The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-05-05
Valuable
Time

Il was 1855 o'clock when Miss De.
laney came In. She laid her mu3
down and began dejectedly to draw
OF her gloves.
John, the Office boy, looked up from
his perusal of RED Gulch Kelly; or.
the Bride Of the Rancho" HUH" he
observed. Good thing for you the
boss amt down-comin' in at five to
g."
Miss Delaney glanced indiferently
at the clock.
81 couldn't help It," she said, shrug-
ging a pair of plump shoulders. Il
had to stop at Blanks on the way
over. Say, John, you know that new
dress I told you l was havin' made
to wear to the dance the 28th?"
you bet!" chuckled John. II amt
heard nothin' else fer the last three
weeks 'ceptin' bout your darned old
dress"
His unsympathetic attitude had
small effect on Miss Delaney, whose
one desire was to open the foodgates
of her soul.
We'll, I've been to every store in
this town trying to match the silk in
braid and l can't find 2 thing like IT
but a piece at Green's that I'm 'fraia's
too pinky lookin'. After l got twenty
four yards of it sewed on 1t might
look something perfectly fierce and
then what'd l do about it,"
Her auditor emitted a sound that
might have done duty for a reply. 1t
was all she needed to induce her to
proceed.
"Well, there amt a thing l a do
but have some braid made out OF the
silk and l amt sure l can get any
more silk, and Nine. Fogarty don't
care much about takin' the dress any
way, she's so rushed this time of year.,
and like as not If l make her wait for
the braid she won't even try to get
the dress done for the dance. I'm
Just sick over it."
"Ain't It perfectly %terrible!" said
John, grinning into the pages OF Red
Gulch Kelly"
"You just bet 1t ISL cried Miss
Delaney, unconscious of his irony.
"Say, John, you watch down the a
and let me know II you see the boss
comm while l call up Blanks and see
how long It'll take 'em to make that
braid. II they can't do it pretty quick
I'll have to chase over the madame's
place again and decide on m other
way to make it, and it's about q hun
dred miles over on the west side and
1t takes forever to get there"
She sat down and took the receiv'
or. BE sure you let me know II you
see the old man comm, Johnny. I
got some work l s'pose he'd think I
ought to be dom. His old work Is so
important. he thinks.
Hello! Is this Blanks? l want
the braid department. Aw. don't
know you don't have q grocery de
partment? 1 said braid I never
said bread makes me SO mad to
waste time this Way The trimmings
is what l want.
"Hello! Is this the trimmings? Say.
I want to find out how long it'll take
to make some braid up out O some
silk I got. 1 tried to match 1t in braid
and 1 can't find anything but some
that's too pinky lookin' and I'm 'fraid
it'll look fierce after l get twenty-four
yards Of 4 on, and l got to have the
dress by the 28th and
"What's that? Well, call the head
Of the departmc mt. then. Why didn't
you say so before. instead of keepin'
me talkin' all this time? (Ain't that
the limit! Wastin' about fifteen min.
utes Of my time and then tellin' me
she don't know anything about IT'D
.Hello! ,Is this the head of the, g.
:partment. Well, say, I want to know
how long it'll take you to make up
some braid out O. some silk got. I
got to have it quick. because the
dressmaker amt very anxious to
make the dress anyway, and / want
It to wear to a dance the 2Sth.
"What that? Oh, about twenty-four
yards. Say, how muchll 1t be? -Four
dollars a bolt? How many yards are
there in a bolt? Great Scott! Only
twelve yards in a bolt? That'n make
It come to So Just for the braid.
SAY, I wisht you'd wait till l get
through talkin' before you interrupt
me. You amt got time to stand all
day talkin', Well, what do you know
about that! guess my times a
valuable as yours. and more. too.
What are you there for II 1t amt to
talk to customers? You're there to
sell trimmings. are you? Well. II you
amt got nerve! Say, I'm goin' to 10
port you IL you don't stop bein' %
sassy. Well. what about that braid
now? Hello! Hello!
well. what do you think OF that!
That mean old central's cut me Oh.
Hello"
.Miss Delaney" said . meek voice
from behind her.
She turned with a start to face hel
employer, who looked with . grim
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