Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-13

400 has come over, Deborah
great sslh sshanSSgT SSgTst,Wghile old maid OF Car
larss psSss sss become s 'BBea2ty and attrec-
sisae VS. ne fTTst time N her lifS; Ihe ,bae
Eyenesy Il simple Del2r3,h ne T, 1iyifcl is de-
.ssspqi .l.s in semipo,y'ry aSRd st p. }or a mum,
sIlrea by tne iSut when the railr9,iad passed @
"a s,i}end deborah noy %oS an interest in life.
sork Time Ihg interesting 70 her; as the
- ht al the w2s9TePpioSl 2.nepol store. she became
f Eassph ShiltanSsiness woman and person OF
,.SiiSst Sigstf charm weeks before at, Mrs, shll;
s. only Jew she was frowned upon anS
zshrs paLh,cn she said that the @ @iesI rois9I rUitIo9
r.sssqr r-msr Is b be fbS'tG fbs eve When the early
III Il gla9uYf faded and gone. S9w s9 Mas Giss'
#ssdiaber a oe.5bge 'despised and Knocked Is
.srgS pcbQ9rT2nnIn, TO to burst into hover.
morning the Bazaar was open
! lhh -. w., rsqular hour. shoppers came as
] Ct us &C before. People were as
lr'rouI,y ayer to enhance their charms or
yer = ,hs,r flaws. In few days
z'suis' .,5uobar was back in his Office
z'apo ..@,rnIng in MS manner and his
month later his cravat was no
Ssrsr black. ..,- .oso be-
. few months younger sII,S nsarah vi felt
y ~ of the counters. Deoorah iell
ID n,a" an,b was invading and replacihs,
a' ssondered sUSd how soon her turn "oulu
II would be a sad Day ior s"e
Esd the work .,,rorces from
4 But she 'VoS s Asaph. lie paused now
b praises COMPLIMENT her on n SAFE OF
|ha then " tIe led up to her some OIL
Af pros lvs.,,cular customers ana intro
i mosl f.,th a flourish. Sometimes ne
Hied hei no went down the aisle anu
Eussd as 90 stare at her. She Knew
s,s had blushed because nc, go
IA s and once woman VINO was s
y nVT match a sample whispered W nc, -,
Il ~ nsborah. what kind oil rouge uo
Sm n.s9 1t gives you the incest eoio'
Il 4 looks real .,
|rr,nD Deborah denied that she pat,eeu rl,L
|Nheh r,oe angry. She thought Deb
4 WOl.a" trying to copyright her COM
>s,vm ,.n tho shopper had moved off Asaph
sNn'" "bont awkwardly. Finally he put
~ .sSs of his knuckles on the counter
I Iasned across to murmur:
Tsay. Debby, l was telling jim raw"
! ' yesterday that you made more safes
H. any clerk in the shop TINS last
.mth" -. 80. r,horo,, goened
.yes swapping like electric sparks
IT, seemed to Jolt Asaph; he fell PACK
Fstte and walked away staring over his
4onlder
ESst night as Deborah was washing
/. dishes after supper the door bell
bred
Tyou 60 mother, will you? My hands
L all suds.'
H., Larrabee hobbled slowly into the
N hut came back with a burst of un-
{,pected speed. She was pale with
I'M = man. she whispered.
IA man! who could it be-" Debby
isped
One Of those daylight burglars, prob
Wnatll we do?"
But Debby, in the new executive habit
her mind, grew bold enough to take
least a peek at the stranger. She tip
h into the parIor and lifted the shade
kitty aside. She speedily recognized
Familiar suit.
his old Jim Crawford" she said.
fhere was a panic of another sort now.
.ting Debby's hands dry, her sleeves
.sn, her apron off, her hair puffed, the
|np In the parlor lighted. Old Jim Craw-
ID was some minutes older before he
hs admitted.
4 was the first male caller Deborah had
ID since her mother could remember.
be old lady received him with a flourish
at would have behtted a king. That he
Ps widower and. for Carthage,
falthy, may have had something to do
lh IT. fantastic hope that at last
|nebody had come to propose to Deb
|ah excited her mother so that she took
lHelf out of the way as soon as the
father had been decently discussed.
Pr Crawford made long and ponder
effort at small talk and came round
bis errand with the subtlety of an
I'an liner warpIng into it's slip. At
Fgh he mumbled that If Miss Debby
|f got tired of Shillaber's there was a
ance he might make place for her in
/ own store.