ANTIQUE ARMOR. 
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saw a quaint old armor, once the glory of some 
hero of that far-off land. Its workmanship was 
very strange, but its price, taken in connection 
with the fact that her fare home would be one 
hundred dollars, put it hopelessly beyond her 
reach. Soon after having purchased her ticket, 
her eye happened to fall upon an advertisement 
for the same on the emigrant train for fifty dollars. 
Instantly that old armor, from being a coveted 
article, beyond hope of possession, became a ne- 
cessity, without which life would lose half its 
charms ! The next morning found her negotiat- 
ing an exchange of tickets. 
Not without great difficulty, and the repeated 
assurance that she would regret it, she succeeded 
in obtaining the favor of trying a new mode of 
conveyance, and at the same time regaining the 
means to buy the interesting old relic. 
She then hastened to Mr. W to get him to 
assist her in making the purchase. Here she felt 
herself in rather an embarrassing position. She 
had promised to accept Mrs. W ’s proffered 
lunch for the journey, and knew that she and her 
husband expected to see her on board the cars. 
Would they care to accompany her to an emi- 
grant train, and would they think her procedure 
quite sane ? 
Their remonstrances were indeed both deep 
and earnest. “ Why didn’t she let them know 
