The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-21
Daily Short Story
M A G &c n AT

Angeline Halt sat in a room that
was Uttered with the contents OF a
nuse ooA. which the expressman tad
Just delivered TO her. In her haste
10 get 20 the very bottom OF her treas
ures she bad strewn tissue paper.
olouses and silk hose indiscriminately
NOW the hrst thrill OF discovery was
over and she was sitting fat on the
hoor with her lap full OF lace. gloves
sno nshakerchieis, feasting her eyes
on the shimmery lengths of a cerise
satin gown which she had flung over
nearby chair. The whole outlay
represented considerable sum OF
money. but Angelina could afford 10
spend: Two years before she had re-
cslved an inheritance so vast as TO be
almost beyond what she could use.
And Angelina could find use for A
great deal OF money. All her life sh q
had been poor. and all her life she
mad hungered for the things wealth
permits one to have. Now her hunger
was appeased. Indeed. this was the
eleventh time she had gone shopping
in the city and had been followed
finery.
TO think that I should have all
these beautiful things" she sighed
sometimes ! wish they had conr
sooner. when ] was IS instead of as.
N'AAs u nave nv money
man any amount OF youth. VII en- alls
said and done"
There was knock at the door and
Angelina called: Come in" The
woman who entered was fifteen years
younger than Angeline. besides being
plump. blond and rosy. She started
oack little at what she saw and
Angelina, Where did you get all
bought them Wednesday when |
went TO the city. | had a beautiful
time buying, Fan. n any one had said
once that I'd be spending so much
money on my forty-fifth birthday I'd
nave laughed. II doesn't seem posi-
Die yet. Fan, where did your hat
come FROM"
oh. do you like IT." The younger
woman was bending over handouts OF
cerlse satin. i got IL at Miss Towers.
! don't think Il goes very well with
my suit. do you?'
NO" she said. 1T doesn't 20 with
your suit ut all. You better get you
another one. I'll buy this. How much
do you want for it,"
Fanny Johns laughed "AngeIine
Halt. II you don't beat ALL" she said
III give You IS for IT," pursued An
geline. greedily. She found her purse
and drew forth bill. There"
II only cost me four Fanny con
fessed. soberly
Il don't care. I'll give you Eve. It's
Just the hat I've been looking for. no
matter IL Sally Tower did make It.
she never shows me such hats. II
she did ! shouldn't be running up TO
the city all the time"
Fanny Johns removed the hat and
appropriated the bill. II guess may
be it's worth dollar to walk all the
way homo bareheaded," she muir
INJURED. We'll, ! must 20 on. I only
came 10 see II you were going 10 Mrs.
Perkins card party tonight"
TIN going Angelina said Though
II there's one thing on earth more
than apother that I hate and despise
It's that combination OF cards and
Carrie Perkins But it's a place 10
show of my good clothes. II was Is
there d be plenty OF dances and az
fairs OF that sort. but with being older
have 10 content myself with cards,
even II I do hate EN-"
"Angeline. you're too amusing" gig
eled Fanny as she radiantly pocketed
her s. and Jared forth bareheaded.
leaving her hat behind.
-igeline took M the hat and eyed
u critically. She had paid more than
IL was worth and she knew IT, hut she
had wanted II. ana that was all that
mattered. She went 10 the glass and
put It on. Its ugliness astonished her
Moreover. she saw with unusual clear
ness her own sharpness OF feature and
brown, wrinkled skin. My goodness"
she breathed. my complexion looks
as II II had lain out in the rain
Impatiently she snatched OFT the hat
and viewed II at arms length. m
stantly II resumed its soft innocence
and the graceful charm that had
marked II when II sheltered Fanny's
light hair and pink and white face.