Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-09-14

1T WAS THE PUSH CART MEN IN A BODY.
induce her to help me In my business.
But suppose we go into the shop. We
can talk better there"
Without waiting for their consent he
crossed the sidewalk to his store, and
after a little hesitation they followed.
At the door he turned.
"Say, you cutthroat men," he called
w%arningly to the push cart owners,
don't you touch a thing in this young
lady's cart! If you do I1l-I'l run you
In"
You think us thieves!' called back
N Of the men Indignantly. I'VE will
not harm the signorina, only she has
no right with a push cart. And we
never knew she was hungry"
AS the three disappeared in the shop
this man turned to his companions
with a few eager words and gesticula-
tions, and they repeated the words and
gesticulations to other cart owners far
Their along who had no heard the con-
versation. In a few minutes a dozen
men had left their own carts and were
crowding about that Of the girl.
Once inside, the candy maker mo-
toned the old man to a chair, but wise
ly ignored the girls WEAKNESS.
do you know how to make coffee,
GiuseppinaT' he asked briskly.
Eyes, sir" she answered wonder
ingly.
"Well, it's just this way" he went
on. 81 hate cooking and don't know
anything about it, and yet l do my
own housekeeping. I've got a nice lit
tie kitchen behind the shop and three
or four rooms beyond, and supper's all
ready except just the finishing. Sup
pose you make the coffee while I finish
rolling this candy dough. Then we'll
do the talking while we eat supper.
All, well, it doesn't matter" as the girl
colored and looked at him suspiciously.
II can do 1t after 1 finish this. Only /
thought you wouldn't mind. You could
do In five minutes what my clumsy fin
gers would take half an hour, and it
would be q rare treat to have friends
sit at table with me. 1 get very lone
some sometimes. That's right" as the
girl started suddenly toward the kitch-
en-. you'll find everything nearly ready,
with most of the victuals on the table.
/ leave them that way to save time.
Your father and / will talk till I fin
ish this. Then I'll wash the candy off
my hands and We'll eat"
1t was a much longer meal than usual
with the candy maker, and he forced
himself to eat twice his usual allow
ance In order to keep his guests at the
table. When at last they rose he was
smiling genially.
$50 that's all settled" he exclaimed
with much evident satisfaction, adj
dressing the old man. "Giuseppina
will start in as shOpkeeper in the
morning, and you will help me with
the mixing and cutting. You can make
all the lozenges. And, as I said, it
will be better for you to move right
in here with me. There is plenty Of
room and it will give me Giuseppina
within call all the time. Often / have
to keep open as late as 10 o'clock.
Hello, who's that?" at a heavy tramp
ing into the shop.
1LJWdS Tie push cart hCA LII a Oouy,
with one Of them extending a handful
of coins. ut is the signorina's," he
said as he advanced and jingled the
coins into the girls hand. Eve have
sold out all the fruit. We are hard
man. perhaps, but all hard man have
good spots some time, somewhere"
As they tramped out again noisily
the girls lips quivered in an Ill re-
pressed sob.
"The world is SO good, so good" she
murmured.