| Show h IN TH THE N-THE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY The way In which the titles of oC books bools' art an oftentimes mixed up gat changed chang around said the librarian n Is is oftentimes the cause of oC man many a 0 quiet laugh hero back of ot the counter J Yesterday a fl woman camo came In In Und with a n. confident asked for or The Tho louse House that Laughs Esther by-Esther Vat Wal lers That stumped me mo for or a n min min- minute minute ute but when I questioned hot her if It she sho frag a sure suro that was wis the title she wanted she he Replied so emphatically that it was that I too took a 0 minute or two to think It over o All AU at al once tho the JI light ht dawned and when I brought her Tho The House of Mirth by E Edith Wharton tilt said Bahl that thai It was all right Just the same cover as they showed her In the tho Ah shop hoP op gave Jf me mo a n smiling Thank you you and s allied away satisfied Well Nell you were luckier than I 1 w i weed wait t the other da day clay rejoined his colleague i A pretty girl demanded Cross CrossRoads Roads to Heaven and seemed somewhat somewhat some Home what annoyed when I told her we had hail no such euch title catalogued either cither In re- re works R or fiction Sho Seto could 1 trot of remember the authors author's name either I which did not help th the situation a lIttle bit Finally after looking through the card index with her without without with with- out out success she he said Mid that It had appeared ap ap- ap- ap serially a little while whilo ago in a n ma lne ariel arid happy a thought on In m my part brought out Four Pout to Para Para- illo diso prove proved to tol toba 10 o. o thu tho hook honk wanted But Dul the woman who came carne In last summer and demanded Goods Re ne- turned ned as a piece of or summer fiction puzzled the whole of us ua She declared that a friend of or hers her had tall hail ad this thIN hook hool from Crom our library read It enjoyed It and sent U It back pack the day before Then she saM said that perhaps the title might be A Credit Chuck Check A hunt hunton on the returned shelf shelt and anel comparison with her friends friend's library card carll brought out the fact tact that the book bool the she really wanted was Claims and Counter Counter- claims Although tho ho a association of or Ideas was a fetched far one Indeed for a man to achieve there 18 14 no doubt but that thu tho counter of the title was In the tho woman's womans mind at any ally rate rato a adry adry I dry goods foods counter and that thai the title of or tho the book in some way nay or 0 other referred re re- fori ed to merchandise returned Long ago when whon I was wa a Sl young oung clerk cierI In a n bookstore bookstore- contributed the haired gray man hard Hardys ys y's novels wise were having ha a n. tremendous ou run among the girls In our town I was not very well t just then thon being being- green Inthe in tho the business and whon when time tic village belle belle came In one afternoon and In- In In Have you ou A A l I Pair alt of or Blue BlueEyes E Eyes ls I blushed bluthe and and sal sold sald 1 I I rather thought that mine were brown Sho She explained w was as tho the book oho eho wanted Rid arid I I haV l always felt fell grateful to that thaL girl for not nit telling tor broadcast rot for It h r t the story flory aUS ax a vary v good ool jol joke joko u f me mc you OU f Know Jno E i f s t |
