Show from ladys ladya book bock the tapestry carpet or mr shopping by alice B nal nai hal anthor author of bremers Bre mers visit to coop erys rs landing etc a pretty one mother I 1 was going b off without the money after offer all well I 1 decla decia declare reP rem said hirs sirs irs pinkey so you was mr pinkney came back into the room and his wife gave pave the baby to her oldest girl eliza as she ercse to pet et the little board they had been saving all the bear year for the new carpet they needed it badly enough the ile one down on the parlor floor had been there save cleaning days ever since the went to housekeeping when eliza was a baby baba it was really economical mical to have bare a liew new one now ow for this could rould be cut aver over to do beautifully for the sit ing inc in room and the sitting boorn carpet darned and mended as it was would hold together some time on the front chamber which r el ail ali this reasoning had been set forth over and over again in the family council councils until even littly jim till understood ae the matter perfectly and bunker next door that our folks were going to have a new nely carpet and father was ivas going to new york next week on purpose to let it the money which airs pinkney poured out of the wide cusp of the faded bead burfe was the unitta saving of husband and wife mr pinkney had bad agreed to give up tobacco his wife had hail gone without a new winter bonnet and had bad put in five dollars of her own earnings earning for she was very industrious anti and notwithstanding the multitude of her household cares found time occasionally sio nally to bind the customer shoes from her husbands shop or take in a little plain sewing this great preat purchase had been in contemplation almost three years for withal re ready ali all money came in very a slowly kovl Y it was a gr great g t day y with the family when v they concluded there was enough on hand to sanction mr Pink neva trip to new york ile he had not been down to the he city before in all that time it was not absolutely necessary to his busine business sr and there is the carpet you vou you know liis his wife would aay say at the Trop proposal osal ogal so sa it carpe came that th tha carpet carnet was woven into the family history as it were aw do get cheerful colors I 1 said mrs pinkey aa ast ehe rolled up the change chang e and the five dollar gold pece piece inside the bills and sand a pretty pattern pa added eliza who was fast growing up to the time lime when the parlor furniture would be a special consideration to her dont forget my new rew shawl I 1 wish J could pick it out myself or my easy reader said jinn jian yes yes said mr pinkney buttoning his overcoat once more ino no danger 41 1 I think mrs pink pinkney added with considerable a hesitation of face a and ner nel n manner mannen you had better get my merino merino now and done with it theres the money eight dollars I 1 want a good brown and perhaps when Spra spragues gues guta new goods come the there re wont be e the color I 1 want after all they gay say things are so cheap chelp in new york well said mr pinkney is that all because bluse its time I 1 was off the boat goes in half an hour lour and I 1 bate to get there just as the bell ri rings nag V it was plain mr did not go to new york every day he nodded to his acquaintances with a very important air as he went down street carrying carr carrying Zing his old fashioned valise in his hand ile he stepped up to the captains office and settled settle without being requested to do so by the black man with the dinner bell then he selected his bis berth and put his bis valise under his ihlow while he went on deck antil suppertime supper time when you may be sure that bat be he had his moneys worth of 8 stewed oy oyster steni stent fried e eggs go and beefsteak beef steak flut mr pinkey having but one day to spare in the city waa up tip betimes almost as soon as the boat touched the he bought the he first morning ing paper hat that was offered and read it in at swee ny nys where be went for his breakfast beading reading the advertisements carefully mr Pin keys keya attention was arrested by the following imperial carpet FAIR AT LONDON W WORLDS the gres t medallion Aub neson royal karlstin Parl pari stin velvet carpet carpel woven for tho the great exhibition received per steamer atlantic opened this tbt day similar to that ordered expressly by her majesty queen victoria for tor the royl palace at windsor als ais Ala just ojust received the largest and richest ass assortment or ament 0 of vt velvet ivet tape Tapi tapestry stry and brussels Carpeting carpe ting tine ever e exhibited lath in litchy remembert Rem emberl at the imperial carpet emporium 65 55 bower bowey Bo wert v mr pinkey was delighted it was so fortunate that he be should happen to stumble on that advertisement for of course he might just as well go to the fount fountainhead fountain ain aln head bead of carpets at once as to loose time by looking in at little shops where there could not be much of an assortment and what would mrs pinkey say to his hav baving having i ng geen seen a carpet like queen Victo victorias rials he only wished she was there to behold it with him how he be would astonish the native natives when lie he got back to reinbeck Rhin beck there was no difficulty in finding the emporium anee in the bowery there were carpets earning streaming tr from evely window rugs flaunting from rom the awning great rolls of matting gay oil cloths claths standing 11 on the sidewalk all bear bearing beaning 1 i ng enormous placards cf of marcellous marvellous marv ellous excellence and anti cheapness set forth in the most staring black add and white letters and numerals mr pinkney being naturally a bashful man would have been almost afraid to venture into such a fashionable establishment had it not been for the politeness of a very handsomely dressed young gentleman who was wag sauntering carelessly past with his hands in his pockets evidently enjoying joy the moat most elegant leisure walk in said he be in the most affable manner nodding towards the store mr pinkney was wag very grateful for this un looked for kindness from a why yes said he with a lingering li nerin 7 embar in t 1 I I had bad a littfe errand in this line lire 1 from efrom the country I 1 suppose 2 said the obliging young man mr pinkney wondered how bow he lad had discovered I 1 but answered that alaf he e was well you do better ald aid said his new acquaintance 11 pledge you byword iny rny word and honor sir than at the he emporium hi in all new york in all new york sirl mr pinkney was delighted at having his own judgment so favorably and forcibly confirmed freyou are you acquainted in here sir sit he inquired as he be tried to 0 o summon courage to go in and make his wants known slightly slightly sir here dawson jones some sorn of you come nere bere here immediately 2 and attend to this gentleman 7 the obliging young man resumed his walk without waiting to be thanked and mr pinkney himself qui lufte at home by the introduction followed the attentive salesman into the first department what can we show you today to day sli sit carpets oil oll clotis cloths matting malting window shades anything or ever everything thing sir sir 1 maid said mr dawson rubbing his h hands atiz atil and then pointing about carelessly as if to introduce his ottomer to tile largest and richest assortment in new york city carpets said mr dawson certainly sir what would you choose to look at velvet tapestry fr brussels 1 i I should be pleas pl said sald stid mr ble ankner bolef ly but emboldened by ail all 11 this attention and kindness to see the the that abat carpet of queen Victo victorias rials 1 this athis way sir and af mr r dawson added facetiously tiou sly suppose you ak think of suying buying it this morn mornine inz did ditt you yon mr pinkney ventured a little laugh ai as hm h followed mr damon dason how kind and obliging aix this wasl wasi now at sprague just aa as likely as not he would have been kept waiting walting half an hour while mrs D jones chaie chose her new drean drea or mrs allan tillman decided among twenty different patterns of oil cloths claths no pushing you one side for abi big bogs bags akre 1 said mr pickney to himself for tor h he had all tha the th narrow ill will and jealousy towards that rauch ranch scandalized portion of the community common to his class 1 I suppose everything connected with mith this thi remarkable importation will interest you yon sir air sald mild mr nin dawson oar firm were at an immense er ean pense as you will see ll this isair sir 1 and he be pointed to a long narrow box more like one of the th I 1 great leaders into mrs Pink pinkness cistern cia cla tern than anything 1 athis sir ii is the box which contained it if it had bad been a century hidden and ti ashly dis dig covered mummy cas case mr pinkney could not hatta LAW looked it upon neon 0 it with greater interest and t this is bir sir touching what appeared peard ap pearl an im ird tid mense roll of very coarse coarse thi this ia is th tim R royal a I 1 medallion aubusson itself with V ith I 1 the ad d of an attendant ho mr alp dawson by a dexterous flourish saraa spread we thi vi wonderful rond erful production at the feet of our humble bumble poppies popple and ani marigolds man golds in in the garden at home of hudsons Hud sons tulip beds of dr joness dahlias kahlias dah lias better belter still abe the great floral centrepiece cent at the Rhin reinbeck beck horticultural exhibition the most gorgeous alow flow flowra fl owr rp the richest foliage the deepest softest moss mingled woven matted together seemed this royal medallion carpet mis eyes ached asit asif b h had been looking at the sun mr dawson made up for his speechless admiration by a volley of information avith with regard to its manufacture aal the interior decorations of windsor castin ha he knew about as much of one as the be othe adt me mr pitk apy y fin rin k ng in in every eiers word for future retal belal use uge regarded mr dawson as wonderfully intelligent as hf ho was affable and considered fortunate beyond account in having had a giar ma at such undreamed of splendors coir 0 ir firm said mr dawson deal ideal of gour goun q with only the choicest manufacturers higgins and tull tuli are occupied all the he year after our own orders are filled in re furnishing the queens various vanous palace of 01 course you yon are aware that her carpets t are renewed deiy evet y apar or it a year va let ai me seep seef see aee aud mr dawon dawson made nade n ade a pause of rt with his finger applied to the tip dp of his nose at spring and fall house cleaning I 1 suppose 1 ventured mr pinkney the two great events of hrs his h I 1 s domestic year 11 1 I presume so I 1 presume preg pres umro po said mr ba aly but not being a fahily family man myself coulch could 1 not say ay oh sir air sir sin Brus brussels seis sels you yon wished to see I 1 I think you said M pinkney had said nothing of the lind up till today to day his sole ida idea of a carpet was id ID grain ile he had bad made male toai joad toad p d B brussels rus sels selb carpets pets his own meantie meantime hayen haven hayer done so however he be could not dream id sauting the point ath so intelligent a person and hyrd c casting a 1 a 1 lingering inger look on the glories of the royal m medallion ilion be b followed the leade into an extensive room filere where mer and ind boys were rolling and unrolling dales lales baies balea of carpeting with a great deal of unnecessary acair ity considering it was not yet nine in the th day and mr pinkney way wai the 0 only purchaser present CA A vert very very sup bior article sir sir ind mr dawson w with ith a skillful twitch and jerk known only to the trade sent a roll trundling over the floor good lively colors latest style heres another same thing on buff and blue ground fa fashionable ah colors this year what are your curtains curtain sir sir I 1 suppose you wish a match match or contrast its all the arop aroe we find as many like oneas one as the other I 1 prefer a contrast decidedly i gives ives mage moie of an air air green I 1 think yoi you said sald would could recommend crimson crimson ground sir ir here is an excellent shade bri bright ht gre green en figures but perhaps I 1 misunderstood you sir you may prefer tapestry most people do to confess the truth brussels is is a little bit behind the age to tell the truth the brussels tasteful and graceful ful fui as it was looked wondrous rous dull after the royal medallion it seemed to mr pinkney a queer a any way so unfinished to his unpractised unpracticed eyes a good bright inar in was infinitely superior ingram ingrains said mr dawson certainly sir air directly we have them in another department for your dining room or chamber carpet cf f course man many prefer ingrain for a dining room s some of our iest test best people who could afford brussels perfectly well you said you would look at the tapestry tape s f first I 1 think this way sir reopen We 0 open a ne new iri rrt fot ot this morning wonderfully cheap chean wo Z ben cen tt is 13 sir competition is so great and some people manage to secure so much of the trade that many in our line sorry to say it sir but of course we cant help it have failed and an immense stock has been thrown into market which puts prices down shamefully we shall actually iose loss on any one of these carpets obliged to amford afford them so cheap I 1 can let you have that sir air for fot eleven shillings best style of tapestry entirely new nothing like it has ever been offered before mr dawson paused lo 10 take breath and mr pinkney was seized with a sudden ambition at first he be had gazed upon the tapestry wih with the UK same hopeless admiration with which he had bad ix be held the royal medallion ile he could not see any difference in irl mem except that this was woven toven koven by of one piece and was if even more brilliant ile he had never seen tapestry ta before he did not believe there was one in in all rhinebeck what would mrs P say to that thought the little man and heres theres eliza mv irvi how them eyes of hers would snap snip he ile had been instructed to pay a dollar a yard or as hi high 6 h as nine shilling for as mrs pinkney often said while we are about it we might af a well weil get a good one only two shillings morel end besides he be might come down a little cig Is that the lowest you could afford to take for H he enquired hesitatingly well let fet moe roe see 1 mr dawson made a great how of consulting the small bit of pasteboard awn sewn op pp the carpeting with its mysterious hieroglyphics of 6 cost if you are really smitten with wilh that particular pattern a trifle rifle shant stand between ils us as its yon illsey ill lii say ten and sixpence 2 certain qualms of conscience had bad beset mr pinkney y during the pause ile he had better look at the ingrain lag sag rain any way though it was rather mortifying to give BO so much trouble oh dont mention it troubles a pleasure sir bat vou von wont decile deci le to take an ingrain I 1 am sure lure if its ies for your parlor here they arey are sir quite common you see the fact i is no pains at al a comparatively are taken with ingrain nowa now a days nobody uses yem lem em for parlors you know tind and one dollar sir sin str sir the red and green nine nin esbil shilling lin sr the wood colors I 1 could not war warrant rant runt wood colors will fade in the sun you see we speak deak neak right ot out sir loose loese ocse retiring by honesty in the long run our principle I 1 could not advise y you 0 u t to take the wood colors and its the eniy enly aly style tyl e we have for a dollar there is so little competition in lna ing ingrain rain tain ir every one prefers tapestry the he difference in in p price ilie rice is is so trifling struck by this |