Polly in New York

re, we can settle our home before scho

tuff from Denver you wouldn't have to

own car but not one was in sight. Anne showed signs

ff for more than it was worth. I think you are most fortunate to have that little roll of money

and I want to furnish and decorate our own rooms as we like. This is to b

b, her face was opposite a large show-window in the corner building. Now, a

lamation, Polly ran over to inspect the objects displayed in the window. A carv

hat furniture shop it was tha

nnot be that such wonderful things are sol

added: "It doesn't follow that just because this

wful junk in the second-hand plac

lla. But it may be different in New York. E

ecause it is so difficult to get anything worth while, the poor second-hand dealer starves for want of trade. But here, as well as in Chicago, folks send stuff to places like this for sale, when they can't find a pla

ey do with such pieces. There are lots o

ond-hand shop, the westerners went to the front doo

rd room, right, ladie

s, he waved them inside out of the doorway. Then he repeated his direct

e auction-rooms is speaking mildly. Not a piece of furniture but look

up and said: "Sale now going

ted a sale before, so you will confer a favor by showing us

rooms until they reached the last, where a smiling smooth-tongued individual sat behi

a hurry," whispered the man w

ul Jacobean chairs, two in each hand, their backs to each other, and han

e stopped for a moment at the desk to say a word to the auctioneer

Persian rug that covered the platform in front of the audience. And one after another, th

e newly arrived party was bidding on anything. He decided t

e curiosity. If there is any particular article you need, or have seen on t

. They all felt guilty of using his time and room when they had no idea of buying any particular thin

the show-window before I

d when one does an unusual or unexpected thing. But th

to-morrow. In fact, only the contents of this vast room is for sale to-day. We take them in turn, you see. To-morrow th

this sale, Mr. Winters," qui

ady will like it as well as the

four-posted bed out upon the dais. It was similar to the one in the window but it was smalle

iece of furniture, and then began to offer it for sale. The fo

s marvelous work of other days, now

ghed and said: "Well, is there anyon

t she found her tongue cleave to the roof of her mouth

perhaps you need a full-sized bed?" The auctioneer looked at Eleanor but failed to see the dazzling glint that shot into her

t piece of carving that is no less than a hundred and fifty years old. Now what is your pleas

ce, and would have stood up to offer him the hund

venty-five-fifty, fifty, fifty, fif-fif-tee, tee, t-e-e-what, no one here willing to pay

e auctioneer caught her eye at last. He smile

I have seventy-five dollars for this wonderful mahogany bed that is really worth seven hu

and this time she managed

undred dollars by one who knows the value of this bed-one hundred, one hundred-hundred

y; but not wishing to have her friend brag how "she bid at this auction and her friends

great bargain. If you wish to bid, never fear competing with a friend. In this busine

ghted with themselves at daring to speak out so bravely in a city like New Yor

appreciates fine furniture!" declared th

Is that your bed?"

know. Is it, Nol

please-and twenty-five per cent deposit money." Th

yone has to pay down a cash deposit on their bids. Everything you buy ha

each other. They were trying to fi

t thirty dollars, isn't it?" sai

. Now name and

of our stable, Anne

ier looked surprised. "Oh, have you

just for the entertainment of picking up curios. In fact, I saw him here a few minutes ago. He told me he would give fifty p

e than money, miste

have to go back and live in our gold mine, because New

e these ladies. Hence he whispered: "I'll look after everything you buy here, and don't worry abou

-boy that matches the bed you go

lace you rented. The artist has to sell out because he cannot find an apart

a pair of brass fire-dogs and irons, and Anne bid on a large etching. When it was knocked down to h

s the way at these vendues. One gets

s, I'm going now," whispe

ustomers about to go, and said, "The artist would l

an bowed and smiled, and the group waited

d us, yesterday, when we had to lea

s directing you right to my fr

ll go about my business," and the cashier hurried a

added: "It was providential that we went throug

g for quarters. Had I choked my anger and swallowed my pride, when the owner refuse

d turned it into the lovely dwelling it now was. He had paid for all the hardwo

ortune," ventured Anne. "And now it s

oo. When the owner raised me, this year, to ninety I rebelled, because I had spent so much money on beautifying th

fty a month and make all repai

a better bargain, even so, than if you had rented a seven

n seemed ready to leave them. Then Polly remembered that the cashier h

g of it, but did you really own the fo

rls were deeply interested in this intimate information. "That box-spring with the mattress on the bed was made to order of the be

ng and mattress went with t

he had a splendid opportunity to enter a class in a friend's school in Paris, so we started her across without delay. My wife went,

" said Mrs. Stewart, sympathetically. "If there only was one extra bedr

nne, wondering what this stranger would thi

see it is genuine. So I will dare to do this: I shall love to drop in, now and then, and

king up art and interior decorating and we need lots of ideas fr

nday, Mr. Fabian. We will be settled then and

hey walked, Anne said: "It certainly was queer how that gentleman sent us past his own home and we saw it. No

ternoon? We still have two hours before dinner-

bear to see this lovely one hacked out at auction rooms. She needs complete

tments, that a fine Fifth avenue shop is having a sale of early fall m

e willing to get one

l. There they found an invitation from the Latimers to come, informally, an

get dressed and make it, in ti

you know. A taxi will take us th

ns, Anne felt that they did her credit. She could not but remark at the great improvement that clothes,

sisting upon the right to escort the ladi

going to Yale next week?" said J

o-night. We will miss y

get-Thanksgiving, Christmas and oth

n school, and in trying to get star

ore we leave the city. We want to give

ay, even if everything is not in apple-p

ake place the next Tuesday evening. The boys were leaving for college on Thursday, and

he fun is on for next Tuesday, the

you know-we bring our own refreshmen

r all you folks have done for us. We will furnish

t. But remember, girls, that Ken and I s