The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-15

She caught her breath there. and
turned away with Il blush and Il blink.
The thing sounded so absurdly senti-
mental and honeymoollish-so ironical-
ly at variance with the grim reality
the total smash-the totally hopeless
smash that had overtaken her and Al
fred. AS she went on. her voice had
the cold ring of disillusioned practi-
cality.
Il want TO get all US cheaply as
possible" she said. Id
This injunction didn't discourage
the young man at ALL What spoke
louder than words to him was the cut
Of her skirt, the look Of her hat, the
condition Of her gloves. Indeed, the
very quality of the voice that pro
nounced the words.
He remarked easily that .chealness
was desideratum. OF curse. but that
cheap things were not really cheap.
This was to say, that you got more
service for your money, which wast the
real test. of course, by not being:itoo
sparing about your initial outlay.
"We'll begin with refrigerat tors" he
said. That's one Of the mast import
ant tnmgS, really.
Celia started slightly. She'd .for-
gotten about refrigerator. Their
house had one built in. But of course
they'd haye to have one.
She spent an agreeable quarter Of an
hour among the refrigerators. and al
last tentatively agreed upon one Then
they moved over to the kitchen cab
inets. -+
At this point cloud. the size of a
mans hand appeared on Celia's hOri
Zon.-
The young man-he was a very tact
full young man apparently became
aware of 1t. Gently. but irresistibly
he convinced her that such cabinet
was indispensable The saving it eff
fected in such staples as sugar. flour
coffee, and so on, by keeping them in
properly devised alright conta iners
wa oms-incalculable. Here was
charming little affair. 10; unneces
sarily elaborate, done in a modest gray
enamel. Not SO showy as white. but
more practical. Being constructed en-
tirely of steel. it was impervious to yer
min and easily kept in perfectly ssani
tary condition. He couldn't conscien
tiously recommend anything inferior
| 1t, tentatively too. went down on the
! list
But the cloud was getting bigger. Tht
young man. aware of this perhaps. re
laxed his severity in the matter o.
fireless cookers. There was really n,
need Of going to great expense here
| This one at sixteen dollars was a.
good as one really needed. An eXcep
| tional value this week-a special. Hat
been twenty. and would be again.
When it came to utensils, though. tn
Young man was dominant. There wa
really only one material for pots. pans
skillets, kettles and so on This wa
cast aluminium. Not the cheap stamped
stuff The solid article. The finest. tn
most expensive enamel in the worI,
| would crack and flake, IL it were al
lowed to burn-and such accident
would happen in spite Of the house
wife's most rigorous attention.
He let her up. unresisting-daZed ,
little. If he'd known the truth-to TIL
sumptuous silvery array; coffee-pot>
| tea-kettles. stew pans of assOrte,
sizes. fryins-pans, griddles.
/ Nov. I'd suggest" he said capably
and began making list.
! Speaking Of ffreless cookers" sai'
Celia presently. in the midst Of this
and the troubled quality Of her voic
distracted him from the labor he wa
proceeding with obviously can amor
l-"Speaking of firelss cookers. hoy
much does stove c0sta gas store? :?
I'VE don't carry them" he said
though We could get you one. Of cours
But you could get pretty good one.
should say, for thirty five or fort.
dollars"
''And how much" she asked. "are tn
things you have already put down o.
that list? Not these cooking dishes
the 0fhers?"
4 The refrigerator, the fireless coke
and the kitchen cabinet. it seemed
csme to eighty-four dollars and twenty
five cents.
Celia turned away from him, bit he
lip hard, and eleached her hands unit
the fingers in her neat gloves fel
Iaupb, For . mater Of twenty second
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