Show A Wh tho t Bough h largo of Alves s There had bad been a mystery to In one of the moat maet Important shops tb Lb mystery had been barn a topic of ton con MUon among the employees for nearly a year and a halt hair now and 1 though It was all greatly It had hadnot hadnot I not yet been explained The Mystery wa was lovel lovely to look upon every evry clerk clrk emphasised that tact fact she shewa he waa wa tall and slender her hair was a copper bronze and bd bald a prisoner every Noy seam of light It In olden golden gleams Ih had gnat t blue blu yes that looked squarely and with earnestness Into the faces of at the clerks clerk who hd had learned to with eon con ideate and marked cour tel When ben the lovely loyel Mystery had 1 d Ant pt at th the holl hoD little attention had been Jell to her ber With the acute n nose of thew WM who meet hundreds dall dallIn daily In this great establishment she he had been diagnosed u II a young woman who had come com to some simple ft for fora a comrade In her own walks walk in fn life The clerk Who ho came cam forwar to serve rv hr her me merely lr hoped she hl would not ask alk to buy sn n empty eweler box with the name therein There wa was a lad lall of 14 years yeRN accompanying the girl firl girla firla a lad with ill III but carefully trended clothes cloth of town shoppers heart beart and pocket pocketbook took book TIll The Mystery greeted her het warmly annly Im so eo oane Jve Ive got gat lust half balf an hour to take lake Ich with goo 80 seated at A table In tM the ant ot of the plan place their meal is II eaten ealen While Ih she Mt she 1 You know kROW auntie nUe J 1 told you about aboul buying all 11 Mr wedding prea ems ent for tor him Well Ive had more moll fun this year than IbiD nt ever before fo You ou know hI he Ie calla 11 plans and lid organs and nd I and other mechanical Instruments bf be besides sides mush to hundred of people III all allover over Oer the city and te theft so much In our that thaI we have to do to keep th the trade every week some music her or their daughter or sister or orsome some or r out of town dealer gels married Well Mr r gets 1 an n to every ery wedding that tbt means a w wadding lIe ls II a bachelor you know so 10 II he uk me to togo go 0 and select the presents AU I hive have to do I b to something lark that makes milk a big Ibo show Ire J asked ked to let me buy some m jewelry but noti must be a bW ba piece of something Ever since iv bees been his hll te er Ive had bad women tome come In our tore store and put on airs Ira t to roe rib and Ive lOt got gotsick sick Iek ot of It So now when I SO go to 0 buy bur these presen J I put Oft on air aln and lid set jut just as s u II I can just like tb the swell women woman In 0 but I 1 am ready to die laughing It if I saint t playing a a part Mr has Juta a kacee buy ur her presents too tor hI 1 bought hen hel ohi the Ibe lorgnette chain for I a pro ent an opal chain Obi Ohl mI mITh Th The girl emptied U the contents content of her purse Into hor hII W a found there the twenty lall th three cents WI I which Ph he paid for fOI both luncheons the empty ports ha back in ID b her pocket aM bade hr her aunt goodbye As AI she ehe out she be said Hid under tee breath 1 Ive got ot to walk hOrN bomo tonight but never nver mind DOOr auntie I is even poorer than I am though It dont seem m as If anyone anone could ye e y Walking up to a counter where were displayed the etrIng sliver goods she shea a asked to see He some IOme articles Did Aid you ou wish sterling sliver or plate goods BIked asked Ute the The blue e eyes looked at him with stern as I she ahe said Sterling The clerk clI carefully Cull found a tiny ema elAted cucumber server and laid It on the velvet pad t giving It more than e a our sor sory glance she he asked Ilave you nothing more attractive than these trifling articles to show The clerk cllrk suggested she make II a tour of the showcases t and see it If there was all any piece of which bleh she approved Down the store she walked graceful a figure as to 10 attract man many approving glances Pausing Pauling before befort a case she asked to have shown her n a loving cup With ill amazement he lifted out the smallest on ono among amona the six sizes displayed dollars said the clerk with Ie Icy solemnity Glancing at It indifferently she said Show me the tallest on one please It was handed out and without a word the girl rl took It UP looked It over held It aloft at arms length set It on the showcase backed aWI away from It paused with her r head on one OM side a little wrinkle of anxiety mild made Its mark markon on her forehead her Ilse gathered tn n a perturbed pucker and sai Id What le II the price Sixty dollars with unnecessary dle You may have It pact d I 1 will III take It What address madam asked nee llie attendant I this The boy Mil walt and take It when peeked She cooly 1 six 1100 bliss bill paid them away without 1 a glance at the astonished clerk walked grace gracefully tully down down the shop and disappeared In Inthe Inthe the crowded street The money mOlley vias fa subjected to rigorous inspection b by the hiM bookkeeper and It its genuineness for tor That WAS n a year ago go last October and ever oer since at Intervals the tery cry hl has appeared red U flee entrance at atthe atthe the shop hop Was a always the occasion ot of significant looks exchanged between the clerks t tOn One On chanced to 10 think that the Mystery had not liMn beef In for tor some Orne since Lent ClIme came In he said sUddenly remembering the tact fact Wh Why h he cried J never thought Of It before but iii she never lia bas bought an article during bent but lut year yar or of this lb she must mut have bue been buying wedding silver all tM the time Only once or twin twice had the Mystery teT bought jewelry once at t the holiday season she he had crowded her wa way to the counter where wh e were wre lorgnette there selecting two of tit the tacit molt beautiful and aid d designs etl the she I tuck tb n on approval payin with I I lame bills bill th the sum of oC II anti leaving the shop bop by be inevitable boy Im going to follow her said add one of the salesmen Follow her he did one d day after she had bought a beautiful toilet set Ht In sit lI lIver ver deposit work Ue Hs saw NW the boy Ine hr her and turn urn into Inlo Union squaw aQuart The girl walked with to one the until of ire trade until he came to one of the mat de storey tore Here JUr In the recep lion room she waited until there ap a led woman weman whose Identity tray DB portion partially d UI as the suburbanite II by u flat fiat bet handbag so 0 n r to the out |