The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-22

over it that I've decided to haul some
of the rags out of the windows and
put in the glass"
"Nhas dot so! like to hear about
it,"
well, it began about the 1st OF
August. The BARRIERS wife went shop
ping one day and came home with II
new hat on. II was her second sum-
mer hat. She had struck bargain
sale, but any lady could see that her
purchase cost Mt least S2.3S."
Good hefens. Two hats in one sum-
mer! exclaimed the grocer as his
hands went up.
That's it, Mr.. Hammerdlnger. and
you can't imagine the CONSERVATION of
the other ladies. Yes. sir, the lady
came sailing in as cool as you please
and paraded up and down the halls to
show the purchase off. She was bound
TO make the others feel bad, and there
was certainly gnashing of teeth. For
about three days looked for a row."
"Und don't some bloodshed come"
The Countess Gets Even.
"No. It was the Countess Damito
who thought out way to get even.
After three or four days she sent for
me and asked how much it would cost
to rent villa at Newport for
month. | keeps myself posted on vii
las, and l told her thousand dollars.
She said she'd take one. or course !
spread the news through the fats, and
the buzzing was like hive of bees in
swarming time"
But how can she pay one t'ousand
dollars NIT eggs at 80 cents a dozen"
was asked.
"NIr. Hammerdinger, did you ever
hear of hot airT'
"Of course. If It vhas hot day der
air vhas hot"
"Yes, and the air can be hot on
making a bluf, but 1t was a good one.
1t wasn't twenty-four hours before the
Duchess of Derbyshire, as we call her,
whose husband is a night watchman,
comes to me to sweetly ask If | can
tell her the name of the best hotel at
Saratoga and If she can hire the sec
ond floor front for six weeks. It's me
juty to keep posted on Saratoga hotels,
and l gives her the information. It's
$1,000 she will have TO pay, and the
tips to the ice water boy will be chou
sand more"
"My soul! My soul" groaned the
grocer.
Score One For Lady o'SulIivan.
"Of course | spread the news" con-
tinued the janltor, "and then Lady
O'Sullivan comes pranclng up to me
and wants to know If there are any
hotels in Long Branch for sale at that
season of the year and what the cash
price Is. It's me juty to know all
about Long Branch, and so mentions
a hotel at $4,000 on account of
death in the family. Lady O'Sullivan
says she'll take II and run II herself
and be the only summer boarder in it,"
"But her husband drives some coal
carls, don't heg
"Of course, but there's your hot air
again, Mr.. Hammerdinger, you really
ought TO study up on the different sorts
of air When a man is driving q coal
cart at 81 a week that's cold air,
When his wife is talking of Long
Branch that's hot air. Can't you see
the difference?"
Il believe can, One vhas coal und
der odder vhas New Jersey"
Exactly. Well, Lady O'Sullivan held
the joker for day or two, ana then
messenger boys began pouring in with
messages for the Princess Scutiro. It's
her husband that has an ice business
in basement and sells chunks at 8
sents each. She'd been keeping quiet
and giving the other ladies rope, and
when the time arrives she comes for
ward and asks me to look around for a
steam yacht for sale and to bring her
map of the Mediterranean sea, as