Okolona messenger., January 23, 1907, Image 5

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ture clear. Villainous-faced men and
women, lolled against the rails, staring
with lack-luster eyes at their stock-in-trade
oddments of rubbish ,in
every possible variety. The purchasers-to-be,
for the most part, displayed
an equal lack of Interest. '
The F, C. was delighted. "What a
fascinating place!" she cried. But I
noticed that she kept her gloves on,
and turned the fascinating treasures
cautiously with the end of her um
brella. The sellers lowered on her in
resentment As a dealer she did not
convince. Mentally they raised their
prices.
Still she bought bought, till I was
laden bought for ".the mere Joy of
baying. r The meat market might be
"The Antiquary's Paradise," but this
Friday was clearly a day off. Her
purchases included nothing , in the
least degree heavenly, and not much
that was antique. She had got a
scent-bottle (to fit a silver top at
home), a table-bell, a heavy frame,
and I, had dissuaded her from a pair
of .massive candelabra. (The stall
holders would not deliver purchases.)
She was Just discussing an old hat,
designed for use on future expeditions.
Suddenly, she started back.
"Good gracious! .Who'd ever'd ?"
"What have you seen?" I murmured
anxiously. She was staring in hor
ror down the lane of rubbish. I fol
lowed her gaze.
It was Mrs. Bardingham, a few
yards off, sweeping alopg in the ex
treme of fashion. . '
"She must have read the same arti
cle," I whispered, secretly rejoicing.
Mrs. Bardingham raised her lorg
nettes and scanned the P. C.'s cos
tume coldly. "How d,'ye do, my dear?"
she said, languidly. "What a queer
place! I didn't see your carriage,"
and she passed on.
"Cat!" hissed the F. C, if one can
hiss such words. "Luckily I'm always
smarter than she is, the old frump!"
"And lucky," I said, gently, "that I
had got my decent clothes on."
I looked up, to see If I had got my
own back on the point of clothes.
There was a dainty tear in the corner
of the F. C.'s eye. Relenting, I grew
sympathetic. Mrs. Bardingham was
alwaj'B vilely dressed, the F. C. always
charming. '
"I think we'll go," said the F. C. in
bedraggled tones. Probably I made
some pretense of resistance, but it
cannot have been too convincing. My
spirUs rose as we approached the
etft. oec past tne peKietis t-row
lng, where halt horses were being
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"How D'ye Do, My Dear?" She Said,
Languidly.'
frantically galloped with a view to
sale, we should be clear of the vile
place; and I knew that the F. C.
would not drag me there again.
Suddenly she stopped. "Oh!" she
cried.
"What'is it?" I asked.
"Be careful! Don't look! That
article said CHd Masters were quite
often bought here. On that stall
oh, do be careful! there is a Titian,
I'm sure.":
At last she let me look. The head
was certainly dirty enough, the colors
mellowed almost to obscurity. The F
C. was herself again. She attacked
the man insidiously, asked the price
of endless rubbish, and finally point
ed with contempt at the Old Master.
The F. C. thought the price he
quoted very reasonable.
She bore it off triumphantly, hug
ging it face forward, hoping I think
that some big dealer would make a
noble offer for it; and suddenly some
one did exclaim in surprise: "Hullo!"
We both looked up. It was Mrs.
Fenton, smarter, if possible, than even
Mrs. Bardingham.
"Been buying?" she smiled. "How
original!"
"Yes; I've got an Old Master." The
F. C. bubbled with pride.
M.r Fentoja. thought that she was
Joking, ana Uugnea a cool, tippung
laugh. "Very old!" ahe said. "I al
ways thought It so marveloua how
Pears' Annual could afford to do It
Quite a gem, now lt'a varnished!"
(She laughed again.) "I suppose
there'! nothing good here?" She was
gone.
"She's envious!" aaid the P. C. "Of
course it's old, Isn't It? I wonder if
lt'a aigned? No. Well, they weren't
alw Yes, It Is! Look! What is
It? . P-"
Unhappily there could be no donbt
Beneath the dim-toned varnish there
was still legible, in bold handwriting;
"Peara."
neither of us spoke It; but the F.
C. silently turned the picture's face
towards her. Also ahe took a hansost
borne.
Their 8tatua.
Parson I look upon all divorced
men as merely, a higher order of
Outsider Just "lucky dogs," I sup
pose. N. Y. Times.
Rest Cure.
Bill Any piece of machinery is
helped by resting.'
jlHYes; I've always noticed that
my watch goes better after I've got
it out of hock., "
GAVE HER A SHOCK.
Preacher's Text 8eemed Like Home
Thrust to Choir Singer.
, To the inhabitants of the little town
of Princeton, Me., the subject of mat
rimony is a serious one, there being
very few eligible men in the place,
while old maids are legion. The little
church in the town being without a
pastor was receiving a candidate every
Sunday from some theological semi
nary, and the maiden ladies were anx
iously awaiting for the parish to de
cide which of the candidates should
permanently Bill the pulpit.
At last the decision was made.
Now, the choir was composed almost
wholly of ambitious maidens, so it Is
needless to say that on the morning
of the. first sermon by the new min
ister every member of the choir was
arrayed in the brightest ribbons and
gayest smiles. Perhaps the foremost
one in .the chase for admirers was a
Miss Duplicy, and she had chosen the
seat in the choir where she could not
fail to be seen by the minister.
That morning the minister chose for
his sermon this subject:
"Keep thine eye single," and the
first words of his sermon were these:
"Beware of duplicity." All eyes
turned to Miss Duplicy. The next
Sunday she gave up her seat in the
Double Royalty.
Discussing the question of Harry
K. Thaw'a Insanity, Dr. Mansley
Knight the noted alienist, said:
"That reminds me of a politician
who had a morbid love of visiting In
sane asylums and talking to the In
mates. Though this Is bad for the
mental health of the men. I mast ad
mit that bis journeys often yield him
the oddest little stories - ; :
"Wandering through a certain asy
lum's wards one day, he came upon a
man who sat In a brown study on a
bench. "- -
."'How do you do, sir?' said the
politician. 'What Is your name, may
I askr
" 'My name?' said the other, frown
ing fiercely. 'Why, Czar Nicholas, of
course.'
" 'Indeed?' said the politician. 'Yet
the last time I was here you were the
emperor of Germany.'
"'Yes, of course,' said the other
quickly; 'but that was by my first
wife.' "
Valuable Experience.
"Don't you think, Mabel, it was fool
ish of us to have Buch an expensive
wedding?"
"Yes, dear; but we'll both know bet
ter next time." Life.
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