Show HE NEVER FOUND IT OUT ruthette rt hette tale of lost pocketbook end Cir mcc own what a cried tho young woman the picture hat 1 I only wish I 1 bad buo ouo like it bat I 1 never could afford it neither could I 1 my dear if I 1 lost my pocketbook good gracious prosperity has affected your I 1 dont see how well you see albert gave me the money to buy a gown I 1 told him it waa not half enough but ho protested it was every cent he could afford I 1 cried for two days about it and as he give in then I 1 concluded ho was really telling the truth so I 1 started out to do the best I 1 could I 1 went to every dry goods bjoro in town and never worked so bard in my life but I 1 find what I 1 wanted at the price finally in despair I 1 decided to take the first piece I 1 bad looked at and oh laura imagine my horror to find when tho clerk had cut off that pattern that I 1 bad lost my pocketbook I 1 how perfectly awful 1 it I 1 thought I 1 should die I 1 knew I 1 would have to tell albert all about it some time so I 1 rushed around to bis office to tell him in the presence of strangers when he could not say anything dreadful I 1 wept and accused myself of carelessness when be said he would advertise for I 1 remember when I 1 had it last nor how much money was in it his partner was there and he seemed to feel so sorry for me hes an old bachelor that albert scold much and actually gave me tho money the second time and you went and got tho gown well no I 1 bad changed my mind about that piece of goods it had such a cheap look so I 1 just went home to thinly it over but you never got that gown cheap no I 1 the fact is I 1 found my pocketbook on the hall table I 1 had left it when I 1 took out my car fare to put in my glove I 1 am so careful of money that I 1 dont like to display much in the cars and what did albert say when be found it outi he would have said a great deal if he had found it out but he never did I 1 knew hed scold me tor carelessness if I 1 told him so I 1 just kept all the money and bought ray gown im so glad yon like it dearl chicago tribune |