Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
AT THE BARGAIN SALE.
From the Washington Star.
How the women do adore one anotl

How the women do adore one anoth-
kr! Ye-eh.
; One of these two women (who Illus
trate the alteration part Of it, reached
the bargain lace counter of the depart-
ment store about twenty-seven seconds
ahead Of the other one a few after
moons ago. The lace IN the counter
had been marked down from 80 to IA
cents, or some such matter.
The woman who got there first must
have a some sort Of a bunch that
another woman was tagging along,
bound for that counter, and so she
swept the heaped-up bolts Of lace with
"a quick and unerring y e 1t didn't
take her more than three conds TO
take in every bolt OF lace on the
counter, and with fine facility she
picked out the prettiest pattern.
She took the bolt OF lace in her hands
and examined it critically.
II think" she said, musingly, with
finger to lip, addressing the saleswom-
an. that I'll take about three yards OF
this"
BY this time the other woman had
come alongside the bargain lace coun-
ter, thus verifying the first woman's
;hunch.
The second woman hade a hasty sur
vey OF the pieces of lace on the coun-
ter, u the piece tina she was look
ing for h didn't find. Presently she
glanced at the bolt of lace that the first
woman had ordered three yards of and
her glance frightened. That was the
kind of lace she wanted. She stood
and waited.
YES, about three yards" said the
first woman. and then she suddenly
glanced pack and caught sight of the
unthnr uynr1an aNyafnu ypifh a uyp1Fch ava
the piece of lace from which she was
buying the three yards.
Come to think OF it," she immedi-
lately said to the saleswoman, Il be-
ylieve I'll take six yards of this" and
Nthen she cast back a sort of We'll. how
Id'ye like that?" look at the woman
standing In rear of her.
The latter shifted. and pretended to
be looking the other way.
six yards? ?" said the saleswoman to
the first woman to reach the counter.
"Ye-es, | guess So" was the reply.
It's awfully pretty and cheap, isn't it?
Yes, I'll take six yards"
All Of this took time, and the second
woman to arrive at the bargain lace
counter was manifestly becoming i'm
| patient as she shifted from one foo to
the other. She wanted some lace OF
that piece herself, and the cool insouci-
anc of the other woman vas plainly
grating on her nerves.
SO she leaned over to the saleswom-
an and said:
When this er-this lady gets through
will you kindly cut me a piece off that
bolt?"
Certainly" replied the saleswoman.
'"Therell be quite a bit left"
AT this remark of the saleswoman's
the other woman cooked up her ears,
as much as to say: "Oh, there will be
1,,ftn a Iif lnff ,,ril1 fhnNaD WAL tra'll
see about that"
do you know" she said, with an ag-
%gravating drawl to the saleswoman, Il
really believe l shall take nine yards.
It's so pretty
The woman standing behind her look
ed as if ready to snort in her inner
wrath. But she didn't snort. She sim
ply gazed at the back of the other
woman's hat and head with the baleful
light of utter hatred in her eyes. But
she said nothing, and just waited.
The other woman seemed TO know full
well hat the woman standing behind
her was suffering from all of the pangs
of unappeased vengeance and hate.
Consequently about a ONE later she
said to the saleswoman:
"Er-by the way, how many yards are
there on the entire bolt?"
Fourteen" replied the saleswoman.
We'll" drawled the woman who had
got there first, but who, at the outset
until the other woman arrived-had
only meant 10 buy three yards-"well,
/ think l shall take the entire piece.
Yes, you may let me have the entire
piece" and she deliberately wheeled
around on her stool n gazed with a
cool smile square into the face of the
woman who was standing behind her.
The other woman was simply BLIND
with rage by this time. She glared at
the woman seated on the stool. Then
she extended her gloved hand and made
q motion with it like the closing claw
OF a splitting tabby, at the same time
further initiating the tabby by utter
Ing the sound, "f-ft!'
Cat" she said in a wrath-strar-sled
voice TO the sitting woman n then
she turned and strutted Town the aisle.
"Ha-ha-han' airily laughed the sitting
woman, and then she added TO the
saleswoman in a tone meant for the
ear OF the retreating woman, What
FURIOUS persons one does meet with in
the shops to be sure!"
Adore isn't the word for it!