Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-26

rage parade" "
Roger hurried out OF the door 81
the suffrage headquarters, where his
fiancee worked as active secretary.
In the hall he passed Mrs. Bett-
Jones. followed her maid, 1T.
ting out Of the elevator. He went
back to his law ofiices with feel
Ing Of hurt disappointment. Hs
had planned to tell Terry that he
had definitely decided to use his
own money for the furniture OF
their little apartment. 50 that they
could be married at once.
Meantime Mrs. BsttJones. had
found Terry stacking the envelopes
into piles.
"The notices will be out today.
wort they?' asked Mrs. Bett-Jonss.
do be sure not to omit . single
name. It is 50 important an
| really quite thrilled about Il. SEQ.
Miss Flagg. Sophie has brouxht
down basket load today and
every time we pass here In the motor
we shall have another load brought IN.
The attic Is just filled with things like
this and 1t Is really q relief to ret ria
| of them" qs
There was to be q rummags sslo
for the benent Of the suffrage canss
in the headquarters during the next
| week and Terry had been sending
out notices to the hve or six hun.
dred members Of the socisty to notify
them Of the fact. In the meantime 4
committee, OF which Mrs. Bstt-Jones
was the head. had been securing their
attics for undesired objects suitable
for rummage sale. ,.e
1t is awfully good OF you, Mics
FlaSg, to be willing to take charge
Eof this sale. do hope none Of the
committee wills bring any reGlly
dreadful things"
| The maid had placed her basket on
large table and now with Mrs. B0tt-
Jones she was unpacking the various
articles of rummage. Terry cast IN
amused glance at the array Of objects
which Mrs. Bett-Jones, with ell In har
millions, had brought down for the
purpose Of selling. There was q pair
OF old brass shoe buckles--worthi prob
ably ten cents when new; there were
two or three shabby prayer books, an
old pack of cards, q discarded ostrich
plume shorn OF all but It's backbone,
cretonne-coveredt tea caldy, 4 broken
fire screen, an old parsol, two or three
nicked tea cups and box fsill Of ss"old
buttons" ( s5s s5,.
my idea," said Mrs. Bett-Jones
'is to sell everything for ten. AZ.
teen or TWENTY-FIVE cents. You can
arrange the things rs you thing they
are worth. Have nothing over .
quarter, though suppose some Of the
things will be worth much more
Terry let her eyes wander over the
pile Of rubbish.
II have literally carloads OF junk
like this" said Mrs. Bett-Jones. and
II we could sell Ave hundred articles,
at an average Of twenty cents an
article-that would be hundred dol
lars and that would pay the rent oS
this once for two months. Really 1t.
is most inspiring" ~ Y; 1s
! Terry had taken close view Of the
objects and as Mrs. Bett-Jones sWas
leaving she detained her. 'sTIow would
i you price these-these buttons 3" lhe
asked. Mrs. Bett-Junes ran her long
fingers through the box full Of old hut.
lions as II She could feel their valuA x
'They are Just old odds and ends. =
she said. Some Of them may ~
quite nice. Suppose you arrange thsm
IN patches Of half doxen each and
lot each batch 60 for quarter. But
be sure nothing Is over that price
They are worth nothing to me and "
don't want to have to cart anything
back after the sale" "a "a
AS soon as the door was closed on
Mrs. Bett-Jones's back Terry burst
into laugh which would have been
contagious II there had been any one.
to hear It. Mrs. Bett-Jones's scheme
for raising money by selling rubbish.
struck her as being absurd. But, she
wasted no time and began arranging,
the contents Of the button box In
patches of six each. There wore SOME.
rather pretty pieces Of colored crystal
in the bottom Of the box and these
Terry placed by themselves and, rom
embering Rogers fondness for miner
alogya she wanted to pay the $qusrterj
needed to buy them for him. But she
remembered her promise to save
money. (. HI,
The rummage sale proved : Sue
cess in spite OF Terry's conjectures,
and after week OF hard work they,
had earned nearly the hundred dol
lars. The colored buttons remained
unsold and Terry yielded to temp
tation and bought them. That night
l. Wu0u FIOSST C0ll0u dL +. Iu0 tOIQC0s y 10
take Terry home she handed him the
little package. .ssa
There is present for you, Roger
she said. Il bought them to help the
cause. Are they quartz?'' 5s 4
Tor heavens saker' gasped Roget;
where did you get them? This, NJ
said. holding up an uncut greeniih
stone, this am sure II an Oriental
emerald, one Of the rarest of stones,
and this" he went on holding q blood
red stone to the light. this II . Star.
ruby. These two stones alone are
worth four or five hundred dollars, any
time"
Terry explained how she had -
cured the stones and though sho feIt
that she owned them, Roger insisted
that they must be returned to Mrs-f
Bett,Jcnes. Together they went TO
Mrs. Petitioners house on their way
home They found her hurryfng home
to dress for dinner and she had little