Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-18
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WileS of the WOOer
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aunties NIT me-
"Und how does your auntie make?
Has she feelings?' asked the match
making Mrs. Mogilewsky.
''I couldn't to tell" answered Nor
ris. 81 don't know, even"
Neither did Mr.. Goldstone. Neither,
sometimes, did Esther. She did not
intend to spend her life in mourning
for a faithless lover, and yet-and yet
but Mrs. Mogilewsky did not approve
of procraStination in an affair so i'm
portant and so advantageous She Wis
tied the Grand street store; she invited
the proprietor to spend an evening at
her apartment. And Mr.. Goldstone,
diVested of his derby and oVercoat-
a guise in which Esther had never
seen him-proved so affable and was
so devoted that Esther felt that 1t
might be pleasant to put away all
thoughts save those of duty and to
bestow this very powerful and desir-
able brother-in-law upon her house.
Her dreams that night were all of
pomp and pride. She saw herself re-
leased from daily toll and living in the
four-roomed fiat over the Grand street
store. Mr.. Goldstone had promised to
engage it for her so soon as another
engagement should be agreed upon.
And there, with all her wants supplied
and all her wishes granted, she should
do it, she wondered, should she do it?
On the next morning Morris, on an
early visit to the bakery, met the long
lost Isaac, and came tearing back to
his auntie with letter. 'He sees me
on the block" he painted. Hes awful
stylish now, und he says like this:
Amt your auntie got no letters off of
me?' Und 1 says, NO. und he says
'cuse me-'Damn Goldstone. 1 writes.
l guess Goldstone don't gives them to
her when she comes by the store
Sooner he gives me quarter und this
letter fer you"
The letter was a masterpiece. The
eloquence which had once sWayed
thousands was centered now upon one.
In flights of adjectives and fiocks Of
capital letters Isaac poured out his
heart. He upbraided Esther for her
disregard of his devotion, her unre-
sponsiveness to his former appeals. He
told her of his altered fortunes and of
his unchanged heart. He announced
his attainment to the post of floor
walker in a Sixth avenue establish
ment, and laid at her feet his love, his
hand, his two-roomed home and a posi-
ton in the millinery department of his
new field.
Esther reached Mr. Goldstones en-
porium in a flutter of happiness, and
under the romantic influence of her
flowing letter." she once more dressed
the brown browed lady in a full bridal
array.
Mr.. Goldstone, arriving somewhat
later, and still under the spell of the
evenings joy, added the finishing touch.
Sending Esther to the cellar upon some
improvised errand, he plucked off the
bridal veil and wreath, twisted the
black locks into a hard knot substi-
tuted an auburn wig from his stock of
human hair goods, all naturally
curled," readjusted the veil and wreath,
and waited ESther'S return. That she
was moved he could not doubt That
she would not accept his attentions was
also made clear to him, and from this
disinclination he could not move her,
even by his gracious assurance that she
might wear that identical costume, "as
is'' upon their nuptial day. He was
puzzled and disappointed, but quite de-
termined that she should either change
her mind that very day or feel the
weight of his displeasure.
Meanwhile Isaac, that impetuous
lover had decided not to wait for
written reply, but to venture bravely
into the enemy's country and to watch
for his divinity outside the Grand
street store. To that end he secured
a half hours grace from his new en-
ployment and cautiously approached
the scene of his joys and sorrows.
From the opposite side of the street
he reconnoitered. There was the gold
and black sign, there the smiling lady
and there the strong Italian. He could
see clearly into the shop, for the door
was unobscured, but it seemed unac-
COuntablV empty. There were the high