Cañon City record., 1910-09-01
Her Stroke of
Business

udu NOT uedru tnat you udu re-
turned from your wedding journey"
said the friend of June bride when
the two met in a down town store.
I'VE arrived day before yesterday"
said the new Mrs. Latour, gazing abb
stractedly into space and speaking
with marked absence of her accus-
toned vivacity.
You seem different, somehow" OBJ
served her friend. 'T hope you are
happy"
"Of course l am happy" flushed Mrs
Latour. Phil is a perfect dear and
am absolutely blissful"
You don't look it." averred her
friend. bluntly
ITO tell the truth, am terribly an
poyed at this moment" confessed Hrs.
Latour. You know that we had q
great many handsome wedding pres
ents. but there was one article that
perfectly detested. 1t was silver
ice pitcher with goblets to match"
Il remember it." said the friend.
1T was decorated with Bacchus
dancing with nymphs. | heard some
one wondering what business Bacchus
had on receptacle for anything so
mild as ice water when he is supposed
to be particularly interested in strong
sr liquids
Precisely" agreed Mrs. Latour.
Nothing about the old thing was ap-
propriate, and nobody's using ice pitch
ers now anyway.
That pitcher" continued the bride,
prtvap ma hv Nfro NUfIh,1r Marla.
Brown, whom / wouldn't have invited
n mother had not insisted upon it. for
] don't like her, and never did.
thought about that ice pitcher at In
tervals during our wedding journey.
and made up my mind that | would
sell It II possible and with the pro-
ceeds buy something really wanted"
That was sensible" said her friend
81 am sure you Will never regret it"
Wait and hear the rest found a
place where they would consider the
purchase OF 1t and | have just come
from there. The pitcher and the COB
let's were on the counter The proprl-
etor Of the shop had examined them
and ! had mentioned my price. when
he was called to the telephone. Just
at that moment who should come sail
ing up the counter but Mrs. Merle
Brownei"
What situation," said her friend,
laughing.
You wouldn't feel like laughing II
It had been you" declared Mrs. La
tour in aggrieved tones. Il turned my
back squarely to the counter. hoping
to conceal that towering pitcher from
Mrs. Merle-Brown. whom greeted
effusively.
81 am so glad TO see you.' I told
her I was thinking n moment ago
that you would admire those lovely
lampshades on the other side of the
room. Come and see them took her
arm. hoping to get her over there and
eventually to shoe her out, sho to
speak, before she could discover what
! was about But 1t was not to be-"
% In a moment, dear. she said
There is something want to see in
this department first!' Then she dis
covered my pitcherl
Ny first thought was to pretend
that there had been duplicates and
this was the other one. but knew she
wouldn't believe It. for I will venture
to say that there Isn't another loo
water set decorated with a grinning
Bacchus anywhere on the face OF the
globe.
"'Ahl' she remarked with a pecul-
lar expression. That is the pitcher I
gave you. isn't it7'
Yes I answered boldly. I have
brought II down to have my name en-
graved on IT.
How thoughtless Of me not to
have had Il done myself she purred
Don't say a word. I insist upon hav-
ing the bill for the engraving sent to
noe. shall have your whole name
put on, your new name
No. just put "E. N. L. said to
the salesman. For ! was Wild to
get away before the proprietor came
back.
Nonsense, objected Mrs. Merle
Brown. 1t shall be Evsngeiine Net.
tlston Latour. and there IL room for
Il under that cunning Bacchss.
The salesman blundered over the
spelling OF the name and he hadn't
finished writing It on a card. when the
proprietor returned and biurted out:
Your price for that water set is too
high, madam. ] will give you s12.
which is liberal. considering the plat
Ing and the fact that nobody is buy.
ing that sort of thing at the present
time
THE salesman stared and Mrs.
Merle-Brown's lips we're set as she
said: I perceive have interrupted
tt-or rtIn
could find my tongue she had
marched out OF the store"
What did you do about the water