40 



6 doz. Heliotropes, . . . $1 00 



4 " Roses, 1 00 



i " Tea-roses, 37 



1 " Liliums, 75 



Cut flowers, . . . . 1 00 



$4 12 



The cut flowers consisted of a number of varieties. Mr. 

 McTernan said he should "lump" those, and call them 

 " cut flowers." 



After placing my flowers on the counter in the store, I 

 quietly handed my list to the young man, Thomas. He 

 looked at it for a moment, and then very significantly at me. 

 I busied myself in tying up my bo^ preparatory to going 

 home. Directly he went into a brown study over my list. 

 Not knowing how long this would last, I moved as if to go. 

 Upon which he woke up, scratched something upon the 

 paper, and, handing it to me, said : 



" Show it to the book-keeper." 



"Thank you, Mr. Thomas," I said to myself, " I fancy 

 I am quite up to you this time. Thanks to Mr. McTernan, 

 I know the value of flowers as well as you ; ' ' and I marched 

 off triumphantly towards the book-keeper's desk. 



When I reached the desk, I was obliged to wait a moment, 

 as the book-keeper was talking with a gentleman. While 

 waiting thus I had an opportunity to have a good look at 

 her, and I found her a young lady, small, plainly dressed in 

 black, with delicate hands, and a face at once pleasant, 

 cheerful, and just a grain pretty. Seated behind her hand- 

 some walnut desk, with the huge ledger spread out before 



