Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-10

- Ahe line tof generations WAS MS on
ne legacy 10 his two daughters.
h The city came. Massive buildin.
lowered menacingly above Miss E
. TIERS wee shop, and homes OF modeE
architecture grew around their weatl
:" er-beafen home. TIL the sisters Re
: showed aside-elbowed Into their r,
' spective. oId-fashloned corners BY IN
y busy, self-seekiug, hustling throng
e and her little shop became Miss rs
S theirs life, and home an oasis In a vii
8 derness of people, most OF them wild
foreign accent In their speech and FOR
eign methods in their WAYS: Will.
; Miss Lucretia rarely yentured beyond
her well-kept garden.
Miss Esther periodically. consclen-
fiously, sold her prswar stock at pre-
war prices. and the alarming postwar
repieDishments BIT into her narrow
margin so keenly that one evening
when she locked her store, she thought
hat upon the twenty-fifth day OF this
bleak November there'd be little TO
make her and her sister thankful.
As she walked the two city blocks
to her home. her step was as deliberat-
~ sedate, her poise as perfect as II
the world we're at her feet; yet, her
heart was 50 tumultuously timorous
that she closed the door with its shin
Ing brass kDocker quickly, almost with
bang-as If TO shut out the grasping,
giddy, up-to-date six O'Clock throng;
and the noisome grievances OF her day
dimmed to the soft froufrou of her /
sisters black silk as Miss Lucretia /
came down the hall to meet her and |
announce dinner, Just as she had done
every evening OF every business day
for the twenty years which Miss Es-
Their had been the breadwinner.
After they'd eaten their toast, Miss
Lucretia carried the tea things to the
drawing room, while Miss Esther
turned the oil lamps economically low.
Esther" confided Miss LucretIa. be- Z
fore blazing wood fire In the open 6
CRATE, this is the last of the tea. The :
buffers gone, and there's only one :
more rising of bread -four In the bar
rel, and all is sold that can be sold ]
without everything going under the :
hammer" +
Miss Esthers sigh swelled her fiat
BOSOM. Business Is dull--extremely
iull, Lucretia," she confded In her
urn. People advise advertising, but
shrink from Haunting my store news
through the blatant newspapers, and / +
ear its rent VIII use all my capital
his month. =
Miss Dovney was In today-she's +
opening a tea room, and If l could
match this chlntz she would commits
lion me to decorate her place.
1T would put us quite on Easy Ell
treet,' she continued, lingering the eC
right-hued sample she took from her M
kirt pocket. m
Let me see that, Esther" Miss Luz =
retia held out her hand Seems to re-
Re I've seen some just like 1t some
here" -
probably when you were a child" ~
liss Esther replied vaguely. "If
ould match It anywhere it would DE tw
Wallis In Boston, but Its price would liz
exorbitant-quite prohibitive. No, To-
8 no use-the game is not worth the M,
indie"
i think I'll retire, sister," Miss Es-
er said YEARLY very early In the eve
ng. Miss Lucretia opined she, too, 10
ould go to bed. -
Each took a small lamp and silently no.
lmbed the shadowy, creaking stairs.
lss Lucretia's brow wrinkled I'm
frown.
Where In the world have I seen
lntz Ike that?" she kept asking her
IT, ri
Esther" she fluttered, don't you
member Aunt Anstice Dolbears leg
"" !.
straight to an old brass-studded
IT trunk they sped, simultaneously
ened the creaking lid and dragged
bulky quilt from the place where II
lain untouched for twenty-five
lrs.
Down In her room, Miss Esther. the
eryed, the self-contained, lighted a
Up with eager, trembling fingers. c
compared the sample tiutteringly i.
-
r TO her dim vision.
hey agreed-it matched.
I've just got to get scissors and d.
1t of now" said Miss Esther. "and -
Isure II before can sleep a wink" -
he sharp-pointed scissors soon gave
mt; she slipped her fingers through
opening to hold her work the bet
They touched something crisp; o -,
ripped faster. her faded blue eyes ~
ruding as the crispiness proved 70 III
dollar bin She gasped. ana slip. IN.
her hand 10 Furthermore crisp.
I'D trembling haste they clipped -
on, and pieeed them ~ neat piles p
q, ihonsond u them. =,
1ther spoke fhe moment was GOO A,
b 200 frelshted Tor speech SIN. IA
lfppsly ufy dropped 70 fAosr ~
} beside Miss FsfI4fis Iai Ia 80. ~