The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-07-30
THAT SUIT
OF HERS

JOhn. How can you say SUCH
thing? You know haven't had a suit
for long time" retorted Mrs. Tibbs.
Anyway. you said | could have it,,
oh did /? Well, how about the
SUIT you just got? The suit we've
been talking about so long?"
That's the suit mean"
81 am quite sure you told me the
other day that you had ordered it,"
We'll, you never more than half
listen to what | say" She fished two
samples out of her portemonnaie.
Now | want you to tell me honestly
which Of these you like better Please
put your mind on It for minute"
Tibbs took the samples and eyed
them langpidly.
when did you get them?" he asked
Those are the same that | showed
you before"
Tibbs looked at them little more
closely.
80 they are" he admitted, but
why are you asking me about them
again? Do you think I'll change my
mind?"
(Which do you really like?" she
went on. ignoring his question.
81 told you the other day liked the
light goods" he answered rather alb
ruptly and tossed them into her lap.
That's just the trouble Men have
such queer taste. I hoped you'd like
the dark stuff"
do you like the dark thing BETTER"
mo 1t does not make a particle OF
difference TO me- Auntie likes the
dark cloth better, though, and Mabel
likes the light, but she's going to get
a light suit made the same way and
didn't want them TO be so near alike.
We go out together so much, you
know. But Mabel was awfully nice
about it. She thought it might be
nice II they were something alike
Goodness | don't want to make a
mistake"
81 don't see how you can make a
mistake" said her husband reassur-
ingly. IF you like them both it makes
no difference which you take. Shut
your eyes and grady
why can't you treat it seriously?
I suppose you men simply don't under
stand"
81 admit I don't understand You
asked my advice and | gave it the best
could" he replied.
"Well, what is it you don't like
about the dark material?"
Il thought it looked rather cheap
That's all"
Now isn't that funny? You think
the dark looks cheap and I think the
light looks cheap, and besides it seems
kind Of sleazy. That's the reason
ordered the dark"
so you've ordered it after all? You
just said you didn't order it,"
What I said was that didn't order
It the other day"
What is the argument for if it's all
settled?"
II can change the order easy enough.
OF course I wouldn't think Of taking
the dark if you think it looks cheap"
"I didn't say it looked cheap"
you certainly did You said ii
looked cheap"
We'll, if | did didn't mean it. What
I meant was that it looked compare
lively cheap. Compared to the other,
you know"
Well don't you think the light
stuff looks kinds of sleazy?"
Maybe it is, but that's one reason
I like it,"
well IL can't get the dark goods
perhaps I'll take the light after all"
What do you mean by not being
able to get it? thought you said you
had already ordered ito"
81 did, but Mons Blanc, you know
only has the samples. He has to send
out and buy the material after you Sc
lect it. He said he'd call me up this
evening and tell me whether he could
get il or not He knows I'm worried
10 death. There's the telephone now
I'll bet you that's who it is"
"Now what do you think of that?
Isn't it exasperating?" she exclaimed
upon her return to the library after a
long conversation with the tailor.
whats wrong now?"
"He says he can't get the dark
cloth"
That's good" exclaimed her hus-
band THAT puts an end to the argu-
ment."
why, John how stupid! Don't you
see that he tells me he can't get the
dark goods because he wants to sell
me the light material?"
81 don't see how that follows at all
| He doesn't care which he sells you.
! He wants you to be satisfied
Then that makes it worse. If the
dark is really all sold out, it proves
! what thought, that IL is the best
! Goodness, | don't know what in the
world TO do"
You'll have to do something. What
did you tell him."
Il told him to go ahead with the
/ light What else could | tell him.
Tibbs heaved a sigh of relief and
picked up his paper.
Now just one more question, john
and | won't bother you any more. How
would you have the skirt made, plated
or plain? They're making them both