Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18


dwelt happy and solitary in a neighboring garret
conscious of unfulflled desire, for his name gilt
tered in pleasing though unstable porcelain letters
upon the window of his emporium and was repeated
in gold and black above its door. - Samuel Gold
stone' he knew the larger letters spelled, though he
was quite unearned in English print or script.
Samuel Godsone; - and then, in smaller type, the
explanatory if ambiguous phrase Ladies, Gents,
Houses and Children Furnished at Reduced Rates. "
Within the store he had accumulated great treasure
from the wrecks of neghborng and rival concerns,
from fire sales, from sheriff s sales, from auctions,
and even from enterprising burglars To guard and
distribute his hoard he had secured cash registering
machine, young lady and young gentleman. Inc
machine took of the money, the young lady 1ur-
nished the ladies and children, the young gentleman
ministered to the gents and houses, while Mr. Gold
stone stood proudly upon the sidewalk and chanted
Step right in, lady; step right in! This is our
bargain day. Ladies furnished. All the latest styles.
Babies and children at half Step right in! This is
the place for big values; -
And the lady, weakly yielding to his persuasions or
to the OBTAINING hand with which he reinforced them,
would find herself simultaneously and suddenly in the
shop and in the way For the two assistants, young,
lonely, and often idle, found time for many con-
dental interview between onslaughts upon the Gus
toners delivered into their hands.
1t afternoon in early October. The store
was empty, confidential interview was in progress;
Esther Mogilewsky golden head rested against pile
of flannel opportunities, as she listened absorbed,
entranced, while Isaac Blumberg, scholar and sales
man. read aloud in the clear voice which had won him
medal at a recent night school oratory competition.
He read of the fall sales of larger establishments as
set forth in that morning paper.
''And think of this Miss Mogilewsky!' he cried.
''Moeskin three quarter length coats at $lOOo!
Think of it! And last week they were 5000. The
Fur trust, of coursel -
Esther wrnkled her pretty forehead in obedient et-
fort, but since she had been but few years IN Amer
lea and had heard of mole, her reflections led
her no further than that Mr.. Bumberg was learned
youth and that Mr. Godsone s store, with its coun-
ers along each side and its center tables piled high
with bargains, pleasant place. But Mr.. Gold
stones face he peered suddenly over the >. Sacr
feed All-from-Woo Underwear could hardly be
called pleasant and during the next few minutes, in
a mixture of English and Yddish, with copious pro
family in both he favored his assistants with start
ling versions of their biographies for that they had
as they gutily came to understand, allowed two po
tenal shoppers to escape unshOpped In vain Esther
wept In vain Isaac explained and apologized Mr.
Goldstone extravagant value upon the possible
outlay of the lost quarry and vowed to deduct from
the wages of his staff.
>"A lady nit no hat und worm waist! For the
waist foryseven und half cents; for the hat, sixty
nine und three fourths cents. That money you lose