The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-29
BY S. Rheff Roman.

ulHTHAT did you say?" asked Nc
Wy Person, pausing in the act of
pouring settler water into his white
wine and looking suspioiously at the
dainty, well-gowned handsome young
woman sitting on the other side OF
the table, who was absorbed in peel
ing iced shrimp as If to the manner
born
Antiquities shops?" she said, lacon-
ically, looking up with laughing eyes
and gay determination which had its
effect
What for?" queried McFerson, be-
fore helping himself to the broiled
pempano, which presented an enticing
appearance.
They sat in the dining room of the
St Charles, where it was cool and
pleasant, idling over their luncheon,
and they were evidently strangers and
people of decided social Importance. as
their air, look and manner indicated.
why, Dam, because I must get a
lovely, dear old-fashioned desk, Louis
XIV. style, you know, to match my
furniture. I want to put it in the cor
ner of my room, near the big bay win
dow, just underneath one of those
candelabra we got in Europe. We'll
take our drive, then drop into some
of those curio places I've heard so
much about, where they sell beautiful
old things. Well come back in plenty
time to dress for dinner We are to
dine at the Carringtons tonight, you
know"
drop in, did you say?" McFerson
setorted, smiling ruefully in answer to
the winsome. gayetYS ofsthe face, which
Stb him ,(and tossofne. others, too) was
the most beautiful on earth.
1 s.-Yons evfdenfl y3mow nothing about
man-traps. Those antique shops. A
. woman who-once gets the antique
craze, my dear CHILD. goes from bad to
worse. and There is, no limit to the
saime she win spend in pursuit of the
ideal In localities Inhabited by rats and
spiders. Drop in. indeed; you'll be
there hours and hours.
: s.ls1 tell you what we'll do. Don't
waste this fine day in. shops. Well
take drive, and when we get back
home again I'll write for pictures and
: photos and you;r geteany kind of desk
you want,.,<ss Is
~ efaaeeds not 81 81 must see what it
!. looks like. Why, Dan, how absurd you
Safe. Ill make a bargain with you.
Take me to that extraordinary place,
J It's & feaf art museum, at the corner of
Royal and # don't remember the other
street. and look at your watch. !
promise not to stay more than half an
hour Honest"
.All right! I'll drive you there If
you'll add another promise that you
won't go beyond $500"
N why OF course not l. don't expect
TO spend one-fifth of that"
) Shows how much you know about
} antique shops" McFerson remarked
Then the discussion waxed animated
and prolonged until it ended in truce
McFerson reached over for an april
: con while the waiter brought in the
small cups of coffee. as it. is made in
Louisiana, an aromatic essence and q
Iferye&tsnfc
1t was some hours later when q
coupe. going. rapidly down Royal street
drew up at q corner.
-. Here you are, McFerson said, get
ting out @Now. remember your oath
ne-half hour and not over $780,"
Alme Jumped out, and nodded gaily
= and going in drew q breath OF delight
why. Dan. this is magnificent" sh,
said. looking around, and pausing be
fore console. whose workmanship
bespoke the patient art spirit of tn,
Cinque cento period. while a tall clocl
0fsancient Florsntine design swung it.
pendulum with a slow grace and equa
indifference to the hurry and scurr.
ef the present bourgeois twentieth cen
~tnry. s.
There were chairs and bahuts of oil
Flemish oak. carved by the dexterou
fingers Of earlier centuries. ana vase
ef iridescent Cubs ware, an ar. lest 3
modern days.
There was q rare wealth OF uric
and furniture, whose grace add finis
maxim machine manufactures Of th
hour sDDsar conmonplace and clunz,