The young woman rustled softly
into the shoe store, stopped just with
in the threshold and glanced about
her apprehensively. It was evident
that she was not used to shopping
alone. She was a small, soft, helpless
looking little thing with appealing big
blue eyes. The store was full of men
having shoes fitted and their concen
trated stare seemed to frighten her.
Three clerks advanced simultan
eously. She glanced from one to the
other, seemed to decide that the one
wearing glasses had the most reliable
face, and addressed him with a c :
iident air.
"A paTr of tan Oxfords, No. 2A, if
you please," she said, sweetly.
Tihse cterk immiediatelr ttroduc.ed
the shoes, drew up a stool in front
of her seat on the custoae-r s be-sch
and began to unfasten the strinz on
-her right shoe. She suddenly drew her
foot away.
"Promise me one thing," she said to
the clerk, smiling at him sweetly, but
a little apprehensively.
"Certainly, miss," said the clerk
wonderingly. "What is it?"
"Promise me that you won't tickle
the sole of my foot!"
The clerk stared at her as if he
doubted his own ears. He almost
gasped, then said gravely: "Certainly
not, ma'am."
The girl looked relieved. "I'm so
glad you're not going to tickle," she
said, smiling genially. "Because if you
did I'd scream right out loud. I never
could stand to have the bottom of my
foot tickled!"
Reform in Tennessee.
We have been elected recorder of
this here town, and as soon as we
air sober we air going to interduce
the darndest era of reform ever
seen in this country. We are going
to suppress all the blind tigers and
confiskate al their booze. - Harde
man Free Press.
CURE FOR SLEEPLESSNESS.
