The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE
There You Are

l unfeelingly interrupted her enthusiasm by trying to tel her that she'd better go slow. because often people coming out of a sanatorium are vacillating and ant to change their minds at any minute.
 But nothing would do; she was bent on shopping, and shop she would immedi- i ately.
 And so we went that very day, Peggy's purse fairly bulging with advertisements The first one she produced told about onderiul grass rugs that were selling for next to-nothing,
 Peggy bought untold rugs in beautiful green just the shade of the ,ocean-and then, of course, that suggested bath tow els and these she purchased by the dozen.
 Spot cash" must be paid, as it was a summer sale and no goods were even sent | c. Q. l..
 I'll just pay for them all, said Peggy, "out of my own money and Arabella will give check for the whole thing. l couldn't think of having them charged 10 her Eut she's good pay and have no scraples about buying-anything She's given me carte blancbe you know.'
 So we bought lovely porch furniture and vases and baskets of all kinds and de- scriptions, green, gauzy, curtains and wonderful cushions by the dozens and household linen-splendid bargains-hem- stitched sheets and damask galore, and ping that said there was a sale of china going on at one of our pet shops.
 After the purchase of quantities and kitchen affairs thrown in, we bought caps for the maids and coats for the butler in fact, it was the most beautifully ar ranged "trousseau," for a bungalow and all it's inmates, that I've ever seen.
 But why take you further into the bIoilng sun of these August mornings.
 You have probably stalked midsummer bargains yourself, and you know as we'll as | do that this is the season of the year that you get everything you don't want and what you do-for absolutely nothing.
 l will say this much for Peggy. She bought with rare discrimination; she for got an ice box and lawn mower, but everything else was thought of even to mouse trap, which showed clearly to my mind that she had a great and abiding affection for the cousin lately out of the Sanatorium.
 It was a long and arduous weeks shop ping spree, and on the last day of our ex- pedltion. when we were all tired out and hungry, just as we sat down to a most ,Ia mad handed her a telegram.
 Tt came soon after you left this morn inS," said the white aproned girl.
 It was one of those long "50-word' af- fairs, q "Lettergram," and as Peggy read i. 1 noticed a marked change in her ex- pro sson.
 From Arabella," said she, and tossed it ever for me to read.
 Have changed all my plans. Shall not go to the bungalow, I read Don't bothe rabout getting the things I wrote to you for. I feel perfectly well and am going abroad for an indefinite stay Love and lots of good wishes
 Of course was too sympathetic to say q told you so;" it was no time to even grow reminiscent about an experience l had had, with relative who once went to a Saratorium and got me into some thing very like the same box.
 The silence was presently broken when Peggy said:
 q don't mind all the trouble and worry of the shopping, nor even standing for the pay for some of the things that they went take back, but what I do hate, is being related to person who would be- have like that"
 And then the time was ripe for me to speak out in the meeting" and speak l did, which relieved Peggy more than you can imagine, for misery loves company better than anything in the world.