The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27
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 Altar wears. of saviug and of serving. Samuel Goidstone had at last arrived at the acme of his ambition He possessed n xtora fl, csraud Street! His name. in oleasinr hut unstable porcelain letters. riitfsred upon it's window, and was re- peated in aoId and black above the door, with the explanatory. if ambiguous phrase. ..fadies Gents Houses and Chil- Aren Furnished at Reduced Rates" :" what wife and children were to happier men the store was to Mir. Goidstone He ana he was now. at the age of forty-five. livfnG quite alone in a garret of rear tenement block or two from his Idol.
 within the store he had accumulated great treasure from the wrecks of neigh boring and rival coneerns-from fire sales, from eheriffs' sales, from auctions, and perhaps even from enterprislng burglars
 TO guardeAnd to distribute his stock he had secured ascash registering machine, . young lady and q young gentleman. The machine took care of the money, the young lady "furnished'' the ladies and children. the young gentleman minister ed to the gents and houses, while Mr. Goldstone stood proudly upon the side walk and chanted. somewhat hoarseiy:
 ''step right in. iadies-step right in! This Is our bargain day. Ladies fur nished. All the latest styles. Babies and children at half. Step right ini This is the place for big valnesr'
 And the lady, weakly yielding to his persuaslons, or to the detaining hand with which he reinforced them, would find herself simultaneously and suddenly in the shop and in the way. For the two assistants. young. lonely and often idle, found time for many a confidential inter- .x~an~ hAkr ~nNa .f. fhA inc timidated customers delivered into their hands by their energetic ''boss."
 It was an afternoon in early October. The store was empty, confidential ir- terview in progress: Esther Mogilewsky' . golden head rested against q pile or "Flannei Opportunities as she listened absorbed. .artranced, while Isaac Blum berg, scholar and salesman. read aloud in the clear voice which had won him medal at recent night school oratory competition the ravishing details of fall sales of larger establishments, as set 4 forth in the mornings paper.
 And think of this Miss Mogi1ewslxyIe' Y 4 he cried. Molesixin three-quarter length < coats at one thousand dollars! Think of 4 it! And last week they were one thou \ sand and twenty-hvey'
 Esther crinkled her pretty forehead in A obedient effort, but since she had been S only year in America and had never I heard of mole. her reflections led her $ no further than that Mir. Blumberg was 4 learned youth and that Mir. Goldstone'a * store. with its counters along each side and its centre tables piled with bargains
 was a pleasant place. But Mir. Gold stones face. as he peered suddenly over the ''Sacrificed All-from-Wo Under wear" could hardly be called pleasant 4 and during the next few minutes, in q mixture of English and Yiddish. witt enpious profanity in both, he favored
 his assistants with startling versions oi their biographies that they had. as they
 guiltiIy came to understand, allowed two potential shoppers to escape unshopped
 Tn vain, Esther wept Tn vain Isaac ex
 plained ard apologized. Mir. Goldstone set an extravaEant value upon the possi
 ble outlay of the lost quarry and vowed to deduct it from the wages of his staff
 "A lady, he fumed: "a lady init nt hat und vorn waist! For the waist
 forty-seven und a half cents; for the hat
 sixty-nine and three-quarter cents. Tha
 money you lose me. Und little gir