The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-08-15
FALSE APPEARANCEs.

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The next morning, while Airs. Hsriell
Was in The nursery. during some very
common conversation about French sul-
brOideTy. Adele asked. ss il seemed. ca
sually. /" /: madame had found The su-
perb cape she had missed" Mrs. nar-
leil said she he'd not; "lhat she and her
maid had SEARCHED everywhere Tor IL; she
was sure il must have been stolen; and IL
il were not for letting Mr.. Hsriell know
how much il cost she would get him 10
inquire al the police-Ofiee."
"0h, madame! cost go much! IL was
but seven hundred franc-one hundred
and City dollar Cor the most superb 'broi-
derry Of Paris. and the full Meehlin trim
ming The most rich. is nothing al sll!''
Mrs. Hsriell was really mortified ~
having set higher value on particular
SON Than her liberal domestic. and she
replied. 4" Oh. OF course, IL is not the mo-
ney il cost care about; but there 10 not
such another cape in New York. No
body has any thing like il. No one can
get any thing like IL; for ] Was assured
in Paris the pattern was destroyed. and
there never should be another like IT,"
" Does that make IL any more vslua-
bic, mammal" asked Miss ophelia. who
happily was yet ignorant Of the ludierous
ambitions and risslriss Of the dressing
world.
Certainly. my DEAR" inierposed
Adele. 81 lived with one lady who
would not wear nothing everybody else
wore; and one time she burnt up one
new pretty hat because she saw one jus,
like il. All. madame. you must find lhs,
cape, so disiingus-why not search your
own house before you search the poltce!"
Mrs. Hsr,ell shrugged her shoulders.
d" The servants will all be angry"
They cannot be angry with you.
madame, for make the proposition. l
am one Of the servants. and you shall
search my trunk, my bureau. FIRST" And.
suiling the action 10 the word, she took
her keys from her poke, and gave them
10 Ophelia. who. like all children. de.
lighted with the idea OF exploring. flew
10 Adele's trunk; and. opening il. expos
ed confused mass Of clothes. fnery, lit
lie boxes, knickknacks, and toys Of eve.
ny description. such rs would naturally
be- accumulated by French. femme de
chambre. Miss Ophelia was so much
amused that che seemed TO have lnrgot.
ten the object Of her quest, and Adele
came 10 her aid, and saying. You viii
never find the cape this way. Miss 0phe
lis," she proceeded with the keen seem
Of a trained policeman TO ranssck boxes,
unroll stockings, turn the sleeves Of dress.
es, shake out the skirts. &c, &C.. and
thus she went through all her own repo'
sitories. Of course finding not thread
that did no, belong TO her. for well had
they been sified that morning. Nov,
Miss 0phelis." she said. ask Lucy fol
her key 10 her one trunk--she always
wears il round her neck-she very care.
fal Of her key-she have such rich
clothes, you know"
"FOr shame. Adele! I am sure Lucy
looks preltier in her plain clothes than an
old painted up person would, even dress.
ed in mammals clothes"
"0phelis! no hints"
Well. Then, mamma, she need no
hint at Lucy if she does no, want to be
limited al; and besides, | Won't unlock
J Lucy's trunk. She steal mammals cape,
indeed! | would trust her with all the
gold in The world"
"Why don't you unlock your own
trunk, Lucy,"
Lucy blushed deeply, and said she
had rather not" Adele threw up both
hands. and looking al Mrs. Har,ell. ex.
claimed, !" Mon Dieu! es. il pnssibie!"
"No, il is not possible!" reiorted
0phelia: and, fred by Adele's insinus.ion
sgains, her favorite, she caught The ribanj
10y which Lucy's key was suspended,
land unlocked The trunk. On the top lay
pencil sketch Of Charles Love.t. tha,
he had The Sunday before given 10 Lucy.
Ophelia grasped il, and held i. up to Lu-
cy arcI,ly. Lucy, trembling with EN-.
bsrrassment. begged her to give !, TO her;
and while liuls contes. ensued between
them, Adele, casting, ever and anon, sto.
lien glances a, Mrs. Hsriell, proceeded
in her investigations II was shor.
piece OF work. There was something in
the neainess and order with which our
humble friends scanty stores were ar.
ranged ,ha, would have appealed even 10
Adele's heart, il she had not been intent
on self.preserva,ion. "You must excuse
me. Lucy" she said. as she shook GU,
Lucy's frocks and unrolled her stockings;
l"I only serve you as | serve me myself
ii, is nearly finished. and then. as me,
lyou will be tranquil-one thing more,
and we have done-look mddame!" she
took an article, a cotton pet.icoat, from
the bottom of the trunk, unfolded, and
shook il. The cape fell from within il!
There was q general exclamation,
Adele's reiterated g" Mon Dieu! mon
Dieu!" drowned every other. After the
! frs, burs, Of surprise Mrs. Hsrtell seem
ed entirely occupied with examining Q