The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-19
Sflett Sturp.
psyche AND The DRAGON FLY.
Eyapselius c. Merriu in s, Paul pt,r4,ch.

Farmer trabtree entered the store 81
1 johnson, Howard i JohnSon, where dia
( monds. jewelry, silverware, cut glass aud
brie a brae were sold to people willing to
pay high prices for the night articles. Il
T was an understood fact that they catered
I only to the rich Mr.. Crabiree strolled
around and looked at thing,
How much Is that silver platter - he
asked Of naughty youns man behind the
counter
The SILVER is sl75 uuh a noue Of.
+ your business YOU hayen money enough
To buy-it air
Ham. he camu,ensed aud walked on.
Cot ans bronEe imsgs~ around here
he asked again, of styhshly dressed Young
woman With q huge Prmpaiour over her
lef, eve
On the ,hirl aoar, turning wtth al
easa.ius sniis To- fass l5,,k,as mao sbo
bad asked a quesiios.
Mr. Cratsrre "a. dressed in hl, blaek
Sunday suit. paper oallar } ready made
cheap black tie AMI straw hat His >hir,
boe.,,n bumped anI "a. slightly -,,slei
uheFc Is had oome in cnnsAe, w,ih hls chin.
Wen daun the front belaw the eyelrs
hole gu4llisS. of -sud. Va, large haekle-
berry STAN
He sore fringc of hair t.aaea,h bis
jav and hi. fsor and hand, showcI the
scar aui tear af YEAR q hons,t ,0sl, wh,Ie
h. intense blue exc, had merry ,wink lc
AMI be Iid uss apFsar To- Bas4ce that be had
ms p'ccissei the sltratr,a sorgris,i the
vsll ir,~>ei man
llaltins deliberately. De -erateheI hs.
chin. L-okci thrm h,,th over. sud sAun
grFei "a. sab Fhythaaisal b..u,iins d the
kne-~ be haj acquired a. be -o~el hs
broad acrss
tie went to the ,h,ri assr, several Of
the clcrks exchanged glAaor-. bai dsi nj
offer to salt 90 hin.
Il ~ l0Jkius fos bfOate images. De
anuoanos,i to ao na onr ia particular
\ soaus sid saa,e farwarl
( Bront.~s R,gh. ,h,s way. az Wa.
I there any .p.--ial ,abjecI yoa ~err looking
I for She ooalin, have spoken sish
more Difference 70 Crus~us himself.
W. al uo Phyllis Chioc that my
niecvf, sc always called her Chloe Ann
I ,il she uent to coglege Now shes dls
/ owned the Ann aud -lack Phyllis onio
T the other cod he ehtaakled1. but |
told tinthy tInthy my wife) il iidn' {
/ 10 uo harn 10 put On : few airs when you
was Young "a hong a sou diini hau no
/ bqdy feeliu
No. indeed ehimei in the clerk with
( the vivlet rycs. ~ you are hooking for a
bronze Tor this niece Phyllis she asked.
bringing him ,aetiully back to the subject.
YES Phylli, Chloe goin 10 git mar
red, aud Ciuthy says Chloe Ann Cin-
thy always calls her Chloe Ann CinIhy ;
\ a good woman. but awful sot in her ways,
/ been rayiu bout bronze image with
leetig lights on IT, for her sciting room
With the staircase Chloe calls II her
reception hall, but Gnthy sticks 10 it,
! il : nothing more than nor less than a set
/ ting nom with staircase in il She
lowed that when gal, git married they
ought to have their own way as far as
their kindred can give it To em, cause
afterward there Is always a DUN fool TO ex-
press his opinion and stick in an oar on
every occasion. Cinthy does like to give
/ the men dig. He shook his head aud
laughed again
Il know some very nice men She
arched her eyebrows and looked at him
Here Is a beautiful thing, Psyche, by
- pulling the heavy plush draperies
across the aleoye where johnson. Howard
! & johnson ; stock of bronze deities sat in
state. She turned on the electric lights
artistieally arranged about the figure and
told him the story Of Cupid sweetheart
He was intensely interested
''Waal, III be durnedr' he exclaimed
as she touched button and lighted the
mystical box.
Then this obliging young woman tried
to show him some of the other electrical
statuary, but he cared only for Psyche
1t was magnificent piece of workman
ship, and Its price was s4O0 Farmer
Crabtree looked at the bronze meditatively.
"She ain got many clothes on, he
said, ''but I'll take her if | conclude to
have an image with lectric lights. Hoaw
much is it?''
-Four hundred dollars with the pedes-
tai. -
'Hum, | thought of sumthin' in di-
mons, myself Phyllis Chloes going to
marry feller with lots of money
The little clerk eyes sparkled
'Do you know, if was your niece and