Sharp County record., 1909-11-26
THAT SUIT
OF II ERS

down his paper.
81 want to talk to you about my
! suit | am worried to death about It.
what suit is it, my dear? You don't
need another suit, Go you? You just
got suit"
John! How can yon say such a
thing? You know haven't had a suit
for a long time" retorted Mrs. Tibbs,
Anyway, you said could have it,"
"Oh, did I? Well, how about the
suit you just got? The suit we've
been talking about so long?"
That's the suit I mean"
81 am quite sure you told me the
other day that you had ordered it,
well you never more than half
listen to what l say" She fshed two
samples out OF her portemonnaie
"Now l 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 langudly.
"When did you get them?' he asked
Those are the same that | showed
you before"
Tibbs looked at them d little more
closely.
$50 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. | 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
light suit made the same way and
didn't want them to be so near alike,
We 60 out together SO much, you
know. But Mabel was awfully nice
about 1t. She thclght 1t might be
nice If they were something alike.
Goodness! don't want to make
mistake"
81 don't see how you can make a
mistake" said her husband reassur-
ingly. III you like them both 1t makes
no difference which you take. Shut
your eyes and grab
"Why can't you treat 1t seriously?
suppose you men simply don't under.
stand"
'I admit don't understand, You
asked my advice and gave 1t the best
could" he replied.
"Well, what is it you don't like
about the dark material?"
81 thought It looked rather cheap,
That's all"
Nov isn't that funny7 You think
the dark looks cheap and think the
light looks cheap, and besides 1t seems
kind Of sleazy. That's the reason
ordered the dark
80 you've ordered II after all? You
Just said you didn't order It."
what said was that didn't order
It the other day.
What Is the argument for II It's all
scttled?"
81 can change the order easy enough,
OF course wouldn't think of taking
the dark II you think It looks cheap"
"1 didn't say It looked cheap"
"You certainly did, You said II
looked cheap
"Woll, II | did didn't mean It, What
] 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 slea2y?'
maybe It Is, but that's one reason
| like it"
"Well, II can't get the dark goods
perhaps I'll take the light after all"
"What do you mean by not being
able to got IL? ! thought you said you
had already ordered it?"
~ did, but Mons, Blanc, you know
only has the samples, He has to send
out and buy the material after you 80.
lect It, lie said ho'd call me up this
evening and tell me whether he could
got II or not He knows I'm worried
to death, There's the telephone now,
III bet you that's who II Is,"
Nov what do you think Of that9
Isn't It exosperatlng2" she exclaimed
upon her return to the library after
long conversation with the tailor,
whats wrong now?"
"lIe says he can't get the dark
cloth"
"That's good" exclaimed her hus.
band "ThAt puts IN end 10 the argu.
mont"
"Why, jchn how stupid Don't you
see that hc tells me he can't get the
dark goods because he wants to sell
me the light mHterlal2"
~ don't see how that follows NJ all
He doesn't care which ho soils you,
He wants YOU to bo satisfied"
"Then that makes II worse, II the
dark Ia rpAllV all sold ont II nphVas