Meyers Fashionable Emporium, trying
on the bit Of hat, while Stubs, whom
she had brought with her, investigated
with equal enjoyment some silken
flowers left within his reach, Philippa,
in the mirror, saw the reflection of
Evelina entering the door.
$50 the little Frauein must have a
spring hat, tool" she smiled. And then
she frowned in wonder for the little
Fraulein had slipped away somewhere
and taken off her wraps, and now was
moving about in her trim black gown
as if she belonged there; and-yes, was
talking to customer who had just
come in!
Madame" said Philippe, sitting up
straight and forgetting her hat, who
is that young lady in the front room
trying the red and purple bonnet on
the fat lady with the gray hair, who
ought to know better?"
That said madame, glancing up,
that is Miss Dobb. You know her,
mademoiselle?"
Is but didn't KNOWS she a
saIeswoman here?' stammered Philip
pa.
Sometimes" said madame, cautious
! ly. Eth bien- Those leafs
ooh, never mind the hat!" Philippa
cried, impatiently 81 want to know
about that girl-who is she? Tell me,
pleased"
Madame's keen black eyes changed
and softened with ready feeling.
"Truly?" she said. "You care to know?
1t is not much to tell She is a little
teacher, this poor Miss Dodd. She and
her mother have live more than a year
in the same house with me- She love
her teaching, oh, so much! And she
have study three, four years, to fit her
self. But in the fall she tel me, she
have lose the situation she expec', be-
cause she was so seeck, oh, YER, yer
seeckl And the medicines and doctors
and at last the hospital, they eat up all
her money, her little savings, pauvrt
petite!
"And when she was all cure he