Show ra rm 33 PRICE or r R A SO U L how one girl gave all her money to save An another otiler from euln buln dy by JOHN LAWSON say dolle havo have you heard the alio miss harrisons Harrl sons going to leave leavo lo avo tho the girls chattered animatedly at t this piece of information nora elora liar rison had been nine years wath w alth kanip and Wag gers cra she aho had started ad cash girl had become in tho the ordinary course of events a saleswoman and only two years before was waa promoted head bead of tho the millinery department and now she bhe was going to leave yes its ita true girls sho she said smiling no I 1 gotten a botter better job mi fact et to IB no more jobs joba tor for roo me ivo ive got caved up and its tho the country for flora harrlson harrison with boarders boar dera and a chicken farm and nobody could imagine how she eho longed for the country homo home that she eho had planned five hundred would start horl herl sho she had been saving tor for tho the whole nine years and a lucky plunge in stocks blocks had doubled her savings in a single weeta now she bhe was waa through with kemp and forever her with and mo trying to eave aye ton ten dollars for an ostrich pluro cl zid bald bello in deep disgust tho the words and tho the envious look were not missed by miss harrlson harrison she knew belle bates batea was a flighty foolish sort soa ot of girl just tho the sort eort that was in need of some ono one to tako take care of at her sho she lived alone in a cheap boarding house and J jones ones of the mens mena furnishing department had bad spoken with her ser sercial several cral times miss harrlson harrison had noted how mr jones plied piled on the flattery and how foolish little delles belles face lit up etien ho he approached her and jones was a married man with two children but that bello bella might not know belle batos bates had set act her heart on that ten dollar ostrich plume and A nd ten dollars was as aa remote her as a hundred who could save cave ten dollars on devena beven a week with cloth ing to be paid tor for and carfare as well out of her meager balance which remained after the landlady had been satisfied miss harrlson harrison had thought of giving belle that plume but ten tan dollars would make quite a hole in 1 I guess hes hea just good for the movies 11 y her own hard earned savings still it if she eho did not glye it to her jones would belle the chatterbox could not have kept so tremendous a 0 secret from the bland and unctuous jones and jones with his 30 a week as head of the department would certainly consider that ostrich plume pluma only a means to an end miss harrlson had heard many things about jones during her nine years wont mr air merreck give you that plume my dear she ebo asked belle everybody knew that belle was supposed to be engaged to frank merrick one odthe clerks but out of 12 a week it Is difficult for a man to buy his fiancee an ostrich plume him said belle laughing scornfully why that fellows just a skate she looked down at the cheap little ring he had bad given her he ino no money miss harrlson harrison she continued but I 1 thought you were engaged to him my dear said miss harrlson alson belle laughed derisively 1 I guess hes just good tor for the movies mayies she said no miss harrlson harrison im too wise to fall tor for married life in furnished rooms it only you could know that you are just a foolish foolas h girl I 1 thought the other but she refrained from speech sho she could no do dithing thing in tact fact did nothing until a few nights later when i she saw paw belle and mr jones in earnest consultation outside a milliners window on a street much frequented by rh choppers they were laughing and dello bello was pointing to a magnificent hat with a long drooping plume the whole creations creati creat ione orf being marked 2490 miss harrisons mind was made up quickly she too had bad been through similar temptations but she bhe was waa of stronger iber than belle she detained her next evening under some pretext until the rest of the girls had gono gone homo home then she accompanied her to tho abo room in which they dree dressed ed liello abelle I 1 want wand you to come home with mo me tong tonight ht oho bho said sald 1 I cant miss harrlson harrison said bald the virl irl aly not my dear 1 1 I have a date said pertly ertly slipping into her coat and loov ug toward 0 ward the tho theodoor door miss harrison Harrl Bon arned turned Y the key aey you 0 u aro arc going to meet mr jones Jonea sho bile said hellos joyes eyes widened with alarm sho looked nt at the looked locked door SuP poso I 1 am sho faltered you that door nt at once was aliss liar ilar riton she ebo continued angrl angrily ly what business to Is it of yours youra you shall not meet him answered miss harrison lson ila iio la Is a married man open that door or I 1 shall aar scream arii for or help who aro are you to toll TOO me who I 1 shall meet aly dear said miss harrison sadly ad ug the door you can go it if you must hut but you need a friend moro just at this moment than you have hava over ever ceded ono one della halted and tho the ready tears thiis gushed from hor her eyes sho she sank into a chair 1 I am so BO miserable shu sobbed miss harrlson Harr laon knelt beside her toll tell mo me about it Dollo aho ohe said eald its ita all right tor for you with your sobbed bobbed tho the girl 1 I 1 just riot bet my heart on having a plume and I 1 cant over ever save tho the money and lie ho he promised rno me ono one it if I 1 would just have supper cupper with him the abo harm bello belle do you know tho the history or of those ostrich plumes ties harrison asked well listen then those thos line 10 long ng knotted feathers are by poor girls poorer than you by day dagand and night to adorn vain women hats out but tho girls who make them they linow know rather toll and labor ta than wear thorn them and lose their souls and the respect ot at men and women only silly thoughtless women womba who put an ostrich feather above their characters Bel belle ledear dear you aro are lavod by an honest inan man hla his love bettor better than mr air jones with his bla falso words and flattery 1 I know I 1 I 1 briod ilelle bolle but bow bov can I 1 marry frank and live like a drudge it may beall be bo all right for somo women miss bliss harrison but buti 1 l just cant do it and he will never be anything anith lug hut but an clerk cleric what Is there Let oreus I 1 toll tell you id rather have hava ostrich feathers and no cha character and no real love than bo be a a poor mans I 1 wife 0 it if only gehad a little money of our own just something to io put heart into us instead of this long lone round of drudgery day after day till we grow gravy old and then nothing it you had money said bald miss har risen gently what would you do with it frank used to talk ot of a chicken farm she bho said eald but ho he hope hop for anything its no use miss harrlson harrison I 1 may be bad but I 1 must have that ostrich plume impulsively miss harrlson took out her purie purse wherein neatly folded lay five bills she had meant to pay them for the farm that night now she thrust them into the girls hand hana give you this tor for your soul belle she said will you and frank leave this city tomorrow now with this miss harrlson harrison 1 I can get plenty more the elder woman answered handshe and she raised tho the frightened girl to her feet and led her gently out of the store ohp put her on a car and looked after her till the car was lost in tho the distance 1 I wonder why she mused you cant have love and money both at the same time copyright 1913 by W G chadman Cha oman ornan |