The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-27
chAPTER xvIl.--contlnusd.
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CHAPTER NNlIs--Gontlnueu.
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Rose. arriving promptly at the hour
agreed upon, had wait 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 viii
buy III she sees anything worth buy
Inc. In fact the saieswoman thought,
correctly. that she knew her. and
showed her the few really smart things
they had IN the st0re--a Polret evening
gown. couple Of afternoon frocks
from Jennie. There wasn't much. she
admitted, Il being just between sea-
sons
The rest Of the sextette arrived IN a
pair and a trio. One OF them squealed
~Aeiia, Danele The saleswom0n was
shocked on seeing Rose nod an ac-
acknowledgement OF this greeting, aud
Just about that time they heard Mrs.
Goidsiasth explaining who she was and
the nnture OF her errand to the man
aEer.
The sort OF gowns she presently be-
San excialming over with delight. and
ordering put into the hemp of possl-
Utilities. were horrible enough to have
drawn a protest from the wax figures
in the windows. The more completely
the fundamental lines Of frock were
disguised with sartorial scroll-saw
work. the more successful this lady
felt II to be. An ornament, to Mrs,
Goldsmith, did not live up to It's pos
sibilities unless II In turn were dec
grated with ornaments Of Its own /;
like the fieas on the fleas OF the dog
RnSe spent miserable half-hour
worrying over these selections of the
@ife OF the principal owner Of the
show. feeling she ought 60 put up
sotae sort OF fight and hardly deferred
By the patent futlllty OF such course.
All the while she kept one eye on
the door and prayed for the arrival OF
John Galbraith.
fife came in just as Mrs. Goldsmith
finished her task--just when, by a
process Of stndlous elimination, every
passsable thing In the store had been
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
arsL and We're then paraded before
The director.
He was d diplomat and he was quick
on his feet. Rose. watching his face
very closely. thought that for just u
split second she caught a CLEAN Of In.
enahle horror. But il was gone SO
qsictiy she could almost have believed
That she had been mistaken. He didn't
say much about the costumes, but he
said Il 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 lac0nlc, was one hundred per
cent pure.
That's ALL" he said In sudden dis
misssii Of tho sextettr. Rehearsal al
eight-thlrty."
Five Of them scurried like children
let out OF school around behind the Sc
ut screens that made an extemporane
Gus dressing room, and began chang
Sns in mad scramble, hoping to &c
away and to get their dinners eater
soon enough to enable them to see tn
UihDie bill at movie show before tn
evenings rehearsal.
But Rose remained hanging about
couple of PAGES away from wher
ERlbraith was talking to Mrs. Colo
smith. The only question that r,
nained, he was telling her, was whetl
er her selections We're not too--wel
TOO refined, genteel one might say, fc
the stage.
He wasn't looking at her as i
talked. and presently. as his gaze wal
desed about the store, it encountere
Roses face. She hadn't prepared
for the encounter, and it wore, hard
yelled, look of humorous appreci
tioR. His sentence broke then col
pleted itself. She turned away, b
the next moment he called out to he
Were you waiting to see me, Dane
I'D like to speak to you minut,
she said, when you have time"
-Ail right Go and change va
clothes FIRST" he said.