The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-06-21

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 little hesitation they followed.
At the door he turned.
Say, you cutthroat men," he called
warningly to the push cart owners,
don't you touch thing in this young
lady's cart! If you do Ill-I'll run you
in
You think us thieves!" called back
one Of the men Indignantly. "We 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 few eager words and gesticula-
tions, and they repeated the words and
| gesticulations to other cart owners far
ther along who had not heard the con-
| versation. In few minutes dozen
| men had left their own carts and We're
crowding about that Of the girl.
| Once inside, the candy maker mo-
toned the old man to chair, but wise
| ly ignored the girls WEAKNESS.
do you know how to make coffee,
/ Giuseppina?' he asked briskly.
Eyes, sir" she answered wonder
ingly.
"Wcll, it's just this way he went
on. Il hate cooking and don't know
anything about it, and yet I do my
own housekeeping. I've got nice lit
tie kitchen behind the shop and three
or four rooms beyond, and supper's at
ready except just the finishing. Sup
pose you make the coffee while finist
rolling this candy dough. Then vel
DO the talking while we eat supper
All, well, it doesn't NATTER as the gir
colorcd and looked at him suspiciously
Il can do it after finish this. Only
thought you wouldn't mind You coult
do in five minutes what my clumsy fin
gers would take half an hour, and j
would be a rare treat to have friend
!, sit at table with me. get very lone
some sometimes. That's right" as tn
! girl started suddenly toward the kitch
Ell. you'll find everything nearly ready
with most of the vlctuals Oh the table
; leave them that way to save time
Your father and will talk till ! fiji
, ish this. Then I'll wash the candy oi
: my hands and we'll eat.n
1t was q much longer meal than usna
nd hl,
himself TO eat twice his usual allow
$ ance in order to keep his guests at til
E table. When at last they rose he wa
smiling genially.
$50 that's all settled" he exclaime
! with much evident satisfaction, III
I dressing the old man. "Giuseppin
: will start in as shopkeeper i'll tt
: morning, and you win help me wit
the mixing and cutting. You can mai
r ell the lozenges. And, as / said,
Y will be better for you to move rigl
: in here with me. There Is plenty .
room and it will give me Giuseppii
It within call all the time. Often | ha'
+ to keep open as late as 10 o'cloc
y Hello, who's that?" at heavy tram
Il ing into the shop.
d It was the push cart meh in a bod
o with one of them extending handf
Of coins. 1T is the sign orina's,"
It said ,as he advanced and jingled t
it coins into the girls hand. Eve ha
9. sold out all the fruit. We are ha
d man, perhaps, but all hard man ia
good spots some time, somewhere.
It As they tramped out again nois
K the girls lips qnivered in an ill
" pressed sob.
II "The wer;i is So gocd, so coed, !;
J. nurmnIed.