The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-08-02
CHAPTER xvIi.-continued.

Rose, arriving promptly at the hour
agreed upon. had a walt Of fifteen
minutes before any Of her sisters Of
the sextette or Mrs. Goldsmith ar
rived. II don't want anything just
now" she told the saleswoman. But
she hadn't. In these few weeks Of Clark
street, lost her air Of one who will
buy IL she sees anything worth buy
ing. In fact, the saleswoman thought,
correctly, that she knew her, and
showed her the few really smart things
they had In the store-a Poiret evening
gown, n couple of afternoon frocks
from Jennie. There wasn't much, she
admitted. 1t being just between sea-
sons. ,,-
The rest OF the sextette arrived in
pair and trio. One Of them squealed
"Iiello. Dane!" The saleswoman was
shocked on seeing Rose nod an ac-
acknowledgement of this greeting. and
Just about that time they heard Mrs.
Goldsmith explaining who she was and
the nature OF her errand to the man.
ager.
The sort of gowns she presently be-
;gnn exclaimlng over with delight, and
ordering put into the heap Of possi-
billties. were horrible enough to have
drawn protest from the wax figures
In the windows. The more completely
the fundamental lines Of a frock were
disguised with sartorial scroll-saw
pork. the more successful this lady
Helt IL 10 be. An ornament to Mrs.
SColasnliih. did not live up to It's pos
abilities, unless 1t in turn wese dec
GRATED with ornaments of its own;
like the feas on the lleas of the dog.
Rose spent miserable half-hour
worrying ever these selections OF the
wife of the principal owner OF the
show, feeling she ought to put up
some sort Of fight and hardly deferred
by the patent futillty of such course.
All the while she kept one eye on
the door and prayed for the arrival Oh
John Galbraith.
HE came in just as Mrs. Goldsmith
finished her task-just when, by q
process Of studlous elimination, every
passable thing In the store had Deeh
discarded and the twelve most utterly
hopeless ones-two for each girl-laid
aside for purchase. The girls were
dispatched to put on the evening frocks
first. and were then paraded before
the director.
He was diplomat and he was quick
on his feet. Rose, watching his face
very closely, thought that for just a
split second she caught n CLEAN of in
effable horror. But 1t was gone so
quickly she could almost have believed
that she had been mistaken. He didn't
say much about the costumes, but he
said II so promptly and adequately
that Mrs. Goldsmith beamed with pride
She sent the girls away to put on the
other set-the afternoon frocks; and
once more the directors appreciation
though lacOnic. was one hundred pei
cent pure.
.That's ALL" he said in sudden dis
missal Of the sextette. Rehearsal al
eight-thlrty."
Five of them scurried like children
let out Of school around behind the sci
of screens that made an extemporane
Gus dressing room, and began chang
Ing in n mad scramble, hoping to gel
away and to get their dinners eater
soon enough TO enable them to see the
whole bin at a movie show before th'
evenings rehearsal.
But Rose remained hanging about
couple of PAGES away from where
Calbraith was talking to Mrs. Gold
smith. The only question that re
mained, he was telling her. was wheth
or her selections were not to0-well
GOO refined, genteel, one might say, fol
the stage.
He wasn't looking at her as HI
talked and presently, as his gaze wan
dered about the store, 1t encountered
Roses face. She hadn't prepared j
FOR the encounter and 1t wore, hardl,
vciled. a look OF humorous apprecia
ton. His sentence broke then com
pleted itself. She turned away, bu
fhe next moment he called out to her
~Were you waiting to see me, DaneY
"Pd like to speak to you minute,
vhe said, "when you have time"
"All right. Go and change you
clothes FIRST" he said.
She found the other girls on tn
point of departure. But Edna offere'
Co wait for her.
'No. you run along Rose said. "rv'
some errands, and don't feel like see
Ing movie tonight, anyway"
Edna looked little odd about II
but hurried along after the others
A saleswomnn--the same one tn
manager had assigned to Rose, unde
the misconception which that smar
French ulster Of hers had create'
when she came into the store-nov
came around behind the screen t
gather up the frocks the girls had shed
-w'n you please bring me-" salt