San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-23

Ihree OLD blue plates-nicked-som
modern andirons; an ebony-gilt stand,
an over-ornate lamp and a hideous
mid-Victorian walnut sofa.
Helen was turning away when she
glimpsed an old ruby-glass decanter
almost hidden by a pile of books.
The door buzzer set up a clam, rous
signal as sac entered the shop.
Waidng for some one to appear, she
tried to get another glimpse of the
decanter, but a battered cabinet
blocked her view.
The dim room was crowded with
second-hanG household furniture, Of
flee and store fixtures. A decrepit
chandelier was propped against an OBJ
solete monograph and a dressmaker's
dummy lay grotesquely on a flat-top
desk.
The slam Of door below shook the
floor. Approaching steps and grimy
old man came up from the basement.
I'D like to see that old decanter in
the window"
"Watcha want?" His hand behind
~ ear proclaimed his deafness.
'sThat red bottle in the window"
she shouted.
Moving the filing cabinet, he reached
in and drew out the decanter.
depressing her eagerness, Helen ex-
amined it. Exactly like one of pair
she had seen sold at the Anderson
Cables for $40.
How much is it?' Then louder,
How much"
-Four dollars"
Only four dollars. Helen caught
her breath.
isis it perfect? It's not cracked?"
II said four dollars. Won't take a
cent less"
"No-no, I just asked il it were
cracked" at the top of her voice.
Cracked? That amt cracked"
blinking the stopper against it..
"Coulda sold it last week when sold
the other, but it was stuck away in .
drawer"
"Oh, you had a pair?" tensely, NOV
ing closer to him.
1.-THE lady who bought the other was
mighty upset cause l couldn't find this
one"
very well, think I'll take it," try
ing TO restrain her exultation. DO
Won often pet reaIIv old things like
this?"
"Sometimes. Never can tell what I
am going to get"
Here's my card. II you should get
olJ roedleNork Won can call me I'm "
A moment later Helen was leaving
the sbop clutcbiny a newspaper bum
die Ie 'HOp
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worth wbiIe IN exnlore tbe link sbops.
M onlv she could have had them
both, a nair was always more yalu-
a;ie
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