“I’ll be careful,” promised Cora; “but all the same we can afford to go a good deal faster than we are moving now.”
She threw in more speed, and the gallant car responded at once with scarcely an added vibration. In a short time Roxbury was in sight, and turning into one of the main streets, they drew up before the doors of the leading store of the town.
They went at once to the veiling department, where Belle purchased her chiffon. That and the powder that Bess secured in the drug department completed all the buying that they had intended to do. But they were true daughters of Eve, and so many things met their eyes that they were sure they simply could not do without, that before they knew it they had bought quite extensively.
They were standing at one of the counters, waiting for their change, which seemed an unconscionable time in coming.
“Even Job would have lost patience if there had been department stores in his day,” remarked Belle.
“But there were department stores then,” replied Cora.
“What do you mean?” asked Bess.
“There must have been,” said Cora. “Don’t you remember where Job says: ‘All the days of my life will I wait till my change come’?”
The girls laughed, but the laugh quickly faded when Cora gave a startled exclamation:
“Oh, girls, I’ve lost my purse!”