Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-07

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i'NiSaHss. ~ "as, III tH' mani u =
pi"u"''i"N OF Il ''tHth ''s"t'in' "'n'
sU,n changes rs the tf1hi'"c' hi'l tlatie
III ms mode. were NOT loSi..N1S 4i"it9
.riAs. though @nlusNlS' ih'ie SiNEti
Rave been trees tt"i s~nr.pne'S apout H.
bu'-"AS Mis. y! saES. zoe naa eN-
planned I" M, what's the use OF SINK
INS :. iut OF CASH III u MOUSE l'''rie
cant See" So there W;ts not Il hush.
i.ot Il Hover. one day l}ai!
took M on Il TOM a.; TN" arr SHOPS.
I've sot u dozen corners and other
big bare spots to fill. said he. MIS-
Il. hates to Civ, up money. haggies over
every article. I'm goins 10 put the Jnp
through III business style" | soon c.lS-
covered that | had been brought along
to admire his business style. not to
suggest. After two hours, in which he
bought in small lots several tons of
%statunry. paintings. vases and rugs.
he said. This is too glow" iIe pointed
his stick 10 a crowded corner of the
shop "Ilow uuch fu~ that bunch o!
slu,fY" he demanded. The proprietor
uAAc him a figure. ri lose. said
10. Il, yo,'W wiyn llftcen off for cash"
The pror,riator agreed. NOV were
done said ,Joe to inc. Lets go down
town. ard maybe / can pick up what
rye dronped.
You can imagine TRAIT Interior. Eut
don't picture it as notably worse than
The Interior of the average Now York
palace. II was. il anything, better tnan
those houses where people who deceive
themselves about their lack Of taste
have taken great pains to prevent any
one else from being deceived. one
could hardly move in .Joc's big room for
the litter az yildel and taues,riei fur
the eyes ache.
T4lc appearance of the man who
opened the door for Ant" and ne sug-
gested that our ring had reused him
from "a bed where he had deposited
himself without bothering to take off
his clothes. NJ the soand of MY voice.
Bail appeared u of his private smok-
inr room. at the far end of the hall.
He started Forward: then. seeing how |
was accompanied. stopped With mouth
ajar. He had on a ragged smoking
Jacket. n Dati of shameless old Romeo
slippers. his ordinary business waist
coat and trousers. He was wearing
neithe. tie no: collar. and a short black
pipe was betwee his fingers. We had
evidently caught the household stripped
of Tugs" and sunk in the down-at-the-
heel slovenliness which is allied COM
and using his free hand to stroke al
ternately, his shiny bald head and his
heavy brown mustache. He got him
self together sufficiently. after a few
seconds, to disappear into his den.
| When he came out arain. pipe and rag
ged jacket were gone. and he rushed
for us in a velvet jacket with
dark red facings. and a snowy pair of
slippers.
GLAD TO see you. Mr.. E%..aciuock'-
In his w home he always addressed
every man as Mister. just as Mrs. b."
always called him Mister BALL." and
he called her "Missus Ball' before
Come right into the front
parlor. Billy turn on the electric lights"
Anita had been standing with her
head down. She now looked round
with shame and terror in those ex-
! pressive blue-gray eyes of hers; her
delicate nostrils We're quivering. i has
tened to introduce Bali to her. Her i'm
pulse to fly passed: her lifelong train
ing in doing the conventional thing as
serted itself. She lowered her head
again. murmurInS In inaudible ac-
Acknowledgement of Joe's greeting.
"Your wife IL at home" said TO
one was at home in tho evening, the
other was also. and both were a1wavs
there. unless they were at some theater
except on Sunday night, when the
dined at Sherry's. because many lash,
ionable people did 1t. They had no
friends and few co%unintance In tbair
humber ana hanrv dave tba,, had
many friends hrt had lost then, yvhan
they moved away frorr Rrookiv, ao,i
went to live likc ,neasy o,,tNor'n ,ors
visitors In their gran nd hn,,ss nrotan;
ing to he what thew ,o,gsd ~ hs
longing 70 he what thev nrete,de, e.
he md no ,.scnrtartaI nv thN. "
served e' ue-
ooh yas Mrs. R.s NJ bome" ro.,
swered' IT r,,ass she ana A1,,, m'
about to 90 In we'd AIva ut,
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