The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-06-15
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, JUNE Is. 1919

Not bad one?' said Mrs. Lowell. thrown
little oil her guard by this admission
The tone IN which she spoke expressed
some anxiety.
ooh, no, no replied Mrs. Armand, euic.
KY. You would hardly see if, unless j,
were pointed out. But even for so ,riflinc
an injury can assure you seeded Kit,
well, As soon as 20 home, viii start
her of with my coffee pot, if she has moi
already taken It TO the tuners.
Days passed, bat the coffee pot still rem.
AIMED In the possession of Mrs. Armand
Ia the meantime, Charley's new cloak Of
very Line light blue cashmere was finished
aud as Mrs. Lowell was little proud Of hen
baby--what mother is not?-the Clnal,
went out &c take an airing, the baby inside
OF course, every day Tor a week afterward
One afternoon some friends came in, aud
Mrs. Lowell persuaded them 10 stay and
spend the evening. Shortly after they ar
nved, messenger came from Mrs. Armand
With request for the loan of Charley 5
cloak. as the mother wanted 10 send her la
by down TO Jones' Hotel, that a friend Of
her :, who was passing through the city,
might scee him.
Mrs. Lowell said 'Very we'll aud took
from drawer the dove culored merino cloak
that had Suffered so severely al the chriSten.
ing. and handed it TO the girl who had come
from Mrs. Armand.
In few minutes the eiIl returned with
the cloak, and said
at iSn'tthe one that Mrs. Armand wanted
She says please TO let her have the blue one.
She'll take good care Of it,
Mrs. Lowell took the dove culored cloak
aud turned with it 10 the drawer slowly, de-
batting ia her mind what She should do She
must either offend Mrs. Armand, orruu the
lI>k OF having the new cloak, which cost ten
dollars, besides her labor, spoiled as the 9TH
erhad been. She did not wish TO do the for.
mcr but, how could she submit TO the lat
Ter? Just as. in her doubt aud hesitation.
She laid her hand upon the new garment.
new thought struck her, and turning Ia the
girl. she said
'Teil MIS-. Armand that she can have the
hight cloak III welcome; but Charley is 20.
in. out, and will wear the blue one
The gIl departed, aud Charley got an ex-
ira airing that day. Mrs. Armand was cx-
ceediug indignant, and wondered if Mrs
Lowell supposed she was going to send her
child out in that SUiled and greasy thing!
'''h''' supper tlht, WIS iASNfil ttOh
asked her if she wished coffee made.
ooh certainlyn was replied.
'MrS Armand has our coffee pot
u know. You must 90 IN for it,
The cook took of her apron, and ran into
Mrs. ATmand'S for the coffee pot, In few
she returned, and said
'MrS Armand can't let you have il before
tomorrow. Hers is not mended e,.-and
Mr. Armand always drinks coApe for sup
per.
'Brt go aud tell her that havScompany
and cannot do without it, replied Mrs. Low
I'll, little inpaticntly.
The girl went back. When she return.
ed, the coffee pot wa, in Ter possession. A.
She set il down before Mrs. Lowell, she said
'MrS Armand didn't seem 20 like itmuoh
like what much.'
your sending again, She SAYS her hus-
band never drinks tea. and She don't know
how she is going to make him coffee
'Bnt that ISM tiny ooi!e.potn
'lcs ma am
Oh no. Ncvcrr And Mrs Lowell took
mp dinGy looking affair that her cook had
brought in, and eyed ii doubtngly. Shere.
tul piece of ware, without scratch or
bruiNc, and bright as silver. Bat this was
rs duh as pewter; a part of the bottom. al
eighIho of an inch wide and three inches long
had been melted olGor turned up, there were
several large dents IN it; the mouth of the
spout had received a disfguriuG brui>c, aud
the little jet knob Oh the lid was cutiich
broken Of! Nc, not was not her coli.
cc-rut But cook insisted that il was, and
proved her assertion.
This was too much Tor Mrs Lowell and
the iorbearancc Of that long suffering lady
yielded under the too heavy pressure 1t was
called TO sustain.
'Inat my coffee pot" she exclaimed, with
= most indignant emphasis, and lifting II from
thc table on which contained the other pie.
CcS belonging 10 her O,aullMl set of Britain.
IA. The contrast was lamrntaUlc.
'There.' said she with n glowing check
and voice pitched an octave higher than u
Sual. take the whole set to Mrs Armand,
with my compliments, aud say that make
her a present OF il.
The cook didn't need to be told her cirand
twice; before Mrs Lowell had time Tor re.
Fiction and repentance, she was beyond ic.
call.
The dining room and kitchen Of Mrs Ar.
mand'S house were III the same story, and
separated only by door. lthappcned that
MIR Armand was at home when Mrs Low
rlPS cook came IN and presented the break
fast and tea set with the compliments of her
mistress. The tone in which the message
was given, as 4, reached his ears, satisfied
him that something was wrong aud he was
put hey ond ali doubt whcnhe heard his wife
say, with unusual excitement la her voice
take them back Take them back y
But the girl retreateA hastily, and left her
in iUll possession 81 thc tlay and us contents
What's the ma,,rrP ,uQurod Mrs. Ar.
maud, Is his wife retrcatcd into the dining
room with flushed face aud quivcriug lip.
II was some moments before ,ht could speak
and then She said some thing in confused
way about auin,ult. Not being able to un.
lerStand what it all meant, Mr. Armand
, ou2hi tor information IN tho kitchen.
Whose is 'his@ he said to Kitty, laying
h:S hand upou ;he Britannia set.
fMrs Lov"lrs replied KITTY.
'Why is it here"
'Mrs Lowell sen, it in as present to Mrs
Armanl.'
Indcedr Mr. Armand look ed little clo-
ser.
Is,h,S the coffee. pot we have been using