The Tupelo journal., 1904-12-23

nlShed the peitS Tor that coat! he asked
Mrs. Jobson, evincins distinct interest in
the garment, which looked distinctly
swagger in the mellow light of the fur
rier's window.
"Why, that's one of the new squirrel
coats" replied Mrs. Jobson, not with any
particular show of interest. THAT is,
they first came in last year"
Like the thing?" inquired Mr.. job
son. viewing Mrs. Jobson with what he
thought was a fine craftiness out of the
slants of his eyes.
"Um-ye-es," answered Mrs. Jobson;
"it's handsome, of course. A little ultra,
as the milliners say of the striking hats
they make, but | suppose that is be-
cause the squirrel coats are so new. and
because we are not used to them yet"
well" said Mr.. Jobson, right at him
self when Mrs. Jobson's view seemed to
clash with his own Il think that coats
just ripping, myself-think it's immense.
It's"
But" mildly interposed Mrs. Jobson,
somehow or another that squirrel fur
always looks to me as if"-and here she
laughed merrily-"well. as if a COW had
Think"
Mr.. Jobson cooked bis head on one side
and Their shook it negatively.
mo" he replied, Il don't think any
thing of the sort. OF course, the hide
d~oesn'tlie down pat and fiat. like the Sat
urday night haircut OF a plumbers ap-
prentice. | suppose you'd want 'em to
use bears grease or yaseline to make
that fur lie down as fiat as a pancake,
Ell? Did you yer see a squirrel with his
hair lying as close to his hide as if he'd
beer swimming in a Standard oil Tank"
Mrs. JobSon was constrained to reply
that she had never witnessed such a phe-
nomenon.
Now" went on Mr.. Jobson. "that-er
that sticky-up, sort o p%orcupiny look
of that squirrel coat is just the thing that
makes the hit with me. It's artistic. |
hate these cu~t-and-dried, too-blamed-
smooth things, anyhow. There's a sort
of jolly carelessness about the this-way-
and-that look of that squirrel fur that
strikes me-looks like a good, strong
nicping breeze were blowing against it,
eh?'
well" replied Mrs. Jobson, musingly,
with a finger to her lip. 1t has a sort of
artistic effect when viewed from that
standpoint, really"
"Of course it has" eloquently put in
Mr.. Jobson. expanding with his subject.
BY Jove, | didn't give you credit for
being able to catch my meaning. You're
coming along. for a fact-association.
after all these years, is at length begin
ming to do marvels for you" and Mr..
.Jobson smiled complaisantly at his lit
tie joke.
There's n thing | T notice said Mrs.
Jobson, still with a finger at her lip,
"and that is that that squirrel coat Seems
1t looks quite we'll on that model, doesn't
it?"
Great" said Mr.. Jobson. That's the
nobbiest fur garment that I've seen for a
dogs age. Um-er-it's queer how much
darker your hair has become during the
last ANC VI olA sCui {. III IN
that it's almost jet black now?'
at is becoming very dark" agreed
Mrs. Jobson. But I really didn't think
you noticed such things any more, my
dear" and she squeezed his arm in the
old-time way as they still stood before
the furrier's window.
Huh! Don't you believe don'tnotice
everything" said Mr. Jobson, pleased to
have his powers of observation extolled.
and squeezing her arm in return.
"Do you know" said Mrs. Jobson. as
they went away from the furrier's win
dow. chat you are right about those
squirrel coats? It's remarkable how
quick you men are to catch an effect.
Positively. it hadn't dawned upon me at
all, until you mentioned it, that those
squirrel coats are thoroughly artistic,
but | can see it now as plain as day.
Really, if everything goes well, l be-
lieve l should like to have one next year,
| do so love to wear things that you pick
out for me, because they invariably
prove to be just right, and next year"
flush! Let's go somewhere and have
some oysters put in Mr.. Jobson, max
ing an ~elephantine effort to switch the
subject, and then Mrs. Jobson knew
that that squirrel coat was as good as
hanging in her closet.
She was sure of it when on the follow
ing afternoon she purposely passed the
furrier's and saw that the squirrel coat
had beer removed from the window.
She went into the furrier's shop and
merely directed an inquiring glance at
him. He nodded pleasantly. Then he
handed Mrs. Jobson the $40 rebate that
vas coming to her.
AS al. effective and persuasive domes-
tic weapon the gnarle6 club went out
of use with the passing OK the a Y dwell.
ers.-Washington Star.
A Harbinger.
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