The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-12-24

After Mr.. Jobsou had got away with
his two after-dinner smokes that even
ing Mrs. Jobson got him to accompany
her on a walk downtown to take a look
at the shop windows in their Christmas
finery. Needless to say she steered him,
before he tired and began to think of his
pipe and his armchair, TO the furrier's
window in which "her" squirrel oat was
fastened loosely and jauntily around the
person of a handsome, d~ark-haired wax
lady.
The wrap of the dark-haired lady OF
wax claimed Mr.. Jobson's attention at
once.
What kind of an animal or bird fur
nished the pelts for that coat?" he asked
Mrs. Jobson, evincing distinct interest in
the garment, which looked distinctly
swagger in the mellow light of the fur
rier's window.
"Why, that's n 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 hs
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 l 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 tc
clash with his own. 81 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
licked it the wrong way, don't you
Think"
Mr.. Jobson cooked his head on one side
and then shook it negatively. &
NO he replied, 81 don't think any
thing of the sort. OF course, the hide
doesn't lie down pat and fiat, like the Sat
urday night haircut of a plumbers ap-
prentice. l suppose you'd want 'em to
use bears grease or vaseline to make
that fur lie down as fat as a pancake,
Ell? Did you ever see a squirrel with his
hair lying as close to his hide as if he'd
been swimming in a Standard oil tank"
Mrs. Jobson was constrained to reply
that she had never witnessed such a phe-
nomenon. p
Now" went on Mr.. Jobson, "that-er
that sticky-up, sort @ p%orcupiny look
of that squirrel coatis 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,
nipping breeze were blowing against it,
eh?"
well" replied Mrs. Jobson, musingly,
with a finger to her lip, sit 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, l 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.
do you know" said Mrs. Jobson, as
they went away from the furrier's win.
dow, shat 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 al
all, until you mentioned it, that those
squirrel coats are thoroughly artistic
but l can see it nov as plain as day.
Really, if everything goes well, l be
lieve l should like to have one next year
l do so love 10 wear things that you picl
out for me, because they invariabl4
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 swlt:h 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 ~purpGsely passed the
furrier's and saw that the squirrel coat
had been removed from the window.
She went into the furrier's shop and
merely directed IN inGuiring glance at
him. He nodded pleasantly. Then he
handed Mrs. Jobson the SO rebate tia,
was coming to her.-WasAington StLx