Show THE EVENING STORY A GIRL FROM Copyright 1012 by W. W v. v Werner Whim When Anna Anno Green married and nd went to to Washington o on n her hor bridal l' l tour she took tooka a man along who was strong enough and I determined to brush obstacles aside so I they saw a a. great deal and had a great time Within two weeks after their re re- re t turn rn to four tour prospective marriages marriages marriages' mar mar- i were precipitated In order that four tour couples could hasten to Washington and see lee tho the same things Then there Wa was She had no nop p possible way way of ot precipitating matters as the other girls had done for neither boy nor nor youth nor man had ever looked toward her with quickened pulse Not that she seemed to care which was per per- haps haps- the reason But he she did care about going to Washington Washington more more It may be 00 than an any of ot tho the other girls There Thore had alwa always been heen an unrecognized lon longing Ing In jj J Ho began to study his tw two salesgirls reflectively her hr for for- something and Annas Anna's vivid words ord resolved that something Into 6 se see see- P.- P. the Ing-the the first city of ot the And she ahe would see see sec It nan or 01 no man father was a carpenter who worked for for wage ned and hd kept house house- for or him him and ran rana a g garden girden rd n and sold truck truck and Rna and J kept pta a cow cow cowand and sold butter and she Bhe was good goodat at Other ther things that called for or Industry and meant money The man who got sot the best of of- in a 1 dicker might well ell hold up lila his head on the street streetor or sit flIt lt on a nail naU J keg eg In the grocery and boast was wan nothing It If not executive Sh It WaH who scouted and then held up most of the Jobs for her her- her easy easy as going fa ra- ra a- a ther Not Now within twenty four hours houis after her hel decision to sea s o Washington she shet t was ts s saving up nil all her itelo eggs and Inviting nel neighbors neighbors' who wIshed for a better market market mar mar- ket to contribute what they the could In six days days' she he had four tour crates of f fresh eggs of ot thirty dozen each fifty pounds of ot butter a dozen or so barrels and crates of or potatoes s and onions 8 and other vegetables and the tile half haiL of or her sixty fat tat hens all aU nicely plucked ed and dressed That wits so big an excuse for tor golrig goIng to WashIngton Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington that the most gossipy of of her friends did not even think of planting a criticism for neighborhood ol gro growth th 1 It W was R just a 1 business v venture In perfect accord with had never nevel peddled t more mpr than than- sl six ab mites hilles from home hom In all ali her life but butth th tile the great t crt city was only ly six miles thirty times Imes J repeated the 1 s houses houss anU anti people people- only multiplied stoUps groups of or her hero o oWn n. n village g str streets et som somewhat what better hetter dressed But more nl amyR life bad had been en spent in aggressive warfare po o o Inside of f two days Ja all 1 the stuff sturt wa was sold gold at at- at ata a good tood J and set sy about seeing eel g h city l Four our days das of ten hours each were given to this and then w went vent nt to Seventh street treet to capture bargains aln before going home hoine Of Ot her fmc success ess the chronicles of or 1 still boast though even Anna Bunch's nee flee Green vol voIce e sinks Into en envious en- en awe as she speaks of lt one ne Bankrupt Sales Safes Thatcher was w a amodel amodel amodel model young man with a pleasing number number num num- ber her of ot thousands to his credit at th the Second Second Sec Sec- ond National whoso whose regular bankrupt closing out announcement brought him profitable custom Recently In his prosperity pros pros- he had rented a room seven apartment apartment apart apart- ment and furnished It utter after the manner of or prospective e bridegrooms But at the theory very ory last moment the girl girt had chosen a Fourteenth street broker instead and now Bankrupt t Thatcher was facing the shameful and expensive necessity of sellIng sellIng selling sell sell- Ing the new furniture for whatever cr It would bring The The- Themore more he thought of It the tho more distasteful It grew until he be began began besan be- be gan san to s study udy hi his l two salesgirls reflective reflective- ly Iy But the one was hatchet faced aced and sour and the tho other fat tat and stolid and even Bankrupt Thatcher recoiled at the thought of ot either cither presiding over o his new furniture Besides s these and his cashier who had married the broker he knew no girls He Ho was wag aroused one morning by a brisk Are you OU the tho proprietor sir Why yos Thatcher answered reco Instinctively I a custom custom- worthy of ot othis' othis his his' steel Meer In tI this thi- l tall 11 fairly locking girl who had brushed coolly cooBy past the clerks and come straight to him hum What can I r do for you ou Show me a suit a-suit suit of oL clothes to fit a a. man six feet teet tall taU and weighing the girl sill answered I want something good and cheap chelp that will look well on him Your husband I suppose f No my father flushing slightly I have hae no husband Pas Pa's not particular himself but I am So dont don't show me an any shoddy stuff ShIft Thatcher threw up his lila hands M My dear young joung lad lady he lie remonstrated you must be a. a stranger In tn the city or you ou would know we never handle shoddy goods Now come this way Then followed tW two hours hour of or as shrewdly fought counter warfare as Seventh street treet had ever over witnessed but in the tho end DI Di deamy conquered for tor it was she as the drooping shoulders of ot Thatcher testified She had won the suit Bult for tor a S few cents cent less lV's than actual cost Now Ill I'll look at a cloak for or myself she said seemingly I as fresh as al though she had just jutt But you must make the price e right Into Thatchers Thatcher's eyes had come an ex cx- ex expression of or admiration but he Bl shook ook his hl head Ils Its after atter 2 he said wearily and I haven't bad had my lunch yet One of ot the clerks clerk No J I want you to show me But I 1 didn't know so 80 so late and I haven't had m my lunch either r. r It If you you'll 1 tell me of a good place near to get something something something some some- thing to cat Ill I'll come In and look at the cloaks afterward A nl e place is two doors down where I get mine Thatcher suggested Maybe you'll come como along with me mc Glad to to promptly but of or course I 1 Ishall Ishall shall pay my share After Arter lunch an hour was spent In se selecting selecting se- se letting a clo cloak k and agreeing upon 11 ita price Then took out tho the mono money to settle Youre ti-i ti the best business woman I 1 ever eve met in all my buying and Belling de de de- dared Thatcher aa u he made mode the change You ought to tobe be In business yourself on Seventh street Id like hike to said with something something something some some- thing like Ilka a a 8 sigh Its rea real living here and I I. dont don't care a a. bit hit for tor the country except maybe for tor vl visiting lUng But I dont don see Bec how how how- Why Wh marry me mel exploded Thatcher suddenly his face lighting at the happy thought Ive e got a 1 nice place all ready and a a. good business b with money In the tho bank And honest Ill I'll try my best beat to tomake tomake tomake make things pleasant for fori you I Y You u must be a a. stra stranger r or y jou you u would 1 now D c m mj looked d at him thoughtfully speculatively Why not Sh She w uld just jus love to help run this store And ho he wasn't so ill III favored Why Wh Id I'd never thought of ot such athing a a- athing thing thins If it you you ovi hadn't mentioned it 11 sh she answered slowly though I dont don't see any not And And y yet tI I guess gucu maybe mayb I will But theres there's on one timing thing you OU must mus do Rn and ana that is I go down with me rue to th the country country- for a a days das Weve We've got a little house there with fresh milk and eggs egga and garden garde stuff And I I Id I'd lIke fore for the folks to seeS see e you Of course e Ill I'll go eagerly and glad to to- toIve Ive I've never been to to the country y in my life Ute and Ive I've always wanted to My bookkeeper can can manage the store stora al all allright right So that Is how among all aU the Seventh street bargains that my carried back bock to there thore was one one that tha made even Anna Bunch's nee Gre Green n voice sink low with envious awe |