The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-05-21

Il don't know why it u.s." said Lady
Isabel, "but the more one makes, the
less one always seems to have"
DO you make so much, Isabel?"
mo, only a scrap here and there"
she said regretfully, because, you
see, 1t takes such an awful lot to make
an income; but l wasn't thinking of
myself"
"No?"
'You needn't say No in that tone,
Marjorie, as though you thought me
egotistic," said Lady Isabel, in slight
ly aggrieved voice. 1.-THE fact is, l
am trying to help friend"
"Really-how kind of you, dear.
Who is it,"
Laura Stanton" she answered;
"the dear girl, the youngest daughter
of ou- old vicar Like all clergymen,
he had what David or, Solomon or
somebody called a quiverfuP of
daughters. don't know why it should
be considered in the light of a bless
ing to have a quiverful of daughters.
It's very hard. at any rate on them,
for he has left them all without a
penny"
How are you going to help herr"
asked with interest.
We'll" replied Lady Isabel, "she
has opened a shop for nice second
hand things-now don't look like that
Marjorie, don't mean clothes, mean
things like grandfather's clocks and
broken china and old tenders, and all
that sort of thing" she added vaguely.
"Oh, you mean curlos-an old curl
oslty shop, in fact"
YES" said Lady Isabel "And now,
Marjorie. dear. "-delightedly-"y you've
put an idea in my head. I'll make her
call it we anciente curiosyte shopper
but must see she spells it right, or
rather, wrong, it will sound so much
more genuine"
'It will certainly be an advantage
in these days even to sound genuine, .
I said.
YES, won't it," she answered. very
pleasantly, especially as most of the
things will be faxed. You know they
nearly always are faxed at that sort
of shop"
Really"
She nodded. "Yes-and I'll tell how
it's done a little later on
How are you going to help Miss
Staunton's shop?" l asked her pres
emily
We'll, for one thing, am going tc
take Mrs. Barrington-Brown there tc
buy things; you see, we shall both be
in town for a day or so next week
81 see. And Mr. Malcolmstein, is he
to be taken there as well?"
mo; l shan't take him there" said
Lady Isabel hastily, nor the Fielder
MAINS; they know too much; but
dare say they'll pick me up some lit
tie things for her to sell. She's very
pretty-Laura, / mean"
'Is she faxed, too?" l asked.
Lady Isabel laughed mo, my dear
she's not; she's absolutely genuine"
1--WE been going over the list o
things in Laura's- shop and rearrangin!
them" said Lady Isabel the following
afternoon
Have you; how very good of you.
"Oh, it's rather fun she answered
bending over her table and writing
something rapidly.
La Marquise Victorine- Victime d.
la Revolution" leaning on her shoulde
as l read. who's she?"
TITS for a small miniature 1 picke'
up cheap" said Lady Isabel airily. 81
was very faded, so 1 got little arts
knew to touch it up for half
guinea"
and how did you find out who i
WASP
81 didn't" she replied frankly; "bu
If don't know, l shall always put Vic
time de la Revolution-there were s
many of them. poor dears, so ! shal
always be safe"
"Why call it anything?"
"only on account of the price" sh
answered seriously. you see. Mrs
Barrington-Brown win pay so niue
more for something really historical.
81 see," l said.
"All the broken china has gone t
be mended by little man Mr.. Faker
stein told me of-he lives at White
chapel, or Noting Hill. where no on
ever goes, or somewhere, and he's
Polish Jew, and frightfully clever an
tricky. His name is Balenski, and yo
can't tell a Balensh-Chelsea figur
from tho real thing, if you're ever sue
an exptrt--unless. of course. yo
know his work"
as tlat how collectors get thei
china no ended?"
mo-" she said, mot collectors. onl
dealers. You see, collectors general
only car, for genuine things; but ther
of course" she added thoughfully
dealers must live. and If you can
tell the difference, it doesn't hurt am
body. BESIDES, collectors shouldn't b
taken 10, they ought to have
thorough knowledge of their subieC
before they attempt to begin to co
lect"
what lot you seem to Know abou
the subject, Isabel"
Eyes, Mr.. Malcolmstein taught m