The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-08
to restaurant and satisfied their ap-

| to restaurant and satisfied their ap
petites
Afterward they entered the Farnun
emporium. maze of narrow aisles
running between shelves and counter:
laden with glass and china in every
conceivable form of fragility The
side walls Of the store were lined witt
counters upon which were piled house
hold wares, while the rear presented
a gloomy barricade of furniture against
Il background of gaudy carpets.
link Probe sidestepped down an
aisle and reached the barricade just
as a pretty girl arose from chair and
laid down a piece Of fancy work.
What can do for your" she asked
briskly
Before the tall ranchman could an.
swer there came terrific crash and
the sound of splintering glass blended
with startled profanity.
"OhT exclaimed the girl "That's
real cut glass!"
"'Tis considerable cut up" agreed
Prole as they reached the scene OF
disaster, where Pepper and Tony Goff
stood staring down at the havoc they
had created How'd you manage to
clean of the hull shelf2''
Mr.. Pepper twisted his long mustache
! ruefully. "Of course 1t can't be because
It's narrow gauge here. We squoze
ourselves as wells we could, but some
how there want no place for elbows.
Now, miss. what's the damage?" He
dug bis hand deep into a pocket and
brought forth his months pay, $40.
The girl knelt upon the floor and
bent her head above the fragments,
piecing them together with little dis
mayed ordinations At last she tossed
back her misty black hair and looked
up at them with slowly crimsoning
cheeks.
IT'S too bad" she said regretfully,
but this is real cut glass. and it's aw-
full expensive. There was a water bot
tie and six tumblers-S10 for the bot
tie and 50 apiece for the tumblera.
That's $22. I'm awful sorryy'
Without a word Pepper and Con
-
each laid 81 on the shelf. The girl
took it reluctantly. Il told Mr.. Far
nnm he had the shelves too crowded
to be safe" she said. You've paid for
these things. Would they do you any
good IL | was to mend EN- for you?
You could use 'em for ornaments"
Mary. miss: they amt any good to
US. We're looking for-what are we
looking for. ProIe?'' demanded COT i'm
patiently.
"A wedding present" drawled Mr..
Prole. gingerly Withdrawing from the
perilous vicinity Of breakables. I'VE
thought Of pink glass lamp. but it
don't cost enough. Have you got a
real expensive 1uminator, miss?"
The girl smiled and led the way to a
shelf laden with flower bed 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. It was a small lamp Of brass,
with an elaborate shade set with pink
opalescent glass.
1T don't cost enough" said Prole
with regret. Its mighty pretty, miss,
but we couldn't hand out no measly
present like that to Emmerett. Show
us something better"
The girl stifed an exclamation and
took them to case full Of silverware.
As they gravely examined knives and
forks the girl watched them uneasily.
At last, flushing deeply. she spoke.
Most any girl would think that lamp
was nice present"
They shook their heads negatively.
IT'S got to be something pretty nice
and tasty said Tony Golf; you see,
her names Emmerett. and a girl that
has that handle to her is used to good
living
We couldn't get anything poor look
ing" added Pepper. and Jink Probe
nodded assent
Its nice lamp" persisted the girl.
Eve might git four or five lamps
enough for the hull house. Let's look
at them again. Jink Probe turned