Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-04-11


might have done duty for reply. It
was all she needed to induce her to
proceed.
"Well. there amt a thing can do
but have some braid made out of the
silk and l amt sure / 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 IL ] 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 hall
and let me know If you see the boss
comm while | 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 some other
way to make 1t, and it's about hun
| dred miles over on the west side and
It takes forever to get there"
She sat down and took the receiv-
err BE sure you let me know If you
see the old man comm, Johnny. l
| cot some work | s'pose he'd think |
ought to be doin His old work is so
important. he thinks.
Hello! Is this Blanks? | want
the braid department. Aw, don't
know you don't have grocery de-
partment? said braid never
said bread (Makes me so mad to
waste time this way) The trimmings
is what | 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 l got. | tried to match It in braid
and 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 It on. and got to have the
dress by the 2Sth and
whats that? Well. call the head
of the department, then. Why didn't
you say so before, instead of keepin'
me talkin' all this time? (Aint 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 de-
partment. Well, say, l want to know
how long It'll take you to make up
- /
got to have it quick, because the
dressmaker amt very anxious 10
make the dress anyway, and l want
II to wear to a dance the 2Sth.
"What that? oh, about twenty-four
yards. Say, how much1l 1t be? -Four
dollars a bolt? How many yards are
there In a bolt? Great Scott! Only
twelve yards in a bolt! That'll make
Il come to IS Just for the braid.
"Say. | wisht you'd walt till get
through talkin' before you interrupt
me. You amt got time to stand all
day talkin'? Well, what do you know
about that! l guess my times as
valuable as yours, and more. too
What are you there for II II aint 10
talk 10 customersH You're there TO
sell trimmings. are your Well. II you
Amt got nerve! Say, I'm goin' to TO
port you ~ you don't stop bein' 30
sassy. Well, what about that braid.
nowi Hellol Hellol
"Well, what do you think OF thatl
That mean old centrals cut me on
Hello"
miss Delaney" said meek voice
from behind her.
She turned with a start to face her
employer, who looked with algfim
| smile from her to John and "Hed
| Guich Kelly" and then back TO her
81 hate TO interrupt YOU" he SAID.
~but | should like TO dictate a short
letter when you are at liberty. II II
| win not take up too much OF your
valuable time"
He turned back TO the orimson-
heed youth. who was thrusting RED
0uich Kelly" into a drawer with one
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