The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-02-16

d. amount of cream In large freezer"
The young man was impressed
That's a good idea," he exclaimed
Perhaps a still larger one would b'
even better, in case we wanted t
give a regular party"
II was necessary to head him of
again. mo-" said Cornelia with de
cision. IF you give party. you will
need a caterer. A freezer larger thar
this would be In your way"
That's right" agreed the custom
to be desired. "I'll take 1t: what's
the price?"
Cornelia had no idea that business
success was 80 simple matter. II
occurred to her that the ability Of the
men who made, fortunes had been
greatly overestimated. Then a sud
den startling thought broke In on her
self-congratulation. In her efforts to
ensnare her customer she had forgot
ten the price the locksmith had made.
"Thr-four and a half" she said un-
certainly. ~ ~
The customer made no protest. He
drew Ave dollar bill from his pocket
and Cornelia made change from her
own little purse. Now I'll have this
sent, please" he was beginning. h.
"Oh!" Cornelia looked at him In
blank dismay. TIM afraid can't
send 1t. Not before Saturday, any
way" she added, remembering the
grandson. II suppose. It would be too
heavy for you TO carry, wouldn't it?"
There was appeal In the gaze she
lifted to his. She could not bear the
thought Of losing sale for so trifling
reason. Luckily the customer was
still accommodating. He protested
hastily that the freezer was not at all
heavy, and looked about him with an
air Of a man about to make purchases
with view to setting up housekeep-
ing. Cornelia felt 1t was time to as
sumo distant manner and she did so
with immediate effect. The customer
left the store, carrying his single pur-
chase in his hand,
When the locksmith returned grum-
bling, Cornelia announced her sale,
and he looked at her with reluctant
admiration. "You done him out of a
dollar" he observed. THAT freezer
wasn't worth but $3.50" His sudden
accession of respect for Cornelia re-
ceived an immediate check from the
dismay with which she received the
news
Don't you think he will come
back?" she asked anxiously. 'He was
such polite young man. l can't bear
to think I've cheated him out of a
dollar"
The locksmith grudgingly assented
that the customers return was pos
sible. He added darkly, "'Twould
have been a different thing if you'd
sold it a dollar under price. We'd
never see hide or hair of him again."
The customer did return within a
few days. He came in looking about
him in the same undecided manner
which had characterized him on his
previous visit, and yet he did not look
to be a young man lacking in deter
mination. After he had purchased a
screwdriver and pound Of nails, he
came to the point.
"The young lady who waited on me
before, your daughter, perhaps"
"She amt no daughter of Nine"
She was asking about you this very
day." he added calmly.
The young man spun about.
What" he shouted
She lives with her aunt at the
Rutherford apartments. She wanted
a key made for lock and she stayed
in the store while went to get the
impression. She overcharged you a
dollar for that freezer" explained the
reluctantly, opening his
cash drawer, land she asked IL you
had been back to complain"
1t seemed that the young man did
not care about the dollar.
See here" the locksmith said.
"The young woman came down this
to bring the key. 1t stuck a
little, you know. I've filed it off and |
it's ready to take back, if you'd like
lhc JOD uCI L VI oCnu NY
grandson when he came from school"
The young man thought 1t would be |
a pity to trouble the grandson. He |
said, with feeling, that growing boys |
need all the playtime they could get.
At the entrance of the Rutherford |
apartments he met Cornelia coming |
out.
"Oh!" cried Cornelia, dropping her
purse in her excitement. Have you
come about that dollar?'
1--we come to bring your key" said
the young man, and gave it to her.
Explanations followed, and then
came argument Cornelia was not
sure that selling an ice cream freezer
to stranger constituted an introduc-
ton. The young man, on the other
hand, was positive about 1t.
But your wife," Cornelia limited,
delicately.
The young man blushed. you in
vented the wife and held my tongue
| was afraid that II explained that
was bachelor you'd wonder what I
wanted with an ice cream freezer"