The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-11-15

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You've carut two bits Already, amt
yUu, ra:'
YES
/ 'Mayn't l have 80 cents to buy Il
Gaze: There's a place to the corner
and thing in the winier-clkcs wi
raiSinS il-s9lcndid, Mayn't l."
! We'll Sc. I.tei: We'll see" The
grinder, embarrassed 10y too many
prcsenceS, looked wildly at the front
wallis before him and the back walls
behind him, as if medtatin- an escape
Pa. mayn'tI:"
Bread and rent come before cake.
| Wait till we see what we have over at
night said the grinder. driven to def
mite reply
Mrs. Hedge dartcd upstairs and ran
sacked her pantry The cake box was
empty. but there were a few sweet
crackers. These and bundle unskill-
fully wrapped il Il morning paper she
offered to the child just as the grinder
was taking leave.
is il cake"
NO. dear: dress which hope you
can wear"
Long enough, do you think? Pa
says I'm getting tall as Il shot tower;
but, then, I'm very old-moSt seven"
\ week later Mr. and Mrs Hedge,
walking on Geary street. met the same
pair, father and daughter Leel looked
up brightly. recognizing the friendly
| face and said:
The dress WAS to- short for me.
Wasn't it love-"
Corn colOrCd. with white lace. yes.
sighed Mrs. Hedge. remembering how
her little brown eyed Ii,>ic had loohel
! in it.
80 | had to take it round II lSraers.
You know. IA said should spend cv-
cry cent ! got for il myself. 50 /
| bought this calico for six hits. Amt
tuic2 and long? And this hat for two
bits. It's not in Tire fashion. but its
big--Iot4 big. And then got Il lovely
cake wi raisinS i.-uot biz. but 50
sweet. | gave some to pa and some to
Molly Brown. ANA ate some. ANA 1t
was goodor than popcorn"
"Spilmouth! If You ever gets huS-
band youH chatter him dead" said
the grinder. pushing The child along.
but Mrs. Hedge stopped them with Il
gesture and cried out:
What are you talking about. child?
DO you mean to say that you sold that
Old dress for more than dollar: 1t
was nice, to be sure, but 50 Old"
ooh. the dress sold for two bits, and
the thing that was in the poclet-that
thing that opens and thc's Il picture
inside. YOU lnow-why, that brought a
/ dollar"
! "Oh. you don't mcan-it can't be-oh
-oh-o h-how could he so careless,
The locket. The lOcket,' almost
screamed Mrs. Hedge. "Gct It for me.
Adam; get it again. | shall never rest
until l have it safe in my own hands
Oh, oh. OH
It's only Il bit of folly, Ike the dress
! itself cXpostulated Adam. but his
wife. when she heard these words,
looked rs if she might faint right there
on the street, so that Adam, in alarm,
promised to recover the lorket if pos
sible
Leel looked frightened and moved a
| pace away. but was persuaded by Il
promise Of more cake to 20 with Adam
| Hedge in quest of the trinket.
Mr.. Israel remembered selling the
lOclet because 1t brought him luck,
be said. He had sold 1t below cost, be
| rDlISn tho u-hn yVontn1
the first customer on Monday morn
! ing. and he would have been ruined
for Il week had she gone out without
| making a purchase. Mr.. Israel did not
| know her name or address. She
| bought nothing else, and of course she
carried the locket away herself, so
| there had been no delivery address
! left. She was Il short woman and
wore her hair in curlS 1t was brown
and hung over her shoulders. That
was all he could remember about her
| looks
It's no good hunting the thing"
Adam reported to his wife that night.
Best let it 90 and never mind. 1t isn't
worth the fuss you're making"
"Oh. ADAM
Il say it isn't. You never wear it
| anyway. | wouldn't give > cents
| dozen for such trinketS When you've
got bird right in your cage. the thing
itself, it's nonsense to want Il picture
Of it. so | say the birds better than
the picture"
"Oh, but | haven't really got it, It's
lost to me; lost forever lost lost, lost
Mrs. Hedge began crying and cried
good deal Of the night In the morning
Adam visited three newspaper offices
and with subdued wrath SAW his little
store of money melting away in adver-
tisements. Every man who did bust
hess with Adam was compelled to hear
such CALCULATIONS as:
Beats the world for downright tom
foO!ery, The picture of squash faced
( little girl that looks as if she'd believe
any blamed thing you'd a mind to tell
her isn't a patch beside our handsome
groWnup Lisse with fine boy in her
arms, SO | say"
Besides advertising, Adam hethought
him that curls worn over the shoulder
by Il full grown woman are 10 longer
common ana might make identification
easy. Then he reflected upon the
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