[Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper by T. S. Arthur]@TWC D-Link bookTrials and Confessions of a Housekeeper CHAPTER IV 6/13
Such a bargain you will never get again, if you live to be as old as Mathuselah.
But, now, don't you want something else? I can sell you cheaper and better articles in the furniture line than you can get in the city.
Small profits and quick sales--I go in for the nimble sixpence." My husband was in the sphere of attraction, and I saw that it would take a stronger effort on my part to draw him out than I wished to make.
So, I yielded with as good a grace as possible, and aided in the selection of a cheap sofa, a cheap, overgrown centre table, and two or three other article that were almost "thrown away." Well, our parlor was furnished with its new dress in good time, and made quite a respectable appearance.
Mr.Smith was delighted with everything; the more particularly as the cost had been so moderate. I had my own thoughts on the subject; and looked very confidently for some evidences of imperfection in our great bargains.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|