La Junta tribune., 1907-01-05

and things in the w.nder-cakes wi
raisins in-spIendid, Mayn't II"
We'll see. Leei: wen see" The
grinder. embarrassed by too many
presences. looked wildly at the front
walls before him and the back walls
behind him. as IL mediiating an escape
Pa. mayn'tIF
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 darted upstairs and ran
sacked her pantry The cake box WAS
empty, but there were few sweet
crackers. These and "a bundle unskill-
fully wrapped in a morning paper she
offered to the child just as the grinder
was taking leave
lis il caker'
NO. dear: a dress which hope you
can wear"
Long enough. do you think? Pa
says I'm getting tall as n shot tower;
but. then. I'm very old-most seven"
A week later MIR. 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 too short for me
Wasn't IL a lover
Corn colored. with white lace. yes,"
sighed Mrs. Hedge. remembering how
her little brown eyed Lissie had looked
in IT,
so had To take II round TO Israers,
you know. I'm said ! should spend ev-
cry cent got for II myself. 80 !
bought this calico for six bits. Amt
II nice and long: And this hat for two
bits. It's not In the fashion, but it's
big-iot. big. And then ! got lovely
cake wi rnisins in-not big. but so
sweet gave some TO pa and some TO
Molly Brown. aud ! ate some. and II
was goo,ler than popcorn"
"Spillmouth,' II you ever gets hus-
band you'll chatter him dead" said
the grinder. pushing the child along,
but Mrs. Hedge stopped them with
gesture and cried out:
What are you talking about. child?
DO you mean 10 say that you sold that
old dress for more than Il dOilarf II
was nice. TO be sure, but 80 old"
"Oh, the dress sold for two bits. and
! the thing that was In the pocket-that
thing that opens and the's a picture
! inside. you know-why. that brought
I dollar.
"Oh. you don't mcnn-it can't be-Oh
I oh -oh-how could be SO careless.
The Irket: The locket"' almost
screalned Mrs. Hedge. Get il for me.
y Atiam; get II again. I shall never rest
4 NTH l-hayA IL -unfe In my own hands.
i Oh. Oh. oh!-
\. .,.Its only. bit OF folly. like the dress
Itself" expostuiated Adam. but his
\ wife. when she heard these words.
looked as n she might faint right there
on the street. SO that Adam. in alarm.
promIsed TO recover the lockct II pos
s.blc.
! IeeI looked frightened and moved
pace away. but was persuaded by
promise of more cake to go with Adam
Hedge In quest of the trinket
Mr.. Israel remembered selling the
Iocket because IL brought him luck.
he said. lie had sold II below cost. he
cause the person who wanted 1t was
the first customer on Monday morn
ing. and he would have been ruined
for n week had spe gone out without
making 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 short woman and
/ wore her hair In curls. IL was brown
and hung over her shoulders. That
/ was all he could remember about her
looks.
Its no good hunting the thing"
BEST let II go and never mind. II isn't
worth the fuss you're making"
"Oh. Adam
II say II isn't. You never wear II
anyway. wouldn't give 3 cents a
dozen for such triDkets. When you've
got a bird right in your cage. the thing
Itself it's nonsense to want picture
of II, 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 a
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 d'd busi-
ness with Adam was compelled . hear
such CALCULATIONS as:
Beats the world for downright tom
fooiery. The picture Of a squash faced
little girl that looks as IL she'd believe
any blamed thing you'd a mind to tell
/ her isn't n patch beside our haniyotnc
grownup Lissie. with a fine boy in her
arms. so I say"
Besides advertising. Adam bethought
him that curls worn over the shoulder
by a full grown woman are no longer
common and might make Identification