For Love or Gold? The Story of a Great Department Store — page 140: what you’re looking at

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136 The Polsoned. Candy . “Well, who cares what you thought?” was the heart- less answer. “I’m not to blame if you took me for a fool! Why, even Mag Brady could see through your sly actions!” Faith looked at her in astonishment, her veins throb- bing with indignation. “She understood your little game that day of the fire, when you and Jim Denton were talking together! be He's rich, Jim Denton is, and he’s mighty susceptible! You ain’t.such an innocent but what you found that % sending you candy! out, and now he is meeting you on street corners and }?? Faith had heard all she could bear, so she turned and walked slowly away. She was so confused that for _an hour or more she could hardly make out her checks a properly. The new packer was a girl about two years her ju- nior, and as Faith handed up her goods she could not help thinking of Miss Jennings. - Poor Mary, with all her bitterness, had been a true, loyal friend. She would have scorned to do a treach- erous or dishonest action herself, yet she absolutely re- fused to condemn such conduct in others. Faith remembered her plea for the thief, Lou Willis, and that led her finally on a new train of thought, so that she was able to almost forget her late conversa- tion. Several times during the day there were changes made in the department, and Miss Fairbanks was kept busy. altering the prices on goods, especially on what were known as the “bargain counters.” These counters were principally small tables standing here and there in the aisles, and during the rush hours they were always surrounded by customers. Finally, to the surprise of the entire department, the tables, themselves, were removed, Mr. Denton coming down from his office to superintend the transaction. The fire company has warned him again, I guess,” whispered Miss Fairbanks to Faith. ‘Well, that’s a hard one on Mag Brady; she was hired expressly od those bargains.”’ 4 GComicbooks.¢