Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-19
WHY AMY DECLINED
NEW SET OF FURS


"WhewY Raymond Ford, mar
ried three years and already losing
the boyishness which made him such
a favorite, looked decidedly sur
prised. "The coal bill is not paid
yet. The rent is due the first, you
know, and then--my new overcoat.
| can't meet men much longer on
the boss business with that coat. II
queers things"
Amy, slim brunette, whom her
husband worshiped, held her red lips
down, puckered her straight brows,
drawing her face into a becoming
pout. IL am going down town to
shop with Mrs. Jack Pendleton."
She was very proud to be asked to
shop with Mrs. Jack, the acknowl-
edged leader Of their bridge club. "T
wanted to get some furs like hers.
| told her you would let me have
them," she wheedled. "Jack PEN
dleton," she continued, "earns $40
less week than you, and she has
loads Of pretty things that 1 never
think of getting"
A few moments more of cabling
and peproaches alternated, and Ray
took out his wallet, handed his wife
$40, closed it on two 81 bills and
thrust its slimness into his pocket.
Apparently without noticing the
flushed disappointment of his pretty
wife, he left for the Office, passing
down the street, a hard look on his
open face, and that unfailing sign
of burden, the forward thrust shout
ders.
Amy, swallowing her mortifca-
ton, hurried about her light duties
and was ready when Mrs. Jack,
wearing her fetching set of new furs,
called for her.
All morning Amy and Mrs. Jack
shopped between brief respites in the
rest-rooms of the various depart
ment stores, where Amy, chagrined
at not having the money for the
furs, poured out her woes to one who
sympathized, fattered and pitied
AS luncheon time approached they
neared the jam at the elevator,
which took the hungry shoppers to
the seventh floor and restaurant. It
was in this crush that Amy distinct
ly saw Mrs. Jack deftly extract a
belt buckle from heaped box in one
of the low stalls and secrete it in her
great muff.
Mrs. Jack laughed amusedly.
"Don't look SO Mortified" she adj
vised. "You will draw attention"
No more was said until they were
seated in quiet corner of the grill
room, waiting for their luncheon.
''This good muff of mine," Mrs.
Jack volunteered as she laid it care
fully beside her, ''has carried almost
a wardrobe for me. WHY" she
laughed, at the look of adherence
on Amy's face, 'you must try it.
You can lay it on a silk counter and
work in enough for a gown. l am
fearfully hungry" she added, as the
waiter came into hearing.
Amys repugnance was unmistak-
able, and after her companion had
spent several moments in daintiry
arranging her luncheon, the latter
raised pink, pretty face. little
saint, "-she said banteringly. 81 Just
did it to shock you. | feel so full of |
fun and animal spirits today. And |
just to prove it | will drop the
buckle into this umbrella stand here. !
1t would be good enough for the !
though" She continued, |
having deposited the buckle accord
ing to her word, "if people did take
things. They pay their clerks such
wretched wages p
So talking and treating the mat
ter as a huge Joke. Mrs. Jack won
Amy back to confidence before they
had finished their luncheon and pro-
ceeded on the afternoons pleasure.
Amy never could tell how it hap
pened, whether because of an awk-
ward stumble on her part, or wheth-