The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-11-05
CHAPTER vi.

there a1s a single salesman
young nan Of twenty-five. Who Eore
crav1 Of immense size. and ostentafiousl.
displayed IN bis bosom q mammoth breast
pm. Wifha gIazs imitation diamoud. which
had II been real Eoal6 have been equa
Ia value 70 the entire contents Of tn
store This young nan. whose name Wal
Nichols. received from Mr.. Drumm0nd fhs
munlfcenr salary Of four hundred dollars
pr annum Having q taste for dress Be
p~atronized the village tailor 70 tie extent
Of his neans. and considerably beyond.
being a. this moment thirty dollars IL
debt for the suif Be wore.
Besides this yoGng nan there had for
merry been a younger clerk receiving a
salary Of four dollars weekly He had
been dismissed for askiS< 20 have hs Jay
rsised 70 Eve dollars a EsSk. and since
thea Mr.. Drummoad had got Si0nx with
bar one salesman As. however. he busi-
ness really required more azsistancS. b.
vas quite willing 70 employ Walter IN
bard wages. which BE- estimated would
not cost him. al the most. more than TWO
cellars a week.
Mr.. Nichols" said Mr.. Drummond Il
have brought you some help. This il
Walter Conrad. a distant relative--hsd
Walter been rich. Mr.. Drumm0nd would
10 doubt have styled him q near relative
-as be knows nothing Of the business.
yo0 can take him IN charge. and give him
some idea about prices. and 50 forth
Yes. sir" said the oun man. in an
Important tone ~Il soon break him IN
Mr. Nichols. who gave up what little
mind be had to the subject Of clothes. be
gan to inspect Waters rainent. He had
sufficient knowledge to perceive that our
hero's suit was Of fine fabric. and taste
fully made That being the ease. be con
ciud TO pay him s0me attention
I'm glad you've come" be said Il
have to work like a dog. I'm pretty well
used up to-day l was up till two O'Clock
dancing"
Were your
Yes There was a ball over to Cramp-
ton / 60 to all the balls within ten
miles. They can't do without me-"
Cant they7. asked Walter. not know
ing what else to say.
No Iou nee there isn't much style At
these country balls-I mean among the
young men. They don't know how TO
dress. Now / give my mind to IL. and
they try to initiate me ! don't trust M
tailor entirely. l just tell him what
want aad how ! want IT, Higgins. the
tailor here. has improved a great deal
since he began TO make clothes for me"
just then a customer came in. and Mr..
Nichols was drawn away from his disser-
fati0n on dress.
Just notice how I manage" be said
II q low voice.
au~-- IL - -
recommendY asked the woman, who ap
peared to be poor.
Yes. ma'am. we've got some Of the
best in the market-some that will be
sure to suit you"
He took from the shelves and displayed
4 very ugly pattern
4 don't think I ike that" she said
Have Jon not some with a smaller fg-
The large figures are all the rage Just
now, ma'am- Everybody wears them"
Il should like 70 look at something
4
I'm show you something else. but this I
. the thing for you" q
He brought out a piece still uglier n
inally. after some hesitation. bis customer
,rdered ten yards from the first piece. He l
Measured II with an air Of triumph and. '
iolding IL up, handed IL to the customer, :
'~eceiying In return a two-dollzr bill
which the poor woman sighed as she rem q
IL, for she had worked hard for H. y
When the customer had left the store,
sichols turned complacently to Walter. .
How did you like that caIiooY be \
a
ct seemed 70 me very ugly"
Wasn't IL. thought It's been in the
tore Eve years ! didn't know as we
ever get rid Of it," o
Haven't you got any prettier pat r
j.
Plenty. I wanted to get of the old 5,
ubbish first II isn't everybody that
Tould buy il: but she swallowed every II
hing ] said" y
"she seemed ike a poor woman. who ts
ould not afford TO buy a dress very II
-No. she doesn't come more than twice in
year" "
Il think you ought TO have given her n
be best bargain you could"
you can fold up those goods on the N
and put them back on the CO
helves," said Nichols. customers put N
. to a great deal Of trouble that way to
omefimes. Mrs. Captain Walker was in
afternoon, and didn't know ~
I should have 10 get down all the y
tock we had before we could suit her" m
why didn't you pick out something In
nd tell her il was all the RACER asked Of
smiling. vi
That wouldn't go down with her. She's br
ich and she's proud. We have 70 be care &C
~ how we manage with such customers
|. she IL. That reminds me that her bun al
H. hasn't gone home yet. III get you 10
lrry Il up right away" nj
II had been a considerable disappoInt- vi
to Joshua to find that Walter vas III
Dor instead Of rich, for he bad proposed
make as free use Of Walters purse as
Ie latter would permit. Even now II oc- M
irred 20 him that Walter might have a an
Ipply Of ready money. a part Of which he ~
light borrow. He accordingly took an IN
,portunity one day to sound our hero on ma
is subject. hi
walter, have you a couple Of dollars kn
'out you 70 lend me for a day or two7"