The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-12-03

is wide one. Perhaps no other col
lege could have fitted her as well for
her life's ambition-the drawing of a
matrimonial prize
Her station in the store was a ia
vored one. The music room was near
enough for her to hear and become ia
mfliar with the works Of the best com
posers, at least to acquire the famil-
iarity that passed for appreciation in
| the social world in which she was
| vaguely trying to set a tentative and
| aspiring foot She absorbed the edu-
eating influence of art wares. of costly
| and dainty fabrics, of adornments that
are almost culture to women.
The other girls soon became aware
Of Nancy's ambition. Here comes
your millionaire. Nancer' they would
call to her whenever any man who
looked the role approached her coui-
ter. 1t got to be habit of men who
were hanging about while their WON
en- folk We're shopping to stroll over to
the handkerchief counter and dawdle
over the cal. brio squares. Nancy's i'm
itation high bred air and genuine dain-
| ty beauty were what attracted Many
men thus came to display their graces
before her. Some of them may have
been miIlionaires. Others were certain
| ~ no more than their sedulous apes
Nancy learned to discriminate. There
was q window at the end of the hand
kerchief counter, and she could see the
rows of vehicles waiting for the shop
pers In the street below. She looked
and perceived that automobiles differ
as well as do their owners.
Once fascinating gentleman bought
four dozen handkerchiefs and wooed
her across the counter with King
Cophetua air. When he had gone one
of the girls said:
whats wrong, Nance, that you die
not warm up to that fellow? He loots
the swell article, all right to me-
"Him?" said Nancy, with her coolest
sweetest, most impersonal Van Alstynt
Fisher smile mot for mine. l saw
him drive up outside. A twelve horse
power machine and an Irish chauffeur
And you saw what kind of handker
chiefs he bought-silk! And he's go
dactyiis on him. Give me the rea
thing or nothing If you please"
Two of the most refined" women il
the store-a forelady and a cashier
had few ''swell gentlemen friends
with whom they now and then dined
Once they included Nancy in an in
vitation. The dinner took place in ;
spectacular cafe whose tables are en-
| gagged for New Years eve d year in ad
vance. There were two ''gentlemel
friends" one without any hair on hi
head-high living ungrew it. ard w
can prove 1.-THE other a young maj
whose worth and sophistication he In
pressed upon you in two convincing
ways-he swore that all the wine wa
corked and he wore diamond cuff but
tons. This young man perceired irrs
sistible excellencies in Nancy. HI
taste ran to shop girls. and here wa
one that added the voice and manner
of his high social world to the FRANKIE
charms of her own caste. 50 on ii
following day he appeared in tile stcr
and made her serious proposal 0
! marriage over a box of helnstitched
, grass bleached Irish linens, Name
declined. A brown pompadour ten fee
away had been using her eyes am
ears. When the rejected suitor ha
, gone she heaped carboys Of upbraid
ings and horror upon Nancys head.
"What terrible little fool you are
, That fellows millionaire-he's
. nephew of old Van Skittles himself
/ And he was talking on the level tot
, Have you gone crazy, Nance?"
. Have II" said Nancy. Il didn'
: take him, did I? He isn't millionail
. SO hard that you could notice it. any
: how His family only allows hia So
: 600 year to spend. The baldheas
ed fellow was guying him about it th
: other night at supper
: The brown pompadour came neare
= and narrowed her eyes.
5 "Say. what do you want?' she il
} quired In voice hoarse for lack G
: chewing gum. "Ain't that enough fo
+ you? Do you want to be Mormo
E and marry Rockefeller and Gladston
/: Dowie and the king of Spain and til
: whole bunch? Amt $4,000 yea
good enough for your
Nancy flushed little under the lev.
gaze of the black. shallow eyes.
''It wasn't altogether the money, Ca
rie." she explained. Ills friend caugf
him in rank lie the other night :
dinner 1t was about some girl he sal
he hadn't been to the theater witt
Well, can't stand liar. Put ever.
thing together don't like him. an
that settles it. When sell out it's NJ
going to be on any bargain day. ~
got to have something that sits up in
chair like a man. anyhow. Yes. II
looking out for catch. but it's got
he able to do something more tha
make noise like toy bank.
1.-THE physiopathic ward for yours
said the brown pompadour. walkiI
away
These high ideas. if not ideals. Name
continued to cultivate on IS per wee
She bivouacked on the trail OF Il
great unknown catch eating her dl
bread and Tightening her belt day
day. On her face was the faint. SC
dierly. sweet. grim smile Of the preo
= dained man hunter. The store was b
5 forest. and many times she raised b
ls rifle at game that seemed broad antle
ed and big. but always some deep u
IS erring neutrality-suspicious. Of the bur
q ress perhaps of the woman--made b