Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-08-11

answered in some embarrassment
saw you carrying it, and so ! supposed
it was on sale"
They smiled at each other ana
passed on.
AS Mrs. Tryon was, lingering over
some other hats on the counter she
soon discovered large woman and
one of the clerks talking together
farther down the aisle, and she looked
up lust in time to see the large wo-
man pointing at her. Mrs. Tryon be-
came interested in watching them and
as the pair saw that they were OBJ
served. the clerk walked away. mo-
ment later she returned with the head
of the department, well-dressed, I'M
portant looking gentleman, and then
to Mrs. Tryon's amazement the three
began a conversation, which was
about her, there could be no doubt.
They suspect me of being a snop-
LITTER" was Mrs. Tryons nrst
thought, and she turned red to the
roots of her hair. She did not know
what to do. and there was no time to
think. for the gentleman approached
her straight.
II beg your pardon, madam" he be-
gan looking closely at Mrs. Tryon,
"but there is a lady here who has COM
planned to me that you have been
carving around a hat all morning
that she would like very much 10
look at. She says you have not
bought it, she is sure. ! would sug-
gest. if you will permit me, that you
decide at once if you want the nat
for if you don't I'm quite sure the 9TH
err lady will take it."
81 really hate to disappoint the lady,
Mrs. Tryon answered, having recov-
cred herself suddenly but she really
cannot have the hat. The truth is the
hat belongs to me. I've been wearing
It all summer and l couldn't think OF
parting with it."
The gentleman saw his mistake in
a moment and apologized profusely.
Mrs. Tryon began to think more and
more of her own hat as she went along
and she smiled to herself as she saw
the CONSERVATION on the face OF -the
other customer as the gentleman ex-
planned the error
Nv some freak of fortune Mrs. Try
on ran across the brown hat she was
looking fer and she hurried to the
glass to put it on her head. II was
Just what she wanted and she started
to the desk, being unable to ma
clerk. in order to conclude her pur-
chase. She was carrying her old hat
in one hand and the prospective pur-
chase in the other when she was sud
denly stopped by an excited woman,
who demanded. rs that hat sold?
pointing to Mrs Tryon's white nat
trimmed with pink flowers. Mrs. Try
on was getting rather tired of this ex-
perience.
mo. madam. it is not" she replied
rather tartly.
"Hov much is it," the woman per-
sisted. Mrs. Tryon saw at once that
being hatless she had been mistaken
for a clerk. She didn't care to Insult
the lady. for the sake of the establish
ment. so she said as. politely as pos
sible:
THE original price was SIS, but
Yes. / know" interrupted the LADY,
that makes it $3.50 to-day. I'll take
it, And before Mrs. Tryon could pro-
test the lady had snatched the hat
from her and had handed her the even
change Il won't wait TO have II
wrapped. I'll just carry it until / get
through ON this floor
Mrs. Tryon took her $3.50 and
walked meditating TO the counter. in
tending to explain the matter to the
head of the department. But before
she could be waited on she changed