Smyrna times., 1911-08-09

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mum he had the shelves too crowded |
to be SAFE" she said. you've paid for !
these things. Would they do you any |
good if | was to mend 'em for you? |
You could use 'em for ornaments"
Nary, miss; they amt aSy good to
us. We're looking for-what are we
looking for. Prole?" demanded Goff i'm
patiently.
"A wedding present" drawled Mr..
Prole. gingerly Withdrawing from the
perilOus vicinity of breakables. I'VE
thought of a pink glass lamp, but it
don't cost enough. Have you got a
real expensive 'luminatOr. miss?"
The girl smiled and led the way to a
shelf laden with a flower bGd of col
ored lamps. She glanced at the price
tags and then said: This one for SIP
is the most expensive one. It's very
pretty"
The three surveyed the lamp doubt
fully. 1t was a small la9p of brass,
with an elaborate shade set with pink
opalescent glass.
1T don't cost enough" said Prole
Will II . D4AS1Ny PACNNJs AAA'Ss
but we couldn't hand out no measly
present like that to Emmerett. Show
us something better"
The girl stifled an exclamation and
took them to a case full Of silverware.
AS they gravely examined knives and
forks the girl watched them uneasily.
At last, flushing deeply, she spoke,
| ~ iv,Iy hot
was a nice present"
They shook their heads negatively.
Its got to be something pretty nice
and tasty" said Tony Goff; you see,
her names Emmerett. and a. girl that
has that handle to her is used to good
living"
I'VE couldn't get anything poor look
ing" added Pepper. and Jink Prole
nodded assent
Its a nice lamp" persisted the girl.
I'VE might git four or five lamps
enough for the hull house. Let's look
at them again" Jink Prole turned
suddenly to lead the way back to the
lamps; his sharp elbow dug into Tony
GOfrs ribs, and that stout gentleman
leaped backward to fail heavily
against one Of the china laden tables
When the Gathering crash had died
into silence Mr.. GOff picked himself
cut of a debris of broken dinner sets
to confront an irate little man who
danced wildly before them and de-
manded instant reimbursement for his
losses.
1t required the united efforts of Tony
Gof's companions to convince the an.
cry proprietor that the Offense was
not intentional
You can't fool me!' he sputtered
= loudly. II had a place shot up Oncet
in Dead Eye and they didn't leave sc
much as a glass salt cellar-wiped out
my hull stock of china and glassware
and
= Drop it, confound yen growled Jink
Prole. Jest you compose your little
2 bunch of cinnamon sidewhiskers and
git down and count up your loss.
reckon we can pay fer what we break
] We're a-shoppin' fer cut glass and GU
2 china, and we've paid fer 500 worth al
t ready"
The three ranchmen stood rigidly
t in their tracks while Mr.. Farnum anC
: the black haired girl took inventory
of the shattered crockery. Many O1
the pieces of various dinner sets were
] whole and there were several vases
! that were cracked or only slightly bro
r ken. These Mr.. Farnum announced
:, would be a total loss to him and the
! ranchmen might as well carry then
away.
a Six dinner sets and four vases an(
+ a glass water pitcher had gone dow
= to destruction. and Mr.. Farnum dole
n fully announced that 800 would barrel.
cover the wholesale price.
e In silence the 500 was handed over
e while the girl stood near with down
g cast face.
e "All these pieces that amt broke be
n long to you gentlemen" remarked MI
+ Farnum magnanimously. "Of cours
v they amt no use to me because non
J. OF 'em match anything else I've il
stock. There's cups and saucers AM
d plates and
5 Il guess we'll be going along" III
$ terrupted Prole slowly as he thrust hi
v share of the remaining So back in hi
e pocket. We've spent about all tn
b money we reckoned on in this her
: place. There's a mighty pretty littl
d pink lamp up in Red Spider fer thre
It ninety-eight what will have to do fe
Emmerett"
N The girl flashed a glance at the rf
It treating form Of her employer an
d then laid q hand on Jink PROBES sleevt
She was laughing. but the tears wer
d in her eyes.
Don't you dare buy that pink lamp.
l. she whispered. "You set out to 60
d the incest present you knew how fl
d that girl, and it isn't your fault tina
you've lost your money. You take a
s the dishes. and I'll mend the glas
water set and you give 'em to her fO
d the wedding present, and l recko
# she'll be proud to think what was l.
e. your hearts. and that's what matter:
" | anyWaVr' She paused breathlesslI