Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-04-21

TIE UNFASHIoNABLE rups

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o'clock and you shall have the money: /,
expect some tenants TO pay their quarters
rent to-day, and can make up the sum for
you by that time"
Five hundred, and not dollar less
and you may as well say SIX hundred y
said the gay laughing girl; she knew her
fathers fond indulgence
Oh extravagant !" exclaimed he, bur
whatever Of reproof the remark implied
1t was completely null;6ed by the caresses
given at the same time
Five hundred dollars too much for ?
set of furs. No, indeed. Why, Clara
Moreans cost eight hundred, and mother
thinks those she selected for me are very
cheap"
The man of business smiled upon his
darling daughter, and then left his ele-
giant and comfortable house for the cheer
less office in Wall street. AT noon, AL
ice was in Wall street, too. Springing
lightly from the carriage, she tripped up
stairs, and was at Mr.. Durand's desk lust
as young female turned from it to 90
out. Having received the SIX hundred
dollars, Alice left Immediately, and was
soon at Smiths bazaar, chatting gailv with
a young friend whom she met there
Both were looking at the handsome cane
and muf which Mrs. Durand had fixed
upon for her daughter the day before
they were beautiful, indeed, and the
young ladies' having exhausted the usual
vocabulary of epithets in praising them.
turned TO look at others. Just then, a
hollow, suppressed cough close by her,
y hnA 70 ftlr,
passed on her way to the sewing room
IhIther. too, she went a few moments af-
ter to see if a dress she had making
there, was finished. The superintendent
of work had it in her hand, and was re-
prlmandlng some one for coming so late.
Il am sorry TO disappoint you, Miss
Durand, she said, seeing that young lady
approach, - but Jane Lester, who is en-
broderIng your dress, did not get here
till just now, and it Is not yet finished"
Then turning, she said
Here, Jane, You must work faster,
and make up for lost time
As the sewing girl took the garment,
she coughed again. Oh, that dismal
sound 1t touched the heart of Alice,
for she recognized in Jane Lester the one
that had passed her in the Office and show
room. She looked at her a moment and
thought; it IS by the labor of such as she
that my fathers rents are paid, and | OBJ
.ain money to lavish on costly clothes =
She went up to the girl, who by this time
was diligently at work, and said in a kind,
low tone:
" Don't hurry at all !, | am no: in the
least need of the dress
Z" Thank you, ma am, but | will soon
have It done: if am not at work on this.
II will be on something else"
- But why do you work at all! With
that cough, you ought not to come out in
such weather as this
" What would become of us-of father.
mean, AMI the children-if | were to be
idle Z"
9 Do you have to support them @ asked
Alice, with eager curiosity.
. Not when father is well, but he has
been sick all winter, and | paid out the
las, Of his savings this morning 50 must
try and earn more than ever" Again
that cough.
" Well, if that IS the case, you must
consult doctor, and do something for
yourself, or you will soon be unable to
worl, at ALL
Jane shook her head sadly. " No, in
deed, we can't afford to have a doctor for
father, and | couldn't think of such a
thing myself"
There was a moments pause-then
Alice spoke.
Give me your address, and I will
send a kind physician there, who will not
charge you anything. But he must pre-
scribe for both, and you must follow his
directions"
" Never mind me, Miss. I'm not so bad
as you think, and shall be better in a lit
tie while. | cough more than usual this
morning. from having walked so fast"
Miss Durand returned to the store more
thoughtful than when she first entered it,
She did not purchase the five hundred dol
lar furs, but took set at one-ffth of that
price and eparted-leaying her friend
and the clerks astonished at her sudden
change of taste.
Great was the Indignation of her fash
ionable mother, when she learned the re-
suit of her daughters shopping.
" Why, that Is not the set that | chose :"
said she, when the boxes were opened.
- l know it, mother-but | preferred to
take these"
:. You have a strange taste, l must con-
fess. Anybody can get stone martin
" Then | shall still be \ Ia NODE" re-
piled her daughter with a smile.
6 Yes, with the vulgar herd said the
lady, scornfully.
These are pretty, equally comforta-
bic, and did not cost as much as the sa-
bic, answered Alice, in extenuation.-
But her mother was not TO be modified.
What had you to do with The cost 3
Did not your father give you enough to
pay for the others p
Yes ma am, and more, too.
:. How Clara Morgan will laugh when
she sees those old fashioned things And
we'll she may"
Il care not for that. and shall enjoy
mine none the less for seeing her with
more costly ones"
To avoid further remonstrances, Alice
retired 10 the library and addressed {
note TO DR. Weston the family phvSicia n