La Junta tribune., 1908-07-04


! nicut Store WAS In a bs,'sOIy ,ila, form.
Ell u sort OF halfway house i,..tween
the iirst AMI second hvors. From
! seat Ia nu.. ~ Tia. bulginx ,Snne7ss one
commanded the whole sweep ~ busy
couBs,rs-aii the sparkle and glitter
anil color of aitracsiveiy di,pilye,I
g.,js.
/ To Ie>Sis7i. n'neir-u. pretty and vis-
Itln. the great ciiy for the nrs; tune.
/ It secm-,i like fairyianI.
Il want les buy rveryrhing.- ,ar SAID
TO suUi ri, o,iora Hancock. wlto had
brought her thcn-.
Aunt Tii,s-lora smiled iudu'-su'ly.
-AiI IL moi gold that glitter, she
said
Ics<ica smiled back "i:ur ! lIsr the
glitter she said. Il never u-s. -e.ni-
.j soap. but shall surely In, -oinc
because of the pretty box.-. AMI that
pale green note paper l. a dream. al
though I never write on anything but
whit. Aud ! am awfuiiy drawn to
those strings of glass iea,is. even
though am sure that l should never
dare wear ihcn Ia public
But Aunt Tbcaiora after years OF
city Residence MAS experienced
shopper. Beware of temptation she
warned Com. oh upstairs aud look
at the sensible things"
Il don't want to he sensii,te'. les
sI.n pleaded g; want to stay here
and see people buying things that they
don't want FOR the m..r,. pleasure OF
buying
Aunt Thc,riors h--lta,-d.
''bo you really want Ia sit here for
awhllrY' she aSEsd. with an air OF re-
lief Il could I,av. you aud slip up
To the grocery department aud give an
ORDER. liut yuu mustn't stir fr,iu illS
CORNER. OF should never iipd yoi,''
"oh. III stay" I.s~ica promised
'You run along. Auni rheo ana pr
fec,ly i,appt right here"
So .tUni Thrpiora look her stately
way through tie ,.rnw,!s. ani just IS
she disappeared Ic~sica's eyes fell on
the valentines
There was marvellous display right
IN the middle of the store aud strung
FROM post TO post weT. plump rel
hearts transiiNcd With golden darts
while fascinating pink cnplds I.oi'i,ed
ami bowed with every Tiny current OF
air that swept through the store.
Jcsslca-s heart gave little iilrob OF
delight She would buy one for t'ouslu
Rob lie would never know who sent
II. and she would like to s..e his eyes
on ST. Valentines morniug when ~
opened his mali at the breakfast table.
| Without n Thought of Aunt Tiieulora
she hurried downstairs To the crow led
counter
II was not easy to make choice.
There We're many benu,ics exJuI-
site. modern. hand painted car,is. with
verses from all the love poets and Old
fashioned valentines with old fashion
cd rhymes
Je>sIca's eyes rested lovingly on
p,ralnt affair of lace paper with nose
gay OF fat pi;ik roses and huge vIoleis
| In the center, II was very ike one
that Cousin Bo', had sent her when She
WAS a little .lit aud she bad kept 1t
among the most precious of her treas.
nres. The verse. too. was the same:
Roses rod and vicl.ts blue.
My heart to you is ever true.
She smilcI little wis,fnily as she
| read. Probably Cousin Bob had forgot
tea that other valentine had forgotten
I the later days when at twenty-five he
had visited the old farm and had made
4 new world for little Jessica OF fifteen.
lie had seemed wonderful To her then.
and he was stiii wonderful. with his
frank. Kind ways and HIS pleasant man
nrr. Rnt now he Was u man of the
world and he might marry almost any
Of the beautiful women OF his set
Again she fingered the valentine
Why not send Il.
And even while she iiesitated Into the
| balcony waiting room came Aunt Theo.
dora. escorted by tall young man
with frank smile
where has that child gomez Aunt
Theodore said biankly to her sicpsou.
Il told her not to stir YoI'il have to
go aud look for her. Rob. I'm dead
tired. It's lucky met you
Well wait a minute.- he advised.
''She can't have gouc far
And even as he spoke Jessica hove In
sight. eyes shining her cheeks as nd
A. roses and In her hand = paper pack
aKe.
by JOve. shes charming little
thinK." ssid Cousin Rob. noting with
appreciation the ripple Of her hair. the
delicate oval NJ her face above her soft
Eray fnr. the l,ecominSnrss VI the vIo-
letA In her hat.
Amt TheHlora looked at him ~
| proachfuiiy.
We'll. have won inst discovered her
atfractions!-' she asked II brought
her down here because she II the sweet
est little .ent'ewoman have ever met.
and wanted TO show yca another type
from the gay young ladies' that you
neet In society. And you have hardly
aoticed her,
Cousin Bob laughed