The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-03-21
AT THE BARGAIN SALE
From the washington VI,


How the women do adore one anoth-
Or! Ye-eh.
One Of these two women (who Illus
trate the alteration part Of IT. cached
THE bargain lace counter Of the departs
tment store about twenty-seven seconds
ahead of the other one a few after
moons ago. The lace on the counter
had been marked down from as to II
cents, OF some such matter.
The woman who got there arst must
have had some sort OF a bunch that
another woman was tagging along.
ibound for that counter. and SO she
swept the heaped-up bolts OF lace with
e quick and unerring eye. It didn't
take her more than three seconds to
take in every bolt OF lace on the
counter, and with fine facility she
picked u the prettiest pattern.
She took the bolt of lace In her hands
and examined 1t critically.
7 think" she said. musingly. with
ringer to lip, addressing he saleswom-
this"
BY this time the other woman had
come alongside the bargain lace coun-
tier. thus verifying The first woman's
}hunch.
The second woman hade a hasty sur
IL PAOCSS VI GldCS Oh Inc COuuS
tier, but the piece that she was look
ling for she 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 h wanted. She stood
and waited.
Yes, about three yards" said the
first woman, n then she suddenly
glanced back and caught sight Of the
tother woman cycling with a Wolf1sh eye
tine piece Of lace from which she was
|lbuying the three yards.
Come to think OF it," she immedi-
lately said to the saleswoman, II be-
liieve I'll take six yards of this" and
Hthen she cast back a sort Of well, how
Idye like that?" look at the woman
standing in ear Of her.
The latter shifted, and pretended to
be looking the other way.
Six yards?" said the 'saleswoman to
the flrst woman to eac the counter.
wees, l 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 h shifted from one foot to
the other. She wanted some lace Of
that piece herself, and the cool insouci-
ance Of the other woman was plainly
grating on her nerves.
So h eaned over to the saleswom-
an and said:
When this er-this lady gets through
VIII you kindly cut me a piece off that
bolt?"
Certainly" replied the saleswoman.
"There'n be quite a bit left"
At this remark Of the saleswoman's
the other wonan cooked up her ears,
as much as to say: "Oh, there will be
quite a bit left, will there? Well, We'll
see about that!"
DO you KNOW" she said, with an ag-
gravating drawl to the saleswoman, 81
really believe I 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
we'll that the woman standing behind
her was suffering from all Of the n
of ~unappeased vengeance and hate.
Consequently about a moment later she
said to4the saleswoman:
"Er-by the way, how many yards are
there on the entire bolt?"
Fourteen" replied the saleswoman.
well" drawled the woman who had
got there first, but who, at the outset
until the other woman arrived-had
only meant to buy three yards-"well,
I think I shall take the entire piece.
Yes, you may let me have the entire
piece" n she deliberately wheeled
around on her stool and gazed with a
cool smile qua 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
a 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 q, wrath-strapgled
voice to the sitting woman and then
she turned and strutted down the aisle.
"Ha-ha-ha" airily laughed the sitting
woman, n then she added to the
Ealeswoman in a tone meant for the
Ear Of the re%treating woman What
curious persons one does meet with in
the shops to be sure!"
Adore isn't the word for it!