The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27

nit no shoes und stockings. For the shoes. thirty-five cents; for the stockings, seven and . half cents. That you lose me. too. Youl pay inc each half. That you pay for fooiin'!'
 He wasn't fooiin'. He was readin'p' Esther broke out loyally.
 'Und isn't readin' fooiin'3'' sneered the boss. ''Fseadin' is vorse than cooiin'. l charge you extra. maybe. for readin' Ind what foolishness was you readin'F
 And so. to divert his attention and to stem his eloQuenee. they told him. Isaac read of liquidation sales. of clearances. Of special importations. of clothing sacrifices of a lace week and of hosiery event. The wicked eyes of the listening Mir. ooidstone slittered with a new purpose.
 You read 'em good" he commented. ssCan you write em. too?'
 Sure. answered Isaac proudly.
 Gradually the name of Samuel Gold stone spread throughout the land. It began to appear. haralding ciearances. cut rates and other words of charm. in . tho polygiot papers-Engiish, Russian. Polish and Jewish-rnost popular in the district. So eloQuentiy did Isaac paint the advantages which ladies, gents. houses and children must derive from being furnished by Sam Goidstone that the public. which had fought wildly against the physical persuasion. yielded in weak herdes to the magic of the pen.
 Then did mad. seif-reviling and vain regrets rend the bosom of Mir. Blumberg. He had destroyed his Eden-had made confidential interviews impossible. soii- tude unknown. The shop was never empty now, Esther never at leisure. him. self rarely free from women who wanted fa ha rxf zr fha .'Cuts in Curtains:'' from the men whc wanted to buy either the groundwork or the accessories 30 alluringiy set forth. He quickly found, however. that there were trials more searching than attend ance upon the men who demanded fur nishing. The articles of strictly nsascu. line nature were in what he proudly call ed his providence" but over the co. sartorial ground of gloves Esthel pre-. sided.
 It was when he first saw her with q brewery drivers huge hand between hes slender ones as she, greatly to her GUS toner's delight. tried on innunerable and inordinateiy large gloves, that he realised how dear she was to him and hom mimi cal to his desire the patronage of ths sterner sex might prove. From tha' day the advertisements of Samuel Gold stone q emporium tnE0W h0dVy eIupnAaH upon the ladies, the children and thu houses. but siighted or ignored the gents From that day. too, there was a new warmth in Isaac's few conversations witl his colleague and new sting in his fe morse as he noticed her growing weari ness and pallor.
 The boom increased. The expurgatet advertisements continued. One morning Esther. coming early to the store. foun, black browed, black-haired. smiling an waxen lady hiding coyiy behind the doc and making an urgent though silent ap peal for the services of Q maid. Mis- Mogilewsky had reduced her to the Dor ders of conventionality before MT. Blum berg arriveda and together they mad place for her in the crowded window hung price upon every garment of he attire and drove stupendous trade. Sh drew smiling attention to the 'Sapph l skirt. with tailor tucked circular nounce effect" while Esther had dexterously fl | ted to the slender figure; to the 'ATilIin cry Opening" of which she wore a sam l pie upon her dainty heads to the sPrid | of the Avenue Bolero Eton, Jacket" whic afforded so alluring a vista of the "Re