Show H ue ijo Y 0 H bit 1 B 8 1 a l Morison DRIVING A BARGAIN s there had come to life fife p Ji agaIn in Flint the of some s me Hd a grim trader In pelts and tin Who knows Imo At all events e there was the til same aquiline profile the s 's same me tI tight ht thIn l lips ps the thes same s 's ne love elove of a bargain When Wh n she waS fi a young oun girl of seven seven- t then en her habit of making n a good deal was fully rully developed That Is the age when feminInity enjoys enjo's e en- en i exchanging Its various frivolous fri possessions It was a question question ques- ques I tion of a brooch or of for the party dress of one ot of her frIends The frIend was doubtful an and Phoenicia with tint that old Inherited trading instinct In in- of hers did not press her bid litany rIbbons and furbelows had changed n ed owners when J finally null Phoenicia saId as with an thought afterthought I 1 tell you xou what Ill I'll do Ill I'll give gl you ou thIs pin ln of t mine for those gloves glo of yours yours-It you ou throw In your old party dress And the dress was Miss 1 Flints Flint's At the reduction sale at a small shop one saw the glitter In her eye ee I that meant business She would hold holda n a French lint hat off qt firms arms length critically cally with the expression of one who knew n a good thing really Then she would ask usI for the orIginal price and ond smile like Ilke un an expert Finally picking up her gloves to d depart de- de part she would say casually over oyer her shoulder I will give glye such and for the lint hat naming a figure several dollars below the marked price Usually Usual Usual- I ly she got ot what she was after And her hel habit grew apace Then Phoenicia fell In love love-In love that flint Is with as much ot of her emotion as had bud not been heen diverted dI to business At nil 1111 events she wanted w to marry II a certain young man Therefore there naturally ensued a 11 conflict within her 1 J PI personality She went to o her father tather her fiance was poor they couldn't afford to marr marry on his present Income her own allowance from the family Increased somewhat would meet nil all needs so long as there were no children chill chill- dren etc etc And the bargain was made That same du day PhoenIcIa called upon tier her aunt to announce her en She had decided nn an early wedding That evening she divulged ed to her fiance what n a useful partner h he was as taking Into hIs life a However How How- ever struck no answerIng spark Indeed Indeed In In- deed there was col coldness ness silence silence- tend tenda a somewhat abrupt departure where she had looked for endearments and ami amicon con congratulations When eventually leer lr engagement ement was called off she was tor the first time In her life baffled She had conic come upon a situation where business busl busi- ness methods would not work Her habit of ln driving a hard bargain had met Its Waterloo HAVE HA VE YOU THIS by Newspaper Service 0 0 |