The Democratic advocate., 1908-11-20

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~ :, va L...u"e Wi:rcr was
9a'a'. ..t',.r gl the only dry goods
b. P.', .ayyalc that Lottie Vincent
81, il -.-..f~1 10 him, perhaps because
81 d ''".' m iaycteratc bargain hunt
o., ",, nropfnqptty is powerful aid
tta.Ia' ,n,rtcr open to argument and
It Is ~ tbe arguing. The main
POI "o''D ,,.na is the fact that Lottie
pi1i Il, ,.tsd and that Sidney "lsner
US @'.I.,. .[.t regard with interest.
n.oaiI .'Io .."i had reached that stage of
Il-.',h rhpn the general store had
scoTiD "L - to resolve itself into its va
colla'D,S 'n>nopent parts, not to be re-
d'u' 'v, ,,ntil at some far distant day,
tll'e' .hn In dcpartment store repeated
Fhe1 ,rinaI ,Lr shopkeeping Oh a larger
the V'ls ND again one could purchase
sale "'!u >. and salt fish, groceries and
y
ss[ ss-1e:s under one roof. , ..o,, +n,+ +bo
BalDr Wisner who had seen that the
IL, II "-o vas ripe, and the Boston store ore
tine ", %", rosnlt. He rented one OF the
Tas IDi - the new Benson block and
FooiI' ;" stock and fixtures gave the
VIII ',i .no va aspect of a city establish
pace r. Tndervale was delighted with
9sat; o, a,,ese, none more SO than Lottie.
10: !, .Dr r.as 4 born bargain fiend, and as
~. Fronts we're wealthy she had the
sa,er S s,' 10 crafty her passion, with the
D,-s. ..-rt that from the first she had been
r.rpr's rs best customer.
',, rrpn after the business reached a
nv n, where he was able to put on two
.'l' ~, bo made it point to wait upon
Der himself. 49,. norsono,,v
,,Inrted shopping tours, ana from
.5,;.ne .2 in the store Wisner passed to
risfs 10 her home.
''r Wiener also began to watch his bank
.,.rrt grow. From the first his store
Id rrosnered, and he determined that
-t;, bis profit and loss account show
v fnir balauce Oh the proper side he
rar1 rut his fate to the test.
uomrr Vincent was president Of the
hank and trust company. and Wisner
-,r.o1 70 he able to make Il good
,,,r.irr when he went to ask for Lot
tss hand though he could not hope
IA oir9l the Vincent fortune.
10 had not long to wait, for the new
,-o-a prospered nightly, and the time
s.n came when Wisner began to re-
h9rsc the speech he should make to
TOtfes father when he should first
bare spoken to Lottie.
Il was simple matter to prepare
Hs spopch for the elder Vincent. He
gil il over until he believed that he
must repeat it in his sleep. The trou-
ra now was to speak to Lottie.
He knew that LOttie would not be
Ton by the simple suggestion that
hqv get married. When the Clem-
mons Comedy company played their
qmiannual engagement at the rink
Tincr shut up shop and took Lottie
3 the performance every evening for
e week. Lottie's keen appreciation
4 the romantic leading man dashed
BIS hopes.
He never could hope to make love
Ike Ralph Rascovar of the Glenn
mons company, and that was the mod
d LOttie most admired. He had a
ngue idea Of taking a course in a
damatic school, but he could not
spare the time from his business, so he
0lended himself with studying the
Methods Of the leading men of the
tlth rate companies that visited Un-
tGyale, and the more he studied the
more hopeless he grew.
Leading men were tall and slender
md had dark, romantic eyes. Wisner
TS short and inclined to plumpness,
Id bis eyes were shrewd and gray.
de could not loll over the back Of a
VIA and look into Lottie's eyes as she
ASed her timid orbs to his.
llat was all right on the stage, but
N'tles gaze was disconcertingly
iaAk at times, and, anyhow, he would
.lye TO stand on a footstool to gain
R Proper height, and he was positive
A I at the critical moment he would
Ill OIL and spoil it all.
Nttle herself was just a shade too
"NAled in her curves to be called
'-oTy, and she, too, was below the
1dCn height.
iahen by the large, it seemed an
-.'SSibie task, and the advent of
I "El theatrical company seemed to set
'lSAer standard by which his feeble
|,',S We're to be judged.
hubert Bennington was the last
I1E, Lottie came away from the per-
w. '-id!ce OF Won by a Vendetta" de-
,r l-''ls that after having seen Bon
as sui all other lovemaking would
.ra WI 'aihe and fiat by comparison.
l.. "ISaeF went home to spend a sleep
| ,S IlsAt with despair for company,
~. - 4o' Until the dawn broke did there
,s. l-t ray of hope. The company was
i,r jn!'us not forty miles away on Satur-
.,a 4e might get Bennington to let him
~.- ,r.e over and take some lessons. He
a., .' ~ lhe store to see that it was
s,a t,r[0' and then he hurried to the sta
,5.n'S h. 70 catch the company when they
a'u ps come over from the hotel.