The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-06
Her Valuable
Time

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81 was S:55 o'clock when Miss De-
laney came in. She laid her mum
down and began dejectedly to draw
off her gloves.
John, the office boy, looked up from
his perusal of Red Gulch Kelly; or,
the Bride of the Rancho" Huh" he
observed. Good thing for you the
boss amt down-comin' in at five to
g."
Miss Delaney glanced indifferently
at the clock.
81 couldn't help It," she said, shrug-
ging a pair of plump shoulders. I
had to stop at Blanks on the way
over. Say, John, you know that new
dress I told you was hayin' made
to wear to the dance the 2Sth?"
you bet!" chuckled John. Il amt
heard nothin' else fer the last three
weeks 'ceptin' bout your darned OLD
dress"
His unsympathetic attitude had
small effect on Miss Delaney. whose
one desire was to open the f1oodgates
Of her soul.
well, I've been to every store IN
this town trying to match the SILK IN
braid and l can't find a thing like II
but piece at Green's that I'm fraid's
too pinky lookin' After got twenty
four Yards of it sewed on 1t might
look something perfectly fierce and
then what'd I do about it,"
Her auditor emitted sound that
might have done duty for a reply. II
was all she needed to induce her to
proceed.
well, there amt thing / can DO
but have some braid made out OF the
silk and | amt sure / can get any
more silk, and Nine. Fogarty don't
care much about takin' the dress any
way, she's so rushed this time Of year,
and like as not If make her wait for
the braid she won't even try to get
the dress done for the dance. I'm
Just sick over it"
"Ain't it perfectly terrible!" said
John, grinning into the pages OF Red
Gulch Kelly"
"You just bet it ISL cried Miss
Delaney, unconscious Of his irony.
Say, John, you watch down the hall
and let me know if you see the boss
comm while I call up Blanks and see
how long it'll take em to make that
braid. If they can't do it pretty quick
I'll have to chase over the madame's
| place again and decide on some other
way to make it, and it's about hum
! bred miles over on the west side and
'-es forever to get there"
sat down and took the receiv-
| err. Re sure you let me know if you
see the old man comm, Johnny. l
got some work I s'pose he'd think I
ought to be doin His old work is so
important, he thinks.
| Hello! Is this Blanks? I want
the braid department Aw, don't l
know you don't have grocery de-
| partment? | said braid l never
| said bread makes me so mad to
waste time this way.) The trimmings
| is what | want
Hello! Is this the trimmings? Say,
want to find out how long it'll take
to make some braid up out O some
| silk got. tried to match 1t in braid
and l can't find anything but some
that's too pinky lookin and I'm 'fraid
| it'll look fierce after I get twenty-four
yards of 1t on. and got to have the
dress by the 2Sth and
whats that? Well, call the head
of the department, then. Why didn't
you say so before, instead of keepin
me talkin' all this time? (Ain't that
the limit. Wastin' about fifteen min
utes of my time and then tellin' me
she don't know anything about itD
Hello! Is this the head of the de-
partment. Well, say. want to know
how long it'll take you to make up
some braid out O. some silk | got.
got to have it quick, because the
dressmaker amt very anxious to
make the dress anyway, and want
It to wear to lance the 2Sth
What that? Oh, about twenty-four
yards. Say, how much'll it be? Four
dollars a bolt? How many yards are
there in bolt? Great Scott! Only
twelve yards in bolt? That1l make
1t come to IS just for the braid.
Say, I wisht you'd wait till l get
through talkin' before you interrupt
me. You amt got time to stand all
day talkin'? Well what do you know
about that! l guess my times as
valuable as yours. and more. too
What are you there for II 1t amt to
talk to customers? You're there to
sell trimmings, are you? Well, II you
amt got nerve! Say, I'm goin' to re.
port you If you don't stop bein' SO
sassy. Well. what about that braid
now? Hello! Hello,
We'll, what do you think of that!
That mean old centrals cut me OF
Hello!"
Miss Delaney" said meek voice
| from behind her